The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 445 Zhu Yuanzhang's Choice
Eastern Mongolian steppe.

Ever since the news about the fertile soil in the northeast of Ming Dynasty spread throughout the grassland with the help of Shanxi merchants.

A large number of grassland tribes began to migrate eastward.

Because in the words of Shanxi merchants, the fertile soil there can produce the most sufficient food. As long as whoever controls that land, the soldiers and people under his command will be free from hunger forever.

Such words sound unreliable, but almost all the grassland nobles believed it.

Because they have heard about it from Daming through various relationships and channels very early on, it is a real thing.

It is said that the Ming Dynasty wanted to relocate millions of farmers to the Liaodong and Nuergan areas to reclaim these fertile lands.

"If we go to fight the autumn wind, doesn't it mean that the whole tribe doesn't have to worry about hunger."

Of course, the Mongols would not say that they ran to farm. In their view, robbing is the fastest way.

For the border of Ming Dynasty, seven out of ten Mongolian cavalrymen went to fight the autumn wind.

Because the output of the Mongolian grassland is not enough for the survival of the tribe, even some large tribes, many people will starve to death every year. It can be said that hunger is a normal state for the Mongolians.

Even if they occupy the vast grassland, they can only survive by relying on continuous looting.

It has always been like this throughout the ages.

Currently, the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty ruled the area close to the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Further north is the union of more than ten large tribes.

To the west is the Oala tribe, and a little further to the west, it belongs to the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which is closer to the west.

That is to say, the place that connects with Liaodong and Nuergan belongs to the world of Beiyuan forces.

But the rule belongs to the rule. In fact, there are still many tribes on the grassland of Beiyuan, but they belong to Beiyuan in name.

Moreover, due to the migration of too many tribes, the current Northern Yuan forces cannot stop it at all.

Therefore, on the grasslands in eastern Mongolia, more and more tribes gathered here.

Although Liaodong and Nuergan are indeed under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, there is also a problem here. The place where the fertile soil in the Northeast exists is already outside the Great Wall.

There are even hundreds of lands away from the Great Wall, which is a place that the military power of the Ming Dynasty is currently unattainable.

However, most of the tribes felt cheated after coming here.

There is indeed black land, but it is still barren, and there is no sign of reclamation at all, and it is not even known when it will be reclaimed.

When the people of Daming come over, how long will it take, the tribes here will almost starve to death.

In just two months, a grassland population of more than 300 million has gathered in the eastern grassland.

Even Bei Yuan couldn't control it at all.

What is the concept of more than 300 million grassland people gathering together.

If anyone can integrate this force, then he is the next Genghis Khan.

Because for most grassland tribes, whether they are Mongolian or other races, it is basically the concept that all people are soldiers.

This also means that 300 million prairie people gather together, and among them, they can be used as soldiers to fight, and there are about one million people.

At present, in the Ming Dynasty, the total number of field soldiers in the whole country is only more than 200 million.

When Genghis Khan first unified the Mongolians, there were only more than 80 people.

Of course, the 300 million here refers to the sum of all tribes.

The so-called times make heroes.

When so many grassland populations gather together, a chaotic situation opens up.

Almost the same as Zhu Ying's conjecture, a large number of grassland tribes began to fight and kill each other due to various conflicts.

Just like the troubled times of the Central Plains Dynasty, the heroes fought.

The battle that lasted for several months began. Every day, a large number of people of all ethnic groups in the grassland died, and piles of Jingguan appeared. The blood stained the grassland, and even the water in the river was tinged with a trace of blood red for hundreds of miles.

For Daming, the power of the grassland has begun to weaken, which is of course a great thing.

Especially Bei Yuan suffered even more damage.

In fact, the battle of Yuerhai had caused the northern Yuan nobles to suffer the biggest defeat.

If it was said that before that they might still have the hope of regaining power and taking control of the Central Plains, then this hope was completely shattered by this time.

The Khan currently ruling the forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is Borjijin Enkhdroliktu, or it is clearer that he is Yasudeel.

At that time, Lan Yu led an army of 15 troops to march northward, which was only a hundred miles away from Tuogusi Timur Khan's camp.Togusi Timur thought that the Ming army would not go deep into the north to fight again because of the lack of food and grass shortly after they fought against Naha, and he was not prepared to meet the enemy.

However, when the forwards of the Ming army rushed to his camp, it happened that the sky was full of wind and sand, and no one could be seen dozens of steps away.

The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared, and Tugusi Timur could not resist effectively at all. The Taiwei Manzi rushed into battle and was soon defeated and killed.

Tuogusi Timur took dozens of people including the prince Tianbaonu, the Zhiyuan Nieqilai, and the prime minister Shiliemen to Helin.

Tuogusi Timur and his party met Yesudieer in the Tula River on the way to escape.Together with the prince Tianbaonu, he was killed by Ye Sudieer, thus seeking the position of Khan.

It's just that facing the current chaos, it is obvious that Sudie'er has lost control.

The so-called heroes in troubled times.

In this massacre, a clan rose rapidly.

"Grandpa, it's because the grandson didn't think carefully, but Zeng helped them instead."

In the Daming Palace, Zhu Ying took a boat from Shanghai and quickly returned to the Daming Capital.

Discuss countermeasures with the old man in Qianqing Palace.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw his grandson again, he was naturally very happy, and he would not say anything to blame.

"It can't be blamed on Dasun. No one has thought of such a change. Even if it doesn't happen now, it will definitely happen in the future."

"Being able to grow stronger in the fight of so many tribes shows that he has long had the idea of ​​​​anti-Bei Yuan. The things on the battlefield do not mean that relying on one person's brute force must have extremely elite soldiers and his own strategy. "

"He is a descendant of Hedan, the concubine of Wokuotai, and he must have made up his mind a long time ago to imitate his ancestor Genghis Khan."

Zhu Yuanzhang analyzed and said.

Although the grassland is now thousands of miles away from the capital, Zhu Yuanzhang can get a lot of information just from some simple information.

Being able to build a Ming Dynasty from a bowl, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously has a very keen talent in intelligence analysis. With so many years of experience, habits, and some trivial details cannot escape his eyes.

And the person the grandfather and grandson were talking about was the Borjijin Yuelu Timur who was gaining fame on the grasslands in the eastern part of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. According to the Ming Dynasty, he was Guilichi.

Guilich was the leader of the Kirghiz tribe along the upper reaches of the Yenisei River.

In fact, did Zhu Yuanzhang guess wrong? A few years later, it was Guilichi who denied the suzerainty of the remnant emperor Elebek, defeated and killed him in the first year of Jianwen, and gained the hegemony over the various ministries.

A tribe overthrew the entire Beiyuan, and one can imagine how long it had hidden its own strength.

The growth of strength on the grassland does not mean that it can be completed in one or two years, especially under Bei Yuan's nose.

And this time, he was given the best chance.

"Grandson is not worried about Guilichi's growth. The key is that after the grassland battle, the number of people gathered is too large, and the eastern grassland alone cannot support it."

"The fertile land they are fighting for now can only be described as wasteland. After that, they will definitely not talk about farming or anything, and they will definitely focus on our Daming."

This is a very important question at present.

No matter how many casualties there are, it is conservatively estimated that there will be 70 million troops remaining.

On the border of Ming Dynasty, there was no possibility of resistance to the 67 grassland combat power.

Even if only the elite troops are counted, it is at least 30 in size.

A force of 30 may not seem like much, but this is not someone else, they are grassland people.

Among them, there may even be about 15 cavalry.

On the grassland, everyone is a soldier. As long as they have bows and arrows, almost all of them can become light cavalry.

15 light cavalry is a very terrifying existence, especially under the rule of one person.

That's why Zhu Ying ended the inspection hastily, and quickly returned to the capital to discuss countermeasures with the old man.

"Sun, don't worry too much. Not to mention whether Guilichi can really rule all the tribes, Beiyuan alone is a big difficulty."

"Besides, after the fight, the remaining troops must be exhausted."

"Why wait for them to attack our Ming Dynasty, why not take this opportunity and let our Ming soldiers go out to attack directly."

"Aren't they just trying to offend our Ming Dynasty and take away our fertile soil? Such a famous teacher can weaken the strength of the grassland even more, so why not do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, and there was no haste in his tone.

Unlike Zhu Ying, Zhu Yuanzhang spent most of his life in war, especially in the early days, it can almost be said that he often used the weak against the strong.

In Zhu Ying's thoughts, the first thing is to think about how to solve the current disaster, which is also a very correct idea for normal people.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is different. His excellent military talent allows him to control the opportunities well.

The grassland, which seems to be about to become stronger, is actually at its most vulnerable at this time.

Hearing what the old man said, Zhu Ying suddenly came to her senses.

After all, for Zhu Ying, war is not his strong point. How to revitalize the economy, or the development of internal affairs is what Zhu Ying is good at.

However, the grandfather and grandson are together, learning from each other's strengths, and they cooperate very well.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment, and then said: "This time we go out to the grassland, we want you to lead the army to go."

Zhu Ying was stunned for a moment, but nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Grandpa."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Why don't you ask why we let you go?"

Zhu Ying thought for a while and said, "Grandpa let his grandson go, naturally he has grandpa's idea, and he thought it was for his grandson's benefit."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Dasun is good at everything, but he is extremely lacking in war."

"We can see that Dasun has a lot of thoughts, whether it's about Japan, Annan, Korea, or even overseas countries."

"On the grassland, Dasun has been planning for a long time, but he hasn't achieved any good results."

Zhu Ying replied: "Grandpa's guess is correct. My grandson has laid out on the grassland very early, even at the beginning, a little earlier than Korea, but until now, there has been no good development."

The origin of Zhu Ying is in the Western Regions.

The Western Regions were close to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and Zhu Ying's first choice was naturally there.

Goryeo can be regarded as on the other side of the Far East.

Then it developed to the back, on the side of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, although the power of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce is not small, it is equivalent to a medium-sized grassland tribe, and because it is extremely scattered, it is impossible to form a cohesion.

For some matters on the grassland, not to mention the qualifications to intervene and speak.

On the contrary, in the Koryo region, which spans thousands of miles from the Northern Yuan and Liaodong regions, a good breakthrough was made because of knowing some progress in advance.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, these can be said to be clear at a glance.

"If Dasun wants to conquer the world, it is one aspect to control the soldiers, but sometimes, he also needs richer experience, especially in the middle of a war."

"If it's a smooth victory, then we don't need to say anything, but if we encounter a stalemate, the military report from the front will come, and the ministers in the court have suggestions."

"At this critical moment, it is up to Dasun himself to make a choice."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very aware of Dasun's ambitions.

This is also the reason why he has been worried. Now that he is old, he doesn't have many days left.

For a country, the beginning and end of a war may take several years to pass, and the areas that Dasun wants to conquer, based on Zhu Yuanzhang's current view, should not be too many.

It can be said that they want everything in the southeast and northwest.

Zhu Yuanzhang is old, but his grandson is too young.

Already 65 years old, he doesn't know how long he can live.

Ten years, 20 years?

However, even after 20 years, Dasun is only 39 years old, less than [-] years old.

Even for ordinary people, the age of 40 is considered to be at the peak.

After that, if Da Sun had a choice about war, how would he choose.

With the character of the eldest grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang could even think that it was natural to fight.

But sometimes, war is not just a matter of fighting all the way down. Only by making appropriate concessions can we launch a better attack.

And since the crusade against the Wa Kingdom, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the shortcomings of Dasun in war.

Simply put, it is control.

Regarding the current war in the Wa Kingdom, Dasun and Shang Dao handled it completely oppositely, almost allowing it to develop without the slightest control, which is not a good thing.

So after getting the information about the grassland, although he felt very reluctant, in the end Zhu Yuanzhang decided to let his grandson go.

(End of this chapter)