The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 127 This Time the Rebellion is Really Suppressed

Guihua City was started to be built in the sixth year of Longqing and completed in the third year of Wanli.

Altan Khan's palace was built based on the model of Yuan Dadu, and there was even a palace inside.

Although Guihua City is a miniature version of Yuan Dadu, the palaces inside are magnificent and golden. It is unknown how much white marble, glazed tiles, gold foil, silver foil, copper and other materials were used.

This is the northernmost part of the northwest. It is very difficult to transport food here, and I don’t know how much it will cost to transport so many precious materials.

From this we can see how much money Altan Khan made from doing business with the three major families of Puzhou over the years.

Guihua City is not very large, but it has palaces, buildings, streets, and shops, and the city walls are three meters high.

It is obvious that this is an important transit point for the three major families of Puzhou to do business with the Northern Tartars.

Otherwise, nomadic tribes would never build cities according to their habits. Building cities would make nomadism inconvenient. Only doing business requires a safe and fixed location.

The shops here are probably all opened by the three wealthy families of Puzhou. If we can catch these businessmen, who knows how many secrets we can dig out.

It’s a pity that Guihua City is now deserted, even the shops have been emptied. It is unknown what kind of business they are doing here.

At this time, there were quite a few people outside Guihua City. There were more than 100,000 Ming army soldiers alone, and more than 100,000 captured old, young, women and children. There were also millions of cattle, sheep and horses.

They fought this battle very skillfully. Without losing a single soldier, they were able to reap such a huge harvest. When Wanli saw this, he couldn't stop smiling.

However, the war was not over yet. They had not yet taken over the Xitao Plain, the Haobai Rebellion had not been quelled, the three major families in Puzhou had not been dealt with, and the border towns in the northwest had not been rectified. He still had a lot to do.

He didn't plan to stay here long.

Early in the morning at about noon, he summoned all the generals to the main hall in the center of Guihua City to arrange subsequent matters.

The Xitao Plain must be taken in one fell swoop, but a large army must also be stationed in the Qiantao Plain, otherwise Sanniangzi and Xin'ai Huang Taiji may meet up with the reinforcements of the Weiwushen Tribe and even the Duolun Tumed Tribe and launch a surprise attack.

After all, this is the foundation of the Tumed tribe's prosperity. If the three major plains of the outer coat are lost, the Tumed tribe will inevitably decline.

He sat on the high warm room and thought carefully, then said decisively: "Yuan Jing, you lead the 40,000 soldiers of the Shenshu Camp to garrison here, and arrange 10,000 soldiers in Guihua City. In addition, send 10,000 soldiers to guard the valleys to the north, east, and west of the Qiantao Plain."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang quickly bowed and said, "I will obey your order."

Wanli continued his orders, "General Wang, General Chen, lead your troops to block the river valley between the Qiantao Plain and the Houtao Plain. I will leave all the grain carts and artillery carts to you. You should block the openings on both sides."

Wang Rulong and Chen Dashou quickly bowed and said, "I obey your command."

Wanli continued his order, "General Ma, you should lead the cavalry of Datong Town to garrison the south bank of the Qingshui River to prevent the Tumed tribe from joining forces with the Kharchin tribe and even the three Doyan guards to invade Datong Town."

Ma Gui bowed without hesitation and said, "I obey your order."

Wanli continued his orders, "Ruxun, General Liu, General Man, General Du, General Lou, and General Hu, you will lead the Shenwu Battalion Cavalry and 20,000 Shenji Battalion Light Cavalry to follow me to capture the Xitao Plain. Remember, each soldier must bring enough dry rations and dried mutton to last for half a month."

The generals hurriedly bowed and said, "I obey your order."

Wanli thought for a moment, then asked, "Yuan Jing, do you have any other questions?"

The problem is huge.

Qi Jiguang cautiously warned, "Your Majesty, if we arrange this, the Houtao Plain will be completely deserted. If they take it back, won't that mean we're split in two?"

This is actually nothing.

Wanli smiled slightly and said, “Yuan Jing, you know the deployment of the troops, so you think they dare to seize Houtao Plain.

But they don't know our troop deployment. If their scouts run to the Houtao Plain and don't see a single person, they will definitely think it is a trap.

In fact, that place is also a trap, because we have naval clippers for communication. Even if the middle Houtao Plain is occupied by them, we can agree on a time to attack from both sides.

When the chariots advance here and the cavalry surround them, it would be strange if they don't suffer heavy losses."

Your style of play is really hard to understand.

The Tumed tribe really didn't dare to easily seize the Houtao Plain. If they did, they would be attacked from both sides. Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is wise. If the Houtao Plain is fine, then there is no problem."

Wanli nodded slightly, then waved his hand decisively, saying, "Alright then. Everyone, get ready. General Wang, General Chen, equip each grain cart and artillery cart with two horses, leaving only a stone of grain inside. As quickly as possible, rush to the river valley between the Qiantao Plain and the Houtao Plain to garrison."

All the generals responded in unison.

Immediately afterwards, Wanli set off with 60,000 cavalrymen from the Beijing camp and thousands of imperial guards' light cavalry.

He rushed to the valley between the Qiantao Plain and the Houtao Plain to rest for a day. When the 20,000 horses of the Shenji Camp pulling grain carts arrived to garrison, he led 60,000 cavalry from the Jingying Camp and tens of thousands of imperial guards' light cavalry straight to the Xitao Plain.

At this moment, the Houtao Plain seemed to have been cleared by them, but there were still many light cavalry from the Bayuete and Balin tribes hiding in the middle. After hearing the thundering sound of horse hooves from afar, these guys hurriedly mounted their horses and headed straight for the Xitao Plain.

It is obvious that these are the scouts left here by Buyan Taiji and Balin Taiji. They are here to see whether the Ming army will continue to attack the Xitao Plain, and if so, how many troops will be sent.

As a result, when the Ming cavalry rushed over, the earth was shaking and the whole ground was trembling. It goes without saying that there were at least 50,000 cavalrymen in this situation.

Buyan Taiji and Balin Taiji were both terrified when they heard the news.

Their cavalry totaled only over 10,000. How could they possibly withstand at least 50,000 Ming cavalry?
If you don't run away in this situation, you will die!
Buyan Taiji and Balin Taiji immediately led tens of thousands of cavalrymen, pulled carriages, and took the Bayuete tribe's troops, cattle, sheep and horses, and rushed out from the gap in the south of Helan Mountain and escaped.

As for the small tribes that originally belonged to the Tumed tribe, they no longer had any control over them.

Because the Ming cavalry advanced so quickly, more than 300 miles a day, by the time they received the news, almost two days had passed.

In other words, when they received the news, the Ming cavalry had already entered the valley between the Houtao Plain and the Xitao Plain. In another day, at least 50,000 cavalry would have rushed into the Xitao Plain.

How could they have the time to care about those small tribes? The Xitao Plain is so large that it would take at least three days to gather all the old, young, women, children, cattle, sheep and horses of those small tribes. By that time, the Ming cavalry would have killed their way through the Xitao Plain, so how could they run away?

When Wanli led 70,000 troops to the northern end of the Xitao Plain, he specifically ordered all the troops to rest for a day. Early the next morning, he sent out the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp in four groups to sweep across from the left and right sides. He led 20,000 light cavalry of the Shenji Camp and tens of thousands of light cavalry of the Imperial Guards to support in the middle, ready to provide support at any time.

As a result, the cavalry of the Shenwu Camp did not encounter any resistance at all. They marched south and reached the southern end of the Xitao Plain in two days.

There is a vast expanse of fertile grassland covering hundreds of miles, but there is not even a single person in sight!

It is obvious that the Bayuet tribe originally lived here as nomads.

Buyan Taiji and Balin Taiji must have been preparing to escape long ago.

When tens of thousands of their cavalrymen came to charge, the enemy was scared away.

They actually took over the Xitao Plain so easily.

They actually recovered the entire Hetao area just like that!

Next are the rebels in Ningxia Town.

As the sun sets, the thunderous sound of horse hooves rises in the river valley south of the Xitao Plain, and the rebels guarding the city fortress can't help but look nervous.

This is at least tens of thousands of cavalry.

What does the Tumed tribe want to do?
They could never have imagined that Wanli had already led the Beijing Camp to recover Hetao, and the cavalry galloping towards them from the north were not cavalry from the Tumed tribe, but light cavalry from the Beijing Camp and the Imperial Guards.

Wanli held up a telescope and scanned the densely packed cities and fortresses in the valley, and he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Ningxia Town has more than a hundred cities and fortresses.

If he let the soldiers of the Beijing camp attack, it would take no time to take it.

The problem is that the rebellion in Ningxia Town must be quelled.

This is a border town of the Ming Dynasty. Can we allow the rebels to occupy it forever?
That's a joke.

Ningxia Town must be recaptured.

This time he really wants to put down the rebellion.

(End of this chapter)