Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 624: Liquidation of Turpan

After the people of Turpan gave up defending Hami, they fled eastward with a belly full of anger, intending to return to Turpan and regroup!

Having been used by the Ming Dynasty this time, they have great hatred in their hearts. Hami should never expect peace in the future!

The number of troops that escaped from Turpan was no more than 10,000 but less than 20,000, and there were many wounded.

Just halfway through, suddenly a group of masked cavalry, wearing various clothes, rushed towards the Turpan army.

The defeat in Hami just now had exhausted the people of Turpan, and the long journey had made them lose their will to fight.

This 10,000-man light cavalry force had been waiting here for a long time, eager to make achievements, and their fighting capacity was at its highest.

After the two sides met, this group of Ming soldiers disguised as bandits launched a fierce attack on the Turpan troops without any hesitation.

After a fierce battle, the Turpan people lost half of their troops and now have only more than 8,000 troops.

When the Ming army left, they uttered some harsh words in Mongolian.

Their purpose here is to disguise themselves as Oirat people and create conflicts between Oirat and Turpan people.

The people of Turpan were even more furious.

This Ming cavalry had a heavy mission and was unable to use the Ming's advanced weapons. After the battle just now, they lost three to four thousand people.

At this time, the team was heading west, and they saw the Oirat people chasing them towards the east.

This Ming cavalry unit immediately engaged in battle with the Oirat people. The strength of this Oirat army was still relatively intact and its combat effectiveness was very strong!

After the battle lasted for a while, the Ming Dynasty's light cavalry fled eastward in a hurry.

not far away.

The Turpan people, who had just won a tragic victory, saw that the cavalry had returned and immediately charged towards the Ming cavalry in anger.

But soon, this cavalry rushed frantically to both sides.

Before the people of Turpan understood what was happening, they soon saw densely packed Wala troops charging towards them from the rear!

The Oirat people thought that these were reinforcements from the Ming army, so when the two sides met, they started a fierce hand-to-hand fight!
……

The little prince broke through the defense line of the north gate with less than five thousand warriors. This time he brought a full 100,000 troops. In addition to the more than 20,000 troops of the Oirat people who had previously chased the Turpan people, the 8,000 people who attacked the city in the east, and his own 5,000 people, almost half of his personnel were lost!

We lost so many soldiers and gained nothing!
The little prince was furious.

"Rest right here!"

After traveling such a long distance, the little prince could not continue the charge and had to let the main force take a break for a while.

A soldier from the Tatar tribe came up to the little prince, drew his long knife without saying a word, and cut the little prince's neck directly.

The little prince covered his neck and looked at his subordinates in disbelief.

The other soldiers did not make any comment when they saw the little prince being killed. It seemed that the little prince's prestige had been completely lost in the Tatar tribe!
This Tatar tribe of less than 5,000 people was destined to not make any waves. This battle was just like the Battle of Tumu.

Both were risky actions led by the top leadership of both sides, and both resulted in disastrous defeats for elite troops.

It was just that the Ming Dynasty was a big and powerful country that could withstand such turmoil. Afterwards, it took the Ming Dynasty a hundred years to recover.

In this war, the little prince was killed directly, and out of the more than 100,000 troops of the Tatar and Oirat coalition forces, only more than 20,000 are left.

The Turpan army was almost wiped out and defeated.

Hami City.

Central Army Headquarters. "Report! The Eastern Special Forces successfully harassed the Turpan troops."

"Report! The Wala army and the Turpan people met, and the Turpan people were completely annihilated!"

"Report! The little Tatar prince has been killed!"

"Reporting that the remnants of the Tatars and Wala have fled, and the estimated number of troops is less than 20,000!"

When the news continued to arrive at Yang Yiqing's desk, Yang Yiqing was overjoyed, clenched his fists, and said excitedly: "Great!"

This battle will go down in history!

After this battle, Yang Yiqing's name is destined to leave a deep mark in history books!
Yang Yiqing looked at Fu Yuan standing beside him and said excitedly: "I will commend you for your achievements and make sure your name goes down in history!"

Fu Yuan shook his head calmly and said, "No need, no need to ask for credit for me, this is all Lord Yang's own credit."

Yang Yiqing was stunned. With such a great contribution, why did Fu Yuan turn a blind eye to it? Who wouldn't want to leave a name in history?
What an honor this would bring to our family!

Yang Yiqing didn't understand and asked Fu Yuan, "You obviously made great contributions in this battle, why don't you want the credit?"

Fu Yuan smiled and said, “Learn from Chen Ce and pretend to be a master.”

Yang Yiqing: “???”

Fu Yuan said: "If you hadn't seen me setting up this, who would have known that I was the one who did all this?"

"Then have you ever thought about who is behind the Ming Dynasty's current situation?"

"If we really want to take credit, then all the credit belongs to Chen Ce. Without his red cannon, his victorious chariot, and his flintlock rifle, how could we defeat the ferocious Mongols?"

"What the Ming Dynasty failed to accomplish in nearly two Jiazi years, the Mongols, whom Taizu and Taizong had spent their entire lives trying to destroy, were almost completely wiped out here."

"Who would have known, by flipping through the history books, that all this was closely related to Chen Chunjian?"

"Did he ever covet fame? No?"

"I said before that I want to do better than Chen Ce in every aspect! So, I don't want this credit either!"

Yang Yiqing thought to himself, what a fool!

Why are you comparing this with Chen Ce? He really likes Fu Yuan. Yang Yiqing knows Fu Yuan's ability too well, so he hopes that Fu Yuan can leave his name in history, but this guy seems to be not in his right mind.

You don't want such a good opportunity? Chen Ce is dying soon, so it doesn't matter whether he wants it or not. What about you?
It's not like you're dying.

Also, although Chen Ce did a lot of things in secret, he did not actually participate in these things after all. It seems inappropriate to reward him, which will make many soldiers dissatisfied.

After all, those low-level soldiers didn’t know that Chen Ce was in control of the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty. They only looked at the present.

"Really? Such a good opportunity!"

Fu Yuan shook his head and said, “No, Lord Yang, I will stay in Northern Frontier for a while before I leave.”

"When Chen Ce asked me to pacify Liaodong and Northern Xinjiang, I thought it would take a long time, but because of that guy's intervention, it happened much faster than I thought."

"My presence in the Northern Frontier is meaningless now. The Northern Frontier of the Ming Dynasty should be peaceful for many years to come. Lord Yang can just take care of the affairs of the Northern Frontier."

"Also... congratulations to Lord Yang. After this battle, Lord Yang may also be granted a title of nobility. Well, at least a marquis!"

Yang Yiqing: “…”

(End of this chapter)