The Ming Army would not show any mercy. After receiving Xiao Ruxun's order to kill without mercy, they did not have any psychological burden. Whenever they saw the Northern Barbarians, they would just stab them with their knives. Regardless of whether they were male or female, old or young, or even some Hans captives who could not tell north from south, they would all die under the hooves of the horses, let alone the Northern Barbarians.
Their clothing was still very easy to differentiate. Most of the Ming Army soldiers had some scruples. When they saw the Hans, they told them to quickly move away and hide. When they saw the Northern Barbarians, they would directly ride their horses over and crush them to death or simply dismount from their horses to engage in battle.
The resistance of the Northern Barbarians was very limited. Basically, they were limited to a few large tents. When they encountered the attacks of the Ming Army, they could still gather a few hundred cavalrymen to fight back. This gave the Ming Army a very good direction. Can they still fight back at this time? There must be a big fish here!
Therefore, more and more cavalrymen of the Ming Army discovered that there was resistance. They firmly believed that there were important figures of the Northern Barbarians and all joined the ranks of the fierce attack.
The contrast between the Ming Army cavalrymen who were in a killing frenzy and the Northern Barbarians who were defeated by the slaughter was rather clear. Their resistance was very weak. Basically, they could not resist for long before they were defeated and fled in all directions. Then, the big fish that they were protecting naturally could not be protected.
Li Rusong personally led a team to capture a very rich and fat big fish. With one kick, this guy did not vomit blood, but all the meat and food that he had just eaten. Looking at this fat appearance, Li Rusong knew that this was definitely a very big fish.
He immediately ordered his subordinates to capture and protect him well. He could not easily kill him.
The fat fish did not realize that he had been captured until he was carried away by Li Rusong's cavalry. He resisted fiercely, but what welcomed him was a merciless beating. His head was smashed, and his vision turned red. He was confused and lost the ability to resist.
Such a situation kept happening in the circular camp. The entire camp had turned into a slaughterhouse. This caused Xu Guangqi, who was observing the situation with the monocular with Xiao Ruxun, to tremble uncontrollably.
This was his first time directly observing a battle.
"How is it, Mr. Xu? Do you understand what war is?"
Xiao Ruxun put down the monocular and looked at Xu Guangqi.
Xu Guangqi also put down the monocular and looked at Xiao Ruxun with a complicated expression.
Logically speaking, this Governor Xiao Ruxun was a few years younger than him, but he looked incredibly mature and reliable, like an old man who had experienced the vicissitudes of life.
He did not know if it was war that made people mature, but Xu Guangqi always felt that he, a man in his thirties, did not have any advantage in front of the governor. It was as if he had returned to the days when he was studying in a private school.
It could only be said that there was always someone to learn from. It could only be said that there was always someone to learn from. It could only be said that there was a specialization in each field. Only this could slightly appease Xu Guangqi's restless heart.
What Xu Guangqi had seen and heard over the past few days in Datong had completely exceeded the scope of the life experience he had accumulated over the past thirty years. If he were asked to take a test on this topic, he probably wouldn't even be able to pass the boy's test.
There were always people who said that the examination grounds were like battlefields, but at least there would not be such casualties in the examination grounds. There would not be rivers of blood and mountains of corpses, and there would not be such cruel killings.
"Governor, isn't this kind of killing a little too much?"
Xu Guangqi swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively.
"No, this is war. All wars are like this. This is not a problem that can be solved by the books of sages. It can only be solved by the swords and sabers in our hands. Otherwise, there will only be the destruction of the country. The Northern Barbarians will not care about propriety, honor, righteousness, and morality with you."
Xu Guangqi had nothing to say.
"Mister Xu, if you cannot accept this, you can leave. I will send someone to send you away."
Xiao Ruxun once again brought up this matter, which made Xu Guangqi hesitate for a moment.
But he still shook his head.
"I won't leave, Viceroy. I will personally experience this battle!"
Xiao Ruxun smiled.
"Personally experience? That will be a little difficult. You will have to personally wield a sword and go into battle to kill people. Only by killing the enemy can you say that you have personally experienced it. Otherwise, watching the battlefield from afar with me will definitely not be considered personally going into battle. At most, you will only be observing. In the future, if you write something for a friend, it might be useful. "
"Governor Xiao, do you think that I will not implicate you on the battlefield?"
Xu Guangqi was very clear about his own understanding.
"Hahahaha, Mr. Xu, you're a brave scholar, but you're the same as all inexperienced scholars. You're too idealistic about everything. You think that as long as you persevere, you'll definitely be able to achieve your goals. However, Mr. Xu, even if you work hard, you won't get any results. It's destined to be useless."
Xu Guangqi was silent.
"I have a scholar assistant in Myanmar. His name is Yuan Huang. You should know him."
"Duke Yuan Huang?"
Xiao Ruxun nodded. "Yes, Duke Yuan is a Jinshi, but he gave up his position and came to Myanmar to help me govern Myanmar, pacify the refugees, and take control of Myanmar, developing it into a new territory of my Great Ming Dynasty. He is an important helper that I can't do without. If you have the chance, and if you're willing, you can go to Myanmar to meet Duke Yuan. Compared to me, Duke Yuan will be able to give you more explanations."
"I see …"
Xu Guangqi fell into deep thought.
"Oh yes, Mister Xu, aren't you very interested in firearms? Do you want to see how my flintlock squad fights? "
Xiao Ruxun suddenly thought of this. Sure enough, Xu Guangqi instantly forgot all his worries and looked excited.
"That's great! This subordinate has always wanted to see how the Great Ming Dynasty's most proficient general uses firearms! I heard that when the General went to Korea, he mobilized hundreds of cannons to bombard the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates were blown into the sky! "
"Hahaha, it's not that exaggerated. He just bullied the Japanese pirates because they didn't have that many cannons. Let's go! Let's go and see! "
Xu Guangqi nodded excitedly. He rode his horse and followed Xiao Ruxun, bypassing the battlefield and heading north of Datong City.
After Xiao Ruxun ordered Wang Hui to fire the cannons, he led the Zhennan Army to the north of Datong City, where the retreat of the Northern Barbarians was bound to pass.
At this moment, Datong City did not disappoint Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun knew that if Datong City still had the strength to fight, it would definitely open the city gate and cooperate with the army to fight.
As expected, when the battle was in full swing, the city gate opened. A group of Ming Army rushed out and cooperated with the Ming Army outside the city. In the end, they defeated the encirclement of the Northern Barbarians outside the city and heavily injured the Northern Barbarians.
Under such a fierce joint attack, even if the Northern Barbarians could continue fighting, their old, weak, women, and children could not. In the chaos, the survival rate of the old, weak, women, and children was extremely low. Some people had already organized to escape to the north.
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