Ming Dynasty: Pick up attributes from the battlefield to create the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 376 I will make the grasslands completely incorporated into the Chinese territory!
Time flies!
in a blink.

Four months have passed.

Within these four months.

Everything in the Ming Dynasty was proceeding smoothly.

From the northern frontier, a steady stream of surrendered soldiers and prisoners of war were escorted back to the heartland of the Ming Dynasty. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, these prisoners would never return to their homelands and would toil and die forever in the Ming Dynasty.

In these four months.

The full cooperation from the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty far surpassed the level of cooperation they had ever shown before.

The Ministry of Works took the lead in constructing highways, building a new capital, and constructing city walls.

The Ministry of Revenue compiled a register, and people from the south were transferred to the north.

The Ministry of War was responsible for dispatching local troops to escort prisoners to their respective areas.

at the same time!

On the vast land of northern Xinjiang.

Countless strongholds have already been established, each surrounded by walls on all four sides, resembling a fortress, or a nail driven into the grasslands by the Ming Dynasty, which had never been controlled by any other dynasty before, working closely together.

In just four months.

Under the leadership of the current Crown Prince, the three main battle battalions of the Ming Dynasty rushed forward, frantically expanding their territory. The cavalry battalion led the way, expanding wildly northward, followed by the infantry battalion and the Divine Machine Battalion.

If the cavalry battalion personally led by Zhu Ying was responsible for the rampage across the grasslands and the ruthless destruction of the Tatar tribes, then the infantry battalion was responsible for control, investigation, and establishment of a foothold.

The territory that Zhu Ying has now seized is immeasurable, almost three or four tenths of the entire northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

but.

Compared to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the grasslands were far too vast and sparsely populated. This is the fundamental reason why successive Chinese dynasties looked down on the grasslands, finding them useless to conquer and even more difficult to govern.

So over time, there's a sense of helplessness about it.

The calamity in the northern border region has never been fundamentally resolved.

The goal is to hurt them and make them behave for a few years.

But this time, it's different.

Zhu Ying's ambition was to truly unify the world, not just to achieve short-term peace.

The heart of northern Xinjiang.

Wolf Mountain.

After being defeated by Zhu Ying's army, the Northern Yuan was destroyed and subsequently split into three main tribes. Now, the Tatar royal court is also located here.

After the fall of the Northern Yuan, history did not deviate much. Benyashiri became the new Great Khan, but the Tatars would not have a successor.

"All soldiers, surround the Tatar royal court and follow me in the battle."

"Those who possess military power shall be treated as soldiers and killed without exception."

"Lay down your weapons and you will be spared death."

"Surround".

"kill."

The area where the Tatar royal court is located is now engulfed in flames and rife with slaughter.

Everywhere were charging, black-armored troops.

A frenzied charge.

At the very front was Zhu Ying, the grandson of the Ming emperor and the strongest military general in the entire Ming dynasty.

"I will follow His Highness to the death."

"Kill them! Slaughter these barbarians to the last man!"

"kill."

"Barbarians, they deserve to die..."

Behind Zhu Ying, Liu Lei, Lan Yu, and the others roared wildly.

Leading their respective forces, they launched a siege against the entire Tatar royal court.

"Run away."

"The Ming army has stormed in; they have breached the royal court. They will not let us go."

"Run away."

"Quickly..."

"Head north! Quickly head north, or we'll all die!"

"The Ming army killed people without blinking an eye."

"quick……"

The vast royal court is now in utter chaos, filled with fleeing Tatars and terrified people.

The soldiers, in particular, were in complete disarray.

The Ming army charged wildly through the royal court. They mercilessly slaughtered the Yuan soldiers who were clad in armor and wielding weapons. As for the civilians, the Ming soldiers mostly chose to let them pass unless they attacked. However, since it was war, there were bound to be friendly fire incidents. Some soldiers were so bloodthirsty that they would kill anyone who stood in their way.

Such is the order of war.

Even if Zhu Ying could restrain him to some extent, he could not completely restrain him.

now!

The Tatar royal court had been completely reduced to a battlefield and a sea of ​​fire, with the Ming cavalry charging and fighting wildly inside, while on the outside, Xu Huizu led the infantry to surround the royal court on all sides.

As the largest royal tribe of the Tatars, they were naturally killed or captured whenever possible.

population.

This will also become a key point for the Ming Dynasty in the future.

The key to expanding into the real world.

In the future, when the Ming Dynasty controls the grasslands, it will naturally not kill all the Yuan people, but will bring them under its rule and implement Sinicization.

It should be noted that in the northern border regions of the Ming Dynasty, there were countless former Yuan people who served the Ming Dynasty and have now been integrated into the Ming Empire.

Throughout Chinese history, the most powerful dynasties were not necessarily the ones with the strongest military force, but rather those that were Sinicized and...

Even within the main battle camps of the Ming Dynasty today, there are still people who were once Yuan people.

As long as they are incorporated into the territory and rule of the Ming Dynasty, they will become citizens of the Ming Dynasty and part of the Chinese nation in the future.

but.

It takes time.

future.

This vast grassland territory will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Yuan people who once roamed this grassland will become subjects of the Ming Dynasty, fighting for the Ming Dynasty.

The royal court's main tent.

now.

They were already surrounded by countless royal guards wearing red cloaks.

in front of them.

There were already dozens of Tatar generals and officials surrounded among them.

There was no way out.

These past four months.

Zhu Ying led his troops northward on a campaign, defeating countless Tatar tribes and killing countless Tatar soldiers along the way.

They've fought their way here.

The Tatar royal court was almost powerless to resist the advance of the Ming army.

Faced with this situation of being surrounded, these Tatar princes and nobles were filled with fear, and even the hands holding their weapons were trembling. They were obviously terrified, especially Zhu Ying, who was at the forefront of the royal guards. The fear seemed to originate from the depths of their souls.

"You must be the current Great Khan of the Tatars."

Zhu Ying's gaze swept across the room and landed directly on the person being protected in the middle.

It was none other than the new Great Khan of the Tatars, Daliba.

in history.

He was a puppet Khan who was installed by the emperor. He was forced into the position because he had no other choice.

After all, their Khan and General were already dead. If they did not establish a new Khan as their leader, they would perish sooner or later.

only.

Under the current circumstances, even if they were to be enthroned, it would not pose much of a hindrance to the Ming Dynasty's offensive.

"me……"

Facing Zhu Ying's gaze, the newly appointed Khan, who was only a teenager, was filled with fear and did not know what to do.

Obviously.

He didn't have the courage to face it.

"All right."

"Now that everyone here has arrived..."

"I won't waste any more words."

Zhu Ying glanced at him, his expression still indifferent: "Those who are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty will be spared death! They can still enjoy wealth and glory."

Hear this.

Many Tatar princes and nobles were surprised, seemingly not expecting Zhu Ying to offer them this option.

original.

They all thought they were doomed.

"May I ask the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, are you... are you really willing to give us a way out?" a Tatar nobleman asked in a trembling voice.

Many people are also full of anticipation.

The Tatars have now been defeated, utterly defeated.

They could no longer contend with the Ming Dynasty. In their minds, surrendering and submitting would allow them to survive, which would be the best outcome.

As long as you survive, there's still a chance for the future.

After all, the Ming Dynasty couldn't stay on this vast grassland for long, and they probably wouldn't station troops there either.

This.

Perhaps it is because the Huaxia Dynasty has never been able to deal with the northern grasslands since ancient times that they have always believed that even if they lose, as long as the Huaxia Dynasty leaves, they will have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

As long as I survive, that's enough.

All that matters is to submit and surrender now; the rest can be dealt with later.

only.

They were wrong.

"Why would I lead you to your death? If you are willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty and serve it, why would I kill you?"

"And then, this time, I came here on a solitary northern expedition."

"You brought this upon yourselves. If you hadn't offended my Great Ming, would I have come here?" Zhu Ying sneered, his voice carrying an air of preemptive force.

It has a sense of confidence that it has a legitimate reason to act.

This fundamentally establishes the Ming Dynasty's northern expedition as having a legitimate cause.

In response to Zhu Ying's words.

None of the Tatar princes and nobles present dared to refute this.

This time.

It was indeed the Tatars who invaded the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has invaded this place and breached their royal court, it seems that everything was truly their own doing.

“I…I am willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and serve the Ming Dynasty.”

A Tatar official stepped forward and knelt before Zhu Ying.

"I would like that too."

"The benevolence of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty."

"I am willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty."

"..."

One by one, the Tatar nobles knelt down before Zhu Ying, placing their right hands on their chests in submission.

At this moment.

They were truly terrified and subdued by the beatings.

Just a blink of an eye.

Of the dozens of Tatar nobles, only Daliba and a few ministers remained who did not kneel down and submit.

"You lot are unwilling?"

Zhu Ying's gaze fell upon them.

The thousands of royal guards around them immediately turned their murderous gazes toward them, making these people feel as if they were in purgatory.

It seemed that with just a gesture from Zhu Ying, the surrounding guards would immediately rush out and kill them with swift strokes of their blades.

"I am willing to surrender."

Under such oppression.

The twelve or thirteen-year-old newly appointed Tatar Khan ultimately failed to maintain his integrity and knelt down with intense resentment in his heart.

The people around him eventually knelt down as well.

See this.

Zhu Ying was very satisfied.

"I have never believed in surrender based on verbal promises, nor in pledging allegiance based on mere words," Zhu Ying said slowly.

The Tatar nobles kneeling on the ground changed their expressions, thinking that Zhu Ying was trying to mock them.

But then.

Zhu Ying waved his hand.

A wooden box appeared out of thin air in front of the warhorse.

All the Tatar nobles stared in disbelief at this scene.

And aside.

Liu Lei waved his hand and was the first to dismount from his warhorse.

Subsequently.

A dozen or so guards dismounted and walked to the box.

Liu Lei simply opened the box.

Inside were individual porcelain bottles.

"One per person."

Zhu Ying slowly opened his mouth.

"Yes," the guards, who had dismounted, immediately replied.

Then several people took out porcelain bottles from them and walked towards the Tatar nobles who were kneeling on the ground and surrendering.

After walking up to them, he opened the porcelain bottle, poured the pills inside into his hand, and then distributed one to each of them.

These Tatar nobles looked at the pills in their hands, puzzled.

Obviously.

They didn't know what Zhu Ying was trying to do.
"Eat it, and you will live."

"If you won't eat it, kill it immediately."

Seeing that everything had been distributed, Zhu Ying scrutinized these Tatar nobles and said coldly.

Splat!

These dismounted guards immediately drew their long swords and stared at them menacingly.

Under such coercion.

These people seem to have no choice left.

"Eat," Daliba said bitterly.

Then he put the black pill in his hand into his mouth and swallowed it.

Seeing this, the others also ate it with a sense of unease!

now.

They had no other choice.

"examine."

“Those who cheat and evade justice shall be executed immediately,” Zhu Ying said coldly.

The guards stepped forward and roughly lifted them up to check if they had swallowed the pills.

really.

After inspection.

Indeed, a few cunning individuals hid the elixir under their tongues.

In this regard.

Wang Wei showed no mercy, raising his sword and slashing the man's head to the ground.

"Your Highness."

"I ate the rest of it," Liu Lei said respectfully as he turned around.

Hear this!

Zhu Ying nodded, scrutinizing the Tatar nobles: "Human hearts are unpredictable. Do you think that just because you've verbally surrendered and submitted, I can be completely at ease? Completely worry-free?"

"Do you think that my arrival here is like that of the dynasties of our Chinese civilization, where after the northern expedition I will withdraw my troops and return this vast grassland to you?"

Zhu Ying's voice rang out softly.

But hearing this from the ears of these powerful and influential people caused a sense of unease to well up in their hearts.

"This time my army has come, and it will not leave."

"Your Tatar territory now belongs entirely to my Great Ming," Zhu Ying said coldly.

"Our Tatar territory is vast, but sparsely populated."

"For the Ming Dynasty, this should be a barren land, and the Ming Dynasty would not even look at it."

“Moreover…moreover, the Ming Dynasty has no time to manage it,” Daliba said in a trembling voice.

Hear this.

Zhu Ying immediately burst into laughter: "Hahaha!"

After laughing heartily.

Zhu Ying's smile turned playful: "For thousands of years."

“After our Huaxia Dynasty launches its northern expedition, it will withdraw its troops. Your grassland tribes pretend to submit, but after a few years they will rebel again, and the cycle will continue.”

"What use is there for these feigned surrenders to me?"

"Therefore, this time, I will rewrite the record that no dynasty in Chinese history could achieve, and bring this grassland territory into the territory of my Great Ming Dynasty, into the territory of my Chinese nation."

“You Tatar people will become subjects of my Great Ming in the future, and all the people of the grasslands will become subjects of my Great Ming.”

"I will make them integrate into the whole of China, and submit to us forever, not just pretend."

Zhu Ying stared at these Tatar nobles and announced in a majestic voice.

……

(End of this chapter)