The people of the Ao Han tribe naturally heard the news, but under the encirclement and suppression of the 20,000 Ming cavalry, they could only escape partially. The herd, which was the foundation of the tribe, was naturally gone.

Unlike the conquest of several other tribes, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to seize the cattle and sheep from the Ao Han tribe, and all of them were not killed, and they were driven back.

In this regard, Wu Sangui and the others were worried, afraid that the pursuers would arrive, and it would be troublesome.

"It's okay, they didn't come back that quickly." Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to them, "This time I will go back and reward your merits, do you want me to reward you with beef or a ploughing cow?" ”

As soon as they heard this, all of a sudden, the soldiers of the Ming army were all energetic, looking at the eyes of the herd, it was a little star.

For farming peoples, it is needless to say how important it is to plough cattle. Even if manpower can plough the land and is not afraid of getting tired, the effect is far less good than that of an ox plowing the land. A cow in an ordinary farmer's house is estimated to be worth all other belongings.

If the Ming soldiers take a cow back, the farm work at home will be much easier, and the harvest will be much more, which is the hope of ordinary people! What's more, every time the emperor wins a war, there will be a field reward, as long as you fight with peace of mind, there will be no shortage of fields at home.

On the way back to the pass, the soldiers of the Ming army were secretly discussing with each other.

"It's really easiest to fight with the emperor. No, I can't eat it and take it away! ”

"This is following the emperor out to fight, it feels like it is the New Year, and there is meat to eat!"

"Haha, it's not! But I think the most important thing is that the emperor said that he wanted to bring us all back, you see, this time we went out of the customs, how many people died in total? As far as I've heard, it seems like fifty people? Or sixty? ”

"Yes, yes, even if you count the seriously injured and dead, there should be no more than two hundred!"

“……”

Naturally, they won't care, Emperor Chongzhen took them to fight this kind of war with meat to eat, which is actually a one-shot deal. At least from the Urad tribe to the Korqin tribe in eastern Mongolia, cattle and sheep are rarely seen on the steppe.

If the Ming Dynasty allows it, it will not be available until a few years later.

…………

There was a prior notice that would not be received at night, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, led the civil and military ministers of Shanhaiguan to all go out of the customs from afar.

Although they were all mentally prepared, when they saw that the emperor was driving countless cattle, horses and sheep back, they were all stunned: The emperor led the army to the grassland, didn't he go to war, but to graze?

Hong Chengchou and the others suppressed their surprise and hurriedly went to greet Emperor Chongzhen and welcome the emperor's triumph, and their hanging hearts could be put down.

At the same time, Hong Chengchou played respectfully: "Your Majesty's great victory, the mighty grassland, in the future, all the tribes of the grassland will definitely retreat, and they will no longer dare to approach my Daming border pass!" ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "These tribes should not be able to retreat, if they don't go to Jianyu to save their lives, they can only starve to death on the grassland, or they can only vote for me unconditionally!" There will be no other way out! ”

When Hong Chengchou and the others heard this, they were taken aback again. Listen to the emperor's meaning, this is to cripple several tribes in eastern Mongolia?

He Renlong and the others followed behind the emperor, and when they saw their surprised looks, they all expressed the emperor's martial arts, of course, their own credit.

Hearing them say this, Hong Chengchou and the others knew that these cattle and sheep were not from several tribes, but only from the last Ao Han tribe. As for the cattle and sheep of the other tribes, they were eaten by the army. Even because of the weather, some beef and mutton are going to spoil, so they can only be thrown away.

While sighing in his heart about wasting so much meat, Hong Chengchou was also a little curious, so he asked about the casualties.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his face suddenly became serious, and he shook his head slightly.

As soon as he saw the emperor's expression, Hong Chengchou immediately understood that with such a big result, the casualties on his side were really not small. But in retrospect, this was already a rare big victory, and it is understandable that there were a little more casualties.

At this time, the army was winding in, and Hong Chengchou and the others couldn't count it, so it was not surprising that they had this kind of thought.

Just as I was thinking about this, I heard Emperor Chongzhen say solemnly: "This time I went out to the grassland, a total of 221 people were killed and 565 were wounded. I thought I could bring them all back, but I couldn't do it after all! ”

"......" When Hong Chengchou heard it, even if he was exquisite, he was speechless for a while.

A total of so few casualties, this is not satisfied? I still want to bring them all back, although you are the emperor, but even if you are the Jade Emperor, I'm afraid you can't do this, right? Your Majesty, just pretend!

Actually, Hong Chengchou really misunderstood Emperor Chongzhen, he really didn't pretend!

For souls from the Hereafter, every human life is precious, and it is his expectation to bring everyone back as much as possible, but he has not been able to do it.

Compared with Emperor Chongzhen's failure, whether it is Wu Keshan or Ao Han Bandi, or the patriarchs of other tribes, looking at the ruined camp, and the clansmen who just save food and have eaten almost the same, it is like pouring a large bucket of cold water on their heads in winter.

Emperor Chongzhen gave them this hand, so that they could not pursue the Ming army at all, and they had to have a headache for the next thing.

These old and weak women and children who are waiting to be fed in the clan are the family members of the army they lead, and they cannot be abandoned at all. However, if you can't abandon it, if you don't have cattle, horses and sheep, what will you eat next?

In the face of such a predicament, if they are really worried to a certain extent, then Wu Keshan and others will definitely be white-headed.

In desperation, most of the tribes made the same choice and asked for help from the Qing Dynasty!

After all, the Qing Dynasty was their alliance leader, and before, at the call of the Great Qing Dynasty, they sent the elite of the clan to Liaodong to help the Qing Dynasty fight. As a result, your own nest was ended, and you are always responsible for it, right?

Based on this idea, Wu Keshan and others led their respective tribes, almost all the way to graze, and rushed to Liaodong to ask the alliance leader to be the master.

Among them, the Ao Han tribe is an exception.

Ao Han Bandi sat for a whole night, and then looked up at the starry sky, and no one was seen, just quietly thinking about things.

When he received Hong Chengchou's letter, he had actually thought about it.

But at that time, he thought that he was the concubine of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty was strong and had a deep memory. The courage and good fighting of the Qing soldiers are also listed. Although the Qing Dynasty had a temporary defeat before, the foundation is still there.

On the other hand, he didn't believe that Ming Guo could be reborn and suddenly become strong again. Today's situation is just a return to the past. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty had entered the customs three or four times, and the Ming army had no power to fight back at all, so they could only let the Qing Dynasty plunder the population and materials.

Every time, he has entered the customs with the Qing army, and the memory is still very deep, before Azig left the customs, he also asked people to write a sign to the Ming army behind him: All the troops are exempt! If the Ming army really wanted to be strong, how could it be so humiliated by the Qing Dynasty?

However, this time, Ao Han Bandi led the army to aid Liaodong, he was a caring person, secretly observed the situation in Liaodong, and immediately found that it is difficult to say whether the Ming army was strong or not, but the Qing Dynasty really encountered a huge predicament.

In the past, as Huang Taiji's concubine, he had been to Shengjing many times. Every time I go, I can see that there are many Han slaves working on both sides of the official road and in the fields in the Qing Dynasty. On the official road, people come and go, and it is also relatively lively.

But this time, he accompanied Duoduo to the hinterland of Liaodong to encircle and suppress the Dongjiang Army cavalry, and there were many places in the country through the Qing Dynasty. However, he didn't see how many Hannu there were. This is not the places that were destroyed by the Dongjiang cavalry before, as for the Dongjiang cavalry passing by, not to mention the Han slaves, even the people of the Qing Dynasty rarely saw it, and it is said that they were all killed by the Dongjiang cavalry.

The population of the Qing Dynasty was originally small, and it was raided by a cavalry army once, and I don't know how many years it will take to make up for this loss.

In addition, there is another very important situation, that is, there is a serious shortage of grain and grass in the Qing Dynasty. This time, when he returned to the steppe and went to ask Duoduo for food, he already understood this.

He only had a little bit of food to get, and this was not a big Qing Dynasty, but he really couldn't get it. He was very sure of this.

Thinking of this, Ao Han Bandi couldn't help but ask himself, if he took his clansmen to Liaodong and asked the Qing Dynasty for help, would the Qing Dynasty have the ability to live so many clansmen?

For this question, he can only sigh! Thinking that the Ao Han tribe was going to die in his own hands, he couldn't help but let out another long sigh......

The guards who were on guard around Ao Han Bandi saw their patriarch, looking up at the starry sky, sighing from time to time, and then sighing again......

Sad!

Ao Han Bandi's neck was sore, and when he lowered his head and looked around, he could clearly perceive how low the morale of the tribal warriors was! Looking further afield, he saw that the people in the open air did not even have a yurt, huddled together, and did not feel sleepy, because he heard a faint cry.

"Alas......" Ao Hanbandi sighed again, couldn't bear to look at it again, and looked up at the starry sky again.

If you want to preserve the tribe as much as possible, or if there is still a way to go, it is to return to the Ming Dynasty! After all, in this world, Da Ming is the richest. Although there are many people in his own tribe, but on the side of Daming, it is just a drop in the ocean!

However, he is a big Qing forehead and has two children, who were also born to Princess Gulun. If you submit to the Ming Dynasty, is it really possible? Will the Ming Emperor believe his sincerity?

At this time, Ao Han Bandi didn't think about it, it was the Emperor of the Ming State who led the army to beat his tribe like this. Because on the grassland, the law of the strong is king, and the weak eat the strong. Being beaten like this by the Ming army can only show that the Ming army is strong!

Thinking of this, Ao Hanbandi lowered his head and looked at a sign in front of him, which still knew a few Chinese characters, which he still recognized, and the words "blood debt and blood repayment". This is the attitude of the Ming Emperor!

Now that I think about it, the letter from the governor of Jiliao is probably the meaning of the Ming Emperor. Alas, if I had understood this, maybe I would have been more cautious! But now......

Ao Han Bandi thought left and right, thought and thought, and the spirit of the whole person could be clearly seen, and it seemed to have withered a lot.

When the eastern sky revealed the white of the fish's belly, Ao Hanbandi, who had not slept all night, was awakened by the crying movement of the child. Although the parents of those children are trying to comfort them and prevent them from crying, but the children are crying too much, and the movement is a bit big after all.

Ao Han Bandi, with red eyes, looked at the clansmen in the distance, without saying a word, and his expression slowly became a little hideous.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting: "Get out of the way, don't get in the way of this palace!" ”

"The prince has an order, no one is allowed to disturb ......" Before the guard could finish his words, a crisp slap sounded.

Ao Han Bandi looked at this scene, and suddenly shouted coldly: "Let them come over!" ”

Hearing this, the guards finally flashed to the side and let Princess Gulun and her two sons over.

Instead of sitting down, Ao Hanbandi stood up. But after sitting for too long, my qi and blood were not smooth, I didn't stand firmly, and I almost fell.

Princess Gulun came to him at this time, and asked a little angrily, "Why do you even want to stop the main palace?" Today we must give this palace an explanation, otherwise, this palace ......"

Before she finished her words, she saw Ao Han Bandi pointing to the distance with his hand and said: "I am the patriarch of the Ao Han tribe, can the Qing Dynasty give the future of the Ao Han tribe?" ”

At the beginning, he married Princess Gulun in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, it was all for the Ao Han tribe.

When Princess Gulun heard him speak, it was not the kind of meekness that she usually used to be meek to him, but with a hint of annoyance, which made her immediately feel very dissatisfied, followed his hand, turned her head to look, and found that he was pointing to the old and weak women and children of the Ao Han tribe in the distance and their families who had just returned.

Suddenly, she also pointed with her hand and said hatefully: "It's just old and weak women and children, it's even more important than this palace?" Have you forgotten that this palace is a Qing Dynasty ......?"

Before Princess Gulun finished speaking, she heard a "bang", which seemed to be the sound of a sword unsheathed, and she subconsciously turned her head.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a pain in her chest, and when she looked down, a knife was stuck in her chest. And the person holding this knife is Ao Han Bandi.

Suddenly, with an incredible expression on her face, she looked up at Ao Hanbandi's blood-red eyes, and wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything, and slowly fell to the ground.

"E-Niang ......"

When her two sons saw this, they couldn't help but be frightened, and shouted loudly and pounced.

The surrounding guards were also stupid when they watched this scene, and they didn't know why the patriarch wanted to kill Princess Gulun.

But at this time, I saw that Ao Hanbandi "brushed" two knives again, and killed his two sons.

Princess Gulun's return before her death made her finally ask with a sigh of relief: "Why...... Why? ”

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