Chapter 145 Abolish the Crown Prince? Establish King Qi?
Chapter 148: The Iron Horse Heads North
The army set out for battle, and the armor scales shone brightly in the sun, like red gold. Thirty thousand elite soldiers from the capital camp set off from the capital, pointing their swords at Nuergan, and heading north with their armor and iron horses.
It was already autumn when the troops were sent out, and the atmosphere of murder was strong. The autumn wind swept across the fallen leaves, turning them yellow and withered, and the weather became colder and colder. By the time we entered the northeast from the capital, it was already winter, and the local water dripped and turned into ice. There was definitely no need for the Confederate army. The water and soil were
He refused to accept it. Therefore, more than half of Zhu Gaojie's 30,000 troops came from the Peiping Capital Division.
The first generation of the Five Military Camps was established after Zhu Dijing was unable to regain the Peiping Dusi. Although the subsequent Five Military Camps absorbed elite guards from all over the country, the soldiers of the Peiping Dusi were still the most courageous.
The Beiping Dusi Yamen was set up in Daning, and was composed of Beiping, Nuergan, Liaodong, and Daning. It was formerly the Northern Expedition led by King Xu Da of Zhongshan and destroyed the 100,000 Ming army in the Yuan Dynasty. Later, soldiers from the Northern Yuan Dynasty continued to come and surrender.
Although this Northern army has lived in Jinling for a long time, as long as they put on armor and carry weapons, they can still crawl and roll in the ice and snow.
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Marching all the way to the vicinity of Liuhe County, the army set up camp, and the night was like splashing ink.
There was a bright light burning in the commander's camp. Zhu Gaojie, Zhang Fu, Zhu Yong, and Chi Rong were gathered around the desk, studying the information that was rushed from Nuergandusi.
"This is the more detailed information from Nuer Gandusi sent by Liaodong. Everyone, please take a look."
Zhu Gaojie took out the letter from a secret letter, put it on the desk, and said, "The Jurchen clan is divided into Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, Donghai Jurchen, and Nuergandusi. There are one hundred and eighty-four guards, more than twenty
Gesuo. Each garrison under the Dusi serves as a local administrative agency integrating military and political affairs, and important official positions are filled by officials appointed by the imperial court from the mainland."
The commander-in-chief is the supreme commander of the "Gui", and the commander-in-chief is the supreme commander of the "du commander-general", which is the supreme military commander of the local province.
"We will discuss it later. For now, we should take care of the march and the strategy of establishing the state." Zhu Gaojie shook his head and suddenly asked, "Officials who supervise the follow-up food route, don't wait for us to run out of food and grass halfway.
, that would be great fun.”
After the Tumubao Incident, the Ming Dynasty's national power declined. Li Manzhu, the leader of the Jianzhou Guards, Li Xianzhong's son, united with the three Jianzhou Guards to rebel against the Ming Dynasty and began to continuously harass and invade the Liaodong region. In the future, Jianzhou Jurchen was renamed "Manchuria", which actually came from the name of this person, which means "Li Manzhu's Jianzhou Jurchen Department".
A worthy death!
Zhu Gaojie continued, "As for the East China Sea Jurchens, that is, the wild Jurchens, they are sometimes divided into tribes such as the Beishan Jurchens and Heilongjiang Jurchens. Due to the harsh natural environment, backward productivity, and no agriculture, they mainly focus on gathering and hunting. It seems that they are still living like the original people.
The area they live in is too close to the Far North and has little connection with our Ming Dynasty. There is no need to suppress them. The benefits are too small, the terrain is too bad, the costs are too high, and the threats are too small."
Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong were a little surprised when they heard this. With this sentence, more than 10,000 lives of Jianzhou Guard and Jianzhou Left Guard were decided!
Meng Ge Timur, the commander of Jianzhou Zuoweidu, was the ancestor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
How many military exploits can Li Xianzhong have? I conquered a province in the south and killed two Mongolian kings in the north!
What's more, Li Xianzhong himself can be said to have some conscience towards the Ming Dynasty, but his descendants such as Dong Shan, Li Gunaha, Li Manzhu and others are all rebels of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Yishui's rebels.
"General, I understand." Zhang Fu nodded and did not ask why King Qi had such hatred for Jianzhou Zuowei. In the army, military orders are supreme, and general orders come first, even if Zhu Gaojie asked him to lead the charge.
After entering the Liaodong Dusi Yamen, Zhang Fu dared to obey military orders.
Liu Rong, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, once accompanied Zhu Di to conquer Mongolia and made many military exploits. He guarded Liaodong for ten years and built fortifications along the coast to resist Japanese pirates. He was not good at fighting Han people, but he was an expert at fighting Mongols and Japanese pirates.
, can also be called a famous general.
The difference is that Meng Ge Timur's name as the commander-in-chief is empty, but in fact he doesn't have that many people in charge. He only has an army of about a thousand people, and he also has more than 7,000 troops with his family.
Public.
Moreover, although Li Xianzhong was a Jurchen, he had military exploits and was quite loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yong picked up a piece of information, glanced at it, and said slowly: "Jianzhou Guard and Jianzhou Left Guard were initially subordinate to the Nuer Gandu Division, but in fact they were mostly under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Capital Commander's Division. This is also ours
Is it within the scope of suppression?”
As for how to deal with this group of Jurchens, the imperial court was divided into two factions at that time. The warring faction believed that the Jurchens were disobedient and should be taught a lesson; the supporting faction believed that the Jurchens were provoked by the rebellion and should be given more concessions, so that they
Let's stop making trouble. He is even more pissed off than the "Jurchen biological father" Li Chengliang. At the very least, Li Chengliang has been leading the internal strife among the Jurchen tribes. These guardian factions directly regard the Jurchen as their father.
There is only one word difference between the commander-in-chief and the capital commander-in-chief, but the difference is vast.
"Both the Jianzhou Guards and the Jianzhou Left Guards have no value in existing." Zhu Gaojie answered Zhu Yong's question without any hesitation.
Zhu Yong said disapprovingly: "The prince is responsible for the grain road. If there is a problem, the East Palace will be responsible for it."
The area under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Capital was not within the scope of the conquest. Even so, Zhu Gaojie knew what Zhu Yong was afraid of.
"Jianzhou Jurchens are mainly divided into Jianzhou Guards and Jianzhou Left Guards. Farming is the main part and hunting is the supplement. This is our key target of suppression. The Haixi Jurchens are also called the Hulun Four Tribes and the Haixi Four Tribes. Mainly
The Yehe Tribe, the Ula Tribe, the Huifa Tribe, and the Hada Tribe. The Haixi Jurchens’ lifestyle is a mixture of gathering, fishing, hunting, and farming, and they mainly rely on gathering, fishing, and hunting. They are similar to those of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and they are both the focus of our suppression.
Object."
"How to deal with Jianzhou Guards and Jianzhou Left Guards, maybe you didn't hear clearly just now, or maybe I didn't explain clearly, but now I will explain it more clearly." Zhu Gaojie looked calm, "Just exterminate the clan."
If he knew what the descendants of Timur, the fierce brother, would do more than two hundred years later, he would probably even think about exposing the ashes of Jianzhou Zuowei.
The commander of the Jianzhou Guards, Shi Jiannu, whose Chinese name was Li Xianzhong, was the son of Aha Chu, the chief of the Jurchen Huli tribe. He had great military exploits. In the eighth year of Yongle, he led his subordinates under the emperor's chariot to personally conquer the Mongolian Tatars, and had great military exploits.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhu Gaojie said seriously, "If there is a problem with food and grass, the people in the East Palace will definitely lose their heads, but won't we be affected? The food and grass we brought with us on the expedition can at most be enough to get us to Shuntian Mansion.
, if there is a problem with the subsequent food route and 30,000 soldiers will either starve to death or mutiny, not only will the Eastern Palace lose their heads in pieces, but you and I will not be much better either!"
But this is not important. What is important is that Li Xianzhong had a sister named "The Third Empress", who was Zhu Di's concubine when he was in Prince Yan's Mansion. This concubine was already dead before Zhu Di became emperor, but her title was still there.
In other words, Li Xianzhong, the commander of the Jianzhou Guard, was Zhu Di's brother-in-law.
The Jurchen rebellion is also related to the rigid tribute trade system of the Ming Dynasty. There are limits on the number of times that ethnic minority tribes can pay tribute each year, the number of people coming each time, and the quantity of goods. The Ming Dynasty blocked the way to make money through their trade, and these people directly
They start to rob. But among them, the Jurchens are the most untrustworthy. The Ming Dynasty has also given many preferential policies before, but when they really have the opportunity to rob money and food, they can't help but do it. After the robbery,
He apologized to Daming again, and continued to rob after apologizing. He was just like an immature wolf cub.
Thirty thousand elite soldiers set out for the expedition. If they did not want to delay the journey, they could only compress the baggage they carried. As the army marched, the court transported grain and grass. The subsequent grain route took the Grand Canal and was sent to Shuntianfu together with the materials for the construction of the Shuntianfu Palace.
After the army arrived at Shuntian Mansion by land, the subsequent grain and grass also arrived at Shuntian Mansion by water.
But it is obvious that these guard posts in Nuergandusi are filled with water. The larger ones have hundreds of regular troops, and the smaller ones only have 180 regular troops. The entire Nuergandusi has 200 guard posts in total.
Whether we can raise 50,000 regular troops is a problem. Moreover, not every one of these guard stations needs to be suppressed. Some places are too remote, and some are governed obediently by Han officials. What needs to be suppressed is the usurpation of power by the Jurchens.
A serious threat to the Ming Dynasty.
One hundred and eighty-four guards and more than 20 stations sound scary. You must know that the Fifth Army Camp with 160,000 elite troops only has 72 guards.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaojie couldn't help but chuckle.
So what if Li Xianzhong is the emperor's brother-in-law? I am still the emperor's biological son. Now I am the prince and will be promoted to the crown prince soon!
Zhu Yong asked with some confusion: "Your Majesty, if that's the case, do we need to negotiate with Liu Rong from the Liaodong headquarters in advance when we pass through Liaodong?"
Emperor Chenghua did not hesitate for long and directly ordered the annihilation of Jianzhou Jurchens. The order given was: "Destroy their nests and eliminate their species." During this siege, Li Manzhu and his son were killed by the Korean army. As for others,
One of the leaders, Dong Shan, the fifth generation ancestor of Nurhachi, also died in this encirclement and suppression.
Although this is more convenient, the risk is also high. If the prince takes the wrong medicine and delays the transportation of grain and grass, the 30,000 elite troops will mutiny before they reach Nurgan. Of course, Zhu Gaojie cannot let this happen.
They have been arranging manpower to operate in Jinling City, but the effect is not too obvious. It is the prince who is in charge of this matter, not him, King Qi.
However, the prince has been engaged in logistics for many years and has basically never made any mistakes in the food supply, which makes Zhu Gaojie feel a little more at ease.
Although he and Dong Gong were having trouble, the prince could still give people a sense of security in the face of national events.