Chapter 397 Tatar Khan: Why is my so powerful front army gone?
Upon hearing Zhu Gaojie's ruthless order, the faces of the people kneeling on the ground turned pale with fear and shook like chaff.
No, why don't you ask us again? Why would you chop off our heads just for asking?
However, the Ming soldiers on the side did not hesitate at all. They directly picked up the knife and chopped it down. Without any hesitation, they raised the knife and beheaded several people on the spot!
It's like killing a chicken, easily.
Zhu Gaojie looked at this scene with an expressionless face. Since you chose to go against me, you should have known that you would end up like this.
He really had no interest in asking in detail which family and clan these people belonged to. Anyway, all the aristocratic families in the North who dissatisfied with him, the Ming Prince, had basically been blacklisted by the Jin Yiwei.
Reported it.
Those who dare to come out to hinder me during the war are just those few families. After the war is over...
Zhu Gaojie suddenly snorted coldly when he thought of this. When the time comes, no one from these families will be able to escape.
If I don’t strip you all to pieces, confiscate your homes and exterminate your clans, then you can be considered kind!
"Your Highness, do you want to make some more preparations..."
Su Wu, who arrived at this time, couldn't help but frown slightly after seeing this scene. He knew very well that these black-hearted aristocratic families would do anything to protect their own interests. If something happened behind the scenes,
The moth comes out, or it may be a tip-off to the Tatar army...
You might be in trouble then!
Zhu Gaojie shook his head slightly and said calmly:
"It's just a clown, no need to make a fuss about it."
"Let the soldiers rest as a team as soon as possible. At the same time, send people to Fengzi Camp. After finishing in the front, let them set up camp for defense and prepare for battle. Since the Tatar forward has been completely wiped out, then the next army will also be destroyed.
Almost there.”
"Let them disperse all the scouts, so they don't get caught off guard!"
Su Wu nodded and accepted the order, immediately turned around and gave the order. After a while, he turned back and asked:
"Your Highness, what should we do with so many Tatar prisoners of war?"
"Should we send people to escort them all to the rear first, or should we?"
After this battle, nearly ten thousand Tatars were wiped out by Ming soldiers. Afterwards, the battlefield was cleaned and some unsighted people were killed when collecting the prisoners. Altogether, almost half of them were killed, and there was only one left.
There are about 5,000 people.
Zhu Gaojie thought for a moment and said coldly:
"Why do we need so many prisoners of war? Next we have to fight against the Tatar army again."
"Pass my order, the Tatar soldiers will draw three out of ten, and the generals will draw one out of every five!"
He didn't have much sympathy for these foreign races. If they were not from my race, they would have different feelings. Keeping so many strong prisoners of war would be inconvenient for the Ming army behind them to take care of them.
It's enough to have seven or eight thousand people to stay, who can be used to mine and dig fields in the future and serve as coolies.
"In addition, these prisoners of war are given one meal a day, as long as they don't starve to death. If anyone dares to cause trouble, he will be killed immediately!"
Su Wu was stunned for a moment. His Highness's attitude towards foreign races was indeed so clear...
But he didn't say anything. As a close confidant of Zhu Gaojie, he was very loyal to Zhu Gaojie. Not to mention that he only killed three out of ten. Even if Zhu Gaojie ordered to kill all the more than 15,000 Tatar prisoners of war, Su Wu would still do it.
Carry out orders simply and neatly.
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While the Ming Dynasty was rejoicing, the Tatar side was covered with dark clouds and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
The Tatar generals and soldiers who retreated from the battlefield in front and wanted to escape were directly stopped by Fengzi Camp on the way. After a period of fierce slashing and killing, this small group of only one or two thousand people at most was
The group has lost more than half!
The only one who was lucky enough to escape was because Feng Ziying had been warned in advance and deliberately left out a few points to let them escape.
After all, the Tatar army may not necessarily choose this direction to attack, but it would be different if they knew that the 30,000-strong army led by the little prince was defeated.
What Zhu Gaojie wanted was to force the Tatar army to attack from his direction, so as to avoid encountering war in other directions and reduce the damage to the Ming army and civilians as much as possible.
He is preparing to launch a decisive battle with the Tatar army in this direction and completely eliminate the Tatar army!
At this time, the Tatar Khan Arutai and a group of senior generals were dumbfounded after receiving the report.
"What did you say?"
"The little prince was killed by the Ming army at the front and was defeated?"
"That's nonsense!"
Not to mention Arutai, even all the generals in the camp couldn't believe this was true.
God, are you kidding me? That's an elite Tatar army of thirty thousand!
Moreover, since those Ming merchants secretly began to trade with the Tatars, the Tatar army has gradually mastered many means of siege. Coupled with the Ming craftsmen who were plundered and traded, the Tatar army, in addition to field battles, has
The siege of cities and territories has also been greatly improved.
A few small towns are simply a piece of cake for the 30,000 troops ahead!
However, as the dozens of people who fled back kept crying, everyone's hearts became colder and colder. Until hearing the last word, Arutai couldn't help but threw the tea bowl in his hand on the spot:
"Asshole!"
"It just pisses me off!"
"This Ming prince, is he here specifically to cause trouble for us Tatars?"
As the current Lord of the Tartars and the former Grand Master of the Tartars, Arutai is no stranger to Zhu Gaojiao. He even had the opportunity to ascend the Khanship because all the Tatar princes died in the war thanks to Zhu Gaojiao.
position.
This time, he also hoped to take advantage of the unstable situation in the Ming Dynasty, when the old emperor was about to die and the new emperor was not established, to plunder wantonly. He even had the idea of taking Peiping in one fell swoop and directly aspired to the Central Plains.
After all, according to the wealthy families who secretly communicated with him, everyone in the Ming Dynasty, including the government and the public, was very dissatisfied with the prince Zhu Gaojie. Under such circumstances, as long as the Tatars won consecutive battles, it would not be clear.
If the country is about to collapse on its own, he can imitate the old events of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and reoccupy and rule the Central Plains, a rich and prosperous land!
However, now, he came with all the troops of the country excitedly, and he was beaten hard by Zhu Gaojie just after entering the territory of Ming Dynasty!
The beating made him almost dizzy and furious!
At the same time, I felt a little uneasy in my heart.
How could the Ming Crown Prince and the Ming Army he led be so capable of fighting?
Can he actually defeat his 30,000 elite forwards in one battle?