Daning Mansion is located outside the mouth of Xifeng, east of Liaodong, west of Beiping, north of the hinterland of the grassland, is the northern giant town. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties set up the governor's mansion, after nearly a thousand years, it was once again controlled by the Han court.

Xu Hao believes that Daning is near the Chifeng of Inner Mongolia in later generations, because Daning is the Shangjing of the Liao State in history, and there must be many rivers in the place where a large number of people can flourish, and the territory of Daning Mansion is, according to legend, the Liao State has begun to cultivate the fields, and the geographical and climatic conditions should be very special, and it must be an important city in later generations.

If Beiping is the gateway to protect the Central Plains, then Daning is like a sharp blade deep into the Eastern Mongolian steppe, is the forefront of direct contact with the Mongolian departments, the importance of the strategic location is self-evident, Zhu Yuanzhang sealed the emperor's sixteenth son Zhu Quan here, and placed high hopes.

dared to put his son in the Daning Mansion on the front line, which made Xu Hao admire the first emperor's five-body throw, so bold enough to laugh at the emperors of the past dynasties, but unfortunately why did he lose it later? Xu Hao guessed that it might be directly related to Zhu Di.

But at present, even in winter, there are constantly escorting grain and grass troops along the way to and from Daning, the largest number of hundreds of people, leading hundreds of camels to carry grain and other things, relying on the Central Plains inland to transport food and weapons Daning because of the poor road across the mountains, the distance is too remote, can not be connected with other guards, it is easy to be robbed and besieged by the Mongolian tribes, perhaps this is also an important reason why the imperial court later gave up.

In order to find out for himself, after the Lantern Festival, Xu Hao and his wife went all the way north, escorted by two hundred cavalry led by Yanshan Zhongwei Qianhu Qiufu, and there was a group of special guests in the team.

Walking in the north in the cold winter is naturally particularly hard, the whistling north wind blows on the face like a knife cut, the further north the temperature is lower, the exhalation becomes frost, the snow sits in the special carriage is not afraid of the cold, fortunately there are a large number of post guards along the road for rest and rest.

Twenty years after Hongwu. Duoyan Sanwei basically surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, there would be no danger on the road, Xu Hao was not in a hurry, in order to take care of Ning Xue, he sent someone to ask the locals to be guides every time he rested, and surveyed the terrain everywhere, thinking that he would need to draw a map in the future.

The road was long, and when he passed a guard house with only 100 people ten days later, Xu Hao was immediately attracted by the scenery here, and the temperature around the mountains here was higher than when he came. The north wind is blocked, there are large areas of primeval forests on the rolling mountains, and tens of thousands of herdsmen gather in the rivers on the flat land to spend the winter, and dozens of tribes large and small.

Everywhere there was smoke, a strange smell of burning butter tea, mare's milk wine and animal dung, women were busy feeding cattle and sheep and cooking large pieces of mouth-watering lamb, pigtailed children in loose clothes and red faces were running around, and there were herdsmen galloping on horseback everywhere in the snow.

Mu Ningxue is still the first time to appreciate everything about nomads. Like a child, I came out with a veil and visited the yurt closest to the health center, and the herdsman family was kind and kind, without the slightest anger.

Xu Haoxin said yes! Steppe herders have been known for their hospitality since ancient times. When invited, they will be honored guests, and everyone will feel welcome, but in the blink of an eye, these rustic people will become the most bloodthirsty steppe wolves, unless they have sophisticated firearms that completely restrain cavalry. They will always be docile and amiable.

The small banner stationed here is named Wei Quai, who is twenty-nine years old this year, and was originally Zhu Di's personal soldier. His real name was Wei Siwu and was given the name of Qubing by Zhu Di, that is, he hoped that he could become the general of Huo Qubing in the Ming Dynasty.

Wei Quzhi said: "Xu Gongzi, here are all Uliangha people, subdividing most of them are Haraqin and Tumut people, there are also some Wengniut and Chahar people, and a small number of Qiang people, Miao people, Turen, etc., it is said that the leaders of the previous generations of Uliangha are the sons-in-law of Genghis Khan. ”

Xu Hao said: "Hmm! What's the climate like? ”

The weather-beaten Wei Qubing grinned and said: "I think it's better than Beiping, the winter is not too cold and the snow is less, the summer is not hot and there are many thunderstorms, in short, the four seasons are distinct, the day and night are not as hot as outside, and the night can freeze to death. ”

"Feng Shui treasure? Oh! Xu Hao probably guessed that this place is likely to be the summer resort of Chengde, such a special climate environment, a picturesque place, where else can it be besides Chengde?

Xu Hao looked at the endless river at the foot of the mountain, there is no doubt that food crops can be grown here, should you build a city as an important transit station connecting Beiping to Daning?

Wei Quzhi pointed to the more than 50 lamas wearing thick brown monk's robes who were ringing bells not far away, and asked, "What is Gongzi doing here with a master?" ”

Xu Hao said with a smile: "I used to worship Lamaism as the state religion, but I met a living Buddha in Jinling, and this time I made a special trip to send the lamas to preach, hoping that they can prosper here and persuade people to be good." ”

Wei Quzhi hit the nail on the head and said in a deep voice: "Fanren has a capricious temperament, in order to survive is simply the mortal enemy of my Han people, Gongzi, I am afraid that you will be disappointed, they will never put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha." ”

Xu Hao suddenly glanced at the other party's belt engraved with the word loyalty, and said, "You have to try it and tell me more about Duoyan Sanwei." By the way, do you remember Xiao Daren? ”

"Who are you?" Wei Quai's heart was shocked, and then he suddenly knelt down on one knee, "My subordinates meet Lord Xu." ”

"Get up, I'm no longer a pacifier." Xu Hao sighed lightly.

Wei Quzhi said excitedly: "My lord has repeatedly rewarded me and other brothers, who is not grateful, brothers?" The subordinate brother's family can move to Shandong because of the adult, and this grace is unforgettable. ”

Xu Hao smiled and nodded, and then walked into the military tent first, Wei Qubing immediately followed, and Qiu Fu, who was taking care of the horses in the distance, signaled his subordinates to stay outside the tent and not allow anyone to approach.

Soon Wei Quai's mood calmed down, and said: "My subordinates are fortunate not to be dishonored, in the past two years, the brothers have gone to the small court in Mobei, and they have heard some truths. My lord, in fact, Duoyan Sanwei has long been treacherous, each of the thousands of households on the surface of the court outside the court, but behind the scenes they all took refuge in the Northern Yuan Erlebok Khan, these people here, is the local tribe of Daning Mansion, really loyal to the court of Duoyan Wei, ten but two three, if not for my Ming Dynasty is strong, the Northern Yuan court will fight to the death. I'm afraid that the guards have already been killed by the fans. ”

Xu Hao frowned and said, "It's so serious?" You say it carefully. ”

Wei Quzhi continued: "Since General Lan Yu's battle in the Fishing Sea, the small court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty has not regained its former glory, and it has only survived, and the Great Khan has been held hostage by powerful ministers all year round, and he has died in two consecutive terms. Therefore, Erbaik Khan married his son to the daughter of Bognu, the grandson of Ang, the governor of Tarach, the most prestigious of the three guards of Duoyan, and won the loyalty of the thirty-six Tabu Bunang in one fell swoop, which means horse in Mongolian, in an attempt to restore the glory of the former Yuan and Meng, and actively enlisted the support of the powerful minister Arutai Guilichi and others, these tribes had secretly set out to the location of the Great Khan's Golden Horde as early as the autumn. But for this reason, he also offended the grudge of the other two powerful ministers, Balatu and Ugelhashha, who had 40,000 iron horsemen of the elite Oirats under their command, and I am afraid that civil strife will begin soon.

Duoyanwei is divided into three kinds of people, yellow-eyed, black-eyed, and brown-eyed, among which the black-eyed tribe and the Han people get along the most cordially, and the yellow-eyed people regard the Han people as mortal enemies, and the brown eyes are in between. Legend has it that they migrated from the Western Regions.

According to this, the subordinates reported to the court, but the court did not react, and His Royal Highness thought that there must be an injury in the fight between the two tigers, and he was happy to see it. After Bognou led 10,000 knights out of the area, this year's Fan was noticeably quieter than usual, and from autumn to now, not even a single incident of injury had been heard. I heard that King Ning was very happy and rewarded Duo Yanwei with many nominal thousands of households and one hundred taels of gold. ”

"Arutai?" Xu Hao has long felt that this name is very familiar, and it seems to be a big man like a national teacher.

After the imperial court defeated the main Mongol forces several times and subdued Duoyan Sanwei and other tribes. The miserable Yuanmeng Empire gradually began to fall apart. However, the rebellion of Duoyan Sanwei is not reliable, and Mongolia has not been truly unified until modern times, although the Ming Dynasty was plagued by the remnants of Mongolia, but it is no longer a big trouble, that is to say, Mongolia has gradually become another Liao State, and the real enemy is the Houjin between the white mountains and black waters.

Xu Hao secretly said that he hoped that Lamaism could blossom and bear fruit earlier, and that the whole people believed in religion had a certain effect on controlling the population, and now the Mongols have a strong fertility, and hundreds of thousands of captives moved to the Central Plains provinces during the Hongwu period, which should have greatly damaged the vitality, who would have thought that after 20 years of Hongwu, it was only a dozen years, and the elite people who controlled the strings could reach at least 100,000.

Taking Duoyan Sanwei as an example, the population was only tens of thousands at the beginning, but now there are a total of 357 people who command thousands of households, and even if each clan has an average of 30 people, the total population will exceed 100,000, and the cavalry of 20,000 people is more than enough.

Therefore, Zhu Di's strategy of watching the fire from the other side is correct, as long as the Mongols themselves divide and fight, it is a good thing, draw the weak side to attack the strong side, and forever let the Mongols fall into mutual vendettas.

Xu Hao drew a map on the ground, and sighed: "The Mongolian steppe is too big, and there are nomadic lands to the west and east to the north. ”

Wei Quzhi's eyes widened, and he exclaimed: "God, the territory of Fanren is even bigger than my Daming. ”

Xu Hao's painting is naturally the actual control map of the Ming Dynasty, excluding Inner Mongolia of Duoyan Sanwei, not including the later Nuer Gandusi, that is, a large territory of the entire three eastern provinces, and no Tibet, can it be regarded as a national territory without actual effective occupation? Yongle was almost completely lost after a while.

Xu Hao muttered, "Muskets and artillery! Without tanks and machine guns, you don't want to conquer the Quartet. ”

Xu Hao began to hesitate whether to build Chengde and keep Daning Mansion, the place that he couldn't hold was just a waste of people's lives, money and food, Zhu Di had been running the north for many years and was bent on the Northern Expedition, and he took the initiative to give up the place, which can be seen that the food is tasteless.

"Lao Wei, I want to send you to Liaodong, are you willing?"

Xu Hao, who made a quick decision, no longer cherished the land under his feet, if he had the ability, he could go out of Beiping at any time in the future to fight down, and if he didn't have the ability to occupy it, he would have to spit it back, even if he killed Duoyanwei, other tribes would soon migrate.

Wei Qu said in confusion: "My subordinates don't know what the son means. ”

Xu Hao said: "Fanren is not worried now, the court attaches the most importance to the north, and the ministers of the court and the central government are much smarter than you and me." I want you to go to Liaodong, because I have received a prophecy from Master Daoyan that there is a foreign race that may not be good for the future of my Ming Dynasty. ”

"Master Daoyan?" Wei Quzhi looked respectful, and patted his chest hard, "Your Excellency, it's okay to hand it over to your subordinates." (To be continued......)