People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 451 Even though they were captured, they were still fighting among themselves!!

Only after Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng told Zhu Di the whole story did Zhu Di breathe a sigh of relief.

Knowing that this is true.

This was the first time Zhu Di had encountered this after fighting for so many years.

In his eyes, those Mongolian Tartars were more clever than monkeys when they had hair, and more clever than humans when they took off their hair.

This is what these people are thinking about all day long.

Anyway, your Ming Dynasty's infantry cannot stay on the grassland for long.

When you come, I run away, and when you leave, I come back again.

Even if we keep fighting guerrilla warfare against you like this, you won't be able to do anything to us.

Instead, it will increase the pressure on your internal logistics and food supplies infinitely, consume your national strength, and make it impossible for the Central Plains people to fight against us.

Zhu Di was actually familiar with this style of play, and he didn't have a good solution for it.

So he strongly agreed with what Monk said about building cities on the grassland and stringing the cities together one by one like a bunch of grapes.

In this way, they would have a better offensive and defensive alliance and be able to deal with the mobility and flexibility of the Mongolian cavalry.

Although this method is stupid and takes a long time, it is a way to achieve results silently.

It is also a good way to gradually restrict the mobility of the grassland tribes.

But what he didn't expect was that the war was going so smoothly.

The tribes on the grassland truly saw that the current Ming Dynasty was completely different from the previous one.

The weapons in the hands of the Ming Dynasty have surpassed the weapons of all the Central Plains dynasties known before.

With such weapons, they had no chance of winning.

It is better to live well than to die for an invisible goal.

Anyway, even if they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would not directly kill their people.

As a result, the leaders of these grassland tribes surrendered one after another.

Especially when I heard that Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, had actually thought of this solution a long time ago.

The reason they wanted to fight this battle was not to fight, but to surrender better.

The reason they did this was so they could serve as cannon fodder and rush to the front.

Let the Ming army see that the grassland tribes still have the strength to fight.

In this way, the grassland tribes can gain more benefits.

Such a wise ruler would not underestimate the grassland tribes.

However, it was unexpected that after this plan failed, so many tribal leaders brought their tribes together and surrendered directly instead of being cannon fodder.

This made Monk and Tuhaji's father and son's wishful thinking come to nothing.

But Monk and Tuhagi, father and son, did not drag their feet.

Without so many cannon fodder blocking the way ahead, they knew they had no chance of winning.

If it were before, it would just be a matter of running further north.

Anyway, the soldiers and horses of your Central Plains Dynasty can't run as fast as us, nor do they know the grassland as well as we do.

If we run further north, you won't be able to do anything to us.

But it's different now.

As the Little Ice Age slowly began to take effect, the north was getting colder.

They knew that if they went any further north, the cattle, sheep and horses would all freeze to death.

At that time, will the herdsmen live on the grassland by eating soil?

That is impossible.

So driven by the severe cold, there was no way to run further north, so they could only go south and surrender.

When Zhu Di arrived at the parade ground where he was to meet Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, he was a little shocked to see the large number of surrendering Mongols.

Over the past decade or so, he had only fought against so many grassland cavalrymen, but there had never been a single day when he had been able to capture so many cavalrymen.

These cavalrymen are actually very brave.

They were fearless in battle, and were very good at horseback archery, moving as fast as the wind on horseback.

And their ability to control horses is much better than that of the soldiers in the Central Plains.

Soldiers from the Central Plains need to undergo long-term training before they can acquire good riding and archery skills.

However, these grassland peoples are born with the ability to control cattle and horses in their blood.

They are naturally good riders and shooters.

So you have to admit this.

Although their logistical management capabilities are poor, although their political capabilities are poor.

But their combat capability is first-class.

It’s because I know these people are first-rate.

Now he was standing here surrendering intact, dropping all the weapons in his hands. Zhu Di was shocked.

When Zhu Di appeared on the parade ground of the prisoner camp, the two leaders represented by Monk and Tuhaji immediately stepped forward and knelt down in front of Zhu Di, "The defeated generals pay their respects to His Majesty the Prince of Yan."

Zhu Di looked at these people, then turned around to look at Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng who were standing behind him.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng's faces were filled with pride at this moment.

Because they were the pioneers in this battle, they made the most contributions.

When the time comes, they will both be able to get a good position based on their merits.

The other soldiers were also grinning from ear to ear.

This was because the fight went so smoothly that they fell down without much effort.

Sure enough, the weapons made by the Duke are easy to use.

Although we had been training in boring fashion for almost a year, everyone was resentful and felt that this thing was of no use.

But now we find that they are really useful. If it weren't for these good weapons, how many people would have to be sacrificed to fight against the grassland cavalry in order to achieve this magnificent victory?
You know, there were nearly 50,000 people who surrendered.

What does 50,000 people mean?
Although they had already annihilated tens of thousands of grassland tribal cavalry before.

But most of them were just a mob, and the strongest ones were only the 20,000 grassland cavalry who were prepared to serve as the vanguard.

If we had not obtained such advanced weapons, one can imagine how many soldiers would have been sacrificed in the fight against them.

Now, after more than a month of fighting, statistics show that the Ming army suffered less than 200 casualties.

What is this concept?
This is an astronomical concept.

Who could have imagined that such a great victory could be won with less than 200 casualties?

And they also captured fifty to sixty thousand enemies.

Seeing such an exaggerated casualty ratio, even Zhu Di was wondering if his father would suspect that he was fabricating the facts if he reported it to him.

Because it's really exaggerated.

These generals who led the troops into battle always reported less casualties.

This is the only way to demonstrate your command ability.

But now even Zhu Di felt that if he reported so little, others would suspect that he was falsifying the information.

Will my father and the others feel that they are too hypocritical?

However, Yao Guangxiao gave him a reassurance.

Yao Guangxiao told him that because they had such good weapons and the Khorchin grassland did not seem to be so united this time, they were fighting this battle not to fight to the death, but for a better surrender.

So this also explains why these people have no fighting spirit. Because they are not here for real fighting.

They wanted a meal tomorrow because it was getting colder and colder in the north and they couldn't survive there.

But they were afraid that the Ming Dynasty would treat them unfairly, so they deliberately caused such an incident.

Let the Ming Dynasty see their abilities, so that the Ming Dynasty can use them in the future.

In fact, it can be summed up in one sentence - to save face.

After Yao Guangxiao explained this to him, Zhu Di felt much more relieved.

"The master said so, and I think so too. All right, immediately detain all of them on the spot, and when the time comes, bring them all back to the vicinity of Beiping Prefecture."

Zhu Di's meaning was very clear. With so many cavalrymen being recruited into Daming, they must be trained and utilized well and must not be wasted. These are all elite troops.

Although not as powerful as the Ming Dynasty's musket troops, they can still be used for conquests in other places in the future.

Not every country's military strength is as strong as that of the Ming Dynasty now.

The reason why these Mongolian cavalrymen could not defeat the Ming Dynasty was not because they were not strong enough, but because the Ming Dynasty's firearms were more powerful.

But something happened next that Zhu Di had not expected.

Zhu Di discussed things with Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng in the tent.

What to discuss?

The main reason is that they actually know that this time, all the tribes on the Khorchin grassland surrendered.

It was not because they fought well, but because there were gaps among themselves and they even took advantage of each other, which allowed the Ming Dynasty to gain the upper hand this time.

Since they are dissatisfied with each other and want to kill each other.

Then we have to think about how to divide these people.

After all, fifty or sixty thousand people is not a small force.

The supply of food and fodder needs to be completed by the daimyo. There are so many people to eat and fodder for their horses. If we let them eat the daimyo's food for free, wouldn't it be unfair to the people of the Ming Dynasty?
So that kind of thing must never happen.

We must make use of them.

But one thing is that these people each have a leader.

Although they have surrendered, if you tell them that from now on your leaders will be the same as these soldiers, you are not allowed to command these soldiers, and you can find a place to do whatever you want.

Then the people below will also be dissatisfied.

It will be difficult for you to command them then.

But if the command of the soldiers is handed over to those leaders, can the Ming Dynasty feel at ease?

If these Mongolian cavalrymen surrendered just to have a bite of food in this winter.
What should they do when they have eaten and drunk their fill and spring comes and they return to the grassland?
So they must be left leaderless.

But now I can’t find a good reason to kill these leaders.

You can't just tell them, ah, we in the Ming Dynasty are not very confident about the existence of you leaders, so you should just die.

If we do this, the fifty or sixty thousand people below will definitely rebel, and then there will be another civil war.

These people are not needed, and it is a waste of manpower to directly suppress the rebellion.

And if we do this, we will truly create a mortal enemy with the grassland tribes.

They will not surrender easily in the future.

Such a big problem was placed before Zhu Di, which really gave him a headache.

After much discussion, several people could not come up with a good result.

But unexpectedly, something happened that instantly solved their troubles.

It turned out that although Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, surrendered last, they were treated very well because he was the chief before.

The remaining tribal leaders already knew it at this time.

It turns out that the masterminds behind everything are Monk and his son Tuhaji.

There was already a huge hatred towards them, and now that they have gathered together, everyone is settling all the new and old grudges together.

There are many leaders who are actually very dissatisfied in their hearts.

At first they didn't think about surrendering.

The first thing I thought about was how to plunder Beiping Prefecture.

I didn't expect that I would be tricked by Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, and used as a knife.

So even if I surrender now, I still feel unconvinced in my heart.

He had only one thought in mind, which was to kill Monk and Tuhaji, father and son.

Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, also felt very unhappy.

Because what they wanted at the beginning was to let other tribes rush forward and die as cannon fodder.

Then he would become the only powerful force in the Khorchin grassland, and when the time came, he would accept the amnesty from the Central Plains court and become the only one to be amnestied as the great leader.

But now four people suddenly appeared to share a piece of the pie with him, even though the Ming army still treated him as a guest of honor this time.

But he knew that his interests were far from being satisfied, and he felt very unwilling to accept it.

Even in the prisoner-of-war camp, the situation was tense.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell from the momentum that a fight was going to happen between them sooner or later.

Even the warriors under his command were a little displeased with each other at this time.

That means you laugh at us for surrendering, but you are no different?
The other side said it was different. We heard from our leader that if your leader had not said he was coming to plunder Peking and tricked us into coming here, we would not have been forced to surrender.

It’s all because of your fear of death that we have ended up like this.

The soldiers below were dissatisfied, and the leaders above disliked each other.

So on this dark and windy night, the four leaders could no longer suppress their anger, picked up their knives, and headed straight for the camp of Monk and Tuhaji, father and son.

After surrendering, their weapons were confiscated and they were not allowed to set up so-called guards.

Everyone lived in their own tents. The Ming army watched them from the outside and had no idea what was going on inside.

The Ming army probably never imagined that these guys, even after being captured, were still fighting among themselves so fiercely, and even hid knives, ready for a gunfight.

It was a dark and windy night. The four leaders rushed into the tent of Monk and Tuhaji, father and son, and prepared to stab them to death.

But because the father and son were already very alert, and even though they were captured.

The father and son also felt that the atmosphere was not right, so they were more or less alert, at least they didn't sleep so soundly.

After hearing the footsteps outside, the father and son rolled out of bed.

However, before they could call for help, the tent was blown up, and then four big men rushed in under the cover of night, holding daggers.

He rushed towards the father and son who had just stood up.

Both father and son were alert by nature and reacted immediately.

But facing four leaders who were determined to take revenge on them, he didn't struggle much and was soon stabbed to the ground.

Even after knocking down the father and son, these people were still not satisfied and stabbed the father and son at least twenty or thirty times each.

The father and son can be considered a pair of heroes.

Especially this Tuhaji, who originally wanted to look to the future and had ambitions in his heart.

Originally I wanted to lead the tribe to greater glory.

Unexpectedly, after surrendering, he was stabbed to death by his own tribal leaders.

But when Zhu Di heard about this, he was both excited and thrilled.

Look, isn't this an excuse to get rid of these leaders?
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(End of this chapter)