Chapter 504 Recovering the two guards
Zhengde's sneak attack was well prepared this time, and each link was linked to another. When Hua Dang was driven out of the military camp by artillery, he fell into an ambush by the Ming army. As a result, he fought left and right without any effect.
His side suffered heavy casualties. It was only at dawn that Hua Dang discovered
, after a melee in the middle of the night, nearly one-third of his cavalry had been lost, and the rest were all injured, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. On the other hand, the Ming army on the opposite side was in high spirits, because the number of Ming soldiers was theirs.
If it were doubled, the injured person would have been replaced long ago.
At this time, Huadang was already depleted of men and horses, and after dawn, the possible loopholes in the Ming army's encirclement had been filled, so if he wanted to rush out again, he basically had no chance, and even as long as Zhengde returned again
If you work harder, you can wipe out the entire Duoyan Guard force.
In this hopeless situation, Hua Dang once again made a decision, that is, to surrender to Zhengde. Anyway, this is not the first time they have done this, and they have tried their best. If they continue to fight, they will only die in battle.
There is only one way to go, and according to the survival rules of the prairie people, as long as people are still alive, there is hope for everything, so for Huadang now, the most important thing now is how to save his own life.
Zhengde was a little puzzled by Hua Dang's decision to surrender so decisively. After all, Hua Dang had previously shown an attitude of fighting them to the death, but now he was just surrounded, and the opponent still had nearly 20,000 cavalry.
, may not have the strength to fight, so in Zhengde's view, Huadang is far from desperate, but the other party unexpectedly surrendered. This made him unable to understand it anyway.
But soon Jiang Bin helped Zhengde explain the survival rules of the grassland people. And for a tribal leader like Huadang, if his cavalry suffered serious losses, even if he could escape, he would definitely be punished by the tribe.
Due to the cross-examination, they even lost their position as tribal leader, and other surrounding tribes would also be eyeing them, so Huadang could not afford to lose, so in this situation, they could only choose to surrender.
Understanding Hua Dang's wishful thinking, Zhengde quickly thought of a countermeasure. He personally received the envoy sent by Hua Dang to discuss surrender, and then personally promised to the other party that as long as Hua Dang asked the troops to lay down their weapons, everything would follow Ming's arrangements.
Then I can ensure the life safety of tribal leaders like them, and even reward them with official positions.
Hua Dang was naturally very excited when he learned that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had made a personal promise, and he also knew that the real target of the Ming Dynasty was the little Tatar prince, not himself, a small tribe in Liaodong. Even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to conquer the grassland, he might even
He had to rely on his own strength. So after considering it for nearly a day, he finally decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. All the Duoyan Guard soldiers laid down their weapons, and even their horses were handed over to the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhengde accepted Duoyanwei's surrender, as he said before, he did not renege on his word, but really ensured the safety of Huadang and other Duoyan leaders, and even granted them a Ming official position.
However, what Hua Dang never expected was that all the Duoyan Tou people would move to Beijing.
With the order of the Ming Emperor, he was never allowed to return to the grassland. Only then did Hua Dang realize that he had been tricked by Emperor Zhengde. He was going to use him as a puppet to completely remove himself from the Duoyan Guard, and when he arrived in the capital
After that, he had to behave like a dog with his tail between his legs, and he would no longer be the eagle that roamed across the Liaodong prairie.
Unfortunately, it was too late to realize it at this time. Duoyanwei’s cavalry had been disarmed by the Ming Dynasty, and they did not even have horses. If they showed dissatisfaction and resistance at this time, it would only lead to the massacre of the Ming Dynasty. Hua Dang did not think that the Ming Dynasty
The army would be so merciful, but these border troops were always very brutal when they killed the prairie people.
People were under the eaves and had to bow their heads. Although Hua Dang was extremely angry, he had no choice but to take his family and the leaders of the Duoyan Guard and rushed to Beijing under the escort of a Ming army.
City, where Zhou Chong had built a luxurious prison for them. Once they entered, they could never come out again.
With the surrender of Duoyan Guards, the Liaodong Army and Li Anliang's Japanese servant army also fought very smoothly against the Taining Guards. The Taining Guards were originally the weakest among the three Duoyan Guards, and the number of troops they faced was more than
There were ten thousand more Duoyan Guards, which made Taining Guards dare not fight head-on with the Ming army.
They can only send out groups of rangers to fight, use this method to hold back the Ming army, and then move their tribes towards Daning where Duoyan Guard is located. After all, in their view, it is better to disperse their forces to deal with the Ming army.
It is better for the army to join forces with the Duoyan Guards, maybe they can defeat one of the Ming armies.
But it is a pity that before the Taining Guards could join up with the Duoyan Guards, they received the news that the Duoyan Guards had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. As a result, the Taining Guards also made the decision to surrender almost at the same time. After all, compared to
After all, their strength is not even slightly worse than that of Duoyan Guard. Even Duoyan Guard surrendered, and Taining Guard naturally had no other choice.
Two of the three Duoyan guards have surrendered one after another, and now only the northernmost Funing guard has not responded. Speaking of which, Funing guard and Duoyan guard had some disagreements at the beginning, and the two sides also had several internal fights, just because of the Funing guard.
We don't have enough strength, so we can only stay at the northernmost point of the three guards.
In comparison, the conditions are relatively poor, and there is usually minimal communication with the Ming Dynasty. This time when the Ming Dynasty attacked Duoyan Guard and Taining Guard, Funing Guard had no response. Now that the two guards surrendered, Funing Guard
But they are still in a wait-and-see mode, and it seems that there is still some luck.
Zhengde could guess Funing Guard's plan, but he did not plan to use any more troops this time. Instead, he stationed the army in Daning. On the one hand, he could rest and reorganize, and on the other hand, he wanted to take advantage of Duoyan Guard and Taining Guard.
After the population of the land is digested, especially the strong men in these two guards, with a little reorganization, a good Mongolian cavalry can be established. This was also the original decision.
One of the original intentions of attacking the Three Guards of Duoyan was that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to rule the grasslands in the future, it would have to have a large-scale cavalry. The training of Han cavalry not only took time, but also consumed huge amounts of financial and material resources, so these Mongolian cavalry became a
This is a cheap option, coupled with the original mixed formation of the Ming cavalry, this kind of cavalry is enough for the Ming Dynasty to use.
However, in order to ensure the loyalty of the Mongolian cavalry in this cavalry, it is not enough to just mix Han and Mongolia. In addition, the Mongolian tribes of Duoyan and Taining will also be fully integrated into the rule of the Ming Dynasty. For example, Zhengde began
Build forts and cement roads in Liaodong, and then start from Hebei
Migrant Han people came to settle here, and merchants from the Ming Dynasty also rushed to order wool. With these, the tribes of Duoyan and Taining were closely integrated with the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the cavalry of these two guards would go on expeditions.
Outside, their families were in the hands of Ming Dynasty, so they naturally did not dare to have second thoughts easily.
It will naturally take some time to completely digest the two guards of Duoyan and Taining, but Zhengde seems not to be in a hurry at all. The entire army is stationed in the Daning area and is practicing constantly every day. By the way, Duoyan and Taining are also
The Mongolian cavalry of Ningliangwei and the Han cavalry were mixed together and conducted some adaptive training. Although there were still problems of one kind or another, overall the situation was developing in a good direction.
Regarding the stagnant actions of the Ming army, the Funing Guards in the north finally breathed a sigh of relief. From the current signs, the Ming Dynasty's military targets this time should only be the Duoyan and Taining guards. After all, these two guards were originally
They are close to the Ming Dynasty. They usually have the most contact with the Ming Dynasty, but they are the ones who go south to plunder every time. Funingwei is some distance away from the Ming Dynasty, so it is difficult to go south. Perhaps it is for this reason that the Ming Dynasty does not have the right to attack the Ming Dynasty.
They Funingwei took action.
However, the Funing Guards were obviously a little too optimistic. What they didn't know was that while Zhengde was busy digesting Duoyan and Taining Guards, the 50,000 servants led by Li Anliang and the 10,000 Xuanfu border troops quietly
Leaving Daning, passing through Guangning and the original Liaodong
Dusi, headed northeast, aiming directly at the Jurchen tribe located in the east of Funingwei. If the Ming Dynasty conquered the Jurchen tribe, then Funingwei would face a situation of being attacked from both sides. If it did not want to surrender, it would have to
Able to move north.
As autumn deepens, the Liaodong Plain has become very cold. The leaves on the trees slowly fall, and the weeds on the ground turn golden yellow. The animals are also seizing the last time to store food and fat for this purpose.
They can survive this severe winter safely, but some animals are very unlucky this year, because when an army of tens of thousands of people passes through their habitat, many of these animals cannot escape the army's poisonous hands, becoming special forces in the army.
meal.
Li Anliang led his 50,000 Japanese servants at the forefront. In the previous war against the Taining Guards, they had no large-scale contact with the Taining Guards. A small group of Taining cavalry were also intercepted and killed by the Liaodong cavalry.
, so his servant army has almost no chance to kill the enemy, which also makes these servant armies still maintain a complete organization to this day.
But this is what Li Anliang wants to see. After all, when he returns to Liaodong this time, his main enemies are the barbaric Jurchens, who are also the sworn enemies who massacred their whole family. For this opportunity of revenge, he has been waiting
He has worked for many years, and even paid a lot for this, and now he has finally waited for this opportunity, so he must maintain the maximum combat power of his army of servants. Only in this way can he avenge his family who died tragically that year! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!