Chapter 146: Jin Ge Iron Horse Goes North

The army went out on battle, and the scales of the armor shone brightly in the sun, like red gold. The elite of the 30,000 Beijing battalion set out from the capital, pointed at the slaves, and the Jin Ge iron horse went north.

When the troops were dispatched, it was already autumn, and the atmosphere of slaughter was strong, and the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves, and the eyes were all yellow, and the weather became colder and colder. When we entered the northeast from the capital, it was already winter, and the local water was dripping into ice, and it was definitely impossible to use the southern army, and the water and soil were not adapted. Therefore, more than half of Zhu Gaoxian's 30,000 troops came from the Northern Parallel Division.

Although the five military camps after Zhu Dijing recovered the Northern Parallel Division, although the five military camps after it absorbed the elite of the guards from all over the country, the soldiers of the Northern Parallel Capital Division were the most courageous.

The Yamen of the Northern Parallel Capital Division is set up in Daning, which is the capital division of Beiping, Nuergan, Liaodong and Daning. Formerly known as the Northern Expedition led by Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, to destroy the 100,000 Ming army of the Yuan Dynasty, there were soldiers from the Northern Yuan Dynasty who continued to come and fall.

Although this northern army has lived in Jinling for a long time, as long as they put on armor and carry weapons, they can still crawl and roll in the ice and snow.

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Marched all the way to the vicinity of Liuhe County, the army was encamped, and the night was like splashing ink.

There was a bright light burning in the handsome camp, and Zhu Gaoxian, Zhang Fu, Zhu Yong, and Chi Rong, the four of them gathered in front of the desk, studying the information sent from the Nuer Gandu Division quickly.

"This is the more detailed information of the Nuer Gandu Division sent by Liaodong, take a look."

Zhu Gaoxian took out a letter from a secret letter, put it on his desk, and said, "The Jurchen clan is divided into Jianzhou Jurchen, Haixi Jurchen, and Donghai Jurchen, and there are one hundred and eighty-four guards and more than 20 offices under the Nuer Gandu Division. As a local administrative body that integrated the military and the government, the important official positions were appointed by the imperial court from the interior. ”

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxian couldn't help but chuckle.

One hundred and eighty-four guards, more than twenty offices, sounds scary. You must know that the five military camps with 160,000 elites are only 72 guards.

But it is clear that these guards of Nuer Gandusi are filled with water. The larger ones have a few hundred regular troops, and the smaller ones only have one hundred and eighty regular troops, and the entire Nuer Gandu Division has two hundred guards, and it is a question whether they can make up 50,000 regular troops. Moreover, not every one of these guards has to be suppressed, some places are too remote, and some are governed by Han officials. What needs to be suppressed is the guard that was seriously usurped by the Jurchens and threatened the Ming Dynasty.

"The Jianzhou Jurchens, the main body is divided into Jianzhou Wei and Jianzhou Zuowei, with agriculture as the main and hunting as the supplement, which is our key suppression target. And the Haixi Jurchens are also known as the Hulun Four Divisions and the Haixi Four Divisions. The main ones are the Yehe department, the Ula department, the Huifa department, and the Hada department. The lifestyle of the Haixi Jurchens is a mixed state of gathering, fishing and hunting, and farming, mainly relying on gathering and fishing and hunting. Similar to the Jianzhou Jurchens, they are all the targets of our key suppression. ”

Zhu Gaoxian continued, "As for the East China Sea Jurchens, that is, savage Jurchens, sometimes they are also divided into Beishan Jurchens, Heilongjiang Jurchens and other tribes. Due to the harsh natural environment and backward productivity, there is no agriculture, mainly gathering and hunting, and it seems that they are still living the life of primitive people. The area they are in is too close to the far north, and there is no connection with my Ming Dynasty. There is no need to suppress, the benefits are too small, the terrain is too poor, the costs are too high, and the threat is too small. ”

Zhu Yong picked up a piece of information and glanced at it, and said slowly: "Jianzhou Wei and Jianzhou Zuowei were originally subordinate to the Nuer Gandu Division, but in fact, they were mostly under the command of the Liaodong Metropolitan Envoy Division. Is this also within the scope of our suppression? ”

The jurisdiction of the Liaodong Prefecture is not within the scope of the requisition. Having said that, Zhu Gaoxian knew what Zhu Yong was afraid of.

Jianzhou Wei commanded the envoy Shi Jianu, whose Han name was Li Xianzhong. The son of the Jurchen Huli chieftain Ahache. There are military exploits. In the eighth year of Yongle, he led his subordinates from the emperor to conquer the Mongolian Tatars in person, and made military achievements.

But this is not important, the important thing is that Li Xianzhong has an older sister called "The Third Empress of the Emperor", who was Zhu Di's concubine when he was in the Yanwang Mansion. said that this concubine had been hung up before Zhu Di became emperor, but the title was still there. In other words, Li Xianzhong, the commander of Jianzhou Wei, is Zhu Di's brother-in-law.

Moreover, although Li Xianzhong is a Jurchen, he himself has military exploits and is still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

"Whether it is Jianzhou Wei or Jianzhou Zuowei, there is no value in existence." Zhu Gaoxian answered Zhu Yong's question without any hindrance.

What if Li Xianzhong is the emperor's brother-in-law, Lao Tzu is still the emperor's own son, and now he is the prince, and he will be promoted to the prince soon!

How many feats does Li Xianzhong have? Lao Tzu defeated a province in the south and two Mongol kings in the north!

What's more, Li Xianzhong himself can be said to have a little conscience about the Ming Dynasty, but his descendants such as Dong Shan, Li Gunaha, Li Manzhu and others are all anti-bones of the Ming Dynasty and anti-thieves of Qingyishui.

After the Tumubao Incident, the national power of the Ming Dynasty declined, and Li Manzhu, the leader of the Jianzhou Wei, that is, the son of Li Xianzhong, united with the Jianzhou Sanwei, rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and began to constantly harass and invade the Liaodong region.

The future Jianzhou Jurchen was renamed "Manchuria", which actually came from the name of this product, that is, "Li Manzhu's Jianzhou Jurchen Department".

The Jurchen rebellion was also related to the rigid tributary trade system of the Ming Dynasty, where the number of times ethnic minority tribes came to pay tribute each year, and the number of people and goods that came each time was limited. Daming blocked the way to make money through their trade, and these people directly started to rob it. But among them, the Jurchens are the most untrustworthy, and Daming has also given a lot of preferential policies before, but when it really comes to the opportunity to grab money and food, they can't help but do a vote, and after grabbing it, they apologize to Daming again, and continue to rob after apologizing, which is completely an unfamiliar wolf cub.

As for how to solve this group of Jurchens, the court was mainly divided into two factions at that time, and the main battle faction believed that the Jurchens did not obey discipline and should be taught a good lesson; The main Fu faction thinks that the Jurchen rebellion has been provoked, and more preferential treatment should be given, so that they will not make trouble, and they are more urine than the "Jurchen father" Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang has at least been guiding the Jurchen ministries to fight and divide, and these main factions directly treat the Jurchens as their fathers.

Emperor Chenghua did not hesitate for long, and directly ordered to enter the Jianzhou Jurchens, and the order he issued was: "Smash its nest and eliminate its species." During this encirclement and suppression, Li Manzhu and his son were beheaded by the North Korean army. As for the other leader, Dong Shan, that is, the fifth ancestor of Nurhachi, was also hung up in this encirclement and suppression.

Die well deserved!

"How to deal with Jianzhou Wei and Jianzhou Zuowei, you may not have heard it clearly just now, or maybe I didn't make it clear, but now I will make it clearer." Zhu Gaoxian's face was calm, "Just wipe out the clan." ”

Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong were a little surprised when they heard this, this sentence decided the lives of more than 10,000 people in Jianzhou Wei and Jianzhou Zuowei!

Jianzhou Zuowei commanded the envoy Meng brother Timur, the ancestor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The commander and the commander are all in charge, but the difference is one word, but the difference is gone.

The commander is the supreme commander of the "guard," and the commander is the supreme commander of the "commander of the mission," and is the supreme commander of the military of the local province.

The difference is that the fierce brother Timur, the commander of the capital, has no name, but in fact, there are not so many people under his control, only an army of about 1,000 people, and more than 7,000 troops are dragged along with his family.

"The Admiral understands." Zhang Fu nodded, and did not ask why King Qi had such a great hatred for Jianzhou Zuowei. In the army, military orders are supreme, and commanders' orders will be given priority, even if Zhu Gaoxian asked him to lead people to rush the Yamen of Liaodong Metropolitan Division, Zhang Fu dared to obey military orders.

If he knew what the descendants of Meng's brother Timur had done more than 200 years later, I am afraid that he would have even thought of raising the ashes of Jianzhou Zuowei.

And Zhu Yong asked with a little doubt: "Lord Wang, if that's the case, do we need to negotiate with Liu Rong of Liaodong Headquarters in advance when passing by Liaodong?" ”

Liu Rong, the general soldier of Liaodong, once followed Zhu Di to conquer Mongolia, and repeatedly made military exploits. Fortified Liaodong for ten years and fortified along the coast to defend against the Japanese invaders. He is not good at fighting Han people, but he is a good hand at fighting Mongols and Japanese invaders, and he can be called a famous general.

"When the time comes, we will discuss it again, and for now we will take care of the march and the strategy of the state." Zhu Gaoxian shook his head, and suddenly asked, "The officials who urge the follow-up grain road, don't wait for us to walk halfway, and end up running out of grain and grass, then the fun will be great." ”

Zhu Yong said disappreciably: "The grain road is the responsibility of the prince's side, and if there is a problem, the East Palace will be on top." ”

"What kind of are you talking about?" Zhu Gaoxian said with a straight face, "If there is a problem with the grain and grass, the people in the East Palace must be going to lose their heads, but aren't we affected?" If there is a problem with the follow-up grain road, 30,000 soldiers will either starve to death or mutiny, and then not only will the East Palace have to lose their heads in pieces, but you and I will not be much better! ”

30,000 elites set out to fight, if they don't want to delay the trip, they can only compress and carry baggage. While the army was walking, the imperial court was transporting grain and grass, and the follow-up grain route was the Grand Canal, which was sent to Shuntianfu together with the materials for the construction of the Shuntianfu Imperial Palace. When the army arrived at Shuntianfu by land, the subsequent grain and grass also arrived at Shuntianfu by water.

Although this is more convenient, but the risk is also greater, if the prince takes the wrong medicine and delays the transportation of grain and grass, the 30,000 elites will mutini before they arrive in Nuergan. Of course, Zhu Gaoxian can't let this kind of thing happen, and has been arranging people to operate in Jinling City, but the effect is not too obvious, it is the prince who is in charge of this matter, not his King Qi.

However, the prince has been engaged in logistics for many years, and basically there has been no mistake in the grain road, which also makes Zhu Gaoxian feel a little more relieved.

Although he and the East Palace are having an unpleasant quarrel, in the face of national events, the prince is still very able to give people a sense of security.