Liu Yin's words were very clear, as for the war to go deep into the northern part of the Mobei region and Fenglang Juxu, in the view of later generations, this kind of war to go deep into the core area of ​​the grassland, then seal the wolfjuxu, and plow the caves, was so refreshing. However, the cost was also ridiculous. Even if the surrender seemed to be without bloodshed, the reward given to him would make the national treasury empty.

Therefore, although this price-free counterattack tactic looks great, the consumption of manpower and material resources in actual operations is too outrageous, and the cost is even higher than imagined. From the actual results, it can be said that the effect is limited and the cost is heavy, which may trigger an economic crisis, leading to deepening internal conflicts in the country, and thus trigger civil unrest.

As a modern man, Zhao Bing is certainly more aware that at any time, a full-scale war is the most expensive political action, and even a superpower with top military and financial resources cannot afford it. Therefore, after the two world wars, war is no longer the main means to resolve conflicts between countries. It has divided and disintegrated, formed alliances, and used economic means to impose sanctions, and diplomatic mediation has become the mainstream.

In history, there are actually many successful precedents in all dynasties. Since the organizational level of the northern nomadic regime is often low, this leaves sufficient room for the strategy of differentiation and disintegration. In the late Western Han Dynasty and early Eastern Han Dynasty, the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Turks in the prosperous period, and the Kangxi period, the Mongolian Plateau, the strategy of differentiation and disintegration was adopted.

It can be said that compared to spending money to buy peace, the astonishing cost of a total war, this differentiation and disintegration strategy is the best, and the most successful cases of the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland world come from this. Of course, there are also some failures. For example, the weird diplomacy against the Jin people in the late Northern Song Dynasty was essentially a failed differentiation and disintegration strategy. So, what is the key to the success or failure of this strategy?

Zhao Bing knew very well that blacksmiths had to be strong himself. Although the division and disintegration of the opponents was inseparable from high-level actual operations, the successful implementers all had one common feature: the implementers of the strategy themselves are strong enough.

First of all, the strength of the Central Plains dynasty itself must be strong enough. The national strength of the Huns before the split was far from that of the Han Dynasty. As a unified dynasty after the end of the Central Plains, the Sui and Tang Dynasties were no worse than that of the Turks in their prime. As for the Qing Dynasty in the Kangxi era, they actually controlled the southern Mongolian as early as the Huang Taiji era. It was these dynasties themselves that gave them the confidence and space to sway and use their diplomatic skills.

What made Zhao Bing depressed was that his ancestors could only stay as negative examples. Diplomacy operations were extremely bad, but in the final analysis, the one that was really bad was the Northern Song army, not diplomatic skills. The Northern Song Dynasty had been suppressing the elite Western Army that had been fighting against the Western Xia for many years, and even the Liao army, which had lost most of its territory and was like a dog that was a loser, was naturally no match for the elite Jin army. It was no wonder that it became a laughing stock if the military was so bad that it became a laughing stock.

Secondly, the other party's centralization and organizational level must be low. The reason why the Han Dynasty used the strategy of differentiation and disintegration against the Huns, the Sui and Tang Dynasties to disintegrate the Turks was extremely effective because the Huns had split at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Sui Dynasty, the Turks expanded too quickly, resulting in many hills under the nominal Khan. The Turks after the split in the early Tang Dynasty were even more chaotic under the double blow of natural disasters and civil wars.

Even during the Kangxi period, the political organization of the Mongolian Plateau degenerated, and the Junggar, who belonged to the West Mongolian invaded the Khalkha, who belonged to the North Mongolian invaded the Khalkha. As the communist ruler of the South Mongolian in the South Mongolian, the Qing Dynasty accepted the help of the Khalkhas and took this opportunity to include the North Mongolian in the Qing Dynasty, and then gradually annexed the West Mongolian under the control of the Junggar.

In contrast, as a typical failure case, the Northern Song Dynasty successively won over Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Jue and others in surrendered people, but they could neither truly cooperate effectively with them nor could they take responsibility for those who surrendered. At this time, the Wanyan family of the Jin Empire was united in the early stages of their business and had no room for diplomatic operations.

However, after just one generation, the Jin Empire fell into continuous internal strife. The many civil strife that were bloody and intense in the history of the Jin Xizong era were ranked among the most common people in the history of the world. It was also the short-term chaos that the Later Jin Empire fell into when King Wanyan Liang was killed by Hailing. It was said that the opportunity was rare, giving the Song Dynasty room to operate, but because of the high degree of government organization after it entered the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty could not obtain any substantial benefits from it.

Finally, the superb diplomatic skills of military and political geniuses can achieve the goal with twice the result with half the effort. The most famous one here is Pei Ju. He dealt with the Khanate of the Turkic Khanate, effectively expanding the existing conflicts between them, and eventually allowing the Turkic Khanate to permanently divide into two parts, east and west, and each part is full of khans. Through Pei Ju's genius operation, the threat of the Turkic to the Central Plains was basically eliminated in just one generation.

However, the performance of geniuses is also limited by national strength. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, Ma Kuo, a diplomat from the Northern Song Dynasty who also impressed the Jin Empire and was prosperous among the first generation of founding nobles in the Jin Dynasty. When he first went on a mission to the Jin Dynasty, he used amazing archery techniques to conquer the Jin nobles present. His diplomatic talent was no worse than Pei Ju at all. However, because the Song army's combat effectiveness was too poor, his diplomatic talent completely lost its meaning, and he was finally forced to go out personally and fight guerrillas in the Hebei region.

In this way, although the cost of war is high, the difficulty of division and disintegration is not small. You must not only have strong strength, but also have to have a gap between the other party, and also have to operate at a genius level. It seems that you will rebuild the Great Wall, draw the land and hide behind the prison and refuse to communicate, and let it live on the grassland, which is a relatively cost-effective and labor-saving choice...

"Your Majesty, the tea is cold!" Seeing the Southern Dynasty emperor holding the teacup and falling into deep thought, knowing that he was considering the pros and cons of it, she reminded her and said, "The grass-roots people are bold and make a guess about the strategy of Pingyuan. I wonder if it should be said?"

"Oh, I'm lost my mind. Sir, please speak frankly. I want to listen to your advice!" Zhao Bing put down the already cold tea and waved to Xiaohuangmen to make tea again, feeling a little embarrassed.

"The people are so brave!" Liu Yin said with a brief bow. He saw the change in the attitude of the Southern Dynasty emperor towards him. Although his name for himself only changed from "Mr. Jingxiu" to "Mr.", it showed that his vigilance towards him was weakened, he had recognized his talents, and subconsciously regarded him as a guest under the curtain.

"Your Majesty's strategy of pacifying the Yuan Dynasty is to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun and drive the Mongols away from the frontier, so that there are barriers to the Central Plains to support and ensure that the south of the Yangtze River is no longer invaded by barbarians. Then, either imitating Qin's border walls to isolate the barbarians from the north, or building forts and fields on the border to guard the border, or cultivating strong cities with elite troops, or even cutting off trade and trade exchanges, weakening their strength. All of them are attempts to cut off Mongolia's attempt to go south to the Central Plains, causing the Mongols who had no master to fall into civil strife after losing their country, and then attracting and supporting pro-Song forces to combat the anti-Song forces, making it difficult for them to form a joint force to protect the security of the border forever."

"Well, probably that's it!" Zhao Bing nodded, "Our Northern Expedition can be said to be a national effort. After the war, Jiangnan also needs to rest and recuperate. The Central Plains region needs time to rebuild, resume production, and ensure people's livelihood. Of course, it is still necessary to pacify the use of troops in Shaanxi and Gansu, which will involve military strength, so for a long time, there will be no large-scale use of troops outside the Great Wall."

"After His Majesty pacified the Yuan Dynasty, it is indeed an urgent task to rectify internal affairs, restore people's livelihood, and stabilize the situation, and the time is rare. But in the long run, we should not ignore the situation of the Mongolian grasslands when we are developing, and letting it go, may cause disaster. It is difficult to guarantee that there will be no more hero like Temujin." Liu Yin said.

"Well, this is very true. The weeds cannot be burned, and the spring breeze will grow again!" Zhao Bing nodded again. With the history he knew, this situation is very likely to occur. Although he did not say it clearly, it is not unspeakable that he, who should be the king of a devastated country, has risen and reorganized the country again.

The Ming Dynasty in history implemented a unique and extreme policy on the remnants of Mongolia. Since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, it has carried out many fierce attacks on the remnants of the Yuan court who escaped from Beijing and went into exile to the north. Although it encountered setbacks at one time, after Lan Yu won a complete victory in the Battle of Fishing Sea led by Lan Yu in the late 14th century, the authority of the Northern Yuan court actually collapsed.

During the end of Zhu Yuanzhang's rule and Zhu Di initiated the "Jingnan Campaign", the degree of internal strife in the Northern Yuan court, which was powerless, was far more intense than that of the Central Plains. Within more than ten years, five rulers who claimed to be the Emperor of Northern Yuan died of killing each other. Genghis Khan's "Golden Family"'s rule over the grassland gradually became purely legal.

By the beginning of the 15th century, when Zhu Di, who had won the civil war, officially took over the power, the grassland world had become a alliance of various nomadic tribes. During this period, Zhu Di, the Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, effectively used the traditional means of "using barbarians to control barbarians" to personally conquer newly emerging forces such as Alutai and Mahemu many times to roughly control the order of the Mongolian Plateau. However, after his death, the situation on the Mongolian Plateau completely exceeded the control of the Ming court.

Therefore, during most of the Ming Dynasty, the level of political organization on the Mongolian Plateau was very low, and compared with the period from the Genghis Khan to the demise of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, it was undoubtedly a mess. The warlords who briefly gained the upper hand in the chaos in the grassland world did not have the authority of the Genghis Khan era to the Mengge Khan era.

Since Zhu Di, the successors of the Ming Dynasty began to build the Great Wall and border towns and fortresses on a large scale, trying to use this to separate the connection between the Central Plains and the Mongolian grasslands and block the nomadic invasions in the north. One of the major consequences of this situation is that, whether in the Central Plains dynasty or the grassland world, the level of large-scale military combat has deteriorated sharply in this low-intensity border conflict.

Under this relatively stable pattern, new heroes will rise, leading to the rise of the Later Jin people in the northeast to become the biggest beneficiary of this military capability degradation, and eventually become the co-rulers of the Central Plains dynasty and the grassland world for two centuries...
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