"Since Oirat Mongolia and Jungar Mongolia have voluntarily merged into the Ming Dynasty, I also want to express my gratitude and decide to reward you each with five hundred thousand dragon yuan.

In addition, in order to show sincerity, Galdan was sent to the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty to study. If he succeeds in his studies in the future, he can become an official in the Ming Dynasty.

Oirat Mongolia also sent a prince to study in the Ming Dynasty, and the treatment was the same as that of Galdan. I hope that when they grow up, they can make contributions to the Han and Mongolian tribes."

"I obey the decree and thank His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

The leaders of the two countries didn't know why the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was suddenly interested in their son.

But we can only do what the Ming Emperor said. Who asked him to be His Majesty the Ming Emperor?

However, they immediately became excited when they thought that if their son could become an official in the Ming Dynasty, they would definitely get a lot of benefits.

Quickly ask for a fight:

"Your Majesty, Zhungeer still has an army of 150,000 troops. They all want to fight for the country. Please let them expand territory for the Ming Dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, Oirat also has one hundred thousand cavalry. If the Ming Dynasty needs it, one hundred thousand cavalry can fight for the Ming Dynasty at any time."

"oh……"

Zhu Cixiang was a little surprised. He did not expect that the two countries had just merged into the Ming Dynasty and immediately handed over military power.

The territory as big as Tsarist Russia, of course, the more people there, the better. Although they are not expected to defeat the Rakshasa ghosts, there should be no problem in chasing down the defeated troops to seize the territory. In addition, they can also protect the logistics supplies of the Ming army...

…

Zhu Cixi nodded readily and agreed:

"Very good! Now that Zhungeer and Oirat have joined the Ming Dynasty, they will become my subjects of the Ming Dynasty. I will satisfy their desire to fight for the country.

The Oirat cavalry will go out with me, and the Zhungeer army will be responsible for the logistics supply of the Ming army from now on. This task is very arduous. If you don’t have enough food, the soldiers will not be able to win the battle. There will be many rewards after the war!"

"Thank you, His Majesty the Great Emperor!"

The leaders of the two countries hurriedly accepted the order, but thinking of the logistical supplies of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, he said with a queasy expression:

"Your Majesty, Zhungeer's strength is limited and he cannot supply food and grass to the army for a long time..."

Batur thought that Emperor Shenwu asked Zhungeer to provide food and fodder for the Ming army, hundreds of thousands of troops. Zhungeer really didn't have that strength. He could probably eat up all their cattle and sheep in a month...

Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly:

"Of course I know that the imperial court will send the supplies directly to the Zhungeer Ministry. You can be responsible for escorting the supplies. The Ming Dynasty will not let you provide food and grass."

"According to the order!"

It's not that Batur are stingy, they don't know how to farm, they mainly rely on grazing to survive, and their food is very limited.

Now the entire territory from the Ming Dynasty to Zhungeer has been actually controlled by the Ming army, and there is no problem with the transportation of supplies and safety.

Just in case, Zhu Cihong asked Liu Chenghu to lead five thousand musketeers to take charge of security.

The Zhungeer army is all cavalry and is relatively familiar with the Western Regions, so there shouldn't be much of a problem in escorting grain and grass.

In order to show their sincerity, the leaders of Zhungeer and Oirat decided to provide some beef and mutton for the Ming army.

This time the Ming army will definitely have enough meat to eat during the northern expedition. After destroying several khanates, there will be a lot of beef and mutton, and there will be as many war horses as possible...

In September of the fifth year of Shenwu, the army entered Siberia. This time, in addition to the Ming army, there were hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry from Monan and Mobei marching north together...

Although Siberia is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the herders living there are all nomads that the Ming Dynasty defeated.

Siberia is sparsely populated, but it is not a deserted land.

In ancient times, all parts of the world have been scattered and unrelated to each other, especially people who are thousands of kilometers apart and often do not interfere with each other.

Siberia alone has an area of ​​1,322 square kilometers, accounting for 70% of Maozi’s territory.

Siberia is a vast area in North Asia, starting from the Ural Mountains in the west, to Cape Dezhnev in the east, to the Arctic Ocean in the north, to the mountains of central and northern Kazakhstan in the southwest, to Mongolia and the Xing'an Mountains in the south.

Most of Siberia is controlled by Mao Zedong, and only a small area in the southwest belongs to Kazakhstan.

It is precisely because of Siberia that Maozi has become the largest and most resource-rich country in the world.

According to Westerners' view of history, any place not occupied by Westerners is ownerless and they can occupy it at will.

As for the indigenous people who have lived there for generations, their rights can be ignored.

When European powers colonized the Americas, the Europeans did not regard the indigenous people there as human beings at all.

They used the most barbaric methods to burn, kill and loot...

What Maozi did in Siberia was exactly the same as other Western powers, which also used violence to occupy it.

Before the 16th century, no one came to the vast Siberian region. According to Westerners' view of history, this place was a terra nullius.

But in fact, just like the American continent, there are also many indigenous people living here.

Before Maozi occupied Siberia, dozens of ethnic groups, large and small, lived in the Siberian region.

In the Siberian steppe of the Iseti River Basin, there live the Siberian Tatars.

In the Ob River Basin in western Siberia, the Khanty people live.

In the Tuva Basin live the Tuva people, who we call the Tangnu Ulianghai people.

In the Siberian Plain, the Tunguska River and other basins, there live the Tungus people, also known as the Evenkis, who make a living by fishing and hunting.

There are also Chukchi people, Eskimos, etc. who live in the Arctic and make a living by hunting walrus and seals.

According to statistics from the Rakshasa Kingdom, the total number of Siberian ethnic groups is about 200,000.

Due to Siberia's vast landscape, harsh environment, and scattered ethnic groups, the actual number of people is likely to be far higher than this number.

In other words, the indigenous people who have lived in Siberia for generations are the legitimate owners of Siberia. This is not an ownerless wasteland.

According to Westerners' point of view, there is no sovereignty without a country, even if the indigenous people have lived there for thousands of years.

So, before the Maozi invasion, was Siberia in a primitive social state like the Americas? This is not the case.

Due to the harsh living environment, the aborigines in Siberia live extremely dispersedly. Most ethnic groups have very low levels of civilization and underdeveloped productivity, and are at different stages of development of the clan system.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But it is undeniable that some Siberian nations have developed rapidly and entered a class society.

Even some Siberian ethnic groups established countries in their own places of residence, namely the Siberian Khanate, also known as the Shibier Khanate.

The Siberian and Kazan Khanates, the Astrakhan Khanate and the Siberian Khanate were one of the four khanates of the Golden Horde of the Great Mongol Empire.

To be precise, the Siberian Khanate was established by the Tatars living in Siberia after the decline of the Golden Horde.

Its ruling area includes the vast area between the Tobol, Irtysh and Ob rivers.

Although most of the country is a bitter cold land with a sparse population, the country's population has reached about 200,000.

This is already a large number in sparsely populated Siberia.

The residents are mainly engaged in animal husbandry and agriculture, and most people in the northern region are engaged in hunting, reindeer and beekeeping.

The country's productivity is also relatively developed, and residents there have basically mastered metal smelting technology and can also manufacture various metal utensils.

Although the people here are not rich, they live and work in peace and contentment; although the country is not prosperous, the society is stable.

But the arrival of the Rakshasa ghost changed everything here.

In the mid-16th century, after the Rakshasa Kingdom annexed the Kazan Khanate and the Astrakhan Khanate, it targeted the Siberian Khanate.

At that time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow had become a unified country, with more troops than the total population of the Siberian Khanate, and the latter was not its opponent at all.

But it was not the government troops of the Rakshasa Kingdom that invaded the Siberian Khanate, but a group of Cossack cavalry.

The Cossacks have been nomadic in the steppes of Eastern Europe for generations. Their activities range from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.

In the age of cold weapons, the Cossack cavalry shocked Europe with their fast, maneuverable, lethal, and brave attacks in turn.

In the history of the Rakshasa Kingdom's invasion and expansion, the cavalry composed of Cossacks was the main force.

Before that, the Cossacks were fearless and went on a rampage, refusing to accept anyone's fault, and defeated the Rakshasa army.

After suffering setbacks, the Rakshasa rulers changed their strategy and extended an olive branch to the Cossack leaders, promising them high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit them.

The Cossack cavalry became the main force in the expansion of the Rakshasa Empire. Under the leadership of leader Yermak, they marched toward the Siberian Khanate.

To say it was mighty is actually a bit exaggerated. There were only 540 Cossack cavalry in this Eastern Expedition.

The strength of 540 troops was too shabby. The Siberian Khanate organized an army of 20,000 people. The strength ratio was 40 to 1. They still fought at home and waited for work.

But the Cossack cavalry were born bandits with super strong combat effectiveness. Not only were they good at fighting, but they all looked like steppe wolves, thirsty for blood.

Not only that, they also have advanced weapons in their hands, while the weapons and equipment of the Siberian Khanate still remain in the medieval period.

The two sides are not heavyweight players, just like when the British attacked the Indians in the American continent.

In only about a year, the Cossack cavalry swept across the Siberian steppes and occupied its capital, Kashgar.

But the matter is not over yet. Opposing aggression has been a characteristic of any nation from ancient times to the present.

The Tatars, Turks and other ethnic groups did not want to be slaves to the subjugation of their country, so they took up arms and rose up to resist the invaders.

The Siberian Khanate army did not surrender. They adopted guerrilla tactics, broke into pieces, fought against the Rakshasa army, and resisted for 17 years.

In 1598, the Rakshasa Kingdom captured all the family members of Kuchum Khan and the nobles who followed him, and the Tatars under him were either killed on the spot or fled in all directions.

In the end, Kuchum Khan fled alone back to his hometown, the grasslands of Central Asia, and finally ended his miserable life there, and the Siberian Khanate was completely destroyed.
To be continued...