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

Chapter 279 Don't Step into the Great Wall
For today's Ming army, there is really no pressure to clean up a small tribe with a population of 6 to [-]. The Fourth Army only dispatched half of its troops and easily took it down.

Of course, the reason why it is so easy has a lot to do with the new arrival of the Tuxietu tribe. In fact, for the Mongols, this head-to-head combat method is not their specialty. In contrast, nomadic tribes are better at fighting Guerrilla.

However, the premise of guerrilla warfare is that one's lair is not discovered. In the past, the Han army often couldn't find the lair of the Mongols, so they were beaten by the nose, but this time the Tuxietu was directly discovered. The army blocked the city of Guihua.

At this time, under the city of Guihua, more than 5 Tuxietu people squatted on the ground with apprehensive faces. The little children hid in their mother's arms and shivered. and the fate of loved ones.

Fortunately, everyone has heard that the Han people never want to kill indiscriminately, especially when they treat women and children who surrendered. This is why the Tuxietu chose to surrender and give up resistance.

It is true that Huang Degong did not kill indiscriminately. The Ming army had strict disciplines and strictly prohibited deliberate killing of captives, looting, and rape of silver and other things that did not conform to the moral values ​​of the Han people.

This is also the reason why Huang Degong had to bring [-] Tumed cavalry, because at that time, those things that were inconvenient for the Ming army would be done by them.

Similarly, the reason why Huang Degong was unwilling to show Hou Xun the military order at the beginning was because he was worried that future literati would use this to pour dirty water on the imperial concubine and empress.

After all, although the imperial concubine's military order did not clearly state it, anyone who is not a fool can understand the meaning. Huang Degong is also ready to take the blame for himself. Fortunately, the second military order, the imperial concubine changed her mind again.

So Huang Degong didn't wait for Tumote's return, so he began to screen and deal with these prisoners. Even the slightly injured prisoners were treated by medical soldiers.

Dozens of leaders and their immediate family members, including Agula and Battelle, were selected and held incommunicado.

There are more than 500 people in total. These people belong to the nobles of the Tuxietu tribe, and they have the inheritance and knowledge of the entire tribe. Without these leaders, the others are like a mess and can be easily subdued.

The more than 500 people Huang Degong planned to take them all to the capital, otherwise they would be executed on the spot, which would easily irritate other people.

The remaining people, young and strong men, were selected, and tens of thousands of people were organized into two cavalry battalions, and then let the cavalry battalion and the chariot battalion lead the front and back to wipe out Huihui.

The wives, children, and parents of these Mongols stayed and naturalized, and Huang Degong also promised that as long as they were willing to serve Daming, they and their families would have no worries about food and clothing in the future. Rewarding cattle and sheep pastures, if you have made great contributions, you will be canonized and have your own territory, so almost everyone expressed their willingness to fight for Daming.

This time Huang Degong didn't go in person, but sent a major general to lead the team, obviously he didn't pay attention to those replays at all.

After the young and strong men left with the Ming army, the remaining old people, children and women also regained their freedom. Huang Degong did not embarrass them, but let them continue to manage the cattle, sheep and horses.

But at this time, Tumote's troops chased Huihui all the way and almost caught up with him. After two days and two nights, Huihui had lost the momentum he had just started, but was tortured to death.

1 people are led by the nose by [-] Tumets, chasing but unable to catch up, walking but unable to get away, just like maggots attached to the bones, they are constantly being consumed.

In the end, in desperation, he had to choose to flee back to the back camp, but he still couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the Tumed cavalry. In the end, only more than 1 of the 3000 people fled back to the back camp.

After these Huihui fled back to the garrison, they immediately wanted to take their tribe back to Ningxia, and they didn't want to stay in the back set anymore. Let alone the Ming army in the front set, they couldn't deal with just the five thousand Tumet cavalry. , and even created a psychological shadow.

But the facts have proved that if you want to move to Ningxia under the eyes of the Tumed cavalry with one man and three horses, you will also face huge challenges.

But Huihui also knew that there was only one dead end to stay, so he had to bite the bullet and migrate. Naturally, he was harassed by Tumet's cavalry all the way, and his tribe was shot and killed every day. If he didn't pay attention, women would be snatched away. .

In just three days, the returning migratory team not only traveled dozens of miles, but each of them became frightened birds, terrified when they heard the sound of horseshoes.

The cavalry of the Tumed Department never collided head-on with the returning cavalry until the fourth day when the cavalry battalion of the Ming army finally chased up with a newly incorporated Mongolian cavalry battalion. Abandoning the old, the weak, women and children and all their belongings, they fled back to Ningxia on horseback. In the end, only a handful of more than 5000 people fled back under the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry.

This is because Ningxia's Huihui sent cavalry to respond, otherwise the entire army would probably be wiped out.

Ningxia belongs to the northwest and is under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Army Corps. The major general who led the team did not dare to chase and kill rashly, so he had to report the situation to Huang Degong.

"Major General, what should we do with these people and the loot?"

Looking at the [-] to [-] old and weak women and children captured and a large amount of supplies, the eyes of hundreds of leaders of the Tumed Department were red, and they all looked forward to the major general who led the team. Given the Ming army's deterrence, these leaders probably would have started looting long ago.

Even the Mongols of the [-] Tuxietu tribe who had just recovered were envious of those women, children, cattle and sheep.

"This time, if you hadn't been entangled with these Huihui, they might have fled back to Ningxia long ago. The general's order is that, except for the leather of the war horses, which must be handed over to the imperial court, the rest will be your spoils of war. As for the population, Just deal with it according to the traditions on your grassland!"

Although the major general disapproved of this from the bottom of his heart, the military order was difficult, so he had no choice but to speak slowly.

"Thank you General, thank you Young General..."

All the leaders were overjoyed at once, and all of them couldn't close their mouths when they laughed.

According to the rules of the grassland, only fertile women and children who are below the wheel can stay. Even so, there are more than 2 people left in the end, hundreds of heads, and each of them is divided into more than 200 women and children and a large number of children. livestock, and a small amount of food and other items.

The naturalized Huang Degong learned that the remaining Huihui had fled back to Ningxia, so he wrote to Wu Sangui asking if he could help. If he wanted to help, he could send [-] cavalry to assist the Sixth Army.

After all, the expedition to Mobei must be in preparation for a period of time, and the imperial court can send a batch of supplies from Datong before starting, so I asked out of good intentions, but Wu Sangui refused and warned the Fourth Army not to set foot on the Great Wall Yinan, otherwise, don't blame Wu Sangui for not thinking about the righteousness of his comrades, and wrote a letter to impeach Huang Degong for crossing the border and plotting wrongdoing.

Huang Degong wasn't angry at all. In fact, he was just talking. Even if Wu Sangui agreed, he would never dare to send troops into Ningxia until the imperial concubine's reply came.

Sure enough, Hong Niangzi's reply was to ask the Fourth Army to stop meddling in its own business. The Sixth Army was responsible for Ningxia's affairs. The Fourth Army was not allowed to step inside the Great Wall, and asked Huang Degong to return to the capital to report on his work.

(End of this chapter)