Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 841 The Battle of Monan ([-])
The cold spring is expected to be cold, and Saibei in early spring is still a bit cold, especially after a day and night of spring rain, the cold wind seems to be a little bit colder.

The herdsmen under Xin Ai's department, regardless of gender, old or young, all nestled in their yurts and burned cow dung to keep warm. Some women even talked about waiting for the rain on the grassland to dry up before inviting them to go out to pick up cow dung.

Cow dung has always been used by herdsmen as fuel for heating and cooking. Ordinary women on the grassland would carry a basket and go out to pick up cow dung when they are not busy. Outside the tribe’s large and small felt tents, piled up cow dung can be seen everywhere. Cow dung, the daily life of herdsmen is inseparable from cow dung.

However, only Xin Ai and other ministries still stubbornly maintain this tradition. In Dabansheng City and Guihua City, only ordinary herdsmen still use cow dung as fuel, and the descendants of noble gold families such as Dacheng Taiji , has already used the honeycomb coal sold from Jinghua Datong Coal Mine to the grassland.

The herdsmen heard that it is a good fuel without any smell, and it is not expensive, much cheaper than charcoal.However, they would not buy it no matter how cheap it was—there is no shortage of cow dung on the grassland, so why buy honeycomb coal?

Datong Coal Mine is a new mine in Jinghua. In fact, it is wrong to say that: firstly, the location of Datong Coal Mine is actually dozens of miles southwest of Datong City; Mining point.

The Datong Coal Mine of the later generations was the No. [-] coal mine in the late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and the Red Dynasty for a long time. Gao Yushi has been eyeing Datong for a long time, but although he has enclosed some land in Datong, so far he has only dug some Coal has not yet considered supporting the metallurgical industry at the same time.

On the one hand, it is influenced by the overall idea of ​​iron and steel development of "Kaiping supplies the north, and Hejing supplies the south", and on the other hand, it is because the iron ore resources in Shanxi are mainly concentrated in the central part of Shanxi, specifically the Wutai Mountain area and Lan County on the east and west sides of Shuozhou The area is a little far from Datong, and Shanxi is mountainous, so land transportation is not very cost-effective.

If you have to do it, you can still make money, of course, but the profit rate is not high enough. At least compared with other highly pragmatic industries, this rate of return is a bit ugly, so it is postponed for the time being.

But the briquette coal business of Datong Coal Mine is very good. At the beginning, Gao Yushi planned to rely on the briquette briquette used by the frontier army for heating and cooking to make money. Who knew that there were businessmen from Datong and even Taiyuan folks coming to buy coal, and the amount was not small. Later, Gao Yushi sent people to investigate and found out that although there are many coal mines in Shanxi, the level of excavation during this period was very limited. Not to mention the high labor costs and poor safety, the prices were not cheap at all.

But Jinghua has been mining coal for more than ten years, and there is even a special school in Jianxinzhai to teach coal mining, which has already formed a low-cost and safer mining operation. Raw coal is still cheap, so naturally there is no need to worry about no business.

This kind of hot sales quickly attracted the attention of the Mongolians who have close contact with Shanxi. Some Mongolian nobles were very satisfied after trying Jinghua's honeycomb coal, and felt that this kind of "non-stinky cow dung" that is hot and burnable is very suitable for their noble families. The descendants of the gold family also began to buy in large quantities.

Later, the Han people in Dabanshengcheng and Guihuacheng also began to like Jinghua's honeycomb coal, and they gave up the cow dung they didn't like at first, and switched to burning coal.

In this way, Jinghua accidentally opened up a small market.In fact, this is also a manifestation of the gradual Sinicization of the Mongols, but it needs to be covered slowly from the top to the bottom.

Without goingssip, when the herdsmen of the Xin Ai tribe were sitting around in tribal felt tents to keep warm, behind a hillside forty miles away, a cavalry army that had just temporarily stationed in the rain was distributing ginger soup.

This army of cavalry has [-] to [-] people, and the soldiers come from many branches.

The central army is the elite lineage of the Dacheng Taiji Department and the Guihua Royal Court, with a total of [-] people; the rear is the Gao Jiading and Ma Jiada soldiers, a total of [-]; The elite; the left and right wings are more complicated. Anyway, there are a lot of Taijis. In addition to the Qingba all Taijis, there are also Daerhans who are waiting for me if they don’t wave. There are [-] to [-] horses in total.

The whole army is added together, about [-] cavalry, which is almost half of the strength of the entire Tumote (Dabanshengcheng and Guihuacheng each left [-], and each Taiji except Chataiji, None of them came out in full force).

It was Magui's idea to stop and set up camp. Originally, according to the meaning of the "chief and deputy commanders" Dacheng Taiji and Qia Taiji, they should have rushed there directly to kill Xin Ai by surprise.

But Ma Gui disagreed. He felt that the whole army came here in a rush, and it was still rushing in the rain. Now it is not far from Xin Ai's Ministry. didn't move.

At this moment, don't worry too much about the failure of the sneak attack, but worry about whether there will be an epidemic in the army after the rain.

In this day and age, colds and fevers have a chance of death. Even if such unlucky ghosts are not too big, a large number of colds and fevers will seriously hinder the combat effectiveness of the army. Our Khan and Chahar tribe are elite, so it is necessary to set up camp in advance and drink some ginger soup and other cold-repellent things. The specific battle can be launched immediately after the rain stops-for the cavalry, the distance of forty miles has no effect. Not big.

In fact, Chataiji felt that Magui's worry was a little unnecessary, because it is very common for Mongolian knights to march in the rain in this era, and the number of people who might die of a cold or fever in an army of [-] to [-] would not exceed a hundred. I don't think this will seriously affect the combat effectiveness.

As for Tumen Khan's actions, Chataiji thought it was impossible for him to arrive so soon, so after defeating Xin Ai, his side could take a good rest and recover before going to face Tumen.

But Dacheng Taiji agreed with this point of view. As for whether he was really kind to his subordinates, or just looking at Ma Gui's face from a high-level practical point of view, it is impossible to know.

The ginger was provided by Ma Gui. Both Gao Jiading and Ma Jiada soldiers brought a lot of this kind of "strategic material", especially the rich and powerful Gao Jiading, each brought two catties of ginger and hung it behind the horse's buttocks. Now they take half of it out to make soup, and some people even take out a little brown sugar from the oil paper bag and mix it with their own ginger soup, which makes the Mongolians jealous.

Ma Gui's so-called rear army is not far away, it's just hanging the tail of Han Naji's army. This arrangement is obviously deliberately arranged by Han Naji because he is worried that the Ming army will lose too much.

Now that the camp was set up, Ma Gui came to the Chinese army to discuss the next military situation with Bahanaji, Chataiji, Qingbadu, Daerhan Ruobulang and others.

In fact, the current military situation is relatively simple, because of yesterday's spring rain, Chataiji's troops carefully probed many times, and confirmed that Xin'ai's troops were unprepared.

This is very simple. Theoretically, even if the Xin Ai Ministry found this army at a distance of only a few tens of miles without being summoned, it could at most gather about [-] subordinates to fight. There is no need for Mangu's evil tactics, and it can be solved by rushing directly into the formation.

Even if you want to play a little bit of tactics, you only need to outflank and encircle for a while.

After all, everyone is Tumed, and the difference in combat effectiveness will not be too great. Once they fight, the number of people basically determines the outcome.

In the eyes of all the Mongolian and Taiwan Kyrgyz, Magui's troops don't even need to be dispatched at all, just watch them win from a distance.

In fact, to be honest, Magui's own desire for war is not strong. In his opinion, it's none of his business for the Mongols to beat the Mongols?
Oh no, he is a Muslim.

The Muslims in this era were not as troubled as they were in a certain period. Da Ming did not regard them as outsiders, nor did they regard themselves as outsiders. The relationship between Han and Hui was relatively harmonious.

In fact, Ming Dynasty seems to be very lenient to any ethnic group that is willing to naturalize. Let’s not talk about the early ones, let’s just say that at present, neither the East, Li, and Xima families are out-and-out Han people—Li Chengliang himself is of Han blood, but his ancestors He took refuge in North Korea during the Tang Dynasty, and only returned to Ming Dynasty during his ancestor Gaozu.

But whether it is Li Chengliang, who is a descendant of overseas Chinese in North Korea (the identity of the Han nationality is confirmed, only "descendant of overseas Chinese"), or Magui, who is a descendant of the Semu people in the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, they will definitely not regard themselves as "foreigners".

Speaking of which, in this respect, ancient China was really not ordinary. Regardless of Han, Tang, or Ming, it seemed that it was a normal phenomenon that "entering China will lead to China".

For example, Jin Ridun in the Han Dynasty, Ashinasheer and Ge Shuhan in the Tang Dynasty, and those in the Ming Dynasty... well, there are too many in the Ming Dynasty.

Let's start with someone with an incomparably pure bloodline, Naha. This person is from the Muhuali lineage of Genghis Khan's four masters. Of course, he was also a high-ranking and powerful person in the Yuan Dynasty.In the 20th year of Hongwu's reign, he was granted the title of Marquis of Haixi. After his death, his son, Chahan, became Marquis of Shenyang, and died because of being implicated in the Lanyu case.

The next one is also at the level of the emperor's relatives, Jin Zhong, the sixth grandson of Taibao and King Hengyang of the Yuan Dynasty, and his Mongolian name is Yexian Mugan.Ye Xianmugan was a Mongolian prince who was good at fighting and had a fierce reputation. He surrendered during Zhu Di's fourth Northern Expedition, and was named Jin Zhong. Shaobao, Taibao.

Then came a Duke of the state, Wu Cheng, formerly known as Buying a Donkey, from the second rank Youcheng in the Yuan Dynasty, to the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu period, and to the Duke of Qingping.

Some friends may think that these princes and grandsons of the Yuan Dynasty were named kings and nobles just for the purpose of appeasing the old people of the Yuan Dynasty, so let's take a look at the following ones.

Tuo Huan is a common name among Mongolians. There was also a Tuo Huan in the Yongle Dynasty. The Chinese name was Xue Bin. He inherited his father Xue Tai's military position.

Compared with Xue Bin, his son Xue Shou is more heroic.During the earth-shattering civil and engineering changes, when the Oirat army launched the final attack, the Ming army general Xue Shou led the army in charge of the rear, fighting to the death without surrendering, and continued to hold the bow to fight against the enemy after the arrows were used up.

How brave is it to know that you will die without retreating?The Oirat army resented him for not surrendering and brutally mutilated him.

Who doesn't admire such a warrior?
What even the Wala people don't know is that Xue Shou is a Mongolian, Shoutong is his real name, and Xue is a surname.The Mongols killed Xue Shou, and later found out that he was a member of the Mongolian tribe, and killed the warriors of the tribe. The Oirat soldiers regretted it and cried.

"When the string is cut and the arrow is exhausted, you are still holding an empty bow to attack the enemy. The enemy is angry and dismembers him. Now that he knows his origin, the Mongols said: 'I am of the same kind, so I should be as brave and strong as this', and wept with each other."

Also in the civil engineering change, the brothers Wu Keqin and Wu Kezhong, who were ordered to lead the army and fought first, were also Mongols. The two brothers were ordered by Yingzong to lead the army [-] times, and became the first to be attacked by the Oirat army. The target, the brothers all died in the battle.

Wu Jin, the son of Wu Keqin, led several personal soldiers to stop Cao Qin's rebels in Cao Qin's rebellion a few years later, and died in a fierce battle.From Du Timur who belonged to Du Timur, who was named Wu Yuncheng in Han, to his grandson Wu Jin and later, most of the Wu family died in the affairs of the king and were loyal to the Ming Dynasty. The so-called loyalty of the whole family does not refer to them ?

Then there is Sun Ting. Many people know him because he fought first at Xizhimen in the defense of Beijing, and played an important role in suppressing Cao Jixiang's rebellion a few years later.In fact, Sun Boring is also a Mongolian. He was born in Dongsheng Prefecture, which is now called Tuotuo City—yes, Tuotuo City, the territory of Chataiji.

Mao Fushou, the left governor who also fought against Oara in the battle to defend the capital, was also a Mongol.

There are too many Mongolian officials in the Ming Dynasty, and I don’t know when I will be able to introduce them one by one. I will pick some of the third-rank and above and briefly introduce them.

Li Xian, formerly known as Chou Donkey, Tatar, the official to the right governor (the first grade); The governor Ma Keshun (real name Pierma Heima); the left army governor Chai Yongzheng (real name Tomur Timur); the governor Tongzhi Wang Bin; the governor Tongzhi Jiduo; the governor Tongzhi Yuzhong (real name Boyandali) Gao Li (real name Li Boluo), the governor; Chen Shouzhong (real name Chacha); Ding Shun (real name Ding Shun); Bai Zhong (real name Beidounu)...

There are so many high-ranking Mongolian officials of the third rank and above in the Ming Dynasty that it is difficult to list them all. As for the number of other low-ranking officials and generals, you can naturally calculate roughly based on the proportion.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were always Mongolian warriors who fought side by side with the Han army. Until the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the bandits rebelled, there were also many Mongolian generals who fought against them.

For example, as fierce as a tiger, the general officer of the Zhongxie in Jizhen, the governor of the department (the second grade), fought against the rebel army of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, and died in Nanyang, Henan; During the years, he served as the deputy commander-in-chief, the supervising governor Qianshi (the second grade), led the army to suppress the peasant army, and died in the battle in Runing, Henan... As for the most famous Man Gui, this one probably needs no introduction.

In fact, this traditional thought of the Han Dynasty is also one of the foundations for the highly pragmatic and daring to consider using political and economic means to subdue Mongolia, because in the eyes of the Han people at this time, no matter what ethnicity you are from, as long as you "naturalize", It is our own people.

And what about the Mongols at this time?It's also very simple: I was with the Great Khan, and I was a Mongolian warrior; I was with the emperor, and I was Ming Zhongzheng.

Lineage?Fuck the bloodline, whoever eats it is the father.

Therefore, bloodline is almost an irrelevant thing, while "naturalization" is very important.

I answer that Wang Ting was named "Guihua City" by Zhu Yijun. It is not as simple as giving a name casually. There is a profound political meaning behind it.

The reason why the Han people are powerful is because the Han people actually don’t care about the issue of blood at all, what the Han people care about is culture.

If you believe in Han culture, I think you are Han. If you don’t believe in Han culture, then you are “not my race, so your heart must be different.”

Why did the Mongol Yuan only ruled the Han land for decades and retreated to the grassland in desperation, while the Qing Dynasty was able to stabilize the country for more than 200 years?
Because the Mongolian Yuan refused to Sinicize, and the Tartar Qing, at least in its face, was quite Sinicized-in the end, the Manchus all sinicized their own characters, and "Manchu Laodang" almost became a dead code in later generations. It has almost become a "historical language".

Why did Inner Mongolia and the Northeast never appear in the frontier areas where there are many things in the future?Without him, it's just a high degree of Sinicization (I don't seem to be able to say any more).

Although war is one of the solutions to the problem, it is obviously a "stupid solution" and should only exist when other means cannot solve it.

When economic and political means can solve problems, people always think about fighting. One is to do less and do nothing. There is no need to explain this. When faced with problems when the blood is young, everyone will be more inclined to solve them violently. This is human nature. ; and the other is to have other plans - such as Li Chengliang.

After confirming that Han Najib was succeeded by Chechen Khan, Xin Ai was a person who could not be solved by political means, and Gao Yushi believed that a violent solution to him could achieve a certain political goal, so he unfortunately became Gao Yushi's chosen war Target.

Seeing Magui's income, Hannaji and others all smiled, Hannaji himself was the most affectionate, stood up to greet him, and said in his mouth: "Ma Zongrong, you came just in time, we are discussing military affairs Well... come, sit down and talk. Come, serve Ma Zongrong tea, good tea!"

There is also a ban on alcohol in the Mongolian army, especially before the war, but Hanaji is a "gentleman" and likes to serve tea to guests...

Ma Gui thanked her with a smile, and sat down neither humble nor overbearing.

After everyone sat down, Han Naji said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, we had a brief discussion just now. You are a guest from a long distance, and you are tired from the journey. Tomorrow, you will be responsible for taking care of the luggage. Charge and kill." For things like the enemy, we can do it for you, what do you think?"

The current Mongolian army is not what it was when it marched west more than 200 years ago. It still has supplies, but it is relatively small.Asking Magui to take care of the luggage is actually telling him that he does not need to participate in the war.

Ma Gui didn't care about this, because in the order Gao Yushi gave him, there was no saying that he had to participate in the war, and there was even a faint meaning that "the bloody battle will be avoided, and the dog in the water may as well go up."

So Ma Gui nodded in response, and said: "Ma understands." He cannot be called the last general, because his position as the deputy general is theoretically higher than that of Han Naji's current general, Dragon and Tiger.
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