Chapter 93 An Da’s Plan
The north wind blows and the white grass breaks, and the snow falls in August.
The bitter cold in Saibei is unimaginable to the Han people in the south. Before winter has even arrived, the wind and snow in Saibei have already arrived with the Siberian cold current, bringing winter misery to the herdsmen on the grasslands. "gentle".
Tumut, as one of the largest forces on the grassland today, its influence covers the entire eastern part of the grassland, consisting of the right-wing Mongolian Lejin (Manguan Ai), Duolun Tumut (Dorro Tumut) It is composed of 12 large tribes including the Barbarians and several small tribes, so they are collectively called the Twelve Tumut.
At first, they were led by lords who were not descendants of the Golden Family. They were constantly migrating due to wars. During the Mandulu period, Mongolian Lezin was the representative of this group. Its leaders, Tuoluogan and Huoshii and his son, assisted the Great Khan in ousting the powerful minister Jasilan, and Huosei took advantage of Princess Isik, the second daughter of Mandulu.
After the thirteenth year of Hongzhi (1500), Huo Si led his troops to enter the Hetao with Yongxiebu and Ordos. From then on, it truly became a danger to the Ming Dynasty on all sides, forcing the Ming Dynasty to re-examine the threat of this old neighbor from the north.
In the fifth year of Zhengde (1510), Anda's grandfather Dayan Khan unified Mongolia and granted the title of third son Balsbrot to the right wing of 30,000 households of farmers. The fourth son Alsuborot took over many Luntumote and other departments. When Ada, the second son of Balsborot, came of age, he took advantage of Jinong and occupied the Twelve Tumotes and became the leader of ten thousand households.
During the Jiajing period, Anda led his troops to participate in the Six Expeditions of Wuliangha Ten Thousand Households, and won the title of Khan for his outstanding military exploits. His power increased sharply, and he was forced to call Sun Khan and lead the Chahar tribe to move east to the Liaohe River, and then occupied Its old pasture land. During the same period, Anda Khan led 10,000 households into Fengzhoutan, accommodated the Ming Dynasty soldiers and civilians, established agriculture and handicrafts, and successively built towns such as Dabansheng and Kukuhetun (today's Hohhot), bringing Tumote to its peak.
This shows that Ida's ambition is not comparable to that of ordinary grassland Khans. He consciously accepted the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty, established agriculture, handicrafts and other industries, and successively built big boards Towns such as Sheng, Kukuhetun, etc. make Tumut separate from the generally non-fixed grassland tribes.
Since then, Fengzhou Beach has also been renamed Tumo River. Anda Khan also conquered Oara in the west and marched into Qinghai. He ordered his son Bingtu to stay in Qinghai. Therefore, Qinghai also had a branch of Tumote, which belonged to Qinghai Mongolia.
And a branch headed by Anda's grandson Gantu moved eastward to the edge of Jizhou and was called Dongtumute. It carved up part of the Uliangha tribe of Duoyanwei and joined the Karaqin Ten Thousand Households. The Tumut who stayed in Guihua City was called Xitumute (Tumut in Guihua City), and Tumut was divided into three parts. But these are all things for later.
Today, the head of Tumut is still Anda himself, and his descendants have not yet come to join the dance of history and stir up the storm.
"What are we going to do next, Great Khan?"
The adopted son of Anda Khan's minister, Tuotuo, looked at Anda with reverence and wanted to get me. for further instructions.
Ida sat on the white tiger couch, dressed in a luxurious Mongolian sweat, with a wolf-like look in his eyes.
An Da said calmly: "Act according to the original plan and continue to request the Ming court to open the market."
Tuotuo said: "Great Khan, why don't we go south directly? The Ming people have become more and more ignorant in recent years. . Every time we beg them humbly, but they just ignore it and kill our envoys."
"And now there is no general in the Ming Dynasty who can take charge of the task. If we work together, the Southern Kingdom will be in my hands. By then, the glory of the Golden Family will be restored by the Great Khan!"
Tuotuo is a proper militant, and he has had conflicts with Xuanda's defenders! After many battles and battles, it can be said that they have long been familiar with the fighting style of the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the unparalleled mobility of the prairie cavalry in coming and going like the wind.
So Tuotuo subconsciously thought that Daming was a neighbor who was easy to bully. As long as he wanted, he could lead thousands of cavalry to crush the Southern Kingdom!
But is it really that simple?
Although Xuanda's Ming army could hardly stop the invasion of the prairie cavalry, these prairie cavalry may not really dare to stay in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.
After all, the Ming Dynasty is still very stable today. As long as they are given time to organize their troops, the prairie cavalry trapped in the Ming Dynasty will become lone wolves falling into the quagmire, and they will die miserably if they are not careful. Therefore, every time An Da invades south, his strategy is one word - quick!
As long as they are fast enough and do not give the Ming army a chance to gather, they will grab and run away in places such as Shanxi and Hebei. The Ming army has nothing to do with them.
Moreover, he can also use this move of going south from time to time to continue to threaten the Ming Dynasty to open up mutual markets.
As long as the mutual market can be opened, the Tumut Department can reach a higher level. The grassland has become increasingly cold in recent years, which has also put a trace of fear in Nanda's heart.
He was always afraid that one day the Eternal Sky would rain down endless ice and turn everything on the grassland into nothing.
So in order to resist this fear from the unknown, Anda could only bite the bullet and use force to open mutual markets again and again.
It is a pity that with the repeated invasions southward in recent years, the hatred between the grassland and the Ming Dynasty has become more and more serious. After hearing the envoy sent by An Da, he also raised the reward for An Da to ten thousand gold.
Such an attitude clearly shows that he is determined to fight until death.
So it was difficult for Anda to do it.
Is it really necessary to besiege the city of Beijing?
Ada couldn't help but feel uneasy. After all, he didn't know what was true about Beijing.
But he has already given up on these cruel words, and in the recent southward invasion, they were still the ones taking advantage.
If I hesitate at this time, it may have a certain impact on the morale of the grassland army.
Therefore, the move south to besiege Beijing cannot be delayed any longer.
Ida raised his eyes and looked at Tuotuo, "Mingting seems weak, but it is not. The reason why we can take advantage of Mingting again and again is just because of Xuanda's There are no mountains and rivers to separate us, and our horses can move as fast as the wind."
"Once we enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, we encounter terrain that is not conducive to cavalry attacks or are attacked by the Ming Dynasty. If we are blocked by the city, our advantage will no longer exist when faced with Ming's firearm suppression."
"So the most important thing now is to focus on harassment and attract Ming's main force to the Xuanda front line. Then the troops unexpectedly came to Beijing and forced the Ming Dynasty to open up mutual trade. This is in the interests of our Tumote."
Nanda's head is still relatively clear. He knows very well what is the best choice for Tumut. He must not be like the previous grassland overlord Wala who was arrogant and arrogant while provoking Ming Ting.
In the end, he was not only squeezed out within the grassland, but also became the target of the Ming court for nearly a hundred years. This kind of result is not what Anda wants to see. What he wants is a long-lasting Tumut.
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Chapter 2 will be coded out before twelve o’clock.
(End of this chapter)