Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Jianzhou Jurchen's detour and sneak attack are already showing signs of fatigue. Most of the cavalry are still hungry, and even the horses are exhausted.

I thought it was a city that could be easily captured, but now faced with the sudden attack of thousands of heavy Ming cavalry, I felt extremely panicked.

There was a strong anti-war sentiment within the Ming Dynasty, but the Jurchens in Jianzhou were actually even more panicked.

The Jianzhou Jurchens had already surrendered to the powerful Ming Dynasty, and it was only under the protection of the Ming Dynasty that they escaped the murder of the Haixi Jurchens, so no one felt that they could compete with the Ming Dynasty.

Facing the menacing Ming army, there were even voices of surrender within the Jianzhou Jurchens, but they only knew that they were unable to fight against the powerful Ming Dynasty.

"Don't panic! Form a formation now!"

"Come back, come back quickly!"

"Da Ming is a bunch of cowards, what are you afraid of?"

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This Jurchen army, which was already tired, had no intention of taking on the challenge. In addition, Tuoyuanbao did not establish enough prestige, so the leaders of two tribes chose to flee with their troops.

After seeing the leaders of the two tribes fleeing with their troops, some tribal leaders also followed.

They are not fools. If they can win the final victory by uniting, they can still give it a try.

It's just that the surprise attack has not achieved the expected effect, but they have not yet completed the supply. Facing the well-equipped Ming heavy cavalry, there is only a dead end.

Even if they are willing to fight to the death, it will not help. What they faced was the Ming Dynasty within them. Although the Ming army had weakened, it was still like an ant shaking a tree.

"retreat!"

Duoerkan saw that the future was dark and led his troops to leave without hesitation.

Whether it is for the lives of their group of people or how their tribe will continue to survive in the desolate land in the future, there are enough reasons to preserve their own strength.

As for the Aisin Gioro family, their fate has actually been decided.

If there might have been a glimmer of hope earlier, the failure of this surprise attack has doomed the Aixinjueluo family to destruction and become one of the families that has been lost in the long river of history.

Even if the once glorious Golden Family is now almost extinct, how can the little Aixinjueluo family survive under the Ming Dynasty's chariot?

"If we work hard, we will definitely win!"

Tuo Yuanbao watched the tribal leaders lead their troops to leave, but he knew that as the next leader of the Aixinjueluo clan, he could not escape, so he immediately led his tribe to fight.

"Form up! Charge!"

Tie Xiangshan quickly formed a formation on the slope in front of the city, and then formed a formation and charged towards the chaotic Jurchens.

The most important thing on the battlefield in this era is troop strength, battle formations and tactics. In battles on the battlefield, battle formations are actually the key to victory.

The reason why the Qi Jiajun was able to achieve great victories one after another with low troop losses was largely due to the use of the power of the battle formation, thus gaining a huge advantage on the battlefield.

In fact, the situation where the warring parties fight to the end with only one soldier left on the battlefield is a product of film and television works. The real situation is that an army has been dispersed after losing 20 to 30% of its combat strength.

The 4,000 heavy cavalry of the Aegis Battalion formed a formation, let alone the Jurchen light cavalry that had mostly escaped, and they were able to strangle even the 40,000 Jurchen cavalry in chaos.

Boom!

The twelve heavy cannons at the top of the city did not stop and were still exerting terrifying lethality. Lead bullets slammed into the chaotic formation of the Jurchen army.

puff!

puff!

puff!

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Lead bullets fell on the rebels one after another. When they hit the cavalry, blood flew out. When they hit the horses, they screamed in pain. The lead bullets with residual energy left pits in the ground.

The Jianzhou Jurchens had always been in awe of their master, the Ming Dynasty, but now faced with such terrifyingly lethal artillery shells, they no longer had the courage to rebel against the Ming Dynasty.

"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy quickly!"

Tuo Yuanbao's face was scratched by the sand and stones from the shelling. He just saw that his army was in chaos, and the Ming Dynasty's four thousand heavy cavalry and thousands of light cavalry came to cover them up, so he shouted loudly.

Although some Jurchen cavalry wanted to fight, more than half of the Jurchen cavalry wanted to escape.

puff!

Facing the obstruction of a Jurchen cavalry leader, he was killed by the fleeing Jurchen cavalry.

It can be seen from this that the Aixinjueluo family did not have absolute control over the Jurchen tribes, and there were especially differences on the rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

puff!

Tie Xiangshan led his troops into the rebel army like a sharp blade, holding a long sword and killing the chaotic Jurchen cavalry. As the sword rose and fell, streams of blood continued to spatter.

puff! puff! puff!

The heavy cavalry following the Iron Elephant Mountain fought very bravely and were frantically harvesting the lives of the Jurchen cavalry.

Although it is very expensive to build heavy cavalry, the equipment of a single soldier is as high as thirty-seven taels, and daily maintenance is also a high number, but the combat power is terrifying.

"Stop the shelling!"

Zhang Sui, the censor of Liaodong, stood on the top of the city and raised his hand to stop the bombardment.

The current battle situation is one-sided. There is no need for him to continue shelling, but he wants to avoid accidentally injuring his own people. This time he was ordered to stay here strictly, but he didn't want Jianzhou Jurchen to dare to attack Carp Valley.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Jianzhou Jurchens launched a tenacious resistance, but their knives or arrows struck or shot at the armor, sparks appeared one after another, and the sound of metal collisions was heard constantly.

On the battlefield, this kind of feedback is undoubtedly fatal, but it is easily counterattacked by the opponent.

puff! puff! puff!

The Aegis Battalion has lived up to the resources invested by the Ming Dynasty. Relying on the defensive power of its own armor and the extremely sharp Xuefeng Sword, it is frantically harvesting the lives of the Jurchen cavalry.

How could the Ming army be so strong?

Most of the Jianzhou Nuzhen were fighting against the Aegis Battalion for the first time. Facing the heavy cavalry that was the crystallization of Chinese wisdom, they were completely at a disadvantage.

In fact, they originally had the strength to fight, but the right time and place were not on their side. Instead, the Ming heavy cavalry used the terrain to take advantage of close combat.

"Today is the day to make great achievements, kill!"

Tie Xiangshan knew that the military merit mechanism had not been destroyed, and many soldiers were bent on gaining military merit, so he immediately loudly encouraged morale.

puff! puff! puff!

The Jianzhou Jurchens, who were wearing animal clothing or cloth, had no power to fight at all. Facing the absolute equipment advantage of the SHIELD Battalion, they were like being chopped off.

"Let's retreat!"

Another tribal leader saw that the battle situation was one-sided and made a decisive decision to leave.

It can't be said that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, but the current Ming Dynasty is like Mount Tai pressing on top, no matter how hard they resist, they are still like a mantis.

With the Ming army consuming every last soldier, they might as well choose to protect themselves wisely, but they could find a glimmer of hope in this vast borderland.

After all, their current equipment is too poor. The Ming Dynasty is their real father, and they always rely on the Ming Dynasty's weapon supplies.

"kill!"

Tuo Yuanbao saw that the number of people on his side was getting smaller and smaller, but he knew that he had no way out at all, so he immediately angrily took the initiative to kill the Ming army with a knife.

Now they, the Aixinjueluo clan, have chosen to betray the Ming Dynasty, not to mention retaining Jianzhou, the territory gifted by the Ming Dynasty, and only by vigorously resisting the Ming Dynasty can they have a chance of survival.

When he saw his men fleeing one after another, he knew that only by killing Tie Xiangshan quickly could he completely reverse the situation of the battle, so he immediately rushed towards Tie Xiang Mountain with his sword.

puff!

Tuo Yuanbao was indeed a warrior. He killed a heavy cavalryman with a sword in his hand.

Under the cover of his personal guards, he finally arrived a few feet away from Tie Xiang Mountain. He suddenly increased his horse speed and broke through the last line of defense. Then he raised the waist knife in his hand and slashed at Tie Xiang Shan's neck.

The blow seemed so fast and hard that the corners of his mouth slightly raised, as if he had seen the dawn of turning the tide of the battle.

Most of the soldiers who came to protect him along the way have been lost. Now seeing Tuo Yuanbao struggling to attack the Ming general, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes.

Tie Xiangshan raised the long knife in his hand as if reacting to his nerves, but he arrived last, and immediately cut off Tuo Yuanbao's head with the knife without mercy.

puff!

Tie Xiangshan only felt that after he swung hard, he felt a piece of warmth splashing on his face, and the young Jurchen leader who had just rushed over was beheaded by himself.

Being the number one warrior in the Beijing Camp is not a wasted reputation. Faced with a little Jurchen leader who took the initiative to kill him, he naturally took blood easily without much sense of accomplishment on his face.

Tuo Yuanbao's head rolled to the ground and was kicked into the grass by the roaring war horse. However, his eyes were always wide open and he seemed to be determined to die.

"Tou Yuanbao is dead?"

"This...how is this possible?"

"Retreat, let's retreat quickly to save our lives!"

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When the Jurchen cavalry saw their spiritual leader Tuoyuanbao being easily beheaded by the Ming generals, they immediately felt timid and chose to evacuate.

"Kill! Slaughter all the Jurchens and restore our state!"

When Tie Xiangshan saw the Jurchen cavalry receding like a tide, they did not call for gold and withdraw their troops. Instead, they raised the bloody sword in their hands and shouted loudly.

Slaughter all the Jurchens and restore my state!

This sound was so powerful that it reached the sky, and also sounded the clarion call to massacre the Jurchen cavalry.

Kill!

Just before the battlefield here ended, troops from three sides came to kill them, but they cut off all the retreat routes of the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry.

After the Ming Dynasty's careful layout, the western part of Jianzhou already belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

The five cities are intertwined, but they have formed an integrated offensive and defensive system. As early as when Jianzhou Jurchen set foot here, Ye Bushou had already discovered the whereabouts of this cavalry, so the defenders from each city immediately surrounded them.

The Ming Dynasty made peace with Mongolia, and now the Nine Borders are in a stable and peaceful period, so this time the court transferred some soldiers from Datong, Xuanfu and Jizhou.

These border troops from Jiubian did not belong to the Eastern Expeditionary Army. They were mainly responsible for the defense of the newly built city, and were also responsible for annihilating the Jurchen cavalry who fled here.

Even if there is no SHIELD battalion stationed here this time, with the elites of Jiubian, this Jurchen army known as Ten Thousand Cavalry can actually be wiped out.

In the next few days, this Jurchen cavalry, which had no supplies, suffered heavy losses one after another.

At this point, Tuo Luo's surprise attack plan completely failed, and Tuo Luo's son Tuo Yuanbao was killed by Tie Xiangshan, and the Aixinjueluo family was one step closer to true destruction.

Xiyuan, beside Taiye Pond.

Zhu Youtang looked at the golden lake and liked the scenery of the lake and mountains at dusk. He sat quietly by the fishing pavilion and hung a hook, enjoying the leisurely mood of a fisherman.

As the fish mark floated down, he quickly raised the pole with quick eyes and hands, and a beautiful red carp jumped out of the water, forming a unique picture of an emperor fishing.

"Your Majesty, this red carp is so beautiful. I will raise this fish now!" Liu Jin, who stepped forward to get the fish, couldn't help but sigh when he saw the lively red carp.

Zhu Youtang put down the fishing rod in his hand, but he already noticed that Zheng Guozhong had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Majesty, this is the latest good news from Liaodong!" Zheng Guozhong said happily as he handed over the just-delivered Tang News.

Zhu Youtang looked very lazy and lay on the soft couch. He opened the Tang newspaper and saw the latest results of the Jianzhou war, and couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Wang Yue's cannibalizing method is a step-by-step approach in the art of war, so Tuoluo must be forced to choose a surprise attack.

The biggest problem of the Jianzhou Jurchens is that they are too weak. To the north are the Haixi Jurchens who are eyeing them, and to the east are the savage Jurchens eager to fight.

Originally, he held onto Daming's thigh and stole the latest weapons from Daming, so that he could have a way out. It's just that although the Jianzhou Jurchen has the Ming Dynasty inside, she is actually a white-eyed wolf.

Not only did they keep flirting with North Korea, but they also repeatedly looted the border residents of the Ming Dynasty, and even plundered the people of the Ming Dynasty to farm their land.

If they met the kind of Confucian kings who share the blessing of peace, they might be able to let such white-eyed wolves occupy Jianzhou forever, but it is a pity that they have met themselves now.

Among several important passes in the west of Jianzhou, he actually deployed corresponding troops in advance and even built new cities. Carp Valley was the most likely pass for the Jurchens in Jianzhou to capture.

Although the result of this battle was partly due to luck, it was also a reflection of the strength of the Ming Dynasty and the inevitable result of the Ming Dynasty investing so many resources.

As long as we continue to advance steadily, it will be a matter of course to seize the entire state. As for the Aixinjueluo family, it is destined to disappear in the long river of history.

Now seeing that the tens of thousands of cavalrymen who attacked Carp Valley were almost completely wiped out by the frontier troops deployed by him, he knew that Tuoluo had been seriously injured and the final decisive battle was not far away.

tyrant!

When Zhu Youtang saw this result, he couldn't help but think of the outside world's literati's evaluation of him, with a sarcastic smile at the corner of his mouth.

He doesn't pay much attention to this kind of historical evaluation at all. In the original historical trajectory, he was touted as a wise king by the civil servant group, but what did he bring to China?

In addition to intensifying the annexation of land by the landlord class and making the civil servant group the largest force under the imperial power, it did not bring substantial development opportunities to the country.

On the contrary, now, he strangled the white-eyed wolf Jianzhou Jurchen in the cradle, regained Jianzhou and resettled millions of victims, and even built Jianzhou into the granary of Northeast China.

Although some people now regard him as Emperor Taizong who opened up borders and split the land, he knows in his heart that he is not Zhu Di and will not follow Zhu Di's path.

Compared with opening up borders and splitting the soil, I actually pay more attention to resources, and I want to continuously transport overseas resources back to the Ming Dynasty.

Beauty is like jade, tea is as fragrant as dreams.

Han Youying was kneeling opposite as usual, making tea carefully. Her delicate hands brought a cup of fragrant water to Zhu Youtang.

Now she is like the tea she personally handed over, ready for you to pick at any time.

Zhu Youtang handed the Tang newspaper to Liu Jin for filing, but there was not much joy on his face at this moment, and even a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, you don't look very happy!" Han Youying noticed the change in Zhu Youtang's expression and looked concerned.

Zhu Youtang picked up the teacup and asked, "Should I be happy?"

"Now that the war is progressing smoothly, shouldn't His Majesty be happy?" Han Youying knew that the man in front of her was extremely politically intelligent, but she asked in confusion.

Zhu Youtang took a sip of tea and looked up at the slowly setting sun: "This war has cost too much national money. My life will not be so easy in the future!"

Because this time it was not only to defeat the Jurchens in Jianzhou, but also to wipe out all the Jurchens, and to formally incorporate Jianzhou into the permanent territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the Ministry of Industry's investment in building the city, the Ming Dynasty also transferred elite border troops to Jianzhou, and even spent heavily to hire foreign tribes such as Duoyan Sanwei.

Jianzhou Jurchen was not as wealthy as the Li Dynasty palace. The only reward was the fertile land.

It's just that the return on agriculture is actually very inefficient. The current investment is expected to reach two million taels, but it will probably take another three to five years before the real results are seen.

"Since your Majesty has chosen to do this, he must have been mentally prepared. I think your Majesty has already thought of a good plan!" Han Youying looked at Zhu Youtang with her beautiful eyes, but she said with certainty.

Zhu Youtang found that the woman in front of him was both beautiful and smart, and immediately drank the remaining tea: "Sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat! Since the return of Jianzhou is too slow, we can only set our sights further, so the Eastern Expedition The army will still move eastward!"

"Your Majesty, after regaining Jianzhou, are you still going to conquer the savage Jurchens?" Han Youying's pretty face showed a look of shock, looking incredible.