"Why is the Western Region unstable again?" Chief Assistant Wei Zaode had just heard Wu Sanfeng mention that the Western Region was unstable, and now that he had finished talking about Shaanxi, he asked.
He was too comfortable staying in Japan and didn't know much about things in the country, especially in the Western Regions.
"It's because of the continuous westward migration of the Khalkha Mongolian and Horqin Mongolian tribes."
The person who answered the question was Zhu Cijiong, the Ming Dynasty's "expert on Mongolian issues" and the number one king of Sai. His princess was the princess of the Tumut Khanate, so she was certainly familiar with the affairs of the Mongols.
Zhu Cijiong said: "The current Mongolian tribes of Khalkha and Horqin are not good at fighting, but they are very good at traveling. Moreover, their tribes are not cohesive, but are extremely loose alliances among various tribes. After being invaded by the official army, Tumut, and Chacha After the Ha'er tribe was dispersed, most of the small and medium-sized tribes chose to move westward to take refuge with the Dzhungar tribe. The Dzhungar tribe ignored the court's repeated orders and continued to cross the Altai Mountains and invaded the pastures that should belong to the Tumut Khanate."
"But why do they want to take refuge in the Jungar tribe?" Wei Zaod asked, "Why don't they take refuge in the Tumut Khanate and Chahar Khanate? They are the orthodox members of the Golden Family!"
Zhu Cijiong said: "This is because the Jungar tribe has subdued the Dayuzi and Zhongyuzi tribes of the Kazakhs on the Mongolstan grasslands in recent years, and has begun to send troops to the Bukhara Khanate (Uzbek Khanate), so They gained a lot of money and forced the Bukhara Khanate to pay tribute to the Chu River Khanate of Jungar. The small tribes of Khalkha Mongolia saw that Junggar had won successive victories in the Western Regions and became powerful, and they also captured Dayuzi and Zhongyu. Naturally, I admired the fertile grassland here, and everyone ran to follow me."
In fact, it is to rely on Zhungeer to have meat to eat!
How can the grassland of Khalkha be compared with the grasslands of Dayuzi and Zhongyuzi? Moreover, if you are nomadic in the Khalkha grassland, you have to herd sheep conscientiously, and there is no place to rob!
To the north of the Khalkha grassland is the Rakshasa Kingdom. The Cossacks and the Tsar's "Santa Claus Soldiers" are killing the Mongols fiercely! The descendants of the Golden Horde were almost killed...
The south of the Khalkha grassland is even more untouchable. It is the territory of Shuofang, Anbei and Beiping towns. The black spearmen in the three towns are about as fierce as the Cossacks!
As for the east of the Khalkha Grassland... that is the territory of Daning and Heilongjiang towns, and there is also a Liaodong Army Corps stationed in Shenyang and Liaoyang - they are the most dangerous!
The surroundings of Khalkha are so ferocious, and the Mongols who believe in Lamaism cannot compete with their ancestors, so of course they have no choice but to seek refuge with Sengge Khan in Jungar.
"The prosperity of Zhungeer is not due to the support of the imperial court!" Wei Zaode said to Emperor Zhu, "Your Majesty, we supported Zhungeer before because we were afraid that they would fall to the Donglu and help the tiger. Now that the Donglu has perished, it is not appropriate to feed Zhunge anymore. You are a jackal!"
Emperor Zhu turned back and looked at Wei Zaode, "The chief minister thinks that I am raising Zhungeer because I am afraid that they will fall to the Donglu?"
Wei Zaode was stunned and said hurriedly: "I am stupid, I really don't understand what use Zhun Geer has to our Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Zhungeer is a trouble, but it is not the biggest trouble... That's why I will provide support."
"Brother Emperor, is the Rakshasa Kingdom the biggest trouble you mentioned?" Zhu Cijiong asked.
"The Rakshasa, Mughal, and Persian are all bigger troubles!" Zhu Cixiang said, "Today's land of Mongolstan and Bukhara is not owned by Zhungar, it is owned by the Rakshasa, Mughal, and Persian. They own it. And I would rather let Dzhungarh take over the land of Mongol and Bukhara than the three countries of Rakshasa, Mughal and Persia. Because no matter how strong Dzungar is, it can’t keep up with the trend. There is no entrance to the sea, and it is unable to escape from the nomadic system for a while, and it is still burdened by the Yellow Sect. It will no longer be as strong as Meng Yuan and Timur, and it will definitely depend on the Celestial Dynasty in the future."
Hearing what Zhu Cihong said, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but frown as he knew a lot about Mongolian affairs. Although the quasi-bubble does not have a seaport, it also has strong nomadic habits and does not pay much attention to the construction of basic areas.
But the Choros family has always been ambitious, harboring the dream of replacing the Golden Family and leading Mongolia to build a great empire... Moreover, they have been bored on the prairie of the Western Regions. In fact, they have no knowledge. They really want to make trouble. It’s still very troublesome to get up!
Zhu Cixiang seemed to be worried about provoking a war, and said to Wu Sanfu: "Sanfu, in the name of the Generalissimo's Office, you can write a document to the Anxi Protectorate and ask them to guard the mountain passes and fortresses, and be careful to guard against intrusions by the troops."
The "first messenger" of the Ming Dynasty said: "I accept the decree."
...
The document from the Generalissimo's Office was sent out on the second day of April in the twelfth year of Hongxing. It was sent urgently by Liubaili from the Youtong Administration Department. Five days later, on the afternoon of the seventh day of April, it was delivered to Wu Sangui's Qishan Camp.
Wu Sangui was working hard to become Cao Zhen of the Ming Dynasty at this time - in fact, he didn't have to work so hard. He just needed to hold the Qishan camp firmly and watch several Qinling mountain passes to block Li Dingguo's northward march.
And Emperor Zhu wanted this effect, otherwise he could bite the bullet and mobilize heavy troops to aid Gansu and Shaanxi regardless of the cost. Although Gansu and Shaanxi are short of food, where is the base of 20 to 30 million acres of cultivated land and a population of several million? , let’s take one less bite, and there is no problem in supplying a few of the 200,000 troops.
With 200,000 elite soldiers fighting for several months, are you still afraid that you won't be able to defeat Li Dingguo?
But Zhu Cixiang also knew that this Zhuge Liang could make five Northern Expeditions, and Li Dingguo could also fight against repeated setbacks. Because Dashun is now a feudal military state! There are two major things in the country: one is fighting; the other is farming.
This kind of country is so determined to fight to the death! And they are not afraid of death... They are not Donglu, there are only tens of thousands of strong men in total, and they can't afford to die. There are more than 200,000 military households in Dashun. If one family supports three sons, the next generation will be more than 700,000! If you don't die a little, how can you divide the land? If a soldier is given 40 stones, how much will he get for 750,000? 30 million stones! The Dashun court had to get at least 15 million shi (including tax costs). How much land does Sichuan plus Yunnan have? How can you afford 45 million stones?
Moreover, the policy of granting farmland through dictation implemented by Dashun State is a policy to support the people - egalitarianism is the best way to support people! Therefore, Dashun’s birth rate must be higher than that of Daming. Moreover, current Sichuan has not experienced the tug-of-war between the Ming and Qing dynasties and has a large population base. It is estimated that the current population has exceeded 30 million! In another ten to twenty years, we will have 40 to 50 million.
By then, the key entrepreneurs of the generation like Li Guo and Li Laiheng will be gone, and it will be time for the peasants to revolt...
So Zhu Cixiang's way to deal with Dashun is just one word - block! Block them, suffocate them to death!
Just like Sima Yi used to block Zhuge Liang.
But Wu Sangui doesn't want to be Sima Yi. He thinks he is Cao Zhen, Cao Zidan of the Ming Dynasty!
After the defeat of Xihe in the last time, Wu Sangui was very unwilling and tried hard to mobilize troops from Guanzhong, Hexi, Shuofang, and Xining to prepare for another Xihe before May.
When the official document from the Generalissimo's Mansion was delivered, he was in the Marshal's Mansion at Qishan Camp discussing with Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun, who had just arrived, how to fight Xihe again.
Seeing that Wu Sangui had finished reading the article, Kong Tingxun asked with a shy face: "Dong Liang, what did the Generalissimo's official article say? Are we going to be rewarded? How much is the head of a rogue bandit worth?"
Wu Sangui glanced at him and chuckled: "We don't care about top achievements now, so don't think about it... Moreover, the rogue Li Dingguo has strong soldiers and is not easy to deal with, and his head is not that easy to cut. Let's fight this , instead of seeking to kill the enemy, we seek to seize land. As long as we camp step by step, push 60 miles south from Qishan Mountain and seize the Xihe farmland of the rogue bandits, we will win."
"Xihe farmland?" Kong Tingxun didn't understand, "Where is it?"
"It's Xihe County," Wu Sangui said, "the rogue bandits have opened many terraces there. As long as we destroy these terraces, we can force Li Dingguo to retreat. Once he retreats, we can receive the reward."
Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun looked at each other and heaved a sigh of relief. It would be better to work step by step and avoid fighting with the bandits. That would be too dangerous... We are all paid by the army, and there is no need to fight with those lunatics.
