Su Yonglin received the news of help from the elders, and suddenly his face was full of black lines.
He felt that he kept raising them like pigs. Although their martial virtues declined and they were unable to threaten the Central Plains, the effect of this northern barrier was also lost.
As soon as the wild people from the forest tribe went south, they were beaten into quails and their teeth were found all over the ground. They were really embarrassed and brought to their father's house.
Can this also be used as a northern barrier?
I'm afraid Daming couldn't even wipe their butts.
In desperation, Su Yonglin could only convene a military meeting to discuss the matter with military cadres.
"The people of the Wanggu tribe and the Tata tribe have indeed lived a good life for too long in these years. They have been so comfortable that the sense of crisis has completely disappeared. Swords and guns were put into Kuma and released to Nanshan. Last year, there was not even one I heard that they organize large-scale hunting activities, but instead have tea parties to fight for the rich one after another."
Sun Tzu Yi rubbed his temples and said helplessly: "Now it seems that these two tribes are almost useless and cannot fight. How can they help the Ming Dynasty guard the border? If the tribe in the forest goes south, they will ask for help. , How much military expenditure will Ming Dynasty pay for them? I don’t even dare to think about it.”
"How come they still hunt? How tiring it is to hunt."
Xin Qiji sneered and said: "I heard that they are more willing to engage in animal husbandry because they enjoy the benefits of doing business with the Ming Dynasty. They are very concerned about the cattle, sheep and horses that are widely needed by the Ming Dynasty, and they keep raising them to increase production.
Now running on four legs is money in their eyes. They are all luxuries of Ming Dynasty and their own luxuries. They are reluctant to use them for training and combat. They don’t know how much reserves they have left for themselves. They are really doing business. Dizzy. "
"Having said that, they are too useless and have brought a lot of trouble to Ming Dynasty."
Deputy Chief of Staff Ma Weiying lamented: “As Prime Minister Sun Shu said, the Ming Dynasty left them behind to guard the border for the Ming Dynasty, to resist the tribal cavalry from the north going south, and to become the Ming Dynasty’s first line of defense.
But now this line of defense has failed. Not only has it failed, but the Ming Dynasty has also invested in troops and military expenditures to maintain their existence. In this case, is it necessary for the Ming Dynasty to keep them? "
Ma Weiying's statement was a good start for the people at the military meeting. Everyone began to consider the pros and cons between keeping these two tribes and destroying them casually.
Although you can make a lot of money by keeping them, you don't know how much money you will spend to protect them in the future.
If they are wiped out easily, there will be no money to be made in the future and many luxury goods will have no buyers, but the reduction in military expenditure will also be very considerable.
Su Yonglin really didn't think about this joint at first, but after Ma Weiying raised this opinion, he suddenly felt that this matter was quite interesting.
The Tata'er tribe and the Wanggu tribe are obviously almost useless, and they cannot play a role in guarding the border for the Ming Dynasty. If they continue to let them rot and stink in the north, they will only attract more jackals, tigers and leopards, and waste the Ming Dynasty's military strength. Spend more energy to protect them.
Su Yonglin recalled Germany's evaluation of Italy during World War II.
If they are enemies, only ten divisions are needed to destroy them. If they are neutral, twenty divisions are needed to monitor them. If they are allies, it is over, and fifty divisions are needed to protect them.
Su Yonglin was also thinking that the reason why they maintained their existence in the first place was mainly because the Ming Dynasty still had many enemies to deal with. Those in the south and west were all enemies. Now the Southern Song Dynasty in the south and Xixia in the west were finished, especially in the south. There won't be any big wars.
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That being the case, would it be more beneficial or harmful to continue to retain these two rotten and smelly tribes?
At the military meeting, everyone talked to each other, took out paper and pen to write calculations, and used pure numbers to demonstrate.
Su Yonglin listened silently.
After almost two sticks of incense, everyone's opinions gradually became unified.
By destroying the Wang Gu tribe and the Tata tribe now, the buyers of some luxury goods may lose some profits for a while, but in the long run, it will reduce the amount of money that Ming Dynasty needs to spend to protect them and deal with emergencies. A lot of military spending.
Compared with luxury goods transactions, military spending is more "considerable".
And judging from the current climate problem, the possibility of large-scale food going north to support them cannot be ruled out in the future. After destroying them, these problems will be easily solved.
The rich pastures that originally belonged to them will directly belong to the Ming Dynasty and can be directly administered by Datong Province. The Ming Dynasty can organize a large number of herdsmen to graze here on a large scale, raise cattle, sheep and horses, provide enough livestock for the Central Plains, and incorporate the grassland into the Ming Dynasty's economy. In the internal circulation, there is no need to deal with a lot of political and economic expenditures for them.
Therefore, the advantages of eliminating the Wanggu tribe and the Tata'er tribe outweigh the disadvantages.
Su Yonglin nodded and expressed that he also supported the military meeting's views.
"Since the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, let's do it this way. We plan to dispatch 30,000 to 50,000 cavalry to carry out a medium-sized raid. While destroying the barbarians in the forest who are invading south, we will also clean up the Tatar tribe and Wang. Gubu, solve the problem of Northern Xinjiang in one fell swoop!"
In this period when the Ming Dynasty is about to move westward and manage the relationship between the Western Regions and Central Asia, the value of the northern grasslands that has lost its unity and the possibility of rising has been greatly reduced, and it no longer has the value of winning over. What the Ming Dynasty needs is a peaceful and stable person. Problems in northern Xinjiang.
However, the problem still needs to be looked at far-reachingly, because it is too cold in northern Xinjiang that the prairie barbarians have no choice but to go south. It is not that Su Yonglin has not considered it.
At this moment, China is indeed in a relatively cold climate cycle.
As the temperature further drops in the future and the global climate turns colder, if the barbarians living further north and even in Siberia are not cleaned up now, they will definitely move south on a large scale in the future and become a border threat to the Ming Dynasty.
This time they were forced to go south, and they were wiped out easily, and all the prisoners of war were moved to the Hexi area to help build Shazhou and transport strategic materials. In this way, they could be used to play a role. Waste utilization.
And since they have decided to send troops this time, it is better to head further north, preferably to reach the legendary Beihai, and to set up a national boundary monument where Su Wu shepherds sheep is a rare achievement.
According to the discussions at the military meeting, the imperial court decided to appoint Han Jinggui, commander of the Third Corps, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition. He would command the 10,000 cavalry of the Third Corps and the 40,000 cavalry of the Zhongdu Huben Guards, for a total of 50,000 cavalry.
These 50,000 cavalry will be the main combat force in this battle.
In order to reduce the logistical pressure, the imperial court ordered the Privy Council to requisition a large amount of dairy products and smoked dried meat products stored in the military supplies warehouse in Datong Province and distribute them to the cavalry as their main food.
Even if it is not preparing for future wars, the Ming Dynasty also has its own strategic material reserve regulations. The storage of dairy products and dried meat products that are very suitable for cavalry to fight large-scale and long distances away from homeland is carried out at all times.
Not only livestock produced in local pastures were provided to the Ming army's logistics support department, but also large quantities of livestock from the Wanggu tribe and the Tatar tribe were provided. Over the years, the amount of dried meat and easy-to-store dairy products was enough to support 50,000 cavalry. of consumed.
In addition, considering the other food needs of the cavalry, the Privy Council also allocated 100,000 prairie sheep and 10,000 prairie cattle to accompany the army on the expedition. They will also carry some made-up large cakes and other carbohydrate foods, becoming a mobile [food depot]. Provide sumptuous meals to the Ming army cavalry.
