I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 329: Teaching Sun in Front of the Battlefield
"Then don't eat tea leaves!" said Bu Chi.

Dayan Khan said: "If you don't eat tea leaves all the time, you will get sick easily and won't have the strength to fight (lack of vitamins)."

Bu Chi was a little skeptical, as he thought eating meat would give him strength.

"In fact, I have been leading my tribe south to plunder, and even to occupy Datong, just to hurt the emperor and officials of the Ming Dynasty and make them afraid, so that they will allow border trade and sell tea, salt, silk and ironware to us," said Dayan Khan.

"There are so many people in our tribe, and the supplies obtained through looting and smuggling trade are not enough. If we can obtain the supplies we urgently need from the Ming Kingdom, our tribe will become stronger. Then we can defeat the Wala tribe in the west, reopen and control the Silk Road, and control the trade between the East and the West. Only when we control it can we become stronger! What I said is also what you will do after becoming the Great Khan of Mongolia!"

"So you have to remember that ordinary soldiers robbed money and goods, and we are trying to force the Ming Dynasty to trade. You are the future Khan of Mongolia, so don't get things confused." Dayan Khan said seriously.

"Eboge (Grandpa), I will remember it." Bu Chi nodded.

Dayan Khan nodded with satisfaction. He is already 43 years old this year, which is not considered a prime age on the grassland, so he has been feeling a sense of urgency recently and always wants to educate the next generation more.

It has to be said that Dayan Khan, as the leader of Mongolia's revival, had a good strategic vision. He could clearly recognize the strength of Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty, and chose the best route for the Mongolian tribes.

This is indeed the case. Although the Mongolian tribes have gained the upper hand in the past few decades and brought considerable pressure to the Ming Dynasty, they also know that they no longer have the strength to rule the Central Plains.

After all, the Oirat tribe defeated so many Ming troops at once and captured the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the end, they could only retreat to the grassland.

The Tatars now certainly do not have the strength or luck to repeat the results of that battle, so they now only want to obtain the same political status as the Ming Dynasty and seize economic benefits.

They also knew that looting alone could not truly solve the serious problem of Mongolia's lack of daily necessities, and the Ming Dynasty's regular organization of burning wasteland also had a considerable impact on Mongolia's nomadic economy.

In fact, Dayan Khan's strategy continued until the reign of his grandson Aldan Khan.

During the Gengxu Rebellion, which caused Emperor Jiajing to lose all face, Altan Khan's condition was to open up trade.

In the 29th year of Jiajing, Altan Khan led 100,000 people through Gubeikou and arrived near the capital of Ming Dynasty. Before that, Altan Khan had requested Ming Dynasty to conduct trade six times.

All the generals defended their positions and refused to fight, nor did they fire a single arrow. So Altan's soldiers burned and looted freely outside the city, harassing the city for eight days.

Despite having such a huge advantage, the condition proposed by Altan Khan at this time was still mutual trade, and he no longer asked for the same political status as the Ming Dynasty, but requested to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty court.

Jiajing was forced to agree to trade with Altan Khan. In the end, Altan Khan retreated from Gubeikou with the looted property and people.

The Gengxu Incident dealt a huge blow to Jiajing's reputation and was regarded by Jiajing as a great humiliation. From then on, whenever he wrote the word "Di Yi", he would deliberately write the two words in small letters. It can be seen that the Gengxu Incident had always been on Jiajing's mind, and he could only relieve his inner depression through this method of spiritual victory.

This tribute trade lasted only one year before the Ming Dynasty regretted it and the war between Ming and Mongolia broke out again.

It was not until the fourth year of the Longqing reign that the Ming and Mongolia resumed their tribute trade through the Longqing Peace Agreement, and there were decades of peace between the Ming and Mongolia. This shows how much the Mongols valued and needed the trade with the Ming Dynasty.

"Let's go! Let's meet the Ming troops in Datong Town," said Dayan Khan.

More than 40,000 Mongolian cavalry also followed Dayan Khan and marched northward in a mighty force.

When he arrived at the place where the border troops of Datong Town were camped, he saw that the border troops of Datong Town had already begun to form a turtle formation, not seeking to kill the enemy but only to protect themselves.

Dayan Khan understood the situation as soon as he saw it. "These Ming people are waiting for reinforcements. There must be a governor behind them, leading a large army to rush over."

"Then let's quickly eat up this group of Han people before the Han army arrives." Bu Chi said excitedly.

Dayan Khan felt helpless and began to teach his grandson again, "The army we have assembled now can defeat this Ming army, but we can't defeat this Ming army like this. Do you know why?"

"Because there will be great casualties," Bu Chi said after thinking for a while.

"Yes, even if we have a great advantage in military strength, there will still be many casualties in this kind of battle. The most important thing is that those who can abandon their spoils and quickly gather around me after receiving my order are the tribes closest to us and most loyal to us. If these tribes suffer heavy casualties, then even if we win this battle, it will be a loss for us and will shake the foundation of our rule." Dayan Khan said patiently.

The law of the grassland is the survival of the fittest. The surname Borjigin is useful, but the prerequisite is that you have enough strength.

"Then what should we do? Isn't the Ming army about to arrive?" asked Bu Chi.

"The Ming army is waiting for reinforcements. Am I not waiting for the troops to gather?" Dayan Khan said with a sneer.

"Once we gather tens of thousands of troops, we can wipe out this Ming army in one fell swoop," Bu Chi said with a smile.

"We are not in a hurry. Even if a large force of the Ming army arrives, the initiative is still in our hands. Let's consume this Ming army in the next two days." Dayan Khan said, looking at the Ming army formation in the distance.

Bu Chi understood and immediately took the order and left. Soon a Mongolian cavalry of over a thousand people rushed towards the formation.

The distance between them was very far. Most of them ran to a place fifty steps in front of the Ming army formation and suddenly turned around, keeping parallel to the formation. Then they shot arrows into the Ming army formation, causing a commotion and several screams in the formation.

At this time, the Ming army also began to fight back with bows and arrows, firing bursts of arrows, but it had little effect against the high-speed moving Mongolian cavalry.

Dozens of Mongolian soldiers were even more scattered, and the more skilled and courageous ones ran to a distance of thirty steps from the Ming army formation, shooting arrows quickly, and some even rode on horses and made various provocations.

The muskets in the Ming army's formation fired, emitting bursts of white smoke. Some Ming soldiers fired their muskets due to nervousness, and many Ming soldiers in the formation also fired their muskets, but these unscaled shootings caused limited damage to the Mongolian cavalry.

The Mongols were consuming the long-range attack power of the Ming army. They knew very well that the Ming army with long-range attack capability was completely different from the Ming army without long-range attack capability.
(End of this chapter)