Fu Youde's Mobei victory drew a perfect end to the controversy of the Institute of Engineering, and its winning weapons such as tiger squat cannons, arquebuses and explosives bags were all from the Institute of Engineering, and all those who had opposed this matter automatically shut their mouths, and Shang Shuru Chang, the former military department who had the most fierce opposition before, also left Beijing and took up the post of political envoy of Henan.

Therefore, the kings and generals of the frontier asked the imperial court to equip them with tiger squat cannons, arquebuses and explosive bags, of course, this is a later story.

In order to prevent accidents during the escort process, Fu Youde went to King Wenyan and asked to send troops to respond. After receiving the official letter, King Yan immediately ordered Kaipingwei to go north, day and night, to ensure that no accidents occurred.

At sunset, 300 Wugang chariots formed three rows of southward movements, and the carts were no longer pulled by war horses, but by 17,000 prisoners, and the carts were loaded with supplies and wounded Ming soldiers. Zhu Gaoxu was already short-tempered, but after experiencing this failure, his temperament changed greatly. He ordered all the captives to walk, not to ride horses, not to ride in cars, even the nobles were not allowed, but these nobles were assigned to push and pull the wounded carts, these carts were relatively easy to push, but these wounded were basically trapped behind the top of the mountain, and the group of people who survived the catastrophe did not have a good face for these nobles who pushed them forward, and the voices of ridicule and insults came one after another, although these pampered leaders had fire in their eyes, they could only endure it.

Zhu Gaoxu was the maker of the policy, but the executor was Zhang Yu, who designated three Ming cavalry for each vehicle, and if there was a problem with the itinerary, he would punish these three cavalry, so the Ming cavalry immediately became very cruel. If someone is sick or injured and can't keep up with the schedule, they will be immediately beheaded, and the body will be discarded on the grassland, and no one dares to ask to bury the body, because such a person is often sent to another world with a knife.

In order to prevent the Mongols from rebelling, they were only half-fed every day. At the same time, they were encouraged to inform, and if anyone reported the misdeeds of others to the Ming army, they would be immediately promoted to the person in charge and responsible for distributing food.

Under this cruel system, the Mongols were attributing every day, and at most they had to reduce more than 100 people a day, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't care at all, he only gave some preferential treatment to the four people with the highest status, Harguchuk and others, who could walk without a cart and on their feet, but they also couldn't eat enough.

All the Mongols were desperate, not knowing if they could see the sun tomorrow, and even some people falsely accused their companions of misdeeds in order to be able to eat more, and of course the companions were not satisfied, but if there was a dispute, the Ming army would often choose the stronger one to drag out and kill, and finally there was a strange phenomenon, and the person in charge of all the Wugang cars became the thinnest one.

This inhumane behavior soon aroused resistance, but unfortunately the Mongols, who could only eat half full at each meal, lacked physical strength and were easily suppressed by Zhu Gaoxu, who ordered all those who resisted to be cut off their hands and feet and thrown on the wilderness, screaming, cursing, and begging for mercy were heard endlessly, but Zhu Gaochu ignored it and walked away. The Mongols pushed the Wugang cart away quickly, not daring to turn back at all, as if there was a devil chasing after them. This is a terrible phenomenon, wolves slowly appear around the convoy, and every night, in the wilderness around the convoy, the wolf howls one after another, making people shudder. The Mongols had their armor burned, they had only single clothes on their bodies, and they were unarmed, so they did not dare to resist at all, and they slowly got used to being submissive.

About ten days later, Xu Zhong, who had gone north to pick him up, saw a scene he would never forget, a group of ragged, staggering, numb-eyed Mongol captives pushing three hundred carts forward, and the wounded on the carts lay on the carts and scolded the Mongols pushing the carts, while the Mongols lowered their eyebrows and accepted the favor. As long as the vehicle fell behind slightly, the Ming cavalry next to it would whip it down, and even drag out a person and drive it to the grassland to be killed, but the person who was about to be killed had no intention of resisting.

After Xu Zhong saw Zhu Gaoxu, he hurriedly dismounted and said, "Little prince, the last general is late, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

A smile immediately appeared on Zhu Gaoxu's face, he raised his legs, jumped off the horse, and hugged Xu Zhong and said, "Uncle Zhong, why do you have to make this big gift." Saying that, he took Xu Zhong's hand and turned around and said: "It's great that Uncle Zhong is here, I only have 3,000 people here, and 1,000 of them are still injured, and I managed 17,000 prisoners, and I couldn't sleep well in fear along the way, but now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief." ”

Xu Zhong looked at the captives behind him and said with a wry smile: "The little prince is very well managed, I don't think they have any intention of resisting at all." ”

"Hehe," the corners of Zhu Gaoxu's mouth twitched, squinting at the captives, and said, "Those thorns have been killed, and the rest will be honest." ”

Xu Zhong smiled and said: "I brought 10,000 people this time, there should be no problem, and the little prince can rest assured." ”

"Well," Zhu Gaoxu stopped talking, looked around, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Zhong, what did my father say about my affairs?" ”

Xu Zhong smiled bitterly, was silent for a while, and said, "Little prince, some people say that the prince lost his temper, and was later persuaded by the princess. Then he looked around and said, "I heard that the left guard is disabled, is it true?" ”

The muscles on Zhu Gaoxu's face twitched, sighed, and said, "Uncle Zhong, I was careless for a while, and I was ambushed ......."

“......”

After a while, Xu Zhong said in a low voice: "When the last general came, the princess asked the last general to bring a letter, you can take a look." As he spoke, Xu Zhong took out a letter and secretly handed it to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up, he quickly opened the envelope, looked at it for a while, but put it down dejectedly, then shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Mother asked me to go to my father to confess my guilt, and my father will definitely beat me to death!" ”

Xu Zhong hesitated for a moment, and then said for a long time: "Little prince, the last general will say something arrogant, this matter can't be avoided, it's better to be a single person, sincerely admit your mistakes, since the princess has a letter, she will definitely help say good things." Between father and son, there is no overnight feud, and it will be fine if it is over. ”

"Okay," Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and nodded in agreement, but he made up his mind in his heart, he had to go to see his mother first when he returned to Beiping, and let his mother take him to see his father, so that nothing would go wrong.

Xu Zhong's arrival did not fundamentally improve the lives of the captives, the only point was that each car could have a place to lie down on the car, so that the poor could be taken care of. Although it was only a little bit, it made the captives grateful, and it seemed that they saw a trace of auspicious clouds in hell.

Three days later, the weather was clear and cloudless, and a group of captives laboriously pushed the Wugang cart forward. Suddenly, the sound of the sound of the hammer sounded, and everyone looked into the distance, where there appeared smoke and dust covering the sky, and Zhu Gaoxu shouted: "Enemy attack!" Behold the captives, and there will be reckless movers, and no one will be killed. ”

Xu Zhong and Zhang Yu hurried over and gathered the cavalry. Everyone's eyes turned to the north, and saw a group of cavalry swarming out under the smoke and dust, and a Ming army sentry in front of them was desperately beating horses and running towards the formation. Xu Zhong waved his hand, and five cavalrymen rushed out to go up to respond.

At this moment, with a "Zheng" sound, the bowstring sounded, and a feathered arrow flew out of the smoke and dust, and quickly caught up with the sentry horse, and under the gaze of everyone, the sentry horse fell off the horse and saw that it was no longer alive. The five people who answered were stunned, and the gongs sounded in the back, and they had to retreat to their own formation, and the place where the sentry horse fell was less than a hundred feet away from the cavalry's main formation.

In an instant, the Mongols swarmed in, and the leading knights raised their hands, and the cavalry behind immediately stopped, and the Ming army on the opposite side couldn't help but gasp.

The roots of Zhu Gaoxu's and the others' popularity itched, too arrogant, Zhang Yu took a closer look and said, "Little prince, we are going to be in trouble, these are the Asuts, the Great Khan of Mongolia." ”

Seeing the swarming Mongolian iron horsemen, Harguchuk and the others were immediately a little excited, but before they could speak, everyone had a steel knife around their necks. As for the ordinary Mongols, the commotion was even worse, some people stood up and ran towards the opposite side, but they were immediately caught up by the Ming army, hacked to death with knives, and others were whipped to the side of the car, cowering and not daring to move.

The chasing cavalry was the Asut Division, and the leading general was the leader Arutai, who stayed around Suiyuan for a month, and received an order from the Great Khan to return north, and when he arrived in Mobei, he did not participate in the siege of the Ming army. Suddenly, one day, the Great Khan summoned him and ordered him to lead his cavalry to the south, and he must rescue the prince of Harguchuk.

After several clashes, Arutai found that Fu Youde's army was not carrying prisoners, so he bypassed it and continued south. When they arrived at the Qingshui River, they did not find a single living person. Then he chased down the ruts of the carriage.

Arutai traveled day and night, but unfortunately it was still a little late, and when he shot the Ming army's sentry horse, he also discovered the Ming army's convoy, so he immediately ordered the whole army to stop. After careful observation, there was some hesitation, the number of the Ming army was obviously more than his own, and against the same number of Ming troops, the Mongols were not opponents, which he had already learned in Suiyuan.

Zhu Gaoxu observed it carefully, then turned around and ordered: "Pull those nobles over, and everyone has a knife around their necks, and see how they rush." ”

After a while, more than 200 nobles knelt in front of Zhu Gaoxu's horse with knives around their necks, even Halguchuk, who struggled to resist, but was kicked a few times, his legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground.

Arutai's subordinates were all pro-army members of the Great Khan, and they all knew the prince of Harguchuk, and when they saw the prince suffering this humiliation, they couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation, their eyes were torn, and they all fought in love. Arutai looked at Halguchuk, who was kneeling, his eyes were complicated, and he suddenly broke off: "Don't say anything." The surrounding voices of the battle stopped abruptly, and they all looked at Arutai in surprise. Arutai patted his head, wiped his face with his hand, and burst out two words from his teeth: "Retreat." Finding that everyone did not move, Arutai was furious: "Carry out the order." ”

Arutai had great prestige in the army, and when they saw him angry, they had to carry out their orders. Under the gaze of the Ming army, in the eager eyes of the captives, the army slowly turned and drove away.

After Arutai retreated, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhang Yu, and Xu Zhong discussed it and made a decision, tying the captives' necks to the car, even Harguchuk was no exception, eating, drinking, and Lazar were all by the side of the car. The pressure of Arutai haunting the surroundings made the Ming army a little nervous, so the life of the captives was even more miserable, and they would be whipped or even killed if they had the slightest trouble.

Seeing that the Ming army was so shameless, Arutai could only look at the car and sigh, he was not afraid of fighting, but it was clear that it was impossible to save people alive, and even when the Ming army had no worries, they actually sent cavalry to seek battle, and the small-scale friction between the two armies continued, and the Mongols did not take any advantage.

just followed the Ming army all the way, but didn't find any opportunities. Arutai stood on the hillside, watched the Ming army enter Kaiping City from afar, sighed, turned the horse's head, and went all the way to the north to return to the Great Khan.

With the closure of the gate of Kaiping, some captives fell to the ground and wept bitterly, there was no hope, they could no longer go home, they could not see Abba and Grandma, they could not drink the water overlooking the river, and they could not eat the rabbits on the mountain......