Chapter Ninety-Four: Involving the Fortunes of the Country
Wang Bao strothed the two people beside him, and then said to Zhu Biao: "With your identity, you don't hesitate to take such a big risk, it must not be just for us people, right?" Shangdu Shou is my old department, you can easily open the city gate with my handbook, and destroy my Dayuan in one fell swoop, how about it? ”
Zhu Biao squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said, "But, then ask the king of Henan to start writing!" ”
Wang Baobao didn't smile at all when he heard this, and he smiled after being silent for a while: "As soon as this king dies, what hope can Dayuan have?" ”
Liu Bowen had already asked people to prepare pen and ink, and asked a soldier to send it to Wang Baobao, and the letter was written in a short time, and Zhu Biao led the people to put it away.
Zhu Biao nodded to Wang Baobao with a solemn face and said: "King Zhongxiang and the father and son of the King of Henan have been in the Yuan Dynasty for dozens of years, but it is a pity that they were born from time to time, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty was destined to pass away. ”
Wang Baobao turned around and patted his younger brothers and sisters on the shoulder, wanted to say something but didn't say it, turned around and looked at Zhu Biao and said thank you, then looked at the sky and said a few words in his native language, and suddenly drew a knife to cut off his neck.
Zhu Biao and the others watched all this silently, Wang Baobao fell into his sister's arms, his mouth kept spitting blood foam, he wanted to breathe but couldn't do it because his throat was cut, looking at the crying sister in front of him, his eyes showed pity, and then he thought about his magnificent life and lost consciousness.
Some of Wang Baobao's pro-soldiers frantically attacked the Ming army, just seeking to die in battle, and some of them bowed to Wang Baobao's corpse and then drew their knives to kill themselves, and in the end, only the pair of brothers and sisters and hundreds of pro-soldiers were left in the audience to cry at the deceased Wang Baobao.
Zhu Biao ordered someone to carry out Wang Baobao's corpse, then looked at the rest of the people coldly and said, "Your brother and commander are dead, what are you waiting for?" ”
Wang Baobao's younger brother Timur gritted his teeth and looked at Zhu Biao and said: "My eldest brother has already exchanged our lives with everything, is your dignified prince going to be treacherous!" ”
Zhu Biao ignored him, turned around and waved his hand, with their resentful curses, everything was over, none of the people brought by Wang Baobao survived, the war was like this, the loser had nothing.
In the end, Zhu Biao instructed: "How can the heroic man die without a funeral companion, bury his younger brothers and sisters beside him, and those righteous men who killed themselves." ”
Zhu Biao never thought of keeping Wang Baobao's sister, unless Wang Baobao was not dead, in order to tender him, Zhu Biao might be willing to accept the prototype of this "Zhao Min", but unfortunately, Wang Baobao died.
Zhu Biao glanced around, and all the soldiers saw that the last enemy was dead, so they slowly relaxed, and one by one they changed from hideous expressions back to numbness, and now they just want to eat and sleep.
Zhu Biao naturally knew clearly, looked at everyone and said: "Now if you want to eat, go to eat, and if you don't want to eat, you can stand aside, follow the team back to the camp to rest, and have a good meal at night!" ”
Very few people went to eat, and many more wanted to go back to the safety and familiarity of the barracks.
Zhu Biao asked the injured person to go for treatment immediately, but unfortunately there are no antibiotics now, and more often it depends on the will of God.
The casualties of the rear army were very few, so they cleaned up the battlefield, and when they saw the mending knife that was not dead, it was not to make up for the other party, and they had to go up to give a good time if they were not saved.
There are still many things to do, such as collecting weapons and fleeing horses, and sending people to take over Beiping City.
Zhu Biao himself also felt exhausted, and instructed many scouts to contact the front army, and then returned to the original garrison camp with Liu Jin and others.
He took off his armor under Liu Jin's service, although there was no blood on his body, but his underwear was also soaked with sweat, today's weather was by no means hot, these were all cold sweats, and after taking the water bladder and drinking a few big sips, Zhu Biao closed his eyes tiredly.
This sleep was muddy, his mind was full of all kinds of bloody scenes, and he even dreamed that he and Wang Baobao's positions were reversed, he was besieged by the group, and finally reluctantly raised his sword to cut himself......
When he woke up again, it was already early the next morning, Zhu Biao got up, patted his cheek and walked outside, and his eyes were a little blackened by the bright sun.
Liu Jin was walking over with steamed buns and ginseng chicken soup at this time, and when he saw Zhu Biao, he hurriedly said: "Master, you woke up, the slave saw that you didn't sleep well last night, so she specially boiled chicken soup to replenish your spirit." ”
Zhu Biao actually had no appetite at all, but it was true that he was weak, and he obediently ate and drank enough, so he cheered up and asked Liu Bowen about the casualties of the troops.
Zhu Biao listened to Liu Bowen's words silently, Zhu Biao's 50,000 Chinese troops were killed in nearly 30,000 battles, and there were more than 10,000 wounded, which were still slightly injured and not counted.
The losses of the rear army and reinforcements were very small, probably more than a thousand, and the Hou Mei Sizu of Runan died in battle, and the Hou Xue Xian of Yongcheng was seriously injured and died, they were originally from the rear army, but the Chinese army needed the generals at that time and transferred them, but I didn't expect ......
Zhu Biao closed his eyes and said: "Their sacrifice is worth it, the palace will take care of their children, and the same is true for the soldiers, you notify me, everyone's military salary will be doubled, the dead soldiers will be tripled, and the fields will be given according to merit, and they will be allowed to retire from the army and return home to farm!" ”
Liu Bowen bowed down and said, "If they can really get the land and return home, they will definitely be grateful to His Highness!" ”
Zhu Biao smiled and didn't speak, the little kindness of the superior will be thanked by Dade, which is also quite interesting.
However, Zhu Biao does intend to disband a group of troops, as long as the Northern Yuan Dynasty is completely destroyed this time, then the Ming Dynasty's henchmen will be gone, and the rest of the place can be solved in a few years.
After the Ming Dynasty pacified the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the biggest problem was by no means those separatist forces, they were just grasshoppers after the autumn, and they couldn't jump for a few days.
Years of famine and war have led to a sharp decline in the population, the land is desert and uncultivated, and the people have not yet developed the psychological inertia of loyalty soon after the establishment of the dynasty.
At this time, both ordinary ministers and ordinary people were still in chaos, anxiety and uneasiness, the people's hearts had not yet been adjusted, and the society was still in a period of incomplete stability.
The ruling upper echelons need to adjust the redistribution of power within the ruling class, and they have to face the problems of repairing and redesigning the entire bureaucratic system, turning politics, adjusting the country's major policies, and how to solve the increasingly serious problems of bureaucratic corruption.
If one generation of rulers and two generations of rulers can effectively solve these problems, the dynasty can achieve a smooth transition, and finally break through the dangerous shoals of history and turn to calm waters, often creating a century-old foundation.
If one generation does not have time to solve many difficult problems, and the second generation is not capable enough, then it will be difficult for the dynasty to overcome the bottleneck of the second generation and eventually fall into the fate of the country.
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