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When Li Zicheng left Huangyuan County, Jiang Yuan, the county governor, rushed to see him off, and sent him to the south city gate. ”

"Going to work?" Jiang Yuan thoughtfully, "The Metropolitan Governor ......"

"This expedition to the west, the scale will not be large, and the time will not be too long," Li Zicheng patted Jiang Yuan's shoulder, "Take the south of the West Sea, Hainan Mansion will become, and it can be connected with Longyou, this Hainan prefect is none other than you!" ”

Jiang Yuan hurriedly bowed to the ground, "Thank you, my subordinates, the Grand Duke!" ”

"Haha, get up," Li Zicheng laughed, "Jiang Zhixian, this time is not only a promotion, but also a responsibility, Hainan Mansion is a newly naturalized land, and the courage on your shoulders is not light!" ”

"The subordinates understand, the Metropolitan Governor can rest assured, the subordinates will try their best to let the people of Hainan Mansion settle down as soon as possible!"

Li Zicheng nodded and said: "With the people in mind, the starting point is good, but we must also grasp a degree, and the person who is concentric with the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, we can take care of him and let him live a better life, if someone has a different heart, or even secretly makes trouble, it must not be taken care of, in the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, it is impossible for lawless Tusi to appear again!" ”

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will remember the teachings of the Grand Governor!"

"I will leave you five hundred wolf cavalry," Li Zicheng beckoned, asked Wang Peng to come over, and said in front of Jiang Yuan: "Wang Peng, after the expedition is over, the governor of Pontus will withdraw to Lanzhou, and you will stay here, but if there is anything, everything will be arranged by Jiang Zhi County." ”

"Yes, Grand Duke!" Wang Peng clenched his hands into fists, imitated the Han people, first greeted Li Zicheng, and then saluted Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan hurriedly returned the salute, and said to Li Zicheng: "Don't worry, the governor of the capital, his subordinates and Wang Baihu will definitely protect Hainan Mansion!" ”

Li Zicheng did not alarm the beacon tower on the south bank of the West China Sea, he took the guide and the missionary elders of the Catholic Church in Huangyuan County, set off from Huangyuan County, to the southwest, less than 70 miles, is the Sun Moon Mountain Pass, the Mandate of Heaven Army was stationed here, at that time it was still called the Xining Army, when Li Zicheng returned to Xining from the West Sea, there was a special detour from here, this time passing by, it is regarded as a revisit to the old place.

However, Li Zicheng had no intention of observing the beautiful scenery of the mountain pass, and he had been searching for information about the answering of the Ma Wan Household.

Approaching the Daoliu River, Li Zicheng saw that the mountains on both sides were steep, so he asked the guide accompanying him: "What mountain range is this, and why is the terrain so undulating?" ”

The guide said: "Back to Dadudu, the north is the Sun Moon Mountain, the south is the Jishi Mountain, the green and faint mountain in the northeast, called the Kukunuoer Ridge, the three mountains are sandwiched, only here can be passed." ”

Li Zicheng's heart tightened, no wonder this is the key point of the Tangbo Ancient Road, and Princess Wencheng entered Tibet from here.

In this way, if there is only one road, as long as you guard the pass, you can protect the safety of Xining.

The current Xining Mansion, obviously the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion has been moved to Lanzhou, but it is the key city of his implementation of "rejuvenating the country through industry and commerce", the earliest base of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and the people on the ground have been sinicized, which is very important for the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion.

It's a pity that Li Zicheng didn't meet many Han people along the way, and there were even very few foreign races, obviously the terrain here is not very suitable for farming, and even herdsmen are rare.

Li Zicheng camped at the mouth of the river that night, because it was still early, so he took his soldiers around, since this is a traffic artery, see if you can establish a county here, calculate the distance, this place is not far from the answer to the Ma Wan household.

But to his disappointment, the Kukunoer Ridge extends to the south with a huge gentle slope, and the slope can be used as pasture, and if you want to open up farmland as farmland, in this era, I am afraid it is more difficult than climbing to the sky, no wonder there are no Han people here!

Since it is impossible to feed a large number of people, if you want to establish a county, I am afraid it will be difficult, at most it is a military town, however, the era of relying on the pass to hold on to the pass will soon pass, although the Mandate of Heaven army came to the Daoliu River, Li Zicheng does not plan to spend great efforts to establish a pass here, the east and west banks of the Daochuan River are Han land, why waste manpower and material resources in vain?

After returning to the camp and asking the guide, Li Zicheng knew that this place was only eighty or ninety miles away from the Asi Mawan household.

Li Zicheng asked the cavalry to have dinner early, except for the soldiers on duty, the rest of the people rested early, and they must rush to the Asi Ma Wan Hu tomorrow, although the distance is not far, they are all cavalry, but the mountain road is difficult to walk, not like the plain area.

The soldiers had already entered the camp tent to rest, but Li Zicheng had gone through the matter of Ma Wanhu in his mind.

Answer: Ma Wanhu is set up in the Hongwu period, it can be seen from the name, it is completely different from the inland prefectures and counties, belongs to the nature of detention, the Ming court did not send civil officials to the local government, but by the local head of the management on behalf of the people, nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ming court, in essence does not pay taxes to the Ming court, daily affairs, the Ming court will not ask.

It is actually the Tusi system, which is not much different from the vassal state, and it is in the border area, whether it is considered the land of the Ming Dynasty or not, that is a matter of opinion.

Li Zicheng estimates that if the central country is strong enough, I am afraid that the local local officials, at least from time to time to express their loyalty, once the central country declines, the imperial court has no intention of asking, I am afraid it will be difficult to say, like the "six comforts" set up in Yunnan in the early Ming Dynasty, and finally belong to the central country, only one Xishuangbanna remains.

The head of the Asi Ma Wan Hu was originally a Mongol, but hundreds of years have passed, the Mongols have not moved in later, but there are more and more Tibetans, and finally occupy the majority, the original Mongolian head power has fallen, and the Tibetans have gradually occupied a dominant position, and now the largest force in the city is the Tibetan Songba Xindan.

However, the Mongols were not willing to withdraw from the Tasi Mawan Household, although the number was less than half of the Tibetans, and the strength was far inferior to that of the Tibetans, but they occupied the southeast corner, and under the leadership of the head man Zagad, they barely fought against the Tibetans, maintaining a side of land inside and outside the city.

Li Zicheng originally hated the war with the foreign races that had no end, they were too barren, even if the war was won, they could not get reparations from them, in case the war was unfavorable, the Han land would be plundered, and suddenly go back to decades, hundreds of years ago.

Such a war is really meaningless for the Han people.

If it weren't for the expansion of territory for the Han Chinese, he would rather live in peace with the alien races on the periphery.

However, this is impossible, "the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop", if the Han people are strong enough, they can't expand outward, once the marginal alien race rises, they will not think so, they will definitely squeeze the living space of the Han people.

The long history of mankind is developing in such advances and retreats, which is what every nation must face, just like the "law of the jungle" rule in nature, you can't change it, you can only adapt to this rule, otherwise it will be eliminated and wiped out by nature!

The lion speaks of kindness and does not eat cattle, horses and sheep; Cows, horses and sheep are angry, and when the big cats approach, they don't run away, and the final result is the same - death!

Song Huizong Zhao Ji practiced calligraphy and painting in the palace, and Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, talked about poetry and tuned the piano rhyme with Xiao Zhouhou, and they didn't recruit anyone or provoke anyone, but they were all inevitably ruined by the country and the fate of their own great humiliation.

You can love others, but you must first have the ability to protect yourself and deter Xiaoxiao with your own strength.

General Chen Tang of the Western Han Dynasty said well, "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away"!

However, Li Zicheng prefers the words of Ban Biao of the Eastern Han Dynasty: Where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go, they are all Han soil!

The former is passive self-defense, and the latter is active attack!

If the Han nation is strong, it can't expand its land externally, once it is weakened, how can there be fat meat for others to slaughter?

Li Zicheng was lying on the bed alone, and what he thought about the most was to answer the Ma Wan Household, since the Tibetans and the Mongols were opposed, could they pull a gang to fight a gang? Who needs to be united, and who needs to be eliminated?

The Tibetans and the Mongols have huge backers, but the golden family in the hearts of the Mongols has been forever gone, and it seems that the Mongols are more trustworthy, and now the subordinates of the Mandate of Heaven, the wolf cavalry and the tiger cavalry, are the original Mongols......

Li Zicheng made up his mind preliminarily, settled down a little, and unconsciously fell asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers hurriedly had breakfast, then left the camp and headed west, and went straight to the Dasi Ma Wan Household, which took only half a day for eight or ninety miles of mountain road, and finally arrived before sunset.

The Tibetans at the head of the city, seeing the cavalry coming, and the soldiers and horses who did not know where, hurriedly closed the city gate, and flew with people to report to Songpa Xindan.

Li Zicheng regretted a little, he knew that there were defenders at the city gate, so he should approach the city at night, maybe he could use the night to sneak attack.

I regret it now, it's too late, the cavalry of the Mandate of Heaven has been found in the city, and it is impossible to open the city gate easily.

Li Zicheng took his own soldiers around the city and explored the terrain on the spot.

Backed by the Dasir Mountains in the southern part of the Kukunoer Mountains, the Asi Mawanhu is located at the confluence of the Kukunoer Mountains to the valley, at the confluence of the Buqia River and the Shazhuyu River, and just guards a large open basin.

The west side is not only close to the Chabucha River, but also the Shazhuyu River flows westward, the south side is downhill, the north side is slope, and only the east side is relatively open.

If the city was to be attacked, the camp should be set up in the east, but Li Zicheng wanted a quick victory, he simply did not have time to fight a war of attrition here, so he thought about it and decided to make good use of the Qibucha River that passed around the city.

Li Zicheng had Wang Peng stationed in the southeast of the Dasi Ma Wanhu Office, and he himself followed Li Guo to the northwest, which was the upper reaches of the Chabucha River.

Because it was getting late, Li Zicheng went back to the big tent to rest, preparing to see the flow of the Chabucha River and the tributaries along the way tomorrow, but he sent a military order, from now on, send rangers to patrol along the city wall, cut off all communication between inside and outside the city, hoping to cause panic in the city.

After dawn, Li Zicheng had just gotten up, and the small flag officer of the ranger rushed to report: A total of eight people who left the city were killed last night, but no people who entered the city were found.

Li Zicheng thought about it for a while, and then he understood, this is the people in the city exploring the way, otherwise the moon is dark and the wind is high, why are you in a hurry to go out of the city in the middle of the night?

Regardless of whether there were reinforcements from the outside world, Li Zicheng couldn't afford it, so he got up in a hurry, ate too early and late, and took his own soldiers to inspect the Cha Bu Cha River.

Wang Peng was on his first expedition, eager to make meritorious service in front of the Grand Governor, and after breakfast, he took 500 cavalry to fight outside the eastern city.