Chapter 22 Naha’s departure and surrender
"There are numbers of success and failure, and victory or defeat depends on heaven. After the founding of the Gu Yuan Dynasty, you are a loyal minister and a righteous man who is indomitable. Lan admires Wan Duan, but how can manpower resist the number of days? The Gu Yuan is cruel and abuses the people, and the people cannot bear it. There is a red scarf in front of him. Climb high and shout, and the world will fall apart. Heaven, fate, and luck. How can human power save it? It has been bitter cold outside the Pass for more than 20 years, and loyalty and integrity are evident. You should also think about the long-term plans of your family and subordinates. The world is clear, and I hope you will be careful. think."
"Deputy Marshal of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, Yongchang Hou Lanyu."
Naha glanced at the letter and didn't care about the content. After all what's inside. He had thought about it countless times. Why should others give advice on the pros and cons?
But what Naha cares about is the people around him.
The light above the torch swayed like a beauty dancing. It shines on the faces of the people around you, sometimes deeply and sometimes shallowly.
It's like these wavering hearts.
Naha sighed inwardly. I knew this battle would be difficult to handle.
In fact, as far as Naha's true intentions were concerned, he still favored the Yuan Dynasty. After all, he was an important minister of the Yuan Dynasty for generations after Mu Huali. It can be regarded as one of the original shareholders of the Yuan Dynasty. Even if Lan Yu is a Gu Yuan, Gu Yuan emphasizes that the Yuan Dynasty has perished. But the situation is stronger than the people. Sometimes it's not just what he wants to do.
Even if he is willing to persist. Are the people below him willing to persevere?
Lan Yu was very smart in this battle today. everybody knows. At this time, the camp was broken, the horses charged, and a massacre was right in front of them. But Lan Yu withdrew his troops instead. This shows Sapphire's sincerity even more. At this time, there were not many people who still insisted on fighting the Ming army.
Even though, there are many people who have blood feud with the Yuan Dynasty.
But even if there is a blood feud, living is still the most important thing.
Naha said: "Pack up the camp and break out tomorrow."
Although Naha announced a breakout tomorrow. But he didn't break out after all. It's not that he didn't send people to break out, but they were blocked by Lan Yu. But Naha sent out a large force and never moved.
However, the timing of his breakthrough. Missed it too.
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An army of 200,000 people marched across the grassland like a long dragon. It stirred up countless winds and sand.
Feng Sheng was at the front, looking from a distance towards Lan Yu leading thousands of people to greet them not far away.
Feng Sheng turned over and dismounted, and Lan Yu was about to salute. Feng Sheng supported Lan Yu and said, "Marquis Yongchang does not need to be polite. You are the leader in this battle, and I will definitely tell you that I will not wrong Marquis Yongchang." "
Lan Yu said: "Thank you very much, Duke Song. This battle still needs Duke Song to take charge of the overall situation."
Feng Sheng laughed and thought to himself: "They say Lan Yu is domineering, and he seems to be very wise."
Now that the army is surrounded, Naha can't escape. In this battle, Ke will do his best. Feng Sheng was naturally a great contributor, but Lan Yu's performance in this battle was too eye-catching, which made him, Feng Sheng, look like he was just cheating.
There is something unsightly about this.
Of course, this is not something that cannot be changed. Just look at how to report below. A slight change in the writing shows that he and Lan Yu have cooperated sincerely. Hello, hello, everyone. The premise is that Lan Yu wants to be on the road.
Sapphire performed very well today.
Of course, Feng Sheng would not treat Lan Yu badly, and Feng Sheng would naturally know the etiquette of reciprocating kindness. However, these are discussed in private.
Lan Yu is arrogant and arrogant. There is nothing false about being domineering. But Lan Yu also understands political things.
Lan Yu told Feng Sheng about the current situation. Lan Yu said: "I think Naha Chu is already tempted."
Feng Sheng said: "At this moment, I have no control over what he thinks. If he delays any longer, he will be fined for not eating the toast."
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Ming army camps were erected one after another outside the Nahachu camp. The trumpets sounded and the drums shook the sky. With such momentum, the military might of the Ming Dynasty spread into the Naha army camp.
Naha looked at the generals under his command, all of them were dejected. It was as if the energy and energy had been drained out of him.
Naha's voice was hoarse. As if he had aged dozens of years all of a sudden, he said: "If there is no objection, we will open camp and surrender."
No one spoke.
No one said yes, no one said no.
No one said anything against it.
There is a deathly silence.
"Okay, it's settled." Naha said.
Such an important decision was made so rashly.
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The camp gate is open. Nahachu was naked, with thorns tied behind his back. He walked out on foot, knelt in front of Feng Sheng, and said, "The guilty minister does not know the power of heaven, so please forgive me for my sin."
Feng Sheng smiled heartily and said: "King Kaiping, there is no need for this. You are an old friend of His Majesty, and His Majesty has missed you in Nanjing for a long time. Please rest assured that you have made great contributions to the court and will not lose your position as a prince in the future."
Naha said: "The guilty minister thanked the Duke for his support."
Feng Sheng gave an order, and the Ming army behind them entered the Yuan army camp like flowing water. Naha's father and son, as well as the important generals of the Mongolian army, were all brought to the Ming army camp for resettlement. Being surrendered is like being attacked by an enemy, which is the place where recurrence is most likely to occur.
Regardless of whether the enemy general intends to surrender, or the enemy general surrenders for real, the subordinate generals are not willing to surrender. All kinds of things. In short, in a word, accidents are too easy.
You can't relax yet.
However, after a rough inventory, the surrendered troops and Dingkou family members came out of Naha.
Feng Sheng suddenly frowned.
Summoning Fu Youde and Lan Yudu generals for discussion, he said: "Naha is said to have a crowd of 200,000. If we consider it as a strong man, it is naturally insufficient. There are only hundreds of thousands of people. But if we consider it as a young man, it is not enough." Far more than that. Because every strong man has a family. Although the population is not large. But counting the population, there are at least more than 500,000 people. There is not much food. But there are hundreds of thousands of horses and millions of cattle and sheep. Plus The army has more than 700,000 mouths. There are so many animals that all need to eat. How can we supply them now?"
"Then we can only kill the cattle and sheep?" Fu Youde said: "Reward the soldiers well."
Lan Yu said: "There is no problem in killing sheep. But cattle are very important. The imperial court is in urgent need of cattle for farming. And I have also checked, and the sheep now are just a handful of bones."
In winter, all animals lose weight. Horses, cattle and sheep are all at their thinnest. Normally people on the grassland would definitely not kill animals at this time.
Feng Sheng thought to himself: "Every credit has its own merit, and now the first credit has been given to Lan Yu. If he brought back so many war horses and cattle, it would be a great achievement. However, this matter is a bit difficult to handle."
Livestock are complicated. They are not only production tools, but they also need to be consumed. I have been hungry all winter. Continue to add. If you don't surrender now. But according to normal life, it is because they are spread out to graze.
But now because they surrendered and were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, how could they let them go. Then we have to bear the cost of fodder for so many horses, cattle and sheep.
This becomes a burden instead.
Feng Sheng said: "How many days is it until Lan Yu reaches the time agreed with He Xi?"
Lan Yu said: "It has been ten days."
Feng Sheng said: "For now, use military rations to support one. Wait until we get through these five days. Let's see how far He Xi can go."
He Xi is coming, if there is enough military rations and fodder. Then kill less cattle and sheep, if He Xi doesn't come at all. Or the military rations and fodder brought were too little. That's a different story.
What He Xi didn't know at this moment was that while he was still traveling long distances on the road, he had become an important factor affecting frontline decision-making. Everyone was waiting for He Xi's results.
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On the Songhua River, spring has arrived. The Songhua River has also opened.
At this moment, countless boats appeared on the Songhua River as if by magic. A ship covered the river. These boats are relatively small. The most can only hold more than ten stones of grain. But water transportation is much more convenient than land transportation.
A ship costs more than a dozen dan, and a hundred ships costs several thousand dan.
Now there are more than a hundred ships in the Songhua River, which can transport 200,000 troops at a time. A month's worth of military rations. Before that, both sides of the Songhua River were deserted. There was no place to build ships at all, not even many rafts. Not to mention hundreds or more ships.
This is where He Xi becomes magic.
