Chapter 287
It wasn't until they were five or six miles away that the ancient tribe of Yelushuo saw the dust flying in the north, and realized that the army in the north was larger than in the south.
But at this time, Yelu Shuogu had lost the only remaining hope, and the situation in the past two days was too confusing, and he quickly changed from the besieged to the encircled, so quickly, so tragically.
Chen Yanzheng did not order an attack, he was afraid that the soldiers of the "scout team" would be captured and mixed in this Liao army array, he didn't want to burn all the jade, in Chen Yanzheng's heart, even if only one person was alive, he could soothe his pain.
Chen Yanzheng ordered the army to encircle the Liao army.
And the Liao soldiers who stopped were even more at a loss, they were also exhausted, and no army held out for a day and a night in such a tragic night battle.
When Yang Ye's 20,000 cavalry approached, the Liao army had lost the last hope of escaping.
With the Yellow River to the east and the desert to the west, there is no way to escape.
The anxiety in Yelu Shuogu's heart was completely aroused by the helplessness and despair of this moment, and he immediately ordered to send envoys to the north and south of the Ming army, and as long as the Ming army could ensure that his tribal soldiers were alive, he was ready to surrender.
He didn't want his clan army to be wiped out in the land, he wanted to leave hope for his clan.
This surrender order was accepted by the Liao army officers and soldiers, and no one disputed it.
This should be thanks to the fact that the Pi Chamber Army was not involved, and if the Pi Room Army was there, Yelu Shuogu would probably be beheaded directly because of this surrender order.
Of course, if the Pi Mu army was there, Jelu Shuogu would not despair. If you don't despair, how can you say surrender.
That's often the case, and the so-called no book is written without coincidence.
The surrender of the Liao army led by the Ming army in the north and south. There are very different responses.
Chen Yanzheng accepted the surrender of the Liao envoys, and he only hoped for a quick truce so that he could search for the remnants of the "scout team" with all his might.
And Yang Ye himself wanted to accept the surrender of the Liao army, but was strongly opposed by Zhu Kuangye and the remnants of the Fourth Army.
At this time, after such a tragic battle, the surviving soldiers had far more right to speak than Yang Ye, the commander of the capital, because of these surviving soldiers. With the blood and lives that others do not have, this is the blood and lives of soldiers who have died in battle, no matter how great the power. At this time, in front of blood and life, just a fart.
Yang Ye could only acquiesce that he was a commander who joined the Ming Kingdom halfway. He couldn't face the men of less than 3,000 men. Say "no".
Two Ming armies, two diametrically opposed responses, made Yelu Shuogu at a loss, he could only send a messenger to explain to the Ming army on both sides again, if it was really unacceptable, then it could only fight to the death, but desperately, in the end, it was also a death.
Die. It's a foregone conclusion, at this time. Jerushchus' heart was full of sorrow.
When they knew that they were separated by the Liao army and had their own troops, both Chen Yanzheng and Yang Ye understood why the Liao army chose to surrender so decisively.
The two armies quickly agreed to conduct interviews.
The situation took on a dramatic side.
When Chen Yanzheng saw Zhu Kuangye and learned that there were only more than 1,000 survivors of the "scout team" left, he no longer had the slightest intention of accepting the surrender of the Liao army, so he immediately changed his attention and suggested that the two armies encircle and annihilate him.
In this way, the talks quickly decided the decision to annihilate the Liao army.
At this time, Ding Sijing, who had woken up, came with an injury.
"Accept the surrender." Ding Sijin only said four words.
On this battlefield, only Ding Sijing's words are the most effective, this is not because Ding Sijing's position is higher than Chen Yanzheng and Yang Ye, but in this battle, the Fourth Army suffered the heaviest casualties.
Therefore, Ding Sijin has the most right to speak.
No one will suffer more than Ding Siji, and no one wants to annihilate the Liao army more than Ding Siji.
If it weren't for Yelu Shuogu's initiative to send an envoy to surrender, Ding Sijin would not hesitate to make the Ming army crush it like an ant.
But it was precisely because Yelu Shuogu took the initiative to surrender that Ding Sijin sensitively discovered that if this Liao army surrendered, it might have an unexpected effect on the entire battle situation.
There is a big difference between generals, some can only be generals in their lives, not handsome, because they do not have the mind of strategic layout, Ding Sijin is undoubtedly a handsome talent, and his sensitivity also determines his achievements.
As soon as Ding Sijing's words came out, he quickly changed his decision to be completely annihilated.
As a result, Yelu Shuogu's troops surrendered under the hateful gaze of the Ming soldiers.
Chen Yanzheng quickly ordered a search within a radius of fifty miles to find the survivors of the Ming army.
God had mercy, more than 1,000 soldiers were found, including several waves of counterattacks after the Fourth Army broke through, and the soldiers who were wounded and fell off their horses also found Jiang Yanhe's troops who finally went north.
When the 500 warriors were found, there were only 87 people left, of which 51 were injured, Jiang Yansi was seriously injured, his brother Jiang Yanzhao was killed, Zhu Guichao was slightly injured, but Zhu Guilin of the reckless Han did not have a trace of injuries, among these 87 people, 39 were soldiers in Badongdu.
The soldiers of the Ming army who participated in the search, all the anger in their hearts was sprinkled on the lonely Liao army found during the search, because Ding Sijin accepted the order to surrender, so that the Ming soldiers lost the object of anger, so that this search became an action to massacre the Liao soldiers.
God knows how many Liao soldiers died in this massacre.
In the final search list, there was not a single Liao soldier who was searched, not even a single wounded soldier.
In this battle, Yelu Shuogu led 60,000 Liao troops, including his descendants, 40,000 tribal troops, and 20,000 leather room troops, since then, only more than 16,000 tribal troops and 8,000 leather room troops who fled north.
And Ding Sijing's Fourth Army, with only more than 3,000 survivors, was almost wiped out.
Of Chen Yanzheng's 6,000 "scout team," there are more than 1,500 people left.
Such heavy losses made every soldier of the Ming army feel like a knife.
Chen Yanzheng was dissatisfied with Ding Sijin's decision, said goodbye to each other calmly, and then returned north with the remnants of the "scout team".
Yang Ye ordered a section to escort the Liao army captives back to the south, leaving 3,000 people behind, and escorting the remnants of Ding Sijing back to the Ming Kingdom.
After that, the three of them each reported to Jinling.
Only Zhu Kuangye, Jiang Yansi, and Zhu Guichao are reluctant, the so-called don't fight and don't know each other, these four people actually cherish each other, this kind of fateful friendship, in the current separation, makes the four people feel particularly melancholy.
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Looking at the three concertans of Ding Sijing, Chen Yanzheng, and Yang Ye, Baili Wuji was heartbroken.
If according to the report of the three, this battle can be regarded as a small victory, after all, the 60,000 Liao army only escaped from the 8,000 leather room army, this kind of record can definitely not be regarded as a loss, but it is an old army disabled, Liu Renzhen's eighth army was wiped out by the Liao army iron cavalry in the Luanhe River, and Baili Wuji felt a trace of loss in addition to pain.
If you continue to fight like this, you will injure the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800, which will be a huge damage to the national strength of the Ming Kingdom.
And Ding Siji's recital made Baili Wuji can't help but glance at him.
Ding Siji's idea does have the possibility of implementation, if Yelu Shuogu is used as an internal response to disturb the internal affairs of the Liao State, it can indeed achieve twice the result with half the effort, but how can Yelu Shuo Gugan be the internal response of the Ming Dynasty?
As the royal family of Liao, Yelu Shuogu's surrender can be understood as saving his life or to protect his tribe, but if he is asked to betray Liao, I am afraid it will be difficult to do.
Baili Wuji summoned Xu Shiming and others on the one hand, and issued an order on the other hand, ordering Ding Siji to lead his troops into the Hajj, and at the same time ordering Zhu Kuangye and Jiang Yanhe's troops to enter the Hajj.
Baili Wuji really wants to see these four young people, maybe the future generals of the Ming Kingdom will fall on them.
Yelu Shuogu and his more than 10,000 Liao prisoners were escorted to Lanzhou, northwest of Taiyuan in the Ming Kingdom, where they were guarded by Yang Yebu and detained in the military camp on the spot.
Yang Ye, who received the will of Baili Wuji, sent a team of Ming troops to escort Yelu Shuogu to Jinling.
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End of volume III. (To be continued......)