Whether the reward and punishment system is fair or not is directly related to the strength of the army.
The strength of the army directly affects the stability of the Ming Dynasty.
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, after discussing with Zhu Dingguo, Zhu Youjian ordered the improvement of the Ming Dynasty's reward and punishment system.
Significantly increased the rewards for combat soldiers, reduced the rewards for reporting personnel, and abolished the rewards for unrelated personnel.
Although it may not be truly fair and just, the effect on improving the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is quite impressive.
Otherwise, No. 66 would not dare to send out a large number of elites, leaving only 20,000 ordinary soldiers to guard Yulin.
"The order goes down and the martial law is lifted, but no one is allowed to approach the city gate for more than a hundred steps."
After a while, after the news from the spies outside the city came back, No. 66 immediately ordered the lifting of martial law. But people were not allowed to leave the city.
As the saying goes, a soldier never tires of deceit.
Although the Tatars seem to be retreating, who can guarantee that the other side will not come back with a false shot?
Moreover, the way back for the Tatars has long been blocked by the elites of the Ming Dynasty. If the Tatars see that they are unable to break through and come back, won't those people who left the city become innocent souls in vain?
Before the Tatars surrender or are completely wiped out, the city gates of Yulin will not be opened casually.
At the same time, the Tatars who were returning north encountered dozens of small Beijing temples.
Although Lin Lue and Gugu were angry about this, they could only order to speed up the march.
"Report, Ming army camp found at the entrance of the valley ahead."
"Who will lead the army? How many troops will it have?"
"I don't know. The Ming army has sharp weapons and we can't get close at all."
"Trash." Gu Gu Ge cursed loudly.
"Convene the leaders of various tribes to discuss." Lin Lue said on the side.
The army was defeated twice in a row. The morale of the soldiers was very low. Moreover, the location of the Ming people's camp was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and their strength was unknown. Whether to fight or go elsewhere is beyond the control of the two of them.
"The Ming army has occupied the valley entrance in front. Its strength is unknown, and the army only has 3 days of food left. It's your choice whether to fight or take another route."
After Lin Lue finished speaking, many small tribe leaders did not answer.
This battle was so frustrating that the number of soldiers from many small tribes was reduced by as much as 30%.
Even the most powerful Tumut tribe and Ordos tribe lost nearly 10%.
The losses were so great that they had not been seen in decades.
What's even more despicable is that not even a grain of grain or a bolt of silk can be grabbed.
In addition, many tribal leaders are convinced that the Ming army is carrying out bloody revenge on the grasslands.
I don't want to waste time here anymore.
However, everyone was worried that the losses would be too great when the situation of the mountain stronghold was unknown.
For a moment, the entire meeting hall fell into an eerie calm.
"How about we choose to surrender? Now it seems that the Ming army is well prepared.
This is the shortest way back to the grassland, and the guards will definitely not be weak. Even if we can fight, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.
The other roads are also very likely to be guarded by the Ming army. Not to mention that we don't have enough food, even if we have enough, we can't waste it here.
A tribe without young and strong guards is definitely a piece of fat for the Ming army.
The longer the delay, the more brutal the Ming people's massacre on the grassland might be. The higher the probability that your own tribe will encounter disaster. "
At this time, a leader of a small tribe said. He brought 500 people to participate in the battle this time, but in the end, less than 400 people were left, and many people were injured. Although it didn't look very serious, who knows how many more people would die from their injuries. .
The loss was so great, it would have been better if there was something gained, but the key point was that he didn't get a single hair. The tribal leader didn't know how to go back and explain to his tribe.
Now all major tribes have suffered heavy losses.
If they attack Akito's camp, a small tribe like his will inevitably end up as cannon fodder.
The most important thing is that according to past experience, as long as he surrenders, he can return to the grassland smoothly, and more importantly, he can also receive rewards from the Ming Dynasty.
Although these awards are not many, they are better than being used as cannon fodder.
For the sake of the tribe, he could only propose surrender at the risk of losing his head.
"You, haven't you seen those heads that were built as a palace by the Ming army? Surrender is impossible. Whoever says surrender will be killed without mercy." When Gugu heard that someone wanted to surrender, they all got angry.
If it weren't for the special situation now, Gugu would have wanted to skin this bastard right away.
Although the suggestion of this small tribe leader was not adopted, it did resonate with many small and medium-sized tribe leaders.
However, due to the strength of the Tumut tribe, everyone had to remain silent.
"I also agree to surrender." Lin Lue's words broke the silence again.
As a powerful tribe that is not weaker than the Tumut tribe, Lin Lue is naturally not afraid of the threat of Gugu Ge.
The most important thing, Lin Lue knew in his heart, even if he could break through this level, there were still many levels waiting for him.
The longer you delay, the greater the possibility that your tribe will be retaliated by the Ming army's cavalry.
As soon as Lin Lue finished speaking, he was recognized by many small and medium-sized tribes.
Seeing everyone respond to Lin Lue's words, Guguge knew in his heart that the situation was over.
Although he wanted to skin Lin Lue immediately, Guguge suppressed the anger in his heart and agreed to surrender.
Without everyone's support, relying on his 30,000 soldiers, under the current situation, it would be impossible to make any waves in the Ming Dynasty's territory.
And if he still insists, the other tribes may just take his head to claim credit.
Even if you let yourself go and leave your 30,000 troops behind, there is almost no other possibility except being eaten by the Ming Dynasty.
In the valley not far away, Sun Chuanting was commanding the strong men to slaughter sheep for the army.
After all, he was a man who was used to living a hard life. Before retreating from the grassland, Sun Chuanting still ordered half of the cavalry to be left behind and drive back all the beasts of the mid-level tribe that was finally slaughtered.
After all, according to the plan, the cavalry will not be used much in the next battle except for sending gifts to the Tatars.
Most of the nearby grassland tribes were young and strong, and they were plundered by the Ming Dynasty. In addition, they were retaliated by the Ming army. Let alone 10,000 troops, even if only 1,000 troops were left, this batch of cattle could still be guaranteed. There is no problem with the sheep.
More than 100,000 cattle and sheep formed a long queue. When the first sheep entered the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting realized that the Ming Dynasty had no time to deal with this herd of cattle and sheep.
It's okay to say that on the grassland, there is grass everywhere, so there is no need to worry about the herd of cattle and sheep going hungry.
But after entering the Ming Dynasty, the weeds on the roadside were not enough to cause trouble to these cattle and sheep.
If there are farmers, you can call them to herd the sheep, or cut grass to feed the sheep.
But in order to deal with the Tatars, all the surrounding people were forcibly moved away. Where could anyone be found?
Helpless, Sun Chuanting had no choice but to order the cavalry to herd cattle on the grassland first. Except for the lambs, all the other sheep were driven to the major military camps. So that the soldiers and strong men can have a good time.
