My Daming New Empire

On the grassland, there is only one end for those who fail.

(The war has already been written enough, and I won’t write in detail later, so details of the war such as Mandu’s death in battle, Zheng Heng’s shooting, and firearms showing off his power have not been written. The main perspective is on Zhu Zhanji. As a Taisun, the future emperor, needs to know more about controlling the strategic direction.)

Chapter 55 Benefits

What is the most important duty of an emperor who is personally conquered?

It's not for him to boost morale, that's the job of the marshals.He doesn't need to be brave and good at fighting, that's the general's job.

The only thing that really matters is being good at coordinating.

In the battle yesterday, in fact, neither Zhu Di nor Zhu Zhanji played a big direct role in the war.

But without Zhu Di's personal conquest, without his coordination and cooperation in controlling the entire war.It is almost impossible for the arrogant soldiers of the hundreds of thousands of troops to submit to unified management, to take turns to fight in an orderly manner from early in the morning, and to cooperate closely at the final decisive battle.

As for Zhu Zhanji, let alone, although he beheaded 43 people, he was still a soy saucer.

On the entire battlefield, the role of personal force has been severely weakened. No matter how strong your personal force is, can you withstand the impact of thousands of horses and swords like forests?

When he went to the battlefield, it was more of an inspiring effect, and as for killing people, that was secondary.

If it weren't for the cloud of masters around him, the enemy fled with their backs facing each other, and it would have been impossible to kill 43 people by personal force.

The decisive battle was over, most of the Oirats were killed, less than a third of them escaped, and several formed cavalry were still chasing them.

Especially the Tatars, they chased after them, trying to kill their opponents to the maximum extent possible.

And their own casualties were not small. Half of the [-] cavalry lost their combat effectiveness, and the number of deaths exceeded a thousand.

But they are already very satisfied, because their main opponent is Mahamu, the Wala people, and their losses are even greater.

The statistical work on the battlefield was carried out in an orderly manner. The heads of more than [-] corpses were all beheaded, and they were placed as Jingguan under the hillside to the north of Hulan Suwen.

Jingguan does not simply pile up human heads or corpses, but like buildings, it has unique regulations.

Based on the corpse, mixed with rice porridge, earth and rocks to build a pyramid-like foundation.

Then there are individual human heads, neatly inlaid on the top of the pyramid one by one.

Although Zhu Zhanji didn't care about killing people, he couldn't stand this kind of insult to the corpse.

However, he also knew that Daming needed to deter the grasslands. Without the Heart of the Virgin to dissuade him, he just wouldn't support it.

On the afternoon of the eighth day of the lunar new year, the results of this war were not counted.

On the seventh day of the seventh day, the Ming army killed more than [-] enemies and captured more than [-] people alive.

Eight of the sons of Wara Taishi Mahamu were killed, more than 20 thousand household heads were killed, and more than [-] healthy horses were captured.

It's just that the three kings of the Oirats and the puppet Khan Daliba all escaped, which also made this victory a bit unsatisfactory.

But even so, Zhu Di was overjoyed, and asked the various ministries to count their military achievements and prepare to reward the troops.

At noon on the ninth day of the lunar new year, the last group of Teng Xiangwei who had pursued the enemy returned to the camp with dozens of heads.With their return, the number of heads killed by the Ming army exceeded seventeen thousand.

This is indeed a great victory.

However, the pursuing Tatars never returned to the camp. It was only on the afternoon of the ninth day that Alutai sent two guards to report that they had chased to Mobei and would not return to the camp.

Now that the Oirats were defeated, he was also afraid that Da Ming would attack him, so he didn't come back at all.

This made Zhu Di a little unhappy, but he didn't have any thoughts about the Tatars.After all, they had just helped Daming defeat Wala, and more than 1000 people died themselves.

However, Zhu Zhanji knew that the Tatars in the future would become the confidant of Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di's last three northern expeditions were all to crusade against the Tatars.

He hadn't figured out how to deal with Alutai, but he didn't expect that they would never return by chasing the enemy.

However, he is not the Zhu Zhanji in history.He will not withdraw all the guards outside the Great Wall and on the grasslands in order to defend Beiping, let alone Nuer Gandusi, but will vigorously develop the Northeast in the future.

In the future, he will only tighten the constraints on the grassland more and more, and will not give them a chance to rise again.

The only thing that can restrict his scope of power is the backward mode of transportation in this era.

However, he is ready to get the portland cement out first when the time is right.

Portland cement is very low-tech, requiring only limestone and clay to be fired.The technical content of producing cement is far lower than that of firing porcelain.

And with cement, we can start to vigorously develop road construction and grassland dock construction, which is much stronger than an earthen city built with loess.

However, this matter is not in a hurry.As a great-grandson, his every move is watched by countless people. It is impossible for him to come up with all kinds of new technologies out of nothing.

But he didn't want to wait until he was on the throne, and then use the asymmetry of information to develop some necessary technologies.

In history, he still has 20 years to live. No matter how old he can live now, at least he wants to see the revolutionary changes brought about by his coming to this era.

Therefore, he often has a sense of urgency.

Going to sea two years later will be an opportunity for him.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of contacting the outside world, he will come up with some necessary technologies for Da Ming's development to enhance Da Ming's strength.

"Your Highness, Eunuch Li is here."

Zhu Zhanji raised his head, and Li Liang led Li Qian into the big tent. Facing Zhu Zhanji, Li Qian clasped his fists and saluted and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty ordered you to go to the big tent."

Li Qian is the chief eunuch of Duzhijian, responsible for all arrangements for the emperor to go out.Zhu Zhanji asked, "What's the matter?"

"Liu Jiang Dudu led the vanguard battalion to set up camp [-] miles upstream. He also brought back the news of the spies. The [-] cavalry following the Oirats have been torn apart, and the brigade has fled to Lingbei. And the Oirats of Helin People are also fleeing, and the entire Mobei is almost deserted. So His Majesty is also preparing to withdraw the troops..."

The group of eunuchs belonged to the royal family slaves, so even if Li Qian dared to put on airs in front of civil servants and generals, he would never dare to put on airs in front of Zhu Zhanji, the most beloved grandson of Zhu Di.

He not only told Zhu Zhanji exactly why he was looking for him, but also told Zhu Zhanji the attitude of some generals.

Generally speaking, the current Daming is not interested in grasslands, and there are almost no other functions here except grazing.But now the Ming Dynasty definitely has no shortage of pastures, so the grasslands have become tasteless tasteless.

Most people are in favor of withdrawing troops. Even if there are some objections, it is not because they see the importance of the grassland, but because they want to do business with the people of the grassland.

Today's Beiyuan can be said to have regressed to the primitive society. Originally in Dameng, it mastered the manufacture of gunpowder and ironware in ancient times, but now, all these talents have been lost.

The life of the low-level herdsmen in Beiyuan was extremely miserable, and many of them didn't even wear clothes except for a few animal skins.

As for those slaves, they are like animals every day, digging a hole in the ground, spreading hay, eating and sleeping with the animals.

The poverty here is beyond Zhu Zhanji's imagination.If Daming didn't do business with them, they would have no clothes to wear, no salt to eat, no tea to drink, then there would be no way to survive.

Today's Ming army does not stop doing business, because many local troops, especially the frontier guards, cannot maintain basic living security if they do not do business with Beiyuan people.

Except for ironware, Daming did not strictly control the commodities exported to Beiyuan. Although military guards were not encouraged to do business, they were not banned directly.