Chapter 605 Daming Cossack

All of a sudden, all kinds of fancy flattery.

Even Chongzhen couldn't listen to what he said, what about your integrity?

"Okay, King Ding played really well in Liaodong, but if he can be compared with Han Xin and Huo Qubing, then you are not praising him, but hurting him." Chongzhen snorted and said, "But , The Liaodong Army accidentally destroyed the Horqin Mongolia, but cut off Jiannu's arm, and the success of the Northern Expedition was even higher."

In fact, Zhu Cijiong's successful forced landing in Horqin Mongolia has more benefits than that.

The biggest advantage of the forced landing in Horqin Mongolia is the opportunity for the Horqin people to become Cossacks of the Ming Dynasty.

In a word, the vast Siberia must be incorporated into the territory of Ming Dynasty, but the military occupation by the government is costly and cannot be sustained for a long time.

Because Siberia and the adjacent Far East are too vast, and the traffic is extremely closed, the weather is very cold in winter and it is not suitable for activities. The cost-effectiveness ratio of sending troops to occupy is really too low.

Therefore, we can only place our hopes on the spontaneous armed development of the people.

Just as Tsarist Russia drove the Cossacks' armed development of Siberia and the Far East.

At this time, the Cossacks' armed development of Siberia should have just started. In the vast Siberia, there are at most dozens of armed strongholds, and the number of people in each stronghold is very small. The two battles of Yaksa, the first time to participate in the war There were only four hundred Cossacks in the army, and the second doubling of the force was only more than eight hundred.

If tens of thousands of Horqin cavalry were driven to compete with the Cossacks for the entire Siberia and even the Far East region further east at this time, the success would undoubtedly be great.

Chongzhen suddenly fell into deep thought, which made Xu Yingwei and others a little puzzled.

Gao Qiqian asked with concern: "Your Majesty, are you feeling unwell?"

"No." Chongzhen blurted out, "I'm thinking about Siberia."

"Siberia?" Gao Qiqian asked with a blank face, "Who is Siberia?"

Xu Yingwei said with a smile: "Siberia means muddy land in Mongolian, and it refers to the vast forests and grasslands in Mobei and further north."

"Oh, it turned out to be a place name."

Gao Qiqian didn't mean to be embarrassed at all, our family doesn't read much.

Jiang Tianyi said: "My lord, although Siberia has a vast territory, its climate is ten times colder than that of Liaodong, and the roads are blocked. It is a barren and barren land. It is harmful and useless."

"Short-sightedness." Chongzhen reprimanded him very rarely.

"Although Siberia is wild, it is not barren."

"In the present moment alone, the forests of Siberia hold infinite treasures."

"All kinds of precious animal skins are worth thousands of gold. There are also various precious Chinese medicinal materials, especially ginseng. Any one plant is worth ten thousand gold. There are also dog's head gold in every river."

"In the future, this piece of land will be even more priceless."

"The vast forests of Siberia, the fresh water of Lake Baikal, and the coal, oil and natural gas stored underground are countless. For the sake of future generations, this land must be taken!"

Zheng Sen, Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars looked at each other in dismay.

They understand animal fur and ginseng, as well as forest coal and even oil.

But what the hell is fresh water?My Ming Dynasty, Kyushu and Wanfang, will there still be a shortage of water?Not so, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River alone have inexhaustible fresh water, so why is this rare?
And what the hell is natural gas?Never heard of it.

But after what Chongzhen said, Jiang Tianyi and the others immediately realized something.

That is, the Holy Majesty seems to have an unusual interest in this vast wild land of Siberia.

At the moment Jiang Tianyi sincerely apologized: "Your Majesty, I really lack knowledge and fail to see the benefits of Siberia. Since Siberia contains so many rare treasures, I, the Ming Dynasty, should take them from them."

Scholars such as Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and Zheng Sen seriously discussed the possibility of controlling Siberia.

However, several scholars discussed for a long time, but came to the same conclusion that Daming did not have the ability to control Siberia at all.

Yan Yingyuan said to Chongzhen very seriously: "My lord, Siberia is indeed an exciting treasure land, but it is too far away from the center of the Ming Dynasty, even farther than Annan, and the climate is bitter and cold, and the roads are blocked. It is extremely difficult to transfer military supplies, so If you want to be stationed for a long time, the price is too high, and it is really not worth the loss."

Zheng Sen said: "Of course the garrison of a large army is a waste of food and pay, but what about a small number of garrisons?"

"A small number of garrisons is useless." Xu Yingwei shook his head and said, "Because this land is too vast, even if a hundred thousand troops are allocated to such a large land, there are only a few of them within a hundred miles."

Chongzhen thought deeply and said: "Youzhen and Baoheng are right. Sending a large army to garrison Siberia wastes food and pay and the gain is not worth the loss. Therefore, we can only use other methods to control Siberia, for example, under the guise of the Horqin people."

"Control Siberia under the guise of Horqin people?" Yan Yingyuan asked in astonishment, "What do you mean by that?"

Chongzhen said: "To put it bluntly, it is driven by profit. There are a lot of rare animals in the forests and grasslands of Siberia, and there are even dog-headed gold in the rivers. Therefore, we can purchase animal fur, ginseng and other Chinese medicinal materials from the Horqin people. and gold to drive them deep into Siberia and even the Far East.”

After a pause, he went on to say: "Not only the Horqin people, but also the Chahar people, Tumot people and even the Khalkha people can adopt the same strategy. As time goes by, the Mongols from all walks of life will inevitably have to fight for their own safety and supplies. Military strongholds will be built at various key points in Siberia, so that the vast Siberia will become the territory of Ming Dynasty."

"The Holy One is wise." Xu Yingwei said sincerely, "This strategy is indeed a good one."

The rest of the scholars also responded one after another. Seeing that all the scholars agreed, Chongzhen made up his mind.

At that moment, Chongzhen said to Gao Qiqian again: "Gao Banban, write back to the king immediately. The good news has been received. Regarding the follow-up disposal of Horqin Mongolia, I have the following considerations..."

……

At this time, there was a stronghold named Anadyr near the Bering Strait in the Far East.

Of course, at this time, the Bering Strait has no name yet, and Bering has not yet been born.

Anadyr is just a small armed stronghold. Dozens of Cossacks are stationed here all year round, fishing and hunting to collect fur and transport it back to Moscow to sell to the nobles in exchange for money.

In the stronghold, dozens of Cossacks were sitting around the fireplace, drinking and eating meat.

An Ayinu girl came to deliver barbecue to them, but was hugged by a Cossack, who groped the girl's chest with rough hands, but the girl was not annoyed, and even flirted with winks.

But before touching it twice, the Cossack suddenly shivered.

Taking advantage of this short gap, the Ayinu girl turned around and escaped from the Cossack's arms.

Another tall and strong Cossack joked: "Derzhnyov, how many times did you toss Eva last night? Why are you so powerless, haha."

The other Cossacks laughed too.

"Shut up." The Cossack named Dezhnyov cursed with a black face, "I have an ominous premonition, as if something bad is about to happen."

"What could be wrong?"

"Are you worried about making Aiwa's belly bigger?"

"An illegitimate child came to ask you to pay child support?"

More than a dozen Cossacks made fun of each other, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

But Dezhnyov always felt chills down his spine. Could it be that his body was weak because of doing too much?It seems that we have to be restrained in the future, this thing is not only Figobi, the key is to spend money.

……

At the same time that Liaodong's success report was sent to Dagukou, Horqin's defeat report was also sent to Beijing.

The one who came to Beijing to deliver the report of defeat was Er Sen's eldest son, Nuo Jiyan, who stayed with a thousand cavalry to watch the horses. Later, after finding out that the Horqin cavalry had been tricked, this coward didn't dare to bring a thousand cavalry to the rescue. Instead, he decisively led the army to flee, even ignoring the more than 3 horses, which really disgraced the Jin family.

Then again, if Nuo Jiyan really rushed to the rescue, he would hit Zhu Cijiong's muzzle, not only could not save his father, but he would also take a thousand of his own cavalry into it.

From this logic, Nuo Jiyan's choice seems to be correct.

After hearing Nuo Jiyan's personal explanation, Dorgon got up from the kang in surprise.

More than 3 strong men in Horqin were completely wiped out, Ersen's life and death were uncertain, and most of Jitai Baylor of the Ten Banners fell. This is a catastrophe for the entire Horqin Mongolia and even the entire Qing Dynasty!
Because the Horqin people are not only the staunch allies of the Jurchens, but also the link between the Qing Dynasty and the various Mongolian ministries. Now that the Horqin link has been cut off by the Ming army, Tumed Mongolia and Chahar Mongolia will definitely be divorced from the Qing Dynasty. After the beginning of spring, it will not be so easy to transfer the cavalry of these two tribes to the south to serve the king.

Of course, this is not what worries Dorgon the most.

What worried Dorgon the most was the woman in the Forbidden City.

Now Dorgon supported his sick body, and said to Cao Eryu: "Change clothes for me, I want to enter the palace."

"Master, it's Haishi now, and the gate of the palace has been locked." Cao Eryu dissuaded in a low voice, "Besides, your body is not in good shape, and the doctor told you that you can't blow the cold wind..."

"What, are you teaching me how to do things?" Dorgon's eyes turned cold.

"Uh no, the slave doesn't mean that, the slave deserves to die..." Cao Eryu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Okay, bring me my fur." ​​Dorgon gave Cao Eryu a cold look, and said, "Let those dog slaves prepare the warm sedan chair again, and I will enter the palace in the warm sedan chair this time."

Dorgon still cherishes his life very much.

The doctor said that the cold wind should not be blown, so he sat in a warm sedan chair. [Kneeling for a monthly pass]

(End of this chapter)

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