The three major battles of Wanli achieved the final glory of the Ming Dynasty, and also exhausted the few remaining national strength of the Ming Dynasty.
With the crushing defeat in the Battle of Sarhu, it completely marked the decline of the Ming Dynasty!
This is true. Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty's foreign wars have been bleak, so that the Ming court can only package some so-called victories as fig leafs to decorate the last dignity of the Ming Dynasty.
In the first year of Chongzhen, Nurhaci's long journey was unstoppable, and undoubtedly completely tore off all the fig leafs of the Ming Dynasty and fully displayed the rotten mountains and rivers to the world.
However, Li Xiu's sudden rise, outside the capital, defeated Nurhaci and defeated the Later Jin army, and was like a pair of hands holding the Ming Dynasty that was about to overturn.
This contribution is also recognized by the world, and it is undeniable that even the scholars and officials slandered it.
And this time, the sudden northern expedition of the army also completely shook the whole world as the news spread.
Everyone can see that the Ming Dynasty's country is declining, but just as the rivers are declining, it is still expending such manpower and material resources to start such a huge war!
Very happy with merits and military force!
As the news spread, these nouns were firmly worn on Zhu Youjian's head.
And for today's court officials, how could they not know the leading role Li Xiu played in this?
Therefore, the so-called names of Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo were added to the name of a treacherous minister who encouraged the emperor.
However, under the suppression of Zhu Youjian, who now knows that his life is about to end and his behavior is becoming increasingly violent, all his anger can only surge in secret, cursing Li Xiu for a great defeat, and it is best to die directly on the grassland!
But when the Iron Cavalry swept across the northern part of the Mo, defeated the five tribes of the Neikalka, killed the enemy and seized countless good news to arrive in the capital, whether in the court or among the people, all undercurrents suddenly stopped.
Although the scholars and officials have the right to speak for public opinion, good news is an indelible fact for ordinary people!
From the great victory of Fangshan, to the great victory of Beijing, and to the current great victory of Mobei, one victory after another has also created Li Xiu's unbeaten power.
People's worship of the strong is a gene deeply imprinted in their bloodline.
People's interest in legendary stories is obviously also human nature.
Nowadays, legends are not stories, not illusions, but indelible reality.
In the rural areas, Li Xiu, the Marquis of Zhenbei, these five words once again became the center of public opinion.
If the old and young men on the streets and alleys can't say a few words about Zhenbeihou's great achievements, they will be embarrassed to go out and brag about it.
But for the court officials in the court, some people were happy and some were worried!
Being happy is naturally the meaning of joy in this great victory.
After all, if you can be in the court, you are all good at officialdom, so how can you not see the strategic plan behind this war?
Now, the first victory in the battle is unstoppable, which clearly means that the grand strategic plan has also taken a solid step.
Just this initial step is much stronger than the effect brought by the imperial court in the past, which is much better than the efforts of various planning and manipulation!
After all, planning without strength and power always lacks some confidence!
As for those who are worried, there are many reasons.
Some people are worried that Zhenbeihou has a power to the next level, some are worried about the future, some are worried about their own interests, and some are full of hatred. All kinds of things are difficult to count.
However, no matter what, the victory of the first battle completely suppressed the opposition of the government and the opposition to this war. In addition to Zhu Youjian's suppression, the corrupt ruling class of the Ming Dynasty was barely tied up and officially began to make efforts for this battle.
As far as the fact is concerned, the scale of this war is completely considered a battle of national destiny!
The Jing Army, Ji Town, Xuanfu, Datong, Liao Town, Dongjiang Town, and the Mongolian tribes that came from the vassals.
In this war, the troops directly or indirectly participated in this battle have reached 200,000!
The scale of this war is not inferior to any of the three major wars in Wanli, and even more than that!
Of course, in Li Xiu's strategic plan, only the 30,000 Iron Cavalry of the Beijing Army led by him, the 8,000 Jizhen Cavalry, and the Mongolian tribes that surrendered.
As for the remaining army, unless there is an opportunity to fall from heaven, there is a fight that cannot be missed, or if the Liao Town is able to use it and attack the Later Jin at all costs, otherwise, the remaining army mobilized will only serve as a deterrent effect, which is no different from a drill.
Of course, no one knows this except Zhu Youjian and Li Xiu, and several confidant generals.
Nowadays, the government and the world, and even the Mongolian Later Jin, all know that Zhenbei Hou was going to succeed in a battle of national destiny and completely destroy the Later Jin.
According to the historian's writing, it can only be recorded that in the second year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty mobilized nearly 200,000 troops, led by the Marquis of Zhenbei, to pacify the grassland and destroy the Later Jin Dynasty.
And real strategic planning is destined not to be known to the world.
But for the generals of the Beijing army participating in this battle, they don’t know what strategic plan they have. They only know that glory and wealth are right in front of them!
Strict discipline, a fairly smooth promotion channel, and a reward and punishment regulations that reward and punishment are rewarded with merits, are enough to ensure that the soldiers dare to fight and kill the enemy.
And one brilliant victory after another can also create high morale in the military!
Such a large army is enough to suppress the world and sweep away the enemy in the world!
After Mobei and Lin Danhan merged, the army of iron cavalry, which had expanded to more than 100,000, did not stop at all. Then, with the thunderous momentum, we marched towards the goal of this strategic plan, namely, Mongolia in the south of the Mo.
Strictly speaking, the south of the Moon also includes the grassland Gobi bordering the defense system of the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the south of the Moon is Inner Mongolia in later generations.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In fact, Li Xiu swept through most of the Mobei and left Xuanfu this time, and could also be said to have crossed the southern Mobei grassland, expeditioned to the northern Mobei, and then turned back to the southern Mobei!
The reason for such adventure is naturally because of the existence of the Later Jin Dynasty. Otherwise, it would be attacked from both sides.
Of course, Li Xiu naturally could not completely hand over his back to all Mongolian tribes in the south of the desert. The Iron Cavalry of Ji Town had already left the pass under Xu Feng's leadership and joined forces with the Mongolian tribes in the border areas of Ji Town that had joined the Ming Dynasty.
Before Li Xiu, the main force, had already fought with Mongolia in the south of Mori, involving the main force of the Mongolian coalition in the south of Mori.
In this way, Li Xiu was able to calmly cross the grasslands in the south of the desert, eliminate the hidden worries in the north of the desert, and then carry the great victory, and attack the Mongolian coalition forces in the south of the desert on both sides!
As for the current situation in Mongolia, the military and political center of the Mongolian grassland has long been moved from the northern desert to the southern desert.
This is also the limitation of nomadic peoples. Although they are good at fighting, they have an indispensable dependence on the farming peoples.
Of course, the most important thing is that with the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty, the Mongolians in the south of the Monan, sandwiched between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty, became the target that both sides need to win over. In this way, during this popular day, the strength of the Mongolians in the south of the Monan was also rapidly expanding.
As Nurhaci sent troops, he drove Lin Danhan, the former nominal Mongolian leader, out of the south of the desert, and Mongolia in the south of the desert completely turned to the Later Jin Dynasty.
In this way, with the infiltration channels of the Later Jin Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, the strength of the Mongolian tribes in the southern desert was rapidly expanding and improving through repeated smuggling.
Especially the loyal dogs of the Later Jin Dynasty, such as the Korqin tribe who had turned to the Later Jin Dynasty early, cannot be underestimated.
Therefore, although the Later Jin Dynasty has not sent a large army to support, the various troops in the southern desert have joined forces, and their strength is not weak at all.
The sixteen Mongolian tribes in the southern desert and grassland peoples were all soldiers. At this time of life and death, under the rushing contact of the Later Jin Dynasty, an army of tens of thousands was quickly pulled out.
Under such a huge gap in force, Xu Feng, who was excited to lead his army out of the pass, was also the first and second. The only thing he was glad that the battlefield was not far from Ji Town, and there was a stable rear. At the same time, Ji Town still had tens of thousands of troops, which could provide necessary support at any time.
Under such a situation, he was able to entangle the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in the southern desert under such a huge military power gap and complete the established strategic plan assigned to him by Li Xiu.
This is how war is, one link after another, and each link has its own function. If one link is missing, it will immediately affect the overall situation.
This is also the reason why Li Xiu created such a big battle but never hoped for success in one battle.
He dared to cross the south of Mo and throw his back to the south of Mo and Mongolia. He was confident that Erwazi would definitely strictly enforce his military orders and would entangle Mo and Mongolia. Even if Erwazi couldn't entangle everything, he could still involve most of the power of Mo and Mongolia. He also had the strength to stop the remaining back pricks and had the ability to easily block them!
but……
Once the scale of the war is completely expanded, he will attach the link of the war to Liao Town and Dongjiang...
Can he be sure that Yuan Chonghuan, Liaodong generals, Mao Wenlong, and Dongjiang generals will resolutely implement his orders at all costs...
This is obviously impossible. If they don’t make any trouble or drag their backs, it is probably the most ideal situation.
In this way, it is the fatal point for a battle to destroy a country.
Li Xiu had never exposed an uncontrollable fatal weakness when he commanded his troops.
The same is true for this battle.
Li Xiu did not have high expectations for Liao Town and Dongjiang, and he only hoped that they could play a basic deterrent role.
If he can't do this, he has prepared to deal with it.
But if that's the case...
Everything is obvious.
Chapter completed!