Chapter 80: Please Descend
. "Ah" Galdan's body shook and almost fell to the ground. He grabbed the collar of the leader Qiexue and shouted: "How is that possible? Ben Khan has never heard of a firearm that can be fired continuously. Do you dare to lie to me?"
In fact, when the Ming army was in front of the fort, the Mongolians had already experienced it. However, there were too few beads in the fort, mixed with a large number of muskets, which made the Mongolians difficult to distinguish. This time, the Ming army gathered dozens of beads and mills in front to serve as the front, and defeated the Mongolians in an instant.
"Shank you, you hear the sounds outside, it will be too late if you don't leave."
"Ka, da, da."
"Catch Galdan alive, don't let him run away."
"Run quickly, the Han people will definitely kill us."
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Galdan's face was as pale as snow, and he felt a stream of blood rushing into his throat. Seeing that the sweating looked wrong, the leader of Qiexue hurriedly supported Galdan out of the tent, pushed Galdan up on a good horse, and called the hundreds of Qiexue stationed outside the tent, protected Galdan and fled.
Seeing that the Khan had left, Abaha, Cewang Alabtan and others hurriedly left the tent and led their respective troops to run away. The entire Khan tent became empty.
The Ming army made a stance of defending from the beginning, giving the Mongolians an illusion that although the Ming armaments were powerful, they were good at defending but not good at attacking.
But how could an army equipped with so many cannons only defend but not attack? After realizing that the Mongolian people were greatly reduced, Du Xiaoshan immediately ordered all the beads in the general to gather together. First, the cannons spoke, and smashed the Mongolian cavalry slightly closer to the ground and attacked them in a concentrated manner. Sure enough, after a try, the Mongolians did not even have the courage to resist and would only run away desperately.
After Galdan and others escaped, the Mongolian army was completely out of control, and the entire Mongolian camp collapsed. There were Mongolians running away like headless flies everywhere. The pursuing Ming army had already replaced the sabers and easily cut and killed the lagging Mongolians.
"After one battle, General Du is really a tiger general." On the hillside, Zhu Cizhuo was excited to see him. If he hadn't been concerned about his identity, he would have jumped onto the horse and joined the pursuit of Ming army.
As a prince, Zhu Cizhuo naturally reads history books. The Ming Dynasty drove the Mongolian Yuan to establish the country. However, the Mongols were like a cancer growing around the Ming Dynasty. In addition to Taizu and the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty maintained its absolute advantage over the Mongols, and the Mongols rushed into the border of Daming to burn, kill and loot. More than half of the Ming military expenditure was spent on the nine sides, but they could only shrink and defend. In the battle of Tumu Fort, even the Ming Emperor became a prisoner of the Mongols.
Now, there is only a mere garrison army, and the Mongols attacked the country. Within one day, the Ming army was defeated ten times more enemies. Only then did Zhu Cizhuo understand how powerful the Ming Dynasty was. Such an army was not just one or several, but more than one hundred.
At this point, the Confucianism's political and moral cultivation, and the way the conscience of the Yibin gradually faded away from Zhu Cizhuo's mind. With such a powerful army, what if the barbarians don't accept it, just be defeated.
Even though Du Xiaoshan was disdainful of engaging in the camp and received such praise from the eldest son, his heart couldn't help but thump and replied softly: "Thank you Your Highness."
In addition to artillery and guards, the Ming army had joined the pursuit ranks, and the Ming army left behind were cheering for their victory and did not notice this small episode.
The Ming army and the Mongols who were chasing gradually moved away. A set sun hung in the slanting sky, and the sun shone down. The entire battlefield seemed to be covered with a layer of blood-red color, with war horses and Mongolian corpses everywhere.
The Ming army did not clean up the battlefield, but just checked the bodies of the Ming army. Du Xiaoshan ordered to leave. When hundreds of Ming troops left in the end, vultures that had already hovered in the sky quickly pounced down and snatched the bodies of humans and horses. In a few days, the flesh and blood on the entire battlefield would be swallowed up by various animals, leaving only a lot of bones, and the grass here will be particularly lush next year.
After running for dozens of miles, Galdan woke up from a daze. At this time, there were only more than one hundred entourages around him. Thinking of the 30,000 cavalry when he came, Galdan came from sadness. With a clang, he pulled out his long sword and was about to commit suicide. Qiexue next to him hugged his arm tightly: "Sweat, keep the green mountains there, don't be afraid of burning firewood. We still have a large area of territory, so we can definitely start over."
Can you start over? Galdan shook his head. There would be no chance to make a comeback. This battle shattered all Galdan's ambitions. If he could not see the gap between the Junggar Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, then he would not be a Khan, but a hopeless stupid donkey.
However, after being persuaded by Qiexue, Galdan dispelled his will to death. Although he lost 30,000 cavalry, with the population of the Junggar Khanate, if he was willing and regardless of the consequences, he could recruit another 100,000 cavalry. Although he could not fight with the Ming army, he could develop westward.
Galdan cheered up his energy and felt exhausted all over. When he looked at it, the horse was so tired that he was breathing. He simply ordered the guardian Qixue to rest for a while. Half an hour later, more than one hundred Qixue and Galdan met one after another, so that the guardians of him reached 300.
Just when Galdan wanted to wait to see if there were more Qixue joining each other, the gunshots of the Ming army rang out. Galdan was shocked and was about to turn over and escape when a Qixue, who had broken the rear, rode a horse to report to Galdan: "Khan, dozens of Ming soldiers are catching up."
"Does of people, are you sure?" Chief Qie Xue asked in his heart.
"Yes, Minggou only has dozens of people, but it's very fierce. We have more than a hundred brothers killed."
Qiexue is the guard of Khan, and she is extremely arrogant. Qiexue must be Qiexue who is with Qiexue. Galdan felt distressed when he heard this. I wonder how many more cages could be collected in these three thousand Qiexue?
"Shan..." Leader Qiexue stared at Galdan with a hint of desire. This battle was too cowardly. Qiexue didn't even have a chance to go into battle. Now they have 300 people, and the other party has only dozens of them. If they can eat this part of the Ming army, they can also breathe a sigh of anger.
Galdan thought about it and said decisively: "Go."
He has lost, and it is meaningless to eat this small group of Ming army. After the defeat, what is more important is to stabilize the internal situation. His top priority now is to rush back to his nest as quickly as possible.
Seeing that the Khan disagreed, the leader Qiexue had no choice but to escape with Galdan. Shortly after they ran away, a Ming army of more than 30 people appeared at the place where they were resting. Seeing the traces of large-scale camping of people, the Ming army chased after him without any hesitation.
The pursuing Galdan was a Ming army team. The Mongols fled in dispersion, and the Ming army could only pursue them. At first, they were in companies, but now they could only use teams. The Ming army did not consider much about whether the Mongols would fight back. It was not easy for the Mongols to eat a team of Ming troops. Moreover, the Ming army pursued them all had one person and two cavalry, and it would not be too late to escape if they could not defeat them.
The next day, Galdan found himself in trouble. He was actually tied up by the Ming army behind. No matter how he escaped, the Ming army was like a gangrene with bones and could not be shaken off no matter how much he shook it. It was no wonder that Galdan and his party had a big target. Although the Ming army was pursuing did not know that they were chasing Junggar Khan, the target of more than 300 people had already predicted that there must be a big man inside, and how could the Ming army let go.
Galdan had no choice but to use the gecko tail-cut survival technique on the third day, leaving a hundred Qiexue to block the Ming army. After destroying the Qiexue, the Ming army delayed for a long time and could no longer pursue Galdan, so they had to give up.
During this blockade, Qiexue showed loyalty to the Khan and would rather commit suicide than reveal his identity. Otherwise, even though Galdan escaped for half a day, this Ming army would probably not give up on the pursuit.
Half a month later, when Galdan returned to Kobdo, he was hit hard again. Cewang Alabandan, who returned to Kobdo, not only robbed all his property, cattle and sheep, but also captured all his wife Anu and others.
Looking at Kobdo who was robbed, Galdan was frightened and angry. At this time, there were only two hundred Qiexus beside him, which could be said to be at the end of his life.
However, Galdan showed his strength and was not defeated by the rebellion of Cewang Alabandan. He quickly contacted Tibet's Sanjay Gyatso, Qinghai's Boshoke Tujinon and other Taiwan-Jiangzi, and received some food and livestock support.
Although Galdan wanted to cut off Cewang Alabutan's head immediately, he gritted his teeth and bowed his head. Through mediation by Dibasanjie Gyatso, Boshoketujinon and others, he allowed Cewang Alabutan to return his wife Anu and some of his property in the form of allowing Cewang Alabutan to semi-independent.
Galdan was not worried about Cewang Alabutan. As long as he stabilized, it would be easy to capture and kill Cewang Alabutan. The only thing that made him worried was the attack of the Ming army.
After winning a great victory against Galdan, the Ming army began to attack the northern part of the desert. In just one month, the Ming army had already taken Altai, Ulya Sutai and other places. If it weren't for the cold weather, Kobdo would not have survived.
By the beginning of next spring, the Ming army would definitely resume its offensive. What annoyed Galdan was that after the previous battle failed, tens of thousands of camels he used to transport military rations to fall into the hands of the Ming army. With these camels, the Ming army's supply capacity increased greatly. If the Ming army was allowed to attack, it would not be safe even if it fled to the foot of the Tianshan Mountains next year.
In November of the 20th year of Hongguang, Galdan sent a team of dozens of people to Urge City despite the cold weather and asked for surrender to the Ming army.
Du Xiaoshan did not dare to be good at Galdan's request for surrender. After sending people to escort the surrender team to Nanjing, he continued to attack the Mongolian in the northern part of the desert.
By the time this team arrived in Nanjing, it was the first month of the 21st year of Hongguang. After receiving the request from Galdan, the civil servants were undoubtedly very excited. The so-called defeat of the troops without fighting is the best strategy. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty had already obtained the relatively fertile southern Mo, and the civil servants were not interested in the land in the northern Mo.
Chapter completed!