The life of the tribe used to be nomadic, fishing and hunting.
Ever since I was born, my stomach has never been full, and starvation has become a normal thing.
He originally had five brothers, but three of them starved to death when they were growing up.
He and an older brother were left alone.
Originally, there was no change for Bulu in such days. After all, everyone was like this, even if they were from other tribes, there would be no difference.
In the future, he will follow tribal customs and find a woman to give him a baby, and then hunt, fish, or go to war with other tribes.
But one day, dozens of people riding tall horses and covered in metal suddenly came to their tribe.
It is said that it was the tribe that used to live next door.
Blue looked at their figures with some envy, thinking how great it would be if he could become like this.
He didn't know anything, and couldn't even understand their words, but after a short communication, the clan leader loudly announced that from now on, they would submit to the Ming Dynasty.
Ming dynasty.
The pronunciation of this Chinese character made him feel a little strange.
But since the clan leader has decided, let’s do what the clan leader said.
As they migrated, they came to a new place. They heard from the chief that this was the cradle of warriors, and that only warriors from all tribes could become true warriors after being trained here.
Then.
The patriarch left.
Except for Qingzhuang, everyone else left.
He and more than seventy others stayed here.
Some people began to teach them Chinese and Chinese characters.
They also began to train them.
They no longer have to hunt and fish every day, they only need to exercise according to the instructor's instructions.
The most important thing is that here, they finally have enough to eat.
Not just one meal, but three full meals every day.
It feels so good to have something in my stomach.
Meat that was once unavailable is available in every meal here. For Blue, perhaps this is the final place of belonging that the patriarch said.
Training is very hard, and if you do something wrong, you will be punished by the instructor.
What he fears most is not being beaten, but being punished by his coach and not being allowed to eat, and having to stand at the door of the cafeteria and watch others eat.
Once you experience that feeling once, you will never think about it again.
Three months passed in a blink of an eye.
He was originally so skinny that his bones were visible, but he became a strong warrior.
There were once more than 70 brothers from the clan, but now there are less than 50 left, and the others cannot survive.
On the day of graduation, when he walked up to the general stage and was awarded a crossbow, war horse, long sword, and leather armor, he knew what glory was.
He will be proud of Ming Dynasty.
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"Mr. Liang Guo, this Bru is the strongest soldier in this new recruit training, so I assigned him to your side."
"The King of Yan wants to take advantage of this achievement and make a selection directly, but I won't agree to it."
Grassland Military Base, in a private room in the cafeteria.
Liu Buyi held the wine glass and said with a smile to Lan Yu.
Hearing this, Lan Yu smiled and raised his glass with Liu Buyi from a distance, then drank it all in one gulp and said, "You and I are following His Highness the Grand Sun, and we can be considered our own people."
"You must also know about the matter between King Yan and the grandson. Although the grandson has not arranged anything now, it is because your majesty is still here."
"Your Majesty is here, and His Highness Taisun will definitely not engage in such fratricidal things. But if His Highness Taisun comes to power one day, some things will not be clear and unexplained."
"In this base, it seems like there is a three-party confrontation, but in fact our two families are one family. If King Yan wants to use his status, you and I should help each other."
Liu Buyi frowned slightly.
Talking about a superior is disrespectful.
He grew up reading books about saints and sages, and also experienced training at the Ming Dynasty Capital Military Academy. He was extremely particular about respect and inferiority.
Lan Yu spoke so straightforwardly that he couldn't accept it.
But he also knew in his heart that Lan Yu had this kind of temperament.
I smiled awkwardly and it was over.
Then he said: "I wonder what Duke Liang has planned recently."
Liu Buyi naturally had his thoughts in today's conversation with Lan Yu.
Now that spring is coming and flowers are blooming, it is time to mobilize troops. King Yan takes this jackpot and directly destroys the Taka tribe.
The Rantaka tribe is only a medium-sized tribe on the grassland.
In order to completely solve the problem of the grassland, His Highness Taisun not only withstood the huge pressure and imposed an embargo on the entire grassland, but also established a military base and relocated the grassland population.
They even gave up animal husbandry and turned herders into farmers.
That is to do our best to reduce the follow-up ability of the entire grassland.
In terms of war, as far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, the most famous one is naturally Sapphire.
At this time, Lan Yu, except for normal patrols, has been keeping his troops stationary. Even King Yan has no intention of using troops. Liu Buyi came today just to find out.
Hearing this, Lan Yu put down the wine glass in her hand.
After thinking for a while, he said: "I'm waiting for an opportunity."
"The situation in the grassland is extremely chaotic now. Beiyuan's dominance is constantly declining, and each tribe under its command also has its own ideas."
"But it is undeniable that even so, there is no way for us to defeat Bei Yuan in one fell swoop."
"It's not that Beiyuan doesn't want to attack us at this moment, but it's that he doesn't know who to attack us, but after all, he can't let our military base continue like this."
"Maybe in one month, maybe in two months, our military base will face the greatest challenge."
Bei Yuan is not a fool.
With the establishment of a military base with a great reputation and the continuous absorption of the grassland population, Beiyuan certainly wants to directly destroy it.
The grassland military base does not have any strong walls, and the fortifications cannot withstand the attacks of the Northern Yuan army. A fierce battle is bound to break out here.
This possibility has been certain since the establishment of the grassland military base.
The reason why they haven't come over yet is because the ice and snow have just melted, and many tribes are relatively scattered. In addition, due to the previous blockade war, they haven't been able to recover yet.
At this juncture, the military base is given a lot of controllable time.
"Dong Guo Liang means to take the initiative?"
After a slight hesitation, Liu Buyi asked tentatively.
Lan Yu nodded and said, "This is our only solution."
"Do you know how Genghis Khan's tribe gradually controlled the entire vast grassland?"
"That is to say, we must constantly attack, plunder, and strengthen our own strength."
"In our current base, a large number of cavalry are Mongolians and Jurchens. They are natural cavalry. With the training in the base, they have more combat effectiveness."
"We are different from other tribes in that we have no rear influence. The border is our strongest backing. At this time, we should turn into the sharpest spear and continue to annex other tribes like other grassland tribes."
"While training new recruits, it will expand itself and cause chaos throughout the grassland."
Lan Yu's words made Liu Buyi fall into deep thought.
He felt that some of his previous actions seemed a bit too conservative.
But Lan Yu's idea also seems more radical.
Lan Yu saw Liu Buyi thinking and did not urge him.
There is nothing wrong with his statement, and it is more in line with the situation in the grasslands.
But it is more in his interest.
Behind the huge military operation, there is a need for strong financial support, which means that His Highness the Grand Sun must obtain enough food and even military pay.
There is also the issue of migration of large numbers of herders.
Therefore, Lan Yu wanted to persuade Liu Buyi, and even roped in Liu Buyi to report to his grandson.
Only in this way can Sapphire stir up the entire grassland, and then continue to gain credit and merit.
How could a mid-level tribe be placed in Lan Yu's eyes now?
In Lan Yu's heart, the words of His Highness Zeng Taisun kept echoing.
As long as his achievements are sufficient, the possibility of becoming the king of the grassland is not impossible.
This is a living king with a different surname, unlike Xu Da, Mu Ying, and Chang Yuchun who were granted titles after death.
This is Sapphire's biggest motivation now.
Liu Buyi's meditation at this moment is concerned with a key point, which is how much burden such an action will bring to Ming Dynasty, and whether it is worth it.
After a while, Lan Yu saw that Liu Buyi's mind was a little shaken, then drank a glass of wine and continued: "For us now, if we just sit back and wait for death, there are only two possibilities."
"First, we withstood the attack of Beiyuan, and the grassland military base truly established itself, and then we continued to absorb the surrounding cavalry to strengthen ourselves."
"Second, we were eventually defeated by Bei Yuan, and the entire grassland military base was destroyed. Even you and I have to bear a huge sin."
"But if we take the initiative, there is only one possibility."
"It's about whether we can plunder enough tribes and let them attack Beiyuan."
"So what if it fails, our grassland military base will naturally not be threatened."
After hearing this, Liu Buyi finally made up his mind.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Even if Liang Guogong has explained it so clearly, it will be boring if I don't understand it."
"I will report to His Highness Taisun later, explain the pros and cons, and ask for His Highness's approval."
Lan Yu suddenly showed a satisfied look.
...
In Kunning Palace.
Zhu Ying looked at the information in her hand and frowned slightly.
Blocking and embargoing the grassland has already cost a lot of money.
The embargo, which lasted less than half a year, has not had enough impact on the grasslands. It is a protracted battle in itself.
It is to use national strength to bring down the grassland.
It is envisaged that the start will take three years.
The content of Liu Buyi's memorial was to request the capital to provide strong support and form a military operation against the entire Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Here, logistics is the most critical point.
As far as the current Ming Dynasty is concerned, it can of course be able to sustain it, but it also means a risk.
That is whether it will drag Daming into the quagmire of the entire grassland.
As the saying goes, when a cannon goes off, a thousand taels of gold come out.
As far as the cost of nearly 40,000 cavalry in today's grassland military base is concerned, even if it does not provide high military pay, a large number of war horses and rations are already equivalent to the cost of nearly 200,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Sold.
There is an algorithm here, that is, the cost of one war horse is almost the same as that of nearly two infantrymen.
It's because of the difference in system.
Among other tribes on the grassland, they are aggressive. All expenses are based on the blood of other tribesmen and rely on a large number of slaves for supplies.
As a dynasty in the Central Plains, the Ming Dynasty naturally could not implement slavery. This was a step back in civilization.
Once such a system is implemented, even if it is only on the grassland, it will become a huge hidden danger for the cavalry who control the grassland.
The loyalty of soldiers will also be shaken.
This is why for so many years, the Central Plains dynasty has never learned to grow like the grassland after being threatened by the grassland for so many years.
Or let the soldiers of the Central Plains Dynasty learn the methods of the grassland tribes, continue to plunder, and build a tribe as powerful as Genghis Khan.
Because the army established in this way no longer belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty.
Therefore, we can only use logistics to make a supplement.
Ming Dynasty is indeed rich now, but the plate is big and the gap is also big.
As the Ming Dynasty gradually entered the period of rapid development, the prosperity of maritime trade had not yet fully unfolded.
Whether it is the Nanyang countries or the Japanese country, they all need a period of brewing.
If it were ten years, no, even five years later, Zhu Ying would agree to support it without hesitation.
But it happens to be now.
Zhu Ying also understood in his heart the threat that the grassland military base would be facing now. He had thought about it earlier, but he knew that even if he lost, the grassland military base would not be completely destroyed.
Because after all, there is a retreat at the border.
Defense does not mean building a city. It does not require much effort. Even if you are defeated, you can retreat first.
As for the current situation in Beiyuan, there is no way to organize other tribes into an alliance in the long term.
Other tribes are also trying to contain Bei Yuan.
Even if Bei Yuan had 100,000 cavalry under his command, he would not dare to use them to fight against the grassland military base.
Once the foundation is laid bare, how can Beiyuan control other tribes?
From this point of view, it seems that it is more correct to reject Liu Buyi's proposal.
But from another perspective, this is also the best time to replace Bei Yuan.
Zhu Ying knew very well that in a few years, Beiyuan would be destroyed and Guilichi would become the new khan.
Today's Beiyuan will become the territory of the Tatar tribe.
Compared to the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the emerging Tatar tribe is undoubtedly stronger and more dominant.
Now Guilichi is already developing continuously, but due to the distance, Zhu Ying has no way to curb its development.
And Liu Buyi's performance is a good opportunity.
At this moment, even knowing the direction of history no longer has much effect. As the grandson of Zhu Ying, every decision he makes will have an extremely far-reaching impact.
He didn't know which direction was the right choice.
At this time, Zhu Ying truly realized the difficulty of being the leader of a country.