Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 183 Mobei Protectorate Mansion

It is precisely because of the protection of the Daming Riyue Banner that Enke's tribe survived the blizzard last winter.

The whole tribe felt extremely grateful for the wise decision made by Enke, the leader of the tribe.

Some Mongolian tribes further to the west, because they did not submit to the Ming Dynasty, did not receive sufficient food, cloth and medicinal materials.

Enke and others heard that several tribes were severely damaged in last winter's blizzard.

At least half of the cattle, sheep and livestock were frozen to death, and many men, women, old and weak died of illness.

After the beginning of spring, the grassland ministries finally breathed a sigh of relief.

And Enke knew that his tribe would never be in danger again, because the Ming Dynasty gave Enke these submissive Mongolian tribes great preferential treatment.

Enke's tribe got [-] high-quality sheep transported from the Central Plains. These sheep are strong and have white and fine down.

According to the Ming government, as long as the wool is harvested, ten catties of wool is equivalent to one tael of silver.

And you must know that ten catties of mutton on the grassland can't be exchanged for one tael of silver.

So after the beginning of spring, Enke arranged for the best sheep breeders to start domesticating and raising the [-] sheep.

As long as these thirty sheep are multiplied into a huge flock, Nanke's tribe is equivalent to having a gold mine.

From then on, the whole tribe could rely on the steady harvest of wool in exchange for a steady stream of silver, and with the silver, the tribe could buy sufficient food, cloth, medicinal materials, etc. from the Han Chinese caravans.

"My lord, there is a group of cavalrymen from Ming Dynasty coming." A young Tom from the tribe suddenly rushed in, and Enke's yurt said.

At this time, Enke finally used a transparent glass to taste the sweet kumiss.

Hearing that a pair of Ming cavalry came to his tribe, Enke got up immediately, feeling a little excited, because the Ming cavalry meant that he had a new mission for him.

Since returning to the tribe last autumn, every time Da Ming assigned a mission, as long as he completed it according to the order, the rewards and rewards he got would be of great value.

So now Enke and everyone in his tribe gave the most respectful welcome ceremony to Daming and cavalry who came to deliver orders.

Enke led several tribal leaders out of the camp in person to meet Daming's cavalry.

"So it's Mr. Li Qian. Long time no see. Enke greets you." Enke said in fluent Chinese as soon as he saw the person coming.

There were only more than 20 Ming cavalry in this group, and the leader was wearing a thin cotton armor. He was Li Shan, the chief executive of the Mobei Protectorate on the grassland.

Since repelling Tuyin Timur's sneak attack in the last battle on the grassland, the Li Shan brothers have been promoted because of their outstanding military exploits.

Li Shan was awarded the post of Chief Protector of Mobei and Chief of Rangers.

For the tribe of Enke, Li Shan has been here several times.

"Enke's guerrilla, the Mobei Protectorate has orders." Li Shan didn't show too much courtesy to Enke, and directly took out the warrant in his hand and said loudly.

As soon as Enke heard this, he quickly led his leaders and went to the front respectfully to listen to the order.

"Bayanbulu and other tribes are rebellious, they don't obey the teachings of the court, and intend to rebel. They ordered Enke's troops to send a hundred cavalry to obey the order and follow the official army to hunt down the thieves."

Li Shan read out the order loudly and quickly.

This order from Mobei Protectorate Mansion can be said to be concise and to the point, without sloppy nonsense.

"The last general Enke obeys!" Enke quickly took over the order.

Then he made a decision to let the leaders of his subordinates hurry up to gather a hundred strong men from the tribe, and prepare to follow Li Shan back to Mobei Protectorate.

Afterwards, Enke chatted with Li Shan.

After the two chatted for a few words, Enke had already found out that these rebellious Mongolian tribes must be in danger.

In order to consolidate the order of the various tribes in Mobei, Zhu Han ordered the implementation of a relatively strict grassland division system in Mobei.

As long as the grassland division system is implemented, it is equivalent to fixing the various tribes on the land, making it impossible for them to migrate on a large scale, which is convenient for the jurisdiction of the Mobei Protectorate.

However, this kind of playground division system cannot be perfect after all. There will always be some tribes who feel that they have suffered a loss on the grassland issue, and thus harbor resentment towards Daming.

Regarding these tribes, Zhu Han's order to Mobei Protectorate Luo Guanzhong was to deal with them strictly and quickly.

Since the division of pastures on the Mobei Grassland is not good enough, the biggest problem is that there are too many people and too few pastures.

If some tribes can be eliminated, there will be more grasslands, and the problem will be solved.

Several tribes such as Bayanburu killed the herdsmen of the surrounding tribes because of the division of grasslands. These herdsmen all belonged to the tribes who surrendered to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the behavior of the Bayanburu tribes is tantamount to declaring war on Ming Dynasty.

According to the strategy left by Zhu Han before he left, Luo Guanzhong, the chief protector of the Mobei Protectorate, immediately ordered the various Mongolian tribes to send their elite soldiers to follow the Mobei Protectorate to fight against Bayanbu and other rebels.

Soon the Mobei Protectorate sent 5000 Ming troops, plus [-] Mongolian servants from various tribes, to attack Bayanbru and other tribes.

Bayan Bludenbro originally wanted to escape to avoid the attack of the Ming army, but because they dragged their families along and the Ming army marched lightly, they were caught off guard.

The two sides engaged in an evenly matched encounter on the grassland.

As the commander-in-chief of this crusade, Li Shan has full authority to command Enke and other Mongolian servants of several tribes.

The leader of the Bayanbulu tribe, Tsewangala, led more than a dozen allied tribes to face the Ming army with 7000 people.

Tseng Ala and others saw that under the banner of the Ming army on the opposite side, most of them were Mongols from various tribes such as Enke, and they were all very angry.

"People like Enke, the wrath of Changshengtian will definitely come to them."

"They don't want to be eagles on the prairie, but they want to be the dogs of the Ming army. We will not only kill these Ming soldiers this time, but traitors like Enke must not let them go."

The Bayanburu and other tribes know that they have no future in the Ming army. The only hope now is to defeat the Ming army, and then send people to contact Hara and Lin's Wang Baobao and others to counterattack the Ming army and regain their own grassland. .

What Bayanbru and other tribes need to do now is to defeat the Ming army in front of them.

And the Mongolian servant army under the Mobei Protectorate also knew that the traitors of the Bayanbru tribe must be completely defeated in this battle.

The Mobei Protectorate of the Ming Dynasty can establish the first victory since its founding, and thus have greater influence on the grassland tribes.

If the Mongolian servant army defeated Bayanburu and other tribes, they would not only get more rewards from the Ming army, but also share the population, livestock and pastures of Bayanbru and other tribes, which would be of great benefit to their own tribe.

With the sound of the Ming army's cannons and the Mongolian rebels' horns blowing, the two sides fought on the grassland.

Although the Bayanburu and other tribes are not behind the Ming army in terms of numbers, they are completely incomparable with the Ming army in terms of weapons, armor and artillery.

Even the level of equipment of tribes such as Bayanburu is not as good as Enke's servants of the Ming army.

Enke and other servants of the Ming army were also equipped with a cotton armor and a decent iron helmet.

The huge gap in weapons and training between the two sides was manifested immediately after the battle.

In less than half an hour, the elite pioneers of Bayanburu and other tribes were completely destroyed.

The bows and arrows of Bayanbru and other rebels shot at the Ming army, and it was almost difficult to cause effective damage.

Whether it is the high-grade armor of the Ming Dynasty official army or the ordinary cotton armor of the Mongolian servant army, it can effectively defend against the bows and arrows of the rebel army.

But the muskets that appeared from time to time in the formation of the Ming army, like the god of death, harvested the lives of the Mongolian rebels.

Many Mongolian tribes that had a good relationship with the Ming army were also equipped with some muskets.

Therefore, the firepower advantage of Mobei Protectorate Mansion is definitely a nightmare for the rebels.

The entire battle didn't last even an hour, and the tribal rebels such as Bayanburu dispersed after Ce Wangala and others fled.

The strong combat power of the Ming army broke the mentality of the leaders of the rebel army such as Ce Wangala. They only cared about fleeing in panic, and they didn't even have time to take away the women and children in the tribe.

The Mongolian servants of Enke and other tribes chased after the rebels like a strong wind.

Other properties such as women and children of these tribes naturally quickly fell into the hands of these Ming Mongolian troops.

Regarding how to dispose of these property and prisoners, Enke and others did not divide up privately according to the rules on the grassland, but very cautiously asked the Mobei Protectorate of Daming for instructions.

Now that Daming has established a new order on the grassland, naturally they will no longer be allowed to privately divide up the property of the hostile tribes.

The power to distribute the spoils is also a manifestation of dominance.

After this battle, almost no tribe on the Mobei grassland would dare to disobey the Ming army in the slightest.

Several rebellious tribes such as Bayanbulu were then divided up the pastures and livestock under the auspices of Luo Guanzhong, the governor of Mobei.

And those young women were soldiers of the Ming army who were assigned to the Mobei Protectorate.

The soldiers of the Ming army in the Mobei Protectorate Mansion, whether they are Han Chinese or Jurchen soldiers recruited from Liaoyang, are basically single. If these soldiers can be stationed in this bitter cold place in Mobei, it is naturally necessary to solve the problem for them. gender issues.

As for those children whose height was less than the height of the wheel, Luo Guanzhong followed the rules on the grassland and did not kill them, but included them under the command of the Mobei Protectorate.

Zhu Han told Luo Guanzhong a long time ago that the population on the grassland is the most precious resource, and these children with great training value are the sharp weapon for the Ming army and Ming to consolidate the grassland in the future.

These captured Mongolian Khanates will receive the education of Ming Dynasty in the Mobei Protectorate.

It won't be long before they completely forget their origins as Mongolian nomads and call themselves Ming people.

And then assisted with the military skills trained since childhood, hundreds of children will become elite soldiers of Ming Dynasty when they grow up.

Of course, Luo Guanzhong did not just reward Enke and other tribes for their efforts and achievements in this battle.

After all, to defeat these Mongolian rebels this time, in fact, the main force of the Ming army did not exert much effort.

The fighting on the battlefield and the subsequent pursuit were all done by Enke and other Mongolian servants.

So Luo Guanzhong asked the imperial court for instructions and rewarded Enke and other Mongolian tribes who had made contributions.

Zhu Han also very much agreed with Luo Guanzhong's suggestion after receiving the victory report of the Mobei Protectorate's opening of records.

Controlling the precious women and children on the prairie under the jurisdiction of the Mobei Protectorate, and giving some rewards to those Mongolian tribes who have contributed, can be described as the best of both worlds.

With a swipe of his pen, Zhu Han directly ordered the Mobei Governor's Mansion to pay these Mongolian servant tribes military salaries according to the standard of up to [-] soldiers for each tribe.

According to the standards of the Ming army, the salary of one hundred soldiers is definitely a lot of money for a Mongolian tribe.

One must know that if converted according to the prices of the two cities, the salary of a soldier in Daming is enough to feed five herdsmen in different districts.

This reward from Daming is equivalent to helping these Mongolian tribes feed five or six hundred people for free.

Not only that, Zhu Han also ordered the Mobei Protectorate to reward each tribe with a batch of new muskets.

This batch of new muskets was all researched and produced by Yingtianfu's Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.

According to historical standards, this batch of new muskets produced by Yingtianfu Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has completely got rid of the category of matchlock guns and officially entered the standard flintlock series.

This batch of new muskets are all made of fine steel bodies and high-quality flint, and the effective firing success rate of muskets is over [-]%.

Although these muskets were slightly smaller in caliber than the original arquebus, their accuracy, weight, and handling were greatly improved.

Such an exquisite new musket was not fully equipped for the Ming army.

However, Zhu Han ordered them to be rewarded to those meritorious Mongolian tribes, which is definitely not the reason for eating inside and outside.

This is because after this battle at the Protectorate of Mobei, Zhu Han clearly realized... Although these Mongolian tribes surrendered to Ming Dynasty, their fighting power is still very strong.

Simply controlling them politically and economically is far from being foolproof.

It is best to be able to change these powerful nomadic tribes by military means.

And the flintlock gun, which represents industrial strength, is the best weapon.

For the nomadic tribes on the grasslands, this kind of exquisite flintlock gun is absolutely an insurmountable technical peak.

When these nomads got used to using flintlock guns and the tactics of flintlock guns, they could no longer get rid of their dependence on firearms.

All the manufacturing and maintenance of firearms and the supply of gunpowder are all in the hands of the Ming army, which means that the military capabilities of these nomadic tribes are completely controlled by the Ming army.

And once any tribe on the grassland wants to resist the Ming army, they don't even need to go on a special crusade. They only need to cut off the supply of rebels in terms of weapon supply, which can greatly weaken their fighting ability.

Under Zhu Han's strategy, the Mobei Governor's Mansion quickly distributed thousands of muskets to Enke and other tribes, and sent instructors to each tribe to teach these grassland herdsmen how to use flintlock guns.

In this way, the Ming army penetrated further into various tribes militarily.

However, Enke and other Mongolian tribes were also very happy and grateful for this.

These new flintlocks were powerful, easy to handle, and very easy to use.

Moreover, the muskets equipped by the Ming army in Mobei Duhufu are exactly the same as the muskets used by these Mongolian servants. This makes Enke and other tribal leaders feel that the Ming army really treats them as their own. Support from the heart.

It took less than half a year for the Mobei Protectorate's dominance on the grassland to be perfect.

(End of this chapter)