Statistics of military achievements are too difficult, but there are always solutions.
The army continued the practice during the Annan expedition. The sergeants reported, the barracks reported, and the Ministry of War, the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the Security Bureau reviewed, highlighted the individual, and rewarded the whole practice.
For example, the number of enemy kills of the Tiger Crouching Artillery Sergeants cannot be counted. The Ministry of War directly assigned them military merit of 10,000 people. If it is divided evenly, everyone can take the credit, and no one has any objection.
The battle achievements have not yet been calculated, but the results of the battle losses are first placed on Zhu Di's desk:
During the Ming Dynasty, 6,723 soldiers were killed and 3,816 were seriously injured.
Looking at this number, Zhu Di fell into deep silence.
Xu Huizu and Song Sheng could not help but feel sad, as did Yang Rong, Huo Lin and others.
More than 6,700 soldiers replaced Timur's army of more than 100,000. It can be said to be a great victory and unprecedented greatness. But Zhu Di couldn't be happy, and no one could be happy.
Although Zhu Di has a heart of stone, has been on the battlefield for a long time, and has seen many life and death, he still finds it difficult to accept this result.
Raising his head, Zhu Di looked at the generals and said with emotion: "In the battle against Harry, we lost 2,382 sergeants and more than 4,000 were seriously injured. In the battle against Timur, we lost another 6,723 soldiers. More than 3,000 sergeants were seriously injured! More than 10,000 sergeants were damaged on the battlefield of Qamdo. This is because we have fire blunderbuss, crossbows, tiger cannons, grenades, landmines, camel walls, divine machine guns, and Modao. Hands, large chariot formations, heavy cavalry, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers working together. Without these, how many soldiers will we lose?"
Xu Huizu, Song Sheng and others looked solemn.
Without firearms, it is hard to say whether the Ming sergeants could have resisted in the face of Timur's hundreds of thousands of troops fighting with all their might! You must know that Timur's heavy armored cavalry is too powerful. Without firearms, the Ming Dynasty has no means to deal with them. It can only rely on the lives of its sergeants to fight, consume and replace them!
If there was no camel city, how could Timur's cavalry be inflicted heavy damage on this unobstructed and unimpeded prairie? Relying only on ordinary camps, human walls, and military formations, you may have to pay an extremely heavy price and inevitably collapse.
Without Mo Dao Shou, Iron Eagle Cavalry, and Great Chariot Formation...
The Ming Dynasty was able to defeat Timur on the grassland and completely eliminate Timur's main force. The biggest contributors were firearms, camel city, special forces, and every soldier who fought and charged desperately!
And these are all the results of Zhu Yunwen's military system reforms.
The Second Artillery Bureau was set up by Zhu Yunwen, and the firearms were improved by Zhu Yunwen. Camel City is the blueprint given by Zhu Yunwen, the special forces are the finances that Zhu Yunwen strives for, and the new army strategy is the reform managed by Zhu Yunwen!
Xu Huizu couldn't help but think, if time goes back nine years and Timur goes east in the late Hongwu period, who will Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang arrange to lead the army to fight Timur? How much will the battle damage be? Can Daming win?
There is no answer.
However, Xu Huizu believed that Zhu Yunwen's military reforms, the implementation of the new army strategy, and the in-depth application of firearms were the key to the Ming army's victory over Timur and the fundamental reason for the low battle losses.
Zhu Di lamented and continued: "The path chosen by the Emperor is right. Firearms are the future. If we can bring more Crouching Tiger Cannons and more Divine Machine Cannons, perhaps many sergeants will not have to sacrifice."
Song Sheng couldn't help but think about it, if the Ming army could really deploy large-scale firearms, with tens of thousands of squatting cannons firing in unison, and thousands of divine machine cannons thundering, who would still be the opponent of the Ming army that day?
Firearms, we must expand the proportion of firearms in the army. No matter who the enemy is in the future, don’t be busy copying them first. Give them a round of firearm coverage remotely, and then see who can still stand. Try another round, wait until no one is around. Isn’t it good to copy someone when you can stand up again...
After some grief, Yang Rong came out and asked: "It's winter now, and the bodies of the fallen soldiers can be preserved, but keeping them parked is not an option. Do we need to discuss how to dispose of them?"
Zhu Di knew that it was unrealistic to bring the bodies of the fallen soldiers back to the capital. Although Timur's main force was eliminated now, Timur's power was not completely driven out.
In addition, although the country of Yili is gone, there are still many unknown places.
Knowing this, they still remained loyal and tried their best. For example, the actual control over the Tarim River Basin, Hashar (Kashgar), and Khotan (Hotan) south of the Tianshan Mountains is still in the hands of local leaders. Since the Ming Dynasty wants to occupy the entire territory of Yili, these places will naturally be taken back. .
The war is not over yet, and it is impossible to reorganize the army in a short time. Even the master would not have been able to carry the corpses of so many soldiers across six to seven thousand miles and send them back to the capital. Neither the climate nor time allowed it. The only way was to bury them on the spot in Tianshan Mountain.
Zhu Di looked at Xu Huizu, Song Sheng, Liu Jun and others: "How do you think this should be handled appropriately?"
Xu Huizu wanted to take all the bodies back, but he also knew that this was impossible.
Song Sheng said sadly: "These soldiers who died in the battle all fought to take back the Western Region. Let's place them in the Western Region, north of the Tianshan Mountains."
Zhu Di nodded solemnly.
Yang Rong asked: "General, everyone, if the imperial court sets up the Western Regions Dusi, where will the capital be located? Since the imperial court wants to take back the Western Regions, it must also set up the Chief Envoy in the Western Regions. The office of the Chief Envoy will also be located. Where should it be set?”
Liu Jun looked at Yang Rong in confusion. The current discussion was about the placement of the sergeant's bones. Why did he talk about this?
Zhu Di pointed to his feet and said seriously: "Whether it is the Dusi or the Chief Envoy, there is only one most suitable place, and that is Weilu Mu."
Yang Rongshen thought so.
Werumu (Ulu-Muqi) is stuck in the middle of the east and west sections of the Tianshan Mountains. The terrain is high and easy to defend. It can guard the east-west passage, and it is backed by Turpan, Hami, Yiwu and other places. The logistics pressure is light, and the water and grass are there. Fengmao, and located in the center of Yilibali, a thousand miles to the west is Alashankou, more than a thousand and two hundred miles to the east is Jiayuguan, a thousand miles to the north is the Altai Mountains, and a thousand miles to the south is Ruoqiang and Khotan.
Although the location of Yilibaili City is very good, located in the Ili River Valley, with high mountains as a barrier on both sides, it is too remote and is not suitable as the center of the Ming Dynasty's rule of the Western Regions.
Yang Rong looked at everyone and said solemnly: "Since the future center of the Ming Dynasty's governance of the Western Regions is likely to be Werumu, we might as well bury the soldiers there and build a large Heroes' Square in Werumu, imitating the Heroes' Monument in the capital. , the Monument of Heroes and Martyrs, so that all who come here in future generations can pay homage and remember the fallen soldiers."
Zhu Di responded: "Okay, let's do it!"
Liu Jun and Xu Huizu looked deeply at Yang Rong. It was not unreasonable for Zhu Yunwen to value this young man so much. He was thoughtful, strategic, had military qualities, and had the courage to charge into battle.
Building the Square of the Martyrs and the Monument of the Martyrs is an excellent idea. It can not only appease the soldiers, but also show the Ming Dynasty's respect for the fallen soldiers. What's more, Verumu will inevitably become the largest city in the Western Regions, gathering a large number of people to pay tribute, remember, and There will be many people paying homage to him.
"Assemble a group of craftsmen to handle this matter. It must be done well."
Zhu Di warned.
Everyone took the order and left.
The next day, the results of the battle were calculated. In the battle with Tamerlane, more than 69,000 enemies were killed, and more than 75,000 people were captured. There were also a bunch of people who couldn't be made into human figures. The generals refused to admit their defeat even if they held their ears. It's impossible to count, and some people fled into the Tianshan Mountains. They were too scattered and too lazy to chase.
Only Xu Da and Lan Yu of the Hongwu Dynasty had achieved such a great victory on a 100,000-level battlefield with such a large corps in the Ming Dynasty! Now you need to add a name:
Zhu Di!
No matter what the reason for the victory was, Zhu Di was a well-deserved excellent commander. It was he who planned and planned day and night. He first devoured Harry and then devoted his fighting power to lure Timur into being deceived and put into the main battle. Finally, with the help of Tuocheng Jedi counterattack, he defeated Defeat Timur's army!
On the entire battlefield, Zhu Di's command, arrangement, and deployment were remarkable. He used generals and troops with great precision. He knew what troops should be put into battle when danger was in danger, knew when to attack, when to defend, and knew the best way. When it comes to attacking, he has strategic patience that ordinary people don't have. When he was about to rush to kill Timur and achieve glory, he still stopped the army, and then mobilized the divine machine cannon to completely destroy Timur's last power!
Zhu Di is undoubtedly the most important person in this era.
Excellent battlefield commander!
Because this was an unprecedented victory, it completely determined the war situation in the Western Regions. There was no longer any power to influence the Ming Dynasty to take back the Western Regions. Zhu Di decided to send Wang Zhongliang, Zhao Yu, and Li Chengcai from the Shenji Battalion, Qi Chuan, Zhao Tie, and others from the Fifth Military Battalion. Liang Jie, Zheng Jun and Zhou Qian of the 3000 Battalion, governor Yang Fenghuo, clerks Huo Lin and Xuan Qingshu, together with Xue Xia and others from the Security Bureau, formed a victory team of 300 people, carrying Zhu Di, The documents of Xu Huizu, Song Sheng, Yang Rong and others traveled day and night back to the capital.
As Xue Xia, Huo Lin, Wang Zhongliang and others braved the cold wind to leave Qamdo, Zhu Di also began to arrange troops to take back all the towns north of the Tianshan Mountains. The method was simple and crude, sending troops to persuade them to surrender first, and then attacking the cities if they did not surrender.
Outside Polo City.
Yuan Yue reined in his horse, picked up his telescope and looked at the top of Polo City. He saw the sun and moon flags fluttering, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Liu Qixia laughed and said, "It seems that someone took our credit."
An army rushed out of Polo City, waving the sun and moon flag, and the leader was none other than General Mao Zheng, who was stationed at Alashankou.
Mao Zheng stopped his horse far away and arranged for the sergeant to wait where he was. He only brought Cai Xiongying forward and shouted to Yuan Yue who was holding up his crossbow: "Good boy, how long has it been since you didn't recognize us?"
Yuan Yue signaled the sergeant to put down his crossbow and said with a smile: "Who knows if you have been caught and become a pawn. Be careful to sail the ten thousand year ship."
Mao Zheng rolled his eyes at Yuan Yue: "Who can catch our brothers? You came at the right time. Take the time to go to Yili and seize the inner city. If it's too late, Harry and *** will run away."
Yuan Yue pointed at Polo City.
Mao Zheng rubbed his hands: "Yesterday, some deserters wanted to go to Alashankou, but we caught them. Then we heard that Timur was defeated and ran away with only a few hundred people. How about it? , have you caught him?"
"Timur has been beheaded by Xue Xia."
Liu Qixia said solemnly.
Mao Zheng spat: "You're giving these security bureau people an advantage!"
"Speak of Polo City!"
Yuan Yue was very depressed about Mao Zheng.
Mao Zheng explained that the matter was very simple. After receiving the news of Timur's defeat, Mao Zheng felt that people in Polo City must be panicked, and the Alashankou was too cold, so he decided to take 2,000 people to another accommodation. There was not much charge. The defenders of Polo City fled immediately when they saw the Ming Dynasty's flag, without even resisting...
Polo City was captured easily. Before the harvest of materials could be counted, Yuan Yue arrived with his army.
"Reorganize the army and march to the inner city!"
Yuan Yue is not concerned about whether Harry and Li will run away, but is very concerned about Yili's baggage in the inner city. If Harry sets a fire, then the army stationed here will have to rely on the logistics inside the pass, nearly four thousand miles away. , I can’t afford the logistics...
PS:
Special thanks to Mo Tujing’s Carrot. He contributed the idea of building a monument outside Tianshan Mountain. Thank you.
