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Chapter 663 Mobei Beihai (with map)

(The map is finally available!!!)
"Are you sure they are all Chechen Khan and Tushetu Khan's main force?" Yang Gongshan arrived late, and the war was already over.

Ning Nanhui replied: "The Mongolian nobles who surrendered have already confessed that they are indeed the main force of the two armies. Moreover, we also found the body of Tuxie Tuhan Dundan Dorji. This guy fell from his horse and died. His head was also He was cut off by his brothers. The Chechen Khan Chebuden fled from Banjul, but his brothers surrendered in front of the battle, and the number of Chechen Khan's cavalry that followed them was no more than three thousand. "

More than 60,000 Mongolian cavalry were killed in one battle, and only a few thousand actually escaped.

The number of Mongolian cavalry who were killed in the battle alone exceeded 30,000, and half of them were not at the hands of the Ming army, but died in the fighting between the two armies. Another 30,000 or so were left over from the fighting. , all chose to surrender.

Yang Gong arrived just in time to receive so many surrendered troops. Otherwise, Ning Nanhui, who only had 5,000 troops, would not be able to withstand so many Mongolian cavalry.

Yang Gong said: "According to the usual practice, these Mongolians will be screened out. Anyone who participates in the raid on our army's food road, carefully select a few to kill Liwei. If you don't surrender and submit, you have to wait until the overall situation is decided before you are willing to switch sides. How can there be such a thing in the world?" Such a cheap good thing?”

Of course, if you just kill a few big nobles, it is impossible to kill them all, otherwise these Mongols will definitely rebel.

Moreover, the Mobei grassland is large, and large areas are hilly and pastureland, which is not suitable for large-scale immigration of Han people. These Mongolian tribes still need to be retained.

Just like today's Heilongjiang Dusi, although the Ming Dynasty has been immigrating here to build cities and build inns, they all rely on the Heilongjiang and Songhua Rivers. The cities are being built in the waters of these two rivers. The rest of the vast land is still governed by the Sauron tribes.

For Ming Dynasty, whose industrial revolution was still in its infancy, this was considered the limit of territory expansion, and everything could only be done slowly.

Yang Gong looked at the vast hills and grasslands around him, feeling quite melancholy in his heart. This battle was really going to start but end.

The Ming Dynasty mobilized troops and sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the Northern Expedition. As a result, most of the soldiers and civilians stayed in the grasslands throughout the entire process, walking behind the Mongols.

There is no way around it, the Mobei grassland is too big.

Enough troops must be dispatched, otherwise the Mongols will lead them around. Even if enough troops are dispatched, it is still easy to encounter the problems during the Yongle Northern Expedition. The Mongols themselves couldn't keep their composure, and they really didn't have much money to spend with the Ming army.

Moreover, Yang Gong was not really going in circles the whole time. Together with Fu Yunsheng of the West Route Army, he constantly divided his forces to track and reduce the scope of the Mongols' activities.

Chebuden Banjul chose to go south for a decisive battle because he had no way to retreat, and he could not afford to be hurt if he retreated further.

Fu Yunsheng rode forward: "Chebuden Banjul escaped. Although he only took a few thousand riders with him, it is still a disaster."

Yang Gong thought for a while and said: "Detach a group of cavalry and continue to track and search. If you can't find them, you don't need me. He can't make a big difference with three thousand people. Besides, his brother has already joined us, and we still have Mo." The Lama of Peking University is in hand, so don’t worry too much.”

Fu Yunsheng nodded: "Okay, let's leave one cavalry and the rest go north to see how the fight in Beihai is going?"

Although Yang Gong seemed to have accomplished nothing in this battle, he was the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army. As long as the Mobei battle was won and the army suffered little losses, it would be considered a mastermind.

On the contrary, Fu Yunsheng of the Western Route Army was really looking for traces of the Mongols the whole time, but he couldn't find them in the end.

Now that the overall situation in Mobei has been decided, he naturally wants to go to Beihai again, not only to have the opportunity to gain military exploits, but at least not to make the battle report too ugly.

Moreover, the imperial court has already made a decision. If the battle in Mobei goes smoothly and there is still plenty of time, they can go north and conquer Beihai.

Lake Baikal was officially named Beihai by the Privy Council before the Ming Dynasty sent troops to Mobei.

After the Beihai Cossacks were wiped out, the imperial court established the Beihai Dusi here. In addition, a "Beihai City" will be built along the Beihai Lake, and a Beihai Navy will be established to defend the Beihai Capital.

When the war in Mobei ended, the Mobei Dusi was officially established, and the original city of Aurgao (Ulan Bator) was renamed "Yanran City".

There is no other meaning, just that next to Aoergao is Yanran Mountain (Hangai Mountain).

Le Shi Yanran, sealing the wolf to live in Xu. It's a pity that the overall situation in Mobei has been decided, but Yang Gong still can't find where Langjuxu Mountain is.

Those Mongolian tribes in Khalkha are just like fakes. Not to mention Langjuxu Mountain, even the location of Yanran Mountain is not as clear as the Ming Dynasty. Yang Gong found it by feeling based on the map information, and it is indeed It's a good place, just right for building a city here.

By the time the march arrived at Yanran Mountain, the weather had passed autumn and was turning colder. Fortunately, it didn't snow.

Looking at Yan Ranshan in front of him, Yang Gong suddenly felt that it was not interesting.

Mobei Mongolia is too weak, it is appallingly weak. His army of hundreds of thousands came in force, but it was like hitting cotton with a punch.

The Mongols were defeated in one battle, and 60,000 men were routed by 5,000 cavalry.

However, this also made Yang Gong feel relieved. This battle was quite satisfactory. He did not perform any extraordinary feats and fulfilled the emperor's strategic intention of regaining Mobei. This was enough.

Yang Gong and Fu Yunsheng led their troops northward to Transbaikal... No, it should be called the southern mountainous area of ​​Beihai now.

There are many small Buryat tribes here. They all belong to the Barhu tribe in name, but in fact the Barhu have no control over them.

And because they are too close to the south, the population of each tribe is too small, and the Cossacks are too lazy to deal with these Buryat tribes.

On the contrary, these small tribes did not fare as badly as the Baalhu tribe.

Yang Gong ignored everything and directly integrated all these tribes. Those who were willing to submit and submit could be given official positions. Those who were unwilling to submit were directly killed and let his brothers take over.

Along the way, the Ming army quickly integrated the Buryat tribes south of the North Sea, and also took away many people, livestock and food.

Those who were removed were generally slaves of the Mongolian nobles, and there were actually very few herdsmen.

The Mongolian nobles were not too resistant to this, and those slaves would be unified into Han people in the future.

Regardless of whether you are Han or not, as long as you look similar, you will be Han from now on, and you will all be Han people in the villages and towns of Mobei Dusi. Moreover, you will have to change your Chinese name to Han surname, and your descendants will also have to learn to speak Chinese.

It is difficult to control immigration here in Mobei. Taking away the slaves from the Mongolian nobles can not only be used as a punishment method, but also effectively abolish slavery in the Mobei grassland, and complete the immigration education on the spot.

Jebtsundamba II, who was brought to surrender by the monks, had his original residence taken away by the Ming army and used it as the future seat of the Mobei Dusi.

The herdsmen belonging to the Grand Lama of Mobei were also dispersed and reorganized into households, and they were resettled near the newly built Yanran City.

As for Jebtsundamba II himself, since he is the Great Lama of Mobei, he should be taken to Nanjing to meet His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

At that time, the emperor will officially canonize him, and he will be kept in a temple in Nanjing from now on, so that Yixi Gyatso, the lord of the snowy Tibetan area, can personally teach him.

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty's control over the Mobei grassland was much stronger than that of Kangxi and Yongzheng.

There was no clever method, just garrisoning troops and building the city, and even the Great Lama of Mobei was placed in Nanjing for the emperor to seek Buddhist teachings.

During the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, the Mobei grassland was basically autonomous. Even in the Kangxi dynasty, Tuxie Tuhan Chahun Dorji refused to obey Kang Mazi's edict and killed King Zasak Tuhan without permission. He established another puppet king.

In the end, Kang Mazi was forced to send an envoy to the great lama Jebtsundamba, asking him to put pressure on Chahun Dorji and mediate the conflicts between the two Khans.

(End of this chapter)