Father can be an enemy to the country

"Oh? What's going on?" Zhu Zhen was alerted by the words and stretched his neck to ask, "Is it the location of the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"

"That's not it, but it's not much different." Zhu Di lowered his voice and said, "This year, the north suffered from extreme cold. The Northern Yuan Dynasty and Nahachu's troops had to go south to avoid the blizzard. Now they should be in the northeast."

"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded. He was about to say that he also felt that this year was particularly cold, but then he thought that he had never spent a winter in the north in his life, so he closed his mouth.

"But the Northeast is so big, and it's all forests and snow. We can't send troops rashly. We must have a clear destination." He changed his words.

"That's right." Zhu Di nodded and said, "Although there is no specific whereabouts of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty court, we have found the location of Nahachu!"

"That's also good!" Zhu Zhen was excited when he heard this: "If we can kill him, the blow to the Northern Yuan Dynasty is no less than the death of Wang Baobao!"

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Thanks to the former Mongol Empire, the Mongolian tribes are widely distributed, from the northeast to the northwest, from the grassland to the northern desert. But most of them have been taught very honestly by the Ming Dynasty. Only the Northern Yuan Dynasty court in the northern desert and the Wuliangha tribe in the northeast still insist on opposing the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the Wuliangha tribe is not a genuine Mongolian, but a Khitan ethnic group assimilated by the Mongols during the Yuan Dynasty. Although they have been Mongolianized, they still retain some of their own customs. For example, the hairstyle is still a tuft of hair on the forehead in the Khitan style, not the bald braid of the Mongolian.

The two sides have never been in agreement. Even during the heyday of the Yuan Dynasty, the Wuliangha people rebelled a lot. But when the Northern Yuan Dynasty was lingering on, they turned into filial sons and grandsons of the Mongols. All this was because of the appearance of one person, Nahachu.

Nahachu is a descendant of Muhuali. Muhuali was one of the four famous heroes under Genghis Khan. He made great contributions to the establishment of the Mongolian Empire. He was also named "Marshal King of the Capital Province" by Yuan Taizu for his merits, commanding the areas around Xing'an Mountains. He was granted an oath, allowing his descendants to "pass on the country from generation to generation."

After that, Muhuali's descendants inherited the title of King of Dongping, became the King of the Northern Border of the Yuan Dynasty, and guarded the northeast for the Mongolian Yuan Emperor. The relationship between him and the Wuliangha tribe was similar to that between the King of Liang and the Duan family of Dali in Yunnan.

Nahachu was the younger brother of the last King of Dongping. During the reign of Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty, he was a Wanhu of Taiping Road. In the 15th year of Zhizheng, he was captured by Zhu Yuanzhang's army. Because he was a descendant of a famous family, he was released and returned to Liaoyang.

When Nahachu returned to Liaoyang Province, the Red Turban Army was marching into the northeast, and even his elder brother was killed by the peasant army. As the heir of the King of Dongping, Nahachu actively gathered the remnants and led the Wuliangha tribes to suppress and massacre the Red Turban Army. It was recorded in history that "the Liaodong bandits were all wiped out".

After recovering Liaodong for the Yuan Dynasty, he was appointed by Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty as the Minister of Liaoyang Province and occupied the Shenyang area.

Later, when Xu Da went north to fight, Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty fled to Jiming Mountain. Nahachu went to see him and offered wine, meat and military rations.

Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty was deeply moved, so he promoted Nahachu to the left prime minister of Liaoyang Province. A few days later, he was given the titles of Taiwei and King of Kaiyuan, and handed over the entire Northeast to him.

Although Emperor Shundi of the Yuan Dynasty himself became a dog without a home, the strong never complained about the environment. For a real capable person, it is brilliant with a little sunshine. Nahachu then sent people to the pass under the banner of Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty to spread propaganda everywhere. He described himself as a brave and warlike hero who saved the country like his ancestor Mu Huali, and summoned "talents from all over the world" to gather in the northeast to assist Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty in "restoring the homeland".

This was like a beacon in the dark night for the officials, generals and troops of the former Yuan Dynasty who suddenly lost their country and felt at a loss, so they flocked to the northeast and continued to gather under Nahachu's command, and Nahachu's strength gradually grew.

And Nahachu also used these former Yuan elites to still rule the majority of the Wuliangha tribe after the demise of the Yuan Dynasty. It can be said that "the Yuan Dynasty fell, and Nahachu was full".

As a result, this management master had hundreds of thousands of people stationed in Jinshan, and his strength was even stronger than that of Emperor Shundi of Yuan Dynasty. Wang Ting and Wang Baobao's Northwest Army became the most powerful forces of the former Yuan Dynasty.

Later, Wang Baobao, who really wanted to restore the Yuan Dynasty, fought with the Ming army several times, but he always stood on the sidelines to preserve his strength.

Zhu Yuanzhang also keenly noticed the ambiguous attitude between Nahachu and the Wuliangha tribe, and instructed Xu Da to try not to attack the Northeast by force, but to focus on appeasement.

However, just like Boss Zhu's misjudgment of King Liang, he didn't seem to understand the thoughts of the Mongol princes and nobles. Unless it was absolutely necessary, how could these guys who thought they were noble surrender to the lowly former slaves?

So Nahachu was like a scumbag, always hanging on to Boss Zhu, an honest man, for more than ten years. In the end, he still lived with the Northern Yuan Dynasty court. The two sides, one in the east and the other in the west, formed a horn and supported each other, and had no intention of divorce at all.

Honest people naturally lose patience sometimes, and Boss Zhu did not fail to order Xu Da to deal with Nahachu. But Nahachu and the Northern Yuan emperor were taught by the same master, and the most familiar of the thirty-six strategies was to run away.

The Ming army attacked the Northeast several times, and Nahachu fled at the sight of the wind, without even the idea of ​​resistance. He usually stayed in Baicheng, which was later Jilin. When the Ming army came, he fled directly to Heilongjiang, or even to the Greater Khingan Range. How could you expect the Ming army to chase him?

Of course, the Ming army was not without gains. By the end of this year, they had established twelve guard posts in the Liaodong region, stationed 75,000 troops, and completely occupied the 'ancestral foundation' of Nahachu.

As for why they only occupied Liaodong and didn't continue to go north to colonize. The reason is simple. It's too damn cold further north... The Ming army from Guan Nei really can't survive the long winter north of the Liaohe River.

But this was enough for Naha. Although he still occupied the vast Songnen Plain, it was the pasture of Wu Liangha. As the saying goes, 'The vassals of my vassals are not my vassals.' In fact, it was the leaders of the Ulliangha tribe who had the final say.

Liaodong is the root of Naha. Without Liaodong, he would have no foundation. The seemingly huge force has actually lost its cohesion.

At this time, Xu Da opened a sales market in Liaodong and summoned various Mongolian ministries that were willing to cooperate to trade. The Uliangha people responded most enthusiastically. They are originally people who have subjugated their country. There is no loyalty at all. They are just mothers if they have breasts.

The house was leaking and it had been raining for a long time. At this time, the royal court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty severely cracked down on exchanges with the Ming Dynasty. As a result, all the tribes of Wuliangha and even the original tribes of the Yuan Dynasty surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. It was said that "from Liaoyang to Shanhaiguan, people surrendered in an endless stream" '.

"One of the recent surrenders is Naarawu, a former confidant of Nahachu. He told his father-in-law that Nahachu will spend the winter in Gyeongju this winter! Moreover, the mountains are now blocked by heavy snow, making it difficult for cattle and sheep to travel. They will not be able to move before spring. The place has changed!" Zhu Di said to Zhu Zhen excitedly: "Do you know where Qingzhou is? It's less than a thousand miles away from Peiping!"