My Daming New Empire

So far, in the year when Zhu Zhanji crossed over, Beiyuan has become history.

Northern Yuan was split into three tribes: Tatar, Wala, and Wuliangha. Except for Wuliangha, who was weaker, Wala and Tatar had been fighting against Ming, but at the same time they were also competing with each other for leadership.

The Tatar tribe lived in the south of Lake Baikal and most of the Mongolian People's Republic; the Oara tribe lived in the western part of the Mongolian People's Republic and the Junggar Basin;

The three tribes often killed each other and often harassed the border of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the two major clans regard Daming as their most important enemy, the struggle between them is extremely fierce.

But since they have all withdrawn from Monan, their destructive power to Daming is limited.

During the Jingnan period, Zhu Di had contacts with Guilichi, known as the Tatar Khan.After ascending the throne, he sent envoys to appease the tribes of Tatar and Oala, and established some guards in the nomadic areas of Tatar, trying to subdue Mongolia by means of tribute trade.

After the Ming Dynasty, the national strength did not recover, and the two tribes could only be mixed with sand by means of division and wooing.

In the sixth year of Yongle, Ben Yashili, the great-grandson of Emperor Yuan Shun, proclaimed Khan in Tatar and took a tough attitude towards Ming.In the seventh year of Yongle, he even beheaded the envoys of the Ming Dynasty and defeated Qiu Fu's Northern Expeditionary Army.

Zhu Dicai had no choice but to make the Northern Expedition himself in the eighth year of Yongle.

When the army left, the Tatars had already been divided by internal strife. Zhu Di successively pursued and defeated the Tatar Khan Ben Yashili and Taishi Arutai on the banks of the Onan River and the east of the Bell Lake.

After the war, Benya lost his way and defected to Wala and was killed. Alutai sent envoys to pay tribute.

The mighty Tatar was defeated, but caused the rise of another Oala.At this time, Mahamu, the Great Khan of Oala, used the slogan of fighting against Ming Dynasty and called on all tribes to surrender.

That is to say, in such an environment, Zhu Di will definitely go on a personal expedition for the second time.

Zhu Zhanji is not familiar with history. He only remembers Zhu Di's five personal conquests. After Yang Guang, he became emperor and the only emperor who personally led the army to fight.

Even Li Shimin, after he became the emperor, never had a royal conquest.

Although the subsequent emperors of the Ming Dynasty also marched in person, they were all soy saucers.

As for Kang Mazi, who is preached by later generations, it is a joke.It is about the imperial conquest, fighting in Xinjiang, where are the others?Waiting for news at the junction of Hebei and Inner Mongolia, I am ashamed to say that Yujia personally conquered.

Even the unreliable Emperor Zhengde, who said that Yu Jia would go to the front line, followed the army to the front line, and killed an enemy himself.

Because he is not familiar with history, Zhu Zhanji at this time does not have the advantage of being a traverser.All he knew was that Zhu Di died on the way back from his five personal expeditions.

That also shows that his second Northern Expedition did not achieve obvious results.

Even if it is won, it is only a battle won, but the strategic goal has not been achieved.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanji has been studying the intelligence of the Wala tribe, hoping to help Zhu Di in terms of strategy.

The base camp of the Oara tribe is in the Khangai Mountain area of ​​later generations, occupying most of the land from Lake Baikal to Central Asia.

But their population is not large, only 200 million people.

Speaking of which, only Daming has a large army, but they are nomads, and they run away if they can't win.At this time of backwardness, it is not easy to catch up with them.

Four years ago, Zhu Di defeated the Tatars and made Alutai bow down.

Arutai also responded positively to this Northern Expedition, willing to use the Tatar tribe to assist Ming Dynasty in attacking Oala.

But Zhu Di didn't trust Arutai, and was very afraid that Arutai would counterattack and attack the Ming army back and forth with the Wala tribe.

Today's Zhu Di is in such a situation of hesitation.

However, Zhu Zhanji tried his best to persuade Zhu Di to accept Alutai's invitation to fight. Regardless of whether they contributed or not, at least their dispatch could relieve the pressure on the east wing of the Ming army.

In this era, 50 troops have to travel thousands of miles from Beiping to Ulaanbaatar to fight.Logistical supplies and staff fatigue are very serious problems.

However, if the number of people is small, it will be a gap between the teeth of the Wala tribe. Fighting on horseback, the Ming army is still not as good as their nation that grew up on horseback.

"Although the Tatar tribes surrender to my Ming Dynasty now, they are still unfamiliar white-eyed wolves. Let them know my Daming's marching route and strategic intentions. If they fight back, it will only put us in a dangerous situation."

Zhu Zhanji said: "Grandfather, we must first figure out one thing, that is, what is the reason why my Ming Dynasty launched this war, what is the purpose, and what is the meaning?"

Chapter 37 The Meaning of War

In the unified Confucian era, any behavior must be labeled with a layer of benevolence, righteousness and morality.

Even if it is a war, you have to advertise yourself as a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, a battle of benevolence and righteousness.

The reason why Zhu Di wanted to attack the Oalas was very simple. It was because their power was rising and their power was out of balance with the Tatars, and they needed to be weakened so that they could continue to fight against the Tatars.

Otherwise, Zhu Di has gone crazy. Four years ago he fought against Tatars, and now he is here to fight Oirats again.

It is Zhu Di's goal to maintain the balance of power in the grassland and not let one family dominate.

But of course Zhu Di would not say that when this war started, he would only teach Wala a lesson in the name of disobedience to Wang Hua.

In the whole world, is it Wang Tu, a tribe that you split from the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and now you dare to oppose the Central Dynasty, you should learn a lesson.

But let Confucianism play tricks, or educate the people.Let them actually plan a war, or formulate a complete strategy, and they will push two things and do five things. This is not my Confucian responsibility.

They will intervene in everything, otherwise they will be tyrants and stupid kings, but when encountering problems, they will shirk when they need to take responsibility.

Of course, this is their own limitations, but also the limitations of the times.

They are equivalent to the shareholders of a company with technology as shares. They have to do everything according to me. If I make money, I will share it. If you lose money, you are incompetent.

But they never really think about whether their technology is outdated, and they don't want to engage in technological innovation unless it is a last resort.

When the company went bankrupt and closed down, it was too late for them to want technological innovation.

Although Zhu Di didn't like Confucianism, he had to use Confucianism to govern the country.Because in the era of feudal kingship, only the Confucian idea of ​​great unification was the basis for the stability of an empire.

What's more, public opinion is also in the hands of Confucianism, and he doesn't want to become a faint king in the history books.

To crusade against the Oirats, naturally Confucianism also produced an edict for him to be a teacher of morality and a teacher of benevolence and righteousness.

Hearing what Zhu Zhanji said, he said casually: "The reason is that Wala Khan refused to accept Wang Hua. The purpose, of course, is to subdue Wala. As for the meaning, I haven't thought about it carefully."

Zhu Zhanji laughed. Looking at his expression, he knew that this grandpa was testing him.

In the palace, Zhu Zhanji didn't know, but in the past few days since his departure, Zhu Di has been discussing every detail of the war with a group of generals and court officials every day. How could he not have considered it carefully.

Half of the court's civil and military ministers came to accompany them. These people are all the best talents of this era.

But he likes this kind of test, because through this kind of test, he can express some of his ideas and influence Zhu Di.

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "Although the emperor's grandfather is right, it is not comprehensive at all. He did not clarify the essence of the war and the ultimate goal of Ming's war. analysis of the wars, and a classification of the nature of wars."

Zhu Di smiled curiously: "Ji'er's words aroused my interest, and I would like to hear more about it."

"Sun'er analyzed the wars that took place in the past and basically divided them into three categories. One is based on the geographical environment and caused by competition for a certain living space and natural resources."