This is more than 30,000 horses, which is a huge wealth.
But in the end, Zhu Cijiong resisted the temptation and shook his head and said, "Well, I have bitten off more than I can chew. The first priority is to make an emergency landing on the Horqin people who are trapped in the overwintering camp."
"Wang Ding is wise." Wang Fuzhi also deeply agreed with this.
"As expected, Ersen and others from the Horqin tribe must also be trapped in the camp."
"As long as Esen is willing to surrender, the entire Horqin tribe's ten banners and even their cattle, sheep and horses will all belong to the Ming Dynasty? Why should we be in a hurry?"
While several people were talking, the Horqin people had completely withdrawn into the camp.
The Ming army and the Korean army also completed the encirclement from eight directions.
Seeing that the overall situation was decided, Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "Let's go down and meet the Horqin people for a while."
Zhu Cijiong and his party went down the mountain and went straight to the winter camp, but the more than two thousand cavalry still remained stationary. One was to be on guard in case the Horqin people had reinforcements, and the other was to take care of the children.
Thousands of Horqin's children are behind the mountain ridge.
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At this time, in the royal tent of Esen, Taijibeile from the ten banners of the Horqin tribe was already in a panic. Among these Taijibeile were Bumubutai's father, Buhe, and several of his sons.
Buhe and Esen are actually cousins.
Buhe's father Mangusi and Esen's father Hongguoer are brothers.
There are several other flags of Taiji Beile that are also closely related to each other.
The Horqin people really screwed up this time, and the top management was almost blamed.
Of course, even if the high-level officials are not blamed, the Horqin tribe is already struggling to escape, because all the strong men in the tribe have been wiped out, what can the remaining women and children do?
At this time, these Mongolian nobles no longer acted as domineering as usual, and they did not intend to resist. They just hugged each other and cried loudly. Their ancestors would probably be furious if they saw this scene.
If they die again, these sheep are not worthy to be the descendants of our golden family.
Among them, Buhe and his son were the saddest.
We were originally relatives of the Qing Dynasty, so why did we become prisoners?
God of longevity, open your eyes quickly and take away those bright dogs outside.
Unfortunately, no matter how much you pray to Changshengtian, you can't change the outcome.
Soon, a Ming sergeant came in proudly and said loudly: "The military department of the Ming Dynasty is in charge of Wang Fuzhi. On the orders of His Highness King Ding, I came to inform you and other Mongolian people. I put down my weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender. May I spare your life?"
If you don't wait until death, the old, young, women and children in the clan can also live. If you don't put down your weapons before you are embarrassed..."
After saying this, Wang Euzhi glanced at everyone in the tent coldly.
"If you still refuse to put down your weapons before you are ignorant, you will be killed on the spot!"
"All the women and children of Horqin's tribe were also killed, leaving no one alive!"
Hearing this, Esen was frightened, ashamed and angry, and said seductively: "Here comes someone, pull him out and chop him!"
"Hey!" Even though two attendants rushed forward and put their shining scimitars to Wang Fuzhi's neck, Wang Fuzhi remained unmoved at all and just looked at Esen coldly.
For just a moment, Esen sat down on the carpet like a defeated rooster.
Now, what's the point of fighting for this breath? When we broke through, more than 30,000 people attacked more than 3,000 Ming troops, but they were all beaten to pieces by the Ming army. Now, more than 20,000 Ming troops have been added to the North Korean legion.
Surrounded in the camp, where can we escape? Continuing to resist will only lead to death. After all, this is just a winter camp, not a fortified city like Shengjing.
What's more, even if it is a fortified city like Shengjing, the Horqin people may not be able to defend it.
That's all, Esen sighed and said sadly: "Send the order, the entire army disarms."
"No, Your Majesty!" Several Taijibeile still didn't want to surrender and immediately shouted to stop them.
"Our Horqin tribe still has more than 20,000 warriors. We can still fight the Ming army. It is still unclear who will win."
"Yes, Your Majesty, even if we die, we have to fight with the Ming army outside to injure both sides and fight for a way to survive for the women and children left in the old camps of each banner. Otherwise, the Ming dogs will definitely come and destroy the entire Horqin!"
However, these warring factions were soon besieged by other surrendering factions.
"Nonsense, if we all die in the battle, will the women and children in the old camp still have a way to live?"
"The women and children left in the old camp will become slaves of the Rakshasa sooner or later without the protection of men."
"Now we can only endure the humiliation and save our lives. After all, people in the Ming Dynasty still value credibility. The status of the three guards of Duoyan in the Ming Dynasty was not low at that time. The Uliangha people can do it, and so can we Horqin people."
These Taijibeile spoke Mongolian, but Wang Fuzhi couldn't understand what they were saying.
However, Wang Fuzhi could still roughly judge from their expressions and tone. If nothing unexpected happened, Horqin Mongolia should surrender, and the capitulation faction had the upper hand.
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In fact, the capitulationists did gain the upper hand, and several of the main battlers were quickly tied up.
Esen also asked his attendants to tie him up, and then followed Wang Fuzhi to the outside of the camp to meet Zhu Cijiong. After seeing Zhu Cijiong, he immediately knelt on the ground and performed a grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.
The three-kneel-and-nine-kowtow ritual was invented by Huang Taiji.
Before the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as kneeling three times and knocking nine times.
After the ceremony, Esen presented his sword.
Zhu Cijiong took the sword and said calmly: "Esen, God has the virtue of good life, and I don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately. I am very happy that you can put down your swords and join the Ming Dynasty."
In fact, if Zhu Cijiong had his true intention, he really wanted to kill all the Horqin people.
In the past few decades, Jiannu entered the country five times to rob people and property. As the staunch allies of Jiannu, the Horqin people committed many evil crimes in the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Cijiong really wanted them to pay with blood.
But Zhu Cijiong also kept in mind the teachings of his father: To put it bluntly, racial disputes are actually struggles for the right to exist. There is essentially no right or wrong. The problem cannot be solved by killing alone. The most preferable countermeasure is actually assimilation.
What is assimilation? It means letting other ethnic groups speak Chinese, read Chinese, and learn to write Chinese characters.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Another point, Zhu Cijiong also kept in mind that population is the most precious resource of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhu Cijiong suppressed his desire to kill and was willing to give the Horqin people a chance to survive, which in turn could increase the population of the Ming Dynasty by tens of thousands.
Esen hurriedly said: "This all depends on the kindness of King Ding."
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said: "Esen, if Gu Gu is not wrong, all ten banners of your Horqin tribe should have all their strong men this time, right? Then the only ones left in the old camps of each banner are women, children and the elderly."
"Yes." Esen said sadly, "King Ding is compassionate, please give us Horqin people a way to survive?"
"I am very willing to give you Horqin people a way to survive." Zhu Cijiong nodded and said, "The problem is, you Horqin people also have to show enough sincerity."
"Please also ask King Ding to point out a clear path."
Esen acted as humble as possible. He had to bow his head when he was under the roof.
"Be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and become my vassal tribe of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Cijiong stared into Esen's eyes and said solemnly, "Just like the Duoyan Three Guards in the early Ming Dynasty."
"I will do my best." Ersen agreed.
If you don't agree, it won't work. If you don't agree, the whole tribe will be in danger of being destroyed immediately.
So I can only accept it first, and let’s wait until later to talk about the future.
Anyway, Esen had already thought about it. As long as the Ming Dynasty people were willing to keep their lives, there would be many opportunities for escape.
"Prince Esen, you have made the wisest decision today!" Zhu Cijiong will not believe it easily, and there will naturally be follow-up arrangements, "Go back and tell the Taiji Belles of all banners, and let the other
The banner capital sent several nobles back to their respective old camps to move all the women, children and people here."
"This..." Esen suddenly looked embarrassed.
The left-wing front banner led by Ersen himself has been completely destroyed.
Cattle, sheep, horses, camels and even women, children and strong men were all captured.
But the cattle, sheep, women and children of the other nine banners are still there.
Therefore, as long as these strong men can manage to escape back, the Horqin tribe will soon regain their strength and will still be a force that cannot be ignored on the grassland.
But if all the cattle, sheep, women and children from all banners are moved here, the Horqin tribe will have no way out, and from now on they can only be loyal lackeys of the Ming Dynasty.
"What? You don't want to?"
Zhu Cijiong's expression turned cold instantly.
"Uh, no, of course we would."
Esen was startled and said hurriedly: "It's just that it's freezing cold and there are wolves on the grassland. If there are no strong men to protect them, the cattle, sheep, women and children will be in danger."
Esen fantasized about being able to bring thousands of strong men out.
"I've already thought about this." Zhu Cijiong handled matters impeccably.
"Safety is indeed very important, so the Guhui sent Ming troops to protect women, children, cattle and sheep."
Now Esen had nothing to say and could only express his gratitude unhappily: "Thank you so much, King Ding."
After watching Esen leave, Zhu Cijiong said to Xia Wanchun: "Brother Duan, immediately send your flying cavalry to Dagukou to report the victory, saying that our Liaodong Army has destroyed Horqin Mongolia."
"Yes!" Xia Wanchun happily agreed.
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The good news from Liaodong was quickly delivered to Dagukou.
Because the messenger is faster on ice than on horseback.
After reading the good news, Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Chongzhen immediately said to Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars: "I have good news for you. King Ding successfully forced the landing of more than 30,000 Horqin Mongolian cavalry in Liaodong by hanging sheep and beating drums."
"More than 30,000 cavalry were forced to land? Wasn't Horqin Mongolia wiped out?"
"Yes, the total population of Horqin Mongolia is only over 100,000, and the total number of strong men is only over 30,000. This time one guy was killed by King Ding and more than 30,000 horsemen were annihilated. Wouldn't it mean that only the old, young, women and children were left?"
Xu Yingwei, Yan Yingyuan and other scholars all exclaimed after hearing this.
Although he was surprised, he couldn't help but admire Zhu Cijiong's military skills.
"Your Majesty, King Ding's military tactics are like those of the champions of the Han Dynasty."
"In my opinion, the champion prince is not as good as Ding Wang, only the military immortal can compare."
The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and under such circumstances, everyone was willing to praise Zhu Cijiong.
