Chapter 115 Times have changed
Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.
The sky is like a dome,
covering the four fields.
The sky is clear and the fields are vast.
Cows and sheep can be seen in the windblown grass.
The vast grassland is full of grass, and the patches of cattle and sheep are like clouds reflected on the grass. If you can stand on a high enough hillside or hill at this moment, On the way, I discovered that the portrayal in "Celege" is really so beautiful.
The hot summer wind finally blew past the Great Wall and onto the grassland where the Ada tribe was located.
At this moment, political affairs are also being discussed in Ida's big tent.
Ida sat calmly on his barracks. His adopted son Tuotuo and several other generals were having a heated argument, but in the corner beside him stood a man in clothes. He seemed to be a counselor of the Han people. He looked at the quarreling Ada generals with a flash of anxiety in his eyes.
Ada watched Tuotuo's quarrel quietly, and at the same time glanced at the Han man standing in the corner.
"Okay, okay, I always get a headache from the quarrel."
After a while, Anda saw that Tuotuo and the others had not come up with a result from their quarrel, and they even looked at them. As the trend of taking action developed, An Da had to speak out and stop the quarrel between the two groups.
After Tuotuo and others heard An Da’s displeased voice, they couldn’t help but hold back their anger and reluctantly stopped the quarrel, but there was still anger in each other’s eyes. Obviously this was a very productive discussion. The two sides not only "fully exchanged views" (the two sides could not reach an agreement), but also "enhanced the understanding between the two sides" (the two sides had great differences).
Ada looked at the two parties who were finally quiet and began to say: "Ben Khan knows your thoughts very well. But don't forget, what is the purpose of this discussion?"
After Tuotuo heard what An Da said, he immediately said anxiously: "Great Khan, Ming people are stubborn and will not listen to our mutual trading suggestions at all. If you want to make Ming people obedient, you have to beat them hard and break their bones." Just smash them all into pieces."
As soon as Tuotuo finished his words, the generals standing beside him also started shouting, "Khan, Tuotuo is right, you can't be merciful towards Mingren. We should beat them hard. If we trade with them, they won't pay attention to us. It's better to just ride south and rob them."
Sengge heard about Tuotuo's group! He immediately said anxiously: "Father Khan, we cannot rely solely on brute force to deal with Ming people. Winter has become longer and longer in recent years, and the wind in the north has become stronger and stronger. If our Tumut tribe wants to last long, We must ease the relationship with the Ming Dynasty, otherwise when the north wind becomes colder and the Ming Dynasty clings to the Great Wall in the south and does not trade with us, our future will be over."
Sengge said this. When he came out, Tuotuo's faction was furious. Although Sengge was Tuotuo's child, the rules on the grassland were not as strict as those in the Central Plains, and Anda was not the only child of Sengge.
So Tuotuo was not afraid of Sengge's identity. He scolded Sengge directly: "Sengge! I think you have ruined your brain by reading Chinese books. Now we have the advantage. , why not fight? And what you said about the north wind is just alarmist. It's just a change in the past two years. It's getting colder. And it's summer, but you always talk about winter. What do you mean? ”
Sengge was made uncomfortable by Tuotuo's words. He was really angry to death from Tuotuo. This Tuotuo was warlike and bloodthirsty. He always liked to encourage Ida to go south to plunder, and talked about mutual trade matters that were supposed to be discussed again and again. The destruction of the grassland made Ming people always feel that the grassland was capricious, so they used the mutual market as an excuse.
Although the Ming people have been defeated repeatedly in battles, their attitude has become more and more tough. This is because every time they go south, they are unable to succeed and are unable to effectively occupy the land of the Han people. If it lasts for a long time, If you love fighting, you will inevitably be defeated by the Han people.
So at first glance, it seems that the grassland side has taken advantage of it and can successfully plunder the Han people every time, but such plundering cannot solve the problem of Anda at all.
Because the territory of the Han people they can plunder has become increasingly barren during these years of constant plundering, so if this continues for a long time, not only will they no longer be able to plunder the wealth of the Han people, On the contrary, it will drag yourself into the boundless darkness.
Once Changsheng Tianzhen also punishes him, everything will be over. Therefore, the group headed by Seng Ge believes that they should take the initiative to continue to have good relations with the Ming Dynasty and pursue mutual benefits and win-win trade. They can no longer show off their quickness like Tuo Tuo and others and continue to fight endlessly with the Ming Dynasty.
Because Sengge knows very well that the grassland now is no longer the grassland three hundred years ago.
Three hundred years ago, their ancestors were under Genghis Khan. Under the leadership of Kublai Khan, the invincible Mongolian cavalry roamed the world without any rival.
But all this had been reversed two hundred years ago. The Mongolian and Yuan nobles who ruled the Central Plains fell into the colorful world of the Han people, lost their fighting spirit and vigor, and were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Laosi. Chase and fight.
And what followed was that the generation gap in weapons between the grasslands and the Central Plains began to widen.
In the past, cavalry and archers were the absolute main force in wars, but now the Ming Dynasty has not only built the Great Wall, but also equipped it with so many firearms and deployed so many artillery pieces.
The cavalry that could have dominated the world, but as soon as they got close to an important city of the Han people, or were blocked by the Han people under the Great Wall, the advantage of the prairie cavalry was completely destroyed in an instant, making it impossible to practice at all. pose any threat to the main force of the Han people.
So this is why the grasslands have moved south so many times over the years, but they have never occupied Han territory once.
In the final analysis, it is because of the emergence of these firearms and artillery that the rules of war have changed.
In the field battle, the prairie cavalry that comes and goes like the wind is still invincible.
But in the critical battle that truly determines the strategic ownership, the invincible prairie cavalry had to rein in their reins and keep their distance, not daring to approach the city easily.
You must know that the power of artillery is not comparable to that of previous bows and arrows.
And the Eight Banners soldiers, who had been blown up in the original historical time and space, were actually unable to fight a decent battle. Nurhachi, who had already unified the Jurchens, was so big that he thought he could challenge Ming Dynasty, but he was also shot away.
In the later period, if the Ming Dynasty had not made stupid moves one after another and consumed the last bit of strength, Wu Sangui, who was guarding Shanhaiguan, felt uncertain and worried about being attacked from both sides, so he chose to cooperate with the Jurchens outside the pass.
Otherwise, relying on the strength of the Jurchens at that time, even if they occupied the entire Liaodong, and finally arrived in front of Shanhaiguan, facing the dark red cannons on Shanhaiguan, they would have to go back with their tail between their legs, not daring to take a step closer.
Therefore, under such a gap between offense and defense, while we can still have back and forth with Ming Dynasty, we can choose to cooperate with each other to learn from Ming Dynasty's strengths and make up for our own shortcomings. This is the long-term solution.
Otherwise, when the Ming Dynasty comes to its senses and has enough financial and material resources to build more cannons and mount them on the Great Wall, they may not even be able to cross the Great Wall.
Therefore, no matter what, we must not form an undying hatred with the Ming Dynasty. We must find ways to ease the relationship between the two parties. This will not only be good for the grassland, but also be good for their Tumut tribe.
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Chapter 2 A little bit. . .
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