Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 145: Giving up small gains for the long term

"In addition to the big and small Ulan and Heshuo, Dayan Eqir Khan also wants the pastures of Tianjun, Dulan and Xinghai? Haha, he is worthy of being the son of the national teacher Khan, and his ambition is quite big. Yes, as long as he is willing to take care of him We will go to Qinghai with our troops, and we will agree to whatever requests we make," Suletan said to the veteran minister Batu Hetan with a smile.

When he came to Tarbachatai, he not only wanted to promote the alliance between Oirat and Khalkha and jointly deal with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also wanted to reach a reconciliation with the two major powers in the north, Junggar and Heshuote, so as to march into the snowy region for himself. Eliminate worries.

The way to reconciliation is to put interests first. He planned to cede the pasture land in Qinghai to the Heshuote people. This is an extremely vast prairie, much larger than the Urumqi and Barkol areas occupied by Dayan Eqirhan; ​​the Heshuote tribe moved to Qinghai Later, the Urumqi, Barkol pastures, and even Talbahatai left by him were handed over to the Junggar tribe. In this way, the two powerful groups have benefited, and they will not stab themselves in the back when they march into the snowy region.

The viciousness of this strategy is that on the surface it gives great benefits to the opponent, but in fact it separates the pastures of the Junggar tribe and the Heshuote tribe. Urumqi, Barkol and Qinghai are separated by the Hami Guard, Handong Left Guard, Shazhou Guard, Chijin Mongolian Guard, and Handong Guard under his control. Once the Heshuote Tribe moves to Qinghai, it will no longer be adjacent to the Junggar Tribe. . Originally these two powerful groups were united together and could support each other. After being separated geographically, they could be defeated individually.

Therefore, he sent veteran minister Batu Hetan to negotiate with Dayan Ozirhan. It went well, and the foolhardy Dayan Ozil Khan agreed. However, Sultan knew that his attitude was not important. What was important was another heavyweight, Batur Hutaiji. As we all know, Oirat's riding crop is now in the hands of himself and Batur. Among all the heroes in the world, who is worthy of sharing the wine cup between Shi Jun and Cao Cao?

Regarding Batur, he decided to talk to him personally.

"Oh, I heard the magpies chirping non-stop early in the morning. It turns out that Hutaiji is here. Please come in and have a rest." When he heard that Suletan was coming, Batur Hutaiji gave him enough face and went out in person. welcome. As soon as they met, he gave me a big bear hug, and his honest face showed deep wrinkles when he smiled.

"How could I be so virtuous and capable that I dare to go to Huitai Ji to welcome him personally? I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed!" Sultan embraced him warmly and they were extremely affectionate.

The two people entered the big tent, Suletan explained his purpose, and Batur fell into deep thought. You can get a lot of pasture land without fighting, including the wealthy Tal Bahatai. How can such a good thing happen in the world?

"There is a saying among the Han people that no merit will be rewarded. Do you need me from the Junggar tribe to do anything for you?" Batur asked seriously. This wolf king has always been cautious in his actions. He will never agree without asking clearly.

"Please ask the Junggar tribe to send 10,000 troops and the Heshuote tribe to send 5,000 troops to help me eliminate Baili Chieftain and Zangba Khan."

Huh, the whit people have such a big appetite, they actually want to swallow the entire snowy area in one bite! Batur's heart trembled. After careful calculation, I realized that with such a setback, our Junggar tribe would be separated from our allies and the Shuote tribe, making it easy for them to be defeated individually. But if you refuse, Urumqi, Barkol, and Tarbahatai are all wealthy areas. After obtaining them, they can greatly relieve their financial pressure. They can repair the city of Hoboksali, develop agriculture, and build guns to deal with the Oros. Short of money!
snort! Sultan, Sultan, do you think I don’t know what your plans are? It's just that they want to separate and control Junggar and Heshuo. But you forgot one thing, a strong man doesn't need allies.

He rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I can guard the northern border for you when you are marching south to the snowy region. The Oros people in the north are not honest recently. In order to guard against these bandits, I'm afraid I can't send troops to accompany you on the southward march. ".

Sultan was sullen in his heart. This guy was unwilling to contribute and wanted to get the land for nothing! But now that he is about to march south, he must not fall out with him. Otherwise, if he takes advantage of my army's move south and attacks the Yuledus Grassland again, we will be in trouble! It seems that we must throw a piece of meat out to stabilize this evil wolf! "If Huitaiji cannot send troops to help, he will have no choice but to get Urumqi and Talbahatai, and the land of Barkol will be returned to Huite. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to explain to the people." He smiled sweetly, showing red lips and white teeth. Who is Batur Hutaiji? He naturally understands that if the other party gets Barkol, he will be further away from the Heshuote Department. But on the one hand, he is greedy for profit without fighting, and on the other hand, he is confident in his own strength and agrees, "I will follow your wishes. May the Immortal God bless you with happiness, longevity and health!"

"Hahaha", the two looked at each other for a long time and suddenly laughed together.

1640 was an extremely important year in the history of Oirat Mongolia. When the world's attention was focused on the alliance between Oirat and Khalkha and the joint formulation of the "Mongol-Oirat Code", under the director of a certain great conspirator Next, a land exchange event with equally far-reaching consequences quietly occurred.

Sultan Hutaiji threw a bone and successfully separated the wolf and the wolf geographically. He ordered Tu Mian Bandida Gushi and Wanhu Changtuoli to lead Qinghai Wanhu Prefecture and the people of Qi Otuok to move to Golmud, and transfer the big and small Ulan Heshuo, Tianjun, Xinghai and other places to The Heshuotes, as for Dulan, will wait until they seize the Snowy Territory before handing it over; the Heshuotes will hand over Talbahatai and Urumqi to the Junggar people, and Barkol to the Huite people.

In later generations, this matter was greatly exaggerated as a strategy of the founding emperor of the Wei Dynasty. "The Benji of Taizu of Wei" records: "In the year of Tielong, Taizu gave up the land of Qinghai to Heshuote, separated from He and Zhun, and gave up small profits to pursue long-term interests."

Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary people cannot figure out what big people think and are too lazy to guess.

After returning from Tarbahatai, Sultan was in a good mood. The two major goals he expected: the alliance between Oirat and Khalkha to fight against the Manchus, and the inducement of the Hoshote people to move eastward to Qinghai had all been achieved.

By establishing Wanhufu in Qinghai, he firmly controlled the newly acquired land. It seems that regional settings at the provincial level are extremely necessary. Our territory is getting bigger and bigger, and it is difficult to manage without provinces.

After returning to Yingsachuan City, the talented and ambitious Sultan Hutaiji began to promote regional organizational reforms. The country is divided into three provinces: Huite Wanhu Prefecture, which governs Yuledus, Kuqa, and Chalishi Prefectures. Huetaiji is directly under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Otok, and the Sixth Otok is attached to Huetaiji. , with Nasutu as the Tumian and Baersi as the head of ten thousand households; Qinghai Wanhufu governs the Second Otok directly under Huitaiji and the Five Otok stationed in Qinghai, with Bandida Gushi as the Tumian , Tuoli is the head of ten thousand households; the Western Region Province has jurisdiction over Turpan, Liucheng, Huozhou, Hami, Quxian, Dunhuang, Shazhou, Anding, Yumen and Jiufu, and Huitaiji is directly under the jurisdiction of Otok (mainly to submit The rest of the Chahar tribe), with Ananda Gushi as the governor, Xi Rimo as the commander-in-chief, Kunga Odesir as the official envoy, Fu Shan as the envoy for punishment and inspection, and Sabir as the military officer.

Among the three provinces, the Western Region Province was mainly an agricultural land, so it borrowed the official system from its neighbor the Ming Dynasty. However, because the Ming Dynasty's guard system had collapsed at this time, it did not set up a capital command department, but a general military commander. Four thousand forbidden troops were stationed there; in addition, each prefecture also had local garrison troops of varying numbers, led by garrison and other officers; there was also a fourth-grade military officer post, which was in charge of farm and leisure training and wartime recruitment in each prefecture and county. The military officer office was headed by the Ministry of War Directly under the jurisdiction.

The Forbidden Army is an army directly under the central government adapted from the Qie Xue Army. The local Forbidden Army is managed by the Ministry of War, and the Guards and Forbidden Army is managed by the Imperial Guard's Office. It cannot be mobilized without the Huitai Jibing Talisman. After the territory expanded, Sultan expanded the number of forbidden troops to 20,000, including 10,000 guards and forbidden troops to protect his own safety, and 10,000 local forbidden troops stationed in various places: 2,000 in Huite Wanhu Prefecture, 4,000 in Western Region Province, and 10,000 in Qinghai Province. Two thousand in the Mansion and two thousand in the Damu Grassland in northern Tibet.

(End of this chapter)