Under the desperate protection of a kind of bodyguard, Mang Gurtai barely managed to save his life from the soldiers of the Han general.
When he turned around, he saw that Huang Taiji, who was on the left wing with him, had disappeared.
At this time, his soldier turned pale and pointed into the distance:
"Master, the Chinese army is also retreating, and the dragon flag has fallen!"
"impossible!"
Mang Gurtai was about to scold him. The dragon flag was the symbol of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom. How could it fall?
If the dragon flag falls, it means that the emperor Daishan is gone.
So, this is absolutely impossible!
But before he could curse, when he looked in the direction of the Chinese army, he saw that the Chinese army was indeed retreating.
And the dragon flag originally erected in the central army has indeed disappeared.
"No! Withdraw, we will withdraw too!"
Mang Gurtai can become one of the four Baylors, so he is certainly not a fool.
His reaction was only a little slower than Huang Taiji's, and he knew what he should do.
Unfortunately, sometimes, being slower means losing your life.
Su Mingzhe led three thousand men to penetrate the left wing, regrouped, and then stabbed Mang Gurtai hard in the butt.
He is going to pierce through it again!
An hour later!
The left wing of the Jurchens and Tatars had an army of 100,000 people. More than 40,000 people fled, more than 30,000 people were wiped out, and about 20,000 people were left. Seeing that the general was dead and wounded, he had no choice but to kneel down and ask for surrender.
More than 40,000 of the 100,000-strong army on the right flank were wiped out. Only more than 10,000 fled and returned to the Horqin tribe. The remaining 40,000 people were besieged by the naturalized prairie warriors and had to kneel down and ask for surrender.
Of the 200,000 Chinese troops, 30,000 were hunted down. Twenty thousand were too disabled to escape and had no choice but to surrender. The remaining 1,340,000 people all fled.
Among the 1340,000 people who fled, some followed Huang Taiji, while the rest returned to the Horqin tribe.
In a decisive battle, 110,000 enemies were killed, 90,000 were captured, and 200,000 escaped.
Among the 90,000 prisoners, 40,000 were lightly or seriously injured dead that night, and 50,000 healthy prisoners remained.
While Su Mingzhe ordered people to guard the 50,000 prisoners, he also prepared to lead people to pursue them and sweep across the Horqin grassland.
On the other side, Horqin Belmangus did not go to the battlefield because of his age. After learning the result of the decisive battle, he immediately trembled and sent an envoy to negotiate for peace.
It stands to reason that at this time, there are still more than 100,000 troops on the Horqin Grassland. Compared with the Central Plains army, they still have a strength advantage.
However, at this time, Mangus had no intention of organizing his army to prepare for war. He directly sent people to capture the Jurchen general's family members, including his daughter Zhezhe and his several-month-old granddaughter, and sent them to the Han army barracks.
"This old guy is quite cruel!"
Su Mingzhe learned that Mangusi had even sent his daughter and grandson, and he immediately knew that Mangusi was really ready to give in.
"Your Majesty, then... do we accept Horqin's surrender?"
Ding Yi has been awake for several days, and the circles under his eyes have begun to become swollen and black.
During the decisive battle, the Jurchen and Tatar coalition forces were wiped out and most of them captured, while Dazheng's 100,000 coalition forces were also seriously damaged.
Among them, more than half of the 50,000 grassland Mongol people were lost, leaving only about 20,000 people.
Dazheng's 50,000-strong frontier army also lost 20,000.
Qi's army lost 800 people.
The three thousand Han generals suffered the least losses, but they were also short of 500 men.
Two months ago, 100,000 troops left the border, but now only over 50,000 people remain.
If there is another war, no matter who wins or loses, there will definitely be very few of the more than 50,000 people left.
Su Mingzhe was determined to end things once and for all, but seeing the tired faces of all the generals, he could only say helplessly:
"Tell the envoys of Manggus that I want them to donate twelve noble girls to fill my harem, and to send protons to study in the capital of our great Zheng Kingdom!"
When Mangus's envoy heard the Han emperor's conditions, he immediately nodded and agreed.
This is too cheap for me.
A very noble woman, a proton, is what she should be.
The messenger returned to the tribe and told Mangus what Su Mingzhe meant.
Mangus asked the most important question:
"Where is the prisoner? Didn't you talk about it?"
The reason why Mangusi was eager to surrender was because he had no one under his command.
Su Mingzhe thought there were 200,000 troops on the Horqin Grassland.
In fact, among the 200,000 troops who escaped, more than 60,000 followed Huang Taiji and fled north.
There are more than 100,000 people who are warriors from other grassland tribes.
Of the 80,000 troops under Mangus' command, only 20,000 escaped.
There are 20,000 people, and more than half are disabled.
With only 10,000 troops left, the Mangus hurriedly surrendered to the Han emperor in order not to be annexed by other tribes.
The purpose of his surrender was also to quickly redeem the warriors who had captured Horqin.
The messenger's expression changed slightly:
"We talked about it, but the Han emperor said that they had suffered serious losses and needed to reward the 50,000 prisoners to the Tumote tribe."
The Tumut tribe is the naturalized Mongol tribe in the grasslands.
Among the 50,000 grassland warriors who accompanied the army this time, the Tumut tribe contributed 26,000 warriors.
Fifty thousand naturalized warriors fought bravely and successfully on the battlefield, successfully resisting the attack on the flanks by an army of 200,000 troops.
As a result, more than 20,000 people were lost.
Su Mingzhe then decided to reward them with 50,000 prisoners.
When Mangusi heard that Su Mingzhe was going to reward 50,000 prisoners to the Tumote tribe, he immediately became furious:
"No, you go back and talk to the Han emperor. As long as he returns these 50,000 prisoners, we are willing to compensate them, including war horses, cattle and sheep, no problem!"
Early August.
After several rounds of negotiations.
Among the 50,000 captives, more than 10,000 captives belonging to Mangus's command were ransomed back.
Mangusi compensated Dazheng with 50,000 war horses, compensated Tumut's tribe with 100,000 cattle and sheep, and various other supplies.
With these 10,000 prisoners, although Mangus could protect himself, he could only protect himself.
Mid August.
After more than two months of expedition, the army ended its Northern Expedition and began to return south.
When the Great Wall Beacon appeared in sight, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but sigh.
It was originally planned that this expedition could wipe out the entire Jurchen once and for all.
But he didn't expect that Huang Taiji was like a mouse. When he saw something was wrong, he immediately ran away.
And Mangusi also gave everything he had to surrender.
Although Su Mingzhe can accept the current result, he doesn't feel happy at all.
Xu Jinjue had been a guard for many years. He knew why Su Mingzhe was unhappy, but he could only comfort him forcefully:
"Your Majesty, there are only tens of thousands of people left in Huang Taiji. It's just because of the scabies disease. After the Jin Yiwei finds out where he's staying, we can send a large army to encircle and suppress him next year!"
After hearing Xu Jinjue's words, Su Mingzhe shook his head:
"Then Huang Taiji is not suffering from scabies."
"Huang Taiji has a tenacious character, similar to his father. Now he has an army of 60,000 people. I am afraid that he will be able to start anew in less than twenty years!"
Xu Jinjue felt that Su Mingzhe's words were a little creepy.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
Huang Taiji's grandfather was the Jurchen leader of Jianzhou.
Nurhaci took refuge with Li Chengliang and his son and was able to start a business.
Although Huang Taiji is in a bit of a state of decline now, as long as Nurhachi is in charge, it is not a problem at all to start anew with an army of 60,000.
"Your Majesty, how should we respond?"
Su Mingzhe thought of the old story of "sheep eating people" in Great Britain and couldn't help but sigh:
"I have a plan to kill everyone, but it is too harmful to Tianhe!"