The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 347: Equally Despicable and Equally Hateful

Every inch of mountains and rivers, every inch of blood!

In this nameless wilderness, every inch of land was covered with corpses.

In the criss-crossing gullies, the blood has gathered into trickles, like the blood vessels of the earth, crisscrossing and spreading across the land.

"Kill!"

"Keep coming, you son of a bitch!"

"Come on! Keep coming if you can!"

At the front line of the Ming army, the soldiers who were responsible for building the firepower network were fighting for their lives frantically, and all kinds of shouts and curses resounded throughout the hilltop.

A strong pungent smell of blood seemed even more hideous and almost nauseating under the shouting and cursing!
Three thousand Beijing troops, under the command of Xu Tianci, blocked thousands of charging Jurchen cavalry!

The battle lasted for nearly two hours, and the main force of the Jurchens failed to even make a breakthrough!
The Jurchen cavalry roared and screamed in despair, but still could not change their collapsed formation.

More and more Jurchen cavalry chose to break away from the formation, trying to escape in the chaos and flee from this terrible battlefield.

The deafening sound of military drums rang out, this was the clarion call for the entire army to attack!
Xu Tianci immediately gave the order and began to advance with his troops!
Boom boom boom!
Smoke and dust billowed, and the soldiers of the Beijing Army on the plains were shoulder to shoulder, making thunderous footsteps. Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar! The soldiers frantically struck their shields with their weapons, echoing the war drums in the distance.

Then, among the Ming army infantry, several strong men were seen chopping down the Ming battle flag held high in the air.

"Great Ming—everlasting victory!"

"kill!"

After a heart-wrenching war cry, the soldiers of the Beijing Army and the elite troops of Liaodong came from all directions like a mountain to surround the Jurchen cavalry on the plain.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Rows of muskets poured down like rain on the surrounded Jurchen cavalry.

So what if he is unrivaled in riding and shooting?
There has to be a place to perform!
"rush out!"

"We must fight our way out!"

Many virgin leaders stared at the scene with their eyes wide open and cried out in despair.

These are the heritage of the Jianzhou Jurchens!

For nomadic tribes, the young and strong warriors in the tribe are the best standard to measure the strength of a tribe!
Because tribal warriors are the main force for obtaining daily necessities through hunting, looting, etc.!

Once all these young and strong warriors died in this wilderness, only some old, weak and sick people would be left among the Jianzhou Jurchens. All the remaining Jurchen leaders knew what fate would be waiting for them!
Under the leadership of these Jurchen leaders, the tribes split up again and rushed desperately towards the encirclement of the Ming army.

They were not stupid, so they specifically picked the elite troops from Liaodong. After all, in previous battles, the combat effectiveness of these Liaodong Ming troops was not as strong as those of the Beijing troops!

Facing the desperate attempts of these Jurchen barbarians, Han Fu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, looked solemn and dignified.

He knew clearly that the success of this battle would depend on whether his troops could stop it.

If we block this last desperate wave of Jurchen cavalry's breakout, the Jianzhou Jurchens will be completely wiped out today, and the situation in Liaodong will be very good in the future.

If we can’t stop it, then all our efforts will fail!
The military order from Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao was to stop the Jianzhou Jurchens' breakout at all costs!
If he fails to stop it, not only will the strategic plan fail, but Han Fu will also be a sinner and his head will be brought to see the Marquis of Zhongshan!
At this time, Han Fu's military qualities as a famous general and commander, which had been honed over the years in Liaodong, were fully revealed.

In his eyes, the vast battlefield had become a chessboard in which one side had already gained the upper hand.

Under his military orders, his own chess pieces moved accordingly. The infantry formation formed by the elite Liaodong troops advanced in time, without any tiny flaws, and did not leave any chance for the Jurchen cavalry to take advantage of the situation and escape!
The iron wall surrounds us, as towering as a mountain!
On the chessboard controlled by Han Fu who was looking down upon the whole situation, the Jurchen cavalry at this moment felt as if they were trapped in a dragnet, and every step they took was a meaningless act of suicide!

Moreover, they keep committing suicide one after another, which is despairing and cannot change the outcome of this battle at all!
On that nameless hillside, the changing of the flags and the rhythm of the war drums seemed to clearly tell every Jurchen what kind of terrifying existence they were facing at the moment!
Those Jurchen cavalrymen who had originally charged into the army in a desperate attempt to escape had now been completely compressed into that narrow area by the Beijing army and the elite troops of Liaodong.

These surviving Jurchen warriors were completely desperate.

What does it mean when an army mainly composed of cavalry fails to break out several times and is completely compressed and surrounded, and can't even deploy its cavalry formation? !

Obviously, everyone present understood this.

This is also something that the Jurchen warriors almost never thought about.

They have been roaming Liaodong for so many years and plundering the Ming Dynasty for so many years, but they have never seen the Ming army have such bloodiness and such combat power!

If not for this, they would not dare to plunder the Han people on a large scale and then capture them as slaves and tools for reproduction!
The arrogant Jurchen cavalry had never suffered such a fate! Trample, tampple, tampple...

In this oppressive silence, the horse's hooves trampled over the bloody remains, and the blood-red cloak reflected red under the setting sun.

Han Fu met up with Tang Hao and looked at the remaining Jurchen cavalry in silence.

This is the last young and strong force of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and also the last hope for the Jianzhou Jurchens to pass on!
Without waiting for the two of them to give orders, a rider suddenly rode out from the Jurchen formation alone, and when he reached the front of the Ming army formation, he dismounted and knelt on the ground!
"I am Guletai, the commander of Jianzhou Guards!"

"We are also the people of the Ming Dynasty. Why does the Ming Dynasty insist on killing us Jurchens?"

Tang Hao had no idea who Guletai was.

After the three Jianzhou guards surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, their leaders were appointed by the Ming government, received imperial seals, and wore crowns and robes. Promotions of official titles, changes of titles, and relocation of pastoral areas all had to be reported to the Ming government for approval. Their armies obeyed the Ming court's conscription. Leaders at all levels paid tribute to the capital every year. The position of the leader of the three guards, that is, the commander-in-chief, was inherited from generation to generation, generally passed down from father to son.

It was not until Nurhaci rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and established the Jin Dynasty in the 44th year of Wanli, known in history as the Later Jin Dynasty, that the Jianzhou Three Guards came to an end.

"You plundered the border of our Daming, killed our Daming people, and took our Daming people as slaves. You still have the nerve to ask why at this moment?"

"For barbarians like you who know little etiquette but no great righteousness, who fear power but do not cherish virtue, our Ming Dynasty will send troops to wipe you out as a warning to others!"

Han Fu shouted harshly, which also gave the Ming Dynasty a name of righteousness for dispatching troops this time.

After all, China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, and every dynasty has always insisted on having a legitimate reason when sending troops!

When Guletai heard this, he roared with resentment on his face: "If the Ming Dynasty had not been secretly instigating the various Jurchen tribes to fight each other, how could the Jurchens harbor resentment towards the Ming Dynasty?!"

"Liaodong is already bitter and cold. We just want the tribe to continue. Why does the Ming Dynasty want to force us so hard?"

I have to admit that what he said was true.

After all, the Ming court had always adopted a system of control over these barbarians. They would first win them over and control them, then support one side and suppress the other, instigate internal wars between these tribes, thereby weakening their strength and ensuring that no powerful foreign enemies would appear on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

This is what is called "using barbarians to control barbarians". Han Fu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, is an expert in this and is well versed in it.

Without waiting for Han Fu to continue answering, Tang Hao rode forward and asked in a cold voice.

"Is this the reason why you plundered my Daming villages and massacred my Daming people?"

"Since you Jurchens surrendered, the Ming Dynasty has never been stingy with rewards. We even opened the Fushun Customs to allow you to exchange horses, ginseng, mink fur, pine nuts and other local specialties for Ming Dynasty clothing, grain, iron pots, oxen, farm tools, etc., so as to improve the lives of your tribes!"

"If you despicable barbarians had a trace of gratitude in your hearts, you wouldn't trade with the Ming Dynasty to improve the lives of your tribesmen, while secretly looting the villages and slaughtering the people of the Ming Dynasty, and even taking the people of the Ming Dynasty as slaves!"

"In the final analysis, you are just greedy barbarians who never know how to be satisfied or grateful!"

This is also true!
After the Jurchen tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the materials obtained through trade with the Ming Dynasty greatly improved the lives of the tribal people. They even secretly learned iron smelting technology and officially entered the Iron Age. All these changes came from the Ming Dynasty.

But they did not remember these and still regarded the Ming Dynasty as an enemy.

As soon as the Ming Dynasty shows the slightest sign of weakness, it will immediately bite the Ming Dynasty like a vicious wolf!
Just like the so-called "Seven Great Hates" of Wild Boar Skin, they seem to be solemnly pledged, but in fact they are extremely hypocritical. They are just far-fetched and are just reasons and excuses for him to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.

Of these "Seven Great Grudges to Heaven", the first one, that the Ming Dynasty killed his father and grandfather for no reason, is naturally fine. However, among the remaining ones, four of them are about the Ming Dynasty protecting the Yehe tribe. But the Yehe tribe was also a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. They were attacked by the Jianzhou Jurchens led by Nurhaci. Why was it unreasonable for them to protect them?
Therefore, most of Ye Zhupi's "Seven Great Grievances" were just listing charges for the sake of listing charges, in an attempt to divert all the internal conflicts of the Jurchens to the Ming Dynasty so that Ye Zhupi could unify all the Jurchen tribes!

Later, the Wild Boar Skin invaded the interior of the country, and wherever the Eight Banners Cavalry went, they plundered and ravaged the local people. The Seven Great Grievances could not explain it at all, especially when Huang Taiji and his troops were heading straight for the whole world. The aggressive nature of the war had become increasingly strong, and it could no longer serve the propaganda purpose of appeasing the people in exchange for their sympathy.

So later on, Huang Taiji simply changed his explanation, attributing the reason for the uprising to the fact that his resentment could not be reached in Beijing and his requests for peace were not met, which was tantamount to slapping himself in the face!
The Jurchens are like this, no different from the Japanese, just as despicable!

There's no need to say more if we don't agree.

Tang Hao gave the order directly.

"Kill without mercy!"

"Take no prisoners!"

The silent battlefield is boiling again.

The soldiers of the Beijing Army and the elite troops of Liaodong marched in neat steps, advancing with weapons in the cold. Under the shining of the setting sun, they launched a final general attack on the remnants of the Jianzhou Jurchens!
After a one-sided massacre, all the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry, including Guletai, fell on the field!
The Ming army did not leave a single prisoner, and completely cut off the Jianzhou Jurchens' hope of continuing to pass on!
(End of this chapter)