Chapter 123: Journey to the East (14)

Horqin, in Zhao Kang's big tent, Meng Guqing cried when he heard the news of the death of his father, grandfather and uncles. Zhao Kang couldn't persuade her, so he could only settle her in another tent and send two Mongolian maids to wait.

Waiting for Meng Guqing to leave, Zhao Kang finally felt that the world was quiet from now on. The Korqin tribe has been conquered, and the three heads of Haug, Turai, and Nikan have been sent to him.

Six generals, Chen Erdian, Li Laoguan, Daniel Zhang, Zhao Liangdong, Wang Pingfan, and Wang Fuchen, also led their troops back to Horqin. More than 5,000 Zhenglan Jurchens surrendered, more than 20,000 surviving Horqin Mongols, Chen Erdian drove from the right wing of Horqin, Li Laoguan Wang Pingfan captive, plus nearly 70,000 troops under Zhao Kang, the entire Horqin gathered more than 200,000 people. As for the Chao Wu Da League...... Not to mention, Zhao Kang heard that the place had almost been killed by Abunai and Temur into a no-man's land.

Zhao Kang couldn't help but sigh: Sure enough, you have to kill your own people to be ruthless.

Zhao Kang gathered the generals to discuss: "So many Mongols and Jurchens are young and middle-aged, if they stay in Horqin, it will definitely be a big disaster. If they were to be relocated to Chahar territory, the Chahar would not be able to support so many people. And I don't want the Chahar to be too strong. What do you do now? ”

Chen Erdian and the other six people, you look at me, I look at you, and no one dares to speak.

Zhao Kang saw that he couldn't think of any solution to count on these rice buckets, so he said: "In this way, let's separate the Mongolian old people and women from the current Horqin tribe and the children who are not as tall as wheels, the Mongolian young adults, and the Jurchen captives, and establish four large camps." Then three large pits were dug and the old Mongolians, the young Mongolian people, and the Jurchen captives were all buried alive. Only women and children were sent to Yan'an, Yulin, and Qingyang for auction. ”

Chen Erdian asked weakly: "Uncle means to bury all those people alive?" ”

Zhao Kang said angrily: "Chen Erdian, why are you talking? Am I that cruel? Bury alive! Am I that cruel? Could I have done something so inhumane? We're just digging a few holes in the grassland. They were suicidal!! Do you understand suicide? Those Mongols and Jurchens are scrambling to commit suicide, can we stop them? What can we do? ”

Next to him, Mr. Li hurriedly relieved Chen Erdian and said, "Uncle is really kind-hearted. But there will be a sentence in the end, which I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Zhao Kang said: "If you have something to say, let it go if you have a fart!" Don't be so awkward. ”

Li Laoguan said: "The last general just thinks that those Mongols and Jurchens are such a large-scale ...... That suicide is afraid that it will cause commotion and chaos. ”

Zhao Kang thought for a while and said, "This sentence is more profound!" In this way, Mr. Li, you go to Yuliangbao, which is sixty miles away from us, to set up a concentration camp. Dig a pit over there and wait, and if the loader is not enough, then ask someone else to transfer it to you, and prepare some more Molotov cocktails. Chen Erdian, Daniel Zhang, Wang Fuchen, Wang Pingfan, and Zhao Liangdong are the five of you who are here to classify everyone. Only 1,000 people were sent to commit suicide at a time, and the reason for sending them was to tell them that they would go there to get rations and build a new city. Pay attention to those who commit suicide must do a good job of comforting them, so that they do not rush, line up, and walk into the pit neatly. Those who committed suicide did not die, so they used Molotov cocktails to help them. ”

"The last general obeys!"

With the retirement of the six generals, the "large-scale suicide of Yuliang Fort" that shocked the world officially began.

Batch after batch of Mongols and Jurchens who laid down their arms happily shouted the slogan "Go to Yuliang Fort to get barbecue" all the way, lined up neatly, walked on their toes, and embarked on the road of no return to Yuliangbao with their heads held high.

The suicide lasted for nearly a month, until the goose-feather snow dyed the gray-yellow, vicissitudes of the Horqin steppe into a snow-white color, and Zhao Kang led an army to drive tens of thousands of women and children, as well as a large herd of cattle, sheep and horses, to retreat westward.

No one dared to ask where their fathers, husbands, and sons had gone. Because the women who dared to ask questions were all dragged by the fierce Eighth Route Army soldiers to Yuliang Fort to receive barbecue. After a month, these women and children finally understood that "eating barbecue" is actually a very scary, even terrifying thing that they dare not even think about. Is there any other choice than to be obedient?

Everywhere Zhao Kang's army went, except for the lonely wild wolf wandering on the grassland, not even a ghost could be seen. Thousands of miles along the way from Horqin to Chahar, because he was afraid of one or two fish slipping through the net, he poked Zhao Kang and Uncle Zhao in the eye, and asked him to find an excuse to settle the old account of the defeat, and he had already been cleaned by Abnei and Temur over and over again, and this land had already become purer than the snow in the sky.

Zhao Kang praised Abnei and Temur all the way: "You two really deserve to be the right-hand men of Earl Ben!" It has made outstanding contributions to the protection of the natural environment and the maintenance of the ecological balance of Mongolia. In the future, we will build the Zhaowuda League and the Horqin Grassland into a wildlife reserve, which will be managed by the Chahar Ministry for the time being, and the period will be temporarily set at ten years, during which it is strictly forbidden for any herdsmen other than the Chahar Department to graze. ”

"Abnay, you have done well this time, and I hope you can carry forward this spirit in the future. But in the future, your Chahar Department will have to prepare 10,000 war horses for me every year! And you can take half of the cattle and sheep plundered this time, and you can take away half of the cattle and sheep in Temur, and you can take 5,000 women and children, but like Chahar, from next year, you have to prepare 10,000 war horses for me every year! What's wrong with the two of you? ”

Ten thousand horses sounds like a lot, but it's nothing for two large Mongol tribes that occupy such a vast area. Especially Abunai, when he heard that the two vast uninhabited areas of the Zhaowuda League and the Horqin Steppe were allowed to graze by themselves within ten years, he was almost crazy with joy, what is 10,000 war horses a year?

The two of them hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked Zhao Kang for the reward. Although he suffered a defeat in the early stage, he was able to distribute so much loot, not only to completely make up for the previous losses, but even to make a lot of money, how can he not be happy about this kind of thing?