Chapter 226: After the Massacre

Zhu Qizhen rarely had emotions in this matter, he would rather kill the mistake than let it go, and he was extremely severe, but what Cheng Guogong did was to protect his subordinates, and taught the generals involved a hard lesson, and then rectified the situation, so that he could get by in front of Zhu Qizhen. He also killed a few of the most excesses as scapegoats.

In this way, where can we truly eradicate the problem of smuggling by border troops?

It's specific on Tianchengwei.

Part of the shortfall in Tianchengwei's weapons was left over from before. That is, part of the smuggling case was pressed back then, and the other is that in recent years, it has been germinated in a solid state.

And Tianchengwei's situation, is it a special case?

Probably not.

Therefore, in the face of the greatly improved siege ability of the tile spur, because the tile spur plundered many Han craftsmen, and even many firearms were controlled by the Han people. Tianchengwei is a little unbearable, which is also very normal.

It's just that no matter how urgent Tianchengwei urges, it is urgent.

Meng Ying stood still and came at her own pace.

The reason is simple, the tile spur has the initiative on the battlefield.

As soon as Meng Ying's department came out of Juyong Pass, he was in the sight of the tile spur to stop the horse. The cavalry of the Ming army also sent a lot of cavalry to drive it away, so that the suppression of dozens of cavalry, or even less cavalry, was never cut off near Meng Ying's department.

Meng Ying was very clear. With his ability to maneuver, he can appear abruptly in front of the army at any time. Whether he was on the march or encamped, he had to be prepared for everything.

The army is in danger at any time.

Tianchengwei is not worth mentioning compared to the safety of the army, what he has to do is not to save Tianchengwei, but to contain the main force of the tile spur, at least not to let the main force of the tile spur ignore him.

If anything happened to the main force under his command, it was something even more terrifying than the loss of the ten Heavenly Guards.

Such a situation was not unexpected.

also chose to attack Tianchengwei first, not necessarily to lure Meng Ying to go the extra mile, and then ambush him halfway.

As for the upright formation of the Ming Army, it is also very self-aware. Even if it can be captured, it will definitely be a pyrrhic victory.

Just looking at the way she looks now, Meng Ying is cunning, her mind is calm, and her heart is hard and ruthless, and there is no need for Chengwei to keep it this day.

Although the Ming army's infantry formation is very difficult, it is always necessary to give it a try.

also said first: "Pass the order down, general attack." ”

Three days later.

Meng Ying came with a large army to say Tianchengwei.

Tianchengwei is in the same city as Zhenyuwei, that is, there are two guards in this city. According to the establishment, there are at least more than 10,000 guards, and as for their families, Yu Ding, and those who are still begging for a living here, there are at least tens of thousands.

And at this moment, the Tiancheng Acropolis, the four doors are open, the smell of blood, the smell of corpses, is coming.

It's summer, and countless flies gather in swarms, buzzing like dark clouds. After they couldn't hear the human voice, they all flew away, and for a moment it seemed that countless corpses were moving.

It's not the corpses that move, it's the flies on the corpses that move.

Meng Ying led the generals and generals to enter the Tianchengwei from the east gate of the Tianchengwei that was wide open.

None of the corpses have been reined in, and they still look like they are dying.

All the men above and below the wall, and on the long streets, were strong men, either armoured or unarmoured, or slain by swords, or slain by bows and arrows.

The death is endless, and the misery makes people unbearable to look at it directly.

And through the open portals on both sides of the long street, I saw that there were many corpses of women and children in the large and small courtyards. And the corpses of women are mostly naked.

Their corpses were still silently talking about the atrocities they had suffered before they died.

And in the middle of the long cross street, that is, in the middle of the entire Acropolis, there is a bell and drum tower, which seems to have not been snatched because the bell and drum were too big.

On the bell and drum tower, there are a string of human heads hanging side by side, all of whom are generals in the Acropolis.

Meng Ying is accustomed to life and death, and even when he followed Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition when he was young, he did not kill people, and he had even seen the entire tribe kill women and children together.

The essence of war is pure violence beyond all limits.

Meng Ying was not surprised by this, but at this moment, his heart was still nameless, because he was the one who killed others, when was it the turn of the clown to offend Da Ming.

However, Meng Ying's anger did not leak out at all, and there was still no feeling in his eyes, indifferent as if it was today's daylight.

There is no sorrow or joy in the Tiancheng Acropolis after being slaughtered.

Meng Ying said lightly: "Send the order down, let the various departments clean the city, and place the corpses, and today we are stationed in Tianchengwei." He raised his head, looked at the human head hanging on the bell and drum tower, and said, "Bury all of these." ”

"Yes." The generals below immediately agreed in unison.

"General, the last general is invited to fight." Wu Jin came out of the ranks and said loudly.

At this moment, Wu Jin is already an important general among tens of thousands of cavalry. The speed of promotion can be called a rocket.

But Wu Jin would rather not.

Because of the reason for his promotion, part of it was because of his merits, and the next battle in Datong City was indeed beautiful. The other part was the death of his father and uncle.

The Wu brothers died so tragically that even Zhu Qizhen was moved when he heard about it. Although Zhu Qizhen did not directly say that he wanted to promote Wu Jin's official, he had already approved Wu Jin's attack on the knighthood, as long as this fight was completed and the Ministry of Returns went through a process, he would be a Ming Gongshun uncle.

There are even rumors that even this name will be changed.

Without him, Gongshun, Zhongning, and other names, it sounds good, but they are all for the Mongols, which seem to be wooed and rewarded, but in the bones, there is still a feeling of differential treatment.

Therefore, after this battle, it is likely that Wu Jin's Gongshun Bo will be replaced with a normal title, as if Meng Ying's Baoding Marquis and the like.

Wu Jin's promotion is a reward for the Wu brothers.

But for Wu Jin, he would rather go to be his thousand households.

My father still has a head sent back, and he can only carve a body with fragrant wood for burial, and as for the second uncle, there are no bones, so he can only use the clothes in front of him to make a clothed mound.

The Wu family is in the capital, and suddenly he has become the eldest one, taking care of his mother and aunt, and comforting his younger brothers and sisters.

This hatred is like a sea of blood, so Wu Jin's injury has not yet healed, so he hurried to the army, and he is the most decisive towards the tile.

"I said that anyone who dares to ask for war will be dealt with by military law, don't you know?" Meng Ying frowned slightly.

Meng Ying sent troops to rescue Tianchengwei, but the progress was slow, and many people in the army were dissatisfied. Many people asked for battle, and most of the lower-level generals of the Ming army would not understand Meng Ying's trembling, and would rather not win than be defeated.

He just saw that Meng Ying was as timid as a mouse and fearful of the enemy like a tiger. It's just that Meng Ying has the endorsement of the emperor, and he still has soldiers and horses under his command, so he can hold down the position.

This is what makes the whole army, whether they are convinced or not, at least orally.

Because there is an endless stream of people in the army who invite war, Meng Ying specially ordered that if there are any more people in the army, they will be dealt with by military law.

Wu Jin said loudly: "As the Marquis of Baoding, the general inherits the shadow of his father and ancestors, receives the grace of His Majesty, serves on the battlefield, fights to the death to repay the favor of the king, and relieves the suffering of the people of Xuan, but sits and watches and wanders, only marching thirty miles a day, even if the tile spurs attack my city and kill my people, I don't know if there is knowledge under the Gongquan of Tengguo?" I don't know how to feel, but if the general has a shameful heart, he should go into the army, go straight to the Vaspur camp, and fight a decisive battle with it. ”

"In this way, even if the last general dies in military law, he will not complain."

"Bold," without waiting for Meng Ying to speak. Someone immediately reprimanded Wu Jin.

Wu Jin almost pointed at Meng Ying's nose and scolded, what are you doing when you gave birth to you? Many people reprimanded Wu Jin in order to protect Wu Jin, after all, when Meng Ying gets angry, I'm afraid things won't be easy.

The two brothers of the Wu family died in battle, and they were extremely heroic, although many people in the army had no friendship with the Wu brothers, they were willing to take care of Wu Jin.

"General, Wu Jin is talking nonsense, please forgive me, general."

"General Wu Jin is crazy, please expel him from the army."

For a while, there was nothing to say.

Meng Ying's eyes swept over everyone indifferently, and everyone only felt that their breath was stagnant, and they didn't dare to speak more. For a moment, the surroundings became quiet.