Chapter 348: Burden
With the despair of dying, Dorgon fell heavily after the warhorse.
The faces of the Mongols and Tartar guards gathered around them were directly covered with complex expressions of shock and despair.
Dolgon's death meant that the few thousand Mongols around him would be leaderless.
Coupled with the bad situation on the battlefield, these Mongols could already imagine that in addition to being shot on the spot by the Tiger and Leopard Army, the only way to meet them was to surrender and be captured.
And just when these Mongol generals began to worry about their future. The news of Dolgon's death by the Tiger and Par Army had spread like a plague among the crowd.
For a while, the already very chaotic situation has become even more chaotic at this moment.
It was at this time that an unexpected occurrence further intensified the fear in the hearts of these Mongols, and made them immediately make the decision to become prisoners.
In a valley no more than ten battles wide, the Mongols were in disarray when they wanted to retreat.
At the end of the official road behind them, a thick layer of dust suddenly rolled up.
Subsequently, the figure of a pair of Haw Par musketeers appeared in the field of vision of the Mongols.
The commander of the musket regiment defending the county town of Dingbian learned that the remaining thousands of Mongols had all gathered. Under the harassment of He Guozhong, little by little when he fled to the depths of the plateau.
The decision was made immediately to reinforce He Guozhong and try to block these Mongols on the plateau.
So, the rational commander of the musket regiment, after leaving a battalion to defend the county seat, directly took the remaining musket battalion and rode a war horse. Rapid reinforcements came to the battlefield......
More than 400 Haw Par musketeers. It's like a heavenly soldier. Suddenly appeared behind the Mongols and blocked their only escape from the ascension.
Faced with this result, the Mongols, who were in chaos, were completely desperate.
Especially when the Haw Par musketeers from behind them had already begun to shoot the Mongols in confusion with lead bullets, round by round, and harvest their lives.
These desperate Mongols directly lost their courage. It's like a slave. One by one, they jumped off their horses and fell to their knees, begging for mercy and surrender from the Haw Par Army.
The gunfire ceased, and the battle ended......
The battlefield, which stretched for several miles, was full of Mongol captives who knelt on the ground and surrendered to the Tiger and Par Army, in addition to the corpses of the Mongols and war horses who had been killed everywhere.
At a glance, there were at least 2,500 people.
Of course, this is not the most pleasing to He Guozhong.
When he learned from his subordinates, he had been defeated by the Haw Par Army many times. But in the end, Dolgon got away with it. This time not only did not escape, but was killed directly by a musket after the news. Full of stern sรน on the face. Finally revealed a visceral danger.
After taking a deep breath, he ordered the commander of the musket regiment beside him, who was also full of excitement: "Commander Wang, I mean, clean up Dolgon's body and hand it over to the commander for disposal......"
As for the Tartars and the Mongol generals among the captives, they were also taken into custody. After the marshal arrives in Dingbian County, he will deal with them according to the marshal's request......"
When Wei Zheng arrived at Dingbian County with a large army, more than 2,000 iron cavalry commanded by Zhao Yun happened to return to the county seat with a large number of prisoners.
When he learned that his subordinates had shot Dolgon and captured Dolgon's lieutenant general, military advisor, and seven or eight Mongol tribal leaders. Wei Zheng's first thought in his heart was that he was going to get rich......
Of course, this fortune is not how much wealth is gained from it, but how much fame is gained from the imperial court by using these captives.
Seeing Wei Zheng with an excited face in front of him, Zhao Yun continued to ask for battle with a face full of anticipation.
"Marshal, this battle is really too enjoyable...... The two cavalry regiments under the command of the last general had not yet had time to charge and kill, and the Mongols, who were only attacked by muskets, directly collapsed on the battlefield and surrendered to us......"
"After the elimination of these Mongols, there are no more enemies in the whole of Shaanxi that could pose a threat to us...... Coupled with the plateau terrain of Shaanxi, it is not suitable for the cavalry to exert its combat effectiveness. Therefore, the last general wanted to ask the marshal for war, and like General Zhou and General Wang, he sent troops to Mongolia. Plundering cattle, sheep and horses from the Mongols......"
After glancing at Zhao Yun with a bloodthirsty expression on his face in front of him, Wei Zheng nodded and replied......
"It's not impossible to send troops to Mongolia...... However, Ben Shuai wants to set a rule for you......"
"Counting on the number of Mongol cavalry we eliminated on the battlefield: within a few hundred miles of the Mongol tribes in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shanxi, there are almost only some old and weak women and children left. Therefore, during the whole process of sending troops to Mongolia, you must control the casualties and losses of the soldiers......"
"Ben Shuai gives you a definite number: bring out 3,000 cavalry, and bring back at least 2,800 cavalry to Ben Shuai. Of course, the cattle, sheep, horses, gold, silver and grain that should be snatched back for Ben Shuai must not be missing at all......"
"When the time comes, I will share your good news ...... at the Great Side"
"As for the rest of the war in Shaanxi, just leave it to Ben Shuai and General Zhou......"
Zhao Yun's eyes lit up, and he replied loudly: "Xie Dashuai gave the last general this opportunity...... The last general will definitely snatch back more cattle and sheep horses for Dashuai, so that Dashuai is satisfied......"
In ten days, the remnants of the rebels on the land of Shaanxi were wiped out by thousands of tiger and leopard musketeers.
The result was very gratifying, but these musketeers who attacked from all sides also brought back a message to Wei Zheng that made Wei Zheng almost want to give up the whole of Shaanxi......
As the hardest hit area for the activities of tens of thousands of rebels, coupled with the drought in Shaanxi, it far exceeds that of other provinces.
In the huge Shaanxi province, there is almost no grain production.
In addition, the people who died in the military disaster and the people who fled from northern Shaanxi because of the drought.
Shaanxi's population has plummeted from more than 3 million three years ago to less than 300,000 today. Of course, this is not the most desperate thing for Wei Zheng.
If there are fewer people, there will be less, after all, he has obtained all the mineral resources in the whole of Shaanxi and Shaanxi.
What made Wei Zheng desperate the most was that these less than 300,000 people didn't even have the rations they needed to survive.
Except for a house that can be used to shelter from the wind and rain, there is almost no difference from the homeless people in other aspects.
In other words, in addition to the territory of Shaanxi, the battle launched by Wei Zheng also got 300,000 people waiting to be fed, which seems to be a very heavy burden.
To put it more directly, if you want to continue to run Shaanxi under your feet, you have to pay a lot of experience and money. And this effort, at least for a short time, does not see the slightest benefit. (To be continued......)