War Chronicles Special 001: the Race for Overlord: the Ming-mongolian War
by Li Huguang
About This Novel
Although the Yuan Empire, which came from the Mongolian grasslands and relied on cavalry, declined in the mid-to-late fourteenth century, the cavalry was not obsolete and still played an indispensable role in the wars between the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. The emerging Ming Dynasty unified the Central Plains by force. Over the next half century, it sent troops to take the initiative many times, deep into the Mongolian grasslands, and launched aggressive strategic offensives against the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty who had fled back beyond the Great Wall, with few defeats. However, since Ming Renzong, the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, succeeded to the throne, he turned from offense to defense. The Mongolian tribes made a comeback and went south to confront the Ming army. By the time the sixth emperor Ming Yingzong came to power, due to his incompetence in running the army, hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northern Expedition were completely defeated in the decisive battle of Tumubao. The famous minister Yu Qian was ordered to face danger and won the battle to defend Beijing. Unfortunately, he died due to internal struggles. For more than a hundred years, the Ming and Mongolian sides faced each other, sometimes at war and sometimes at peace.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
Without racial discrimination, the Mongolians have not contributed much to civilized society. Let's not talk about modern science, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. They may not have invented dairy technology. The dairy industry in Europe, Tibet and other places is probably not worse than them. The rest is war and conquest. Needless to say, the Mongolian light cavalry was invincible in the Middle Ages, but apart from destruction and plunder, it seems that they really did not achieve much. The Hualezimo civilization was completely wiped out. The originally fertile Guanzhong, the birthplace of the Central Plains civilization since the Han and Tang Dynasties, collapsed. Even the Xixia civilization with its unique style in the Western Regions was finished. Han culture, which was quite developed in the Song Dynasty, such as navigation, metallurgy, and textiles, all declined greatly.
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Official(1)Scraped 11d ago
Without racial discrimination, the Mongolians have not contributed much to civilized society. Let's not talk about modern science, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. They may not have invented dairy technology. The dairy industry in Europe, Tibet and other places is probably not worse than them. The rest is war and conquest. Needless to say, the Mongolian light cavalry was invincible in the Middle Ages, but apart from destruction and plunder, it seems that they really did not achieve much. The Hualezimo civilization was completely wiped out. The originally fertile Guanzhong, the birthplace of the Central Plains civilization since the Han and Tang Dynasties, collapsed. Even the Xixia civilization with its unique style in the Western Regions was finished. Han culture, which was quite developed in the Song Dynasty, such as navigation, metallurgy, and textiles, all declined greatly.
