"Is there a possibility that the three departments will surrender? Unlike nomadic tribes, our army needs a lot of money to support it as long as it is launched. Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The leader of the Karaqin tribe, Subu, surnamed Uliangha, has the most contacts with the empire, so you can give it a try, but the leader of the Naiman tribe, Gonchuk, and the Neiqi of the Zalut tribe have a deep grudge with the empire, and I am afraid it will be difficult." Chen Si replied.

"First persuade the three tribes to surrender, if they are willing to surrender to the empire, I can open the net, if he refuses, he will immediately send troops to crusade, before the second northern expedition to Houjin, I ask the army to control the area further north and farther, so as to prevent the defeat of Houjin from fleeing westward." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"How's the strategy for Ava?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The Chengdu Governor's Mansion is too far away from Jingshi, and I have received a reply for the time being, but according to the minister's speculation, it is very likely that King Talong of the Donghu Dynasty will send tribute again, hoping to reconcile with the empire." Xiong Tingbi returned to the road.

"It's impossible, Donghu said that he would fight, and if he didn't fight, he wouldn't fight, then there was such a thing, the last time King Talong sent an envoy to pay tribute, I didn't agree, and I won't agree this time, unless King Talong is willing to compensate the empire with 10 million stone grain within five years, otherwise, everything will be discussed." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"I understand. The ministers will urge Qin Liangyu and Qin Dudu again. Xiong Tingbi said. Zhu Youxiao's request was too harsh, and Xiong Tingbi thought that it was impossible for King Talong of Donghu to agree.

……

After Gu Mei stayed in Beijing for more than a month, she followed Marta to Inner Mongolia. Marta is really going to marry this time, and after a small match, Marta decides to marry Edward, a British businessman who is doing business in China. Gu Mei wants to straighten out the entire work before Marta gets married.

After Marta's marriage, Marta will settle with Edward in Daming, where she will invest in the construction of her own woolen mill. Marta has been in Daming for so many years, and during the time she helped Zhu Youxiao to do things, she has established her own network. Edward is also very much in favor of this decision, the production of woolen products in Daming, the cost is much lower than in the United Kingdom, the woolen products produced in Daming can not only be sold directly to the people of Daming, but also exported to the countries around Daming, which is much more profitable than the previous sales model.

As soon as she returned from the Inner Mongolia Domain, Gu Mei found Zhu Youxiao to discuss the matter of the woolen factory.

"Your Majesty, the concubine has an immature idea...... Gu Mei said tentatively.

"But it doesn't matter, this mess is up to you, you are the person in charge, you can try any idea." Zhu Youxiao encouraged.

"The concubine wants to give up the wool processing factory, learn from the phoenix, and only produce wool spinning products." Gu Mei said softly.

"Why?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The concubine went to Kuku and Tuncheng, and found that there were already three wool processing factories in Kuku and Tuncheng, and it is said that there were similar wool processing factories in other parts of the Inner Mongolia Domain, and their number was no less than that of Kuku and Tuncheng, and the number was still growing. Now most of the wool produced by these wool processing factories is to meet the needs of the army, but once the military needs are met, what will happen to these wool processing factories? The concubine thought that more sales channels should be found for these wool materials in order to fundamentally solve the emperor's problem. The concubine wanted to free up her hands and participate in the five-year Fengqiuhuang Garment Exhibition, so that wool could enter the homes of ordinary people. Gu Mei explained.

"Your idea is very good, sure enough, I didn't misread you, two years later, at the ready-to-wear exhibition, I will let Fengqiuhuang arrange it in late autumn, and I will let Xiaoxiao come to assist you." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gu Mei said happily.

"If you have any questions, you can always come to me." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Stay in the palace today and eat together, and leave the palace tomorrow." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

The Metropolitan Governor's Office surrendered to the Zalut, Naiman, and Karaqin tribes according to the strategy formulated, but the surrender was not smooth, although the three departments agreed to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but they did not accept the plan of the Ming court, and accepting the plan of the Ming court meant losing the military power forever.

After several rounds of negotiations, there was still no result, and Zhu Youxiao finally lost patience. In August, Chen Si led an army of 33,000 to Gongningwei. Seeing that the Ming army sent troops, the three divisions of Zalut, Naiman, and Karaqin retreated all the way to the north and retreated to the territory of Alu Korqin. Since the Ming army occupied Quanningwei, Alukorqin had already moved north once.

Chen Si's army pursued all the way to the territory of Alu Korqin, and Chen Si's army of 33,000 went deep alone, so that the Mongolian tribes saw the hope of defeating the Ming army, and under the leadership of Da Cheng of Alu Korqin, the Mongol tribes formed an army of 50,000 people to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army.

Chen Si's army of 30,000 consisted of 3,000 winged cavalry, 10,000 dragoons, and 20,000 infantry. In order to pursue the three divisions of Zalut, Naiman, and Karaqin, Chen Si gave up all heavy and medium artillery, and he only brought the Tiger Squat Cannon.

On August 30, Chen Si's army and Dalai's army fought a decisive battle on the grassland.

Chen Si's two flanks were composed of 20,000 infantry, with 3,000 cavalry of the Chinese army advancing and 10,000 dragoons moving behind. The left flank of the Mongol coalition army is 10,000 troops led by Neqi, the right flank is 10,000 troops led by Gunchuk, and the Chinese army is 30,000 troops led by Da Cheng himself.

At the end of the day, Da Cheng's 5,000 cavalry took the lead in attacking, while the Ming army's side was met by 1,000 winged cavalry.

At the time of one hundred and fifty meters on both sides, the two sides launched a charge at the same time, and the two teams of cavalry collided fiercely like two torrents together, and the winged cavalry of the Ming army took the lead in causing damage to the enemy with the spears in their hands, and the Mongolian cavalry that rushed to the front suddenly turned on their backs. The Poles created the hussars to restrain the Mongol cavalry, and now they are fully used by the Ming people.

The 1,000-winged cavalry used their formation to peck through the Mongol 5,000 cavalry in the first round of charge, but when the two armies first came into contact, Da Cheng had already ordered the 5,000-winged cavalry to launch a second round of charge, and at this time the horsepower of the 1,000-winged cavalry had been exhausted, and it was impossible to launch a second round of charge in a short time. Seeing this, Chen Si immediately ordered another thousand winged cavalry to attack in order to counter the winged cavalry in front.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Chen Si threw all the 3,000 winged cavalry into the battlefield, while Da Cheng invested 20,000 troops in order to strangle the 3,000 winged cavalry. Da Cheng had long heard of the hussars of the Ming army, which was also the branch of the Ming army that he valued the most.

(End of chapter)