Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 347 The Destruction of Wala
Before Zhu Gaoxu personally conquered the Oara, there were five major tribes in the Oara, namely the Choros tribe, the Oyila tribe, the Turhut tribe, the Duerbot tribe, and the Heshuote tribe.

Among them, the Choros tribe ruled by Tuhuan is the strongest. Counting the many small tribes attached to the tribe, its headquarters has more than 2 people and a standing force of more than [-]. Under emergency mobilization, the number of troops can reach four or five. Ten thousand.

When Tuohuan relied on the strong troops of the Choros tribe to kill Taiping, the leader of the Torgut tribe, and Batu Polo, the leader of the Oryila tribe, whose strength was second only to the Choros tribe, the Torgut tribe and Oryila More than half of the tribe was annexed by Tuohuan and became a subordinate tribe of the Choros tribe.

As a result, the strength of Chorus's tribe increased greatly, with the number of troops exceeding 35, and the standing force exceeding 3. In emergencies, [-] to [-] troops could be mobilized.

The Dulbert Tribe and the Heshuote Tribe were not as strong as the Torhut Tribe and the Oryila Tribe. As early as the Yongle period, they, like the Huite Tribe, chose to submit to the Ming Dynasty and became three of the Ming Dynasty's placed in the desert. Jidudusi.

After Tuohuan's strong rise, the Duerbot tribe, Heshuote tribe, and Huite tribe that surrendered to the Ming Dynasty wanted to avoid his attack, but they were attacked by tens of thousands of cavalry sent by Tuohuan. The tribesmen fled in all directions, so that three The leader of the tribe had to take refuge in the Blackwater City of the Ming Dynasty.

On their way south to escape, they received an order from Zhu Gaoxu, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty, to order all tribes in Oula to stop attacking and killing, and they immediately obeyed.

In the Battle of Helin City, the Ming army killed Tuohuan, Yexian and others, the leaders of the Walachuros tribe, as well as more than 4000 soldiers under their command, and captured more than 79 horses, cattle, sheep, and camels. [-] small tribes came to surrender, about [-] people.

However, after this battle, the grassland tribes that surrendered to the Ming army did not include the Turhut Tribe and the Onyila Tribe that had been annexed by Tuohuan. Even the small and medium-sized tribes such as the Duerbot Tribe and the Weyila Tribe were dispersed by Tuohuan. The Heshuote Department and the Huite Department are not included either.

The reason is that in order to strengthen the Choros tribe and increase the number of combatable soldiers under his command, Tuohuan has long since selected all the young and strong from the annexed tribes and organized them into combat soldiers or auxiliary soldiers. At the same time, the old and weak The sick and disabled were driven into the wild and left to fend for themselves.

In other words, those tribes that were defeated and dispersed by Tuohuan had already existed in name only.

In the battle with Lincheng, Zhu Gaoxu accomplished his goal of annihilating Tuohuan, but he has not yet completed his plan to destroy Oara.

So, on August 28, Zhu Gaoxu led his civil and military officials to climb Yanran Mountain and ordered Yang Rong, the Minister of War, to make an inscription and carve a stone to show his merits, so as to promote the might of the country tomorrow.

A few days later, in order to completely erase the influence accumulated by Mahamu, Tuohuan and his son on the grassland, Zhu Gaoxu divided his troops into three groups.

He personally led the way to attack the various tribes that relied on the Choros tribe, especially the two medium-sized tribes that had been working as thugs for the Choros tribe many times and were still growing - the Tumut tribe and the Batut tribe.

After turning southwest and crossing the Yanran Mountains, the Ming army arrived at the east of the Zabhan River on the tenth day of September. They happened to encounter tens of thousands of Batut tribe's nomadic people driving cattle, horses and vehicles westward.

The Ming army's cavalry took advantage of the situation to attack. Zhu Gaoxu personally led the vanguard troops to kill hundreds of enemies, leaving the remaining enemies scattered.

Subsequently, the Ming army set up camp with its back against the Yanran Mountains.

On September [-]th, Chengshan Hou Wangtong led the Middle Route Army to Yanran Mountain and joined forces with Emperor Qianxi Zhu Gaoxu's troops.

At this time, the Ming army's west and middle armies in the conquest of Oara successfully joined forces. After the two armies joined forces, the total strength exceeded [-].

Zhu Gaoxu climbed high to observe the enemy's situation with a telescope, and saw that Batut's troops had dispersed and reunited, so he mobilized a battalion of the Ming army to cross the Zabhan River from his right wing to cut off the enemy's retreat, and sent another battalion of Shenji troops to bypass his left wing. , two thousand gunmen were lying in ambush in the forest that was the only way to defeat the enemy.

Under the attack of the Ming army, Batut's troops rushed from left to right. When they fled through the ambush area, they were shot by the Ming army's new firecrackers, causing many casualties.

Zhu Gaoxu commanded [-] cavalry and pursued the victory for more than [-] miles until they reached the Batut tribe's camp. They killed dozens of tribal leaders and more than [-] soldiers under their command, captured more than [-] people, and seized more than [-] livestock. , raided his camp and returned.

On September [-], Zhu Gaoxu ordered Zhu Neng and Wang Tong each to lead a battalion of cavalry to pursue the troops to the Tumote camp.

Under the fierce attack of the Ming army, the Tumut tribe, which was not as powerful as the Batut tribe, suffered heavy casualties. All the leaders and more than [-] of their close soldiers were wiped out by the Ming army, so that more than ten small soldiers who originally relied on the Tumut tribe The tribes asked for surrender.

In this battle, the Ming army captured more than [-] Tumut tribe members, seized more than [-] livestock, and more than [-] tribal people surrendered.

The Batut, Tumut, Huite and other tribes are all small and medium-sized grassland tribes with only 8000 or more than [-] people.

Among them, Huite surrendered to the Ming Dynasty as early as the Yongle period and was moved to the location of the Alaghen (Kalaqin) tribe, living adjacent to the Duerbot tribe.

At this point, after Batut and Tumut were destroyed, all the Oara tribes headed by the Choros tribe who did not submit to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty were wiped out.

On September [-], Zhu Gaoxu issued an imperial edict to his troops, leaving five battalions to garrison in Moxi and Mobei.The first battalion was stationed on the west bank of the Zabhan River and carried out labor transformation on surrendered soldiers from the Tumut and Batut tribes, such as building houses and transporting stones.

Zhu Gaoxu ordered Song Ying, the former commander of the Fuxuan Division of the Shaanxi and Pudu Governor's Palace, to serve as the temporary battalion commander of the battalion and perform meritorious service.

The second battalion was stationed on the east bank of the Zabhan River, with the Yanran Mountains as its back, and existed as a deterrent to the tribes who surrendered.

The third and fourth battalions were stationed near Helin City. On the one hand, they were responsible for excavation of property in the ruins of Helin City. On the other hand, they cooperated with the fifth battalion stationed at the intersection of the Aluhun River and the Tula River Basin for inspections. And recruit and surrender all grassland tribes.

On October 28, Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Gaoxu led the Ming army to Beijing in triumph.

On the eighth day of November, Crown Prince Zhu Zhanyu of the Ming Dynasty and a group of civil and military officials in charge of logistics went to Beijing according to the order and waited for the reward.

That night.

Zhu Gaoxu summoned Zhu Zhanyu in Qianqing Palace.

The father and son carefully analyzed the reasons why they could win this northern expedition to Wala.

First of all, Zhu Gaoxu believed that the fundamental reason for the victory was that the Ming army launched a just war, a war to stop the Chorus tribe from conquering and plundering everywhere, and to restore peace and order in Mobei.

Tuohuan continued to annex other tribes by relying on their strong soldiers and horses, resulting in the death of many herdsmen and the separation of their wives and children.

Although this situation was the norm on the grasslands in the past, after Zhu Di's three personal expeditions during the Yongle period, Mobei had been peaceful for more than ten years until the second year of Qianxi.

In the past ten years or so, although the herdsmen on the grasslands have lived a difficult life, they have always been away from the war and lived a relatively stable life.

Zhu Gaoxu personally conquered Wala, under the banner of annihilating Tuohuan, and restoring peace to the herdsmen and the tribes conquered by the Choros tribe.

Therefore, the west-route army led by Zhu Gaoxu had a smooth sailing on its way north and encountered almost no strong resistance.

Secondly, there is a huge gap in comprehensive strength between the Ming Dynasty and Oara.

After more than ten years of recovery and development in the middle and late Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the Qianxi New Deal presided over by Zhu Gaoxu after he succeeded to the throne, the new army was reorganized, and a prosperous Yin Dynasty emerged where the country was rich and the army was strong.

This provides relatively sufficient manpower and material conditions for foreign wars. For example, there are more than 17 auxiliary troops and other logistics personnel who provide food, grass and military supplies for the 20 soldiers of the Third Route Army!

On the other hand, Wala not only suffered from natural disasters for many years, but also fell apart internally.

First, Duerbot tribe, Heshuote tribe and other tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and then a large number of Oara tribes continued to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, which caused the overall strength of the Oara tribe to drop again and again. In several battles during the Yongle period, the Oara tribe was basically unable to defeat the Ming Dynasty. Unable to fight back, the losses were heavy.

In addition, the large-scale construction of temples, the tribal nobles forcing herdsmen to believe in religion in order to strengthen their rule, and various material trades were restricted by the Ming court, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of the grassland tribes.

Once again, the Ming court’s strategies and tactics were used properly.

Strategically, at the beginning of Yongle, in the face of the rising momentum of Wala, Zhu Di adopted an active attack strategy.

Later, when Wala was divided into three points, Zhu Di changed his strategy and tried his best to maintain a balance among Choros, Oyila, and Torgut tribes. He would attack whoever was stronger, and at the same time actively develop the economy and increase national strength.

When Tuohuan rose up strongly, conquered other tribes, broke the Oara balance, and aroused dissatisfaction among the other tribes, Zhu Gaoxu seized the opportunity to launch a large-scale war at the right time, forcing Tuohuan to make a desperate move and concentrate his forces to confront the Ming army.

During the war, the generals of the Ming Dynasty, headed by Qingyao, Zhu Neng, Chen Mao and Yang Hong, fought bravely and successfully used the tactics of gun and artillery coordination and traps to win consecutive battles. They combined the advanced strategies and tactics of the Ming Dynasty with the Firearms and equipment, combined with the bravery and bravery of the cavalry, greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

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