On the plains, hundreds of thousands of people were herding cattle and sheep, pulling tents as they marched towards Da Tong.
This was the main force of the Manchu and Mongolian forces. They still did not know that the cavalry had been destroyed.
During the Little Ice Age, the Central Plains did not have it easy, and the Great Prairie did not have it easy either.
In an era where people relied on the weather to survive, the further north they went, the harder it was to survive during the Little Ice Age.
What they hoped for now was that they would be able to get enough food and resources from the Han Dynasty to survive the winter.
Unfortunately, when the thousands of cavalry troops returned in a sorry state, this hope was shattered.
What replaced it was fear.
"What did you say? 80,000 cavalrymen had been wiped out, and only a few thousand had escaped. The rest had all died in battle?”
"The Han Dynasty's crossbowmen can shoot hundreds of thousands of arrows at a time.”
"Da Tong has long been prepared.”
After these deserters sent the news back, the entire camp was in an uproar.
What should he do?
The Han Dynasty's crossbowmen were so strong that even their most elite cavalry was wiped out.
What should they do with the hundreds of thousands of infantrymen and the women and children accompanying them?
When nomads fought, they always brought their families and even livestock.
It was equivalent to herding while fighting.
However, this time, they wished they could just leave without bringing anything.
The Manchu and Mongolian camps fell into chaos.
"Khagan, let's surrender."
"That's right, Khagan. The Manchu Qing had already forcefully recruited our tribe. Now that the elites of the Eight Banners are all gone, we don't have to be afraid of them.”
"That's right. The Manchu Dynasty has a grudge against the Han Dynasty. It's also the Manchu Dynasty that wants to attack the Han Dynasty. It has nothing to do with us.”
"Khagan, rather than fighting the Han Dynasty with the Manchu Qing, why don't we capture the Manchu Qing and offer them to the Han Dynasty? If we submit to the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty might even provide us with food for the winter.”
"Khagan, we have captured Manchu. Continuing to go against the Han Dynasty was a dead end.”
In the Mongolian tent, a group of Mongol tribesmen gathered together and discussed in secret.
Originally, attacking the Han Dynasty was the Manchu Qing's idea.
If it was the previous Manchu Dynasty, the Mongolians would not have been able to do anything about it. However, the Eight Banners elites of the Manchu Dynasty had already been completely wiped out.
Even the main camp was mostly made up of the Mongol tribes. The Manchu Empire only sent less than 50,000 people, while they had more than 100,000 people.
In their opinion, as long as they captured the Manchu soldiers and surrendered to the Han Dynasty, they would definitely be fine.
On the contrary, if they were to fight against the Han Dynasty, the 80,000 cavalry troops would be a bloody lesson.
"Alright, go gather the warriors of the various tribes and move out together later.”The Mongol Khan thought about it and made up his mind.
An hour later, the Mongolian soldiers were ready.
With the order of the Mongol Khan, the entire Manchu Qing camp was overturned.
" You Mongolia are treacherous."
"You think that the Han Dynasty won't deal with you after capturing us? Dream on.”
"Our fate now is your fate in the future.”
A group of Manchu Eight Banner Lords and Beiluo Lords cursed after they were captured.
"Hmph…continuing to oppose the Han Dynasty is a dead end. The Great Han Dynasty is particular about Confucianism. As long as we submit and give face to the Great Han Dynasty, the Heavenly Khan of the Great Han Dynasty will not attack us.”
Hearing the Mongol Khan's words, the Manchu king laughed.
"Hahaha…what a joke. A bunch of barbarians who haven't read history books. Do you really think that the Han won't kill?
They wanted to take a look at the history of the Han people. The Central Plains was such a huge territory. How did it come about? Was it given to them by other ethnic groups for free?
They were all looted and fought down. You have no idea how many races were destroyed by the Han people in history.
Especially the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu. He was even more terrifying than the emperors in history.
In the previous few wars, he didn't even want the captives of our two races. Do you know what this means?”
After hearing these words, the Mongol Khagan felt a chill in his heart. However, since things had already come to this, he could not let the Manchu people go.
"Suppress all of them and wait for the Han Dynasty's army to come. Then, hand them over.”the Mongol Khan said impatiently.
After another four hours, Cao Yu brought the divine crossbow cavalry to the Mongolian camp.
However, before he could give the order to attack, the Mongolian soldiers had already brought over the 30,000 Manchu soldiers.
"General of the Han Dynasty, we have already captured the Manchu soldiers. Please do not attack.
Our Khagan is willing to befriend the Great Han Dynasty, and our tribes are willing to pay tribute to the Great Han Dynasty.”
The Mongolian side was well prepared. Not only did they capture the Manchu people, but they also surrendered. This meant that Mongolia would be a part of the Han Dynasty in the future.
What was going on?
Cao Yu was a little dumbfounded. They hadn't even started fighting yet, and it had already become like this.
Looking at the tens of thousands of Manchu captives, then looking at the letters of surrender with the handprints of the various tribes and the seals of the Khagan, he was momentarily unable to react.
"The other party seems to be really planning to surrender?”Cao Yu was speechless.
He was good at war, but he couldn't do this kind of thing.
"You guys stay here. I will pass on your request. As for the outcome, I don't know.
But don't even think about escaping. If you do, I will exterminate you immediately.”
After Cao Yu finished speaking, he could only write a letter to pass on the situation.
He used a pigeon to send the situation back to Da Tong Military Intelligence Bureau.
After Da Tong Military Intelligence Bureau received the news, they did not dare to delay and immediately sent the news to Chen Cheng.
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