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The Rising Sun Chapter 480 King Yi¡¯s Ambition

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    It can be said that all the honorable ministers and civil and military officials present here benefited from defecting in the battle and joining King Yi. Mai Fu, the eunuch who oversees the army alone, cannot benefit.  Unless a eunuch has great merit, it is impossible for him to be reused by King Yi. However, he is very clear about the current situation. One wrong word will immediately put his life in danger.  As soon as Weng Wanda finished his words, Maifu coughed lightly and said, "It is not yet known whether Anda Khan has peace talks with King Yi. We have always used deception first when marching and fighting. How do we know that Anda Khan is not deceiving?"  As he spoke, he looked at several civil and military officials in Shanxi one by one, and said: "Everyone here has family members who are not in Shanxi, and there are also family members who are in Shanxi. Once the news of defection in battle reaches Taiyuan" Listen.  Mao Bowen couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart. Most of the family members of the leading generals were in Shanxi. Once the news of defection in battle was spread back to Taiyuan, they would all be executed. Mai Fu's light words divided the civil and military personnel present.  The two factions are very insidious, and in the blink of an eye they are put in danger. If the army mutinies, they will all become ghosts under the sword.  Seeing that all the military generals in the tent were silent and pondering for a while, Mao Bowen said slowly: "Eunuch Mai is very thoughtful in what he said. However, in the current war, all passes are heavily guarded and prepared, and the news cannot be spread at all. Now  Firstly, the supply of food and grass is no longer available, secondly, we are trapped in a tight siege, and thirdly, Anda Khan is likely to use our army of hundreds of thousands as a bargaining chip to exchange for benefits from King Yi. Do you have any other good strategies? "General Officer Zhang Da?  But he opened his mouth and said: "If Anda Khan had peace talks with King Yi, why would he order an attack on the city today? An army of 80,000 attacked from all sides, and the casualties of the Tatar soldiers were at least 6,000. This is something that is obvious to all. How can we explain this?  "Don't you realize that today's attack on the city is very strange?" Weng Wanda said solemnly: "How can I not know the benefits of Yijun's weapons? How can we not defeat the 80,000-strong city?"  Even if the army of 400,000 people attacks the city continuously, it is impossible to capture Xuanfu City in just three to five days. Why should I attack the city even if I know it is impossible?  Why did the siege stop after more than 10,000 people were injured? Is this just a trial attack? Have you ever seen a trial attack with such heavy casualties? You should ask yourself, what are the so-called great victories reported by your frontier troops in these years?  How many Tatar soldiers have been killed? Don¡¯t think that no one knows about your trick of killing good people and then putting makeup on people¡¯s heads. It¡¯s just that the court needs so-called ¡®big victories¡¯ to whitewash peace. No one cares about you!  Khan is also a rare hero on the grassland. Why did he order an attack at the expense of huge casualties when he knew it was impossible to break through Xuanfu City? There is only one answer. This is simply a trick.  It was not for the Yi army, but a bitter trick for the Tatars themselves! Anda Khan wanted to let the Tatars see clearly the advantages of the Yi army's firearms through this siege battle with huge casualties.  Convince all the generals to surrender to King Yi! " This analysis was reasonable and everyone in the room was dumbfounded. After a while, Mai Fu murmured: "This is too sensational" "  To save the Tatar clan from the crisis of genocide at the cost of 6,000 people, I would do the same thing." Weng Wanda said lightly, after a slight pause, he continued: "I will remind you.  We don't have much time before dark. We must make a decision, otherwise we will end up being slaughtered." Zhang Da was also a decisive leader. After thinking for a moment, he said: "It's okay to surrender, but you must explain it to King Yi.  We are in a situation where we have to try to save the families of the leading generals. Otherwise, even if they surrender, the morale of the army will be unstable." Seeing Zhang Da's statement, Mao Bowen couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said immediately: "Zhai Luan surrendered, and his son is also King Yi.  Send people to rescue from Taiyuan. King Yi is kind and will not ignore your family members." After a brief pause, he said, "It's not too late, Mr. Weng. General Zhang is in charge of the camp. No outsiders are allowed to enter the camp. The others will come with me.  Go to Xuanfu City. "West camp, Ida Khan's Chinese army tent.  All the Tatar nobles and tribal leaders were also gathered together. Anda Khan sat behind the commander's desk and said loudly, "Today's battle has resulted in so many casualties that not only you and I could have imagined, but no one could have imagined it."  I didn¡¯t expect Yijun¡¯s firearms to be so powerful. Even if the artillery has a long range, the muskets can also shoot as far as 150 steps away. This is a disaster for us. I didn¡¯t say it clearly yesterday, but King Yi listed three things for us.  Road, surrender, migration, genocide! And it is clearly stated that there will be no large-scale conquest, but a large number of muskets will be sold to the landlords and merchants in the northwest, and then the court will buy our Tatar slaves at high prices. You guys think about which way should we choose? "  Upon hearing this, everyone in the tent immediately started talking. The northwest is vast and the Tatar cavalry is flexible. Even if they are defeated, they can still pass through.Continuous roundabouts dragged tens of thousands of troops to death. They were never afraid of the conquest of large armies.  Landowners and businessmen, for them, is a disaster.  A musket with a range of up to 150 steps is a complete nightmare for the Tatars who are good at riding and shooting. Except for sharpshooters, ordinary cavalry have no chance to fight back, but how many sharpshooters can there be?  The entire Tatars have no more than 300 people. It takes more than ten years to train a sharpshooter, but only half a year to train a musketeer. This is not equitable at all.  An armed team with long-range muskets, even if it is only a hundred people in size, is a huge threat to various tribes. Without hundreds of people, they are no match for them, but it is impossible for hundreds of people to gather together for herding.  If they separate, they will be attacked by surprise. What is certain is that once the grazing period comes, countless small groups of armed troops will enter the grassland to capture slaves. This is something they cannot bear!  In the long run, apart from migration, the only outcome will be extermination. Let alone mobilizing heavy troops for encirclement and suppression, is it possible to gather heavy troops to fight every year during the grazing period?  Moreover, even if a large army is dispatched, there may not be any results. The grassland is vast and small teams are equally flexible.  It is naturally impossible to exterminate the clan. No one will watch the genocide. Relocation is also impossible.  Where can the Tatar population of nearly two million move to?  What place in the northwest is better than the Hetao?  What's more, the migration of thousands of miles will definitely damage the vitality, and the entire Tatars will decline!  After a buzzing discussion for a long time, Kunduliha stood up and shouted: "Khan!" Kunduliha is the younger brother of Anda Khan, and his prestige in Tatar is not small.  The tribe he led also had a large population. When he opened his mouth, everyone quickly shut up and listened quietly.  After standing up and bowing to Anda Khan, Kunduliha said loudly: "Khan, the Han people have a saying that a man can bend and stretch. Now that the situation of strength has reversed, we Tatar cavalry are unable to resist the Yi army's guns and do not want to move.  He can only surrender, and even if he moves, where can he move to? King Yi is ambitious and conquers the east and west on the sea. He will definitely continue to conquer the north. If he does not want to destroy the clan, he has no choice but to surrender. I pray to the Khan.  For the sake of the survival of the Tatar clan, surrender to King Yi!" As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Laha, who had suffered heavy losses, stood up and agreed.  The Yijun's muskets were extremely powerful, and the tribal leaders had also heard about them. However, it was one thing to hear about it, but it was another thing to actually see it in person, especially after suffering heavy losses.  In this battle, they not only saw the power of muskets, but also the huge lethality of explosive bullets, and the number of long-range muskets in the Yi army exceeded their expectations.  Kundu Liha and Wu Waxha started, and everyone was no longer reserved.  They all stood up and agreed.  An Dahan glanced at everyone coldly. The price of six thousand casualties in exchange for this situation was a bit high, but compared to the safety of the clan, this price was worth thousands. After a slight pause, he spoke.  He said: "Early tomorrow morning, the army will retreat thirty miles, and King Yi and I will formally discuss the matter of surrender." As soon as the group of people exited the tent, Li Tianzhang walked in in a hurry, followed a few steps to the front, and whispered:  "Reporting to the Khan, the civil and military personnel of the Ming Army led a thousand people to the north gate of Xuanfu City." "Humph." Ida snorted coldly and said, "The generals of the Ming Army are not all drunkards." He pondered for a moment.  , he said: "Ignore them, send an order, all battalions will be on heightened alert tonight." Xuanfu City, Guanglingmen, Wengcheng.  Liu Siwu stood on the tower, looking down at the more than a thousand Ming army with bright armor in Wengcheng. He was waiting for the civil and military officials of the Ming army to go up to the tower. He was secretly amused. The two armies were still fighting fiercely in the morning. In the blink of an eye, the Ming army was about to surrender.  No, it¡¯s surrender!  He was not worried about a false surrender. He already knew that Anda Khan sent people to Shenjingbao to negotiate peace. It was natural for the Ming army to ask for surrender under such circumstances. However, he was still quite cautious. The two armies fought.  , any weird and weird things could happen, and he would do anything, and he didn't dare to be careless at all.  Mao Bowen and his party went up to the tower and were handed over their swords. They were carefully searched before they were allowed to enter the tower. When they came to Liu Siwu, they were informed of Liu Siwu's identity. Mao Bowen slightly cupped his hands and said, "I, Mao Bowen, Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, have met General Liu."  "As he spoke, he turned around and said, "This is Sui'an Bo Chen Guan, Jingyuan Bo Wang Jin, the eunuch Mai Fu, and the Shanxi governor Chen Tao" Liu Siwu nodded in return.  Then he said: "You all turned against each other before the battle and led your troops to join King Yi. You are indeed a generation of heroes. It is really a great blessing for the Ming Dynasty. I would like to express my sincere welcome to the soldiers and people of Xuanfu City." After hearing these words, Mao Bowen slightly cupped his hands and said:  "General Liu, the subordinates and others have led their troops to surrender. I am afraid that An Dahan will become angry due to humiliation. If the TartarsThey attacked the camp and hoped that General Liu would lend a helping hand.  ¡± ¡°It¡¯s not a fake surrender, to deceive the escort team to go out of the city to fight in the field, right? If an attack on the camp really happens in the middle of the night, it is absolutely impossible to rescue it. It is okay to send someone to the Anda Khan camp to spread the word. Although I think so,  Liu Siwu said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, since you have surrendered to King Yi, if something unexpected happens, there is no reason for the tens of thousands of troops in Xuanfu City to stand by and watch.  " " With General Liu's words, the lower officials and others will feel relieved.  Mao Bowen said, bowing and saying: "To show our sincerity, our group is willing to stay in the city as hostages. In the camp outside the city, there are also Weng Wanda, the Minister of War, and Zhang Da, the commander-in-chief.  " Hearing these words, Liu Siwu was slightly relieved, but he still maintained enough vigilance and placed a group of people at the military training ground in the city to prevent changes. Early the next morning, the Tatar army broke camp and retreated. At ten o'clock in the evening  , Hu Wanli and Li Jian led 20,000 troops into Xuanfu City. At noon on the third day, Hu Wanli and Ada Khan each led 3,000 soldiers and horses to meet five miles west of the city. They met and exchanged greetings. As soon as I heard my answer.  Hu Wanli couldn't help but be overjoyed that Khan spoke fluent Northwest Mandarin. He waved his hand and dismissed the translator he had prepared. Only Tang Jinbao and other five guards were left. Seeing this, Anda Khan pointed at Li Tianzhang and others and explained.  "These people are all my confidants" Seeing Hu Wanli shaking his head slightly, he said no more and immediately waved them away and then said: "These guards don't understand Chinese.  Your Highness, please feel free.  "    "good.  "Hu Wanli said straight to the point: "I am able to decide to surrender my entire family to the Ming Dynasty. It is really a blessing for the northwest, and even more for the Tatar people. Of course, it is also a blessing for the Ming Dynasty. I don't like civil war the most, and I don't like it because of civil war.  And consume a lot of population and material and financial resources.  Seeing that I was having difficulty listening, Hu Wanli stopped talking. He took out a map from his pocket and spread it out on the table. He pointed at the territory of the Ming Dynasty. He slowed down his speech and said slowly: "This is the map of the Ming Dynasty."  Territory, this is the Eurasian continent. Your ancestor Genghis Khan¡¯s Mongol Empire once conquered the entire Eurasian continent. This is Europethis is Africathis is Australiathis is  America.  Both Australia and the Americas are extremely vast.  Moreover, the water and grass are abundant and the climate is pleasant.  It is the best pasture in the world. The Ming Dynasty will not only reproduce the glory of the Mongol Empire, but also bring Africa and America into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In the near future, the Ming Dynasty will be a super empire on which the sun never sets across five continents!  " "The empire on which the sun never sets?  "Ida raised his head and asked doubtfully. "Yes!  The sun never sets on the empire!  Hu Wanli nodded and said: "Twelve hours a day, the sun will shine on the land of Ming Dynasty!"  You don't understand this.  I will tell you slowly in the future. All you need to know is that the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be many times that of the Mongol Empire!  " Are you asking the Tatar cavalry to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty? Ida looked at him warily and said: "Your Highness, we Tatars do not have that many troops.  "    "Of course I know.  Hu Wanli nodded and said: "The Tatar population is not large, but the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of people."  To realize the dream of crossing the five continents, all soldiers of the Ming Dynasty must be cavalry, and a large number of war horses are needed. The northwest alone cannot satisfy it. I plan to relocate some herdsmen to Australia.  " Hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After a slight hesitation, he asked: "How many people will be relocated?  " "Australia's territory is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty today.  "Hu Wanli said slowly: "Even if one million people are moved, it is not too much, but this matter cannot be rushed. You cannot become fat in one breath. Move 20,000 people there first, and then move there year by year. Not only the Tatars.  , the Han people will also migrate in large numbers. In addition, your gradual expansion will bring all surrounding tribes under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.  As for the strength of the troops, don't worry, I will set up a camp of new soldiers in Fengzhoutan. In one year, these new soldiers will be able to assist you in conquests from all directions. Don't worry about trade. You can exchange horses, cattle, sheep, fur, etc. for various commodities.  , the imperial court will not exploit you. All trades are based on private trade prices, and taxes will naturally have to be paid. You can discuss this matter slowly when you come to Beijing for pilgrimage next year. Don't worry, it won't be heavy.  Furthermore, the imperial court will try its best to ensure the supply of Tatar food. In disaster years, the imperial court will also provide relief to prevent people from starving to death on the grasslands. At the same time, the imperial court will also send a large number of doctors into the grassland pastoral areas year by year to improve the Tatar food supply.  The reproduction of the population and the prevention of smallpox have now been achieved  ¡± Hearing this, I couldn¡¯t help but be very happy. If we can ensure the food supply, send doctors, and do not exploit them, the Tatar population will soon develop. Moreover, King Yi¡¯s attitude is very clear. The Ming Dynasty will work hard to expand the country.  By expanding, he might even be able to win the title of King of the Golden Horde. Thinking of this, he quickly stood up, walked to Hu Wanli, knelt down and said, "My lord, I'm only a pound old. I'll bow to the Heavenly Khan."  "Tian Khan is the honorific title given to the ruler of the Central Plains by the nomadic peoples of the northwest."The first Heavenly Khan was Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Anda Khan called Hu Wanli the Heavenly Khan to express his support for Hu Wanli as the common monarch of all ethnic groups in the northwest. This was a formal surrender.  "Pingshen." Hu Wanli raised his hand slightly and said: "The dance of a blue fly is no more than a foot. If you attach it to its tail, you can travel thousands of miles. The world is very big. I leave you this map of the world. You don't want to order the news."  I'm disappointed. I'll come to Beijing to pay my respects next year when I hear the news." "Your Majesty, I respect your decree," I said, raising my head and saying, "I beg your Majesty to allow me to send troops to besiege Taiyuan." "I heard this.  Wan Li couldn't help but smile slightly, and answered that this was to show his loyalty to him by besieging Jiajing. However, letting the Tatars go to besiege Jiajing would easily lead to criticism. Although the Tatars surrendered, they have been the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years.  It would take some time for the officials, gentry, merchants and people to accept the fact that the Tatars were annexed, and he did not want to be criticized for this.  After pondering for a while, he said with a smile: "There is no need to besiege Taiyuan. You lead your troops back to the grassland, restrain them, and no more wars are allowed. Release all the Han slaves who were captured before from their status as slaves. If there are any who want to go home, no  If you want to stop them, I will send officials to follow you back to Fengzhoutan and pay them travel expenses. In addition, I will order people to draft a proclamation of Tatar surrender to the Ming Dynasty. After I share the seal with you, I will post it everywhere in the northwest. After I ascend the throne next year.  At that time, you brought people to the capital to receive the title." "My Lord, I obey the order." I quickly bowed and said after a slight hesitation: "Your Majesty, can the prisoners of war captured by the Tatars be used as slaves?  Slaves, this is a way for the Tatars to stimulate their soldiers to fight foreign wars. This cannot be prohibited. After thinking for a while, Hu Wanli said: "Xiao Liuqiu also uses a large number of slaves, but they are all foreigners. The people of all ethnic groups in the Ming Dynasty cannot  Becoming slaves, all Mongolians, whether in the northwest or the northeast, will be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty. ""I understand," I said hurriedly. Although I was slightly disappointed, Hu Wanli's attitude was enough to show his attitude toward the Ming Dynasty.  The Mongolian people attach great importance to it, and with the substantial expansion abroad, are they still worried about not having slaves?  (To be continued)
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