At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 39 The Sword on the Grassland
This question made all the soldiers stunned.

They had never thought about such a question carefully before, but now that they think about it carefully, there have been countless wars in the history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and the battle with foreign barbarians outside the Great Wall is by no means the beginning.The ancestors defended their homes and defended their country against foreign enemies. I have never heard of any one winning by massacring a city.Looking at the sages and old friends, it is extremely difficult to find a famous general who killed women and children.

Zhu Qizhen sighed quietly, looking at the women and children all over the ground, his eyes were incomparably dignified, and he said slowly: "Because, we are human beings, not animals!"

We are humans, not animals!
Li Zhen and the others let out a sigh of relief at the same time, and the emperor's words immediately resonated with them.

The same is true of Zhu Qizhen's original intention. What he needs are elite soldiers, not demons who can only kill.

"Humans have humanity. We Han people are kind. This is a nature engraved in our bones and it will never be changed. If we follow the example of the Wala people and kill for the sake of killing, it will annihilate our humanity. That day will really come. , not only our sorrow, but also the sorrow of our entire nation. Let me ask you, do you also want to become beasts, beasts?"

Li Zhen shook her head hastily and said, "I don't want to!"

"That's it!"

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Fear of the hatred of others is a coward's behavior. Instead of slaughtering women and children to build courage, it is better to make yourself strong so that those who hate you dare not hate you. What I want is their complete surrender. !"

Having said that, he paused, then waved his hands and said, "Destroy the tent, burn the food and grass, and let them fend for themselves!"

Li Zhen nodded, turned around and waved her hand, and the soldiers of the [-] Battalion gave way in unison.

At this time, these Wala women who huddled together still couldn't believe it. The Ming army really let them go?

Fear, hesitation, anticipation...

After an unknown amount of time, a few courageous women held their children in one hand and moved slowly, testing the Ming army's reaction.

Seeing that there was no one to answer them, they shouted anxiously and ran with their children, only to hear the screams of women and the cries of children, one after another, resounding through the grassland.

After doing all this, Zhu Qizhen finally breathed a sigh of relief. The biggest difference between him and the ancients is that he has a modern thinking. He cherishes life and does not want to see innocent lives being slaughtered.

Although he knows very well that being kind to the enemy is being cruel to himself, he has other plans!
That night, the Ming army slaughtered and roasted all the sheep in the tribe, and everyone had a hearty meal around the bonfire.

Li Zhen approached Zhu Qizhen with a roast leg of lamb: "Your Majesty, here it is!"

Zhu Qizhen took it and took two bites, inadvertently caught a glimpse of Li Zhen's expression, as if he was still distressed about letting the Wala people go.

"Uncle Xiangcheng, how old are you this year?"

"Going back to the emperor, the minister has just passed his thirties."

"Have you ever been married?"

"Already married."

"Do you have children?"

"I have a daughter," Li Zhen said with a sudden warm smile, "every time I go home, the little girl will wait for me at the gate."

Zhu Qizhen nodded, chewed the mutton and said: "If one day, the flames of war spread to the land of Ming Dynasty, and we all died in battle, do you want your wife and daughter to have an accident?"

"Of course I don't want to!" Li Zhen smiled wryly, and said, "I also understand this truth, but these Wala people... well, the emperor gave me a chance, but I couldn't grasp it..."

Zhu Qizhen raised his head, looked into the distance with deep eyes, and said: "I said before, what I want is the complete submission of all the tribes in the grassland, not taking a few women and children to vent their anger. Do you think it is the benevolence of women to let these people go?" ,Yes or no?"

"Chen, Chen... that's not what I mean..."

"The Qing family has something to say, but it's okay to say it. We will go deep into the desert alone. The soldiers should unite as one, be open and honest, and stop hiding anything."

Li Zhen nodded in confusion, and said, "Cut the grass but not the root, it is always a hidden danger."

"Sometimes, keeping them alive is more useful than dying!" Zhu Qizhen suddenly smiled meaningfully, and said, "Think about it, these people lost their homes and food, and have no self-sufficiency. Where are you going?"

Li Zhen pondered for a moment, her eyes widened suddenly, and she murmured, "Go to other tribes for help?"

Zhu Qizhen just smiled lightly, and continued to bite the leg of lamb in his hand.

Li Zhen said excitedly: "The emperor's move is extremely clever!"

In the vast grassland, the Three Thousand Battalion can only rely on luck to find these tribes. Now it's all right, someone will lead the way!
Thinking of Zhu Qizhen's outrageous appearance when he delivered a speech, Li Zhen couldn't help but murmur in her heart. I really didn't expect that our emperor looks so young, but he turns out to be an old cunt!
Zhu Qizhen seemed to see through his inner thoughts, and said: "Let them go because you don't want to increase the number of killings, and use them to achieve strategic goals. These are two different things. Don't slander me in your heart!"

Li Zhen felt the cold sweat running down her back, and hurriedly said, "I dare not!"

The Ming army rested for one night, brought enough mutton as dry food, and then burned the rest of the food together with the tent, and then continued to search along the traces of the Wala people who escaped last night. Soon, another hundreds of people were found. Human-scale tribes.

The people in the tribe were very surprised to see the fleeing women and children in front of them.

It was even more unbelievable to hear their stories.

Ming army?

How could the Ming army appear in the hinterland of the desert?

Just when they were hesitating and wondering whether they should take in these women and children, the thunderous hooves of horses sounded.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of killing, shouting, neighing of horses...

The Ming army was already familiar with the road, and continued to rely on the rapid advance tactics to catch the opponent by surprise.

After clearing the battlefield, it is still the old rule to let the remaining old and weak women and children go, rest in place, replenish supplies, and then destroy the excess cattle and sheep fodder and tents, and continue to move toward the depths of the grassland.

This method of fast in and fast out, and fighting to support war, made it impossible for the Wala people to prevent it, because when you got the news, the Ming army had already killed it.

There are many tribes in the vast grassland, and no one knows who the next target of the Ming army is.

The three thousand cavalry were like a sharp sword, piercing deeply into the heart of the Wala people.

At Gubeikou, Boyan waited for several days, and finally got the news that a cavalry force of about 3000 Ming troops had entered the desert and had already mopped up several tribes.

Only then did he understand, no wonder the Ming army had not been seen after chasing for a long time. It turned out that they didn't leave Gubeikou at all, but turned around and rushed into the hinterland of the grassland.

We have always been the only ones who looted the Han people in Wala, but now it is the other way around, they ran to the grasslands to burn, kill and loot!

Is there any reason?
Is there any king law?
"The little emperor from the south is deceiving people too much. If the order continues, the army will move out. These people must be found from the grassland. I will crush their bones with my own hands!"

With an order, more than [-] Oirat cavalry quickly assembled and marched toward the north in mighty strength.

(End of this chapter)