The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 275 This is not surrender, but annexation
Outside the city of Guihua, the war was about to break out. Two days ago, Huang Degong led an army of [-] to kill him. The reason why he didn't do anything was because the spies also detected Huihui.

Although Huang Degong would not be afraid even if Huihui from the back united with the Mongols from the front, he was cautious, and there was no harm in the end, so he did not start the battle immediately, but dispersed Tumed's cavalry to investigate the situation. Check to see if there are other Mongols nearby.

The Ming army didn't make a move, so Agula naturally wouldn't do it first. Instead, he actively wooed and retreated, and at the same time sent people to negotiate with the Ming army continuously, putting on a desperate posture.

At this time, nearly [-] Tuxietu people, regardless of men, women, young or old, who could ride horses and participate in the battle, were desperately prepared. They managed to gather [-] capable fighters, leaving only [-] children, pregnant women and the elderly who were really incapable of fighting. Naturalized in the city.

Although the various tribes in the grassland are respected by their strength and have been attacking and annexing them all the year round, there are very few bloody battles where they really risk their lives.

Under normal circumstances, even a small tribe whose strength is not as good as human beings, as long as they put on a posture of dying, the big tribe would not dare to forcibly annex them.

As long as the small tribe is willing to surrender, fight for the big tribe, and donate some cattle and women, they can avoid war and continue to survive.

Because the population on the prairie is too precious, once the two tribes really have a shopping fight, both sides will definitely suffer heavy losses, and it will not be worth the loss if they win in the end.

For example, if a large tribe wants to completely annex a small tribe, the small tribe desperately resists, and in the final bloody battle, the big tribe wipes out the small tribe, and at most they will get some livestock, old people and children, and they have to pay a certain price, so It would be better to let him submit to the higher income, and pay the least price.

This is also the reason why many small tribes on the grassland have not been annexed, but only depend on the big tribes to survive. Of course, if a big tribe is too powerful, it will not take that much into consideration.

Back then, Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar tribe was ambitious, relying on his strength, he wanted to annex the other tribes directly, but this aroused public outrage, and instead forced the tribes who were also Mongols to seek refuge with Hou Jin's Huang Taiji .

Because compared to Lin Dan Khan's direct annexation, Huang Taiji only made the tribes submit to the Jurchens, and the tribes naturally chose to submit instead of being annexed.

Submitting to a tribe that is stronger than oneself is not a shameful thing on the grassland. After surrendering, the tribe still exists independently, except for some tributes every year, that is, some people follow when there is a war.

But once it is annexed, the tribe is really over.

Therefore, in the eyes of Agula and the Tuxietu tribe, they were willing to submit to the Ming emperor, and they put on a stance of killing each other. There was no reason for the Ming army to forcibly destroy them at the risk of losing both sides.

However, what they were facing was not the other tribes of Mongolia, but the army of Ming Dynasty. If Huang Degong could call the shots, he would naturally be willing to accept the surrender of the other party and then stop the army.

But the imperial concubine's order was to chop off all the heads of these Mongols and pile them up at the foot of the Yin Mountain to show their prestige, so he didn't think about negotiating at all.

As for the casualties, not to mention that he was sure to control the casualties to a certain extent, even if he was not sure, even if the entire army was wiped out and the corpse was shrouded in horse leather, the emperor's order would still be carried out.

This is the consideration of both sides, which is not at the same level at all.

And just when Huang Degong was about to do something, Zhu Cihong finally sent a new order, and Huang Degong naturally chose to carry out the new order unconditionally.

He ordered people to bring up the detained messenger.

"Go back and tell your patriarch that if you want to avoid war, your Tuxietu tribe must surrender to Daming unconditionally, your Great Khan will go to live in the capital, and the others must lay down their weapons and accept my arrangement from Daming..."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. This is an annexation, not a surrender. My Tuxietu tribe is willing to pay tribute to Daming, and even donate some cattle, sheep, horses and women, but it is impossible to put down your arms and surrender. Our great Agu It is impossible to go to your capital city even if you pull the sweat."

The envoy immediately became agitated. This kind of condition was unacceptable to him, let alone Agula Khan.

Once they put down their weapons, wouldn't it be like killing pigs and dogs if the Han people wanted to kill them?How is this different from direct annexation?
"Hmph! I'm not negotiating with you, but I'm telling you about my Da Ming's conditions. You just go back and bring my words to your Khan. If he doesn't lead everyone to surrender tomorrow, he will fight on the battlefield." The outcome is settled, and when the time comes, I guarantee that he will never have a chance to go to the capital again."

Huang Gong also knew that the other party would definitely not surrender directly, so he didn't bother to talk to him, snorted coldly, and waved his hand after speaking.

"The [-] warriors of our Tuxietu tribe are not lambs to be slaughtered. In order to protect our relatives, cattle and sheep, anyone who tries to annex us will have to pay a heavy price. Our warriors will fight the enemy to the end Moment."

This envoy was obviously not a good candidate for negotiations. When he was pulled out, he still threatened, showing that Tuxietu was determined to break through.

But such a determination, such a threat, Huang Degong and the generals in the tent didn't care at all.

Only half of the so-called [-] warriors in the other party's mouth were real young men, and the remaining half were women and teenagers and girls of twelve or thirteen years old.

With such a combination, facing their chariots, bows and arrows, firearms, cavalry, and infantry, there is no real threat at all. On the contrary, if the opponent does not fight and chooses to escape, it will be very troublesome.

However, if the opponent really wants to run, he can only run for a while. People can run on horseback, but food, cattle, sheep, children, and various things needed for survival cannot escape. But this winter.

On the contrary, some Tumed leaders in the tent frowned slightly in the face of the emissary's determination and threats. They clearly understood that no tribe could bear the price of really exterminating a tribe with a population of 6. Affordable, it is estimated that the Han people can afford it.

After all, for the Han people, the loss of [-] to [-] young and strong people is a drop in the bucket, but for other tribes, even the most powerful tribes will be hurt, and they will not be able to recover for many years.

Sure enough, when the envoy brought back Huang Degong's words, Agula and all the leaders decided to fight the Ming army. Lives are handed over to the Han people.

Although they knew that the Han people would not kill them, they would only split them up like they split up the Tumed tribe, but except for a few very small branches, the other leaders could not accept this condition.

The reason why the Tumed tribe was willing to compromise at the beginning was because of Lan Duoer's relationship, and because the Tumed tribe was the Mongolian tribe that was most influenced by Han culture, so they had the least repulsion in their hearts, and the third reason was that they just happened to lose Surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, he had no choice at all, and couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

(End of this chapter)