Perhaps due to his promotion from Governor of Liaodong to Governor of Jiliao as Minister of War, Zhou Yong, the Grand Sima who had just taken office for a short period of time, actually visited Gaofu in the evening of this day, and it was not even close to the Holy Day banquet.
Three hours.
Gao Jingshi was upstairs discussing with Liu Xin the current risks of mobilizing troops in Jiliao. When Da Sima arrived, Liu Xin took the initiative to request to avoid it. Gao Jingshi nodded and asked her to go to the next room to rest first, while he
First, he changed into a sapphire blue Taoist robe, and then went to the small reception room on the third floor to receive Zhou Yong.
It was a coincidence that Zhou Yong came to Gaofu. He met Chen Ju on the way back from the palace, and then he knew that Chen Zhangyin had come to Gaofu.
Zhou Budang thought for a while and felt that Chen Ju's trip was not simple. It was most likely for the news about Jin Yiwei and the subsequent events. Gao Situ had stayed in Liaodong and had made outstanding achievements. If the emperor wanted to know about the emergence of Liaodong,
It is undoubtedly reasonable to send Chen Zhangyin to ask Gao Situ about the possible impact of these changes.
What would Gao Situ say? Judging from the last time Gao Situ advocated the rescue of Ye He, there is still a great possibility that he will insist on rescuing Ye He again this time. This will involve military affairs, and he will be in charge of someone Zhou.
Because Zhou Yong was born in the top three, he seemed to have insufficient qualifications in the court. He himself knew this very well. Therefore, once he had the opportunity to prove his ability, he was of course very interested. This is why he took the initiative to visit Gao.
Pragmatic motives.
Of course, to prove yourself is to prove yourself, and you still need to have self-awareness. Gao Pragmatism is the big boss of the Practical School, and almost all the power of the Practical School in Liaodong is controlled by Gao Pragmatism. Zhou Yong understands these situations very well, so Liaodong's
How to fight Bian? This decision only rests in the hands of Gao Jingshi. He, Zhou Benbing, can at best be a puppet on the stage. If he didn't come to Gao Jingshi, how would he know how to sing this play?
"Da Situ, if the Jin Yiwei's report is not a false alarm, I am afraid it will be difficult for me, the Ming Dynasty, to stay out of the matter." Although he knew that the decision-making power rested with Gao Yong, Zhou Yong still expressed his judgment as soon as he came up and said seriously: "Ye Henai
The balance of power in Manchuria depends on it, and Horqin's survival depends on Ye He's safety. Therefore, if I don't save Horqin, Ye He will be in danger, if Ye He is in danger, Manchuria will be in danger, and if Manchuria is in danger, Liaodong will be in danger - this is my Ming Dynasty
Therefore, Horqin must be saved."
Gao pragmatic asked calmly: "I understand what I mean, but this Nenjiang Horqin tribe... it's not easy to save them! I don't know how much I know about this tribe?"
Although Gao Pragmatic seemed to be asking casually, Zhou Yong knew that these words had the purpose of testing himself, so he did not dare to neglect, and replied seriously: "Horqin's tribe is outside Xifengkou, and the distance from its place to the capital was originally one thousand two hundred and eighty years."
Li. The distance from east to west is eight hundred and seventy miles, and the distance from north to south is two thousand and one hundred miles. It is adjacent to Laite in the east, Chahar in the west, Liaodong Border Wall in the south, and Heilongjiang in the north.
In the past, Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty flattened the northwest kingdoms, established the king, and guarded them for generations, and they were descended from Mongolia. The ancestor of Horqin was Habutu Hasar, who was the younger brother of Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty. From then on, all Horqin tribes were descended from him, and this time
The Horqin that Yong and Da Situ discussed was the Horqin tribe of Nenjiang..."
Zhou Yong's work as governor of Liaodong and governor of Jiliao in recent years has not been in vain. He has some understanding of the Nenhorqin tribe, which is not the main force of the Kou border. However, his explanation is still not very detailed. Of course, it is possible that he just thinks Gao pragmatism is
I just asked because I was afraid that he didn't understand Nen Horqin's situation at all. It was enough for me to show that I had paid attention to him.
In fact, when Horqin traces his ancestors back, he should at least mention the so-called eight tribes of Nezasak. These eight tribes are: Horqin, Dulbert, Guoerluosi, Zhalaite, Aluhorqin, Sizi tribe, Maoming'an,
Urat.
The ancestor of these eight tribes was Hasar, the second son of Yesugei, the second brother of Genghis Khan. He assisted Genghis Khan from his youth and laid the foundation for the formation of the "Mongol Community" and the establishment of the Great Mongolia.
A great achievement. Genghis Khan once said: "Hasar's shot and the power of the ancient tower of Beili are the reason why I conquered the world."
Of course, there is no need to talk more about Hasar now, let's go back to Horqin. The word "Horqin" comes from the Xianbei language, which means a guard with a bow and arrow. Horqin was one of the "Qixu" deacons earlier.
"Qixu" is a group of two thousand "Horqin" who are selected from each "thousand households" and "ten thousand households" who are young, strong, strong in martial arts, and outstanding in archery skills. Together with the "Korqin" selected from each "thousand households"
"Eight thousand people" together formed a pro-army force of 10,000 people. Horqin, a military organization, was responsible for guarding the commander's tent in peacetime, and was the main force in the charge during wartime.
At that time, this guard army was commanded by Genghis Khan's second brother Habtu Hassar, who was called the "Khorqin with bows and arrows."
The name evolved into a general name for the tribes to which the descendants of Hasar belonged, and became the Horqin tribe.
The Horqin tribe originally lived in the Erguna River, Hailar River and Hulun Lake area. During the Hongxi period of the Ming Dynasty, they were defeated due to a fight with the Wala. Adai Khan and Arutai Taishi led some Horqin people to move eastward to the east of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
They settled in the Nenjiang River Basin as pastoralists. From then on, this part of the Horqin people was called "Nenjiang Horqin", or "Nen Horqin" for short. The Horqin people who still stayed in the same place were called "Alu Horqin".
After Dayan Khan reunified eastern Mongolia, he merged the separate large and small territories in Monan and Mobei into 60,000 households, divided into left and right wings, with 30,000 households in each wing. When the territory was re-divided, Horqin Ulu was retained
Si Wanhu, respectfully called it "Abaga Horqin" (uncle King Horqin), so that it could stand side by side with 60,000 households in Mongolia.
At that time, Horqin Ulusi Wanhu was also divided into left and right wings. The left wing included the seven tribes of Xinming'an, Taben, Maoming'an, Urad, Tadalqin, Budaqin, Altaqin, and Golros (E
Tok); the right wing includes six tribes (Otok): Kriyat (Keliyiti), Gagunheshige, Zhuyiti, Tuyibiegun, Yikmingan and Saachiti.
The Horqin tribe enjoys a special status among the Mongolian tribes, and it has military jurisdiction over the Uliangha ten thousand households. During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, Dayan Khan died, and the Uliangha ten thousand households in Mobei rebelled, and war broke out. In order to avoid the war,
In the Jiajing year, the Nenhorqin tribe moved south to the three-guard land of Uliangha, which had moved westward, and became a close neighbor of the Yehe tribe. It didn't take long for them to form an alliance with the Yehe tribe, who had part of Mongolian ancestry.
In the past few years, Tumen Khan was severely beaten by the Mingmeng and Mongolian (Tumut) coalition forces in the east of Tumut, and then the Chaohua tribe was quickly and completely destroyed by Gao pragmatism. This created opportunities for the Nenhorqin tribe, and they continued
Expand to the southwest.
However, this expansion did not go well, and was blocked by the Inner Khalkha tribes such as Zalut (submitted to Tumen Khan). Therefore, they had to continue to strengthen their ties with the Jurchen Yehe, Ulla and other tribes, forming a closer alliance.
relation.
For a long period of time before, the relationship between Nenhorqin and Chahar was that they sometimes jointly attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty, sometimes attacked each other, and were generally in a state of separate affairs.
In recent years, especially after Tumen Khan attacked Ye He directly through the nominal southernmost territory of the Nenhorqin tribe, the relationship between the tribe and Tumen Khan suddenly became tense. The leader Weng Guodai began to accept secret contacts from Jinghua.
Trade is carried out through Ye Hebu's turnover and Jinghua's stronghold in Changchun (have you not forgotten this point?).
Because of the relatively stable source of goods from the Ming Dynasty, the Horqin tribe has been much less affected by the white and black disasters in the past two years than in the past. However, precisely because it has traveled a smooth road, it is unacceptable for people to go back and take the narrow path.
Therefore, Horqin paid more attention to his relationship with Ye He to avoid being cut off from this blood transfusion.
Any relationship is mutual. Horqin worked hard to maintain the relationship with Ye He, and Ye He naturally could not ignore it. Even if they did not mention their common security needs and common interests with Horqin, even in business, Ye He could not treat Horqin
The dangers of turning a blind eye.
Ye He was originally a second-rate dealer. If Horqin, the newly opened big customer, was killed by Tumen, wouldn't Ye He also be cut off from a way to make money? So even if Ye He's envoy hadn't arrived in the capital yet, he asked Gao Pragmatic directly for help.
, but Gao Jingjing was certain that Ye He would do this after hearing Jin Yiwei's information.
Now that Zhou Yong said this, it can be seen that he still understands Horqin's situation. Gao Pragmatic also felt relieved, nodded and asked: "Since I understand Horqin's situation, it's the best. The problem now is
The imperial court has not yet completed all preparations for the decisive battle against Chahar.
However, if we really want to send troops to intervene this time, it is meaningless to temporarily push them back. Horqin is different from Ye He. They are nomadic in the true sense, and they do not live in cities and camps like Ye He. In this way, even if our army sends troops
, and it is impossible to stick to a certain place on their behalf and beat them hard while waiting for work.
On the contrary, Chahar is also mainly nomadic, and the Tumen were not distressed after losing Chahanhot for a few days. In this way, as long as our army does not severely damage the main force of the Tumen, the Tumen cannot be truly restricted——
When our army leaves the fortress, he can retreat; when our army returns, he can attack again.
I should know that our army's expedition is expensive, but we may not be able to find the main force of Tumen on the grassland to inflict heavy damage. If we pull back and forth like this, the advantage lies with the captives and not me...Does this soldier have a good strategy?
"
Zhou Yong has been dealing with military affairs in these years, and at least he is quite familiar with military literature, so he immediately replied: "Under such a situation, the only way to lure them into taking the bait is to attack them and save them, and our army should be in the middle."
Set up an ambush on the road, wait for the rabbit to break it."
Gao Pragmatic smiled and asked: "So, where do I think Tumen's 'must save' is?"
"I...want to discuss this with Da Situ." Zhou Yong slightly replied with some embarrassment.
"That's where the difficulty lies." Gao Pingshi sighed softly and shook his head: "For the real Mongolians, there is no place in the world that they must save."
After a pause, he added: "Perhaps Genghis Khan's mausoleum can be counted. Unfortunately, we don't know where it is. Even if we knew... it couldn't be outside the Liaodong Great Wall."
Of course, although the specific location of Genghis Khan's mausoleum cannot be determined until later generations, according to the Ordos tribe, the grazing area of the tomb-shouting tribe, we know that it is most likely to be in the Yellow River Hetao or nearby areas, and we will not go there no matter what.
northeast.
This is a major advantage of the nomads. Thousands of miles of grassland is their living area. Although the land with abundant water and grass is always the best, it is not impossible to live in other areas. Therefore, when they are in danger in one place, they can only
If you need to avoid other places, why should you "rescue" them?
Only if the nomadic people look at the farming people in reverse, there are many places that must be saved. For example, the famous "Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures" is a typical example. As long as the Central Plains farming people lose the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, they will most likely be nomadic.
An era when the nation is suppressed and beaten.
All in all, although what Zhou Yong just said is in line with the common sense of military art, the Mongols are not within the "common sense" in the first place.
According to Gao Pragmatic's past thinking, it is not difficult to "conquer" the Mongols. Just like Tumut did, you only need to ensure that the Ming Dynasty can defend itself first, and then rely on economic influence to make the Mongols bow their heads; but "recovering" Mongolia
But it's not easy, because regaining means you have to be able to destroy the opponent. But driving the Mongols away is easy. To destroy them... you must first be able to catch up, and secondly, you must be able to defend them. Only then is it possible.
In an environment like the prairie, it is already difficult to "catch up", let alone defend it? How can you defend the vast prairie? You can only send a cavalry to chase after it.
Kill them so that they don't even have a chance to graze. This will consume their strength and make them either surrender or go into exile. There is no other way.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, before there was mechanical power, there was only one way to do this: your cavalry was more powerful than the Mongolian cavalry.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty spent so many years preparing for the decisive battle of Chahar is that it really cannot win on the frontal battlefield? Obviously not, because the Battle of Monan has shown that with the correct idea of using firearms, the firearms troops already have the ability to compete with the Mongolian cavalry.
The ability to fight head-on. After the Battle of Southern Liaoning and the Battle of Northern Liaoning, this advantage became even more obvious.
It can be said that if there was a battle in which Tumen used his 60,000 cavalry to fight the main force of the Ming army, Gao Pragmatic would not have to wait for a moment and could directly mobilize the main force of Jiliao to go out and destroy Chahar in one battle.
The problem is that Tumen is not a fool. After three battles, can he still not see this trend clearly? He and Burihatu will never make such a test again, let alone a decisive battle. They will only sacrifice the Mongols again.
The old routine is to implement the "mangu evil" tactics from the entire strategic level.
What is the core idea of Mangu's evil tactics? In fact, I am the only one who can hit you, and you are not allowed to hit me.
So what preparations has the Ming Dynasty made in these years? On the one hand, it is to continue to strengthen border defense, on the other hand, it is to strengthen infantry and anti-cavalry, but the most important aspect is to take advantage of the benefits of Tumut's surrender to continue to accumulate cavalry.
Train and develop a strong cavalry force.
Why did Gao Pragmatic refuse to let the Li family's army in Liaodong suffer too much loss, and why did he place special emphasis on cavalry general Ma Chengxun and others? It was because they had many cavalry seedlings under their command.
However, this time it is not a decisive battle for the entire Chahar. Considering that the position of the Li family army is not clear yet, it is natural that it is best to use it first. Then there are not many cavalry units that Liaodong can use.
Gao Pangshi and Liu Xin had calculated just now that the main cavalry force that could be assembled east of the Liao River with Ma Chengxun's headquarters as the core was only about 8,000. It was not that the total cavalry force east of the Liao River was only that much, but that there were only
These can ensure that you can go to war at any time.
Using these 8,000 cavalry as the main force to go out to rescue Ye He and Horqin? It doesn’t seem safe enough...
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