After the propaganda of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when later generations mentioned the steppe nomads, they often came and went like the wind to describe them, as if they were monsters that popped out of the cracks in the stones, they could not eat or drink, but they were infinitely capable and invincible. [Full text reading]

But in reality, nomads also need supplies on the march, and they need more supplies than ordinary armies, because horses eat more than people.

Once they reach enemy territory, they can raid to solve the supply problem, but until then, they will have to figure out how to consume it themselves. The Tartars usually went south with their army with a large number of livestock, or with the tribe, and when they reached the border, the tribe stayed where they were, and the warriors continued south.

The latter way is more economical, but it is also a flaw, if the Ming army fights back, then the back road of the Tartars who entered the Kou will be broken, even if they loot more things, it is not comparable to the loss of the tribe by the pot.

This kind of thing rarely happens, though.

The nine sides of the Ming Dynasty stretch for thousands of miles, and they have to defend everywhere, every time they capture the border of the Kou, the border army can only be tired of parrying, and no one thinks of going out of the fortress to counterattack, not to mention that the people who command the border soldiers are civilian officials, where are they willing to take on the responsibility of the border army out of the fortress? Regardless of victory or defeat, the last charge of provocation is appropriate.

Therefore, the Tartars went south more and more frequently, and the scale became larger and larger. In spring and summer, they began to move south, on the one hand, to chase water and grass, to raise livestock, and on the other hand, to get closer to the frontier, and in autumn and winter, it was time to use troops.

If the Ming army really built the Naturalization City, the situation would have to change.

Although Zhengde spoke quickly, people couldn't react a little, but the sand table was very vivid, Hua Dang could see clearly, and the expected location of the city was in Tumochuan. It is located in the yin of the great green mountain, the bank of the big river, the most abundant place of water and grass, and it is also the only way for Tatar to enter Ganxi and Shaanxi in the west, and to go south to Xuanda.

By building a city here and stationing heavy troops, the risk of a military disaster in the second town of Xuan Da will be minimized. If the Tatars wanted to cross this barrier, they could only leave their tribe north of Yinshan and bypass the Tumo River with light horses before they could raid Xuanda.

But in this way, the consumption on the road will be very terrifying, and no matter how rich the harvest of looting is, I am afraid it will be difficult to make up for it. What's more, on the return trip, they were facing the same trouble, and it was not much less difficult to bypass the gateway of Naturalization City with the stolen people and animals than to go south with the tribe.

Of course, the Tatars could also force their way to attack, occupy the territory of Mochuan before the Ming army built the city, or harass and invade the Ming army during the construction of the city. It's just that Zhengde was asking for a battle, and he was happy to have a battle, since the Ming army could defeat the little prince and join forces with the fire screen in Yingzhou, it was impossible to lose in naturalization.

After the northern expedition began, there were only two choices in front of the Tatars, either give up the opportunity to Koubian and escape to the north of Yin Mountain; Either they will fight with all their strength and destroy the strategy of the Ming army.

The strategy is like this, but the tactics are diverse, and if you want to achieve this goal, you don't necessarily have to fight at Tumochuan, and the Tatars can also use the old method to avoid the main force of the Ming army and use rangers to disturb the supply lines of the Ming army.

When the Yongle Emperor went on a northern expedition, the Tartars also chose to come hard, but they were beaten to the ground, and then they learned to be obedient, and before the Ming army arrived, they ran away without a trace, only threatening the Ming army's grain road with a small group of rangers, resulting in Chengzu's later several northern expeditions were in vain.

In terms of flowers, the Tatars would probably adopt this strategy, and it is possible that Warat would abandon his old suspicions and join in. Zhengde's Northern Expedition is different from that of Yongle, he has to advance step by step, in addition to naturalization, he also has to rebuild Daning!

Geographically speaking, these two places will become two nails, one east and one west, firmly nailed to the grassland, becoming the new border town of the Ming Dynasty, compressing the living space of the grassland people.

Zhengde was still pointing at the country, and Hua Dang was horrified to see that the young man's hand was moving in the old places of Heishui City and Killing Hu City, which was obviously his strategic goal after naturalization and Daning.

Daning City is still in the hands of the Duoyan Department, but Huadang has no time to care about such a trivial matter, and before Zhengde's grand northern expedition strategy, returning Daning can only be said to be insignificant.

And the other two, Heishui City is located in the west, on the south shore of Juyan Sea, the earliest was built by the Xixia people of the Song Dynasty, Meng Yuan destroyed the Western Xia, and established Yiji Nai Road based on Heishui City. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the general Feng Sheng broke through Heishui City, which was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and later was abandoned with the contraction of the Ming army's defense line.

Kill Hu City is more famous, the location is also more in-depth, it is the city built by Chengzu during the Northern Expedition, far away on the bank of the Yuqu River, not far from the former Golden Horde where Hala and Lin are located. If the Ming army really resumed killing Hucheng, then the entire grassland would be shrouded in the Ming army's troops, and unless it was far away from the desert, it would no longer be possible.

"Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, has the ambition to tolerate the world, and the micro-ministers are obedient, but the ......" strategy is grand, the reality is cruel, and it involves a lot of difficulties to realize this strategy.

Building a city requires materials and labor, and even wood is relatively scarce on the grassland, so I am afraid that the need for building a city can only be transported from the Central Plains, plus the supply of grain, the scale of transportation will be very terrifying. In addition, it is not so easy to mobilize people, after all, it is to go deep into danger, and you have to do coolies, even the people of the border towns will not be willing.

If it was in the past, of course the imperial court could be forced, but now it is different from the past, Liaozhen is the first place to advocate the new military and government, and the news of the Duoyan Department is not closed, how can Huadang not know the changes in the Ming Dynasty? The forced conscription of civil servants is obviously contrary to the current system of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not Xie Hong's style to change the order every day.

Even if the Ming Dynasty is rich and the people are righteous and can solve these problems, but the grassland people are not stupid, how can they watch the Ming army compress their living space and block their way to the south? One can imagine how crazy the Tatars, who have no way out, and how violently they will harass the supply lines.

This kind of disturbance will continue forever, even if the Ming army successfully builds the city. There is a large army to be stationed in the city, and the consumption of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses is not a small amount. In the past, in order to maintain the supply of the Nine Sides, the ministers of the court were all worried, but now not to mention Heishui and Hu Ercheng, even if there are many Naturalized and Daning who are close to it, it is much farther than the Nine Sides.

Hua Dang analyzed a lot of pros and cons at length, and he himself was a little puzzled, obviously he was a Mongolian, why did he have to work so hard to pick up the gaps for the great tomorrow, isn't this cheap?

"I have my own way." What made him even more sad was that Zhengde didn't even raise his head, just stared at the sand table with interest, and his reply was crisp and neat, as if he hadn't heard him speak at all.

"It's good to worry about national affairs, but you don't have to be too anxious, next year, everything will be clear." When he opened his mouth, Hua Dang's son-in-law finally opened his mouth, but this made Hua Dang cry and laugh a little, what do you call me too anxious, obviously you forced it, okay?

Xie Hong said lightly: "After the completion of the Naturalization City, the matter of rebuilding Daning will be put on the agenda, but Hua Tongzhi can make some preparations in advance." Pacifying the clansmen is one of them, I heard that Fuyuwei doesn't seem to be very stable, and they are the ones who advocated going south last winter, hoping not to interfere with the major events of the Northern Expedition. ”

Hua Beware first loosened in his heart, and then tightened when he heard it. If the Naturalization City can be repaired, no matter what strategy the emperor uses, it is certain that the Ming army has completely gained the upper hand, and at that time, he will adapt to the situation and give an account to himself and his clansmen.

And Fu Yuwei and last winter's incident, has always been a thorn in his heart, last time he sent a messenger, also to resolve the matter, who would have thought that after the court meeting, Xie Hong was busy receiving the envoys of the vassal state, Zhengde was busy with his honeymoon, no one paid attention to his envoy at all, and this matter was put on hold.

Hua Dang naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to think that the matter was over, his son-in-law's reputation was bigger than his craft, and he was robbed by someone taking advantage of the fire, how could the famous plague god not let the opponent pay the price, and let it go gently? Obviously impossible, Huadang was also ready to bleed.

In fact, if it was only Fu Yuwei, he would simply abandon the other party, although Duoyan Sanwei was called one to the outside world, but in fact it was not monolithic, it was only to contend with the powerful Tatars, they were grouped for warmth. Now the threat of the Ming Dynasty is obviously much bigger than that of the Tatars, so that he can't even afford to think of confrontation, where is the time to take care of others?

However, when it is said that there are a lot of people instigated by Tu Yu, and there are people in the three guards, once they are exhausted, the trouble is not small, and there are thousands of people who go with Tu Yu, all of whom are from a tribe, and they are all somewhat related to the cause, and the implication in this ...... "The last general understands, after going back, the last general will send a letter to Fu Yuwei, and order Tu Yu to go to Beijing to ask for guilt, if there is disharmony, Duo Yanwei will draw a clear line with Fu Yu, and according to the order of the imperial court, unite Taining Wei and cut it down. Hua Dang gritted his teeth and decided to follow Xie Hong's words, so that Tu Yu would completely carry this black cauldron, and he would not hesitate to kill people.

"Very good, Hua Tongzhi is brave and loyal, jealous and hateful, and he is a fellow believer." Xie Hong stroked his palms and smiled, praised twice, and he explained: "However, there is no need to kill them all, just drive them north, and in addition, you are not busy with it, you might as well let the rumors of the western expedition go out first, so as not to make the northern land too closed and let them miss this big show." ”

"To the north?" Hua Dang glanced at the sand table, which clearly marked a route, along the Heilongjiang River to the north, the end point is Nuer Gandusi, I heard that when the Jurchens of Jianzhou ran there, and now they want to drive Fu Yuwei over, what kind of road is this? (To be continued)