Chapter 17: The Manifestation Before the King
Seeing that the interest of this Hongwu Emperor was aroused.
Zhu Yunxi was overjoyed in his heart and said: "If you want to completely defeat the Northern Yuan militarily, first of all, I need to raise a large number of horses to expand the advantage of cavalry. “
"Secondly, our army needs to be equipped with advanced firearms, practice hand-to-hand combat, and strengthen cavalry drills."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, he had thought of these two points a long time ago, and he had been doing them all these years.
In particular, horse breeding was attached great importance to the founding of the country as early as the beginning of the country, with five pastoral supervisors and hundreds of horse factories under its jurisdiction.
Zhu Yuanzhang can proudly say that for thousands of years in China, my Ming Dynasty's horse politics is the most perfect!
He also plans to raise horses for all people in the future, with eleven households in Jiangnan and five households in Jiangbei raising a horse......
Zhu Yunxi continued: "Moreover, the appointment of experienced generals to lead the troops out of the fortress, and when they arrive at the battlefield outside the fortress, the cavalry maintains high mobility, advances layer by layer, and will hit the enemy's vital point with one blow!" ”
"If the enemy flees, set fire to their pastures and occupy their waters, and they will either fight or migrate!"
Zhu Yunwen's heart moved.
The heart said that this guy secretly reads military books on weekdays, and then deliberately amazes everyone?
If you think about it, it's just paper.
Wait for me to go back and read a few military books, it's okay!
"Well said!" Zhu Yuanzhang is a great joy.
With his insight and experience, Zhu Yunxi's methods are not new and wonderful.
Many tactics have been used by the Ming army.
It would not be surprising if an established general said this.
The key is that Zhu Yunxi is only fourteen years old, and what he said is methodical.
And on weekdays, this grandson has never been out of the palace, and he has not been interested in military affairs since he was a child.
Zhu Yuanzhang once suspected that it was Zhu Yunxi, who the old brother often met with the Spring Tuo Dream Sect......
"The grandson doesn't dare to be, thinking that the emperor's grandfather led the Huaixi Twenty-four generals to overthrow Meng Yuan and rebuild the world of China, that is wonderful!"
Zhu Yunxi behaved very modestly.
It's not that he is low-key, but he really doesn't dare to pretend to be forced in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Since ancient times, there has been no one on the right side of Li Shimin, followed by Zhu Yuanzhang.
On beating the cavalry of the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang's team is the strongest fantasy group on the surface!
These famous generals in the early Ming Dynasty were all cavalry masters.
Zhu Yunxi's grandfather Chang Yuchun, the most outstanding cavalry general of the Ming army, once took the lead in personally leading the cavalry to assault the Yuan army camp.
Facing the cavalry of the Yuan army, Chang Yuchun opened the bow to kill the pioneer first, and led the Ming cavalry to crush the Yuan cavalry all the way.
Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, the cavalry rushed to Taiyuan, a game of "cat and mouse", so that Wang Baobao's 40,000 Mongolian cavalry were wiped out.
Li Wenzhong, the king of Qiyang, is accustomed to charging with iron cavalry, and is also good at taking only cavalry and raiding in great depth.
Deng Yu, the king of Ninghe, led the cavalry to chase the enemy for thousands of miles when he fought in the northwest, and when he pacified Tubo, he led the cavalry to Kunlun Mountain.
Muying, the king of Qianning, whether in the northwest or in the southwest, won with cavalry.
Especially in Yunnan, he fought the Tusi elephant soldiers, took the cavalry to break into the formation, and shot the elephant soldiers on the back of the elephants.
The most awesome thing about the Ming army is that it can dispatch 150,000 cavalry out of the fortress at a time.
The Central Plains Dynasty is a cavalry pomp, I'm afraid only the Han Dynasty can be compared!
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Iron Horse was almost an existence against the sky!
The Eight Banners cavalry at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if they encountered the Ming Iron Cavalry at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry of the two armies faced each other, and they were afraid that there would be no scum left in a wave.
Of course, most of these famous generals in the early Ming Dynasty passed away at this time.
There are still a few bigwigs still there, such as Tang He, Duke of Xinguo, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, Fu Youde, Duke of Yingguo, Lan Yu, Duke of Liangguo, Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, and Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing......
Half of them are relatives of Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood: "You just said that there are multiple means, in addition to defeating the Northern Yuan on the battlefield, what else?" ”
Over the years, the Ming army has beaten the remnants of the Yuan army many times.
But it can't be completely extinguished.
Retracting his thoughts, Zhu Yunxi replied: "In addition to military tactics and force suppression, Sun Er also has a cultural war strategy. ”
"The first step is to continue to blockade trade with the Northern Yuan in all directions, and then to weaken them and let the Northern Yuan fight among themselves!"
The blockade of trade is easy to say.
The Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were at war for many years, and the economic and cultural exchanges between Mongolia and the Central Plains were completely interrupted.
The Mongols were unable to obtain daily handicrafts and daily necessities from the Central Plains, and had to rely on trade with Central Asia and Korea to meet some of their needs.
Now, Korea in the east is attached to the Ming Dynasty, and as long as an edict goes down, it will no longer communicate with the Northern Yuan.
After that, the Mongols could only rely on trade in Central Asia to meet part of their needs.
In the past few years, Zhu Yuanzhang has been preparing to use troops in the Western Regions, and he has been prepared.
It's a pity that as soon as the crown prince Zhu Biao died, this matter was delayed.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang pays more attention to the second way.
"How do you get them to infighting?"
Zhu Yunxi said: "Adopt a policy of division and disintegration, by supporting one side in the internal strife, and attacking the other side, the spearhead is mainly aimed at the Northern Yuan Khanate. ”
"Whichever tribe jumps out and stands on its own, the Ming army will go out and destroy whom!"
"Anything else?"
"Yes!"
Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go!" ”
Sneering, Zhu Yunxi didn't dare to sell Guanzi, and continued: "The second step is to canonize the small Mongolian tribes on the grassland, and only by accepting the canonization of my Ming Emperor will trade with the Central Plains be allowed, and the trade will be carried out in the form of tribute and horse markets.
These small Mongol tribes were constantly worried about being annexed by the big tribes, and they were also worried about being broken by the Ming army and losing their homes.
Now you only need to accept a canonization of paper and kowtow to recognize the boss, you will have a chance to live, and you can also enjoy the treatment of the mutual market.
The benefits of trade are self-evident, and to a certain extent, the needs of the Mongolian ministries can be satisfied, so that they can survive well. ”
Zhu Yunxi showed a smile.
As long as it is an individual, it will weigh the pros and cons, and more people will choose to survive.
History proves that after Zhu Di became emperor, he used this trick and sealed five Mongolian kings with different surnames at once, such as Mahamu, the king of Shunning.
Except for the large-scale southern invasion that was also launched first, there were few large-scale conflicts and invasions, and most of them were petty fights.
Zhu Yunwen, who doesn't understand people's hearts and has shortcomings in martial arts, was confused.
These seem a bit out of the blue......
"In the third step, our dynasty set up a metropolitan protectorate and garrison in the grassland occupied by the Ming army in imitation of the Tang Dynasty, invite the tribes who accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty to join, give positions, distribute grasslands, and jointly fight the enemy!"
As soon as Zhu Yunxi's voice fell, Zhu Yunxi on the side immediately seized the loophole: "What if they don't join?" ”
"Not joining?"
Zhu Yunxi's expression was relaxed: "Then everyone beat them together and took away their grassland!" ”
All the grasslands and water sources in Mobei are registered and distributed in the Dadu Hufu, and the grasslands are allocated by themselves.
The meat is like this, if you don't add it, someone will naturally join in to eat the meat.
When the time comes, there will not even be a chance to drink soup, so let's drink the northwest wind!
The little fat man Zhu Yunwen asked again: "What if they join on the surface and go to the Northern Yuan behind their backs?" ”