Chapter 540 The Strategy of Annexing the Grassland
Chapter 540 Strategy to annex the grassland
Author: seven fleas
Chapter 540 Strategy to annex the grassland
Compared with Alsuborot and the people who followed Dayan Khan, after seeing Li Huan, Dayan Khan did not lose his composure except for his rather ugly face, and looked extremely calm.
Even when a group of Ming cavalry came out from all directions and surrounded their group, Dayan Khan still did not panic and just looked at Li Huan.
Li Huan looked at Dayan Khan from a distance, and their eyes met.
All I heard was that Dayan Khan suddenly said: "I never thought that my carelessness would lead to such a big defeat. If the Immortal God does not bless me, the prairie men, what can I do? What can I do?"
Li Huan said loudly to Dayan Khan: "Dayan, your Majesty has a decree. If the Great Khan can be found, please ask the Great Khan to come to the capital to see him."
Dayan couldn't help laughing, and while laughing, he said to Li Huan: "I am the co-owner of the grassland, and the descendants of the royal family of the Jin family, how can I surrender to you, let alone let me go to the Ming court?
Meet the great emperor of tomorrow."
All Dayan Khan’s men around looked at Dayan Khan with sad expressions. Just as Dayan said, he is a descendant of the Golden Family and the co-owner of the grassland. If he is really a prisoner, he will go to the capital and be captured by the Emperor of Heaven.
If he was humiliated, how could he have the dignity to live in this world?
"Dayan, if you are willing to surrender, Your Majesty will definitely not treat you poorly."
Even if it was for the sake of conquering the tribes in the grassland in the future, the Ming court would definitely not kill Dayan, a great khan who had a high prestige on the grassland, easily. Instead, he would be given courteous treatment to conquer the grassland.
human heart.
But in Dayan's view, if he was asked to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, it would be better to have him die. None of the Khans of the Ming Dynasty had ever surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Dayan would never be the first
indivual.
Accompanied by the sound of horse hoofbeats, a group of elite cavalry was seen pouring out from the city gate, and Li Huan fell down and happened to land on a horse.
After driving his horse forward a few feet, Li Huan looked at Dayan and said, "Dayan, how are you considering whether you should follow me to the capital to see His Majesty?"
Dayan took a deep breath, glanced at Li Huan calmly, glanced at the people around him and said: "Everyone, I will never lose my identity and face as a golden descendant."
While speaking, Dayan Khan reached out and pulled out a gleaming scimitar from Alsuborot's waist, and directly wiped it across his neck amidst the exclamations of Alsuborot and others.
"Father Khan..."
"Sweat profusely..."
If Li Huan wanted to, he could take action to subdue Dayan Khan, but Li Huan had no intention of stopping Dayan.
Dayan has obviously had the will to die. For a heroic figure like Dayan, once he has the will to die, even if Li Huan saves Dayan Khan now, he will not be able to save him for the rest of his life. After all, there is no
Isn't it the truth that a thousand days will ward off thieves?
As Dayan Khan died, among the hundreds of people surrounded, a dozen more people drew their swords out of their sheaths and followed Dayan Khan to wipe his neck.
Li Huan couldn't help but sigh when he looked at these people. Dayan actually had a bit of personality charm. Even if he committed suicide after defeat, there would be people following him.
His eyes fell on Alsuborot and others. At this time, these people looked at their fallen companions and the body of Dayan Khan one by one. Li Huan said: "Everyone, Dayan is dead, you are still alive."
If you don't want to dismount quickly and surrender."
Alsuborot looked up at Li Huan and clenched his fists subconsciously. However, when he saw a group of elite cavalry of the Ming Army surrounding him, the unwillingness in his heart suddenly dissipated.
With a bang, the weapon in Alsuborot's hand fell to the ground, and the others also dropped their weapons one by one and chose to save their lives.
After all, in the face of life and death, there are absolutely few people who can truly die calmly. Even Alsuborot, the son of Dayan Khan, chose to surrender without mercy.
As everyone put down their weapons, soldiers immediately came forward and arrested them.
Among the hundreds of people following Dayan Khan, almost dozens of them were the chiefs of various tribes on the grassland. It can be said that at least one-third of the tribal chiefs on the grassland fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
With the death of Dayan Khan and the capture of many high-level officials alive, Li Huan no longer paid so much attention to this battle.
It can be said that the overall situation of this battle has been decided at this point, not to mention that under his arrangement, all the pass points may have been recaptured by the Ming Dynasty, completely blocking the Tatars' retreat route back to the grassland.
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Because Dayan Khan and others were captured alive, hundreds of thousands of Tatars seemed to have lost their backbone. In addition, after a night of running away, they were already in complete chaos. Now they were facing the pursuit of the Ming Dynasty.
The only way to escape is to surrender.
In the evening, Li Huan, who had escorted Alsuborot and other high-level Tatars who had been captured alive, back to the capital, received the news that after a day of pursuit and capture, the number of Tatar casualties was about 30,000, and almost all of them surrendered.
There are more than 80,000 people, and there are still 20,000 to 30,000 people scattered in the wilderness. I believe that within a few days, these people will either be killed or captured alive.
In the huge Qianqing Palace, none of the emperor Zhu Houzhao and the important ministers of the cabinet left. They were all waiting here for Li Huan's return.
When they saw Li Huan striding over, the people who were sitting there couldn't help but suddenly stood up. Even Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, also stood up and looked at Li Huan who was walking over expectantly.
"Li Qing, how is the battle going? Did Dayan escape?"
Obviously, Zhu Houzhao was extremely concerned about this battle. After all, Li Huan had described the possible results of this battle to him in advance, but as long as the dust did not settle, everything would still be unknown.
No one knows whether this battle can be as Li Huan said. It will not only severely injure or even destroy Dayan's troops, but also capture Dayan Khan alive.
Wang Yangming and others also looked at Li Huan, their eyes full of expectation.
Li Huan showed a smile on his lips, bowed to the emperor and said: "Thank you for your majesty's great blessing and God's blessing. I have fulfilled my mission. After the soldiers of the three armies fought hard all night, Dayan Khan's men and horses have been completely defeated. I surrender at the foot of Changping City."
They blocked Dayan, but Dayan refused to surrender and committed suicide in defeat. Except for a few people who followed Dayan, they all surrendered..."
Before Li Huan could finish his words, Zhu Houzhao, whose face was full of anticipation, could not help but excitedly clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Okay, okay, it's really great."
The rest of the people also showed joy on their faces. It can be predicted that the Tatars were defeated in this battle and Dayan's army of more than 100,000 troops was destroyed. Such a brilliant achievement even if we look at the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, it is
Extremely rare.
It can be said that just this battle can leave their names in history.
Just listen to Li Huan continue: "Now the army is escorting the captives back. In addition to the tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of Tatars who died in the battle, there are still 20,000 to 30,000 in pursuit. The number of captured people alone is 80,000.
So much."
Everyone looked at each other, even more delighted.
After all, a great victory is a victory, but if most of the Tatars escape and return to the grasslands, then this great victory will not seem so perfect.
Now listening to what Li Huan said, this battle was not only a great victory, it was simply perfect.
After the excitement passed, as the emperor took his seat, everyone also sat down.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the crowd and said: "My lords, after this battle, our Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about the threat of the northern grasslands for at least several decades. With such a great victory, I should lead hundreds of officials to sacrifice to the ancestral temple to comfort our ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor."
Throughout the dynasties, there has been a custom of winning great external victories and appeasing the ancestral temple, so for the emperor's proposal, the ministers naturally would not dampen the emperor's interest at this time, but expressed their approval one by one.
However, when the emperor finished speaking, Li Huan coughed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that this great defeat of Dayan happened when the grassland was empty. We should take advantage of this golden opportunity to send a large number of troops to the north to wipe out the grassland in one fell swoop.
Grassland, completely solve the grassland threat that has threatened our Central Plains for thousands of years."
An official couldn't help showing a bit of disdain when he heard this, glanced at Li Huan and said: "Qin Guogong is really joking. No emperor in the past dynasties has ever been able to solve the threat of foreign tribes in the northern grasslands. Our Ming Dynasty can have such a great power."
Victory, it has been quite difficult to stabilize the situation in the northern grasslands for decades. It is really crazy for Qin Guogong to want to completely solve the threat from the north."
As soon as the official opened his mouth, many officials in the hall naturally showed approval.
After all, what this person said is true. There has been no problem that can be solved in all dynasties. Li Huan now said that he would solve this threat, which was naturally regarded as arrogance.
However, Wang Yangming stroked his beard and chuckled: "The Duke of Qin has never taken the wrong target. If we can really completely solve the threat of the alien tribes in the north, it will be a great contribution to the present and benefit the future. Even we will be famous."
To leave a lasting legacy and shine through the ages, I don’t know what the Duke of Qin has to do..."
Li Huan smiled slightly when he heard this. He and Wang Yangming had always cooperated in a tacit understanding. Li Huan had mentioned it to Wang Yangming about solving the threat to the northern grasslands, so when Wang Yangming spoke at this time, he was obviously cooperating with Li Huan.
Li Huan chuckled lightly, glanced at everyone and said calmly: "Everyone, the reason why the grassland has always been a threat to the Central Plains Dynasty is that it is difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to control the grassland. If we can build a
There are majestic cities one after another, and then connected to the heart of the Central Plains with concrete roads, tell me, can those alien races from the grasslands still roar in the grasslands, come and go without a trace, and become a threat to our Central Plains?"
Many people's expressions changed greatly after hearing this. They are not stupid. They have seen the magic of cement with their own eyes. They know the roads being built and the city walls rebuilt with cement.
However, if it is true as Li Huan said, even if it cannot truly solve the threat to the grassland, it can definitely greatly reduce the threat. If it is supplemented by other means and policies, it can even be considered to a certain extent.
Solved the crisis on the northern grasslands.
Li Huan said with a serious look on his face: "Your Majesty, please ennoble the princes and nobles on the grassland and divide the tribes on the grassland. At the same time, build large and small cities on the grassland with abundant water and grass, and divide the pastures to stabilize those who live there."
Tribes large and small with no fixed abode..."
As Li Huan put forward his suggestions for the grassland one by one, many ministers' eyes lit up. Is Li Huan's suggestion feasible? If it is feasible, what kind of effect will it have? These people are naturally
Can think of it.
If they really followed what Li Huan said, they could already foresee that the grassland would no longer be a threat to the Central Plains from now on.
Imagine that the large and small tribes on the grassland were divided into princes and nobles by the Ming Dynasty. The tribes were divided into pastures, their nomadic areas were defined, and each tribe built a city and connected it with roads.
By then, as long as the Ming Dynasty has stationed large armies at important nodes, even if some tribes are restless, they will not be able to cause any trouble.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the pondering ministers with a smile and said, "What do you think of what Li Qing said?"
Yang Yiqing stroked his beard, took a deep breath, bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that what Qin Guogong said is a good strategy for stabilizing the country. Please immediately send a large army to the north of the grassland to completely level the grassland and make it part of our Ming Dynasty territory.
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As Yang Yiqing spoke, the rest of the people also spoke one after another. If they still objected now, they would really be recorded in the history books and be infamy for thousands of years.
They dare to say that today's scene will definitely be recorded by historians, and it will definitely remain in history and be praised by future generations.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes narrowed, he stood up suddenly, and said with imperial majesty between his brows: "Qin Duke Li Huan listens to the order, I order you to take charge of the three armies and level the grassland for me."
"Your Majesty, please accept the order and thank me!"
Li Huan's clear and resolute voice echoed in the hall.
"Wang Yangming listens to the order."
Wang Yangming immediately stood up and bowed to the emperor.
"I order you to take charge of the cabinet, coordinate the six ministries, fully cooperate with Li Qing, implement strategies of division and restraint, build roads, build cities, relocate people, and station troops. I will open up territory for the Ming Dynasty."
Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Wang Yangming bowed with great solemnity and said, "I accept the order and thank you!"
The seventh day of May in the eleventh year of Zhengde
General Li Huan, who had just wiped out hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops in the first battle, was ordered again to lead an elite army of 100,000 people northward to sweep the grasslands.
The various tribes in the grassland that have not yet reacted to the shocking news of Dayan Khan's defeat never dreamed that the Ming Dynasty, which had not set foot outside Jiubian for decades, would once again leave the border town and directly attack under the leadership of Li Huan.
grassland.
Originally, Li Huan's name was notorious on the grasslands. In the past, there was still Dayan Khan who could stabilize the hearts of the people on the grasslands. However, this time Dayan died, and hundreds of thousands of elite troops were all destroyed.
Facing the oncoming Ming elite, the panicked grassland tribes had no choice but to surrender, other than fleeing for their lives.
It can be said that in less than half a year, the Ming Dynasty cavalry almost traveled across the vast grassland. Hundreds of tribes, large and small, were surrendered, and more than a dozen tribes were flattened during the period. This shocked the grassland in one fell swoop.
, causing the chiefs of the tribes in the grasslands to go to Beijing one by one with the household registration lists of the tribesmen, and accept the imperial court's rewards as a sign of surrender.
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