"Leave 5,000 people to maintain order in Yunnan, and the remaining 45,000 people will follow me on the expedition. Now Prime Minister Xiao He is in charge of the matter in the court;
Although the Sui Dynasty had settled down, disaster victims continued to spread all over the country. Although the court had tens of thousands of tons of grain and grass support, the quantity was ultimately limited, which solved the urgent need;
But it is definitely not a long-term strategy. The Jurchens have robbed us of so much food and grass. How can we just let it go? There is no need to talk about this matter again. I will give you half a month to prepare to send troops in half a month. "
Lai Huer and Han Qinhu looked at each other, and finally prepared according to Yang Qiu's instructions.
When the people knew that Yang Qiu was going to take revenge, they cheered wildly, and many people even wanted to take part in it.
The people of Yunnan County originally hated Yang Qiu somewhat because of Chen Qingzhi's killing of prisoners.
But if he attacks the Jurchens, all these hatreds will naturally be wiped out. Wu Sangui's biggest pain point is to collude with the Jurchens. Otherwise, with his arrangements in Yunnan over the years, if he just turns the land into a king.
The people of Yunnan will definitely be united, but if he colludes with foreigners, no one will be willing to help him.
The prestige built up after years of hard work also collapsed in one fell swoop.
Yang Qiu took the initiative and led the expedition in person.
After all, he was a late-stage second-grade warrior. Although he didn't have much combat experience, ordinary soldiers still couldn't hurt him.
Now Jurchen's first-grade warrior masters, and even second-grade warrior masters, have been transferred to fight with the Ming Dynasty.
But Huang Taiji was still wary of Yang Qiu, but he didn't expect that Yang Qiu would dare to mobilize tens of thousands of troops at once. He thought he would only send a few thousand people to fight against the autumn wind.
The number of Jurchens is only about one million. Although all the people can be soldiers, there are not many troops that can be used for defense.
Therefore, only about 6,000 people were sent to ambush in the black soil plains near Yunnan and grasslands.
In order to eliminate the Jurchens, Zhu Di mobilized nearly 300,000 troops across the country.
If a country's military strength reaches 300,000, it is qualified to be called a dynasty.
If the military strength does not reach 300,000, it can only be regarded as a kingdom. If the military strength is less than 100,000, it can only be regarded as a vassal state.
Although many people were killed at the Gate of Hell before, the Jurchen's vitality could not be touched.
Therefore, Zhu Di mobilized 300,000 elite soldiers this time. The three top counselors accompanying him were Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, and Li Shanchang.
Among the 300,000 troops, 100,000 are Guan Ning's cavalry. The leader of this cavalry is naturally Yuan Chonghuan.
The current Yuan Chonghuan is only a second-grade junior warrior, but he and Lan Yu are called the new generation of military stars in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di also valued him very much.
Not long after Yang Qiu led the army into the grassland, he was quickly discovered by Huang Taiji who arranged for 6,000 troops. The person responsible for commanding these 6,000 troops was Suo'etu, Huang Taiji's confidant.
He is a mid-level second-grade warrior. He originally fought on the front line, but later retreated to the back line because he suffered some injuries.
Suo'etu learned that Yang Qiu led an army of more than 40,000 people.
His face changed drastically for the first time.
"Damn it, the leader gave me only over 5,000 infantry and over 800 cavalry. If I had 3,000 cavalry, I would be able to kill all those damn Sui people on this grassland;
Now leave about a thousand people to defend, and the rest will evacuate with me. "
Suo'etu is not a fool. The troops he has are no match for tens of thousands of troops. If they have a head-on confrontation, they will definitely die.
It would be better to sacrifice more than 1,000 people to buy him some time to evacuate, and then notify the other ministries to form a large army to resist.
After Yang Qiu led the army to the black soil plain, he was not in a hurry to attack, but instead set up camp.
The purpose of his doing this is to give him a chance to make money.
Let's see if we can lure this guy out and give him a chance to rob the camp.
Anyway, there are two innate warriors on his side. Unless the other party sends more than 10,000 troops, if there are thousands of people, it will not be enough to kill them.
However, the current strength of the Jurchen tribes makes it impossible to set up heavy troops here.
After Suo'etu saw that Yang Qiu did not attack, he did have the idea of a night attack, but he only had 800 cavalry on hand, and he did not know the situation of Yang Qiu's army for the time being.
So to be on the safe side, he ran away overnight as planned.
After Yang Qiu discovered that Suo'etu had escaped.
Let Lai protect the children, and Han Qinhu each led an army of 10,000 to outflank him.
He then led an army of 30,000 people to suppress them head-on. The more than 1,000 people had just faced each other, and nearly a few hundred people surrendered.
Most of these hundreds of people were originally Sui people, but they were caught here and forced to join the army.
There are also some who are a mixture of Jurchens and Sui people, so they were selected by Suo'etu.
Upon seeing this, Yang Qiu picked out a few who were more loyal and asked them to lead the way and sneak attack from behind.
And kill all those whose loyalty is lower than 50.
To achieve the effect of killing chickens as a warning to monkeys, since most of the cavalry have been transferred to the front line, the tribes remaining in the rear do not have many cavalry at all.
Faced with the oppression of tens of thousands of troops, they can only fight head-on.
The final outcome is of course the entire group being wiped out.
