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Chapter 279 War Dividends

If more than five thousand tiger and leopard infantry and cavalry are dealing with a Mongolian tribe with less than two thousand troops, if they cannot win, Wang Feng, the infantry commander, will be in vain.

Therefore, in less than two days, all the three remaining Mongolian tribes around were captured by the Tiger and Leopard Army. Not only that, the mighty attacking army, with a superior attitude, also destroyed several small tribes with only a few hundred people on the march.

As for the five thousand infantry and cavalry commander Wang Feng, in three consecutive battles, the total loss of less than 500 people was only lost.

With the capture of cattle, sheep and horses on the battlefield, they were sent to the garrison continuously, and under the escort of 5,000 troops in Datong Prefecture, they were eventually sent back to Datong Prefecture, Shanxi.

The Tiger and Leopard Army, which had lost nearly 3,000 people, also began to withdraw from Mongolia one after another.

As for the other Mongolian tribes deep in the grassland, when they learned from the escaped herders that less than 10,000 Han infantry and cavalry dared to go deep into the grassland and burn, kill and loot the herdsmen on the grassland. They were angry and quickly summoned their tribesmen to form a coalition force, and rushed to the garrison of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

However, when they hurried to the site of the Tiger and Leopard Army that had been burned to ruins, the most remaining were the corpses of herders who were almost frozen.

Faced with the losses of hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and war horses, how could the Mongols, who had always burned, killed and looted on the territory of the Han people? They directly led the army to kill Zuo Yun, a military city that had already stationed 3,000 local troops.

Fortunately, these Mongolians were on the way to march, they happened to meet Dorgon who had just fled back to Mongolia from Shanxi. Under Dorgon's order, they forcibly withdrew their troops.

Otherwise, this coalition of tens of thousands of herders will definitely pay an unprecedented heavy price under the 3,000 musketeers of Zuo Yun's army...

The Tiger and Leopard Army took the initiative for half a month, although more than 2,300 soldiers were killed directly and more than 500 soldiers were seriously injured and disabled. However, under the influence of the huge harvest, everyone in the Governor's Mansion had a thick smile on their faces.

In the Governor's Office, Zhang Wu, Zhou Yuhong, Wang Yang and others who had joined the Wei Zheng team sat in a very orderly manner in accordance with the division of civil and military and high-quality land.

As for the head of the meeting hall, Wei Zheng, the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, sat without surprise.

With the expectation, some inexplicable, some incomprehensible..., Wei Zheng in the main position spoke.

"Dear sirs, you are the most trusted civil and military officials in the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. To put it more directly, you are the civil and military teams of the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. From now on, I will rely on you civil and military officials to control the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces."

"Today I'm so anxious to call you all. On the one hand, I'm going to let everyone meet and get to know each other. Because, maybe when will the adults here work together and serve our officials..."

"In addition, there is another important thing, which is to inform you about something that everyone does not know...-"

Seeing the expressions of excitement and expectation that quickly emerged on everyone's faces, Wei Zheng did not ask everyone to wait too long and continued.

"All the lords are officials in Shanxi. Ying Ai knows that Dorgon, the Tartar, commanded 10,000 infantry cavalry, invaded Shanxi, and burned, killed and looted in Zuoyun..."

"Now, what I want to tell you is that the 10,000 Tartar infantry and cavalry that invaded Shanxi have been wiped out by us in half a month under the counterattack of our Tiger and Leopard Army... The only regret is that Dorgon, the Tartars and the 500 elite cavalrymen under his command, actually fled into the mountains..."

"For this battle, I will write memorials to the court in the next two days, and send all the more than 6,000 Tartar heads seen on the battlefield to the capital for the court to check..."

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he sat among the more than ten people in front of him. Except for Wang Feng, Zhou Shuyuan and others who participated in the battle, he still sat on the chair motionless. Wang Yang, the prefect of Taiyuan who was sitting in a row of civil servants, stood up from the chair with excitement on his face and said with a compliment to Wei Zheng.

"The subordinate congratulates the Governor for achieving this great victory... After such a great victory is passed to the capital, the emperor will definitely be very happy... At that time, the third-class uncle on the Governor may become a second-class uncle..."

After Wang Yang finished speaking, the remaining officials who didn't know about the battle quickly stood up from their chairs and spoke loudly and said, "The Lord, congratulations to the Governor for achieving this great victory..."

Wei Zheng waved his hand, signaling everyone to sit down, and continued to speak, "Okay, we are all our own people, don't say anything about compliments... Here, I will set a rule. From now on, as long as we are our own people, I will hold those compliments in my stomach..."

After saying that, Wei Zheng continued: "Eliminating tens of thousands of Tartar infantry and cavalry will be an unprecedented victory for our Shanxi Governor's Office or the imperial court."

"However, I did not let the Tartars go like this, because it took only two days for tens of thousands of Tartar infantry and cavalry that invaded our Shanxi to massacre tens of thousands of people in Zuoyun's territory..."

"In order to avenge these people who died tragically at the hands of the Tartars, the official personally commanded the 10,000 infantry and cavalry of the Tiger and Leopard Army half a month ago, passed through Zuoyun, and entered the Mongolian territory. He used the blood of the Mongolians to pay tribute to the soldiers who died on the battlefield and ordinary people who died tragically at the hands of the Tartars..."

When Wei Zheng said this, several people led by Taiyuan Prefect Wang Yang showed a stunned and shocked expression on their faces. Because, in their eyes, the Mongols and Tartars have always been burning, killing, looting, and looting in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Never before, the Ming army dared to go deep into the territory of the Mongols and Tartars.

Wei Zheng, the governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, actually broke the idea that had been deeply rooted in his heart, and personally led the army into Mongolia, setting a precedent for the prosperity of the Tartars...

Of course, no matter how shocked it was, under Wei Zheng's gaze, these people returned to peace as soon as possible.

Then, with a look of anticipation, waiting for Wei Zheng's following.

Wei Zheng did not disappoint them and said with a smile on his face: "Next, I will ask the military to inform you of the specific results and losses of this attack on Mongolia..."

With more than ten eyes watching, Zhou Shuyuan, who was sitting first in the civil service department, immediately stood up from his seat. With a serious face, he spoke out the numbers that had already been reflected in his mind.

"Master, sirs, the first thing the officer wants to say is that in this battle against Mongolia, our Tiger and Leopard Army not only won, but also an unprecedented victory... According to the rules since the establishment of our Tiger and Leopard Army, the officer will first inform you about the specific losses of our Tiger and Leopard Army in this battle against Mongolia..."

"After post-war statistics, this time when we attacked Mongolia, our Tiger and Leopard Army dispatched a total of 3,579 cavalrymen and 6,142 musketeers... During the battle, a total of 1,342 cavalrymen were killed, 992 musketeers, and 1,456 war horses were lost..."

"In addition, there are 541 soldiers who are unable to return to the army due to serious injuries..."

At this time, a sound of breathing sounded directly in the meeting hall.

Whether it is a civil servant or a military general, after hearing this result, he couldn't help but take a breath.

Because the losses of the Tiger and Leopard Army reached 30% of the total number of troops sent...

If such a result is placed in other official troops, the direct result is that this official troops will collapse on the battlefield due to heavy losses.

The Tiger and Leopard Army not only did not collapse on the battlefield, but also won the battle. This made everyone sigh at the strength of the Tiger and Leopard Army's overall combat effectiveness.

Zhou Shuyuan, who stood in front of everyone, did not leave them too many shocking events. After taking a deep breath, he continued.

"Next, what I want to inform you about is the specific results and gains of the Tiger and Leopard Army's attack..."

"For half a month of continuous attack, our Tiger and Leopard Army seized a large amount of gold, silver and gold and silver products worth 5.5 million taels of silver from the captured Mongolian tribes. In addition, there are also various furs worth 500,000 taels, which are being hoarded in the Datong Prefecture Treasury, preparing to exchange them for silver and grain through auction..."

"Apart from gold and silver, the most common ones in Mongolians are all kinds of livestock..."

"For this attack, we seized a total of 58,000 adult and strong war horses from various Mongolian tribes that can act as military horses... 12,000 underage war horses... Once so many war horses are equipped with troops, the Tiger and Leopard Army can not only form 15,000 cavalry, but even ordinary musketeers can be assigned one person and one war horse to achieve rapid maneuver on the battlefield..."

Speaking of this, a smile suddenly flashed across Zhou Shuyuan's face and continued, "I remember that some people have been talking about this period of time. Although the military farms in various places are progressing rapidly, due to the lack of plowing oxen, the spring plowing next year may delay sowing... "

"Now, what I want to tell you is that from now on, plowing oxen is no longer a problem..."

"This time we attacked Mongolia, our tiger and leopard army brought back a total of 15,000 plowing ox from Mongolia. In addition, the thousands of plowing oxes we already have, after all, we can guarantee at least forty villagers to one plowing ox..."

"In addition to the harvest that I just mentioned, the biggest harvest of this attack on Mongolia is sheep."

"Because there are too many sheep brought back from Mongolia by the Tiger and Leopard Army, I have no specific data here. However, for the approximate number, I can still inform you of all the adults..."
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