People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 439: After the battle, the Ming army lost thirty people and killed eight thousand Tartars! !
To be honest, Monk himself didn't want to do this.

Because their Horqin grassland was once considered a relatively strong tribe.

However, after continuous attacks from the Ming Dynasty, especially from military generals such as Lan Yu, it became increasingly decadent.

Now they can only become a scattered overlord who is not likely to be killed by other tribes on the Khorchin grassland.

If it were before, would they still need to work so hard to find a way to survive like they do now?

Does he still need to worry about other tribes? Does he dare to take action against his own Khorchin tribe?

No need to worry.

Monk is doing this now completely out of helplessness.

It was entirely due to the situation.

It was absolutely impossible to make any resistance under such circumstances.

When he thought about this, he actually felt quite sad.

Even when he was watching the warriors training outside, he was still thinking about this in his heart.

If only my son lived in the glorious past, he would be able to roam freely on the grassland.

My son is so outstanding and sees things that many people can't see.

But he still has to work hard for the survival of this tribe like me. What a huge irony.

The Khorchin tribe had never produced such outstanding talents as these two father and son.

But even though I am so outstanding, I can only work hard to survive.

They cannot roam freely and go anywhere like the Golden Family of Genghis Khan did in its heyday.

Even go thousands of miles to the west to see different ethnic groups.

There, these Mongolian cavalry can still trample others under their feet.

Even if it’s thousands of miles away, what does it matter?

After seeing the Mongolian cavalry, those ethnic groups still had to run away with their tails between their legs.

This is the true glory of a man.

But I can never catch up with such glory.

You can only crawl on the ground like an ant, worrying about being trampled to death by an elephant like the Ming Dynasty.

What a sad thing this is.

Especially now, Monk sees that one of his sons is so outstanding.

Even at the beginning he wanted his son to hide in Doyan Sanwei to avoid the war.

But the son became lazy because he did not have a stable environment, and even saw more things.

Even I have not seen many things.

If it were in the heyday, his son should be leading the cavalry and galloping across the vast grassland.

Or in further places, to attack those nations that disobey the Mongolian tribes.

Thinking of this, Monk sighed, "My son, as a father I am incompetent, so I can only let you worry about these things. Even in this blind war, you cannot stay out of it alone.

The plan is so good now, but it is only as good as we think.

If the Ming army had not given us such an opportunity, they would have wiped us out in one fell swoop.

All that we think is just a dream.

By then, we might really be wiped out along with our tribe in this vast dust of history."

I have to say that Monk is not an ordinary reckless man.

He is not only knowledgeable, but also visionary.

He should be said to be a hero in the grassland tribe.

Even if he is now conspiring to lead other tribes to their deaths.

But I still have to admire his foresight and outstanding strategy.

But history never shows mercy to anyone.

History is like a wheel.

No matter what is blocking its way, it will crush it.

It doesn't matter if the wheels are covered in blood or water.

It only knows how to crush everything. This is the most ruthless thing, but also the fairest.

He will not allow those outstanding people to survive for long.

He will not let the weak people be inferior to the excellent people in the dimension of life.

Maybe you are not as experienced as excellent people.

But you've lived about the same amount of time as he has.

This is fair to everyone, but also unfair to everyone.

There is no such thing as objectivity and fairness in the world, only naked reality.

Hearing his father's long sigh, Tuhaji actually knew what his father was sighing about.

Looking at his father's expression, he understood that his father was just lamenting that he couldn't do more.

Maybe my father thinks he is very good.

So I have always been thinking about how to do something big.

But Tuhaj himself doesn't think so.

He felt that even though his tribe was on the verge of extinction, his father still had not given up on the survival of the tribe. This was the greatest thing about his father.

Even though I might have to stay in this moment forever.

But they worked hard for the survival of the tribe, and this was the most glorious moment in their lives.

Now I see my father’s lonely expression. I see that his tall and strong figure is no longer there. His back is a little hunched and his hair is gray.

It can even be said that his hair turned white overnight in order to ensure the survival of his tribe.

He felt that his father was very great.

He felt that his father had never owed him anything.

He even felt that he was indeed inferior to his father.

I really didn't understand how my father felt.

I even once doubted whether the decisions my father made were correct.

Perhaps the moment when people grow up does not matter how long it takes.

Some people live their whole lives in confusion.

But some people, even if they are only in their twenties, can already stand on their own.

Even understood the depth of life.

A person's experience and maturity should not be measured by age.

Only experience can truly reflect a person's level of experience.

Tuhaji went up to his father and said, “Father, you don’t need to feel any guilt towards your son.

Those dandy and pampered young men can ride horses and gallop, but they have no pursuits.

Perhaps you feel guilty for putting such a heavy burden on your son, but you have to know that your son is not pursuing the sensual pleasures that those pampered young men pursue.

My son never felt that those were things a young man had to pursue.

The so-called freedom, the so-called passion, those are all poems written by beautiful poets.

It does not represent the trajectory of life.

My son has his own life and thinks it is pretty good now.

Although our tribe has now entered into decline.

Although no longer as powerful as before.

As descendants of Genghis Khan's younger brother, we should have been tall and majestic, but now we have to compromise with the Han people, who were once our slaves, in order to survive.

You feel this is unfair.

You feel your son is wronged for living in such an era.

But the son thought otherwise.

In the eyes of all of you, the warriors of the grassland tribes must rule over the Han people.

To put it bluntly, my son discovered more good things while studying in Doyan Sanwei and Beiping Prefecture. I even doubted for a while whether all our actions were wrong.

We from the grassland tribes are actually no better than their farmers who cultivate the land.

Those Han people are the ones who truly have their own outstanding insights and their own shocking achievements.

They are admirable.

But many of us don't see this.

We all feel that they are inferior to us, which is wrong.

Now I finally know what I should do.

What we should do now is not just to survive.

We should also recognize the greatness of the Han people.

We should also realize that if we work together with the Han people, we may be able to develop our grassland tribe better.

Having their convenient conditions, we are different, don’t we need to be able to gallop?

If their road is built to our place, we can also use their road to transport more food and supplies.

We can use their path to graze further.

All we have to do is cooperate with them.

In fact, if we cooperate with them, we will definitely have better development.

But as you said, the premise of our cooperation with them is to make them admire us and know that we are not so easy to defeat.

Your decision is correct.

What I want to say is that I am very lucky to live in this era. I live when we are approaching the end of our road and the Han people are awakening.

We cooperate with them, we admire them, we try to cater to them, become a part of them, and use their strength to develop the civilization of our grassland tribes. This is what we should do.

I even feel that I was born in such an era and in such a gap. Not only am I not squeezed to death by two civilizations, but I can use this civilization to expand our own tribe.

So father, you gave me a good opportunity.

I saw how powerful the Han people are.

I also see opportunities for our development.

This is good news for all of us.

Father, you don't need to feel guilty. Your son doesn't feel that you feel guilty towards me.

My son doesn’t think that what we have now is a decline, but rather an opportunity.”

When Monk heard what Tuhaj said, he was completely confused.

He didn't even know his son had such great insight.

She didn't even know her own son had such ambitions.

Everyone will feel anxious and sad when encountering this situation.

But my son can actually display himself from another perspective.

This suddenly made him understand.

When Monk saw his son like this, he immediately burst into laughter.

“My son is indeed a warrior on the grassland. With such a broad mind and such a broad understanding, he is a true hero of my grassland nation.

Okay, father will listen to you. As long as our Khorchin tribe still exists after this war, I will listen to you and cooperate well with the Han people.

We obey them and we follow their orders.

We can even cooperate with them to wipe out other grassland tribes.

Let the culture of the Han nationality burn brightly in our grassland tribes.

Lead our grassland tribe to become strong again."

The father and son had no idea what impact their conversation would have on their future.

But they knew that they had found a better way out for their nation.

At the same time, Zhu Di and his men finally led the army northward.

This time Zhu Di led an army of 40,000, claiming to have 100,000 troops, but in fact most of them were logistics troops.

But he is no longer worried about the logistics.

Because there is a wide concrete road and the ignited public opinion, that is enough.

There is no way it could fail.

So under the leadership of Zhu Di, the 40,000 troops were divided into three routes.

Zhu Di himself formed the central army of 20,000 people.

The left wing was led by Zhang Yu with 10,000 men, and the right wing was led by Zhu Neng with 10,000 men, forming a huge trident and extending towards the grassland tribe.

Wherever this trident goes, it can knock down all those who disobey it.

Ah Zheng was just as Zhu Di thought.

In fact, there were still many grassland tribes along the way that refused to obey.

They all think they are very strong.

They all felt that there was no way they could be defeated by the Ming army.

Because they think, who can compete with us in a battle on the grassland?
Even though your army is obviously very powerful, history is enough to prove it.

What if you succeed in the Northern Expedition?
What you call victory is just what you call victory.

After you leave, can't we still come back?

Just as you said, I, Hu Hansan, am back again, and life has come again with the spring breeze. You can't kill us all.

And your so-called victory is nothing more than a partial victory.

We can still form a coalition to resist. As long as you dare to come, we will fight you to the death.

And you don’t have sufficient logistical support, what can you use to compete with us?

As long as we temporarily injure your manpower, you will have to retreat.

You only have 40,000 people. Even if our grassland tribe is beaten to pieces by you, we still have the strength to fight.

But soon the chiefs of these grassland tribes discovered a huge problem.

what is that?

After their cavalry rushed forward, before they reached the enemy, they suddenly heard deafening cannon fire and sounds like firecrackers.

Then their mighty cavalry were defeated and many were killed or wounded.

This scene is very similar to the German blitzkrieg on Poland during World War II.

Poland had hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry, but what happened when their cavalry encountered the steel torrent?

The cavalry used knives to chop the tanks.

Although the Ming army does not have such good equipment now.

However, their muskets were no longer like the previous muskets. After firing each shot, they had to slowly load gunpowder and light the fuse.

Today's instant-fire rifles have fixed paper shell bullets, which can be reloaded immediately after firing, which is more than ten times faster than before.

He can fire three shots in one minute.

In these short tens of seconds, your cavalry can indeed run very fast and arrive there in no time.

But when there was no absolute speed, the Ming army had chosen absolute numbers.

A huge number of muskets and artillery were fired at the light cavalry who did not have any heavy armor.

What kind of scene was that?
It was a complete one-sided massacre.

During the Ming army's advance, the unyielding grassland tribes along the way also launched several wars.

But what is the result?
They were all cut down.

After fighting for five consecutive days, under Zhu Di's command, the Ming army's trident caused casualties of 30 men.

The grassland tribe was a group of Mongolian cavalry, and lost more than 8,000 men.

This does not include those who were injured, only those who were shot dead.

As Zhu Di said, he had never fought such a prosperous battle in his life.

The cost and gains of this war made Zhu Di feel that he could be called a god of war...

(End of this chapter)