Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 92 Qitai, Minister of the Ministry of War
  This meeting was mainly to discuss the issue of Oara invasion.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne and paid no attention to the other people in the hall. He just wanted to hear Zhu Di's opinion.

You must know that Zhu Di has been guarding Northern Xinjiang for seventeen years and is most familiar with the situation of the nomadic people in the north. Even Zhu Yuanzhang is inferior to Zhu Di in this regard.

In addition, Zhu Di made several Northern Expeditions, defeated the Tatars, and fought against the Mongolian cavalry countless times. Zhu Di knew the strength of the Oala cavalry best.

As soon as Zhu Di arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Di if he knew about this matter. When Zhu Yuanzhang said these words, Zhu Di was shocked and said: "Fourth brother, I plan to let you lead troops to Oara, what do you think? "..."

What Zhu Di has always wanted is this opportunity. What he loves to do most in his life is to charge on the battlefield, break through the Beiyuan Royal Court, and become the national wolf in Jin.

After staying in Yingtian City for several months, he felt Jiangnan's tenderness, which almost drained his fighting spirit.

For others, this is a kind of enjoyment, but for a warlike person like Zhu Di, every day in Yingtian City is a kind of torture, and now, his father is finally going to release him How can Zhu Di not be excited about the sea?
  Just when Zhu Di was so excited that he could hardly control himself, suddenly, he saw Zhu Yunwen looking at him jokingly, with a disdainful smile on his face.

Zhu Di suddenly became alert and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

When he calmed down and thought about what Bai Chu and Yang Shiqi said, he was suddenly covered in cold sweat. Then he cupped his fists at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Father, forgive me, but my son is unwilling to go to war.

"Jiangnan is a good place. I would like to stay in Jiangnan and be by my father's side. I don't want to go back to the bitter cold land in the north.

"Besides, the third brother and the seventeenth brother are in the north. Just the two of them are enough. There is no need for my son to add any unnecessary extraneous things.

A glint flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and he stared at Zhu Di, wanting to see if he was sincere or was he just acting. After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said:

"As the king of Sai, how can you be so greedy for pleasure?

"Yingtian City is just your temporary residence, not your final destination. Peiping is your final destination." From today on, you must go to Beijing to practice every day. You must not be absent without any excuse.

Zhu Di was startled. Although he didn't understand what he meant, he still responded respectfully.

"Yes.

"Your third brother is very ill now and is not suitable for leading troops. He needs to be nursed back to health.

Zhu Yuanzhang said again:
  "And your seventeenth brother. I have asked him to lead the three Shuliangha guards to support Datong. I believe there will be news soon." You have guarded the border for more than ten years, and now the northern grasslands are about to be unified again. You What do you think? "

Zhu Di was relieved to hear that Zhu Quan had gone to support Datong.

Zhu Di secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he did not agree. Otherwise, his father's suspicion of him would be more serious in the future. Zhu Di also had his own opinions on the appearance of Wala.

"Father, I think the Oara is a greater threat than the Tatars."

"We cannot just watch Wala grow stronger, otherwise we are afraid that a powerful opponent no less powerful than Bei Yuan will appear on the grassland.

Wala was originally just a subordinate of the Tatars. It was located in the west of the grassland and had always been obedient.

It was only over the years that Tatars were constantly attacked by us and their strength was greatly reduced. This gave Oara a chance.

Now that Oara has occupied the Tatar Royal Court, it is very likely that Oara will unify the entire grassland and form a huge force from the Western Regions to Liaodong.

"At that time, Wala will cut off our connection with the Western Regions, and the ancient Silk Road may also be cut off."

“Moreover, the most worrying thing is the vast defense line in the north. Wala may invade the northern border at any time.” ˆ ˆ ˆ “It will be much more difficult to defend by then, and maybe in the end Wara will find loopholes, which will give them a chance. take.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Zhu Di said, he nodded repeatedly.

As Zhu Di said, if Wala unifies the grasslands, all the attacks he made on Beiyuan in the past few years will be in vain.

In order to completely cripple Bei Yuan, he conducted thirteen Northern Expeditions.

Now, the rise of Oara is likely to replace Tatar and become the next generation of Beiyuan.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes fell on Qitai, Minister of the Ministry of War. This person was Zhu Yuanzhang's assistant specially prepared for Zhu Yunwen, and he was very talented.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to test Qi Tai to see if he had this ability.

"Qitai, you just heard what King Yan said.

"The rise of Wala is a disaster. Do you have any good ideas?"..."

Qitai saluted:
  “Your Majesty Qizong, Wei Chen believes that a multi-pronged approach must be taken to deal with Wala in order to be effective.

First of all, it is to cut off the mutual market with Wala and cut off all goods in Wala, so as to weaken Wala's strength.

“Second, Wala has occupied the royal court, but Wala’s lair is still in the west.

"Wei Chen thinks that we can ask King Su and King Qing to send people to Ningxia and Gansu to attack Oara so that Oara cannot gain a foothold in the Hetao area."

The land of the Hetao has fertile water and grass, which is most suitable for Oira grazing. It is also close to the northwest hinterland of our army. As long as they occupy the Hetao, they can form a deterrent to Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places within the Ming Dynasty.

The minister believed that we should attack immediately, recapture the Hetao area, and launch an attack on Oara.

Finally, I thought that I could secretly contact the Tatars and give them some support so that they could compete with the Oara and contain the Oara's power in the east so that the Oara could not easily occupy the grassland.

“In this way, Wala will be overwhelmed with care for himself and his strength will be greatly reduced.

"When Oala's vitality is seriously injured, our army can go out of Yumen Pass and directly attack the Khan's Court in the west of Oala to avoid future troubles.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very impressed by Qitai's three-pronged approach. He thought that he had chosen such a good minister to assist Zhu Yunwen, which should allow Zhu Yunwen to secure the throne.

Although Qi Tai's words seemed to make some sense to Zhu Yunwen, they were still far behind his own Mr. Wolong.

If Mr. Huang were here, he would definitely come up with a better way.

Zhu Di, who was standing next to Qi Tai, felt alarmed. This Qi Tai was indeed no ordinary person.

Every word he said was to the point and pointed directly to the point.

If it is true what Qi Tai said, then as time goes by, I am afraid that Wala will not be able to withstand the torment of internal and external troubles.

After all, Beiyuan, which was powerful at that time, was also suffering miserably from the Ming Dynasty's economic blockade. There were no production tools at all on the northern grasslands. Even a big pot had to be stolen from the Ming Dynasty. This shows that the northern grasslands How bad is the productivity? Today's Wala is simply not as good as Beiyuan. If the mutual market is cut off, then Wala is likely to face an economic crisis.

Just as Zhu Di was thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again.

(End of this chapter)