Hearing this, everyone suddenly woke up, and many Mongolians immediately agreed. There are also humanitarians: "Listen, the Ming army in the south has already shouted again to surrender and not kill." The army in the north, although it was also the Ming army, but they did not surrender, so I think it is better to go to the south to ensure it. ”

With this proposal, the Mongols who could move got up one after another. Said: "Yes, let's go to the south and surrender to the Ming army over there." The people in the north did not speak, and when the time came, they did not accept our surrender. We want to run again, but it's too late, let's go. ”

Immediately, many people followed to the south to surrender, and all those who left threw their weapons on the ground. Then he ran to the south with his bare hands, very worried that he would go too slowly, and then he was entangled by the Ming army chasing from the north. There are still nearly 2,000 people, and they really can't run anymore. Many of them were the first to enter the canyon, running at the front of the line.

ran all the way to the mouth of the canyon in the south, but was blocked by the Manchurian Eight Banners at that time, and did not leave the canyon. Later, he followed Badali's team and ran all the way to the north. All told, they've run a round trip along the canyon, and the road they've walked in the morning, and these people don't want to move at all right now.

Seeing that everyone else left one after another, the Ming army behind them was getting closer and closer. Immediately, he didn't care whether the Ming army would accept their surrender or not, and knelt directly on the official road. When Li Gui and his men came with a large army, all of them kowtowed and begged for mercy and surrendered to Li Gui's army. When Li Gui and the others saw this, they were also overjoyed, and they hurriedly asked the soldiers to take care of these people and confiscate all the weapons that fell on the ground.

In fact, Li Gui and Jia Si's subordinates are now also at the end of the crossbow. Since last night, I have been running all the way for more than 100 miles, and after arriving at Beixia Pass, I have been busy arranging the defense line and searching for dry firewood and forage. Until now, he has been nervous, and now he has chased the Mongol army for two or three miles. If it weren't for the high training intensity of the Restoration Army, and Li Gui's subordinates had the foundation of the Ning Army, it is estimated that these people would have been tired and lying down.

But even so, Li Gui and Jia Si's subordinates could only make some auxiliary attacks, and did not directly attack the Mongol army at all. It's not that they don't want to, it's that the army is now incapacitated. Jia Si's people also dared to travel more than ten miles from the mountains, and then dug a trap for an afternoon.

At this time, the combat effectiveness has also declined greatly, and it is already very good to be able to scare these Mongolian troops at once, and there can still be a battle with the Mongolian army. That's why so many plans were made before, using fire attacks to force back the Mongol army.

Now seeing that the Mongols surrendered, the two of them were begging for it, so they hurriedly shouted loudly: "Surrender and don't kill, Daming Wangshi, talk counts." "The Mongol army, who had already been frightened, didn't want to fight when they heard this. No one thought about a series of unreasonableness of the Restoration Army, and they immediately surrendered on their knees, and no one resisted at all. Li Gui immediately asked the soldiers of the Restoration Army to put away all the weapons, and then watch these people.

Other Mongols who went south soon met Zhu Youdong and others who went north. From afar, they shouted, "We surrendered, no more fighting." He shouted and raised his hands to indicate that he had come to surrender and was unarmed. The 30,000 Mongol army was finally wiped out in one day by the cooperation of the Restoration Army and the surrendered Manchurian Eight Banners.

At that time, Zhu Youdong saw a large number of Restoration Ming attacking the Mongol army, but it was 5,000 Mongols who were besieged. After a long battle, the Mongols were exhausted, and now the Restoration Army had come to reinforcements. The army's heart suddenly collapsed, and it was soon attacked by the Restoration Army, and Zhu Youdong took the opportunity to let the Restoration Army shout: "Surrender and don't kill." ”

The Mongol army, which had no way out, and the Han people had always been more trustworthy, immediately surrendered the Mongol army. Seeing the surrender of the Mongol army, Zhu Youdong asked the Restoration Army here to collect the prisoners as soon as possible. He himself took a thousand Restoration troops and hurried north.

What Zhu Youdong didn't think about was that he didn't run far before he saw a large number of Mongolian troops coming from the north. Before Zhu Youdong could attack, these Mongol troops shouted from afar: "Don't fight, we surrender." Zhu Youdong saw these running Mongolian troops and didn't dare to let them get close. Immediately, the Fuming army shouted: "Squat down on the spot if you surrender, otherwise you will be killed." ”

These Mongols originally came to surrender, but now when they heard the roar of the Restoration Army, they all immediately stood up and then squatted on the spot, waiting for the Restoration Army to accept the surrender. Even Zhu Youdong didn't expect that these Mongols would be so crisp and easy to make these Mongols surrender. Zhu Youdong didn't dare to believe it, nor did he dare to be careless, so he asked the soldiers of the Restoration Army to come forward and take these Mongols into custody as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the Mongols didn't want to resist anymore at this time, so they obediently obeyed the command of the Restoration Army and squatted in place. After a day-long battle, now once relaxed, everyone felt hungry and thirsty. Even if there is no Restoration Army to take care of them, they don't want to move anymore, and they will still resist there. Zhu Youdong felt that he was short of manpower and wanted to send troops to gather some Restoration Army. Jia Si from the north came over with a large army, just in time to cooperate with Zhu Youdong to guard these prisoners.

Then the Restoration Army gradually gathered from all over the place, and finally took care of all these prisoners. Only then did Zhu Youdong feel relieved, and now the Restoration Army is also exhausted. After a long march and battle, it has also reached the limit of the Restoration Army.

After Zhu Youdong relaxed, he found that it was already a treetop on the moon. There was no time to count and listen to the reports of all parties, so Zhu Youdong asked the prisoners to return to the camp. The army close to the North Gorge Pass went directly to the North Gorge Pass, and they didn't even have time to clean up the battlefield, so they let the army return to the camp to rest as soon as possible.

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the army began to regain its spirits. It was also at this time that Zhu Youdong asked people to clean up the battlefield and sent people to Tongcheng to gather the people. Cleaning up the corpses on the battlefield, it's now mid-May. If one of these corpses is not disposed of, it is easy to cause a plague.

It was not until the evening that the statistics of the ministries were completed. Jiang Chaolai reported: "Your Highness, our casualties this time are not very large, and the total casualties of each department are about five thousand. When Zhu Youdong heard this, he immediately said: "This is not a big loss?" The Mongol army was 30,000 men, but there were still so many casualties in the calculations of our parties. It seems that the combat power of our army has decreased. ”

Feng Shuangli said: "Your Highness's requirements are too strict, destroying 30,000 Mongol troops, capturing nearly 10,000 Mongols, and nearly 40,000 war horses. Such a loss is already a big victory, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, such a big victory, I am afraid that only the two ancestors and ancestors can do it. ”

Liu Zhen on the side also said: "King Qingyang is right, we can wipe out 30,000 Mongolian troops with 5,000 casualties, this is definitely a big victory." Your Royal Highness, when the King of Jin was the king, although they also won battles, they didn't actually win much. ”

Speaking of King Jin's victory, Feng Shuangli, Li Gui and others all echoed it. Zhu Youdong said: "It's not that I'm asking too much, if we don't count the casualties on both sides, there will be material consumption." Even if we won the battle, but let the Qing soldier still flee back, then what is the meaning of our victory, and what is the use of us? In a few days, they will be able to form a large army to attack, and our losses have not yet been compensated. In the long run, we will only get weaker and weaker. ”

Jiang Chao next to him said: "Yes, just let the Manchus retreat, what's the point?" All you want is to kill one of them and throw away their armor. Zhu Youdong glanced at Jiang Chao and said, "That's the purpose, but we can't ignore our casualties." ”

Feng Shuangli said: "Your Highness, don't worry too much, although we have 5,000 casualties, there are about 1,000 wounded soldiers, and they can still return to the battlefield after treatment." Of course, Zhu Youdong knew about this situation, and he was too entangled in the matter of casualties.

Immediately, Zhu Youdong said: "These Mongolian soldiers, if you don't use them, they will be wasted." Not only that, but we also have to keep the army to watch over them, so it's best to integrate them into the army. Feng Shuangli said: "Your Highness, these Mongols are the best source of cavalry, if they are organized into a separate army, our cavalry combat capability will be greatly improved." ”

Liu Zhen also said: "Yes, with these Mongolian cavalry, we can quickly compete with the Qing army in the north in the future." What's more, most of the troops in the north are now cavalry combatants, and it is difficult to pose a threat to them if they only use infantry. ”

Even Jiang Chao said: "Your Highness, I also think that these Mongols should be organized into an army separately. Zhu Youdong smiled and said: "Now that they are organized into an army, of course, we will quickly have a cavalry unit." But this is more than worth the loss for us, because they have always been a Mongol army, not a Han army. ”

Everyone didn't understand, Feng Shuangli said: "Your Highness, even if they are all armies formed by the Mongols, they are also the army of the Ming Dynasty." Since it is the army of the Ming Dynasty, why is it not the army of the Han people? When the others heard Feng Shuangli's words, they all nodded, thinking that what Feng Shuangli said was very reasonable.

Zhu Youdong said: "I said that they are not Han troops, of course there is a basis. Think about it, the Duoyan Sanwei formed by Chengzu at the beginning, they also contributed to the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that they are also the army of the Ming Dynasty, according to why they are not too young, they began to show their fangs to the Ming Dynasty. Not only could he not protect the Ming Dynasty, but he also harassed the Ming border from time to time. This is not the cavalry army I want, what I want is an army that is truly proud of the Han people and proud of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Facing Zhu Youdong's words, the few people present didn't understand it at all. Isn't such an army the same as the army loyal to the Ming Dynasty? What's the difference? Jiang Chao said: "Your Highness wants to build the Restoration Army, and turn these Mongolian cavalry into a part of the Restoration Army?" ”

Zhu Youdong nodded and said, "Although what you said is not entirely true, it already has that meaning." Now in my Restoration Army, there are Han people, Miao people, Yi people, and some other people of different nationalities, and even some other people who have voluntarily changed to Han Chinese. But they all have a common identity, that is, the Restoration Army, the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Feng Shuangli said: "Your Highness wants to change the Miao people, so that these Mongols give up their original Mongolian identity and change to Han Chinese?" Zhu Youdong said: "Yes, and we must completely assimilate them, so that they are the same as the Han people." Even in the future, they have to let their families and clansmen change together. ”

Faced with Zhu Youdong's request, everyone was stunned. Zhu Youdong said: "When the Tang Dynasty was in the beginning, how majestic my Han people were, and how rich and prosperous the Central Plains were. But just because they pay lip service to their allegiance and surrender in front of them is paralyzed. Finally, the Han people have experienced more than 200 years of war, and the Han people in the north have been living under the iron hooves of the Hu people all the time. ”