A few days later, Murad was arranged by Zhou Chong to study in the Naval Academy, and he also promised him that after he graduated from the Military Academy, he could still serve in the Ming Navy. As long as he performed well enough, he would be willing to support him.

Return to the Ottoman Empire and compete with his elder brother Suleiman.

In fact, Zhou Chong did not have much hope for Murad. After all, few people in the Ottoman Empire knew Murad's identity. It can be said that Murad had no foundation in the Ottoman Empire, and Suleiman claimed to be

The most outstanding emperor in the history of the Ottoman Empire, how could such a person be defeated so easily?

However, even though he knew that Murad had little hope of regaining the position of Sultan, Zhou Chong still decided to train him with all his heart. After all, the Ottoman Empire, as the only country in the world that can compete with the Ming Dynasty, could use Murad to rely on Murad.

If you find some trouble for the other party, it will only benefit the Ming Dynasty, and what the Ming Dynasty paid was only a trivial small price.

Just as Zhou Chong had just arranged the matter of Murad, the result of the fight between Zhengde and the Tatar Prince was finally heard from the side of the fishing sea in Liaodong. When the Tatar Prince arrived with 40,000 cavalrymen.

Zhengde has already brought 60,000 fire dragon cavalry to the throne, and the two sides launched a showdown between cavalry and cavalry on the grassland.

The Ming side has the advantage in number and equipment, and more than half of the cavalry of the entire Fire Dragon Cavalry are Mongols, so in the early stages of the war, the Ming Dynasty gained the upper hand, especially the application of firearms such as grenades, although the direct lethality is limited.

, but it can have the effect of frightening the opponent's war horses, thereby disrupting the opponent's storm formation. For cavalry, when the charge is disrupted, the power of the cavalry will be reduced by half.

With such a great advantage, the Ming army suppressed the cavalry of the little Tatar prince from the beginning, and Zhengde was determined to consume the strength of the Tatar, so he had done a tough battle with the Tatar from the beginning.

The preparations for the Ming Dynasty were strong and had a large population. Although it was not easy to form the Fire Dragon Cavalry, even if it was consumed this time, as long as there was enough money and food, it would not take long to form it again, but if the Tatars cavalry were consumed

If it is gone, it will definitely be a huge disaster for the people in the grassland.

It is precisely because of this that the little prince of Tatar fell into passiveness from the beginning. Even if he had the advantage when the war started, he could not withstand such consumption as the Ming Dynasty, let alone they were beings from the beginning.

Under the storm, there is no possibility of turning over.

Faced with this situation, the little Tatar prince was also helpless and finally had to choose to withdraw his troops. He originally hoped that the Ming emperor on the opposite side could lead troops to chase him, so that he could use his advantage of familiarity with the grassland to eliminate the Ming army.

On the grassland, the young Ming Emperor was even captured directly, just like they captured Ming Yingzong.

But unfortunately, Zhengde had no intention of chasing him. After all, he also knew his weaknesses. When docking in the close logistics behind, they could use the advantage of weapons to defeat the other party, but if they went deep into the grassland alone, it would be a matter of slightest move.

Leave your life to others. Although Zhengde is confident, he has not yet reached the point of being arrogant.

After the defeat of the Tatar prince, he did not give up. After waiting for a month, he organized a large army to send troops to Xuanfu again. As a result, he still returned empty-handedly. However, after Zhengde's last battle, the Fire Dragon Cavalry was not affected.

The minor damage, coupled with the little Tatar prince, was also wary of the Ming Dynasty's sneak attack on his lair from the direction of the fishing sea, so although Zhengde made an attack, he did not dare to actually send troops in the end.

It was not easy to gain advantage in front of the Ming army twice, which also made the Tatars very angry. In addition, the cement roads between Xuanfu and Hunyuerhai are also extending forward slowly.

When the cement road moves forward, the Ming Dynasty's trade route will expand forward. The goods on the grassland are transported from cement to the Ming Dynasty, while the goods on the Ming Dynasty are transported along the cement road to the grassland. Many grassland tribes even use the

During the Ming Dynasty transaction, the tribes were actively moved to both sides of the cement road, and many grassland herders personally joined the team to build the cement road for the rewards given by the Ming Dynasty.

The little Tatar prince was helpless against the slow encroachment of the Ming Dynasty. He had sent troops twice before to destroy the Ming Dynasty's actions, but not only did not have any effect, but also lost a lot of troops, which was even more terrifying.

Yes, these two major defeats, coupled with the previous several major defeats against the Ming Dynasty, have greatly hit his reputation. Many tribes have begun to doubt his ability, which has also made the little prince of Tatar dare not

If you send troops easily, otherwise if you lose again, you may be taken away by someone else.

The little Tatar prince dared not act rashly, and the Ming Dynasty became even more unscrupulous inniation of the grassland. Countless Ming caravans began to rush into the grassland. Wool, horse hair, and various leather materials were their favorite products. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty

Industry and commerce are developing rapidly and there is a huge demand for raw materials, so no matter how many raw materials are purchased, there is no need to worry about sales.

In addition, while purchasing raw materials, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were also slowly transforming the animal husbandry structure of the grassland people. For example, the textile industry in the Ming Dynasty is very developed and has a huge demand for wool, so these merchants are given priority when entering the grassland transactions.

The ones purchased are naturally wool. Even sheepskin, which used to be commonly used goods, is now a bit unsold. With the development of the textile industry, the people's first choice is naturally cheap textiles. They also like to wear cotton jackets instead of leather jackets in winter.

First of all, the demand for leather will naturally decline. Of course, the one that has dropped is the lowest-end sheepskin. If it is cowhide and wolf skin, it has always been as much as it needs.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty like wool the most, and the tribes on the grassland are naturally not stupid either. They quickly adjusted the species of animals they grazed, such as increasing the proportion of sheep, and then reducing the number of cattle herds and horse herds, among which cattle herds

If the number of people is small, cowhide will also decrease. Cowhide is the main reason why grassland people make armor. Not to mention the horses, the grassland people who lack horses are like disabled without legs and have no threat at all.

Of course, the adjustment of the pastoral structure on the grassland is very slow, and with the knowledge of the grassland people, they cannot detect the impact of this change on themselves. Even many "smart" tribes are already consciously

Change the breed of sheep they grazed. In the past, they raised sheep mainly to drink goat milk and eat mutton. The flock of sheep can be said to be their main source of food. Now, because the merchants of the Ming Dynasty like wool the most, they began to raise those who produce large hair.

The variety of wool is relatively slender, as for milk production and meat production, it is second to the number of milk production and meat production. After all, they can only exchange for enough food from the Ming merchants by selling wool, and even for fine wine and silk.

First of all, they don’t have to worry about raising sheep that produces milk and meat.

Although the adjustment of our animal husbandry structure is slow, it spreads across the Mongolian grassland like a virus. After all, the life of the herdsmen on the grassland is too hard, and they don’t even have basic life guarantees. Maybe a thing in winter

The white disaster can make a medium-sized tribe disappear. By trading with the Ming merchants, they can exchange for more convenient storage of food and even warm clothes. With these, even if they encounter famine in a certain year,

They can also withstand it, instead of just waiting to starve to death like before.

However, with the adjustment of this structure, people on the grassland will gradually find that they will rely more and more on the Ming Dynasty. For example, wool is in short supply now, but if the shepherds on the entire grassland raise sheep, plus

The saturation of the wool textile market will always have a day of overproduction in the future. At that time, it will not be that the Ming merchants begged them to sell, but that they begged the Ming merchants to buy them.

What's even more terrifying is that when the wool production is over, the grassland people will also find that their food, clothing, housing and transportation are completely in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty does not buy their wool, then they will have no food, salt, tea, and clothes.

, iron pots, etc., even when they want to resist, they will find that even war horses become very rare, and they can no longer count horses in just one person like before, and can run thousands of miles in one day.

The most important thing is the cement road built with Xuanfu and Huoyuerhai as the starting point. There will be a solid fortress every hundred miles of this hardened road surface, and each fortress will be stationed with a team of 100 people.

When two cement roads cross over the grassland, a cross-shaped iron chain will be formed, locking the entire grassland firmly. In the future, it will be difficult to escape the Ming Dynasty's eyeliner if there is any abnormal movement in the future. Moreover, it will be easy to use convenient transportation.

The Ming Dynasty could mobilize the army at the fastest speed and kill the abnormal movements on the grassland into the cradle.

As the grassland situation improves day by day, the grassland people, based on tribes, began to slowly move closer to the Ming Dynasty. As one goes up and down, the power of the Tatars became weaker, and even many of the leaders of the Tatar tribes were in order.

The tribe's survival thoughts have begun to secretly send them to Daming, hoping to ask for some benefits from Daming, and then give their own tribe to Daming. After all, they are not stupid, and they know that if this continues, they will follow the Tatars.

If it is so, it is better to take advantage of the situation to give yourself some benefits, so that the tribe can survive better.

The decline of the Tatar finally made the Ming Dynasty feel relieved, especially Zhou Chong and the cabinet, who felt that there was a big burden missing. For this plan to erode the grassland, the Ming Dynasty invested countless manpower and material resources. If it could not be

If you succeed, you will lose a lot.

However, just as the border troubles of the northern grasslands gradually disappeared, Zhou Chong also discussed with the cabinet how to get Zhengde back. After all, it was not a good idea to take troops outside for many years, but at this moment, Zhou Chong was always worried about
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