Compared to Shunzhi, Duoduo is the real big boss. Not only because of Duduo's outstanding military capabilities, but also because Duduo has mastered the most important military assets of the Qing Dynasty - now after pulling away more than 300,000 old Eight Banners (including Han troops, Mongolians, and Baoyi) from Guannei, Duduo He has the ability to expand his standing army from about 10,000 people to 20,000 people!
These are 20,000 new cavalry or mounted infantry who carry muskets on their backs, each equipped with at least two horses, and can also fight with 3-pound cannon.
Such an army is very difficult to deal with when conducting mobile operations - a battle between the north and the south does not necessarily have to be decided through a majestic formation. The tactics of first fortifying the wall and clearing the country, then luring the enemy deep, and finally attacking the logistics line were all exhausted in the struggle between the Northern and Southern Dynasties!
Even Wei Zaode, a civil servant and chief minister, knew that he would cause some trouble for Duduo, leaving him no more energy to support the war in the Central Plains.
"Galdan of the Wara Junggar Tribe has arrived in Nanjing and is heading to Laoshan Palace. He may arrive today." Wu Xiang, the Minister of War, said, "It has been more than ten years since Heshuote Gushi Khan, who came from the Golden Family, entered Tibet. Later, the Oara tribes in the Western Region were headed by Baturhuntaiji of the Choros family. And this Baturhuntaiji also had some skills. For more than ten years, he conquered from all directions, suppressed the Oara tribes internally, and resisted the Rakshasa externally. , Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries seem to be showing signs of reappearing in the heyday of Oara.
If Oara is revived, it will definitely send troops to the Khalkha Mongolia. At that time, Duduo will have to divide his troops to support the Khalkha Mongolian tribes. "
Although the so-called Golden Family is revered in Mongolia, most of Genghis Khan's descendants actually have no future. On the contrary, the Choros family of Oara has always been a thorn in the side, and they have great intentions of replacing the Golden Family.
The first person to capture Ming Yingzong alive was the leader of the Choros family. At that time, under the leadership of the Choros family, Wala unified Mongolia and was extremely powerful.
Later, they also made too many enemies and died of internal strife. The Choros family and Wala declined at the same time and went to the Western Regions to recuperate. Nowadays, the golden families in the Khalkha Mongolia have declined due to repeated attacks and divisions by the Qing Dynasty. The farther away Oara has had the opportunity to rise again. And once Heshuote, the "outsider" (Heshuote is not the real Wala), leaves, it will be a matter of time before the Choros family takes over Wala.
"Your Majesty," said Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, "King Li Hao of North Korea has been sending secret envoys to Nanjing frequently in order to return North Korea to the Ming Dynasty. The North Korean envoy said that after Li Hao came to the throne, he has been planning the Northern Expedition and expanding his army to prepare for war. The number of imperial troops stationed in the capital has increased from 7,000 to 21,000. The number of imperial guards has increased from 600 to 1,000, and all have been converted into cavalry. It is also planned to train 10,000 new army capital supervisors, all of whom will be trained with new methods.... ..It just lacks muskets and cannons, and I hope our country can support one or two."
King Li Hao of North Korea has always been a "famous fan". Historically, he wanted to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Of course, he wants to do so even more now.
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty's world empire system has gradually taken shape, and even "rebellious ministers" like Annan have returned to the army. How can North Korea, the number one foreign vassal for more than 200 years, continue to regard the Ming Dynasty as its enemy?
However, the Qing Dynasty also attached great importance to North Korea, a "vassal state connected to the sea." Now the Qing Dynasty can establish relatively close relations with Spain and India and Mongolia because it controls North Korea.
If North Korea returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty, Vladivostok, the most important port of the Qing Dynasty's foreign trade, would face attacks from the Ming Dynasty's navy. By then, the business of the "Fur Empire" would no longer be possible.
Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to military advisor Li Yan. Li Yan had just graduated from Prince Kong Dai's cram school with excellent results, and his military skills had also greatly improved. Don't think that this kind of cram school that does not charge money is useless. For Li Yan, For a general of this level, he has already memorized the military manual. He participated in the formulation of various regulations, drills, and training manuals, so of course he knows them all! What is missing is research on real combat examples. Although there are many classic war cases in China that can be studied, most of those war cases are from the cold weapon era.
Different weapons lead to different fighting methods. Different fighting methods lead to different tactics. Different tactics also lead to different campaign organizations.
Therefore, the battle examples from the Thirty Years' War in Europe brought by Prince Kong Dai will undoubtedly greatly improve the military capabilities of Ming generals such as Li Yan and Wu Sangui, who are both wise and courageous and have considerable practical combat experience.
"Your Majesty," Li Yan, who had become more capable, said to Zhu Cihong, "the King of Korea's small army cannot stop Duduo no matter what... Even if we support them with some guns and artillery, it will be of no avail. Once this happens, If North Korea is destroyed, the guns and artillery we support will be used by Duduo, which is tantamount to aiding the enemy.
Rather than letting North Korea hand over our guns and artillery to Duduo, it is better to spend more energy on the Junggar Department. Once the Junggar tribe rises, it will not only be able to contain Duduo, but also defend us against the Rakshasa Kingdom. It is really killing two birds with one stone. "
"I'm afraid that if Oara becomes bigger and reappears, it will be a disaster!" Wei Zaode, the first assistant, interjected, "Once Oara becomes strong, it will inevitably annex Khalkha Mongolia, and then it will seek to go south to the Central Plains. Although with the current strength of our dynasty, , It’s easy to defeat Wala, but it’s easy to kill a thief, but it’s hard to prevent a thief!”
In fact, there is nothing wrong with the expansion of Wala in the northwest. Shaanxi and Gansu have little oil and water, so Wala will definitely only lose money if it joins the bandits. No one is doing the losing business, so don’t worry.
In addition, the Uzbek Khanate (Bukhara), Timurid Empire of Hindustan, and the Kingdom of Iran in the south of the Kazakh grassland are quite wealthy.
If the Junggar Khanate is willing to go south to play with them, it would be a good way out.
But the problem is that the Junggar Khanate made a foolish move in history by marching eastward to the Mongolian Plateau, and fought endlessly with the Qing Dynasty...
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu sighed with regret: "If Wala can abide by the vassal etiquette, it can become the screen of the Western Frontier... As for North Korea, they sent envoys again?"
Qian Qianyi said: "North Korea's envoy Song Shilie arrived in Shanghai a few days ago and met with Grand Duke Luo."
"Okay, let him come to Laoshan Palace," Zhu Cihong said, "I just want to hear what the Koreans think."
Just as he finished speaking, Huang Xiaobao, the eunuch of Bingbi, walked in quickly and bowed to Emperor Zhu, "Your Majesty, a group of lamas came outside the palace. They were brought by people from Shuofang Town. They said they were Choros Gar. Erdan has arrived."
Emperor Zhu nodded: "That's it for today's meeting... I'm going to meet this little Galdan!"
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The place where Emperor Zhu met Xiao Galdan was located in Laoshan Huangjue Temple.
Zhu Cixi doesn't believe in any religion, he should be a Confucian scholar...a big Confucian scholar! However, he still built Laoshan Huangjue Temple, Laoshan Dagaoxuan Temple, Laoshan Tianfu Temple and other religious buildings here in Laoshan.
After all, he doesn't believe it's his fault, so he can't stop others! Laoshan Palace was not a place where Emperor Zhu took a vacation alone, but a place where the entire Ming Dynasty "vacated". When Zhu Cihong crossed the river to live in Laoshan Palace, the imperial court in Nanjing followed him.
So he had to build some temples here in Laoshan.
In addition, these temples also played some role in Ming Dynasty's diplomatic activities.
Huangjue Temple is often used to receive "envoys from the Buddhist Kingdom", while Tianfu Temple is used to deal with foreigners who believe in Christianity.
Because they had known that Galdan was coming, the monks in Huangjue Temple had made preparations. A special temple was set up and decorated in the style of Tibetan Buddhism, and several old monks who could speak Mongolian were hired to serve as translators.
A Chinese teacher was also assigned to the young Galdan to help him master Chinese in the shortest time and then go to Laoshan Primary School, which is about to start school.
Emperor Zhu was also extremely concerned about Galdan's education.
If you fail to teach, it is the fault of the father. If you are not strict in teaching, it is the fault of the teacher!
Now that Baturhuntaiji has handed over his son to Emperor Zhu, Zhu Cihong is of course obliged to educate Galdan well. But we can't let him go astray like in history.
