Chapter 279 Don't step half a step into the Great Wall
Chapter 279 Not allowed to step into the Great Wall
For today's Ming army, there is really no pressure to deal with a small tribe with a population of fifty to sixty thousand. The Fourth Army only dispatched half of its troops and easily captured it.
Of course, the reason why it is so easy has a lot to do with the fact that the Tuxie Tu tribe has just arrived. In fact, for the Mongols, this head-on fighting method is not their strong point. In contrast, the nomadic tribes are better at fighting.
Guerrilla.
However, the prerequisite for fighting guerrillas is that their base is not discovered. In the past, the Han army often couldn't find the Mongolians' base, so they were led by the nose to attack them. But this time, the Tuxie Tubu was directly exposed.
The army was blocked at the foot of Guihua City.
At this time, under Guihua City, more than 50,000 Tuxietu people were squatting on the ground with worried faces. Small children were shivering in their mothers' arms. Those young girls also had evasive eyes. Everyone was worried about themselves.
and the fate of loved ones.
Fortunately, everyone has heard that the Han people are never indiscriminately murderous, especially when it comes to women and children who surrender. This is why the Tuxie Tubu chose to surrender and give up resistance.
It is true that Huang Degong did not kill indiscriminately. The Ming army had strict discipline and strictly prohibited intentional killing of prisoners, looting, embezzlement and other things that were not in line with the moral values of the Han people.
This is also the reason why Huang Degong must bring five thousand Tumut cavalry, because then they will be able to do things that are inconvenient for the Ming army.
Similarly, the reason why Huang Degong was unwilling to show the military order to Hou Xun at the beginning was because he was worried that the literati would use it to throw dirty water on the imperial concubine in the future.
After all, although the imperial concubine's military order did not clearly state it, anyone who was not a fool could understand its meaning. Huang Degong was also prepared to take the blame. Fortunately, with the second military order, the imperial concubine changed her mind.
Therefore, Huang Degong did not wait for the Tumote troops to return, and began to screen and deal with these prisoners. Even the prisoners with minor injuries were treated by medical soldiers.
Dozens of leaders and their immediate family members, including Agula and Bater, were selected and held incommunicado.
There are more than 500 people in total. These people belong to the nobles of the Tuxie Tu tribe and control the inheritance and knowledge of the entire tribe. Without these leaders, the other people are like a loose sand and can be easily conquered.
Huang Degong planned to escort all of these 500 people 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 them were organized into two cavalry battalions, and then the cavalry battalion and the chariot battalion were sent to Houtao to exterminate Huihui.
The wives, children, parents of these Mongolians have all been naturalized, and Huang Degong also promised that as long as they are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty, they and their families will have no worries about food and clothing in the future. If they perform well and make meritorious services, the court will also grant them the status of knights.
They would be rewarded with pasture for cattle and sheep, and if they had made great achievements, they would be awarded a title and have their own territory, so almost everyone expressed their willingness to fight for the Ming Dynasty.
This time Huang Degong did not go in person, but only sent a major general to lead the team. Obviously, he did not pay attention to those events at all.
After the young and strong men followed 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.
At this time, the Tumote tribe had been chasing Huihui all the way and had almost caught up with Huihui. After two days and two nights, Huihui had lost the initial momentum and was tortured to death.
Ten thousand people were led by the nose by five thousand Tumuts, chasing but unable to catch up, and walking but unable to escape. They were like maggots attached to their bones, being constantly consumed.
In the end, they had no choice but to escape back to Houtao, but they still couldn't escape the pursuit of Tumut cavalry. Only 3,000 people out of 10,000 people managed to escape back to Houtao's station.
After these Hui Hui fled back to their base, they immediately wanted to take their tribesmen back to Ningxia and no longer wanted to stay in the back. Not to mention the Ming army in the front, they couldn't deal with the five thousand Tumote cavalry alone.
, even produced a psychological shadow.
But facts have proven that if you want to move to Ningxia under the eyes of the Tumut cavalry with one person and three horses, you will also face huge challenges.
But Hui Hui also knew that there was only a dead end if he stayed, so he had to bite the bullet and migrate. Naturally, he was harassed by Tumut's cavalry all the way. Members of the tribe were shot and killed every day. If you were not careful, your women would be snatched away.
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In just three days, the returning migratory team not only traveled a few dozen miles, but each one of them became frightened and frightened when they heard the sound of horse hooves.
The cavalry of the Tumote Department never collided head-on with the returning cavalry. It was not until the fourth day that the Ming Army's cavalry battalion finally caught up with a newly recruited Mongolian cavalry battalion. The young and strong Huihui in the team had to cry.
Leaving behind the old, weak, women, children and all their belongings, they fled back to Ningxia on horseback. In the end, only a few 5,000 people fled back under the pursuit of the Mongolian cavalry.
This was because Ningxia Huihui sent cavalry to respond, otherwise the entire army would probably be annihilated.
Ningxia belongs to the northwest and is under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Army. The major general who led the team did not dare to pursue them rashly and had to report the situation to Huang Degong.
"Major General, what should we do with these people and the loot?"
Looking at the captured 30,000 to 40,000 old, weak, women and children and the large amount of supplies, the eyes of the hundreds of Tumut leaders were red, and they all looked expectantly at the young general leading the team. If not for the photo taken in
Given the Ming army's intimidation, these leaders might have started robbing them long ago.
Even the 10,000 Mongolians from the Xie Tu tribe who had just recovered looked at the women, children, cattle and sheep with envy.
"If you hadn't clung to these Hui Hui this time, they would have fled back to Ningxia long ago. The general's order is that except for the war horse leather, which must be handed over to the court, the rest will be used as 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 to speak slowly.
"Thank you so much, General, thank you so much, General..."
All the leaders were overjoyed immediately, and all of them were laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.
According to the rules of the grassland, only fertile women and children below the wheel can stay. Even so, there were more than 20,000 people left, hundreds of heads, each of whom was divided into more than 200 women, children and children.
A large number of livestock, as well as a small amount of food, property and other items.
When the naturalized Huang Degong learned that the remaining Huihui had fled back to Ningxia, he wrote to Wu Sangui and asked if he wanted to help. If so, he could send 10,000 cavalry to assist the Sixth Army.
After all, the expedition to Mobei must have been prepared for a period of time, waiting for the imperial court to send a batch of supplies from Datong before departure, so I asked out of good intentions, but unexpectedly Wu Sangui refused with words and warned the Fourth Army not to set foot on the Great Wall.
To the south, otherwise don't blame Wu Sangui for not caring about the righteousness of his colleagues and writing a letter to impeach Huang Degong for crossing the border with his troops and plotting evil.
Huang Degong was not angry at all. In fact, he was just talking. Even if Wu Sangui agreed, he would never dare to send troops into Ningxia before the imperial concubine's reply arrived.
Sure enough, the red lady's reply was to tell the Fourth Army to stop meddling in other people's affairs. The Sixth Army was responsible for Ningxia's affairs. The Fourth Army was not allowed to step even half a step into the Great Wall, and asked Huang Degong to return to the capital to report on his duties.