Chapter 1029 I Have a Plan to Destroy the Family

"How dare Huang Taiji escape?"

With the help of his guards who risked their lives to protect him, Manggurtai barely managed to escape from the attack of the Han general's army.

When he turned around, he saw that Huang Taiji, who was on the left wing with him, had disappeared.

At this time, his personal guards looked pale and pointed to the distance:

"Master, the central army is also retreating, and the dragon flag has fallen!"

"impossible!"

Manggurtai was about to yell, the dragon flag was the symbol of the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, how could it fall?
If the dragon flag falls, it means that Emperor Daishan is dead.

So, this is absolutely impossible!

But before he could curse, when he looked in the direction of the central army, he saw that the central army was indeed retreating.

And the dragon flag that was originally erected in the center of the army had indeed disappeared.

"Not good! Retreat, let us retreat too!"

Manggurtai was able to become one of the four great beiles, so he was certainly not a fool.

His reaction was only slightly slower than Huang Taiji's, but he knew what he should do.

Unfortunately, sometimes, being slow means losing your life.

Su Mingzhe led three thousand men to break through the left wing, regrouped, and then attacked Manggurtai's butt hard.

He is going to drill through it again!

An hour later!
Of the 100,000 troops on the left wing of the Jurchens and Tatars, more than 40,000 fled, more than 30,000 were wiped out, and only about 20,000 were left. Seeing that their leading generals had suffered countless casualties, they could only kneel down and ask for surrender.

More than 40,000 of the 100,000-strong army on the right wing were wiped out, and only more than 10,000 escaped and returned to the Khorchin tribe. The remaining more than 40,000 were surrounded by naturalized grassland warriors and had to kneel down and surrender.

Of the 200,000 central troops, 30,000 were chased and killed, 20,000 were wounded and unable to escape, so they had to surrender. The remaining 130,000 to 140,000 all fled.

Among the 130,000 to 140,000 people who fled, some followed Huang Taiji, and the rest returned to the Khorchin tribe.

In a decisive battle, 110,000 enemies were killed, 90,000 were captured, and 200,000 escaped.

Among the 90,000 prisoners, 40,000 were seriously wounded and died that night, leaving only 50,000 healthy prisoners.

Su Mingzhe ordered his men to guard the 50,000 prisoners while preparing to lead a pursuit to sweep across the Khorchin grassland.

On the other hand, Korchin Beile Manggus did not go to the battlefield because of his old age. After learning the result of the decisive battle, he immediately trembled and sent envoys to negotiate.

Logically speaking, at this time, there were still more than 100,000 troops on the Khorchin grassland, and compared with the army in the Central Plains, they still had an advantage in terms of military strength.

However, at this time, Manggus had no intention of organizing the army and preparing for war. He directly sent people to capture the families of the Jurchen generals, including his daughter Zhezhe and his granddaughter who was a few months old, and sent them to the Han army camp.

"This old guy is really cruel!"

When Su Mingzhe learned that Manggus had even sent his daughter and grandson, he immediately knew that Manggus was really ready to surrender.

"Your Majesty, then... do we accept Korchin's submission?"

Ding Yi has been sleepless for several days, and the circles around his eyes have started to become swollen and black.

In the decisive battle, the Jurchen and Tatar coalition forces were annihilated and most of them were captured, while the 100,000-strong coalition force of the Great Zheng also suffered serious damage.

Among them, more than half of the 50,000 Mongolians from the grassland were lost, leaving only more than 20,000 people.

The Zheng Dynasty also lost 20,000 of its 50,000 border troops.

The Qi family army lost 800 people.

The three thousand Han generals suffered the least losses, but they were still short of five hundred men.

Two months ago, an army of 100,000 soldiers left the country, but now only 50,000 are left.

If there is another war, no matter who wins or loses, there will definitely be only a few left out of the remaining 50,000 people.

Su Mingzhe wanted to solve the problem once and for all, but seeing that all the generals looked exhausted, he could only say helplessly:

"Tell the envoys of Manggus that I want them to offer twelve noble ladies to fill my harem, and to send hostages to study in the capital of my great state of Zheng!"

When Manggus' envoy heard the Han emperor's conditions, he immediately nodded in agreement.

This is too cheap for myself.

What noble lady, hostage, that was what was meant. The envoy returned to the tribe and told Manggus what Su Mingzhe meant.

Mangusi asked the most important question:
"What about the prisoners? Didn't you talk about them?"

The reason why Manggus was in a hurry to surrender was because he had no one under his command.

Su Mingzhe thought there were 200,000 troops on the Khorchin grassland.

In fact, among the 200,000 troops who escaped, more than 60,000 followed Huang Taiji all the way north.

There are more than 100,000 warriors from other tribes on the grassland.

Of the 80,000 troops under Manggus's command, only 20,000 escaped.

Among these 20,000 people, more than half are disabled.

Manggus, who had only 10,000 soldiers left, surrendered to the Han emperor in a hurry to avoid being annexed by other tribes.

The purpose of his surrender was to quickly redeem the captured Khorchin warriors.

The messenger's expression changed slightly:
"We discussed it, but the Han emperor said that they suffered heavy losses and needed to give these 50,000 captives as a reward to the Tumed tribe."

The Tumed tribe is a naturalized Mongolian tribe from the grassland.

Among the 50,000 grassland warriors who followed the army on this expedition, the Tumed tribe contributed 26,000 warriors.

Fifty thousand naturalized warriors fought bravely on the battlefield and successfully resisted the flank attack from an army of two hundred thousand.

As a result, more than 20,000 people were lost.

Su Mingzhe then decided to reward them with 50,000 prisoners.

When Manggus heard that Su Mingzhe was going to reward the Tumed tribe with 50,000 captives, he immediately became furious:

"No, go back and talk to the Han emperor. As long as he returns these 50,000 captives, we are willing to give them compensation. War horses, cattle and sheep are no problem!"

Early August.

After several rounds of negotiations.

Among the 50,000 captives, more than 10,000 captives under Manggus were redeemed.

Manggus compensated Da Zheng with 50,000 war horses, compensated the Tumed tribe with 100,000 cattle and sheep, and other supplies.

With these 10,000 captives, Manggus could protect himself, but he could only protect himself.

Mid-August.

After more than two months, the army ended the Northern Expedition and began to return south.

When the beacon tower of the Great Wall came into sight, Su Mingzhe could not help but let out a long sigh.

The original plan was that this expedition would be able to wipe out the entire Jurchens once and for all.

Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji was like a mouse. When he saw that the situation was not right, he immediately fled thousands of miles away.

Manggus also surrendered with all he had.

Although Su Mingzhe could accept the current result, he did not feel happy at all.
Xu Jinjue had been a guard for many years and knew why Su Mingzhe was unhappy, but he could only comfort him forcefully:

"Your Majesty, there are only tens of thousands of Huang Taiji left. He is just a minor infestation. Once the Jinyiwei finds out where he is, we will send a large army to encircle and suppress him next year!"

After listening to Xu Jinjue's words, Su Mingzhe shook his head:
"That Huang Taiji is not a scabby disease."

"Huang Taiji has a tenacious character, similar to his father. Now he has 60,000 troops at his disposal. I'm afraid he will be able to start over in less than 20 years!"

Xu Jinjue felt that Su Mingzhe's words were a bit creepy.

But if you think about it carefully, it does make sense.

Huang Taiji's grandfather was the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Nurhaci relied on Li Chengliang and his son to make a fortune.

Although Huang Taiji is a little down and out now, as long as he has half the ability of Nurhaci, it will not be a problem for him to start over with an army of 60,000.

"Your Majesty, how should we respond?"

Su Mingzhe thought of the old story of "sheep eating people" in Great Britain and couldn't help but sigh:
"I have a plan to wipe out the whole family, but it is too detrimental to the harmony of nature!"

(End of this chapter)