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Thinking that the situation in Liaodong has been calmed down, although there are still some remnants of the Jurchens, they can only survive in the deep mountains and old forests, and it is difficult to form any climate at all. 【Novel Family】

After the pacification of Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty immediately began to the strategy of the grassland, before the merchants of the Ming Dynasty relied on the purchase of wool, meat and other grassland commodities, has made those tribes closer to the Ming Dynasty taste the sweetness, especially when winter comes, they can exchange more food from the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, with these grains, they no longer have to worry about the problem of insufficient food in winter, and even the food in spring has been solved.

It is also with this foundation, the Ming Dynasty to build the cement road team also began to enter the grassland, according to the previous plan, the construction of the cement road from two directions together, the first direction is Xuanfu, the cement road obliquely to the northwest, the second direction is from the Liaodong Funingwei west of the fishing sea to the west, the last two cement roads will meet in the Tatar ruling center of the Kent Khan Mountain.

Kent Khan Mountain is rich in water and grass, and it is also the core of the rule of the little Tatar prince, and the most loyal tribes under his command live there, in fact, it is the Ulaanbaatar region of later generations, and the Tatars will never sit back and watch the Ming build the cement road there, but it doesn't matter, anyway, the Ming Dynasty has long been ready for war, and the two road repair teams are surrounded by large armies, and a strong fortress will be built every hundred miles, although the fortress is not big. But it's still very comfortable to live in a team of hundreds. In the future, these fortresses were the basis for the Ming Dynasty's rule over the grasslands.

For the Ming Dynasty's move to build roads in the grassland. The little prince of Tatar was also greatly frightened, especially when he learned that the Ming Dynasty used a special material to make the roads built without flooding, no matter how bad the weather, they could also ensure the smooth flow of the roads, and combined with the fact that since last year, the Ming Dynasty began to actively trade with the grasslands, which made the little prince of Tatar quickly guess the intentions of the Ming Dynasty. The other party intends to use the method of encroachment to completely control the Mongolian steppe.

Knowing Da Ming's move, the little Tatar prince also wanted to fight back immediately, but at this time, it was the busiest season of spring, and it was impossible for him to force various tribes to send troops, and only the elites he directly belonged to could use, but these cavalry were not many in number, and it was impossible to have too much impact on Da Ming.

Seeing this situation, the little prince of Tatar was also very helpless, and he could only hold back his anger and wait slowly. In fact, this is a contest between two civilizations. The Ming Dynasty is in the stage of transformation from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization, and its own level is relatively high. It was possible to support a professional army, but the Mongols were at a lower level of nomadic civilization, and there was no professional army within the country, and although all adult men were qualified warriors, they were also responsible for the production of food.

So in some time periods, the military strength of a nomadic civilization like Mongolia is actually quite weak, unless they are desperate to force troops at the risk of starvation in the next year, but such an order does not dare to be issued by the little prince of Tatar, even if he issues such an order, I am afraid that not many tribes will obey it honestly, after all, they are just a loose tribal alliance country, although there is a subordinate relationship between the various tribes, but everything must be in the interests of their respective tribes, if the order of the little prince of Tatar conflicts with the interests of each tribe, then other tribes have the right to refuse his orders.

It is also this tribal alliance situation within the Tatars, so the little prince of Tatar not only cannot force other tribes to send troops, but also he cannot prohibit other tribes from trading with the caravan of the Ming Dynasty, because this kind of trade will bring life-saving food and all kinds of necessary daily necessities to the tribes of the steppe.

In this way, a few months finally passed, and the busy steppe finally slowly calmed down, and then the little prince of Tatar issued an order to gather the leaders of various tribes and organize an army of 40,000, this time he did not choose to go south to Xuanfu, but set the goal of the Ming army in the area of Yuerhai, which is closer to the core area of Tatar, and the threat to them is greater, and the Ming has just conquered the Mongolian tribes in Liaodong, and the rule is certainly not as stable as Xuanfu, and it is better to conquer.

However, the little prince of Tatar miscalculated this time, because the army guarding the fishing sea was the 60,000 fire dragoons led by Zhengde himself, and Zhengde had long been looking forward to fighting the little prince of Tatar on the battlefield again.

In fact, this time the staff officers around Zhengde have long been prepared with both hands, no matter which direction the little prince of Tatar chooses to attack, the Ming Dynasty has corresponding countermeasures, such as fishing Erhai here, it is the 60,000 fire dragon cavalry led by Zhengde himself, although this cavalry has just been established, but the equipment is far more sophisticated than other armies, such as each cavalry carries ten grenades, in the cavalry duel, they are the first to throw the grenades, after disrupting the enemy's charge, they can easily break through the opponent's formation.

If the little prince of Tatar does not attack the fishing sea, but chooses to go south to Xuanfu, there is also a large army on the side of Xuanfu to wait for him, which will definitely make the little prince of Tatar hit his head and bleed, and after the little prince of Tatar goes south, Zhengde will lead the fire dragon to ride into the hinterland of the grassland and kill directly to the rear of the Tatars.

This time the little prince of Tatar chose to fish in the sea, but Zhengde was a little disappointed, he has always appreciated Huo Quai's exploits, dreaming that one day he can also lead the cavalry into the interior of the grassland, ambitious to eat Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood, such ambition and pride, is the real man's true character, but unfortunately the little prince of Tatar did not give him this opportunity.

However, although he was a little disappointed, but thinking of being able to fight with the little prince of tartary on the battlefield again, Zhengde also quickly became excited, the main purpose of his formation of the fire dragon horse was to defeat the cavalry of the little prince of Tatar, although the formation of the fire dragon horse was not long, but it had an advantage in numbers, plus Zhengde himself was no longer the previous Zhengde, so this time he had absolute confidence to defeat the little prince of Tatar.

For the upcoming war on the steppe, Zhou Chong, who is far away in the capital, is not worried at all, the current Tatar is no longer the Tatar of a few years ago, with the defeat of the little prince of Tatar by the Ming Dynasty several times, the psychological advantage of the Tatar over the Ming Dynasty has disappeared, but the morale of the Ming army has soared, many troops were afraid of the Mongolian cavalry before, but now they have become dare to fight, of course, this is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty's pension for the army is more and more generous.

The Mongols have no psychological advantage over the Ming Dynasty, although the cavalry is still strong, but the Ming Dynasty has also made many reforms to the military in recent years, such as the equipment in the army is also quickly replaced, especially the application of muskets and artillery, which makes the Ming army more powerful, and the internal system of the army is also slowly entering the change, which is mainly because the cadets who graduated from the military academy have slowly controlled the middle and lower level officers of the army, and even some excellent generals have entered the high-level generals. These cadets who graduated from military academies have the same philosophy, and their education is completely different from that of the old-fashioned army, so from the first day of entering the army, they have to slowly change the army under their command, such as the previous phenomenon of empty salary, which has slowly disappeared in the army, because there is resistance from military cadets and strict inspection by the military department, and no one dares to risk their lives to get so much benefit.

In addition, there is the most important point, that is, Zhou Zhong is gradually abolishing the household registration system, the first is the military household, and the army of the Ming Dynasty will be recruited, rather than letting the military household be a soldier for generations, before Zhou Chong has been eliminating the old and weak in the army, and then recruiting the strong into the army, of course, if the military household is willing to join the army, it will also be given priority.

It is also the reform of the army's software and hardware that has greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, especially the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is no longer the weak army that only dares to stick to the city, so no matter from the point of view, the Tatar cavalry will not be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming can maintain this advantage, then the Tatars are equivalent to grasshoppers after the autumn, and there are no days to live.

Zhou Zhong is very confident in his efforts in the past few years, and he also assigned the spies of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to the grassland, and checked every move of the entire grassland clearly.

However, although he doesn't care much about the situation in the Mongolian steppe, but now he has a troublesome matter in his hands, this matter is not big, but the impact is not small, because this matter is about the Ottoman prince Murad, this child who has just passed his eleventh birthday is more mature than his peers, and everything has his own purpose, although Zhou Zhong is not impressed by the cruel system of succession to the throne of the Ottoman Empire, but he has to admire that Selim will indeed cultivate a successor, Whether it is that Suleiman or this Murad, as long as they are put on the throne of sultan, they will do something in the future.

Originally, Murad had been studying honestly in Jiao Huangzhong, and I heard that he was very fond of Jiao Huangzhong, but just a few days ago, he suddenly made a very unexpected request to Jiao Huangzhong, which made Jiao Huangzhong very embarrassed, and even felt that he couldn't be the master, so he personally asked Zhou Zhong for instructions, and now Zhou Zhong has a headache.

ps: I'm sorry, there are some things today, the update is a little late, and the book is coming to an end, and then Lao Yu will have a single chapter to explain.