"The fattest person in front is Huang Taiji..."
"The fat man in front is Huang Taiji!"
"The fat guy in front is Huang Taiji!"
"Capture Fat Taiji alive and break into Shenyang City..."
These are the shouts that can be heard from time to time on the grasslands around Dashawo and Dalahaizi on the 23rd and 24th of May in the sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty.
Those who made these shouts were, of course, the Ming army officers and soldiers of the Han and Mongolian tribes who were chasing Huang Taiji!
In the battle of Yinmaquan, they achieved another great victory by relying on the "terrible" power (very terrible) of the rocket launcher that appeared on the battlefield for the first time. Huang Taiji was forced to abandon the camp and most of his luggage and fled.
After Concubine Wuliangha dealt with Yangguli, who pretended to be Huang Taiji to attack to attract the attention of the Ming army, and his hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers with the true yellow flag, she immediately discovered that Huang Taiji was not among them, and also obtained the support of the Later Jin army. News of starting to run away from the camp.
So Concubine Wu Liangha immediately ordered all the ministries to join the battle to hunt down Zhen Huang Taiji!
She and Zhu Youjian signed a military order. If Huang Taiji cannot be killed in this battle, she will be beaten and punished when she returns... But if she kills Huang Taiji, Zhu Youjian can reward her. what?
It doesn’t seem to be written in the military order!
Even for this unequal military order, Concubine Wu Liangha couldn't let Huang Taiji go!
Therefore, a fierce pursuit and rearguard battle began on the grasslands around Dashawo and Dalahaizi. It was not until Huang Taiji, who had fled, led thousands of his remnants to escape into Qingping Town where Daishan was stationed, that he had to It ended with regret.
Although there were regrets, this battle, known as the "Battle of Shawo" in history, still went down in history as an overwhelming victory for the Ming army.
At the same time, this battle established the status of Concubine Uliangha in the history of Ming Dynasty wars!
The losses caused by this battle to Hou Jin were greater than the losses caused to Hou Jin by the "First Battle of Songjin" personally commanded by Zhu Youjian!
Although according to Houjin statistics, their losses in the Battle of Dashawo were only more than 8,000 people, which was far less than the losses in the "First Battle of Songjin". However, those who Hou Jin lost in the Battle of Dashawo were all elites, and except for less than 1,000 Han army firearms soldiers and flags and drums of various banners, the remaining more than 7,000 people were all old Manchu elites.
If we also count the 1,000 people the Jin army lost in Pingyan City, as well as the thousands of people lost in some previous battles.
This battle out of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest to the west caused the Great Jin Kingdom to lose at least 10,000 elites... It can be said that Hou Jin's vitality was seriously injured, and I am afraid that he will never have the courage to march west of the Thousand Miles of Pine Forest in the future.
Then the Jin forces withdrew from the area west of Qianli Pine Forest, which also meant that the battle for Bashang Grassland ended with the complete victory of the Ming Empire.
The Ming Dynasty, which won the right to rule the Bashang Grassland and severely damaged the elite Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty, naturally also gained a deterrent effect on the Mobei Grassland.
The three Khan tribes of the Khalkha Mongolia were all only capable of being defeated by Lin Dan Batur. Now that they have seen how the Ming Dynasty defeated Hou Jin, of course they know how to take sides!
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"Hahaha! Great victory, another great victory... Although Huang Taiji was not able to get rid of the big problem, after the second battle, Huang Taiji and the Hou Jin Kingdom can finally be at peace for a few years. In this way, I can deal with Shanxi with peace of mind. Rat!"
In Kaiping City, at the celebration banquet, Zhu Youjian might have been a little drunk after having a few too many drinks... This is all nonsense!
Now that Hou Jin's vitality is severely damaged, and most of the people are already panicking, it is of course a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory to march in and wipe out this giant bandit in one fell swoop. Why is the emperor thinking about going to Shanxi to catch rats again? Is catching rats more important than killing slave thieves?
Zhu Youjian actually didn't drink much, because he knew it was not the time to sit back and relax - the fate of Ming Dynasty was not over yet!
Just one day before Concubine Wuliangha's army returned to the Jinlianchuan grassland, Zhu Youjian received a 600-mile emergency call from Mr. Mao - several counties adjacent to Taiyuan Prefecture and Datong Prefecture reported plague reports. Medical records, and there are a lot of them!
It feels a bit menacing!
The plague has arrived... Whether it can be controlled will determine the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, it was impossible for Zhu Youjian to stay in Jinlianchuan Grassland for too long, so he had to go to Datong to take charge.
He had to ensure that the plague-prone counties were completely sealed off, and at the same time he had to ensure stable internal preservation and strict traffic control in those counties.
For Zhu Youjian, there is nothing bigger than this - if the plague is allowed to leave Shanxi and sweep across Monan Grassland, Beizhili and Yanshan, Ming's military strength will be severely compromised. !
In addition to the plague, the locust plague in Shaanxi also worried Zhu Youjian. Because since ancient times, there has been a saying that there will be locusts in extreme droughts and long-lasting droughts. Locust plagues often occur in cycles with droughts, and if the drought continues, locust plagues will be difficult to alleviate. And the two disasters of drought and locusts raging at the same time will cause a large-scale reduction in food production... If too many people have no food to eat, the world will be in chaos.
Although Zhu Youjian has sent Xu Guangqi's "Locust Elimination" to the local officials in Shaanxi, asking them to use the methods in "Locust Elimination" to control locusts, but the control effect is not very good... .The locust plague is still getting worse!
After all, the drought in Chongzhen 17 years ago was too severe and long-lasting. The climate was suitable for locusts to thrive everywhere, and there was no law to control it!
In this case, Zhu Youjian had no spare energy to squeeze the hard persimmon of Houjin... and it was of no use to crush it to death. When the weather was so cold, the black land of Houjin was very It is difficult to cultivate, and if it is snatched, it will be abandoned for many years.
If you have this energy, let’s think about how to expand southward!
"Long live my lord," Concubine Wuliangha, whose heart was pounding because she didn't kill Huang Taiji, said with a smile, "How could you leave the Jinlianchuan grassland so quickly? You still want to be a khan that day. ! Now Huang Taiji has left the desert and abandoned the grasslands around Dalahaizi and Xilin River... The west of the pine forest is all owned by your Majesty! Why don't your Majesty take the opportunity to convene the Kuritai Conference and demand that Mobei, Monan, All the tribes in the western desert met at the Golden Lotus River to elect the Heavenly Khan!"
The title of Tian Khan or the Great Khan of Mongolia seems to be useless, and it is not as noble as the title of Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to hold it in your hand... But Zhu Youjian knows that having Khan The significance of the title is the Ming Emperor's recognition of the grassland system.
The system of the grassland is based on the environment in which the grassland was created. It cannot be changed by strong soldiers and horses - no matter how fertile the grassland is, it cannot compare with the fertile soil for farming. Therefore, the population that the grassland can support is limited. If you want to maintain the population, If people gather together, they can only live in pursuit of water and grass.
The system in the Central Plains cannot be used to govern grassland areas. Historically, among the dynasties of the Central Plains, only Li Shimin truly conquered the grasslands, but he did not last for many years.
At that time, Li Shimin used the name of Tian Khan instead of issuing orders on the grassland in the name of Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Youjian now also plans to use Li Shimin's method to manage the vast prairie... Of course, he will definitely do a better job than Li Shimin!
Because Zhenguan was only 23 years old, while Chongzhen was at least 60 years old... After that, there were treacherous sons and local tyrant emperors.
These three generations of kings will last a hundred years!
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Of course I want to be the Khan of Heaven... But this matter will take several months or even more than a year, right? If possible, I would also like to invite people from the Wala Alliance to Jinlianchuan Woolen cloth!"
Wu Liangha shook his head, "Long live Lord, this is not easy to handle! The Oara Alliance and the Ming Dynasty have never been easy to deal with, and... the Oara Alliance supports the Yellow Sect."
Zhu Youjian thought for a while, "Then first invite the leaders of the Sanhan tribe in Mobei and the Tumote tribe in Qinghai to Jinlianchuan... My dear concubine, you have to organize this matter for me! How about that? Let’s do this, leave the Golden Lotus River to Concubine Duoyan, and you and I will go to Datong together.”
