Just when the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses decided to suspend the attack and stationed themselves in Dongsheng City to wait for the weather to get warmer and the soldiers to rest.
Seven hundred miles away, on the endless Qiantao Tumochuan Plain south of the Yinshan Mountains on the other side of the Yellow River, a huge Tatar cavalry team was quickly arriving from the eastern desert.
The cavalry soldiers and horses that stretched for five or six miles were neat and orderly. Even in such a cold weather, the Tatar cavalry did not show signs of decadence and shrinkage. They galloped slowly on the grassland covered with residual snow, marching in an orderly queue.
Run south to the north bank of the Yellow River.
In the middle of the team, a tall golden umbrella is eye-catching. Holding the umbrella are thousands of cavalry in uniform armor and neat and burly figures. Judging from their equipment and horses, we can tell that they are different. This is the country of Tatar.
Dayan Khan Batu Meng's ceremonial bodyguards were all carefully selected Tatar warriors.
Batu Munch was wearing a black mink cloak and riding on a tall horse, with a warm white fox fur hat on his head. On both sides of the hat were a bunch of fox tail ear protection. This made his fat face look a little thin.
In fact, Batu Munch has indeed lost a lot of weight. But this thinness is not morbid, but he is getting stronger and stronger. The whole person's state appears calm and steady.
In the past few years, Batu Munch has accomplished several major events. This is an extremely important event for him and for the entire Tatar country.
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In that year, Xuanfu sent out a large number of troops to capture Zhu Houzhao, the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty who had just ascended the throne, and fought a big battle with the Ming army in Dushi City and the northwest of Xuanfu. The result ended in a disastrous defeat. In the past seven or eight years,
, Batu Munch never conducted large-scale military operations against the Ming Dynasty.
The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Xuanfu made Batu Munch realize two problems.
First, the Tatar tribe's military and horse combat capabilities, especially the lack of siege methods and siege equipment, are obstacles that hinder their march south. The number of troops and horses needs to be expanded, the siege methods need to be improved, and the equipment and equipment of the troops and horses need to be improved.
Equipment, changing the limitations brought about by a single type of arms.
The era of relying solely on cavalry to conquer the world has passed. In the battle of Dushi City, I was deeply impressed by the Ming army's long-distance sniping firearms. Our own weak siege methods relied on the more old-fashioned stone throwing.
The means of attacking cities with vehicles is also outdated.
If you really want to go south to the Central Plains and restore the foundation of the Yuan Dynasty, you must make great efforts in terms of the number of soldiers and horses, types of troops, equipment, equipment, etc. Otherwise, you can only make a small fuss, and there will be a high probability of encounters.
defeat.
Another problem that Batu Monk realized during the Battle of Xuanfu was that the various tribes within the Tatars obeyed him on the surface, but they seemed to be inseparable and were not loyal to themselves.
There were many reasons for the failure of the Xuanfu War, and one of the biggest reasons was the betrayal of the three Duoyan tribes. The betrayal of the Duoyan tribe soldiers and horses led by Asbas at a critical moment made the entire military operation ultimately fail.
In addition to Asbas, many other tribal leaders such as the Tatar tribe and the original Oara tribe in Monan and Mobei are alienated from him. Once given the opportunity, they will turn against him.
In Batu Munch's view, this is the most urgent problem that needs to be solved. If he wants to make a difference, but there is no unity and loyalty internally, it will definitely not work. Originally, Batu Munch hoped to use gentle means to
Win the hearts of these tribes to solve this problem. But after the Battle of Xuanfu, Batu Munch didn't see it that way.
If he wants to make all the tribes in Monan and Mobei submit to him and be loyal to him, he can only use one method, and that is complete conquest.
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As a result, Batu Meng successively launched military operations against the Duoyan tribe. After completely conquering the three tribes of Duoyan and killing Asbas, his son and all members of the tribe's elders and family members, the Duoyan tribe
Hundreds of thousands of tribal people could only completely surrender to Batu Monk.
After that, Batu Monk successively launched a major purge and conquest against the Briyati tribe, the Qilghis tribe, the Tilianguti and other Mobei tribes. In three years, Batu Monk held high the
The butcher's knife was stained with the blood of tens of thousands of tribal soldiers and civilians. Rivers of blood flowed from south to north of the desert, with countless casualties.
In order to completely solve the tribal problem, Batu Monk used various heinous methods such as massacre, forced migration, sending confidants, and taking away tribal women and children. In the end, Batu Monk achieved his goal.
In three years, dozens of small tribes were completely exterminated. Some powerful tribes had large populations. Although they expressed surrender, Batu Meng did not believe them. Under his order, hundreds of thousands of tribes in Mobei
The people were forced to migrate to the land of Monan to settle down. The big tribes were dismantled and divided, and the migrating tribes were concentrated under their absolute control.
This cruel and barbaric policy took effect quickly, and Batu Monk's control over the Tatar country reached an unprecedented height.
In the next few years, Batu Munch began to address the number of soldiers and horses, equipment, and various reforms to enhance combat effectiveness.
Of course, these things cannot be accomplished overnight and require time. For example, the problem of insufficient military strength cannot be solved in a short time. For long-term planning, Batu Munch promulgated a policy to encourage childbirth. It is stipulated that women must be twelve
It is necessary to marry and have children, and brothers can share wives to speed up the reproduction of the population. Compensation and rewards will be given for childbirth, etc.
The grassland tribes only value human beings but not bloodline, and do not care about ethics. These measures have indeed had an effect. In the past four to five years, the population of Tatar has been growing rapidly.
In addition, Batu Munch ordered a large-scale robbery and kidnapping of craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to solve the problem of poor smelting and forging skills. He spent a lot of money to bribe the generals of the border towns of the Ming Dynasty and bought from them many equipment and manufacturing atlases for siege equipment.
Smuggling large quantities of iron weapons and other urgently needed military supplies.
At the same time, Batu Meng reorganized and divided the soldiers and horses. He reorganized and reorganized the original soldiers and horses of the major tribes, vigorously recruited soldiers, and relaxed the age limit of soldiers. He increased the number of soldiers with elites and young men.
Three elite troops of 10,000 people. In this way, in addition to the 30,000 troops and horses of Chahar's main headquarters, there are another 30,000 elite troops to form the central army.
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Monan, Moxi, Hetao, Modong and other places also recruited more soldiers and horses to increase the number of soldiers and horses.
Anyway, most of the increased troops do not need to provide equipment, weapons and horses. They are dismounted to serve the people and mounted to serve as soldiers. They only need to provide some basic weapons, money and food.
In short, Batu Meng learned his shame and became brave, in order to strengthen his strength and prepare for his future ambitions. By the end of the eighth year of Zhengde, the total cavalry force of the Tatar Kingdom reached 160,000 cavalry. The elite cavalry exceeded 100,000.
This does not include the tribe’s own armed forces. The total population of Tatar has also increased by more than 400,000 people in five years.
Batu Monk set a period of fifteen years for himself. In another ten years, after all the young generation has grown up, the Tatar army will not worry about insufficient strength. By then, tens of thousands of young and strong men will grow up every year.
At that time, the transformation of military and horse equipment and the construction of siege equipment will also be on a large scale. If we send our troops southward at that time, we will surely destroy everything and fulfill our long-cherished wish.
Therefore, in the past few years, Batu Munch has not actually taken large-scale military operations against the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he has kept a low profile and actively developed himself. He even learned that massive civilian rebellions had occurred within the Ming Dynasty, and
After the news of the rebellion of the southern vassal king, Batu Munch did not choose to take action.
Because Batu Munch understands that even if there is constant internal chaos in the Ming Dynasty, it is not his best opportunity. And every time such civil strife will greatly weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty. One will wax and wane, and when he feels that he can take action
, it will become easier.
When Batu Meng learned that 200,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty entered the Hetao to fight with the intention of regaining the Hetao area, Batu Meng did not believe it at first. If he did not attack the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty should burn high incense. The result
They actually turned against visitors and attacked the Loop? And it was in the middle of winter?
Batu Munch's first reaction was, are the people of the Ming Dynasty crazy?
When the news was confirmed, Batu Munch was both funny and angry. The Ming Dynasty people were asking for trouble. Attacking the Great Wall Pass and border fortresses were the battles that their soldiers and horses were not good at. And the Ming Army
They actually braved the severe cold to take the initiative to attack, abandon their forts and cities, and fight with themselves in the wilderness and grasslands? Isn't this crazy?
Moreover, what they want is to regain the land of the Loop, which is a fertile and prosperous land and is the foundation of the Tatar country. They want to regain it? How can they succeed?