Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 68 Kill the prisoners! !

At first, Bai Chu was shocked when he heard this decree. He never expected that the plan to exterminate the Jurchens was just getting better, and the decree actually arrived.

Bai Chu thought that the plan would fail halfway, but he never expected that Zhu Di would be so courageous and directly disobey the imperial edict, and a general would be outside, and the emperor's orders would be compromised.

This deepened Bai Chu's understanding of Zhu Di. It seems that the history books are right. Zhu Di's filial piety to Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed not groundless.

With the delivery of this decree, the Ming Dynasty army in Fushun Pass became busy again, and the frequency of attacks became higher and higher, which shocked the entire Liaodong.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally found out about Zhu Di's disobedience.

Zhu Yuanzhang became furious in front of Zhu Yunwen and cursed:

"I'm still alive! The fourth child actually dares to disobey the order?"

"Does he think I'm going to die, so he wants to monopolize the power?"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, Zhu Yunwen felt happy in his heart, but on the surface he looked worried, and comforted him: "Grandpa Huang, please don't be angry, lest you get hurt.

"Maybe the fourth uncle really has something to hide, or maybe the fourth uncle has noticed something, so he doesn't dare to return to Beijing.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became vigilant.

Yes, if the fourth child knew that his rebellion had been discovered, would he still dare to return to Beijing?

As for Zhu Di's statement that he wanted to destroy the Jurchens and avenge the people of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that this was a joke.

Does the fourth child feel that he is old and has something wrong with his brain? That's why he dared to be so unscrupulous?

When Zhu Yuanzhang was attacking Liaodong, he did some research on the Jurchens and found that although they were fierce, they were very tenacious, and the most important thing was that they liked to hide in the mountains, so the Ming Dynasty army could not find them at all.

Although Tatar is hidden in Mobei, it is a grassland after all and can be seen clearly from miles away.

However, in this forest, there are trees everywhere, where can they find them?
  Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Di must be lying, and he felt that there must be something fishy in it.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate and issued the imperial edict directly.

"Let Ning Wang Zhu Quan take over Zhu Di's military power immediately, and then lead the army back to the capital."

"Recall King Yan and ask Zhu Di to come to Beijing immediately without delay."

“After seeing the will, execute it immediately.”

Since Zhu Di doesn't listen, let's replace him with the obedient Zhu Quan. He really doesn't believe that these sons can still disobey his orders.

In the blink of an eye, July has entered.

After more than half a month, Zhu Di finally captured enough Jurchen prisoners. Although this number was not large, it didn't matter. After all, Zhu Di had captured 90,000 Tatar soldiers before this.

They were all locked up in a military camp outside Fushun Pass. In order to prevent the prisoners from running out to cause trouble, they were only provided with one meal a day. Zhu Di also fulfilled his promise. Now in the Ming Dynasty, the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens closest to Liaodong were all killed by Zhu Di and disappeared.

The remaining Jurchens in these places either ran east or north, towards the territory of the wild Jurchens.

Unfortunately, the savage Jurchens are located in a remote location. Despite Bai Chu's guidance, the Ming soldiers were unable to penetrate deep into the mountains to pursue the Jurchens.
  In the end, Zhu Di had to give up, but the remaining 270,000 people were enough.

In the 7th year of Hongwu's reign, on July 15th, the Ghost Festival, the gate of hell opened wide.

Today is very special, and it is also this day that will leave the strongest mark in the history books of the Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Bai, are everything ready?"

Zhu Di and Bai Chu were sitting in the tent. Zhu Di looked as usual and asked Bai Chu softly about the blood sacrifice. Bai Chu didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

"Everything has been arranged. The location is by the Liao River in Fushun Pass."

"The altar has been built and the statue of the god is in place. All that is left is for the blood sacrifice to be completed."

This blood sacrifice ritual was exchanged by Bai Chu from the system, and it was also the most common ritual.

Although it is simple, the effect is extremely good. As long as the head of the person undergoing the blood sacrifice is cut off, the power of qi and blood in the body can be absorbed to complete the blood sacrifice.

When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes suddenly burst out with strong murderous intent, and he said in a cold voice:
  "In that case, let's get started!"

Afterwards, Zhu Di called all the generals to his camp.

The expressions of the generals were all relaxed. After more than three months of fighting, the Liaodong Jurchens' base camp was finally secured. This is something to be happy about.

Moreover, they also knew that Yan King Zhu Di had already planned to collect and withdraw his troops and return to Peiping. Perhaps, this time, he gathered the generals to discuss the withdrawal policy.

Soon, the generals came one after another. Zhu Di and others arrived, and then said to everyone:

"You have worked hard these past few months. When I return to Peking one day, I will definitely ask the imperial court for your reward."

The faces of all the generals showed joy. Isn't it just for this moment that they fought desperately on the battlefield?

However, Zhu Di's next words surprised everyone.

"Now, the number of our captives has reached 270,000 Jurchens. What do you think?"

Zhu Quan frowned slightly. Since these people had surrendered, they should be taken back to the Ming Dynasty for a good education. How could they be caught and released so quickly?

This gave Zhu Quan a bad feeling. From the fourth brother's tone, it seemed that he had no intention of letting them go, but...
  Zhu Di also noticed Zhu Quan's strangeness. He knew that Zhu Di had already made a guess in his mind, but he did not say anything more and continued: "Old Fourteen, what do you think?"

When Zhu Quan heard this, he didn't say much, and directly tried to persuade him:

"Fourth brother, the killings and prisoners are unknown."

These two simple words seemed to contain endless power, causing a commotion in the camp.

Kill prisoners? !

The prince actually wants to kill the prisoner!
  The Ming army's policy on prisoners of war was still very good. Except for Chang Yuchun, who liked killing, almost no other generals killed prisoners of war.

Firstly, it was to weaken the enemy's resistance morale, and secondly, because of Chang Yuchun's sudden death, most of the generals became vigilant.

It is said that General Chang Da died so early because he received retribution for killing innocent people indiscriminately.

Although I don’t know whether the rumors are true or false, I am not afraid of ten thousand, just what happens.

Therefore, the generals of the Ming army would not kill prisoners if they could, but now, King Yan had to risk the disapproval of the world.

“My lord, this is absolutely impossible.

"Your Majesty, you have to think clearly.

Seeing that everyone understood what he meant, Zhu Di no longer needed to hide it, but his excuse changed and said: "The army has been fighting for so long, and we no longer have enough food."

(End of this chapter)