"But does Mongolia really need a Great Khan?" Zhu Cixiang thought, "Great Khan! So why does it matter if Erlinchen has no strength? How much strength did I have when I ran out of Beijing to protect the emperor?"

Wu Sanfu said: "Your Majesty, how can Erlinchen compare with you? He is just a thief guarding the house, and he is already old and does not have many years to live."

"He is old," Zhu Cixiang asked again, "What about his son?"

Wu Sanfu shook his head: "He has no sons, he only has an adopted son named Batu, who is the father-in-law of His Highness the King."

Zhu Cixi smiled and said calmly: "The King of Dai turned out to be the Prince Consort of the Yuan Dynasty too!"

Hearing the words "Consort of the Yuan Dynasty", Wu Sanfu felt a shock in his heart. He knew that the Consort of the Yuan Dynasty meant Timur, the Consort of the Yuan Dynasty who founded the Timur Empire!

Wu Sanfu immediately changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, after last year's Battle of Hetao, His Highness Daiwang became so powerful that he owned the land south of Yinshan Mountain. The Six Banners of Mongolia Ordos, which was attached to Daiwang, also gained strength.

Many Mongolian herdsmen who originally belonged to the Tumed Dutong Banner have joined the Six Banners of Ordos. The Junwang Banner (one of the Six Banners of Ordos) directly under Elinchen has moved to Dongshengwei, with its troops pointing directly at Tumo River!

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Although the Battle of Hetao was not a big fight, the "Black Lancers" of the acting king Zhu Cijiong still played a majestic manner. All the Mongolian tribes participating in the war were not afraid, especially the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes who were scared to death by the fighting of the acting king's black spearmen.

The law is similar to the Cossacks of the Rakshasa people! They are monsters and monsters that can beat up thousands of Mongolian warriors with hundreds of people. Why are the Han people so powerful now?

So after Vice Lin moved his troops to the eastern front, Zhu Cijiong and E Linchen began to expand their territory!

Zhu Cijiong's target is the inter-river area between the foot of Yin Mountain and the Yellow River. The Yellow River divides and merges here. The Yellow River in the west is divided into two parts where it flows from north to east and turns to the Muna Mountain in the east.

The two merged into one under the feet. So it became a moist and fertile river area, suitable for farming and grazing, which had long been targeted by Zhu Cijiong.

After Fulin withdrew his troops, he personally led 20,000 infantry and cavalry, and rushed straight to the Hejian area at the foot of Yin Mountain to seize territory. In the Hejian area, he also ran into the cattle and sheep of the Khalkha Mongolian tribe on the grassland between the rivers.

So not only did they seize the land, but they also grabbed hundreds of thousands of various large livestock, making a huge fortune.

After grabbing the land, cattle and sheep, Zhu Cijiong ordered people to build Jiuyuan Castle south of the North Yellow River Road and set up Jiuyuan Guards.

Elinchen chose to develop in the direction of Tumochuan and moved his princely banner to the north bank of the Yellow River. The ancient city of Dongshengwei near Tumochuan. Dongshengwei in the Ming Dynasty moved many times and was occupied by Elinchen.

The ancient city of Dongshengwei is where the earliest Dongshengwei was located. It was initially established in the fourth year of Hongwu, and was established again in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu. In the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu (the fourth year of Jianwen), Zhu Di ordered it to be moved inland. Since then, the Ming Dynasty has

The control over the Hetao area has been greatly reduced.

Before Erlinchen entered Dongshengwei, this area was the territory of Tumed Left Banner and Tumed Right Banner of Guihua City, which belonged to Inner Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty. The so-called Inner Mongolia means that there is no hereditary Zha.

Sak, Mongolian banners governed directly by officials appointed by the Qing Dynasty. Before the "Qing Dynasty was gone", Inner Mongolia was divided into two parts. One was the two banners on the left and right of the naturalized city of Tumote, which was originally the banner of Ada Khan.

The tribes directly under them are the Eight Banners of Chahar.

Because the Tumut Khanate was once powerful, Huang Taiji and Dorgon were very afraid, so the descendants of Anda Khan were not allowed to inherit the hereditary Zasak (the flag of the hereditary Zasak was the outer vassal Mongolia), but they were converted into the city.

The two Tumut banners were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Qing court, but at the same time they were not included in the Eight Banners. Mongolia became the real people of the Qing Dynasty.

People of the Qing Dynasty.

Needless to say, the Eight Banners of Chahar were Lin Dan Khan's former subordinates. How could the Qing Dynasty regard them as its own?

The so-called Inner Mongolia, at least for the two banners of Tumute and the Eight Chahar Banners in Guihua City, is "residential surveillance." Therefore, when Fulin was preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army, he would rather mobilize the troops of external Mongolia.

They are also unwilling to mobilize the troops of the Ten Banners of Inner Mongolia.

Erlinchen's Six Banners of Ordos came from the Tumote Khanate. Erlinchen's great-grandfather Ji Neng was the nephew of Amada Khan. After the rise of Amada Khan, he nominally controlled the 30,000 right-wing troops of the Tumute Khanate.

Households, in fact, only 10,000 households in Ordos were stationed in the western part of the Yellow River Hetao.

With this relationship, after the descendants of Anda Khan weakened and the power of the Qing Dynasty declined, Elinchen could take advantage of the situation with the support of Zhu Cijiong, occupy Tumo River, and gather the two banners of Guihua City Tumed.

, and can even go one step further and capture the Eight Banners of Chahar.

In this way, Elinchen had the "powerful strength" of the Six Banners of Ordos, the two Banners of Guihuacheng Tumote and the Eight Banners of Chahar, a total of sixteen banners.

It seems that he has the power to aspire to the throne of the Great Khan!

However, the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes may not necessarily pay for E Linchen's account. As long as Emperor Zhu does not support him, Mobei Mongolia will inevitably have a lot of novices pecking each other!

Zhu Cixiang walked around the main hall, walking back and forth several times, and finally stopped in front of a map of the situation of the Mongolian ministries hanging on the wall.

"The Great Khan of Mongolia cannot be appointed with just one edict from me. According to Mongolian tradition, only those who can be elected Great Khan by the leaders of the Mongolian tribes at the Kulitai Conference in Har and Lin are elected." Zhu Cihong.

He said slowly, "I can first confer the title of Erlinchen as Haerlin Khan, and order him to take charge of the six banners of Ordos, the two banners of Tumed, the naturalized city, and the eight banners of Chahar, and also take over the old capital of Mongolia, Haerlin."

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Zhu Cihong paused and then said: "I will give King Dai another secret order, ordering him to help Elinchen go north to fight for the throne of Khan and Haer and Lincheng, and at the same time take advantage of the opportunity to occupy Tumochuan and Guihua City as well as the former Shanxi Xingdusi

His hometown outside the Great Wall. When I regain Datong, I will let him return to Datong Mansion, and I will also appoint him as the Great Protector of Anbei and rule over the former hometown of Shanxi Xingdusi."

"Your Majesty, what should we do about Shuofang Town?" Li Ruolian asked, "Should we remove Shuofang Town?"

"There is no need to remove it," Zhu Cixiang shook his head. "The towns can be divided into Hetao and Hejian. Ningxia will still be returned to Shuofang Town. A new Yulin Town will be established in Yulin and Yan'an. Let the Tang Dynasty king serve as the Jiedushi of Shuofang Town and Yulin as the Jiedushi.

The imperial court will be responsible for repaying all the debts incurred by the Shuofang clan due to the appointment of Huang Degong."

Zhu Cijiong will definitely be moved to tears when he hears this news!

Li Ruolian said: "Your Majesty, there are now six military towns including Beiting, Anxi, Pingxi, Shuofang, Anbei, and Yulin! Will the vassal towns be responsible for all the northern frontiers in the future?"

Zhu Cixiang nodded: "Pingxi Town should be changed to Hexi Town. The Pingxi vassal debt will also be taken over by the imperial court! The west of Lanzhou, including Lanzhou, is under the jurisdiction of Hexi Town. The west of Hamiwei, including Hamiwei, is under the jurisdiction of Anxi Town.

The governor of Hexi and the governor of Anxi are temporarily appointed by Liang Guogong, but in the future Liang Guogong can only serve as one of the towns.

In addition, I also plan to establish Beiping Town to the north of Yanshan Mountain to take charge of the former Beiping Dusi and Xuanfu territories. Gao Jie can be appointed as the governor of Beiping.

In addition to the Anton Protectorate and the Heilongjiang Protectorate, there are nine border towns that are 20,000 to 30,000 miles north of the country, and they are controlled by these nine border towns!"

Zhu Cixi's nine border towns were much larger than the nine border towns established by Zhu Di, and their strength and autonomy were certainly much greater.

After arranging the nine border towns, Emperor Zhu took a breath and said to Wu Sanfu and Li Ruolian on the left and right: "After the territory is divided, it is time to complete the victory in one battle. The plan for the siege of Beijing can begin to be prepared!

At least 200,000 troops must be dispatched. Not only the imperial army, but also Erlinchen and Sengge from Beiting must send troops to participate in the battle. If possible, the Zasak Banners in Monan and Mobei must also send troops to participate in the battle.
Chapter completed!