In fact, Burihatu left some of his last words unfinished, because in his view, if Tumen's western expedition ended halfway and ended halfway, then the Great Mongolia might not only lose Tumote, but also Tumote. Also included are Ordos Wanhu and Qinghai Tumed.
In other words, the entire right-wing Mongolia will be lost.
This truth is obvious. Tumut is sandwiched between the Chahar Tribe and the Ordos Tribe, completely separating these two tribes. Moreover, the Ordos Tribe and the Qinghai Tumut Tribe were originally influenced by the Tumut Tribe and took orders from me. Yes.
Therefore, as long as Anda's successor, the new Chechen Khan, does not act recklessly, these two ministries must rely on King Shunyi's power to preside over mutual trade to ensure trade with the Ming Dynasty, so they can only continue to obey Tumote.
We expect them to give up the huge benefits of mutual trade and go against Tumote simply because of the "Mongolian family", or even directly jump in the opposite direction to follow Tumen Khan?
Haha, which one of your pictures has the prettier face?
Huang Taiji has always been a follower of Anda, and he is a very rational person. He is very clear about the importance of the mutual market. He will definitely not give up the huge benefits he has already obtained to follow Tumen, a short-seller. ;
Huo Luo Chibi may have a slightly greater ambition to wipe out Huang Taiji, but he was originally the leader of Yongxie Bu. He had followed An Da for many years before being sent by An Da to Qinghai to take charge of his own affairs. For this reason, he even left about 30% of his strength as a "thank you gift" or exchange. Now that he has just established a foothold in Qinghai, he desperately needs to "replenish blood" through mutual trade with Ming Dynasty. In this case, he Can you give up mutual trading? Definitely not!
Therefore, if Tumen Khan does not interfere with the changes in Tumut this time, or withdraws his troops and returns eastward because of a fire in the backyard, then what he and the Great Mongolia will lose will not be just one Tumut, but the entire right-wing Mongolia.
Perhaps, for a period of time, Tumut, Ordos and Qinghai Tumut will temporarily remain within the political framework of the Great Mongolia. However, it only took the Ming Dynasty just over ten years to bind right-wing Mongolia so tightly. If it takes another ten or twenty years, will right-wing Mongolia still exist? It will truly become the "Golden Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty".
Burihatu has analyzed Gao Pragmatic's motivations and methods quite clearly. Although Tumen Khan is "wise but late", he has now basically understood the danger of his situation.
Since Dayan Khan, the great situation of Mongolian unification has almost collapsed due to the manipulation of that guy named Gao Pragmatic due to the death of Anda!
For the first time, Tumen Khan experienced the tremendous pressure of the words "high pragmatism".
As the Great Khan of all Mongolia, he experienced three Ming emperors: Jiajing, Longqing and now Wanli.
In his eyes, Jiajing was powerful internally but incompetent externally, but he was also good-looking. Thinking about it now, Daming during the Jiajing period seems to be the best to bully;
Long Qing was kind or weak internally, but he was quite clever externally. Looking back now, it seems that it was because of the proper employment of people. The high-profile strategy of controlling the West and Huaidong made him very uncomfortable. Moreover, it was during the Longqing period that Tumut resolutely threw himself into the arms of the Ming Dynasty, and from then on he became more and more alienated from him, the Great Khan of All Mongolia;
What about Wanli? This little emperor had not shown anything unique before. Gao Gong was in charge of everything in the beginning. After Gao Gong's death, he continued to use Gao Gong's ally Guo Pu. Xiao Guicao implemented the Western Huaidong system everywhere, which made him several times. The harassment of Mingjing all suffered a shameful failure due to the counterattack of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang.
But at the time, it seemed that that was all: Qi Jiguang just stood firm, and Li Chengliang occasionally sent troops to sweep away but never killed them all. The two sides always maintained a tug-of-war between you and me. It seemed like it was just a two-hundred-year-long war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia. normal continuation.
Until Guo Pu became official and the little emperor officially began to take charge, everything suddenly changed.
The opportunity for this great change was naturally the death of An Da, but with the unexpected use of Gao Pragmatic as the plenipotentiary envoy by the young emperor, Ming Dynasty's policy seemed to have undergone some strange change.
The "Western Huai" of "Western Huaihua and Eastern Control" has been further improved. The Ming Dynasty is no longer just satisfied with "Huai" for "Western", it now seems to have been improved to "control".
It’s scary to think about a Ming Dynasty that completely controlled the right-wing Mongolia!
Two hundred years ago, Zhu Di only had three tribes of Wu Liangha in his hands, and the Ming Dynasty suppressed the Mongols and made five expeditions to Mobei. If they now have the entire right wing, what will happen? Can I still stay in Chahanhot?
This high pragmatism is amazing! If his plan is not disrupted this time, Mongolia's unification and revival will be far away!
Tumen Khan was persuaded by Burihatu. He now regarded Gao Wuzhi as a great enemy like Gao Gong, and unlike Gao Gong who ruled the court steadily, Gao Wuzhi was now in Monan, in Tumen. Mert!
Tumen Khan gritted his teeth and made up his mind: he could not retreat, this time he must completely cut off Gao Pragmatic's claws!
"This Khan has decided." Tumen Khan's eyes showed firmness: "First defeat Han Naji, capture the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and sacrifice his head to the flag with a high and pragmatic attitude!"
Although Huang Taiji and others secretly sighed in their hearts, brothers Zalik and Burihatu immediately cheered loudly and praised Tumen Khan's wise decision.
In fact, what the people didn't know was that Gao Pragmatic didn't have much feeling about Zhu Di's Five Expeditions in Mobei, and even secretly complained about it.
According to the opinions of many people in later generations, the Five Expeditions in Mobei brought prestige to the world. What are you criticizing for such a grand event?
However, Gao Gao's pragmatic thinking has always paid little attention to false reputations. What he values is actual results.
What is the actual effect of the Five Expeditions in Mobei? What did the Ming Dynasty gain and what did it lose during the Five Expeditions in Mobei?
Because the Ulliangha tribe had made meritorious service during the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di initially had a soft attitude toward Mongolia. However, in the seventh year of Yongle, this idea changed.
At that time, Benya Shili Khan, the leader of Eastern Mongolia, first beheaded the Ming Dynasty's envoy Guo Ji, and then annihilated the Ming Dynasty's 100,000-strong army in the Battle of Ququ River, causing the Ming Dynasty to suffer heavy losses. When Zhu Di heard the news, Lei Lei was furious and personally led an army of 500,000 people to crusade.
Thus, the fourteen-year Northern Expedition began, and a desperate battle with Mongolia began. So, how was the fourteen-year war going?
In the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Di began his first conquest. The result of this battle was actually a bit embarrassing, because Zhu Di sent troops to conquer in February, but in the first three months, the Ming army could not find Benya Shili Khan's large army. Zhu Di took this army of 500,000, It's huge, but it's like hunting in a paddock, and you can't hit a few Mongolian soldiers. It wasn't until May that the Ming army made some small gains - they killed several Mongolian soldiers and surrendered several horses, sheep, and vehicles.
It was not until they arrived at the banks of the Onon River and the east of Bell Lake that the Ming army met Benya Shili, the strategic target this time, and the real fierce battle began. In this battle, the Ming army defeated the Mongolian soldiers with an absolute advantage, but unfortunately, they failed to kill Benya Shili Khan and allowed him to escape to the west.
At the same time, because the Ming army's food and grass had been exhausted after several months of hard work, many Ming soldiers starved to death. There was no way to do this, and Zhu Di could only end the five-month Northern Expedition hastily.
In the twelfth year of Yongle's reign, he campaigned for the second time in the Mobei region. At this time, the Mongolian Oara tribe began to gradually become stronger and harassed and threatened the Ming Dynasty's borders. Therefore, Zhu Di led an army of 500,000 people and began his second personal expedition.
The Ming army used artillery to attack the Oara troops at the Tula River, causing heavy casualties. According to relevant historical records, the Ming army "killed hundreds of enemies" in this battle. This time Zhu Di adopted the method of pursuing victory. After the bombardment, a close-range fight began.
During the fierce battle, both sides suffered many casualties, but the Oara tribe suffered more heavy losses, and was later annexed by the Tatar tribe Arutai, which was ostensibly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty at that time. Arutai's power gradually became stronger in the later period, and then it stopped paying tribute. Later, this army developed into an army of criminals.
In the twentieth year of Yongle, the third Northern Expedition began. This time Zhu Di's main target of attack was Arutai of the Tatar tribe. Due to the disparity in strength, Arutai did not dare to clash head-on with the Ming Dynasty, so before Zhu Di's large army reached Mongolia, Arutai fled with a group of his generals.
Therefore, after Zhu Di and his 300,000 troops arrived in Mongolia, they did not even see the enemy. Originally, Zhu Di wanted to hunt down Arutai, but he changed his mind at the end of September and returned home. The result of this conquest was... dozens of enemies were killed.
The next year, the fourth desert war began. Since Arutai was not hit last time and he himself was determined to be evil, he once again gathered troops to make a comeback, forcing Zhu Di to start his fourth personal expedition. But this time Arutai still refused to confront the Ming army head-on and adopted roundabout evasion tactics.
However, the luck of this expedition was better than the last. During the sporadic battles, the Ming army also annihilated most of Arutai's troops, which was eventually reduced so much that it was eventually annihilated by the resurgent Mongolian Oara tribe.
Another year passed, in the 22nd year of Yongle, the fifth campaign against Mobei began. This was Zhu Di's third personal expedition and the last time he sent troops to Mongolia, but even so, he still returned empty-handed this time.
When the Ming army came to Mongolia, the local enemy army refused to fight and instead began a hide-and-seek guerrilla war.
Although Zhu Di sent people to conduct repeated searches in various valleys and narrow passages in order to find the enemy, he did not see a single enemy soldier. Later, someone suggested using a month's worth of military rations as bait to lure the enemy deeper into the territory. However, Zhu Di was worried that something might happen to him because he was too close to the enemy's hinterland, so he rejected the suggestion and returned to the army. toward.
To make matters worse, Zhu Di died of illness on his way back to Beijing. The Ming army could only speed up its return to Beijing and end the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, in Gao Pragmatic's view, during his reign, Zhu Di personally conquered Mobei five times and won five battles and five victories. It seemed like a great achievement, but what was not consistent with the propaganda was that in fact, these five victories did not kill the enemy. Countless, but did not completely eliminate the troubles of the Ming Dynasty's frontier fortress, but only made the hatred between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia deeper and deeper.
It doesn't matter if you make enemies. The problem is that in these five expeditions to Mobei, the Ming Dynasty did not achieve any substantial victory. Zhu Di, who brought hundreds of thousands of troops with him each time, fought with heavy thunder and light rain, but the results were mediocre. , basically the enemy troops slipped away, and they worked hard and achieved nothing.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty mobilized troops in such a way and continued the Northern Expedition, which consumed a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. Compared with the Mongolian army, it obviously suffered more. Even if the country was strong at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, what would be the benefit of doing so? It was not as useful as the Seven Voyages to the West - the Seven Voyages to the West actually did not lose money, but it was the emperor's internal money that made money. The Ming Dynasty even obtained Arabia's specialty dyes, ushering in the era of blue and white porcelain.
But Zhu Di is not a fool. Since several Northern Expeditions have been in vain, why does he still fail after repeated attempts?
Zhu Di's goal was not actually a military goal. What he considered during the Northern Expedition was politics.
