593 Mongolian Civil War (2-in-1)
Heroes, many times, can deserve this title, because of their ability to deal with disadvantaged situations.
Who can't play in the tailwind game, only the headwind game can show a person's true strength!
Tiansheng Khan also knew that he had been ambushed, and it was not the Jianzhou Jurchen Sanwei who came to participate in the "Nine Whites" ceremony, but the Batut Department of the Alai Zhiyuan and the two ambush troops of the Karaqin Department.
But so what?
As long as the clansmen of his own Vara Ross tribe are still there, as long as the cowardly army loyal to him is still there, he can crush all the enemies on the steppe, just like when he defeated the Tatar tribe step by step to obtain the Khan throne!
"Sons of the cowardly Xue army, you are the most loyal warriors of Ben Khan, how should you deal with the traitors of Dayuan?"
In the face of the rebels who were close at a distance, he also shouted to the guards of the Warat tribe first.
This group of soldiers and horses followed him to fight in the south and the north, from the Mongol tribes that were only three steppes at the beginning, to Hami in the west, Ming in the south, and Tatar in the east, and forcibly unified all the tribes to create the Tianyuan Khanate.
Now it's time to rely on them, and history will repeat itself!
"Kill!"
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the cowardly Xue army responded to Ye Xian's inquiry in the briefest way, and then, without the slightest hesitation, rode their horses towards the other two Mongolian tribes to hedge.
Since ancient times, cavalry warfare has paid attention to the victory of the brave who meets on a narrow road, who can speed up the war horse faster, who can use the saber to crack the enemy's battle line, and who can survive to the end in a round of cavalry hedging.
No matter how many people there are on the other side, whether they have an absolute numerical advantage or not, there is only one belief in the heart of the cowardly Xue Jun, and that is to kill the rebels in front of him!
I have to say that the Warat Ross Department can rule the grassland, and it is not a golden family bloodline, and it does have enough brave background.
In addition to the cowardly Xue army directly under the Great Khan, the eldest son Bolonahal and the second son of the Mongol Taishi Ashu Timur, almost at the same time, led their subordinate Dulbert and Dzungar departments, brandishing sabers and charging bravely.
Both of them were well aware of the reason for the rebellion, that is, the Arazhiyuan vowed to seize the position of the Mongol Grand Master. At the beginning, he also gave this position to his second son, Ashi Timur, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction and suspicion in Mongolia.
A hairy boy has not made an inch, how can he leap to the top of the Arazhiyuan who has made great achievements?
Not to mention the Mongol tribes, even the eldest son Bolonahal was also dissatisfied, he felt that whether it was merit or according to the tradition of the Han dynasty, the position of the Mongolian Taishi should belong to him!
If you want to get rid of this kind of suspicion and prejudice, then you have to prove yourself with real combat achievements. Bolonahal and Ashi Timur were ready to prove their bravery and ability in the presence of the leaders and nobles of the Mongol tribes, and they were naturally not to be outdone.
Compared with the two sons of the first two sons, the former second-in-command of the Warat Department, Boyan Timur, who controlled the right-wing Asut Department, rarely did not take the initiative to attack, and still followed behind Yexian, with a kind of struggle on his face!
You must know that the world is divided into three parts within Warat, and the Arazhiyuan has followed and made great achievements over the years, but as a brother, Boyan Timur, how can he not be born and die?
The Governor of Aro can also openly express his dissatisfaction, feeling that he has also treated himself unfairly, hoping to gain greater power and status. As a member of the Zoros tribe, Boyan Timur naturally couldn't ask his brother for more things, so he could only become the green leaf that set off.
If it was just a green leaf, Boyan Timur would have accepted it, but as the Khan wanted to integrate the Mongol tribes, he gradually delegated power to his two sons, and constantly encroached on the slaves, livestock, and even clansmen of other tribes!
As the second-in-command of the Warat, Boyan Timur bore the brunt of the weakened, even more so than the defeated Tatars and the Ara.
Even if Boyan Timur and Ye had brotherhood first, the relationship between the two can be called very good, but the number of ethnic groups on the grassland is the foundation of life. When the next generation of his nephew comes to power, without the brotherhood that has lived and died together, can the right-wing Asut Department of Warat continue?
The answer is actually about to come out.
Therefore, no matter how unwilling Boyan Timur was, in order to preserve his tribe and maintain the power of future generations, he was destined to stand on the opposite side of the Heavenly Sage Khan.
This is the essence of the Mongolian tribal system, losing the Huahua world of the Central Plains, they will also lose the supreme legal system of the Central Plains Emperor, and no leader is willing to "disarm and return to the field".
"Great Khan, don't blame me!"
Boyan Timur muttered in pain, then pulled out the saber at his waist and slashed directly at the Heavenly Saint Khan in front of him.
At this time, he also paid all his attention to the front, and he didn't expect that someone would shoot at him behind him, let alone that this person would be his own brother Boyan Tiermu.
When the knife was raised high, he first reacted from the sound of the knife and looked back, and saw that it was Boyan Timur who took out the knife and slashed at him, and for a moment he also stood in place without any resistance.
But at this critical period, Ye Xian's henchmen reacted to Bo Luo Mao Luohai, and at this time it was too late to block the knife with a weapon, all he could do was to fly from his horse and pounce on Ye Xian, using his body to resist.
The steel knife slashed on the armor of Boromao Luohai, even if the high-ranking Mongolian generals were already equipped with high-grade armor, they still couldn't withstand the full force of Boyan Timur's blow. The armor shattered and made a long cut in his chest, and blood burst out and splashed on Yasen's face.
The warm and salty blood woke up the Heavenly Saint Khan Yexian, and the transformation from shock to anger was instantaneous!
"Boyan Timur, you actually betrayed me!"
also hugged the general Boluo Mao Luohai first, and shouted filial piety to Boyan Timur.
You must know that even in the face of the design of the ambush, there was not much emotional fluctuation at first, on the contrary, the cowardly Xue army who called on him to prepare for a big war to "quell the rebellion" was surging.
But the betrayal and assassination of Boyan Timur made Yexian feel unacceptable, this is the same brother who grew up together since childhood, and has been born and died on the battlefield countless times.
Anyone can betray themselves, including Arazhiyuan, but the betrayal of Boyan Tiermu hurt Yexian's inner feelings!
Ye Xian's hoarse questioning made Boyan Tiermu's face full of pain. He didn't know why the two brothers had come to this point, maybe they were bewitched by the Elder Governor's Academy, or maybe the elder brother was stubborn and touched his core interests.
But at this point, Boyan Timur has no way to retreat, and there are no longer a few fathers and sons and brothers on the grassland, even Kublai Khan, the founding emperor of the Great Yuan, who took the throne from his brother.
I was defeated today, no matter how deep my brotherly feelings were, there was only one way to die.
Rather than die yourself, you should die first!
"Great Khan, you want to annex the Mongol tribes and not give the people a way to live, I have no choice."
Hearing the reason for Boyan Tiermu's rebellion, he also had an indescribable sting in his heart, he always thought that this brother was the one who knew his ideals and ambitions best, but he didn't expect that the other party just buried his dissatisfaction.
"Boyan, you have experienced the situation of Mongolia being divided, and you should be more aware of the importance of my unification of all the tribes."
"A plate of loose sand will only be like the three guards of Wuliang Ha, which will be broken and annexed by the Ming State one by one, do you want to let the descendants of Genghis Khan become Tartars discriminated against by the Han people, and live in the Mobei grassland forever to live a life of hunger and cold?"
"The flower world of the Central Plains should be our pasture!"
In other words, if it were someone else, according to Yexian's character, he would never say this, he would only be tough to exterminate the clan to deter the tribes. But the Boyan Tiermu in front of him is not only his brother, but also a like-minded person on the ideal road to describe it in the Han way.
It is precisely because of the division of Mongolia over the years that it will be pressed and beaten by the Ming State, and it will fail at the critical moment when the soldiers are in the capital city!
He didn't think it was wrong for him to annex the provinces, he only hated that he didn't have enough time, so that the steppe of Monan Mongolia has now become the territory of the Han people. Boyan Timur understood these truths, why did he give up the lofty ideal of recovering the glory of the Great Yuan?
"Great Khan, you have unified the Mongolian tribes, become the Heavenly Sage Khan, and even have the opportunity to enter the Ming Kingdom and be crowned emperor."
"But what about us?"
"In the past few years, they have been like slaves, and they have to be transferred to the livestock tribe anytime and anywhere, and even the two Taiji are constantly expanding their tribes, and the Mongolian tribes have long been complaining!"
"I have my own people and descendants, so don't blame me, brother."
When Boyan Timur said this last sentence, he did not use the title of Great Khan, but replaced it with his brother.
Immediately after that, the painful expression on his face faded, and it turned into a kind of determination, today, this ruin of the former Yuan Shangdu, is destined to survive only one between brothers!
On the snow-capped steppe, accompanied by the civil strife of the Mongol Khanate, it seems to be dyed with a layer of red makeup. Daming received the news here, limited by heavy snow and other weather factors, it was already more than half a month later, and then it was quickly passed to the Beijing Division and the Cabinet.
When Shen Yichen saw this military report, the time had crossed the first year of Mingliang and came to the first month of the second year of Mingliang.
In the past month, Shen Yichen has basically been improving the reform of military households, and integrating the reserves of various state capitals and Jingcang to relieve the disasters that occurred in the cold winter months.
The snowfall in the Xiaoice era has spread to the entire southern territory of Daming, and the range and number of people affected by disasters are still rising every year. Although Shen Yichen does not agree with Li Xian's radical to the official evaluation standard of "the party is the same and the party fights against differences", in fact, with the rise of a large number of middle- and low-level "Shen Xue" disciples, the speed and efficiency of disaster relief have been qualitatively improved.
In the case of the Orthodox Dynasty, there were frozen bones on the road, which was a scene that could be seen everywhere, and even if the disaster became more and more serious in the second year of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the number of people who died of freezing and starvation had been reduced to about 1,000.
This is a figure that should be held accountable in later generations, but it can be called a peaceful and prosperous era in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and this number has more than tenfold just a few years ago, not including the number that the state governments cannot count and conceal.
In addition to paying attention to the reform of military households, Shen Yichen is also preparing for the "demobilization" of the main force of the Southern Expeditionary Army.
The number of the Southern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty has always been maintained at about 150,000, and it is as high as 500,000 if you count the auxiliaries and civilian men for transportation and logistics. This is why in ancient times, when troops were dispatched, they were called 500,000 or 1 million at every turn, and in addition to exaggeration, they also included civilian men and auxiliary soldiers.
Under normal circumstances, in ancient expeditions, a soldier needed three auxiliaries or civilian men to ensure logistics, and without a strong central government and a prosperous dynasty, there was no way to maintain the scale of the war to open up the territory.
There is no need to consider the placement of auxiliary soldiers and people's husbands, they are ordinary people when they return to their hometowns, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers were born and died for the country, and they encountered the reform of military households, Shen Yichen must not treat them badly.
Otherwise, it will be chilling at the least, and it is not impossible to cause a military rebellion at the worst.
For these officers and soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army, who are willing to continue to enlist in the army, Shen Yichen will include them as professional soldiers, and each person will be registered in the register and given double the full salary, and each person will be given ten taels of military merit silver.
For those who were tired of the battlefield and were unwilling to continue the war, they were arranged to return to their hometowns for "demobilization", and each person was given a settling-in allowance of 20 taels, and there was also a subsidy of 5 acres of land. In order to ensure that these rewards could indeed be distributed to the soldiers, Shen Yichen specially sent a group of editors of "Wenbao" to the south to distribute the newspaper to avoid the situation of deception and concealment.
In addition, a retired soldiers affairs department was set up under the name of the Ministry of War to deal with and supervise the reduction of troops by the officers and men of the Southern Expeditionary Army and other state capitals, so as to ensure that the more than 2 million soldiers of the entire Daming Guard Station could smoothly complete the reform of military households and reduce the total number of soldiers in the guard post to about 1.2 million.
Don't look at the disarmament million seems to be exaggerated, in fact, most of them are empty salaries, just numbers on the books. However, after squeezing out this water, we can really save military expenses and use them to increase salaries for soldiers who really defend the border and serve the country.
After dealing with these two things, Shen Yichen turned his attention to the civil strife in Mongolia.
The reason why he gave lower priority to the affairs of the Mongols was that the content of this military report was too much of a model, except for the fact that the Arazhiyuan rebelled with the help of the "Nine Whites" gift attached to the Jurchens in Jianzhou, and that his brother Boyan Timur also participated in the rebellion, he did not know anything about the casualties and the results.
Regarding this situation, Shen Yichen did not criticize the border army intelligence department too much, after all, it is really impossible to send back the news in this bad weather, and it is impossible to make it clear.
However, Mongolia is a century-old enemy, and there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity such as a civil war, and it seems that it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to just stand by and watch. Shen Yichen convened the cabinet members and wanted to brainstorm and analyze some useful content from this brief military report to determine whether the Ming Dynasty would intervene in the war, or even carry out the Northern Expedition!
Some people died, but not completely......