The Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely rebellious

Chapter 122 Suddenly ran into the inner trap again
Wanli personally led an army of 100,000 to Ningsai Fort, and it seemed that he was here to quell the rebellion.

Ningsai Fort is less than a hundred miles away from Ningxia Town. If he is not here to quell the rebellion, what else is he here for?

Who would have known that he actually used the grain carts as bait to lure the cavalry from the Ordos tribes to rob the grain.

That’s nothing.

Immediately afterwards, he personally led his army to Neitao to attack the Ordos tribes!

Early in the morning at about 11:00 a.m., a thunderous sound of horse hooves was heard in the valley north of Ningsai Fort.

The cavalry of the Shenwu Camp formed a long dragon and rushed directly into Neitao along the Hongliu River Valley, then split into eight groups and headed straight to the north.

There was an even longer queue behind them.

The Shenji Camp rode nearly 30,000 captured war horses, in addition to the original 8,000 war horses pulling 8,000 grain carts, which was even longer than the long line of 40,000 light cavalry.

Behind them are five thousand Jinyiwei light cavalry and tens of thousands of imperial guards light cavalry.

When this long dragon rushed out of the Hongliu River Valley, it was already around noon and the morning sun had risen.

They did not disperse because their target was not the Ordos tribes in the inner area.

Wanli led more than 50,000 troops northward without any intention of stopping.

Neitao is not entirely grassland, nor is it completely flat.

There are mountains, valleys, and even deserts and Gobi.

The mountains in Neitao are quite special. Not only are they undulating, but there are not many trees on them.

All the lower mountains here are covered with grass.

To be honest, this kind of scenery is very rare and it seems that it is not available anywhere else.

They traveled at a leisurely pace, covering only about 150 miles a day, heading north.

The cavalry of the Shenwu Camp, however, ran wildly in all directions, heading straight for the grazing grounds of the eight tribes of the Ordos tribe that had entered the Neitao. When they reached the land, they spread out like branches growing from a giant tree. When they encountered tents scattered like flowers, they pounced on them and killed and captured them all.

At about noon on the first day, a team of fast riders arrived and reported victory.

Xiao Ruxun, deputy general of the Shenwu Front Camp, has led his troops to capture the tribe closest to Ningsai Fort.

Then came the continuous good news.

The cavalry of the Shenwu Camp made very smooth progress. By the afternoon of the next day, they had captured six tribes, leaving only the two northernmost tribes with no news.

At about 5 p.m. that afternoon, they had just crossed a desert Gobi of nearly 100 miles and arrived near a lake of two or three miles in radius.

There are few rivers in the middle of the inner basin, so desertification occurs.

At this time, tens of thousands of war horses were extremely thirsty. When they saw the lake, they ran towards it as soon as they could.

Seeing this, Wanli simply ordered the army to set up camp and spend the night there.

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp immediately unloaded the tents and supports from the grain carts and began to set up camp.

Soon, tents popped up one after another on the grass on the south side of the lake like mushrooms after a rain.

With more than 50,000 troops, tens of thousands of five-person tents would have to be built. The grassland south of the lake seemed not enough. The tents continued to extend northward along both sides of the lake, as if to cover the entire lake.

Wanli saw that it would take some time to set up a huge circle of tents, and was about to take the imperial concubine Qin Lan to the lake to see if there were any fish, when suddenly a thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the southeast.

With such a big commotion, there must be at least thousands of people!
The cavalry of the Shenwu Camp were escorting prisoners, cattle, sheep and horses, so it was unlikely that they would come here. Why were there so many cavalry in the southeast?
He was just wondering when Qi Jiguang came riding over and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, it's Duke Cheng and General Du."

It is understandable that Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen caught up, but why did Du Tong follow him?

When Wanli heard this, he couldn't help but look puzzled.

Not long after, Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen came riding over with Du Tong, his head hung low.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Wanli couldn't help but ask curiously, "Yingzhen, what's going on?"

Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen said somewhat embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, I didn't catch Zhang Jie." This was not very surprising.

It is very likely that Zhang Jie ran away early because he knew he was exposed.

Wanli shook his head slightly and said, "It's okay, they can run away, the monk can run away but the temple cannot, the three great families of Puzhou will definitely not be able to escape.

I asked you to arrest Zhang Jie just to get some evidence. It doesn't matter if there's no evidence. Anyway, I won't let the three great families of Puzhou go this time."

Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen actually shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Jie didn't run away, he died. When I arrived at the General's Mansion in Yulinwei City, he had already hanged himself in the backyard."

Is this murder to silence the witness?

Wanli thought for a moment and then asked, "What about the defenders of Heihedun? Didn't they all run away too?"

Duke Chengguo Zhu Yingzhen sighed helplessly, "The defenders of Heihedun didn't flee, but the guerrilla generals, captains, and captains who led them to Heihedun have all disappeared. The ordinary border troops don't know much about it.

They knew that their superiors had ordered them to keep silent when they saw the Northern Tartar cavalry, not to light signal smoke signals, and to pretend they hadn't seen anything."

The three major wealthy families in Puzhou have a lot of tricks up their sleeves.

The question is, how useful is a clever mind?

What matters these days is strength!

If you lose your strength, you are doomed.

As long as I can capture the border troops in Pianguan Town and Gansu Town, it will be a piece of cake to deal with you.

Wanli shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it, let them run away. They are just insignificant little characters. By the way, General Du, why are you here too?"

Upon hearing this, Du Tong said solemnly, "Your Majesty, Zhang Jie has paid less than half of this year's food and wages, and he has withheld four months' worth.

However, the treasury of the General's Mansion is empty, and the granary in Yulin City is also empty. I don't even know where they hid the food and money."

His!
The three major wealthy families in Puzhou are really sick. They took all the food and wages of the border troops. Do you need this little money?
These black-hearted vendors are so inhumane.

When Wanli heard this, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth.

However, he had no choice. Zhang Jie was dead, and no one knew where the food and money had gone.

He thought for a moment, then said decisively, "Go back and take a look at how much food and wages are owed. If you can't find out, give me a list and I'll order someone to make up for it."

Upon hearing this, Du Tong immediately pulled out a list from his pocket and said carefully, "Your Majesty, this general was finally ready yesterday."

You really care about your soldiers.

Wanli took the list and looked at it, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the number of troops recruited by Yansui Town was not large, just over 20,000, and the four-month food and wages were only about 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 shi of grain.

Wanli pondered for a moment, then ordered: "Go back first and send someone to Fugu to distribute the food that Zhang Weizhong has delivered directly to the soldiers.

The outstanding grain should be replenished within a month. As for the silver, I will order the navy to send a fast ship to fetch it, and it will be delivered to Fugu within half a month."

Upon hearing this, Du Tong bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

The three powerful families in Puzhou are really disgusting. Not only do they collaborate with the enemy and sell out their country, they also send people to make money everywhere as if they have never seen money.

These guys are really greedy. Wang Chonggu was impeached for withholding food and wages and had to resign. Wu Duina also confessed that when he was the governor of Xuanda and Shanxi, the three major families in Puzhou made it clear that he was withholding food and wages.

The seven border towns in the northwest have been thrown into chaos by these guys.

Fortunately, he trained the Beijing Camp.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp are really powerful, and the northern barbarians have no chance of defeating them.

On the afternoon of the third day, news came from the other two groups of troops from the Shenwu Camp that the remaining two tribes had also been captured by them.

At this point, they have completely recaptured the inner territory.

(End of this chapter)