Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 38 Pay the Seal and Capture the Flag!

Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Zixing and others commanded to clean up the battlefield, when suddenly they heard Zhu Han's shout.

"Brother, look what I found!"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his brother was holding a flag and a seal in his hand, so he asked curiously:
"Brother, what is this?"

The Haozhou Rebels have never seen anything in the world. When cleaning the battlefield, the most important things are armor, weapons, gold, silver, jewelry, and food. As for other things, most people are not interested.

Zhu Han personally followed the patrol on the battlefield, and it really was time to pick up the leak.

"Brother, this is the Daluhuachi official seal and flag of Tartar general Timur!" Zhu Han said happily.

"What, really?" Zhu Yuanzhang also had a face full of surprise, and took the Daluhua red official seal and general flag.

The official seal and the general flag are all crooked Mongolian characters, and Zhu Yuanzhang simply can't understand them.

However, Guo Zixing, who is quite knowledgeable, can see the general idea.

He also said excitedly.

"Great victory, great victory! The Tartars have occupied the Central Plains for a hundred years, and the banner of the Daluhua Chiguan Seal has not yet been captured. The Marshal is mighty. After this battle, Huaixi will be shocked. Oh no, it will be a powerful one in the Central Plains." what!"

What Guo Zixing said is half-truth and half-false. It is true that Meng Yuan has not been captured in the Daluhua Chiyin Banner, but if he wants to say something about the power in the Central Plains, he is a bit bragging. After all, the Yingzhou Red Turban Army is bigger and stronger. , it is not Zhu Yuanzhang's turn for the time being.

However, it is of great significance to capture the general flag of Daluhua Chiguan, and Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally very happy.

"Haha, we don't know this bird thing. I didn't expect it to be so important. My brother, how do you know the Tartar language?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Hey, although I don't know him, Hu Yiba does."

Zhu Han pointed to Hu Yiba and the others behind him.

Since the demolition of the city wall of Haozhou, Hu Yiba and other tomb robbers who moved mountains and turned their heads, were incorporated into Zhu Yuanzhang's personal guards, led by Zhu Han.

Acupoint attack and blasting is the most powerful skill in Zhu Yuanzhang's army, and it is not at ease for anyone except Zhu Han to lead it.

"Hu Yiba, I didn't expect you to have this ability. When you return to Haozhou City, you will be rewarded heavily!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"My villain, thank you Marshal Du!" Hu Yiba burst into tears of gratitude.

Since the demolition of Haozhou City, the status of Hu Yiba and others has risen rapidly. From the tomb robbers who were looked down upon by the refugees, they have become the personal guards of the marshals of Haozhou. In addition to the marshals Zhu Yuanzhang and Guo Zixing, there are also generals such as Zhu Han and Xu Da. Besides, they were polite to anyone who met Hu Yiba.

Such earth-shaking treatment made Hu Yiba and the others completely follow Zhu Yuanzhang brothers.

"It's getting late, order to speed up, first transport the important captured and captives back to Haozhou City, and then slowly clean up the rest!"

Zhu Yuanzhang gave the final order.

When the sunset was slanting to the west, Zhu Yuanzhang led the army and finally returned to Haozhou City.

The news of the victory quickly spread throughout Haozhou.

"Big victory! Big victory!"

"The Tartars are defeated!"

"Marshal Du is mighty!"

"Marshal Zhu is mighty!"

The sergeants and common people of Haozhou cheered loudly, and rushed to the streets to welcome the triumphant rebel soldiers.

They all knew that once Haozhou City was breached by Dalu Huachi Timur, they would never escape a massacre.

Those hateful Mongolian Tartars don't care about human lives.

The joy of victory lasted until the next morning.

When Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Zixing and other marshals gathered with the generals to discuss matters, there were occasional bursts of celebratory firecrackers outside.

Hearing the sound of these firecrackers, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

How much gunpowder is wasted? It seems that I ordered all the gunpowder in Haozhou City to be used by the military!

However, Haozhou City is not decided by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, he must discuss with Guo Zixing and Sun Deya.

At this moment, Guo Zixing, who had just sat down, spoke.

"Marshal Du, the captives brought back yesterday are a bit dishonest, do you want to kill a few Liwei and clean up the military discipline?"

There were more than 2000 Yuan army prisoners captured by Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, most of whom were Han people in Huaixi.

"Dishonest? Why not?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked immediately.

"These captives are all resentful, but they are not willing after starving them for a day!" Guo Zixing said.

According to the practice at this time, the prisoners are generally starved for two days, so that they have no strength to resist.

"These people have been scared out of their wits. They don't need to kill people to build their prestige. Let's take some of the prisoners and incorporate them into our own army!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Regarding how to deal with these prisoners, Zhu Han's suggestion to his elder brother Zhu Yuanzhang was to incorporate them if they could be incorporated, and to release all those who refused to join the army.

In this way, those officers and soldiers of the Yuan army who went back will know that the Haozhou rebels will not kill the prisoners, and if they encounter battles in the future, these officers and soldiers of the Yuan army will not fight to the death.

They were originally unwilling to work for the Mongols, but now they know that they will not be killed if they surrender, so they will naturally fight passively.

However, with so many prisoners, Zhu Yuanzhang had to share them equally with Guo Zixing.

"Okay, I agree with Marshal Du's words!" Sun Deya was the first to raise his hand in agreement.

The rest of the heroes also agreed unanimously.

"Okay, then let's divide the captives and let's take charge of them!" Guo Zixing also said.

In yesterday's battle, Zhu Yuanzhang's [-] soldiers and horses lost very little, with no more than a few dozen casualties in total.

However, the tribes of Guo Zixing, Sun Deya and others had hundreds of casualties each, and they were all hunted down in a fraudulent defeat. They urgently needed to use severe military punishment to turn these captives into their own tribes.

After some discussions, Zhu Yuanzhang, Guo Zixing and others quickly divided up more than 2000 prisoners.

More than 400 captives were distributed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

As for how to deal with these captives, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally handed it over to Zhu Han.

"Brother, these captives are here, do you really want to let them go?" Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little uneasy.

If these prisoners of the Yuan army did not fight passively as Zhu Han predicted after they were released, they would shoot themselves in the foot.

"Brother, don't worry! The situation you are worried about must be that the Yuan army can guarantee victory. Under the current situation, the Mongolian Yuan court can no longer grow a rabbit's tail. Let's release these prisoners. In the future, the Yuan army officers and soldiers will only see us. I will wait and see the wind!" Zhu Han said.

What he said was not nonsense.

During the great uprising of the Red Scarf Army in history, a large number of Han troops in the Yuan army jumped repeatedly, sometimes joining the rebel army, and sometimes accepting the Yuan court's recruitment.

Such an army, how could it be possible to fight for Yuan Ting.

"Okay, then I'll listen to you!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Zhu Han smiled lightly and strode forward.

He glanced at the prisoners of the Yuan army, only to see that their expressions were weak.

(End of this chapter)