Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 781

The Daming cavalry, who were chasing after the Zhungeer cavalry, finally retreated and returned.

The cavalry of the Zhungeer tribe belonged to the rabbits, and they jumped fast, and the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty kept rushing continuously, and they really couldn't keep chasing.

Just like that, the first battle of the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition ended like this.

How should I put it, in this battle, the Zhungeer Department first gave the Ming army a surprise attack, defeated a part of the Ming army, and surrounded most of the Ming army.But it is a pity that in the end, the Zhungeer Department failed to eat the surrounded Ming army, and in the battle, because of the Ming army's elite and excellent equipment, it was beyond the imagination of the Zhungeer Department, which caused great harm to it. Many casualties.

If it is said that Hong Chengchou's reinforcements did not arrive in time, then this battle was indeed won by Zhungeer's troops.However, it was precisely because Hong Chengchou's troops arrived in time that they rescued the besieged Ming soldiers.

Taken together, in fact, this raid by the Zhun Geer cavalry army did not gain any advantage.There is also a price for giving up the opportunity to immediately annex and digest other tribes and instead take the initiative to attack the Ming army in Hami.

About [-] of the forwards of the Ming army were defeated, and two or three thousand were killed in battle. The remaining [-] Ming troops, although they could eat and drink enough food, would recover within a few days. But the war horses have already been killed and eaten, and if you want to get tens of thousands of war horses, you can't dispatch them in a short time.

Therefore, in general, the Ming army currently fighting in the Western Regions is about [-] cavalry led by Hong Chengchou.

This battle also proved the cunning of the Zhungeer Department, which exceeded expectations.This is a reminder to everyone: Daming's expedition to the Western Regions this time will not be as simple as imagined!
After this battle in Hami, Hong Chengchou also gave up his thoughts of making achievements as soon as possible.

For this expedition, he is the commander. He is responsible for the attack on the forward army. Of course, the greater responsibility lies with the forward commander Lu Daqi.

Another point is that Hong Chengchou arrived in time this time and rescued Lu Daqi's troops, which can be regarded as meritorious.

Anyway, if you kill him, you won't say it. He saved Lu Daqi's troops because he wanted to make meritorious service, and he didn't want to wait for the emperor to catch up with him. Hurry up, and then save Lu Daqi's subordinates, so that his merits outweigh his demerits, and it can somewhat relieve his desire for meritorious service.

That's it, while Hong Chengchou ordered to rest in Hami, waiting for the food and supplies left behind by the day and night journey, he wanted to protect Lu Daqi's troops and take care of them to recover as soon as possible. In addition, he waited for the emperor to arrive.Of course, the night does not accept will definitely be released.

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After Emperor Chongzhen learned about the battle situation ahead through the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Hong Chengchou, he accelerated his march and brought the hussar battalion to Hami on June 22, 22 Chongzhen.

At this time, the Daming cavalry army under Lu Daqi, or should be called infantry now, has almost recovered.However, Lu Daqi's body is not recovering well due to his advanced age.

After Emperor Chongzhen arrived, he first made a characterization of the first battle: this was a great victory, smashing the rebellious conspiracy of the Zhungeer tribe, and insisting on not surrendering in Hami, which just reflected the unyielding and unyielding nature of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, all Ming soldiers who stood firm in Hami were credited with merit and received a Hami commemorative medal.

Governor Lu Daqi of Gansu Province had meritorious deeds, but his deeds outweighed his demerits. He was promoted to the censor of Zuodu and concurrently Prince Shaobao, and he was allowed to retire and return home to recuperate.

In addition, all the soldiers who died in the Battle of Hami entered the Daming Martyrs’ Shrine to enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty, and their families received preferential treatment according to the law;

However, the part that fled during the Battle of Hami was the same as when the Liaodong tribe surrendered to Ming Dynasty. They were all reduced to slave soldiers, and they were allowed to continue fighting with the army.Of course, Emperor Chongzhen did not show mercy to those military officers with more than a hundred households who fled, and beheaded them in front of the army to show the public!

After the rewards and punishments were made vigorously and resolutely, Emperor Chongzhen was surrounded by about 1 Hong Chengchou's troops and more than 5 hussar battalion soldiers, with the number reaching more than [-] again.

However, more than 5000 of them became foot soldiers.It is inconvenient for these people to continue to follow the army because they cannot keep up with the marching speed of the army.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen ordered them to station in Hami and build Hami in preparation for the Ming Dynasty to control the Western Regions in the future.

Then, he led more than 5000 riders, marched west again, and set off from Hami in a mighty way.

This time, the whole army did not disperse. All the cavalry troops were combined. At most, there was a one-day journey difference between the various ministries. They were dispersed into two lines, north and south, and advanced towards Urumqi.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen did this not without a purpose.

Before Hami set off, he released the twelve captives of the Zhungeer cavalry army and told them clearly: "I am here, and I will give you the last chance of the Zhungeer tribe. I will wait for you at Luntai. After half a month, immediately surrender unconditionally. If you don't wait after the expiration date, the clan will be exterminated!"

The [-] unlucky Zhungeer tribesmen were captured by Hong Chengchou's troops during the rescue process and failed to escape in time. Zhungeer tribe sentries.They originally thought that they would be killed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to sacrifice the flag, but they didn't expect to be able to go back alive. Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, they agreed repeatedly and promised to bring the words to them.

Naturally, they would not have thought that Emperor Chongzhen had planted a Grade-A wiretapping seed on each of the three little bosses among them.Putting these people back would allow him to find out where the Zhungeer cavalry was hiding.If it wasn't for this golden finger, and if they didn't surrender to Daming, they would really have killed Jiqi.

The so-called Luntai is actually the Urumqi of later generations, which was first established in the Tang Dynasty during the Zhenguan period.Cen Shen, a famous frontier poet in the Tang Dynasty, once left here such popular poems as "Suddenly like a spring breeze coming overnight, thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom".

The north is the Zhungeer Basin, the south is the Yili area, and the west is the Tacheng area, which is the center of the original activity area of ​​the Jungar Department.

Hong Chengchou actually couldn't understand Emperor Chongzhen's deployment.However, Emperor Chongzhen Qiankun was arbitrary and didn't ask for their opinions, and they didn't dare to have opinions on it, so that's all they could do.

If you want to ask Hong Chengchou's opinion, he thinks that we should divide our troops.He leads the way, and the emperor leads the way, predetermining the target, outflanking and attacking together, so that if the Jungar tribe is really at the predetermined location, it is possible to encircle and eliminate the Junggar tribe.

But now the army is moving together, even if such a huge cavalry army can know where Zhungeer's troops are, the other party must have fled before they arrive.As for the unconditional surrender of the Zhungeer Department within a limited period, Hong Chengchou thought it was impossible.If they were really afraid of Daming and could surrender unconditionally, they would not have betrayed Daming, and would have obediently joined Oqiertuhan long ago.

Of course, the division of troops has another advantage, that is, Hong Chengchou may be able to make some achievements, which can be regarded as his selfishness.

However, Hong Chengchou also understood that according to the emperor's previous battles, even if he did something that seemed useless on the surface, it often proved to be very wise in the end.The most powerful thing about the emperor is that he can deduce the truth of things based on clues.In other words, the emperor is likely to figure out where the main force of Zhungeer's troops are during the march.

As for the news from the south, it is said that the emperor has a holy object from heaven to reward soldiers far away, so that soldiers far away can gain the ability to directly report news to the emperor.Regarding this point, Hong Chengchou, as a Confucian child, did not believe it.

In this case, even if the person who said this said it vividly, Hong Chengchou would not believe it.He believes that something like this is actually like throwing a copper coin to see the front and back of the army before going out to get the prediction of the war.

No matter what, it is absolutely beneficial and harmless for the emperor to rule Daming by casting a layer of mysterious reputation as the real son of heaven.

Based on this idea, Hong Chengchou led [-] cavalry troops, keeping a day's distance from Emperor Chongzhen, and marched toward Luntai together.

The cavalry army of Daming is the most powerful cavalry army in the Western Regions.More than 5000 cavalry troops spread out and marched westward all the way. The world seemed to belong to Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it would be more difficult if the Ming army did not collect at night. They spread out far in front, rear, left and right of the army. On the one hand, they were the eyes and ears of the army, and on the other hand, they had to collect as much military information as possible and detect the location of the enemy.

On the way to Luntai, according to the emperor's order, they took the herdsmen captured on the road, whether they were herdsmen from the Zhungeer tribe, or they claimed to be Heshuote tribe and other tribes, and escaped from the Zhungeer tribe by chance. They were all escorted to the central army where the emperor was, and then escorted to Luntai together.

Just like that, by the time Emperor Chongzhen led the army to Luntai, there were more than 200 such herdsmen.The Ming army detained them in several places and did not interrogate them. The most unusual thing was that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, surrounded by many generals, just looked at them.

At that time, almost all the herdsmen knelt down and begged the Emperor Daming, saying what tribe they belonged to, and they were most loyal and grateful to Daming, but the Emperor Ming ignored them at that time.Just left after the general in the army gave them some pointers.

Of course, everyone didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen actually planted Class C wiretapping seeds into each of their groups when he was listening to his generals introducing these captives.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to have forgotten that he was leading the army to suppress the rebellion of the Zhungeer tribe. Every day he either slept in the camp, went out to hunt, or patrolled the camp, watching the training of the soldiers and so on. The days seemed to be very leisurely. .

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