Cao Huachun came from a poor family when he was young. Influenced by the custom of "keeping close to the emperor and raising relatives", he entered the palace when he was about twelve or thirteen years old. Because of his talent, intelligence, diligence and studious, he received a good education in the palace. He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting. He was deeply appreciated by Wang An, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, and became his confidant. Lan
Later, King Xin accompanied and served Zhu Youjian, the fifth emperor's grandson. Because of his ability in doing things, he won the trust and reliance of Emperor Chongzhen. Cao Huachun had good relations with Donglin and was a loyal man. He had no other evil deeds and was considered one of the few eunuchs in the Chongzhen Dynasty who had not done any evil.
"Your Majesty, what a great victory. This old slave congratulates Your Majesty and congratulates the Ming Dynasty." Cao Huachun presented the six hundred miles expedited memorial with excitement on his face.
"The day before yesterday, Uncle Dingyuan defeated the Tumut and Alxa coalition forces at the gate of Guihua City. He beheaded 30,000 people and captured thousands of people. He captured countless mules, horses, cattle and sheep, with a population of 130,000. There were more than 300 Tumut nobles. The people and 30,000 heads have been escorted to the capital by Jiang Bingzhong. After this defeat, Tumote has been virtually destroyed, and the grassland no longer has the name of this tribe. It suppresses arrogance and claims to be Tumote to help farmers. It has been disabled The army has retreated to Jiuyuan. Uncle Dingyuan will attack Jiuyuan soon."
"Ah, so fast," Chongzhen was shocked. He originally thought that the battle in Fengzhou Guihua City would take ten days and a half, but he didn't expect that the winner would be decided so quickly. Counting the days, Yang Fan just arrived, repaired for a day, and the next day he went all out to defeat the Tumuts and captured Guihua City.
"Uncle Dingyuan is a really good general." Chongzhen flushed with excitement.
"Old slave, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen also quickly knelt down and shouted.
"My servants congratulate your Majesty!" All the eunuchs and maids knelt down to congratulate the emperor. This victory is too great. The Ming Dynasty has never had such a great victory since its founding. Lan
This is a great victory that can be reported to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
"Hahaha, get up, get up, everyone in the Qianqing Palace will be rewarded with one tael of silver today. Hahaha." Chongzhen said happily.
Chongzhen was so happy that he didn't even eat any food and asked the palace maid to remove the breakfast. Received the six hundred miles urgent memorial from Wang Chengen. Looked at it carefully.
Yang Fan introduced in detail the severe situation currently facing the northwest. and the changes in various tribal groups throughout Mongolia. Yang Fan pointed out that the war is not about to end, but has just begun, and the time may drag on for a long time.
The more Chongzhen looked, the more frightened he became. Unexpectedly, I hoped to get rid of Monan Mongolia from the perspective of dismantling the border troops and reducing the financial burden. It actually aroused such a big reaction from Mongolia. Now it seems that Yang Fan will be entangled with Mobei Mongolia, Qinghai Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia for a long time.
The war is feared to be protracted, and one does not know how much food will be consumed.
Fortunately, Yang Fan's next plan made him relieved. Not in a hurry to eliminate the remnants of Tumut, Linhe City stayed behind and trained 40,000 civilians into auxiliary troops, stationed in Jiuyuan under the leadership of 10,000 Beijing battalions. Fight a fortified city offensive and defensive battle with Tumut and his reinforcements. Lan
Yang Fan went south and crossed the Yellow River to destroy the Ordos tribe. The Ordos department is expected to be resolved within half a month. As more and more Mongolians gathered near the river. I'm afraid it's between Jiuyuan and Linhe. In this narrow area south of Yinshan Mountain and north of the Yellow River, the two sides will engage in a protracted tug of war.
Yang Fan's civilian husbands who were preparing to join the army stayed behind to farm their fields, just in time for farming in the spring. To reduce the food and salary burden on the mainland.
Chongzhen thought about whether farming was feasible. As the saying goes, the Yellow River is full of harm and only benefits. It is a well-known fact that there are millions of acres of good land in the country, but the Mongolians do not know how to cultivate it and it has been abandoned for hundreds of years. There is water from the Yellow River there, so there is no fear of drought.
Chongzhen put this matter down. This matter cannot be clarified in a short time. He continued to look down. I saw the meeting between Yang Fan and the master. Suddenly he became excited again.
It would be a great thing if Uzang could be brought back to the Ming Dynasty through canonization. Moreover, the other party also agreed to the imperial garrison. This doesn’t cost much, and the benefits are indeed huge. Qingzang has a vast area and a population of two million. This is a real expansion of territory.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help himself with excitement. Opening up new territories is the greatest achievement of an emperor.
For a country, the most important thing is the size of its territory. Without a vast territory, nothing can be achieved. For example, those city-states with big noses in later generations have made some money by relying on their proximity to the strait, but they will not be strong in another ten thousand years. Lan
However, when I thought about the other party's request to send troops, I felt a little embarrassed. Fighting always costs money. And Yang Fan plans to send 40,000 trained civilians to the army after experiencing the battlefield. It is a good idea, so that there is no need to send the capital camp.
Now Jingying is the only trump card in Chongzhen's hand that can intimidate the government and the opposition.
He couldn't bear to put it in a local garrison.
He was happy to use the militia formed by these civilian men to minimize the casualties in the Beijing camp.
During this expedition, he finally restored the Jingying camp into a fighting force. What he wants now is that Yang Fan can bring back as many of the Jingying camp as possible.
What he was really happy about was not capturing Guihua City. But the Beijing camp can actually fight against the Mongolian cavalry of Tumut and Alxa, and the infantry can behead thirty thousand people against the cavalry.
This result was beyond his wildest dreams. Lan
What does this mean? It means that Jingying has become a strong force that can win battles and obey orders. This is an elite force no less than that of Chengzu's Northern Expedition.
However, when he thought about what Yang Fan said, the war in the northwest might be protracted, he became a little anxious. He was worried that the Beijing camp that he had finally trained would be wasted in the northwest. But the current situation is already too much.
War is always a matter between both sides. Once a war breaks out, it cannot be decided by one side.
At this time, he deeply felt that his original decision was a bit hasty. He did not consider that the destruction of Monan Mongolia would give Monan Mongolia such a big stimulus.
But at this point, it doesn't make any sense to talk about it anymore. At this point, we had no choice but to bite the bullet and finish the battle.
Fortunately, after getting rid of the Ordos people. At least the four towns of Yulin Town, Shanxi Town, Datong Town and Xuanfu Town can be abolished. After all, they have no enemies in the north. As for Ji Town, we can’t move for the time being. After all, once something goes wrong in Liaodong Town, Ji Town will be the last line of defense.
"Send the situation to the cabinet, and we will discuss the issue of Uzang raised by Uncle Ding Yuan this morning." Lan.
At this time, it was already dawn, and the officials attending the morning court had already entered the Forbidden City through the opened palace gate. Today we will have an early morning pilgrimage on the platform.
The first and second assistants of the cabinet and others were a little surprised when they saw Cao Huachun standing in front of the platform. Usually Wang Chengen is there, why did he change to Cao Huachun today? Does your Majesty have anything to announce?
