Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1666 Cutting Yuan (Twenty) Bingfeng Points

In the Ming court, if high pragmatism was called second in terms of how to cooperate with the chieftains and make the chieftains play the most effective, no one would dare to claim to be the first.When he was in Guangxi in the past, he used the power of chieftains to accomplish many great things. Therefore, now that he has examined the Wuling Mountains, he has also set his sights on the many local chieftains' homes.

As we all know, the chieftains almost always rule some mountainous areas that are difficult for large armies to penetrate. Chieftains with mountains, rivers, valleys and plains like Huang Zhiting's family back then are rare.

However, the chieftain's soldiers and horses are good at crossing mountains and mountains, so aren't the native people under the chieftain's rule good at crossing mountains and mountains?It is obviously good at it, and this is exactly what Gao Yushi thinks he can draw on.

Gao Wushi immediately replied to Liu Ting, and at the same time wrote to the three governors of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Pianyuan, "suggesting" some possible means to them. [Note: In the Ming Dynasty, Hunan and Hubei were collectively called Huguang, but in addition to the governor of Huguang, there was a governor of Yunyang in western Hubei, and a governor of Pianyuan in western Hunan.The reason was that there were so many disturbances in Yunyang at this time, and there were so many chieftains in Xiangxi that a special governor town had to be set up. ]
Gao's pragmatic suggestion is actually very simple, but it is "money can make ghosts turn the millstone"-funding and hiring natives along the way to deliver military rations.But why do you have to explain such a simple way to be pragmatic?The answer may be a bit jaw-dropping: the Ming court has never directly ruled the chieftain's jurisdiction, so in the past 200 years, it has almost never issued any orders directly to the natives under the chieftain's rule.

Of course, this tradition cannot be broken casually now, so the highly pragmatic suggestion is to let the chieftains along the way "contract" the transportation of these military rations. The three governors only need to discuss with the chieftains how much they can get for the amount of food they send— —Of course, the compensation for failure to complete the contracted tasks should be negotiated in advance.

According to Gao Pragmatism, due to the large number of chieftains, several chieftain jurisdictions may be passed along the way, so the amount of food consumed through each chieftain jurisdiction must be calculated in advance and made acceptable to the chieftains.

The imperial court only needs to ensure that the amount of materials sent to the front-line material storage point is sufficient, that is, the consumption on the way is calculated in advance.And as long as the chieftains take over the tasks and finally complete them on time and according to the quantity, the imperial court will ensure a one-time payment of silver taels, and no credit will be owed.

As for how the chieftains organize the natives, how much they pay the natives, etc., the imperial court does not ask at all—but the imperial court must send people to accompany them, and make it clear to the natives during the accompanying process that the imperial court has paid enough for this. Everyone's money.

Why did Gao Yushi come up with such an idea?The reason is that apart from the ability of the natives to cross mountains and ridges as if walking on flat ground, the key lies in the price difference.

Gao Pragmatically knew when he was in Guangxi earlier that the treatment of local soldiers was quite poor, especially in terms of "salary".It is almost difficult for them to get a few copper coins, let alone silver.Giving them money is like the ordinary laborers of later generations who find out that the salary paid by the boss this month is actually a few big diamonds.

The reason for this phenomenon is that most of the chieftains' jurisdictions are relatively closed, and the economy is relatively backward. Therefore, at that time, the chieftains in Guangxi may have soldiers, food and supplies in their hands, but there is an embarrassment that they have no money.

It was for this reason that when they met Gao Yushi, a patrolman who was accustomed to opening the way with money, they basically had little resistance.What's more, Gao Pragmatism is not only willing to give money, but also willing to lead them to make money.

Same situation, same logic.Of course, the chieftains in the Wuling Mountain area were the same as the chieftains in Guangxi at that time. Although they were usually the local emperors, it was a pity that they had no money in their hands, and it was difficult to buy some luxury goods.Now that the imperial court has given such a condition, why not seize the opportunity to make money quickly?
For chieftains like them, the cost of using the native people is almost negligible. This "military ration delivery contract system" is equivalent to money falling from the sky. Can you not be overjoyed?

The reason why Gao Yushi finally confessed that he had to send people to accompany him, and publicized that the imperial court gave him money for this, was because he was afraid that these chieftains would not treat the native people as envoys at all. In the end, the native people were deceived by them and said, "It's all from the imperial court." order", then this scapegoat is too wronged.

As long as the imperial court sent people to do a good job of propaganda, then firstly, the chieftains should not dare to oppress the native people too much, and secondly, even if they still oppressed, they could only create the foundation for the future imperial court to reform the natives.

After finishing these things, Gao Wushi couldn't help but want to complain.He is obviously still a minister of the household department, but he is probably more busy than the chief minister of the cabinet. No matter what happens, he must be a part of it.From this point of view, the emperor gave him a 72 shi rice salary (calculated according to his highest official position, Prince Taishi).

Sometimes people really can't set up flags casually. The next day he complained that he was too busy, more direct troubles came to his door.

Li Rusong's tribe near Yuyuerhai, as well as Ma Chengen's and Xiao Ruxun's tribes farther southeast, the three-way army of about 5000 Chao and Lanzhen Shatuo swooped away, but the three parties did not meet the Mongols until they joined forces The main force, only in the end found that a Mongolian army of about [-] people escaped eastward from the gap between the three armies.

As soon as the news came, Gao Wushi secretly thought that something was wrong, and while sending someone to find Cao Yu, he opened the Kanyu map to meditate.

In fact, Cao Yu didn't need to be highly pragmatic to send someone to look for him. He was the second person in Daning City who heard the news. He knew there was a problem when he got the news, so the person sent to look for him met Hurry at the gate of Jinglue Xingyuan. Cao Zongrong who came here.

"Entang, I'm afraid things are not good." As soon as Cao Yan came in, he saluted in a hurry, then took the initiative to walk to the position a little behind Gao Yushi, bowed slightly and said, "Helan Zhenshatuo's position is already in the Nearly a thousand miles away to the north of Ning, and now under the outflanking of the three generals, they still managed to escape, so where did the Tumen go?"

Gao Wushi asked in a deep voice, "What's your judgment?"

"The final general thinks that two possibilities are the greatest." Cao Yu also looked up at the large Mobei map hanging on the wall, and said: "First, the mapmen think that there is no chance of winning the battle with the main force of our army, so they simply take advantage of the current situation It’s already summer, and it’s not too cold in the extreme north, so we escaped to the northwest and entered Buli Yati.”

Buriyat is not a place name, but actually more like the name of a tribe or an ethnic group. It is generally called Buryat in later generations, and it is often called Buryat in some famous strategy games.

Ethnically, the Buryats are a close branch of the Erut Mongols, and they are generally regarded as part of the Mongols at this time.Its ancestors were nomadic in the Transbaikal region, and later developed northward to the area between the Yenisei River and the Lena River, where they mixed with local residents to form the Buryats.

At this time, the "Buli Yati" mentioned by Cao Yu refers more to the area where the Buryats lived, that is, the large area along the shore of Lake Baikal, which is the "Beihai" area where Su Wu herded sheep.

Gao Wushi groaned and shook his head slightly, and said: "Although Beihai can live, it can't support Chahar's 40 cavalry. What's more, they all fall or have [-] people. If they go to Buriyati, our imperial army will stop. At present, they can't stand it until autumn. If it is delayed until winter, I'm afraid that the Chahar people will end up with no one in ten.

Cao Zongrong, if you were Tumen, would you be able to make such a decision?At least if it were me, I would never die like this. Instead of waiting for the winter to freeze to death, it is better to fight to the death, which is worthy of the reputation of the ancestor Genghis Khan. "

Gao Yushi said this very straightforwardly, and the reason is very simple.Nabuliyati is seven or eight hundred miles north of Helin. It can be said to be cool in summer, but it is surprisingly cold in autumn.In winter, that place is not like a habitable place at all. The breath is really frozen, and the nose is so cold that I dare not blow it, because it may pinch my nose off.

Tumen escaped from Chahanhot this time, not only with 40 cavalry, he also brought all of Chahar. Although Daming has never figured out how many people the entire tribe of Chahar has, it should be around [-]. .

40 people, although everyone has a horse to ride, but they have a lot of cattle and sheep, it is not really a simple matter to transfer, let alone go to the bitter cold place like Beihai to wait to die, so highly pragmatic Don't think Tumen would do that.

Cao Yu made this conjecture mainly because he judged that Tumen might think that it is impossible for the Ming army to wander in the Mobei grassland for more than half a year without withdrawing, so he can delay time near Beihai first, and wait for the army to retreat south before making a comeback. For the Mongols, this move has not been played once or twice, and it is normal to play it again.

He explained his thoughts, but what he got was that Gao Pragmatic shook his head again.Gao Wushi said: "Maybe Tumen thought this way at first, but Burihatu didn't. Burihatu knew that the imperial court had been preparing for this battle for many years, and the supplies and food and grass they had prepared were sufficient. Dong, that may not be impossible. If so, how could he agree with Tumen to make such a plan?"

Cao Yu thought so too, Burihatu had arranged a secret operation in the capital a few years ago, even Cao Yu had heard about it, and it is said that Jin Yiwei had arrested three or four people, but he always thought that there was no one. Finished.

In other words, Brihatu knew the situation of Daming very well.Uh, it doesn’t even have to be very professional, because the Ming court has public newspapers such as Dibao and Tangbao, and even the folks now have newspapers such as "Beijing Times", "Maritime Weekly", "Practical Learning Dynamics", etc. A lot of information is public, as long as you are willing to collect and summarize, most of the situations can be inferred to be close to ten.

Since Gao Yushi thought that the main force of Tumen would not flee to the North Sea, Cao Yu had no choice but to make a second guess. He said: "If you don't go to the northwest and go to Buli Yati, then Tumen will probably kill a Back to the carbine..."

Gao Yushi heard the news earlier than him, and he had already expected it in his heart, but at this moment he just asked calmly: "If there is a return carbine, where do you think it will go?"

Cao Yu was a little surprised, and said bluntly: "Naturally, he stabbed at Daning."

"Daning... This possibility cannot be completely ruled out, but the Headquarters believes that Burihatu will not attack the city of Daning." Gao Wushi turned and left Kanyutu, walked to the side of the chief seat and took a teacup , gently turned the lid of the cup, stopped his hands and said indifferently: "He and I have fought against each other. It's hard to say anything else, but at least he should know that I am a cautious person and will not let myself stand under a dangerous wall .”

When he said this, his eyes were fixed, and he said solemnly: "The hall also has two speculations about the whereabouts of Tumen, but they are not Bu Li Ya Ti or Daning."

Although Cao Yu was a little disappointed that his judgment was overruled by Gao Yushi, but at the same time he was really convinced by Gao Yushi, so he respectfully said: "The general is ashamed, please give Situ an instruction."

Gao Wushi sat down, waved his hand to signal Cao Yu to sit down as well, and then said: "I expect Cao Zongrong, like all the generals, is very interested in Commander Qi's whereabouts... There is no need to keep it a secret now: Commander Qi took the imperial guards to Helin."

Cao Yu was surprised and said, "Did you really go to Helin?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "It seems that Cao Zongrong also guessed it."

"I guessed it, but I'm not sure. After all, it's... really far away, and it's quite dangerous." Cao Yan didn't know if he was a little nervous, rubbed his hands together and said, "Helin is not only a foreigner It is the residence of the Kabu Khan Court, and it has special significance for the Mongols. Although the local herdsmen are not as good as Tumed, Chahar or even Ordos, they have always been known for their aggressiveness. If Abadai Saiyin Khan is desperate, he may Being able to pull out [-] or even [-] cavalry, this power should not be underestimated."

Gao Wushi smiled slightly and said, "Then what if Tumen can also go to Helin?"

Cao Yu said in amazement: "Is this...impossible? Although it is said that the road from Chahar to Helin is a grassland, the Mongolian grassland is actually a plateau terrain, and there has been a habit of walking since ancient times. On this road On the way, didn't Datong Ma Zongrong already preemptively occupied the vital points of Sariqier and Sanguan Pass?
Tumen's troops were only about [-], which was only half of Ma Zongrong's troops. In addition, Ma Zongrong occupied key points in advance to defend, and it was even more impossible for Tumen to break through the blockade and reach Helin. "

"Magui's way is a clear game, I guess Buri Hatu can either guess it or find out." Gao Wushi narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "That's why the headquarters arranged the dark game of Commander Qi, Let him lead the imperial guards to lurk somewhere around Helin, waiting for Tumen and Brihatu, who think they have passed Huarong Road, to fall into the trap."

Cao Yu was surprised at first, and then admired: "En Tang Temple is so high and far away, and the magic tricks are clever, and the future will be beyond the reach of dust."

Unexpectedly, Gao Yushi waved his hands again and again, saying: "Don't boast too early... Now it seems that there is at least half of the probability that Brihatu is not in the trap."

"Ah, where do you start?" Cao Yan was stunned.

"Let's start with his golden cicada's shelling." Gao Yushi tapped the armrest rhythmically with the five fingers of his right hand, and said in a deep voice: "You judge that he might want to kill the carbine, and the hall also thinks it is very possible, but his destination It is unlikely to be Daning, the strong city, but walking westward from this big gap north of Daning and south of Ma Chengen's tribe, the front of the soldiers is directed at the Royal Court of Tumed—Naturalization!"
-
Thank you book friend "Cao Mianzi" for your support, thank you!
Thanks to book friends "Altay's Old West", "Chi Yujing Fengchen", "Cao Mianzi", "10:30 Subway" for their monthly support, thank you!
(End of this chapter)