My father is Jiajing

Chapter 184 Warning Signals Re-emerge
The mountains are like the sea, and the setting sun is like blood!

After Zhu Zaigui's cavalry chased the scattered Tatar bandits for more than 20 miles, they stopped and did not pursue them any further.

The slaughter along the way left corpses and blood everywhere, like a picture of the end of the world. The six thousand cavalrymen were as cold-blooded and ruthless as six thousand Shuras from hell. All the enemies they saw and pursued were hacked to death by them without exception, without even the slightest emotional fluctuation.

It's like killing chickens and sheep.

Zhu Zaigui pulled the reins and stood in an open space. At this moment, the fleeing Tatar bandits had already fled into the mountains in front of them, following the ravines all the way north, and few of them looked back.

Teng Xiang followed Zhu Zaigui excitedly, with uncontrollable admiration in his eyes as he looked at Zhu Zaigui in front of him.

"Marshal, how about we chase them for a few more miles?"

Teng Xiang became somewhat addicted to such a smooth battle. He always wanted to take advantage of this momentum to kill some more Tatar bandits to satisfy his inner bloodthirsty need.

Zhu Zaigui looked back at Teng Xiang. In fact, he also wanted to chase him for a few more miles, or even keep chasing him.

But the warhorse under him is different from the person.

People can rely on a feeling of excitement to temporarily forget all fatigue, maintain high energy at all times, and numb their tired bodies.

However, these war horses have indeed reached their limit. If you ignore their condition and urge them to gallop without any mercy without giving them a moment to rest, the horses may have big problems.

Therefore, after the pursuit reached such an extent, Zhu Zaigui had to suppress his inner impulse and ordered the entire army to stop, watching the fleeing Tatar bandits escape to the mountainous area in the northern suburbs of Beijing.

"Don't chase after desperate enemies. The defeated Tatar soldiers have already fled to the mountains, which is not conducive to the deployment of cavalry. Besides, our horses have reached their limit. It is difficult for them to charge at the extreme speed like we did at the beginning and suppress the fear of the bandits."

"What if these bandits set up an ambush at a dangerous pass in the mountains? Wouldn't our victory be a joke? Therefore, it is wise to stop when it is enough."

Teng Xiang bowed and said, "Great Marshal, your opinion is excellent!"

Zhu Zaigui chuckled, and then asked, "Has the order to the left and right armies been sent out?"

Teng Xiang said: "General, rest assured. I have already arranged for a messenger to be sent out. I believe that in two hours, the left and right armies will gather here and wait for your orders."

Zhu Zaigui nodded, "Okay, notify the entire army to rest for two hours and get enough rest. After the main army reunites, the entire army will attack! I also want to let these Tatar bandits experience what it feels like to be oppressed by a large army."

Zhu Zaigui smiled complacently.

Although there was no time to count the casualties in this battle, Zhu Zaigui could roughly judge that the original 70,000 to 80,000 Tatar bandits were now reduced to at most 30,000 to 40,000 remnants.

Moreover, these 30,000 or 40,000 remaining soldiers were already frightened, and they must be afraid of everything. If they were given some psychological pressure, coupled with their already insufficient food and grass supply, they would definitely not disobey orders and continue to flee north. Otherwise, there would only be two options left for them: either starve to death or be killed!
No matter which of these two paths you choose, it is a dead end.

Since they are all dead ends, naturally no one would really be willing to walk on them to survive.

After all, this war is not a legendary story, with all the twists and turns and clichéd plots of survival.

War is war, it is always extremely cruel and one-sided. Except for a very small number of greedy and reckless people who will be killed by the enemy, the majority of the rest will not give the enemy any chance to turn the tide.

Because after the war reaches this point, the victorious side will only concentrate more and more superior forces and sweep all the way in an upright manner. They will never use all kinds of surprise troops and make risky military actions like they did at the beginning.

Because the offense and defense have changed, the situation has been reversed and it is no longer the original critical moment.

Since we are the party with the advantage, we must learn from the mistakes made by previous enemies and not let ourselves fall into the passive situation of previous enemies.

Therefore, if you want to maintain the victory and achieve greater results after a great victory, you have to learn the tactics of Prime Minister Cao. After winning the Battle of Guandu by means of a surprise attack, the first thing he did was to concentrate all his forces and advance step by step, not giving Yuan Shao any chance to breathe, and directly conquered the entire north.

It is not like some famous battles in history where they won a jackpot but only gained a tiny bit of territory and benefits afterwards.

In a sense, this great victory was at most a temporary victory. It was not like Boss Cao, who became the overlord of the entire north in one fell swoop at the Battle of Guandu.

Therefore, in order to maintain the results of the war, Zhu Zaigui had to calm down at this time, waiting to concentrate all his superior forces to encircle all the remaining Tatar bandits in the endless Yanshan Mountains, and cripple them all at once, so that they would not be able to move south for at least ten to twenty years.

In this way, this battle can be considered a real victory, instead of thinking that you are invincible just because you have scraped the sha.

About half an hour before Zhu Zaigui ordered the entire army to rest in place and wait for the left and right armies to join forces, an accident finally occurred at the Shunyi Industrial Park headquarters behind the Chaobai River.

A group of braided-haired bandits appeared out of nowhere and inexplicably appeared near the industrial park. The guards patrolling outside the industrial park were also shocked after discovering this group of bandits. They thought that there was a hole in the defense line somewhere, allowing the Tatar bandits to take advantage of it and come to their rear.

For a moment, the entire industrial park fell into absolute alert. Chen Hong and Li Fang instantly became tense. The front line was fighting hard, but something went wrong here. What a dangerous signal!
The two immediately ordered all the armed guards in the entire industrial park to gather and be on high alert.

At the same time, the two of them quickly sent a message to the Chaobai River front ten miles away, asking them to be mentally prepared for another tough battle.

Huang Jin was standing by the Chaobai River, looking at the vast ocean in front of him, which had washed away countless Tatar bandits in the river and turned them into fish and shrimps. He was impressed by Prince Yu's godly military skills. He had just cleared out the Tatar bandits who had rushed through the defense line, and was preparing to take a break and then write a secret report to Emperor Jiajing.

However, the Shunyi Industrial Park in the rear sent a message that a bandit appeared near the industrial park. When Huang Jin saw the message, his originally relaxed expression suddenly became tense again.

Huang Jin stood up suddenly, "Order all soldiers to return to defend the industrial park!"

(End of this chapter)