During the reign of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, there had been talk of reclaiming the territory, but it had never succeeded.
Not only had it not succeeded, but many people had died.
There was no need to talk about the internal struggles of the Ming government. In any case, Xiao Ruxun did not have such trouble. If he said he wanted to reclaim the territory, he would reclaim it.
Destroying them and taking control of the Hetao region was tantamount to stabbing a knife into the belly of the Western Regions. The entire Ü-Tsang region would be threatened by the Daqin army, and the Chagatai Khaganate and Yarkand Khaganate would also be threatened.
And this land had previously been under the control of the Ming Dynasty. There was no need for a reason to reclaim it.
Therefore, when the war started, this would be the first target of the Northwest Corps of the Western Army.
And the first wave of attacks from the capital region, the Imperial Guard Corps, and the Guanzhong Corps led by Xiao Ruxun would mainly be the territory formerly owned by Lalik. After Xiao Ruxun destroyed 300,000 Northern Barbarians, this territory was not occupied by the Ming government.
According to the latest intelligence, this territory, which was located in the Inner Mongolia region, now had a large number of tribes living there. They were probably trying to avoid the bitter cold. The reason why they did not dare to move south was because the large number of forts in this area was too intimidating.
Although the forts that Xiao Ruxun had established had lost their effectiveness with the passage of time, they still had some influence and were still very useful.
And the Central Army led by Xiao Ruxun was going to reap the fruits of the war.
The main task of the Eastern Army, which was also known as the Liaodong Corps, was to slowly expand the territory of Nuer Gan and to separate some troops to destroy the Chahar tribe and seize the Chahar region.
Although Buyan did not have much influence, he was still a legitimate Mongolian Great Khan. Destroying him would be of great benefit to the complete destruction of the Mongolian Empire. After destroying him, the only target would be the Khalka Khaganate.
And the target of the alliance would be the Horqin.
The Horqin tribe's cleverness and obedience was the reason why Xiao Ruxun allowed them to live. Destroying Chahar required the Horqin tribe, which had been Chahar's enemy for many years, to provide some help, so Xiao Ruxun allowed them to exist.
Most of the land occupied by the Jurchen tribe had been controlled by the Qin Army. Including Chahar, there were no enemies in the northeast. Sooner or later, the Horqin tribe would be a piece of meat in Xiao Ruxun's mouth. Before that, Xiao Ruxun still needed their help to attack Chahar and Khalka.
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The military feasibility was great, and it greatly limited the possibility of the enemy in the west attacking the interior of Daqin.
After controlling the Mongolian Steppe, they could use it as a springboard to advance northward. Then, they could destroy the Khalka Khaganate, the largest force in Mongolia. Then, they could reach the Baikal Lake area, destroy the northernmost Buliyateda tribe, and control Baikal Lake.
Therefore, the goal of the second stage was to control Inner Mongolia and launch an attack on the Kharka Khaganate that controlled Outer Mongolia and completely annihilate it. The vanguard would stop at Baikal Lake and completely penetrate the nomadic tribes in the northern part of China.
At this time, the goal of the Northwest Corps was to destroy the Khalka Khaganate and the Khalka Khaganate, control the Northern and Southern Frontier, deter the Huite, Heshuote, and Torghut tribes in the north, and prepare to annex Ü-Tsang in the south.
The Liaodong Army of the Eastern Route was mainly responsible for cooperating with the main force of the Central Route led by Xiao Ruxun to attack the Khalka Steppe, destroy the Khalka Khaganate, and eliminate the threat of the Khalka Khaganate. In this way, the second phase of the Northern Expedition would be achieved.
The third phase was a major one. It would end with the complete destruction of the Northern Barbarians of the Western Desert, the annexation of Ü-Tsang, and the seizure of the entire Pamir Plateau. The western frontier of Daqin would need more than a little time and preparation. It might even take three to four years to complete the first and second phases.
But it didn't matter. Xiao Ruxun had time, patience, ability, and preparation.
When the army set off, he would begin to build a city on the steppe. Building a city, moving people, and preparing for grazing were important ways for him to control the steppe. Of course, the most important way was on wool.
For a long time, China did not use wool to weave clothes. The great economic and thermal value of wool sweaters were not known to the Chinese. It was not until the Westerners came to China that the Chinese began to weave wool sweaters.
Xiao Ruxun knew that in the early Ming Dynasty, there was a movement to enclose land in England. At that time, the Westerners described it as' sheep eating people '.
It was reflected in the new bourgeoisie's enclosing land in order to raise sheep. As a result, a large number of peasants lost their land and were unable to survive. Some starved to death, and some entered the factories as cheap labor. This was how capitalism was developed.
From this, it could be seen that this group of 'bourgeois revolutionaries' were no different from the aristocrats of the past.
The wool textiles of England had been very famous since the late 15th century. By the mid to late 16th century, it had already occupied 60% of the entire European market. This allowed the English economy to recover quickly after the defeat of the Hundred Years War. It also laid the foundation for the Great Voyage and Industrial Revolution.
Modern Chinese know that the prelude to the Industrial Revolution began with the Jenny Loom.
Before the English began to spin, wool sweaters and woolen products were the mainstay of their economy.
While Xiao Ruxun sent people to do business in France and Genoa, he also used a merchant ship to England to bring the widely used wool loom back to Daqin in the fifth year of the Long Wu Dynasty. He also brought back dozens of Flemish textile workers working in England and a ship full of English sheep.
After they arrived, they demonstrated the technology of weaving clothes with wool in front of Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun brought the important ministers to see. They were all very surprised when they arrived. They never thought that wool could be used to weave clothes. Soon, they realized the reason why the emperor did this.
So that was the reason. This was an important way to connect the grassland and the Central Plains.
Through the existence of wool sweaters, the grassland would become an indispensable part of the Central Plains and gain a lot of economic benefits from it. This was Xiao Ruxun's goal.
However, this was not enough. The Mongolian sheep were coarse wool sheep. The quality of the wool was relatively low. There was a lot of dead and coarse wool. The economic benefits were not that good. The Flemish workers said that the wool was worse than the wool they weaved in England.
Xiao Ruxun already knew this would be the result. That was why he asked the caravan to buy a large number of English sheep.
He planned to use the Mongolian sheep as the female parent to try to improve the breed. He was the first to start breeding and improving the breed in Northern Zhili. When this project was successful, the grassland would truly become an inseparable part of Daqin.
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