It is very good news that the leader of the Three Guards is willing to continue to rely on the Ming Dynasty.
Lao Nu has annexed such a large area in the northern part of the Monan Grassland, and it is already bordering the territory of the three guards leaders.
He was actually quite worried. The old slave convinced one of them to invade Liaodong from the side.
In this way, the Liaoshen defense line that he painstakingly laid out with elite battalions is equivalent to useless.
As long as the old slave is locked up in the bigger place of Jianzhou, it will be extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
Without the domestic merchants to give them blood transfusions, Jiangmen could not support them, and the old slave could not support himself by plundering, so how could he persevere?
Zhu Youxiao was quite satisfied with Wang Zaijin. In history, he was one of the few officials with military talents who dared to advise and do practical things.
"Da Sima's idea is good. I also think it is the most stable strategy at present. I wonder if you have anything else to add or different opinions?"
The five prime ministers appointed by Zhu Youxiao, except Wang Xiangqian and Wang Zaijin, the rest Cheng Guoxiang and Song Yingxing were not very good at military strategy.
Although Xu Guangqi knew something about it, he was not very outstanding. They also knew that their talents in this area were not as good as those of Wang Zaijin.
After listening to Wang Zaijin's strategy, they found no obvious flaws or other inappropriate points, and they all agreed.
Zhu Youxiao immediately asked the imperial court to assist in drafting the edict and convey the imperial court's strategic intentions and deployment to Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Keli.
Although Yuan Keli's warship fleet is still under preparation, some commonly used warships have been arranged.
Yuan Keli's Denglai Town now has more than 200 large and small warships, all of which are excellent warships gathered from all over the country. The sailors and naval forces on the warships also amount to more than 4,000 people.
It is not easy for a naval fleet of this size to be responsible for transporting supplies and soldiers at sea.
Moreover, half of the warships can be dispatched into the Yalu River to cooperate with Mao Wenlong and the North Korean troops to conduct isolation and blockade.
The Jiannu, who did not even have firearms, wanted to use bows and arrows to break through the blockade of warships on land, which was simply a dream.
The artillery of the Ming army only needed to be mounted on warships and aimed at the land to bombard the land indiscriminately. The poor Jiannu, who even had few water ships, did not have the ability to engage in a water battle with the Ming army.
The two towns of Liaodong and Denglai cooperated closely in fighting, and the two sides acted as a leverage against each other.
No matter which side the old slaves advance towards, the other side can promptly send troops to provide side assistance and contain the strength of the slave slaves.
As for dividing the troops to attack, Zhu Youxiao concluded that Lao Nu would not and would not dare to do so.
The victory or defeat of the Saarhu War was not only deeply imprinted in the hearts of the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, but was also always proud of the slaves.
Since the great victory in the battle, Lao Nu has always concentrated his main force on attacking one point.
Or it is to surround the point and call for reinforcements, but it still does not break away from the so-called, I just go all the way strategy and tactics.
Not to mention that now that he has suffered a series of defeats and has only 40,000 to 50,000 or 50,000 bandit-like slaves under his command, he is reluctant and cannot afford to suffer too much loss.
As for Lin Dan Khan, he is already half-dead and unable to achieve success.
Over the past year, he had suffered a series of defeats, and each time the losses were huge. His prestige in the grasslands had been completely lost.
Except for the Chahar tribe that he personally led and several direct tribes, the other tribes on the Monan grassland no longer submitted to him, and even directly challenged him.
The so-called Great Khan of Mongolia has ceased to exist in name only and has no authority at all.
Some of the Mongolian tribes who broke away from him accepted the imperial court's appeasement, led their tribes to migrate south, and lived more than a hundred miles away from the border of the Great Wall.
In order to prevent them from having different intentions, Zhu Youxiao treated everyone equally according to the Aohan Department.
The first step was to gather their young and strong cavalry and send them to Xuanfu Town to be commanded by Man Gui. There were more than 13,000 cavalry in total.
Zhu Youxiao likes this kind of weakening the opponent and strengthening himself very much, and he will take as much as he wants.
Because of the large-scale disarmament in Liaodong, he has no pressure on military expenditures, which are still not far from the original.
Then they sent officials and royal guards north to create a new register and count them. The population, cattle, sheep, and horses of each tribe were all counted, and then they were educated.
The task of the Jin Yiwei is to control their weapons and armor, and strictly restrict the inflow of iron weapons to prevent them from secretly accumulating weapons and causing rebellion.
These arrangements made by Zhu Youxiao made the tribesmen who went south to surrender panic.
But as the saying goes, a stick brings a date. When they saw the Ming army escorting a large amount of food and cloth for distribution, their restless hearts calmed down a little.
Under the propaganda of civil servants and Jinyiwei, they slowly accepted the status quo.
After all, the stable and peaceful life now is what they yearn for, and they don't want to go back to the days of hunger and cold.
The rest of the tribes who fell out with Lin Dan Khan and did not want to join the Ming Dynasty were either absorbed by Lao Nu and the Horqin tribe, or they migrated far north and joined the Khalkha tribe.
According to the information sent back by Xu Xianchun, Lin Danhan was so depressed that he spent a lot of money and war horses to exchange for food from Shanxi merchants. One can imagine how poor he is now.
Now that he has been defeated and does not pose much of a threat to himself, Zhu Youxiao does not want to spend any more money, food and troops to conquer him.
He is a man of great ambition and talent, but has no ability and likes to mess around. Maybe in three to five years, he will not need to send troops, and he may just kill himself.
During the last Northern Expedition, he just wanted to train his troops and gain prestige. Unexpectedly, this series of chain reactions almost killed him on the grassland.
"As for Lin Dan Khan, let's first send officials from the Ministry of Rites to the grassland to explore his background and see what his current thoughts and attitudes are."
"If possible, we should have peace talks with him first and tell him that our common enemy is the old slave of Jianzhou. We should unite to destroy this wild boar that came out of the Savage Mountain."
"As for the grievances and grievances between Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, that is our own business. We should resolve it ourselves and do not allow outsiders to interfere."
"But before that, we have to put down the old slave in Jianzhou. I believe he is also very angry about the backstabbing of Horqin's tribe."
"You can also tell him that during the war against Jianzhou, I, the Ming Dynasty, will never take advantage of others' danger and stab them in the back."
"After pacifying Jianzhou, if necessary, I can help him unify the Monan grassland again and re-establish his prestige as the Mongolian Khan!"
"I can wait for five or ten years to fight him!"
"I hope he can carefully consider my words and let him see the situation clearly and who the real enemy is!"