The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 390: The Battle of Hetao Begins

Hetao Dongsheng City.

After reading Zhu Houzhao's secret letter, Tang Hao couldn't help but sigh.

"As I expected, the gentry secretly emptied the four major granaries!"

"The Emperor was furious and threatened to massacre Jiangnan!"

When the generals present heard this, they couldn't help but shudder.

Those damn gentry and nobles have really driven the Emperor into a corner this time!
The bloodbath in Jiangnan happened only once in the Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period, when Emperor Taizu Gao used the "Guo Huan case" to bloodbath all the gentry in the world, especially in Jiangnan. Countless gentry families were implicated in this case and had their properties confiscated and their families exterminated!
But the problem is that Emperor Taizu Gao was the founding emperor, and his imperial prestige was far beyond ordinary comparisons.

As for the imperial prestige, the current Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao cannot be compared with the Taizu Gao Emperor.

If he really massacres people in Jiangnan, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be unstable and the country will be in turmoil!
"What's the response from the left wing?" Tang Hao asked in a deep voice.

An Guo hurriedly replied: "Yibulla said that now is not the right time. Dayan Khan's third son, Barsborot, sneaked into Huoshai's Mongoljin tribe. Because Barsborot was raised by Huoshai, the two are like father and son. Under Barsborot's persuasion, Huoshai wavered again and seemed to want to lean towards the left wing!"

This is not good news for the Ming Dynasty!

Tang Hao frowned, then stood up and issued a military order.

"The three armies are ready for battle. Send troops to the Mengguolejin tribe tonight!"

"Tell Yibula that I don't have time to argue with him. Either he helps me to wipe out the Mongoljin tribe, or I will just slaughter the entire Right Wing of Mongolia!"

"Don't challenge my patience, and don't turn a deaf ear to my words. Even without the right wing of Mongolia, the Ming Dynasty can still resist the little Mongolian prince!"

Upon hearing this, An Guo quickly went to report it.

The rest of the generals went forward to organize their troops and prepare for war.

They all knew that the original strategy of supporting the Right-wing Mongolians against the Left-wing Mongolians had to be changed now.

Because the Ming army can't wait any longer. If they don't return home with a great victory, and those Jiangnan gentry continue to confront the emperor, the emperor might really lead his troops to Jiangnan and massacre the entire area!
His Majesty the current Emperor is not the previous Emperor. The imperial pride in his bones will never allow him to bow to anyone, especially the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River!
If the emperor bows his head and gives in once, his crown will fall off, and he will gradually become a puppet controlled by the gentry!
In the early days of his reign, Emperor Hongzhi was also determined to make progress and work hard to govern the country. However, in the confrontation with the civil officials and gentry, he endured and gave in again and again, and chose to bow his head again and again. The final result was that Zhu Zhongxing completely became a puppet emperor controlled by the gentry, and the Ming Dynasty became impoverished, with the military and civilians impoverished, and the people all over the world penniless!
Tang Hao had already told Zhu Houzhao these principles.

Especially when Tang Hao had just met Zhu Houzhao, he was faced with the conspiracy of civil officials and gentry to kill the Eight Tiger Eunuchs. At that time, Tang Hao told Zhu Houzhao that the emperor must never give in.

If you retreat a foot, they will retreat an inch!
If you obey them and kill the Eight Tigers today, they will ask you to kill the others next time.

If he continues to give in step by step like this, what imperial prestige will the emperor have?

He was nothing more than a puppet emperor restrained and controlled by civil officials and gentry.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao always kept this matter in mind, and he was extremely tough when facing civil officials and gentry since he ascended the throne!
This time is no exception!
If the grain lost in the four major granaries could not be recovered, Zhu Houzhao would definitely lead his troops to the south of the Yangtze River.

If the food cannot be found, then don’t look for it. Jiangnan is a prosperous place with plenty of food!

Since these Jiangnan gentry have the courage to go against His Majesty the Emperor, they must be prepared to pay the price!
But if this happens, the Ming Dynasty will be seriously damaged, and the gentry will be in uproar, which is not conducive to the court's rule!

Tang Hao sighed, and then led his troops out of Dongsheng City.

He had to speed up and recapture the Hetao area as soon as possible. As for the right wing of Mongolia, they had to either surrender or... die!
That night, Yibula, Mandulai and other right-wing noble leaders gathered together.

Yibula said solemnly: "The situation has changed. The Great Ming Zhongshan Marquis is here!"

When these words were spoken, all the noble leaders present could not help but gasp.

Is the Marquis of Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty, the fiercest general of the Ming army, really here?

During this period, they did not do nothing. At least it was difficult to hide what happened on the grassland from the grassland people.

The Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty led an army of 10,000 and started from Liaodong to suppress the Jurchens, and fought all the way to Kaiping City. It is unknown how many nomadic tribes and grassland people were massacred!
Moreover, this brutal and ruthless Marquis Zhongshan of the Ming Dynasty was cruel and ruthless. He massacred the tribe without mercy, killing all men, women, old and young, and even spared no children!
It can be said that the Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty is an existence that all the people of the grassland fear, even Yibula and Mandulai are no exception!

"The Marquis of Zhongshan just sent a message that he will send troops to attack the Mengguolejin tribe of Huoshai tonight, and ordered our two tribes to send troops to help, otherwise he will massacre the entire right wing of Mongolia and kill everyone without leaving any trace!"

"What? How dare he?"

"That's right! We are not his subordinates, we are just allied with the Ming army!"

"Why should we obey his orders? Who is he?"

For a moment, all kinds of doubts and insults resounded throughout the tent.

But Yibula looked coldly at these powerful but weak noble leaders, allowing them to pretend to vent their dissatisfaction.

Only after the big tent had quieted down did Yibula speak coldly.

"The reason why the Ming army formed an alliance with our Right Mongols is not because they are afraid of us, but because the Ming army wants to support the Right Mongols to fight against Batu Mengke's Mongolian Khanate!"

"Now the Great Ming Zhongshan Marquis has personally taken action and massacred all the nomadic tribes near the Ming army's border. Only the Hetao area where we are is left!"

"In other words, the Right Wing of Mongolia now faces two choices. Either we completely submit to the Ming army and help Zhongshan Hou Tu extinguish Huoshai's Mengguolejin tribe, and then we can continue to graze in the Hetao area. Or the Ming army will regard the entire Right Wing of 30,000 households as targets of attack and will go all out to suppress them without mercy!"

"What do you want to choose?"

How to choose?
This is a difficult problem.

If they completely surrender to the Ming army, they will have completely betrayed the grassland and Eternal Heaven, and become the running dogs of the Ming Dynasty!

They can choose to be enemies with the Ming army. Can they really defeat them?
What if when the Ming army was attacking the 30,000 households on the right wing, that beast Batu Mengke also launched an attack?
The 30,000 households on the right wing will be faced with the desperate situation of being attacked from both sides, and will definitely be completely wiped out!
Mandulai sighed with regret, and then said: "Surrender! The Ming army is invincible unless we move our tribe somewhere else!"

"But Batu Mengke can't accommodate us. Where else can we migrate to except this Hetao area?"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

It seems like they really have no other choice.

The war between the right and the left has long reached the point where it is irreconcilable.

Once they leave Hetao, they will inevitably suffer a thundering attack from the left wing and die without a burial place!

Therefore, the only choice is to surrender to the Ming army and submit to the Ming Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)