Of course, the most important thing is that this Ming army general is really honest. He said he would give his people 3 days of rest, so he gave him 3 days of rest.
He said he would let the Shui Xi'an clan members go, but he actually let the other party go.
As long as the general can promise to forget the past, some chieftains will surrender.
Just when An Bangyan was still considering whether to run or not, a commotion came from the front.
A group of cavalry sprang out from nowhere and had already arrived near him. The guards around him couldn't stop the Ming army's blade at all. More than 500 elite guards were easily defeated by less than a hundred men from the opponent.
"Surrender without killing."
"Surrender without killing."
Seeing that the opponent was about to rush over, An Bangyan decisively chose to surrender.
When the other chieftains saw this, they also dismounted and surrendered.
The leader surrendered, and the rest of the soldiers also chose to surrender.
In the final battle, the chieftain rebels surrendered to Zhu Dingguo after paying the price of nearly 20,000 casualties. On Zhu Dingguo's side, thanks to the excellent armor, only dozens of people were slightly injured.
"Hey, why bother? Why do you hit the stone with eggs when you know that you will definitely lose? What a pity for those who died in the battle." Looking at the chieftains in front of him, Zhu Dingguo couldn't help but sigh.
"Why do you know that you will lose? I have an army of 100,000, who would have thought that we would fail?
If I had known that there were still people in the Ming army who were so capable of fighting, I would have followed the example of my ancestors and continued to be a ninja. Will you choose to rebel? "An Bangyan cursed in his heart.
"The general is a great talent, but we were forced by the imperial court to rebel. Those officials did not regard our chieftain as an official of the Ming Dynasty.
They scolded and scolded us at every turn, and all of us who were hereditary chieftains would secretly pay gold to those officials.
If we don't talk about anything else, let's talk about She Chongming's rebellion.
In the first year of Tianqi (AD 1621), the imperial court asked She and An to go to Liao to fight. She Chongming mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to Chongqing to obey orders.
But of the 400,000 taels of salary that should have been paid, only 40,000 taels were given.
Xu Keqiu, the governor of Chongqing, accused She Chongming of recruiting mostly old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers, and demanded that they be sent back to Yongning for re-mobilization. In fact, it’s just for money.
If there were really 20,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people, could they have captured Chongqing, killed Xu Keqiu, and divided their forces to capture Hejiang, Naxi, Zunyi and other places? "
An Bangyan kept complaining that the imperial court would not tolerate rebellion throughout the ages. In the early Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty continued to pick on the chieftain.
Now that there was such a strong army here, An Bangyan was really afraid of the other party, so he just ransacked the homes of all the chieftains and exterminated their clans.
"Well, what you said, I understand. The court is at fault in this matter, but you are also at fault. Your Majesty is kind and has ordered me to take full responsibility for this matter. I will give you half a month. As long as you can persuade others If the chieftain surrenders, I can forgive your sins.
As for the officials who bully you, I will also deal with them. "
"Really, you can forgive us our mistakes."
"Really, we are all Mingren. To put it bluntly, we are all brothers. To tell the truth, the people around me are only part of the troops in the Beijing camp. There are nearly 200,000 elite troops in the entire Beijing camp.
That is to say, Your Majesty is merciful, otherwise it would not be a problem to send 20,000 soldiers into Sichuan and flatten the chieftains in Guizhou. "
Zhu Dingguo said, in fact, the initiative of this battle was in Zhu Dingguo's hands from the beginning. The main force of the rebels was restrained by the surrounding Ming army. What could be mobilized in a hurry was just a group of farmers who had just put down their hoes.
Otherwise, if there were really 100,000 elite rebels, Zhu Dingguo would not choose to attack.
But it doesn't matter now. What matters is that the fact that he defeated 100,000 soldiers with 5,000 troops has already existed.
Coupled with the image of trustworthiness established by oneself.
With some appropriate commitments, it is more likely that these chieftains will surrender on their own.
If the other party really doesn't surrender, then he can only eliminate the chieftain forces as much as possible within the specified time and impose a guard system.
Block off various mountains with guard posts. Ban salt from entering Guizhou, thereby completely blocking the other party.
Zhu Dingguo kept half of those chieftains, and released the remaining half along with An Bangyan to persuade the other chieftains to surrender.
Zhu Dingguo then wanted to discuss business with the key, and "invited the remaining chieftains to Guizhou together with important members of the An family."
The remaining captured soldiers were released by Zhu Dingguo after each of them was given 5 kilograms of grain and ordered to go home.
This move not only reflects His Majesty's kindness, but also reflects his sincerity.
The most important thing is that this big victory needs someone to help promote it, right?
What's more, the food spent is not your own food, so you don't feel bad about using it.
Even if these people are captured by the chieftain rebels again, Zhu Dingguo will be even happier, because people can communicate.
As long as these people enter the rebel camp, even if the generals are wise, the fact that 5,000 Ming troops defeated 100,000 rebels will still be revealed.
Fight them from now on. Be timid in order to fight the opponent. It's just easier to beat the opponent.
Perhaps Zhu Dingguo overestimated the courage of these chieftains. Before ten days, An Bangyan brought She Chongming to Guizhou to discuss the surrender.
Although these chieftains very much hoped to continue to be their own emperors as before, they were eventually forced to agree to hand over their military power under the threat of Zhu Dingguo.
Zhu Dingguo also made concessions and agreed that the other party would continue to exist as a chieftain, but he must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, Zhu Dingguo gave some secret guards to the big chieftains on the pretext of protecting these chieftains from being bullied by Han officials.
Those little toasts were naturally very happy.
Those big chieftains can increase their power by rebelling, but these little chieftains are mediocre in strength. If they were not bullied to death by the Han officials, and with the big chieftain taking the lead, they would not dare to resist even if I gave them 100 courages. Ming dynasty.
Although the main purpose of Zhu Dingguo leaving secret guards was to supervise these big chieftains, but in the name of making it convenient for the chieftains to report to His Majesty that they were bullied by Han officials, these big chieftains could only hold their noses and admit it.
Who makes form stronger than people. I have to accept it.
In the following days, Zhu Dingguo met Qin Liangyu in Guizhou, promoted Qin Liangyu to the rank of general soldier of Sichuan, and allowed him to recruit 50,000 white-armed soldiers from the chieftain rebels.
Qin Liangyu's loyalty and patriotism are obvious to all. As soon as the 50,000 elite soldiers in his hands are formed, even if these chieftains want to rebel, they have to weigh it.
After putting down the rebellion, Zhu Dingguo directly arrested and beheaded more than 70 officials who oppressed the people based on the intelligence of the Jinyi Guards and Secret Guards to show his sincerity.
Subsequently, on the grounds that the war was unfavorable, the guards in Sichuan and Guizhou were forcibly reorganized.
The generals of the guards and the local powerful men who had invaded the military fields were all pulled off by Zhu Dingguo.
However, now that Zhu Dingguo was so famous and powerful, and he held the military power in Guizhou and Sichuan, the local powerful and generals could only break their teeth and swallow.
Just when everyone thought the matter was over, Zhu Dingguo targeted corrupt officials in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.
The big heads frightened She Chongming and An Bangyan.
I couldn't help but feel glad that I knew the current situation and surrendered, otherwise...
