Sheep ceremony?

Hearing Shen Yichen's request, the faces of the leaders of the three guards of Wuliang Ha changed, from shock to anger to humiliation!

The sheep ceremony can be traced back to the period when King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, but later, with the development of Confucian civilization, adhering to the idea of benevolence and righteousness, the surrender ceremony was more inclined to ceremonial words, rather than simply to humiliate the vanquished.

But the turning point occurred in the shame of Jingkang, the Jin Dynasty soldiers and horses broke through the Song Dynasty capital Bianjing, captured the Song Huizong and Song Qinzong Emperors, in order to humiliate the other party as much as possible, held a grand "sheep ceremony" surrender, since then this surrender method has been regarded as a great humiliation!

Shen Yichen is not the first time to preside over the surrender ceremony, as early as when he was a junior official in the green robe of the Beijing Division, he had accepted the surrender ceremony of Luchuan at the Andingmen of the Beijing Division, which was the standard Ming etiquette.

But this time, Shen Yichen emphasized that he wanted to use the "sheep ceremony", for no other reason, that is, to give Wuliang Ha Sanwei an unforgettable humiliation and trampling, so that they can understand the consequences of repeatedly betraying the Ming Dynasty, so that those who are not subordinate will always be engraved on the pillar of shame!

"Shen Yichen, we have been canonized by the Ming Dynasty for generations, and we have official ranks and military positions, don't deceive people too much!"

Tulu Huocha was used to being arrogant, and the "sheep ceremony" made him unbearable, and he chose to take out his official body in Daming, hoping to force Shen Yichen to back down.

Isn't Daming known as the state of etiquette, so let's talk about what is called etiquette now, at most it will go to the emperor and punish him for the crime of rebellion, when will it be your turn to Shen Yichen to humiliate him?

Hearing Tuoluhuoca's words, the corners of Shen Yichen's mouth rose slightly and smiled contemptuously, then he slowly leaned down and squatted in front of him and said, "What about this official bullying you?" ”

Forgiveness is the mercy of the strong, and the weak are not qualified to negotiate conditions, not to mention that the other party is still of a different race.

After saying this, Shen Yichen lowered his voice and continued in a cold tone: "This official now gives you two choices, either you will be escorted to the Jingshi alive by the sheep ceremony, and see if the Great Tomorrow will spare your life." ”

"Either you will be stubborn and stubborn, and the official will hang your three clans and your heads in the north of the Jingshi."

"Life or death, it's just a matter of your thoughts."

The sense of threat and oppression brought by the calm words simply broke through the sky, the leader of the three guards of Wuliang Ha stared at Shen Yichen, beads of sweat continued to slide down his cheeks, this literati is a hundred times more ruthless than a general, and it will determine the life and death of the three clans!

"I ...... I am willing to surrender with a sheep-led salute. ”

Under the huge psychological oppression, the leader of Duoyanwei, Ha Wu, first succumbed, his tribe had the most contact with the Ming Dynasty, knowing that the Ming Emperor had a good face, and the group of civil officials and important ministers in the center of the court paid attention to royal Taoism.

As long as you can go to Jingshi alive and admit your mistakes and beg for mercy with tears in your eyes, there is a high probability that you can get back a life. On the contrary, with Shen Yichen's ruthlessness, Ha Wuzhen had no doubt that the threat would come true immediately.

Backbone is important, after all, it is not as important as life!

With Ha Wu taking the lead in submission, soon Fuyu Weishou did not extend his territory, and kowtowed to express his willingness to take the sheep and surrender. The last leader of Tainingwei, Tulu Huocha, was not as hard as he imagined, and he would rather die than give in, almost at the same time as the soil did not stretch and succumb, he hurriedly kowtowed to Shen Yichen and begged for mercy.

Since he chose to let the three guards of Wuliang Ha carry out the sheep ceremony, Shen Yichen naturally had to publicize it widely, and soon built a high platform on the plain of western Liaoning, and the soldiers of the three guards who surrendered to Wuliang Ha were densely standing below, and the Ming cavalry was eyeing the tiger.

As long as they make any changes, then the next step is not just a surrender ceremony, but a huge killing ceremony!

The wars between the Central Plains Dynasty and the nomads in China for thousands of years often ended at the cost of extermination, and neither the Ming army nor the Mongols would have any soft-heartedness and guilt for killing prisoners, which was completely different from modern moral standards.

The leader of the three guards of Wuliangha, who had already taken off his battle armor, took off his shirt this time, completely naked and draped in a sheepskin, with a rope tied around his neck, and was led like a sheep and brought to Shen Yichen to kneel, this is the famous "sheep holding ceremony".

One of the nomads' favorite slogan is that the Han people in the Central Plains are regarded as lambs, who can be killed and killed at will. Now Shen Yichen used the sheep ceremony to tell the Wuliang Ha Sanwei tribe that they were a group of lambs to be slaughtered, and the butcher's knife was in the hands of the Ming army!

Looking at the once high tribal leader, kneeling in front of Shen Yichen, the commander of the Ming army, the Wuliangha Three Guards who watched the ceremony could be described as heartbroken. This picture annihilated their bravery and pride, and the sense of humiliation will go deep into their bone marrow, and they will not dare to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty from now on.

Even if a few of them were humiliated and wanted to get up and resist, when the Ming soldiers who maintained order showed their blades, they could only continue to kneel on the ground and witness the humiliation!

The process of holding the sheep ended quickly, and the real trial Shen Yichen actually had no right to decide, this was the power that belonged to the emperor. Standing on the high platform and looking at the dense Wuliangha Three Guards like a lost dog, Li Da said with some emotion at this time: "Xiangbei, I now understand why you want to use the sheep ceremony." ”

"After this ceremony, the ridge beam of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei was completely interrupted, and they no longer dared to rebel against the Ming Dynasty!"

That's right, Shen Yichen insisted on building a high platform and holding a huge sheep-holding ceremony. It was not for prestige, or to satisfy his desire for power, but more for the soldiers of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei.

Defeat is not terrible, and even death is not to be feared, what really makes a nation degenerate and die is the lack of courage to fight.

That's why, after the change of Tumubao, no matter how difficult the situation is, even if the casualties will double in many bloody battles, Shen Yichen still firmly chooses to take the initiative. It is to tell the Ming soldiers that you can still defeat the Tartars, you can still step on the Khan's court, and the Ming can still be levelled by the blade!

The Jin Dynasty held a "sheep holding ceremony" for the second emperor of the Song Dynasty, creating a Jingkang shame that caused the Song Dynasty to dare not compete with it, and a Yue Fei was chased back by twelve gold medal arrows and died unjustly in the Fengbo Pavilion.

Is it true that the Song Dynasty with the Yue family army could not defeat the Jin Dynasty in the Northern Expedition?

The answer is actually negative, even if only half of the Southern Song Dynasty remains, and the Jin Dynasty only occupies the other half, it is still unknown who wins and who loses.

The real reason is that the blood has been annihilated, the ridge beam has been broken, and he no longer dares to swing his blade at the iron cavalry in the north.

Shen Yichen's reversal of the situation and history of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army did not shrink in the defense line of the Great Wall and let the Mongolian iron cavalry invade the side, but still galloped on the vast grassland to conquer, demonstrating what is called Kou can go, I can also go!

What Shen Yichen is doing now is to train the Wuliang Ha Sanwei to be an obedient lamb and set up a state and county A hundred years later, there will be no Mongolian cavalry in Southern Mongolia, only the Ming Iron Cavalry remains.

The name of the three guards may have been around for a long time, but in fact they are history!

The news of the end of the war in Ningyuan City was soon transmitted to Guangning City further north, as well as to other military towns in Liaodong, and at the same time, the Tiansheng Khan, who had recruited the three Jurchen tribes to make a comeback, was also first.

He was also high-spirited, and he was still ambitious and planned to fight again, but the news of the defeat of the three guards of Wuliang Ha made him stand in place for a long time as if he had lost his soul.

He couldn't imagine how the 80,000 armored soldiers of the Wuliangha Sanwei could be wiped out in just a few days, and all of them, including the leaders of the Sanwei, became prisoners of the Ming army.

You must know that it is very easy to defeat the grassland war, and it is extremely difficult to annihilate it completely, and it is already known through Bolona Haller that there are still about 30,000 cavalry left in the Ming army, and if you can't win against 30,000, can't you still run away?

The fall of the three guards of Wuliang Ha meant that it became a delusion to occupy the capital of Liaodong, and the Heavenly Sage Khan also decisively gave up the attack on several acropolis, and scattered his forces to retreat in the direction of Monan Mongolia.

According to the plan formulated by the Ming army before the war, it was inevitable to annex the entire Mongol army in southern China. Anyway, Wuliang Ha Sanwei has been destroyed, rather than letting the cattle and sheep of the ethnic group be invaded by the Ming Kingdom, it is better to use an old saying of the Han people, called fat water does not flow to outsiders, and go to the annexation first.

And in this situation, the remaining clansmen of the Wuliang Ha Sanwei will definitely not resist too much, and they can obtain a large number of people and livestock without bloodshed, and indirectly complete the unification of the entire Mongolia!

I have to say that the speed of response is very fast, and the first time to find the most beneficial strategy for their own side, it is indeed compared to the Ming army to conquer, Wuliang Ha Sanwei is the same root as the Warat Department after all, and it is the general trend to choose to take refuge.

In addition to annexing the population and livestock first, Tiansheng Khan did not plan to let the Ming army easily occupy the territory of Monan Mongolia, he let his soldiers and horses unite with the remaining tribesmen of Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and fought a "law and order war" with Shen Yichen's Ming army on the vast grassland.

This situation is very similar to the Ming Dynasty's rule over the southern regions, it is easy to defeat the Tusi domain, but it is difficult to completely occupy and digest that land. You must know that the policy of changing the land and returning to the river has gone through more than 200 years, from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and the southern territory has been completely stabilized.

In this way, in order to stabilize the territory of the entire southern Mongolia, Shen Yichen led the expeditionary army to unite the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Dusi, and sent troops from June of the first year of Jingtai to November of the second year of Jingtai, which completely quelled the rebellions one after another, and established the Ming Acropolis on the grassland!

"The proprietor, the imperial court has sent an edict, ordering Xiangbo Guo Deng to match the seal of the general of Zhenshuo, take your place to guard southern Mongolia, and we can return to Beijing!"

Bian He was a little excited to take the documents of the military department, came to Shen Yichen's room, and told him the good news.

Can I go back to Beijing?

Hearing the news suddenly, Shen Yichen did not have the excitement and joy he imagined, but more of a dazedness.

It may be that he is used to staying on the grassland, but Jingshi is a little unfamiliar with himself. However, when he came back to his senses, a wave of anticipation and joy still came to Shen Yichen's heart, and he was finally able to go home to see his mother and wife, as well as his one-year-old daughter who he had never seen before.

When he first learned the news of Chen Qingtong's birth, Shen Yichen felt extremely empathetic to Yu Qian at the beginning, why he left his post and returned to Beijing on his own, and the Ming Dynasty's regulations on not allowing family rolls to go out of the town are really a bit inhumane.

If a year or two is fine, the ancient road is far away, and the carriages and horses are slow, and some officials may have to go out of the town for ten years or eight years, how can they endure this loneliness?

At that time, Shen Yichen had a desire to imitate Yu Qian, and simply went back to Beijing to visit Chen Qingtong's mother and daughter regardless of it, but the war in southern Mongolia was anxious, and Tiansheng Khan also first hindered the construction of the Acropolis on a large-scale Chen soldier border.

Shen Yichen brought them to Monan Mongolia with Shen Yichen, and their lives were all tied to their lives, so it was their responsibility to bring them back alive. Only then did he suppress his inner thoughts, and fought in Monan Mongolia for another year, and waited until the five acropolises were built one after another to form a line of defense, which could be regarded as completely resolving the crisis on the border of Yexian Chenbing.

"Okay, Uncle Dingxiang will take over the position of this official, and with his ability, he can protect Southern Mongolia without worry."

After saying this, Shen Yichen seemed to be relieved, and the whole person had an inexplicable ease.

The high mental tension brought about by more than a year of campaigning often kept him awake at night, especially during the critical period of city building, Shen Yichen had to inspect the barracks almost every night to fall asleep, and he would attack the camp in the middle of the night as a precaution.

Now the five acropolises stand on the grassland, encompassing the entire Yanshan Mountain Range, so that the Xuanda defense line is connected with the Liaodong Dusi Border Fort, and there is no longer any need to worry about the narrow Liaoxi corridor being cut off, and at the same time blocking the ambition to annex Korea first.

"Originally, Yang Hong, Marquis of Changping, took over, but unfortunately he died of illness on the way back to Beijing for appointment, and the imperial court lost a tiger general."

When he said this, Bian He's tone was extremely regretful, and the successful construction of the Acropolis in Southern Mongolia was indispensable for the assistance of the Xuanfu garrisoned by Yang Hong, the Marquis of Changping. During the period when Tiansheng Khan also first attacked the border of Chen Bing, he relied on Guo Deng and Yang Hong to make up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to go out of the customs and cooperate with Shen Yichen to confront him, which deterred the Mongolian army.

Otherwise, Monan Mongolia may still be in the stage of competition so far, and has not entered the "digestion period" of the country.

"When we go back to Beijing now, can we still catch up with the funeral of the Marquis of Changping?"

Shen Yichen asked rhetorically, Yang Hong has helped him a lot since the change of seizing the door, and he should go to pay tribute to him.

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"If you can't catch up, the Marquis of Changping arranged to be buried in the hometown of Zhangjiabao in Xuanfu before his death, and we will complete the transfer and rush to Beijing, at least a month."

"However, Your Majesty gave a funeral sacrifice for the Marquis of Changping, and posthumously presented the Duke of Yingguo, nicknamed Wuxiang, which can be described as extremely glorious."

After listening to Bian He's story, Shen Yichen nodded silently and said, "Duke Yingguo, he deserves this honor." ”

"However, the death of Yingguo Gong, the power of the DPRK and China to balance the loyal Guogong is one less point, Zhao Tishuai said that he has placed cronies in the army over the years, I am afraid it is not the blessing of the family and the country."

When he said this, Bian He's expression was very solemn, and more than a year was enough time to change the situation between the DPRK and China too much.