Qiming 1158

Chapter 753 Visitors from Tata's Department

According to Qi Fang's thinking, he believes that Zhang Jun must now hope that the war can end as soon as possible, and the sooner it ends, of course, the better in Zhang Jun's interests.

It is of course good for Qi Fang himself to end this battle quickly.

But compared to the bleak future, Qi Fang did not trust Zhang Jun, and did not think that he would get any benefits that would satisfy him after successfully completing the task.

In contrast, maintaining such a situation, confronting the rebels, constantly fighting, but neither winning nor losing, maintaining an undefeated situation, constantly wasting the money of the court, making Zhang Jun scratch his heart. Get extreme!

Wouldn't that be great?

it is good!that's it!
Qi Fang then decided to take advantage of his existing advantages, re-occupy the reclaimed areas, set up defense lines, and then maintain the status quo, sending some troops to harass the rebels, but not to fight with the rebels unless the rebels dare to attack him. .

The army is here to eat, drink, play and have fun, consume food and military salaries, give the army more benefits, and give themselves more benefits, so that the subordinate troops can thank themselves more, be loyal to themselves, and keep their basics.

In doing so, even if the Privy Council questioned, his reasons were very good-

The number of troops under his command is insufficient, not enough to be aggressive, and the thieves are powerful. He does not dare to lose again. He can only wait for the army of Chizhou Dutongsi to arrive, and the troops are full before making progress.

Before that, he could only defend the victory of the previous Song army and not lose the rest, and wait for the army of Chizhou Dutongsi to arrive.

The Privy Council can urge him, and he can shirk it, unless the Privy Council is really willing to replace him and risk the instability of the army, then he has nothing to say.

Qi Fang did not intend to take the lead, and at the same time, Zhang Xiaohu followed Zhao Yucheng into the Luoxiao Mountain.

The peasant army began to cultivate internal strength and did not intend to continue to forge ahead in a short period of time. The rest of the rebel armies also learned of the Song army's offensive and the current situation of the uprising. They also stopped their actions and actively prepared for war.

For a time, the turbulent Jiangnan West Road Uprising temporarily calmed down temporarily.

The situation inexplicably entered a strange equilibrium.

But here is the balance, and there will be problems there.

Su Yonglin encountered some unexpected events.

The Tataer tribe of the grassland tribe stationed in the north of Linhuangfu sent people to meet Su Yonglin and presented war horses, cattle and sheep, leather, bone products and other grassland products as tributes, hoping to renew the vassal relationship with the Ming Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom. , hoping to surrender to the Ming Kingdom.

This sudden situation surprised Ming Ting.

Su Yonglin has been on the defensive and vigilant towards the northern grasslands since the destruction of the Jin Kingdom and Dingding Central Plains, and has no aggressive plans.

For example, in the northwest region, he stationed the Hebei Corps with Han Jinggui as the commander in Datong Province, northwest of the central capital, guarding the inside and outside of the Great Wall, and maintaining a vigilant attitude towards Wang Gu, north of the Great Wall.

Wang Gubu is a tribe that guards the frontier for the Jin people. The leader is an official of the Jin people and has a close relationship with the Jin people. After Su Yonglin destroyed the Jin, he quickly seized the Great Wall, sent troops to defend it, and strictly guarded against the possible southern invasion of the Wang Gubu.

However, there has been no sign of the southern invasion of the Wanggu tribe for so long, but they have never sent people south to contact the Ming Kingdom. I don't know what kind of thoughts they have.

What Su Yonglin meant was that Wang Gu did not come to provoke him, and he did not want to provoke Wang Gu. He tried his best to maintain the status quo and not change it.

This is the case in the northwest and the northeast as well. The local Linhuangfu area is garrisoned by the Xuanjia Army under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Corps.

Wei Kexian, the first deputy commander of the Liaodong Corps, led this unit to be stationed in Linhuang Mansion, and it was this Tatar Department that was guarded.

According to the information learned by the Ming court, compared with Wang Gu's subordination and internal attitude towards Jin, the Tatar's are more independent, sometimes surrendering to Jin, sometimes stabbing Jin in the back, and there are often wars between the two sides. There is also cooperation.

Jin Guo often has no way to deal with them, so they can only spend money to eliminate disasters. The eastern part of the plateau reigns supreme.

As for such a tribe that turned a face faster than a book, Su Yonglin was also very vigilant, and strictly ordered the Liaodong Corps to guard against the Tatar people, so as not to suffer losses and be fooled without knowing it.

In addition to the defense of the Hebei Corps and the Liaodong Corps on the outside, Su Yonglin also directly commanded the Yanyun Corps to be responsible for the defense of the mountains north of Zhongdu and the Great Wall line of defense. It is the second line of defense south of the first line of defense formed by the Hebei Corps and the Liaodong Corps. .

In this way, a three-dimensional mobile defense mode is constructed, and it still has a strong defensive ability for the grassland cavalry.

Because the main energy is to develop himself and deal with the Western Xia and Southern Song Dynasty, Su Yonglin did not take things on the grassland too seriously.

As far as he knew, at this moment, the various tribes on the prairie were fighting endlessly, and there was no unified political core that could threaten the Central Plains.

Second, if Su Yonglin remembered correctly, Temujin, who eventually unified the grasslands to create the Great Mongolia, was still a baby or not yet born, so he was not enough to be the object of Su Yonglin's jealousy.

Thirdly, Su Yonglin has absolute confidence in the military strength of the Ming Kingdom. He believes that the Ming army he brought out will never be smashed into the sand on the grassland.

All kinds of factors combined, Su Yonglin did not focus on the grasslands for the time being. He kept horses and trained cavalry. The main goal was not the grasslands, but the Western Xia and the Southern Song Dynasty.

It was Su Yonglin's opinion, too.

During this period, tribes such as the Tatar tribe, the Naiman tribe, and the Kelie tribe were quite strong on the grasslands. The Qiyan tribe, the direct origin of the Great Mongolia, was not the strongest tribe at present.

The entire plateau runs from east to west, and the four major groups of Tatar, Qiyan, Kelie, and Naiman and the five males of the northern Mieerqi group face each other. In order to compete for the highest power over the entire plateau, the five tribal groups fought fiercely.

The five major groups are not fighting each other, and they are not monolithic inside.

Each group has different branches, and there are many contradictions between branches. No leader with sufficient strength and charm can complete the unified task.

Therefore, during this period, the political state on the grasslands was fragmented, and there was indeed no force that could pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

But Su Yonglin was not interested in the grassland, which did not mean that the grassland was not interested in him.

After Su Yonglin wiped out the Jin Kingdom, he temporarily cut off contact with the tribes in the grasslands. Naturally, the old mutual market between the two sides disappeared.

At the beginning, the Wanggu and Tatar tribes of the grassland were inexplicably fearful because of the sudden collapse of the Ming Kingdom and the powerful Jin Kingdom. They only dared to protect themselves, and did not dare to deal with the Ming Kingdom, for fear that the Ming Kingdom would cross the Great Wall and attack themselves.

But as time passed, they found that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of fighting them, just guarding the Great Wall.

After doing this for a long time, these tribes began to murmur in their hearts, not knowing what the Daming Kingdom meant, and that they needed a mutual market with the Daming Kingdom very much.

Wang Gu did not dare to act rashly because of the closer relationship with Jin Guo, so he could only send people to negotiate with Tatar. view.

In addition, the leader of the previous Qiyan tribe also led his troops to attack the territory of the Tatar tribes many times, causing the Tatars to lose a lot, and the Tatars were also very unhappy, hoping to get a strong aid.

Under the urging of this situation, in August of the second year of Hongwu, the Tataer Ministry took the lead in dispatching a delegation of more than 500 people to the south, carrying cattle, sheep and horses and other tributes that had been presented to the Kingdom of Jin, and embarked on the journey to the south. The journey of the Ming Dynasty to worship the emperor.

The first thing they came into contact with was the patrol cavalry team of the Xuanjia Army. The patrol team reported the news to Wei Kexian, and Wei Kexian personally led five hundred elite cavalry to meet them.

The group of Tatars who went south also had some people who could speak Chinese. They saw Wei Kexian and the five hundred mysterious knights who were fully armed. They did not use force, but took the initiative to negotiate.

Wei Ke negotiated with them first, and learned that they were messengers from the Tatar Department, and hoped to go to Zhongdu to meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and discuss with him about surrender and mutual exchange.

(End of this chapter)