"Prince Horqin, do you think the Three Khalkhas are willing to be used by us? And what use are they?"
Duduo actually looked down upon the three Khalkha and Mongolian tribes. A few years ago, he had dealt with them on Dorgon's order. It was really devastating!
In Duduo's view, although the territory occupied by these three tribes is not small, they also have many tribesmen, which are enough to compete with the Mongolian Mongolian tribes led by Zhungeer, and the three tribes led by Horqin, Chahar and Tumut. Monan and Mongolia are three pillars, but because they are too remote, it is difficult to obtain iron tools and firearms from the Central Plains or the Western Regions, so their military strength is weak and they are simply vulnerable.
The only thing that can be relied upon is that the area is far away from the Central Plains and difficult to conquer.
But now that the Tumut and Chahar tribes have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, with them leading the way and providing logistics, it will be easy for the Ming court to deal with the three Khalkha tribes.
"Your Majesty doesn't know something," Wu Keshan smiled coldly, "The Emperor of Heaven has just made a fatal mistake in dealing with the Mongolia issue in Monan and Mobei!"
"What's the big mistake?"
Wu Keshan said: "The Emperor of Heaven wanted to drive away tigers and devour wolves, so he used Tumote and Chahar to devour the three Khalkha tribes."
Dodo frowned, "What's the problem?"
"If it were in the past, there would indeed be no problem." Wu Keshan said with a smile, "The current Tumut tribe is basically based on the Ordos Ten Thousand Households and the Tumut Ten Thousand Households in the past, which were two of the six ten thousand households enfeoffed by Dayan Khan. ! And the Chahar tribe is the central Chahar household, which has always been the most powerful. The foundation of the three Khalkha tribes is just one Khalkha household... But Tumote, Chahar The two tribes of Ha'er have experienced wars for decades and suffered heavy losses. A large number of tribesmen dispersed in Moxi and Mobei, and they are no longer as strong as they used to be.
The three Khalkha tribes surrendered to the Qing Dynasty earlier and were located in a particularly remote area, beyond the reach of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in the past few decades, they could not absorb the tribesmen from Monan Mongolia and gradually became stronger. If you look at population and military strength alone, you can already crush the Tumut and Chahar tribes. It's just that they were blocked by the Qing Dynasty and Zhungeer in the west, and it was difficult to import firearms and iron weapons, so they became vulnerable. "
The Mongols are nomadic people, and their mobility is much better than that of agricultural people.
The small tribes below the large households are all mobile, so once the large households weaken, the small tribes below will wander to join the more powerful large households.
Therefore, we must take this factor into consideration when attacking the Mongolian enemies. We cannot just focus on temporary pleasure, causing a certain Mongolian household to absorb other small tribes and grow rapidly.
For example, if Emperor Zhu indiscriminately beats the Sixteenth Banners of Tumut and Chahar, then a large number of small Mongolian tribes will definitely swim to the Khalkha and Oara tribes, and then the Khalkha and Oara tribes will It will grow rapidly!
As for a thunder strike, complete annihilation, etc... The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in later generations covers 1.18 million square kilometers! Even excluding the territory belonging to the Horqin tribe, there are at least 800,000 square kilometers!
At present, the direct line of the Ming army plus the cavalry of King Dai's command total no more than 40,000, and only one person can spread out over 20 square kilometers...
Therefore, Zhu Cixiang's strategy to control Mongolia is to support Chahar and Tumote, then use them to wipe out the Khalkha Ten Thousand Households and the Horqin Tribe, and then let Chahar and Tumote establish their own business on the territory of the Khalkha Ten Thousand Households. The foreign vassal also allowed them to use part of the pastures located in Monan and Horqin's hometown as winter pastures as internal vassals. If this were not the case, it would be difficult for the Khalkha grassland to feed so many Mongolians, and it would be inevitable for a large number of Mongolians to seek refuge. Wala and Zhungeer are too powerful.
Wu Keshan said: "Now Chahar and Tumote together have only 16 banners. One banner can draw up to 2,000 strong men, 16 banners can draw up to 30,000 men, and the three Khalkha tribes can draw at least 2,000 men." Can bring out 80,000 strong men!"
Duduo waved his hand: "You can give me one hundred thousand for nothing, you can't beat me..."
"They can't beat Chahar and Tumote because they don't have any good weapons," Wu Keshan said. "As long as your Majesty can give them some firearms produced by Zhbania, I won't worry that they won't be able to defeat Chahar and Tumut. If Chahar The Er and Tumut troops were defeated miserably in Mobei, so the Ming Dynasty had to send its own troops, and it didn't have much energy to deal with us."
"It's useless," Duduo still shook his head, "Won't the Ming Dynasty give us firearms? Their firearms are much better than the ones the Zhbanians gave us!"
Wu Keshan smiled and said: "That's not afraid...My lord, don't forget who Prince Chahar is!"
"Prince Chahar..." Duduo was startled, "Yes! He is a direct descendant of Beiyuan!"
Wu Keshan smiled and said: "Emperor Zhu was shrewd all his life, but he was confused for a while!
He actually supports the Chahar tribe... That is the Chahar tribe in central Mongolia, and it is Mongolian orthodoxy!
If the Chahar tribe defeats the three Khalkha tribes, then Abu Nai can legitimately recruit the people of the three tribes for his own use, and then the Khalkha households and the Chahar households will be unified! "
In fact, this is not because Zhu Cixiang is confused, but because he has no choice at all.
Tumute Wanhu has already followed Zhu Cijiong. If Zhu Cixiang continues to support him vigorously, then Zhu Cijiong will be too strong... There is something wrong with this!
The Khalkha Tribe and the Horqin Tribe have always been from the Qing Dynasty, and they lived a very happy life, and they couldn't ask for the Ming Dynasty.
As for Simon Gu's Wala, he is already very powerful!
Therefore, Emperor Zhu could not let Walazhungar swallow up the three Khalkha tribes.
Therefore, he can only support the Chahar Tribe, which has Mongolian orthodox status, to deal with the Khalkha Tribe and the Horqin Tribe...
Wu Keshan smiled and said: "Although Emperor Zhu supports thousands of households in Chahar, he will never fail to guard against them, so he will not give too many guns and artillery. If we can give enough guns and artillery to the three Khalkhas, The Chahar and Tumut tribes will definitely suffer a disastrous defeat!”
Duduo nodded slightly, "It makes some sense." He scanned around the Xuanzheng Hall again, "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty," Obai said at this time, "this slave thinks that we are not easy to come forward! We can't mess with the Ming Dynasty now! Our elite soldiers are all in the eighth road of Korea. It is impossible to return to Liaodong in two or three years. If The Ming Dynasty sent troops to investigate, what should we do?"
"That's right..." Duduo nodded and glanced at Obai again, "Obai, what's your plan?"
Oboi smiled: "Your Majesty, I know that the Rakshasa Kingdom in the northwest has always been ambitious and wants to devour the Khalkha tribes and the Heilongjiang River Basin! I also heard that the Chechen Khan tribe and the Rakshasa tribe, one of the three Khalkha tribes, We have long-standing contacts with each other, and we might turn to the Rakshasa people when the Qing Dynasty is weak, and get some shotguns, artillery, etc. made by the Rakshasa Kingdom’s Moscow government.”
Duduo laughed: "Yes, yes, the Rakshasa people are the worst! They will definitely take advantage of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty to intervene in the Khalkha Mongolia...Obai, go to Busan Pu quickly, Duduo Find some Rakshasa people!"
Ao Bai stood up and saluted: "Slave will never disgrace his orders!"
The collapse of the Qing Dynasty also announced the closure of the Mongol Kingdom again. As vassals of the Ming Dynasty, the Andong Protectorate and the Kingdom of Korea had no diplomatic power without the authorization of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Spanish Embassy in the Qing Dynasty , and can only abort the operation.
However, the Spaniards did not just throw down the flag and leave. Instead, they moved to Busanpo, the commercial port city of Kim's Korea, and continued to maintain close relations with Dodo in the name of the Pacific Trading Company Commercial Office. Moreover, the Pacific trade of furs and Dongzhu in exchange for arms was still very prosperous.
Kim's North Korea adopted the "semi-opening" policy and opened the two commercial ports of Busan and Incheon. Busan, because it is close to Japan and Vladivostok and has a long history of business and development, has developed rapidly and has many Western merchants. Settlement there.
As long as Oboi is willing to spend money, he can still find a few "Rakshasa people"!
Duduo nodded, and his tone suddenly became serious: "I won't say much about the situation of the remaining embers of the Qing Dynasty. I can't use the name of Rakshasa Kingdom to cause trouble for the Ming Dynasty. You are all the heart of Manchuria. , this king completely trusts you, you must also control your words, and you must not leak the news, do you understand?"
