Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 64 The Jurchens are destroyed!
Starting from the spring of the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, the Ming army began intense and orderly preparations for war.

At this time, in Liaodong, the Ming army had established twelve guard posts, and its actual control area extended to the Liaohe-Tieling line, controlling the entire western Liaoning plain, with more than 70,000 troops stationed.

However, relying only on these troops and horses, the defense is sufficient, but the offense is seriously insufficient.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a large amount of grain and rice to be shipped to Liaodong by sea to prepare for the war. At the same time, he also purchased 6,000 war horses from Goryeo (at this time, Lee's Korea had not yet been established, and Goryeo was a horse breeding ground for the Mongols) to supplement the cavalry. .

By the end of February, the Ming army no longer concealed its movements. Nine million ingots of yarn in the treasury were allocated for military pay. At the same time, 20 civilians were recruited from Beiping, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and northern prefectures and counties. Ten thousand, transporting 1.2 million shi of grain to Songtingguan, Daning, Huizhou, and Fuyu for storage as grain for the Northern Expedition.

In March, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Duke Xu Da of Wei who was stationed in Peiping as the general to conquer the captives, and Duke Tang He of Xin and King Zhu Di of Yan as the left and right deputy generals. He gathered the main force of the Ming army stationed on the northern border and led a total of 150,000 troops to march northward. .

On March 15, Xu Da's army left Songting Pass and strengthened the four cities of Kuanhe, Huizhou, Fuyu, and Daning as advance bases.

Seeing that the Ming army led by Xu Da was moving forward step by step, and a surprise attack was no longer feasible, Naha took the initiative to abandon his old nest in Jinshan, and ostensibly moved his main force backward, hoping to replicate Wang Baobao's battle at Lingbei, luring the enemy in-depth and defeating Xu Da. According to the tactics, the troops were dispersed and deployed in Taizhou, Yulin and other places.

However, Naha's strategic contraction did not have any effect. Xu Da, a veteran soldier, hoarded enough logistics supplies on the Daning front line and found out the enemy's situation. Together with the Liaodong frontier army, the Ming army totaled more than 200,000. They began to deliberately divide their troops and march towards Jinshan.

Sure enough, Naha's strategic contraction was just a disguise. In fact, his main force had moved to the flank of the Ming army 200 miles away. He saw that the Ming army was marching in separate divisions, and his idea was to concentrate superior forces to defeat them one by one.

It's a pity that Xu Da, after pretending not to see through Naha's disguise, predicted Naha's prediction.

As soon as Naha came out here with his main force to surround the troops marching on the flanks of the Ming army, other Ming troops came in large numbers, surprisingly fast. Naha was so defeated in this battle that he almost lost his life. Falling into the counter-siege of the Ming army, the tribe suffered tens of thousands of casualties.

After breaking his head, Naha Chu didn't even understand how the Ming army came so fast!
You know, before deciding to take action, Naha didn't even know which Ming army he was going to pick to fight, but the Ming army seemed to know it in advance. The Ming armies moved closer accurately, without any delay.

It’s not that our army is incompetent, but the Ming army has radios
The power of radio stations was also demonstrated in this battle.

After all, Nahachu is not a "wonderful man in the world" like Wang Baobao. He is not ranked among the famous generals in the world, so he is not unjust to lose to Xu Da.

Then the Ming army launched a large-scale attack, attacking Jurchen Kutun from Jinshan, and continued to approach the Naha camp. Under the heavy pressure of the Ming army, the hearts of the already discordant Naha troops were shaken.

On April 16, the Naha troops stationed at Yidu River led their troops to surrender to the Ming army.

On April 18, generals such as Gong Guantong of the Northern Yuan Dynasty surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing his troops dispersed, Naha realized that there was no hope of resistance and was forced to surrender.

The Ming army captured more than 3,000 officials and generals of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, more than 40,000 soldiers, and 80,000 subordinates. They captured sheep, horses, donkeys, camels, and baggage spanning more than 100 miles. It was a great victory.

The surrender of Nahachu not only allowed Ming Dynasty to take an important step in controlling Liaodong, but also cut off the only remaining wing of the Northern Yuan Dynasty after conquering Yunnan.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang personally conferred the title of Marquis of Haixi on Naha in the capital, and gave him the iron certificate and elixir book.

However, the Ming army led by Xu Da did not leave Liaodong. Instead, after a little reorganization, they marched towards the Jurchens entrenched in the old forests of the Changbai Mountains.

At this time, there were mainly three Jurchen tribes, namely, the Huligai tribe, the Towen tribe, and the Odoli tribe. The ancestor of Lao Nu, Meng Ge Timur (Aisin Gioro Mentemu), was still a Huli tribe at this time. A chief of a tribe affiliated with the Ligai tribe.

However, this Jurchen, who was regarded as an ancestor by the Qing Dynasty, was fishing and hunting in the mountains at this time, and he was not aware of one thing.

The end of the Jurchens is coming.

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Under night, the Jurchen tribe deep in Changbai Mountain has no light. Candles and oil lamps are scarce resources here.

Therefore, the entire Jurchen tribe was quiet.

However, the tranquility of the night was broken by a series of rapid footsteps.

An injured soldier covered in blood stumbled into the wooden house of Meng Brother Timur. "Chief! Oh no, the Ming army has entered the mountains! They are coming like a flood. Their numbers are endless. Several tribes have been slaughtered."

Timur, the fierce brother, was shocked and quickly grabbed the knife placed aside. As a tribal chief, he was one of the few people who could own iron weapons.

Later, Meng Brother Timur strode out of the wooden house, and his eyes were immediately attracted by the firelight that reflected the red sky in the distance.

The fire was like the eyes of an angry giant beast, flashing with a murderous light in the darkness.

And more fires are lighting up throughout the mountains, which means that many small tribes of Jurchens have been destroyed by the Ming army.

But before he could think of a countermeasure, the sound of horse hooves rolling in the distance like thunder gave him no time to think.

Obviously, the Ming army came to the door.

Groups of Ming Army cavalry appeared on the relatively spacious mountain road in the distance like a torrent of steel. Their armor shone with a cold metallic luster under the firelight, and the steel knives and crossbows in their hands looked particularly eerie in the night.

In front of them were hounds tracking bloodstains and Jurchen traitors acting as guides. All Jurchen tribes had been targeted by the Ming army.

These Jurchen tribes, which allowed the Ming army to maneuver cavalry through relatively spacious mountain roads, were obviously the first to suffer. The Jurchen tribes behind them, hidden in the deep mountains and old forests that could only be reached on foot, could be wiped out later.

Meng brother Timur knew that he had no way out. He quickly blew the horn and summoned all the men in the tribe to prepare for this sudden battle.

"Woooooo~"

The horns sounded, and the Jurchen men hurriedly climbed up, grabbing their weapons, and some even had no time to put on their animal skin clothes.

However, the weapons in their hands were only simple bone arrows and spears made of thick iron, which were so weak compared with the sophisticated equipment of the Ming army.

The well-trained Ming troops lined up in neat formations. They surged in like an overwhelming force, and the Jurchens were unable to resist them.

The Jurchens' bone arrows bounced off the Ming army's armor and slid down weakly. Their spears were broken into two sections under the Ming army's steel knives. The smell of blood filled the air. Timur, the fierce brother, watched helplessly. His own people fell one by one, and the blood of these Jurchens stained the ground red.

Soon, the Jurchens collapsed, and Timur, the fierce brother, ran away in shame.

His heart was bleeding, but he knew he had to live to have a chance to avenge his people.

Meng brother Timur turned around and fled deep into the dense forest with scars all over his body. He climbed up a big tree to avoid the Ming army's search. He clung to the rough tree trunk and tried his best to hold his breath and listened. Listening to the sounds outside - the clang of the Ming army's armor, the neighing of war horses, the shouts of soldiers, and the desperate shouts of his people.

Through the gaps between the dense leaves, he saw the soldiers of the Ming army wreaking havoc in his tribe like evil ghosts. Their swords flashed in the light of the fire. Each swing took away the life of a Jurchen. They let their war horses He raised his front hooves and then trampled on the Jurchens' bodies, treating the Jurchens as insignificant.

The wooden houses he was once familiar with collapsed in the raging flames and were reduced to ashes. Meng Timur's heart felt like it was being pressed by a boulder, and he could hardly breathe.

At this moment, Timur finally realized that his tribe, his home, and everything about him were in vain.

The air was filled with the smell of burnt wood and flesh. The smell made him feel sick and almost vomited. However, Timur did not dare to move and could not move because the soldiers searching for the Ming army had already entered the forest. He could only watch helplessly as his world was destroyed before his eyes.

However, just when the Ming army's searching soldiers had passed by, Meng Brother Timur thought he was safe, and finally breathed a sigh of relief so that the treetops swayed slightly, a sharp arrow pierced the treetops with a "whoosh", It pierced directly through his temple.

The body of Meng Brother Timur fell down with a clang.

The crossbowman of the Ming Army who was shooting arrows put away the military steel crossbow indifferently. In his opinion, this was no different from shooting a wild boar, and it was not an extraordinary result.

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