People in Zongwu: Starting with the Yin Gui Sect

"Okay, you two don't have to do this. He's just a dying man. What's the harm in letting him say a few more words?"

Wu Yu waved his hand. He would not bother with Dorgon, who was dying.

"What, Emperor Ming, you want to kill me? You have to think clearly. Once you kill me, the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops of my Great Jin will definitely go south again to avenge me."

Dorgon was shocked when he heard that Wu Yu was going to kill him. This was completely different from what he imagined. Didn't the people of the Central Plains always say that they would not kill prisoners? Why did it completely change when it came to him?

And once he died, wouldn't everything his brothers did for him be in vain?

Sure enough, when he said this, the Jiannu soldiers who had surrendered and were under custody changed their colors, and a feeling of uneasiness began to spread among them.

"Dorgon, you don't have to exaggerate. Although the Ming Dynasty doesn't kill surrendered soldiers, it depends on the target.

For you, the culprits who started the war for your own selfishness and caused the people of the two countries to fall into the flames of war, even if I am willing to let you go, the soldiers behind me and the people of the Ming Dynasty who have been murdered by you over the years will not agree.

Especially for someone like you who is no less intelligent or tactical than your father and brother, do you think I will do such a stupid thing as letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

"No less than Nurhaci and Huang Taiji!"

Wu Yu's words shocked Wang Zaijin and Li Banghua.

At this time, the two of them just understood what His Majesty had just said. It turned out that Dorgon was a warrior with deep scheming and extraordinary wisdom.

If such a person is allowed to return to the Jin Dynasty, it might really bring another disaster to their Ming Dynasty.

The generals and soldiers cheered after hearing that their majesty would not let Dorgon and his men go.

Although they could not do anything if their majesty really let the two men go, they would definitely be unhappy anyway.

Especially the traitor Fan Wencheng. If he had not repeatedly advised the enemy over the years, how could their Ming Dynasty have so many soldiers and civilians died tragically? Now they can finally rest assured.

The surrendered soldiers who heard Wu Yu's words also secretly wiped their cold sweats, thinking that they were safe this time.

But Wu Yu's words did not end there, "As for the so-called 100,000 troops you mentioned, do you think I would not have thought of it? At this time, I believe that Mao Aiqing on Maopi Island must have recovered Shenyang!"

Wu Yu naturally sneered at the hundreds of thousands of troops mentioned by Dorgon. The entire Jurchen population added up to only a few hundred thousand, so where did the hundreds of thousands of troops come from?

Not to mention that they sent out almost all their elite troops to plunder the Ming Dynasty as much as possible this time, and it would be good if there were 20,000 or 30,000 troops left to defend Shenyang.

Let alone Mao Wenlong's field combat strength is not inferior to that of the Jiannu, not to mention the assistance of artillery, Wu Yu does not think they can make any waves.

But when he said this, not only Dorgon and the others, but also Wang Zaijin and Li Banghua could not help but be stunned for a while, not to mention that they really didn't know about Mao Wenlong's dispatch of troops.

"Okay, Wang Aiqing, you captured the people, so you are responsible for taking care of them. Be careful not to let them commit suicide. After the war on Mao Aiqing's side is over, let these two people be judged by my Ming Dynasty together!"

"I obey your order!"

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Seven days later, a victory report from Mao Wenlong in Pi Island finally reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole capital heard it clearly.

Shenyang was recovered. Mao Wenlong killed or captured more than 23,000 Jiannu soldiers at the cost of sacrificing more than 5,600 soldiers. After recovering Shenyang, he continued to move north, vowing to completely eradicate Changbai Mountain, the ancestral land of the Jurchens.

Wu Yu looked heavy after reading the report on the casualties in Pi Island.

First, the death toll of Jiannu since entering the pass, plus the casualties in the defense of the capital in the past few days, and the final losses in Pi Island. It can be said that more than 30,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty died in this war, and the rest of the seriously or slightly injured were countless.

It must be said that the combat power of the Jiannu army is indeed not comparable to that of the current Ming Dynasty. Even when it has an absolute advantage, so many people still died in the battle.

However, while the casualties were severe, the results of the battle were also very brilliant. More than 70,000 people were killed or captured in the capital, plus more than 5,000 people outside Zunhua City and more than 23,000 people on Pi Island. This time, they wiped out nearly 100,000 Jiannu troops, almost destroying the entire Jiannu force.

"Come here, summon the cabinet's chief minister Huang Aiqing and the second minister Wen Aiqing to come to the palace to see me!"

A quarter of an hour later,Huang Liji and Wen Tiren, who received the order, arrived. After the two of them finished their greetings, Wu Yu directly expressed his thoughts.

"Huang Aiqing, Wen Aiqing, I have decided to build a monument to heroes opposite Chengtian Gate to commemorate the soldiers who died in this war, and all their names will be engraved on it for future generations to remember."

Wu Yu had already had an idea about building a monument to martyrs. First, it was indeed as mentioned above to let future generations remember those soldiers who died for the country. Second, it was also to improve the status of military generals and no longer let civil officials override military generals.

Of course, the most important thing is that Wu Yu also plans to follow the separation of military and political affairs in later generations, just like the State Council and the Military Commission, with civil officials in power and military generals in charge of the army, and the two do not interfere with each other!

Because he knows that if a country wants long-term stability, it must manage civil officials and military generals separately, but this kind of thing cannot be rushed, it must be done slowly.

But as soon as he said this, both Huang Liji and Wen Tiren were in a dilemma, because this meant breaking the pattern of civil officials controlling military generals since the Tumu Incident, and it would be strange if those civil officials agreed.

However, they also knew the temper of His Majesty. Since the decision had been made, it would not be changed, and calling them here this time was just a notification, not a discussion.

So even if they were unwilling, they had to bite the bullet and think of a way, because they had already stood on His Majesty's side. If His Majesty had not been protecting them all the time, they would have been finished long ago, and how could they have the current status of the Prime Minister and the Second Assistant.

So whether it was for His Majesty or for themselves, this matter must be implemented as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, my two dear ministers. I will not let you go and fight those people directly. Instead, I will send Wei Zhongxian to accompany you. When the time comes, you can see which official is the most nervous and let Wei Zhongxian investigate them. Anyway, he will definitely find out the truth."

It was not easy to carry out reforms with the momentum of this great victory. Wu Yu would not allow anyone to sabotage it.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. We two ministers will never let you down!"

Hearing that Wu Yu would send Wei Zhongxian to assist them, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Wei Zhongxian was in the front, the impact they would suffer would be much smaller.