Zhou Shangwen, the number one general in Northern Xinjiang during the Jiajing Dynasty, showed his face this time because he blocked many mountain passes in the Yin Mountains.
Liang Zhen, the second most popular general in northern Xinjiang during the Jiajing Dynasty, was not willing to act as a suspect in the south. He took Li Jin, the general of Datong, and set off, hoping to attack the Mongols from north to south together with Wang Yuan.
As a result, when Liang Zhen and Li Jin arrived at the battlefield, not only had the main Mongolian force been defeated, but the entire city had been forced to surrender, and they were lining up outside the city waiting to have their fingers cut off.
Liang Zhen was stunned: "Wang Shangshu broke the formation and captured the city, how fast he was!"
Li Jin was also dumbfounded and said, "Is the fight over now?"
Wang Yuan previously recaptured Hami, recaptured Daning, and destroyed the country of Turpan. Compared with the recapture of Hetao, these military achievements seemed not worth mentioning.
Once the Hetao is recovered, Northern Xinjiang will have no worries!
In such an important war, Li Jin, as the commander-in-chief of Datong, originally followed the main force and was the third-ranking figure after Wang Yuan and the Supervisory Army.
But he was thrown into being a suspect, and he was given three hundred thousand extra banners. He only marched ten miles every day, and then returned the same way after walking for seven days. It was like a large-scale armed outing. Seeing that Liang Zhen also wanted to make meritorious deeds, the two hurriedly led him
The soldiers set off, but the battle was over halfway through.
What the hell?
What a great contribution I made!
Suddenly, large carts were pulled out of the city by horses, and huge white yurts were piled up.
Several barrels of tung oil were thrown out, and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty held torches and wanted to burn the yurts.
In just a moment, all the Mongolians outside the city turned and looked over.
When the Ming soldiers raised their weapons, many Mongolians rioted together. Some had their fingers chopped off, and some had not yet had their fingers chopped off. Regardless of their hands being tied, they threw themselves at the Ming soldiers beside them and were hacked to death with random swords.
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When the torch came into contact with tung oil, the white yurt burst into flames.
The Mongolians who were hacked to death stared at the flames without closing their eyes. The Mongolians who did not dare to riot seemed to have lost their energy and energy, and they sat paralyzed on the spot.
There were also some Mongolian prisoners who, although their hands were tied and there were straw ropes between their feet, rushed towards the flames without hesitation and threw themselves into the sea of fire like moths to the flames. These martyrs were all priests who presided over the sacrifices in the Eight White Chamber.
"Are these Tatar thieves crazy?" Li Jin asked in surprise.
Liang Zhen said: "Is it the Babaishi that was burned?"
Li Jin reacted: "It must be the Babai Room, Genghis Khan's palace tent!"
A few days later, the supervisor Zhu Hong arrived with the four guards of Tengxiang. Zhu Houzhao's large banner and dragon flag were placed on a cloud of ashes and fluttered in the wind.
Wang Yuan had already sent a messenger, carrying items used by Genghis Khan, and rushed back to Datong City to report the news.
"Great victory, great victory, Wang Shangshu regains the Hetao!"
"Great victory, great victory, Wang Shangshu regains the Hetao!"
"Great victory, great victory..."
The messenger shouted all the way, causing a stir inside and outside the city. Both military and civilian households cheered and ran around telling each other.
Recovering the Hetao has even more life-related meanings for the people in the border town.
Mao Ji and other civil and military officials who accompanied the army were all left to wait in Datong by Wang Yuan. These days, he had been anxious, for fear of hearing the news of a big defeat on the front line.
It is true that Mao Ji hated Wang Yuan, but he was not shameless enough to hope for Wang Yuan's defeat.
This is the basic bottom line for civil servants. Once the court falls into party strife, it will break through the bottom line in every possible way. In order to bring down political opponents, they will deliberately stumble in secret, even if the entire front line army is annihilated. It is really difficult for the Chongzhen Dynasty.
, not only have to fight the enemy, but also have to deal with political opponents in the DPRK.
When Mao Ji heard the noise in the city, he stood up immediately and asked, "What's the noise outside?"
"It seems there is a military connection." said the sergeant.
Mao Ji quickly said: "Go out and find out whether you won or lost."
As soon as the officials ran out, a messenger came to report the victory: "Great victory, great victory, Wang Shangshu has regained the Hetao!"
Mao Ji finally heard clearly this time. Three steps turned into two steps. He quickly rushed to the door, grabbed one of the messengers and asked: "Have you really recovered the Loop? How many Mongolians escaped?"
The messenger said excitedly: "The tens of thousands of Ordos cavalry were defeated in one battle. More than 30,000 were killed in the formation, and countless prisoners were taken. The deputy Khan of Mongolia was captured alive. The Tumote cavalry was killed by nearly 10,000 in the front and rear formations, and countless prisoners were taken. The rest were all
After escaping from the Hetao to the east, tens of thousands of Tumut households were killed. The Yongxiebu tribe did not rescue the Hetao."
Mao Ji was dumbfounded and thought he was dreaming.
Wang Yuan's army had sharp weapons and large numbers, so it was expected to win the battle. But what the Manchu civil and military officials feared most was that the Mongols would simply run away, wait for the imperial army to withdraw, and then come back and occupy the Hetao.
Who would have expected that Wang Yuan would actually take care of the Ordos Department!
There were five messengers in total, and they all took out the relics of Genghis Khan: two scimitars, a riding crop, a saddle, a rein, and a milk pail.
The messenger smiled and said: "Mr. Mao Ge, Wang Shangshu said that these things should be rushed eight hundred miles away and sent back to the capital immediately to present to His Majesty."
"Okay, okay!"
Mao Ji was so happy that he could not help but take the scimitar, examine it carefully, stroke his beard and say: "Good knife, good knife, it is indeed Temujin's royal sword."
The messenger added: "Please ask Mr. Mao Ge to organize immigration to the border immediately."
"When you go back and give Wang Shangshu a reply, tell me to arrange immigration immediately." Mao Ji said seriously.
Although the total number of Han serfs in the Hetao area has exceeded 100,000, it is still not enough to enrich the Hetao area.
Wang Yuan continued to send troops to attack. Yuan Da and Zheng Hu's 6,000 musketeers went east to attack the territory of Yongxiebubu, intending to regain the hometown of Xuandewei (later Liangcheng County) and Datong Zuowei's hometown (later Zuoyun County).
, the hometown of Datong Youwei (later Youyu County).
The left and right guards of Datong are no longer the same as they were in the early Ming Dynasty. Although the names are still retained, all the administrative offices have been moved south. There are many mountains and hills there, including Yongle and the Great Wall built by the Xuande Dynasty. They only need to immigrate to the border and then move them to the south.
Once the gap in the Great Wall is blocked, a joint border defense system between Datong and Hetao can be built.
The messenger said: "They are migrating to the north. Wang Shangshu wants to regain the old places of Xuandewei, Datong Zuowei and Datong Youwei."
Mao Ji was stunned for a moment, pulled out old maps, and finally found the exact location of the three guards.
"This Wang Erlang really... really wants to become a fat man in one bite!" Mao Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was happy but also had a headache about money.
The construction of such a huge border defense system would probably cost millions of taels of silver just for immigration and city building.
However, once the border defense system is established, the three towns of Ningxia, Yansui, and Datong will be able to easily resist Mongolian invasions in the future.
Especially Yansui Town, it directly became the rear area!
Wang Yuan even suggested that the court cancel Yansui Town, move the main force here northward, and establish a new Hetao Town and Hetao Dusi.
Just thinking about it casually made Mao Ji feel overwhelmed. It will take at least three years for this project to bear fruit, and at least five years for it to be completely consolidated. During this period, tens of thousands of main troops must be stationed to prevent the Mongols from coming back. The total of these may cost
It cost tens of millions of taels of silver. In fact, there was a way to save money, that is, to recruit all conscripts to build the city, but this approach would devastate people's livelihood in several northern provinces, and the project time would be greatly increased.
If Wang Yuan were here at this moment, he would definitely say: "It cost tens of millions of silver. Now there is only one Yongxie Bubu. Six thousand musketeers can rush over and beat the opponent to the ground. He will not dare to beat him for several years."
If we go south, we won't have to station a large army for a long time, and we can save more than half of our military expenses."