"In this battle, 328 civil and military officials such as Tatar Taishi Arutai, Shangshu Duoer, and Yexian Polo were captured, four people from 10,000 households, 27 people from 1,000 households, more than 26,000 soldiers, and more than 197,600 Tatar troops, more than 75,000 horses, more than 6,700 camels, more than 226,000 cattle, and more than 700,000 sheep."

On June 24, the seventh year of Yongle, in Shichengzi on the north shore of Kuluan Haizi.

When Zhu Neng said that the Ming army had captured the first battle of the difficult river, in Shichengzi, in the big tent of Arutai, almost all the generals of the Ming army were full of smiles.

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the main seat, was dressed in armor and stroked his beard quite complacently.

"Back then, I saw that blue jade was not pleasing to the eye, and more than 70,000 captives were arrogant and arrogant to compete with the old Ying Guogong and Song Guogong, and now my merits are much greater than him."

Zhu Di has never admired a few people in his life, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Fu Youde are three, and the first two Lan Yu are equally respected, but for the latter's Fu Youde, Lan Yu is not so respectful.

After the great victory in fishing, Lan Yu compared himself to Xu and Chang, and even Feng Sheng and Fu Youde didn't pay attention to it, so naturally he wouldn't look down on Zhu Di.

Coupled with the fact that Zhu Li has always separated the relationship between Zhu Di and Zhu Biao, Lan Yu's senses for Zhu Di are not much better.

The relationship between the two is not good, so Zhu Di will tease Lan Yu at the moment.

But he was just joking, and after the ridicule, he still set his sights on the generals.

"Zhu Neng, what did Alitai say?"

Zhu Di first asked about the escape from Alitai, and Zhu Neng also said when he heard this:

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no news after Alitai escaped, and there is no trace of the prisoners released by our army, and the minister guesses that Alitai should not have found a place to stay, or he has gone all the way west along the Trouble River."

"However, after our army's division, he should return to Kuoluan Haizi, after all, the west of Hulan and Suanwen is the grassland of Wara, and he can only occupy both sides of the Trouble River."

Zhu Neng's analysis is proper, Tatar has suffered heavy losses, even if he escapes an Alitai, he will need to recuperate for many years to recover, and this depends on whether the Ming army and Wara give him a chance.

Daming only needs Alitai to be a minister, but Warak is not so good-minded.

"Well, the army still has enough food and grass to eat for four months, but now it's July, and it's just over two months before the winter of September."

Zhu Di said about the season, and then said:

"Although this Kuluan Haizi is good, but it is too far away from the official road opened up by the town guard, I am going to set up a thousand households not far from the post road, and the army and the people take advantage of the winter in these two months to use domesticated horses to expedite the reclamation of some cultivated land, and then get some cement from the town guard, where to build a city."

Building a city in the eastern part of the Kuoluan Haizi grassland, so as to facilitate the attack on fishing Erhai and Kuoluan Haizi at any time, was an issue that Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu had discussed before this northern expedition.

It is true that the upper reaches of the Kuoluan Haizi and Yinma River are more suitable for building cities, but these places are too far away from the exit of the post road, and it is easy to be bypassed by Hu Qi if you are not careful.

First build a thousand households not far from the post road entrance, and then build a city step by step towards Kuoluan Haizi, and finally completely master the grassland near Kuoluan Haizi, which is a sustainable arrangement.

"Your Majesty, then this broad Luanhaizi ......" Qiu Fu was a little reluctant, but Zhu Di bowed his head and said:

"This place is left to Alitai and the remnants of the Tatars, there is not enough pasture, and they have no way to resist the invasion of the Varat."

"But it's okay to give it to them, wait for two or three years when I'm free, and then come north to clean up this group of guys in Warat."

Zhu Di thought simply, since he could not control Mobei from the root, he had to continue to attack to deal with the Tatars and Warats in Mobei, constantly weakening their strength and making them unable to go south.

If the second child becomes the emperor in the future, the imperial court will have enough strength to support the army in Modong to sweep the north, and it will be much easier to clean up Mobei at that time, which can be regarded as a bargain left by the second child.

After arranging everything, Zhu Di couldn't help but flash the figure of his own sister in his mind, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"I will accompany you to build a city in the east for a month, and after a month, I will lead the troops and horses back to Nanjing, and this thousand households will be called Hailaer Thousand Households, which will be under the jurisdiction of the Daning Division."

"Yes!"

Zhu Di said everything to the generals, and then arranged the route for the army to retreat tomorrow.

It is said that it is an arrangement, but in fact there is nothing to arrange, the Tatars have been hit hard, more than eighty percent of the high-ranking officials and half of the troops have been captured, and they are powerless to harass the Ming army.

At present, the Ming army only needs to return along the Yinma River, or it will be back to the vicinity of the post road pass in a few days, and the reality is the same.

It took seven days for the army to arrive near the garrison of the Thousand Households of Hailar with the millions of cattle and sheep and more than 200,000 Tatar captives who had been captured, and while supervising and escorting the more than 200,000 Tatar captives into Modong through the post road, the people were left to cultivate the land and dig the foundation of the city in the Thousand Households of Hailar.

With the addition of more than 200,000 men and a million livestock in the Tatar headquarters, the food that would have been enough for the army for several months was only enough for two months.

Fortunately, after sending them to Modong, Liaodong, and Bohai for resettlement, the grain and grass can also be maintained for a longer period of time.

Also under Zhu Di's arrangement, the thick meadows of the Thousand Households of Hailaer were excavated, and the simple ravines were dug into the shape of strips and frames, waiting for the cement to be transported here in the coming day, and the ravines were built into canals to irrigate the local cultivated land.

Relying on the Yinma River, the Hailaer Thousand Households can completely reclaim nearly one million acres of cultivated land, but the premise is that there are enough talents, so Zhu Di asked Tangqi to add a will, that is, let Zhu Gaochu fill all the prisoners who committed crimes this year into the army and distribute them to the border of the Hailaer Thousand Households.

"I really didn't expect to be able to capture nearly half of the Arutai and Tatars......

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, when everyone in the world was busy celebrating Qixi Festival, Zhu Gaoxu, who was a prisoner, sat in a palace, sighing with the urgent decree that had just been delivered.

Zhu Gaoxu thought that Zhu Di's results in this northern expedition would be great, after all, arquebuses and cannons were paired with Wang Yi and Zhu Neng, a group of safe helpers who did not exist in history, and it was normal for the results to expand, but he didn't expect the results to be so big.

You must know that Arutai ran in Zhu Di's hands three times in history, and in terms of escape skills, he is really first-class.

However, in history, the Ming army marched from the south to the north from Kaipingwei, but this time it was a westward expedition from the east to the west from Zhenyuwei.

Under the change of route, by the time Arutai reacted, he had no way to escape to Feiyun Mountain and Feiyun Gully as he had done in history, and could only flee towards the North Mountain Gully.

It was precisely because of this choice that he was calmly captured by Zhu Di, causing the Tatar headquarters to suffer a heavy blow.

"There's so much to change......"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed a little, and his eyes continued to read on the holy decree.

He quickly figured out the situation in Mobei, the situation was that there were four or five hundred thousand troops in Wara, and there were four to sixty thousand soldiers who could fight, and there were more than 60,000 if you counted the ghost power.

Although Alitai fled, if he could stabilize the hearts of the Tatars, he could also maintain two or three hundred thousand Tatar troops, and bring out a force of twenty or thirty thousand.

Counting up, at this time, there were still 670,000 Mongols in Mobei and Moxi, and they could pull out 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses, which was much weaker than the 112,000 soldiers and horses that could be pulled out before the war.

Moreover, the relationship between these three parties is not very good, and it is difficult to get together to deal with the imperial court, so it is only necessary to use troops against Warat in a few years and severely damage Warat once, which will not be a problem in exchange for more than ten years of peace.

The situation in Mobei has changed, and Benya has no such thing as Arutai killing Ghost Lichi, so it will be difficult to easily enter Mobei and replace Ghost Lichi as the Great Khan.

However, just in case, on the side of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, he still had to have a snack himself, so as to prevent them from supporting Benjamin in order to fight Warat.

"Why are you so worried about such good news?"

A female voice came from the side, waking Zhu Gaoxu up from the analysis of the situation.

Zhu Gao looked to the side and saw Queen Xu, who was much thinner than at the beginning of the year, sitting there.

Looking at Queen Xu, who had lost a lot of weight, Zhu Gaoxu was a little distressed and said: "When my father comes back, when I see my mother like this, I am afraid that I will be scolded bloody." ”

"Hehe, I'll tell him then." Empress Xu looked at Zhu Gaoxu kindly, although the new physiotherapy screened by Annan was indeed useful to him, the fact that breast cancer was a terminal disease in this era still could not be changed.

The imperial doctors couldn't tell how long Empress Xu would live, and neither did the doctors at the hospital.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know if they were afraid of losing their heads, or if they really couldn't get the results, but he knew that the days when he and Empress Xu could meet were getting fewer and fewer day by day.

Because of this, he has been handling government affairs in the Huagai Palace for several months, and asked Guo Yan to bring Empress Xu to the Huagai Palace every day to recuperate.

This is not in line with the rules, but Zhu Gaoxu is even more inconsistent with the rules when he guards the Qianqing Palace, and maybe he will be written by that group of Jiangnan literati to write a wild history of the obscene harem.

"When will your dad come back?"

Empress Xu asked Zhu Gaoxu, and he said without hesitation: "It is said that I will come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is estimated that the frost will fall when I return to Nanjing." ”

"Frost ......," Queen Xu muttered, nodding slightly.

"I'm a little tired, let's go to the side and rest first."

Empress Xu got up slowly, and Zhu Gaoxu also got up when she saw this, followed her to escort her into the side hall, and arranged for the female doctor to be on call at any time before returning to the main hall, and continued to think about the content of Zhu Di's will in front of the empty table in the main hall.

The situation in Mobei is like this, and what will happen to the specific situation has to be seen on a case-by-case basis.

Just in terms of the results, this battle is almost greater than the results of Zhu Di's five northern expeditions in history, and I have to say the importance of having a group of good teammates.

If Zhu Di's subordinates are still the old configuration in history, it is estimated that Arutai will really be able to break through successfully this time.

Without the arquebus and Chen Chang's steadiness, Wang Zhong and Wang Cong alone would definitely not be able to stop Arutai from breaking through.

"Old man, this configuration makes you comfortable."

Zhu Gaoxu teased his father, who was thousands of miles away, and then thought of the Western Regions and Qinghai-Tibet, Sanxuan and Six Consolations and Nanyang.

Zhu Di wanted to take Hami and use the north and south of Hami as a springboard to attack Wara in Moxi.

However, as far as Zhu Gaoxu is concerned, when the precipitation line moved to the northwest in later generations, Hami's cultivated land was not much, which he had also seen with his own eyes when he traveled with his unit on a business trip to the northern Xinjiang route of Hami, Turpan, Urumqi, and Ili in his previous life.

Even in the later generations, when the precipitation line moved to the northwest and modern machinery built various canals and reservoirs, the situation of Hami's cultivated land in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains was not optimistic, let alone this era.

When Hami and Zhu Gaoxu let Guo Yong build Shazhou and Guazhou more than 600 miles away, when he passed through here in his previous life, he complained that this road was full of Gobi, uninhabited, and only the Xingxing Gorge was an entry and exit channel.

In the high-speed conditions of later generations, he remembered driving for four or five hours that day, not to mention the road conditions of this era.

Even if you arrive in Hami, you have to walk another five or six hundred miles to attack Warat in Moxi from Hami, which is almost 1,200 miles, and the water source is scarce along the way, which is the biggest problem.

Therefore, in Zhu Gaoxu's view, it is far easier to go to Hami than to go to Mobei, at least Mobei can also take the Yinma River (Krulun River) all the way west to reach the area of Hulan and Hudean, and then walk more than 200 miles by land to connect with the Tule River and the Selenge River, and finally arrive at Yanran Mountain and Jiluo Mountain in Moxi.

Although the east-west span is nearly 2,000 miles, according to the situation of the Ming army's northern expedition, it only needs to gain a firm foothold in Hailaer Qianhu, and hoard 200,000 stone military food and enough bean material in Hailaer Qianhu, then the Ming army can recruit people to camp in the middle reaches of the Yuma River, and then supply the cavalry with a month's military rations and horse materials to attack Moxi.

In the era when there were no trains, it was much easier to walk 2,000 miles by relying on rivers than more than 1,200 miles with scarce water sources, and even if these rivers could not be navigable for large ships, at least the army did not lack water.

When Qianlong attacked Dzungaria, there was no problem with the army taking the northern route of the grassland, but the army taking the southern route was almost wiped out because of supplies.

The Qianlong period coincided with the end of the Xiaoice period, and the global temperature was slightly higher than that of the Yongle period, let alone the present.

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, it would be good to be able to control Hami and slowly store grain, and when the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was divided, taking the opportunity to take the Western Regions was the best opportunity for the Ming Dynasty.

Once such an opportunity is missed, it is very difficult to have such a good opportunity again.

Of course, the main thing is that if there are no problems within the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, this split should be after the death of the Crooked Khan, that is, about thirty years later.

Zhu Gaoxu is now twenty-eight years old, and thirty years later will be fifty-eight years old, if he can live to that time, he can take advantage of the internal strife of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to occupy the Western Regions, and even if he can't, he can train Zhu Zhanyu to take the Western Regions.

As long as you hold the Ili River Valley, it will be much easier to control the entire Western Regions.

As for whether future generations will give up the Western Regions, it is difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to predict.

"Daddy! Father! ”

"Your dad isn't dead yet!"

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu put his thoughts on Zhu Zhanyan, he heard a childish voice shouting frantically.

I have to say that the child's voice is really sharp, Zhu Gaoxu was worried that Zhu Zhanyan would wake up his mother, so he hurriedly replied.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a child of about six years old, accompanied by Yishaha, enter the canopy hall.

The child was dressed in a round-necked robe, with a golden crown on his head, and a short bow in his hand.

"Wake up your grandma, you won't play today."

Zhu Gaoxu glared at Zhu Zhanyan, Zhu Zhanyan also sniffed, and walked to the table with a bow under the care of Yisha.

Although he is only six years old, Zhu Zhanyan is already three feet four inches, a little taller than ordinary children.

"Dad, did Grandpa come back from winning the battle?"

Zhu Zhanyan walked to the table and was about to jump into Zhu Gaoxu's arms with a short bow.

Zhu Gaoxu snatched his short bow and put it on the table, then held him in his arms and motioned him to look at the holy decree in front of him: "Can you understand it?" ”

"Of course!" Zhu Zhanyan raised his voice, then looked at the content of the holy decree, and asked about some rare words, and it didn't take long to understand the full meaning of it.

"Is more than 200,000 captives too much?"

Zhu Zhanyan didn't know if Zhu Di's results in this battle were big, so he asked.

"It can be regarded as the biggest result of this dynasty since the Battle of Lingbei." Zhu Gaoxu did not hesitate to boast about his father's exploits, and Zhu Zhanyu also said after hearing this:

"Grandpa can achieve such results, so Dad, you must be able to achieve even greater results, right?"

"Why do you ask?" Zhu Gaoxu was a little surprised, but Zhu Zhanyu said:

"I practice archery in the East Palace these days, and the military attachés who taught me all say that your father's military exploits are greater than that of your grandfather, and you are more powerful in battle."

"Then grandpa can achieve such a result, you should be even more powerful, right?"

"I can't say for sure." was inexplicably patted on the back, Zhu Gaoxu was in a good mood, but he never thought that he had time to be happy, and then heard Zhu Zhanyu say:

"In the future, when I grow up, I will also go to the battlefield with my father and be a son of heaven like my grandfather and father!"

Zhu Zhanyan is the grandson of the emperor, and he is also the grandson of the emperor named by Zhu Di himself, there is no problem with him saying this, but when he said that he was going to go to the battlefield, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but think of his nephew who was a foreign student.

"Going to the battlefield to fight is not a joke, it depends on whether you have the ability to have 100,000 soldiers."

Zhu Gaoxu embarrassedly tried to dissuade Zhu Zhanyan, but Zhu Zhanyan said: "Grandpa and dad can, why can't I?" ”

"Grandpa and Dad are leading the troops step by step, you don't have this opportunity......" Zhu Gaoxu replied embarrassedly, but Zhu Zhanyu said:

"Then can't my grandfather and I just lead the soldiers to learn a little bit?"

"The military attaches all say that I have the same demeanor as my grandfather and father, although I don't understand what it is, but I also want to make contributions and expand the territory like my grandfather and father."

"It takes capital to expand the territory, and the capital needs to be accumulated by yourself." Zhu Gaoxu motioned to Zhu Zhanyan to look at the thick recital:

"See, these are the capital, and it will take years to deal with it year after year to save a sum of money that is enough for the northern expedition and backup."

"You don't understand how hard it is to deal with these things now, and when you understand it in the future, I'm afraid you'll feel that it's hot."

"I won't." Zhu Zhanyan is because of Zhu Gaoxu's stocking, so in addition to simple literacy, he has not learned much at this age, and he doesn't feel how difficult this book is to deal with.

Looking at his confident appearance, Zhu Gaoxu also smiled: "Okay, good, you said this yourself, don't regret it in the future." ”

"You won't regret it." Zhu Zhan responded, and then looked around: "Where's grandma?" ”

"You have a ...... memory" Zhu Gaoxu pinched his face: "I just told you that your grandmother has fallen asleep, let you be quieter, don't wake her up, but now you forgot about it." ”

"I didn't hear that." Zhu Zhanyan quibbled and jumped out of Zhu Gaoxu's arms at the same time.

"Dad, when are we going to eat?"

"Wait another hour, if you are hungry, go to the Chunhe Temple first to find your mother and have a meal first."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Zhanyan and asked, while standing on tiptoe and taking the short bow on the table back in his hand, and answered him with satisfaction.

"Then I'll go out and shoot arrows and wait for you to eat together."

Zhu Zhanyu smiled and trotted out of the Huagai Palace, Yishu originally wanted to chase after him, but Zhu Gaoxu saw this but signaled him to stay first.

Seeing this, Yisha asked the two eunuchs to follow Zhu Zhanyan, but he stayed.

After Zhu Zhanyan and the eunuch left, Zhu Gaoxu asked: "How is the post road in the land of the West built, and what is the situation?" ”

"The middle line has been repaired from Songpan to Derge, and the southern and northern lines are slow because of their sparse population."

Yizha explained the situation of the Qinghai-Tibet Post Road, and Zhu Gaoxu asked when he heard this: "Hou Xian is now stationed in Lhasa, and the situation in the land of the West is for him to pay more attention to. ”

"Once a toast wants to rebel, don't think about it, just suppress it."

If the time doesn't come, Zhu Gaoxu wants to uproot all the toast in the land of Xifan, after all, he has no good impression of the toast in the land of Xifan.

If the Southwest Tusi still knows that he has to take care of the horses to let the horses run, then the Western Tusi can only say that he is alive for the people and serfs under his rule.

"Speaking of toast, the slave has to report something to you."

Yisha cautiously spoke, and Zhu Gaoxu frowned when he heard this: "Say." ”

"The Lijiang Mu clan has discovered a lot of gold and silver mines in the area of Santang and Qamdo, so they have made a lot of trumped-up charges to some Tusi, and then sent troops to suppress it, do you see if this matter needs to be managed......"

Yizha reported what happened in the southern area of Duogan, but Zhu Gaoxu touched his mustache after hearing it:

"Tell Mu Tu that after all the rebellious Tusi have been suppressed, the serfs under his rule must be registered, and the acres of land must also be recorded in the "Fish Scale Atlas".

Obviously, Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to manage what Mu Tu did, after all, Mu Tu was the first of the three major Tusi in Yunnan to firmly stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty, and when the Ming army advanced into Yunnan, the Mu family also made enough concessions and gave up a lot of land.

Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang allowed the Mu clan to open up to the west.

Now that it is in the Yongle period, the stronger the Mu clan is, the better it is for the Ming Dynasty.

If they are strong enough to suppress all the toasts in the land of Duogan, then Zhu Gaoxu needs to applaud.

"Yes, Mu Tu is also very interesting, and donated more than 200 taels of gold to the imperial court a few days ago."

Yisha nodded in response, and Zhu Gaoxu was also satisfied when he saw this: "Let him not have a burden, just do his job well." ”

"By the way......" Zhu Gaoxu thought of the matter in the south and asked:

"A few days ago, the Great Gula Propaganda Department sent an urgent message to the imperial court, saying that the Western Fleet had arrived in Dalgara (Yangon) and was building an officialdom and a seaport in the local area.

"Yes......" also lost his salute in response, Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head and continued to deal with the music, and soon the hall gradually quieted down......

(End of chapter)