Chapter 48: Ordos Aftermath Issues
Chapter 48 �
This trend is also seen in Yang Bo and has become the basis for mutual trust between Yang Bo and Zhou Mengchen.
After all, neither Yang Bo nor Zhou Mengchen were the same person. They all had to consider the person behind them. Yang Bo was not in the court for several years and had to rely on Zhou Mengchen to support him. It was completely impossible without mutual trust.
If we want to do this, Yang Bo and Zhou Mengchen's factions will be almost combined into one.
Yang Bo naturally had to test carefully. The success of Yellow River Bank made Yang Bo feel that he might be able to take the next step. He naturally replied immediately and finalized a date with Zhou Mengchen.
After Yang Bo wrote the reply, he had to face the reality.
In fact, when Zhou Mengchen's letter arrived, the battle of Ordos was over. As Zhou Mengchen thought, it was simply an armed parade, and it was eventually beheaded more than 300 levels, captured hundreds of thousands of Mongolian soldiers and civilians, countless cattle, sheep and horses.
The rest of Xin Ai's tribe, led by Bele, resolutely embarked on the road to the west, leaving Hetao, fleeing west, not knowing whether to go to the Western Regions, to Qinghai, or to the northern part of the Mo. In short, if they wanted to find a new habitat, they had to travel and war. The remaining more than 20,000 cavalry surrendered directly to the Ming Dynasty.
After this made Yang Bo overjoyed, he didn't know what to do.
The reason is very simple. If the Mongolian army surrenders, if it is not broken down, it will be a little uneasy, but if it is broken down, the ready-made combat power will be gone.
After the final discussion, I submitted a letter to the court and asked the court to make a decision.
He just received the decision of the court and asked Yang Bo to select 10,000 strong cavalrymen and send them to the capital to rebuild 3,000 battalions.
The dominant part here is Fengcheng Hou.
From this we can also see the ambition of Fengcheng Hou. The three camps of Jingying are those three camps. They are Shenji Camp, Wujun Camp, and Sanqian Camp.
The Shenji Camp has been honed in Datong. As the largest firearm army, it has great experience in defense. As the main force of the defense of the capital, it can also make people feel at ease. The Five Military Camp is actually a part of the Datong cavalry brought by Ma Fang. Some cavalry experts were selected from various military formations. Ma Fang was transferred to Heshuo, but the cavalry who followed him to the capital was not transferred. This part is the Five Military Camp. It is just that the number is not large, no more than 20,000. The Three Thousand Battalions were the Tatar Camp during the Yongle period. They were composed of cavalry surrendered by Mongolia.
Tactically the same as the Mongols, but they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty.
Fengcheng Hou's lifelong wish was to rebuild the Jingying. Although the Jingying he rebuilt was different from the three major camps at his heyday, he naturally had a stubbornness, and the only thing he lacked was the Three Thousand Camps.
Although many Mongolian tribes depend on the court, everyone knows the fact that the Tartars who depend on the Ming Dynasty these days are all Tartars who cannot survive on the grassland. Their combat effectiveness can be imagined. Even the Tartars who can truly fight will not come to surrender to the court.
In the Battle of Qingcheng, the main force of the Tumote tribe fought with the Datong army and was bloody. There were not many prisoners, and they were deeply enmity with each other. These Mongolian surrendered soldiers could not be used. But now Ordos surrendered soldiers are different.
There was almost no fight with the Ming Dynasty, and more than 300 people were beheaded. In fact, more of them were infighting with themselves. The Ordos headquarters was bullied and annexed by Tumote. At least the Ordos army did not have deep hatred for the Ming Dynasty.
Enough to form three thousand battalions.
Of course, Yang Bo should also make good choices between this, selecting Tartar soldiers and generals who truly depend on the court and are willing to serve the court, such as Sanniang's family. As the Mongols who followed Yang Bo to fight for Ordos, they went deep into Mongolia to persuade the Ordos tribe to surrender, and then marry into the court's senior official, Zhou Mengchen. In the eyes of the Ming court, they were trustworthy Mongols.
Therefore, among the Three Thousand Camps, there were several generals in the Sanniang family.
In addition to these, Yang Bo also arranged for some garrison troops in Yulin Town to migrate to Ordos to station, and build new cities and plan territory. In short, Yang Bo has a lot to be busy with.
His biggest problem is his lack of people.
Ordos is actually very large. However, it has only a few hundred thousand people in such a large area, and they are all Mongolians and not many Han people. During the aftermath, Yang Bo naturally could not let the Ordos tribe stay. The reason is very simple. Judging from Zhou Mengchen's military arrangement for Heshuo Province, the Hetao region, that is, Ordos, is the hinterland of Heshuo Province. It is surrounded by the Yellow River. In addition, Ordos is rich in water and grass, and many places close to the Yellow River can be transformed into excellent fertile fields.
However, whether it is used to raise horses or grow grain, they are all core areas of Heshuo Province. If a Mongolian tribe is placed here, what if the Mongolian tribe has any thoughts that should not have, wouldn’t it cause disaster within the Xiao Wall? It would make the court unable to react.
Of course, it is not enough to move all the Mongols away. After all, it takes a large number of Mongols to release horses. But like Yunzhong Prefecture, do you need to pay attention to the ratio of Han people to Mongolians? You must give Han people an overwhelming advantage.
It’s just a pity that Yang Bo has a solution for many things. But he has no choice about population.
The biggest problem in Heshuo is the shortage of people.
With sufficient population, Heshuo is the territory of the Ming Dynasty. If there is no sufficient population, the Ming Dynasty will only occupy Heshuo by armed occupation at best. After a long time, it will still have to give up.
But the population is not leeks. It is one after another in the field, and it takes at least ten years to grow. For a time, Yang Bo is looking for people from where he can find people. He can only write letters to the elders of his hometown the next day and ask the elders of his hometown to help.
After all, to be honest, the entire north, that is, Shanxi, has the most dense population and has a small land. It is also a good thing to bring people from their hometowns to farm here. However, it is impossible for the people of the Ming Dynasty to migrate unless they have to. Yang Bo cannot take any tough measures against the people of his hometown.
This made him extremely troubled.
Just when he was worried about this matter, Zhou Mengchen was also summarizing the list of people who could migrate.
Zhou Mengchen's way of summarizing it is very simple, just put on a batch of orders for building the Great Wall and give money, but it takes a year to go out to the frontier. Zhou Mengchen had never thought of this method, he thought it was very simple.
Nothing else, the earthquake has greatly damaged Guanzhong's productivity, and many people are on the verge of life and death. In this case, it is easy to summon people to immigrate. The problem is that his disaster relief effect is too good.
With the efforts of dating in various townships, I dare not say that all the victims will be dealt with. However, if people can have a bite of food, they will not want to leave their hometown. The many hard work assigned by Zhou Mengchen just gave many people a chance to breathe.
Zhou Mengchen instead shot himself in the foot. However, Zhou Mengchen soon thought of this method.
This is not a fraud. Because Zhou Mengchen estimated that there were indeed many projects in the Heshuo area. The people's fear of leaving their hometown made everyone feel that this kind of wages is life-long money, and no matter how they have a solution, they will not follow this path.
However, the losses caused by earthquakes are real. Even if Zhou Mengchen's disaster relief is effective, it cannot make up for the losses caused by earthquakes. Don't forget that the disaster relief funds received when dating in each township are not the disaster relief funds, but the loans.
Since it is a loan, it needs to be paid.
Therefore, many families are burdened with heavy burdens, and there is not much way to choose in front of them. So they can only take a try. The candidates who choose this kind of candidates to choose immigrants can be said to be highly overlapping with Zhou Mengchen's choice of immigrants. They are all young and strong, all have families and families, and all have poor families. When they arrive in Heshuo, as long as they are well treated, they are willing to stay, and even take over their wives and children.
Of course, it is best to have more convenient transportation between each other.
Zhou Mengchen made a preliminary summary and could recruit at least 20,000 to 30,000 such people from Guanzhong. If their families were added, there would be about 100,000. These people filled Heshuo. Although it was not enough, it was almost the same, not to mention that if this method was appropriate, more strong men and people could be recruited from Shanxi and Henan.
This is a virtuous cycle.
Chapter completed!