During the fierce battle in Yizhou, Lin Dan sighed for a long time in the palace. Thinking back to the time when Genghis Khan led the Mongolian athletes to bend bows and shoot eagles across the desert, but now he is drunk and dreaming of death under the fence, and he can't help but cry.

Due to the strong counterattack of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ruling of the Yuan Empire in the Central Plains, collapsed, and was divided into Tatar and Warat after Zhu Di's several personal conquests. After that, the Ming Dynasty adopted a strategy of division, and played the Three Kingdoms on the steppe for hundreds of years. Until the death of Mandu Gul Khan in the Tatar tribe, only a five-year-old Dayan remained of the once-prosperous Golden Family.

Dayan's fate was extremely unfortunate, the elders of the family all died in infighting, and he was lonely since childhood, and even his mother abandoned him and remarried. Fortunately, a young widow in Mandu Gul took him under his protection, not only raised Dayan, but also declared him the Great Khan.

History has taught us that the hardships of youth often help people achieve a career, and Dayan is a good example. He served as Great Khan for seventy-three years, not only the longest-reigning Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, but also longer than all the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty. After the pro-government, Dayan suppressed the rebellion of the right-wing Tumuts and Uliangha, and successively carried out a series of fruitful attacks on the border areas of the Ming Dynasty from Liaodong to Gansu, making it impossible for the Ming Dynasty to implement a policy of division.

It can be said that Dayan is the third person in the Golden Family after Temujin and Kublai Khan, although the vast territory has been divided by many descendants, but the Khan of the Mongol Empire has been firmly inherited in the Chahar tribe, the descendants of Dayan's long branch, and passed on to Lin Dan after four generations. Lin Dan has witnessed the hypocrisy of many tribal leaders since he was a child, attacking each other internally, and fighting for the chickens of the Zhang San family and the ducks of the Li Si family, he has no mind and courage of the ancestors to conquer the world.

The blood of the golden family swelled in his body, and after Lin Dan succeeded to the throne, he was determined to unify the grassland, revive the majesty of the Great Yuan Dynasty, and successively conquered the two tribes of Ordos and Horqin, and maintained relative peace with the Khalkha tribe in the west, which greatly improved the strength of the Chahar tribe.

It's a pity that when he debuted, Nurhachi was already the leading big brother in the rebel world, and he had been carrying out sabotage activities in Liaodong for a long time, and he often went to the grassland to steal chickens and dogs, which annoyed all Mongolian tribes. He wanted to move the capital to the Hetao area to avoid the Eight Banners, but he was worried about falling under the attack of the Khalkha Ministry and the Ming Dynasty.

Just when he was in a dilemma, the Ming Dynasty threw out an olive branch of alliance and wanted to unite with Mongolia to fight against Jin. The two sides hit it off and soon began their first cooperation, but as a result, the main force of more than 100,000 in the Ming Dynasty was wiped out, and Lin Dan also lost his absolute leadership over the Horqin Department and the Han Department.

Of course, this nightmare is not over, in the early years of the Apocalypse, when the Ming army had just won the victory in the defense of Shenyang, the 20,000 cavalry of Mang Gurtai and Dai Shan attacked Chahanhot and captured Lin Dan's concubines, heirs and many princes and nobles. On the way back to the east, Mang Gurtai was surrounded by the Ming army, and immediately ordered the slaughter of these captives, and connived at the soldiers to rape the Mongolian concubines, princesses and noblewomen, saying that they wanted to avenge the Wanyan family.

In history, after Song Taizong played with Xiao Zhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, he even ordered someone to draw the infamous "Xiling Xingxiao Zhou Hou Picture" to Li Yu to watch, but the Jingkang Revolution not only looted the wealth of the Song Dynasty, but even the wives and daughters of the Zhao family were taken captive to the north. Jin people can carry out casual adultery with these female dependents, as long as the interest comes up, regardless of time, place, and characters, they can vent their animal desires as they like.

A hundred years later, when most of the Jin Kingdom was defeated by Temujin, the Mongol soldiers concocted the shame of Jingkang, not only emptied all the gold, silver and jewelry of the Wanyan family, but also killed all their men, and the women became tools to vent their desires. At that time, from the queen mother, queen, concubine, princess and other clan ladies to the young women of the Jurchens, they all became the crotch playthings of the Mongols, and even sold them as slaves to the grassland, and died tragically.

During the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, the general Lan Yu completed the unilateral massacre of the Mongols by the Han people in the fishing area, not only the famous cowardly Xue army was completely annihilated, but the Northern Yuan royal family was also wiped out by the Ming army. At that time, the queen of the Northern Yuan monarch Timur was incomparably beautiful, and her gorgeous name moved the desert, and Lan Yu said awe-inspiring after seeing it:

"Since Jingkang, the insults suffered by the princess and concubine of the Song Dynasty will be avenged by me!"

Of course, this kind of despicable behavior of the adulterous wife and daughter was naturally despised by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the historical records record that he not only treated these female relatives of the Northern Yuan Dynasty court well, but also granted them high-ranking officials to govern the world together. As for Lan Yu, later there was one of the four major cases of Hongwu in the early Ming Dynasty, the Lan Yu case, the clan punished the first duke, the thirteen marquis, and the second uncle, implicated in the killing of more than 15,000 people, and the blue jade was skinned and sent to the palace of his daughter Princess Shu.

As the so-called heaven is a good reincarnation, who is spared by the sky. The lessons of history are profound, and no matter what, we must not lose our conscience, otherwise retribution will be tried again and again. Bad people may be used for the rest of their lives, but the debts they owe will be paid by their descendants. Good people may encounter a lot of ups and downs, but I believe that planting good causes will lead to good results, and the cycle of heavenly principles is fair and fair.

To get back to the point, after the surrender of the Chahar Division, Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua incorporated Lin Dan's cavalry into the Yongwei Battalion together with the Jiahan Department and the Duoyan Division, which were commanded by Huang Degong and Cao Wenzhao respectively. For the rest of the people, Zuo Zhan followed the example of Emperor Taizu Gao and gave them generous treatment, not only distributing land and grain, but also allowing them to gain fame. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of forced assimilation was also implemented, and Zuo Zhan ordered that Mongolians in the interior should not speak Mongolian, wear Mongolian clothes, and marry each other, and must change their surnames to Han surnames.

This kind of forced assimilation is to learn the lesson of the Tang Dynasty's internal relocation of the Hu people, although the original Tang Taizong's shogunate made him the historical Khan, but also laid the root of the Anshi Rebellion, and even later occurred Wuhu Rebellion, almost let the Han people extinct the race. The truth of history is ugly, even bloody, but historians have to dress it up and mislead generations of Chinese.

At first, these Mongols were very resistant, and Zuo Zhan decisively ordered the execution of a group of leaders who led the rebellion, along with their wives and daughters. Under the suppression of this violence, the remaining people were finally willing to calm down and feel the tolerance of the Ming Dynasty. Even if their generation still has different intentions, the marriage will make them have to think about the survival of their offspring, and then through cultural education and changes in living habits, they will eventually be called part of this extended family.

Lin Dan saw that the wood was already in the boat, and he knew that he had no power to return to the sky. Fortunately for him, although the Khalkha tribe took advantage of the situation and occupied the traditional pastures of the tribe, it was surrounded by the Eight Banners, the Rakshasas and the Cossacks, and even the old nest was occupied by the Dzungar tribe. Today's Halbara is like a headless fly scurrying across the grassland, and what a miserable situation.

With Halbara as a comparison, Lin Dan has also been moisturized in the county king's mansion, not to mention the fine clothes and jade food every day, and there are all kinds of exotic beauties accompanied, just like heaven and earth. It's just that when he dreams back at midnight, he still misses Bumu Butai, the second daughter of Borzigit, the leader of the Horqin tribe. Although she is only nine years old, she hides the style of the entire Hulunbuir grassland between her eyebrows and eyes, and she is a beautiful woman. He had intended to take her as a wife and concubine, but the continuous changes caught him off guard, and he heard that Huang Taiji took this big jade away when he ransacked the Horqin grassland, which made Lin Dan very angry.

Regarding Lin Dan's performance, Zuo Zhan's heart was full of contempt. Resentment with someone for a woman will inevitably lose a man's demeanor and temperament, and if it is yours, you will keep it by your ability, not yours, don't be sad. The good-looking women in the world are like flowers stubble after stubble, why hang themselves on a tree!

Of course, Lin Dan's situation was also the indirect result of the Zuo War, in order to make up for the indebtedness in his heart, he specially sent him the four Yi girls brought by the Wei Dynasty from Ying Tianfu, hoping that he could regain his strength and cooperate with his plan to form a national alliance.

At the same time as the army was marching, Zuo Zhan and the cabinet began to consider the post-war resettlement strategy. First of all, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang were set up in the northeast, and a large area north of Heilongjiang and Sakhalin Island and other islands were under the jurisdiction of the Nuer Gandu Division. Secondly, a national alliance was established in the Mongolian steppe to clarify the boundaries between the tribes, and all military forces were handed over to the unified command of the Ming Dynasty to jointly conquer internal rebellions and resist the invasion of foreign enemies. On this basis, the Ming Dynasty opened up the border to mutual markets, and at the same time migrated the inland population to pastures for grazing, encouraging all-round exchanges and integration between the Han and Mongolians.

Of course, in order for the fierce Mongol man to be hospitable for a long time, he must have a strong military force that can deliver a quick and devastating blow in the event of a rebellion. In history, only Huo Quai's thousand-mile raid could not only destroy the enemy, but also plunder their wealth and reward the soldiers, so as to achieve the strategic purpose of nourishing the war with war. As for Zhu Di's practice of bringing hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, it is not advisable, because it requires a strong ruler and a full treasury. Even so, this style of play is only a kind of deterrence by force, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the substance, and it cannot solve the problem fundamentally.

Of course, Huo Qubing is the god of war, this kind of military genius is the only one in thousands of years, and he is even more scarce than the emperor. However, his thousand-mile raid can be used as a reference, and there are also ready-made teaching materials, such as the global colonization of the Portuguese, Spaniards, and the Dutch, and the Rakshasa Musketeer's 10,000-mile crusade, which are all examples of the current Ming Dynasty learning expeditionary warfare.

"Kou can go, I can go too!"

Zuo Zhan shouted loudly in the middle of the argument, and looking at the surprised look of everyone, Zuo Zhan continued to shout:

"This Rakshasa army of more than 10,000 people was able to cross more than 10,000 miles of desert and Gobi to come to our dynasty, and besieged the city of Yizhou for more than two months, which is remarkable in terms of military affairs alone. I ask all of you here, Aiqing, you are all the top military generals of the Ming Dynasty, who can take 10,000 people to the territory of Rakshasa? ”

This question is very realistic, not to mention marching more than 10,000 miles, it is not easy to take 10,000 people on foot. The march requires effective management, unified dispatch and smooth communication, as well as logistical supply and distribution, in addition to ensuring clean water sources along the way, and guarding against attacks by nomadic tribes.

Among the military geniuses of the past dynasties, only Huo Qubing did it, he gave full play to the mobile advantages of the cavalry, and achieved the purpose of nourishing the war by plundering the resources of the Huns, and through the continuous interspersed detours between the Xiongnu tribes, one by one to break the fierce enemy, the Huns had to flee to the Western Regions to plague the Roman Empire in Europe.

At this time, although the Ming Dynasty gathered stars, there were very few people who could do this, not because they were incapable, but because the imperial court had been pursuing a passive defensive strategy that limited the play of military geniuses. Looking at everyone's hesitant expressions, Zuo Zhan glanced at Yu Dingbian, and Yu Dingbian said understandingly:

"The reason why the Rakshasas can go on expeditions and fights is because their weapons are advanced, and they all use firearms. The second is that they are tactical and flexible, and achieve their own supplies by plundering the tribes along the way.

This was an unconventional form of plunder, and many Western armies used this style of play to conquer many backward countries along the way. At present, a similar threat has emerged along our southeastern coast, and the general believes that if the threat in the vicinity is to be completely eliminated, he should follow their example and adopt this tactic. ”

Regarding Yu Dingbian's suggestion, everyone felt unbelievable and almost refuted it in unison. They think that the Ming Dynasty is a vast country and a heavenly state, so how can they act as thieves. Seeing that the ministers were angry, Zuo Zhan glanced at Huang Kezhang again, and Huang Wubu stepped forward after a little hesitation and said:

"Your Majesty, the old minister lived in Fujian in his early years, and he heard about the massacre of our Korean expatriates in Luzon, so it can be seen that Commander Yu is not alarmist. The reason why my colleagues were excited was because they wanted to escape the fact that the Westerners were superior to our warships and firearms.

Now that His Majesty has an enlightened policy towards the foreigners, the old minister thought that he should not only learn their military techniques, but also send missions and caravans to the Western countries to explore the customs and customs there, conduct close cultural exchanges, and use the essence of them for my use. ”

Huang Kezhang's ability to serve as one of the five Shangshu is unique in history, and this person's political acumen is by no means extraordinary. When everyone heard him say such a straightforward thing, they didn't react for a while. In fact, the reason why Huang Kezhang hesitated for a while before saying this was completely bewitched by Zuo Zhan. Zuo Zhan once quietly went to the Huangfu to learn tea art with the tea ceremony saint, and he had to wave the flag for the little emperor for the future of his granddaughter.

Zheng Sanjun, who is the country's chief priest of wine, saw Huang Kezhang's public statement, and also followed suit:

"The Holy Spirit, the Book of Songs, there is a cloud: 'The stones of other mountains can attack jade'. Despite its remote location, a large number of craftsmen, scholars, and missionaries have come to the East for nearly 100 years to learn the culture and techniques of our dynasty and to engage in trade with our dynasty, which in itself is a kind of progress.

In contrast, our dynasty only sent merchant ships to the heavens during the Chengzu period, but it only preached the prestige of the country, and could not be called normal trade. During the Jiajing period, the Japanese invaders were rampant, and the imperial court closed the seaports, burned merchant ships, and greatly reduced the scale and frequency of trade with foreign countries. This not only reduced the foreign trade of the imperial court, but also deprived us of the opportunity to communicate with foreign countries. ”

Under the singing and harmony of the two idol actors, Yu Dingbian and Huang Kezhang, as well as the powerful group actor Zheng Sanjun, everyone began to turn the wind and express their support for the emperor's resolution, and agreed that a national alliance should be formed to strengthen the ties between the Ming Dynasty and the grassland tribes, and adopt the strategy of Mengzhimeng to solve the border troubles for hundreds of years. At the same time, they actively learned their tactics from the Westerners and Rakshasas, and adopted the mode of plunder in future foreign wars, which not only solved the financial burden of the imperial court and the drawbacks caused by long-distance baggage supply, but also weakened the enemy's recovery ability, and even disappeared completely.