The autumn of the 20th year of Wanli was indeed an eventful year. The first war to destroy the Yuan Dynasty had just begun. Yang Yinglong in the southwest took advantage of the situation and raised his troops to rebel. Immediately afterwards, there was a mutiny and riot by the Cao army in the tax-rich areas of the southeast.
Then, the battle situation in the three directions was far from ideal. First, several armies of Fa Yuan could not find the whereabouts of the Tumen army after traveling for a long time, and even the entire Chahar tribe of nearly 400,000 people was missing.
Originally, the large Chahar army could be found, and it was impossible that there would be no clues. However, the main task of the army's expedition was to find the main force of the Chahar army for a decisive battle, so all the troops could only continue fighting for this purpose.
However, this goal was not actually achieved. In such a large area of thousands of miles, the Chahar cavalry could rely on high mobility to move freely between the gaps between several armies. In the end, the Ming army still let the Chahar cavalry
The golden cicada escaped from its shell and successfully escaped.
The only result of the victory was probably to regain the lost territory and take over the vast left-wing Mongolian grassland including Chahanhot, Chahar Khan's court. If this result is considered solely in terms of "opening up territory and expanding territory", it can almost be called unparalleled.
Amazing achievement - the area of territory expanded is equivalent to the sum of Northern Zhili and Shanxi. Considering that the opponent is Mongolia, the number one enemy of the Ming Dynasty since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it is unjustifiable not to give this credit to a prince.
However, the Ming court was not just a meeting of fools. The territory of the Mongols and the territory of the Ming Dynasty were two different things. They were not farmers. They could come back tomorrow if they left today. The grassland would still be the same grassland. Fighting in the Central Plains could cut off each other's millet and wheat.
, but for the Mongols, what can you do to them, finish mowing the prairie?
Don't be ridiculous, even if you burn the wasteland, it won't be completely burned. Haven't you heard that "wildfires can't be burned out, but the spring breeze blows them again"? When people don't leave, you can come over and light a wildfire, and you can still make them burn.
It will be difficult for horses, cattle and sheep to gain weight this autumn. But now that people have made it clear that they will not be here to graze autumn this year, after the fire is burned and waited until next spring, due to the moisture of inorganic nutrients, the grassland may grow better than before.
And this truth is not difficult to understand. Although people in the Ming Dynasty do not know what inorganic nutrients are, anyone who farms knows a similar truth. In the era without chemical fertilizers, many farmers would burn platycodon from rice and other crops and use it for
Fertile fields, this is common sense. In the previous life, Gao Pragmatic saw many of them in the countryside when he was a child. In this life, he has seen countless of them in Xinzheng and Guangxi.
Therefore, as long as the Chahar army is not annihilated, this battle will not be over. Even if the latest news obtained by the court shows that Tumen Khan may have fled to Tumote, the original "Chahar Grassland" was completely destroyed by the army.
If it is occupied, then it cannot be considered a real victory.
However, although the imperial court understands this truth, it seems that many people do not. For example, many newspapers in the capital have published front pages or even extra articles, trumpeting that the army has completely occupied the left-wing Mongolian grassland and has forced Can Yuan into a blind corner.
, had no choice but to go to the Ming Dynasty Jin Kingdom - that is, the Tumut area.
According to them, this wave, this wave is when Chahar has no choice but to fight to the death with Tumut. Although the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of Tumut, he can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and the snipe and the clam compete for the fishermen.
profit.
Of course, these newspapers are not really that naive. They do this just because the capital group behind them is the Sea Trade Alliance, or even Jinghua itself. As the butt determines the head, of course, if you can brag, you must brag, and if you can't brag, you must create conditions.
As a result, the ordinary people in the capital did not know the whole story and really thought that the situation in the northern part of the Great Wall was very good. Especially when they heard that the Liaodong Army Xiao Ruxun's troops did not even need to participate in the pursuit, but returned to Chahanhot to garrison, this attracted many people in the capital.
Firecrackers were set off in front of the house to celebrate.
This situation was also reported to His Majesty the Emperor in the palace by Dongchang. After hearing this, Zhu Yijun was very calm. He thought about it without feeling happy or worried, and said: "Although it is not a complete victory, after all, the capture of Chahanhot is indeed a fact.
It is reasonable for the people to celebrate, so I don’t need to interfere.”
It is not surprising that the emperor has such an attitude. After all, this battle is the product of his concept of reviving the Ming Dynasty. Although this battle is far from over, public support is much better than opposition. After all, this is
Invisibly, it also adds to his prestige, and he has no reason to object to the celebration.
However, the Xin School was very nervous about this. Even with such a big event as the Cajun riot, the emperor did not stop supporting Gao Pragmatic in the war against Yuan Dynasty, let alone recall him. This was obviously not in the interests of the Xin School. Now
The people in the capital were deceived by newspapers and periodicals into thinking that victory was in sight, which invisibly set a thinking framework for everyone.
What kind of thinking framework? This framework is: the Ming Dynasty is about to win a great victory against the Yuan Dynasty. Anyone who sings the opposite at this time must be a traitor.
This obviously embarrassed the officials of the Xin School, because since the Cajun riot, almost all the officials in the court who advocated "reconciling the internal affairs before fighting foreign forces" were from the Xin School. These people had always advocated that the attack on the Yuan Dynasty should be put on hold for the time being.
Press down, first put down the Cajun uprising in the southeast and the Bozhou rebellion in the southwest, and wait until there is nothing internal to do before going to destroy the Yuan Dynasty. This is the so-called "governing all nations from China".
However, now that the people in the capital are doing this, the Xinxue school is very passive. Originally, the reason why officials from the so-called "moral practical school" school were able to gain a foothold in the court was largely because of the support of public opinion - never mind
Where did these public opinions come from? Anyway, they do exist.
But now, the people in the capital believe that victory in the battle against Yuan is in sight. Whoever jumps out to oppose at this time and fails to destroy the residual Yuan will definitely become a sinner of the Ming Dynasty and a sinner in the world. He will be poked wherever he goes.
Backbone, this is too bad.
As for whether the current war situation can be regarded as "victory is in sight", there are not many Gong Gong of the Xin School who understand military affairs, so there are some internal disputes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Some officials believe that the victory of this battle is already certain. Instead of jumping out to oppose the continued attack now, it is better to accept this reality and think about how to win the next confrontation.
to avoid being severely suppressed by the powerful real school.
Another group of officials insisted that the current war situation was not considered a victory at all. Although Gaowu Shi seemed to occupy the entire Chahar grassland, as long as the Chahar people and the Chahar army did not suffer much losses, they would still be able to win.
May come back at any time.
Some of these officials even believe that although the current situation seems to have forced the Chahar people to give up even their "ancestral land", the Chahar army's entry into Tumote may not be the best thing to do next.
It may not be as simple as the official army and the Tumut army joining forces to kill him. There are still many variables.
Some people think that although Tumut is known as powerful, as the core of King Shunyi's main force, Western Post not only lost a lot of troops last year, but this time most of them were mobilized to follow Ma Gui north to Outer Khalkha, which means that
At this moment, the interior of Tumut is relatively empty.
Tumut claimed to have one hundred thousand cavalry under his command, but this statement was originally flawed. The one hundred thousand cavalry actually included the subordinates of ten thousand households in Ordos that they could mobilize in the past.
Ordos Wanhu helped Kuaibai during the Northwest Rebellion, but was defeated by Gao Pangshi with lightning speed and lost some men and horses. Now the overall strength is not as good as before, and the total number may be more than 30,000.
Tumut also suffered some losses last year. The number of troops it can maintain is about 60,000, which is not much different from Chahar's own troops. This time, Gao Pragmatic mobilized them. Tumut sent 40,000 troops and Ordos sent 20,000 troops.
, which means that there are only about 20,000 troops in the vast Tumut headquarters territory, which can be described as extremely empty.
In this way, Chahar's headquarters entering Tumote can be seen to a certain extent as using a concentrated army of 60,000 to attack the relatively scattered 20,000 Tumute army. As long as a quick victory can be achieved, not only the so-called pincer attack
Strangulation is simply impossible to achieve, and Tumut may face catastrophe.
Accordingly, these Xinxue School officials believe that the key now is whether Gao Pragmatic's westward advance is fast enough. If his army pursues him fast enough, then Chahar will abandon Chahanhot and go straight to Tumote.
If you do this, you may really lose your wife and troops. Not only will you lose your ancestral land and horse farm, but you will also fail to weaken Tumut. I am afraid that it will really be strangled by the alliance soon.
On the other hand, if Gao Pragmatic's westward march is not fast enough and Chahar defeats the 20,000 people left behind by Tumote - especially if Guihua City can be breached, then Tumen's loss of Chahanhot will most likely be inflicted on the wealthy people.
Tumut made up for it.
As for how the next battle will turn out, it's hard to say for the time being, but in any case, as long as Tumen can "have a good meal" in naturalization, there is still hope for how the next battle will turn out. At the same time, once Tumote appears and loses naturalization
Such a huge loss not only made Tumut alienated from the imperial court, but also dealt a huge blow to the prestige of Gao Pragmatic, who single-handedly held the power of this war, and was likely to affect many things in the future.
The Real School was able to hold the real power of the imperial court for more than twenty years. The late emperor's trust in Gao Gong was only the foundation. The success of Anda's tribute and the victory of the Monan War were undoubtedly the two real pillars.
The success of Anda's tribute laid the political status of Gao Gong, Guo Pu, and Zhang Siwei as the chief assistants of the Real School. The victory of the Monan War was the prestige foundation for Gao Pragmatic to successfully take over the real power of the Real School.
Either of these two incidents is related to Tumut. Therefore, looking at it conversely, if there is a problem with Tumut, especially if his political stance changes, then Gao Pragmatic's authority and reputation will be seriously shaken.
Gao Pragmatic does not unify the Real School. I believe that once such a prestige is shaken, Xu Guo and Shen Li will never let go of such a good opportunity. When their Real School is in civil strife, can't the My Heart School take advantage of the troubled waters? Not to mention that they can
It shouldn't be a big problem to bring down His Majesty the Emperor's classmate in one fell swoop, but tearing off a few pieces of flesh from his body, right?
After some debate, this school of thought gradually gained the upper hand, so the topic gradually turned to "how to slow down the march of high pragmatism."
Apart from the almost impossible method of asking the emperor to issue an order, the simplest way to slow down the march of the frontline troops or stop them altogether is of course to use their hands and feet in terms of supplies.
Unfortunately, this matter is currently extremely difficult for the Xin School. After all, Gao Pragmatic himself is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and he knows much better than the officials of the Xin School who have nothing to do with the lack of food in the rear.
It's impossible to fool him.
If it were in the past, the Xin School would have had another option, and that would be to find a solution through the Ministry of Works - the Ministry of Works was often responsible for assisting in the transportation of military rations. Although the Ministry of War was in charge of this matter, the Ministry of Works might
He is in charge of many civilians, so he can also make some achievements among them.
One of the simplest methods is to deliberately cause resentment among the people, or even stir up commotion, which will naturally lead to supply interruptions.
However, Gao Pragmatic had already taken precautions and did not ask the Ministry of Industry to assist in transporting grain this time. The task of transporting military grain within the Great Wall was directly handed over to the Production and Construction Corps controlled by the nobles, and the Ministry of Industry could not get involved.
As for the outside of the Great Wall, we really don’t want to mention it, because this part was taken over by the Jinghua Trading Company. If the hands of the Heart School can reach into the Jinghua Trading Company, then the power under Gao Pragmatic’s hands will really become a colander, how can it be done?
Is it worth it for you gentlemen to spend so much time and make your heads swell at every turn?
Things have reached this point, and everyone has finally reached a consensus, but in the end they are stuck on how to implement it. Even if the Xinxue masters refuse to admit it, they can't help but feel a little cold in their hearts: This person is highly pragmatic, and he is very guarded.
However, no matter how tight Gao Pragmatic's defenses are, he has to find a way now. Otherwise, if Tumen's army catches up with Guihua before he captures it, then the entire battle against Yuan will surely be over -
- Even the masters of Xinxue don't think Tumen can fight back - it will be too late to regret it by then.
The whole flower hall was silent, and you could hear the drop of a needle. Even the officials present at the meeting all pride themselves on their talents and wisdom, but faced with the pragmatism of taking care of all related matters, they are too clever to make a meal without straw, and they really can't think of any clever ideas.
Shen Shixing's strength has never been about ingenious ideas. In addition to reading and taking exams, his specialty lies mainly in his all-around skills. This is more about interpersonal skills. He is known for his outstanding coordination ability. At this time, he can only look around.
Everyone, I hope everyone present can come up with any good suggestions.
However, he looked around again and again, but no one said anything. Everyone was either frowning or sighing. They were all like eggplants beaten by frost, with no energy at all.
In the end, it was Wang Xijue who stood up and said in a voice that was so low that it was almost hoarse: "As for the explanation, I barely have one here at the Pavilion, but I don't know if you can afford to sacrifice one... to control the army."
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