"Put!"

"Bang bang bang-"

On April 20, outside the west gate of Haibao in the west of Xining City, about 20,000 Shangzhi Iron Cavalry were gathering here at this moment.

They went back and forth, repeatedly practicing various tactics such as face assault and strong charge.

Although the heavy snow has stopped and the time is well into summer, the snow on the surface and the snow in the mountains in the distance show no signs of melting.

It's just that compared to the snow, what the soldiers of Xining are excited about is what is happening in Zhenhai Fort......

"Tibetan Thorn Bur, come to worship His Royal Highness King Qi ......"

"Tibetan Xina, come to worship His Royal Highness King Qi......"

"The Tibetans are to blame and come to worship His Royal Highness the King of Qi......"

"Tibetan Shenzhong, come to worship His Royal Highness King Qi......"

In the garrison of Zhenhai Fort, when a Tibetan leader who spoke not fluent Chinese saluted, Zhu Youzhen, who was on the main seat, bowed his head slightly to indicate that he knew, and did not show that he was particularly concerned.

He glanced at the many chieftains, and counted carefully, there were about twenty-six of them, and four of them were Mongol tribes from Qinghai.

This group of people is almost all the Tibetan and Mongolian leaders in western Sichuan and the entire Qinghai region.

In other words, this is the leader of most of the Dogandus.

And the reason why it is said that most of it, not all of it, is very simple, the remaining small half and many forces of Wusizang have been out of the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen is not angry, after all, the Ming Dynasty's requirements for Qinghai-Tibet are very low, as long as there is no chaos.

However, the Ming Dynasty can be said to have very strict control over the Tibetans in Yanbian, and as a place with the most contact with Tibetans, Xining can be said to have great appeal to most of the Tibetan tribes in the Duogan area.

This appeal did not begin in the early Ming Dynasty, because the Xiningwei in the early Ming Dynasty had not yet been harassed by the Qing captives in Qinghai, and its main function was not to prevent captives, but only to appease the Tibetan tribes of Duogan and Wusizang.

Therefore, the defense level of Xining at that time was not high, and the Ming Dynasty only focused on this place.

However, with the beginning of the middle of the Wanli period, the continuous invasion of the three major tribes of Mobei Khalkha and Hetao, as well as Warat and other tribes, led to the emergence of many Mongolian tribes in Qinghai.

Due to their lack of strength, the local Tibetan tribes in Qinghai were constantly oppressed by the Mongol tribes who invaded Qinghai, and they played to the Ming Dynasty many times.

However, at that time, the Ming Dynasty was in the battle of Korea and Ningxia in the three major expeditions of Wanli, and there was no time to take care of them.

However, with the end of the two major battles, the local Mongolian tribes in Qinghai still did not relent, and even began to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Wanli, who learned the news, ordered Tian Le, the governor of Gansu, to conquer Qingyu.

Tian Le was not stupid, knowing that the strength of the Ming army in Qinghai was not enough to fight against tens of thousands of iron cavalry Qinglu, so he sent people to contact everywhere before the war, and requisitioned tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers and horses to begin to encircle and suppress Qinghai Mongolia.

Without the help of these nearly 10,000 Tibetan soldiers, it would have been difficult for the Ming army to defeat the superior Mongolian army with inferior forces.

Therefore, when reporting the merits later, the military department also admitted that "in this battle, the interception of officers and soldiers is the first merit, and the flanking attack of the crowd is also a special achievement." ”

The battle of Huangzhong Sanjie was basically in the twenty-third year of Wanli, and it successively attacked several powerful Mongolian tribes in Qinghai.

The tribes such as Tumutyong Shaobu and Washuttabunang did not dare to stay in place any longer, and quickly migrated to the west of Yanchi, and Huoluochi also crossed the Yellow River to the north of the Yellow River.

Several of the main tribes that provoked border troubles fled far away, and the small tribes that stayed in the local area were weak, and the Ming Dynasty took the opportunity to appease them, and the various tribes reattached themselves to the Ming Dynasty.

Tian Le also took the opportunity to use the majesty established by these three great victories to try to build a city in the Duogan area and govern Duogan directly.

It's a pity that not long after the end of the war, Banzhou Yang Yinglong rebelled, and most of the soldiers and horses under Tian Le's command were also transferred, and the matter ended without a hitch.

However, the political and military significance of Huangzhong Sanjie was still maintained until the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Just now, since Zhu Youzhen arrived in Xiningwei a month ago, the first military order he issued was to summon officials and tribal leaders at all levels, such as the Usizangdu Division, the Russian Military and Civil Administration, and the Duogandu Division.

As a result, he waited for a month, and as he expected, most of the forces were shirking, and only the leaders of the 26 Tibetan and Mongolian tribes near Xining chose to come to Xining City.

None of them are fools, and they naturally know that His Royal Highness the King of Qi had leveled the three major departments of the Hetao only three months ago, and had beheaded tens of thousands.

No one wanted to touch his moldy head at this time, and all the leaders of the twenty-six departments also cautiously took their seats after seeing Zhu Youzhen motioning for them to sit down.

It's just that after they took their seats, Zhu Youzhen also got straight to the point:

"Before the rebellion of Luxury, the twenty-two collectors chose to respond to the call of my Ming Dynasty and sent tens of thousands of people to quell the rebellion of my Ming Dynasty."

"Lone came here this time, there are two things."

"The first thing is to reward the twenty-two, and the second thing is to appease and reset Duogan."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen glanced at the people in the hall, and then raised his hand to take the twenty-six thin books from Sun Chuanting's hands beside him.

"These documents are a measure to innovate the Duogandusi, you can read them first before making suggestions."

"If you have any suggestions, you can feel free to mention them boldly, after all, Lone is not a ghost."

Zhu Youzhen said this with a hint of a smile, and the sunny and refreshing appearance is hard to imagine, that is, he swept the three major parts of the Hetao.

However, it was a matter of interests, and although the leaders of the 26th Department of Mongolia and Tibet were afraid of Zhu Youzhen, they still took the document and looked at it carefully.

The book is written in Chinese, Tibetan and Mongolian languages, and everyone can read it clearly.

There aren't many clauses above, but each one is harsh and makes people's scalp tingle.

First, Zhu Youzhen demanded that they hand over their military rights, land, and pastures, and secondly, they emancipated all slaves.

But it's not that Zhu Youzhen is blindly asking for it, on the contrary, he also gives these leaders a temptation that is difficult to refuse.

The leaders of the twenty-six departments will all become the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they will move their families to the west of the river, where Zhu Youzhen will give them 1,000 acres of arable land or 10,000 acres of pasture each.

Secondly, they could command the soldiers and horses of the Gongwei battalion and take up positions in the Northern Military Governor's Mansion.

According to the rules of the innovation of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Metropolitan Governor is the first product, the Metropolitan Governor is the first product, the left and right counselors are the second product, the general soldier is the second product, and the general is the third product.

The three grades of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are two thousand taels of silver per year, and this amount is also written in the book.

Many tribal leaders immediately gasped when they saw the annual income of two thousand taels of silver.

They were not as wealthy as the ranchers of later generations, and the largest leader, Thorn, had only more than 6,000 men and 2,000 soldiers, engaged in cultivating barley and grazing for a living.

The number of yaks in the tribe is only about 2,000, the number of sheep is only more than 30,000, and the number of horses is only about 9,000.

It may seem like a lot, but most of them are petty nobles, and only a tenth of them belong to him.

Although the annual salary of 2,000 taels of silver does not seem to be much, after moving to the mainland, this silver can make the life he enjoy better than his current life.

In addition, the 10,000 acres of pasture was enough to keep some of his cattle, sheep and horses.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, it is obviously a wise move to give up the military power of only 2,000 rangers and stragglers to accept the transfer of the Ming Dynasty.

Thorn Bul can get such a big benefit, and the other leaders will naturally get even more benefits.

Therefore, at this time, most of them are in a state of heartbeat.

The only thing they were worried about was where the petty nobles below would go.

However, when they continued to look, they found that Zhu Youzhen had even arranged a place for the little nobles.

They will become guerrilla generals of the Ming Dynasty, with a four-rank official position, an annual salary of 800 taels per person, and 400 acres of arable land, or 4,000 acres of grassland.

Under each leader, there are five places, that is to say, twenty-six Mongolian and Tibetan leaders can bring back one hundred and thirty places for guerrilla generals.

In this way, it means that Zhu Youzhen needs to take out nearly 80,000 mu of cultivated land, or nearly 800,000 grasslands, and nearly 160,000 taels of silver every year to appease them.

This is not cost-effective at first glance, but using such a little thing to exchange the ownership of Qinghai, Zhu Youzhen does not feel that he is losing money.

To put it bluntly, this little thing is just the annual income of the city company for less than half a year.

It is undoubtedly very cost-effective to exchange this little thing for hundreds of thousands of herdsmen and hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land in Duogan.

"How?"

Zhu Youzhen looked at the many Duogan leaders in the hall and asked with great interest, and when everyone saw this, although they wanted to agree, they still resisted the temptation and said:

"Your Highness, please allow me to go back and consult with my subordinates."

"It's nature." After hearing that not only the 22 Tibetan tribes agreed, but even the four Mongolian tribes that he regarded as enemies also agreed, Zhu Youzhen was a little happy.

"Okay, Lone is busy with official business, the banquet will be accompanied by Cao Zongbing and Sun Zongbing, please think about it after you have fun."

"Your Highness is tired, I am ashamed ......"

Zhu Youzhen got up and signaled that he was leaving, and the leaders of the 26th Department also apologized.

"Wen Zhao, abide by the law, and entertain you well for me."

"Yes!"

After an explanation, Zhu Youzhen left the hall, and Sun Chuanting also left after him.

After they left, Cao Wenzhao and Sun Shoufa took the twenty-six leaders and the hundreds of guards they brought with them to eat and drink in the hall.

It's just that compared to them, after Zhu Youzhen returned to the backyard with Sun Chuanting, he asked:

"How many of them do you think would agree?"

"About ninety percent ......," Sun Chuanting gave an uncertain answer, and continued:

"Most of the tribes who have participated in the three victories in Huangzhong have no problem, after all, our Ming army has 20,000 troops here, and they dare not disobey."

"What you really need to care about is the three tribes that are close to Uszang."

Sun Chuanting told his conjecture, and his conjecture was similar to what Zhu Youzhen thought.

In fact, in Zhu Youzhen's view, the issue of Qinghai-Tibet is very simple, and there is no need to even take a direct action, only need to expand the Duogan camp and expand the number of the Duogan camp to the number of nine battalions, which is enough to recover Qinghai-Tibet.

If the Duogan battalion is used to send troops, then it is completely possible to defeat the entire Qinghai-Tibet in the way of border herding and fighting, because the current forces above Qinghai-Tibet are really too weak.

The entire Qinghai-Tibet can only be pulled out by tens of thousands of leather armor and unarmored Tibetan soldiers, and those with iron armor may not even be able to pull out 3,000 people.

This also led to the fact that Gushi Khan easily won most of Qinghai-Tibet in history.

Gushi Khan's strength is at best about the same as Huo Luochi, and it is not even comparable to Su Nan.

Zhu Youzhen was not ready to make a move in person, he only needed to stabilize Duogan, then expand the ten battalions of Duogan, and then send Cao Wenzhao or Qin Bangping and others to the expedition.

Now it seems that the difficulty of stabilizing Duogan is far easier than he thought.

Most of the leaders were already moved, because they didn't want to do anything with the Ming army.

Even among the twenty-six, there are three toasts living in the big and small Jinchuan.

After all, the three ministries at this moment do not have the funds and time to build bunkers, and the current Ming army is not a waste green battalion during the Qianlong period.

The Qing Dynasty was difficult to fight against Jinchuan because of the large number of pillboxes built in the local area, coupled with raid tactics.

However, the Qing army during the Qianlong period ......

Zhu Youzhen estimated that he would throw Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, and the rest of the group of people who had now been disabled by him, and as long as there was artillery, they would be able to blow up Dzungaria, Jinchuan, and Jinchuan several times, not to mention the so-called Gurkha (Nepal).

This is not that he looks down on the Qing Dynasty, but the peak of the Qing Dynasty's horizontal comparison of force, which was actually during the Battle of Songjin commanded by Huang Taiji.

Artillery, horse infantry are also world-class, not to mention the quality and strategy of the generals, not to mention the political methods of the rulers.

The so-called tyrannical Sauron soldiers are being brushed by Amin as a copy at the moment.

After comparing it like this, you can understand why Jinchuan is so obedient in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Regain Dogan, use the Tibetan soldiers on the plateau to train seven battalions of soldiers and horses, and then I am ready to let Cao Wenzhao lead the troops to attack Wusizang, what do you think?"

Sighing at the changes in the vicissitudes of life, Zhu Youzhen began to ask Sun Chuanting's opinion on Wu Sizang.

In this regard, Sun Chuanting was also silent for a moment, and only after thinking about it did he reply:

"General Cao led ten battalions to attack Usizang, and the subordinate didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but he felt that maybe he couldn't control the ten battalions of soldiers and horses, and it was better to give him ten battalions of soldiers and horses, but it would be better to give him five battalions of soldiers and horses."

Sun Chuanting said that there was a problem, that is, Cao Wenzhao did not have the ability to control the 30,000 army.

Instead of giving Cao Wenzhao 30,000 soldiers and horses in the 10th battalion, it is better for more than 15,000 soldiers and horses in the 5th battalion to fight well.

This may have been seen by him from the battle of the set.

Cao Wenzhao has a violent personality and does not have so much care, which means that he is easily ambushed and impulsive.

As a commander-in-chief, impulsive character is a flaw, and as a vanguard, impulsiveness, although also flawed, is unlikely to kill the three armies.

"What do you mean, let Qin Bangping restrain Cao Wenzhao?"

Zhu Youzhen asked tentatively, but Sun Chuanting wanted to speak and stopped, and finally could only bite the bullet and say:

"Even the Governor of Qin, I'm afraid he can't command the ten battalions very well......"

"......" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen was silent.

Commanding the tenth battalion and the third battalion of moderation are two concepts, moderation is normal, as long as the fight is decent, Zhu Youzhen believes that Qin Bangping can.

But commanding the 10 battalions means waving an arm, and such a talent is the talent of the commander.

Qin Bangping was already very good at being able to control the Ten Battalions at this age, and the aging of his age and physical body hindered his ability to learn.

If he had such a platform when he was young, maybe he could reach the command that Sun Chuanting said.

"What if I keep you?" Zhu Youzhen wanted to see how Sun Chuanting answered, but he didn't want Sun Chuanting to answer:

"It's a subordinate official, and he only has half of his ability right now."

Sun Chuanting replied very sincerely, after all, he calculated carefully, and he had only personally led an army of 30,000 to fight two battles, and it was not a hard battle.

But he's confident that he can get there if he is given another chance.

"You don't want Lone to lead troops here, do you?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Sun Chuanting suspiciously, and Sun Chuanting looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Okay, needless to say, I know." Looking at Sun Chuanting's appearance, Zhu Youzhen knew that he wanted to say that he didn't have that ability.

But he never thought that Sun Chuanting shook his head and said: "No, Your Highness has such ability, but Your Highness can't lead the troops up." ”

"The land of the plateau is dangerous, although His Highness is good at cavalry combat, but if something goes wrong, it will be in danger."

"I'm caring about me...... Zhu Youzhen heard this, and replied helplessly, and then said with a headache:

"Then who do you mean to fight?"

"Mandu Governor, Heng Jiu, Sun Du Dudu, Qi Du Dudu, Xiong Jingluo, the five of them can be." Sun Chuanting opened his mouth confidently, but Zhu Youzhen glanced at him speechlessly.

Sun Chuanting actually felt that Hong Chengchou was better than him in leading the troops, which Zhu Youzhen did not expect.

"It is estimated that this is his self-humility, in fact, he has the confidence to lead the ten battalions to defeat Qinghai-Tibet."

Zhu Youzhen thought so, and then said:

"Man Gui, I need him to deter the northwest, Sun Yingyuan needs to guard against Jianyu, Hong Chengchou needs to prepare to recover Annan, as for Qi Jin, he also has to accompany him, Xiong Tingbi is old, so let's be honest in Liaodong."

Speaking of which, Zhu Youzhen glanced at Sun Chuanting:

"Plateau combat is a rare experience, if you don't dislike returning to the capital for a year and a half, and then you are sent to Xining by me, then you can try ......"

"The lower official is willing!" Sun Chuanting saluted and replied loudly.

He is not willing to give up this opportunity to recover Wusizang, compared to this opportunity to leave a name in history, what is the back and forth?

"Good ......" Zhu Youzhen saw that Sun Chuanting dared to bear the burden, and bowed his head in approval, and then said:

"I will ask the imperial brother to leave you in Xining to settle the matter of Duogan before returning to the capital."

"The matter of military training will be handed over to Cao Wenzhao, and his military training is still good."

"As for the matter of Duogan, I am going to make Duogan a separate province, move Tibetans to Hexi, and move Han people from Shaanxi to Qinghai."

Zhu Youzhen had his own plans, firstly, the 100,000 Tibetans would not disturb the ethnic ratio in Hexi, and secondly, it was necessary to increase the number of Han people in Qinghai.

Qinghai is not so bitterly cold, and the few river valleys are still very suitable for life.

The Han Chinese could also learn to herd and move further to the Wusi-Tibetan region in the future, and the people of Wusi-Tibet were moved to the Western Regions and Yunnan.

The so-called poor environment is just that wealth is not attractive enough.

Zhu Youzhen didn't believe it, if he opened a relocation condition of 1,000 acres of grassland, would anyone resist the relocation?

Not to mention, there are more than 100,000 Han Chinese in the northwestern plateau of Yunnan and Yunnan alone, and relocating them is enough to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Qinghai-Tibet.

Don't forget that in addition to them, there are other young people who have been sinicized, such as the Naxi people like the Mu family.

Moreover, Zhu Youzhen didn't need them to stay on the plateau for the rest of their lives, and when they won the three Xuanliu comforts, divided the feudal and overseas vassals, then the army could go down to the plateau, and the people would live in the Ganges Plain.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen also returned to the study with his hands behind his back, while Sun Chuanting thanked him for his back.

After Zhu Youzhen left completely, Sun Chuanting did not regard himself as a literati, but put down his body and went to the hall to start a dialogue with some Tibetan leaders who knew Chinese.

From their mouths, he learned about the situation in Dogan and the situation in Uszang.

The understanding of these situations gave birth to better methods in Sun Chuanting's mind.

He asked people to write down the news, and then after the banquet, he personally sent the leaders out of the garrison and went to the post house to rest.

After doing everything, he returned to his room and began to study how to solve the Qinghai-Tibet matter.

In the following days, he traveled back and forth between Qinghai and Zhenhai Fort, and within a few days of returning to the tribe, some tribal leaders close to Xining also sent envoys to express their willingness to join the tribe.

In just half a month, of the 26 parts that came to take refuge, 19 have already come to attach it.

But Zhu Youzhen's mind was not on this, just because of the heavy snow that had stopped, it began to rain again......

"Is it still snowing in Shaanxi and Hetao......

In the study room of the Zhenhai Fort Garrison Mansion, Zhu Youzhen looked at the snow outside the window, and felt very uneasy, and the Jinyi Wei Qianhu who was standing in front of him also said:

"The heavy snow has not stopped, it is still falling, many places have delayed the farming, and now only the winter snow in Xi'an has melted, and the people have not delayed the reclamation."

"In other words, it is snowing in all of Shaanxi except Xi'an?" Zhu Youzhen's expression was ugly, and Jinyi Wei Qianhu could only bite the bullet and say:

"That's true......"

"......" Hearing the other party's confirmation, Zhu Youzhen couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.

It's May 20 now, and it's already midsummer, but it's been snowing non-stop, so that the whole Shaanxi is suffering from a white disaster.

"Is there anything else going wrong?" Zhu Youzhen continued to ask behind the table, and Qianhu also said:

"There has not been a single rain since spring in Jinan and Qingzhou, Shandong, and there was little snow in the winter of last year."

"Less snow...... Wuyu ......" Listening to the other party's words, Zhu Youzhen frowned unconsciously.

This posture looks like a drought, and if there is little snow in winter, the eggs will not be frozen, so this should not be ......

Thinking of the possibility of a locust plague in such a situation, Zhu Youzhen immediately instructed Qianhu:

"Let people call the Yellow River water and Jishui, if there is a drought in Jinan, tell Yuan Keli to pay attention to the prevention of locust plagues."

"Commanded by Humble Duty......"

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything anymore, Qianhu immediately retreated, and Zhu Youzhen also walked to the window after a moment of contemplation, looked at the snow and sighed:

"Just after the Hetao, is there another big drought and heavy snow......

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