At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 326 Zhang Sheng: I will make sure that the Tatars don’t even have grass to eat!

Soon, this small Mongolian tribe was slaughtered.

The old and weak were killed, women and children were plundered.

What's more, most of the women and children were also disposed of.

Only some pretty women and some lucky children were left behind.

As night fell, bonfires were lit everywhere.

Cows and sheep were hung on the bonfire and grilled.

There are only more than a thousand people in this Mongolian tribe, but there are more than 2,000 cattle and sheep and hundreds of horses and mules.

Such a large number is naturally enough for more than 8,000 front troops and thousands of accompanying auxiliary personnel to eat several meals.

At the campfire, Zhang Sheng ate a leg of lamb, and his whole body suddenly felt relaxed and happy.

"I finally know why the Mongols were able to invade the western part of the country."

"We just slaughtered a small Mongolian tribe, and the brothers can eat with their mouths full of oil one by one."

"If we continue to plunder like this, the Mongols can go to the land of Western Taipei, and so can we Han people!" Zhang Sheng said carelessly.

The army under his command has already lost its logistical supplies.

But after just killing a small Mongolian army, the whole army lost a lot of blood.

Where can this man who manages cattle and sheep go without driving the army?
"My father-in-law is right, this grassland is different from our Han land."

"When I followed the late king to suppress the troops and pacify the people in the Central Plains, there were cities everywhere."

"If you move too slowly, you won't even be able to find a single hair. You will have to break the city to get food and grass."

"But once you enter the grassland, it's hard to find even a fucking mound."

"Our eight thousand cavalry, where can't we rob them, and where can't we go?"

Guo Youming and others all echoed after hearing this.

Mongolia can rob it, but so can the Han people!
In the past, Li Jing's three thousand cavalry rode through the Yin Mountains and brought disaster to DTZ, which made anyone who heard it cry and made everyone who heard it sad.

This 3,000-strong Tang army attacked all the way and directly captured the capital of DTZ.

Later, the Turkic tribes were eradicated on the grassland and carried out a carpet-like plot.

As a result, DTZ was in a state of decline, with no young and weak players, and it immediately fell into disrepute.

Three hundred years ago, Guan Duo led three thousand tiger warriors and swept across Monan and burned Xanadu, making the Mongolians doubt him.

Who is the best at drawing this shit?
They Mongolians just have to get a wheel to show off.

These people don't even keep their children.

How many people are there in Turks and Mongolia?

Can you stand being killed like this?
When they were plotting against the Han people, the Han people at least had a city to rely on.

But when the Han people came to the grassland, how could these nomadic people have a city to rely on?

It would be great if we could build a few villages in the entire grassland!

"Haha, you're right!"

Zhang Sheng laughed and said: "In the past, the Mongols came to our Han region to burn, kill and loot. Now the Manchus are coming to our Han region to burn, kill and loot."

"We have so many cities in Han Dynasty, but these Tatars still killed so many people."

"Now we are driving the front army to the grassland. This thousands of miles of grassland is exactly where my front army cavalry comes in!"

"Give the order and let the brothers relax."

"Starting from tomorrow, at least 10,000 Mongolians will be slaughtered every day, not 20,000 Mongolians!"

"I think when the Tatars entered the Central Plains, they killed tens of millions of people."

"The Eight Banners soldiers were able to kill so many people when facing a fortified city."

"Our front army marches in front of the Eight Banners soldiers in every way. They can kill so many people, how can our front army not be inferior to them?"

"In the past, in Han Dynasty, we were embarrassed to attack ordinary people."

"What kind of skill does the Han army have in killing Han people?"

"Although our Xiying did indiscriminately kill many people during the late king's period, since the king took charge of Xiying after the late king left, our Xiying soldiers have not killed any common people."

"Just because we have never killed ordinary people does not mean that we do not have the strength to kill ordinary people."

"In Han China, the ruler of the country is kind-hearted, and our Xiying soldiers are teachers of justice, so we cannot attack the common people."

"But now that we have entered the grassland, wherever the army passes, there are foreigners."

"In that case, let's do it with all our hands and feet."

"Let the Tatars see that they are not the only ones who can kill the common people, but our front-line army can also kill them."

"And he killed harder and harder than them!"

"Please rest assured, sir, let alone 20,000 people! Even if it is 30,000! 50,000, we will definitely be able to complete it!" All the troops in advance made their decisions one after another, confidently.

Isn’t it just killing tens of thousands of Mongolians in one day?

What's so hard about this?
When the Eight Banners soldiers entered the pass, they would not kill 1.8 million and then plunder hundreds of thousands more.

That's still in Han Dynasty, which is full of cities!

What's more, the Manchu and Qing dynasties entered the pass six times to plunder, and at least the Ming army was able to contain it a little.

Although it means that the army is bad, it is still better than the Mongols, right?
To put it bluntly, a large part of the reason why the Ming army was so bad was because of the Mongols.

The Mongols themselves are dead, which puts no pressure on our nine sides of the Ming Dynasty.

Then the whole Ming Dynasty started to compete with each other.

If the Mongols can stand up, under pressure, maybe our Ming Dynasty can have a catfish effect and also stand up.

Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

Even if the Ming army died, Mongolia would be understandable.

But now the Jiaqian Army is not inferior to the Eight Banners Soldiers at all.

Zhang Sheng's troops were in the grassland again, and the young men of the Chahar, Sunit, and Tumote tribes were recruited by the Manchus several times, and most of the rest were transferred to the pass.

Now on the grassland, they are all old and weak Mongolians!
They are old and weak, and they have no city. Zhang Sheng's troops are all elite cavalry.

So what are you waiting for?

Let's start!
The next day, after a full meal, Zhang Sheng divided his more than 8,000 men into ten teams, and organized and armed the more than 6,000 auxiliary personnel who accompanied him.

Ten Han armies, each with a thousand men, galloped wantonly on the vast grasslands, constantly massacring the Mongolian tribes.

Under the sun, a group of Mongolians were helping the old and the young, crying.

In front of them were tribesmen riding horses and mules.

No matter how they shouted, these tribesmen did not stop.

Because behind them was a Han tiger and wolf cavalry.

"Haha, it seems that after so many years of war, even the Mongols are short of horses and mules!"

Zhang Sheng rode on his horse and laughed at the scene in front of him.

Among the small Mongolian tribe that he led his troops to massacre yesterday, there were more than a thousand Mongolians, but only a few hundred horses and mules were left.

The Mongols were short of horses. This was a laughable joke, but now it happened.

After the Manchus entered the customs, the war continued for more than ten years. Not only Dingkou of Manchuria was severely damaged, but also the Mongolian allies.

In addition to the loss of young men, these Mongolian tribes also began to suffer from a shortage of horses and mules.

After all, after so many years of losses, especially in the past year, the Manchu Qing lost hundreds of thousands of horses and mules. With such a huge gap, it is natural to recruit from various Mongolian ministries.

In addition, when Zhang Sheng's army was heading towards Beijing, more than 10,000 Mongolian men entered the fortress with tens of thousands of the best horses and mules.

Therefore, not only are the Mongolian tribes extremely short of young men on the grasslands, but even horses and mules cannot be rationed one per person.

When the crisis came, the insufficient number of horses and mules were naturally ridden and watched.

And the people who are crying now, the Mongols, are the ones who watched the tribesmen flee on horseback!

"Sir, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is so ambitious that they are not only on guard against us Han people, but also on guard against the Mongols!"

A general of the Jiaqian Army said: "Now the Manchurian men are almost killed by our Jiaqian Army, and the Mongolian men are probably about the same."

"If we were on the Northern Expedition, why could so many Mongolian tribes only be able to spare more than 10,000 people to enter the fortress?"

"That's right." Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "If these Mongolians still have a hundred thousand men, I'm afraid it won't be our turn if they can't sleep, and they will be damned by the Qing Dynasty."

Although our Qing Dynasty claims to be one with Manchu and Mongolia, does our Qing Dynasty also claim to be one with Manchu and Han?

It’s not like we don’t know what the Han people are like. Although the Mongolians are better than the Han people now, how much better can they be?

Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Mongolian men and women have been recruited many times to assist in the war.

Basically, as many as the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia died, these foreign Mongolian soldiers would die even more.

Because the Manchus occupied Beijing, not only the Han people in the south, but also the Mongols in the north were also hidden dangers!

If all our young men in the Qing Dynasty were to die, there would still be 100,000 young men in Mongolia in the north.

Can we sleep well at night?
Therefore, the strength of Mongolia as a foreign vassal has always been controlled by our Qing Dynasty. The Manchu Qing Dynasty will never allow a force to endanger itself near Beijing.

Jiang Xiang died because of this problem in the past.

Datong Town under his command has a relatively large number of troops and is relatively strong, with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses.

The existence of this power left Dorgon with a knot in his throat.

Even the Eight Banners soldiers did not dare to use their full strength when they went out to fight.

Because if Jiang Yu suddenly rebelled, there would not be enough power in Beijing to suppress him.

Then it would only take a few days to travel from Datong to Beijing, and the Qing Dynasty would collapse.

People like Wu Sangui and Geng Jimao gathered their troops in Hanzhong, Guangdong and Guangxi, and in the southwest, but we in the Qing Dynasty could hold their noses and endure it.

Jiang Quan had tens of thousands of troops in Datong, but Dorgon was tossing and turning, having trouble sleeping and eating!

So how can others be allowed to sleep soundly under the bed? Dorgon even dreamed of dismantling Datong Town!

One wants to disintegrate, the other wants to retain military power.

Therefore, the romantic relationship between Jiang Yu and Dorgon was destined to break up.

By the same token, the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not tolerate the presence of forces in Datong that could threaten itself.

Naturally, the Mongols cannot tolerate being too powerful on the grassland.

Therefore, our Qing Dynasty has always been controlling the strength of Mongolia and the power of the Mongols.

But now our Qing Dynasty is in ruins, and more than half of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia have been killed or injured.

Even Ding Zhuang from Mongolia, a foreign vassal, could not survive, and suffered heavy casualties.

Now Zhang Sheng's eight thousand cavalry are really unstoppable on the grassland!
A flash of sword light flashed, and the weak Mongolians who fled on foot were quickly slaughtered by the front army.

Then these ferocious Han cavalry continued to chase the Mongolian herdsmen.

"Run! Run for me! I don't believe it. These herdsmen can outrun me!" Zhang Sheng laughed wantonly.

Then he bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and one arrow was shot over a Mongolian herdsman.

The other cavalrymen of the Qianqian army also laughed, dispersed their formations, and began to hunt these herdsmen.

The captured bows and arrows were cocked one after another, shooting at the Mongolian herdsmen continuously.

The Jiaqian Army has lost all its logistical supplies since it left the fortress.

Swords, horseshoes, etc. are easy to say, they can be used no matter what.

But once the arrows are used up, the bow and arrow become just a decoration.

Fortunately, the Mongols are good at riding and shooting, and they are known as a nation that grew up on horseback.

So among their tribes, bows and arrows can be seized.

It's a pity that the Mongolian bows and arrows cannot be compared with those in the hands of the former army.

Among the arrows captured by the Qianqian army, there were even arrowheads ground from stones!

Such arrows are of no use on the battlefield.

Fortunately, what the Jiaqian army needed to deal with was not the elite Eight Banners wearing armor, but the Mongolian herdsmen with no armor.

So it doesn't matter whether the arrow is a good one or not.

Anyway, one shot will create a hole!
Soon after being chased by the Qianqian army, countless Mongolian herdsmen were shot to death by arrows in despair.

Then a soldier in front of the driver gave an order.

More than a thousand elite cavalrymen in the front army drew out their sabers one after another and charged into the Mongols like chopping melons and vegetables.

Mongolian old men, Mongolian women, and even Mongolian children were all chopped to the ground.

Zhang Sheng looked at the scene in front of him and laughed.

"End the battle quickly, leave a few alive, and let's go to the next tribe!"

On this day, the Jiaqian Army launched a plowing and hole sweeping in Chifeng City, the Zhaowuda League, which was later the intersection of the three provinces of Mongolia, Hebei and Liaoning.

Mongolia, the outer vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, was divided into inner and outer Zasak Mongolia.

Among them, Neizhasak is divided into six alliances, twenty-four divisions and forty-nine banners.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, on March 1636, AD, forty-nine Mongolian princes from the twenty-four tribes of the Six Leagues gathered in Shengjing and were canonized by Huang Taiji.

There are eight divisions and eleven banners in the Zhaowuda League.

It is divided into: one banner of the Aohan tribe, one banner of the Naiman tribe, two banners of the Bahrain tribe, and two banners of the Zalut tribe.

There is one banner for the Aruhorqin tribe, two banners for the Wengniute tribe, one banner for the Keshiketeng tribe, and one banner for the Khalkha Left Wing tribe.

Due to the location of Zhaowuda League, it was the first to bear the brunt.

Therefore, the Mongolians of these eight tribes and eleven banners were the first to be massacred by Zhang Sheng.

The Jiaqian army massacred more than 20 Mongolian tribes, large and small.

The number of Mongolians killed reached more than 30,000.

Among them, thousands of people from the Naiman tribe were almost killed, and the remaining tribesmen scattered in all directions. The Naiman tribe was completely turned into history.

Half of the Aohan tribe was slaughtered, and the two banners of the Bahrain tribe were directly killed.

Both the Zarut tribe and Ongnute suffered heavy losses.

Only Alukorqin and other tribes further away have not been massacred yet.

That night, another banquet took place on the grassland.

The troops before driving were singing and dancing, eating cattle and sheep, and cheering loudly.

"Get ready quickly. Bring all the captured things with you. All the horses and mules will accompany the army. There will be no more cattle and sheep to eat. Everything that cannot be carried will be burned."

"In this way, even if our front army doesn't kill them all, some Mongolians can escape."

"I will starve them to death even if I am hungry! Let these Tatars graze on the grassland..."

"No! If you light the pasture here again, I will make sure that the Tatars won't even be able to eat grass!"

(End of this chapter)