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Chapter 525

So Fan Jingwen planned to take this opportunity to come to Wendeng to have an in-depth understanding of the strength of the Tiance Army so that he can make the most accurate decisions.

Although they are now besieged in Laizhou City, if they have the chance, Fan Jingwen will not give up fighting again. After all, the hatred of killing his father is not so easy to let go. Moreover, he is a loyal and patriotic person. He cleared away some unjust for the court and the emperor. It is his creed that he abides by.

They had thought Kong Youde was bragging before, but now they saw so many heads, as well as those Japanese pirates and captives of the Tartars, and they realized that there were really Tartars and Japanese pirates uniting to attempt to land in Dengzhou.

Judging from the number of prisoners at this level and the number of prisoners, even if there is no 70,000 claimed by Kong Youde, it is estimated that 30,000 to 40,000 will be available. The Tiance Army can not only use ambush to defeat the 40,000 Ming army led by Fan Jingwen, but also deal with these fierce Japanese pirates and Tartars.

It turned out that the Tiance Army won the battle in Zhaoyuan, not all by ambushing them. They really have strength.

In this way, it means that there is only one way to recruit and pacify. If the battle continues, the court will not be able to bear it.

They have decided that after they go back, they will report to the court and must not continue to fight, otherwise the court will definitely suffer the losses.

Moreover, if such a powerful army could be taken back to the court, wouldn’t it be better to use it to fight the Tartars in Liaodong?

The civil officials such as Song Zhijun were very worried, but the inner court led by Xu Deshi was a little happy at this moment.

Xu Deshi was the chief of the Imperial Horse Supervision Office. Among the twenty-four eunuchs, although the Imperial Horse Supervision Office was not the highest, his power was definitely not small. The Imperial Horse Supervision Office was in charge of the Imperial Horse, so there were naturally horse-raising and horse-training personnel. As a result, a group of impeachments led by the Imperial Horse Supervision Office were produced—Tengxiang Four Guards and Warriors Camp.

The four guards of Tengxiang include Tengxiang Left Guard, Tengxiang Right Guard, Wuxiang Left Guard, and Wuxiang Right Guard. Among the twenty-six guards of the emperor's personal army, it is second only to the Jinyiwei, and is directly responsible for the security of the imperial city and the accompanying guards of the emperor's travel.

Xu Deshi, who was born in the Imperial Horse Supervisor and had also been in charge of soldiers, naturally had a certain understanding of military affairs and had a lot of knowledge.

The chief minister of the cabinet is the ultimate goal of civil servants. The eunuchs who are eunuchs who are in charge of the pen and seal of the Sili Supervisor, and the eunuchs who are in charge of the East Factory are the greatest pursuits of these eunuchs.

This time he became an eunuch in the military supervisor. He finally asked for an errand from Cao Huachun. He paid a lot of money and spent all his savings in half his life.

The reason why he did this was that he knew that military merit was the shortcut to promotion. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion and make a lot of military merit. At that time, not only profitable, but also mere rebels. Once the imperial army arrived, he would definitely wipe it out and finally share the military merits.

As a result, in the first few months, they were completely suppressed by the rebels, which made him worried all day long. He didn't get any military achievements and even killed his life. Later, Fan Jingwen arrived and annihilated Li Jiucheng's troops in one round, and lifted the siege of Laizhou City. Only then did he see hope again.

The good times did not last long. In less than a month, Fan Jingwen suffered a great defeat and returned to the situation when he was besieged in the city. He no longer hoped for military achievements. As long as he could return to the capital honestly, it would be a blessing to be able to save his life.

He was still unhappy at first when Wendeng's trip, but now seeing these heads and prisoners makes him feel that he is here right this time, and maybe he will still have time to make a profit.

Kong Youde's Tiance Army was far stronger than expected. Not only could he defeat the official army, but he didn't have much effort to fight Japanese pirates or Tartars now, which reminded him of Qi Jiguang's Qi family army.

Back then, the Qi family army was easy to defeat the Japanese pirates, and it would bring disaster to the Southeast Japanese pirates. Now Kong Youde is so easy to defeat the Japanese pirates. Although it may not be as weak as the Qi family army, it is definitely not much weaker.

It was this that made Xu Deshi also aroused a little ambition. What a glory was the combination of Feng Bao, Zhang Juzheng, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang back then. Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang fought all over the world, and Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng controlled the court and were incredible.

Going a little further, Wang Zhi, the first person in the Chenghua period, was also a person Xu Deshi admired. He also fantasized that one day he could reach the status of the former Xichang Mansion.

In the 15th year of Chenghua, the factory director of the Xichang, Wang Zhi, led the elite "Twelfth Regiment Battalion" of the Jingying camp to Liaodong to conquer the three guards of Jianzhou. According to the order of Emperor Xianzong, "hit the nest and eliminate the types."

After the central army led by Wang Zhi entered Xinbin, he defeated Foala, Zhang dabina, Dai Yaona, Langjia, and Liaoha and other villages, "burned their houses and killed their people." Many Jianzhou Jurchens fled into the mountains to hide. Jianzhou Jurchens were not prepared and were suddenly attacked, and all parts were scattered.

Due to Dong Shan's detention, Li Manzhu was old and weak. Facing the weak Ming and Korean coalition forces, he did not stop his ineffective resistance, causing the Jianzhou Jurchen Meng to suffer unprecedented serious losses. Li Manzhu and his eldest son Li Gunaha and others were captured and killed by the Korean army, and blood stained the Suzi River and Pozhu River and Jianzhou Jurchen corpses were everywhere.

In his "Precise and Balance Fu", General Zhao Fu said: "A barbarian can escape when he sees a fleeing, breaks his heart and breaks his brain, powders his bones and apply ointment, and kills him. He is strong and kills him. If the old and childish are captured, if the earth collapses and the fire is extinguished, it will still collapse and the ice will disappear. If the hidden one is hidden and pigs are in its house, and the hole is blocked and its nest is empty. Within a few days, the enemy's territory will be depressed."

After a month of encirclement and annihilation, there were four or five hundred Qizhai villages, and the cattle, horses and livestock of the Jurchen family were all gone. The Ming court killed Dong Shan and others. His brother Qin Yang and hundreds of Jurchen Tartars were exiled to provinces such as Fujian, so that they would be in a foreign land forever.

After five large-scale conquests, each time it was recorded that "those who can be slaughtered...all of them were destroyed" was recorded, and the Jianzhou Jurchens were "dispersed and few other survivors were left."

The devastating blow to the Jianzhou Jurchen tribe was like a garden covered with flowers and plants, pulling a sled with a cow, and turning it over with a sled." The liquidation was clean and clean. The real leader of the entire process was Zhu Jianshen, the Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. The reign was Chenghua, so it was called "Chenghua Liting".

(Ming Xianzong almost completely exterminated the Jianzhou Jurchens, so the "History of Ming Dynasty" written by the Qing Dynasty was quite slandered.)

Because of Chenghua Liting, the Jianzhou Jurchens were completely weakened. It took more than a hundred years before they rose again and became a major concern of the court.

However, there is no strong enough army now, and like during the Chenghua period, it will destroy Jiannu.

Now the Qi family's army is gone, and it has lost all the losses in the Jizhou mutiny and the Battle of Hunhe, but another Tiance army has emerged, which has given Xu Deshi hope.

If we have good relations with the Tiance Army, we can lead the Jingying to fight side by side with him like the Xichang Mansion in the future and eliminate Jiannu, we will definitely be incredible.

In the Ming Dynasty, military merits were always the most important.

Although the Jisi Incident three years ago caused a lot of people to lose their heads and official positions, many people also got promoted and made money, and the effect of military merit was so good.

Of course, before this, we must have a good relationship with Kong Youde. This man is very good at leading troops to fight, but he is also a little rebellious, otherwise he would not have a violent mutiny. He also knew something about Wu Qiao.

Although there are all kinds of news, according to his analysis, it is mostly Bi Ziyin who is petty and makes things difficult for Kong Youde to go north to reinforce Daling River. In the end, Kong Youde could not bear it anymore and bravely raises his troops to attack the city, killing all the way back to Dengzhou, breaking all the prefectures and counties that have made things difficult for him along the way to avenge revenge.

He could also see that Kong Youde was a man who was soft and not hard. Judging from his attitude towards Zhang Guochen, he should have something to do with this.

As for his current status as a rebel, it doesn't matter. It's obvious that Kong Youde doesn't want to fight anymore, and the court also intends to recruit appeasements. It's only a matter of time when it can be decided.

He had made up his mind to improve his feelings for Kong Youde when the parade was over and pave the way for future plans.

At the same time, he was ready to report to Emperor Chongzhen and report the strength of the Tiance Army as much as possible, and said that Kong Youde's turnaround was forced, and he was willing to conquer Jiannu and bandits for the court, and to finalize this matter as soon as possible.

If Kong Youde made any great contributions in the future, the emperor would definitely think about his role in recruiting and admiration, which would definitely be beneficial to his future development.

Kong Youde could guess some of Xu Deshi, Song Zhijun and the others' thoughts. This was the intention of him to invite officials such as Song Zhijun and the others to come, so as to speed up the process of recruiting and reprimanding, so as not to delay for a long time and cause any changes.

No matter how neat the military appearance, how might the mighty soldiers, or how sharp the weapons can be displayed, they are limited. Only by defeating the enemy in a real way and being a very powerful enemy is the strongest proof of strength.

Next, the final part of this parade - the ceremony of sacrifice to heaven.

In fact, it is not only for offering sacrifices to the heavens, but also for the best sacrifices to those people who died. Of course, these Japanese pirates and Tartars.

Kong Youde first took over the tribute written by Zhang Pucheng for him. The level of this article is really high. At least with Kong Youde's writing style, he had to study it for at least ten or twenty years. He didn't have this free time.

However, it is still not difficult to read it, and it takes no effort to read it all, so it is also a good example.

After reciting the sacrificial text, the next step is to kill prisoners.

In order to reduce casualties and end the battle as soon as possible, Kong Youde made a promise to ensure their lives and safety, but this did not include the Japanese pirates captured by Chengshanwei.

In order to make the parade more lively, Kong Youde specially selected twenty Japanese pirate leaders from the 500 Japanese pirates captured by Chengshanwei.

"It's time to start!" Kong Youde said lightly as he looked at the Japanese pirate leader who was pushed into the court.

With the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers of the Tiance Army, who were responsible for beheading, swung the machete used by the butcher and chopped the Japanese pirates with all their strength. These Japanese pirates struggled desperately, but they were useless.

As the machetes fell one after another, the heads as big as watermelons flew out, a blood column ejaculated from the neck, and then fell down.

At this time, the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak, and cheers were endless. The brave people even went forward and kicked the Japanese pirates a few times, as if they were kicking a rattan ball.

The parade in Wendeng lasted for a whole day and the people could watch it at will.

This grand parade was not only held in Wendeng County, but also in a series of coastal garrisons and prefectures and counties, such as Dasongwei, Aoshanwei, Jiaozhou City, Jimo County, and Laiyang County, which was ravaged by the Tartars.

Kong Youde originally handed over the next task of this parade to Zhang Pucheng, but he felt that this matter was not too complicated, so he handed it over to Wu Kangtai, the magistrate of Wendeng.

Wu Kangtai was originally the magistrate Wendeng appointed by the court. After the Battle of Fushan, he did not choose to commit suicide like the magistrate of Ninghai. Instead, because he was timid and afraid of death, he finally chose to surrender to Kong Youde.

Because there are not many people available at hand, Kong Youde continued to keep him and was responsible for assisting in handling matters in Wendeng County.

After going to Weihai Guard for a while, Kong Youde came to Wendeng County once, mainly waiting for the property of the officers of the garrison inspected by the three surrounding garrisons, and then transported them to Dengzhou. At that time, he had met Wu Kangtai, but he had a bad impression of him and was too pedantic.

And it can also be felt that Wu Kangtai's surrender was a temporary measure. He was mostly planning to wait for the court to counterattack. He turned around and surrendered to the court, so he was not active in doing things. Kong Youde turned a blind eye and did not do anything to him.

When he came to Wendeng this time, Wu Kangtai seemed to have changed his personalities. He was proactive in fact. Even if he was the prisoners of war and heads who were not related to him, he would do his own things and make arrangements as much as possible.

Kong Youde estimated that he had probably woken up, knowing that the court could not defeat him, so it would be better to follow the Tiance Army. He also understood that he was not capable enough. If he wanted to gain a foothold under Kong Youde, he had to be more loyal and harder than others.

This time, Kong Youde's view of him changed a lot, so he handed over all the next tasks to him.

The next morning, Wu Kangtai took five hundred civil servants and the 500 Tiance Army soldiers who accompanied the escorts to escort these more than 5,000 heads and more than 1,000 prisoners. He left Wendeng County and set out towards Laizhou Prefecture. The other prisoners were escorted to various mines, shipyards, and salt fields, and they were free labor.

There are more than 5,100 heads, which are not very spectacular together. This is the first time that the people along the way have seen such a scene in their lives, and they probably may not have such an opportunity in the future.

These people in the south of Dengzhou Prefecture, when they heard that the Japanese pirates landed, and many people came, they also captured Jinghaiwei and Chengshanwei. They were all frightened and hoped that the Tiance army could destroy them quickly so that they could restore peace.

Sure enough, the Tiance Army did not disappoint their expectations. In the past, the land was distributed to them, but now they have eliminated the invading Japanese pirates and eliminated so many at once. The Tiance Army's prestige has been further raised in the hearts of the people.
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