Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 778 Destroy the bandit army

  Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao set off, and the scouts arrived on galloping horses, and found a lake in the north.

  Zhu Houzhao cheered up and checked the map. On the map, it seems that there is no lake here.

However, this map is not very detailed. Along the way, Zhu Houzhao re-marked a lot. He rode a horse and took away all the things he could take away. More than 1,000 people drove and drove more than 4,000 horses. , except for some horses that are responsible for carrying heavy supplies, the rest are all used for transferring during long-distance raids.

   Those who cannot be taken away are all gathered together and directly burned to ashes.

Zhu Houzhao ordered people to untie these old and weak women and children from the ropes: "It's up to you whether you can live or not. You need to understand that food and livestock are precious in this desert. Now except for the only horse meat and The little dry food I left for you, even if you seek relief from other Tatar tribesmen, they will not give you food. You know more about the rules in the desert than this commander-in-chief, so you know that here, the weak eat the strong , Now, there is a shortage of food, you are either reduced to slaves, or starved to death, if you want to live, come to Hexi and Datong, if not, you will die without a place to die, go!"

   With a big wave of his hand, he left behind these old and weak women and children, and behind him was also a fire that soared into the sky.

  Zhu Houzhao doesn't like to kill women and children. He prides himself on being a great hero, and he can't do such things as massacre.

  But...Zhu Houzhao once discussed these matters with Fang Jifan.

  Old method, very vicious.

Instead of killing women and children, they burned their grain and livestock to death. In this way, they would become a burden to other Tatar tribes, and among the Tatar tribes, they would fight and kill each other for food, because only those who had food Only people can survive. Once a large number of Tatars lose their food, the ruling foundation of the entire Tatar tribe will be shaken. There will be large-scale vendettas between various small tribes in order to seize rations. Even the Tatar Khan can't stop it, because even you Tatar Khan, it is impossible for your own troops to feed these women and children without eating or drinking.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao left a way for them to survive. The only chance for them to survive is to migrate. In the end, unarmed people obediently went to Hexi, Datong and other places and became prisoners of the Ming army. They must have a mouthful of food, but these people, But it is an important human resource in the future desert.

But... this trick seems beautiful, but Zhu Houzhao is a little unconfident. After all, in his impression, the Tatars are different from the Han people. He couldn't help but said to Liu Jin beside him: "Liu Banban, what do you say?" , will these people go to Hexi and Datong?"

   Liu Jin picked fresh and tender grass and chewed it gently in his mouth. He already recognized what kind of grass and could eat it.

   Recently, he ate too much meat and needed some grass to improve his digestion. He was riding a horse with a cauldron on his back, and said, "Yes."

  Seeing Liu Jin's determined look, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being a little confused: "Why?"

   "Because people are hungry, they can do anything." Liu Jin said.

   "..."

  The cavalry of the brigade headed towards the northerly like lightning. Sure enough, after walking for dozens of miles, there was a lake, but this lake was very strange and crystal clear, but there was no grass growing nearby.

  Liu Jin got off the horse, stepped forward, scooped up a handful of water, put it in his mouth, spit it out, it was salty.

   "Your Highness, this is a salt lake. This salt lake is huge..."

  Salt Lake…

  Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "These damned Tatars are placed in a good salt lake, but they can't produce salt. How much salt can such a large salt lake produce?"

  He began to bow his head, marked the map, thought for a while, and named the lake: "Zhu Houzhao Lake, where no grass grows".

   It seems that there is no grass growing, and it fits his own image, so he opened his mouth and laughed.

   "His Royal Highness... took out three Tatars. They paddled bamboo rafts. They landed nearby and were caught by our scouts."

   But I saw three Tatars, all tied up, these three Tatars were very fierce, shouting something, the other cavalry couldn't understand, but Zhu Houzhao did.

   "Who are you, what tribe are you from, I am the right prime minister..."

  Hearing Prime Minister You, Zhu Houzhao was taken aback.

  Although the right prime ministers are quite common among the Tatars, there are still right prime ministers in this place where no birds lay eggs. This at least shows that there may be a large-scale tribe here.

  Zhu Houzhao got off his horse, stepped forward, kicked the Tatar in the heart, and said in Tatar, "Who are you?"

   Prime Minister You snorted, but he was very stubborn. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao coldly: "Speaking out will scare you to death. I am Prime Minister You of Dayuan..."

  Although Ming called them Tatars, these Tatars claimed to be the orthodox of the Great Yuan and regarded themselves as the Great Yuan.

  Prime Minister You continued: "I am Prime Minister You of the Great Yuan Dynasty, an official of tens of thousands of households in the Great Yuan Navy, and Chilu Buhua. Who are you?"

"..." Zhu Houzhao was a little confused. This tens of thousands of officials, in the Tatar army, is not a small official. Prime Minister You also served as an official of tens of thousands of households, which is almost the same as a bachelor of the Ming cabinet and concurrently the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty. official.

  Tatars, and sailors?

   "Your navy, how many people are there, and where are they? These two are your personal soldiers?" Zhu Houzhao pointed to the two behind Chilu Buhua.

  The other two Tatars lowered their heads, a little afraid.

   "These two people will scare you to death if you say it. One is Deputy Wanhu Officer of the Navy and the Prefect of the Privy Council, and the other is Zhong Wanhu Officer and Deputy Privy Council Officer of the Privy Council!"

   "..." Zhu Hou took care of the three guys in shabby leather jackets, and couldn't help but ask, "Where's your sailor?"

   "Just the three of us." Chilu Buhua looked at Zhu Houzhao viciously. Although he was **** and ordered to kneel down, he still held his head high and looked arrogant.

  Zhu Houzhao doesn't believe it, what about such a big official and soldier? What's the matter, there are thousands of people.

  Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Where's your boat?"

   "Hey, didn't you see it yourself? That ship is the ship of our Dayuan Navy."

  Zhu Houzhao picked up the binoculars and looked at the bamboo raft that was dragged ashore by the cavalry...

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "Your uncle, this commander-in-chief talked to you in a good voice, and you dare to deceive this commander-in-chief. How many people and ships do you have? Come on, let them speak, hit me, hit me!" It doesn't matter if they die, if they don't tell where the main force of the Tatar navy is, I will beat them to death!"

  Zhu Houzhao really hates this stubborn Tatar, dare to insult my IQ, Zhu Houzhao? Is it a fool to bully this general officer? hateful!

  The cavalry couldn't bear it for a long time, and they stepped forward one after another, kicking up their fists and raising their feet, and they were beaten violently.

Chilu Buhua and the other two high-ranking naval officials were beaten up and screamed, their faces changed beyond recognition, Chilu Buhua shouted: "It's really only the three of us, there is no one else, there was a Taiwei the year before last, Specializes in punting, but he said he had no one to take care of the sheep in his family, so he abandoned his official position... I am telling the truth, Changshengtian is above me, I dare not hide it... Eh, eh, stop beating... Changshengtian, My Great Yuan Navy was destroyed here!"

  Zhu Houzhao was unmoved.

  He never expected that these Tatars were still so stubborn, and gritted their teeth: "Kill me!"

   "I... I... I said, there's a tribe nearby... There's a tribe nearby..."

  Zhu Houzhao's eyes shine.

  He looked at Chilu Buhua, who had already changed beyond recognition: "Come on, tell me..."

  Obviously, Zhu Houzhao is very interested in the information of all tribes.

  ...

   Outside Datong City.

  Fang Jifan temporarily took over the three armies of Datong.

  But after taking over, he realized that he had been fooled by the old fox Zhang Mao.

  There were so many things that fell on Fang Jifan.

  Clean up the corpses outside the city, bury them on the spot, and collect the bones of their own soldiers, prepare to load them into vehicles, and take them back to the village.

   In addition to this, there is also the scheduling of food and grass.

   and thousands of wounded needed.

   Even, there were disputes between the battalions because of the latrine incident.

  The thing happened like this, a battalion of Datong Guard dug a huge latrine, and because the latrine was relatively close to the camp of the guest army, the officers and soldiers of the guest army naturally came here by the way. In the end, Datong Wei was not happy, why did you come here to **** the hole we dug?

   As a result, the two sides are at war.

  Fang Jifan had no choice but to draw a boundary line with his sword near the latrine with the military officers of both sides in full view of the public, and announced in public that the two sides should not go beyond the thunder pool in the future. Whoever dares to cross, our Fang Jifan will beat people.

   Finally settled the matter, when they arrived at Xingyuan, another military officer came to the door, with a miserable look on his face: "Captain, what a tragedy."

  Fang Jifan is on fire, and I don’t know which guard this guy belongs to. Your uncle, you are miserable, is Fang Jifan miserable? I used to sleep six hours a day, but now I can only sleep four. Fang Jifan raised his hand and slapped him in the face: "Your misfortune, it's a great victory, a great victory! What are you crying for? This acting chief officer, our Fang Jifan Quit, if you want to sell badly, get out of here, I'm very busy."

  Holding his hands behind his back, he kept the military officer covering his cheeks and standing there at a loss, he was a little dazed... This captain...is a ruthless person, although he has heard a little bit about him in the capital, but I saw him today...

  It should be noted that the military officer in the border town is the most savage, so don't blame me for being so shameless.

  The military officer was also furious, but after thinking about it, forget it, he couldn't afford to offend him, so he went back disgruntled.

Fang Jifan grinned angrily, smoking from his seven orifices, went back to the lobby and sat down, drank a sip of tea, and began to scold: "From today onwards, tell them not to come to me if they have something to do. It's really something, Mr. Zhao Yingying, isn't Mr. Yingling still alive? I did it last night. Sleeping for four hours, I can't take it anymore, I have to catch up on sleep."

  ...

  The first chapter was delivered, and I was so lethargic that I really wanted to slap myself twice.

  (end of this chapter)