Chapter 1349 The Slaughter of Iron Mountain
Amin brandished a bloody steel knife and shouted arrogantly to the sky: "I have captured Iron Mountain City. The North Gate of North Korea has been opened. I will be the King of North Korea."
Daishan gently wiped off the blood on his sword and asked Tong Puhan beside him: "How many people have you killed today?"
Tong Puhan replied: "I occupied 10 grain stores and a branch of Daming Construction Bank."
Regarding this unreasonable answer, Daishan nodded with satisfaction: "This time you led your soldiers to outsmart Tieshan City. This is our first achievement in the war. Killing less people shows your kindness. Occupying the food store and bank,
Prove your decisiveness, you are already qualified to be my deputy commander, but don't be too happy now, that position has to be approved by the Khan. But don't worry, keep fighting, you will reach that position sooner or later
.”
Tong Puhan was not overjoyed by this promise, and suggested to Daishan: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the population of the people is the foundation of our development. Erbeile should advise the Amin banner leader to prohibit the warriors from killing people."
Looking at the Jurchens around him who were still killing people crazily, Daishan's face was filled with the light of benevolence: "These Jurchen warriors usually enjoy killing people. Only massacre and blood can inspire the wild nature in their bodies. And
This massacre is also to let the Koreans know that those who resist us will not be spared, which will make them fear us. In all the cities we enter in the future, the people there will be afraid of us.
Cling at our feet. In this way, we will kill many, many fewer people in the future. We are killing many people now so that we will kill fewer people in the future. You will slowly understand this truth."
Tong Puhan, who had been educated in Han culture, could not agree with this truth, but he understood more tactfully that to refute the two banner leaders at this time would be to cause trouble for himself. So he changed the topic: "Tieshan's wealth is indeed a source of trouble.
It’s hard to imagine that the 10 grain stores I occupied contained no less than 5,000 shi of food, which was enough for our army to eat and drink for ten days. If the food stored in all the grain stores in the city were counted, all our troops could eat it.
In the first half of the year, we no longer had any worries about logistics."
"This is when there are no common people coming to compete with us for food." Daishan concluded lightly.
Tong Puhan also thinks this should be the case: "We use Tieshan as our base and cross here to Xuanzhou in the south. It is a flat plain and an important northern grain producing area in North Korea. As long as we occupy it first, we will not only be able to satisfy ourselves
In order to meet the demand, we can also continuously transport food to the front lines of Zhenjiang and Phoenix City to support our own military operations and alleviate the pressure within our Daikin."
Daishan was very pleased that this young man had such a far-sighted vision: "As long as we capture North Korea, it will be like cutting a huge hole in the iron barrel that Ming Dynasty used to surround us in Liaodong. Not to mention other supplies,
Just the iron produced from the surrounding mines and the food produced in Xuanchuan are enough to solve our big problem. After we advance south, I will recommend you to the Great Khan as the governor of Xuanchuan, and you will
Let’s manage this vast area from the Yalu River to propaganda well, and let it become our large granary and the warehouse of our golden weapons.”
The two people looked forward to the future here, turning a blind eye to Amin's organized massacre and turning a blind eye to the Fu Liao army still hiding on the northern city wall.
In the eyes of the two of them, under the powerful Jurchen cavalry, the more than 5,000 Fu Liao troops huddled on the city wall were just hanging on. The city was ruined. What was the use of them staying there? Now the city is full of people.
There are only two roads left for the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, one is to surrender, the other is to be annihilated. As for attacking, is it necessary? There is no water or food in the city, and they will starve to death if they persist for three days. And once they escape from the city,
, two legs cannot outrun four legs no matter what, it would be a massacre.
Amin was very happy, because among the three battlefields where Huang Taiji launched an attack on Dongjiang Town, he did not expect that the first one to win would be his own.
"Second brother, we have completely captured the entire Iron Mountain. The amount of materials here is beyond imagination. We no longer have to worry about our logistics supplies. After we take a simple rest here, we can seize the time to go south.
, quickly occupied Xuanchuan, and the troops reached Qi Fei's headquarters in Xuanzhou. Once Qi Fei's main force was annihilated again, North Korea would be out of the question."
Daishan reminded him with a smile: "We have not really captured all of Tieshan. Look at the section of the city wall to the north. The Ming Dynasty's flag is still flying high. They are demonstrating against us."
Amin curled his lips and said: "There are only about 5,000 people squatting on the city wall. What's the use? After the city calms down, we will simply eat and rest, and then kill them." Finally, he said fiercely: "I don't accept it.
surrender."
Daishan agreed very much with Amin's decision.
Tong Puhan looked at the generals with high morale on the city wall and felt a little pity: "If they surrender and become my subordinates, what kind of strong army will they be."
Daishan directly dispelled his ambition: "The Fuliao Army is different from the Ming Army in other places. The Ming Army in other places surrendered to us and became the most docile slaves, while the Fuliao Army will never be our docile slaves.
It is right not to accept surrender, otherwise there may be endless troubles."
Tong Puhan also knew the temper of the Fu Liao Army, so he could only shake his head regretfully and gave up the idea.
At this time, a leader came back and reported to Amin excitedly: "Flag Master, most of the people who escaped from the city have been slaughtered by us. There is no one alive in the city. What should we do next?"
"Tell everyone, be quick and search the remaining fish that have slipped through the net. This will become our important material base. I don't have that many manpower left to look after them. I absolutely cannot let them cause trouble for me. Then everyone does a short
After taking a rest, we began to attack the remaining enemies on the city wall. After destroying them, we will attack Xuanzhou with all our strength early tomorrow morning."
"Flag Master, it is said that Xuanzhou is bigger and richer than here." When he said this, the eyes of the leader, Niu Lu, were full of longing.
Amin said sternly: "This time we were caught by surprise and we easily captured this place. Xuanzhou is different from here. Qi Fei has been operating there for many years. The fall of Tieshan must have made him more vigilant. He still has 30,000 yuan in hand."
Man, that is a tough bone, we need to prepare a good set of teeth to chew it down."
Tong Puhan couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Flag Master Amin is indeed both civil and military. He has achieved such a great victory without being arrogant or impetuous. He is truly a handsome man."
Amin felt very comfortable with this flattery, and couldn't help but raise his face and laugh. But just as he raised his face and laughed, he saw a round thing flying out of the city wall, and his smile changed.
Chapter completed!