Benya lost, and Arutai lost.
The Tartars are dying.
The results of the battle are still being counted. Ping'an and Duan Yun's troops have occupied Hulanhu, and have captured 70,000 Tatar cattle and sheep, as well as a large number of horses.
Arutai did not expect to lose so completely and so simply. Facing Zhu Di, he shouted unwillingly: "If you don't have firearms, what are you? If you have the ability to fight us head-on!"
Zhu Di sneered, walked up to the kneeling Alutai, raised his foot, stepped on Alutai's head, and hit him twice: "Alutai, Benya is sweating profusely, he hasn't spoken yet, As a minister, how can you open your mouth first? If you lose, you said such childish words. You are the Tatar Grand Master in vain. Did the Ming Dynasty say when they were harassed by you, if you don’t have war horses, you are nothing. You have the ability to compete with us. A head-on fight?"..net
Arutai wanted to struggle, but was held down by the sergeant. He could only shout: "Zhu Di!"
The Ming Dynasty had firearms, defeated the Tatars with absolute superiority, and completely defeated their main force. It is true to rely on firearms. If the Tatars had not relied on war horses, they would have been cleared out by the Ming Dynasty many times, and they would not have dared to run south to rob at will.
Benya looked at the majestic Zhu Di and lowered his head sadly: "I thought about failure, but I never thought about failure to this point. The Ming Dynasty is more powerful than we expected. The tactics of relying on ambushes and surprise attacks are no longer enough. To defeat the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di, tell me, who else in this world can defeat you?"
Zhu Di smiled, and so did Xu Huizu, Tie Xuan and others.
Tie Xuan stepped forward, drove away the sergeant who was controlling Benyashili, and helped Benyashili up: "You are the Great Khan, and the Great Khan's face still needs to be taken care of."
Ben Ya lost his temper and cursed in his heart.
You're taking care of my face, why did you make me kneel down? You didn't see me just now, who would rather die than kneel down. I was kicked to the ground by you guys?
Hypocrisy!
Tie Xuan said sternly: "The Ming Dynasty does not have to be the overlord, and it may not invade all the countries in the four directions. But it will never allow anyone to threaten the Ming Dynasty or harm the Ming Dynasty. If you ask who can war against the Ming Dynasty, haha, let the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty tell you this question. .”
Benya was deeply saddened by his loss.
It's been a frustrating life in this life. In the beginning, my father was sweating profusely and I was the second child with no chance. Later, my father and eldest brother died, and my family was gone. I fled to Timur for refuge, and ended up becoming his pawn. Later, after Timur died, I ran out again and gained the support of Arutai. Then Guilichi died and he became a puppet. This puppet had only been a puppet for a few years before he became a prisoner of Ming Dynasty again.
Looking back on most of my life, I have truly failed.
Yang Pu and Xuan Qingshu were summarizing their war experience with Xu Huizu, Tan Yuan and others. Xu Huizu said bluntly: "Firearms have made the greatest contribution. This is indisputable. The defeat of the Tatars means the decline of the pure cavalry arm. The cavalry and the The combination of firearms, the combination of infantry and firearms, will gradually be popularized in all military guards and sergeants."
Xuan Qingshu nodded repeatedly: "In the Imperial College, there has always been a debate between cold weapons and hot weapons. The idea that hot weapons dominate the national destiny is even more mainstream. Now it has been proven on the battlefield that firearms can shoulder the mission of defending the territory and conquering powerful enemies."
Yang Pu nodded solemnly: "Firearms have a very strong killing effect. The most important thing is that the use of firearms can minimize the casualties of sergeants. In this battle, more than 48,000 Tatar cavalry were killed and more than 30,000 were captured. , such a great victory, the loss of sergeants was only 700, and the injured sergeants was only 4,000. Such a rare battle loss ratio is rare."
Tan Yuan lamented: "Among the wounded sergeants, many cavalrymen were still killed by falling. During the pursuit, the Tatars were also firing arrows. Some people lacked the awareness of protection. They clearly carried shields, but they only focused on chasing and did not know how to protect themselves. , it’s still careless.”
Xuan Qingshu picked up what he was writing and looked up at a few people: "I think the armor needs to be strengthened. At present, the number of blast furnaces for smelting steel in the imperial court is increasing. If part of it can be used for the manufacture of composite armor, it may be able to solve the problem of insufficient defense. . Once the defense is up and equipped with weapons, where can the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty not fight?"
Xu Huizu smiled and said: "Composite armor has been included in the research process of the Craftsman Academy, but it is not an easy task to make it light and thin, able to defend against bows and fire guns, and easy to wear.
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Liu Qixia came over with a pair of heavy armor, threw it on the ground, and said with a gloomy face: "I asked the craftsmen, these heavy armors are not made by Ming craftsmanship."
"Not ours?"
Xu Huizu and Tan Yuan were shocked. Xuan Qingshu stepped forward, looked at the armor carefully, frowned and said, "This armor looks very familiar."
Liu Qixia snorted: "Yes, it looks familiar. This is the heavy armor of the Timur Kingdom."
"The Kingdom of Timurid?"
Xu Huizu's expression changed slightly and he said in a deep voice: "Does it mean that Harry secretly supports the Tatars? Isn't he afraid of the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Di came slowly, and everyone greeted him.
Looking at the heavy armor of the Timur Kingdom, Zhu Di said easily: "This matter was not caused by Harry. If the Timurid Kingdom wants to enter Oara or Tatar territory, it needs to pass through the Western Xinjiang Province. Such a large number of heavy armor, The sergeants of the Western Xinjiang Province will never allow them to enter. Besides, Harry wants to restore the national power of the Timurid Kingdom. He will keep a batch of heavy armor in his collection, so how can it be used by the Tatars?"
Xu Huizu thought about it. This is not a matter of thousands of miles, but a matter of five or six thousand miles. It is not something that can be done simply. Besides, there is no benefit for Harry to do this. Once discovered by the Ming Dynasty, Samarkand will be destroyed. It became a very popular place for horse racing in the Ming Dynasty.
"Then how do you explain this batch of heavy armor?"
Tan Yuan asked.
Xuan Qingshu thought of a possibility: "Could this be Sergeant Tamerlane's heavy armor captured six years ago?"
Zhu Di nodded heavily: "Yes, this is the heavy armor captured in the sixth year of Jianwen. As for who transported the heavy armor out of the Ming Dynasty and handed it to the Tatars, I believe Benya Shili and Arutai will tell us the answer. This It is not the most important issue at the moment, we need to set off immediately and send troops to Beihai!"
"North Sea?"
Xu Huizu was a little surprised.
Zhu Di nodded solemnly: "The Tatars moved their tribes to Beihai. If we want to wipe out all their tribes, we have to go north. There is no news about Yuan Yue's army yet. This guy is probably trying to get ahead of us! The most difficult thing is right now. The biggest problem is that we don’t have enough winter clothing.”
After all, the preparation time for this war was limited, and the mobilization of resources was limited. In addition, the war was expected to end in autumn, and the issue of wintering on the grasslands was not fully considered.
Now that the weather is getting colder and we have to head north again, we must consider the issue of winter.
Xu Huizu lowered his head and looked at the heavy armor on the ground, and said slowly: "We are not short of winter clothes. There is so much sheepskin and wool, so it is no problem to make a batch of winter clothes at short notice. Wu Liangha is the credit of Yuan Yue. The credit here in Tatar cannot be given to him, we need to hurry up..."
Jinling, Wuying Hall.
Zhu Yunwen received the good news from the Nanyang Navy and the Jiugang Xuanwei Division. He looked at the map and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the entire Sumatra Peninsula was under the control of the Ming army.
Regardless of whether the process is just or not, regardless of whether there are too many killings, if the overall strategic situation is achieved, then it is correct.
The Strait of Malacca is too important. Guarding the east-west sea lanes is the bridgehead against the rising West, and it is also the base for Ming Dynasty to enter the western seas.
The construction of Nanyang needs to be put on the agenda. Just relying on one guard and navy is not enough. We need more sergeants.
Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi removed the black flag in Nanyang from the sand table.
Yang Shiqi looked in the direction of Nanyang. Jiaozhi was the Ming Dynasty's backing in Nanyang, Bogu was like a sea garden, and Sumatra was the frontier stronghold. The only drawback was that the Champa State was really in the way.
Although the Champa State is not large in area, its location is important. It is not only close to the sea and has an excellent natural port, but also the vast land of Hezhou. Rice is harvested three times a year and its output is more than that of Jiaozhi...
However, there is no excuse to deal with the Champa Kingdom now.
Zhu Yunwen was not in a hurry to expand. He looked at the position of Nanyang in the sand table and said, "Our strength in Nanyang is still a little weak. I think we can mobilize two to three soldiers to go to Nanyang."
Xie Jin was naturally supportive: "The ocean brings a lot of benefits right now, so it is only natural to add David's deployment.
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Yang Shiqi took a deep look at Zhu Yunwen and asked slowly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the royal family has stored a large amount of silk. Is it true?"
Zhu Yunwen frankly admitted: "Yes, the royal family has 600,000 pieces of silk stored internally. I do not plan to put this batch of silk into the shops. After Zheng He comes back, let him sail to the West again to bring these silks to From the Western countries, it would be good to exchange some gold and silver utensils.”
If the massive reserves were invested in shops, it would probably crush the silk industry in a short time, which would be detrimental to Ming commerce and the people.
Dumping needs to be done externally.
Historically, the West used strong ships and cannons to forcefully open the Chinese market. Now it's Zhu Yunwen's turn, and he naturally needs to use similar methods to open up the Western market.
If Westerners are wise and obediently exchange money and goods for things, but if they are not wise and do not open up the market, then Ming Dynasty is not incapable of firing.
If Ming Dynasty wanted to complete primitive accumulation, have abundant capital to develop capital, and stabilize its advanced position, it would either exploit it internally or plunder it externally.
Zhu Yunwen could not find a better way to further improve the national power of the Ming Dynasty. Besides, the domestic market is not big enough and it is not easy to attack, at least it is not the time yet.
We can only look to the West and Europe.
"I don't know what happened to Prince Ning in Africa."
Yang Shiqi sighed.
Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly, he also wanted to know the answer.
According to the expected plan, Zhu Quan should extend his power to the vicinity of the Mediterranean at this time. Whether he has enough ability to organize all parties to dig the Suez Canal is related to whether the Ming Dynasty can control the west, guard the west, and block the west. On the mainland, it will no longer be able to achieve capital accumulation and expansion!
Zhu Quan, you will not live up to my expectations, right?
"Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, followed by the National Day. Jingxue first wishes everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, family reunion, and everything goes well. I also wish our motherland prosperity.
In addition, during this period, I had a throbbing pain in the back of my head. I will introduce Jingxue to take a few breaths in the next few days, so I will update temporarily.
If I can't recover, I need to go to the hospital for a checkup. I will resume two updates as soon as possible after the holidays. Please forgive me.
I wish you all good health and spend more time with your family. I hope all readers are well. "
