Chapter 630: Good News Spreads
Hami Acropolis.
On this morning, Liu Juntao, surrounded by the chief military officers of the Tiance Army, Niu Linghe, the chief military officer of Shaanxi Town, and the chief military officers of all towns in Beijing, and accompanied by the ministers of the shogunate, walked up to the south tower of the Hami Acropolis and looked out.
At this time, in the wilderness south of the city, more than 247,000 prisoners of the Turpan and the Qikeli tribe captured in the previous battles had been accumulated, and more than 300,000 people of the Qikeli tribe gathered in the Acropolis of Hami and more than 300,000 people gathered in the north of the city.
In the vicinity of the more than 247,000 captives, tens of thousands of Shaanxi town soldiers will be on standby, closely guarding these disarmed prisoners, and the officers and men of all departments of the Tiance Army are also assembled in formation, ready to deal with emergencies at any time; In the north of the city, the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp who had just arrived were guarding more than 300,000 people of the Qikeli troops.
"Bingxian, everything is ready, you can get started!"
Yan Hu said with his fists clasped in armor.
Liu Juntao nodded and said, "Let's start!" ”
Yan Hu saluted again, then walked forward with his head held high, stood on the head of the city and shouted loudly: "The battle is over, and when you surrender, you must obey my emperor's orders!" God has the virtue of a good life, so the imperial court decided to recruit you as soldiers, and in the future, you will serve our emperor and fight for him! ”
Yan Hu's words were repeated by the two hundred loud Tiance Army soldiers outside the city, and the voice spread from the city, and the more than 200,000 captives could all hear it clearly.
As soon as these words came out, the huge camp of more than 200,000 captives suddenly buzzed, and many people were so excited that they wept bitterly, and even knelt directly on the ground and began to bow in the direction of the city tower, and their lives were finally saved!
But there were also many captives who looked angrily in the direction of the city, and their faces were full of unwillingness and resentment!
Then, Yan Hu said loudly: "However, before taking in Er, we need to behead the henchmen of Gasilan and Sutan Ali on the spot to set an example!" Otherwise, where is the law of my great Ming? Where is the majesty of my Ming! Now you have a team of 100 people and a battalion of 1,000 people to immediately form a team and report on yourself the henchmen of Gasilan and Sutanali! Those who participate in the whistleblowing can be valued at the time of reorganization, and even given positions; Anyone who conceals it or does not report it, or who indiscriminately identifies it, will be beheaded on the spot! ”
After speaking, Yan Hu looked around, only to see that more than 200,000 captives suddenly quieted down, everyone's faces were hideous and tangled, and some people had even begun to look around, as if they were looking for something.
"Now, let's go!"
After Yan Hu roared, he said fiercely: "You have half an hour, once the time passes, you will have no chance, and anyone who refuses to execute will be beheaded!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the entire army of captives became chaotic, all the captives began to report and expose each other, and countless captives began to report their companions to the soldiers of Shaanxi Town near the left, and everyone began to turn their faces and deny people in order to survive, and even many people were correcting each other, and they were even fighting together.
Liu Juntao's method was not favored by everyone at first, after all, if those captives really did not participate in the report, or everyone talked nonsense, then the Ming army had no way to distinguish them.
But Liu Juntao thinks that everyone is too underestimating the sinister nature of human nature, more than 200,000 people can never be monolithic, as long as one person starts to report, the remaining hundreds of thousands of people will fall into madness, and no one can stay out of it!
Sure enough!
More than 200,000 people all began to report each other, and before half an hour, this huge report and exposure ended.
This time, the soldiers of the Ming army found more than 13,000 henchmen of Gasilan and Sutanali, most of these people are the surviving white-clothed iron cavalry and the Holy Sect guards, and the rest are officers and generals at all levels, all of whom are diehards of the two!
In addition to this, thousands of captives died tragically in the chaos, almost all of them killed by their companions in the middle of the fighting.
The thirteen,000-odd captives were soon brought out and held alone on the right side of the captive army.
"Now I need thirteen thousand eight hundred men to behead these henchmen of Gathran and Sutanali, who will!"
Yan Hu's voice sounded again, this time the captive army did not hesitate at all, since they had begun to report their companions, then everyone no longer had any scruples in their hearts, everyone was scrambling to act as the executioner, everyone could see that only by offering their loyalty to Daming could they fight a good way out, and those servant troops were the best examples!
It didn't take long for thirteen thousand eight hundred executioners to assemble, and in the midst of a burst of sword light, in the midst of the screams one after another, those henchmen of Gathlan and Sutanali were all in different places.
But before the captive army could breathe a sigh of relief, Yan Hu used the same method to identify more than 30,000 loyal Muslims from the captive army.
These people were unwilling to give up their faith in Islam, and when they heard that Liu Juntao would completely ban Islam, these people reacted extremely violently, and even many began to attack the guards of Shaanxi Town.
Soon, these die-hard Muslims also fell in pools of blood, and more than 30,000 executioners became naturalized Hu soldiers.
After two rounds of bloodbathing, about 200,000 of the 247,000 captives remained, and all of them were terrified, not knowing what their fate would be, and they were nervously waiting for the verdict of the Ming army.
Liu Juntao looked at these captives and said to Yan Hu: "Okay, let's announce it!" ”
Yan Hu clenched his fists to receive the order, and then shouted at the army of prisoners: "From today on, you are the prisoner army of my Ming Dynasty!" Your family and people will be held in Hamiwei. What you need to do is to fight everywhere for my Ming Dynasty, as long as you are willing to work the battlefield and be able to make war exploits, you can get merit points, these points can accumulate to a certain extent, you can be integrated into the official servant army of the Ming Dynasty, enjoy the treatment of the regular army, and have military salaries! Your family and people can also be free! ”
Hearing this, all the captives cheered, and such a treatment was already very lenient for the Hu people.
Among the Hu people, defeat means that they will be exterminated, the men and elders of their own people will be killed, and women and children will become slaves of others!
After being captured by the Ming army, as long as you are willing to fight hard, you will have the opportunity to let your people regain their freedom and become the official soldiers and horses of the Ming army, which is great news! After that, Liu Juntao led the Ming army of more than 200,000 troops to be stationed in Hamiwei, seized the time to gather the surrounding displaced people and tribes of all ethnic groups, re-set up forts and passes in the Hamiwei area, and strengthened defense facilities.
At the same time, Liu Juntao constantly ordered Shanxi and Shaanxi to transfer money, grain, and materials, all of which were transported to Hamiwei for hoarding.
Then, Liu Juntao wrote to Emperor Chenghua, thinking that Turpan openly sent troops to help Gaslan, which was equivalent to declaring war on the Ming Dynasty, although the king of Turpan Sutan Ali was beheaded by the Ming army, but this could not wash away the sins of Turpan, and the Ming army must give Turpan a thunderous blow!
At this moment, the Yao rebellion and the Jingxiang rebellion in Datengxia in the south of the Ming Dynasty were put down by the Ming army one after another, and the Ming Dynasty had settled down; The Dutch entrenched in Luzon could not bear the attack of the Ming Dynasty's privateer order, and took the initiative to send an envoy to ask for peace with the Ming Dynasty, and accepted the terms of indemnity and apology in the peace negotiation treaty.
As for the terms of the Ming Dynasty's request to cede part of Luzon's land and recognize the establishment of the Luzon natives, the Dutch still refused.
Liu Juntao's heart was happy, although the Dutch did not all agree with the terms of the peace treaty, but this can already explain the problem: the Dutch have begun to fear the Ming!
Liu Juntao wrote in a letter to Hu Dexing, the governor of Shandong, and Zhang Xiaojun, the chief military officer of Shandong Town: The Dutch must not be given any respite, as long as the Dutch did not sign the treaty of the Ming Dynasty, the navy and privateers of the Ming Dynasty would not stop fighting for a day!
At the same time, Liu Juntao also mentioned this matter in his recital to Emperor Chenghua, advocating that he should continue to maintain a tough attitude towards the Dutch.
And for the matter of leading the army into the Western Regions, Liu Juntao wrote in the memo: Now our army is reorganizing 200,000 captive soldiers and horses, and this soldiers and horses will be the first to advance into the Western Regions of our Emperor Ming Wang's division! Now that our army has sufficient strength, please choose a day to march into the Western Regions!
On the day that Liu Juntao was sent out, the soldiers and horses trained in the Shanxi and Shandong training camps also rushed to Hamiwei, Liu Juntao was overjoyed when he heard the news, and all these reinforcements were integrated into the various departments of the Tiance Army, and the battle losses and shortages of each department were all replenished, and the remaining thousands of men and horses were also temporarily supplemented into the various departments of Shaanxi Town and Beijing Camp.
At this point, the Ming army's soldiers and horses have been restored to 300,000, plus the 200,000 captive army that is being reorganized, the available strength of the Ming army has reached 500,000!
This news soon spread, and immediately terrified the forces of all parties in the Western Regions, and in just one month, more than 30 tribes sent people to ask for surrender, and more than 40 forces came to pay tribute.
However, there are also many forces that have begun to reorganize their armor and gather troops, and it seems that they are preparing to resist the upcoming attack of the Ming army, including the Turpan divisions that have been leaderless.
Liu Juntao wrote these things into a notebook, sent them all back to Jingshi, and reported them to Emperor Chenghua one by one.
Then, Liu Juntao smiled and said to the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army: "Now my Ming Dynasty has frequent good news, and these four battles have also ended with my Ming Dynasty winning all the battles, which shows that my Ming Dynasty is rising like the sun!" This time, you still need to make persistent efforts, and march westward with this constitution to recover thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Western Regions of our Han family!