Chapter 44: The Death of the Golden Family
Elebak soon woke up, but he did not get angry with the three women because of what happened before, but continued to get along with them as usual. But in order to protect themselves, the three women formed an alliance and kept an eye on Erlebok's movements, because they were afraid of Xu Zengshou, the man who executed the Mongolian concubine with a raise of his hand.
Xu Da is a person with a strong sense of dedication, and he only had his first daughter at the age of thirty-one, which is Xu Yihua. After another six years, that is, when he was thirty-seven years old, he had his first son Xu Huizu (the initial name was Xu Yungong, and later changed his name to Xu Huizu because he avoided Zhu Yunwen's ridicule), when Xu Huizu was born, his father Xu Da was the general of the expedition and led an army of 250,000 to conquer the Northern Yuan. It can be said that except for the eldest daughter Xu Yihua, Xu Da's children were all born with golden keys.
But just like the older men and women of later generations, when Xu Da died at the age of fifty-four, his son Xu Huizu was only seventeen years old. After the seventeen-year-old Xu Hui inherited his father's title, he became the pillar of the Xu family. The heavy pressure made Xu Huizu quickly become old and serious. Because he is Xu Da's eldest son, Zhu Yuanzhang is very important to him, giving him a lot of opportunities to exercise, and often goes out of Beijing, so that his younger brothers and sisters are unsupervised, and they all become lawless, Xu Zengshou is a typical example.
So Xu Zengshou is essentially a reckless and reckless person. Just like in another time and space, he was found to have delivered news for Zhu Di, and was finally stabbed by Zhu Yunwen in the court. This kind of thing is really not like a high-ranking official who is a high-ranking official, there were many people who delivered news to Zhu Di at that time, but there are only a few people who are so rampant and so unscrupulous like him, otherwise with Zhu Yunwen's temperament, it is difficult to imagine that this kind of thing will be done. Of course, Xu Zengshou's adventure was also an achievement, Zhu Di posthumously named him the Duke of Dingguo, and his descendants inherited it to the end of the Ming Dynasty and died in the hands of Li Zicheng.
If a different person is in Xu Zengshou's position, he will never dare to execute the Mongolian concubine, the concubine is equivalent to the queen, how can a single Taiwanese commander be able to deal with it? But Xu Zengshou not only did it, but also did it neatly and neatly, without dragging his feet.
Although Xu Zengshou is reckless, he is not stupid, he knows that the eldest brother will not come, such a big fire, the eldest brother Xu Huizu must have run away; Jidu Mountain is at least more than 1,000 miles away from here, and it takes four or five days for fast horses to gallop. And this fire not only burned more than 1,000 of his subordinates, but also lost most of the military rations, and there were not many bows and arrows that could be used, and what was even worse was that the grenades were almost gone, adding up to only more than 100. If it weren't for a trace of sanity, Xu Zengshou would have done it with Erleboke.
Xu Zengshou stood on the high platform, looking at the four thousand soldiers below, as well as the Mongolian Great Khan Elbok. He paced a few steps and said sadly: "Brothers, we are now facing a desperate situation, we are short of food, grass, bows and arrows, and even armor, and more importantly, we lack war horses, if there are no war horses, we will not be able to return to the capital mountain, we will not be able to return to our hometown!" ”
"But," Xu Zengshou drew his saber and raised it high: "We are warriors, we have knives in our hands, we can rob them, we can kill them, if anyone stands in our way, it is our enemy, what should we do with the enemy?" ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill! The soldiers were all driven by Xu Zengshou, raised their swords and guns, and shouted: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”
"Yes, kill them all!" Xu Zengshou raised his saber and continued: "Now, I order you, use the saber in your hands to find food, war horses, and drinking water, now after the fire, there must be many tribes migrating, and they are your target." ”
"Remember, in this sortie, you have to forget that you are soldiers, you have to remember that you are robbers, all you have to do is rob and kill! Do you understand? ”
"Understood!" "Understood!"
"Very well, so what are you waiting for?"
"Listen to my orders, get on your horse, and attack!"
"Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!"
In response to the sound of the tsunami, the black-armored cavalry turned and roared away, and they wanted to use their sabers to get a way for the whole army.
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The Xu brothers brought a tragic disaster to the Mobei grassland, Xu Huizu conquered Helin, set fire to it, and slaughtered nearly 30,000 Mongols, and at the same time, the fire of the grassland dragged the people in the southern part of the grassland into a sea of fire with the help of the wind; This sea of fire has caused Xu Zengshou's elite soldiers to lose two percent, not to mention the tribes that are migrating and looking for a place to spend the winter; Often, they were able to escape only a few of their strongest, and there were few horses, flocks, or carts left.
But hungry and cold, they soon ushered in another sack, Xu Zengshou's cavalry was like hungry wolves, bloody grassland, robbed the herdsmen's only remaining cattle, horses and sheep, plundered the strong to take care of the wounded of the Ming army; As for the old and weak, women and children are often left to their own devices. Without the protection of their tents and men, these old and weak would soon freeze and starve to death in the bitter cold wind.
After plundering, most of Xu Zengshou's subordinates had horses, and there was no need for two people to ride one horse like before. Seeing this scene, Xu Chang Life Cycle moved forward at full speed and quickly returned to Yudu Mountain.
To Xu Zengshou's surprise, there was no tribe chasing after him, which meant that no one came to rescue Erleboke, which made him very puzzled and didn't understand the reason, but the more he was puzzled, the more he had to move forward quickly.
But five days later, more than 200 miles away from the Yudu Mountain, Xu Zengshou and his party were surrounded by more than 10,000 cavalry, led by Chahatai, the leader of the Zat department, who gathered more than ten small tribes to make up these horses.
There were quite a few people in the Zat Division, more than 5,000 people, but fortunately, all the Mongolian people were soldiers, and there were more than 2,000 strong men and women combined, so when the Ming army fought in the grass valley, the Zat Department not only defeated the Ming army, but even captured a few prisoners.
After priing open the captive's mouth, Chahatai learned of the Great Khan's capture and was pleasantly surprised. As an aspiring Mongol, he has always admired the great khan's heavenly power and sincerely hopes to have the opportunity to serve the great khan.
Therefore, as the messenger of the Great Khan, he spread the grassland and called on the grassland tribes to work together to save the Great Khan. Once the Great Khan is rescued, there is a reward. After hearing the news that the Great Khan had been captured by the Ming army, most of the nearby tribes put aside their prejudices and answered the call. As Chahatai followed the Ming army all the way, more and more Mongols gathered around him, and soon exceeded 10,000 people, but the quality was uneven, and Chahatai served as the commander of the coalition as the envoy of the Great Khan.
When he heard that the Ming army was only more than 3,000 people, his subordinates asked for battle, feeling that his army of more than 10,000 was enough to defeat the Ming army and save the Great Khan.
Looking at the tribal leaders who were actively asking for war, Chahatai had a headache, these small tribes had never seen the world, thinking that fighting a war was a group fight, and a large number of people could win. But was the Ming army so easy to deal with? If nothing else, to say that they were able to catch the Great Khan is enough to say that it is capable of it.
Of course, there are some old tribes who advocate waiting, waiting for more tribes to gather, and then do it. However, this opinion is not the mainstream, because some people pointed out that some time ago, the Ming army had occupied the Yidu Mountain, which some herdsmen had seen with their own eyes; Now it is less than 100 miles away from Yudu Mountain, and if you don't do it, it will be too late.
After thinking about it, Chahataisi decided to do it, but he asked the Mongolian cavalry to attack with bows and arrows at a distance as much as possible, and not to fight head-on with the Ming army, which also won everyone's approval, long-range attack is a good thing, and it is best not to die.
After being surrounded by three times the enemy, Xu Zengshou did not panic, he could see that there were some rabbles on the opposite side, but when he sent cavalry to drive away the Mongols, he found that the Mongols immediately retreated, and they did not linger; But when the Ming army retreated, the Mongols continued to get close to the Ming army like kraft candy, attacking with bows and arrows.
Seeing this scene, Xu Zengshou immediately lifted Erleboke over, put a steel knife on his neck, and then faced the Mongols, and said loudly: "Get out of the way of Lao Tzu, get out of the way, otherwise don't blame Lao Tzu for trembling and slaughtering this old boy." ”
Chahatai and the others were immediately dumbfounded, they were here to save the Great Khan, but the Great Khan was taken hostage, what should I do? And this Elberk also ordered loudly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't let go of the arrows!" I am Elebek, your Great Khan, and you must obey my commands! ”
Chahatai and others looked at each other, but they couldn't be counted like this, and in the end, Chahatai singled out the crowd and sent a messenger to ask the Ming army to release Erlebok, otherwise the Mongols would never give way, and would rather let the Great Khan die than let the Great Khan go to the Ming Kingdom to be insulted.
This time it was Xu Zengshou's turn to be dumbfounded, it was impossible for him to kill Erleboke, this was the biggest trophy of the grassland travel. So he led Erlebok forward and threatened the Mongols to give way, but Chahatai refused.
Just when Xu Zengshou was planning to do nothing, kill Erlebok first, and then fight a decisive battle with the Mongolian army. Behind Chahatai and the others, there was a thunderous sound of horses' hooves......
On September 13, the sixth year of Jianwen, the 10th Cavalry Corps of the Guards went out of Zhendu Mountain, received Xu Zengshou, defeated Zat and other ten coalition troops, killed the leader of Zat's department, Chahatai, and successfully brought the Mongolian Great Khan Elbok back to Jidu Mountain and sent it to Beijing.
After Zhang Fu answered Xu Zengshou, he did not stop, but went all the way north to find Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei.
At this time, there was a news circulating on the grassland: the Mongolian general Tengger colluded with the Ming army to transfer the defenders of Helin, and the Ming army took the opportunity to conquer Helin, plundered the Great Khan, burned Helin, and slaughtered the people of Helin; The Great Khan's son, Benjamin, escaped by chance, but was beheaded by Tengger, and the great leader of Warat, Ugqi, personally raised troops to kill Tengger and subdue the rebels.
Ugqi appointed himself as the supervisor of the country, spread the grassland, and called on all the departments of the grassland to work together to encircle and suppress the Ming army and avenge the Great Khan; At the same time, he called on all ministries to go south next spring to attack Ming and bring back the Great Khan.