Chapter 394 Urgently summon the chief executive back to Beijing! [1 more]
Miao Yuan looked at Balsbort with a flattering look on his face and said, "Your Highness, I don't know if Your Highness has invited an old man here, but do you have any instructions?"
Balsbort glanced at Miao Yuan and said: "This time our Tatar army was able to attack Taiyuan City so smoothly, it is really thanks to Mr. Miao's help!"
Miao Yuan hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Highness has defeated the old man. This is just what the old man should do. If it had not been for Your Highness to take care of the old man these years, our Miao family would not have been able to become one of the best in Taiyuan City in such a short period of time."
A wealthy merchant. Helping Your Highness to destroy the city is what I should do!"
Balsbort looked at Miao Yuan with satisfaction, nodded and said: "We, the Tatar clan, will never let our friends suffer. The jade jewelry and other things we obtained in Taiyuan City this time will be handed over to Mr.
Let’s buy grain, fodder and ordnance from the Central Plains.”
Miao Yuan's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this. He knew very well how much wealth the Tatar army had robbed in Taiyuan Town.
Although Taiyuan Town is located in the north, in fact, because it is located in a border town, many merchants will set up bases in Taiyuan Town to conduct transactions with the prairie peoples on the prairie.
Therefore, a lot of wealth has been accumulated in Taiyuan Town. At least in the north, border towns are not necessarily barren lands. Especially in Taiyuan Town, located in Shanxi Province, there are more than one or two wealthy gentry.
This time the Tatar army plundered a lot of wealth in Taiyuan Town. Those jade and jewelry were not of much use to the Tatars.
Compared with the more practical supplies such as grain, fodder, ordnance, the Tatars naturally do not have much desire to possess jade and jewelry.
Balsborough's willingness to hand over those jades and jewelry to him, and let him exchange them for grain, tea, ordnance and other materials that were extremely important to the Tatars from the Ming Dynasty, was obviously a sign of his respect.
Just by doing this, the Miao family can at least make tens of millions in profit. If this kind of thing happens a few more times, the Miao family will definitely become one of the most powerful gentry in the north in a short period of time.
Miao Yuan suppressed the surprise in his heart and saluted Balsbrot: "I will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations and will do his best to raise weapons and food for His Highness."
Balsborot patted Miao Yuan on the shoulder and said: "Very good, I, Mr. Guan Miao, have a pretty daughter. Why don't you give her to me as a concubine?"
Miao Yuan couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect that Balsbroat would actually fall in love with his daughter.
He has only one daughter, who is only twenty-eight years old now. Although she has reached the age of marriage, Miao Yuan treats her like the apple of his eye. Now that Balsbroat speaks, Miao Yuan's face changes slightly, although he is quite unhappy in his heart.
He gave up, but he knew better that Balsboro wanted to marry him, to be precise, to make the relationship between the two parties closer and more stable.
Therefore, Miao Yuan only hesitated for a moment, and immediately nodded to Balsboro and said: "It is my honor for His Highness to fall in love with my daughter. Later, the old man will send someone to deliver the little girl to His Highness. Please also invite Your Highness."
Have mercy!"
Balsborough nodded and said: "Very good, I invite Mr. Miao to come here this time, but I want to invite Mr. Miao to watch a good show."
Miao Yuan's face showed a bit of confusion, and he was very confused in his heart.
Balsbroat pointed to the group of Ming soldiers in front and said, "Has Mr. Miao seen those prisoners?"
There were so many soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, a dense mass of darkness, at least thousands of them. Miao Yuan saw them as soon as he came over, so how could he possibly notice them.
With a somewhat ferocious look, Balsbroat glanced at Miao Yuan, and then said to the pro-soldiers beside him: "Give me the order to send these people on their way!"
"What!"
After hearing Balsbroat's words, Miao Yuan couldn't help being shocked, with a look of horror on his face, and looked at Balsbroat in astonishment.
Balsborot said calmly: "Ordinarily, I intend to bring these prisoners back to the grassland. However, this time my father's goal is to break through Beijing and capture the emperor alive, so it will be a burden to carry these prisoners with him."
Miao Yuan said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, are you going to kill prisoners?"
Balsbrot nodded matter-of-factly and said: "Yes, Prince Ben will have to assign some of his men to guard these people, so it would be better to kill them all."
Miao Yuan looked at the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the distance, and then at the surrounding groups of Tatar cavalry who aimed their arrows at those soldiers one by one, and couldn't help but feel a bit of cold sweat on his forehead.
While speaking, Balsbrot's order was issued, and he immediately saw arrows in the hands of the Tatar cavalry shooting at the soldiers who were tied together.
These soldiers were brought out, especially to this deserted place. They were surrounded by a group of Tatar cavalry looking at them fiercely. Many soldiers were muttering in their hearts, and there was something vaguely bad about it.
a feeling of.
Now Balsborough gave the order, and immediately saw a shower of arrows falling like a downpour.
Screams, begging for mercy and even curses could be heard constantly, and many soldiers were running around like headless flies.
However, all the prisoners of war were tied up in a bunch. You run here and I run there. The result is that no one can run away and can only watch the rain of arrows falling.
Thousands of surrendered soldiers were shot and killed one by one on the spot. The scene was simply cruel and desolate. The bloody atmosphere lasted for more than an hour from the beginning to the end. When the last soldier was filled with blood,
When the arrows fell, they saw densely packed corpses lying on the open ground. The ground was dyed red with blood, which made people feel an endless chill in their hearts.
However, the Tatar cavalry who shot the arrows in their hands without hesitation were extremely excited, shouting excitedly while shooting the arrows in their hands.
It seemed as if what they shot was not a living thing. As for Miao Yuan, who was standing next to Balsbroat, he almost fainted from fright at the terrifying scene.
He is just a businessman. Even if it is for profit, there is nothing he would not dare to do, but this is the first time he has seen such a bloody scene.
If possible, he would rather not come here than see such a horrific scene.
Balsbrot laughed loudly and said to Miao Yuan: "Sir, have you seen it? Our Tatar warriors roam across the grassland and are invincible. This time, we have decided to march to the gates of Beijing to recreate the glory of the Battle of Tumu Fort."
In the battle of Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops were completely defeated, and even the emperor who personally led the army fell into the hands of the Wala people.
Wala and Tatar are originally descendants of Mongolia, it's just a difference in name.
The Battle of Tumubao only took place in the past few decades. It can be said to be the greatest victory the grassland peoples have achieved against the Central Plains Dynasty since Taizu and Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. It is naturally highly regarded by the grassland peoples.
Holding back the fear in his heart, Miao Yuan tried his best to squeeze out a smile on his face and said: "The old man wishes His Highness a successful trip and a triumphant return!"
Balsbroat laughed heartily and shouted to his soldiers: "Everyone, listen, the army is ready to set off and follow my prince to Beijing."
After crossing Taiyuan, we entered the territory of Gyeonggi Province. If we ride fast, we can reach the capital in a few days. The most important thing is that there are not many natural barriers between Gyeonggi Province and Shanxi.
Therefore, the nine border towns have always been valued by the imperial court. Any problem in any place can affect the safety of the capital to a certain extent.
The geographical location of the capital destined that once grassland people went south to herd horses, they would be the first to bear the brunt, so later generations had the saying that the emperor guarded the country.
When Balsbroat led an army of 100,000 people straight to the capital, he rushed 800 miles to reach the capital.
Zhu Houzhao really didn't expect that the Tatars would be so powerful. The most important thing was that the Tatars actually took over the town of Taiyuan without making any noise. After crossing Taiyuan, the outer barriers of the capital suddenly disappeared. In other words, it took a few days at most.
In a matter of days, the Tatar army will be able to march straight into the fearful place. Maybe at some point, the Tatar army will approach the city.
Not only was Zhu Houzhao stunned by this sudden change, but the elders such as Jiao Fang, Wang Hua, Chen Ding, etc. also had solemn expressions on their faces at this moment.
This is a major plan related to the safety of the capital. If one is not careful, the capital will fall into crisis.
Chen Ding coughed lightly and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, please make a decision early and come up with countermeasures. Otherwise, once the Tatar army approaches the city, the capital will fall into chaos."
Zhu Houzhao came back to his senses, his face was a little pale, and he looked down subconsciously. In the past few years, Chu Yi had been by his side to solve his problems. Whenever there was anything, Chu Yi would help him solve it one by one.
He has never been disappointed.
This time the Tatar army invaded, Zhu Houzhao naturally thought of Chu Yi subconsciously, but Chu Yi was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, presiding over the quelling of King Ning's rebellion, and was not by his side at all.
After being slightly stunned, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said immediately: "Cao Shaoqin!"
Then Cao Shaoqin stepped forward and bowed: "My servant is here!"
Zhu Houzhao said: "Immediately send someone from eight hundred miles to send an order to Chu Daban to inform him about the border affairs. At the same time, he told Chu Daban that with me here, the capital will not be in chaos, so that he can calm down and pacify the south."
Cao Shaoqin was slightly startled. He thought that Zhu Houzhao would immediately send a message to recall Chu Yi, but he never thought that Zhu Houzhao would send a message to Chu Yi, telling him not to worry about the safety of the capital.
However, Cao Shaoqin immediately followed the order and left.
Watching Cao Shaoqin leave, Wang Hua couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, why don't you call the general manager back to the army in a hurry? King Ning has been captured. Even if there are still some rebellions in the south of the Yangtze River, it will not affect the overall situation. At present, the Tatars
