"But does Mongolia really need a Great Khan?" Zhu Cixiang thought, "Great Khan! So why does it matter if Erlinchen has no strength? How much strength did I have when I ran out of Beijing to protect the emperor?"
Wu Sanfu said: "Your Majesty, how can Erlinchen compare with you? He is just a thief guarding the house, and he is already old and does not have many years to live."
"He is old," Zhu Cixiang asked again, "What about his son?"
Wu Sanfu shook his head: "He has no son, he only has an adopted son named Batu, who is the father-in-law of His Royal Highness."
Zhu Cixi smiled and said calmly: "The King of Dai turns out to be the Prince Consort of the Yuan Dynasty too!"
When Wu Sanfu heard the words "Consort of the Yuan Dynasty", his heart shivered. He knew that the Consort of the Yuan Dynasty meant Timur, the Consort of the Yuan Dynasty, who founded the Timur Empire!
Wu Sanfu immediately changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, after last year's Battle of Hetao, His Highness Daiwang became so powerful that he owned all the land south of Yinshan Mountain. The Six Banners of Mongolia Ordos, which was attached to Daiwang, also gained strength. Many Mongolian herdsmen who originally belonged to the Tumed Dutong Banner have joined the Six Banners of Ordos. The Junwang Banner directly under Erlinchen (one of the Six Banners of Ordos) has moved to Dongshengwei, with its troops pointing directly at Tumo River! "
Although the Battle of Hetao was not a big one, the "Black Lancers" of King Zhu Cijiong still showed great power. All the Mongolian tribes participating in the war were not afraid, especially the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes who were scared to death - King Zhu Cijiong's Black Lancers His fighting style is similar to that of the Rakshasa Cossacks! Those are all monsters and monsters that hundreds of people can beat up and beat up thousands of Mongolian warriors. How come the Han people are so powerful now?
So after Vice Lin moved his troops to the eastern front, Zhu Cijiong and E Linchen began to expand their territory!
Zhu Cijiong's target is the inter-river area between the foot of Yin Mountain and the Yellow River. The Yellow River divides and merges in this area. The Yellow River in the west is divided into two parts where it turns from north to east, and reaches Muna Mountain in the east. The two become one again under their feet. Therefore, it became a moist and fertile river area, suitable for farming and grazing, which Zhu Cijiong had long targeted.
After Fulin withdrew his troops, he personally led 20,000 infantry and cavalry, and rushed straight to the Hejian area at the foot of Yin Mountain to seize territory. In the Hejian area, he also ran into the cattle and sheep of the Khalkha Mongolian Tribe on the grassland between the rivers. So not only did they seize the territory, but they also grabbed hundreds of thousands of various large livestock, making a fortune.
After grabbing the land, cattle and sheep, Zhu Cijiong ordered people to build Jiuyuan Castle south of the North Yellow River Road and set up Jiuyuan Guards.
Elinchen chose to develop in the direction of Tumochuan and moved his princely banner to the ancient city of Dongshengwei on the north bank of the Yellow River, close to Tumochuan. Dongshengwei in the Ming Dynasty moved many times and was replaced by Elin. The ancient city of Dongshengwei occupied by Chen Chen was the location of the earliest Dongshengwei. It was initially established in the fourth year of Hongwu, and was established again in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu. In the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu (the fourth year of Jianwen), Zhu Di ordered it to be moved inland. Since then, the Ming Dynasty's control over the Hetao area has greatly declined.
Before Erlinchen entered Dongshengwei, this area was the territory of Tumed Left Banner and Tumed Right Banner of Guihua City, which belonged to Inner Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty. The so-called Inner Mongolia refers to the Mongolian banners that do not have hereditary zasak and are governed directly by officials appointed by the Qing court. Before the "Qing Dynasty disappeared", Inner Mongolia was divided into two parts. One was the two banners on the left and right of the naturalized city of Tumote, which was originally the tribe directly under Ada Khan. One is the Eight Banners of Chahar.
Because the Tumut Khanate was once so powerful that Huang Taiji and Dorgon were very afraid of it, they did not allow the descendants of Anda Khan to inherit the Zasak (the banner with the hereditary Zasak was the outer vassal Mongolia), but instead converted the city into a The two Tumut banners were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Qing court, but at the same time they were not incorporated into the Eight Banners of Mongolia - after joining the Eight Banners, the Mongolians became the Qing's true own people. The two Tumut banners in Guihua City could Not from the Qing Dynasty.
Needless to say, the Eight Banners of Chahar were Lin Dan Khan's former subordinates. How could the Qing Dynasty regard them as their own?
The so-called Inner Mongolia, at least for the two banners of Tumute and the Eight Chahar Banners in Guihua City, is "residential surveillance." Therefore, when Fulin was preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army, he would rather mobilize the troops of external Mongolia. They are also unwilling to mobilize the troops of the Ten Banners of Inner Mongolia.
Erlinchen's Six Banners of Ordos came from the Tumote Khanate. Erlinchen's great-grandfather Ji Neng was the nephew of Amada Khan. After the rise of Amada Khan, he nominally controlled the 30,000 right-wing troops of the Tumute Khanate. Households, in fact, only 10,000 households in Ordos were stationed in the western part of the Yellow River Hetao.
With this relationship, after the descendants of Anda Khan weakened and the power of the Qing Dynasty declined, Elinchen was able to take advantage of the situation with the support of Zhu Cijiong, occupy the Tumo River, and gather the two banners of Guihua City Tumed. , and can even go one step further and capture the Eight Banners of Chahar.
In this way, Erlinchen has the "strong strength" of the Six Banners of Ordos, the two Banners of Guihuacheng Tumote and the Eight Banners of Chahar, a total of sixteen banners.
It seems that he has the power to aspire to the throne of the Great Khan!
However, the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes may not necessarily buy E Linchen's account... As long as Emperor Zhu does not support it, Mobei Mongolia will inevitably have a lot of novices pecking each other!
Zhu Cixiang walked around the main hall, walking back and forth several times, and finally stopped in front of a map of the situation of the various Mongolian ministries hanging on the wall.
"The Great Khan of Mongolia cannot be appointed with just one edict from me. According to Mongolian tradition, only those who are elected by the leaders of the various Mongolian tribes at the Kulitai Conference in Har and Lin can become the Great Khan." Zhu Cihong He said slowly, "I can first make Elinchen the Khan of Har and Lin, and order him to rule the six banners of Ordos, the two banners of Tumed in Guihua City, and the eight banners of Chahar, and also take over the old capital of Mongolia, Har and Lin. .”
Zhu Cihong paused and then said: "I will give King Dai another secret order, ordering him to help Erlinchen go north to fight for the throne of Khan and Haer and Lincheng, and at the same time take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Tumochuan and Guihua City as well as the former Shanxi Xingdusi His hometown outside the Great Wall. When I regain Datong, I will let him return to Datong Mansion, and I will also make him the Great Protector of Anbei and rule over the former Shanxi Xingdusi's hometown."
"Your Majesty, what should we do about Shuofang Town?" Li Ruolian asked, "Should we remove Shuofang Town?"
"There is no need to remove them," Zhu Cixi shook his head. "The towns can be divided. Hetao, Hejian, and Ningxia will still return to Shuofang Town. New Yulin towns will be established in Yulin and Yan'an. Let the Tang Dynasty king serve as the Jiedushi of Shuofang Town, and the Jiedushi of Yulin Leave it to Huang Degong to take charge...As for the debts of Shuofang Fan, the imperial court will be responsible for repaying them all."
Zhu Cijiong will definitely be moved to tears when he hears this news!
Li Ruolian said: "Your Majesty, there are six military towns including Beiting, Anxi, Pingxi, Shuofang, Anbei, and Yulin! Will the vassal towns be responsible for all the northern frontiers in the future?"
Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Pingxi Town should be changed to Hexi Town... The debts of Pingxi Domain will also be taken over by the imperial court! The west of Lanzhou, including Lanzhou, is under the jurisdiction of Hexi Town. The west of Hamiwei, including Hamiwei, They are all under the jurisdiction of Anxi Town.
The governor of Hexi and the governor of Anxi are temporarily appointed by Liang Guogong, but in the future Liang Guogong can only serve as one of the towns.
In addition, I also plan to establish Beiping Town north of Yanshan to govern the former Peiping Dusi and Xuanfu territories. Gao Jie can be allowed to serve as the military governor of Peking.
Together with the Anton Protectorate and the Heilongjiang Protectorate, there are nine border towns in total... The land of 20,000 to 30,000 miles in the North is controlled by these nine border towns! "
Zhu Cixi's nine border towns were much larger than the nine border towns established by Zhu Di, and of course their strength and autonomy were much greater.
After arranging the nine major border towns, Emperor Zhu took a breath and said to Wu Sanfu and Li Ruolian on the left and right: "After the territory is divided, it is time to complete the battle... the siege of Beijing. The plan can begin to be prepared! At least 200,000 troops must be dispatched. Not only the army of the imperial court, but also Erlinchen and Sengge from Beiting must send troops to participate in the battle. If possible, the Zha from Monan and Mobei must also be sent The Sak Banner also sent troops to participate in the war, so that the whole world can see who is the master of Mongolia!"
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