The army led by Chen Zilong did not pursue them. Chen Zilong looked at the ruined camp of the Jiannu with cold eyes, but his heart was burning with anger. Dawu had been beaten miserably by the Jiannu over the years, and Chen Zilong knew this very well. Now that he led the army to force the Jiannu to flee miserably, the pride in his heart naturally came from the bottom of his heart.
According to Tang Qi's opinion, Chen Zilong did not kill Huang Taiji because Tang Qi wanted to subdue the Jiannu and the Mongols and one day conquer places that needed to be conquered more. For this reason, Chen Zilong sent envoys to negotiate peace according to Tang Qi's arrangement.
After Huang Taiji led his men to retreat to a place, he counted the troops and found that there were still 30,000 people left, including 10,000 Jiannu people and the other 20,000 Mongols. When Huang Taiji was about to attack the checkpoint blocking his way back at all costs, he unexpectedly met the envoy who came to negotiate peace.
Huang Taiji didn't understand why the other party let him go. He intuitively felt that this was a conspiracy. However, Huang Taiji was still unwilling to give up this opportunity for peace talks. The conditions offered by Tang Yu were very simple, that is, the remaining 20,000 Mongols would become his slaves, and Huang Taiji could take his Jiannu people back with him.
In the face of such a powerful military, Huang Taiji had no conditions to resist. The two sides negotiated in a tent with only Chen Zilong and Huang Taiji in it. No outsiders knew the terms of their talks. When Huang Taiji was about to sign his name at last, his whole body was trembling. Looking at the arrogant scholar opposite him, Huang Taiji really wanted to jump up and tear the arrogant scholar into pieces. However, no matter how much hatred Huang Taiji had in his heart, he did not dare to do such a thing.
Huang Taiji finally signed this peace treaty that made him feel deeply humiliated. Later, under the pressure of the Tang army, he led his Jiannu people away and left the 20,000 Mongols to Chen Zilong, secretly vowing in his heart that one day he would avenge this humiliation.
Chen Zilong gathered the 20,000 Mongols and said a few simple words, telling them that Huang Taiji used them as atonement in exchange for the Jiannu people leaving. This was a simple divisive tactic, but the Mongols had to believe it because none of them knew the content of the peace talks. But now, the Jiannu people left, and they, the Mongols, stayed behind as slaves. This was a fact they saw with their own eyes, and they could not help but believe it.
When Chen Zilong announced that these 20,000 Mongols were sold to Da'an as slaves by Huang Taiji, there was not a single Mongols among them who did not hate Huang Taiji in their hearts. They had followed Huang Taiji through life and death, and worked hard for him, but in the end they were betrayed by Huang Taiji. How could these Mongols not be angry?
Huang Taiji had made this clear during the negotiations, but the situation was stronger than the person, so he had to agree. In addition, Huang Taiji was not too worried that the Mongols under his command would rebel, because the Jiannu people did not suffer much loss in this war with Korea. The main losses of Huang Taiji were those armored slaves, while the elite Jiannu people did not suffer much loss. The Mongols suffered heavy losses. Such a heavy loss further weakened the strength of the Mongols, so Huang Taiji was not worried that the Mongols would not listen to him.
The only thing Huang Taiji feared now was the powerful Tang army. Another thing he was worried about was that after his defeat this time, many Jiannu people would stand up against him. When he returned this time, the situation he would face was not optimistic.
After the Jiannu people withdrew from the Kingdom of Joseon, the happiest person was King Li Zong of Joseon. On the one hand, he once again sent a batch of gifts to Zhang Niu Jiao. Under Zhang Niu Jiao's instructions, King Li Zong of Joseon sent another group of envoys with some local specialties to pay tribute to Emperor Chongzhen of Dali. By doing so, Tang Niu also wanted to convey a message to Emperor Chongzhen, that is, this army was Dali's army and he did not intend to rebel against Dali.
It is not wise to rebel against the emperor at this time.
The price paid was too high, and Emperor Chongzhen soon reaped the rewards: the Korean Empire suffered a crushing defeat. On the other hand, it was clear that it would be almost impossible for him to recruit the Tang Army into his own forces.
The last time Emperor Chongzhen appointed the General of Dongjiang, Zhang Niujiao, he finally died of illness from excessive joy over a woman, and failed to complete the task given to him by Emperor Chongzhen. At the same time, there were more and more uprisings in Dali. With the support of Tang Chen, the White Lotus Sect gained a firm foothold in Shandong. Although Gao Yingxiang lost Tang Chen's secret support, he obtained a large number of horses from Huang Taiji and formed a cavalry team. This cavalry team was composed of people from horse households, and their combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the Mongols. They defeated the imperial army step by step.
This part of history saw great changes because of the Tang Dynasty. The various rebel forces were far more active than in history. When Emperor Chongzhen was very worried about this, someone finally gave him an idea. There was nothing surprising about this idea. The person who came up with it also proposed it for the interests of his own family. However, after this memorial was discussed in the court, it was supported by the vast majority of officials, forcing Emperor Chongzhen to temporarily agree.
The content of this memorial is to request that the local gentry can recruit local villagers to organize themselves for self-protection. In essence, the so-called villagers' self-protection organizations are the private armed forces of local landlords.
However, Emperor Chongzhen was a very cautious person in this regard. The imperial edict only stated that the gentry in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Shandong, Henan and Hebei, where there were bandits, could organize the villagers to protect themselves. In fact, without the permission of Emperor Chongzhen, the landlords in these six places had already done so in order to protect themselves. It was just that before this, the private armed forces of these landlords were illegal, and they did not dare to expand them at will.
The reason why most officials in the court held this idea was that these officials were basically landlords and they represented the interests of the landlord class. This idea was proposed to Emperor Chongzhen to allow the gentry to organize local armed forces to suppress rebellions in various places. The gentry mentioned here were of course the landlords. Once these landlords had legal private armed forces, their political status would not only increase, but also their power would increase, and the private interests of the landlords would be better protected.
Historically, a large number of landlord armed forces did not appear until the end of the Chongzhen period, but it was too late at that time. The rebels of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had become powerful, and then the Qing army came. Most of the landlord armed forces defected to the Qing army, and a small number of landlord armed forces transformed into volunteers to resist the invasion. The number of these small number of landlord armed forces with patriotic sentiments was also considerable, but the great country was ultimately a piece of rotten mud that could not be helped, and there were selfish guys like Sun Kewang and Zheng Chengji. Sun Kewang sold out the power of the Southern Zhou for his own benefit, and Zheng Chengji, in order to preserve his own power, caused the Northern Expedition to fail. As a result, even if there were outstanding generals like Li Dingguo among the Han people, they could only die with regrets in the end.
When Tang Qi received this news, he sighed slightly. Tang Qi knew more about the landlord armed forces than anyone else of this era. Although the landlord armed forces would not be very powerful in the early days, in about ten years, these landlord armed forces would quickly grow into a powerful force in the war. By then, not to mention that the court would not be able to control them, it would also take a huge amount of energy for him to deal with them. However, this matter was also beneficial to him. At that time, people could not distinguish between the landlord class and the bourgeoisie. Many businessmen in this era were actually landlords.
The Han people's love for land destined that the wealthy people of this era would spend their money on purchasing large amounts of land. For example, those businessmen who had business dealings with Tang Qi actually had a lot of farmland at home. As for Tang Qi himself, he was probably the largest landlord in the world except for Chongzhen. He owned Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Even the King of Fu in Henan did not have as much land as Tang Qi. Therefore, people like Tang Qi can only be said to be a combination of the landlord class and the bourgeoisie.
While Tang Qiong frowned at Chongzhen's order, the landlords in those places where the rebels were rampant and had suffered enough from the rebels were cheering for them. It seemed that overnight, the landlord armed forces in the six places appeared one after another, and the flags of local militias were also raised one after another. These landlords all had some money, and their equipment was naturally much better than that of Gao Yingxiang and his team. Some powerful and knowledgeable landlords bought muskets at high prices.
The quality and manufacturing requirements of the muzzle-loading matchlock gun's barrel were much lower than those of the breech-loading gun. Therefore, in Tang Qi's military factory, this type of muzzle-loading matchlock gun could be mass-produced. Although Tang Qi ordered that it was not allowed to be sold to the landlord armed forces, he also began to control the supply of guns to the White Lotus Sect. Gao Yingxiang's side completely cut off the supply. There were already a large number of muzzle-loading matchlock guns on the market. Many rebel soldiers, in order to covet the high prices offered by the landlord armed forces, shortsightedly left their own troops, sold their guns, and then found a place to live a happy life.
Not only Tang Qie had not expected this situation, but the landlords had not expected it either. In fact, just for this kind of bargain, they relied on the silver in their hands to force Gao Yingxiang and the White Lotus Sect to reduce a lot of numbers.
Although those landlords bought a lot of muskets, these muskets were scattered among the numerous landlord armed forces, unable to form a scale, and their power was very limited. The landlord armed forces that could truly rise up were those with cavalry.
Among these landlord armed forces with cavalry, the most powerful is the Zhou family, a large landlord in Shanxi. The Zhou family owns thousands of acres of land, spanning Shanxi and Hebei. Zhou Linfeng, the only son of the Zhou family, has loved to wield swords and drums since he was a child. When he grew up, he was very skilled in martial arts and was known to be invincible in Shanxi and Hebei. He also read some military books and strategies on weekdays, and often compared himself to famous generals in ancient times in front of others.
In fact, Shanxi and Hebei have been home to many heroes and masters since ancient times. Although Zhou Linfeng's martial arts are not powerful, it is impossible for him to be invincible in these two places. It's just that the Zhou family is rich and powerful, and no one is willing to provoke him.
After receiving the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen, Zhou Linfeng immediately formed a team and began his turbulent life.
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