The word Chahar comes from the Persian language and roughly means the palace guards. The Chahar grassland has always been the direct territory of the Mongol Yuan Khan. In addition to the direct descendants of the Golden Family of Genghis Khan, most of the others are descendants of the Qinxue Army, the personal guard of Genghis Khan.

In other words, the golden family on the Chahar grassland was the orthodox Mongolian Yuan, and the Chahar tribe was the sect leader of the Mongolian Yuan. After the Mongol Yuan Dynasty was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, the emperors and Khan of the Northern Yuan continued to rule the Mongolian Yuan tribes on the Chahar grassland. The famous Dayan Khan, Altan Khan and Lin Dan Khan in the history of the Ming Dynasty all came from the Chahar grassland.

Logically speaking, Genghis Khan's personal guard, the Qinxue Army, was the strongest combat power of the Mongol Yuan, and should be stronger than the bow guards under his second brother Zhuochi Hasar. As the direct territory of the Mongol Yuan Khan, Chahar should be stronger than Korchin.

Unfortunately, it was precisely because Chahar was the direct territory of the Mongol Khan that the Chahar grassland became the main goal of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition. It was precisely because Chahar represented the orthodox of the Mongol Yuan that the Chahar grassland also became a place where other Mongol tribes had to conquer the control of the power.

The Hongwu Dynasty and the Yongsheng Dynasty made more than ten northern expeditions, and the main battlefield was on the Chahar grassland. It can be said that the Chahar tribes were all disabled by the Ming Dynasty. After finally resting for decades, they recovered a little vitality. The Ola tribes also rose first, and the Chahar tribes were conquered by the Ola tribes and died first. The Chahar tribes rested for decades and finally regained the rule of the Mongol Yuan tribes again, and the Jianzhou Jurchens rose again.

In order to conquer the Mongolian Yuan tribes, Nurhaci and Huang Taiji naturally pursued and fought relentlessly against the orthodox of the Mongolian Yuan on the Chahar grassland. As a result, Lin Dankhan, the last great khan of the Mongolian Yuan, was beaten to escape from Qinghai, and the Chahar grassland also became the territory of Jiannu.

The Mongolian Yuan tribes on the Chahar grasslands were decisively suppressed by Jiannu, and their strength plummeted. Especially in the battle of Shenyang, Dorgon almost summoned all the young and strong people on the Chahar grasslands, and in the end they were defeated and retreated were only more than 20,000 cavalry. As for the infantry, they all became prisoners of the Yongsheng Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the Mongolian Yuan tribes on the Chahar grassland can gather about 20,000 cavalry if they die.

Twenty thousand cavalry against 120,000 elite chariots equipped with muskets and artillery were no different from eggs hitting stones. Therefore, when Qi Jin and Ma Qiancheng led their troops to the edge of the Chahar grassland, none of the Mongolian Yuan tribes on the Chahar grassland dared to organize their troops to resist. The only thing they could do was to quickly ask Dorgon, the regent of Jiannu, Dorgon, on the Korqin grassland.

At this time, Dorgon was really confused because the Crazy King army was too strong. Even if he only came for more than 100,000, he could not beat it!

Question, what should I do with the Mongolian Yuan tribes on the Chahar grassland?

He thought about it over and over again and decided to see the situation first.

After all, the Ming army had not fought the Northern Expedition once or twice, and the Mongolian Yuan tribes were not destroyed by them. When they reached the territory of the Mongolian Yuan tribes, no matter how powerful the Ming army was, they would have no choice but to do anything to them.

Because the territory of the Mongolian and Yuan tribes is too large.

This place has been called the vast sea since ancient times, which means it is as boundless as the sea. The population of the Mongolian Yuan tribes is not large, and the population of the Chahar tribes is less than one million. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to search for a small tribe with tens of thousands or even thousands of people on this territorial that is comparable to the sea.

Dorgon felt that no matter how powerful the Crazy King Zhu Qideng was, he was not as good as his ancestors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. This Northern Expedition should not last long. At most, the Crazy King's army would retreat due to poor food and grass supply.

Therefore, he did not lead his army to support the Chahar tribes, nor did he let the Chahar tribes fight head-on with the Crazy King's army. He gave an order, ordering the Chahar tribes to pack their luggage and be ready to escape at any time. Once the Ming army approaches their habitat, they will run away immediately!

This move has been tried and done. Every time the Ming army came with great fanfare, they almost returned in disappointment. As long as they didn't fight with them, the Mongolian and Yuan tribes would not suffer any losses.

He thought it was so beautiful, but unfortunately, Zhu Qizhao didn't follow his thoughts at all.

More than 100,000 elite Ming troops were stationed in the Chahar grassland for more than two months, without making any progress!

What's going on?

Just when he was puzzled, the detective cavalry finally sent him a report, and the Ming army was building a city!

What a joke?

You should know that the Chahar grassland is more than a thousand miles away from the heart of the Central Plains. Didn’t the Ming army cause trouble to build cities on the edge of the grassland? The cost of transporting food and grass alone is astonishingly high!

Of course, Zhuqiu is not a joke.

At this time, the railway had been built to the edge of the Chahar grassland, and Tongzhou gradually began mass production of ten trains, and the transfer of grain and grass was not a problem at all.

He even came to the construction site of Youzhou New City north of Jizhou Town in person.

The name of Youzhou is taken from the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures in the Song Dynasty. His meaning is very obvious, which is to divide all the territories of the Mongolian and Yuan tribes into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The new city north of Jizhou Town is called Youzhou, and the new city north of Xuanfu Town is called Yunzhou. After Youyun and the two states are set, where will we build the city next?

This city must be built along the railway line, because the city is more restrained by cavalry than the chariot formation. The nomadic tribes on the grassland are basically not good at siegeing the city. As long as he builds the city all the way and then builds a certain number of beacon towers at the commanding heights along the line, the safety along the railway will be basically guaranteed.

Question, how far is it appropriate to build a city?

In the handsome tent outside Youzhou City, Zhu Qizhe stared at the map in front of him, and his fingers kept gesturing on it.

The territory of the Mongolian and Yuan tribes is indeed worthy of the name of the vast sea. The Chahar tribe alone has a length of more than 1,000 miles from north to south, and a width of more than 2,000 miles from east to west. How many cities are there to be built with such a large range?

If too few cities are built, the safety of the railway cannot be guaranteed. If too many cities are built, garrisoning is another big problem.

Once these cities are built, they will have to be stationed. At least 40,000 to 50,000 troops will be stationed in a city, otherwise they will not be able to divide their troops to deal with the enemies that destroy the railway.

In other words, if he really wants to build all the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, he will also send at least 700,000 to 800,000 troops to garrison.

This consumption is quite terrifying. The army of 700,000 to 800,000 will consume at least 10 million stones of grain and 10 million taels of silver a year!

How much tax will be in the Ming Dynasty in one year?

You should know that the normal taxes for the Wanli Dynasty, the Tianqi Dynasty and the Chongzhen Dynasty were only four to five million taels of silver a year. Although the Ming Dynasty’s taxes would definitely rise steadily after he vigorously developed business, if the taxes reached 10 million stones of grain and 10 million taels of silver a year, it would not be a goal that could be achieved in just a few years.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not only need to send troops to garrison the north, but also needed to send troops to garrison the west and south. The northern border alone consumed so much food and salary, so what should we do if other places were doing?

Obviously, it is not a good idea to build a city in a crazy way. He has to think of some other ways, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty may have to be exhausted in this vast sea.
Chapter completed!