Guangzong Yaoming

Chapter 338 The Ming Dynasty is too harsh

Of course Tian Le was well prepared.

After knowing this news, even before the war started, we planned short-term, medium-term and long-term strategic goals.

Now that the Khanate was forced to sign this humiliating treaty, the initial demands put forward were of course aimed directly at long-term strategic goals.

After hearing the first content about the border, Dai Qing looked at Tian Le in disbelief: "If Inner Khalkha and Khorchin are willing to listen to the Khan's call, how could we fall into the trap! Now the Ming Dynasty wants Hulunbuir, but the areas east of the Greater Khingan Range, the Naowen River area, and the north of the Liaohe River are all the areas of Khorchin and the Jurchens. What does the Ming Dynasty have to say to us?"

Tian Le said slowly, "Let's not talk about Hulunbuir for now. Since what you mean is that the Khanate is in name only, then the Ming Dynasty will negotiate with Khalkha and Khorchin separately. In the future, the left and right wings and Khorchin designated by your Dayan Khan will be officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty as three kingdoms. How about that?"

Lindan Batur clenched his fists.

The first sword strike was to cut off the Khan's fig leaf, so that the Khan would admit that they could only be the master of the Chahar part.

"Even if the Khan ordered them to move west, they would not agree!"

"That's a matter for the future." Tian Le remained calm. "First, you have to confirm whether you are willing to use this as a boundary in the future. Write it down in black and white in the peace treaty first."

"... south of the Xilamulun River, east of the Greater Khingan Range, and Hulunbuir..."

"It is much smaller than the Nurgandusi established in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. Daiqing Duling, why are you gritting your teeth?"

Dai Qing looked at him.

Of course, the territories of Korchin and Inner Khalkha were just a point he used to test.

As expected, the Ming Dynasty naturally included the territories they had conquered into their desired territory.

And since we have mentioned the Nurgan Regional Military Commission... In those days, the Ming Dynasty not only set up garrisons in the areas of Hulun Lake and Buyuer Lake, but also went deep into the Hanan River in the northwest and the Beishan Jurchen area in the northernmost part today.

The conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty now are indeed much more "gentle" than those proposed by the Nurgan Regional Command back then, but they still exceeded his expectations.

After staring at Tian Le for a while, he asked, "Does the Ming Dynasty want to let Khorchin and Inner Khalkha know that we have abandoned them first and exchanged their territories for Chahar's survival?"

"Then let's put it another way." Tian Le said with a smile, "To put it the other way around, would the Chahar Khanate be willing to settle in the area west of the Greater Khingan Range, south of Hulun Lake and Buyuer Lake, and north of the Xilamulun River, and use this as the border with the Ming Dynasty?"

"If we admit this, and if the Ming Dynasty continues to expel Khorchin and Khalkha, Chahar's assistance will be a violation of the Ming Dynasty's borders, right?"

"Of course!" Tian Le nodded.

Dai Qing did not answer.

"Da Ming should make things clear first. You can plan to go back first, but Da Ming will only give you this chance. If Zhang Yonghou can go to Mobei once, the generals and soldiers of Da Ming can go a second time."

"The people of Changshengtian cannot be killed completely." Dai Qing said in a stiff tone.

"The Ming Dynasty has no intention of killing them all. The Tumed understand the general situation, and the Ming Dynasty will only continue to trade with them and make them more and more prosperous." Tian Le paused for a moment and said, "To be honest, the people of the Ming Dynasty do not like nomadic life. East of Dashawo, south of the Xilamulun River, west of the remnant of the Greater Khingan Range, and north of Kaiping, the Ming Dynasty plans to allow King Shunyi to lead several Tumed tribes to graze there and rebuild Yingchang City."

Tian Le said that there were many Tatars. The Ming Dynasty could support the Tumed, letting them serve as a barrier between the Ming Dynasty and Chahar, or support them in annexing Chahar.

Hearing him mention the market trade, Dai Qing thought of the discontinued Trojan horse market. It was usually held in Dakangbao, west of Yizhou, and used to be almost exclusively for their Aohan tribe and Daming.

Because of that, his Aohan tribe became more and more prosperous and became the strongest tribe in Chahar.

Dai Qing looked at Tian Le and said, "His Majesty the Emperor said that he is not forcing us to bow our heads! The Ming Dynasty is so unwilling to give us a way out, so we naturally cannot give up so much in the peace treaty! Hulunbuir is not allowed. The area around the Kharamling River is not allowed either! If the Ming Dynasty is willing to allow us to graze in the Kharamling River Valley and open a border market west of the Balin grassland downstream, then this is in line with the long-term peace that His Majesty the Emperor said!"

He thought that the Ming Dynasty would not want Hulunbuir. Although it was an excellent pasture, did the Ming Dynasty need such a northern location? To go there, if you don't go directly from the west of the Greater Khingan Range, you have to go around the north of the Greater Khingan Range from the east.

And what he said about the area around the Kharamling River was indeed the case.

The Haramulin River is a tributary of the Xilamulun River, and both rivers are water systems in the upper reaches of the Liaohe River. From west to east, the Xilamulun River passes through the southern end of the Greater Khingan Range, while the Haramulin River flows from north to south in the middle of the Greater Khingan Range and then turns southeast.

The fertile Balin grassland is formed in the area where it converges with the Xilamulun River in its lower reaches. And along the Kharamulin River to the northwest, there is a three-branch valley. The main stream flows down from the Changbai Mountains in the north, and to the west is a small river valley washed out by a tributary that also leads to the west of the Greater Khingan Range and connects to the Xilin Gol Grassland.

Tian Le looked at him deeply, and then said: "Since you mentioned the border market, let's talk about this. Your Majesty is so gracious that he really doesn't want to end your life. The north of the Kharamling River is the tomb of many former rulers of the Liao Dynasty founded by the Khitans, and the Kharamling River Valley is also a dangerous pass. The Ming Dynasty does intend to build a city there and use it as a border market between the Ming Dynasty and Chahar in the future." "...We can only go to Qingzhou through the Greater Khingan Range?"

"The new city is built in the south of Qingzhou, so you don't have to go that far. But you can't come to the east of Daxing'anling."

Why would the Ming Dynasty leave a loophole for them to easily enter Liaodong again?
"Hulunbuir won't do!" Dai Qing said firmly after a moment of silence, "If the Ming Dynasty is determined to expel Khorchin and Khalkha, that is the best place for them to go."

"Aren't the Chahar tribes planning to use that place as a transhumance pasture?"

Dai Qing's face darkened, and then he said in a gloomy voice: "The four tribes of Lingnan were taken away by the Ming Dynasty, and countless people were killed and injured. Chahar no longer needs such a large grassland. If the Ming Dynasty is willing to reopen the border market to the Khan's court, our Khan can give up Hulunbuir and persuade Khorchin and Khalkha to move westward and return to the Khan's court, even if it means to accumulate strength for the future."

"You don't have to worry about that." Tian Le did not respond, but shook his head: "Hulunbuir, the Ming Dynasty must have it!"

Dai Qing stared at him intently.

The Ming Dynasty did not allow Chahar to have a bridgehead from which it could spy on Liaodong, but it insisted on having a bridgehead to the north of Chahar.

Can they go?

"Then the Ming Dynasty should release the people of the four tribes of Lingnan!"

"Your Majesty has already said that only the Ming Dynasty can make the conditions." Tian Le shook his head. "If Daiqing and Duling continue like this, the Ming Dynasty will only think that you Chahar still want to recover quickly so that you can invade the Ming Dynasty again."

He looked directly at Lindan Batur behind him and said, "What your noble lord wants is nothing more than for these young and strong warriors to return alive to the Khan's court. The Ming Dynasty's permission to open border markets is already a favor from heaven. Do Daiqing Duling agree with this?"

Dai Qing clenched his fists: "Then will my four Lingnan tribes only have young and strong men left from now on?"

Tian Le smiled slightly: "I don't know, are the tribes under you Chahar still clearly divided? The tribes are thriving and multiplying among themselves, what are Dai Qing and Du Ling worried about?"

Dai Qing looked gloomy.

He did not turn around to look at Lindan Batur's expression, but now the main casualties of the four tribes in Lingbei were only some young and strong warriors, and the tribesmen in the tribe were still there.

The ones who could be said to have suffered serious damage were actually the four Lingnan tribes including Aohan of Daiqing.

The Ming Dynasty was not planning to release the captured tribesmen!

If Dai Qing now insisted on releasing the people of the four tribes in Lingnan as a condition, would Lindan Batur worry that the warriors of the four tribes in Lingnan, who were more powerful, would occupy their place in the future and infringe on the interests of the four tribes in Lingbei? After all, they could only go back to the four tribes in Lingbei.

Before that, he had abandoned his master and fled north.

"The Ming Dynasty is treating us so harshly, it means they want to put us to death. In this case, even if Chahar only has the four old and weak tribes in the north of the Ling Mountains, they will definitely be enemies of the Ming Dynasty for generations!" Dai Qing also raised his head and looked at Zhu Changluo in the distance, "This is not a condition we can accept!"

The completely unreasonable territorial demands strongly suppressed the tribe's reproduction and development.

The only thing that can be considered a benefit is that we can open border markets with the Khan's court in the future.

At this time, Zhu Changluo spoke up, his tone was icy: "You invaded the border of the Ming Dynasty, burned, killed and looted, and now you threaten to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty for generations. Do you think it's scary? For hundreds of years, from the Oirat to the Tatars, who hasn't been the enemy of the Ming Dynasty for generations? The Ming Dynasty will not be afraid of such threats, and I will even disdain them! You knelt and begged for surrender, do you still think this should be an equal negotiation?"

Dai Qing only felt that he saw the coldness and decisiveness of a man who had seen the world in his eyes when he was in his twenties.

"I said, I am reasonable! But the conditions you put forward to the Ming Dynasty should be about how to proceed from the perspective of peace and harmony, and how you hope that the Ming Dynasty can help you make your people live better, rather than how to guard against the Ming Dynasty and how to quickly expand your tribe to counterattack the Ming Dynasty! After the defeat, can you support so many people with the land of the four tribes? I am willing to release you soldiers, and I have the kindness to let you go back to protect the remaining people!"

Zhu Changluo warned sternly: "You haven't returned for a whole winter, and you are surrounded after your defeat. After the news spreads throughout the northern desert, do you think the remaining four tribes of Chahar still need the Ming to intervene? Will the Wala who were forced to the west by you not come back to fight? Khorchin and Khalkha have no hope of regaining the Liaohe area. Knowing your situation, won't they attack west of the Greater Khingan Range?"

Lindan Batur was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly he felt that his breathing was a little difficult.

Only then did he hear the Ming emperor in front of him, who was much more powerful than himself, say: "You can let some of your people go back to the Ming Dynasty if you want. Divide into two halves. The four tribes in the north of the Ling Mountains will go back to protect their people first, and the soldiers from the four tribes in the south of the Ling Mountains will go east to kill the Jianzhou Jurchens. The more merits you have in the war, the more people you can take away after the war!"

Dai Qing looked at him in surprise.

Zhu Changluo had a calm expression: "What do you mean by calling yourself the father country? I didn't ask you for tribute or compensation. Why don't you want to earn money with your lives? What do I want so many of you for? You are full of resentment and there are many hidden dangers. However, there is no reason for the Ming Dynasty to send them back for no reason. Exchange them with military merits, raise cattle, sheep and horses in the future, and exchange them with goods at the border market!"

(End of this chapter)