Chapter 425: Prairie Blood [2 More]
Not only did the patriarchs and generals look very ugly, but even the others all turned ugly one by one.
Their tribe is just a little farther away from the Ming Dynasty, but it doesn't mean that it is necessarily safe, in case the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty go into the depths of the grassland, doesn't it mean that their tribe is also safe?
"Great Khan, you must find a way to save your clansmen!"
All the generals looked at Dayan Khan in unison.
By the time Yang Tinghe informed these Tatars of the news that Chu Yi had sent a large army of the imperial court into the grassland, Cheng Xiangwu had already left Taiyuan for four days.
Because he wanted to go deep into the grassland, Cheng Xiangwu got Chu Yi's permission to select 30,000 elites out of the nearly 200,000 army.
The surrender of the Tatars made the Ming Dynasty obtain nearly 50,000 horses at once, although the elite selected by Cheng Xiangwu is not a real cavalry, but even if it is a horse infantry, it is a murderous 30,000 elite horses.
The 30,000-strong army went all the way out of Taiyuan Town, and then went straight into the grassland.
The vast grassland is endless, it can really be said that the sky is vast, the wilderness is vast, and it is not uncommon to not see a single figure for dozens of miles.
Surrounded by a clear lake, waterfowl roost among the grasses, and this waterhole is like a pearl dotted on the earth above the vast grassland.
For the grassland tribes, the most important thing is the water source, as long as there is a water source, there will be tribes under normal circumstances.
And near this waterhole there is a tribe of 10,000 people, such a tribe of 10,000 people in the steppe will be regarded as a big tribe, the tribe is named after the Tagul Lake, called the Tagul tribe, the tribal patriarch is with Dayan Khan to the south of the Khaqir.
Because of the proximity to the Ming Dynasty, the Tagul tribe often enters the Central Plains to plunder, and occupies the Tagooli Lake, the strength of the tribe is still quite good, and the living conditions of its people are much stronger than many grassland tribes.
On this day, as the son of Hatchier, Doth was leading the warriors of the clan to hunt on the grassland, and suddenly the earth shook, such a big movement, as a warrior on the grassland, Doth could judge just by listening to the movement, this must be more than 10,000 cavalry to have such a big movement.
Duo Si couldn't help but show a look of doubt, after all, he knew that the elite men and horses on the grassland had gone with Dayan Khan to attack the rich Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, and at present, on the steppe, except for Warat in the far north, it was impossible for other forces to come up with so many cavalry at once.
"Could it be that the Great Khan has returned to the steppe in victory?"
Thinking about it, Duo Si can only think of such a possibility, as for whether it is the Ming Dynasty entering the grassland, Duo Si has never thought about this.
At least in Duosi's memory, it was always them who took the initiative to enter the Central Plains to plunder, and the Central Plains Ming army never entered the grassland.
"Young patriarch, look, that ...... What kind of flag is that? ”
Looking in the direction that the subordinate was pointing, Duo Si only glanced at it, and suddenly the whole person was stunned, as if he had seen a ghost, and exclaimed: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, how could the Ming army appear on the grassland......"
Don't look at Duo Si is less than twenty years old, but on the prairie, even a teenager is already a qualified warrior, Duo Si entered the Central Plains with his father to plunder when he was a teenager.
Therefore, Duo Si is no stranger to the banners of the Ming Dynasty, so when he saw the flags that came into sight, Duo Si recognized these flags at a glance as the Ming Banners.
It was the recognition of the origin of these flags that was why Doth was so shocked.
"Da Ming?"
Several guards reacted, and said with panic on their faces: "Young Patriarch, it's not good, these cavalry seem to be coming for our tribe......"
Duo Si looked at the Ming cavalry that appeared in sight, densely packed, like a black torrent, his whole face showed a look of despair, and he muttered: "Immortal God, have you abandoned your people......"
Cheng Xiangwu's face was full of excitement, and he couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the tribe scattered on the grassland in front of him: "All the soldiers, kill with this general!" ”
When the troops were dispatched, Chu Yi specially told Cheng Xiangwu that on the grassland, everything was up to him, and everything was mainly to weaken the Tatars and create chaos for the Tatars.
In Cheng Xiangwu's opinion, since they have entered the grassland, they should be killed.
As the remnants of the Meng Yuan, it can be said that the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty have always been incompatible, and the hatred between the two sides has lasted for hundreds of years, and it is almost difficult to quell.
Especially these steppe tribes near the border town of Daming, it can be said that almost every tribe has entered the Central Plains to plunder, I don't know how many people have the blood of the Central Plains people on their hands, I don't know how many Central Plains people have been plundered to the grassland, become slaves of the Tatars, and suffer torture and humiliation.
"Kill!"
The people of the Tagul tribe herded sheep and hunted for hunting, who would have thought that one day they would face the Ming army.
Therefore, when tens of thousands of Ming soldiers rolled in like a black torrent, all the Tatars were stunned, although some Tatars instinctively got on their horses to meet the battle, but even if they poured out the youth of the entire tribe, even if the Tatars were not young and mature, they could not resist the impact of tens of thousands of troops.
It's just a cup of tea, the entire tribe was flattened, and most of the tens of thousands of Tatars were directly killed, so it can be said that the young and strong were almost all lost in the process of facing the battle, and the rest were just some women.
With Cheng Xiangwu's order, the army camped in the Taguli tribe to rest.
Around the end of the evening, eating roast mutton, Cheng Xiangwu listened to the secretary of the army report to him about the victory.
I only heard the clerk say to Cheng Xiangwu: "General, this time our army destroyed the Taguli tribe, attacked and killed more than 5,000 Tatars, captured more than 4,000 Tatar women, rescued more than 300 people from the Central Plains who were plundered, and captured 150,000 sheep, more than 3,200 cattle, more than 20,000 horses, and ...... gold and silver."
Several generals sitting next to Cheng Xiangwu widened their eyes one by one, looking at the account book in the clerk's hand with a stunned expression, obviously unable to believe that a mere Taguli tribe could have so much wealth.
Even Cheng Xiangwu couldn't help but be extremely surprised: "This Tagulee tribe is so rich, don't other more powerful tribes have more wealth?" ”
On the grassland, cattle, sheep and horses are the greatest wealth of a tribe, and the Tagul tribe is a big tribe, with tens of thousands of clansmen, and it is not surprising that there are so many cattle and sheep.
The clerk looked at Cheng Xiangwu and said, "General, what should we do with these Tatar prisoners and captured cattle and sheep?" ”
Cheng Xiangwu groaned, his eyes were fixed, and he said with a bit of murderous intent: "Pass my general order, except for the Tatar women, all the Tatar men will be killed, and the guerrilla general Zuo Yuan will lead the army with 500 troops, and escort them back to the Central Plains." ”
When a general heard this, he couldn't help but say: "General, with 500 men and horses alone, I'm afraid that it can't restrain more than 100,000 livestock!" ”
Cheng Xiangwu said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Don't forget, this time we have rescued hundreds of people from the Central Plains, and with the help of these people, as long as Zuo Yuan can manage those Tatar women well, it is not a problem to escort hundreds of thousands of livestock." ”
Everyone was stunned and immediately reacted, but Cheng Xiangwu's meaning couldn't be clearer, but he wanted to use those captured Tatar women to manage those livestock.
The women on the grassland have long been accustomed to this kind of killing life, attacking between small tribes, large tribes annexing small tribes, these women are often annexed as trophies, so these women on the grassland are rarely chosen to resist when they are captured in the war.
In addition, with 500 Ming troops under their supervision, it is really not a problem to escort more than 100,000 livestock back to the Central Plains.
"The general is wise!"
Cheng Xiangwu laughed and said: "Everyone, the Taguli tribe is just a beginning, the main force of the Tatars has not returned, we should be as the chief manager said, and the Tatars have been severely beaten, and it is best to completely overturn the steppe!" ”
A bloody storm on the grassland is obviously inevitable, and at this time, Dayan Khan outside Xuanfu City also made the decision to withdraw his troops for the first time.
The Tatar people's actions naturally could not escape Yang Yiqing's attention, Yang Yiqing had been confronting Dayan Khan for so long, and naturally knew that Dayan Khan was not an easy person.
However, at present, the Tatars' move to shrink their forces made Yang Yiqing suddenly raise his vigilance, and convened a group of generals in the Xuanfu to discuss the matter.
In the hall, Yang Yiqing looked at the generals and said: "Everyone, this governor has summoned everyone to come today, but there is news that the Tatars are shrinking their men, I don't know what Nadayan Khan wants!" ”
One of the generals said: "Governor, judging from the last general, Dayan Khan has shrunk his men and horses, I am afraid that he wants to deal with us with all his strength, and he is going to attack the city with all his strength!" ”
It's no wonder that this will understand this thought, after all, the Tatars shrank their men, and if they didn't attack the city, they still had to run away?
Ninety percent of the people in the hall thought the same way, and as for the rest, none of them thought that the Tatars were going to run away.
At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but look towards the door of the hall, and saw the Xuanfu Jinyi Wei Qianhu official, Chen Liangyu with a solemn face, striding over.
"Xiaguan Chen Liangyu, meet Governor Yang, this is an urgent secret letter from the Chief Governor, and please ask Governor Yang to open it in person!"
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