Cao Huachun came from a poor family when he was young. Influenced by the custom of "keeping close to the emperor and raising relatives", he entered the palace at around the age of twelve or thirteen. Because of his talent, intelligence, diligence and studious, he received a good education in the palace. He was proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and was deeply involved in everything.
He was appreciated by Wang An, the eunuch in charge of etiquette, and relied on him as a confidant.
Later, King Xin accompanied and served Zhu Youjian, the grandson of the Fifth Emperor. Because of his ability in handling affairs, he won the trust and reliance of Emperor Chongzhen. Cao Huachun had a good relationship with Donglin and was a loyal man. He had no other evil deeds. He was one of the few eunuchs in the Chongzhen Dynasty who had not done any evil.
"Your Majesty, what a great victory. This old slave congratulates your Majesty and congratulates the Ming Dynasty." Cao Huachun presented the six hundred miles expedited memorial with excitement on his face.
"The day before yesterday, Uncle Dingyuan defeated the Tumut and Alxa coalition forces at the gate of Guihua City. He beheaded 30,000 people and captured thousands of people. He captured countless mules, horses, cattle and sheep, with a population of 130,000. There were more than 300 Tumut nobles.
The people and 30,000 heads have been escorted to Beijing by Jiang Bingzhong. After this defeat, Tumote has been virtually destroyed, and the grassland no longer has the name of this tribe. It has suppressed arrogance and claimed to be Tumote to help farmers. It has led to a cripple.
The army has retreated to Jiuyuan. Uncle Dingyuan will attack Jiuyuan soon."
"Ah, so fast," Chongzhen was shocked. He originally thought that the battle in Fengzhou Guihua City would take ten days and a half, but he didn't expect that the winner would be decided so quickly. Counting the days, Yang Fan
We just arrived, repaired for a day, and the next day we made an effort to defeat the Tumuts and capture Guihua City.
"Dingyuan Bo is a really good general." Chongzhen's face turned red with excitement.
"Old slave, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen also quickly knelt down and shouted.
"My slaves congratulate your Majesty!" All the eunuchs and maids knelt down to congratulate the emperor. This victory is too great. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a great victory.
This is a great victory that can be reported to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
"Hahaha, get up, get up, everyone in the Qianqing Palace will be rewarded with one tael of silver today. Hahaha." Chongzhen said happily.
Chongzhen was so happy that he didn't even eat anymore and asked the palace maid to remove the breakfast. He took the six hundred miles urgent memorial from Wang Chengen and read it carefully.
Yang Fan introduced in detail the severe situation currently facing the northwest, as well as the changes in various tribal groups throughout Mongolia. Yang Fan pointed out that the war is not about to end, but has just begun, and it may be prolonged and protracted.
The more Chongzhen looked at it, the more frightened he became. Unexpectedly, he hoped to get rid of Monan Mongolia from the perspective of abolishing the border troops and reducing the financial burden. It actually aroused such a big reaction from Mongolia. Now it seems that Yang Fan may have to fight with Mongolia Mongolia and Qinghai
Mongolia, Mobei Mongolia has been entangled in coats for a long time.
The war is likely to be protracted, and we don’t know how much food will be consumed.
Fortunately, Yang Fan's next plan made him relieved. He was not in a hurry to eliminate the remnants of Tumote. He left Linhe City without fighting, trained 40,000 civilians as auxiliary soldiers, and stationed Jiuyuan under the leadership of 10,000 Beijing battalions. And
Tumut and his reinforcements fought an offensive and defensive battle for the city.
Yang Fan went south and crossed the Yellow River to wipe out the Ordos tribe. It is expected that the Ordos tribe will be eliminated within half a month. As more and more Mongolians gather in Linhe, they are probably between Jiuyuan and Linhe. South of Yinshan Mountain and north of the Yellow River
In this narrow area, the two sides will engage in a protracted tug-of-war.
Yang Fan's civilians who were preparing to join the army stayed in their fields, just in time for farming in the spring, in order to reduce the burden of food and wages on the mainland.
Chongzhen thought about whether it was feasible to farm. As the saying goes, the Yellow River is harmful to all but profit. It is a well-known fact that there are millions of acres of good land in the jacket, but the Mongolians do not know how to cultivate it and it has been abandoned for hundreds of years. There is water from the Yellow River for irrigation.
Now, we are not afraid of drought.
Chongzhen put this matter down. This matter cannot be clarified in a short while. He continued to look down. He saw the meeting and discussion between Yang Fan and the master. He suddenly became excited again.
It would be a great thing if Uszang could be brought back to the territory of the Ming Dynasty through canonization. Moreover, the other party also agreed to the imperial garrison. This does not need to cost much, and the benefits are indeed huge. Qingzang has a large area and a population of two million.
Come on. This is truly opening up territory.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help himself with excitement. Opening up new territories was the emperor's greatest achievement.
For a country, the most important thing is the size of its territory. Without a vast territory, nothing can be achieved. For example, those city-states with big noses in later generations made some money by virtue of being close to the strait. Even if they spend more than 10,000
Even years can’t make you stronger.Lan
However, when I thought about the other party's request to send troops, I felt a little embarrassed. Fighting always costs money. And Yang Fan was going to send 40,000 trained civilians into the army after experiencing the battlefield. It was a good idea.
This way there is no need to send the Beijing camp.
Now Jingying is the only trump card in Chongzhen's hand that can intimidate the government and the opposition.
He couldn't bear to put it in a local garrison.
He would be happy to use the militia formed by these civilian men to minimize the casualties in the Beijing camp.
During this expedition, he finally restored the Jingying camp into a fighting force. What he wanted now was that Yang Fan could bring back as many of the Jingying camp as possible.
What he was really happy about was not that he captured Guihua City, but that the Beijing camp could actually fight against the Mongolian cavalry of Tumut and Alxa, and the infantry could behead thirty thousand people against the cavalry.
This result was beyond his wildest dreams.
What does this mean? It means that the Jingying camp has become a powerful force capable of winning battles and obeying orders. This is an elite force no less than that of Chengzu's Northern Expedition.
However, when he thought about what Yang Fan said, the war in the northwest might be protracted, he became a little anxious. He was worried that the Beijing camp that he had finally cultivated would be wasted in the northwest. But the current situation was already too much.
War is always a matter between both sides. Once a war breaks out, it cannot be decided by one party.
At this time, he deeply felt that his original decision was a bit hasty. He did not consider that the destruction of Monan Mongolia would be such a big stimulus to Monan Mongolia.
But at this point, there is no point in talking about these things. Now that the matter has come to this, we have no choice but to bite the bullet and finish this battle.
Fortunately, after the Ordos people are eliminated, at least the four towns of Yulin Town, Shanxi Town, Datong Town, and Xuanfu Town can be abolished. After all, they have no enemies in the north. As for Ji Town, they cannot be moved for the time being. After all, if there is a problem in Liaodong Town
, Ji Town is the last line of defense.
"Send the situation to the cabinet, and we will discuss the Uzang issue raised by Uncle Ding Yuan this morning." Lan.
At this time, it was already dawn, and the ministers participating in the morning court had already entered the Forbidden City through the opened palace gate. Today, the morning court will be held on the platform.
The first assistant, second assistant and others in the cabinet were a little surprised when they saw Cao Huachun standing in front of the platform. Wang Chengen is usually there, so why did he change to Cao Huachun today? Does your Majesty have anything to announce?
