Chapter 511 Seeking a Domain
The leaders of the prairie tribes also knew that this large-scale invasion was not due to the conditions being ripe for reoccupying the Central Plains and restoring the Great Yuan, but a helpless act forced by natural disasters.
Under the white disaster, most herdsmen cannot survive. With the characteristics of nomads, if they cannot survive, they will never wait for death. Instead, they have to plunder others. Both Tatars and Oalas know that there are only two of them left. The choice is either to kill and plunder each other internally, or to transfer the pressure out.
Under such circumstances, the invasion is basically doomed to fail. The difference is how many people are consumed by energy consumption, and whether some results can be obtained with some sacrifices.
Of course, this is a natural disaster for Da Ming, and winning the battle will also help them reduce their burden. In this climate, grassland herdsmen can no longer survive in the grassland, and Da Ming will not even think about counterattacking and looting cattle and sheep.
After Zhu Biao read the memorial, there was movement outside the door. Hu Weiyong, Fu Youde and other important military and political officials entered one by one. It is to hand over the memorial to Hu Weiyong.
After reading quickly, everyone gathers together to discuss. This attack was half a month earlier than expected. The Mongolian army may not have assembled yet. Such haste also proves how bad the situation there is.
Ye Sudieer is not a ignorant person, and there are rules in using troops. He has little advantage in the first place, and he directly attacked before the coordination of various ministries was completed. Chief tribe.
The meeting ended after an hour. The officials of the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Governor’s Mansion don’t want to rest tonight.
After everyone left, Zhu Biao said: "I'm afraid what Jiang Yu said is exaggerated. No matter how stupid Hu Weiyong is, he won't have too much collusion with Ye Sudie'er."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a blank face: "I don't know whether the collusion is deep or not, but it is true that they have contacts through Mao Xiang in private."
Pro-army Duwei’s Mansion originally had the task of wooing and alienating the various ministries of the grassland, so Mao Xiang was able to connect with it, but it is not clear what agreement or consensus Hu Weiyong and Ye Sudieer reached.
A few days ago, when Jiang Yu sent the secret performance, Zhu Biao was really surprised. It was amazing that the court minister had a connection with the Mongolian Khan.
However, it doesn’t matter whether this matter is true or not. Although Hu Weiyong is the prime minister, Zhu Yuanzhang is currently letting him go for fishing, but his power is still limited by the civil servant group, and his influence on the northern war is minimal.
As for the strategic deployment of Ming Dynasty to the north, it never tried to cover up anything. After recovering strategically important places such as Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the Mongolian cavalry used to rely on mobility to invade the rear of the imperial court or cut off the military supply of the army. possible.
Besides, Hu Weiyong would not be so stupid, exposing himself in order to give the defeated Mongolia an advantage. After all, the two of them are not in the same way, but two weak people hugging each other and preparing to take advantage of each other.
"This battle may last for two or three months, but the most intense battle will be during this month, and some tribes will retreat after one month."
Zhu Biao nodded clearly. This is the biggest problem in Mongolia today. Individual governments cannot concentrate their combat power. Although Ye Sudieer claims that Mongolia is the emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the eighteenth generation Khan of the Mongolian Empire, and his title is Zhuoli Ketuhan , but still could not integrate the Tatar kings.
The victory of Kublai Khan and his descendants lasted for hundreds of years. How could they sincerely submit to the descendants of Ari Bakko? That would be tantamount to denying all the glory of their own clan, which is unacceptable in traditional Mongolian concepts.
So within a month, if they can’t break through Daming’s defenses, and can’t go south to plunder to make up for themselves, then the tribes of the Tatar kings must retreat, and turn their heads to scrape off those tribes that suffered heavy casualties or did not respond accordingly.
In fact, Mongolia still retains a certain degree of Sinicization at this time, and there are many talents who are proficient in the art of war. After all, the Yuan Dynasty’s nearly 100-year rule still has some foundation.
If we can all work together, then this year's battle, Zhu Yuanzhang must rush to the north to sit in the command in person. It is true that the northern front is too long and requires extremely fast decision-making.
As the defender, Daming is definitely not as flexible as the attacker. If Mongolia is willing to make some sacrifices and use the strategy of attacking east and west, then some elites may really be able to break through the defense line and plunder the northern state capital by relying on their agility. cause great damage.
But because of the reasons of fragmentation, the strategic deployment is difficult to issue. The Mongolian iron cavalry, which was invincible in all battles, has become a scattered warrior.
Although Zhu Biao did not go to the sideline, he also knew that many small tribes in Mongolia were forced to come here. When they attacked the city, there was a warlord team led by the Vala Tatar nobles behind them, and they would die if they failed.
After these small tribes have lost all their youth and strength, their tribes will not be able to recover. They may not be able to survive the white disaster, not to mention that there will be man-made disasters later. At this time, the grassland really only talks about the weak and the strong.
"Father, do you intend to help Tian Baonu to take the throne? Ye Sudie'er is doomed to fail in this campaign, and the Tatar kings are even less likely to be convinced. Then he, a big Khan who does not live up to his name, will have little effect on Oara. Sudden death is not out of the question."
"Yesudier has only one son. It is rumored that his son is very weak. He has been married for many years and has no heirs. If Yesudier dies, his son may not live long, and the inheritance of Khan will be broken. Although Wala has the upper hand for a while, but The background is still not as strong as the Tatars, and after many compromises, the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia should return to the line of Kublai Khan."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought silently after sitting back at the desk. Those who don’t plan for the whole world can’t plan for a while, and those who don’t plan for the overall situation can’t plan for a region. Their father and son have never paid attention to this battle, especially after the appearance of civilian carbon and granulated gunpowder.
Originally, it was not easy to resist Mongolia after winter, because the firearms for defending the city were not easy to burn after being damp and cold. Now the charcoal has been put in place, and although the granulated gunpowder has been rushed to supply all the important towns in the north, it is indeed possible to concentrate on supplying a few weak points.
The so-called victors who have not fought in the temple must be counted as more, and those who have not fought and the temple has been counted as invincible have to be counted as few. The Ming Dynasty has been preparing since Xiaqiu, and what it seeks is a foolproof.
So the outcome of this battle is already doomed, but the more important thing is after that. The reason why Daming has not won Guizhou and wiped out the King of Liang in Yunnan is because too much energy has been involved in the grassland.
This white disaster is an accident, there is no way, but there will be more planning in the future, or the same sentence, at this time, if you can not fight, it is best to let Mongolia fall into civil war, and Ming will recover the south and the west in a stable way, and then develop for a while .
Now it’s really useless to win the battle. We can’t leave the good cultivated land without planting large-scale migrants to go to the grassland to graze. Daming’s own population is so small, and the cultivated land can’t be divided up. The grassland is completely like a chicken rib, or a chicken rib with thorns .
"Tian Baonu is not suitable. After all, he is the orthodox emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. It is okay to support him to fight against him after he has usurped the throne, but we must not let him escape from our Ming's control. Besides, that kid looks stupid, but in fact he has a lot of careful thoughts. .”
Zhu Biao squinted his eyes and said: "It doesn't matter what Tian Baonu has in mind, as long as he is still under my Da Ming's control, I am not afraid of him shaking the sky, if he is too escaped, let him die, he still has a younger brother, no With my younger brother and son, it would be great if I could take this opportunity to break up the residual prestige of the former Yuan Emperor family."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his short beard and said: "It's a little risky. Although we have placed many people around Tianbaonu, he is still in the grassland. We may not be able to control him. If Tianbaonu finds an opportunity to escape It’s going to be troublesome again.”
Zhu Biao said with a smile: "Then first bring his son and Dibaonu into the capital. If Tianbaonu escapes to Tatar, send Dibaonu to the Wara tribe, or even directly canonize Choros as Khan of Wara." , anyway, isn’t what you’re looking for just a mess?”
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(end of this chapter)