Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

The Chahar Department suffered heavy losses this time,

The tens of thousands of children brought out lost more than [-] people, nearly half of the nobles of the Chahar tribe were killed, and more than half of the small tribe leaders and tribal sons attached to the Chahar tribe also lost more than half.

Dorgon is worthy of being a famous general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with a bit of demeanor at a young age. The vest soldiers with two yellow flags first launched a sneak attack from the foot of Saihan Mountain by surprise, and then led the team to chase and kill the defeated soldiers of the Chahar tribe for hundreds of miles. He didn't stop until he reached the vast sea.

After this battle, the loss of the Chahar Department does not seem to be large, and the combined losses of the left and right Chahar Departments and the vassal departments are only about [-].

But actually?
Chahar Great Khan Lindan Baltu lost nearly half of the nobles of the Chahar tribe, and nearly half of the leaders of the small tribes attached to the Chahar tribe.

what does that mean?

This means that on the Monan grassland, there is a huge power vacuum on the Chahar tribe and the Chahar grassland, which represent the dominant position of Monan Mongolia!

Not only the Chahar tribe and those small tribes on the Chahar Grassland will have civil strife, but also other places, such as the Tumed tribe, the Ordos tribe, the Asu tribe, and even Horqin, which has been beaten by Huang Taiji. All of them will go after the position of Monan Khan.

Why did Huang Taiji think that once Lindan Baltu died, the Chahar Ministry would not need to worry?
Isn't it because no one in the Chahar Department has such a reputation as Lindan Baltu to inherit the Khan position?
After the death of Buyanchechen Khan, Lindan Bartu inherited the Khan position as the eldest grandson. From the 23rd year of Wanli to the beginning of the 26th year of today's Qi, he served as the Great Khan of Mongolia for [-] years. He built Chahanhot as the capital and tried to restore the glory of Mongolia. , in addition to winning over the various tribes in Monan to support him, he also continued to fight against Hou Jin, who was still under the leadership of the old slave at that time, and at the same time made friends with Daming.

Although he made many mistakes, he is indeed working hard for Great Mongolia.

You can say that he plays well, but you can't say that he is not serious about playing.

At least when he was the Great Khan of Mongolia, even if the tribes did not listen to his orders, they all recognized him as the Great Khan of Mongolia, and Lindan Bartu was also very popular in the Chahar tribe and the Chahar grassland.

Whether it is the noble chiefs in Chahar or the small tribes, they all recognize him as a great khan, and are willing to obey his orders and follow his big banners and Mingdi.

This is also the reason why Lin Dan Baltu was able to fight Hou Jin several times, and even if he lost, he could still maintain internal stability. What happened to him losing to Huang Taiji?
He can also pull out seven or eight thousand riders!

He lost to Cao Wenzhao again, what happened?
He is still the Great Khan of Mongolia, and the Chahar tribe is still the overlord of Monan. As long as he is willing, Lindan Baltu can pull out the largest cavalry group in the entire Monan on the Chahar grassland.

But once he died, there would be no one in Monan Mongolia who had enough prestige to stabilize the inside and win over the outside.

That's why Huang Taiji didn't want Lindan Baltu to live. If he died, the Chahar tribe would be leaderless and Monan Mongolia would be in chaos.

And not only did Huang Taiji want Lindan Baltu to die, Cao Wenzhao didn't want him to live either.

Because as long as the Mongolian Khan Lindan Baltu is still there, neither the Ming Dynasty nor the Manchu Qing can effectively develop on the grassland. he himself.

In fact, Cao Wenzhao has been paying attention to the alliance between the Chahar Tribe and the Manchus. After all, Ming did not want Mongolia and the Manchus to unite.

Therefore, when Lindan Baltu and Huang Taiji met at Saihan Mountain, Cao Wenzhao followed him all the time.

In order to prevent the traces from being discovered, Cao Wenzhao only followed a thousand cavalry far away and did not approach. However, Cao Wenzhao was already prepared. If the alliance between Lindan Baltu and Huang Taiji was successful, he would immediately prepare to send troops, even if Balianna All [-] cavalry were wiped out, and he couldn't let Chahar Mongolia form an alliance with Liaodong.

But he didn't expect that Huang Taiji killed Lindan Baltu during the alliance.

So Cao Wenzhao watched the whole process of Dorgon's surprise attack on the Chahar Ministry's garrison, and then Ji Tutaiji, who rushed down the mountain, led people to counterattack and finally fled to the vast sea.

From the beginning to the end, Cao Wenzhao did not move a single soldier. He just watched, watched the performance of Huang Taiji and Lindan Baltu until the end of the drama.

Seeing Ji Tutaiji fleeing with the remnant of Chahar's troops, the generals were a little ready to move.

"General, don't we take the opportunity to rush over and get rid of people like Chahar?" Li Zhao asked.

Cao Wenzhao shook his head: "It's not the time for us to send troops. The court probably didn't expect this situation. Now that the Chahar Khan was killed by Huang Taiji, the Chahar tribe and Liaodong have turned their faces , we act now, just to help Huang Taiji, let them go back, they will become our help instead."

"Back to Balian Nadu, we sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and I will have to draw up a Taoist scripture for the capital."

After returning to Baliannadu, Cao Wenzhao did not idle for a moment. First, he ordered Mingwei General Zhao Guangli and Guangwei General Han Wu to lead various ministries to station in the Dongbalanadu to monitor the situation of the Haer Grassland, and then wrote a note to the court. , Ask the court for advice.

After the Flying General reported to the capital, this military report was also sent to the cabinet.

General Huang Zongxi, who has been by Zhang Haogu's side, reported it to Zhang Haogu's case: "Yuan Fu, the military report sent by Balianna."

Zhang Haogu, who was dealing with the zhezi from various places, raised his head, looked at the zhezi and then at the sky, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, it's getting late, let's go back and rest."

Huang Zongxi smiled and said, "Didn't Yuanfu also go back to rest? A student at this age, why go back to rest."

Indeed, even though it was already night, Zhang Haogu didn't go home and was still dealing with government affairs.

The fact that the situation in Daming is getting better and better does not mean that Zhang Haogu has fewer and fewer things to do. On the contrary, because the situation is getting better, there will be more government affairs from various places.

It's only early spring this year, the situation on the grasslands, military affairs in Gansu and Shanxi, Yellow River management in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei, business development and land equalization in the south of the Yangtze River, and many affairs of the court, Zhang Haogu, the chief assistant, is very busy.

Now that the New Party is supporting the imperial court and implementing the New Deal across the country, the New Party has to take care of the affairs. The subordinates are all busy, and he, Zhang Haogu, has no time to spare.

Even now that Zhu Qiqi is pregnant with Liujia and her belly is getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Haogu can only ask his servants to take care of her. Fortunately, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan are also very concerned about Zhu Qiqi, a righteous sister. He came to see it from time to time, and recently he directly took Zhu Qiqi into the palace, so that Zhang Haogu could relax his mind and politics.

Stretching his stiff neck, Zhang Haogu smiled, opened the sealant and took out the military newspaper booklet to read the information presented by Mongolian Governor Cao Wenzhao.

Looking at it, Zhang Haogu's expression was slightly dignified and then returned to normal.

After carefully reading the booklet, Zhang Haogu glanced at Huang Zongxi. This year Huang Zongxi has turned [-], which is the age to be crowned, which means that he has fully grown up and can work independently.

Calmly pushing the brochure forward, Zhang Haogu picked up the teacup on the side and sipped the tea to refresh himself: "Tai Chong, please read this brochure."

Huang Zongxi stepped forward to pick up the booklet and frowned after looking at it. Zhang Haogu drank his tea slowly, and after Huang Zongxi finished reading the booklet, he asked, "Tai Chong, what do you think about this matter?"

Huang Zongxi knew that Zhang Haogu wanted to see his own understanding, and then he thought about his words: "Yuanfu, the students think that Huang Taiji's matter will not only cause them a big trouble, but will even make the border of the court unstable."

Zhang Haogu nodded slightly: "Continue."

Huang Zongxi gained a lot of insight from Zhang Haogu's side, and his vision was already extraordinary. He pointed to the root of the problem: "It seems that Huang Taiji can take the opportunity to annex the grassland to expand the strength of Liaodong through the chaos of the Chahar tribe. "

"But his actions spread among the tribes of the grassland, and there will be a gap between the grassland and Liaodong. In the future, whether it is Huang Taiji recruiting other tribes, or a small tribe wants to join Huang Taiji, each of them will figure it out in their hearts. In this way, Grassland and Liaodong have never been able to get together."

"Governor Cao gave Ji Tutaiji and others a way out and let them return to the Chahar tribe. The Chahar tribe that suddenly lost the sweat and a large number of nobles will definitely experience pain, but this grief will soon The seemingly chaotic Chahar Department twisted into a ball to fight against Huang Taiji, which can save me a lot of strength."

"As for the unexpected"

Huang Zongxi paused, then sighed: "Lindan Baltu has great ambitions. Although there are some problems in his actions, he can still use his personal prestige to overwhelm all the ministries in Monan Mongolia. Once he dies, the various tribes in Monan Mongolia can't help but think about competing for the position of Khan, and some of the policies he set may be impacted."

"Lindan Baltu advocated a good relationship with my Ming Dynasty. Even if there was a gap, he did not cut off the mutual trade nurses between Mongolia and Ming Dynasty, so as to maintain stability between Monan Mongolia and Daming border. Now that he is dead, if those small tribes take the opportunity to make a fuss If there is any movement, the exchange market at the border of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be affected, and some small tribes attached to my Ming Dynasty and the people near the border will also be affected."

"Maybe, border crossings will be used again, destroying the hard-won stability."

After listening to Huang Zongxi's understanding, Zhang Haogu nodded: "You are right."

"The wolves in the prairie, once they lose their wolf king, they will cause trouble."

"There must be a wolf king on the grassland, and there must be a wolf king who is close to Daming. If there is no wolf king, replace it with a wolf king."

"From the moment Lindan Baltu chose to join Huang Taiji, no matter whether he was vain or had other plans, he, the Great Khan of Monan Mongolia, would not be able to live for a long time."

"This pavilion is not afraid to tell you that even if Huang Taiji doesn't get rid of him, this pavilion will find a way to get rid of him, and replace him with Da Khan who is willing to continue to rely on Daming."

"The current policy of the imperial court is to implement the New Deal in the south, and to encircle Liaodong with grasslands and southern Liaoning in the north. This is a national policy that cannot be changed. The New Deal is basically in the north. If there is no chaos in the north, the old Donglin party in the south will not be overthrown." Make any storm."

"Therefore, the grassland must support the imperial court, or belong to the imperial court."

"Border trade is not a big deal for the imperial court. It's just the imperial court's measures to stabilize Mongolia. Not to mention the impact, even if he is suspended for three to five years, the impact on the imperial court will not be much."

"This pavilion has seen this, and Cao Wenzhao has also seen it."

"So, he wants to tell this cabinet that he intends to use the short-term chaos of the grassland to change a new pattern."

Zhang Haogu pondered: "Taichong, you draw up the Taoist scriptures for this pavilion, and transfer to the military department to send Balian Nadu."

"In other words, the imperial court supports his idea, and Balianna should not make any big moves for the time being, and let the Chahar department go to fight Huang Taiji first. During this time, Balianna must stabilize himself and send more people. Go to various tribes and encourage herdsmen to come to my Daming pasture."

"When Huang Taiji and the Chahar tribe are almost done fighting, go to Huang Taiji and drive him out of the grassland."

After listening, Huang Zongxi said: "Students understand, let's do it."

After Huang Zongxi left, Zhang Haogu picked up the teacup subconsciously, but found that it was empty. Looking at the empty teacup, Zhang Haogu slowly put it down, looked at the bright moon outside the window and sighed softly: "Use the ten-month Swords and soldiers are exchanged for the stability of the grassland, I hope everything will go well, the grassland should be stabilized after the matter here."

By the time the capital's order was sent back to Baliannadu, two major wars had already broken out on the grassland.

After fleeing back to the Chahar Grassland, Ji Tutaiji and the nobles of the chieftains spread the story after they returned to Chahanhot. The incident of the Khan being attacked and killed by the despicable and shameless Huang Taiji and the loss of nearly half of the nobles cost tens of thousands of children. The death in battle not only made Chahanhot elegiac, but also made the people of Chahar department angry.

We are all willing to surrender to you, but you are still sneaking up on you despicably and shamelessly!

Under the grief and indignation, the Chahar tribe quickly united together. First, they supported Ezhe, the son of Lindan Baltu, as the 36th generation Khan, and then Ertu Taiji was appointed as the grand master, and began to avenge Huang Taiji.

At this time, Huang Taiji had integrated some grassland tribes, and there were also tribes who surrendered to him on the Horqin grassland, so that Huang Taiji could pull out a large number of vassal Mongolian soldiers.

And the sad and angry Chahar tribe and the small tribes attached to the Chahar tribe on the grassland also pulled out the sons of the tribe to go to Huangtaiji to fight to the end.

The two sides added up to more than [-] cavalry, and two large-scale battles broke out in three days. Even though Huang Taiji had the upper hand, Dorgon and Duoduo were indeed brave, but they could only cause damage to the Chahar tribe. Unable to hit hard or even kill with one hit.

Because Cao Wenzhao had kindly helped the Chahar Department to spread the news of the alliance, and now the whole Monan Mongolia knew that Lindan Bartu was attacked by Huang Taiji despicably.

Although Lindan Baltu surrendered to Huang Taiji as a Mongolian Khan, it is embarrassing, but Lindan Baltu is also a Mongolian Khan after all, he attacked and killed the Mongolian Khan in full view, and Huang Taiji completely aroused the anger of Monan Mongolia .

The various tribes of Monan Mongolia gathered in Chahanhot one after another, gathering their forces to fight against Huang Taiji together with the Chahar tribe.

And Huang Taiji also kept mobilizing troops from the vassal Mongolian ministries, intending to completely conquer the grassland before Daming could react.

During this period of time, the problem of food and grass has been solved with the friendly support of various Mongolian ministries, but Huang Taiji still can't help but have a headache, because although the Mongolian ministries are really as vulnerable as he expected, his Eight Banners Iron Armor is not like his Unbeatable as you think.

According to Wolong Mr. Su Mingzhe's plan, he should sweep the grassland at this time, and the Eight Banners Iron Armor led by Dorgon and Duoduo should have entered Chahanhot, but right now, they are still far away from Chahanhot!
Can Su Mingzhe be blamed for this?
There is no problem with their plan. The problem lies with me. Although the Eight Banners vest is still brave, it just cannot completely defeat the Chahar tribe. But now he has mostly Mongolian soldiers in his hands. In order to suppress the Mongolian tribes, it is also To be on the safe side, he couldn't dispatch all the [-] Eight Banner soldiers to fight, which made Huang Taiji extremely annoyed.

In desperation, Huang Taiji chose to mobilize troops and horses from Liaodong, preparing to accumulate strength to defeat the Chahar tribe in one fell swoop.

At this time, by paying attention to the war situation between Huang Taiji and Chahar, Cao Wenzhao also knew that both the Chahar tribe and Huang Taiji were exhausted and they were accumulating strength.

And because they kept mobilizing soldiers and horses, and requisitioning food and grass, the small tribes on the grassland were already miserable.

Those small tribes attached to Chahar and Huang Taiji were no longer oppressed by both sides of the war without exception.

After Cao Wenzhao got the news, he immediately went to Chen Yawan, the prefect of Balianna: "Prefect Chen, the time has come."

Chen Yawan was overjoyed: "Oh? Governor Cao, tell me quickly."

Cao Wenzhao said: "Nowadays, Huang Taiji and Jitutaiji are constantly fighting on the grassland. The two sides have deployed troops, horses, food and grass, and the burden is on those small tribes. Right now, several small tribes are already overwhelmed."

"This is our great opportunity!"

"At the moment, we should immediately send people to these small tribes and encourage them to join me, Da Ming. Not only should we contact their tribal leaders, but we should also send spies to these tribes to find the herdsmen directly, and let the herdsmen know that they are under the protection of Da Ming. How is life."

Chen Yawan added: "In this way, Han people cannot be used, and Mongols must be used."

Cao Wenzhao nodded in praise: "Prefect Chen is right. To convince the Mongols, we have to look at the Mongols themselves."

Chen Yawan nodded: "After I go back, I will immediately organize the manpower, and let our students go to win over those headmen, and then send Mongolian herdsmen to win over those herdsmen, and work together."

Cao Wenzhao said: "Okay, I will also arrange people. Let's act together. Taking advantage of the battle between Jitu Taiji and Huang Taiji, we will first draw all the tribes to us, and then go to Huang Taiji to settle accounts!"

Soon, Cao Wenzhao and Chen Yawan sent people. On the surface, it was Chen Yawan who sent the envoys as the prefect of Da Ming Ba Lian Nadu to win over the leaders of those small tribes, persuade them to join Da Ming, and promised Give them pastures, cattle and sheep, so that they can settle down and graze, how much help will the court provide and so on.

But in fact, Cao Wenzhao and Chen Yawan didn't count on these tribal leaders at all, and the focus was on the Mongolian herdsmen who were secretly spilled.

These herdsmen who have become ministers of the Ming Dynasty, whose families have divided the pastures, cattle and sheep, can resonate more with the Mongols.

They will use their actual situation to convince the herdsmen, let the herdsmen know who can give them a stable and good life.