Chapter 696: Discussing Countermeasures

Zhang Yu didn't ask Hu Ye what he wanted those captives to do, and thought that he was going to take them back to Lou Ying to make a real thing, after all, Lou Ying and Hu Ye had not done this less before.

In fact, Lou Ying and Xiao Jiuxian's real yàn have already been successful, and when they operated on Zhu Zhizhi, they had already succeeded for most of it, but now they still need to be improved.

And Hu Ye asked for these captives, in fact, it was something prepared for Xiaoying and them, who told him to owe them too much.

Coupled with the 20,000 captives outside, it should be enough for a long time.

After this war, Hami City did not have much loss, only the Zhongshun Palace, and then the back door was destroyed, and the front door was almost no loss.

But now that the king of Zhongshun is dead, Hami needs a titular ruler to choose one of these Mongols to continue to be Timur?

This solution was rejected by everyone, and with the lesson of the loyal king, they all believed that those who were not of our race would have different hearts. Zhang Yu, who was loyal to the king, lost his right arm, and if there was another one, it might cause someone to lose his life.

There is also a solution, that is, to govern this place like other places in the Ming Dynasty, set up three divisions, the capital division, the political division, and the judicial division, and then set up a guard here, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, then there will be no various worries.

This method had to be decided by Zhu Di, so after everyone passed a resolution, they decided to ask Zhu Di for advice, and they were deployed in Hami during this time.

But there is one more thing in their hearts that they can't let go, and that is the fleeing Hari Sultan.

"Damn, his sweaty horse is really fast, much faster than my horse, and after chasing it for two hours, he is gone."

Zhang Fu returned to Hami City and said with great annoyance.

"Don't be in a hurry, I'm going to see, though the king of Loyal Shun has burned our tents. But the flying battalion is still there, and this time General Song has sent us supplies, although it may not be able to kill the Hari Sultan, but it is still feasible to scare him. Hu Ye smiled.

"Hey, at the end of the day, we don't have enough strength right now."

Zhang Yu sighed, this time, in order to deal with these 250,000 enemies, the Ming Dynasty can be said to have mobilized the strength of the whole country, and used all the troops that can be used in the northwest, and most of the grain and grass in the treasury have also been consumed. However, it didn't hurt the people, which is good.

"Yes, if there is no pressure on the imperial court and the supply of grain and grass is sufficient, Lao Tzu will lead the soldiers and horses now and kill all the way to their hometown!"

Zhu Neng also clenched his fists, in fact, there was a reason why Zhang Fu was only allowed to pursue Harry Sultan, after all, it was impossible for the army to go out of the city this time. has already exhausted their supplies, if it weren't for Song Sheng's supplies, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to survive this time.

"It won't take two years to make a difference." Hu Ye muttered.

Calculate the time. Zheng He and they have been going to sea for almost a year, and now they may have returned from South America, and if they go well, they will be able to return to the Ming Dynasty in the spring of next year. When the time comes, you will be able to plant potatoes and corn, and in a year or two you will be able to fill up the people's warehouses.

"How do you know?" Zhu Neng asked Hu Ye curiously.

"Hehe, I promised the emperor. Within five years, he will be able to have no worries. Hu Ye smiled, and after careful calculation, it will be three years now, plus two years of preparation time, there will really be no worries at that time.

"Alright, you go and let the flying battalion patrol the air, and if you find Harry-sultan's whereabouts, you will come and report it. By the way, this time has also cleared the surrounding unstable forces. Zhang Yu muttered.

"Unstable forces around?" Qiu Fu frowned, this time they came to deal with Sultan Hari, it can be said that they suffered heavy losses, and only 30,000 of the 150,000 troops they brought survived, which was already the biggest defeat of the Ming Dynasty.

If there is another war, will there be even greater losses?

"Yes, there are Varat and Tatar in the north here, all of whom have bad intentions, and must take the opportunity to knock and beat. And this time such a powerful force has been mobilized, and I don't know how long it will be before such a large force will be used next time. Zhang Yu took out a map, which was a simple distribution map.

The former Eastern Chagatai Khanate has been destroyed, and now Hami is surrounded by Warat and Tatar.

As Zhang Yu said, this mobilization of 350,000 troops can be described as the largest in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Although Yun Zichen and Li Jinglong both commanded 500,000 troops during the Battle of Jingjing, they were all short-distance troops, like now, they are hundreds of miles of marching at every turn, and the amount of grain and grass consumed is incalculable.

If you wait until the next time, I'm afraid that it will be consumed a lot.

"I also agree with the general's statement, anyway, we have to wait for the holy decree here during this time, just go out to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger." Zhu Neng is not a big deal, he can just go and fight the Mongols, why not do it?

"General Song, what is your opinion?"

Zhang Yu suddenly said to Song Sheng, after all, all the troops to be used this time are his army, and the remaining 30,000 troops before, they dare not move, this is the remaining seedlings of 150,000 people.

"General, at the behest of the emperor, the 200,000 people I led are all under the command of the general." Song Sheng didn't want to express his opinion, after all, he was the emperor's eldest brother, and some things were better not to say.

"In that case, then it has been decided, from tomorrow, ten hot air balloons will be responsible for searching for the whereabouts of Sultan Hari, as well as patrolling the West to prevent Sultan Harry's resurgence. Qi Guogong and General Song led 100,000 soldiers and horses to guard Hami, and the rest of the people, with me, led tens of thousands of people to the north, first through Tatar, and then west to Warat, with five days, to shock the two countries, for the establishment of Hamiwei in the future, to buy time. Zhang Yu made a decision.

"But the general ......"

Zhang Fu wanted to remind his father, you only have one hand now, or stay and rest, but before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Zhang Yu.

"Isn't it just a broken hand? I can still use my left hand! Zhang Yu said loudly.

"Okay, the matter is settled, if you have an opinion, say it now, disband if you have no opinion, sleep well, and start the journey tomorrow." Zhang Yu waved his left hand and left the tent.

"Zhang Fu, Hu Ye, you come with me." When he walked to the door, Zhang Yu suddenly said something, Zhang Fu and Hu Ye glanced at each other, and then followed.

"Hey, it seems that this broken arm hit Lao Zhang very hard."

After Zhang Yu left, Zhu Neng sighed.

They are all veterans and know what kind of blow a broken right hand is for a general. It is very likely that after returning this time, Zhang Yu will leave the army completely.

Therefore, Zhang Yu wants to do a little more in his last military career.

And this battle can be said to be Zhang Yu's most defeat, using his own 120,000 people in exchange for the enemy's 200,000 people, although it sounds like a profit, but this qiē is not something he did.

As a great general, he naturally felt a little guilty, and he wanted to make up for this qiē.

"Hey."

Qiu Fu sighed, as a veteran, he understood Zhang Yu's feelings.

"You two, don't sleep tonight, sort out the list of the dead this time."

Walking into a small house, Zhang Yu said to Zhang Fu and Hu Ye.

"And ......"

Zhang Yu wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, his face was full of confusion.

"Uncle Zhang, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and this time we won." Hu Ye muttered.

"There are some things you don't understand."

Zhang Yu sighed and looked at the moon looming in the sky.

"Uncle Zhang, let me give you a number, in the Celestial Empire, there was a war, do you know the death toll?" Hu Ye asked in a low voice.

"How many?" Zhang Yu asked loudly, this was the biggest loss since he commanded the battle.

"Fifty million!" Hu Ye said casually.

"How much!"

Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu were startled at the same time, what is the number of 50 million? Now the total number of people in the Ming Dynasty is only a few times that of 50 million.

If there was a war and 50 million people died, the Ming Dynasty would have collapsed from now on.

"Fifty million, and that's not an exact count." Hu Ye stood up, and then said, "What I mean by this number, I just want to tell Uncle Zhang, in a war, casualties are indispensable, 100,000 people are nothing, I have experienced the death of 50 million people, isn't life the same?" ”

Hu Ye said a little too much, after all, he had never experienced World War II, but there are images handed down, and he also understands the cruelty at that time, compared with now, it is many times more cruel.

"Have you experienced it?"

Zhang Yu looked at Hu Ye in surprise, it was 50 million deaths, nearly half of the population of the Ming Dynasty. Hu Ye has experienced these things at such an age, how did he survive it?

"Uncle Zhang, you are also a veteran, and you should know some things better than me." Hu Ye sighed, in fact, even he didn't know what he was talking about, because he hadn't experienced this situation at all, Zhang Yu in history was already dead, but one of his notes allowed Zhang Yu to survive, and now Zhang Yu didn't know what else would happen because he had escaped.

And as things developed, Hu Ye felt that history seemed to be becoming more and more difficult to control, and he didn't expect what happened at all.

"Okay, you sort out the information, I'll go out quietly."

Zhang Yu sighed, then pushed open the door and walked out.

"Hey." Zhang Fu sighed, and then began to sort out the information, no way, there are too many things to sort out.

There must be a complete record of the entire 120,000 people, each with their name, place of origin, and age.

If it was usual, naturally they would not sort it out, but this time it was different, Zhang Yu felt that he was ashamed of them, and he had to sort it out carefully, and no martyr would have to get a complete pension.

Hu Ye knew that if anyone dared to move this money, Zhang Yu would definitely not spare him! (To be continued......)