Chapter 236: Surrender
After hearing Elder Baili's question, Zilong said firmly, "Of course it's a battle! Ashige doesn't fight, it's because he is busy gathering the rights of the various departments, and then deciding whether to fight or retreat! But for us, at this time, the enemy is in a state of confusion, and it is the opportunity for a big war! I will send an order to send two thousand cavalry on both wings, with each minister, to go and try to surrender the cavalry of the tribes on both wings, and if you encounter a recalcitrant resistance, you will be killed! Others, come with me and step through Ahige's own formation!"
"Obey!" Everyone was either Zilong's subordinates or Zilong's friends, but they all obeyed the order together, performed their duties, and went to dispatch according to Zilong's orders.
Two cavalry armies of 2,000 quickly rushed out of Zilong's main formation under Jiang Yunsong's dispatch and galloped towards the two wings.
The remaining 14,000 troops pressed neatly towards the Ahig main formation.
Ashig seized power in front of the battle at this time, and the commanders of the cavalry on both wings were also called back by him.
At this time, these tribal warriors were all seriously war-weary, and when they saw the 2,000 Zilong army carrying various ministers to surrender in front of the battle, the tribal warriors who had already intended to return to their hometowns directly dropped their weapons, galloped out of the battle, and knelt on the ground to surrender.
Those warriors who wanted to fight with Ahig and plundered Ningxia wanted to kill them.
But at this time, the whole army was already in chaos, and the main general was not there, and just when he wanted to attack the Zilong army, he was shot on the spot by these soldiers of the Zilong army without hesitation.
The rest were hesitant people, seeing a large number of brothers surrendering, the stubborn ones were shot mercilessly, the army formation did not form a military formation, and there was no general to command, in desperation, these people had to surrender, kneeling on the ground, begging for forgiveness from the tribal elders.
In this way, Zilong directly did not spend much effort, and surrendered nearly 6,000 tribal cavalry.
Among them, there were 1,000 soldiers, but they were stubborn and tried to resist, and were directly shot on the spot.
The remaining three thousand, seeing that the situation was not good, rode back to Ahig's main formation.
At this time, Zilong led the Chinese army to pass through the bull and horse gunpowder array, and came to the distance of less than three hundred steps from the Ahige main formation.
Seeing that the worries of the two wings had been removed, Zilong said loudly: "There is much help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust! Now the last remnant of the Heaven Breaking King Sect is at this time! Everyone will kill with me!"
Naturally, these words were spread to all parts of the battlefield by Ren Bufan with his profound skills.
The 14,000 Chinese soldiers in this formation saw that more than half of the cavalry of the two wings of the opposing party were forced to surrender by their own 4,000 iron cavalry, and they couldn't help but feel a big boost in morale.
For a time, the morale of the grassland soldiers skyrocketed, and they all worked hard, under the command of the Ming army general Zuo around them, one team after another caught up with Zilong, and covered Zilong in the battle formation, like a wave, and launched an attack on the Ahige main formation.
At this time, there were only 3,000 of Ahige's subordinates in his own army, and the remaining 10,000 people, of which 3,000 had fled back from the two wings one after another.
And the 7,000 tribal warriors in this array, although the leaders have been under the threat of death, have verbally submitted to Ashig, and under the surveillance of Ashig's cronies, they went to pacify their subordinates.
But Ashig knew that the tide was turning, even if the remaining 7,000 people voted for him. But they are all infantry, how can they win in this big battle.
At that moment, Ashige made a decision and ordered Wu Zhengfang to lead a thousand cronies as a team of overseers, leading 5,000 tribal warriors to hold their positions.
However, he secretly withdrew from the battlefield with Ilede, along with several other hall masters of the Heavenly King Sect, with the remnants of the 2,000 Heavenly King Sect and the 3,000 tribal soldiers who were absolutely loyal to him.
Zilong couldn't use martial arts at this time, so he was under the escort of the personal guards and was in the middle of the army as a commander.
Standing on a high place, he naturally knew the situation on the battlefield well. At this time, I saw that suddenly there was an enemy army of more than 5,000 people, which suddenly withdrew from the rear, mounted a war horse, and fled to the west.
Zilong immediately understood that it must be Asig who wanted to escape, and was about to find someone to chase him, but after thinking for a while, he gave up directly.
"Why doesn't Brother Zilong chase after him?" Wan'er was worried about Zilong's safety and stayed by Zilong's side.
At this time, seeing that Zilong had given up the pursuit of the fleeing troops that might be Ashig, he couldn't help but ask with a smile.
"Wan'er, why do you knowingly ask!" Zilong continued to command the battlefield while saying without looking back, "You obviously know that now we can't draw manpower! With less than 20,000 military horses, we have broken 25,000 enemies, and the casualties are not large, so we have won by tricks! Now that we have won the victory and captured so many prisoners, as long as we break the enemy formation in front, this battle will be considered a victory, so why bother to chase Ahige!"
"But he is the remnant of the Heavenly King Sect, and he is one of the culprits in this battle!" Wan'er couldn't help but ask with a smile. Her smile was full of meaning.
Now that he has lost the grassland, and without so many troops, the threat has been greatly reduced! As long as we guard the grassland and develop it well, he will have no chance of restoration, and he will be like a tiger without minions! Moreover, if he is allowed to run, he can only run into the Ordos army! In this way, it will be better for him to add some prestige to our army, and when I integrate the army here, and then march west with Dingguo Gong to flank Ordos! This Ordos must have no choice but to retreat!" Zilong slowly analyzed.
Yao Mingqiang, who was standing beside him, still didn't understand why he didn't chase and kill Ashig! But he didn't expect that this would be so much more beneficial than chasing!
And Wan'er also chuckled and said, "Brother Zilong, you are really a handsome general!
"I can do this, isn't it all taught by your teacher?" Zilong smiled back and said no more. Wan'er saw that Zilong was in high spirits, standing on top of this high post, scolding Fang Xuan, and commanding the army under his command to come and go, and laughed lightly.
The battle began at noon and ended after more than an hour.
At this time, the sun was setting, and all the tribal warriors under the command of Ahig had either surrendered to Zilong or died directly on the battlefield.
When Zilong started the battle, there were only 18,000 troops, and after the battle, except for 500 soldiers who died accidentally, the rest were only slightly injured.
Even the 500 soldiers who died were inflicted during the assault on the Ashig array.
As soon as Ahig fled, the morale of the tribal warriors in this large array plummeted, and the leaders who succumbed to Ahig's obscenity immediately swung their swords and killed Ahige's cronies, and then surrendered directly with his soldiers.
In the end, Wu Zhengfang wanted to surrender, but because he had killed too many evils and was a person at both ends of the first rat, he was pointed out by the leaders that after killing several leaders with his own hands from Ashige, he was unwilling to resist, and was directly slashed under the palm by Ren Bufan's eighteen palms.
With Wu Zhengfang's death, all the remnants of Ashig knew that the tide was turning, so they threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
In this way, after a big battle, 18,000 against 25,000, in the end, except for 5,000 who fled with Ashige, 5,000 died in the cattle and horse gunpowder array, more than 1,000 died in the surrender, more than 2,000 died in the army array, and the other 11,000 people all surrendered to Zilong.
Among these 11,000 people, there were only more than 500 disciples of the Heavenly King Sect. The other ten thousand and five hundred, but they were all steppe warriors.
Now that the ministers are here, these people naturally obeyed the words of the elders, and directly surrendered to Zilong and became soldiers under Zilong.
As a result, after Zilong fought a battle, his military strength increased instead of decreasing, reaching nearly 30,000 people.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Zilong ordered the army to go down to the village thirty miles away from the Great Wall, and then sent Jiang Yunsong to send Han men to enter the Great Wall to report the victory.
At nightfall, the Ming army guards on the Great Wall sent representatives and returned to Zilong's village with Jiang Yunsong's men.
In the big tent, Zilong met with the envoy of the Ming army. But as soon as he saw this envoy, Zilong couldn't help but sigh lightly, and said, "Little prince, why are you? Didn't I hear that you are in charge of dispatching grain and grass in Ningxia?"
Before Zhu Zhi came, he had already learned from Jiang Yunsong's subordinates that the army that was fighting outside the Great Wall and the Hetao rebel army that had been attacking the Great Wall in recent months was actually Zilong's command.
He didn't believe it, because he thought to himself that Zilong and Wan'er were alone in the north, and it would be good if they could save their lives, where could they make up such a majestic army.
Therefore, he asked the guards on the gate to come and see it for himself.
When he saw Zilong, he saw that Zilong was in high spirits, and he couldn't help but feel all kinds of feelings in his heart. Seeing Zilong's surprised appearance, he couldn't help but say, "Zilong, long time no see!"
"Big brother!" Wan'er also screamed crisply at this time, and bowed to Zhu.
Zhu Zhi directly signaled Wan'er not to do this, and then said: "Since seven or eight days ago, my father returned to Ningxia, and he took over the matter of dispatching grain and grass! He was worried about the defense here, so he ordered me to join the masters of the palace, with the three thousand guards of the palace, and the two thousand garrisons of Ningxia, to come here for reinforcements!"
"I see!" Zilong couldn't help but nod when he heard this, it seems that King An has given up for this battle of the Great Wall of Ningxia, and the three thousand guards of the palace have always been not easy to use! Even if Zhu Zhi advanced to suppress Heifeng Village, King An only arranged a thousand guards to accompany him.
"Then Brother He has been here?" Zilong heard that the three thousand guards had arrived here, and he immediately thought of the commander of the guards of King An's Mansion, and the guards were all commanded by He Jin. He was in King An's Mansion and had a very close personal relationship with He Jin, so he asked this question.
"Commander He was worried about his father's safety, so he stayed in Ningxia to guard!" Zhu Zhi shook his head and said, "Zilong, where did you come from, and you actually defeated this fierce Hetao rebel army that attacked the Great Wall for more than a month!"
"This Hetao rebel army is actually the main one of the Tianwang factions! Now that I have destroyed the Tianwang faction, all the tribes in the Hetao grassland have pushed me as the leader! Now this army is also made up by all tribes to help the Ming Dynasty and repel Ordos!" Zilong also said concisely.