Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 62 Anyone who offends our Ming Dynasty will be punished from generation to generation!

Behind Zhang Yu is a red sea, like a flood that bursts from the dam, surging from the foot of Fushun Mountain.

Zhu Yuanzhang was from the south, so the Ming Dynasty people admired flames, so their armors were all bright red.

In Fushun Mountain, Arutai no longer insisted on letting Lu Kebo go down the mountain, but followed Lu Kebo and began to flee north.

The most elite Tatar "Qixue Army" has not participated in the battle since the fighting broke out in the morning until it is almost evening.

Only when reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty arrived, they protected Lu Kebo and Arutai and fled north.

The rest were the 120,000 Tatar cavalry who were struggling to their death and were pitifully abandoned.

"The Tatar khan has escaped, your khan has escaped!"

Someone from the Ming army shouted something in Mongolian. The Tatars were startled and quickly looked back.

As a result, it was discovered that Lu Kebo and Arutai had already disappeared.

The appearance of Zhang Yu was like a big mountain, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the Tatar army was defeated like a mountain.

Everyone is rushing up the mountain.

Unfortunately, at the beginning, they ran down at the fastest speed, but now, they are walking up at the slowest speed.

After a day of fierce fighting, these Tatars were exhausted and could not escape the pursuit of the Ming army.

In the end, 90,000 Tatars were captured alive by Zhu Di. This war destroyed the savings of the Mongols for more than ten years.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. It's too late in the future. I hope you will forgive me."

Zhang Yu, covered in blood and pale, knelt in front of Zhu Di and apologized.

"Haha, you came just in time, what's your crime?"

Zhu Di won a great victory and wiped out an army of 100,000 troops. He was in a great mood.

According to Zhu Di's original idea, Zhang Yu should be stationed at Tieling Sanwei to prevent Lebbock from escaping from Liaodong from the north.

Zhu Di never expected that Zhang Yu would suddenly appear here and give Tatar a fatal blow.

While Zhu Di ordered his men to collect the prisoners, he also ordered people to set up camp in place, treat the injured, and count the casualties.

When Zhu Di saw Bai Chu again, Bai Chu still looked calm, but the dark red brocade robe was stained with a layer of blood. It can be imagined that Bai Chu wanted to fight for this battle. , how much effort was put into it.

Zhu Di looked excited, put a hand on Bai Chu's shoulder, and looked pleased.

"This battle was the most thrilling in my life. If Mr. Bai hadn't come to the rescue, my brothers and I would have died on the battlefield.

"Mr. Bai, please accept my bow."

Zhu Di was about to kowtow to Bai Chu, but Bai Chu grabbed him and said:
  "You and I have both been prosperous and devastated."

Zhu Di was very excited after hearing Bai Chu's words. He held Bai Chu's hands tightly and said:
  "In this life, if my husband doesn't let me down, I won't let him down either!"

Seeing this, Zhu Neng, Zhang Yu and others felt a little sour in their hearts.

Before Bai Chu appeared, they were sworn brothers who lived and died with Zhu Di, but everyone was convinced of Bai Chu's ability.

After all, no matter how cruel they are, they are just cruel people and belong to the category of human beings. But Bai Chu's strength was so strong that he didn't even look like a human being.

After all the dust settled, Zhu Di discussed matters at the foot of Fushun Mountain.

There are two most critical questions now. First, although the Tatar army was defeated and the culprit Lebbock escaped, should we continue to hunt him down?
  The second thing is that the defenders of Fushun Pass rebelled, Fushun Pass was opened wide, and the Jurchens took the opportunity to invade Liaodong, Ming Dynasty. What should they do? As soon as Zhu Di mentioned this, Zhu Neng immediately jumped up and said indignantly:
  "Lebbock's blood debt must not be allowed to escape."

"The last general is willing to lead his army to hunt down Lebbock. Even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, I will kill him."

Qiu Fu also took a step forward and said loudly:

"Yes, blood debts are paid with blood. The blood debts of the people of Haizhou can only be repaid with the blood of Lebbock."

Zhu Di looked at the excitement of the crowd and nodded silently.

"Let's rest for the night today. Wait until tomorrow. Zhu Neng, you can take five thousand elite cavalry and seven days of dry food to pursue Lebbock."

"If we haven't caught up with this person within seven days, we will catch up with him immediately. There must be no mistake."

When Zhu Neng saw that Zhu Di agreed, he felt happy and said quickly:
  "The general will obey the order."

Zhu Di's eyes fell on everyone present and asked:
  "Now that the Jurchens have invaded our Ming Dynasty, Liaodong, for no reason, colluded with the rebels, and killed the people and soldiers of our Ming Dynasty, what do you think should be done?"

Zhang Yu stood up at this time, cupped his fists at Zhu Di and said:
  "Your Majesty, the Jurchens have never been willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, but the Jurchens are mostly in mountains and forests."

"The mountains are densely covered with dense forests. Even if we want to destroy them, we will still face many hardships."

"If she really hides in the mountains and forests, there's nothing we can do against them.

"In my opinion, why not send an envoy to rebuke these Jurchen tribe chiefs and ask them to hand over the murderer as a warning to others."

"If not, I'm afraid the emperor will blame me if I go on an expedition in vain."

Zhang Yu's explanation is reasonable.

The reason why the Jurchen clan was able to stand firm under the rule of the Ming Dynasty was because their geographical location was too special.

The essence of Liaodong is the Liaodong Plain. This area was occupied by the Han people. The Ming Dynasty even built the Great Wall to resist foreign invasion.

Moreover, Liaodong is surrounded by mountains, with the Greater Khingan Range to the north, the Changbai Mountains to the south, Heilongjiang and the Lesser Khingan Range to the east.

There are dense trees in this mountain range. This is not a good place for Han people to live, because Han people like places where they can farm, and these places obviously cannot farm with peace of mind.

In stark contrast to the Han people, most areas here are inhabited by the Jurchen tribe.

The Jurchens make a living by fishing and hunting, and have a natural affinity for mountains and rivers. It is precisely because of this that the Jurchens have become persevering and good at fighting.

For the Ming Dynasty, in order to conquer the Jurchens, they had to go deep into the mountains and forests and face ferocious beasts at all times. If they got lost, they might get lost in this primitive forest and never come out.

Moreover, the terrain of the mountains and forests is not suitable for large armies to deploy, and it is easy to be ambushed by the Jurchens who are familiar with the terrain, so the Ming Dynasty is not willing to take huge risks to conquer the Jurchens.

This also resulted in the Jurchens being basically semi-independent in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty also used the policy of restraint to govern these places.

However, this time, the Jurchens were so courageous that they came to stroke the Ming Dynasty's tiger beard. This matter could not be left alone.

Although Zhang Yu's analysis made sense, Zhu Di was a little dissatisfied. Just as he was about to speak, Bai Chu stood up and said firmly: "Jurchens, those are foreigners."

(End of this chapter)