Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Step into the grassland!

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up: "Is there a chance?"

Zhang Haogu handed the booklet of Xiong Tingbi, the chief soldier of Datong, to Zhu Youxiao, and said, "Look, Your Majesty, this Lindan Bartu can no longer control Monan Mongolia."

Since Emperor Taizu at the end of the Yuan Dynasty made great efforts to fight for righteous soldiers, he expelled the Tartars and drove Meng Yuan out of the Central Plains step by step.

But this does not mean that there are no remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan tribes in other places. In the Ganshan generation, the Liaodong generation, and the Yunnan generation, there are still Mongolian and Yuan remnants.

Emperor Taizu drove out all the remnants of the Mongolian and Yuan tribes in these places after several wars.

After Cheng Zu's five expeditions to Mobei weakened the power of the Mongolian Yuan, the current Mongolian Yuan has been completely divided into two, divided into the Tatar tribe in the east and the Wala tribe in the west.

Chahar Department, Horqin Department, Tumed Department, Ordos Department, and Aso Department are all important constituent groups of Tatar Department in Eastern Mongolia.

But this does not mean that the Mongolian Tatar tribe has only these few tribes, these are the five largest tribes, and under these five tribes, there are many affiliated tribes.

And this time it is the Ba Lian Department who wants to join Daming.

The Balian tribe is not a small tribe.

Although not as good as giants like Chahar, Horqin, and Ordos, the Balian tribe also has its own pastures and large tracts of cattle and sheep. The Balian tribe can mobilize [-] riders, and the entire tribe has [-] dome huts.

Now that Daming and the Grassland are open for mutual trade, cattle and sheep from the Grassland pour into Daming, and Daming also provides the Grassland with salt, iron pots, cloth and many other things.

And what does Daming need most now?
In addition to cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland, there are crops such as cotton.

Nowadays, the places where cotton is produced are all in the northwest. There are large areas of cotton in Yiliba, and there is Liaodong.

There are some cotton growers here in Mobei, but not many.

It just so happened that the pastures of the Balian and Nadu tribes can grow cotton, and the two tribes had a conflict because of a more fertile pasture, so that's all right.

In order to compete for the cotton trade with Datong, the cattle and sheep trade, and the grassland conflict, the two sides broke out several bloody conflicts, and the Balian tribe was close to Daming, and it seemed that they could not compete with the Nadu tribe. So he took refuge in Daming.

Therefore, he directly sent someone to send a letter to Xiong Tingbi, the commander-in-chief of Datong, hoping to be accepted by Daming, expressing that he was willing to become a loyal running dog of Datong, and guard the frontier for Daming.

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied after reading this letter. It is a good thing that the Mongolian tribe voted for my Ming Dynasty, which shows that Daming has become stronger again now.

"Lindan Baltu can't control the Tatar Ministry. This is indeed an opportunity." Zhu Youxiao smiled happily. Now that Lindan Baltu can't control his younger brother, don't blame him for reaching out.

To the north of the vast sea, how many cattle and sheep are grazing on the thousands of miles of grassland?
Sheep come next, and cattle, especially farming cattle, are the most needed strategic livestock in the traditional farming of the Central Plains.

Even in later generations, farming cattle are still not completely banned, let alone in this era when industrialization is not even considered?

If there were hundreds of thousands of cattle, Daming would be able to liberate a large number of people, and farmers would be able to cultivate more acres.

There is never too much of a resource like cattle.

Zhu Youxiao calmed down and pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhang Haogu: "Master, what do you think?"

Zhang Haogu considered his words, and said slowly: "This is a great opportunity for me, Ming, to intervene in the power of the grassland."

"In fact, since Xuande, our Ming Dynasty's control over the grassland has become weaker and weaker. After Chenghua, our Ming Dynasty lacks cavalry capable of recruiting and fighting."

"And now we lack guides who are familiar with the grassland, lack of understanding of the grassland, even if Dongchang has spied spies, we still don't know much about the situation in the grassland, and we often rely on businessmen, those who are interested in Daming The tribe secretly reported."

"This is extremely unfavorable to me, Ming."

"However, if you start on the grassland, you must consider the environment of the grassland. If you cross the vast sea and the vast Gobi grassland, it will be a big problem if you don't have a guide who is familiar with the local environment."

"What's more, logistics is also a big problem."

When it came to logistics, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help frowning. As the Ming Dynasty made great strides towards the use of firearms, since the beginning of the new army, in addition to the cavalry, the infantry of the three newly trained battalions also mainly used firearms, flintlock muskets, Tiger Crouching Cannon, Mother and Child Cannon, Shenwei General Cannon, Fire Dragon Bullet, Long Snake Breaking Arrow, Panther Leopard Running Arrow, Hundred Tigers Running Together Arrow
With so many light and heavy firearms, how much gunpowder, how many guns, and guns do you need to carry?
A large number of firearms requires an astonishing logistical supply, and long distances cannot be transported solely by manpower. Pack horses and mules are needed, and donkeys are used to pull carts to transport a huge amount of ammunition supplies.

This has led to the fact that if Daming is defending the city, or if it is prepared to fight positional warfare in advance, it is okay. The defense can rely on the supplies stored in the city, and the positional warfare can also continuously deliver the supplies in the city to fixed positions.

But if it is on the grassland, the extremely long and unstable supply line will bring big trouble to the Ming army.

At this time, it would be best if there were trustworthy grassland tribes who could provide supplies to the Ming army.

But now the problem is coming, the current Mongolia's trust in Daming is not high, it can even be said to be very low.

The low trust can't be blamed on the Mongolians. First of all, it has to be blamed on the professional player Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang is a first-class player who defends against the enemy and defends the border, but he is also a first-class player who kills the good and pretends to be a first-rate player. Commonly known as a double first-class player.

Such a double first-class player maintained the stability of Daming's border during the Yuliao period, but many small tribes who wanted to vote for Daming were also killed by him to claim the credit.

They have done a lot of things like killing and surrendering, and the Mongols are not stupid, so naturally they don't want to trust Daming.

This led to the fact that even if a Mongolian tribe came to vote and said they were willing to lead the way for Daming, not to mention that Daming had doubts about Mongolia, the Mongolian tribe had to be vigilant if this was another player who killed and surrendered.

After all, there is a lack of trust between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Alliance.

Zhu Youxiao pondered: "Master, do you think this Ba Lian Department is reliable?"

"If our army goes out of the fortress, and this Ba Lianbu breaks his promise, then our army will be in danger."

That's right, if the Ba Lian Department seems to seek refuge with Daming on the surface, but they are actually playing the role of insiders, and when their guides take the army outside the Great Wall, they just need to go around casually, and the Ming army who is not familiar with the outside of the Great Wall will still If you don't wait for the grassland, you have to get lost in the Gobi desert.

If other Mongolian alliances take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the Ming army at this time, then the exhausted Ming army will be really dangerous.

This is not Zhu Youxiao's random thinking, but there are precedents placed there, coupled with the conflicts and hatreds between Daming and Mongolian ministries in the past, and the vigilance of the two sides, this makes it difficult for Daming and Eastern Mongolia to completely trust each other.

That's why Zhu Youxiao hesitated right now:
Is this an opportunity, or a trap?