Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 859 Tumen's Decision

In fact, Brihatu’s last words were left unfinished, because in his opinion, if the Tumen’s western expedition is anticlimactic and gives up halfway, then the Great Mongolian Kingdom may lose not only Tumed, but also Tumed. Also include Ordos Wanhu and Qinghai Tumed.

In other words, the entire right-wing Mongolia will be lost.

This reason is obvious. Tumed is sandwiched between the Chahar Department and the Ordos Department, completely separating the two departments, and the Ordos Department and Qinghai Tumed were originally influenced by the Tumed Department and obeyed our orders. Yes.

Therefore, as long as the successor of Alda, the new Chechen Khan, does not mess around, the two departments can only continue to obey Tumed because they rely on King Shunyi's power to preside over the mutual market to ensure trade with Daming.

We expect them to give up the huge benefits of the mutual market simply because of the "Mongol family" and sing against Tumed, or even jump directly to follow Tumen Khan?
Hehe, which of your faces is more beautiful?

After all, Huang Taiji has always been a follower of Alda, and he is a very sensible person, he is clear about the importance of the stock market, and he will definitely not give up the huge benefits he has already obtained to follow Tumen, a short seller. ;

Huo Luochi may have slightly greater ambitions than cutting Huang Taiji out, but he was originally the leader of Yongxiebu, and he followed Alta for many years before he was sent by Alta to Qinghai to take control of one side.For this reason, he even left about [-]% of his strength as a "thank you" or in exchange. Now that he has just gained a foothold in Qinghai, he desperately needs to "replenish himself" through trade with Daming. Can you give up the mutual market?Definitely not!

Therefore, if Tumen Khan does not interfere with Tumed's changes this time, or withdraws his troops because of the fire in the backyard, then what he and the Great Mongolian Kingdom will lose will not be just a Tumed, but the entire right-wing Mongolia.

Perhaps, for a period of time, Tumed, Ordos and Qinghai Tumed will all be temporarily kept within the political framework of the Great Mongolia.However, it only took the Ming Dynasty a short period of ten years to tie the right-wing Mongolia so firmly. If there are another ten or twenty years, will this right-wing Mongolia still exist?It will truly become the "Golden Kingdom of Ming Dynasty".

[Wufeng’s Note: The Great Ming Dynasty was the country established by Ida in history. Because the explanation of this regime is extremely complicated, this book does not describe it in detail. If you are interested, please go to Baidu, but this may require you to find a few paid academic papers to figure it out. ]
Brihatu has already analyzed Gao Pragmatic's motives and practices quite clearly. Although Tumen Khan is "wise and late", he has now basically understood the danger of his situation.

Since Dayan Khan, the great situation of Mongolian unification has almost collapsed because of the death of An Da, who was manipulated by that guy named Gao Yushi!

For the first time, Tumen Khan experienced the tremendous pressure of the words "high pragmatism".

As the Great Khan of all Mongolia, he has experienced three great Ming emperors, Jiajing, Longqing and today's Wanli.

In his eyes, Jiajing is powerful internally, but incompetent externally, but he is a good person and has a good face. Daming in the Jiajing period seems to be the best bully if he thinks about it now;
Long Qing was benevolent or weak at home, but he had a way with the outside world. Looking back now, it seems that it was because he employed people properly, and Gao Gong's strategy of making the west and the east made him feel very uncomfortable.And it was also during the Longqing period that Tumed resolutely fell into the arms of Daming, and since then he has become more and more alienated from him, the Great Khan of All Mongolia;

What about Wanli?This little emperor did not show any unique features before. At the beginning, everything was presided over by Gao Gong. After Gao Gong passed away, he continued to use Gao Gong’s ally Guo Pu. Harassing Mingjing all suffered a shameful defeat under the counterattack of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang.

But at that time, it seemed that that was all there was to it: Qi Jiguang just stood firm, Li Chengliang occasionally sent troops to raid but never killed them all. Continue normally.

Until Guo Pu became an official and the little emperor officially took over the government, everything changed suddenly.

The opportunity for this great change was naturally Al Da's death, but since the little emperor unexpectedly used Gao Yushi as the full-power imperial envoy, there seemed to be some weird changes in Ming's policy.

The "Xi Huai" of "Xi Huai Dong System" has been further improved. Daming's "West" is not only satisfied with "Huai", but now it seems to be raised to "Control".

A Daming who has completely mastered the right-wing Mongolia, it is scary to think about it!

200 years ago, Zhu Di only had the three tribes of Wuliangha in his hands, and Ming Dynasty suppressed Mongolia and fought against Mobei five times. If they now have the entire right wing, what will happen?Can I stay in Chahanhot?

This high pragmatism is too powerful!If his plan is not disrupted this time, the unification and revival of Mongolia will be far away!

Tumen Khan was persuaded by Buri Hatu. He now regards Gao Yushi as an enemy like Gao Gong, and unlike Gao Gong who was in power in the court and fought steadily, Gao Wushi is now in Monan, right in Tumen Mert!
Tumen Khan gritted his teeth and made up his mind: we can't retreat, this time we must completely cut off Gao Yushi's claws!

"Ben Khan has made a decision." Tumen Khan's eyes showed a firm look: "First defeat Bahan Naji, capture the imperial envoy of the Ming court, and sacrifice the flag with a high-level pragmatic head!"

Huang Taiji and others sighed inwardly, but the brothers Lalik and Burihatu immediately applauded loudly, praising Tumen Khan's wise decision.

In fact, what the Tumen don't know is that Gao Yushi doesn't have much feeling for Zhu Di's Five Expeditions to Mobei, and even has some slander in private.

According to the point of view of many people in later generations, the Five Expeditions to Mobei, which spread its prestige in the world, is such a grand event, what are you complaining about?

However, with a high-practical thinking, he has always paid little attention to false fame, and what he values ​​is actual results.

What is the actual effect of the five expeditions to Mobei?What did Daming gain and what did he lose during the Five Expeditions to Mobei?
Since the Wuliangha tribe made great contributions in the battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di still had a gentle attitude towards Mongolia at first, but in the seventh year of Yongle, this thinking changed.

At that time, Benya Shili Khan, the leader of Eastern Mongolia, first beheaded Guo Ji, the envoy of Daming, and then wiped out the 50 troops of Daming in the Battle of Luqu River, causing Ming to suffer heavy losses.After Zhu Di heard the news, Lei Ting was furious, and personally led an army of [-] to crusade.

As a result, the 14-year Northern Expedition was launched, and a desperate contest with Mongolia was launched.So, how did the 14-year battle go?

In the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Di started his first crusade.The result of this battle is actually a bit embarrassing, because Zhu Di sent troops to conquer in February, but in the first three months, the Ming army could not find Benya Shili Khan's large army. Zhu Di brought the 50 army, Hao Mighty, but like hunting in a paddock, you can't beat a few Mongolian soldiers.It wasn't until May that the Ming army had a small harvest-killed a few Mongolian soldiers, handed over a few horses, sheep, and vehicles.

It wasn't until they reached the banks of the Onan River and the east of Bell Lake that the Ming army met Benya, the strategic target, and started a real fierce battle.In this battle, the Ming army defeated the Mongolian soldiers with an absolute advantage, but unfortunately, they failed to kill Benya Shilihan and let him escape to the west.

At the same time, because the food and grass of the Ming army had been exhausted after several months of traveling, many soldiers of the Ming Dynasty starved to death.

In the 12th year of Yongle, he fought in the Mobei area for the second time.At this time, the Oala tribe of Mongolia began to grow stronger, harassing and threatening the border of Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Di led another 50 troops to start the second imperial conquest.

The Ming army launched an attack on the Oala troops with cannons at the Tula River, causing heavy casualties.According to relevant historical records, the Ming army "killed hundreds of enemies" in this battle.This time Zhu Di adopted the method of chasing after the victory. After the bombardment, he began to fight at close range.

During the fierce battle, both sides suffered a lot of casualties, but the Oala tribe suffered even more heavy losses, and was later annexed by the Tatar tribe Arutai, which apparently surrendered to Ming Dynasty at that time.Arutai's power gradually became stronger in the later period, and then stopped paying tribute, and later, this army developed into an army of criminals.

In the 20th year of Yongle, the third Northern Expedition began.The main target of Zhu Di's attack this time is the Arutai of the Tatar Ministry.Due to the difference in strength, Arutai did not dare to confront Daming head-on, so before Zhu Di's large army reached Mongolia, Arutai took his generals and fled away.

Therefore, after Zhu Di and his 30 army arrived in Mongolia, they didn't even see the enemy.Originally, Zhu Di wanted to hunt down Alutai, but at the end of September, he changed his mind and went back home.The result of this crusade is... killing dozens of enemies.

In the second year, the fourth desert campaign began.Since he didn't hit Alutai last time, and he himself was not dead, he once again gathered troops to make a comeback, forcing Zhu Di to start his fourth personal expedition.But this time, Alutai still refused to confront the Ming army head-on, and adopted roundabout and evasive tactics.

However, the luck of this conquest was better than the previous one. During the sporadic battles, the Ming army also wiped out most of Arutai’s troops, so that it was reduced so much that it was finally annihilated by the resurgent Mongolian Wala tribe.

Another year passed, and in the 22nd year of Yongle, the fifth expedition to Mobei began.This was Zhu Di's third imperial conquest and the last time he sent troops to Mongolia, but even so, he returned empty-handed this time.

When the Ming army came to Mongolia, the local enemy army refused to fight, but started a guerrilla warfare like hide-and-seek.

Although Zhu Di sent people to search repeatedly in various valleys and narrow passages, trying to find the enemy, but he did not see a single soldier of the enemy.Later, someone suggested that they want to use one month's rations as bait to lure the enemy to go deep, but Zhu Di was worried that he would encounter some accidents because he was too close to the enemy's hinterland, so he rejected the proposal. towards.

To make matters worse, Zhu Di died of illness on the way back to Beijing, and the Ming army could only speed up their return to Beijing to end the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, from Gao Yushi's point of view, during Zhu Di's reign, he personally conquered Mobei five times, and won five battles and five victories. Numerous, did not completely eliminate the troubles of Daming's frontier fortress, but only deepened the enmity between Daming and Mongolia.

It doesn't matter if you end up feuding, the problem is that during these five expeditions against Mobei, Da Ming did not achieve any substantial victory, and Zhu Di, who led hundreds of thousands of troops each time, his battles were full of thunder and rain, but the results were mediocre , basically being sneaked by the enemy, working hard and getting nothing.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty mobilized so many troops and continued the Northern Expedition, which consumed a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. Compared with the Mongolian army, it was obviously more disadvantaged.Even if the country was strong in the early Ming Dynasty, what good would it do?It might as well be as useful as the seven voyages to the West—the seven voyages to the West are actually not at a loss, but the emperor’s internal money is what makes the money. Even the Ming Dynasty obtained Arabian specialty dyes, which opened the era of blue and white porcelain.

But Zhu Di is not an idiot. Since several Northern Expeditions have been useless, why is he still trying repeatedly?

Zhu Di's goal was not actually a military goal. What he considered in the Northern Expedition was politics.

(End of this chapter)