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Chapter 540 The Strategy of Annexing the Grassland
Compared with Arsubolot and the people who followed Dayan Khan, after seeing Li Huan, Dayan Khan didn't lose his composure except for his rather ugly face, and looked extremely calm.

Even when a group of Ming army cavalrymen surrounded them all around, Dayan Khan still didn't panic, just looked at Li Huan.

Li Huan looked at Dayan Khan from a distance, and the two looked at each other.

Dayan Khan suddenly said: "I never thought that this Khan's negligence would lead to such a big defeat. Changshengtian will not protect us from the grassland, what can I do for it, what can I do for it!"

Li Huan said loudly to Dayan Khan: "Dayan, Your Majesty has a decree. If you can find the Great Khan, please come to Beijing to see him."

Dayan couldn't help laughing out loud, and while laughing, he said to Li Huan: "Ben Khan is the co-lord of the grassland, a descendant of the royal family of the Golden Family, how could he surrender to you, let alone let Ben Khan go to the Ming court?" See Ming Da Mingzi."

All Dayan Khan's subordinates looked at Dayan Khan with desolate faces. Just as Dayan said, he is a descendant of the golden family and the co-lord of the grassland. If humiliated, what face does he have to live in the world.

"Dayan, if you are willing to surrender, His Majesty will definitely not treat you poorly."

Even if it is for the consideration of subduing the tribes in the grassland in the future, the Ming court will definitely not kill Dayan, a Khan who has a very high prestige on the grassland, but will give him courtesy and use it to gather the grassland people's hearts.

But in Dayan's view, if he is to be the first minister to Daming, it is better to let him die. There has never been a single king of Khan who has been a minister to Daming for so many generations in Daming. Dayan will definitely not be the first. indivual.

Accompanied by the sound of horseshoes, a group of elite cavalry rushed out from the gate of the city, and Li Huan's figure floated down, landing on a horse.

After driving his horse forward a few feet, Li Huan looked at Dayan and said, "Dayan, how are you thinking, do you want to come to Beijing with me to see His Majesty?"

Dayan took a deep breath, looked at Li Huan with a calm expression, and glanced at the people beside him, saying: "Everyone, this Khan must not lose his identity and face as a descendant of gold."

While speaking, Dayan Khan reached out and pulled out a gleaming scimitar from Alsuborot's waist, and wiped it directly across his neck amid the exclamation of Alsuborot and others.

"Father Khan..."

"Sweaty..."

If Li Huan is willing, he can take action to subdue Dayan Khan, but Li Huan has no intention of taking action to stop Dayan Khan.

Dayan obviously has a will to die. For a hero like Dayan, once he has a will to die, even if Li Huan saves Dayan Khan at this moment, it is impossible to save him for the rest of his life. After all, there is no Isn't it the truth to guard against thieves for a thousand days?

After Dayan Khan died, among the hundreds of people who were surrounded, more than a dozen people drew their knives out of their sheaths and followed Dayan Khan to wipe their necks.

Looking at these people, Li Huan couldn't help sighing, Dayan also had a bit of charisma, even if he was defeated and committed suicide, he was followed by others.

His eyes fell on Arsuborot and the others. At this time, these people looked at the fallen comrades and Dayan Khan's body one by one. Li Huan said: "Everyone, Dayan is dead, and you are still waiting for him." Dismount without haste and surrender."

Arsubolot looked up at Li Huan and clenched his fists subconsciously, but when he saw the elite cavalry of the Ming army surrounding him, the unwillingness in his heart suddenly dissipated.

With a bang, the weapon in Arsuborot's hand fell to the ground, and the rest of them dropped their weapons one by one and chose to save their lives.

After all, in the face of life and death, there are absolutely few people who can really calmly die, even the son of Dayan Khan like Arsuborot also chose to catch him without a fight.

As the group of people put down their weapons, soldiers immediately stepped forward and arrested the group of people.

Among the hundreds of people who followed Dayan Khan, almost dozens of them were the patriarchs of various tribes on the grassland. It can be said that at least one-third of the tribe chiefs on the grassland fell into the hands of Daming.

With the death of Dayan Khan and the capture of all high-level officials, Li Huan no longer paid so much attention to this battle.

It can be said that the overall situation of this battle has been decided at this time, not to mention the few passes under his arrangement. At this moment, all of them may have been taken back by Ming, completely blocking the Tatars from retreating back to the grassland. .

Because Dayan Khan and others were captured alive, the 10,000+ Tatars seemed to have lost their backbone, and after a night of fleeing, they were completely messed up. Surrender is the only way to escape.

In the evening, Li Huan, who had escorted Arsuborot and other high-ranking Tatars who had been captured alive back to the capital, received the news that after a day of chasing and arresting, more than 3 Tatars were killed or injured. There are more than 3 people, and there are still [-] to [-] people scattered in the wilderness. It is believed that within a few days, these people will either be killed or captured alive.

In the huge Qianqing Palace, none of the emperor Zhu Houzhao and the cabinet ministers left, they all waited here for Li Huan's return.

When they saw Li Huan striding forward, all the people sitting there couldn't help standing up suddenly, even Zhu Houzhao, who was the emperor, also stood up and looked expectantly at Li Huan who came over.

"Li Qing, how is the battle going? Did Dayan escape?"

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao is extremely concerned about this battle. After all, Li Huan has described the possible outcome of this battle to him in advance, but as long as the dust is not settled, everything is still unknown.

No one knows whether this battle can be as Li Huan said, not only can it severely damage or even destroy Dayan's troops, but also capture Dayan Khan alive.

Wang Yangming and others also looked at Li Huan, their eyes full of anticipation.

Li Huan smiled a little, bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty is blessed, God blesses you, and I will not disgrace your mission. After a night of hard work by the three armies, Dayan Khan's men and horses have all been defeated. I am under the city of Changping." Blocked Dayan, but Dayan refused to accept surrender, defeated and killed himself, and the rest of the people followed Dayan, and all returned..."

Before Li Huan could finish speaking, Zhu Houzhao, whose face was full of anticipation, couldn't help clapping excitedly and exclaimed: "Okay, okay, it's really great."

The rest of the people also showed joyful faces. It can be predicted that the Tatars were defeated in this battle, and Dayan's 10,000+ army was destroyed. rare.

It can be said that just this battle can leave their names in history.

Just listen to Li Huan continuing: "Now the army is escorting the captives back. Among the 10,000+ Tatars, tens of thousands were killed in battle, and [-] to [-] are still in pursuit. There are [-] captives alone. many."

Everyone looked at each other, even more delighted.

After all, a big victory will be won, but if most of the Tatars escape and return to the grassland, then this big victory will not seem so perfect.

Listening to what Li Huan said now, this battle was not only a big victory, it was simply perfect.

After the excitement was over, as the emperor took his seat, all the people also sat down.

Zhu Hou took care of everyone and said: "My dear family, after this battle, my Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about the threat of the northern grasslands for at least decades. With such a great victory, I should lead all the officials to sacrifice to the ancestral temple and comfort my ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor."

In the past dynasties, there was a practice of consoling the ancestral temple with great victories, so naturally, the ministers would not dampen the emperor's interest at this time for the emperor's proposal, but expressed their approval one by one.

However, Li Huan waited until the emperor finished speaking, coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Dayan's defeat is just when the grassland is empty, and we should take advantage of this once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity to send troops to the north to the grassland to wipe out everything in one fell swoop. Grassland, completely solve the grassland threat that has threatened our Central Plains for thousands of years."

Some officials couldn't help showing disdain when they heard the words, and looked at Li Huan and said, "Duke Qin is really joking. There has never been any emperor in the past dynasties. Any dynasty can solve the threat of alien races in the northern grasslands. My Ming Dynasty can have such a great power." Sheng, stabilizing the situation in the northern grasslands for decades has been quite difficult, Duke Qin wants to completely solve the threat from the north, it is really whimsical."

As soon as the official opened his mouth, many officials in the hall naturally expressed their approval.

After all, what this person said is also true, and there has been no problem that can be solved in the past dynasties. Li Huan now declares that he will solve this threat, which is naturally regarded as arrogant.

However, Wang Yangming stroked his beard and said with a light smile: "Mr. Qin will never target indiscriminately. If we can really completely solve the threat of alien races in the north, it can be said that the merits of the present age will benefit the great achievements of the future. Even we will be famous." To leave a legacy in history, to shine through the ages, I don't know what good strategy Qin Guogong has..."

Li Huan smiled a little when he heard this. He and Wang Yangming had always cooperated tacitly. Li Huan had mentioned to Wang Yangming about solving the threat of the northern grasslands. Therefore, Wang Yangming's opening at this time was obviously to cooperate with Li Huan.

Li Huan chuckled, glanced at the crowd and said indifferently: "Everyone, the reason why the grassland has always been a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty is that it is difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to control the grassland. One after another, with concrete roads and the heartland of the Central Plains, tell me, can those alien races in the grassland roar around the grassland at will, come and go without a trace, and become a threat to our Central Plains?"

Many people's complexion changed drastically when they heard the words. They are not stupid. They have seen the magic of cement with their own eyes. No matter how well they know the roads under construction and the city walls rebuilt with cement However, if it is really as Li Huan said, even if it cannot really solve the grassland threat, it can definitely reduce the threat greatly. If it is supplemented with other means and policies, it can even be regarded as a threat to a certain extent. Solved the crisis on the northern grasslands.

As he said that, Li Huan looked straight and said: "Your Majesty, please entrust the princes and nobles on the grassland, divide the tribes in the grassland, and at the same time choose sites to build large and small cities on the grasslands where the water and grass are luxuriant, and divide the grasslands to fix those people. Large and small tribes with no fixed place..."

Following Li Huan's proposals on the grassland, many ministers' eyes lit up. Whether Li Huan's proposals are feasible, and if they are feasible, what effect will they have? Naturally, these people are can think of.

If it is true what Li Huan said, they can already foresee that the grassland will no longer be a threat to the Central Plains.

Imagine when the big and small tribes on the grassland were divided into princes and nobles by the Ming court, and the grasslands were divided for these tribes, their nomadic areas were stipulated, and each tribe built a city and connected by roads.

At that time, as long as Daming forms a garrisoned army at important nodes, even if there are tribes restless, there will be no disturbances.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the ministers who were pondering with a smile and said, "What do you think Li Qing said?"

Yang Yiqing stroked his beard, took a deep breath, bowed to the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty, I think that what Duke Qin said is really a good strategy to stabilize and stabilize the country, please immediately send a large army north to the grassland to completely flatten the grassland and make it part of our Ming territory. "

Following Yang Yiqing's opening, the rest of the people also spoke one after another. If they still object at this moment, I'm afraid it will really be recorded in the history books, and it will be remembered for thousands of years.

They dare to say that today's scene will definitely be recorded by historians, and it will be recorded in history in the future, and will be praised by future generations.

Zhu Houzhao fixed his eyes, stood up suddenly, and said with an imperial majesty between his brows: "Qin Guogong Li Huan listens to the order, and I order you to take charge of the three armies and level the grassland for me."

"Sir, thank you for the order!"

Li Huan's clear and resolute voice echoed in the hall.

"Wang Yangming listens to the order."

Immediately Wang Yangming got up and bowed to the emperor.

"I order you to be in charge of the cabinet, dispatch the six ministries, fully cooperate with Li Qing, carry out the strategy of division and restraint, build roads, build cities, relocate people, station troops, and I will expand the territory for Ming Dynasty."

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Wang Yangming bowed solemnly and said, "Thank you, minister!"

The seventh day of May in the 11th year of Zhengde

General Li Huan, who had just destroyed the 10,000+ Tatar army in World War I, was ordered again to lead a [-] elite army northward to sweep the grasslands.

The tribes in the grassland who have not yet reacted to the shocking news of Dayan Khan's defeat never dreamed that Daming, who had not stepped out of the Nine Borders for decades, would once again go out of the border town and enter directly under the leadership of Li Huan. grassland.

Originally, Li Huan's name was a fierce name on the grassland. In the past, there was Dayan Khan, who could stabilize the hearts of the people on the grassland. However, this time Dayan died, and all the 10,000+ elite troops were buried. People were panicked. Facing the menacing elites of the Ming Dynasty, the grassland tribes had no choice but to surrender except to flee for their lives.

It can be said that in less than half a year, the Daming cavalry almost traveled all over the vast grassland. There were hundreds of tribes who were surrendered, and more than a dozen tribes were flattened. , so that the chiefs of the various tribes in the grassland honestly brought the household registers of the tribes to Beijing for an audience, and received imperial rewards to show their submission.

[It's the end of the month, please ask for a monthly pass. 】

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