Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 393 Division of troops and coordination

By the time Muchun found the person, Zhu Min had already written the letter.

One of the letters was to be sent to the Tatar tribes to remind them that Zhu Ming now needed to solve the battlefields of the Uszang tribes, and even have to fight to the death with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate on other people's territory.

As for Timur's empire, let him go to the grasslands and fight to the death with Wala and Ulyanha.

Although they were all split from the Mongol Empire, the Mongols themselves were constantly fighting among themselves, not to mention the wars between the khanates.

When they are both injured, Zhu Zhen may be able to easily win without any bloodshed.

The other letter was sent to the capital.

Zhu Ming did not write a memorial, which would be discussed in the court, because he was worried that the news would leak out.

Zhu Zhen was not afraid of traitors in the court, but as the battle between him and Zhu Yunwen gradually began to surface, it was inevitable that no one would stumble him.

Righteousness?

Not everyone can serve the country and the people.

After writing the letter, Zhu Zhen asked Muchun to take it to the two post riders, and once again explained: "It must be delivered quickly, especially to the Tatar tribe, without any loss."

The combined territory of the Uszang tribes, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the Mongolian Wara tribe and the Ulyanha tribe is not much smaller than the current territory of the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, Shen Rong also said with a shocked face: "His Highness's map is exquisite and extremely detailed."

Everyone subconsciously looked at Mr. Shen Rongshen, who was highly regarded by Zhu Zhen.

"You two march to the west and capture Zelagang. In addition to your own troops and horses, I will give you 35,000 Zhuang wolf soldiers, all equipped with cavalry. I want you to fight quickly."

Therefore, Zhu Chu sent the letter to Lao Zhu in private, and Lao Zhu prepared it in court.

There are also the veterans in the court. They have expressed their good impressions of Zhu Ming before, and it is time for them to come out and show their remaining enthusiasm.

However, the soldiers discovered that this map was not the simple drawings used today, but a very exquisite picture, and even marked the territories of the Uszang tribes and even the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in detail.

The Timur Empire was already located in Central Asia, even bordering the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, with the Golden Horde to the north and Arabia to the south.

What a door this is.

As for now, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate dares to invade our territory of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally we cannot sit idly by.

Because the battlefield is too big, even if Zhu Ming has a lot of talents under his command, who would think that he has too many soldiers and generals?

This is no time for joking.

The war has begun. At this moment, the armies of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Timur have already marched in the north and south directions respectively.

As for subduing the Wusizang tribes along the way, you are originally a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, so it is just a matter of convenience.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you miss it, not only will it be difficult to find an excuse to send troops in the future, but you may also have to go through a lot of trouble and incur heavy burdens and even losses.

Sichuan is just around the corner, and Zhu Chu still plans to send troops from Yunnan and Sichuan together to completely regain Tibet in one fell swoop.

However, because he did not know the attitude of Zhu Chun, King of Shu in Sichuan, Zhu Chun was not in a hurry to disperse all the troops. When the time comes, Muchun's 60,000 troops and Peng Yue and Niu Sheng's 50,000 troops will open two fronts first, and then do consider.

Zhu Chu was already moved, so he asked his father to start preparations in the Central Plains. At least 500,000 troops and sufficient food, grass and baggage should be prepared in advance.

"Bring the map." After Zhu Ming finished arranging these things, he turned around and asked someone to get the drawings and put them in it.

Muchun clasped his hands and said, "The end will be here."

As the saying goes, soldiers are more valuable than speed.

"Then we can divide our forces and advance, Muchun."

"You lead your Kunming subordinates and go straight to Guanjue. If the Sichuan soldiers and horses have not moved, you can stay here first and I will make other arrangements."

The Mo'er Kan Recruitment Department is on the edge of Yunnan. Zhu Min is planning to use this place to open up the situation and use it as an outpost, and then divide his troops to advance together.

"I hope this brother of mine can understand the righteousness. It is important to know that those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters, and there is no limit to their husbands," Zhu Ming muttered.

Qu Neng looked at Zhu Zhen with a dark look and asked, "Why did you go there so early?"

You don't say anything about trying to pry into someone else's corner, but you still want them to be righteous.

Zhu Xinxin said, isn't it natural? This is produced by the system. I will bring you a globe later.

So stubborn.

"Here."

There is even territory in Timur's empire.

Zhu Ming thought for a while, and finally picked up the pen again, wrote a new letter and gave it to Muchun: "Send one more person to send this letter to Chengdu, Sichuan, to my eleventh brother."

"As ordered."

Zhu Chu pointed on the map with his hand, starting from Lijiang Prefecture, passing through Dadandang (Shangri-La), and then entering the Wusi Zang tribes.

Xu Miaojin guessed correctly, this was a war of unprecedented scale.

"If Brother Eleven is willing to march together, then the Duogan Dusi area in the north can be handled by Brother Eleven. We can recruit Si from Mo'erkan to march."

Many things need to be arranged on the battlefield, so for the time being, I just have a general guideline.

If Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to conquer the country, then Zhu Chu's attempt to open up frontiers and split the soil was definitely no less generous.

After all, no matter how thorough the plan is now, changes can't come as fast as it does.

"Peng Yue and Niu Sheng obey orders."

"The end will be here."

Zhu Chu did not forget to say hello to Cen Hua: "After that, you go and select 35,000 cavalry and give them to Peng Yue and the others."

"Yes," Cen Hua naturally had no resistance at all. After all, she now had an army of 200,000 people under her command. Even she knew that it would be difficult to command such a huge army.

What's more, 100,000 of them were recruited in Guangnan Prefecture. They were originally people from Yunnan who fought in Yunnan. What's wrong with how Zhu Chu mobilized his people?

But Zhu Ming then said: "Wang Fu, you also lead 50,000 troops from Cen Hua. Zhao Kuo, you also lead 50,000 troops."

Cen Hua blinked, that's one hundred thousand, plus the 35,000 cavalry, she only has more than 60,000 left?

Zhu Zhen made some calculations secretly.

The soldiers and horses in his hands now are: 60,000 from the three guard stations of Dali Prefecture. Kunming Muchun 60,000. Qu Neng fifty thousand. Peng Yue and Niu Sheng had 15,000 cavalry, Hou Dagou had 100,000 Yao militiamen, and Cen Hua had 200,000 Zhuang militiamen. A total of 480,000 horses and horses.

However, the troops and horses of Kunming and Dali cannot be used up, and the defense forces must be left behind.

So Muchun's actual troops were fifty thousand.

Then the 50,000 troops in Dali Mansion can be handed over to Mu Sheng.

Wang Fu and Zhao Kuo each led 50,000 troops, while Peng Yue and Niu Sheng also had 50,000 troops, and they were both cavalry.

As mentioned before, the Zhuang people are tough and accustomed to raising horses. Nong Zhenyou had 80,000 cavalry before, so it is not difficult to allocate 35,000 cavalry to them.

What's more, Yunnan has now accumulated a large number of war horses, including the trophies seized from the wars throughout the territory the year before last, as well as the war horses and other livestock that Shen Rong later transported back from all directions and from the grasslands.

So don’t underestimate the power of Yunnan.

"Uncle Eighteen, have you forgotten me again?" A weak voice protested.

It was none other than Li Jinglong.

(Well, the author forgot about him.)

Zhu Ming glanced at Li Jinglong angrily, thought for a while, and said to Hou Dagou: "Divide the Yao brothers into fifty thousand men and let Li Jinglong lead them. Hou Dagou, if you have good soldiers, you won't have many. You can't control a hundred thousand horses. Five Ten thousand troops can be commanded properly.”

"The battlefield is changing rapidly. Don't think that having more troops is a good thing. Being able to command the troops like an arm on the battlefield is a skill."

Hou Dagou quickly expressed his position: "It all depends on His Highness's orders."

He is a fanatical fan of Zhu Chu, how could he say no?

Zhu Zhen indeed thought so. It seemed that he was dividing his troops, but for him, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, it had no impact at all.

When the time comes, he will be in charge of the overall situation. As long as he directly gives orders to the generals of these troops, he can arrange them at will.

But what if we don’t divide our troops?

For example, if Cen Hua leads an army of 200,000 troops by herself, if Zhu Chu wants to mobilize, she will have to make preparations for a long time when the order comes to her.

What's more, what if Cen Hua's troops need to go in four directions? Cen Hua can't be divided into four people, right?

And 50,000 troops is quite a lot. As long as it's not a final battle scene, small scenes are usually enough.

It should be noted that the average combat strength of the various Tatar tribes at that time was only 40,000 to 50,000 people.

After some division of troops, the current situation of the troops commanded by each general is as follows: Mu Chun led an army of 50,000 (ten thousand to guard Kunming), Mu Sheng led an army of 50,000 (ten thousand to guard Dali), Peng Yueniusheng led an army of 50,000 cavalry (ten thousand to guard Dali) Five headquarters, 35,000 Zhuang people), Wang Fu led an army of 50,000 people (Zhuang people), Zhao Kuo led an army of 50,000 people (Zhuang people), Cen Hua led an army of 65,000 people (Zhuang people), Hou Dagou led an army of 50,000 people (Yao people) ), Li Jinglong led an army of 50,000 (Yao people), and Qu Neng led an army of 50,000 (his own troops).

"All officers and soldiers should be prepared. Prepare everything within three days and then send troops to Tibet."

"Here."

The generals sang "Nai" one after another, and then went to several camps outside the city to collect their subordinates.

This is also one of Zhu Chu's purposes for dividing his troops. He prepares in advance in an orderly manner so as not to cause chaos again on the battlefield.

"Your Highness is worthy of being General Yum," Gu Wen flattered him slightly.

Zhu Ming said solemnly: "This war is no better than that of the Tatars. The Great Wall is guarding the north. Even if I did not conquer the Tatar tribes, I can retreat to the border. But if I cannot conquer Tibet in one fell swoop this time , I am afraid that the Tibetan people in Tibet will completely rebel."

"So this battle must be won, and it must be won beautifully. Not only must it be fought, but it must also be defeated. Mr. Qian, Mr. Gu is good at strategy, and you are good at governing the country. You must do your best this time. I, the King, will This expedition is not to kill all the Tibetan people, but to make them completely become my people of the Ming Dynasty."

"I have always admired the First Emperor very highly, because only Qin Shihuang had great plans and understood the importance of national unification. Other dynasties only guarded this three-acre area of ​​the Central Plains and never cared about the national territory. I think that except for Outside the Central Plains are barbaric lands, so why bother?”

"But I don't think so. In addition to farming land, national territory is also very important. Every inch of land must be fought for without giving up any ground."

"My father personally experienced the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and he knew that the people were displaced and suffered greatly from the war. In order to recuperate, he stopped engaging in large-scale wars. In addition to always worrying about the comeback of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the grassland, most of the time he focused on stopping the war, so It was only then that many restraint systems were established and the chieftain system was continued."

"But this won't work. Now that our Ming Dynasty is prosperous, the tyranny system can still count. But what happens when our Ming Dynasty is weak? Those vassal countries will turn into hungry wolves, wishing to tear us apart."

"What's more, these vassal states of the restraint system are called tribute at best, but at worst, our Ming Dynasty has to give them good things."

"It's really ridiculous. If the local government doesn't pay taxes, what kind of country is it?"

Qian Gui and Gu Wen were from aristocratic families, and they were so-called scholars.

Zhu Ming deliberately told them that I am not a big fan of success, but I have far-sightedness, which you cannot understand.

Just like the various tribes of Wusi Zang, they reward Jisi generously.

To put it simply, it's like if the tribes of Wusi Zang paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty with a stone, the Ming Dynasty would give them a piece of silver.

Who is the father?

Qian Gui fell into deep thought, then nodded after a moment, and said with deep understanding: "What His Highness said is true. In the battle for the country, we must not give in at all. The loss of Yanyun's sixteen states can only occur in the past."

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were given by Shi Jingtang, the Hedong Jiedu envoy of the Later Tang Dynasty, who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and established himself on his own. In order to get the help of the Khitan people, he even became the son of Daliao and became the famous son-emperor.

From then on, even in the Song Dynasty for more than 300 years, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were not recovered.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that it was recovered in just one year.

Unfortunately, many emperors in the Song Dynasty even came up with the foolish trick of buying them back with money.

This is also the reason why there are more Ming fans than Song fans. When it comes to the Song Dynasty, it is painful in the hearts of many people.

"Sir, you are a great talent, can you give me some advice on how to win over the people," Zhu Ming asked.

Qian Gui said without thinking: "After arriving in Yunnan, I once asked about the policy of reforming the natives and returning them to the locals that was implemented by His Highness. It was nothing more than dividing them, making the Tujia people rebel against their own chieftains, and then benefiting the people, and by You represent the imperial court and appoint officials locally.”

"Your Highness is a great talent, and I deeply admire you. Your Highness only needs to continue to use your methods to promote Tibet. However, in the early stage, it is best to use Tibet to control Tibet. You can no longer set up the prison system and the chieftain system, but Only by managing local people with local people can we avoid a lot of resistance. Then we can slowly naturalize them."

To put it bluntly, it is better to change the native land and return to Liu. Although Qian Gui suggested to use Tibet to control Tibet, it was a court official, not a chieftain officer system, which meant that the court could be replaced by Han officials at any time.

Zhu Xi nodded, actually he thought so too.

But there is one more thing, Zhu Zhen said: "There is another question, there is Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet, can it be transformed with Confucianism?"

Tibetan Buddhism was introduced in the seventh century AD. It has been centuries ago and has already been deeply rooted.

Even Qian Gui couldn't help but laugh: "Your Highness, what do you think of us Confucian children?"

Thanks for your ability to speak out, do you think my Confucianism is a religious belief?

Confucius said, "You can't use us as magic sticks if you don't talk about strange powers and confuse the gods."

If he just continues to implement reform and return to his native land, Zhu Zhen will naturally be more skilled than others.

But what Zhu Zhen was worried about was that those Tibetan Buddhist believers would cause trouble.

It would be better to say that Zhu Zhen had a preconceived resistance to many religious beliefs. If nothing else, wasn't the Crusade a religious war launched by a group of fanatical believers? Even several times.

Moreover, religious wars are particularly terrible, and may even lead to genocide, and are more cruel and thorough than ordinary wars of aggression.

So what Zhu Chu really wants to ask Qian Gui is whether he can solve this problem from a Confucian perspective.

As a result, Qian Gui said he was helpless.

Good guy, do you think we are great dancers?

Zhu Chu could only look at Gu Wen.

Gu Wen frowned and was thinking.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, he looked at Zhu Ming and said, "Your Highness, why don't you become a living Buddha yourself?"

Zhu Zhen was speechless. I was just thinking about getting rid of superstition and removing the influence of religion. Instead, you asked me to join them? If you can't beat me, why don't you join? But I can beat it.

What's more, if I do what you do, when I come to the Tianfang Sect in the future, I will also be their prophet?

Even Qian Gui said: "This kind of trick can only be done for a while, not for a lifetime."

Even if you can deceive people now, you can't deceive people like this forever.

"It seems that I still have to think of a solution on my own, or act according to circumstances," Zhu Zhen sighed, a little disappointed.

Qian Gui and Gu Wen resigned with some shame.

As Zhu Chu's adviser, he can't help the Lord to solve his problems. How can he be embarrassed to stay here.

After they left, Zhu Qi turned to look at Mu Qiu and said, "Aqiu, write a letter and inform my uncle in advance."

Zhu Chu's uncle, of course, refers to Mu Chu, Mu De's eldest son, and now the chieftain of Lijiang Prefecture. Heqing County, including Heqing Prefecture, is also managed by the Mu family.

Mu Qiu agreed: "I understand."

Mu Qiu had previously taken the initiative to say that the Mu family could recruit between 60,000 and 100,000 militiamen.

Although the scale of this war is huge, there will definitely be dangers involved.

But dangers and opportunities coexist. Is such a war a great opportunity to make achievements?

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the peace of the world, there were few wars of this scale, and naturally there were fewer opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

Among those nobles and nobles who made great contributions to the founding of the country, none of them did not perform meritorious deeds with His Majesty, and were then granted the title of marquis or knight.

What's more, as Zhu Chu's wife, how could she not support him on this occasion? What's more, I hope that my family and eldest brother can firmly embrace Zhu Chu's lap.

In the future, it would be great if I could get a real uncle-in-law name.

While Mu Qiu was writing the letter, Zhu Ming also said to Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin: "You three must stay with me when the time comes, and you are not allowed to wander around on the battlefield."

Now that he has three wives, Zhu Zhen is afraid that he will not be able to see her through it.

Tang Xin pouted: "Even Cen Hua can lead troops to fight, why can't we?"

"Yes," Xu Miaojin also protested.

Zhu Ming said funny and angrily: "Cen Hua is the leader of the Zhuang people in Guangxi. He is the chief of the Zhuang people. Of course he can lead troops. Otherwise, who will the Zhuang people listen to?"

"Hou Dagou is the great leader of the Yao people. Although he has not been canonized by the imperial court, he is the person whom the people of the Yao people yearn for."

"And what about you? She's just my wife. First, she has no official position, and second, she has no special status. So just follow me obediently."

Zhu Ming's words were well founded, leaving the three women unable to refute.

Then Zhu Ming pulled Shen Rong to sit down and said, "Tell me more about what happened over the past year."

(End of this chapter)