"Your Majesty, what do you think if we take this place back?"

On this day, in the Qianqing Palace, pointing to the place where the 'ji' shape was located on the map, Wang Bing suggested to the little fat man with a bewildered look on his face.

"Lao San, you don't want to play a Loop, do you?"

Looking at the place pointed by Wang Bing, the little fat man couldn't help but become a little excited.

The so-called nine bends of the Yellow River are only rich! The Hetao Grassland is located on the south bank of the Yellow River east of Helan Mountain and south of Yinshan Mountain. It is rich in products and has a very important strategic location. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. And in the past dynasties, those who In the eyes of the nomadic people who live in pursuit of water and grass, this place with fertile water and grass is a heaven-given treasure.

However, it is such a heaven-given treasure land that military strategists must fight for. Since it was recovered from the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty, only one Shanxi Xingdu Division was established to manage this large area, but there was no real immigration border.

It's not that Emperor Hongwu couldn't see the importance of this place. It was because when the Ming Dynasty was first established, the population of the entire Central Plains was greatly reduced due to years of wars and natural disasters. At this time, it was too late to recruit people from the interior. , where did so many people come from to immigrate to the border!

In addition, under the attack of the Ming army at that time, the entire Hetao area not only lacked Han strength, but also there were not many Mongolians in the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Even after the Battle of Yuerhai, the Mongols were beaten back to the state of many tribes. They ran around all over the world, but they didn't dare to come to the Hetao area.

Therefore, after seeing that there was no threat from the enemy, in the late Jianwen and early Yongle years, the imperial court began to abolish or move a large number of the Shanxi Xingdu Si garrison set up by Emperor Hongwu. However, they forgot or deliberately If you forget, the enemy will come back eventually.

Therefore, starting from the Tianshun period, due to the lack of sufficient guarding force in the entire Hetao area, the Tatars finally took advantage of the loophole and once again occupied this strategically important area with fertile water and grass.

The consequences of the occupation of the Hetao were extremely serious for the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, large-scale border invasions only occurred every few years. After the Tatars occupied the Hetao grassland, they became an annual occurrence, even multiple times a year. Therefore, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Ningxia along the Hetao The soldiers and civilians in all provinces of Gansu have suffered greatly from this.

There is no way, the side of the bed is occupied by robbers. When you are picked and robbed, it depends on the mood of the robbers?

So in the later Chenghua period, the martial Emperor Xianzong endured huge pressure and spent nearly ten years before finally taking back the Loop after the victory at Hongyanchi.

However, in the seventh year of Jiajing, Dayan Khan's grandson Ji Nang invaded Hetao again, and finally completely occupied the Hetao grassland again in the seventeenth year of Jiajing.

However, after the Ming Dynasty gradually encroached on fortresses and city walls and expelled the Tatars, Zeng Mian was killed, coupled with the subsequent Gengwu Revolution, they no longer had the intention and inability to "replicate".

"Hey, Your Majesty, don't you want to repeat the trick? As long as the Hetao is taken back, the pressure on several military towns in Gansu, Ningxia, Yansui and even Datong will be greatly reduced, thus saving a huge amount of astronomical military expenditures."

In order to obtain the "qualification" recognized by the Empress Dowager Cisheng as soon as possible, after a period of careful consideration, Wang Bing chose the strategic location of Hetao.

"Lao San, do you know how much food and food will be needed once the Loop is taken back, and the border is settled and troops are stationed to guard it? Although the court's finances are slightly surplus at the moment, if we really want to hold the Loop, that little money and food will be like a drop in the bucket!"

There is no way. Although the population at this time is not as lacking as in the early Ming Dynasty, the problem is that the court now has no money.

And once it is impossible to immigrate to the real border and garrison troops to guard it, even if it takes money and troops to take back the Hetao, the Tatar return of the Jiajing period may happen again.

So although Wang Bing was equally excited about Wang Bing's idea of ​​regaining the Loop, after the excitement, the little fat man who knew the imperial finances very well couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the importance of this Loop to our Ming Dynasty is no different than that of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Even if the court does not have enough financial resources to take back the Loop, we cannot let the Tatars live like this outside our yard.

Feeling at ease, right?"

Seeing the helplessness and wry smile on the little fat man's face, Wang Bing, who was afraid that the little fat man would reject his proposal, quickly started to persuade him again.

"Oh? Third child, tell me what you think first!"

Brothers Jun and Chen have been getting along for several years, and they know Wang Bing's habits well. How could he not see that Wang Bing has another good idea at this time?

"Actually, this method is quite simple! Your Majesty must have forgotten that in the first battle of our Yulin Guards, we relied on the 'horse thieves' to get the most out of it, hehehehe!"

"Lao San, you mean..."

Hearing Wang Bing talk about Yu Yaowei's 'blazing' battle, the little fat man couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty, since the court is currently unable to regain the Loop, let's bleed them and make them weak. When the time comes, won't it be much easier for the court to truly "recover"?"

Since the imperial court could not defend it, Wang Bing immediately changed his statement and changed his strategy from regaining the Hetao to a strategy to weaken the enemy.

"Lao San, how confident are you? You know, the number of Tatars in this Hetao is not something that a Bahrain tribe can match!"

Obviously, the little fat man was also a little tempted by Wang Bing's plan to 'bleed' the Hetao Tatars.

"Your Majesty, with the strength of our Yulin Guards, if they are dispersed and stationed in the Hetao Grassland, the strength will indeed be thin. But if we just go hunting and bloodletting the Tatars, hehe, the general will really not take them seriously.

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"What's more, I have just died and everyone is busy competing for the throne. How can I have the energy to take care of the Orsi Department?"

Regarding the question that the little fat man was worried about about being outnumbered, Wang Bing, who was well aware of the combat power of the Habayashi Guards, answered quite confidently.

"What's more, it's always these 'bandits' who come to rob us. Now it's our turn to rob their cattle, sheep and horses, right? Hehe!"

In order to further strengthen the little fat man’s determination, Wang Bing even used the little fat man’s natural ‘hobby’ for money to seduce him.

"Third brother, this matter is very important. Please let me think about it carefully. Think about it carefully!"

It has to be said that after these few years of being a pro-government director, Little Fatty, the king of a country, has really matured, and his considerations have become more comprehensive.

Therefore, even if the Habayashi private army does not need to be mobilized by the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the little fat man is not as 'impulsive' as before.

"Third brother, when are you going to start this 'hunting'!"

After thinking for a while, the little fat man suddenly turned his head to look at Wang Bing and directly asked Wang Bing about his 'hunting' time.
Chapter completed!