During the Yunnan-Burma War, the Ming Dynasty relied on the Yunnan War Treasures to obtain stable military pay despite financial difficulties. In the end, it successfully defeated Burma and received a large amount of benefits including compensation. When Burihatu reported this incident to the Tumen, the Tumen were really surprised for a long time. It turned out that the battle could be fought like this?
However, Burihatu said that this style of play has actually been done by the Mongols, but because the fighting styles of the two sides are different, it will look more amazing when it is done in the Ming Dynasty.
Tumen was very surprised and asked us when did we do this? Ben Khan has never asked his subordinates to borrow money, horses, bows and arrows.
Burihatu said calmly: "Every time the Great Khan raids Mingbian, doesn't he use the proceeds from clearing grass and grain to motivate his subordinates, so that they are willing to follow the Great Khan and send troops?"
Tumen was shocked when he heard this, and after a while he said: "So he actually learned this skill from us?"
Burihatu shook his head and said, "It's hard to say whether he's learning from us, but it's basically the same method."
Tumen sighed: "It is not a good thing for us in Mongolia to have such a person among the people of Ming Dynasty."
"Who says it's not the case?" Burihatu also sighed slightly, but immediately added: "But his skills are useful for Myanmar, but not for us Mongolia."
Tumen understood the elegance of the string song after hearing it. He laughed and clapped his hands and said: "Yes, there is actually no difference between Myanmar and the Ming Dynasty. The infantry is the main force in fighting, and they also rely on farming for food, but they are no better than us Mongolians who live for water and grass. He If you want to use this move to deal with Ben Khan, it is of no use because he can't grab anything. This vast grassland is vast and cannot be defended by the Ming Dynasty. It is useless. Who is willing to spend money for it? "
These conversations took place after the Ming Dynasty defeated Burma last year, not too long ago. Tumen remember them very clearly. But now that Gao Pingshi has taken up the post of Seven Towns Manager and announced that the headquarters of the strategy will be located in Daning City, he becomes a little uneasy again.
Gao Jingshi has too many evil ideas. Who knows if he will come up with some evil tricks on the spur of the moment?
Moreover, the geographical location of Daning City is indeed too dangerous. Now that there are only 30,000 to 40,000 troops, I dare not move easily, lest the army leave Chahanhot for a little longer and be attacked by the Ming army in Daning City. Lao Lao - It's not like this has never happened before. In the 39th year of Jiajing, the Ming army suddenly came out of the fortress and burned Tumut's Dabansheng City with a fire. The current Dabansheng City is It was newly built in the 44th year of Jiajing reign.
The city can be burned in a big way, but Chahanhot cannot be burned? Although Li Chengliang didn't burn it last time, it was obviously not impossible to burn it. Burihatu once analyzed this matter and believed that Li Chengliang did not burn Chahanhot not because he "left in a hurry" as he reported to the Ming Dynasty court, nor because he had forgotten it, but because he deliberately did not burn it. The reason is The so-called "raising the bandits with self-respect" - he was afraid of beating Chahar so severely that the court would feel that Mongolia was no longer fearful, thus affecting his status and interests.
Therefore, since Daning was stably controlled by the Ming army, especially when the guard posts along the line leading to Daning City were re-established, Tumen felt that their lives were very uncomfortable, as if someone had a knife pointed at their throat every day. I could only watch carefully, not daring to act rashly, so much so that I didn't even dare to thresh the grass.
This feeling was of course very uncomfortable, because Akito not only used Daning's knife to his throat, but also used Forbidden City's rope to wrap around his neck, causing him to slowly suffocate.
The only good thing is that although a powerful Gao Pragmatic emerged in the Ming Dynasty, their Tumen Great Khan finally got a mastermind, Buri Hatu.
Burihatu provided two ways to deal with this matter. One is to learn from Tumut and start to cultivate farmland in areas suitable for planting, so that the Mongolians no longer fear white disasters and black disasters, but can obtain With some stable food to supplement itself, it can at least survive these natural disasters.
The second is to try to obtain supplies from the Ming Dynasty through Erdao dealers. Of course, this mainly refers to the Jurchens. Whether it was Hada before, Ye He later, or even Jianzhou Zuowei, who Burihatu is now considering actively contacting, etc., the Chahar Department has tried every means to do business with them.
Even though he knew that the supplies obtained from the Erdao traders would definitely cost him a lot more than doing business with the Ming Dynasty directly, as Burihatu explained to him: firstly, having something is better than nothing, especially materials such as cloth and silk. This is a necessity. Although Chahar is also looking for ways to grow cotton on his own, the current utilization level is still very poor. Useful cloth still has to be obtained from the Ming Dynasty; secondly, it is not terrible for the Jurchens to benefit from it, and even in a certain To a certain extent, it is a good thing for the Mongols.
At that time, Tumen understood the first reason immediately, but he did not understand the second reason, so he asked Burihatu another question.
Burihatu explained: "The ancestors of the Jurchens are gold. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, they are the same as the Mongols. They are a group of people who are not of my race and their hearts must be different. Therefore, the Great Khan does not want to I think that most Jurchens are really of the same mind as Ming Dynasty, but that is just an illusion. The reason is that the Jurchens are too weak now to challenge Ming Dynasty.
Khan might as well think about it, is Mingren's attitude towards the Jurchens a matter of saying one thing and doing another? It is said that as long as the Jurchen tribes are obedient, the Ming Dynasty will provide various preferential treatment such as market rewards, but in reality?
Ha, it’s just that whoever became stronger, Ming Dynasty tried every means to find a reason to fight - Gao Pragmatic killed Ye He and the two Belles. Did those two Belles do anything wrong that made people angry? No, it's just that he became stronger and coveted the imperial edict that the Ming Dynasty had given to Hada. But what does this have to do with the Ming Dynasty? They said they were going to attack the Ming Dynasty? "
This is somewhat of an exaggeration, because the attitude of Ye He's two Baylors towards Ming Dynasty was indeed not as respectful as before. It's just that... using "submissive attitude" to decide whether to fight or not seems a bit unreasonable.
However, this is not the case. The reason for this move is completely sufficient from the standpoint of the Ming Dynasty, or from the standpoint of the Celestial Empire that has been consistent for thousands of years: If you do not obey the Celestial Empire, of course the Celestial Empire can attack you. This is not Other reasons are needed, because this kind of war is considered "unjust by nature" in the eyes of the Celestial Empire. It is a completely just act, and it is by no means a nameless act.
But from the standpoint of the Tumen, Mongols, and Jurchens, Ming's behavior was very overbearing: Why am I born "unjust" and you are always just?
Interests determine stance, and stance determines attitude. This saying has always been true throughout the ages.
However, no matter what, Tumen understood what Burihatu meant. His meaning is actually very simple, that is, the Jurchens have made money from this, which is not a bad thing for the Mongols, because once the Jurchens become strong, they will naturally become a threat in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely have to work hard to defeat them.
It doesn't matter to the Mongols who wins or loses between the Ming people and the Jurchens. As long as it can consume the Ming people's war strength, it is good news for the Mongols. Burihatu is indeed sharp-sighted and can see clearly. . 520
Therefore, due to the vigorous strengthening of agriculture and commercialization, although Chahar has been strangled by the Ming Dynasty, not only was he not suffocated, he even slowly recovered his strength bit by bit.
Perhaps in view of this, perhaps Burihatu is not satisfied with this, but in short Burihatu is still planning new actions day and night.
The Mongols were not afraid of being beaten passively, but in the final analysis they did not like being beaten passively, so Burihatu carefully planned a plan to disrupt the Ming Dynasty's plan before it took the initiative to send troops.
The Ming Dynasty's "Western Huai Dong System" was actually an open national policy because of the relationship between Di and Bao. Therefore, the Tumut people did not worry about what the Ming Dynasty thought of them since the success of the tribute. Similarly, the Chahar people also knew Ming's target has always been them.
Although the Di newspaper did not mention when troops would be sent to attack Chahar, according to Burihatu's analysis, the only limitation on this point was the issue of military pay. In other words, once Mingren has completed the major matter of "opening the vassal ban" at hand and is able to collect enough military funds to send troops to conquer Chahar, the official dispatch of troops is probably not far away.
Whether Chahar can avoid being conquered by hundreds of thousands of troops depends on whether his plan can be implemented smoothly.
So Tumen Khan expressed his full support for him without saying anything. Even if Burihatu said that he would go all the way to Qinghai in person, Tumen didn't say much. He just told him to ensure safety and come back as soon as possible.
But now, Daming suddenly pushed Gao Pangshi, the most dangerous enemy in the eyes of Tumen, to the position of the Seven Towns Manager, and he also confirmed that the headquarters of the strategy would be set up in Daning. Of course, Tumen would be nervous.
From Tumen's point of view, this may mean that there is a deviation in Burihatu's idea. Ming Dynasty either did not lack money, or he thought of another way to make money. All in all, it seems like they can do it now!
After the Monan War and the Liaonan War, Tumen was actually a little scared of Gao Pragmatism. Therefore, after "thinking about" the above principles, he thought about it and still felt that it was not safe, so he simply issued another urgent order, demanding After receiving it, Burihatu immediately returned to Chahanhot.
The next day, new news came to Tumen's sweat account, which was that Gao Pragmatic asked the imperial guards to conduct spring exercises with the seven towns of Jiliao and Xuanda.
Tumen Khan, who had fought with the Ming army for most of his life, was also confused when he heard the news, because he knew the Ming army's troop dispatching style, and he also knew the "work and rest time" of the Ming people.
The Han people are a farming civilization and have always attached great importance to solar terms. Almost all activities are carried out around the seasons. Generally speaking, the seasons are divided into four seasons: spring plowing, summer plowing, autumn harvest, and winter storage.
Among them, spring plowing and autumn harvest are the biggest things in the world, and they must not be delayed, because if the farming season is delayed, it will be delayed, and there is basically no way to make up for it. If we miss the farming season this year, not only may we not be able to survive this year, but next year will be even worse. It will be difficult to find a way to tide over the difficulties.
Therefore, there are usually no large-scale military operations during the spring plowing and autumn harvest periods, and all major events must make way for the crops.
During the "winter hiding" period, the impact may be relatively small in the south. Those who should mobilize troops can still mobilize troops. For example, in Guangxi and other places, there is no need to think too much. If you want to fight in winter, just fight.
Not to mention in southern Xinjiang, it is winter when Huang Zhiting hits Cambodia. Is it any different from other four seasons? Oh, maybe the monsoon wind direction is a little different, the southeast wind is replaced by the northwest wind, but there is almost no other difference.
However, in the north, the difference is very big. Especially in the past few years, the north seems to be getting colder and colder. Even the Mongols are not willing to run around in the winter, not to mention the Ming army whose logistics are ten times more complicated and heavy than the Mongols. ? Therefore, the Ming army will definitely not go to the north of Saibei in winter. No matter how powerful Gao Pragmatic is, Tumen does not believe that he can violate this.
Therefore, there were actually only two time periods when the Ming army could send troops: one was the period when spring plowing was over but the autumn harvest had not yet arrived, and the other was the period when the autumn harvest was over but the winter hideout had not yet arrived.
The two periods are separate, and each one is not too long, only about two months. Even if it is delayed a little, it will not exceed three months at most.
The implication is that the Ming army's military campaign to the north of the Great Wall usually cannot last more than three months - it might have been possible in the early Ming Dynasty, such as the Yongle period, but that situation was different from now. Not many military households in the Yongle Dynasty fled. The military households in front went to war, but there were still people in the family who could do farm work, so there was no shortage of his labor force.
Tumen's attitude towards Gao Jingshi was different from that of the officials and people in the Ming Dynasty. He was really beaten on the head by Gao Jingshi, so he would rather "look high" on Gao Jingshi than underestimate him. Therefore, in Tumen's view, if Gao Pragmatic, the seven-town manager, wanted to send out troops, I am afraid it would not be delayed until after the autumn harvest, but should be sent out immediately after the spring plowing and spring exercises were completed.
As for the truth, Tumen thinks he saw it: Gao Pragmatic did not resign as Minister of Rongzheng.
Different from the views in the Ming Dynasty, Tumen believes that the reason why Gao Pingshi did not step down as Minister of Rongzheng is very simple, that is, his seven-town manager was actually a very temporary assignment, and he only lasted a few months, so his There is no need to resign from this position.
The emperor's use of him should mainly be in the work of the Minister of Rongzheng - the reform of the Beijing camp could not be hidden from Burihatu. Of course, the Tumen were also very aware that this matter had a considerable impact on the Ming Dynasty.
In this case, the people in the picture have doubts about the "Spring Exercises": Could it be that the Spring Exercises were just a false shot, and Gao Pragmatic actually used "Spring Exercises" to numb himself, but then he suddenly suddenly Launch an attack to catch yourself off guard?
In view of Gao Pragmatic's many tricks, the more Tumen thought about it, the more suspicious it became. Counting the time, from the time when the messenger took a detour to Qinghai, to when Burihatu received the Khan's order and detoured back, it would probably take one or two Yue... Oops, there isn't much time left for him, and there isn't much time left for Ben Khan either!
Tumen Khan, who prided himself on being shrewd and gaining wisdom after suffering losses, quickly took action - without saying a word, he sent an envoy again with his third Khan's order, asking Burihatu to return immediately after receiving the order, and not for a moment. hold up!
