NovelTags Chapter 157
Chapter 157
Chapter 0157 Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and Zhu Li's policy shocks the tribes of the Western Regions!!
On the wall of Luntai City, accompanied by the sound of artillery, countless stone debris flew around, and the soldiers stationed on the city wall were blown up or overturned almost instantly, and screams were all over for a while, and the scene was very tragic!
This city wall, built with earth and stone, could not withstand the bombardment of the Shenwu cannon at all, and with one shell, the originally seemingly solid city wall had been blasted out of several huge holes!
"Kill!"
With a loud shout, Lan Yu, Qin Wu, and Geng Qing led a group of heavily armored cavalry to launch the first round of charges from the collapsed city wall!
The heavily armored cavalry not only wore armor and held blunt weapons, but even the horses were covered with a layer of armor!
Those defenders who had been killed and wounded by artillery bombardment and panicked simply did not have time to stop effective resistance, and before anyone could understand what was going on, they were directly crushed by the iron horse of the Hanzhong army!
For a time, a large number of defenders of the Western Regions stationed on the city wall scattered in all directions, and those who did not have time to flee directly became the souls under the iron hooves of the Hanzhong army!
"Hold on!"
"Don't let the Ming army rush into the city!"
Timid Marudin was panicked at the moment, obviously frightened by the sharp artillery and heavy armored cavalry of the Hanzhong Army!
Fortunately, there were 50,000 defenders in Luntai City, and although this group on the city wall was defeated, he still had a lot of combatable power in his hands, and soon established a defensive line under his organization, and stumbled over many war horses of the Hanzhong army with tripping horses!
In the face of heavy cavalry, frontal rigidity is definitely sending people's heads, and digging trenches or using tripping horses, working hard from the horse's legs, can have an unexpected effect!
The ancients fought either infantry or cavalry, and this means of dealing specifically with horse charges is always the most effective!
For a while, there were many Hanzhong iron horses in the town, and they were directly tripped up!
However, the Hanzhong army generals who fell off their war horses were each wearing heavy armor and holding blunt weapons, even if they were not on horseback, they could still swing the heavy copper or copper hammer in their hands to enter the camp of the defenders of the Western Regions after getting up, that was really called a child, no one could withstand such a sharp blunt weapon!
On the battlefield, ordinary knives, guns and weapons are far less lethal than blunt weapons!
A heavy hammer or a hammer smashed over, can directly blow the long knife or long gun in your hand directly flying, which is not an order of magnitude!
At the same time, the second batch of Hanzhong iron horses began to rush to kill, and in less than three incense hours, the southernmost city gate of Luntai City was the first to lose, and it was completely occupied by the Hanzhong army!
Lan Yu, Qin Wu, and Geng Qing each led 5,000 men and horses, and began to go deeper into the remaining three directions in Luntai City, like chopping melons and cutting vegetables along the way, killing all the recalcitrant defenders of the Western Regions to the point of collapse!
A large number of Hanzhong troops have filled most of the streets of Luntai City almost instantly, basically seeing people with 'weapons' in their hands, whether you are a defender or an ordinary people, almost indiscriminately directly killed on the spot!
The Hanzhong army that has already killed the red eye, no matter what identity you are, even if you are really a common man, as long as you dare to hold a weapon, even if it is just holding a scythe or hoe, you will be recognized as an enemy!
Although Zhu Li had issued an order not to harm ordinary people, on the battlefield, accidental injuries were definitely inevitable!
Moreover, many local people were also coerced by the defenders of the Western Regions and had to pick up agricultural tools to participate in the battle!
But as long as those who dare to resist, they are treated as enemies!
This battle lasted until the sun was about to set, and ended as most of the defenders of the Western Regions laid down their arms and surrendered!
There were more than 50,000 defenders of the Western Regions, and there were less than 10,000 left at this moment!
They were really frightened by the ferocity of the Hanzhong Army!
Knowing that at this time, the Hanzhong army finally stopped killing, and the father and son of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li, who had been waiting outside the city, also changed their war horses and slowly entered the city directly from a city gate that had been cleaned up.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Han, Luntai City is already under the control of me and others, all the defenders of the Western Regions have surrendered, the Privy Council of the Eastern Chagatai, and the leader of the Heterogeneous Secret Department, Cowardly Maruddin, have been captured alive!"
At this moment, Geng Qing came to Zhu Li and Zhu Yuanzhang, reporting the specific situation of the scene, and at the same time, with a wave of his hand, he saw Zhou Tong leading two Hanzhong Army generals and directly escorting the cowardly Marudin who was tied up with five flowers!
"Still a big fish?"
Zhu Li's eyes lit up after hearing that the goods in front of him were actually the privy envoys of the Privy Council of Eastern Chagatai!
The Privy Council is the highest military institution, and the Privy Envoy is equivalent to the Grand Governor of the Five Armies of the Ming Dynasty, or a general like Lan!
"Your Majesty the Daming Emperor, the cowardly Marudin has no intention of offending, and is willing to lead the army to surrender, and please spare the villain's life!"
The timid Marudin had long lost his former arrogance, and at this moment, he knelt down directly in front of Zhu Yuanzhang with a look of trepidation.
"Is it too late to say surrender now?"
"Why did we turn a deaf ear when we asked Er to surrender at the beginning?"
"If you can't fight now, you want to surrender, how can there be such an easy thing under the sky, Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, but he sneered disapprovingly."
"If you ask for death at this moment, King Ben can still look up at you, but I didn't expect that the privy envoy of the Privy Council of Dongchagatai is actually a greedy person who is afraid of death!"
On the side, Zhu Li also shook his head with disdain, obviously looking a little disappointed.
"No, Your Majesty Daming, His Royal Highness King Han, you still have great use to leave me"
"I know the situation of Alimari's defense, if I want to attack Alimari, I will definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort!"
"Cowardly Ma Luding is willing to be a pawn for the horse and lead the army to charge for Daming, only hoping to make meritorious contributions to the crime!"
Timid Maruddin's face turned a little pale, and he hurriedly explained.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li couldn't help but glance at each other, and both saw a smile in each other's eyes.
"No need, King Ben thinks it would be better to use your head to pay tribute to the Hanzhong Army generals who have died in battle!"
"Ali Mari, even without you, King Ben can also take it in one fell swoop!"
Zhu Li slowly shook his head, and then directly gave Geng Qing a look!
Geng Qing understood in his heart, and immediately pulled out the saber on his waist, and before he could open his mouth to beg for mercy again, he directly cut off his head with a knife
"Who caught this this time?"
Zhu Li looked at Geng Qing and asked with a smile.
Geng Qing's eyes glanced at Zhou Tong on the side a little strangely!
At this moment, even Zhu Li and Zhu Yuanzhang were stunned!
Boy!
Shouldn't it be Zhou Tong again?
The last time he attacked Hami, this kid directly slaughtered King Hami by chance, but I didn't expect that it was this kid who caught the timid Malugong this time!
This kid's luck is also too good, right?
"Back to King Han, it was Zhou Tong who caught it!"
Geng Qing explained with a wry smile.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were looking towards him, Zhou Tong's originally somewhat wooden face instantly turned red, and he scratched his hair a little at a loss!
"What a week!"
"We don't know if we should say that your luck is too good!"
"We have written down this skill for you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
When Zhou Tong heard this, he immediately laughed.
"This time to break Luntai City, how are the casualties of the Hanzhong army?"
Zhu Li asked Geng Qing again at this time.
"Liang Guogong and Qin Wudu are still in the statistics, and there are currently about nine thousand soldiers captured in the Western Regions and more than 40,000 enemies!"
Geng Qing hurriedly explained.
"Nine thousand people is not a lot, just because Luntai City needs to be rebuilt after this battle, and all of them are used as labor."
Zhu Li nodded slowly.
These captives can be used as coolies, whether it is to rebuild Luntai City, or to build roads to Hamiwei or Lanzhou in the future, they are needed!
Isn't this much better than directly sending manpower to build the Western Regions?
Free labor, no need to use it for nothing!
Soon, the casualties on the side of the Hanzhong army were also counted!
There were more than 300 Hanzhong Army officers and soldiers killed in battle, and about 2,000 people were injured in various degrees!
About a thousand of them were only slightly injured, and they still had the power to fight again!
Another perfect win at the smallest cost!
Compared to the 40,000 defenders of the Western Regions who were eliminated, the Hanzhong army only died more than three hundred, and this ratio can already reach a terrifying level of 100:1!
Mainly due to the armor piercing of all the generals and soldiers of the Hanzhong Army, it is difficult to really hurt their lives with the weapons in the hands of these soldiers of the Western Regions!
Soon, in addition to the more than nine thousand defenders of the Western Regions who had been captured, ordinary people in Luntai City were also shot in a large open space in the city!
All the local people had panicked expressions on their faces, but they were worried that the Daming army would slaughter them!
"Everyone!"
"King Ben introduces himself, King Ben is Zhu Li, the king of the Daming Han, and attacking Luntai City is not to kill people, but to overthrow the Eastern Chagatai!"
"From now on, this Taicheng will also become the territory of Daming, and Er and others will also become the people of the Daming Dynasty!"
"As long as you return to Daming, you can enjoy the same treatment as the people of Daming, and from now on, the pasture and field endowment do not need to be handed over to the princes and nobles!"
"Not only can you have surplus food and livestock, but you can even sell it to the outside world!"
"All the soldiers of the Western Regions who surrender, as long as they lay down their weapons, will be arranged by this king to work, not only have food and housing, but also settle your wages on a monthly basis!"
"So much does King Ben have to say, the original aborigines and herdsmen of Luntai City can go home, don't worry about any trouble, if there is a difficulty, you can directly ask the Hanzhong Army generals for help!"
"As for the defenders of the Western Regions who have surrendered, starting tomorrow, they will begin to rebuild the walls damaged in the battle of Luntai City!"
"The opportunity King Ben gave you, King Ben also said ugly things ahead, if anyone dares to be anti-hearted, don't blame King Ben for turning his face ruthlessly at that time!"
"But whoever reports and exposes anyone who has an objection can also get a reward of silver or food from the Hanzhong Army!"
After Zhu Li and everyone had arrived, he shouted directly in front of everyone, and for a moment, all the common people and those defenders of the Western Regions who surrendered were stunned!
No one expected that the Daming army would treat them so favorably!
Needless to say, those defenders of the Western Regions, who became prisoners, actually still have jobs, including food and housing, and can still get wages every month!
Such a good captive policy is simply unheard of!
What is even more exaggerated is that ordinary people will not have to make offerings to princes and nobles in the future, and listening to the meaning of this Daming Han King, the common people of the Daming Dynasty are also like this!
When you are a citizen of Daming, don't you even have to pay taxes?
Food and livestock, all owned by themselves, can also be sold outside, this is simply something that they could not have imagined before!
After the shock, more people showed doubtful looks!
The main thing is that the policies and conditions mentioned by Zhu Li are simply too good to be boundless, just like pies falling directly from the sky, no one can not doubt it!
But no one dared to question it in person!
You must know that they originally thought that they were going to be unlucky, and it was already very good to save one more life!
Now Zhu Li has made such a guarantee, and can still let them go home, even if they still have some doubts in their hearts, they have to admit that the current ending is no better!
"Father, you said before that after the Western Regions were defeated, they were also handed over to the children to manage, and the children arranged it this way, you have no opinion, right?"
Zhu Li turned his head to look at Zhu Yuanzhang at this time, and asked with a smile.
"What we said must count, as long as the Western Regions will return to the Daming Kingdom in the future, how to govern it is your business, we will not follow it!"
"Maybe your statement is correct, as long as you can feed and warm these aborigines of the Western Regions, let their lives be more enjoyable than before, I believe that they will soon be able to integrate into Daming, and Daming... How did you say that? "
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a smile and asked.
"You mean to say that they have a sense of belonging to Daming, right?"
Zhu Li also laughed.
"That's right, it's a sense of belonging!"
"Didn't you tell us a few days ago that if you want to govern the Western Regions well, you must let the aborigines here be assimilated by our Han people? If you want them to identify with us, you can't rely on knives alone! "
"Let's wait to see the effect of your governance like this!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and smiled.
"The courtier there will definitely not disappoint the emperor father!"
Zhu Li smiled, and then ordered Geng Qing on the side: "The army continues to camp outside Luntai City and rest for three days!" "
In this way, in half a day, the news that Luntai City was breached and the Hanzhong army won a complete victory soon spread out from Luntai City, and Gu Shi caused a sensation among the surrounding ethnic groups!
They also had a hunch that Maluding would definitely not be able to stand Luntai City, but no one expected that the Hanzhong army began to attack the city to control the entire Luntai City, and it took less than a day, three or four hours to be exact!
At the same time, the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners and aborigines announced by Zhu Li also went away, and it made the hearts of all tribes move!
If what Han King Zhu Li said was true, then there would inevitably be more tribes willing to return to the Ming Dynasty!
Don't look at the East Chagatai is also a huge 0.8 thing, but in fact, except for a few large tribes, and the East Chagatai royal family, the status of other small and medium-sized tribes in the East Chagatai is no different from slaves!
They have no right to speak, and the resources in their hands must be constantly sent to the hands of those princes and nobles, and naturally they also have complaints about the Eastern Chagatai!
If everything that Zhu Li said can be done, then the ghost is still willing to continue to be loyal to the Eastern Chagatai?
Isn't he fragrant to become a citizen of Daming?
So the next day, another message came out of Luntai City!
Because in addition to those captured soldiers of the Western Regions, ordinary people can even freely enter and leave Luntai City!
Moreover, the Hanzhong Army actually began to help the people repair their houses, and if there was a shortage of rice and food at home and winter materials, the Hanzhong Army even personally sent you to the door!
The things given may not be much, which is equivalent to the policies of Hanzhong and Xi'an for difficult low-income households, but it is enough to make these local people grateful to Dade!
It is precisely this effect that Zhu Li wants, and he also believes that as the situation on this side of Luntai City is spread, more tribes will begin to waver and surrender to the Ming Dynasty!
"You play this hand beautifully, murderous!"
"If all the tribes of the Western Regions turn against each other and surrender to Daming, it is estimated that the king of Eastern Chagatai can be directly angry and vomit blood by you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not stop Zhu Li from being a good person in Luntai City, but instead joked to him with a smile.
"In fact, it is easy to govern the country, it is nothing more than to let the people have enough food and clothing, so that they have hope to live!"
"As long as this is satisfied, who will have enough to eat and resist?"
"Even if people with ulterior motives want to jump out and do things, the people alone will not be happy, and these people with ulterior motives can be torn apart by the people without us making a move!"
Zhu Li explained with a smile.
"Well, whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, that's the truth!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded deeply and said...