The drumming sound stopped abruptly, and Yang Zhen, who was dressed in a flying fish suit and carrying an embroidered spring knife at his waist, slowly stepped onto the high platform. There was silence in the Datong school field where he was now, but there were five thousand soldiers waiting in front of him, and the eyes of all the soldiers fell on him fixedly.

Today is the 25th day of the lunar month, and it is reasonable that the army has already allowed everyone to celebrate the festival in the city, but unexpectedly, these people were named in this school field, which made everyone both surprised and a little excited, and I wonder if there is something good to happen to them.

It's easy to understand that everyone would have such an idea, they just repelled tens of thousands of invading Tartars, and they all have merit, and Lord Yang, as a Qincha, doesn't it just mean that the imperial court has something to say to them?

Despite this, these soldiers did not dare to whisper under the ground as usual, because Yang Zhen had shown great courage before, and actually showed the chief soldier Guo Rong to the public in public. With just one hand, he suppressed all the soldiers in the city, so that they did not dare to make any presumptuous moves.

Yang Zhen's gaze swept over these people, and a satisfied look appeared on his face. After taking a deep breath, he spoke: "I know that you are very confused in your hearts, and I don't understand what I have gathered you here for. Here I have made it clear that I have gathered you here today for vengeance. Go and take revenge on the Tartars of the steppes to the north! ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused a burst of exclamations from everyone, and everyone was surprised, and looked at Yang Zhen on the high platform in disbelief. Since the change of Tumubao, the Ming Dynasty has been defending for more than 100 years, and rarely takes the initiative to attack the Mongols, and now, he actually said that he wants to take revenge and use troops against the Mongols, which is too unexpected.

Not only is the timing deeply surprising, but also the strength of the troops is a little implausible. Now there are only 5,000 centaurs in the school field, and even if they are elite and able to fight, they can't go to the steppe to fight the murderous Tartars, right?

Feeling the surprise from below, Yang Zhen was not in a hurry to explain, but continued: "What happened before, you have also experienced it. When we are about to celebrate the New Year, the Tartars have blatantly invaded our borders and killed our people and robes. In the past tens or hundreds of years, they have repeatedly invaded, killed countless innocent people, and killed hundreds of thousands of brave soldiers of our Ming Dynasty under their butcher's knives. As a soldier, as a soldier of my Ming Dynasty, can you endure such humiliation? has been pressed and bullied by them, but there is no way to fight back, so he can only be beaten passively, huh? ”

In the ranks, after looking at each other for a while, someone whispered: "Of course we can't bear such humiliation, and we hope to fight back!" ”

Although this speech was sparse, it was still heard by Yang Zhen, which made him feel more settled, and immediately said: "Yes, we can't bear it, whether it is you, the court, or even today, we don't want such things to happen." Every year, the Tartars will always invade the border land of my Ming Dynasty under various pretexts, regard the people of my Ming Dynasty as their prey, and regard the wealth created by my Ming Dynasty as their private property. They come and go when they want, but we can only defend passively...... All of this has happened so many times that we must not let it go on again!

"Your family, your friends, also live in the borderlands, haven't you thought that one day you will be able to avenge those robes and relatives who died? Didn't you think that you could fight back against those Tartars who dared to offend my Ming borderland, so that they could also taste the loss of their relatives and friends, and the loss of their homeland? ”

This time, the reaction was even more enthusiastic than before, and many shouted: "Of course we want revenge and inflict more suffering on those Tartars!" ”

At this time, Yang Zhen's words suddenly changed: "I think that at the beginning, Emperor Taizu raised troops and expelled the Tartars who occupied our Han people from the Central Plains; Emperor Chengzu adhered to the ambition of the first emperor, and made several northern expeditions to the desert, killing the Tartars for decades and not daring to look south, which completely played the prestige of our Ming Dynasty and our Han people. Are we, as their descendants, not even daring to take revenge now? ”

"No, we're going to take revenge!"

"We will make the blood debt of the Tartars pay ......"

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth for ......tooth" In an instant, the fire of hatred for the Mongolian people in the hearts of the soldiers below was completely ignited, and they shouted slogans one by one, as if they would rush towards those hateful enemies at any time.

Seeing that he had completely aroused the hearts of the soldiers' enemies, Yang Zhen was even more determined, but his face continued to be solemn, and he suddenly pulled out the embroidered spring knife he carried with him, and slashed through the air: "Yes, we want to take revenge, and we must raise the majesty of my Ming Dynasty." Since those Tartars dare to continue to invade our borders, we must fight back, make them pay a heavy enough price, make them afraid, and make them dare not despise the majesty of my Ming Dynasty again! ”

The soldiers below suddenly shouted, the fire in their hearts had been completely stimulated, and they only thought about how to wave their troops to take revenge from Yang Zhen's mouth. Only a few thoughtful and calm guys will look at Yang Zhen on the high platform with some doubts, and I don't know what idea he has.

After the soldiers below calmed down a little, Yang Zhen pressed his hands down and signaled everyone to be quiet for the time being, and then continued: "But it's not too easy to retaliate. Everyone knows the situation in the grassland desert, if you wave a large army to attack it, it will only bring a great burden to the imperial court, and the Tartars are not stupid, they will not fight hard with us, they were very impressed when they were the emperor of Chengzu.

"So today, if we want to take revenge, we must use some different strategies, and this official has a way, but we need you to fight with all your strength, are you willing to take this risk for my Ming court and the dead relatives of Paoze?"

"We do!"

"As long as the lord gives the order, we will definitely go into the desert and kill the Tartars!" These soldiers had already been provoked by Yang Zhen's words, and they had completely exploded at this moment, without any concerns.

"Okay, you are really the most heroic and fearless soldiers of my Ming Dynasty!" Yang Zhen praised it, and then continued: "Since the Tartars can constantly harass my Ming border, so will we. Since the various tribes on the grassland do not belong to each other, then we will prescribe the right medicine.

"You, the soldiers are divided into ten routes, each of which goes into the desert to find those large and small Tartar tribes. As long as you find a small tribe that can be eaten, you will use the fastest speed to completely annihilate it. Whether it is the men, women, and children inside, or their livestock, cattle and sheep, in addition to providing for their own needs, they are all killed, burned and robbed, and not a single hair is left for the tartars.

"As for the big tribes, if you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't, you will avoid it. As long as you stick to one thing, that is, you can only take advantage and not suffer losses. When all these grassland tribes are wiped out, the Tartars will no longer be a threat to our Ming Dynasty, they can only survive on the grassland, and you will become the warriors of my Ming Dynasty, praised by all the people and all generations! ”

After these words, the soldiers were stunned for a while, and then after understanding what Yang Zhen meant, they all showed excited and bloodthirsty looks and eyes. Thinking that they can loot and slaughter like those Tartars, the darkest side of their hearts is completely aroused.

These 5,000 soldiers were all deliberately selected by Yang Zhen from the Datong defenders. They are all thorns in the army, and many of them have even been severely punished for violating military law before. To put it bluntly, these people are ruffians in the army, and if they are put into the people, they are even more saboteurs, and killing and looting is not a problem for them at all, and it is even a good thing that can make them feel excited.

These guys may be able to settle down a little bit if they are disciplined, but if they are allowed to do so, their destructive power is too amazing. And what Yang Zhen wants now is for these murderous guys to go to the grassland and give those Tartars a big surprise!

In the cheers of everyone, Yang Zhen immediately announced: "Tomorrow morning, you will set off." The court will give you horses, weapons, and a month's worth of dry food. Then you go and plunder on the steppe yourself, and the more people you kill, the greater your credit! Remember, the men of the Tartars are of course our greatest enemies, but their women must also die, for it is they who give birth to the little Tartars who kill our fellow relatives; As for those little Tartars, they must be killed, and one of them must be left, and they may all become our greatest scourge in the future! ”

"Kill the Tartars ......"

"Rob them all......" all the soldiers cheered loudly, and bursts of chilling murderous aura penetrated the sky.

On the other side, the civil officials of Datong who accompanied Yang Zhen were speechless for a long time, and they all looked at Lord Yang on the high platform in surprise. They really couldn't imagine that Yang Zhen would issue such a heart-wrenching order, and actually carry out such a brutal and inhumane massacre order against the Mongolian people, what is the difference between this and those Tartars?

The Ming Dynasty regarded itself as the above country, and these officials boasted of their benevolence and righteousness, and now seeing Yang Zhen say the killing so directly, they didn't know how to express their position.

However, looking at the excited appearance of those soldiers, they knew that they could not stand up against it at this time, otherwise they would only become the target of public criticism. However, these officials, who were deeply influenced by the saints, would not ignore this, and the only thing they could do now was to write a letter and report all this to the imperial court, telling them that they were in the same year as the capital, hoping to change all this with their hands......

But no matter how they reacted, this bloody revenge against the Tartars had already begun!