Xiao Ruxun had never thought of herself as someone who would simply surrender without a fight.
Not to mention that he would surrender to a group of scum of the country.
Without a doubt, the Great Ming Dynasty had been hollowed out by these maggots. His desire to save the Great Ming Dynasty, his desire to redeem everything, all depended on this one thought.
Xiao Ruxun's will had long been firm.
He would use the power of the Emperor to regain the authority of the Emperor and set things right on a large scale in the country. He would investigate the business groups in various places, destroy these profit chains, and reshape the system of the Daming Dynasty. Not to mention Hongwu, he would at least restore it to the Yongle era. Moreover, the commercial tax reform had to be carried out no matter what.
One of the reasons why the Daming Dynasty was so poor was that the commercial tax could not be carried out. In the era when the Emperor had real power, the commercial development of the Daming Dynasty was not good enough. When the Emperor lost his real power, the commercial development of the Daming Dynasty was good enough. Officials and scholars stepped in on a large scale, and everything changed.
The commercial tax reform affected their interests. They would not agree to it and would fight to protect their interests. They used their privileges to fight against the Emperor's policy of increasing the commercial tax. In the end, they even abolished the commercial tax left by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Thus, the Daming Dynasty became cold.
They said they would not give it, and after negotiation, they said they would not give it. Well then, if you don't give it, I will take it.
Xiao Ruxun turned and entered the military tent.
On the 25th of April in the 26th year of Wanli, Xiao Ruxun once again reiterated the rules after killing their way out of the Great Wall. Other than obeying orders to fight and not fighting, there was no need to follow any other military rules.
This military order greatly stimulated the fighting will and animal nature of the Ming Army soldiers. It gave them a window to vent the anger that had accumulated from being bound by military rules and discipline for a long time.
Thus, the 40,000 Ming Army cavalrymen were excited. They stared with bloodshot eyes and panted heavily, waiting for that moment to come.
In the early morning of the 26th of April in the 26th year of Wanli, the moment arrived. Xiao Ruxun led his army to attack the Northern Barbarians' camp outside Hukou. Forty thousand cavalrymen split into several groups and charged into the Northern Barbarians' camp from several directions.
They turned into Man Killer Fiends, killing and pillaging everything in their path, doing everything they could to unleash their long-suppressed bestial instincts, as if they wanted to unleash all of their hatred on the Northern Barbarians.
Fierce, cruel, ruthless, and terrifying.
These Northern Barbarians were probably the most pitiful group of people ever since the Central Plains and the grasslands went against each other.
They didn't even have time to resist before they were defeated by the Ming Army. After that, they scattered in all directions, running for their lives without any thoughts of resisting. The Ming Army fought all the way until late in the morning before they were summoned by Xiao Ruxun using whistling arrows. They stopped their scattered pursuit and gathered at the gathering point.
Of course, this wasn't because they didn't want to fight anymore. It was because they couldn't see any living Northern Barbarians in front of them. Moreover, Xiao Ruxun had already arranged for the aftermath, regrouped his troops, and prepared to kill all the way to Gui Hua City.
Ten thousand soldiers were left to defend the Hukou camp, clean up the battlefield, and cut off heads to build a temple. When Xiao Ruxun led his troops to battle, he would always get a lot of heads, but there weren't many heads that could be counted as meritorious deeds. The remaining heads had no other use, and it would be a pity to waste them, so he took them to build a temple.
According to Xiao Ruxun's orders, the soldiers were to build a few tall temples along the route that the Northern Barbarians used to pass when they went south. The effect of this would be better than the soldiers and cannons on the Great Wall.
After many days of accumulation, the power that exploded in one day was extremely terrifying. Without the restraint of morality, under the intentional connivance of the officers, and under the lead of the Liaodong Han cavalry and the Jurchen elite cavalry, the rest of the Han cavalry completely let go of themselves, and exploded with a combat power that was many times stronger than before.
The Northern Barbarians soldiers and their families all lived together, so there were many of them, but they were very messy. If they weren't organized, their combat power would be very weak. The Ming Army had a big advantage. One person could chase and kill dozens of people, or use a knife to slash, or use a horse to ram. The more people there were, the more destructive power they had.
The Ming Army, who had the advantage of mobility and combat power, completely let go of themselves. There was nothing else in their eyes, only their enemies and their belongings. If they saw anyone running with their belongings, they would use their horses to kill them, and then rob them. At the same time, they would cut off their heads to count as military merits.
The Northern Barbarians soldiers didn't put up much resistance, and they didn't have the time to put up an effective resistance. Very soon, they were finished. After they were finished, they ran with their families. In a panic, there were many people who ran back in the direction they came from.
Then these people would be bloody unlucky.
Xiao Ruxun led the cavalry to rush back, marching quickly. His purpose was to prevent any defeated Northern Barbarians from reaching Guihua City and warning their nest. He wanted to play a surprise attack, a sudden attack, and a bloody massacre.
These unlucky fellows were on the same route as the Ming Army's cavalry. Many of them had lost their horses, and were running for their lives with their legs. Could they outrun the Ming Army's cavalry?
Most of them were a few people sharing a horse. Could they outrun the Ming Army's cavalry?
The few who galloped on their horses were considered lucky, but because of this, they became the targets of the Ming Army's pursuit. They used guns and crossbows to chase and kill. With a distance of more than a hundred steps, they treated it as a practice. Anyone they saw was killed.
Along the way, when they were marching and killing, many of the Ming Army's cavalry had realized that one person had two horses, which greatly increased their mobility. They took the food and water that they originally had to put on one horse due to the lack of horses and gave it to the other horse.
As such, the Ming Army's marching speed increased again.
As they marched, they chased and killed. Along the way, the bodies of the Northern Barbarians were connected to each other, and flesh and blood were connected to flesh and blood. Subsequently, a bloody road appeared on the grassland, from Shahukou to Guihua City. That was the symbol of the Ming Army's outstanding martial arts!
Xiao Ruxun decisively did not listen to the kind warning that Fang Shoushi conveyed through Sun Chengzong and decisively led the army to attack. After this result was known by Fang Shoushi, Fang Shoushi sighed deeply.
"Xiao Zhennan is a famous general, but he can't do anything about the unwarranted ending!"
After saying this, Fang Shoushi silently wrote a report and sent someone to send it back to the capital for Shen Yicheng. He hoped that before Shen Yicheng received the news and decided to act against Xiao Ruxun, he could persuade Shen Yicheng not to do something that would make his enemies happy.
Although he knew that doing so might not achieve anything and might even cause trouble for himself, he still did not want to see a real general who could fight die in a political struggle.
At that time, Zeng Xian's death made many knowledgeable people sigh. After Fang Shoushi became a civil general, he also had a deeper understanding of the feasibility of Zeng Xian's duplication strategy. If Zeng Xian had succeeded, the pressure on the Nine Sides would not be so great. However, Zeng Xian died just like that.
Because of a proposal of a strategy, because of a few slander words, because of the ruler's uneasiness, he died.
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