Chapter 348 Burden
After Dorgon fell down his war horse with despair before his death.
The Mongols and Tartar guards gathered around them were covered with complex expressions of shock and despair.
The death of Dorgon means that the remaining thousands of Mongolians around him will become headless.
Coupled with the harsh situation on the battlefield, these Mongols could already imagine that in addition to the ending of being shot and killed by the Tiger and Leopard Army on the spot, the only way to surrender and be captured is to choose.
Just as these Mongolian generals began to worry about their future, the news that Dorgon was killed by the Tiger and Leopard Army had spread rapidly among the crowd like a plague.
For a moment, the situation that was already very chaotic became even more chaotic at this moment.
At this moment, an unexpected emergence further aggravated the fear in the hearts of these Mongolians and made them immediately decide to be captured.
In the valley, which is only ten battles wide, there is a chaotic Mongolians who want to retreat.
At the end of the official road behind them, a thick layer of dust suddenly rolled up.
Then, a pair of Tiger and Leopard Army musketeers appeared in the Mongols' vision.
The leader of the musket regiment who was defending Dingbian County learned that the remaining thousands of Mongols had gathered together. Under He Guozhong's harassment, he was running towards the depths of the plateau bit by bit.
He immediately made a decision to reinforce He Guozhong and try to block these Mongols on the plateau.
So, the rational leader of the musket regiment left a battalion to defend the county town and directly brought the remaining musket battalion, rode a war horse, and quickly came to the battlefield for reinforcements...
The Tiger and Leopard Army Musketeers, who had more than four hundred people, suddenly appeared behind the Mongolians, blocking their only life path to escape from the heavens.
Faced with this result, the chaotic Mongolians were completely desperate.
Especially the Tiger and Leopard Musketeers from behind, they have begun to shoot and kill the Mongolians in chaos with lead round after round. When harvesting their lives.
These desperate Mongols lost their courage directly, just like slaves. They jumped off their war horses one after another, fell to the ground, begging for mercy and surrender to the tiger and leopard army.
The gunshots stopped and the battle ended...
On the battlefield that stretched for several miles, except for the bodies of Mongols and war horses who were killed everywhere, Mongol prisoners kneeling on the ground and surrendered to the Tiger and Leopard Army.
At one glance, there were at least 2,500 people.
Of course, this is not what makes He Guozhong most happy.
When he learned from his subordinates that Dorgon, who had been defeated by the Tiger and Leopard Army many times but eventually escaped by luck, not only did not escape this time, but was directly killed by muskets. After the news, his serious face finally showed a heartfelt danger.
After taking a deep breath, he ordered to the commander of the musket group who was also full of excitement around him: "Captain Wang, I mean, clean up Dorgon's body and leave it to the general for treatment..."
"As for the captive Tartars and Mongol generals, they will be held separately. After the general arrives at Dingbian County, they will deal with them according to the general's request..."
When Wei Zheng led the army to Dingbian County, more than 2,000 cavalry commanded by Zhao Yun happened to take a large number of prisoners back to the county town.
When he learned that his subordinates had shot Dorgon and captured Deputy General Dorgon, military advisor, and seven or eight Mongolian tribe leaders, Wei Zheng's first thought was that he was going to make a fortune...
Of course, this wealth is not about gaining much wealth from it, but about using these prisoners to gain much fame from the court.
Seeing Wei Zheng with an excited face in front of him, Zhao Yun continued to ask for battle with anticipation.
"Master, this battle is really unsatisfactory... Before the two cavalry regiments of the last general commander had time to charge, the Mongols, who were attacked by muskets, collapsed on the battlefield and surrendered to us..."
"After eliminating these Mongols, there will be no enemy in Shaanxi that could threaten us anymore... In addition, the plateau terrain of Shaanxi is not suitable for cavalry to exert their combat effectiveness. Therefore, the last general wants to ask the general to fight, and like General Zhou and General Wang, he will send troops to Mongolia. He plundered cattle, sheep and war horses from the Mongolians..."
After looking at Zhao Yun with a bloodthirsty expression in front of him, Wei Zheng nodded and replied...
"It's not impossible to send troops to Mongolia... But I want to set a rule for you..."
"Calculate based on the number of Mongolian cavalry we eliminated on the battlefield: in the Mongolian tribes within hundreds of miles of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, there are almost only some elderly, weak, women and children. Therefore, during the entire process of sending troops to Mongolia, you must control the casualties and losses of the soldiers..."
"I will give you a clear number: take out three thousand cavalry and at least two thousand eight hundred cavalry to me. Of course, the cattle, sheep, war horses, gold, silver and food that I should rob are not missing at all..."
"At that time, I will wait for your good news in Datong..."
"As for the remaining war in Shaanxi, I will leave it to me and General Zhou..."
Zhao Yun's eyes lit up and he replied loudly: "Master Xie will give Mo Jiang this opportunity...Master Mo Jiang will definitely grab more cattle, sheep, war horses for the Master to satisfy the Master..."
In ten days, the remnants of the rebels on the land of Shaanxi were completely wiped out by thousands of Tiger and Leopard Musketeers.
The result was very gratifying, but these musketeers who attacked from all sides also brought back news to Wei Zheng that Wei Zheng almost wanted to give up the entire Shaanxi...
As a severely affected area for tens of thousands of rebel activities, coupled with the drought in Shaanxi, it is far more than that in other provinces.
In such a huge Shaanxi, there is almost no grain production.
In addition, the people who died in the war disaster and those who escaped from northern Shaanxi due to drought.
The population of Shaanxi has dropped sharply from more than three million three years ago to less than 300,000 today, which can be said to be one in ten. Of course, this is not what makes Wei Zheng feel the most desperate.
If there are fewer people, there will be fewer people. After all, I have obtained all the mineral resources in the entire Shaanxi and Shaanxi.
What made Wei Zheng the most desperate was that these less than 300,000 people did not even have the food to spend their lives.
Except for a house that can be used to shelter from the wind and rain, there is almost no difference compared to refugees in other aspects.
In other words, in addition to obtaining the territory of Shaanxi, Wei Zheng also received 300,000 hungry people, which seemed to be a very heavy burden.
Chapter completed!