The same is true for other Westerners, who did not expect that the extremely strong Cossack cavalry would become prisoners of war of the Ming Empire at this moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Unexpectedly, these Cossack cavalrymen with the same skin color and much stronger physique would be shackled at this time, dragged to the execution ground by the army of the Ming Empire like animals, and knelt down to their side with a depressed face, and the whole person was languishing like a frosted eggplant.

Galileo and other Westerners and other outsiders couldn't help but straighten their chests, once upon a time, they faced a powerful tribe in this way.

And it was in the Ming Dynasty that they let the powerful Cossack cavalry kneel in front of them for the first time, and they also gained an unprecedented sense of superiority.

Many foreign fans, including Galileo, basically learned from the press that the empire was at war with the Cossack cavalry of the northern Rakshasa country some time ago, and many Westerners also thought that the Ming Empire would suffer losses because of this, although the Ming Dynasty had sent nearly 100,000 elites to the north, but in their opinion, it was difficult for the imperial army to defeat the Cossack cavalry that had always been prestigious, even if the victory was probably just a disastrous victory.

But at this time, when they saw the Cossack prisoners of war kneeling in front of them, and when they heard that Yang Sichang, the left attendant of the military department on the city tower, was wearing court clothes and presented the good news of the victory of the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao, who had leveled the Cossack cavalry, none of them was not shocked and surprised.

"I have no intention of being enemies with other countries in this world, since I became the ancestor emperor, I have sent envoys to the countries of the South and Western Oceans to form friendships for eternity, but there are such petty people who ignore and insult the dignity of our Ming Empire, and even take advantage of the fact that my Ming Dynasty has no time to look outside because of the pacification of the internal invaders, occupy my territory, and even kill our people! Today, I will show the heads of these hundreds of Cossack cavalry to the public, and warn all the countries that those who offend my great wisdom will be punished even if they are far away! ”

Zhu Youxiao personally got up at this time and came to the noon gate, and said something to these foreign people in front of him with a stern expression, although the tone was still flat, but everyone could feel the conceit and arrogance of dominating the world in this tone.

And at the same time, the heads of these Cossack cavalrymen were also pressed under the guillotine, looking at these Cossack cavalrymen with different expressions waiting to be executed, these outsiders could not tell what kind of mood they were in at this time, they only knew not to offend the empire, and not to let themselves be beheaded like this.

Zhu Youxiao raised his hand slightly, and then put his hand down, and shouted: "Chop!" ”

In an instant, everyone's eyes widened as they saw the guillotine, which hung several feet high, fall rapidly, and then quickly fall on the necks of the Cossack cavalry prisoners of war.

Click!

Hundreds of heads were cut off directly in front of the noon gate, and blood sprayed directly into the sky like a fountain.

Some of them couldn't help but vomit.

Forgive Galileo could not help but weaken his legs, he had never imagined that he would see such a bloody picture shortly after he had just felt the air of freedom in this empire.

In this era, the Ming Dynasty did not worship foreigners, did not fear foreigners, and did not care about the views of Western colonizers and the so-called evaluation of human rights.

I am the spokesperson of civilization, and I am human rights! I am the maintainer and judge of social order and morality!

Therefore, for the Cossack cavalry that killed hundreds of white people at once, none of the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty felt any worry or fear about this.

In the eyes of Da Ming at this moment, they are a group of disobedient inferior people, and since they are disobedient, they deserve to be punished!

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"No matter what color you are, no matter what country you come from, whether you are strong or weak, as long as you intend to infringe on my Ming, you will only bear the wrath of my Ming! You and your country will pay for your stupidity! ”

Zhu Youxiao's words at the noon gate still lingered in the ears of these outsiders, and even Galileo, who didn't care about this kind of political incident, didn't expect to think that this empire would have such a fierce and cruel side in addition to his tolerant and free side.

These dozen bloody human heads brought him not only shock, but also deterrence!

"Although they are richly dressed and look polite, their executions of intruders are bloodier than ours!

From this moment on, I truly felt the intimidation and power of a huge empire! He is not afraid of any provocateur in this world, and behind his mercy lurks sharp claws, and if you are disrespectful or offensive, he will ruthlessly deprive you of everything."

While Galileo sighed like this, he couldn't help but put his hands on his chest and prayed.

Like him, the other missionaries prayed along, and the shocking scene made them begin to feel a sense of fear in their yearning for the Ming Empire.

But it is precisely because of this that they brought a more authentic Da Ming back to their own country.

The rulers of the Europa powers, such as Franc and Red Ghost, began to have to suppress their anger and adopt a cautious attitude towards their relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, for the Cossack cavalry, as the countries of Europa in the West, there was also hatred.

Nowadays, some European countries even hope to rely on this eastern empire to unite against the expansion of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the natives of some countries or regions continue to ignore the existence of the Ming Dynasty, especially the natives of Nanyang who still hate China and massacre the Chinese in Nanyang, who have never experienced retaliation and attacks from the Northern Empire, so in their opinion, this warning is just a shout.

However, what they didn't know was that Zhu Youxiao's words were not just shouting.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao specially escorted these hundreds of Cossack prisoners of war to the capital and beheaded them in front of all the people outside Beijing was a sign that Zhu Youxiao wanted to let Daming enter the international stage.

As a super empire in the East, since the Ming Dynasty wants to rise in the ocean age and wants to rely on advanced productive forces to create more wealth, it has to expand externally and plunder more resources in the whole world to achieve the purpose of primitive capital accumulation.

Perhaps in the past, because the Ming Dynasty was dominated by a small peasant economy, the interests of the entire imperial ruling class came from domestic tax revenues.

At present, the operation of the entire Ming state is almost entirely dependent on the tax revenue brought by commercial trade, and the royal capital of the army and the maintenance of social stability is basically dependent on the accumulation of wealth by relying on the profits obtained from overseas by advanced productive forces.

It is normal that Japan, which was still stuck in the shogunate period, and the Nanyang countries, which relied on bananas and rice farming, and the regimes that had become puppets of Western colonizers, did not realize this.

And because Francois and other countries are too far away, they are busy dealing with the competition for interests in the Europa region, and they don't have time to think carefully about what kind of message the Ming Empire released at this time.

But at least, Zhu Youxiao made these outsiders start to be cautious about the relationship with the Ming Dynasty through hundreds of Cossack cavalry prisoners of war, which achieved Zhu Youxiao's political goals, as for whether these countries will forget the vigilance of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao is not interested, because in the future, the Ming will use guns and artillery to remind them of the vigilance of the Ming Dynasty at this moment.

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Once the situation in the Outer Northeast is stabilized, all that remains is to continue infrastructure construction and rehabilitation and the consolidation of the occupied territories.

However, because the Jiannu and Mongolian Lin Dan Khan were resting and recuperating, the Ming Dynasty did not immediately start a war against them.

The Kannai was still stable, and at this time only the war in the west was still going on.

The Western Expeditionary Army led by Zu Dale and Zhu Youzhen, King of Xin, had already entered the Longyou region at this time.

According to the administrative division of the Ming Dynasty at this time, the westernmost part should be the jurisdiction of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and the name of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, the actual control area is only equivalent to the current Gansu.

And it is only limited to the east of Jiayu Pass, below Jiayu Pass and even the northwest passes such as Yumen Pass and Yangguan are under the control of the Mongol tribes.

Zhu Youxiao's task for the Western Expeditionary Army was to start from Jiayuguan and continue to Hamiwei, and it was not until the recapture of Hamiwei that the combat mission was completed, and the division could return to the dynasty.

That is to say, the Western Expeditionary Army, with the Guanning Army as the main body, should fight from the current Longyou to the north under the leadership of Zu Dale and Zhu Youzhen, that is, it is equivalent to reaching southern Fujian from Huaibei.

And this long expedition route was accompanied by the vast desert and harsh climatic conditions, as well as the cavalry of the Mongol tribes.

However, the Guanning army is not as good as the Praetorian Guard, although most of them are cavalry, but their equipment is backward that of the Praetorian Guard, and it is still a classical army, there are no gas bombs that can be hung and flintlock pistols that can be fired continuously, and even the best artillery is only the Franc machine gun.

In addition to being full of food and satisfying the basic military salary, the military department did not give them more supplies, compared to the Praetorian Guard, an ordinary soldier had to see meat and fish differently in each section, and the Guanning Army, as the Western Expeditionary Army, could only eat steamed buns and wild vegetables as the staple food.

This is also something that can't be helped, before Zhu Youxiao established the Praetorian Guard, these Guan Ning troops did not take him as a king seriously, ignored the central government's decrees, raised their own respect, listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and even wanted to control the central court for a time.

Since Zhu Youxiao has grasped the real power and has his own Praetorian Guard, he no longer needs these arrogant Guanning troops to maintain his rule, so there is no need to take these remaining remnants of the Guanning Army seriously.

From the killing of Zu Dashou to the extermination of most of the Guanning army of Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui, it announced the beginning of the destruction process of the Guanning army, and also marked that they would no longer play an important role in the Ming Dynasty.

And Zhu Youxiao is just letting this army that is about to be eliminated make the last contribution to the Ming Dynasty.

That is to let him and Zhu Youzhen be martyred for Daming together!

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Twenty miles away from Jiayu Pass, a place called Black Dragon Fort was originally the place where Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song Dynasty, was stationed during his expedition to the west, and then gradually developed into a market town, but at this time it was gradually abandoned because of the wind and sand.

And now, the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty still uses this place as the starting point of the Western Expedition.

Zhu Youzhen stood outside the tent and watched the sunset, but did not say anything, since joining the army, he has become more silent.

As a former strong contender for the throne, at this time, he watched the Ming Dynasty gradually regain its former strength, and also occupied Monan, leveled the Haikou, and reduced taxes again and again, but the government was still operating normally, Zhu Youzhen's heart was quite unpleasant, and he couldn't say whether he was happy or lost.

But he had to admit the fact that he no longer had any possibility of competing for the throne.

Now all the vassal kings are locked in the capital, not to mention that the army doesn't even have the wealth to recruit troops, he Zhu Youxiao can't find allies anymore, plus the time in the Praetorian Guard, it also makes him deeply aware of the absolute authority of his imperial brother in the Praetorian Guard.

Zhu Youzhen naturally knew that it was impossible for him to be a free prince in the capital as peacefully as other vassal kings.

Even, he knew that the reason why he was put into the army to participate in the fight, and that he was sent to the west with the Guan Ning army was also the meaning that His Majesty wanted to let himself die on the battlefield today.

Zhu Youzhen knew that he could only accept this way of death calmly, and he had to thank Zhu Youxiao for giving him this way of death, because this way could make him have a good reputation for dying on the battlefield.

As Zu Dashou's younger brother, Zu Dale is also in the same mood, and he also knows that his fate can only be forgiven by His Majesty today if he dies on the battlefield.

At the beginning, he did not raise troops to resist because of the death of his brother, because of the clamping of Man Gui and the fact that he was not the Wu father and son, did not have so much ambition and courage, and later the Wu father and son were separated from the court, and secretly contacted themselves several times to conspire with him, and he was also unwilling to abandon the name of loyalty because he felt that the court was stronger than the Wu father and son, and he had been serving as the chief military officer of the court from the thief rebellion to the present.

Now that the imperial court has asked him to lead the main force of his headquarters to the west to conquer Hamiwei, he naturally knows that the imperial court wants to use the hands of the Mongol Tatars to weaken his power and even take his life.

It's not just his Zu Dale who understands, but most of his generals also know the intentions of the imperial court, as Zu Dale's most powerful cronies, Zu Kuan, has clamored for direct rebellion several times, but Zu Dale forcibly dissuaded him.

At this time, Zu Kuan saw that Zu Dale was depressed, so he shook his big belly and came over again: "Brother Le, in my opinion, why should we give this dog day court any more life, but give us some moldy grain and a few copper coins, not even a few artillery, let us tens of thousands of old and weak to fight with these Mongolian Tatars, and fight until Hamiwei, even if Huo Qubing and Wei Qing are alive, they can't do it, this is clearly to give us a crime of killing our heads and apologizing." ”

"Hugh has to talk nonsense again, or I'll be the first to cut you!"

Zu Dale had to shout and scold this Zu Kuan, his most powerful general has never been a down-to-earth person, and he has also committed a lot of military discipline, if it weren't for his several intercession in front of King Jinglue in front of Jin, Zu Kuan didn't know how many times he was killed, and now that he has left Liaodong, he will be a repeat offender, full of unconcealed words, Zu Dale is afraid that he will be listened to by the people of Jinyiwei, and then His Majesty will not be able to tolerate him even more!

Zu Kuan had no choice but to shut up, and Zu Dale couldn't bear to apply for it anymore when he saw this, but persuaded him with good words: "The Wu father and son have been exterminated by the imperial court, we are just tens of thousands of remnants of the army What to fight with the imperial court, if the imperial court wants to destroy us, only a brigade of the Praetorian Guard can make you and me prisoners, not to mention that we have no land and no food, and now we can be shrouded in horse leather is already the greatest creation, if you want to use this to reverse the situation, how easy is it to talk about it, you look at the king of letters, and I didn't dare to mention the word rebellion, this is Your Majesty's Yang Scheme, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!" ”