Outside the Qianqing Palace, the civil and military ministers stood quietly waiting outside the palace. After a while, bursts of crying came from the palace, and Huai En's slightly sad voice spread throughout the palace city from inside to outside.
"The Holy Dragon controls Bintian!"
The ministers who had gathered together to talk in low voices immediately fell silent. Everyone had a look of pain on their faces. As soon as Wynn's voice came out, all the ministers fell to their knees. Many ministers burst into tears, and Li Jie also had tears in his eyes. Tears.
The eighteenth year of Hongzhi was the year that Zhu Youtang died in the original history. Everything was peaceful that year. Li Jie thought that Emperor Hongzhi would live for a few more years. Who would have expected that he would still be on the run two years later? There is no escape from the ending of an untimely death.
The birth of the new artillery in the 11th year of Hongzhi provided a strong guarantee for the Ming Dynasty Navy. The new artillery was eventually named the Yonggu General Cannon, which means that with this gun, the frontier was permanently consolidated. With the development of the Yonggu General Cannon, After being commissioned, the reputation of the Ming Navy spread throughout the world, and the pirates fled when they encountered the fleet flying the flag of the Ming Navy.
Five years ago, that is, the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars resumed. Unlike the Tatars who took the initiative to attack in the past, this war was started by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty always paid attention to the lack of troops in its foreign campaigns. If you act rashly, your teacher will be famous.
At that time, the ministers racked their brains in order to produce famous soldiers and provoked the Tatars for no reason several times. The little prince was not stupid. Seeing the Ming Dynasty's national power growing rapidly and the frontier troops working hard, he clearly had evil thoughts, so The little prince strictly ordered all tribes to prohibit any conflict with the Ming Dynasty. In those days, there were significantly fewer Tatars entering and exiting the mutual markets. Rather than suppressing their temper, most Tatars would rather not have the supplies produced by the Ming Dynasty.
Until there was a battle between the Tatars and Wasi, a small group of cavalry from the Wasi tribe strayed into the Ming Dynasty along the Tatar border. The leader of the ten captains at that time did not know what kind of evil was possessed, and actually robbed In a village, although no casualties were caused, the Xunchen group was excited when the news reached the capital.
He completely turned a blind eye to the people who were suspected to be Wacian tribesmen mentioned in the memorial, and instead made a fuss out of a molehill. At that time, the British Duke Zhang Mao wrote 13 petitions for war. At that time, the petitions for war flew like snowflakes into the General Affairs Office, and Emperor Hongzhi saw him. When the time came, he also intended to restart the dispute. He half-heartedly agreed to the offer of a war, and immediately ordered the troops to be gathered.
The huge news of the Ming army's gathering reached the ears of the little prince. The little prince immediately sent people to investigate the cause of the incident. When he found out that it was the Wachhuite tribe, he wanted to slaughter the entire Huite tribe and did not dare to delay sending envoys immediately. I rushed day and night to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but three horses died along the way.
When the envoy arrived in the capital, he was ready to explain to the court that this group of people came from the Wachhuite tribe. The court had already known the news at that time, but once the war machine started running, you could not stop it at will. The envoy stayed in the capital for several days. He saw soldiers and horses from all walks of life gathering in the capital, but Ming Dynasty turned a blind eye to his request for an audience.
On the one hand, the envoy sent his cronies to rush back to the royal court, and on the other hand, he used money to clear the way in the capital to find out the news. Who knew that money would not be easy to use this time, and the officials were afraid of him like snakes and scorpions. On that day, seeing that the situation was not good, Ming Dynasty was obviously determined to start a war, and the envoys also hurried back.
When the little prince learned that the Ming Dynasty had mobilized heavy troops to march towards the grassland, he felt bitter in his heart. If he retreated without a fight, he would not be able to convince the people. If he really wanted to fight, there would be no chance of winning. The Ming Dynasty's firearms were so powerful that they were famous all over the country.
The most powerful mounted archers of the Tatars were vulnerable to the firearms battalion. Not to mention such deadly weapons as artillery, even the range of muskets was far greater than that of bows and arrows.
Li Jie played a crucial role in the improvement of muskets. Although flintlock muskets can be mass-produced on a small scale, due to process problems, the output is too low. Today, the Daming Firearms Battalion still equips matchlock guns.
In the end, the battle ended with the defeat of the little prince. The little prince gathered an army of 100,000 people and took the risk of sending 10,000 troops to attack the camp at night. Night battles are inherently dangerous tactics. It seems that many battles in which a small number of people win a large number are due to this.
Night raids win, but they fail even more, and they will never be used unless absolutely necessary.
The British Duke Zhang Mao did not give the opponent a chance, and the result of the night attack naturally ended in the defeat of the Tatars. On the subsequent battlefield, the Tatars were beaten without the ability to fight back, and they retreated all the way. During this period, it rained on the grassland.
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The little prince knew that firearms were almost useless on rainy days, so he decided to fight to the death. He gathered the remaining troops and made a desperate gesture, planning to fight. As a master of war, the little prince naturally understood the principle of defeating an army and winning.
In fact, the little prince almost succeeded. At that time, the remaining tens of thousands of Tatar troops exploded several times in strength, and the Ming army was once in danger.
At the critical moment, the British Duke Zhang Mao took action, with a roar that shook for dozens of miles. He personally led the guard battalion into the battlefield. Using himself as an arrow, his force burst out like a river and rushed across the plains.
Like a tiger thousands of miles away, he is invincible wherever his troops point his finger.
The little prince immediately turned his troops and ran towards the British Army. The two armies collided, like sparks hitting the earth, soldiers against soldiers, generals. The two exchanged hundreds of moves. In the end, the British soldiers were superior and the little prince was beheaded on the spot.
Get off the horse.
The army was defeated like a mountain, and their efforts failed again and again. The Tatar Khan died, and other Tatars could no longer resist. The leaders of various tribes fled. Wu'an Hou Zheng Ying took the lead and led his troops to fight for hundreds of miles.
During this period, countless people were killed, and rivers of blood flowed on the grassland. The battlefield was a fertile place, but no one dared to graze there.
After that stop, the Tatars were severely weakened and retreated all the way to Mobei. Taking advantage of the Ming Dynasty's military might, they paid tribute to the imperial court and did not dare to think about anything else. This was even more true for Wu Liangha. So far, there were border dangers on land.
Elimination can truly be regarded as the eternal silence of the battlefield.
During the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, he did little corvee and paid little tax, and vigorously built water conservancy projects. Although there were natural disasters during his reign, with the spread of sweet potatoes throughout the country, the people no longer suffered from famine, and the economy and military advanced hand in hand.
, some people have compared him with Taizu and Chengzu, and people in the public even praise him as an eternal Mingjun, directly chasing after the eternal emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
"The Holy Dragon controls Bintian!"
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Everywhere Huai'en's words reached, no matter the chamberlains, palace maids or concubines, they were stunned when they heard the words. When they came to their senses, they all knelt down on the ground and cried bitterly towards Qianqing Palace.
The sound of crying in the imperial city was loud, and soon the news spread to the capital. Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants all knelt down facing the imperial city, either wailing loudly, sobbing softly, or shedding tears silently. Hundreds of thousands of people cried together.