The petals are covered with a layer of white snow.
As soon as the emperor returned to Luoyang, ministers came to congratulate him one after another.
"Tu Guobao has stationed in Baoding, Xu Dingguo has also stationed in Datong, Li Jiyu has arrived at Tianchengwei and stationed in Yongjia Fort and Xinping Fort, Zuo Guangxian has stationed in Guangchang, and Ma Guozhu has stationed in Taiyuan."
In the hall, a charcoal stove is burning and the room is warm.
On a huge sand table, Shen Youlong, the Minister of War, excitedly reported to the emperor the great situation in the north.
Tatar avalanche.
There was no fierce fighting.
When Hai Shixing was in Dingzhou, he killed the prisoners anyway. In Zhengding, the gentry revolted and opened the city to welcome them. Taiyuan surrendered after being besieged.
Then it got out of hand.
Although Zu Dashou, the governor of Xuanda Shanxi, has been detained in the imperial court by the Tatars, his younger brother Zu Dale, son Zu Zerun and others were sent to Shanxi to lead troops and assist Zuo Jierharang's two young sons. As a result,
Seeing that the situation was not good, they directly launched mutinies at Zijingguan and Datong.
They captured the Jidu brothers, put the Tatar generals in a pot, cut down the eight Manchurian flags, and then sewed the sun and moon flags overnight and erected them, announcing that the war was correct.
Ma Guozhu also immediately sent Xu Dingguo, Li Jiyu, and Zuo Guangxian, the generals of the three towns, to the north to receive them. Things went smoothly. After the uncles and nephews of the ancestors had waited, they happily welcomed the arrival of the Ming army.
Over in Zhili, Governor Lang Tingzhu of Baoding City saw that the situation was not good, and originally wanted to surrender together with Governor Ma Guanghui, but Ma Guanghui was very stubborn and refused to surrender.
Although Lang Tingzhu was young and his family was from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, he belonged to the second generation. He was young and had a more flexible mind. He was unwilling to follow the Tatars to sink the ship, so he secretly approached the river governor Yang Fangxing, the water transport governor Wang Wenkui and others to test it out. Finally,
Reach an agreement and let the light fall.
So they joined forces to mutiny, killed Ma Guanghui, who refused to surrender, and then opened the city to surrender with the horse's head.
When Baoding also fell.
Yue Le hurriedly retreated to Xuanfu in Beijing and Tianjin.
The current situation can be said to have made Ming Dynasty overjoyed.
Shanxi has announced that the whole territory has been restored, and Zhili has only three prefectures: Shuntian, Xuanhua, and Yongping. The Tatars are now hunting the Rehe River in Chengde in the north and retreating to the north of Yanshan Mountain.
The Shuntian Prefectures south of Yanshan cannot afford to lose any more, and they are also Chengde's last line of defense today.
But Yue Le didn't have many soldiers left.
Guanzhong Nikan, Basha and others still have a group of troops. The problem is that Wu Sangui is still holding on and dare not let them cross the border.
Once Zhu Yihai borrowed a road, he had to take advantage of the situation to enter the pass. Wu Sangui was also pushed against the wall, unable to advance or retreat, and was unable to get off the tiger.
For the Tatars, the most critical problem now is not only the great defeat in the Central Plains, but also that when they lost power, the Mongols also began to become disloyal.
Jirharang repeatedly sent orders to the princes of various tribes in Monan Mongolia, asking them to send troops to serve the king, but few paid attention to it. The princes who accepted the order were always perfunctory, which led to the corruption and collapse of Shanxi Zhili.
"Let the towns in the north stop attacking. It's getting cold. Let's rest in place for the winter. Guard the city and beware of the Tatars taking advantage of the cold winter to attack."
At this time, there was heavy snowfall all over the north, and the remaining cities were difficult to fight.
Especially since the Bohai Sea is frozen, the Ming Navy's navy can no longer coordinate operations, and it will also cause difficulties in material transportation. Whether it is Tianjin, Xuanhua or Beijing, they are not suitable for fighting now.
For Zhu Yihai, the mobilization of troops and horses this year was the largest, but there was no actual tough battle, but the harvest was extremely rich.
Defeated Yingzhou, captured Nanyang, and leveled Hubei.
He also resurrected Shanxi and conquered most of Zhili.
Even Guanzhong was nominally dedicated by Wu Sangui.
Zhu Yihai is a person who pays more attention to control. He doesn't care too much about nominal control.
"Get through this winter first, everyone will have to work harder, and it will be fine when spring next year comes."
Those who deserve to be rewarded will still be rewarded, and they must be rewarded in a timely manner.
Naturally, Ma Guozhu and Tu National Treasure must be conferred the title. No matter what, we did win two provinces and each was conferred the title of Duke.
Xu Dingguo and other eight town generals were granted the title of county prince.
The soldiers and generals of the eight towns were all rewarded for their merits, and they deserved to be rewarded with silver and promoted to military ranks.
Zhu Yihai also gave special instructions to allocate some official land directly to soldiers in the eight towns in Zhili and Shanxi provinces, 30 acres for non-commissioned officers, 25 acres for first-class soldiers, 20 acres for second-class soldiers, 15 acres for third-class soldiers, and auxiliary soldiers.
Ten acres.
These eight town soldiers will definitely be formally reorganized in the future. For now, we will divide the fields and grant land to appease the morale of the soldiers.
For Zu Zerun, Shi Tingzhu, Lang Tingzhu, Zhang Ji and other generals and officials of the Qing army who had returned to the Qing Dynasty anyway, they were retained with their original titles and positions, and their subordinate soldiers were also retained for the first time. They were simply reorganized into two towns and allocated fields to them.
Grant land.
Of course, if they are willing to go home, they will be given severance pay to let them go back to work.
Zhang Quan's second town had also returned to Daming from Nanyang before. At this time, it is still stationed in Daming. It will not be mobilized this winter. We will wait until next year.
Shanxi has not yet set up an imperial camp, and Zhu Yihai plans to move Zhang Mingbin, who is stationed in Beijing to guard the 16th Town, to Shanxi next year.
At that time, the Second Town and the Sixteenth Town will partially reorganize the people and troops of the ten towns in Beizhi and Shanxi. The people and troops of the ten towns now have too many people, and they will definitely have to eliminate a lot of them. Some of them will be changed to
It is also possible that the towns and regiment training will be transferred outside the customs at that time.
You can plan for these things slowly, and take a good rest this winter.
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon."
Zhu Yihai looked at the sand table, which was almost all red, and felt very happy, "When the snow stops, I will return to Tokyo."
"Envoys from various places are coming to Beijing. I am very sincere in inviting the Monan Mongolian tribes this time. Although they were once attached to the Tartars, that is all in the past. As long as they can abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.
, I am still willing to accept it,"
When the Ming army regained northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, and even seized a large amount of land in eastern Liaoning, many tribes in Monan Mongolia have now been directly exposed to the Ming army.
Zhu Yihai hoped that they would come to Tokyo to meet in person, or send envoys to talk about tribute and marriage.
Even the Yarkand Khanate and Zhu Yihai were willing to talk to them again. They did not come to Tokyo last year, and at the beginning of the year, Yarkand robbed the Ming caravan in Kansai.
Zhu Yihai asked the Anu sisters to contact Heshuote Gushi Khan in Qinghai and his nephew Eqirtu Chechenzhi in the Tianshan Mountains, and also asked the daughter of Junggar Khan Batur to inform him.
When Zhu Yihai was commanding in the Central Plains, the leaders of the Oirat alliance, Eqirtu and Batur, summoned all the tribes in Moxi and also joined forces with Gushi Khan of Qinghai and Tibet to launch a crusade against the Yarkand Khanate.
The Yarkand Khanate was originally founded by the descendants of Genghis Khan's second son, Boljijin, Chagatai. The Chagatai Khanate was passed down through generations. However, by this time, it had already been completely transformed into Yarkand, and the domestic religious groups were divided into two factions: Black Mountain and White Mountain.
The fight doesn't stop.
The Yarkand Khanate was a country established by Said, the third brother of Mansur Khan of the former Eastern Chagatai Khanate, on the old land of the former Chagatai Khanate more than a hundred years ago. It was quite powerful.
In the early years, Junggar was defeated by them, and Yinli Valley, Congling, and Fergana were all in their hands for a long time.
However, the civil strife in Yarkantia was serious. Not only were the Black Mountain and White Mountain sects fighting fiercely, but the royal family also had a tradition of internal strife, with almost every generation fighting each other.
Junggar and Yarkand had also had a feud for many years. After receiving Zhu Yihai's letter, they immediately summoned all the Oirat ministries and decided to open up a channel with the Ming Dynasty, so they allied with 30,000 troops to march eastward.
Their offensive was very powerful, and they captured Turpan and Hami one after another. The Ming army in Hexi, Gansu, also led by Milayin and Ding Guodong, was ordered to leave the pass. More than 10,000 troops left Jiayu Pass and took advantage of Yerqiang to be raided by Oirat.
, when the troops from Guanxi came to help the west, they captured the empty Yumen, Guazhou, and Dunhuang in one fell swoop.
When the Ming army arrived at the Xingxing Gorge Pass, the gate of Dongjiang, the Sun and Moon Flag was re-inserted at the western end of Hexi, flying high.
This is the western end of the Hexi Corridor and the eastern gate of the Western Regions.
It is also a must-pass on the northern Silk Road, and one must pass through this pass from Dunhuang to Hami.
From Jiayu Pass to Xingxing Gorge, it’s a journey of eight hundred miles.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the seven Mongolian guards of the Guan Dynasty were recovered this time. The Chijin Mongolian Guard, the Handong Guard and the Handong Left Guard were recovered. The remaining four guards and the Hami Guard were occupied by the Junggars this time, including Anding, Quxian and Aduan.
Wei is still in Yeerqiang's hands.
Daming and Oirat have directly connected.
After Junggar captured Turpan and Hami, they continued to attack Chashelili (Tiemenguan). However, the offensive here did not go smoothly. Abdullah summoned the governors and led reinforcements to fight Oirat here. Junggar also fought here.
What happened was a bloody blow, and the two sides fought a long siege.
Zhu Yihai was very satisfied after taking over the 800 miles from Jiayu Pass to Xingxing Gorge.
So he now stepped forward to act as a mediator and invited Ye Erqiang and Oirat to come to Tokyo in the hope of mediating the Chashali War. In fact, he wanted Ye Erqiang to admit the fact that the Ming Army had recovered the Three Guards, and wanted Ye Erqiang to admit the fact that the Ming Army had recovered the Three Guards.
Both Qiang and Oirat recognized this new actual occupation line.
At this stage, in Milayin, Hexi, Ding Guodong's troops and horses have been reorganized several times, but they are not yet completely under the control of the court. Zheng Jiwu's 14th Town has moved to Gansu and has not yet completed the change of defense and takeover, so he
I am willing to mediate at this time, but I just want to digest it first.
Bringing the Yarkands to Tokyo and asking them to surrender to the Ming Dynasty can not only ensure the security of the Western Regions, open up trade routes, facilitate business and make money, but also maintain the security situation of the Western Regions. After all, the four major tribes of Oirat and Torgut moved to the Volga River.
The main force of the Heshuo Special Forces went to Qinghai-Tibet again, and Junggar is now the only one in the Tianshan Mountains.
Therefore, the Yerqiang's support is to prevent the Junggar from expanding too quickly. If the Junggar annexes the Yarkand too quickly and unifies the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, it will definitely expand to Hexi, which will definitely threaten the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, out of geopolitical considerations, Zhu Yihai's basic strategy for the Western Region is to give priority to supporting and winning over the current leader of the Oirat Alliance, Oqirtu. He is the leader of the alliance, but the weakest. If he is well won over, he will not threaten him, and he can also suppress Junggar.
As for the Yarkands, they should try their best to win over the Yarkands and trade first. Before the internal stability of the Ming Dynasty, the Yarkands should be given more support to contain the Oirat Mongols. It is best to keep the current situation in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The north of the Tianshan Mountains is divided between Junggar and
Among the four Heshuote tribes, the south of the Tianshan Mountains is the Yarkand, while Qingkang, Kangxi and Tibet are the Heshuote Khanate.
Of course, it is best for Turpan and Hami to be in the hands of Mongolia. He hopes that the parties will hold talks in Tokyo this time. By then, this important place will still be controlled by Yarkant. Turpan will be given to Eqirtu, and Hami will be given to Eqiltu.
Junggar, or Hami to Oziltu, Turpan to Junggar.
Dunhuang, Guazhou, and Yumen naturally belong to the Ming Dynasty. It is best to take the opportunity to bring the Anding Guard over. In this way, the Qaidam Basin is a natural boundary, and the surrounding desert is a natural barrier. The four guards west of Jiayu Pass are relatively
Safety.
For the sake of the long term and due to geopolitics, at this time Zhu Yihai can even not care about the Red Sect and Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, nor the Black Mountain Sect and White Mountain Sect of Yin Silan Sect, no matter what they are like Heshuote, Junggar, Yarkand, etc.
, for the safety of the West Gate, we can only try our best to combine vertical and horizontal lines and maintain a balance as much as possible.
Another example is the Six Banners of Ordos in Mongolia, Hetao, and Zhu Yihai is also willing to vigorously win over them.
Invite neighbors and guests from all over the world to gather in Tokyo to celebrate New Year's Day together, and even get married and engage in friendly business.
We can’t celebrate the New Year in Beijing this year, but we will definitely be able to celebrate the New Year in Beijing next year.
Zhu Yihai also believes that under the current situation, whether it is Junggar, Heshuote, Yarkand, or even Torgut on the Volga River, or Ordos in Hetao, they should all understand that the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens
, who is the winner.
At this time, they will know clearly how to place a bet.
