The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 372: A General Is Not Subject to His Sovereign's Orders
Daning Ranch, on the banks of the Laoha River.

A brutal and merciless massacre is going on at this moment.

"Tang Mu, what's the situation?"

Tang Mu's square face with thick eyebrows showed fatigue, and it was obvious that his mental state was not very good.

Recalling that an army of 10,000 fought their way from the Liaoxi Corridor to Daning and slaughtered hundreds of Mongolian tribes, countless Tatars died tragically under their swords, guns and muskets, and their armors were stained blood red, it would be strange if they were in good spirits.

Tang Mu looked at the Tartars who kept falling in pools of blood, his cold eyes without a trace of color, and said lightly: "It will be almost there, just one stick of incense time!"

On the beautiful banks of the Laoha River before us, there are nearly ten nomadic tribes living by the water, with a total population of over ten thousand. Most of them are from the Uriankhai tribe, and a small number are from the Khorchin tribe.

Because of its abundant water and grass, it is a rare and excellent pasture, so it attracted many large and small tribes.

But precisely because of this, Tang Mu discussed with his generals and decided to attack this place first.

The two men rode on tall warhorses, watching quietly as the cavalry under their command continued to hack and kill back and forth. One after another, the Tatars fell in a pool of blood, their eyes cold and ruthless.

After months of non-stop slaughter and battles of all sizes, one's heart has become as cold as a rock.

In their eyes, a Tartar is a Tartar. Even a child still in swaddling clothes is still a little Tartar, and in the future he is destined to become an unparalleled Tartar warrior in riding and shooting, and his hands are destined to be stained with the blood of Ming soldiers!

Being born as Tartars is their greatest sin!
What's more, he is just a little Tartar from the Wuliangha tribe. He will be a bastard when he grows up. It is better to kill him as soon as possible.

The feud between the Uriankhai and the Ming Dynasty has long been beyond the scope of just the four words "blood feud".

This group of mercenaries of Emperor Yongle also "shone brightly" in the Tumu Incident and became the vanguard and guides of the Oirat army. It was because of their constant spying on the strengths and weaknesses of the Ming border and their insight into the Ming military intelligence that the Oirat army was able to control the movements of Zhu Qizhen's army. In the final battle, they defeated the Ming's elite division and captured Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen.

So no matter how you look at it, these Uriankhai bastards deserve to die!
Not to mention that after that they often asked for asylum from the Ming Dynasty, and after receiving it, they continued to plunder and harass the Ming border and massacre the Ming people.

So, there is nothing much to say. If you meet the Uriankhai bastards, just kill them all.

These 10,000 soldiers have been pushing forward all the way to the present day, and have long since become hard-hearted. They have no hesitation even when targeting the elderly, the weak, women and children.

If we want to blame someone, we can only blame it on the different stances. Being kind to the Tartars means being cruel to the people of the Ming Dynasty!
Just at this moment, Zuo Yidao came galloping on his horse.

"My Lord, there are two secret letters, one from Hetao and one from His Majesty."

Out of respect for His Majesty the Emperor, Tang Hao was the first to open the secret letter from Zhu Houzhao, and smiled after reading it.

"His Majesty ordered us to move faster and speed up the progress."

"The pressure from the imperial court is too great. The treasury is about to drop to the red line. We can't hold on any longer!"

"Yang Tinghe and a group of civil officials and gentry have all submitted a petition requesting that Your Majesty recall our troops. Daning can be saved for the next battle!"

"How can this be possible?" Tang Mu said unhappily, "I don't even know when we'll fight again!"

"We finally got a chance to have a good fight, we can't go back like this with a whimper!"

The other generals were also talking about it and decided not to go back.

Tang Hao smiled and waved his hand.

"Of course I won't go back."

"A general is not subject to orders from his sovereign when he is away from home!"

"Yidao, send a message back to the capital and tell His Majesty that the recovery of Daning will be imminent. Please ask the Ministry of Works to prepare to rebuild Daning City. The Japanese country must also send another batch of Japanese slaves over!"

"Also, tell His Majesty the Emperor that my army and An Guo's troops do not need money or food from the court. We will find a way to solve it ourselves. The court only needs to raise money and military expenses to build the Hetao border wall and repair the Daning City!" In fact, food and grass must be sent before troops move. Food and grass are undoubtedly extremely important.

But the problem was that Emperor Zhu Houzhao couldn't stand the pressure and spoke to Tang Hao, and Tang Hao had to share some of the pressure for him.

If the treasury's money and grain shortage falls below the red line, there will be big problems.

Tang Mu reminded worriedly: "My Lord, what should we do? Eat beef and mutton every day?"

Tang Hao glared at him unhappily and scolded him with a smile: "I told you to eat meat, aren't you happy?"

Chang Kuohai didn't hear anything else but the word "eat meat", so he immediately shouted: "Great! Eating meat is good!"

"Fuck you!" Tang Mu rolled his eyes speechlessly, "You idiot, I'll eat you to death!"

The generals burst into laughter upon seeing this, and the air was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Soon Tang Hao opened the second secret letter, which was written by Jinglu Earl An Guo.

Dongsheng City has been renovated and completely transformed into a steel city.

Wang Qiong also led the laborers and craftsmen to work overtime to repair the side wall and complete the task assigned by Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao.

In addition, An Guo's troops had reached cooperation with the right-wing Mongolian leaders Yibula and Mandulai. The right-wing Mongolians spent a large number of cattle and sheep to purchase some three-barreled guns and tiger-crouching cannons, which performed brilliantly in the subsequent decisive battle between the left and right wings of Mongolia.

An Guo also reported some of his next ideas in the secret letter, which was to carry out in-depth cooperation with the right-wing Mongolians. For example, each side would send 5,000 troops to form a coalition force to jointly deal with the more powerful left-wing Mongolians led by Dayan Khan Batu Mongke.

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty does not have the spare energy to completely wipe out the Mongolian forces. In this case, it will find ways to indefinitely delay the time for Dayan Khan Batu Mongke to quell the right-wing rebellion and unify the Mongolian grasslands!
Tang Hao also found An Guo's idea interesting.

If the Ming army cooperates with the Mongolian right wing army, then who will have the command?

The right wing of the Mongolian army?

Haha, their combat effectiveness is simply not comparable to that of the Ming army equipped with muskets and cannons!

"Send a message to An Guo!"

"We can form a joint army to jointly resist the left wing of Mongolia."

"But there is a prerequisite, that is, my Ming army only provides firearms and artillery support, and all expenses such as the loss of weapons and soldiers' pensions in each battle need to be borne by the Right Wing of Mongolia!"

"In addition, if Nadayan Khan Batu Mengke sends someone to contact us and wants to form an alliance with our Ming army, we can also form an alliance with the Left Mongols, but provide them with some inferior firearms and artillery. We cannot let the Left Mongols surpass the Right Mongols in strength. It would be best if the two sides are equal!"

Zuo Yidao looked at Zhongshan Hou with a strange expression.

"My Lord, is it not...immoral for us to do this?"

Yes, it’s very unethical!
Both sides sell arms!

The Mongols used the Ming Dynasty's weapons to fight to the death!
If this gets out, will the Ming Dynasty still be the country of etiquette?
"They like to buy or not!"

Tang Hao chuckled and said, "The longer the fight lasts and the more fiercely it is fought, the more beneficial it will be to our Ming Dynasty!"

"And the key point now is that Dayan Khan Batu Mengke will never bow to the right wing, and the right wing will not give in to Dayan Khan either!"

"Unless... one of them dies first!"

(End of this chapter)