My father is Jiajing

Chapter 115 Times have changed
Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain.

The sky is like a dome,

Covering the whole area.

The sky is blue, the wild is vast.

The wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep.

The vast grassland is full of lush grass, and groups of cattle and sheep are like clouds reflected on the grass. If you could stand on a high hill or hill at this moment, you would find that the description in "Chi Le Song" is really so beautiful.

The hot summer wind finally blew over the Great Wall and reached the grassland where the Anda tribe lived.

At this moment, political affairs were also being discussed in Anda's tent.

Anda sat in his tiger tent with an imposing manner. His adopted son Tuotuo and several other generals were arguing fiercely. In a corner stood a counselor who was dressed like a Han Chinese. He looked at the quarreling generals of Anda and a hint of anxiety flashed in his eyes.

Anda watched Tuotuo and the others quarreling quietly, and at the same time glanced at the Han people standing in the corner.

"Alright, alright, every time you make noise it gives me a headache."

After a long while, Anda saw that Tuotuo and his friends had not yet reached a conclusion and were even heading towards violence, so Anda had to speak out to stop them and stop the two groups from arguing.

After hearing Anda's unhappy voice, Tuotuo and others could not help but hold back their anger and reluctantly stopped arguing, but there was still anger in each other's eyes. It was obvious that this was a very fruitful meeting. The two sides not only "fully exchanged views" (the two sides were unable to reach an agreement), but also "enhanced mutual understanding" (the two sides had great differences).

Anda looked at the two parties who had finally quieted down and began to say, "I know your thoughts very well. But don't forget, what is the purpose of this meeting?"

After hearing what Anda said, Tuotuo said anxiously: "Great Khan, the Ming people are stubborn and will not listen to our suggestions for trade. If you want them to listen, you have to beat them hard and break their bones."

As soon as Tuotuo finished speaking, the generals standing beside him also started howling, "Great Khan, Tuotuo is right. We should not be lenient towards the Ming people, we should beat them hard. If we trade with them, they will not pay any attention to us. We might as well just ride south and rob them!"

When Sengge heard the belligerent words of Toghto's group, he immediately became anxious and said, "Father Khan, we cannot rely on brute force to deal with the Ming people. The winters have been getting longer and longer over the years, and the winds from the north have been getting stronger. If we want to survive for a long time, we must ease the relationship with the Ming people. Otherwise, when the north winds get colder and the Ming people defend the Great Wall in the south and refuse to trade with us, our future will be over."

Sengge's words immediately made Tuotuo furious. Although Sengge was Tuotuo's child, the rules on the grassland were not as strict as those in the Central Plains, and Anda had more than one child, Sengge.

Therefore, Tuotuo was not afraid of Sengge's identity. He directly scolded Sengge: "Sengge! I think you have read Han books and your brain has been damaged. Now we have all the advantages, why don't we fight? And what you said about the north wind is alarmist. It's just a change in the past one or two years. How can it get colder? And it's summer now, but you keep saying it's winter. What do you mean?"

Sengge felt uncomfortable with Tuotuo's words. He was really about to be pissed off to death by Tuotuo. This Tuotuo was warlike and bloodthirsty. He always liked to instigate Altan to go south to plunder and disrupt the trade that was supposed to be negotiated time and time again. This made the Ming people always feel that the grassland was fickle and used the trade as an excuse.

Although the Ming people have been defeated repeatedly, their attitude has become increasingly tough. This is because every time they go south, they run out of strength and are unable to effectively occupy the Han people's land. If they continue to fight, they will inevitably be defeated by the Han people.

So at first glance it seems that the grassland side is taking advantage and can successfully plunder the Han people every time, but such plundering cannot solve Anda's problem at all.

Because the Han territories that they were able to plunder had become increasingly barren during the constant plundering over the years, if this continued for long, not only would they no longer be able to plunder the Han people's wealth, but they would also drag themselves into endless darkness.

If Changshengtian really punishes him, then everything will be over. Therefore, the group headed by Sengge believes that they should take the initiative to continue to make friends with the Ming Dynasty and pursue a mutually beneficial trade. They should not continue to fight the Ming people to the death like Tuotuo and others who only seek temporary pleasure.

Because Sengge knew very well that the grassland today is no longer the grassland of three hundred years ago.

Three hundred years ago, their ancestors, under the leadership of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, led the invincible Mongolian cavalry to roam the world and had no rivals.

But all this was reversed two hundred years ago. The Mongolian nobles who ruled the Central Plains fell into the glamorous world of the Han people, lost their fighting spirit and sharpness, and were hunted down and beaten by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Laosi.

And as a result, the gap in weapons between the grassland 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 built the Great Wall, and equipped it with so many firearms and deployed so many artillery.

The cavalry, which could have roamed the world, had their advantages instantly destroyed as soon as they approached an important Han city or were blocked by the Han people under the Great Wall. They were unable to pose any actual threat to the main force of the Han people.

This is why the grasslands have moved south so many times over the years but have never occupied the Han territory.

Ultimately, it is the emergence of these firearms and artillery that has changed the rules of war.

In field battles, the grassland cavalry, which comes and goes like the wind, is still invincible.

But in the decisive battle that truly determined the strategic outcome, the invincible grassland cavalry had to pull the reins and keep their distance, not daring to approach the city easily.

You must know that the power of artillery cannot be compared with the bows and crossbows of the past.

Moreover, the Eight Banners Army, which had been blown up in the original historical time and space, could not actually fight a decent offensive battle. When Nurhaci, who had unified the Jurchens, was so arrogant that he thought he could challenge the Ming Dynasty, he was still sent away by a cannon.

If the Ming Dynasty had not made a series of stupid moves in the later period, which consumed its last bit of strength, Wu Sangui, who was guarding Shanhaiguan, would have felt uneasy and worried about being attacked from both sides, so he chose to cooperate with the Jurchens outside the Shanhaiguan.

Otherwise, if they relied on the strength of the Jurchens at that time, even if they occupied the entire Liaodong and finally reached Shanhaiguan, facing the black red cannons on Shanhaiguan, they would have to turn back with their tails between their legs and dare not get close.

Therefore, under such a gap in offense and defense, while we can still trade with the Ming Dynasty, we should choose to cooperate in trade, so as to learn from the strengths of the Ming Dynasty and make up for our own weaknesses. This is the long-term way.

Otherwise, by the time the Ming Dynasty came to its senses and had enough financial and material resources to build more cannons and mount them on the Great Wall, they might not even be able to cross the Great Wall.

Therefore, they must not, under any circumstances, enter into an irreconcilable feud with the Ming Dynasty. They must find ways to ease the relationship between the two sides. This will not only benefit the grassland, but also their Tumed tribe.

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Chapter 2 A little bit more...

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