The news of the Ming army's disastrous defeat spread back to the capital, shocking the Ming Dynasty and the public. It also put the emperor and the Duke of Zhen, who had just won the victory in the struggle with the nobles, into a situation where they were unprepared!
Since Emperor Hongwu, it has always been the Han who have suppressed the Mongols, beating them to the point where their mothers could not even recognize them! How many years has it been since the Ming Dynasty’s invincible army suffered such a loss?! You can easily imagine the anger among the people in both the government and the public.
, those civil servants and generals who were fighting to the death suddenly became the same, beating their chests and feet one by one in the court hall, shouting at the top of their lungs, they must teach those ignorant Mongolians a lesson immediately! Let them pay for their blood debts a hundred times!
However, as the decision-makers of the court, Hongxi Emperor Zhu Gaochi and Zhenguo Duke Wang Xian found it difficult to open their mouths to fight at this juncture... The Ming Dynasty is now in a crisis period of extreme weakness and extremely empty national power. What is urgently needed is
Rest with the people and recharge your batteries instead of starting a war with the Tatars...
As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first. The military supplies obtained in the war are money and food. Especially when going deep into the grasslands to fight the Mongols, the military supplies money and food needed are countless. The defeat in the Battle of Truhe was so miserable that nearly 20,000 people were killed.
The elite of the army were killed in battle, and a large amount of food and supplies were taken away by the Tatars. The Tatars were at their peak both in terms of military strength and morale. Even after Zhu Gaochi and Wang Xian deliberated for three days, they still did not overturn the previous conclusion——
At the moment, we really don’t have the ability to send troops. We can only strengthen the nine-border defense first, and at the same time, order the surrounding Mongolian ministries to form an alliance for mutual protection to prevent the Tatars from continuing to cause trouble...
As expected, as soon as this decision was announced, Emperor Hongxi and Duke Zhen were inundated with saliva from the government and the public. The civil servants and military generals in the court were better off, and were frightened by Wang Xian's power.
Don't dare to criticize the emperor and Wang Xian directly.
The common people in the city did not have so many concerns. In the teahouses, restaurants, and streets, there were shouts of indignation and curses everywhere. They called Emperor Hongxi a weak master who had lost power and humiliated the country like the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. They were able to make Emperor Taizu and Taizong angry.
The unworthy descendants who came here.
Even the beloved Emperor Hongxi could be scolded so miserably, so one can only imagine the extent of the scolding Wang Xian would receive. His original good image in the hearts of the people suddenly collapsed.
Coupled with the fact that some people secretly added fuel to the flames, in the eyes of the people, he became a traitor and villain like Qin Hui and Jia Sidao, who was sinister and vicious internally and cowardly and traitorous externally.
Although Wang Xian and the emperor were aggrieved and helpless, they could not open their mouths to defend themselves. They knew that in this situation, anything they said was in vain. Only by proving themselves with actions could they wash away their grievances and rebuild their reputation.
Victory and strength.
Therefore, for the past three years, this pair of monarchs and ministers have been enduring humiliation, working hard, developing production, and reorganizing the army to practice martial arts, in order to restore national strength as soon as possible and fight against the increasingly arrogant and domineering Tatars as soon as possible!
Yes, after three years of waiting for the Ming army's revenge, the Tatars' fear of the Ming Dynasty has completely dissipated. They have become more and more unscrupulous in plundering the borders of the Ming Dynasty, forcing the tribes that have already joined them to surrender to them. Those tribes
If they disobey the Tatars, they will be massacred by the whole tribe. Those tribes have no way to seek help from the imperial court, so they can only succumb to the Tatars' lust and become their vassal tribes.
Naturally, many Mongolians are actually happy to see the Tatars become strong again. Although the Tatars are not descendants of the Golden Family at all, it is always better than nothing to restore some of the Mongolians' past glory.
As a result, the Tatar tribe expanded rapidly. In just two years, it returned to its heyday more than ten years ago. Naturally, the ambitions of the Arutai father and son also expanded rapidly. In the winter of the second year of Hongxi, they supported the Golden Family.
His descendant, Prince Atai, became the Great Khan of Mongolia and was known as Atai Khan.
Then Adai, who was named Khan but was actually a puppet, made Arutai Prime Minister and Grand Master, and ordered him to command all the Mongolian ministries and restore the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty as soon as possible!
With the banner of Adai Khan, Arutai could free his hands and conquer various Mongolian tribes. After unifying the north and south of the desert, he set his sights on the Hetao area.
The Hetao is the "Ji" bend of the Yellow River and its surrounding basin. It is a large plain formed by the impact of the Yellow River. It is composed of the "Xitao" Yinchuan Plain and the "Dongtao" Hetao Plain. The "Dongtao" Hetao Plain is
It is usually divided into the "Qiantao" Tumochuan Plain and the "Houtao" Bayannaoer Plain. It covers an extremely vast area, and more importantly, it has abundant water and grass and fertile land. It can be called the fortress of Jiangnan.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the Yellow River has many evils, but only one rich one". The Yellow River and its many tributaries surround the vast Hetao Plain. In the dry and rainless northwest region with barren land, it has created this land of fish and rice that is suitable for farming and grazing.
In the thirteenth year of Yongle, Zhu Di gave the Hetao to the Borzijit tribe who had returned thousands of miles south and settled in the Hetao. It has been ten years since then. During these ten years, Heshun Princess Baoyin Qiqige relied on the Ming Dynasty court
With support, especially Wang Xian's full help, the Borzigit tribe naturally developed rapidly, and now has grown from 20 to 30 thousand people at the beginning to more than 200,000 people. In addition, it continues to attract various Mongolian tribes to come and return.
There are already more than 400,000 Mongolians under the banner of Princess Baoyin of Heshun.
More importantly, with the help of Wang Xian, Baoyin built two cities, 'Dawang City' and 'Baoyin City' in Tumochuan and Kundulun respectively, and announced that he would do business in these two cities.
All taxes were exempted. Millions of acres of land suitable for farming were distributed to Han people who were willing to come to settle in Hetao, and cattle and seeds were provided free of charge.
This was undoubtedly very attractive in the last years of Yongle when people's livelihood was difficult. Many people who could not survive in the mainland moved to Hetao with their families to settle. After confirming that Baoyin was not lying, some people even returned to the mainland.
They brought all the folks from the whole village and clan together.
In just five or six years, the number of Han people in the Hetao area has reached four to five million, and the permanent population of Dawang City and Baoyin City has exceeded 100,000, which is comparable to that of ordinary Han counties.
Moreover, during the peak trade season in autumn every year, the number of merchants coming from outside the country, as well as all kinds of people looking for a living, reached two to three hundred thousand people. At that time, the Dawangcheng where Baoyin was stationed was really
It is a place where businessmen and travelers gather, all industries are prosperous, the accents from the south to the north are mixed, and people are crowded together. It is no less impressive than the commercial cities in the mainland.
The prosperous trade has brought abundant supplies, and many Han people who moved to Hetao from the mainland are carpenters, blacksmiths, doctors, veterinarians, etc. When they open shops in Dawang City and Baoyin City, they will naturally not only serve Han people.
The Mongolians inside can also seek medical advice from them and buy daily necessities from them.
Therefore, it is very different from the impoverished life of the Mongolians outside the Mongolia. The Mongolians inside the Mongolia have enough to eat, warm clothes, iron pots to cook, tea bricks to relieve tiredness, and people to look after them when they are sick. Moreover, the family has a cow.
The sheep live in flocks and live a very nourishing life.
This is just the life of ordinary Mongolians. The noble leaders, large and small, usually wear silk and use porcelain. The gouache on women's faces and the jewelry on their heads are all made in Jiangnan and shipped to the outside world by merchants from the mainland.
This kind of life, even in the mainland, can be called affluent.
All in all, Hetao is like a strange flower. Here, Mongolians and Han people live in harmony. The people of both groups live a very stable and comfortable life, and their wealth even exceeds that of the border areas of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention those who drink wind, eat soil, and endure hunger.
The various Mongolian tribes were starving.
Baoyinqiqige naturally believes that a man is not guilty and possesses a jade. She knows very well that those hungry Mongolian tribes have long been coveting the richness of the Hetao. In order to defend the Hetao and her homeland, she will
The people in Tao are divided into two parts, Mongolian and Han. They are stationed in the east and west of Tao. They are also divided into four routes, east, west, south and north, with a total of ten banners and more than 40,000 soldiers and horses. The leaders of each banner and the generals of each route are ordered to drill regularly throughout the year.
Abandoned armaments.
It looked like the troops inside the Tao were strong and well prepared. As expected, those Mongolian tribes who wanted to distract them were suppressed. No one dared to invade the Hetao for many years. This allowed the Mongolians in the Tao to live their good life with more confidence.
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Until last year, Arutai supported Adai Khan and established the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, intending to unify all Mongolian tribes. Naturally, he focused on the fat piece of Hetao. Arutai first sent a letter to Baoyin, asking her to send Adai Khan
The Khan professed his vassal status and went to Hulan Huqiwen to pay homage to the Khan.
Baoyin naturally ignored this, and instead sent the envoys to Beijing. This gave Arutai an excuse to use troops against Hetao... Although the Mongols never needed an excuse to fight... In February of the third year of Hongxi, Arutai rose
The 40,000 cavalrymen under his command and vassals, known as 150,000 soldiers and horses, were commanded by him and his two sons respectively, and divided into three groups to attack Hetao in a mighty manner.
When Baoyin received the news of the Tatar invasion, he immediately summoned troops from four divisions and ten banners, and personally led 30,000 cavalry to meet the enemy at Tumochuan. The two sides fought a fierce battle with each other winning or losing. When it was difficult to distinguish, Baoyin returned to Baoyin.
The Oara people, who had been silent for many years, suddenly rebelled, catching the Borzigit tribe by surprise and causing them to suffer a devastating defeat.
It turns out that the cunning Arutai had secretly contacted the Wala people long ago and promised that as long as they were willing to surrender to the Great Khan and cooperate with them to kill Baoyin, he would give them the Hetao for grazing. Although Baoyin has always been kind to the Wala people, his people have always been weak.
The snake swallows the elephant, and the Wala people simply cannot resist the temptation...
Moreover, the Oara people have always regarded the Borzigits as their slaves, but in recent years they have gone too far in relying on their former slaves, which makes them particularly unhappy. No matter how good the Borzigits are to them,
They are all still unhappy...
In the end, the Wala people turned against them and Baoyin's army suffered a huge defeat...
Seeing that the situation was not good, Baoyin had no choice but to pack up the remaining soldiers and retreat to Dawang City. He also ordered all tribes and tribes to return to Dawang and Baoyin City, hold on to the city, and ask for help from the Beijing court.
When the news reached Beijing, it naturally caused an uproar. This is why Yang Shiqi came late...