Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 238 Mongolian Man Arutai

During the chaotic battle before, because Zhu Zhen jumped out from the city wall and used the blessing of his true energy to glide a certain distance, some of the enemy soldiers called him a birdman and even wanted to focus on shooting arrows. Shoot him down.

Zhu Chu did not forget that it was just an excuse to reduce the number of more than 8000 prisoners.

The main reason is that there are too many prisoners, and living is just a waste of food.

But what if it's killing?It can also add a lot of force value to Zhu Zhen.

Speaking of which, this is not Yunnan after all, and it does not belong to Zhu Chu's territory.

Therefore, when a war broke out in Ningxia Town, the enemies killed were not counted as Zhu Zhen's force value. Only when he came to the battlefield in person, the enemies killed afterwards were counted as his force value.

In other words, there are more than 2000 force points missing, only the 2 people who died suddenly with machine guns last night.

"His Royal Highness the King of Dian, the last general is Ningxia Guard Commander Tang Jie. See His Highness Chitose. If His Highness Chitose had not come to the rescue in time last night, I am afraid that the city would have been destroyed and people would have been killed." The commander of the Ningxia garrison came to Zhu Ming, holding his hands in front of him. To clasp your fists, you have to kneel down on one knee.

Zhu Ming quickly stretched out his hand to support him and said: "You have also fought bloody battles for two days and one night. You are all heroes of my Ming Dynasty and good sons and daughters of my Ming Dynasty. Don't be too polite. It should be me thanking you for guarding the gate of my Ming Dynasty. ah."

Tang Jie was shocked. He was already quite old, but he was still so excited that his eyes were red and he almost shed tears.

He wanted to cry not for himself, but for the sacrificed soldiers.

Brothers, your death was not in vain.

As the saying goes, a man who knows his best will die for his friends. Tang Jie clenched his fists tightly. Although it was already entering late autumn and the weather was getting colder, he only felt hot inside.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Tang Jie took a deep breath and turned to look at the prisoners, his eyes full of anger and hatred.

Zhu Ming said with a relaxed look: "Oh, it's nothing. I just don't think there is a need for so many prisoners, so I just find a reason to kill some."

Are you too straightforward?
Even Tang Jie looked at Zhu Qi with his mouth agape, and he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, the killing of prisoners is still not a good idea, right?"

When two armies are at war, it is natural to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

But the enemy has already surrendered, and you accept the other party's surrender. It would be a bit unethical to kill prisoners at this time.

Even if the ancients didn't know what humanitarianism meant, they knew that doing so was suspected of being treacherous.

Zhu Ming tilted his head, looked at the veteran with a surprised look on his face, and said, "Did they kill someone other than yours in the past two days?"

Who is he seeking revenge for?

"That's not what you said. Your Highness, since you have accepted their surrender, if you break your promise and kill them again, how will the world view you? Who will dare to surrender in the future? Do you believe in you? I am afraid that all the enemies you encounter will refuse to surrender. Fight to the death," Tang Jie explained.

"Then kill them all. Do you really think that I want to accept their surrender? I just can't bear to part with those war horses," Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes.

This Tang Jie is too pedantic and rigid. This is war, and the winner is king.

Do you want to reason with these Tartars?
Do people reason with you?

If the city is broken, these Tartars will march straight in, burning, killing, and plundering the people in the pass.

Why don't you say they are unethical at this time?
What does war have to do with the people?Why hurt innocent people?

Are all these principles of yours restricting yourselves?
Tang Jie was dumbfounded, remembering that His Highness suddenly took out something last night, and then used inexplicable means to kill 2 enemies. He had just ordered people to clean the battlefield, and found that all the dead Tatars had many horrific wounds. .

If His Royal Highness the King of Dian is willing, he can really shoot all these Tatars casually.

But Tang Jie still said: "But Your Highness, the general has sent people to convey the good news to the court as soon as possible, including prisoners and trophies, that is, the number of these horses. If you kill them now, I am afraid it will not be good. Please explain to the imperial court and His Majesty."

Zhu Zhen was also dumbfounded, why do you speak so quickly?

Not long ago, Zhu Zhengang had a conflict with the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty. He pointed at the officials' noses and cursed.

If I give those guys another chance at this time, I'm afraid my merit will turn into a fault.

"I tell you what you are good at," Zhu Zhen pointed at Tang Jie's nose, intending to scold him, but Tang Jie was the hero this time. Without them, he would not retreat and vowed to live and die with Ningxia Town. How could he insist on getting Zhu Zhen? Prompt rescue.

"It seems that they can't be killed?" Zhu Zhen looked at the trembling Tatars who lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him.

Tang Jie lowered his head and said, "I can't kill you, Your Highness."

"Tsk," Zhu Xi smacked his lips. In fact, he didn't care about reputation, because only people from the Central Plains who were poisoned by Confucianism cared about that.

Don’t you see the repeated betrayals of those natives in the southwest?Why don't you see those so-called literati and say that they are villains?

At this time, those Confucian scholars should say that they are uncivilized savages and do not bother to reason with them.

Damn you chickens, when the butcher's knife cuts you, don't cry out in pain if you can.

When the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry marched across the Central Plains, they executed the method of beheading men who were higher than the wheel. How many people were killed?

Besides, outside of the Central Plains, during the Age of Discovery, the great powers were so shameless that they secretly formed pirates to attack cities, conquer territories, and occupy colonies.

Want a face?

What Zhu Chu wants is the country.

But he couldn't tell Tang Jie this, so he could only settle for the next best thing and said: "Have all the trophies, that is, the number of these horses been reported?"

"The general estimates that, excluding those who ran away and those who were accidentally killed in the battle, we will probably capture close to [-] horses, right?" Tang Jie said his estimate.

Zhu Ming sighed: "Do you want it to be so accurate? Do you want it to be so realistic? Can't you just discount it and say you captured five thousand horses?"

Is there such a discount?
Tang Jie didn't know what to say.

"Twenty-five thousand horses can form a large cavalry. Even if we face the steppe Tatars, we will dare to fight them head-on."

"But if these horses are given to the court, how will the court arrange them? Even if we don't have to worry about someone daring to commit corruption now, after all, my father will kill corrupt officials without mercy."

"The problem is, we need these horses here now. Besides, since they dare to come and rob us, wouldn't they be disrespectful if they don't reciprocate politely?"

Zhu Zhen narrowed his eyes slightly, a dangerous look flashed in his eyes.

Tang Jie didn't react much at first, but gradually, he felt something was getting more and more wrong.

"Your Highness, you don't want to send troops outside the Great Wall, do you?" Tang Jie opened his mouth wide and looked at the audacious His Highness the King of Dian with dumbfounded eyes.

Good guy, they are actually outside the pass at this time. After all, they are on the battlefield outside Ningxia Town.

As long as Zhu Zhen leads his troops to advance forward, it will be an expedition beyond the Great Wall.

"Your Highness, you must not do it. Although you are the prince, this place is not your fiefdom. What's more, if the vassal king wants to go on an expedition, it is a big taboo without His Majesty's will. Moreover, Ningxia Town has just been attacked, and the most important thing at the moment is to find the And appease the people, and build the city wall. Not to mention that the general has only one guard station, and the losses are not small. Your army only has 5000 people, right?" Tang Jie was embarrassed to say, with your small force, you can What to do?
For example, the year before last, Zhu Yuanzhang also sent Fu Youde as the general and Yan Wang Zhu Di as the commander-in-chief to arrest the general Azuli and others.

Although it is not clear how many troops were sent at that time, when Fu Youde reported to the court later, it was recorded that "56 sergeants and 240 horses were trained to command the capital of Peking."

In other words, there are more than 8 troops stationed in Peiping, that is, Yanjing alone.

There are also more than 2 war horses, which means there are more than 6000 cavalry.

Looking at Zhu Zhen again, now he only has 5000 people even if he is fully prepared.

Your Highness, Your Highness, you should just rest quietly.

"Bullshit, these strong men are here now, and only women are left in their tribe. What's more, their men have surrendered to my king. According to the rules of the grassland, they are already my king's domestic slaves, and everything they have belongs to me. My king, what's wrong with me going to take back my property in a reasonable manner? This is not an expedition beyond the Great Wall, you have to understand it clearly," Zhu Ming warned Tang Jie in a warning tone.

This old guy is really smelly and tough. Zhu Chu liked him before. He has a raging army and a den of raging generals. At first glance, this Tang Jie is a fierce general.

It's a pity that he is too rigid.

At this time, Zhu Zhen was very angry.

Knowing that there are more than a dozen tribes outside that are currently undefended, their men are all here, and the prisoners who are dead and dead can take over the huge property by sending a team of people there.Why not do it?

Even if they don't want it, other tribes won't let it go, and they will only benefit others in vain.

Naturally, Zhu Zhu didn't really want slaves, and he didn't want to taste the taste of prairie women, mainly those cattle and sheep.

Shen Rong went to more than a dozen tribes and exchanged for [-] horses and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.

There must be more cattle, sheep, and horses in these tribes. Can we let this go?
"Okay, I have made up my mind. These prisoners will not be killed, but their tribes must also surrender. If no punishment is done, is our Ming Dynasty easy to bully? Tang Jie, our Han family people have stood Once you get up, you will no longer be able to kneel down. I want everyone to know that those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are." Zhu Zhen's shout immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Whether it was the fifteen thousand soldiers under his command who were originally escorted by the King of Qin, or the thousands of defenders in Ningxia Town, they suddenly shouted excitedly.

"A thousand years live the King of Dian, long live your Majesty, and long live the Ming Dynasty."

Even Tang Jie was excited. He recalled that during the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing went deep into Mobei, pursued the Xiongnu army to Langjuxu Mountain and Guyan Mountain, sacrificed to heaven and earth, and returned near the Hanhai Sea.

This battle directly caused the Xiongnu to flee far away, and from then on there was no longer a royal court in Monan.

This is the confidence and dignity of the Han family.

"You collect the war horses for later use. Then temporarily imprison these prisoners in a centralized manner, disarm all the weapons on them, not even a knife is allowed to be kept. Only give them the most basic food and water. They are not worthy of your respect, They are intruders and prisoners," Zhu Zhen explained the aftermath, then called Wang Fu and one hundred of his guards, and took the lead in turning back into the city.

Outside the city, there were four major commanders including Tang Jie, Peng Yue, Qian Shu and Niu Sheng, as well as nearly [-] Ming troops cleaning the battlefield. Naturally, Zhu Zhen did not need to worry about it.

It's just that the scale of this battle is not small, so it will take a lot of time to sort everything out.

Just the accommodation of [-] horses and [-] prisoners was a lot of problems.

But after all, this is a big victory, no matter how hard and tiring it is, it is worth it.

The four major commanders also got together. Although this was the first time they met, they had heard of each other before.

"His Royal Highness the King of Dian is truly well-deserved," Tang Jie couldn't help but sigh.

Even though he was living at the border, he had heard about Zhu Chu's glorious achievements in the battle at Dingbian in Yunnan. Now he saw it with his own eyes and felt sincere admiration.

Peng Yue and the others also nodded in agreement.

Although they have not seen with their own eyes how Zhu Zhen won, but now looking at the miserable state of the enemy on the battlefield, they can only admire him even more.

It was not until nearly noon that the Ming army finished cleaning the battlefield.

Since the Ming army suffered zero casualties on the battlefield outside the Pass, and all the dead were Tatars, they simply dug a deep pit in the distance, threw all the Tatar corpses in and buried them together.

Being able to bury them is already pretty good. If it were their own style, it would be pretty good if they didn't eat human flesh. Many times after wars between tribes, they would loot and take away whatever they could. All were taken away, and those who were killed were left there to expose their bodies in the wilderness.

Anyway, there are eagles, wolves and other wild birds of prey on the grassland, so it won’t be wasted.

After the final statistics, in addition to war horses and prisoners, there were also many weapons and equipment and other trophies.

Especially those hard bows and Mongolian knives.

The Tatars are good at riding and shooting, and their bows are pretty good.

However, Zhu Zhen was not interested in any of this. Instead, he asked Tang Jie to send people to retrieve the people who had been sent away yesterday after the Ming army entered the city after cleaning up the battlefield.

At the same time, Zhu Ming also got a general idea of ​​the situation around Ningxia Town.

Due to the special geographical environment of Ningxia Town, the people have actually become accustomed to threats from outside the customs, so the autumn harvest was completed early this year.

That's why they were attacked. Those Tatars came here for this year's harvest.

Shen Rong had already found out that there was going to be a huge turmoil on the grassland, and that there were more than a dozen tribes near the pass, and he was ready to raise a lot of food and grass for this, but he didn't know which camp they belonged to.

Thinking about it, Zhu Zhen sent someone to bring the leader of the prisoners over.

"Kneel down," the escorting soldier was about to kick the prisoner's leg.

"No need," Zhu Ming waved his hand and said, "There is no need to do this. If they are dissatisfied, they will still be dissatisfied even if they are asked to kneel down. So kill them when they need to. There is no need to make them kneel down so that they can feel complacent."

The prisoner was shocked and looked up at Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Ming also looked at this person and found that this leader was a bit young, no more than thirty years old, but he could command more than a dozen tribes. It seemed that his status and status were not low.

Zhu Chu had information from Shen Rong and knew that this [-] Tatar army was formed by more than a dozen tribes.

So Zhu Ming asked curiously: "What is your name? Can you speak the Central Plains dialect?"

After all, Beiyuan was only expelled for 30 years. Before that, it had occupied the Central Plains. Naturally, many people understood the Central Plains dialect.

So the man spoke and said: "My name is Arutai, a general of the Han family. You are very powerful. We surrender. As long as you are willing to let us go back, Arutai will definitely send [-] cattle and sheep as a thank you gift." and apology.”

Arutai?It seems a bit familiar.

Zhu Chu raised his eyebrows, which made him feel familiar to a person with poor historical records. It seemed that Arutai was indeed not simple.

As for Arutai's words, Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "Are you talking about terms with me? Are you worthy?"

"You," Arutai glared at Zhu Xi and shouted: "Generals of the Han family, whether you want to kill or behead them all, I will never frown, but if you want to humiliate me, then you will be disappointed. The eagle of the grassland will never bow to you."

"Bold."

Around Zhu Chu, Tang Jie and others were also there, and they all stood up and yelled at him.

On the contrary, Wang Fu, as Zhu Chu's confidant and favorite general, did not make any statement at this time and just watched with cold eyes.

Zhu Chu stretched out his hand and pressed on Tang Jie and the others, indicating not to rush, and said with a sneer: "Arutai, right? Return the eagle of the grassland. The question is, haven't you already bowed your head? Haven't you already surrendered?" According to the rules on the grassland, you should perform the sheep-leading ceremony and then become my slaves, right?"

When it comes to the ceremony of leading the sheep, people have to think of the shame of Jingkang.

Jingkang shame is still not snowing; when will the courtiers hate it?
Arutai looked at Zhu Zhen in surprise, this king?His heart moved and he couldn't help but ask: "Are you the Prince of Ming Dynasty?"

Although the two sides belong to different camps, if Zhu Zhen is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, this also makes Arutai's tone much softer.

However, he still said: "But even if you are the prince of the Ming Dynasty, you cannot humiliate the grassland men like this. The sheep-drawing ceremony is the Jurchen Tatar (I searched for a long time and couldn't find the Mongolians' derogatory name for the Jurchen, so I used Tatar. Tatar) Calling Tatar, eh.) is a method used to humiliate people. If so, I would rather have my head chopped off by you."

After all, Zhu Chu had a bad history, and he might even think that the Jin Kingdom was the Yuan Dynasty, and that the Jurchens and Mongols were originally the same tribe.

But in fact, the relationship between Mongolia and the Jurchens was really a blood feud.

Although the Jin Dynasty once invaded the Song Dynasty on a large scale, their persecution of the Mongols at that time was heinous. It is said that even the then Khan Abahai Khan was brutally nailed to a wooden donkey.

So when Genghis Khan rose up and unified all the tribes on the grassland, he began his crazy revenge on the Jurchens.

The grievances and hatreds between Meng Jin cannot be explained in just a few sentences.

At this time, Zhu Chu mistook the sheep-taking ritual as a Mongolian custom, and naturally encountered resistance from Alutai.

"But since you are the prince of the Ming Dynasty, it is not impossible for me, Arutai, to surrender. But I have conditions. As long as you send troops to help my lord Guilichi become the Great Khan, we can surrender to the Ming Dynasty," Arutai suddenly said Put forward conditions.

"Who is Gui Lichi?" Zhu Ji muttered.

Why are all the names unfamiliar to him?
But then again, based on the historical achievements in his previous life, the only ones he is really familiar with are probably Genghis Khan and Wang Baobao, right?

But he couldn't tell them their full names.

Genghis Khan is an honorary title, just like the title of Emperor Hongwu. In fact, his name was Temujin, and Boer was only Temujin.

Wang Baobao is a Chinese name, and his real name is Timur.

(End of this chapter)