After eating the mutton and getting a preliminary understanding of the extraordinary wealth on the grassland, Xin Qiji praised the Wanggu tribe's mutton and their loyalty to the emperor.
Then there is the exploration of the specific conditions of the grassland.
For example, Xin Qiji was very interested in the grievances and hatreds of various tribes on the grassland.
Wu Ge didn't think much about it. He felt that the more Xin Qiji knew, the better it would be for him, and he could win more sympathy points for him. It was not certain that he could get more benefits from the Ming Dynasty in the future.
So he said it.
Tell basically everything you know.
For example, the grievances and hatred between the Kelie tribe and the Qiyan tribe.
For example, the grievances and hatreds between the Kelie tribe, the Qiyan tribe and the Tata'er tribe.
For example, the Tatar tribe used the power of the Jin Kingdom to dominate the eastern part of the grassland.
For example, the grudges between the Qiyan Department and the Mierqi Department.
Then we talked about Wang Gubu and their grievances and resentments.
"Our tribe is very different from the Kele tribe and the Qiyan tribe in appearance and living customs, so it is difficult to talk about them together. They rejected us, and we did not welcome them. Finally, we came here and were taken in by the Emperor of the Central Plains. Volunteer to guard the border for the Emperor of the Central Plains."
Wu Ge talked a lot and finally finished everything he wanted to say, which also gave Xin Qiji a preliminary understanding of the grudges and resentments among the tribes in the grassland.
It has to be said that although the Jin people have no military achievements in the grassland, they are still quite skilled at being a troublemaker. Many of the conflicts that the tribes on the grassland originally had were "carried forward" under the agitation of the Jin people.
Each tribe has some contradictions with other tribes, big or small, and there are no two tribes without contradictions at all.
sure.
After returning to Jingzhou, Xin Qiji wrote down everything he learned, sorted it out, and then asked someone to bring it back to Zhongdu and hand it over to Su Yonglin.
This is very precious information, which will help Su Yonglin understand the relationship between the grassland tribes, and find ways to target them, use them, and control them.
He believed that Su Yonglin had this ability.
At the end of September, Su Yong arrived in Jingzhou with his main force of 40,000 cavalry, and was incorporated into the organization of the Northern Expedition. Therefore, all 50,000 Ming Army cavalry and sufficient supplies were in place and distributed to the soldiers for the final war. examine.
Food items such as dried meat, cheese, and large pancakes, ordnance such as steel knives, crossbows, arrows, and a series of military logistics materials were all subjected to a final inventory.
Although this battle focuses on the grassland mode, some necessary logistics materials still need to be transported and borne by the logistics force.
Therefore, this station still used 20,000 auxiliary troops to participate in logistics transportation, but no civilians were used, which indeed saved the Ming Dynasty a lot of money.
On the fifth day of October, Emperor Su Yonglin's order to start the war was sent to Jingzhou. Han Jinggui took the order, held a swearing-in meeting in Jingzhou, and then immediately dispatched troops.
The mighty Ming Army cavalry brigade officially set out for the Northern Expedition.
The goal of the first stage is to arrive at the Wang Gu tribe's station, join the Wang Gu tribe's five thousand cavalry, and arrange their respective guides. Then comes the actual encounter with the enemy and the battle.
The main force of the Ming army arrived at the Wanggu tribe station on the morning of the eighth day of October, where they were warmly welcomed by the Uge and Wanggu tribe herdsmen.
Looking at the mighty Ming Army cavalry, they brought out meat, dairy products and kumiss to entertain the Ming Army soldiers. They gave the Ming Army soldiers a good protein meal and took out the big pancakes they carried with them to satisfy their hunger. , fully replenishing protein and carbohydrates, and accumulating enough energy.
After the banquet, Han Jinggui, Xin Qiji, Zhang Qiaonian and other main leaders of the army held a military meeting with Wuge. They incorporated Wuge's cavalry into the main army of the Ming Dynasty and gave unified orders to let them obey the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expeditionary Army. Ministry command.
Wuge's ultimate significance to this battle lies not in the five thousand ancient cavalry, but in the fact that he contributed important guides and the location of the main herdsmen's residences in the Kelie and Qiyan tribes.
With a guide and a clear direction, it would be easier for the Ming army to go straight to their home base without giving them any chance to breathe. They would not miss the opportunity because they got lost and couldn't find the enemy.
The plan for the entire war was to leave the Qiyan tribe to the Tatar people to deal with, while the Ming army mainly attacked the stronger Kile tribe.
Because of the existence of Wuge, the Ming army knew the Klei tribe thoroughly. They knew where their settlements were, how many people they had, their fighting strength, etc.
Xin Qiji believes that it is relatively difficult for grassland tribes to move herdsmen away from their original residences to safer places in a short period of time. Although they are nomadic tribes, migration also takes a long time to plan, and it is not just a matter of leaving. Go.
Therefore, as long as they attack their settlements, they will definitely encounter their main cavalry. Even if they want to escape, it will take time. As long as the Ming army moves fast enough, they will not have enough time to escape.
Then there is an inevitable decisive battle. After a decisive battle, it will basically be decided whether the Kled tribe will continue to exist or disappear.
There is generally nothing wrong with Xin Qiji's guess. If he insists that there is something, it is indeed——
The Kele tribe and the Qiyan tribe had no intention of escaping at all. They had no option to escape.
They plan to confront them head on.
Because in their view, the grassland is their home field. If they don't take the initiative to go south to the Central Plains, the Central Plains people should be thankful. How can they still have the courage and strength to directly attack their home base?
These tribes on the grassland can form this kind of understanding, and it is indeed not their fault.
Because the performance of the Jin people as the previous rulers of the Central Plains in the grassland war was indeed not very good, and there were no results in many expeditions. Both Yesugei and Tuoli led their tribesmen to plunder south many times. The Jin people were also tired. Handle.
It is not that the Jin people have never launched large-scale wars on the grasslands, but they have not achieved much results. Apart from demonstrating the power of a great country, they have not gained much.
Therefore, people on the grasslands generally have a view that the Central Plains dynasty was large and relatively strong, but it did not completely eliminate their power to conquer them.
The speed was too slow, and there were no cavalry powerful enough to compete with the prairie cavalry. Large-scale crusade often failed to produce corresponding results.
The Central Plains dynasty preferred economic restraint to military confrontation.
Therefore, the grassland people who advocated bloody battles to determine the outcome more or less did not think highly of the Jin Kingdom.
As for the difference between Han and Jurchens, they don't care and don't understand it very well because they haven't dealt directly with the Han government for a long time.
The last time was the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of years later.
Time has passed so long that they have forgotten that some powerful empires once pressed them to the ground and rubbed them, making their ancestors cry and call them daddy.
How to do it?
The princes of the Iron-Blooded Song Dynasty and the Wanyan family were so incompetent that Su Yonglin had to start a war of his own to tell the tribes on the grassland that he was back.
The fear that was once rooted in their DNA and made them sing unforgettable songs is back.
The Kelie tribe and the Qiyan tribe, who knew nothing about this, even thought that they were already very polite.
It was precisely because the Ming Empire quickly wiped out the Jin Kingdom that they judged that the Ming Kingdom was stronger than the Jin Kingdom, so they were wary and did not dare to rush south for two years.
However, they need supplies produced in the Central Plains. They need silk, iron pots, tea, and all kinds of high-end luxury products to satisfy their desires.
However, they were wary of the Ming Dynasty and worried that it might not be appropriate to attack the Ming Dynasty directly because the Ming Dynasty was very strong.
Therefore, when they were short of supplies to a certain extent, they did not directly invade the border of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they chose to attack the Wanggu tribe after hearing the news that the Emperor of Ming had ennobled the Wanggu tribe.
While plundering supplies like this, they could also test the Ming Empire's attitude towards them.
If the attitude of the Ming Empire was the same as that of the Jin Kingdom, they could confidently and boldly go south to plunder and start a happy life.
This shows that the Ming Empire is nothing special, just like the Jin Kingdom.
If the Ming Empire chose military counterattack - then fight, what else could it do?
It's time to try the strength of the Ming Empire to see how strong they can destroy the Jin Kingdom, so as to determine their next attitude and approach to the Central Plains.
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