Chapter 411 You have to find out when you dig three feet in the ground! 【Eight thousand
"Thank you, General Manager!"
The generals stepped aside to get out of the way, and soon Chu Yi and his party arrived at the Yamen of the prefect of Taiyuan City.
The prefect's Yamen has now been cleared out. It was originally occupied by the Tatars. After some repairs, it has regained some of its old appearance, and it is suitable as a resting place for Chu Yi.
In the government office, Chu Yi took his seat, and all the generals also took their seats.
Chu Yi's eyes fell on Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu. He picked up the tea beside him and took a slow sip of tea before saying: "Tell me about the losses in this battle!"
Xu Tianzuo and Sun Qiu looked at each other and heard Xu Tianzuo say: "Back to the general manager, we will attack the city at the end of this time and kill more than a thousand Tatar soldiers in total and kill hundreds of ourselves."
Sun Qiu took a deep breath and said: "The last general guarded three gates, but he stopped the Tatar leader Hulimu who fled in a hurry. After a fierce battle, a total of nearly two thousand Tatar soldiers were killed, and he suffered casualties...his own casualties.
There are as many as two thousand people!”
Just now Xu Tianzuo said that he had killed thousands of Tatars, but his own casualties were only a few hundred, and many generals showed excitement on their faces.
You must know that Xu Tianzuo and the others are the party attacking the city. The casualties of the attacking party have always been several times that of the defending party. As a result, Xu Tianzuo defeated Taiyuan City, but his own casualties were not as many as the Tatars. This is naturally surprising.
Very surprised.
Sun Qiu's attempt to intercept Hu Limu's escape actually cost nearly 2,000 casualties. Compared with Xu Tianzuo's casualties, it was naturally shocking.
But as long as we calm down and think about it, everyone can accept the number of casualties among Sun Qiu's soldiers.
There is a saying that goes well, don't chase the poor enemy. When faced with the poor enemy fleeing for their lives, chasing and killing them is not very good, let alone directly blocking the opponent's escape route.
Think about the number of Tatars killed by Sun Qiu. The two sides were almost one to one. This was a great achievement.
Even though Sun Qiu's men suffered many casualties, any general present, not even Xu Tianzuo, could guarantee that he could do better than Sun Qiu in Sun Qiu's position. If they were to command the troops,
There will be more casualties.
Chu Yi nodded slightly and said in appreciation: "Yes, Sun Qiu was able to stop the Tatars despite their desperate efforts. This battle can end so perfectly. Sun Qiu has done a great job."
Hearing Chu Yi's praise of Sun Qiu, Xu Tianzuo was not jealous at all. The reason why Sun Qiu was praised by Chu Yi was because Sun Qiu himself deserved it. He had seen the miserable looks of the soldiers who died in battle at the south city gate.
Naturally, we can imagine how dangerous it would be for Sun Qiu to block the city gate in the face of the charge of the Tatar cavalry. If he were not careful, the Tatar cavalry might break out of the formation.
Even if the Tatars really broke through Sun Qiu's military formation, the Tatars would be more ruthless, and in turn they might not be able to trample Sun Qiu's troops.
Sun Qiu said respectfully: "General Manager, Hu Limu has surrendered. He is now outside the hall. I don't know how to deal with it. Please give me clear instructions from the governor."
Chu Yi pondered for a while and said: "Bring Hulimu!"
"Bring Hulimu!"
Hulimu, who was tied up by Wuhuada, was soon brought over by two soldiers and entered the hall. Hulimu had a look of disobedience on his face.
Although he said he was defeated and surrendered, from the bottom of his heart, Hu Limu actually looked down on the generals of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, Hu Limu did not think that his defeat was because the Tatars were not as good as the Ming Dynasty, but because of his negligence and lack of men and horses. If he was given 10,000 cavalry, he would definitely be able to fight out of the city and even give the Ming Dynasty a heavy blow.
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Now entering the hall, Hu Limu's eyes swept across the Ming generals in the hall, and finally fell on Chu Yi who was in the middle.
When he saw Chu Yi, Hu Limu couldn't help but show a bit of surprise in his eyes. Chu Yi was really too young.
Chu Yi looked like a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, especially when he was sitting there, his power was naturally revealed. So the moment he saw Chu Yi, Hu Limu could hardly believe that what he saw was the rumor.
Among them, Chu Yi, the most powerful eunuch in the world.
While Hu Limu looked at Chu Yi, Chu Yi also looked at Hu Limu.
There was nothing extraordinary about Hulimu, he was just an ordinary Tatar leader. Neither his strength nor anything else was enough to make Chu Yi look at him differently.
After just one glance, Chu Yi no longer had any interest in Hu Limu.
On the contrary, Hu Limu stared at Chu Yi and said, "Are you the great eunuch Chu Yi?"
As a prisoner, he actually called Chu Yi a eunuch as soon as he opened his mouth. This shows that in Hu Limu's heart, he did not regard himself as a prisoner at all, or in his psychology, he did not think that he had lost.
However, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Hu Limu felt a little regretful in his heart.
Although he didn't think he had lost, he also knew that he had become a prisoner. If he really had the courage to face death, he probably would not have chosen to surrender when he was trapped in a tight siege.
But now that the words had been spoken, it was obviously impossible for Hu Limu to take them back, so he could only hold on.
"How bold, how dare you be rude to the chief manager!"
In an instant, a cold snort was heard, followed by severe pain in Hulimu's legs and knees. He fell to his knees involuntarily. The severe pain made Hulimu almost fainted, but he was stopped by two soldiers.
He couldn't even fall to the ground.
Broken knee!
As soon as Qi Hu took action, he smashed Hu Limu's knees in the air and disabled both of Hu Limu's legs. This was regarded as punishment for Hu Limu's rude behavior.
Chu Yi's expression did not change, he just looked at Hu Limu with great indifference and said: "You are the Hu Limu who Balsboro left in Taiyuan City, right? The governor seems to be dissatisfied with you?"
Hulimu gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain and said: "I don't accept it. If we can fight one on one on the battlefield, who can I, the Tatar cavalry, be afraid of?"
Shaking his head slightly, Chu Yi said calmly: "It's just a fool, chop off his head and send it to Balsborot!"
Chu Yi decided Hulimu's life and death with just one word. Even though Hulimu was a tribal leader of the Tatars, he was also a captain of ten thousand men. He was considered a high-level official among the Tatars, but in Chu Yi's eyes,
Hulimu is nothing at all.
Suddenly hearing Chu Yi's words, Hu Limu was stunned for a moment almost instinctively. After reacting, his face showed a look of horror and shouted: "You... you actually want to kill me!"
Chu Yi waved his hand lightly and said: "Why, can't I kill you anymore?"
Hulimu saw the two soldiers behind him carrying him out of the hall, and immediately screamed: "You can't kill me, I can tell you the news about Bals and the others, I can..."
Hu Limu panicked all of a sudden. Chu Yi's attitude was really too calm, especially when he saw Chu Yi looking at him without any fluctuation in his eyes, as if he was looking at an unrelated person, which made him even more worried.
Hu Limu was panicked.
Chu Yi really didn't see him in his eyes, and completely ignored him, which meant that Chu Yi was not intimidating him by killing him, but really wanted to kill him.
You must know that he chose to surrender before just to survive, but now his head was cut off. How could he be willing to do so?
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I surrender, I am willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty forever..."
Chu Yi just said lightly: "People who are not from my race must have different hearts!"
Historically, the Central Plains dynasties have mostly treated foreigners in a royal manner. As long as the foreigners are willing to surrender, the Central Plains dynasties will often let things go by the past. Not only do they not blame the past, but they also reward them. However, once the Central Plains declines, these former dynasties will rein in their claws and silently lick their wounds.
, the aliens who have regained their strength will show their fangs again and bite them hard.
The Ming Dynasty claimed that all nations would come to the dynasty, and Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang even designated fifteen countries that would not be conquered. This shows the attitude of the Central Plains dynasties towards foreign races most of the time.
Of course, if the Central Plains were strong and powerful, then it would be fine to teach the foreign races with kingly ways. Being inclusive and powerful would be the Central Plains' advantages.
The key point is that the Ming Dynasty's national power is declining now, but it is not the time to pay attention to mercy. Even in Chu Yi's view, when dealing with foreign races, if the problem can be solved by killing, there is no need to consider other merciful strategies.
Regarding Chu Yi's order to kill Hu Limu, all the generals present looked calm and showed no signs of surprise.
In their opinion, it was perfectly normal for Chu Yi to kill Hu Limu. Anyway, Chu Yi had killed so many people, and one more Hu Limu would not be much.
In just a blink of an eye, I saw a soldier holding a tray. On the tray, there was a ferocious and bloody head. Who could it be if it wasn't Hu Limu?
Chu Yi waved his hand and said: "Send someone to deliver it to Balsborot!"
While speaking, Chu Yi looked at Xu Tianzuo, and Sun Qiu said: "Taiyuan City has returned to the imperial rule, and it needs officials to manage it. The officials in the city, Xu, will carefully screen and kill anyone who takes the initiative to seek refuge with the Tatars."
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After a pause, a stern look flashed in Chu Yi's eyes and he said: "According to Jin Yiwei's news, the reason why Taiyuan City was so easily defeated by the Tatars was that several big families in the city colluded with the Tatars to open the city gate privately.
Fang caused the fall of Taiyuan City, have you ever investigated this matter clearly?"
Jinyiwei is the most well-informed. Anyone who is not a fool will definitely find out why Taiyuan City fell so quickly.
After all, if Taiyuan City is well prepared, with the Tatars' siege capabilities, even with a large number of people and the defense of tens of thousands of soldiers, it will not be defeated in a day.
Xu Tianzuo took a deep breath and said: "Back to the general manager, the general has personally investigated clearly. The reason why Taiyuan City fell was due to the Miao family in the city. The Lu family colluded with the Tatars and secretly opened the city gate. Especially...
When Hulimu was in charge of Taiyuan City, the Miao and Lu families helped the Tatars raise food and fodder, and caused bloody massacres in Taiyuan City..."
When Xu Tianzuo told how the Miao family, Lu family and other families had been helping the Tatars in Taiyuan City and abusing the people in the city, all the generals in the hall showed angry looks on their faces.
Full of anger.
One general couldn't help but slapped the table and roared: "They should be killed. Such people who have forgotten their ancestors should really be killed!"
"I forget my ancestors too many times. I really forget my ancestors too many times. Even if I kill nine of my clans, I still can't atone for my sin!"
Chu Yi's expression was calm, but one hand was stroking the jade ring on the tip of his finger, which showed that murderous intent was boiling in Chu Yi's heart.
We had already known that the Miao family and the Lu family were colluding with the Tatars before, but they never thought that the Miao family would just dedicate Taiyuan City to the Tatars, but they would actually help the Tatars in Taiyuan City.
Chu Yi could only be heard saying slowly: "Miao family, where are the Lu family now?"
Sun Qiu cupped his hands and said: "Back to the governor, several people knew that Taiyuan City would be destroyed and they would not be able to escape the imperial punishment. They had previously tried to leave the city with the Tatars, but they were shot back by a hail of arrows from the general. They have not been seen since.
But I can guarantee that they are definitely hiding in the city."
A general said: "We will dig three feet into the ground to find them, and then execute them in Ling Chi to serve as a warning to others!"
Chu Yi looked at Sun Qiu and heard Sun Qiu say: "The general has sent several teams to search for traces of the Miao family and the Lu family in the city."
Chu Yi nodded slightly and said: "Send more manpower, even if they have three cunning rabbits in the sky and the earth, we must find them one by one for my governor!"
Sun Qiu immediately said solemnly: "General, I will obey your orders!"
However, it was said that the Miao and Lu families were frightened by a hail of arrows from Sun Qiu at the city gate and fled back to the city.
Naturally, they gave up the idea of leaving the city with the Tatars. There was obviously an ambush from the imperial army outside the city. The Tatars were afraid that they would not be able to protect themselves. If they followed the Tatars, they would die miserably.
Earlier, the Tatars ordered them to go out of the city to explore the way, which showed that the Tatars did not care about their life and death at all. From that time, Miao Yuan and others knew that it was hopeless to rely on the Tatars.
So Miao Yuan and others hid directly in Taiyuan City.
Taiyuan City is so big, even the shortest time they have taken root in Taiyuan City has been decades.
As the saying goes, as a big family, they naturally have more than one hiding place in Taiyuan City.
The reason why they wanted to escape with the Tatars before was because they were afraid that they would be liquidated when they saw the city was broken.
After all, they colluded with the Tatars, and if they were caught committing such a serious crime, they would probably not end well.
But now they couldn't leave the city at all, so they had no choice but to hide.
Miao Yuan personally dispersed several direct families of the Miao family, and then asked them to pretend to be ordinary people in order to escape the disaster.
The Miao family has a total of four direct branches. As long as one branch survives, the Miao family will not be considered extinct.
Not only the Miao family, but also the Lu family and other families have made the same arrangement. After all, at this time, the only thing they can do is to preserve the family inheritance as much as possible.
Otherwise, if they are all caught, the family will really be wiped out.
Of course, even though Miao Yuan and others made such an arrangement, they themselves did not want to be caught by the court. After all, they knew what would happen to them once they were caught.
As long as you don't want to die, you will definitely try your best to hide it.
Miao Yuan and several close servants were hiding in an inconspicuous house. This house was usually taken care of.
Although it was impossible for Miao Yuan to predict that the Miao family would suffer such a catastrophe early on, Miao Yuan's usual caution allowed Miao Yuan to choose several places in Taiyuan City as hiding places for the family in times of crisis.
A place of refuge.
On the surface, this house belongs to an ordinary family, and even that ordinary family has lived here for decades.
It's just that compared to a civilian family, this house only has the right to live in it, not ownership. Everything here belongs to the Miao family.
The Chen family home itself was a hiding place chosen by Miao Yuan. He entrusted it to his loyal servant Chen Zhong and even provided money to help Chen Zhong marry a daughter-in-law.
More than twenty years have passed in a flash, and Chen Zhong has become a bit old. He thought that the head of the family would never come to their home in this life, but he never thought that the situation would change, the Miao family was in trouble, and Miao Yuan hid in the cellar of the Chen family.
Chen Zhong probably knew that the Miao family was in trouble because of colluding with the Tatars, especially the news that the imperial troops were filling the city with gongs and drums and offering rewards to Miao Yuan and other members of the family.
I dare not say that everyone in the city knows about it, but at least most people know that the imperial court is offering a reward for the capture of Miao Yuan and others.
Chen Zhong took the meal from the kitchen, carefully avoided his family, and rushed towards the cellar. However, he did not notice that behind him, his son Chen Kanzheng was following quietly.
Chen Zhong entered the cellar, put the food away, and said to Miao Yuan with a respectful expression: "Master, I just went out to inquire about it. At this time, the army is all over the city offering rewards for the capture of the master and others..."
Miao Yuan couldn't help but frowned and said to Chen Zhong: "Don't inquire about any information in the future, otherwise if something is revealed, my whereabouts will most likely be exposed!"
Chen Zhong said quickly: "I know this, and I will definitely not reveal the traces of my master."
Miao Yuan nodded slightly and said: "That's very good. You can be so loyal. It's not in vain that I had great faith in you. If you can escape this disaster, then I will make this house truly belong to you."
Chen family."
When Chen Zhong heard this, he prostrated himself and said, "Thank you so much, master! Thank you so much, master!"
Chen Kan, who had followed Chen Zhong outside the cellar, clearly heard the conversation in the cellar.
Chen Kan listened to the conversation between his father and Miao Yuan with a look of disbelief on his face. He never dreamed that his father was actually a servant of the Miao family, and even their home belonged to the Miao family.
, rather than belonging to their Chen family.
Especially when the Chen family harbored Miao Yuan, this was a heinous crime.
In a panic, Chen Kan accidentally stepped on a branch and broke it with a click.
In the cellar, Miao Yuan couldn't help but change his expression after hearing this and whispered: "Who!"
Two loyal servants with strong skills jumped out of the cellar in the blink of an eye. They knocked Chen Kan unconscious on the spot as he turned to run away, then dragged him into the cellar and threw him on the ground.
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