Chapter 163: Mobei Lament

The next day, the results of the battle of Mobei were officially announced, the court was in chaos, no one thought that it would be the final result, even if it was known that King Ning went deep into Mobei, but the courtiers were still confident in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, plus Ying Guogong and Dingyuan Marquis personally commanded the troops to rescue, the worst result was just a victory or defeat, but I didn't expect Ying Guogong to die on the battlefield, which has never been seen since the founding of the country, the previous Guogong, such as Wei Guogong Xu Da, E Guogong Chang Yuchun, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, Wei Guogong Deng Yu and so on are just sick and died, Even the rebellious Liangguo Gong Lanyu did not die on the battlefield. More than 80,000 soldiers were buried in Mobei, and the killed and wounded Mongols were probably in the early 50,000s, counting the pursuit and wounding of Bu Wan, the capture of the Duke of Yingguo, and the battlefield casualties. It doesn't seem to be much, but the actual impact is very different, the cost of recruiting the Ming soldiers is far above the Mongols, and the Ming Dynasty lost the elite, but the Mongols are far from harming the fundamentals, whether it is the western Warat, or the eastern Mongolian headquarters, the loss is not large.

For a while, the recital of accountability flew like snowflakes, and some wanted to investigate the responsibility of Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, as well as the responsibility of Guo Ying, Li Jinglong and others, advocating that they be punished and comforted by the Ming soldiers who died in battle; Others want to hold King Ning accountable and advocate punishment by cutting the knight; Others believe that the emperor's grandson will not use troops, but he forced the army to go to war, and finally failed miserably, and he must bear the corresponding responsibility; There are even those who let Zhu Yuanzhang make an edict against himself, and so on......

But no one wants to hold Fu Youde responsible, in all fairness, there is nothing wrong with Fu Youde's command, and he finally died on the battlefield, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that the responsibility lies with King Ning, in addition, Wang Bi, Guo Ying and others did not break through as soon as possible, and they also have a lot of responsibility, Fu Youde has done his best, so the result can only be said that God has made people.

Three days later, the disposition of the imperial court came out, Fu Youde posthumously crowned the king of Lijiang to commemorate his exploits in Pingyunnan, and his son Fu Zhong took the title of Duke Yingguo; Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, was fined for one year and demoted to the governor of Tongzhi to see the after-effects; The Marquis of Dingyuan, Wang Bi, won the title, made meritorious contributions, guarded Daning, and was not allowed to enter the Great Wall forever; Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, was fined for three years, guarded Guangning, and assisted the King of Liao; Shanxi Xingdu Division commanded Tongzhi Chen Xuan to guard Datong;

In addition, Zhu Quan, the king of Qianning, was in Yunnan, and his age was reduced to 2,000 stones; Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, moved to Daning and commanded the armies around Daning.

In addition, there are several inconspicuous disposals, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, lives in Fengyang and cannot go out of the city if he has nothing to do; The commander of the Shanxi Xingdu Division made Qu Neng return to Beijing to recuperate, and served as the governor of the Chinese army; The commander of the Taisun Left Guard made Zhang Lun return to Beijing and reorganize the Taisun Left Guard, because the Left Guard was almost gone.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's order, the Ming army moved north one after another to replenish the Guancheng along the Great Wall, so the activities of the Wara army became more and more difficult, and the intensity, effect, and plundering of its raids became less and less. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was slandered loudly outside the city, the garrison in the city did not fight, and finally the Mongolian army gathered outside Kaiping again to discuss the next countermeasures.

The Great Horde of Uhaqi.

Wang Xing first said: "Great Chief, how was the Great Khan's military meeting?" ”

"Not how? The Great Khan made the old mistake again, he didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and he still wanted to let the Ming Kingdom hand over Harguchuk, but now he was under the city of Kaiping and refused to retreat north. ”

"Big chief, although the Ming army suffered heavy losses this time, but the Ming country has a large population, although it is not enough to go out of the city to fight, but there is no problem in defending the city, our army has been running for a long time, and it is already very tired, if the Ming army seizes the opportunity to counterattack, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses, so the small suggestion is to withdraw as soon as possible to avoid accidents."

Uhaqi said "um", then picked up the wine glass, stood up and bowed and saluted: "This great victory, Mr. Wang is a great meritorious, according to your suggestion, our army will collect Lele carts and wool in advance, and finally trap the Ming army, otherwise maybe the Ming army will retreat, and our army can only return in vain, if so, my Uhaqi will be disgraced, and I will have no face to lead Warat again." ”

Wang Xing hurriedly stood up, bowed down and saluted: "Big leader, the small one is just a suggestion, thanks to the big leader's strength, this matter was made possible, and the big leader is the first credit." ”

Wuhaqi laughed, took Wang Xing's hand and said: "Mr. Wang, I, Wuhaqi, am not a person with a small belly, I remember all your credits, plus your sacrifice to the blue jade and the children's songs you sang outside Kaiping City, so that the morale of the Ming army in the city is low, and we can grab so much food and so many Han slaves." ”

"Therefore, this chief wants to reward you heavily, and now that Mr. Wang is alone, I have asked people to go to the Han slave to select four beautiful women, and I will be transferred to serve you in a while; In addition, when I return to Warat, I will choose the beautiful woman of the tribe to be your wife, and I will officially canonize you as my Warat's military advisor. When I establish a country, I will make you a national teacher, are you willing? ”

"Thank you, Great Chief!" Wang Xing was overjoyed, then fell to his knees, burst into tears, touched his chest with his hands, and solemnly swore an oath: "Wang Xing is alone in custody, and the fugitive is so valued by the great chief, it is the blessing of Wang Xing, and Wang Xing's wish in this life is to assist the Lord and become a generation of meritorious deeds." Here, the king swears that he will always be loyal to the great chief, assist the great leader to become Genghis Khan, unify the desert, and enrich the four seas! ”

"Good!"

Mobei, captive camp, night.

When Erleboke and Uhaqi went south, they left 5,000 Warat cavalry to guard the prisoners, and the cavalry of the 5,000 Golden Family was responsible for capturing the Ming cavalry who were hiding in Tibet on the steppe, and called on Mongolian herdsmen to help capture the Ming army. This method was very effective, the Ming army was defeated, the team of hundreds of people was very small, mostly dozens or less, these people were vulnerable to the captured cavalry, but the small group of Ming troops were often pursued and captured by the herdsmen, and a large number of prisoners were gradually taken to the prisoner camp.

Now there are nearly 10,000 people in the prisoner camp, all naked, shivering from the cold, and all their clothes and armor have been stripped off by the Warat army and placed in the Warat military camp next door.

Batur, the commander of the Warat cavalry who was in charge of guarding the captives, was sitting and drinking with a man, and the two of them were talking in Mongolian, and the old man opposite was not very fluent in Mongolian, but he could also communicate.

Batur raised his neck and drank a glass of wine, exhaled with satisfaction, and said with a confused look in his eyes: "General Chen, how do you feel about being a courtier of Dayuan after thirty years?" ”

"General Batur," Chen Heng quickly stood up, nodded and said: "The little one has always been the courtier of Da Yuan, and he has just been lying on his salary for so many years, looking for opportunities to serve Da Yuan, and now his long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, it is really comforting to be old." As he spoke, he stood up and arched his hand to the south: "This is all the Great Yuan Emperor Hongfu Qitian." ”

Batur sneered in his disdainful heart: What kind of thing is Emperor Dayuan? I am only loyal to the big chief, this Chen Heng is really brazen, and the change of court is so natural, it is breathtaking. However, his suggestion was really good, strip the captive, and the captive immediately did not resist much, saving Lao Tzu a lot of effort.

Chen Heng was surrounded at the same time as Liu Zhen and Wu Jie, and Wu Jie picked up the knife and was about to kill himself: "As the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, I can't fall into the hands of the enemy." But Chen Heng knocked Wu Jie unconscious with one palm, killed Liu Zhen with one sword, and surrendered to the Mongolian army. After the surrender, he called on the Ming army to surrender, actively advised the Mongols, achieved great success, and was finally left here to assist Batur in the care of the prisoners.

Chen Heng performed for a long time, and found that Batur didn't react, and he didn't feel embarrassed, but said something to say: "My lord, this Hai'er Chi hasn't sent a prisoner for three days, nothing will happen." ”

"What could happen? The Ming army was all stragglers and vulnerable. This guy is a womanizer.,I'm afraid I went to which Mongolian tribe to spend all day drinking.,Recently, I heard that several tribes were slaughtered.,Maybe it's this guy who pretends to be a public servant.,Rob the beauty and grab it.。 ”

"Hehe, that's, that's, how can Hai Erchi compare with adults? Adults are strict with self-discipline and heroic martial arts, so that they can win the trust of the big leader and give them important responsibilities. ”

"Hehe," Batur was a little drunk, stood up and pointed at Chen Heng and said: "Old fellow, even if you have eyesight, Lao Tzu is loyal to the big leader, how can you be compared to a two-five boy." ”

"That's, that's!" Chen Heng smiled forcefully on his face, but he regretted it a little in his heart, how could he be greedy for life and afraid of death at that time, and surrendered to the Mongols, these barbarians are no longer the Great Yuan of thirty years ago, they are rude and rude, and they have no demeanor of the Great Yuan Empire.

At this moment, the guards came to report: "General, General Hai Erchi has returned, captured a large number of prisoners, and asked to enter the camp outside." ”

"Hai Erchi?" Batur shook his head, waved his hand and said, "Have you checked the password and waist card?" ”

"Yes, it's indeed Hai'er Chi-sama himself."

"Then let them in." Speaking of this, he turned back to Chen Heng and said, "General Chen, let's go out to meet this Hai Erchi, this guy is arrogant, if he starts a temper, it will not end well." ”

"Hmm," Chen Heng had no choice but to stand up and walk out with Batur.

The two men went out of the tent and went to the door. Suddenly, there were shouts of killing in front, and several tents were also set on fire. Batur was furious: "What is this Hai Erchi going to do, do you want to fucking grab armor and prisoners?" Come on, copy the guy and fuck him. Commanding the people around him, he rushed forward.

But Batur was caught off guard, Hai Erchi had already prepared, and they used a very strange thing, which would explode if thrown on the ground, and the tent would burn at once, and people would either die or be injured if they encountered it. Batur's soldiers were quickly routed, even Batur himself was killed, and Chen Heng was captured alive.

Chen Heng looked at the young man in front of him, closed his eyes in pain, and sighed: "How could it be you, Geng Xuan, why are you here?" ”

"Hehe, General Chen, it's been a long time, and I didn't expect to see you here." Geng Xuan fiddled with the steel knife in his hand and sneered.

Chen Heng didn't know what to say, and Geng Xuan didn't speak, but rode on a horse to observe the surrounding situation.

After a while, the fire was extinguished, but the camp next door rang out with earth-shattering cheers. Geng Xuan smiled slightly and said, "General Chen, let's go and meet our robes together!" He turned and walked away.

Chen Heng was about to speak, but was pushed by the soldier behind him, and the soldier spat in disgust: "Old thing, hurry up, want to die?" "Pull it up and push it forward.

At the gate of the prisoner camp, Chen Heng met the person he least wanted to see, Wu Jie, Marquis of An Lu. Wu Jie only wore single clothes, and his son Wu Sheng supported him by his side. When Wu Jie saw him, he shook his head, his eyes were complicated, and said, "Chen Heng, what else do you have to say now?" ”

Chen Heng lowered his head: "Becoming a king or defeating a king, there is nothing to say." ”

Wu Jie looked at him for a while, tears flowed out, and he turned back to Geng Xuan and said, "Virtuous nephew, he is just confused for a while, give him a good time." ”

"Well, well, pull it down and do it immediately!" Geng Xuan hesitated slightly, but executed happily.

Chen Heng looked at Wu Jie gratefully: "Thank you, thank you!" This kindness will be repaid in the next life. ”

Wu Jie waved his hand and turned to leave.

An hour later, Geng Xuan set fire to the prisoner camp and the remaining armor, and then picked out 5,000 people who were in better physical condition to form an army, commanded by Wu Jie, Marquis of Anlu, and the remaining 3,000 people were in poor health, Wu Sheng sent 1,000 people to escort them to the east, through Yang Wen's camp, back to Daming.

Originally, Geng Xuan wanted to hand over the command to Wu Jie, but Wu Jie refused, and finally decided to let Geng Xuan command.

Geng Xuan led Wu Sheng and Qiu Zengshi to annihilate the 10,000 troops of Hai Erchi and Batur within ten days, rescued more than 8,000 prisoners, and lost less than 1,000 people.

During the military discussion, Geng Xuan said: "According to the information collected, there is no formed Mongolian army around Yuerhai, so our army can let go of its hands and feet, I decided to eliminate the war potential of the Mongols, we now have more than 10,000 people, drive the Mongolian tribes in a fan shape, whether it is the elderly, children, women or cattle and sheep, all rush to the other side of the river, if it is too late, they will all be killed." When the Mongols return, I hope there are no living creatures in this steppe, can you do that? ”

"Yes!" Wu Sheng and Qiu Zengshi got up to receive the order, and An Luhou Wu Jie also nodded yes.

A brutal catastrophe unfolded in Mobei, with billowing smoke and miserable cries for help and cursing everywhere, but the sturdy men of the tribe had already gone south, and they had no power to fight back. A large number of Mongol tribes were razed to the ground, the people of the tribes were slaughtered, and the remaining people were driven by cavalry, driving cattle and sheep over the Great Khing'an Mountains, along the river to the south, and finally to Shenyang.

The most brutal massacre was Wu Jie's former captive army, who suffered from the abuse of the Mongols, and after being rescued, they killed almost everyone on sight, and after five days of slaughter, they slowly calmed down and began to drive the Mongols away. However, An Luhou Wu Jie has since been named the "Bloody Butcher", which makes him smile bitterly, but he is helpless.

A month later, there was no one around Yuerhai, and Geng Xuan and others returned over the mountain. At this time, the first Mongol cavalry returning north had just appeared on the horizon.