Good news!Good news... Several cavalry rushed into the Ming army camp and couldn't wait to start shouting loudly.Many soldiers heard the movement and looked around the direction of the sound coming in the barracks.
Zhu Gaoxu and others in the central army were also alarmed, and they then walked out of the tent.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu discovered that it was snowing heavily in the sky at some point. A layer of white snow has been covered with countless felt tents in the camp.
On the originally deserted frozen soil, the snowflakes in the sky seemed to add a little vitality.
A cavalry who had just been put into the central army's headquarters turned over and dismounted in the snowflakes.
He should have seen Zhu Gaoxu too, so he strode forward, took out the lacquered report, knelt on one knee and shouted: Master, the vanguard, Duke E of the vanguard, and sent the last general back to the good news!
The civil and military officials at the entrance of the big tent spoke and congratulated Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Gaoxu received the good news and read it first.
Yesterday, he encountered a group of Tatar cavalry blocking in Fengquan and the Ministry of Peace, killing hundreds of enemies; then the Ming army pursued the Tatar king's tent, and then burned down countless supplies such as its large tent, tent, vehicles, and destroyed all the Tatar camp... However, in this battle, Benyari escaped from the Khanate, and the remaining Tatar tribes and Arutai's troops never appeared.
Zhu Gaoxu handed the report in his hand to Qi Tai and others, looking up at the snow scene around him.
Among the white snowflakes, the vast wasteland became hazy, and nothing could be seen on the earth except the Ming army's barracks.
Everyone was talking outside for a while, and Zhu Gaoxu turned around and returned to the tent and sat cross-legged at the place where he had sat before.There was also a map in front of him.
Not long after Qi Tai came in, he quickly stepped forward and bowed: Master, I think it's time to withdraw my troops.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at him. Qi Tai's face was very serious in the firelight and immediately bent down.
Qu Neng, Zhang Fu, Liu Sheng and others also quickly stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the tent became very strange.Everyone was not unhappy or heavy, but there was no surprise.
It's not very satisfactory, probably that's the case.
After all, the imperial court dispatched 200,000 to 300,000 troops, including elite Ming army who had experienced many battles, and many powerful generals who survived from previous wars. After months of expeditions, the military supplies were ineffective, but they did not win much.
There was not even a decent battle, and many battles were almost a small number of enemy troops harassing and chasing them.
The only time the Tatar army dispatched a battle where there might be tens of thousands of cavalry. Under the fierce firearm counterattack of Liu Sheng's army, the main force of the enemy ran away in one day.
No wonder the generals looked like this.Compared with the battle between Huguang and hundreds of thousands of people, there is really no decent battle on the grassland this northern expedition...
Benyari lost his khan and left the king's tent to escape. Alutai's troops have been dispersed, and it is difficult for our army to find a clear goal now.Zhu Gaoxu finally spoke, and our army was exhausted and it was indeed time to withdraw.
None of the generals objected, and everyone agreed one after another: The wisest emperor.
Qi Tai said: During this northern expedition, the official army captured the Tatar King's Banner and made great achievements, and at the same time, the large number of Tatar tents and grass were burned down.With the current Mongolian strength, this has been greatly weakened.The emperor’s crime of shocking all over the north and punishing the Tatars for disturbing the border is gratifying!
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu followed Qi Tai's words and nodded: Qibutang's words are reasonable.The Northern Expedition was a complete victory, and after returning to the court, I should reward you according to my merits.
After hearing this, the generals thanked him one after another.
The people in the Ming Dynasty, even the civil and military officials of the court, may not really understand how much Mongolian power had been weakened by the Ming army's northern expedition.
But breaking through the king's tent and seizing the king's flag will surely be a proof that can praise the praises.
Zhu Gaoxu insisted on continuing to advance to the north for hundreds of miles, and finally allowed Ping An to catch up with Benjali's tent, which was due to this consideration.
Only the achievements that can be written can make the north fear the military force of the court.
Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a while, then slapped his hands on his legs and said decisively: Send someone to send a command to safe, and immediately lead the vanguard back to meet the main force of the central army.The army will set out tomorrow, return from the road to the east and sweep away the pastures of the Alutai tribes along the road.
I will obey the order!The civil and military officials clasped their fists and politely said in unison.
After the discussion, everyone thanked each other and said thanks for their gratitude.Zhu Gaoxu was still in the central army's tent.
There was a rough map in front of him, because the map included a large territory, so it was obviously inaccurate.
However, at a rough look, the northern area where the tribes of the East and West Mongolia are active is obviously larger than the territory of the entire Ming Dynasty!
This time, Zhu Gaoxu led his army to raid thousands of miles, and in fact he only attacked the main forces in Eastern Mongolia.
To the west, there were the Wastu tribes, and to the west, there were the forces of various Khanate countries, which were scattered across the vast territory of thousands of miles.
Zhu Gaoxu felt deeply that this combat method would make it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to maintain its national strength.
However, before he went to the expedition, he never planned to solve the problem of the northern border. This time, in addition to attacking the Tatar forces, he also had plans to solve the problem of domestic vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu didn't feel much frustrated when he thought about this.
Thinking about the five expeditions of Mongolia in history, Zhu Di continued for more than 20 years, but he still failed to completely eliminate the Mongolian forces.
Zhu Gaoxu's weapons and tactics at this time did not change much. It seems that it is just a dream to win at one time.
Zhu Gaoxu could only think of another method, thinking about the northern border defense strategy since the Hongwu period, and looking for an effective method...
The next morning, the main seven armies of the Ming army successively set off their camps and began to set off toward the southeast.The central army did not wait for the Peaceful Ministry, because the Peaceful Army was a cavalry and could catch up with the army in a few days.
When they came, a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel Trucks and Steel Trucks were carried with the army and filled with food sacks; at this time, most of them were replaced with injured soldiers who could not walk.
The wounded soldier was covered with a thick felt blanket and his head was covered with tightly, only his face was exposed.
People were still looking back at the north in the car, as if they were watching the land where the Ming army fought all the way.
The central army has decided on the general route to return to the army.
The northern section goes to the east of the Lake of the Sea and the Fisher Sea, and there are large pastures here; tribes under the rule of Alutai, Mongolia (Northern Yuan) may have been active in these places.
While marching, the army will send cavalry to burn the tents and pastures of the Tatar tribes along the way, destroying their winter supplies in order to further weaken the number of people and livestock in the Tatar tribe and retaliate against the incident of robbery and burning and killing the Ming border last year.
After the army marched to the southern part of Huoyuer, the Ming army would find the way they came and return according to the same route.There were also some dead Ming army bodies buried on the road, and they had to be dug out and transported away.
After that, the situation will be improved as long as the troops reach Kaipingwei (Xilingol League).A few months ago, the Ming army built a warehouse there, and when they returned, they could get supplies in time.
...The fire in Fengquan Land has not completely gone out, and the wooden carts and wood in the camp are still burning.Smoke mixed with snowflakes, floating in the wind together, and the sound of howling wind is shrouded in the air.
The snowflakes in the sky have not extinguished the embers of Mars, but have only covered countless corpses under the snow.
On the snow, many Ming soldiers were looking for something, just like collecting fruits on the ground.
From time to time, there were sounds of clicking and clicking chopping sounds, and the sound of hatchets slashing on hardwood; but the soldiers were not cutting wood, but cutting frozen corpses!
Everyone was only interested in their heads, and they would not care about their bodies after they cut off their heads, because the Ming army still retained the military law of replacing rewards at the head.
Last night, people also found wild dogs appearing nearby. Before the army left, the hungry beasts in winter could not wait to stare at the bodies left by humans.
The hairy and disheveled heads were hung on the soldiers' horses, covered with snow in blood, and the scene was very terrifying.
At this time, a group of neat cavalry not far away gradually came over.The red military flag and cloak floated in the wind and snow, which was particularly conspicuous.The extremely strong man in the middle is the general.
The horse team soon met a group of people in ragged clothes and disheveled hair, including men and women, mostly covered with wild animal fur.
Those people seemed to have just been released from prison, and they were like beggars; when the crowd met the safe horse team, they took aside and looked up one by one.
A general came forward to report: Grand Marshal, these people are Han people.When the Tatar army attacked the border, they plundered the Ming people onto the grasslands and turned them all into slaves to the Tatar nobles.
Ping An looked back at the crowd on the roadside and saw that people were also observing themselves.Their dirt-filled faces, but their eyes were filled with gratitude, obviously unbearable to the life of slaves on the grassland.
Ping An waved his hand and said: Distribute food to them and take it away!Then I asked them clearly about their hometown, and made a name for themselves, and returned to the country to hand them over to the local officials.
The general held his fists and said, "The last general is ordered!"
Suddenly, the beggar-like crowd knelt on the ground, and someone said: Caomin is waiting to thank the general for help!Everyone knelt in the snow one after another, and there was a noise.
Ping'an waved his hand and shouted: You all get up, they are all your own people.
He left the place without saying a few words.
After a while, Ping An pointed at the soldiers looking for their heads in the distance and ordered: Send someone to tell the brothers and return to their respective camps immediately.We are going to set off for a camp!
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the noise and horse neighing in the camp were all covered in the heavy snow.
In addition, there is nothing in the distance.
The fight had already stopped, and even the safe cavalry could no longer find any trace of the enemy.
The cavalry of each battalion gradually gathered and then left the place one after another.On the white earth, the shadows of the horse team were slowly moving.
A road ahead is a seemingly endless return journey.
Zhu Gaoxu and others in the central army were also alarmed, and they then walked out of the tent.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu discovered that it was snowing heavily in the sky at some point. A layer of white snow has been covered with countless felt tents in the camp.
On the originally deserted frozen soil, the snowflakes in the sky seemed to add a little vitality.
A cavalry who had just been put into the central army's headquarters turned over and dismounted in the snowflakes.
He should have seen Zhu Gaoxu too, so he strode forward, took out the lacquered report, knelt on one knee and shouted: Master, the vanguard, Duke E of the vanguard, and sent the last general back to the good news!
The civil and military officials at the entrance of the big tent spoke and congratulated Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Gaoxu received the good news and read it first.
Yesterday, he encountered a group of Tatar cavalry blocking in Fengquan and the Ministry of Peace, killing hundreds of enemies; then the Ming army pursued the Tatar king's tent, and then burned down countless supplies such as its large tent, tent, vehicles, and destroyed all the Tatar camp... However, in this battle, Benyari escaped from the Khanate, and the remaining Tatar tribes and Arutai's troops never appeared.
Zhu Gaoxu handed the report in his hand to Qi Tai and others, looking up at the snow scene around him.
Among the white snowflakes, the vast wasteland became hazy, and nothing could be seen on the earth except the Ming army's barracks.
Everyone was talking outside for a while, and Zhu Gaoxu turned around and returned to the tent and sat cross-legged at the place where he had sat before.There was also a map in front of him.
Not long after Qi Tai came in, he quickly stepped forward and bowed: Master, I think it's time to withdraw my troops.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at him. Qi Tai's face was very serious in the firelight and immediately bent down.
Qu Neng, Zhang Fu, Liu Sheng and others also quickly stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the tent became very strange.Everyone was not unhappy or heavy, but there was no surprise.
It's not very satisfactory, probably that's the case.
After all, the imperial court dispatched 200,000 to 300,000 troops, including elite Ming army who had experienced many battles, and many powerful generals who survived from previous wars. After months of expeditions, the military supplies were ineffective, but they did not win much.
There was not even a decent battle, and many battles were almost a small number of enemy troops harassing and chasing them.
The only time the Tatar army dispatched a battle where there might be tens of thousands of cavalry. Under the fierce firearm counterattack of Liu Sheng's army, the main force of the enemy ran away in one day.
No wonder the generals looked like this.Compared with the battle between Huguang and hundreds of thousands of people, there is really no decent battle on the grassland this northern expedition...
Benyari lost his khan and left the king's tent to escape. Alutai's troops have been dispersed, and it is difficult for our army to find a clear goal now.Zhu Gaoxu finally spoke, and our army was exhausted and it was indeed time to withdraw.
None of the generals objected, and everyone agreed one after another: The wisest emperor.
Qi Tai said: During this northern expedition, the official army captured the Tatar King's Banner and made great achievements, and at the same time, the large number of Tatar tents and grass were burned down.With the current Mongolian strength, this has been greatly weakened.The emperor’s crime of shocking all over the north and punishing the Tatars for disturbing the border is gratifying!
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu followed Qi Tai's words and nodded: Qibutang's words are reasonable.The Northern Expedition was a complete victory, and after returning to the court, I should reward you according to my merits.
After hearing this, the generals thanked him one after another.
The people in the Ming Dynasty, even the civil and military officials of the court, may not really understand how much Mongolian power had been weakened by the Ming army's northern expedition.
But breaking through the king's tent and seizing the king's flag will surely be a proof that can praise the praises.
Zhu Gaoxu insisted on continuing to advance to the north for hundreds of miles, and finally allowed Ping An to catch up with Benjali's tent, which was due to this consideration.
Only the achievements that can be written can make the north fear the military force of the court.
Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a while, then slapped his hands on his legs and said decisively: Send someone to send a command to safe, and immediately lead the vanguard back to meet the main force of the central army.The army will set out tomorrow, return from the road to the east and sweep away the pastures of the Alutai tribes along the road.
I will obey the order!The civil and military officials clasped their fists and politely said in unison.
After the discussion, everyone thanked each other and said thanks for their gratitude.Zhu Gaoxu was still in the central army's tent.
There was a rough map in front of him, because the map included a large territory, so it was obviously inaccurate.
However, at a rough look, the northern area where the tribes of the East and West Mongolia are active is obviously larger than the territory of the entire Ming Dynasty!
This time, Zhu Gaoxu led his army to raid thousands of miles, and in fact he only attacked the main forces in Eastern Mongolia.
To the west, there were the Wastu tribes, and to the west, there were the forces of various Khanate countries, which were scattered across the vast territory of thousands of miles.
Zhu Gaoxu felt deeply that this combat method would make it difficult for the Ming Dynasty to maintain its national strength.
However, before he went to the expedition, he never planned to solve the problem of the northern border. This time, in addition to attacking the Tatar forces, he also had plans to solve the problem of domestic vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu didn't feel much frustrated when he thought about this.
Thinking about the five expeditions of Mongolia in history, Zhu Di continued for more than 20 years, but he still failed to completely eliminate the Mongolian forces.
Zhu Gaoxu's weapons and tactics at this time did not change much. It seems that it is just a dream to win at one time.
Zhu Gaoxu could only think of another method, thinking about the northern border defense strategy since the Hongwu period, and looking for an effective method...
The next morning, the main seven armies of the Ming army successively set off their camps and began to set off toward the southeast.The central army did not wait for the Peaceful Ministry, because the Peaceful Army was a cavalry and could catch up with the army in a few days.
When they came, a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel Trucks and Steel Trucks were carried with the army and filled with food sacks; at this time, most of them were replaced with injured soldiers who could not walk.
The wounded soldier was covered with a thick felt blanket and his head was covered with tightly, only his face was exposed.
People were still looking back at the north in the car, as if they were watching the land where the Ming army fought all the way.
The central army has decided on the general route to return to the army.
The northern section goes to the east of the Lake of the Sea and the Fisher Sea, and there are large pastures here; tribes under the rule of Alutai, Mongolia (Northern Yuan) may have been active in these places.
While marching, the army will send cavalry to burn the tents and pastures of the Tatar tribes along the way, destroying their winter supplies in order to further weaken the number of people and livestock in the Tatar tribe and retaliate against the incident of robbery and burning and killing the Ming border last year.
After the army marched to the southern part of Huoyuer, the Ming army would find the way they came and return according to the same route.There were also some dead Ming army bodies buried on the road, and they had to be dug out and transported away.
After that, the situation will be improved as long as the troops reach Kaipingwei (Xilingol League).A few months ago, the Ming army built a warehouse there, and when they returned, they could get supplies in time.
...The fire in Fengquan Land has not completely gone out, and the wooden carts and wood in the camp are still burning.Smoke mixed with snowflakes, floating in the wind together, and the sound of howling wind is shrouded in the air.
The snowflakes in the sky have not extinguished the embers of Mars, but have only covered countless corpses under the snow.
On the snow, many Ming soldiers were looking for something, just like collecting fruits on the ground.
From time to time, there were sounds of clicking and clicking chopping sounds, and the sound of hatchets slashing on hardwood; but the soldiers were not cutting wood, but cutting frozen corpses!
Everyone was only interested in their heads, and they would not care about their bodies after they cut off their heads, because the Ming army still retained the military law of replacing rewards at the head.
Last night, people also found wild dogs appearing nearby. Before the army left, the hungry beasts in winter could not wait to stare at the bodies left by humans.
The hairy and disheveled heads were hung on the soldiers' horses, covered with snow in blood, and the scene was very terrifying.
At this time, a group of neat cavalry not far away gradually came over.The red military flag and cloak floated in the wind and snow, which was particularly conspicuous.The extremely strong man in the middle is the general.
The horse team soon met a group of people in ragged clothes and disheveled hair, including men and women, mostly covered with wild animal fur.
Those people seemed to have just been released from prison, and they were like beggars; when the crowd met the safe horse team, they took aside and looked up one by one.
A general came forward to report: Grand Marshal, these people are Han people.When the Tatar army attacked the border, they plundered the Ming people onto the grasslands and turned them all into slaves to the Tatar nobles.
Ping An looked back at the crowd on the roadside and saw that people were also observing themselves.Their dirt-filled faces, but their eyes were filled with gratitude, obviously unbearable to the life of slaves on the grassland.
Ping An waved his hand and said: Distribute food to them and take it away!Then I asked them clearly about their hometown, and made a name for themselves, and returned to the country to hand them over to the local officials.
The general held his fists and said, "The last general is ordered!"
Suddenly, the beggar-like crowd knelt on the ground, and someone said: Caomin is waiting to thank the general for help!Everyone knelt in the snow one after another, and there was a noise.
Ping'an waved his hand and shouted: You all get up, they are all your own people.
He left the place without saying a few words.
After a while, Ping An pointed at the soldiers looking for their heads in the distance and ordered: Send someone to tell the brothers and return to their respective camps immediately.We are going to set off for a camp!
The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the noise and horse neighing in the camp were all covered in the heavy snow.
In addition, there is nothing in the distance.
The fight had already stopped, and even the safe cavalry could no longer find any trace of the enemy.
The cavalry of each battalion gradually gathered and then left the place one after another.On the white earth, the shadows of the horse team were slowly moving.
A road ahead is a seemingly endless return journey.
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