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Chapter 189 They are not dead, I am uneasy!

When the British Duke Zhang Weixian and Qin Liangyu came to Emperor Chongzhen, they were secretly shocked when they looked at Emperor Chongzhen with disheveled hair and the 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry left behind Emperor Chongzhen.

Originally, the 50,000 cavalry of the Jing camp and the New Army, and when they were struck, only half of the remaining ones were left. The 10,000 cavalry that King Shunyi and Zhuoliktuhan pieced together were not too much, but there were only six or seven thousand left. Only the 3,000 cavalry of the Xibe tribe were killed in battle. However, whether it was the Jing camp, the 10,000 cavalry, or the 3,000 cavalry, everyone was injured, but it was just a difference between big and small.

However, what made Zhang Weixian and Qin Liangyu secretly frightened was not that the proportion of the war loss was so large, but that the remaining 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry did not disintegrate under such a large war loss. The slightest murderous aura could not be felt by others. How could the British Duke and Zhang Weixian, who had been through the battlefield for a long time, not feel it?

In Zhang Weixian's view, although the previous Jing camp and the new army were quite effective under the training of himself and Liu Xingzuo, their discipline was just stronger than other garrisons. As for combat effectiveness, it was not the same as the Ming army that chased and conquered the north and beat the Mongolian cavalry when the founding country. The difference between the two can be described as far apart.

But now looking at it, although the formations of these people are a little scattered, the arrogance that I am the best in the world and whoever refuses to accept it finally appears again.

It can be said that the Ming army, whose muscles and bones were broken since Tumu Fort, had already been exhausted and stood up again in this battle.

Zhang Weixian and Qin Liangyu did not follow Emperor Chongzhen in the north along the way. I don’t know how Emperor Chongzhen did this step, but in Liu Xingzuo’s opinion, he was this emperor who usually did not understand military affairs. He was born to be the kind of person who ruled the troops and wiped out the Liuhe.

We fought all the way north and killed all the way. By constantly extermining small tribes, we brought the soldiers the belief of winning and accumulated their confidence; distributed spoils fairly and openly, cultivated the soldiers' idea of ​​fighting, and then inspired their shame and sense of honor through cutting their hair in front of the formation.

The multi-pronged effect is that this army less than 40,000 will bring more than 40,000 pressures. It seems that there is a million troops opposite, and these 40,000 soldiers will not take them seriously. As long as the emperor gives the order, they will dare to rush straight to the enemy.

No matter what Zhang Weixian and Qin Liangyu were thinking, it is important to pay a visit to Emperor Chongzhen first.

However, Emperor Chongzhen stopped the two of them from ceremonial behavior and spoke directly: "No need to be too polite for now. I will order the soldiers you brought to clean the battlefield together. Apart from war horses, I don't need a living person in the Chahar tribe!"

When Zhang Weixian heard this, he was shocked. Since he was not sure what the specific situation was at that time, he had to persuade him: "Your Majesty, it is not good to kill prisoners since ancient times. How could he leave these prisoners as coolies to atone for their sins?"

Chongzhen sneered and spat: "Lin Danhan captured my Ming people and forced me to let go of a way for him. If I don't kill the bastards of the Chahar tribe today, how can I be worthy of the dead Ming people? The British Duke doesn't have to persuade him too much, I'm uneasy if they don't die!"

Just as they were talking, a soldier found the golden crown that had been removed from the ground when Emperor Chongzhen cut his hair, and respectfully presented it to Emperor Chongzhen.

But he didn't expect that Emperor Chongzhen did not reach out to pick up the golden crown, but instead pulled out the short knife around his waist, grabbed his hair, and cut his hair into something like a dog's chewing.

Zhang Weixian and others were about to persuade him, but they heard Emperor Chongzhen say loudly: "Mongolia and Liaodong are injustice. What are the faces of the Ming people who died in vain opposite me? The Tartars will not be destroyed for a day, and I will not grow long hair for a day, and finally show them with short hair!"

The soldiers of the Jing camp and the new army who were closer to Emperor Chongzhen, heard the emperor's words, pulled out knives from their waists and cut off all their hairs. The ones behind them were far away. After hearing the retellings of the soldiers above, they also took a moment of silence and drew their knives to cut their hair.

For a moment, the small grassland was covered with broken hairs cut by the wind. After a while, the remaining 20,000 cavalrymen in the entire Beijing camp and the New Army, none of them had complete long hair.

After Chongzhen secretly said that the morale of the army was available, he then said to British Duke Zhang Weixian and Qin Liangyu: "First clean up the battlefield, behead the head, wake up tomorrow and build Jingguan, and then talk about the rest when you go back." The implication is that this Jingguan has been established.

When Zhang Weixian heard this, he smiled bitterly. There was no good way for the emperor to be willful. However, although Zhujingguan's behavior of nakedly proclaiming martial arts was criticized by the literati, he felt extremely excited and no longer persuaded him. He just bowed his hand and took people to clean the battlefield.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "There is another living person here! It is the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

When Chongzhen, Zhang Weixian and others heard this, they rushed over together. In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, if he could survive the battlefield where more than 100,000 people were still a Ming people with his hands tied up, he was simply the template of the protagonist.

After Chongzhen and others passed, they saw two soldiers holding a young man of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in a scholar, with red lips and white teeth. They cursed in their hearts and cursed the little-faced Emperor Chongzhen with a concerned expression on his face and asked, "Young man, how are you now? Can you speak?"

The young man nodded weakly and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, and forgives students for not being able to treat them."

When the boy called himself a student, Chongzhen felt a little displeased, but he still said, "Where is your family?"

The young man looked around in confusion and found that no one as lucky as himself could survive. He cried and choked up, "Your Majesty, the student's surname is Liu and his name is Xiaoyao. He was originally a person from Xuanfu. He accompanied Neizi to visit his parents' home two days ago, but unfortunately he was captured by the Tartars. Seeing that the students were scholars, they did not kill the students, but they were not alive. When the war broke out, the students were just under the pressure of the people next to him, and then they escaped the disaster."

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen said sadly: "This is my fault. Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation in the future!"

The young scholar named Liu Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "It's nothing to do with Your Majesty. If students and others go to the desert, they will probably live a life of slaves that are worse than pigs and dogs, and they will be better than death."

After a while of slowing down, Liu Xiaoyao had already had a little strength. He suddenly broke away from the soldiers who were supporting him, knelt down and kowtowed continuously, "Please beg your Majesty to be kind to the students and let the students join the army to avenge these tragic deaths!"

Chongzhen pondered for a while before saying, "You should follow the army first. If you can't bear the suffering, don't mention this matter again."

Liu Xiaoyao kowtowed and said, "Thank you for your grace! Students cannot kill all these dogs and Tartars during their lifetime, and are willing to be trampled to death by thousands of horses!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and ordered people to support the scholar named Liu Xiaoyao to rest first, and the rest of the people continued to clean the battlefield.

By the time the battlefield of the entire war was completely cleaned, the moon was already in the middle of the sky, and it was the scene in the second half of the night. At this time, the dry food brought by the tens of thousands of cavalry led by Chongzhen was gone. Fortunately, the cattle and sheep left behind after the herders of the Chahar tribe were killed and scattered, and there was another bonfire barbecue dinner.

The soldiers who roasted the whole sheep and beef around a bunch of bonfires did not dislike the bloody smell that was almost insoluble after the battle. The piled up corpses and broken limbs and broken arms were accompanied by the exhausted people who slept in a slight manner after eating.

Apart from the night when he was sent out to guard, Emperor Chongzhen, Zhang Weixian and others did not sleep. He kept wandering among the soldiers, and from time to time he helped the soldiers who had kicked the blankets to cover the blankets back. It was not until dawn that Emperor Chongzhen slept for a short time.

After all, Emperor Chongzhen was young and was the first time he was leading his troops to experience such a big cavalry duel. He only slept for a while before getting up. In fact, it was scary to think about it. Nearly 200,000 people were opening a piece on this grassland, and he was still the one who took the lead in charge. Chongzhen felt that he was not dead, and that he was completely a halo of time travelers covering him, or was he the son of this plane?

After Chongzhen rose, Zhang Weixian, Qin Liangyu and others who were awakened by their own personal soldiers also came to Chongzhen. Looking at the Jingguan that was rising little by little, Chongzhen said: "Build a stone tablet and engrave the book: In the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty led his troops to fight north and defeated the Mongolian Lin Dankhan here. He killed 100,000 enemies. Because he captured the people of the Ming Dynasty, all of them were beheaded and built Jingguan here, thinking that those who lead the beasts and eat people are banished!"
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