My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 495 Breakthrough
Because fear and even worship of that unmatched power are human instincts that emerged from Jinhua in the dark and savage era for hundreds of thousands of years.

Those abominable dark things, hurricanes, sandstorms, volcanoes—

Human beings named them gods and sacrificed men and women as cattle and sheep.

The Great Merciful Dharma King bowed his head respectfully.

He was in awe of such a terrifying existence.

Because this is the highest masterpiece that human civilization has ever produced.

Although the methods of forging vary.

But there is no doubt about it.

These terrifying earthly gods are the profound heritage accumulated by mankind in the arduous and long battles.

This kind of background is definitely not something ordinary humans can imagine.

Theoretically, all the censors of the Ming court were under his control.

The elite Ming army under the command of Jiang Ding, the commander-in-chief of the rear army governor's office, who was in front of him and asked the emperor to personally lead the army, already numbered more than 200,000.

Jiang Ding's eyes flashed with appreciation.

But now the Ming army he can directly command has exceeded 100,000 people.

Looking at these grassland riders coming and going like the wind, trying to lure the Ming army into the oasis behind them.

Jiang Ding was appointed Marshal of the Northern Expedition, while Wang Shouren was the Censor of Zuodu who was responsible for supervising the military discipline and material allocation of the army.

Bei Yuan's army was known for its tenacity and tenacity.

Of course, this title was just to enable Wang Shouren to better manage the Ming army heading north.

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Although they have not been fully assembled, some of them still need to stay behind to guard various bunkers, guard the military depots and transportation routes, and guard the food and grass along the Great Wall.

In fact, the number of troops under control is still increasing.

They are all nine-sided warriors summoned from the four towns of Ningxia, Gansu, Guyuan, and Suiyuan.

Wang Shouren himself, as a cabinet minister, was in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

No matter how you look at it, you can't see any reason for failure.

He stood on the hilltop temporarily built by the Ming army and looked out from a high position, and said to Wang Shouren who was watching the occupation beside him.

Along the way, there were still Mongolian tribesmen who were afraid of the power of the Ming army and came back with their herds.

"What the general said is exactly——"

"Let the Mongolian cavalry cover them from the left wing!"

Even if they are the building blocks of the miracle itself.

Now the army came out of Hetao and swept through the Mongolian left wing tribes with heavy armor and light cavalry.

Wang Shouren politely agreed.

"But I just received an order. The imperial court asked the general to stay there for a few days after this battle. In the name of the imperial court, he can appease the various tribes and make all the grassland tribes return to the status of kings."

After hearing Wang Shouren's words, a look of displeasure flashed across Jiang Ding's face.

But it was not directed at the elder beside him.

But he was dissatisfied with the person behind the edict.

"What exactly does Yuan Zonggao want to do? The Us Tibetans are stubborn and even despise Tianwei. In the past, they should have been massacred by the army in Sanchuan. Now their troops have not arrived... I see our army has stopped. It is false to appease the Mongolian tribes, but it is true to give them time to spread their Tantric Buddhism locally."

Wang Shouren heard the dissatisfaction in Jiang Ding's tone.

He smiled bitterly, but he didn't want to get too involved in the conflicts between the emperor's relatives and his ministers.

So he changed the subject. He turned his attention again to the Mongolian cavalry in front of him, which rushed out of the formation and rushed towards the Beiyuan army in front of him as the flag waved.

"Before leaving, the Emperor specially asked me to select loyal, brave and reliable people from among the Mongolian officials to join the Forbidden Army. If the general has suitable candidates, he can recommend them to me, so as to save me from having to worry about this after I return to Beijing. .”

"What did Mr. Wangge say? The boss of the Mongolian Warriors Pavilion under my command can choose as much as he wants. If the Mongolian officials know that after the selection, they will enter the forbidden palace to protect the emperor personally, and it is too late to be happy, how can they have other thoughts."

"Very good... Thank you, General."

Wang Shouren looked at the battle situation in front of him.

At this moment, the Mongolian cavalry suddenly appeared from the flank of the Beiyuan army.

A large number of light cavalry drawn from the nearby Mongolian tribes who had surrendered to the Ming court continued to harass the Northern Yuan army with spears and horse bows.

He was never able to completely escape from the battle.

Then the heavily armored cavalry composed of Mongolian dignitaries supported by the Ming court took the opportunity to detour about 300 steps in front of the Beiyuan army, or even closer.

Bei Yuan's arrows could not stop the enthusiasm of these Mongolian cavalry.

Along with the charge of the cavalry, the flag of the Ming army was embedded in the formation of the Beiyuan army in almost a quarter of an hour.

Bei Yuan's army was defeated and finally unable to maintain its own front.

Wang Shouren noticed that the Mongolian army in front of him had a large number of foreigners from the Western Regions and Semu cavalry serving it.

In fact, the tribal wars in the Mongolian Plateau and the Central Asian grasslands have never stopped, just like their wars with agricultural civilization.

Nomadic riders on the plateau continue to impact the local nomadic order in Central Asia.

From the Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Jurchens of the Liao Kingdom, and even the Golden Family of Mongolia.

Central Asia is their most sophisticated training ground and health pack.

This is why they were able to defeat the enemies in the east again and again, such as the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty defeated the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The existence of these Central Asian cavalry hired by the Guanlong Group from Central Asia is indispensable.

Even the Central Plains Dynasty's rule in the northwest needed to win over these grassland warriors to serve them.

The Han and Tang dynasties were established under the Western Protectorate, in addition to tens of thousands of elite soldiers recruited from the interior.

The main combat power still depends on the Semu warriors and Hu cavalry under the chiefs who have surrendered to the Celestial Empire.

Whether it was the corvee soldiers of the Han Dynasty or the imperial army of the Tang Dynasty.

It is unlikely that they will be stationed in the border areas of the empire far away from home for a long time.

The Han people's military service for regular soldiers is two years, and for garrison soldiers, it is only a pitiful one year.

The kind of long-term conscripts that last for more than ten years are usually criminals or professional generals who receive high support from the court.

Ordinary yeoman farmers are also the most tenacious military officers with the most tenacious will to fight. The service period of knights or building ships selected from good families is only two to three years.

Only the country has entered an economic state, such as a total war between Han and Hungary.

Only then will the state issue an edict to extend the service time of these soldiers.

The service life of these troops can be extended arbitrarily without proper reasons.

What was met with protest was the slightest resistance.

A beheading operation against an officer, or even a rebellion caused by people wanting to return home because life at the frontier was too hard, was a normal thing.

When the soldiers at the border fortress broke through the various strongholds of the imperial court and successfully returned home after destroying the city and destroying the army.

The emperor could only issue an edict to pardon these local small and medium-sized landowners for their crimes of rebellion.

And special envoys were sent to comfort these soldiers guarding the border.

(End of this chapter)