Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 859 Nine-year-old saint
Shaotian eight years, midsummer.

Qilian Mountains, north of Lenglongling,

Gansu Shandan Royal Racecourse,

The emperor Zhu Yihai was galloping his horse. The past winter and spring made him suffer very much, and his asthma came and went again and again, which almost killed him. Now that it is midsummer, he has finally regained his vitality completely.Riding on the galloping Shandan war horse, the emperor felt that he was doing well again.

In summer, the Shandan Royal Horse Farm has a flat terrain and lush water and grass. It is said that water horses and dry sheep. If you want to raise good horses and produce good horses, you must have good water. It is difficult to raise good horses in arid land. Only those famous prairie have good horses.

Shandan Horse Farm was created by Huo Qubing, a Hussar General of the Han Dynasty, which led to good horses from the Western Regions. Through breeding, the world-famous Shandan Horse was born. This place has been an important place for royal army horses for generations. Strong and strong, well-proportioned, well-adapted, and resistant to rough feeding, it is very good in terms of durability and speed. It is a good horse for riding and carrying.

At this time, this is the Daming Royal Racecourse, with more than 1 good horses and BMWs.

There are gurgling streams in the racecourse, and the mountain flowers are blooming.

The scene of thousands of horses galloping is really very majestic. The emperor rode his horse to lead the horses, and seemed to be full of pride. He jumped into the river and splashed countless water.

Tianma Yuhe.

When the emperor came back after running a lap, he felt extremely happy.

The guards brought water for the emperor.

Zhu Dadian came up, "There are some new news. One is that the fifth son of Gushri Khan, Yilduqi, the father of Handu who called himself Saiyin Khan in Kangba, refused to obey Dalai Khan's orders in the north of Jishi Mountain. Send out troops."

This news is not surprising. In fact, Handu became self-reliant. Although Dalai did not send troops to attack, he was already full of suspicion and suspicion towards Yilduqi, the father of Handu. Yilduqi was forced to rebel against him by his son and brother. , it doesn’t work if you don’t.

It's better to just reverse it, otherwise, if you obey the order to lead troops to Dalai, it is very likely that Dalai will overthrow you, or at least you will be deprived of your military power and put under house arrest.

The fifth child also knew that the sixth child was urinating, so he simply refused to listen to the tune, and he didn't say anything against it, anyway, his territory was close to his son's.

His pastoral area is located in Henan County of Qinghai in later generations, that is, in the area of ​​the Yellow River in the north of Jishi Mountain, the south bank of the Yellow River in the south of Jishi Mountain is the border of Sichuan, and the border of Longnan in Gansu is across Xiqing Mountain in the east.

Aba, Hongyuan, and Nuoergai on the south bank of the Yellow River, as well as Seda, Ganzi, Dege, Litang, Batang, Kangding, Danba and other places in the southeast, are now owned by his son Saiyin Khanhand, whether he calls them or not. Khan, anyway, the two of you are back to back, so it is very safe.

Yilduqi is not weak either. He governs the three Otoks of Heshuote, plus the one co-edited by Tumed and Turhut. He has more than 6000 households, tens of thousands of people.

Before, Zhu Yihai organized the Taijis in Qinghai into the left and right capital guards, and divided them into sixteen capitals, and each of the eight Taijis governed two capitals, basically one for the father and one for the son.

Yil Duqi and his second son Darji each unified the Dudufu, and Yilduqi also served as the head of the right wing, that is, the Duhu of the Heyuan Dufu. The two Dudufu each have more than [-] accounts, and their strength is not weak.

His refusal to obey the order undoubtedly gave Lao Wu Dalai a resounding slap in the face.Kangba's self-reliant Handu could not be dealt with, but in the end, Handu's father rebelled in the Jishishan and Hequ area, and another [-] tents were set up.

The situation is more complicated.

For Daming, this is not a good thing. Yil Duqi and Handu joined forces, from Hequ to Kangding, and even went southwest to Diqing Shangri-La in Yunnan, and southeast to Kangba. There are not many Mongols in China, and all parts of the Kham area are still controlled by chieftains, large and small.

But after all, the father and son are the bosses recognized by the chieftains in such a vast area, which is of course not acceptable for Daming.

The territories they controlled were basically areas controlled by Tubo in the past, along the snow-capped mountains and canyons.

But for the time being, Zhu Yihai is not in a hurry to act, "How about Songpan?"

"The ancient city of Songpan in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River now has more troops. The imperial camps, patrol camps, towns, and regiments are ready. More than a hundred forts, fortresses, towns, and beacon piers have been built. Many chieftain villages in the surrounding areas have also been attached. Build Heishui City in the upper reaches of Heishui River, build Baihe City in the middle reaches of Baihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River in the north, build Aba City in the upper reaches of Dajinchuan River, and build Rangtang City in the middle reaches of Duke River, a tributary on the left bank of Dajinchuan River..."

The direction of Songpan in the northwest of Sichuan has not been idle in the past few years. It has continuously built castles and forts and built beacon towers. In the flat dam area of ​​the valley, a military fortress was built, and then relying on it, fortresses were built around the area, towns were settled, and immigrants were farmed.

At this stage, Songpan has set up a mansion with several large military fortresses and an increasingly complete chain of beacon fortresses.

In the south, that is, the middle reaches of the Jinchuan River, the Ming army also used Li County as its base camp, crossed the Qionglai Mountains, and built Malkang and Dajinchuan on the right bank of the Dajinchuan River, as well as its tributary, Xiaojinchuan, to build Xiaojinchuan City.

Further south, based on Ya'an, crossed the Daxianggong Mountains, advanced to the right bank of Dajinchuan, built Luding Fort, Luding Bridge, Feishui Pass, etc.

Under the Ming army’s strategy of building cities and building fortresses and stationing troops, it tasted a bit like boiling frogs in warm water. On the surface, they naturally rewarded the chieftains vigorously, and then they exchanged tea and horses, so that the chieftains could taste the sweetness. , in the name of trade and mutual market, opened a commercial road and post road, and then built a castle.

In the past, the area to the west of Qionglai Mountain was the domain of Duogan Dusi. Like Wusi Tibet, it was purely self-governed by foreign vassals. Even the upper reaches of the Minjiang River north of Wenchuan, except for some Guanchengs such as Songpanwei, the rest were Tusi villages.

But now the Ming army is using guns, guns and swords on one side, and the tea and horse trade on the other, and then the marriage with rewards, coupled with secret division and wooing, the advancement is very smooth.

Now the Ming army has built many fortresses on the right bank of the Dajinchuan River, stationed many soldiers, and even engaged in stationing troops and emigrating fields, greatly strengthening its control.

The west bank of the Dajinchuan River, especially the Yalong River, Jinsha River, and Lancang River to the west of the Daxue Mountain, is still basically dominated by chieftain forces.

The area in western Sichuan is actually very difficult to deal with. The geographical conditions are such that the chieftain's influence is also deeply entrenched.

In history, Qianlong, who claimed to be perfect in martial arts, pacified the Jinchuan Rebellion, but he suffered a lot and spent countless money. This thing can't be rushed, so it can only be pushed forward slowly.

"Look for opportunities to continue to build cities and fortresses to station troops and emigrate. We must continue to build a good relationship with the chieftains. Think long-term. Don't worry about temporary gains and losses. Even temporary concessions and compromises are fine. Get in touch with them more and find ways to win these chieftains to us. Come on.

Although Handu and his son are known as Khans in Kham, they are also rootless. As long as these chieftains do not support them, they will not be able to gain a real foothold in Kham.If we want to find a way to alienate the relationship between them, it is best to provoke them to rebel against Handu, drive him away, and we will support behind, so that driving tigers and wolves away, sitting on the mountain and watching tigers fight, wouldn't it be fun? When they are both hurt, let's take advantage of the situation and enter the arena to appease them while stationing troops and repairing the city, that would be great. "

The Ming army went off in person, not familiar with the climate and geography, and it is easy to cause the chieftains to fight against each other, which is better than fanning the flames behind and provoking them to fight among themselves.

Baili Chieftain, who was wiped out by Gushi Khan before, originated in the Yuan Dynasty. After years of fighting, his family expanded around Mangkang, Qamdo, and reached its peak during Dunyue Dorje. The sphere of influence included Dege, Deng Ke, Dao Fu, Shiqu, Changdu, Leiwuqi and other places, and even went deep into the Lijiang area.

At that time, he was the largest chieftain force in Kham, and only the Mu family chieftain in Lijiang was comparable to him.

At its heyday, its territory stretched from the Nujiang River in the west to Ganzi in the east, three parts of the Kham area. It occupied Qamdo and Litang in the upper Kham area, and Naqu, Dege, and Ganzi in the Zhongkang area.

It's just that he formed an alliance with Zangba Khan in Tibet and Quetu Khan in Qinghai. The three alliances jointly fought against Heshuote, but they were defeated by Gushi Khan.

Handu led Heshuote's first army to capture Qamdo, Mangkang and Dokang Liugang, and then took advantage of the situation to push all the way south, forcing many chieftains to pay tribute to him.

In order to obtain huge benefits from the border trade with Daming Sichuan, Handu also moved from Changdu to the Yalong River Basin. First, Ganzi set up tents, and then moved to Kangding Dajianlu on the west bank of the Dadu River to facilitate trade with Daming and obtain huge profits.

The Baili family believed in the Bon religion, and continued to expand by force, but he was just a big chieftain after all. The traditions of the Kham area determined that those chieftains who surrendered to him would not completely agree with them. When he is young, he is naturally obedient to him, but once he shows signs of weakness, he will rebel in groups.

The last king of Baili was defeated and died. Both Mongolian and Shuothan led their troops into Kang and swept up the Baili family. Those local chieftains who had surrendered to the Baili family rose up and beat the dogs in the water one after another. , and then paid tribute to Handu as a minister.

Those little chieftains didn't have many soldiers, but by virtue of their strategic location and fortresses passed down from generation to generation, they have always been small local overlords. For example, when the Bai Li family conquered Leiwuqi, Leiwuqi chieftain had fewer than seventy soldiers. .

The Baili family later fought with the chieftain of the Mu family in Lijiang in the middle of the Jinsha River. They fought fiercely for the Shenchuan Iron Bridge, but both sides dispatched less than a thousand people each, which is already a rare battle.

(End of this chapter)