The old Mongolian custom was to ambush the elite horse team in the rear when retreating, on the one hand, to cover the retreat of the brigade, and on the other hand, to wait for the enemy to relax the opportunity, and to raid at any time. This is also one of the fixed tactics of the grassland, the south of the Han River is narrow, not convenient for the cavalry to deploy, so most of the cavalry used for ambush are ambushed in the low mountains north of Fancheng, Qin Wu led the army out of the city gate, they galloped from the north, so that Qin Wu had to wait for the troops, and the Mongol cavalry to start a fierce battle. The Mongol army still maintained a high level of combat skills in the chaos of the army, and the arrows rained down like axes, making Qin Wu's troops overwhelmed. Even Bi Zilun was hit by two arrows. However, the battle in Jiangbei made the situation on the whole battlefield even more confusing, and the Mongol soldiers, who had escaped the artillery fire and arrows on the Han River after many hardships, did not know the direction, and scattered and fled as soon as they set foot on the land on the north bank, and the situation became even more chaotic.

In such a chaotic situation, even as the commander of the Mongol army, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be threatened by the Song army. But Tath still stood on the bank of the river and looked in the direction of Jiangnan, the defeat was already doomed, and all he cared about now was the life and death of one person.

Fishing boats gradually appeared in the white smoke of gunpowder, and Zhang Rou and his men finally escaped the bombardment of gunboats and the pursuit of water sentry horses, and successfully broke through to the north shore. As soon as Zhang Rou jumped off the raft, she hurried to see the king, and shouted in an almost roaring voice: "Please give me another group of men and horses, let me cross the river, and I must capture Zheng Yunming alive for you!" ”

Tasi's face sank like water, and he shook the horsewhip in his hand: "You better hurry back and master your own troops!" Don't add any more unnecessary casualties! Your troops will be of great use to the Great Khan in the future! ”

He was still about to say something, but suddenly a horse from afar galloped over, dismounted and knelt down on one knee, and said: "King Tasi, the Sinan Si people are attacking Nanyang City!" ”

Nanyang is the choke point where the entire Mongol army returned to the Central Plains, and it is also the place where the Mongol army's treasures and captures are located. Sinan Si people actually launched a surprise attack here, it seems that the sneak attack against the Mongolian army was obviously premeditated, Tasi did not hesitate at all, and shouted: "All retreat!" Let's go! Violators will be punished severely! ”

He glared fiercely in the direction of Jiangnan and shouted: "If you don't take revenge, you are not a real Mongol!" ”

The fatigue of the fierce battle did not affect the enthusiasm of the celebration banquet on the second day, although the people were whispering: "The day before yesterday, we agreed to withdraw the troops, but we attacked people halfway, this thing is not done properly." Some people also retorted indignantly: "The Mongols are all barbarians, how can there be any morality to talk about with them, is it possible that they have destroyed sixty countries, and the lords of the kingdoms are all unreasonable?" ”

These debates in the market did not affect the atmosphere of the staggered government hall at all. Zhao Kui, who was in the middle of the coach's chair, raised the wine cup with a smile and said to Meng Heng in the guest seat: "This time, thanks to Meng Shuai's own courage and blood, he can collect all the merits, and Xiangfan's father and elder hundreds of thousands, thanks to Meng Shuai's life." ”

Meng Heng hurriedly got up and thanked him, he himself is a military general at the level of the capital control, and he is completely unable to compete with the civil officials at the level of the control envoy and the prefect of Xiangyang, although in actual affairs, the capital control holds the elite of one side, and the control envoy cannot help but bend to meet him, but Meng Puyu is not a rebellious minister, and he can't do this kind of domineering behavior of bullying people. What's more, he himself has reached the critical juncture of entering the prime minister, this entry is not to enter the central government, but to take a step forward to inherit the position of a certain pacification envoy, officially get rid of the identity of a military general, enter the civil service class, and pave the way for entering the political hall in the future. At this critical point, how could he show an arrogance that does not match his identity.

"Meng is just doing his best in the rear, if there is no Xiangyang generals to fight in front of the enemy, contain more than 100,000 elites of the enemy. Meng Hui and the states and counties in the hinterland of Jinghu were absolutely unable to stop the attack of such elite soldiers. If it weren't for Wandu Tonghe" Meng Hui pointed to the vacant position on the left with his wine glass: "This little Yanei really doesn't stop, and he still doesn't want to sit down and drink a few glasses of wine after fighting all day?" ”

Zhao Kui put down the wine cup and smiled: "This son is a useful character in the future, his demeanor cannot be the same as ordinary people, I will wait for him to support the safety of the world after I retire, let him be less contaminated with some pleasures, and more hard work, which is only good and no harm." ”

If Zheng Yunming listened to the words of the envoy, he was afraid that he would shake his head again and again, his original intention was just to be a peace officer in the rich land of Jiangnan, maybe he would be promoted in the advanced places of another world, and make some orderly reforms in the countryside of Jiangnan.

At this time, Zheng Yunming leaned on the axle of a Lele car abandoned by the Mongols, and listened to Liu Kezhuang's subdued voice: "The captives were defeated, and the Xiangfan army chased more than 30 miles to the north, and the captives were full of corpses, and more than 5,000 war horses were obtained, and the armor, ordnance, banners, drums, cattle and sheep were innumerable, and 2,260 people were captured alive and captured by the Han army."

"This is the country's greatest victory since the beginning of the war! The Mongols have never suffered such a defeat since they started Shuofang! Even the 6 masters, who were usually calm and calm, became excited: "This battle is enough to leave a name in the annals of history like the battle of Yue Wang Yuncheng, the battle of Wu Jue and Shangyuan, and the battle of Liu Guangshi Tuogao!" ”

"You're exaggerating." Zheng Yunming smiled: "This is just a small lesson to Tasi, the Mongols have always had revenge, and when they recover their vitality in the north, they will inevitably make a comeback, and they must not slack off a little." ”

6Before he could reply, he saw a soldier with a group of captives approaching in front of him. The place where Zheng Yunming was located was already twenty miles north of Fancheng. At this time, the prisoners who were remanded must have been newly captured in the battle in Jiangbei, the rearguard of the Mongol army was scattered, and there were many remnants hidden in the wilderness of Jiangbei. In addition to the soldiers, horses and equipment, but also captured a lot of Mongolians did not have time to evacuate the family and cattle and sheep, the Mongolian army has always carried family members and cattle and sheep in battle, Mongolian as Ott, this is the old custom of the steppe people to raise the tribe for the army. If it is defeated or retreated in time, it is fine, but if it is defeated like Tasi in Xiangyang, the wives and children of the Mongol soldiers and all their wealth and property are inevitably in danger of falling into the hands of others.

These fifty or sixty captives, all of them are old and weak women and children, and it can be seen at a glance that they are not the generals who fought but the families of the Mongolian army.

"Stop!" Zheng Yunming shouted loudly: "Since they are not armed, they are prisoners of our army, not to mention that they are all old and young women and children!" Have you heard all the righteousness and righteousness that I have been teaching you all the time? ”

The back-legged soldier was taught a lesson by him, hurriedly put down the whip, and stood by the side with a straight body.

Zheng Yunming said: "Since they are prisoners of this army, there is no need to hurt their lives, and they should not be beaten and insulted, they just need to be imprisoned in the prisoner camp!" The Mongols are brutal, and our army is dedicated to benevolence and righteousness, and you may not understand the purpose of this today, but one day, our war with the Mongols will be decisive because of the word benevolence! ”

When the armies heard this, they did not believe it in their hearts. The battlefield is a place of brutality and brutality, and it has been a rule since ancient times that the victorious side will dispose of the spoils of war and prisoners at will, and although there is an ancient adage that the killing and surrender are ominous, everyone understands that it is just a pretext used by the literati to use clever words. The Mongols were killing so much in the north that they did not see any retribution.

But Zheng Yunming was strict in governing the army, and everyone did not dare to complain, not to mention that the petty officials treated the officers and soldiers fairly, and as soon as the battle ended, they would be rewarded in time for meritorious deeds. As well as the timely distribution of gold and silver after the victory to repay the merits, and there is also a kind of official document issued from the military department after the war, which is mainly based on titles and military ranks. As for the bounty, the general would not dare to swallow it at will, and they would rather embezzle the soldier's ration money than use the soldier's life money to fight back. It's just that Zheng Yunming is still a little inferior in the degree of reward, after all, on the night of the victory, the reward has already been released ten **, and Zheng Yunming understands that what kind of merit everyone has made, what kind of performance on the battlefield is, there must always be a partner in the same team to testify, and there are witnesses and then explain. As for those on the battlefield who disobey military orders, or kill prisoners, they are also punished one by one. In fact, the army's clear evaluation of merit and reward is far more than that of plundering, after all, the bounty obtained according to merit is far more comfortable than the peace of mind obtained by robbing in a swarm, not to mention that the infantry is far inferior to the cavalry by really robbing money.

"These women and children are a problem." Zheng Yunming asked the 6th Path: "Before the start of the war, I didn't expect to capture such troublesome people, how did the envoy order?" ”

"There are precedents for these to follow," 6 Xunzhi said: "The old people and children are sent to the almshouse, and the state sends them to raise them with grain and rice, and this grain and rice can still be produced in the Song Dynasty." The woman's government allowed a soldier without a wife to die. As for the oxen, horses, carts, etc., they were all not included in the official. ”

Before Zheng Yunming had time to express his opinion on this, he suddenly saw several Jing Chu sergeants walking over with a person, seeing that the person was also wearing a Song military uniform, but he didn't know what had taken him up.

"When we were clearing the battlefield, this man was sneakily hiding in the grass, trying to escape to the north, we chased after him and interrogated him, and now this man spoke a northern dialect, and he couldn't tell which general he belonged to, so we captured him and brought him to see the deputy commander."

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