Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 307 The Future of the Mongols
After dealing with Mizhou and planning the future development of Liaodong and the northern regions, and signing an unequal treaty with North Korea, which greatly strengthened Ming's control over this vassal state, Zhu Cihong returned to the dynasty.

When he dispatched troops, he mobilized almost all the forces in the capital. If anyone came to the capital area to rob at this time, the millions of soldiers and civilians in the capital could only stare blankly and let others slaughter them.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong felt that it was time for him to shift his focus inland and to the south.

Although the quality of the current Ming army is still average, thanks to the gradual improvement of equipment and supply systems, it already has the appearance of elite soldiers and strong generals in the early years of the dynasty.

In addition, most of the Ming army has fought in battles and seen blood, and can be regarded as a warrior who dares to fight. Zhu Cixiang felt that he needed to solve the problems in other places.

Not only for the future of Ming Dynasty, but also for future Chinese descendants.

Otherwise, when these battle-hardened officers and soldiers grow old, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army will return to its original state. By then, it will be difficult to solve the problems in some surrounding areas after the Ming Dynasty.

For example, in Jiaozhi, Mongolia, Tibet, and the Western Regions, there is no army capable of recruiting and fighting. It is even more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to project its influence and rule there.

If the problems in these areas are not resolved now, Zhu Cihong feels that after waiting for decades, or even one Jiazi, it would be good for Ming Dynasty to maintain its rule over these areas.

So as soon as he returned to the capital, Zhu Cihong ordered Zhang Yong's troops to send troops to the northwest to fight in the direction of the Western Regions. All those who disobeyed Ming's rule along the way, regardless of men, women, young or old, relatives of the emperor, would be killed.

However, Zhang Yong only had tens of thousands of Ming troops, and nearly ten thousand Chuang troops surrendered. It was still too difficult to conquer the Western Region, which was as large as several provinces in the interior, with an area of ​​over one million square kilometers.

So Zhu Cihong used farms in the interior and Liaodong as gifts to lure Oirat, Chahar, Junggar, Khalkha and other large Mongolian tribes to send troops to assist.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong was willing to use the land as a gift, these Mongolian princes were of course happy to send troops to help Daming.

Because the ecological carrying capacity of the grassland is very poor, and at most only the highland barley that is eaten by livestock can be grown, but meat cannot be eaten on the grassland, and it is difficult to survive only on dairy products. It is necessary to exchange tea and grain with the Central Plains in order to live a difficult life. Go down and survive one disaster after another on the grassland.

Don't think that those who graze can eat meat as they please. Don't farmers in the Central Plains often afford white noodles?Even if all their fields are planted with wheat, the annual harvest can be several thousand catties.

The reason why the Mongolian princes went south to the Central Plains to plunder again and again was actually for things that could not be produced on the grasslands such as tea, grain, and iron, not for the gold, silver and jewelry that could not be seen or eaten.

After obtaining the farms in the Central Plains and Liaodong, it meant that these Mongolian princes had the ability to produce food on their own, and did not need to be subject to the Central Plains court and Central Plains merchants in the border markets.

So these princes were very happy when they saw Zhu Cihong's land deeds and got the farms in the inland and Liaodong, and immediately sent a large number of slaves and herdsmen to the farms to cultivate the crops they wanted for themselves.

In addition, they sent a total of [-] to [-] grassland cavalry to help Zhang Yong march into the Western Regions, waiting for Zhang Yong's dispatch.

Of course, they sent troops not only for the sake of Zhu Cihong giving them farmland and land, but also for the wealth of the Western Regions. Genghis Khan came to Central Asia hundreds of years ago, defeated Khwarazm, a great country in Central Asia, and robbed It's full.

These Mongolian princes, not only want to restore the glory of their ancestors, but also want to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

The Ming and Mongolian armies totaled nearly 10 people, and the road was in full swing. Wherever they went, the soldiers and civilians surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. What hindered Zhang Yong's march was the vast area in the northwest and the poor supply conditions.

Because the Western Regions in the seventeenth century were not as prosperous as they were in the Tang and Han Dynasties in 2000, the natural climate change turned this place into a desert and Gobi, and millions of people could only live along the banks of a few rivers and in oases.

The vast desert and Gobi have become no-man's land. If there are no caravans and troops to travel with, the local people would not dare to cross.

But even so, it took Zhang Yong two months to recover the entire Western Region, not only because of the strong firepower of the Ming army, but also because there are no powerful countries and forces in the Western Region.

The problem of the Western Regions is over, and it is time for Zhu Cihong to deal with the Mongols.

In fact, when he donated farmland and farmland before, he not only had the intention of letting the Mongols help him send troops, but also had the idea of ​​bringing Mongolia under the rule of Ming Dynasty by economic means.

Although Mongolia is close to Ming Dynasty, Chahar Mongolia is only a day away from the capital.

However, because the Mongols were brave and good at fighting, the Ming army was not good at fighting in such a vast terrain. Even if most battles could be won with firearms, they could not stay here for a long time.

Therefore, Mongolia has always been free from the rule of the imperial court. At most, when the relationship between Daming and Mongolia eased, Daming could appoint some Mongolian tribal leaders to be the commanders of a certain guard, or let them go to Beijing to pay tribute and do business.

But once the relationship became tense, both parties immediately remembered that they had been feuds with each other for hundreds of years.

In this regard, Mongolia is far behind North Korea. If the Mongolian problem is not resolved, Zhu Cihong feels that this time bomb will explode sooner or later.

Maybe after the last hundred years, the Russians expanded here, and the Mongols would still be tempted by the Russians to fight Ming Dynasty to the death.

However, the Mongols are not soft persimmons. Although their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of the Ming army, even if tens of thousands of horses rush forward, the Ming army will fire all their guns, and the Mongols will be smashed into a sieve in the blink of an eye.

But only by force, Ming Dynasty's rule here is destined to not last long.

On this point, Zhu Cihong felt that he could learn from the practices of the later generations of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty delayed China for hundreds of years, there is one thing to say, they still have a way to rule various ethnic groups.

That is to use political, economic, and religious means to strengthen control over Mongolia. Zhu Cihong feels that he can learn from this.

Anyway, those monks in Tibet are cowards. As long as the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty attack, they will not even dare to fart. Let them be the tools of the Ming Dynasty to rule the grassland. It can be said that it could not be better.

So after Gao Jie and Liu Liangzuo's troops invaded Sichuan and strangled Zhang Xianzhong, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ainengqi and others, Zhu Cihong ordered Gao Jie to send a partial army of 5000 people to the plateau with sophisticated weapons, and along the way they had to bring There are dozens of Ming officials.

(End of this chapter)