As a result, at the time of the final reckoning, the sword-fighting troops were reduced to less than 300 from the original 70,000 troops.
If Zhu Chu hadn't chased Dao Ganmeng so fast, Dao Ganmeng's troops might have been completely destroyed.
In fact, even if there are still these three hundred people, the force with strong swords and strong swords can be considered destroyed.
And these three hundred people were also trembling. Even if Zhu Zhen accepted their surrender with great grace, they kept kneeling there and kept muttering: "My meat is not delicious, it is not delicious." "
Zhu Chu didn't hear their mutterings, otherwise he probably wouldn't have spared them.
At this time, Zhu Zhen asked his men to clean the battlefield and bury those who should be buried on the spot to avoid the plague. At the same time, if there were any soldiers who died in the war, they should be dealt with on the spot first and then take them home when they return.
There were more than 90,000 troops behind Zhu Chu who had not yet come, so he prepared to rest on the spot.
Although Dao Gan Meng was wiped out, the problem of Dao Gan Meng's territory, namely Yingjiang, still needs to be dealt with, so Zhu Chu will definitely have to continue to Yingjiang next.
At the same time, Zhu Chu also summoned Dao Gong, Dao Yuechuan and his son.
"The guilty minister meets His Royal Highness King Min. Your Highness is a thousand years old," Mrs. Dao Gong shouted and knelt down in front of Zhu Chu.
Zhu Ming quickly stretched out his hand to help him up, and asked curiously: "What crime are you guilty of?"
Dao Gong quickly said: "Your Highness, I was originally in charge of Tengchong Town, one of which was to monitor whether Dao Gan Meng had any intention of rebellion. As a result, the guilty minister still failed to discover at the first time that Dao Gan Meng led his army into the hinterland of Yunnan. , I could only make amends for it afterwards, so I met the enemy here. I wanted to die to apologize, but I never expected that His Highness would come to my rescue. Although Dao Ganmeng is dead, the guilty minister is guilty."
"So that's it, then it can be regarded as having made up for it. You have to know that some people are not even willing to make up for it," Zhu Xi patted Dao Gong's arm (not his shoulder) comfortingly, and said something thoughtful. He pointed and sneered.
Dao Gong raised his head and noticed a certain brilliance shining in Zhu Xun's eyes. He was shocked and quickly lowered his head.
Dao Gong had already guessed that what Zhu Chu was referring to was naturally Hu Yuan, who was unmoved by the pair of Dao Gan fierce troops who passed by the Golden Tooth Guard twice.
Especially in the context of last night's battle between the Dao Gong clan, Hu Yuan deserved to die.
"Let's not talk about this first. Let's talk about your situation." Zhu Zhen did not mean to continue blaming Dao Gong.
In fact, Zhu Chen had already heard that Dao Gong's army of only 20,000 men dared to fight Dao Ganmeng's 70,000-strong army in a decisive battle, and they fought fiercely until Zhu Chen came to help but did not surrender.
Although Dao Gong did make mistakes, he did make up for it. If he continued to punish him, wouldn't it be chilling?
Zhu Ming also asked people to remove the saddles from his horses. While letting the horses that had been galloping all night rest, he also used a few saddles as chairs. When he sat down, he also asked Dao Gong to sit down.
Dao Gong was somewhat flattered and deeply moved.
He originally thought that he would be punished or punished, or at least scolded, but he never expected that Zhu Ming felt like a polite corporal?
It seems that this twelve-year-old prince is indeed extraordinary. Not only is his height and figure completely unrelated to his twelve-year-old age, but even his behavior is so mature that he doesn't look like a twelve-year-old at all. .
Who is so mature and prudent at the age of twelve?
Zhu Ming also turned his head and glanced into the distance. It turned out that when his men were cleaning the battlefield, Zhao Kuo actually ran out and chased back some stray horses.
It must be said that the army is short of war horses. Except for some horses that "accidentally" died in chaotic battles, each one is a valuable strategic resource.
Mu Qiu came over quietly, brought a pot of tea and placed it in front of Zhu Chu and Dao Gong. He also poured a cup for Zhu Chu with his own hands.
It turned out that after the troops had cleaned up the battlefield, they had already begun preparing to set up camp and cook rice.
They were originally going to rest last night, but ended up charging and fighting fiercely for half the night. According to Zhu Chu's character, there was no reason to let the horse run and not feed the horse at the same time.
Therefore, when the follow-up troops arrive, they will definitely have to rest for half a day, or at least half a day before continuing on their way.
Zhu Chu took the hot tea from Mu Qiu's hand and greeted Dao Gong and his son in front of him: "Please help yourself."
Mrs. Dao Gong hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Your Highness and Princess."
"Pfft," Zhu Chu spit out a sip of tea.
Mu Qiu was also stunned for a moment, turned around and ran away with his pretty face red and stamping his feet.
"You misunderstood," Zhu Chu waved his hand: "She is Mu Qiu, the daughter of Mu De, the chieftain of the Mu family. This time, because of the chaos caused by the sword, Uncle Mu De was loyal, but he died of illness on the way to help me in Dali City. I This can be regarded as revenge for Uncle Mu De."
Mu Qiu turned around and left, his whole body shaken, his head lowered, his eyes a little red.
She looked back at Zhu Chu's back with complicated eyes, then walked towards her and Zhu Chu's horses, and personally fed them some water and some green grass cut nearby.
Then, Zhu Chu learned about their situation from Dao Gong.
The Dao Gong clan initially lost about 10,000 people last night. Later, in order to cooperate with Zhu Zhen, they continued to fight, and now they only have less than 7,000 people left.
It can be said to be a heavy loss.
As mentioned before, if more than half of the troops are injured or killed, the troops who can still resist fleeing and surrendering are considered elite.
But such an elite unit suffered such heavy losses in a decisive battle with a huge disparity in strength against Dao Ganmeng. It has to be said that it was a loss.
Zhu Ming also sighed and said: "I will not wrong you. In the name of the Yunnan vassal, I will pardon you from Tengchong's taxes for the next five years. Use the remaining money and food as compensation, and to take care of the families of the dead soldiers." , also use it to develop your Tengchong."
"Thank you, Your Highness," Dao Gong immediately became grateful.
Zhu Ming waved his hands, not taking it seriously, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, you were originally named Gong, how come you were given the surname Dao by my father? Are you really willing to forget your ancestors?"
"This," Mrs. Dao Gong smiled dryly and did not dare to talk.
Just kidding, you also know that this is an order from your father, Emperor Hongwu, you ask me? Dare I say that I am not willing to do so? That must be a willingness.
In order to divide Luchuan forces, Zhu Yuanzhang specifically asked Dao Gong to come to Tengchong to change his surname and be regarded as a so-called chieftain. In fact, he was not a native.
This is also a helpless move.
As a member of the Han family, Dao Gong naturally did not want to forget his ancestors, so he always called himself Dao Gong and did not dare to forget his family name for a moment.
"Don't worry, I will let you restore your ancestral surname in the future," Zhu Zhen suddenly promised.
Dao Gong was stunned for a moment, then startled, Your Highness, are you going to rebel and make a wish?
Zhu Ming didn't know what Dao Gong was thinking. He turned to look into the distance and murmured: "As long as we conquer all those territories one day, you won't need to change your surnames to suppress them. As long as our Ming Dynasty is prosperous, who in this world will Dare you refuse?"
Dao Gong was secretly relieved. Fortunately, His Highness was not going to rebel.
(End of chapter)
