Chapter 52: Jingguan
After cutting Chen Rui, Sun Zheng immediately sent a fast horse to send a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor to select a new general soldier to take over the military affairs of Xuanda as soon as possible.
During this period, Sun Zheng spent a few days making a preliminary selection of the Datong defenders. Those who are qualified will be retrained by the new army, and those who are not qualified will be transferred to the construction corps on the spot, and they will use the confiscation of Pingjiangbo's assets to purchase food and materials, and transport them from Datong to the old city to support construction.
In Sun Zheng and Qin Hong's Hetao strategy, driving out the Mongols was only the first step. The core is to settle in, pioneer and build, and build it into a Han territory with its own economy.
In the next few years, the profits generated by various unique materials in the Hetao area will surely attract the attention of the government and the public. At that time, out of the instinct to protect interests, even if someone shouts to give up the Hetao again, they will inevitably be sprayed into shit.
As for what shock effect the news of Sun Yan King Tu Datong caused in the capital, Sun Zheng didn't care at all. The impeachment attacks that others were worried about were even less worth it, and he had confidence in Emperor Hongji.
In the past, Sun Zheng didn't quite understand why the Ming Dynasty was so pitiful, but the emperor always raised it high and put it down gently. After experiencing the Jin Wangfu incident, he gradually figured out the key.
The hereditary wealthy families such as the clan and the nobles, they share honor and disgrace, even if they have a mortal enemy on the surface, once they encounter someone who wants to clean them up, they will immediately join forces to resist. Because of this, every time the emperor wants to deal with which, there will always be a large group of relevant people running to intercede, forcing him to raise his noble hand.
The civil officials shouted so fiercely, in fact, they also have their own interests. keeps shouting that he wants to punish a certain national thief, often just to get a good reputation for himself. After expressing his attitude, it doesn't matter how the emperor deals with it, the important thing is that he can make a good name among the people.
If Chen Rui was really escorted back to Beijing and handed over to the emperor for disposal, the result would inevitably be a few reprimands and a fine of three glasses of wine. The scum continued to get away with it, the civil officials continued to impeach, and the emperor continued to sulk.
And when people die and people live, the external reaction is also very different. If Chen Rui is alive, a lot of people will speak for him, just to hope that he can repay him in the future. But when a person dies, it is worth it to offend the red man in front of the emperor for a dead person, you need to think about it.
Don't look at Sun Zheng's first chopping and then playing, it seems to have offended the emperor's majesty, but in fact, he helped the emperor deal with this disgusting thing in advance, saving him from worrying about it again.
As expected, Emperor Hongzhi received the report, and the first thing he did was to investigate the authenticity of the killing of good and false merits, and after confirming it, he directly removed the title of Pingjiang Earl, demoted him to a concubine, and was monitored and banned by the local government.
Liu Yu, who returned to Beijing with his head in his hand, was reprimanded as a corpse and a vegetarian meal, chased down the official body, and never used it. The supervising army Jin Fu was sent to Fengyang to guard the tomb.
Subsequently, according to the list provided by Sun Zheng, more than half of the officers of Xuanda were dismissed and investigated.
After that, it was around the vacancies left by the general army and governor of Xuanda, and the court push was held.
As for Sun Zheng's unintentional killing of the earl and the slaughter of 3,000 officers and soldiers in a fit of rage, he didn't mention a word, and the power did not happen.
In the Ming Dynasty, it is a taboo to kill good and take credit, this kind of thing, if there is no evidence, you can still pull a few back and forth skins, once you sit down, whoever touches it will die.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, in this matter, at the same time remained silent. obediently accepted the emperor's anger, and no one jumped out to pick and choose.
This made Emperor Hongzhi feel very happy, and he had been in the imperial pole for more than ten years, and this was the first time he felt the majesty of imperial power.
The new Xuanda general soldier in the court has not yet been decided, and Sun Zheng has already completed the reorganization of the Datong garrison, leaving a part of the new army to maintain order and train soldiers and horses. He personally led 6,000 new troops, one man and two horses, day and night, and went north to pursue the little prince.
Cutting through the chaos and cleaning up the internal thieves is just a way, and destroying the external enemy is the main goal!
The little prince annexed tens of thousands of people in the old city of Hanhu in Dongshengwei, plus his own original army of 30,000. The whole team numbered more than 100,000, hundreds of thousands of cattle, horses, and livestock, and the speed of the army was naturally limited. A march of this magnitude could not hide the traces at all.
Following the trail of the little prince's army, he traveled nearly 800 miles in seven days. On the evening of the seventh day, they set up camp at Xuanshi Slope. There are stone carvings left by Taizong during the Northern Expedition, and "Xuanshi Slope" and "Lima Peak" are carved into two large stones.
During the Yongle period, a small city was built nearby, but now it is also abandoned. However, it was found that from here to the north, the troops that had been clustered together were divided into three, and split into three groups of varying numbers. This is because the nomadic army has too many animals with them, and there will not be enough pasture to eat along the way.
The Chinese military tent, round table.
Taxue was in charge of intelligence, pointing to the map and explaining: "Judging from the traces left, the group to the east is the latest and the most numerous. But to the east is the territory of Duoyan Sanwei......"
Sun Zheng snorted: "Don't worry about this!" Since you have chosen Daming and have been canonized by the imperial court, you should stand by Daming! Our Northern Expedition is not only to fight the enemy, but more importantly, to avenge the civilians who died tragically under the butcher's knife! In other words, we will take the same revenge against the little prince! This battle is to give them a wake-up call! Let all those who dare to challenge the Ming Dynasty think before they start! ”
On this point, the thinking of the new army has long been unified. Even the Ming Dynasty's own earl killed Liang, and he couldn't escape a knife on the neck, let alone a group of Tartars!
The next day, the camp went east, and continued to chase down the trail. The march of a large army is no better than a small force, and a hundred miles a day is already the limit. When camping in the evening, the greeting who was in charge of reconnaissance brought back a few Mongolian men to meet Sun Zheng.
These people are herdsmen from Duoyan Sanwei, who once went to Guyuan to sell livestock and purchase materials, recognized the equipment of the new army, and took the initiative to come to the door. It turned out that when the little prince's army passed by, they easily swallowed up their small tribe. The reason is that they use iron tools from the original source, which is a collaborator.
These men narrowly escaped. But the tribesmen were killed, the women were taken captive, the tents and cattle were taken away, and seeing that they could not survive the winter, they had planned to go south to find a way to live, but they accidentally bumped into the scouts who welcomed the guests.
The information of these people is actually dispensable, but this attitude of taking the initiative to vote makes Sun Zheng appreciate it very much. Take them on the road together, and then settle together when they are rescued.
Two days later, the new army was attached to the tail of the Mongol army, but about 20 people were beaten violently, killing more than half of them, taking five or six prisoners, and arresting them for interrogation, and finding out the general situation of the other party.
The total number of men and horses in this group exceeded 50,000, the soldiers were more than 10,000, and the rest of the women and children were old and weak, except for the wounded, who were captured by the Han and Hu people.
The greeting and snow treading personally arrived to reconnoiter and find the position of the opponent, and the gang finally came across a valley with fertile water and grass, and they were grazing and recuperating for the past few days, so that the livestock could relieve the fatigue caused by the long-distance transfer.
At dawn the next day, the Forces nouvelles, who had rested all night, launched a surprise attack.
In order to deter these barbarians to the greatest extent, Sun Zheng released ten mortars under the banner of supernatural powers, and the soldiers arrived at the attack position and first carried out a wave of artillery fire on the enemy camp. Ten cannons fired in three rows, and thirty shells bloomed all over the valley, directly blowing up this group of Mongols and losing their souls, thinking that they had encountered heavenly punishment.
The shelling ended, and several flares rose into the air. The new army suddenly appeared, greeted by a round of bullets, and the entire battalion completely collapsed. It was chased by the powerful firepower of the new army, and fled north from the Hetao area, and now it was hit head-on by shells comparable to Shenwei, where is there any courage to resist. Even if you have the courage to stand up, it is in vain to face the muskets.
The battle ended two hours later, with more than 10,000 soldiers annihilated.
Duoyan Sanwei and the others recovered the captives, and at the same time, thousands of Han people who were taken captive were also screened out. The rest of the Mongol men of the Tatar and Warat tribes, who were above the wheels, were all gathered together and shot.
Sun Zheng was ruthless this time, he just wanted to use bloody facts to warn those robbers who dared to offend the Ming Dynasty.
More than 30,000 women and children were organized to build a corpse wall about two meters high and nearly two miles long outside the valley with nearly 20,000 corpses.
This kind of man-made structure that flaunts meritorious deeds and intimidates the enemy with the corpse of the opponent is called Kyokan.
This place is located in the traditional sphere of influence of Duoyan Sanwei, and such a big movement will inevitably alarm the local forces.
The heads of Duoyan Sanwei took the initiative to contact the relationship, talking about the history of their ancestors having been awarded by His Majesty Yongle, and there was a smell of their own people in and out of their words. Not only was he willing to provide material assistance within his ability, but he was even willing to gather tribal warriors to go out with Sun Zheng on the expedition.
Sun Zheng lazily pierced their little thoughts, waved his hand, and pulled out half of the seized materials and livestock and gave them as favors, showing his attitude towards his own people. Then he entrusted them with the task of escorting Hermes-Epitek and the women and children back to the Hetao, telling them that after completing this task, they could enjoy the preferential treatment of large customers of the Four Seas System in the future.
The leaders of the Duoyan Sanwei are grateful to Dade for taking the order, and there are benefits to not having to fight, who is not willing to do this kind of good thing.
The most important thing is that this master's murderous nature is really scary, a two-mile-long Jingguan! No matter which way you look at it, it is densely packed with human heads, and whoever sees it can't tremble! With such a large-scale killing, the last time was the Northern Expedition of General Taizu Chaolan, and it was a battle for national glory! But even that time, General Lan didn't build a Beijing view!
The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 100 years, so long that people have long forgotten that this is a country that overthrew Mengyuan by force!
Now, the Ming Dynasty, who drove the Mongols out of the Central Plains, is back!
After repairing the Jingguan, Sun Zheng led the team to continue northward and went straight to the fishing sea. According to the captive's confession, the lair of the group of people and horses that were wiped out by himself is in the area of the fishing sea.
Lan Yu, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, wiped out the last small court of the remnant Yuan in the fishing sea, and completely swept the Yuan Dynasty into the garbage heap of history.
After many years, the Mongols once again chased the water and grass and returned to this fertile land.
When Sun Zheng led the team to arrive at the fishing sea, the northwest wind was as strong as a knife, rolling up scattered snowflakes and falling all over the ground, and winter was coming.