Chapter 225: Jiuyuan North (9)

About the Ming Dynasty, there is one thing that everyone knows - Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, overthrew the rule of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty and drove the Mongol nobles back to Mobei, and established the Ming Dynasty. Later generations also called Zhu Yuanzhang the emperor who won the most righteous throne in the feudal dynasty era.

Since the Ming Dynasty was founded by Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the contradictions between the two sides and the northern Mongolia have not been broken, and the two sides have constantly had friction and disputes, and they will start fighting if they disagree. Until Yongle Emperor Zhu Di killed his nephew Zhu Yunwen and ascended the throne, he never forgot to inherit his father's will, and always took the Northern Expedition to Mongolia as his life goal.

In fact, from Taizu to Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, the battles of its army were indeed quite strong, and they always beat the northern Mongolia.

During the period of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the commander Lan Yu led an army of 150,000 troops to the north and defeated the Mongolian cavalry, which directly wiped out the Mongolian golden family. The so-called Mongolian Golden Family is the descendant of the legendary Genghis Khan.

Emperor Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty also devoted his life to the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, and the scale of his Northern Expedition was still more than the military operations during his father's period. Since his accession to the throne, he has won five victories in five times, and he himself died on the way back from the fifth personal victory. It was also during Zhu Di's reign that the fifteenth year moved the capital to the imperial capital, and began to guard the country for more than 200 years.

Because of the continuous Northern Expedition from Hongwu to Yongle during the period, manpower, material and financial resources were consumed hugely, and the country's finances were in difficulty in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. As a last resort, from the time of Ming Xuanzong, the Northern Expedition had to be suspended and turned to the establishment of a defense system against Mongolia.

However, this does not mean that the Ming Dynasty cannot be moved. Later, the Ming and Mongolia also collided frequently, and began to launch small and medium-sized wars, which continued for many years, either friction or fighting.

This phenomenon lasted for a while, and in the Ming Yingzong period, Zhu Qizhen was the eunuch who was in charge of the eunuch and actually didn't know anything about leading troops to fight, but he still felt that he was quite good at the old dog than Wang Zhen, and he himself, who also knew nothing about military affairs, had a hot head, and went north with an army of 200,000 troops, preparing to crusade against Mongolia.

However, these two people tied together, the sum is less than half a finger of the ancestors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, due to Wang Zhen's wrong command, 200,000 Ming troops were attacked by the Mongol army in Tumubao, and the whole army was annihilated.

These 200,000 troops included the most advanced equipment at that time, the Shenji Battalion, which was equipped with the most advanced firearms, the 3,000 battalions of the imperial capital, and the five military battalions. The accumulation of decades in the Ming Dynasty is all here, not to mention the civil and military generals who accompanied the imperial expedition were all high-level talents at that time.

In the first battle of Tumubao, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty was defeated.

But the matter was not over, after the battle of Tumubao, the leader of the Mongol army at that time was also ambitious, planning to take the opportunity to take the imperial capital and destroy the Ming Dynasty. But after arriving at the imperial capital, he met Yu Qian, the squire of the military department at that time, and was led by Yu Qian to lead the old and weak soldiers in the city and the local troops urgently drawn from other places, and resisted desperately under his command, and at the same time, there was a gap within the Mongolian army itself, and under the vigorous interference of the Ming officials, the gap became bigger and bigger. In the end, the Mongols were defeated, and they had to retreat to the steppe with their army.

After experiencing the Tumubao Revolution and the defense of the imperial capital led by Yu Qian, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia could not fight.

In the past, what the Mongols lacked in ordinary times, they would directly rush into the Ming border to grab a wave and leave, but since the defense of the imperial capital, the strength of its army has plummeted, and since then the Ming has also increased the defense of the border. So later, the Mongols couldn't grab it, so they asked the Ming Dynasty to open the border and trade with each other. In the fifth year of Longqing, under the urging of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, the Ming Dynasty opened its borders and traded with the Mongols.

After Longqing, there is Wanli. It should be noted here that Emperor Longqing reigned for only six years, that is, only two years after the opening of mutual trade, and he arrived in the Wanli Dynasty.

That is to say, during the Wanli period, the Ming and Mongolia double-developed mutual trade, and the friendly development time was not long, and many people still had a cautious or even hostile attitude towards each other.

Once you understand this reason, you can understand why the herdsmen whipped it as soon as they saw Wujiang.

The Lich Clan is also included in the Huaxia Clan, and Wujiang is also born with the face of a Central Plains person, and when the herdsmen see him, they instantly become vigilant. Especially after he snatched the first herdsman's whip, the herdsmen naturally regarded him as an enemy.

Wu Jiang was carrying a big knife in his left hand and a whip in his right hand, looking at those burly Mongolian men with a bewildered expression, and he was scared by him alone.

He shook his head, decided to catch up and ask what was going on, and with a random trick, he came in front of the Mongolian men and blocked their way.

"What the hell are you running? I just want to ask if there is a feng shui treasure suitable for seclusion!" Wu Jiang shouted.

The Mongolian men looked at each other, and after a long silence, one of the older men said with a hint of fear, "Are you a shaman?"

"What shaman?" Wu Jiang looked confused again.

"You have such amazing power, you are not a shaman, you really don't even know what a shaman is?" the Mongolian man said incredulously.

"I just want to ask if there are any feng shui treasures here that are suitable for seclusion. Wu Jiang repeated the purpose of his coming here.

In their concept, the Central Plains is the land of abundance, how could this person run to the grassland to find the treasure of feng shui?

But Wu Jiang doesn't care so much, since the master has an order and needs a place suitable for seclusion, then he has to find a feng shui treasure land, an ordinary place, how to let the master live?

The big men looked at each other several times, and finally the older man spoke: "Are you really just here to find a place to live?"

"Of course. After Wu Jiang nodded, he emphasized emphatically: "It's true that it's a place to live, but it must be a treasure of feng shui." ”

"Then we don't know. The older man shook his head, and then said, "This kind of place is known only to our shamans." ”

"It's a shaman again. "Wujiang has a headache. "What the hell is a shaman?"

"The shaman is the shaman's messenger in the world, and the shaman uses the power he receives from the shaman to exercise his power in the world. The big man explained.

"What a mess. Wu Jiang's mind was confused when he heard this, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Then where is that shaman of yours?" Or you can call him and let him tell me where there is a treasure of feng shui. ”

As soon as these words came out, he obviously saw that the faces of those Mongolian men had changed, and they seemed to be a little shocked and some angry. At this time, he understood a little bit: this shaman may be a very respected figure in their clan, a prophet-like existence, and his words were a little rude to the shaman, and all these people will have shock and anger on their faces: shocked that they dare to treat the shaman like this, angry that they dare to treat the shaman like this.

However, the words have been spoken, and there is no reason to take it back. He stood where he was, waiting for the men to reply to him.

After a long time, the Mongolian men whispered and finally came up with an answer. The middle-aged man looked back, as if he had made up his mind, and nodded heavily: "Okay, you wait here first, I'll ask the shaman to come." ”

"In that case, thank you. Wujiang clenched his fists at these Mongolian big men, and apologized for the behavior just now: "I was reckless and abrupt everyone, I'm really sorry." ”

The big men shook their heads one after another, indicating that they didn't care. The older man sent two young men to ride into the grassland, and he and the others politely invited Wu Jiang to rest and wait in the tent.

Wu Jiang was a little strange about the huge change in the attitude of these big men before and after, and felt that things were a little too smooth, in short, he felt that something was not right, but he relied on himself to be a second-grade sorcerer, and he didn't take these burly men with brute strength in his eyes, even if he came to a group, he could level them with one hand.