Chapter VI
You must know that the people of the Ming Kingdom are holding the bonds of the imperial court and waiting to get the land promised by the imperial court.
But if you don't accept the surrender and order the massacre of the soldiers and civilians of Zhubu, how can this make Bailiyi do it?
Baili Yi had no choice but to order the First Army to temporarily station in the south of Zhenzhou, report to Baili Wuji, wait for the new will, and wait for the arrival of the Second and Third Armies of Yunyang and Ding Siji.
Unlike Bailiyi, Yun Yang kills without blinking, although he has a smiling face all day long, no one in the Ming army dares to despise this smiling face.
But Yun Yang met a more "ruthless" person than him this time, in order to speed up the march of the Third Army led by Ding Sijing, the herdsmen who encountered them along the way, regardless of men, women and children, were all dragged to be people's husbands, and if they did not comply, they could not escape death. This is nothing, what is even more ruthless is that in order to save food, these forced herdsmen who are forced to be husbands can only get half a catty of rations every day.
Starting from Fengzhou, there is a fortress every 100 li, until the south of the Ulugu River, there are more than 100 fortresses? No one knows how many bones of the herders were buried under those forts.
As the saying goes, "Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. ”
But in this way, the marching speed of the Third Army quickly led the Second Army, and Yun Yang was forced to be "helpless", so he could only follow suit.
Although this method was cruel, it was undoubtedly the most convenient and quick method, and in four months, the new army from Toyosu to the north quickly built the fort, and countless ordnance and grain were transported to the fort for storage.
It was precisely because of these supplies that the foundation for the victory of the Northern Expedition was laid.
History is written by the victors. In the vast river of time, countless peoples have disappeared inexplicably.
Perhaps, in this day and age. The tribes of divination will also be part of it.
This way to the north, the place where the army passed, no longer inhabited, the captured and assembled Divination people were quickly transferred to Yanyun, and then entered Goryeo, preparing to emigrate to Dongying.
In fact, at this time, divination should no longer be considered as a matter of victory or defeat. It's a question of preserving race.
But Mockus obviously didn't realize this, and in the absence of a clear answer from Bailiyi, Mockus also chose to wait.
To be on the safe side. Mokus still ordered the 100,000 troops on the south bank of the Xue Lingge River to retreat south, and at the same time ordered the west bank of the Tuwura River and the defeated troops in Zhenzhou City to retreat west together to defend the Great King's Mansion.
This was not supposed to be a faint, gathering the main force to defend the Great King's Mansion. No matter how you say it, you can't say it's unconscious.
But there is a variable on the battlefield. On the north bank of the Xue Lingge River, the 100,000 Langgai and Commandery Coalition Forces, who confronted the Obstruction Army, also fell into a dilemma when they saw the sudden retreat of the Obstruction Army.
If you cross the river to pursue, it will inevitably cause a bloody battle between the two armies, and the so-called "poor Kou Mo chase". The consumption of a large number of troops is not in the interests of the two countries, and the war situation is still uncertain.
But if they did not pursue the blockade army that retreated south, the coalition army would not be able to explain to the Ming State. After all, he has surrendered to the Ming Kingdom and openly resisted the decree. In the face of the Ming army, which was close at hand, the coalition forces did not have such courage.
Therefore, after careful consideration, the coalition forces decided to "pursue", but not across the river to pursue, but along the Sheringo River to the west.
It is called "detour, outflanking".
This was supposed to be a passive move by the coalition forces, but they didn't want to inadvertently cut off Mockus's way to flee west.
Mockus, who was in the Great King's Mansion, naturally didn't know that the only way to retreat had been cut off by the 100,000 Lang Gai and the Cannes coalition army, and he was still looking forward to the Ming army accepting the surrender of the blockade and then withdrawing.
And the two-way army that quickly returned to the division also added a lot of confidence to Mokus, after all, the number of new troops was still inferior to the Obstruction Army.
Mockus waited for half a month.
What is waiting for is not the will of Baili Wuji, but the arrival of the new army of Yunyang and Ding Sijing.
The northward approach of the new armies of Yunyang and Ding Sijin was different from that of Bailiyi, whose goal was to conquer Zhenzhou and then flank from the east of Dawangfu, while the new armies of Yunyang and Ding Sijin went north along both sides of the Ulugu River, facing each other across the river and echoing left and right.
When the three armies met, when Baili Yi told Yun Yang and the two of them about the intention of blocking the king Mokus to return to obedience, they were rejected by Yun Yang and the others.
Yun Yang's meaning is very simple, before departure, the emperor explained that he would immigrate all the herdsmen to Dongying, if he accepted Guishun, how would the bonds issued by the Ming State be accepted? In addition, in the past two years, Yun Yang had fought several battles with the invading Divination Army in the Western Regions and Hexi, and all the soldiers under his command had casualties, and there was nowhere to find a chance to take revenge.
Ding Sijin said something different, he could not be compared with Yun Yang and Baili Yi in terms of official position or resume, but he is now the commander of the Third Army of the New Army.
He was looking forward to the Northern Expedition to establish outstanding feats to establish his position in the Ming army, who thought that as soon as he arrived at the palace of the king of Divination, he heard that Divination was going to be surrendered, so that this merit had nothing to do with him, Ding Sijin naturally refused to agree to the obedience of the Divination Army, he opposed it and insisted on completely annihilating the Divination Army.
This submission is different from surrender in the general sense, the country is submissive, that is, it submits to the other party, but it is still governed by itself, at most it is an annual tribute, and there are some things in etiquette.
Even in order to appease, Ming Guo had to give him some rewards and assistance with some blood.
This kind of thankless work, Baili Wuji will definitely not do it, and Baili Yi naturally knows that Baili Wuji will not do it.
The commanders of the three-way army and the two-way army were opposed, and Bailiyi himself felt that the Hu people were fickle and unreliable in surrendering.
The so-called "generals are outside, and military orders are not subject to them." As soon as the three of them were combined, they decided to refuse the request to block Bu and return to obedience, and issued an ultimatum, within three days, if the whole army did not abandon their weapons and surrendered, and waited for disposal, the Ming army would launch a general attack.
After Mokus got a response, he felt that the intention of the Ming army this time was different from that of the previous dynasty, and this Ming army was going to kill all the tribes.
Mockus and the leaders of the various tribes combined, planning to fight first no matter what, the so-called "rabbit is anxious and bites", being bullied to the doorstep, not fighting, it is always not appropriate.
Mockus didn't know that if he immediately led his army to retreat westward, he might be able to escape westward across the end of the Sheringo River before the combined forces of the Rangai and the Cannes coalition, but if he really wanted to fight, he might not be able to go to the Altai Mountains again.
Three days later, the 200,000 cavalry army of the Blockade after the rectification was arrayed ten miles outside the Great King's Mansion, waiting for the Ming army to attack. (To be continued......)