At this question, all the soldiers were stunned.
They had never thought about such a problem carefully before. Now that they think about it carefully, the Chinese nation has had countless wars in its thousands of years of inheritance. The battles with the barbarians outside the Great Wall are definitely not the first. The ancestors defended their homes and country and attacked foreign enemies. They didn't listen.
Let’s talk about which one won by massacring the city. Looking at the sages and old friends, it is extremely difficult to find a famous general who killed women and children.
Zhu Qizhen sighed quietly, looked at the women and children on the ground, his eyes were extremely solemn, and said slowly: "Because we are humans, not animals!"
We are humans, not animals!
Li Zhen and others sighed at the same time, and the emperor's words immediately resonated with them.
"People have human nature, and we Han people are kind. This is a nature engraved in our bones and will never change. If we follow the example of the Wala people and kill simply for the sake of killing, we will destroy our humanity. That day will come.
, is not only our sorrow, but also the sorrow of our entire nation. I ask you, do you also want to become a beast, a beast?"
Li Zhen shook her head hurriedly and said: "I don't want to!"
"This is it!"
Zhu Qizhen continued: "Being afraid of other people's hatred is a coward's behavior. Instead of relying on killing women and children to gain courage, it is better to make yourself stronger so that those who hate you dare not hate you. What I want is their complete surrender.
!"
Having said this, he paused, then waved his hand and said: "Destroy the tents, burn the food and grass, and let them fend for themselves!"
Li Zhen nodded, turned around and waved her hand, and the soldiers of the three thousand battalion all gave way to a path.
At this time, these women huddled together in Wala still couldn't believe that the Ming army really let them go?
Fear, hesitation, expectation...
I don’t know how long it took, but a few brave women held their children in one hand and moved slowly, testing the Ming army’s reaction.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, they screamed urgently and started running with their children. Only the screams of women and the cries of children were heard, one after another, resounding throughout the grassland.
After doing all this, Zhu Qizhen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The biggest difference between him and the ancients is that he has a modern thinking. He cherishes life and does not want to see innocent lives being slaughtered.
Although he knows very well that being kind to the enemy is cruel to oneself, but he has other plans!
That night, the Ming army slaughtered all the tribe's sheep and roasted them, and everyone gathered around the campfire for a hearty meal.
Li Zhen approached Zhu Qizhen holding a roasted leg of lamb: "Your Majesty, here it is!"
Zhu Qizhen took it and took two bites, and accidentally caught a glimpse of Li Zhen's expression, which seemed to be still worrying about letting the Wala people go.
"Uncle Xiangcheng, how old are you this year?"
"Back to the Emperor, I have just passed my thirties."
"Have you ever married a wife?"
"Already married."
"Do you have children?"
"I have a daughter," Li Zhen suddenly showed a warm smile and said, "Every time I go home, the little girl will wait for me at the gate."
Zhu Qizhen nodded, chewed the mutton and said: "If one day, the war spreads to the Ming Dynasty and we all die on the battlefield, do you hope that something will happen to your wife and daughter?"
"Of course I don't want to!" Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "I also understand this truth, but these Wala people... Alas, the emperor gave me a chance, but I couldn't grasp it..."
Zhu Qizhen raised his head, looked deeply into the distance, and said: "I have said that what I want is the complete surrender of all the grassland tribes, rather than taking out a few women and children to vent their anger. Do you think that letting these people go is a woman's kindness?
, isn’t it?”
"I, I...that's not what I meant..."
"The Qing family has something to say, but it's okay to say it. We are going deep into the desert alone. The soldiers should unite as one and speak openly and honestly. We should no longer hide anything."
Li Zhen nodded tangledly and said: "Chopping the grass without eradicating the root will always be a hidden danger."
"Sometimes, it is more useful to keep them alive than dead!" Zhu Qizhen suddenly smiled meaningfully and said, "Think about it, these people have lost their homes and food, and have no ability to be self-sufficient.
Where to go?"
Li Zhen thought for a moment, then suddenly widened her eyes and murmured: "Go to other tribes for help?"
Zhu Qizhen just smiled faintly and continued to bite the leg of lamb in his hand.
Li Zhen said excitedly: "The emperor's move is so brilliant!"
In the vast grassland, if the Three Thousand Battalions want to find these tribes, they can only rely on luck. Now it’s better, someone is leading the way!
Thinking of Zhu Qizhen's upright and righteous look when he gave a speech, Li Zhen couldn't help but murmur in her heart. She really didn't expect that our emperor looks so young, but he turns out to be an old man!
Zhu Qizhen seemed to see through his inner thoughts and said: "Let them go because you don't want to increase the number of killings, and use them to achieve strategic goals. These are two different things. Don't slander me in your heart!"
Li Zhen felt cold sweat dripping from her back, and said quickly: "I don't dare!"
The Ming army rested for a night and brought enough mutton as dry food. Then they burned the rest of the food together with the tents, and then continued to search along the traces of the Ora people's escape last night. Soon, they found another man of several hundred people.
A human-sized tribe.
The people in the tribe were very surprised when they saw the fleeing women and children in front of them.
It was even more unbelievable when I heard their stories.
Ming army?
How could the Ming army appear in the hinterland of the desert?
Just as they were hesitating, wondering whether they should take in these women and children, the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded.
Immediately afterwards, there were shouts of death, shouts, and horses neighing...
The Ming army was already familiar with the battle, and continued to rely on its rapid advance tactics to catch the opponent off guard.
After clearing the battlefield, the old rules were followed, letting the remaining old, weak, women and children go, resting on the spot, replenishing supplies, then destroying the excess cattle and sheep fodder and tents, and continuing towards the depths of the grassland.
This method of fast in and fast out, using war to support war, makes it impossible for the Wala people to prevent it, because when you get the news, the Ming army is already in front of you.
There are many tribes in the vast grassland, and no one knows who the Ming army’s next target will be.
The three thousand cavalrymen were like a sharp sword, piercing deeply into the hearts of the Walas.
In Gubeikou, Boyan waited for several days and finally got the news that a Ming army cavalry of about 3,000 people had entered the desert and had successively wiped out several tribes.
Only then did he understand that no wonder the Ming army had not been seen after chasing for a long time. It turned out that they did not go through Gubeikou at all, but turned around and fought into the hinterland of the grassland.
We have always been the ones to plunder the Han people in Wala, but now it’s the other way around, with people running to the grasslands to burn, kill, and loot!
Is there any heavenly principle?
Is there any royal method?
"The little southern emperor bullies people too much. Send an order and the army sets off. We must find these people from the grassland. I will crush their bones with my own hands!"
Following the order, more than 20,000 tiled cavalry quickly gathered and marched toward the north in a mighty manner.