Chapter 395: The power is in the grassland
In terms of animal power, Guoxinga was really prepared, and Manchuria was originally a regional horse-producing land, which could bear part of the demand for animal power. At the same time, the neighbors of North Manchurian are good! If there are no horses in the Liangjiang region, there is really no way, but the Manchuria region is close to Mongolia, and the lack of horses is not nonsense!
In the jurisdiction of the newly established Hung Yen Province, there is the Hulunbuir grassland, where there are cattle and horses. Moreover, after Guoxing'a violently beat Lao Maozi in Aihui, the Buteha Eight Banners, Saurun Eight Banners and Balhu Eight Banners in the Hulunbuir area respected Guoxinga as a god, regarded him as the first Baturu in Manchuria, and was a real hero, and now they are all very active in accepting the reorganization, and Hulunbuir is like Goxinga's own backyard. Goxinga needs horses and cattle, and he can reach out to them at any time.
"Does the general want to completely wipe out the cattle and horses on the Hulunbuir grassland?" There was almost no etiquette to say about Guoxing's deliberations, so Xuan Suning directly began to question Guoxing'a.
"What do you mean?" Goxinga didn't notice anything wrong.
"If the construction of the Northern Manchurian region begins according to the plan of the Great General, the number of horses and livestock required shall not be less than three million. Even if the general captures all the foals in the Hulunbuir herdsmen's house, it will not be enough for this number! And do you want to cut off the herders? "Xuan Suning doesn't understand anything else, so he will count.
"Three people are only one horse, as for using so much?" Goxinga strongly suspects that his chief accountant has miscalculated.
"General, there are new immigrants! This is only a short-term estimate, and the number of subsequent needs may be even larger! "Xuan Suning is telling the truth.
Guo Xing was stupid, he thought things simple again. An ordinary herdsman family in Mongolia will generally have 100 to 150 head of cattle, 100 horses, and 1,000 sheep, but this is all that sustains them, just like the cultivated land of the Han people. Even if there are still large numbers of wild horses and bison, they will not be particularly huge. Guoxinga once sent someone to count that the herdsmen in the Hulunbuir grassland have about 200,000 horses and 180,000 cattle, counting bison and wild horses, it is only doubled, and it is too far away from 3 million. And Goxinga can't move the herdsmen's horses, they have to live on this.
"General, there is information from the Miscellaneous Affairs Section that the Zhelimu League has about 450,000 horses and 600,000 cattle, and the Xilin Gol League is about the same number, and the Zhao-Uganda League is less, with 150,000 horses and 250,000 cattle. And that's all the herders raised, and there are more wild horses and bison. Guoxing Adu was about to roll his eyes, and Zou Degui hurriedly came out and pointed out to Guoxinga.
Guo Xing'a still didn't say anything, but he snapped his fingers and began to count. Guoxinga's math level is really not good, the more he calculates, the more chaotic it becomes, and finally he directly takes a pen and starts to scratch on the table.
"General, the alliances can provide a total of 2.4 million cattle and horses." Xuan Suning couldn't stand it anymore, so he came out directly and announced the correct answer.
"It's still not enough!" Goxinga snapped his fingers for a moment.
"General, that's enough! I have no less than 300,000 horses and nearly 200,000 cattle in North Manchuria, so that's about the same. And this animal is a living creature, we can make it small! By the time the new immigrants arrived, the foals and calves had grown! "Xuansun Ning didn't talk nonsense this time, if you let Guo Xing'a calculate the variables again, then you have to play until dark.
"It's enough, hurry up and pass on my military order, let all places move, and try not to touch the herdsmen's cattle and horses if you can catch wild horses and bison. Efforts should be made to use wild horses and bison as soon as possible to replenish all the animal power and distribute it to the villages. Guoxing Axi smiled, he still felt that Zou Degui was useful, he could always come up with a good way.
"General, the three alliances of Zhao Uganda, Xilingrad, and Zhelimu are not your jurisdiction, and you go to them with your eyebrows to ask for cattle and horses, and they may not give it! And even if it is Hulunbuir, it is too difficult for herdsmen to directly collect livestock in such a large area. "Pi Runmin has to let Guo Xing'a calm and calm, this master seems to think that all of China has listened to him.
"You can't be so hard-hitting, you have to exchange a little bit. Hulunbuir is our own place, so don't touch the herdsmen's cattle and horses, let them catch the wild, and the herdsmen provide the government with prime-aged cattle and horses, each rewarded with 50 catties of grain and 5 catties of wine. Jerim and a few other alliances! We are also buying in large quantities, we can't rob people openly, and buy it at a 20% discount on the market price! As for whether they raised it themselves or it was wild, we don't care! "Guo Xing'a has set a plan for the purchase of cattle and horses.
After the order was passed down, Hulunbuir became lively, Mongolia was already seriously short of grain, and it was a good thing to catch some bison and come back in exchange for fifty catties of grain. The five-pound wine given by Guoxing'a is even more suitable for the appetite of Mongolian heroes, and mare's milk wine is not as enjoyable as the spirits of Han, so they are more active. The work of the government was also carried out very well, not only proclaiming the spirit of serving the heroic generals, but also holding horse and cattle competitions, and the daily champions were awarded honorable titles such as "horseback hero" and "steppe athlete". Mongolians are particularly hero-worshipping, attach importance to honor, and after the competition, everyone plays with their lives. When Guoxinga was still studying the central bank in Changchun, preparing to issue paper money, and engaging in small-scale inflation, Hulunbuir's task of providing animal power had already been overfulfilled.
However, things are often unsatisfactory in the world, Hulunbuir has overfulfilled the task, but the three alliances of Mongolia and East China have not achieved even a fraction. It's not that Bo Ritu doesn't care, it's that the Mongolian princes don't give face, and Bo Ritu fanned back and forth for a few months, and he got back less than 100,000 old, weak, sick and disabled. Guo Xing'a has been responsible for his words several times, and Bo Ritu has not made much progress.
Bo Ritu helped the princes clean up Bai Ling'a, and everyone was still a little grateful, but without the edict of the imperial court, it was not good to give him face. made up 100,000 defective horses, and he already gave Bo Ritu an explanation, otherwise he wouldn't even give him a piece of horse hair. Although the lower rank of Baylor, Beizi, Zhenguo Gong, Fuguo Gong, Taiji, and Tabu Nang refused to give horses, at least their attitudes were better, and the princes of Zasak and the county kings did not have a good attitude, and it was not once or two to directly blast Bo Ritu out. Bo Ritu is just a small leader, but they are the descendants of Genghis Khan, the nobles who have been handed down from the Yuan Dynasty, of course, they will not give Bo Ritu any face.
Among them, the most excessive are the Horqin Right Wing Central Banner Zasaktu Tushetu Prince Babao Dorji, the Horqin Left Wing Central Banner Zasakdarhan Prince Sot T Nam Punsuke, the Horqin Right Wing Rear Banner Zhuoliktu Prince Zike Dengwangkuer, and the Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner of the Monk Grinqin Family, the Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner Zasakdoro County Jurisdiction is also the same, not giving face. With these Buddhas taking the lead, of course, the dozen or so county kings have no psychological burden, and Bo Ritu has no way to ask for help.
At this point, there is no way to solve the problem by negotiation alone, and you can only use knives and guns to speak. The Xilin Gol League is still relatively primitive, and the predecessor of the Xilin Gol League was the Chahar Department, and the imperial court in the early Qing Dynasty did not pack them up, so the princes of each department were not bold. The most important thing is that the Xilin Gol League is not only a prince, but also a Chahar commander who holds military power. The current capital Akdumbu is not famous, and Guoxing'a sent troops over to scare him, and he will definitely be obedient. Moreover, Guoxing'a is also justified in cleaning up, Xianfeng's original promise, General Uriya Sutai and Chahar are obliged to cooperate with Guoxing'a to recover northern Xinjiang. Goxinga is still too lazy to care about Uriya Sutai's affairs, and he can't run away from Chahar.
The Zhao-Uganda League can almost be ignored, because except for a few areas such as Keshiketeng, most of the Zhao-Uganda region has been sinicized and can already be regarded as part of Zhili. Guoxing'a buys cattle and horses this time, and Zhao Uganda has the least amount of tasks, and now there are Xilin Gol and Zhelimu to block its guns, as long as Guoxing'a settles Zhelimu and Xilin Gol, Zhao Uganda will naturally obediently obey orders.
The most difficult thing to do is the Jelimu League, Guoxing Adu feels that as long as the Jelimu League is obedient, Xilin Gol does not need to use force, and will automatically obediently surrender. The origin of the Jerim League is really too big, and among the three most prominent princes of the Mongolian tribe, the Five Khans, all the three princes are from the Jelim League. The predecessor of the Jelimu League, the Horqin Mongols, was not only the first Mongolian tribe to join the Qing Dynasty, but also made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty. The intermarriage between the Horqin nobles and the Qing royal family was even more frequent to the point of chaos, and many well-known concubines of the Qing royal family were from the Horqin tribe, the most famous being the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. And because of the strong relationship, the military strength of the Jelimu League is very strong, even stronger than the Outer Mongolian tribe of Uriya Sutai, and it is claimed to be part of the cornerstone of the Qing Dynasty's rule.
However, Guo Xing'a really has no scruples about cleaning up the Zhelimu League, he has almost turned his face with the imperial court, of course, he doesn't have to worry about the emperor's relatives of the Horqin nobles. The strong military strength of the Jelimu League cannot stop the hundred battles of the Gu'an Army, not to mention that the main force of the Jelimu League has been taken away by Seng Greenqin, and now there are only two or three big cats and kittens who are watching the house, and the most important thing is that Guoxing Ashi is famous.
Theoretically, in addition to the leadership of the Imperial Court, the Six Banners of Horqin were also supervised and controlled by General Sheng Jing, the former banner of Golros was supervised and controlled by General Jilin, and the rear banner of Golros, the Zarat Banner, and the Dulbert Banner were supervised and controlled by General Heilongjiang. The imperial court gave General Heiji to Goxinga, but forgot to take back the jurisdiction of the two generals Heiji over the Four Banners of the Zhelimu League. Therefore, Guo Xing'a has every reason to be regarded as his own territory by these four banners, and the Mongolian princes who originally managed the place are disobedient, so Guo Xing'a can of course clean up his subordinates at will.
After thinking about these things, Guoxing'a is about to do it, and the six banners of Horqin of the main body of the Zhelimu League will be beaten, and the other four banners will be directly co-opted. In Guo Xing'a's eyes, these four flags are different, because after comparing them on the map for a long time, Guo Xing'a found a problem. The Zarat Banner is nothing, and the other three flags are crucial. The former banner of Guoerlus was nominally a banner, but the territory was frighteningly large, and the later Changling County, Dehui County, Nong'an County, Qian'an County and part of Changchun City were all under its control. The Golros Rear Banner and the Dulbert Banner are even more ruthless, regardless of the size of the territory, one controls the Daqing area of later generations, and the other controls the Songyuan region of later generations. For the sake of the future oil of the Northeast, Goxinga cannot let them go.
The original production and construction troops could not move, so Guoxing'a adjusted the plan for the movement of Zhelimu, and only used Bi Yuntao's infantry regiment and Cao Meng's light cavalry regiment to cooperate with Bo Ritu's light cavalry brigade headquarters to strike at the Zhelimu League. Cao Meng traveled south from Hulunbuir, and after settling the Zalaite Banner, he went to Zhelimu to join forces with Bo Ritu, and marched into Horqin to threaten the Mongol Zasak princes to compromise. Bi Yuntao marched west from Harbin, and after dealing with the Dulbert Banner and the Golros Rear Banner, he waved his army south to deal with the Golros Former Banner under Guoxinga's nose.
When the Mongol princes were still laughing at Guoxing's delusions, the 5,000 elites of the Gu'an army had already aimed their troops at them, and Jiying of Jilin also mobilized a limited number of troops to show the front banner of Guoerlus.