Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 338

In the second year of Qianxi's reign, it was July [-]th.

after sunset.

Moxi.

and Lincheng.

Shuning Palace.

"Your Majesty, what the envoy just said is exactly what the Grand Master meant."

A bearded Tatar envoy bowed and saluted King Shunning Tuohuan.

The "grand master" mentioned by the envoy is Arutai, the current actual helmsman of the Tatar tribe.

After Arutai found out that Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty wanted to personally conquer Wala and attack Tuohuan, he immediately sent an envoy to deliver a message to Tuohuan on his behalf.

He believed that both Oara and Tatar were Mongols. Although the two sides had enmity, the Ming Dynasty was now powerful, and Emperor Qianxi obviously wanted to destroy Tuohuan in a battle.

In line with the principle of lips dying and teeth cold, he decided to send troops to aid Chi Tuohuan and help Tuohuan repel the Ming army. Otherwise, Emperor Qianxi would never let him go after Alutai destroyed Tuohuan.

If Tuo Huan agrees, then he will mobilize all the elites he can mobilize and personally lead his troops to assist Tuo Huan.

Of course, in order to ensure the final victory, Arutai would not use his elite to resist the Ming army's artillery.

Therefore, he would first lie in ambush and sneak around to the rear of the Ming army. When the Ming army and the Tuohuan tribe officially started fighting, and when the Ming army's artillery fire was about the same, he would personally lead his elite troops to fight out from the rear of the Ming army and kill them. The Ming army was caught off guard.

"Please tell the Grand Master that if the Ming army can be defeated this time, Xiao Wang is willing to remove his title and submit to the Grand Master again."

Tuohuan put away his arrogant attitude, leaned over to help the messenger, and said solemnly.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the envoy will convey your words to the Grand Master verbatim."

The messenger bowed his head and said respectfully.

"Haixi replied, you personally lead thirty cavalry to escort the envoy out of the city. After three days, the envoy must be sent to the Qinglulian River."

Tuo Huan gave instructions to Hai Xida, his absolute confidant and general of the personal army.

The Qielulian River in his mouth was the Luqu River as it was called by the Ming Dynasty, which was the Yinma River after Zhu Di changed its name, and was also known as the Kerulun River in later generations.

The Kherulun River Basin is the activity area of ​​many nomadic peoples in the history of the Mongolian grassland, including the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Mongolian ethnic groups.

Genghis Khan's early activity areas were basically on both sides of the Kerulen River. Khan was said to be in the Kerulen River. One of the legendary burial places is also in the Kerulen River.

Today's Mongolian Taishi Arutai lives in Yinma River.

"Yes."

Haixi replied.

"Father, since the Ming army has sharp weapons and vehicle-mounted cannons, why do we have to hold on to Helin City?"

He also saw Haixi Da leading the envoy out of the study. At this moment, only Tuo Huan and his father and son were left in the room, so he couldn't help but express the doubts in his heart.

"Yes, defending the city is not our specialty."

Tuohuan gestured with his eyes to sit down first, and then asked without answering: "Have you been holding this question in your mind for a while?"

"Father is right. Ever since he learned that the Ming Emperor was going to lead an army to attack us, the boy has been thinking about how to defeat the Ming army."

Ye said seriously first: "Haier thought about it and felt that we should use our strengths and avoid weaknesses. Since we can't defeat the Ming army, we can use our own advantages and move our troops westward to temporarily avoid the Ming army's edge in order to make a comeback."

Hearing this, Tuo Huan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Why is father laughing?"

He also wondered first.

Tuo Huan said: "If we move west as you say, ten or twenty years from now, will we be able to take back this desert west?" "Father should have heard what the Southerners (Ming people) said. As the saying goes, 'If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood.' Those herdsmen are our green hills, and their children will beget grandchildren, and their grandchildren will beget children, and the children and grandchildren will be endless."

Ye Xian is looking forward to a glorious future and confidently said: "It doesn't take 20 years, just 15 years. I believe that our Troros team will be able to make a comeback."

Tuohuan was unwilling to dampen Yexian's ambition for the time being, so he asked with a smile: "Why are you so sure?"

"Father, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty is now 46 years old. I heard that he was extremely lecherous and had three thousand beauties in his harem. He would be replaced by someone who would sleep with him every day. In 15 years, Emperor Qianxi will definitely be dead."

He also analyzed with a serious face: "The new emperor is either the aging Crown Prince Zhu Zhanyu, or he is a young man who doesn't understand anything, and the child is in his prime. Isn't it clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak?"

"Haha, my son said it well!"

Tuo Huan couldn't help stroking her palms and said.

After he smiled, his face darkened and he whispered: "Unfortunately, the desert today is no longer the desert it was ten years ago."

"Why?" Ye asked first.

Tuohuan explained: "The main reason is that the young population has dropped sharply. In the past ten years, many herders have been unwilling to have children because their lives are too hard and they believe in Buddhism."

"The fundamental problem is that life is too hard. The adults don't have enough to eat, and there isn't enough food to feed the children."

Tuohuan and his son also believed in Buddhism, so he hurriedly added: "We can't defeat the Ming army when we go south, and every fortress built by the Ming army is an indestructible fortress with tens of thousands of troops stationed inside. In recent years, the herdsmen have lived too much. It’s painful.”

Since the Oara, Tatar and other grassland tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the grassland tribes and the Ming Dynasty court have coexisted peacefully for more than ten years.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty spared no effort to send craftsmen to build temples for various tribes in the grassland, and even invited hundreds of eminent monks from Wusizang to live in temples on the grassland to serve as abbots.

The concept spread by the monks that "if you endure hardships and serve the Buddha in this life, you will definitely join a wealthy family and enjoy happiness in the next life" is especially suitable for tribal leaders to rule the herdsmen, so the leaders vigorously promoted it and even forced the herdsmen to believe in it.

This has led to the fact that all people on the grassland, from the elderly to the youngest children, are religious.

So much so that the younger generation is reluctant to have children.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty strictly controlled the export of grassland materials, basically maintaining it at a level that could meet the needs of the leaders and nobles for material enjoyment, and did not care about the life and death of the underlying herdsmen.

The imperial court even strictly prohibited the sale of winter potatoes, sweet potatoes and other crops to grassland people.

Therefore, in the past ten years or so, the population of Oara, Tatar and other grassland tribes can be said to have plummeted.

"If we move our troops westward, it will play into the Ming Emperor's ambitions. They would like us to move westward so that they can send people to occupy Moxi."

Tuo Huan said in a deep voice: "After I discovered this problem back then, I spent three years rebuilding this majestic Helin City just to unite people's hearts."

"Now, the reason why I have to act like I am sticking to Helin City is still to unite people's hearts!"

Helin City was originally the capital of the Mongol Empire. It was established here in the seventh year of Wokuotai Khan. It was also the capital of the Lingbei Province of the Yuan Empire.

The geographical location here is extremely important. There are so-called "Huanhuan of Tiance controls the upper reaches, and all the side courts are paid to the Jin vassal. The rivers and mountains are connected to the mid-summer, and the north tower is garrisoned by wind, snow and flood", and "those who return to the frontier, so Mongolia is protected." , who protects Mongolia, so he is called the "defender of the capital".

The area where Helin City is located is in the heart of the Mongolian Plateau, where forests are dense and the fields bloom in midsummer.

After Kublai Khan established himself as Khan in Kaiping and defeated Ali Buge, the political center moved south to Han Dynasty, which was no longer the capital.

After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Northern Yuan Dynasty took it as its political center, but it fell into ruins in the constant civil war.

In the third year of Hongwu, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, Tuo Huan Tie Mu'er, died in Yingchang. Prince Aiyou Shili Dala succeeded to the throne, that is, Zhaozong of the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan court retreated to Halahalin and still used the name of the Yuan Dynasty. It was called the Northern Yuan Dynasty in history. .

The Northern Yuan regime still took Helin as its capital.

In the 20th year of Hongwu's reign, the Ming army captured Helin and the city was completely destroyed.

Although it was rebuilt several times after that, in the early Yongle period, the Mongolian tribes fell apart. The Tatar and Oara Mongolian nobles attacked each other, and Helin also gradually declined.

Tuohuan wanted to become a Khan on his own and unify the grassland, so he rebuilt Helin City to unite people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)