stubborn thief

The Lutou God didn't know about the broom spirit's situation.

Liu Shizi simply deployed his troops outside the border of Jizhen and demanded rewards for his followers to build up his momentum.

Of course, he was not idle. The Marshal's Office launched the Lingdong Campaign. Although the target was Huang Taiji, the goal of the war was to completely tie Mongolia to the chariot.

Now that the battle has been won, they will naturally use the momentum of their great victory to reorganize the Mongolian tribes north and south of the desert.

Over half a month, orders were issued one after another. First, two more military governorates, Mobei and Songmo, were established, and then the Monan Military Governorate was reduced in size. At the same time, officers who had made meritorious contributions were widely conferred titles on the grassland.

The biggest changes occurred in Mo Nan.

Liu Chengzong formally recognized and re-conferred the title of King of Shunyi on Yang Qi in documents, and still appointed him as the Governor of Mo Nan. However, he withdrew a large number of troops from Mo Nan and reduced the size of the three towns and three guards in Yunzhong, Wuyuan and Shuofang.

After some additions and reductions, the twenty-three Wanhu Ministries were merged into fifteen Qianhu Ministries. In other words, after the war, everyone was collectively demoted.

But the resentment is not great.

Because the tribes south of the desert were the real beneficiaries of this battle. They plundered a large number of people, livestock, and property from Khorchin. After reintegration, although the exaggerated Wanhu tribe became a Qianhu tribe, their territories expanded to varying degrees.

Secondly, nominally, there can only be one commander-in-chief who holds the seal, but there can be many who do not hold the seal. They are all commanders, and it belongs to the transition stage from the tribe to the garrison, so the gap is not that big.

This is actually a good thing for the 230,000 households, because it marks the normalization of the establishment of the Monan Military Governor's Office. Normal means stability, and stability can guarantee hereditary succession.

In other words, with the end of the Lingdong Campaign, those impoverished people in the south and north of the desert who started from scratch truly became hereditary aristocrats on the grassland.

But in fact, Liu Chengzong's real purpose in setting up the Three Guards in Mo Nan was to let the Mo Nan Governor's Office establish a military school in Guihua City. After completing basic education, they would be transferred to the military school in Xi'an Prefecture to teach these guys who would run around as soon as they entered the battlefield.

Looting is a high art of war in the Marshal's Office. The extravagant looting methods and multi-stage rocket-like fighting style of these people really made Liu Shizi feel sad and regretful.

So many cattle and sheep died in vain. This huge waste is a crime in every sense.

The newly built Songmo Governor's Office was headed by He Huchen, who was transferred from the south of the desert. He was stationed in Shangdu City and was fully responsible for the defense of the Xing'an Mountains.

The meritorious Yanmen Town's Taiji Xiantu was promoted to the position of deputy governor of Songmo Prefecture, and he still served as the lieutenant general of the Yanmen Camp and was stationed in Jining.

The Jining Guard was established in the former territory of the Chahar tribe, with Gelma of the Northern Yuan Camp as its commander. 1,700 households were moved from Hehuang and Qinghai to Oirat and Chahar, and were placed under the jurisdiction of the Songmo Military Governor's Office.

Wang Chengen, who had made meritorious service and was wounded before the war, was promoted to the position of deputy governor of Songmo Prefecture, assisting in the affairs of the Governor's Office.

Tangqi Guo Jiayin was promoted to the garrison commander of Songmo City due to his achievement of stabbing Geng Zhongming, and continued to improve the renovation of the castle.

In addition, the biggest change is that the name of Khorchin no longer appears on all maps of the Marshal's Office, and is replaced by the Dalahan Grassland.

It's not that Liu Shizi wanted to rob someone of everything and then step on him, but funerals are always performed for the living to see.

Korchin and Daiqing Gulun had shared weal and woe in their long marriage alliance, and most of them were diehards who would find it difficult to surrender to him, so naturally there was no place for them in the Marshal's Office.

On the other hand, he wanted to let the three Khans of Mobei know that without a position, they would be wiped out.

Killing the chicken to scare the monkey is very effective.

The day after discovering that the Khorchin tribe had been erased from the map of the Marshal's Office, Subadi requested the Marshal's Office to set up a governor's office in Mobei.

Babu Taiji was quite clever, and looked very proud, as if he was saying, "I have already been a general in the Marshal's Office."

This is not him flattering himself.

As early as the first time Babu represented the Chechen tribe on a diplomatic mission to the Marshal's Office, Liu Chengzong appointed him as the Ningyuan Commandant, responsible for the tribute market with the Ming Dynasty worth 490,000 taels.

However, Babu mentioned this official position at this time in order to be cunning and leave some room for maneuver for the Chechen tribe.

Gunbu Khan was a little hesitant, but it was not that he did not want to join the Mobei Governor's Office, he was just afraid that he would not be able to become the governor.

Liu Chengzong really didn't want him to be the governor.

However, Subati was unwilling to be the governor, so he went to Liu Chengzong and frankly told him that if he became the governor, he was afraid that there would be internal strife and war if he returned to Mobei.

Liu Shizi doesn't care about fighting, he cares more about Subadi's loyalty.

All loyalty was worth the reward, as the Zasaktu Khanate suffered the most casualties in the Lingdong Campaign, with the right wing suffering more casualties than the rest of the army combined.

With so many lives lost, it was worth it for Liu Chengzong to send troops to help him quell the rebellion.

But Subati didn't want to fight.

Mobei is not Monan. The tribes in Monan are full and do not know the hunger of hungry men. They are guarding a "good place" but are instigated to kill each other.

It is not easy for the three tribes in Mobei to survive and reproduce there relying on pure nomadic life.

Subati was willing to join the war in the south, not because Liu Chengzong was some heroic leader sent from heaven, but because the three tribes in northern Mobei needed trade to exchange what they had.

The intensity of the war is increasing, and their opponents are more terrifying and dangerous than ever before.

Otherwise, the Eastern European gangs in small boats and armed with muskets would blockade the north and cut off their connection with their subjects in the forest; the rising Oirats would tighten their noose in the west; the Marshal's Office would press forward in the south; and Dai Qinggulun would expand wildly in the east.

To form a standing army capable of resisting invasion requires armor and all equipment to enhance military strength.

If these equipment are to be mass-produced, a transition to settled nomadic life is necessary.

Trade with the Central Plains can greatly speed up their settlement process.

Although Subati led 10,000 cavalrymen in the war in the south and was not afraid of losing lives in battle, in fact, the Mongols in the northern desert could not afford the casualties even more than the Eight Banners.

The Eight Banners can capture, reproduce and fight before they can surrender.

In the environment of Mobei, there are fewer people in the forest than the fish-skinned Tartars, so it is very difficult to capture them; as for giving birth, there are countless difficult births in Han areas these days, let alone the icy and snowy Mobei; as for surrender, let's just look around and see who can beat us?

Subati had no choice, the Jasaktu Khanate was his foundation.

As long as he could maintain trade and not be hostile to Liu Chengzong, he didn't care about the empty title of Governor of Mobei.

Liu Chengzong gave up.

It’s not that he had no ideas about completely conquering Mobei, on the contrary, he had big ideas.

Because it is actually very difficult to pull the Central Plains army to the Greater Khingan Range. The timing this time is still okay, but he can't pull troops from Shaanxi as soon as something happens in the Greater Khingan Range.

It is easy to transfer troops from the northern desert to the southern desert.

There is no need to even mobilize. People from Mobei are willing to come and trade at the border wall, selling leather and livestock.

Even without mentioning the purchase of military supplies, there were iron pots, stirrups, horse tripods, iron shovels, iron pegs, iron axes, coarse cloth and silk, gold paper for pasting Buddha statues, paper for writing, tea to relieve greasiness, and even seasonings for meals, combs, and hairbands.

These daily necessities are in short supply everywhere in Mobei and are even more scarce than military supplies.

There can be no war without military supplies. War only occupies a small part of daily life, and war itself is a long march and waiting. Actual hand-to-hand combat only occupies a small part of war.

When the situation gets worse, just drive the herds to migrate.

But without daily necessities, people have to live, and that is really torture from day to night.

Of course, Mobei is not so poor that these things have disappeared, but it would be uncomfortable if any of the major items were missing when needed, and the key is that they cannot be borrowed.

The most authentic nomadic life is based on small family units. You can't find anyone within a ten-mile radius. There is no axe when you want to chop wood, no comb when you want to wash your hair, and the wives go crazy when you come back from letting the horses out.

People are willing to come to the south of the desert to do business, fight wars, eat military rations, and rob. Anyway, they have to travel a long way to buy things in the north of the desert, so it's not as fast as buying things along the way.

Following the Khan into Shenyang, Shenyang has everything, and there is no need to sell lambs.

But Liu Chengzong respected Subati's wishes very much.

There is no way to disrespect them. They are traditional nomads and live in the northern desert. If he really provokes them, he won't be able to find them even if he sends troops.

As for the Chechen Khanate, we still have to take it slow. It will be enough to win over Bab Taiji.

As early as when Ligdan Khan was still alive, after the Battle of Guangning, Shuolei was the strongest feudal lord among the entire Mongolian direct lineage.

He is more arrogant than anyone else.

Ligdan Khan, Huang Taiji, Gunbu Khan, Guoshi Khan, and Subadi Khan all invited him to attend conferences on the grounds of discussing state affairs, changing laws, and forming alliances... Shuo Lei never attended any of them, and his level of otaku was almost as high as that of Wanli.

His son Babu always took his place.

Liu Chengzong never expected that Shuolei would come and join the Mobei Military Governor's Office.

Sure enough, after waiting in Shangdu for ten days, Shuolei of the Chechen Khanate sent a letter to apologize. His words were very polite. He said that he had broken his leg and could not travel south to meet the emperor. He congratulated Daiqing Khitan Khan on his victory in Lingdong and that the Chechen tribe supported the establishment of the Mobei Governor's Office.

A hundred white horses were also sent.

Liu Chengzong knew very well that Shuolei's leg fall was just an excuse.

He thought that his leg was unlucky because of Shuo Leihan, and he would fall several times a year.

When Babu Taiji came over, he explained for Shuolei, saying that his father had broken his leg and did not even attend the enthronement of Emperor Chongde.

It has been a hundred days since I recovered from the injury, and now I fell again.

Liu Shizi felt that maybe at the same time, Shuolei was sending an envoy to comfort Huang Taiji who had been defeated.

There was no need to even think about it. He believed that Shuolei knew that the Marshal's Army had won the battle and must have communicated with them.

But communication is not a bad thing. At least it is a window to obtain intelligence.

He really didn't have any good way to deal with Shuolei.

If Subadi is willing to unify the northern desert, Liu Chengzong would not mind borrowing troops to intervene; but if Subadi is unwilling, the cost of fighting in the north relying solely on the Marshal's army is too high.

Can't afford to fight.

Just before his departure, Liu Chengzong formally decided to establish the Mobei Governor's Office, with Gunbu Khan as the governor, Subadi as the deputy governor, and Babu Taiji as the deputy governor.

At the same time, former Chahar Zai Sangzitat, Gelong Heshang, Bayasihu and others who had made meritorious services in the Northern Yuan Camp were promoted to officials of the Governor's Office, responsible for specific matters such as military registration, land inspection, map making, trade supervision, and reporting on the names of various troops and nobles.

In front of Subadi, Babu and Erdene Hun Taiji, he said to Gunbu Khan: "I originally wanted to appoint Subadi Khan, who has made the most contributions, as the governor, but Subadi Khan still wants to maintain the leadership of the Mobei Alliance. My generals think that such an appointment is unclear about rewards and punishments. Therefore, the governor must make more contributions and work hard to make up for my debt to Subadi Khan by entrusting you with such an important task."

"The Jinlian River area is a good place, but since the Halashen tribe was conquered, the three sides have been at war, and no one has settled there. You can go to Guihua City to trade, and after returning to Mobei, each of you should select a thousand good cavalrymen, and before winter comes, your sons should form a thousand households to roam here."

"The soldiers set up the Mobei Camp, with Erdeni Huntaiji as the assistant general; the military households set up the Jinchuan Guard, with Subadi Khan's son as the commander."

In an instant, Erdeni, who had always seemed like an outsider, suddenly widened his eyes.

He originally wanted to lead troops and serve as a general under Liu Chengzong, but he did not expect that Liu Chengzong had already prepared the army. He was overjoyed and was the first to salute and accept the order.

Subadi had no objection to this. He could even leave a thousand troops behind now. However, Liu Chengzong wanted military households and nomadic life in Jinlianchuan, which were all good things, so he naturally accepted the order.

Gunbu Khan, on the other hand, was very embarrassed. He held it in for a long time before he said, "Great Khan, my son has just been born... and cannot lead the troops."

Liu Chengzong smiled and said, "Then choose one of your brothers who can lead the troops."

Babu Taiji's situation was similar to that of Gunbu, but he had no doubt about this issue and was very clear that Liu Chengzong wanted his brother, not his son.

As for the troops, the Chechen Khanate was wealthy and powerful. Even without the Jinlianchuan pasture, a thousand households were not a big problem for the Chechen Khan.

The things that Shuolei has the most are men and horses.

As the framework of the Mobei Military Governor's Office was established, Liu Chengzong felt much more relaxed.

With this battalion of nomadic troops in Jinlianchuan, plus the three battalions of Songmo Military Governor's Office and the Dalahan army in the east of Xing'an Mountains, they can basically consolidate the territory gained in this eastern expedition.

As for the subsequent border conflicts on the Dalahan grassland, Liu Chengzong estimated that there would be many of them.

With this army stationed in Lingxi, at least the battle won't be too ugly.

But... he still had to leave some equipment in Shangdu City. Later, he estimated that he would have to build a transportation supply line on the grassland from Mo Nan to Songmo to provide sufficient support to Songmo Prefecture.

However, that will all happen after the Songmo Governor's Office is officially up and running. Liu Chengzong's current preparation is to try to keep this Governor's Office going until the beginning of next spring. As long as it still exists, it will be considered a victory.

If the fate of this governor's office is really weak and it is defeated by Huang Taiji in one winter, then there is nothing he can do.

First, live until next spring, and then find a way to blackmail the Ming Dynasty to see if the supply problem can be solved.

Now, after a long march and war, it was time for Liu Chengzong to go home.

Before his troops moved, he sent a fast horse straight through Guihua City and into the border, asking Xi'an Prefecture to deliver the official documents to these people.

It’s also time to deal with the unique internal affairs of the Marshal’s Office.

While marching and camping, Liu Chengzong lit the oil lamp and unfolded the official documents with eagerness. He wanted to take a look at the vast territory of the Marshal's Mansion and see where the battle was going on... No.

Just take a look at which place there is no war. (End of this chapter)