When Chongzhen and Zuo Liangyu's chariot riders arrived at the battlefield, the Ming army had already begun to clean up the battlefield. The officers and soldiers under the banner of Jizhou Wei suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and now after reversing the tide of the battle, the surviving Ming officers and soldiers began to angrily look for the living Mongolian cavalry around them to retaliate.

The officers of the Ming army took a blind eye to the anger of these soldiers fleeing death, and they only saved those who were not injured, or those who had some status, and prepared to sacrifice them to the emperor at that time. As for the prisoners, who were seriously wounded and wounded in the legs, in order not to burden themselves, they all tacitly acquiesced in the execution of the soldiers.

Dropping their weapons and handing over their horses, the captives who were confined to the side of the official road had various expressions on their faces as they watched the Ming soldiers search for and deal with the wounded Mongol cavalry on the battlefield.

Some people were so grieved and indignant that they really shouldn't have laid down their arms and put their lives in the hands of the Ming army; Others were terrified, fearing that after the Ming army had killed these wounded captives, they would attack them; Others were glad that they were not among the targets of the Ming army's slaughter; Of course, there are also some captives who are completely insensitive, and they have experienced too many wars, and they do not think that there is a problem with these Ming soldiers killing prisoners, after all, they often do this. In this world, if you can survive, you will earn it, and it is not a big deal if you die.

When Zhu Youzhen arrived at the battlefield, he saw a scene of corpses everywhere, and the wounded and survivors were wailing in pain, like the end of the world.

Although before going to the battlefield, he had already done a lot of psychological construction for himself, and even thought about executing all the Houjin invading troops to deter the Mongolian tribes on the steppe, whether to continue to support the Houjin to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

But when he saw the real battlefield full of corpses, what he saw was the ground stained red with blood, and what he heard in his ears were countless desperate wails, as an ordinary person who grew up in a peaceful era, his heart couldn't help but be sad.

Zhu Youzhen stopped next to a car that had fallen on the side of the official road, a young man who had not even grown a beard, had been hit by several arrows, leaning on the wheels of the car and not moving, it seemed that he was just here to rest for a while, but now he could never wake up.

There was no fear on the young man's face, but his eyes were wide open, and he kept looking at the sky. No one knew what he was thinking when he looked at the sky before he died, which made his face so tranquil.

Zhu Youzhen lightly jumped off the horse, walked to the young man's corpse, and gently closed his eyelids for him. He stood in place and looked up at the sky, and after forcing back the tears that were about to flow, he said to Lian Shanxiang behind him with a trace of choked tone: "Today's blood has been shed enough, let Zuo Liangyu leave a battalion to rescue the wounded, whether it is our army or the Houjin army, we must help." In addition, people were sent to maintain order on the battlefield, and no one was allowed to continue to kill prisoners. ”

Although many officers and soldiers were still in a state of hysteria and were dissatisfied with the emperor's order not to kill prisoners, with a battalion sent by Zuo Liangyu to suppress the order, these emotional officers and soldiers finally calmed down.

Zhu Youzhen ordered Zuo Liangyu to lead his troops to continue to advance and completely control Shimenxia and Shimenzhai in his hands. He himself sat here, arranging for a field hospital to begin to rescue the wounded, and asked some Ming soldiers to urge the uninjured Mongol captives to begin to collect the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies.

The corpses of the Ming soldiers were loaded onto vehicles and prepared to be transported back to Mashen Bridge for convergence, while the corpses of the Mongols were dug and buried in the pits, and the heads cut off by the Ming army were also ordered by Chongzhen to be placed with the corpses.

The mercy of the Ming Emperor towards the captured Mongols, the wounded and the corpses of the dead, also made these Mongol captives finally feel at ease, and began to accept their life as prisoners of the Ming army, digging pits and carrying corpses according to the instructions of these Ming troops.

After Zhu Youzhen comforted the wounded of the Ming army who were contained, he met with Cui Ningxiu and Li Hongyuan. Looking at Li Hongyuan's arm wrapped in a white cloth, he couldn't help but say, "Your arm is injured?" Have you seen it to the military doctor? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, I've already seen it. It's not a big deal, it's just an arrow, it's just a flesh wound. Li Hongyuan hurriedly replied.

Zhu Youzhen nodded at the two and said, "You and Mr. Cui will return to Mashenqiao with the prisoners and the wounded, and the seriously injured will be sent back to Jizhou City as soon as possible and handed over to Mr. Deng to take care of."

As for the Mongol prisoners, after being brought back to Mashenqiao for a little interrogation, they were also sent to the rear and placed separately. In addition, Mao Yuanyi was notified to start building a railway from Jizhou City to Mashenqiao to prepare for the transportation of materials. I asked that the railway be completed and opened to traffic within five days. ”

Li Hongyuan hurriedly said: "The minister still continues to follow His Majesty and escort the prisoners and wounded back to Mashenqiao, and General Cui can handle it alone." ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "Without this railway, if we want to transport enough materials to support the battle with the main force of Houjin, it will cost a lot of manpower and time. I won't have this battle without enough supplies, so I want you to personally supervise the construction of this railway.

In addition, the living conditions on the front line are not good enough, and you still need to recuperate from your injuries, and I don't want to lose one of my cadres because of unnecessary accidents.

Obey my orders, and once the railroad is built, I will have you back to plan the next battle. ”

Li Hongyuan said with some surprise: "We have opened up Shimenxia, don't we go east as soon as possible to rescue Zunhua City?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "No, we have to figure out the current situation of Zunhua City first. Finally opened the way, and Houjin can no longer be given a chance. If we boldly advance eastward and lose our strength here, even if Houjin does not conquer Zunhua City, he will be able to come and go freely in the Gyeonggi area.

Besides, as long as we appear in the Shimenxia area, as long as Zunhua City is still in our hands, Houjin will not be able to attack the city with all its might, which can already be regarded as supporting the Zunhua army and people.

In addition, all auxiliary soldiers who died and were wounded in the battle this time will be given bereavement benefits to the soldiers of the new army. For the remainder, if they are willing to remain in the army, another battalion will be formed. Let them retreat to Jizhou to repair for half a month, during which they are not allowed to go out of the camp to contact the outside world. If they are unwilling to stay in the army, they will be allowed to retire and return home after half a month of repair. ”

Cui Ningxiu had no opinion at all about returning to Ma Shen Bridge for repair, and he was very fortunate to be able to survive the siege just now. And he also felt that if he could work so hard like this, he would be worthy of the emperor.

Zhu Youzhen stayed on the battlefield for more than two hours, and at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the Shimenzhai side finally received the final good news, and the Mongolian left battalion, except for one or two hundred scattered cavalry, was captured from Gushan Ezhen Engdel and below. In addition, there was a group of about 87 Jianzhou Jurchens who came to help, and 66 were killed by the 1st Cavalry Division and 21 captured.

Hearing that more than 60 real Jurchen Tartars were killed, Zhu Youzhen was quite happy at first, but the news after that was not very happy. These Jurchen Tartars directly defeated a battalion of the First Cavalry Division, and almost rescued the leaders of the Mongolian left battalion such as Engdal who were surrounded.

In the end, it was the two battalions of the 5th Cavalry Division that arrived and once again intercepted the enemy troops who had almost escaped. Although this group of Jurchen Tartars was finally intercepted, it caused nearly 200 casualties among the Ming cavalry.

After Zhu Youzhen listened to the good news sent by Wu Huai, he finally couldn't sit still. It took a lot of effort for him to train the elite cavalry of the First Cavalry Division and the Fifth Cavalry Division of less than 5,000 people.

Compared with the Fifth Cavalry Division, which had just been formed, the combat strength of the First Cavalry Division was even higher. Chongzhen really couldn't think of how this battle was fought. After all, the treatment and equipment he gave to these two cavalry divisions were the best, even the so-called triple armor of the Jurchen white armor soldiers was just armor picked out from the Ming army.

Since the re-establishment of the Armory, the cavalry armor produced by the Armory Supervisor has been restored to the era when the weapons workshop was the most excellent. Yi Chongzhen did not think that in terms of cavalry equipment, the First Cavalry Division would be weaker than the Jurchens.

If the First Cavalry Division had to pay such a big price under the same equipment, Zhu Youzhen would want to know the true identity of this team of Jurchens.

Zhu Youzhen immediately handed over the battlefield to Cui Ningxiu and Li Hongyuan to deal with, and rushed to Shimenzhai with the imperial guards.

The location of the Mongolian left battalion's attack on the Ming army was only about 5 miles away from Shimenzhai, and an hour later, he arrived at Shimenzhai, where the Ming army's banner had been erected.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the gate of Shimen Village, and knew that there was no siege battle here, and it was obviously captured peacefully by the Ming army.

Engdel and a group of Mongolian tribal leaders, under the supervision of the Ming army, knelt on both sides of the avenue outside the city gate to welcome Chongzhen's arrival.

Zhu Youzhen looked at these Mongolians kneeling on both sides of the avenue, and couldn't help but restrain his mount and asked Wu Huai, whose face was still dark, "Who are the people kneeling here?" ”

Wu Huai, who was still annoyed by the loss of the First Cavalry Division, had to suppress his anger and introduce the names and origins of these Mongolian leaders to Chongzhen one by one.

Hearing the names of Engdel and Qiuerji, Zhu Youzhen stared at the two for a long time before asking the two: "Although there have been many wars between my Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, since the king of Shunyi, the two countries have been friendly for decades.

Why did you return to Houjin and assist the Jianzhou Jurchens in violating our country? Could it be that I think that my Daming can't wait now?

As a descendant of Genghis Khan, he actually acted as an eagle dog for a group of Tunguska savages, don't you feel insulting to your ancestors? ”