Simply from the point of view of combat power, Meng Yuan's troops are not fragile. If they stay alive and fight to the death with the Confederate army, the Confederate army may not be so easy to capture the capital and cross the Great Wall and pasture. From the perspective of superstructure, there is no unanimous opinion on whether to stay in the Central Plains or return to the hometown of Mengyuan. That is to say, to a large extent, Meng Yuan was forced to be brave by Zhu Yuanzhang's army and felt that it was really meaningless to stay. It is better to give up the Central Plains and run back to the grassland. What Meng Yuan didn't expect, however, was that the Ming Dynasty was different from other dynasties, and they were determined and pursued. In addition to sending Zheng He to the Western Seas, Judy, the Yongle Emperor, spent more time crossing the Great Wall to find fault with the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and finally died in the post station that crusaded against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Compared with other dynasties in the Central Plains, the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards the prairie people was surprisingly bad, and it almost never gave or intended to give any good looks. Later, the general of the Ming Dynasty, Aquamarine, took Huo Qubing's tactics and went straight to the enemy's lair, completely destroying the power of Meng Yuan or Genghis Khan's golden family. It has been 1000 years since the Han Dynasty, and the Central Plains Dynasty has never been so cruel to the prairie people. The Ming dynasty did evil to Meng Yuan, except that it felt that it had the strength to do so. More importantly, this may be related to the hostility and fear of the grassland people. After the Song Dynasty, the hatred or distrust accumulated by the Central Plains people towards the prairie people was a concentrated outbreak after the rise of the Ming Dynasty.
As we all know, China's national feelings were gradually formed after the Song Dynasty. In the past, prairie people often did things that came uninvited, but in the Song Dynasty, people in the Central Plains Dynasty felt very uncomfortable. In addition, these careless and uneducated grassland soldiers will inevitably kill and rob food in the Central Plains in the future, and they will be overbearing and put on airs. Naturally, people in the Central Plains really hate them. Although forced to live under their rule for many years, there is still national sentiment. What's more, the upper rulers of Mongolian Yuan divided the people under their rule into several classes, and the criteria for division were not according to land and official rank, but according to the order of defection to Mongolian Yuan. Although it seems unreasonable that the society is divided into several classes, it has no substantial influence on the people who really lived in the Yuan Dynasty. Those southerners, that is, the adherents of the Southern Song Dynasty, can become a part of the superstructure as long as they have the ability, while those grassland herders who have no substantial help to the great cause of the empire have a miserable life. Among them, they are forced by life, selling children and girls, and eating bran and vegetables.
However, Meng Yuan's doing this is still not conducive to eliminating the national psychology of the Han nationality. At least it makes people feel uncomfortable. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, everyone agreed that it was too much and uncomfortable for those grassland people to stay in the Central Plains. Speaking of which, everyone has not forgotten how these people kicked the door in to kill and set fire. Emotionally speaking, only when * * * is in charge can I feel at ease. After all, after all, no matter how hard the two brothers fight, the sense of humiliation will probably be much less.
After Zhu Qizhen came to power, he was fooled by the eunuch Wang Zhen around him and personally led 500,000 troops out to fight. Many people think that Zhu Qizhen is making a mountain out of a molehill by doing so. At that time, the grassland had been ruled by the grassland nation Wala, but its real strength was still far from that of the previous Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Although the prairie people often knock on the border and violate the border, they will not change after repeated education, but in the final analysis, their purpose is not to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but to want things. If the Ming dynasty is unwilling to give them satisfaction, it can send generals, provide enough food and grass, give enough exciting slogans and official titles, and fight a protracted war against them, just like the previous Central Plains dynasty. If there is no accident, according to the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is entirely possible to drag this nation alive and then strangle it by other ethnic groups that took the opportunity to rise on the grassland. Really brown talks, the emperor led so many troops, using personal expedition.
However, if we have to learn from our ancestors, we won't need so many troops. Whether in the era of hot weapons or cold weapons, it is probably reasonable that the army is more expensive than more. Only those who don't understand military affairs and only have experience in cluster operations will think that many hands make light work, but Zhu Qizhen did it. If Zhu Qizhen likes to show off, or because he is young, he really wants to show off, which makes sense. However, another reason is also important. The Ming Dynasty was a nation so hostile and contemptuous of prairie people that it was too nervous. Leading so many soldiers to fight and putting on a desperate posture may mean excessive tension.
The reason for this is that on the one hand, the Ming Dynasty has the same introverted personality as the Song Dynasty, on the other hand, it also has the same extroverted personality as the Han Dynasty. But on the whole, his extroversion is not because he is grand and generous, but because he is introverted and conservative. He wants to attack and defend, and ultimately he wants to protect his home. From this point of view, despite Zheng He's seven voyages to the West and the exile of ancestors of the Ming Dynasty from the north, these great achievements eventually turned into a glorious past in an instant and could not be continued. This is due to his character.
The northern frontier of the Ming dynasty has been in a state of tension. Although it tried to break through the customs, it was passive and negative to the north of the Great Wall on the whole. Speaking of it, for the sake of their own safety, even if we don't learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to tighten our belts and drive the prairie people far away, we can learn from the intrigue of the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty to divide and disintegrate the forces of the grassland tribes and make them unable to grow bigger. However, influenced by the introverted personality of the Ming dynasty, I have tasted both aspects and it is not in place. It is also useful for the trick of disintegration. Obviously, it's probably because you don't invest, care and take it as your main strategy. The effect is naturally not good. Of course, during the Wanli period, Liaodong leader Li was good at helping the weak and beating the strong. He used only a few soldiers to control a large territory for a long time, but this is nothing to praise. One reason is that he is a local official after all, and his strategy is not at the level of national strategy. He is really helpless in doing so. He has few people in his hand, and the country is still in charge, so he has to do it. Another reason is more important. He actually didn't play well in the end. Where the ruler once stumbled, he fell down again, that is, he nourished a seemingly honest, treacherous and ambitious Nurhachi, not to mention the seriousness of the consequences.
For the Ming Dynasty, the main frontier strategy was to make the Great Wall of Wan Li stronger and more comprehensive. If possible, it was best to put heavy machine guns and howitzers on the Great Wall. The whole country is wrapped in thick armor, and everyone is hiding behind the city wall and living a stable life.
For grassland people, since the Central Plains does not intervene in grassland affairs, they can try their luck according to the law of the jungle. Everyone relies on fists, strategies and the spirit of wolves to compete for the living space of grasslands. Since it is perfect competition, it is natural that whoever has the ability and luck will occupy the top spot in the grassland. Vara, the conqueror of Zhu Qizhen, is the new leader of the grassland. Speaking of it, the rise of this nation is also thanks to Judy. If Judy hadn't bent on destroying Genghis Khan's golden family, these were the minions who had surrendered to Genghis Khan's family before, and there was no chance of public appearance in the official history. Who would know and care where this nation came from if Zhu Qizhen wasn't captured alive by Vala in the civil fort and Beijing was surrounded by Vala?
The quarrel between Vala and the Ming Dynasty is still because prairie people and Zhongyuan people will never get entangled. 1449 In February, Wara tribal leaders also sent more than 2,000 people to offer horses to the Ming Dynasty. On the surface, these horses were used for sacrifice, but in fact they were sold to the Ming Dynasty, saying that they were sold to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, they just said that they would benefit from the Ming Dynasty. These horses are not good horses, even good horses should be sold to the Ming Dynasty at several times the price, which is similar to forced selling and extortion. It is said that Wang Zhen, a eunuch who received several years' education and was influenced by Confucianism, could not adapt to this situation for a long time. He cut the horse price by 80%. Speaking of which, this price may be reasonable. I'll quit first. We agreed to let us rob legally. How can the Ming Dynasty unilaterally break the contract? He became angry from embarrassment, so he gathered the grassland tribes and killed them.
After Zhu Qizhen was arrested, Zhu Qizhen's younger brother came to power and became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The hostage smashed his hand, and killing the ticket was no good. He was dumbfounded first. Almost begged the Ming Dynasty to take back Zhu Qizhen. When Zhu Qizhen left, he really took Zhu Qizhen as an idle emperor for the first time and went hunting in the grassland. But he is only a local official in charge of hospitality, and his condescending energy is quite sufficient. It's the first time to make such a big noise, and nothing has been gained. You know, that's it. I killed Wang Zhen in the first place. What emperor did I catch? His intestines should be regretful.