Chapter VII: Calm the Chaos, Peace in the Four Seas
Under the setting sun, the wailing sound spread all over the four fields, mixed with the hoarse chirping of crows, which showed a bit of desolation.
The battle is over.
Attacked from front to back, he was demoralized and had no will to fight, and the Tatar army collapsed quickly. Except for some Tatar soldiers on the flank, who took advantage of the chaos and did not resist at all, and took advantage of the fact that the Ming army was still fighting with the remaining Tatar army, they rode their horses and galloped wildly, and finally managed to escape, the rest of the soldiers were basically either killed or captured.
A total of more than 14,000 heads were obtained, more than 22,000 people were captured, and tens of thousands of horses were captured.
Many of Cook Khan's high-ranking officials were also captured or beheaded.
More than 20,000 Han people were rescued. When they learned that they were saved, they wept bitterly.
Looking at the Ming people who were whipped and scarred, the soldiers of the Ming army couldn't help but become a little more angry, and treated the captured Tatar army with the same treatment, these former perpetrators, knelt on the ground at this time, begging for forgiveness from the Ming army.
Many soldiers even confessed their relatives on the spot, hugged their heads and cried.
And in this battle, the Ming army was not without casualties.
Not to mention anything else, the previous onslaught of the Tatar army on the pass alone caused them a lot of losses. The Tatars lost more than 5,000 men there, but the Ming army also lost 3,000 casualties.
In the later melee, there were also Tatar soldiers who fought desperately and bloodily, and also caused many casualties, and the total casualties of the Ming army reached tens of thousands.
After all, on the opposite side is a brave Tatar iron horseman, and being able to play such a battle loss ratio is already the ultimate in geographical advantage and harmony.
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The chaos in the north seems to be a signal, with the end of the war in the northern Xinjiang, the war in various parts of the Ming Dynasty has also made breakthroughs, and the rebels have been pacified.
Originally, their combat effectiveness was not strong, but in the face of a few strong generals, could they be opponents? Needless to say, Xiong Tingbi is a ruthless man who even Nurhachi has a headache in the original time and space, although Yang Hao has pulled his crotch a lot compared with the two, but he has been in the army for decades, at least he is also a soldier, much stronger than those half-baked rebel leaders.
Add to that equipment logistics and the like, and the gap is even greater.
The people's will is no longer there, but the force cannot keep up, and the end is doomed.
In May of the first year of Wuxing, shortly after Yan Shizhao's defeat of the Wara army, Xiong Tingbi took the lead in quelling the rebellion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
At the beginning of June, Li Rubai rebelled in Henan.
In July, Liu Wei Pinghuguang rebelled.
The Ming Dynasty, which was full of smoke, was stabilized again within a year of Zhu Changxun's accession to the throne.
This also shows the accuracy of Yan Chenhao's strategy from the side, it is not that people were not sent to quell the chaos during the Wanli period, but because the root cause has not been removed, there is no way to completely sweep away the rebels, but more and more fights.
Wanli, in fact, is not unaware of these things. But he is also a good fortune by nature, and he is really reluctant to give up the great interests of that day, and he refuses to give up both ends, which leads to uprisings in several provinces in the Ming Dynasty. If you do this for a few more years, maybe Daming will collapse earlier than the original time and space.
Fortunately, Emperor Wuxing still listened to his teacher.
Now that the root has been swept away, the rootless ping, the sourceless water, will eventually come to an end.
The Ming Dynasty returned to stability, and the deterrent power of the Ming army was stronger.
Everywhere on the battlefield, at the same time, everywhere to win a big victory, doesn't this reflect the strength of the Ming Dynasty?
You must know that some time ago, when the war was raging, the public opinion of the people, especially the provinces with rebellion, as well as the surrounding provincial capitals, circulated some remarks that the edifice was about to collapse! Unexpectedly, in an instant, it was already calm.
At this moment, it is equivalent to a direct wave of publicity, even some people with bad intentions have to weigh their own quality when they see this. Many people who thought that "troubled times have come" and could finally "achieve a hegemony" had no choice but to extinguish their minds at this time and go to their own work honestly.
As for the assassins who were restrained, they were even more frightened.
Such a big Tatar, an army of 50,000! Across the grasslands!
Just such a battle, only to escape back less than 10,000 people?
The house was still in a mess.
I thought that the tiger of Daming had declined, but I didn't expect it to be just a temporary sleep! Once it woke up, the roar shook the world!
Those prefectures that were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty couldn't help but secretly rejoice in the correctness of their decisions, and they worked harder to pay tribute; And those leaders who were almost in a state of independence were so frightened that they hurriedly sent people to pay tribute, while explaining why they had not paid tribute before, and found reasons such as being threatened by the Tatars, they hurriedly sent people to make up for the cattle, sheep and horses owed over the years, and at the same time sent elite strong men to the Ming Dynasty to fight for the emperor of the Celestial Empire.
Zhu Changxun happily received their envoys, and he did not accept the so-called reasons for being threatened by the Tatars, but said with a sneer:
"Why don't you go to the sky, you know for yourselves!"
When the envoys below were trembling and worried that they would not be able to get out of the Ming Dynasty alive, Zhu Changxun spoke leisurely:
"However, I forgive you for correcting your mistakes and taking the initiative to make up for the tributes of previous years."
"As long as you work with peace of mind and pay your taxes on time, the Celestial Empire will protect you, and the blades of the Heavenly Soldiers will never point at you."
"However, if there is a recurrence, I will severely punish and never tolerate it!"
When he said the last sentence, Zhu Changxun's eyes suddenly widened, and his tone became extremely stern, and the messengers below were shocked when they heard it, thinking of the tragic ending of the Tatar Ministry, they trembled, and immediately kowtowed again and again, saying that they didn't dare.
Zhu Changxun also knew that these people were the grass on the wall, and now that they were willing to surrender and be shocked, they naturally accepted it.
Of course, he didn't intend to let them go like that.
In my heart, I have secretly calculated: in the future, the cattle, sheep and horses in these prefectures, as well as the Mongolian warriors sent to participate in the Ming army, will be doubled.
Betraying Daming, no price at all? Is it really good to be fooled?
It just so happens that in this way, these fetters will be completely hollowed out, and there will be no more betrayal of the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
He sneered secretly.
On the other side, Yan Chenhao looked at the emperor's performance, but he was quite satisfied. He didn't know what Zhu Changxun was thinking, and silently praised the emperor's clever methods.
Not accepting the other party's reasons, telling them that if they dare to rebel again, they will be crusaded, this is Wei.
Forgive them and say that as long as the other party is honest, Daming will shelter them, which is grace.
Envy and power, after that, the restraint will definitely not rebel easily.
He deserves to be my disciple! It seems that my previous teachings have not been in vain.
He thought so, and a smile appeared on his face.
(End of chapter)