“Brother Guo, it’s true that a great teacher makes a great disciple!”
Seeing tens of thousands of Tatar prisoners being escorted into Wengcheng, Xiangyang's pacifying envoy Lu Wende burst into laughter, and at the same time he did not forget to praise Master Guo Jing.
The war has not even begun yet, but the 200,000-strong Tatar army preparing to march south has lost more than 60,000 troops.
Next, whether the two sides were fighting or making peace, he would give an explanation to the court.
"Master Lu, although the Tatar forward has damaged the central army, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the rear, so we must guard against it!"
Guo Jing had a calm temperament and knew that although the Tatar losses were serious, the entire Tatar people were in the army and they could quickly replace the lost troops.
Therefore, now is not the time for Xiangyang City to be complacent.
Lu Wende didn't care about that much. He only knew that with this victory, he would definitely be promoted to a higher position, and he might even be able to become a prince:
"Brother Guo, I'll leave this city defense matter to you. Don't worry, we need soldiers and food!"
After confirming that the number of prisoners was not false, Lu Wende rushed back home happily and wrote a memorial.
Guo Jing, Huang Rong and others were left behind, shaking their heads and sighing.
Fortunately, now that we have won a great victory, most of the crisis in Xiangyang City has been resolved.
When Su Mingzhe, Yang Guo, Wu Dunru, and Wu Xiuwen returned to the city, Huang Rong cooked in person and held a celebration banquet for the four disciples.
At the celebration banquet, an elder from the Beggar Clan, a Babao elder, was in high spirits and wanted to propose a toast to Su Mingzhe.
The first victory in this great victory was naturally attributed to Su Mingzhe.
Su Mingzhe was not only the maker of the sneak attack plan, but he also personally led the sneak attack, charged and killed more than 30,000 enemy troops.
Followed by Yang Guo, he made a sneak attack, rushed to kill, and captured more than 10,000 enemy troops.
Wu Dunru again captured more than 8,000 enemy soldiers.
Wu Xiuwen made the least contribution, capturing more than 5,000 enemy soldiers.
When Su Mingzhe saw someone toasting him, he quickly stopped him with a wry smile:
"Elder Jian, I think this first glass of wine should be given to those soldiers who sacrificed their lives first!"
Of the two thousand people led by Su Mingzhe, only about eight hundred came back this time.
Yang Guo's 2,000 men were left with more than 700 people.
Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen had only a thousand people left.
Eight thousand disciples left the city, and now only less than three thousand have returned.
To outsiders, the results were brilliant.
However, for Su Mingzhe, this loss was a bit heavy.
After the banquet.
Su Mingzhe came to Lu Mansion alone.
Guo Jing had assisted Lu Wende several times before to resist the Mongol army moving south, but he had never asked for a reward from the court.
All the credit was taken away by Lu Wende.
But Su Mingzhe refused to suffer this loss.
A quarter of an hour later.
When Su Mingzhe left Lu Mansion.
Lu Wende had already burned the memorial he had originally written and wrote a new one asking for merit.
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It's a total of 3,100 miles from Xiangyang to Lin'an.
According to regulations, military reports need to be delivered within six days and two hours.
Lu Wende's petition for merit and the transcript written by the supervisor arrived in Lin'an City.
Today, the official family of the Song Dynasty is the tenth grandson of Zhao Kuangyin and the fifth emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Yun.
At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, the court was controlled by the powerful minister Shi Miyuan, so Zhao Yun could only focus on his love and affection and keep a low profile.
Ten years after Zhao Yun ascended the throne, Shi Miyuan died of illness.
After Zhao Yun took power, he immediately joined forces with Meng to destroy the Jin Dynasty, while not forgetting to regain the old mountains and rivers.
As a result, his dream was shattered by the Tatars.
Today, Zhao Yun is a bit decadent, but he still has the ambition to regain the old mountains and rivers.
When Lu Wende and the supervisor's memorial were delivered together, Zhao Yun was a little confused and quickly called his senior companion:
"Chang Xi, do you think these two discounts are true or false?"
Chang Xi was Zhao Yun's chamberlain before he ascended the throne. After Zhao Yun ascended the throne, Chang Xi became the chief eunuch and was in charge of the Imperial City Department.
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Chang Xi had already read the report on the paper.
And when he saw it for the first time, he also suspected it was fake.
After all, the Song Dynasty and the Khitan, Dangxiang, Jurchen, and Tatars fought against each other for more than two hundred years. Although there were victories and defeats for each other, generally speaking, they still lost more than they won.
And the so-called great victory means killing hundreds of people.
Being able to kill thousands of people is worthy of boasting throughout the court and opening a temple to worship ancestors!
But this time, Lu Wende and the supervisors actually said that they would kill and capture 60,000 people. Isn't this a joke?
However, Chang Xi then thought about it and realized that this number was too 'violating'. If it was false, Lu Wende might collude with the supervisors and they would not be able to hide it.
In the end, Chang Xi congratulated Zhao Yun:
"Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the official family, this is the appearance of the hussar general of our dynasty!"
"real?"
Zhao Yun was still hesitant. He was the nephew of the late emperor. He succeeded to the throne and defeated many competitors.
Later, under the control of Shi Miyuan, he was forced to hide his capabilities and bide his time.
The rather tortuous life made Zhao Yun suspicious.
"Your Majesty, this must be true!"
Chang Xi decided to endorse this big victory, but in order to prevent accidents, he explained:
"Think about it, if it's a lie, we only need to ask Lu Wende to escort 30,000 prisoners back to Lin'an. Wouldn't the lie be exposed?"
"Well, what the great companion said makes sense!"
Zhao Yun was convinced by Chang Xi's words and immediately became energetic:
"From what I heard from my eldest companion, this Su Mingzhe is really my hussar general! So in my opinion, what should I reward you with?"
"this……"
Chang Xi was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and then replied:
"Since ancient times, people have learned martial arts and sold them to the emperor's family! Officials will randomly reward some high-ranking officials with generous salaries. I think they will be grateful!"
Zhao Yun was not satisfied with Chang Xi's answer.
However, Zhao Yun also understood why Chang Xi said this.
As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all due to your kindness.
Chang Xi is just a eunuch, how dare he reward the heroes who have saved the country on behalf of the emperor.
After thinking about this, Zhao Yun was not embarrassed by Chang Xi, but summoned the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government to discuss the matter.
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Half a month later.
Kublai Khan, the Tatar's general in charge of the southern expedition, once again raised an army of 100,000 people. Together with the original army of 130,000 people, the total was 230,000, known as an army of 400,000 people. They approached Xiangyang City in a mighty manner.
Inside Xiangyang City.
People are panic-stricken, with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.
Guo Mansion.
Su Mingzhe accepted the imperial edict and sent away the internal officials. He saw Guo Jing, Huang Rong and others looking at him in surprise. In desperation, he also looked surprised:
"Master, why does this emperor make me a hussar general and a champion?"
Guo Jing couldn't guess, but Huang Rong said thoughtfully:
"Mingzhe, this shows that the officials in Lin'an have high expectations for you!"
After research by many ministers of the Lin'an court, Su Mingzhe made great contributions, and it would be difficult to reward him without making him a prince.
Finally, under Zhao Yun's suggestion, the ministers decided that his title would be First Class Champion Marquis and his military title would be General Hussars.
Su Mingzhe's actual official position was as the envoy to the south of Beijing, and he also knew the five prefectures of Xiang, Sui, Ying, Fang, and Jun, and at the same time led the Guanghua Army.
Well, this position was originally going to be awarded to Lu Wende next year.
Now it belongs to Su Mingzhe.
Not long after.
When Lu Wende heard the news, he quickly ran to Guo Mansion and paid a flattering visit to Su Mingzhe, the new superior.
Lu Wende's current official position is Xiangyang's pacification envoy.
Su Mingzhe now manages Jingnan and happens to be Lu Wende's immediate boss.
Right.
Lu Wende also received a reward and was named "Marquis Anfeng".
This is because the Lu family comes from Anfeng Huoqiu County!