The Mongol soldiers were quickly routed, and with the capture of the previous night, only 800 of the 3,000 Mongol Eight Banners were captured.

The captured Mongols had lost all their courage, and some of them begged for their lives to the Ming army in unfluent Chinese, desperately declaring that they were not Manchurians who had a common enmity with the Han Chinese, but Mongols who had been "coerced". In the final stage of the battle just now, the Manchurian imperial guards ruthlessly killed the Mengbaqi soldiers who stormed the imperial camp, which made many prisoners lose the idea of stubborn resistance.

One of the leaders of the Eight Banners of Meng, who was brought to Deng Ming, was covered in blood, and new red sè kept seeping out from under his military uniform, expanding the range of blood stains on his body.

"The villain's grandfather and father are both Lin Dan Khan's guards." This leader of the Eight Banners is still relatively fluent in Chinese, and he tries hard to find a way to survive for his subordinates in front of Deng Ming: "The villain's father died in battle with Chief Jian to protect Lao Khan. We were defeated and captured by the chieftain, and we had to fight desperately. Presumably, the old Khan must have served the Great Tomorrow, and the Admiral knew it well. ”

"This Tartar, he fought harder than anyone else just now," Zhou Kaihuang said contemptuously: "As fierce as the Jianzhou Tartar, only when he is captured will he say that he is a Mongol." ”

The fathers and ancestors of these Mongols were indeed enemies of Huang Taiji, but with the death of Lin Dan Khan, his wife and subordinates all took refuge in Huang Taiji, and followed the Manchus into the customs to rob the x.

"Lin Dan Khan also raised troops to commit crimes, and he is also a thief." Ren Tang added that he did not have the slightest affection for the Mongols.

Deng Ming's thoughts drifted a little farther away at this time. In his previous life, the Mongols may still be quite different from the Han Chinese, but the Manchus have been integrated into the Han people, and I am afraid that only the difference between the ID card and the household registration book remains. Deng Ming once heard a Manchu classmate inadvertently call Houjin a Tartar, and although that classmate immediately corrected his statement, it was clear that in his consciousness, the Manchu Eight Banners and the modern Manchus were completely two ethnic groups; Coincidentally, Deng Ming also knew that there were once two people who talked about the tolerance and historical superiority of the Han people, although one of them had a positive white flag and the other a positive yellow flag.

But now, in front of the Ming army, Meng Baqi will use the reason that he is not a Manchurian to show his closeness to the Ming army.

"We had previously released a large number of Manchurian prisoners of war, and my companions saw this as a means of breaking the morale of the enemy, and out of respect for me, they did not vigorously oppose this policy. I don't know what they were talking about behind my back, or if they didn't say anything fierce in front of me. Because of the relationship in his previous life, it was difficult for Deng Ming to have a bitter hatred for the Manchu race, and Deng Ming's view of the Manchurian Eight Banners was that all Manchurians who participated in the massacre of the city needed to pay for their lives - this view was also suitable for Li Guoying and other Han Chinese; As for the newly recruited Manchu Eight Banners, in Deng Ming's heart, they are no different from those green camp captives who have no blood debts. However, just now after hearing the words of the captured leader, Deng Ming once again realized that his thinking might be too advanced. He glanced at the imperial camp opposite, the officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard were waiting in battle, without the slightest wavering or surrendering to the Ming army: "Maybe in this era, the only one who dares to claim to treat the Manchu and Han clans equally is me, right?" ”

"Do you want to live?" Zhou Kaihuang rebuked the Mongolian Eight Banners Leader and said: "Do you want to prove that you are not a Manchurian Tartar? Okay, go and take the lead, go and arrest the Tartar Emperor to see the admiral, and we will spare your life, and we can also do it for you. ”

When the Mongol heard this, he hesitated and said, "I am willing to serve the imperial court, but many of the villain's brothers are seriously injured, and besides, we have no weapons." ”

"Do you still want weapons, are you stupid?" Zhou Kaihuang sneered: "Don't worry, I will give you rattan cards and planks." Also, don't want to pretend to be dead, you resisted so hard just now, and you want to pretend to be seriously injured when you have a small opening on your body, how can it be so cheap? ”

Deng Ming glanced at Zhou Kaihuang. Deng Ming once ordered that the captives should not be driven to charge into battle, because in Deng Ming's concept, being captured and surrendering were two different things, and he never intended to force the enemy's prisoners to act as cannon fodder vanguard in attacking the enemy army, just as Wu Sangui forced Xiying to attack Li Dingguo. Previously, the Ming army also recognized Deng Ming's humanitarian concept, and no longer forced prisoners to surrender their names, but obviously in Zhou Kaihuang's mind, Han prisoners of war were people, while Mongolian prisoners of war were not.

Not only did Zhou Kaihuang think so alone, Ren Tang also urged on the side: "Do you still want to delay time and then run back to serve the Tartar Emperor?" Or do you think our knives can't kill people? ”

"Indeed, there are many people who cannot afford to be seriously injured...... "The Mongolian Leader's lips trembled, knowing that the fate of hundreds of his fellow citizens depended on his answer. As soon as Zhou Kaihuang heard his words, his eyes immediately turned cold.

"Yes, the villain knows." The leader of Meng Baqi didn't say much, but knelt down in front of Deng Ming: "I have heard for a long time that the Admiral is unparalleled, as long as the Admiral says a word, he promises that the villain's wounded will not be executed, and we will go and fetch the head of the Tartar Emperor to the Admiral." ”

The Mongolian leader was ready to agree to Zhou Kaihuang's request, as long as there was a breath of Mongolian soldiers, they would be charged into the death squad, and whether they could survive or not depended on creation. But for the Mongol soldiers who were wounded in the attack on the Qing army, the leader hoped that Deng Ming would ensure that they were contained, rather than stabbing them to death.

"The injured don't have to go up, I'll have someone bandage their wounds." Deng Ming replied: "If the brothers, father and son are here, you can choose one to stay." Whoever is wounded, I will treat them like the wounded in our army, giving them food and medicine until they are healed. ”

"Admiral End." The leader kowtowed heavily to Deng Ming a few times. Then under the watchful eye of the Ming soldiers, the commandos were selected.

"Admiral," while Deng Ming spoke, Zhou Kaihuang never spoke out against his decision, but after the Mongol left, Zhou Kaihuang couldn't help but say: "Tartars are all beasts, and kindness is useless to them." ”

"A dead Tartar is a good Tartar." Deng Ming said softly.

"The Admiral is right." Zhou Kaihuang nodded heavily. In his opinion, feeding the wounded Mongol soldiers is a waste of food, and even if the wounded soldiers can't climb the camp wall of the imperial camp, they can waste the bows and arrows of the Praetorian Guard.

"It's okay for the Admiral to do this, if they want their younger son and younger brother to live, they have to work really hard." Ren Tang figured it out, but praised Deng Ming's decision: "If they fight seriously, it is better than forcing them to go up with a knife." ”

……

The Ming army was in full swing to prepare for the battle, and a large number of auxiliaries had arrived, and they unloaded the parts of the engineering vehicles from the vehicles and skillfully assembled them. At the same time, ten bronze cannons were pulled. While these siege weapons were being placed, the guards reported that a death squad of Mongols was waiting for Deng Ming to review.

Six hundred of the 800 Mongol captives had joined the death squads, and Deng Ming inspected them and removed hundreds of them from the lightly wounded - the Ming army thought that they were all lightly wounded, but Deng Ming felt that their injuries were too serious to complete the task of attacking. In addition to these wounded, Deng Ming picked and picked out the Mongolian soldiers who he thought were too young. After Deng Ming's selection, the number of death squads changed from 600 to 300.

"Give them armor, don't let them go up shirtless." Deng Ming ordered that the weapons seized from the camp of the Eight Banners be returned to them, as long as they could carry them, even if they wanted to put on two or three layers of armor.

In front of the three hundred Mongols, Deng Ming took out a feather arrow from the quiver, held one side in each hand, and said to them in a loud voice: "As long as you don't betray me, whether you capture the gate of the imperial camp or not, I will treat your five hundred compatriots well, and after the war, they can decide to stay at their own discretion, and I will never force it." ”

As he spoke, Deng Ming broke the feather arrow in his hand and threw it to the ground.

"If I break my promise, there will be such an arrow." Then he took one out of the quiver and held it tightly with both hands: "If you are wounded on the battlefield, I will do my best to heal your wounds." ”

Breaking the second arrow, Deng Ming took out the third: "If you are injured and disabled, I will give you a lifetime allowance to ensure that you will have a place to live, be able to shelter from the wind and rain under the eaves, and have enough bread on the table to fill your stomach." If there is a violation, I have such an arrow. ”

"The Admiral is too lenient, if these Tartars are disabled, will the Admiral really support them for the rest of their lives?" When the Mongols went to put on their armor, Zhou Kaihuang protested again. When Deng Ming announced the maintenance of the disabled veterans of the Ming army, he raised his hands in favor, but now he strongly opposes the extension of beneficiaries to the Mongols.

"Anyway, people with disabilities have to be raised for a lifetime, and I'd rather be disabled than our people." Deng Ming replied nonchalantly: "Anyone who fights under my banner, I will insure them." ”

"What is insurance?"

"I'll sue you after this battle."

The Mongol assault team consisted of a small group of twenty people, and after receiving the order to attack, a small group of Mongol soldiers wearing at least double armor pushed the cart to attack the gate of the imperial camp, and a small group of Mongol soldiers who were also tightly wrapped in shields covered them on both sides.

After seeing the Ming army dragging out the catapult and bronze cannon just now, the Qing army carefully hid behind the wall, leaving only a small number of officers and soldiers to watch.

Now seeing the Mongols pushing the carts coming, the imperial guards rushed to the walls of the camp and the watchtowers behind the shield walls, and aimed at the daredevils. When the Qing army began to attack the Mongols, the siege weapons of the Ming army also opened fire, and just now they had already passed the guò several times to lock the target of the catapult near the gate of the imperial camp, and the heavy stone bullets, wrapped in burning straw, were smashed in the direction of the imperial guards.