For the Ming Empire, the biggest disaster was to produce a large number of displaced people, causing social turmoil, which can also be called domestic contradictions.

The main way to transfer domestic contradictions is foreign war, and the emperor knows it and is constantly practicing it.

However, the gains from foreign wars are necessary, otherwise, social contradictions will be aggravated and become more serious.

The emperor delayed the war against Huduntu, on the one hand, to take the opportunity to subdue the right-wing Mongol tribes, and on the other hand, he did not want to bear the burden too early.

That's right, if the nomads could survive by eating cattle and sheep during the catastrophe, they would not have starved to death after Chongzhen broke off the market in history.

That is to say, after the subjugation of the Mongol tribes, the imperial court will have to take responsibility for these Ming people, such as disaster relief, and the supply of food and materials is not a few.

However, choosing this time to subdue the Mongol tribes was the easiest and least costly.

The lesser of two evils, the emperor, after estimating the finances of the imperial court, decided to take action to solve the problem of southern Mongolia once and for all.

It is a matter of time before it collides with the rising Maozi Kingdom in the north. The emperor estimated that in his own half a hundred years, if the Ming army could continue to advance continuously to the north.

Therefore, subduing Southern Mongolia, as well as Western Mongolia and Northern Mongolia. The war in the north alone will take decades.

Of course, it's not a year to fight, take a break and fight a dozen, and push the territory of the Ming Dynasty to the north and push it to the North Pole with unswerving promotion and management!

This is not wishful thinking, with the current weapons and equipment and combat strength of the Ming army, as long as the logistics can keep up, it will not be a problem to fight all over the world.

The key is that the number of people is there, and if you really organize it, millions of troops will not be a problem.

Just when the Ming army was ready to act and attack the Chahar subordinates, Hudun Rabbit had not yet noticed it, and had already entered the right-wing Mongolia and started the great cause of "unification" with the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.

Huduntu's judgment was not wrong, and the right-wing Mongol tribes who enjoyed comfort were indeed seriously degenerated, and they were not at all the opponents of the men and horses he led.

First of all, the Harashen Department stationed in the hometown of the Yuan Shangdu outside the Xuanfu was defeated, and then the Tumut Department of the Naturalization City, after these two battles, the Hudun Rabbit Department has gained a firm foothold on the right flank.

However, Hudun Rabbit was not satisfied, and continued to attack with his troops, and the Shunyi king Bu Lost Rabbit (the grandson of Tumut Altan Khan) was defeated again and fled in panic.

The Jinong Eluchen, who was stationed in Ordos and managed the right wing on behalf of the Great Khan, was also defeated and abolished by Huduntu.

The successive victories made Hudun Rabbit complacent, believing that his decision to go west was wise and decisive, and the great cause of unifying the Mongolian tribes finally saw the light of day.

They are all Mongolians, and if they can't fight, they will take refuge, and they should be the best choice if they want to come to Hudun Rabbit.

But what made him feel depressed was that the defeated Halashen, Tumut and other tribes either left Mobei or joined the Ming Dynasty, and there was no one to surrender to him.

But the western expedition has achieved great results in the end, Hudun Rabbit annexed many of the tribes, rested in the city of naturalization, and sent the minister Guiying to ask for rewards from the Ming court.

According to the established plan, the generals and officials of Daming Border Town sent Guiying to the capital on the grounds that they did not dare to make an assertion, and told the emperor!

In addition to the Ming army that had been prepared and trained, they also gathered the defeated troops of Harashen and Tumut, and organized a counterattack on the Mongolian troops of Huduntu.

The Liaodong Theater was the first to launch, with a total of 6,000 cavalry from Yang Guozhu, Kong Youde, and Sun Zushou, plus 10,000 allied troops from the naturalized Inner Khalkha Forces, and launched an attack on the remaining Chahar troops who remained in the Liaohetao.

In fact, Huduntu's westward expedition meant the beginning of the collapse of the Chahar Department. The three Etoks of Haozit, Uzhumuqin, and Sunit, who had long been dissatisfied with him, took the opportunity to go north to defect to the Khalkha Shuolei Taiji (Chechen Khan) in Mobei.

The Naiman and Ao Han two Otok, who stayed in their hometowns, surrendered and naturalized when they saw the Ming army attacking, and Alakzhuot also followed in his footsteps and descended to the Ming.

At this point, Hudun Rabbit has lost its place and base. Although he had largely pacified the right-wing areas, he had lost his left-wing only in the Hetao and Tumochuan areas west of the Xuanfu border.

"It's finally time to deal with Hudun Rabbit, the Great Khan of Mongolia!"

The emperor sat in the Qianqing Palace, listening to Xiong Tingbi's report on the preparations of various departments, and sighed in his heart.

"Zhu Tongmeng, the governor of Xuanda, reported that he had received 40,000 men from the Mongol tribes and recruited 5,000 soldiers; Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides, reported that he received 30,000 men from the Mongol tribes and called 3,000 troops; Yang Guozhu, the general soldier of the Liaodong Expedition to Mongolia, reported 20,000 troops, and a total of 13,000 Mongolian soldiers......"

did not attach the titular Mongol Great Khan Hudun Rabbit, but surrendered to the Ming court and naturalized, and the Hudun Rabbit was also very active in counterattacking and invading.

In terms of current figures, there are more than 20,000 Mongolian soldiers attacking Hudun Rabbit. Coupled with the tens of thousands of Ming troops in Sanbian, Xuanda, and Liaodong, Hudun Rabbit is no longer an opponent at all.

Xiong Tingbi finished his report and bowed down to wait for the emperor's decision.

"Now that you're ready, let's get moving!" The emperor's voice echoed in the hall, mature and low, "I asked the Ministry of Rites to send Guiying away, and I also put an end to the thoughts of Hudun Rabbit." ”

After a pause, the emperor continued to add: "Luring the tiger and the rabbit to commit the border is a plan that has been formulated for a long time, and all the border towns also claim to be fully prepared. If I hurt the people of the Ming Dynasty, it is a dereliction of duty, I will be punished for the crime, and the military department must write a letter to strictly state this point. ”

"Wechen obeys." Xiong Tingbi bowed his head, and his gray hair was already very obvious.

The emperor's eyes flashed, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

Yuan Keli, Sun Chengzong and others returned to their hometowns to retire, Xiong Tingbi and others are getting old, and the courtiers they rely on are not as comfortable as these old ministers.

"Defeat Hudun Rabbit and subdue the Mongol tribes, and the north should be able to stop for a few years." Emperor Wen Yan said: "Xiong Qing can also rest well. ”

"Weichen is still healthy, long live Xie cares."

Xiong Tingbi bowed down to thank him, but he thought in his heart: It's not that the northern nomads don't stop, it's that your will to expand the territory is always there! Moreover, the conquests of the North, the South, and the Navy, and the Army will not stop.

I also want to take a break, to be a faint king who eats, drinks and has fun, and mixes freely until death.

But the national strength is like this, the military is strong, if you don't take advantage of this time to expand the territory and strive for more and broader living space for the people of the Ming Dynasty, who knows if there will be a loser in the future, and all my hard work will be ruined!

Of course, boom-bust cycles are inevitable. can save a thicker family foundation, and there is also capital for decline. At least, the people of the Ming Dynasty are scattered all over the country, and there will always be some places that will continue to be retained and become the territory of China.