In fact, Burihatu left some of his last words unfinished, because in his view, if Tumen's western expedition ended halfway and ended halfway, then the great Mongolian country might have lost not only Tumut, but also Tumote.
It also includes Ordos Wanhu and Qinghai Tumed.
In other words, the entire right-wing Mongolia will be lost.
This truth is obvious. Tumut is sandwiched between the Chahar Tribe and the Ordos Tribe, completely cutting off these two tribes. Moreover, the Ordos Tribe and the Qinghai Tumut Tribe were originally influenced by the Tumut Tribe and took orders from me.
Yes.
Therefore, as long as Anda's successor, the new Chechen Khan, does not act recklessly, these two tribes have no choice but to continue to obey Tumote because they have to rely on King Shunyi's power to preside over mutual trade to ensure trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Do you expect them to give up the huge benefits of mutual trade and go against Tumut simply because of the "Mongolian family", or even directly jump in the opposite direction to follow Tumen Khan?
Haha, which side of your picture has the prettier face?
Huang Taiji has always been a follower of Anda, and he is a very rational person. He is very clear about the importance of the mutual market. He will definitely not give up the huge benefits he has already obtained to follow Tumen, a short seller.
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Huo Luo Chibi may have a slightly greater ambition to kill Huang Taiji, but he was originally the leader of Yongxiebu. He followed Anda for many years before he was sent by Anda to Qinghai to take charge of his own affairs. For this reason, he even left about 30% of his troops
As a "thank you gift" or exchange for his strength, he has just established a foothold in Qinghai and desperately needs to "replenish blood" through mutual trade with Ming Dynasty. In this case, can he give up the mutual trade? Definitely not!
Therefore, if Tumen Khan did not interfere with the changes in Tumut this time, or if he withdrew his troops and returned eastward because of a fire in the backyard, then he and the Great Mongolia would lose not just one Tumut, but the entire right-wing Mongolia.
Perhaps, for a period of time, Tumut, Ordos and Qinghai Tumut will remain within the political framework of the Great Mongolia. However, it only took the Ming Dynasty just over ten years to eliminate the right-wing Mongolia.
So firmly tied, if there are another ten or twenty years, will this right-wing Mongolia still exist? It will truly become the "Ming Dynasty and the Golden Kingdom".
[Wufeng’s Note: The Ming Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom were the countries established by Anda in history. Since this regime is extremely complicated to explain, this book does not elaborate on it. Friends who are interested should go to Baidu, but this may require finding a few paid academic papers.
Only then can we figure it out.]
Burihatu has analyzed Gao Pragmatic's motivations and methods quite clearly. Although Tumen Khan is "wise but late", he has now basically understood the danger of his situation.
Since Dayan Khan, the great situation of Mongolian unification has almost collapsed due to the manipulation of that guy named Gao Pragmatic due to the death of Anda!
For the first time, Tumen Khan experienced the tremendous pressure of the words "high pragmatism".
As the Great Khan of all Mongolia, he experienced three Ming emperors: Jiajing, Longqing and now Wanli.
In his eyes, Jiajing was powerful internally but incompetent externally, but he was also good-looking. Thinking about it now, Daming during the Jiajing period seems to be the best to bully;
Longqing was kind or weak internally, but he was quite clever externally. Looking back now, it seems that it was because of his improper employment of people. His high-profile strategy of controlling the West and Huaidong made him very uncomfortable. And it was also during the Longqing period that the locals
Mert resolutely threw himself into the arms of the Ming Dynasty, and from then on became more and more alienated from him, the Great Khan of All Mongolia;
What about Wanli? This little emperor did not show anything unique before. In the beginning, Gao Gong was in charge of everything. After Gao Gong's death, he continued to use Gao Gong's ally Guo Pu, and Xiao Guicao implemented the Western Huaidong system everywhere, making
He harassed Mingjing several times but suffered a shameful failure due to the counterattacks of Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang.
But at the time, it seemed that that was all: Qi Jiguang just stood firm, and Li Chengliang occasionally sent troops to sweep away but never killed them all. The two sides always maintained a tug-of-war between you and me. It seemed like it was just a two-hundred-year-long war between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia.
of normal continuation.
Until recently, when Guo Pu became official and the young emperor officially began to rule personally, everything suddenly changed.
The opportunity for this great change was naturally the death of An Da, but with the unexpected use of Gao Pragmatic as the plenipotentiary envoy by the young emperor, Ming Dynasty's policy seemed to have undergone some strange changes.
The "Western Huai" of "Western Huainan Zhizhi" has been further improved. The Ming Dynasty is not only satisfied with "Huai" for "Western", it now seems to have been improved to "control".
It’s scary to think about a Ming Dynasty that completely controlled the right-wing Mongolia!
Two hundred years ago, Zhu Di only had the three Uuliangha tribes in his hands, and the Ming Dynasty suppressed Mongolia and conquered Mobei five times. If they now have the entire right wing, what will happen? I can still stay in Chahanhot
Going down?
This high pragmatism is so powerful! If his plan is not disrupted this time, the unification and revival of Mongolia will be far away!
Tumen Khan was persuaded by Burihatu. He now regarded Gao Wuzhi as a great enemy like Gao Gong, and unlike Gao Gong who ruled the court steadily, Gao Wuzhi was now in Monan, just in Tumen.
Mert!
Tumen Khan gritted his teeth and made up his mind: he could not retreat, this time he must completely cut off Gao Pragmatic's claws!
"This Khan has decided." Tumen Khan showed a firm look on his face: "First defeat Han Naji, capture the imperial envoy of the Ming Dynasty, and sacrifice his head to the flag with a high and pragmatic attitude!"
Although Huang Taiji and others secretly sighed in their hearts, brothers Zalik and Burihatu immediately cheered loudly and praised Tumen Khan's wise decision.
In fact, what these people don't know is that Gao Pragmatic didn't have much feeling about Zhu Di's Five Expeditions in Mobei, and even secretly complained about it.
According to the views of many people in later generations, the Five Expeditions in Mobei were a great show of power in the world. Why are you criticizing such a grand event?
However, Gao Gao's pragmatic thinking always does not value false reputations. What he values is actual results.
What was the actual effect of the Five Expeditions on Mobei? What did the Ming Dynasty gain and what did it lose during the Five Expeditions on Mobei?
Because the Ulliangha tribe had made meritorious service during the Battle of Jingnan, Zhu Di initially had a soft attitude toward Mongolia. However, in the seventh year of Yongle, this thought changed.
At that time, Benya Shili Khan, the leader of Eastern Mongolia, first killed the Ming Dynasty's envoy Guo Ji, and then annihilated the Ming Dynasty's 100,000-strong army in the Battle of Ququ River, causing the Ming Dynasty to suffer heavy losses. Zhu Di learned this
After hearing the news, Lei Lei was furious and personally led an army of 500,000 people to crusade.
Thus, the fourteen-year-long Northern Expedition began, and a desperate battle with Mongolia began. So, how was the fourteen-year war going?
In the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Di started his first conquest. The result of this war was actually a bit embarrassing, because Zhu Di sent troops to conquer in February, but in the first three months, the Ming army could not find Benya Shili Khan's army at all.
Troops, Zhu Di led an army of 500,000, which was as majestic as hunting in a paddock, and could not defeat a few Mongolian soldiers. It was not until May that the Ming army achieved a small gain - they killed a few Mongolian soldiers and surrendered
There were several horses, sheep, and vehicles.
It wasn't until they arrived at the banks of the Onon River and the east of Bell Lake that the Ming army met Benya Shili, the strategic target, and began a real fierce battle. In this battle, the Ming army defeated the Mongolian soldiers with an absolute advantage, but unfortunately
Unfortunately, he failed to kill Benyasili Khan and allowed him to escape to the west.
At the same time, because the Ming army's food and grass had been exhausted after months of hard work, many Ming soldiers starved to death. There was no way to do this, and Zhu Di could only end the five-month Northern Expedition hastily.
In the twelfth year of Yongle, he campaigned for the second time in the Mobei region. At this time, the Mongolian Oara tribe began to gradually become stronger and harassed and threatened the Ming Dynasty's borders. Therefore, Zhu Di led an army of 500,000 and began his second campaign.
Personal expedition.
The Ming army used artillery to attack the Oara troops at the Tula River, causing heavy casualties. According to relevant historical records, the Ming army "killed hundreds of enemies" in this battle. This time, Zhu Di adopted the method of pursuing victory and shelling
After that, the close-range fighting began.
During the fierce battle, both sides suffered many casualties, but the Oara tribe suffered more heavy losses, and was later annexed by Arutai, a Tatar tribe that was ostensibly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty at that time. Arutai gradually became stronger in the later period, and then stopped paying tribute.
Later, this army developed into an army of criminals.
In the 20th year of Yongle, the Third Northern Expedition began. This time Zhu Di's main target of attack was Arutai of the Tatar tribe. Due to the disparity in strength, Arutai did not dare to clash head-on with the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Di's large forces still
Before reaching Mongolia, Arutai fled with a group of his generals.
Therefore, after Zhu Di and his 300,000 troops arrived in Mongolia, they didn't even see the enemy. Originally, Zhu Di wanted to hunt down Arutai, but at the end of September, he changed his mind and went back home.
Okay. The result of this conquest was... dozens of enemies were killed.
The next year, the fourth desert expedition began. Since Arutai was not defeated last time, and he himself was still evil, he once again gathered troops to make a comeback, forcing Zhu Di to start the fourth expedition in person. But this time Arutai
Still unwilling to confront the Ming army head-on, they adopted roundabout evasion tactics.
However, the luck of this expedition was better than the last. During the sporadic battles, the Ming army also annihilated most of Arutai's troops, which was eventually reduced so much that it was eventually annihilated by the resurgent Mongolian Oara tribe.
Another year passed, in the 22nd year of Yongle, the fifth expedition to Mobei began. This was Zhu Di's third personal expedition and the last time he sent troops to Mongolia, but even so, he still returned empty-handed this time.
When the Ming army arrived in Mongolia, the local enemy army refused to fight and instead began a hide-and-seek guerrilla war.
Although Zhu Di sent people to conduct repeated searches in various valleys and narrow passages in order to find the enemy, he did not see a single enemy soldier. Later, someone proposed that he wanted to use a month's army rations as bait.
, to lure the enemy deeper, but Zhu Di was worried that something might happen to him because he was too close to the enemy's hinterland, so he rejected the proposal and returned to the court.
To make matters worse, Zhu Di died of illness on his way back to Beijing. The Ming army could only speed up its return to Beijing and end the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, in Gao Pragmatic's view, during his reign, Zhu Di personally conquered Mobei five times and won five battles and five victories. It seemed like a great achievement, but what was not consistent with the propaganda was that in fact, these five victories did not kill the enemy.
Countless, but did not completely eliminate the troubles of the Ming Dynasty's frontier fortress, but only made the hatred between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia deeper and deeper.
It doesn't matter if you make enemies. The problem is that in these five expeditions to Mobei, the Ming Dynasty did not achieve any substantial victory. Zhu Di, who brought hundreds of thousands of troops with him each time, fought with heavy thunder and light rain, but the results were mediocre.
, basically the enemy troops slipped away, and they worked hard and achieved nothing.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty mobilized troops in such a way and continued the Northern Expedition, which consumed a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. Compared with the Mongolian army, it was obviously more disadvantaged. Even if the country was strong at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, what was the benefit of doing so? It would not be as useful as seven voyages to the West.
——The seven voyages to the West did not actually result in a loss, but it was the emperor's internal funds that made money. The Ming Dynasty even obtained Arabia's specialty dyes, ushering in the era of blue and white porcelain.
But Zhu Di was not a fool. Since several Northern Expeditions had been in vain, why did he still fail after repeated attempts?
Zhu Di's goal was not actually a military goal. His Northern Expedition was based on politics.
