While the Jin Yiwei was arresting the Kong family and their accomplices, Zhu Youxiao, who was in the capital, was not idle either.
The strategy of the two-pronged northern expedition has been basically decided. The next step is to start planning the route of dispatching troops and arranging logistics supply issues.
He issued a decree to him a few days ago, although he did not clearly tell him the specific plan and time of the Ming army's northern expedition to Horqin.
But it also shows that he will also send troops for this battle, and the Ming army will only provide part of the equipment and provide his own food and grass.
Unexpectedly, King Shunyi sent him a memorandum, expressing tactfully that we were too poor and struggled to survive the winter.
Their various tribes are now in short supply of various supplies, let alone fighting, and they don't even have a full meal to eat.
If you want them to send troops, let's not talk about paying them, but at least let everyone have enough food.
Perhaps it was because there had never been such good days, and the Ming Dynasty had been providing money and food in the past few days.
King Shunyi has also become a little arrogant recently. He thinks that he has joined the Ming Dynasty in name, but in fact it is a cooperative relationship.
After all, this was always the case when Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty had good relations in the past. The Ming Dynasty opened mutual trade and enthroned a leader as king to command the rest of the subordinate tribes.
"Because we all carry a small amount of dried beef and mutton, and from time to time we drive live cattle and sheep to meet emergency needs. Even mare's and goat's milk are one of the main military supplies."
"Besides, during the continuous wars, livestock are crucial to the stability and recovery of people's livelihood. Even if I don't have them, I would still have to slaughter them in small batches."
"In the first year of the Apocalypse, did your Majesty, the Great Ming Lin Dan Batur, follow this method?"
There are no Tumut, Wala, or Tatar Tumut forces in the northwest.
A soldier's basic military pay is equivalent to less than one tael or seven taels per month, which is not 14 taels per year.
As for the Emperor's personal army, the Yulin Army was even lower.
Most of the young men in his own tribe and the tribes he surrendered to are now part of the Ming army.
The number of Xuan Xiaojun was not small, there were four thousand in both towns, and the total number was only over eighteen thousand.
"During the Ming Dynasty, I had no choice but to send people to the people to pay a small price, and it was a trick, so that there were not enough livestock to slaughter and dry."
I am not very worried about Liaodong. I have not stored a small amount of military rations in Liaoyang.
The Mongolian tribes are indeed rich, even though Zhu Youxiao gave us some preferential treatment and opened up mutual trade.
"Why do you, Your Majesty, imitate the methods of the Tartars and treat them in their own way?"
So I sent another edict to me, stating directly that I would feed him, clothe him, support him, and let him do something to stop crying about poverty?
After hearing Cao Bianjiao's idea, Xin Feng smiled helplessly and shook her head:
"Today is the same as in the past. You Han people are farming instead of nomadic, and the people are poor. How can you not have so few livestock for military supplies?"
For the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry in the Xiaoqi Camp, I have to pay 70,000 taels of silver every month just for military pay.
"During this period, people know that many people are cursing me. This method can be done once, but it can definitely be done seven times."
"Your Majesty, throughout history, why have Tartars been able to cross the desert and attack your borders every time?"
But in today's Monan Grassland, the remaining Mongolian tribes have basically surrendered to Xiao Ming, while the rest have surrendered and become slaves and fled to Mobei.
You must know that among our tribes that have surrendered, a small number of women in their prime of life have basically been recruited by me to serve as soldiers in the military camp.
Moreover, I haven’t seen the officials and uniformed guards watching from the grassland. How is our living standard and whether we are poor or not? I am very confused.
Moreover, I cannot pass through Shanhaiguan and Denglai Military Town, and ensure front logistics on both land and water fronts.
But I have been restricting the export of supplies to ensure that we can live a worse life than in the future, but still keep us full.
He quickly expressed that he had seven hearts and was willing to send troops to join the Northern Expedition to conquer Horqin.
Although Zhu Youxiao has not been transferred yet
It has been repaired several times, but it is still the lowest army in Xiangyin.
While Xin Fengpiao was thinking hard, Cao Bianjiao, a close minister of the emperor, said from the side:
But the problem is that those eighteen thousand are all cavalry, and they are all equipped with one person and two horses.
Xin Fengpiao has always attached great importance to the army. Before the military reform, the monthly salary of soldiers was much lower than after.
Moreover, it is still a vast grassland, before the Gobi desert, so it is not difficult to cross it smoothly.
What really needs planning and arrangement is mainly Xuan Xiao's Ming army.
Before waking up from the sweet dream, after being reminded by Xin Fengpiao, I finally realized that we can live a stable life without the emperor's gift.
Although I will mobilize other troops from our military town to serve as auxiliary troops, I can only mobilize part of them.
But that was what happened before, and we haven’t used it yet, so Zhu Youxiao decided to endure it for now.
So that time, if Xuan Xiaojun wanted to pass through Monan smoothly, or even return successfully, the front supply line was a small problem.
For example, in military towns such as Xuanfu, Xiaotong, and Liaodong where reforms have not yet been basically completed, soldiers' basic military pay is equivalent to less than one tael of silver per month, which is seventeen taels a year.
"What do you mean by this?"
It's a pity that he didn't realize that the biggest difference between him and the previous Mongolian leaders was that he had no soldiers.
It must be because Zhu Youxiao frequently ransacked his house and his private coffers were filled to the brim. I really dared to offer such a low salary.
Therefore, after Zhu Youxiao saw it, he almost couldn't resist the idea of sending troops to beat him directly.
That standard is not comparable to Qi Jiajun and Yu Xiaoyou's Tengpai soldiers.
Moreover, the cavalry's salary is lower than that of the infantry. Our military salary is seven taels of silver.
From now on, there won't be many hostile forces from Xiao Ming in the Monan Grassland. I can also ensure part of the supply of the army by fighting to support the war, and reduce the pressure on the front line.
With a thousand foreigners, I have to use less troops and less military supplies to transport.
But the Horqin tribe is located not more than a thousand years away.
As for those Mongolian cavalry who did not earn seven taels of silver per month, and had to worry about food and clothing in the military camp, the money would naturally be used to improve their families' lives.
But Zhu Youxiao has not yet made a death list for me, and I think that due to the differentiation of the strength of the various tribes in Mongolia and our dependence on Xiao Ming, there is no need to weaken and retreat.
Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked at his younger brother who was a few years older than him and whom he loved very much and said:
What if you just stop the mutual trading, and then let Man Gui and Li Wensheng take their troops to the grassland to hide in the grassland?
The threat and intimidation contained in it instantly made Princess Shunyi's heart tremble.
Now Xiaoqi camp does not have a full 20,000 Mongolian cavalry, and Xuanfu and Xiaotong do not have eight to seven thousand.
Weapons, armor, shoes and other items are all extra.
But King Shunyi openly said that he was poor. It seemed that he really thought he was a bad deceiver.
