After leaving the Forbidden City, Pang Gang's mind was still filled with the mature words uttered by the childish voice of Kunxing Princess Zhu Nanni, and then he thought of the tragic fate of this beautiful and ill-fated last royal princess of the Ming Dynasty.
I couldn't help but sigh secretly. There was no pop-up window.
Although it has been a year since he came to this era, every time he saw the characters who were supposed to appear in the history books come alive in front of him, he still couldn't help but feel waves in his heart. Could it be because he hadn't fully understood it yet?
Is it because of fitting into this era?
As soon as Pang Gang left the Forbidden City, he was stopped by a Yuanwai Lang from the Ministry of War. He didn't say a word, handed Pang Gang a small box with a foul look on his face, and left without saying a word.
Pang Gang opened it and saw that it turned out to be his newly renewed military status, the official documents and seals of General Dingguo, General of the Three Prefectures, and the Commander of Qingzhou. A small box was actually filled with various seals and official documents.
Looking at the contents of the small box, Pang Gang couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that the people in the Ministry of War didn't like him very much. In order not to see him, they even completed the procedures for him automatically. But this was good, and it saved him the trouble.
Take a trip.
He took the box carefully and looked around. He found that Wang Zhi, Li Yuan and several soldiers were waiting for him in front of Dazhuang holding horses. Pang Gang walked over and took his big red horse and said casually.
Asked: "Have Mr. Liu and the others gone back?"
Da Zhuang replied respectfully, "In response to your words, Mr. Liu and the others have returned to the military camp outside the city first. Before leaving, Mr. Liu told me that I should return to the camp as soon as I come out and don't stay in the capital for a long time."
Pang Gang nodded in agreement and said, "The capital is indeed not a place to stay for a long time. If we stay in the capital for a long time, something might happen." After saying that, Pang Gang turned around and asked, "Your military status has been changed.
Yet?"
"It has been changed. Just now, an official from the Ministry of War has sent over the new military status of the low-ranking officials and others."
"Now that everything is done, let's go back." After Pang Gang finished speaking, he jumped on his horse, and six or seven riders galloped towards the outside of the city.
Soon they arrived at the military camp in the afternoon. When he entered the military camp, he immediately went straight to Lu Xiangsheng's commander's tent. As soon as he entered the commander's tent, he saw all the generals gathered in the commander's tent, but everyone's faces were not very good.
When they saw Pang Gang arriving, everyone reluctantly smiled and said hello to him.
After Pang Gang met with Lu Xiangsheng and all the generals, he couldn't help but asked strangely: "Master Lu, sirs, what happened? Why do everyone look so ugly?"
Li Chongzhen snorted coldly and said: "It's not like those grandsons from the Ministry of War. Just now, an official document came from the Ministry of War, saying that the emperor has decreed that since the Qing troops have retreated, it is useless for the country to spend money, money, food and pay in vain, so he ordered us to fight with them.
We will return to our respective villages within three days. Isn’t this nonsense? As soon as the Tatars left, the grandsons of the Ministry of War began to drive them away. After all, they were not afraid that the army would be disadvantageous to them. What did they think of us? They would attack us as soon as they were called.
Are you going to leave soon?"
"That's right!" Liu Zetao on the side also spoke, "Actually, we are still secondary. In the final analysis, it is not because Yang Shangshu is afraid that Governor Lu's contribution will be too great and will take away his position, so he only blows the air in front of the emperor and makes our mm factory
"shut up!"
Lu Xiangsheng became angry, and shouted to Liu Zeqing: "General Liu, please stop talking about court affairs. You must know that the court's laws are decided by the emperor and your lords. As soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, you only need to take care of your own affairs."
Well, there is also something about Mr. Yang that you, as subordinates, can’t talk too much about. Let’s forget it this time. If I let you hear such words again, I will definitely not be lenient."
"Yes!" Seeing that Lu Xiangsheng was angry, the generals had no choice but to bow and agree.
"And you!" Unexpectedly, after Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, he turned his attention to Pang Gang and said with an unhappy expression: "Chaodong, originally I thought that although you are young, you are considered mature. And you are already mature now.
As General Dingyuan, the commander of the third rank of the capital, and the general in charge of the defense of the three states, I never expected that you would do such a stupid thing!"
Pang Gang smiled sheepishly and said, "Master Lu, do you also know about the last general?"
Lu Xiangsheng snorted coldly: "Who in the whole capital doesn't know about your bad things now? You openly broke off the fingers of Wailang, a member of the military-selected officials at the Ministry of War, and you also forcibly dragged him to play the Dengwen drum. In the end, you also
Chao Dong, Chao Dong, you are really good at losing the face of Chen Shilang in front of the civil and military officials of the court! Don't you know how much impact this will have on your future future?"
Faced with Lu Xiangsheng's scolding, he could only bow his head and be speechless to show that he was taught, but in his heart he was a little dissatisfied. He was too clear about the speed of Ming Dynasty's decline, even some Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Shi Kefa and others
Despite the unremitting efforts of the generals and officials who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, despite the overall decline of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Empire, which had existed for more than two hundred years, was still falling rapidly into the abyss. Moreover, Pang Gang also knew that although
He foresightly knew something about to happen, but he also knew very well that as long as the Donglin Party, a large and greedy interest group, existed, no matter how hard he worked, and no matter what he did, it would eventually turn into a conspiracy.
It was useless, so although he was very touched by Lu Xiangsheng's concern, he did not agree with some of Lu Xiangsheng's ideas.
Seeing Pang Gang who was bowing his head and being speechless, Lu Xiangsheng sighed and said: "Forget it, since what happened has already happened, there is no point in blaming you. Since the soldiers have issued the emperor's order, we can only obey it."
"But what to do with the people who were kidnapped by the Tartars? What to do with the money and food that was robbed? Just give it to the Tartars for nothing so that they can eat enough and continue to attack us next year?" Hearing Lu Xiangsheng
After saying this, Pang Gang became anxious.
"Then what else can we do?" Lu Xiangsheng said with a stern face: "The emperor has ordered me to lead the Tianxiong Army to continue to Shaanxi and other places to suppress bandits. The matter of the Tatars can only be put aside for the time being."
"Hey, these bastards who only talk nonsense and harm the country!" Pang Gang punched the wooden pillar next to him with his fist in grief and anger, shaking the dust in the tent to the ground.
Lu Xiangsheng did not want to continue on this topic, and looked at Pang Gang and said earnestly: "Chaodong, both the emperor and the governor think highly of you. You have been promoted to the third-line defense general this time. You have a heavy responsibility and you must not slack off.
This governor will go to Qingzhou for inspection next year, and I will scold you if you don't do well."
Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, whose face was filled with ardent emotions and who had been worried about the country's imperial court, what else could Pang Gang say, but he could only agree without any hesitation.
That night, Pang Gang cashed out thousands of Rumi blunderbuss from the "Encyclopedia of Modern Weapons" and agreed with him in advance for Zu Dashou. Wang Pu and others exchanged more than a thousand war horses and tens of thousands of taels of silver for Zu Dashou.
When Dashou asked why these Rumi guns were still matchlocks rather than flintlock guns, Pang Gang's answer was that these Rumi guns were like this when they were bought from the Folangji country, and he asked them to find a craftsman to modify them after they went back.
, Zu Dashou and others had no choice but to pinch their noses and admit it. Anyway, the most difficult thing to make of these Rumi guns is the barrel. As for the flintlock device, it is relatively simple. It is just a firing device and a flint.
Any craftsman can solve it.
Through this transaction, Pang Gang was able to exchange for 1,100 war horses and more than 30,000 taels of silver. Some generals' eyes turned red when they saw it, and they sighed that buying and selling weapons was the most valuable thing. But Pang Gang was also very good at being a man.
Although some generals were too short of money to buy them, Pang Gang still gave them some Rumi guns, hundreds or dozens of them. Naturally, Pang Gang had not forgotten his immediate superior here, Lu Xiangsheng. Although
Lu Xiangsheng did not ask for it, but Pang Gang consciously took out 500 Rumi guns and gave them to him. Lu Xiangsheng, who had an upright personality, did not want to take advantage of his subordinates, but he thought of the volley fired by Pang Gang's troops with bird guns a few days ago.
The beautiful sight of the Tatars being beaten to the point of falling on their backs, and then thinking that it might be useful to suppress the bandits, I acquiesced.
The next day, Pang Gang said goodbye to Lu Xiangsheng and the special officers, and then embarked on the journey home with more than 3,500 soldiers who had survived the war, more than 100,000 taels of silver and more than 1,000 war horses.
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On the second day of May in Chongzhen, after more than ten days of traveling, Pang Gang and the others finally returned to the Lingshan Guard, which they had longed for. When Pang Gang and the others returned to the Lingshan Guard, they had already received reports from the Lingshan Guard who did not collect fast horses at night.
It was as lively as the Chinese New Year. Thousands of ""Lingshan Guardsmen's households flocked outside the Lingshan Guards Station to welcome the returning army. Some of them came to see the excitement, but most of them were looking for themselves to accompany Lord Qianhu on the expedition.
Relatives.
Some people stood on the roadside and when they saw their relatives, they immediately rushed over and hugged their husbands or sons and cried. Those who didn't see them continued to look at them eagerly, and some heard others tell them.
The sad news that one's relatives had died also caused bursts of tears. Pang Gang's expedition lasted nearly two months, and more than 600 soldiers were killed in total. This means that nearly 600 families lost their relatives.
As time went by, more and more people cried bitterly, and soon the cries spread to every corner of Lingshan Guard.
Pang Gang sat on his horse and looked at the people who were crying one after another. He couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. One general accomplished so much that thousands of bones were withered. He had indeed been promoted to a noble rank when he came back from the capital this time, but these sacrificed soldiers
Will anyone remember them in the future?
"Sir, Madam is already waiting for us at the door of the mansion." While Pang Gang was deep in thought, Da Zhuang reminded him.
"Yeah?"
When Pang Gang raised his head and looked forward, he found a graceful figure standing at the door of Qianhu Mansion, looking at him with tears in his eyes.