When Zhong Jinwei woke up, a surprising voice sounded beside him.
When he turned to look over, more than one person caught his eye. The four children were there, as well as Gu Baichuan, Lu Xiangsheng and others.
"What's going on?" Zhong Jinwei couldn't help asking as he still felt a little dizzy.
With a little effort, Lu Xiangsheng arrived in front of Zhong Jinwei. His huge body occupied most of the position. Then he leaned down and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou is overworked and needs to rest for a while."
Zhong Jinwei closed his eyes for a while, and finally recalled what happened when he fainted. Then he opened his eyes, smiled a little, and said to Lu Xiangsheng, "Can Jiutai sit down and talk? I feel so stressed when you do this."
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he smiled a little sheepishly and quickly sat on the chair next to him.
Zhong Jinwei sat up from the bed, leaned against the pillow Lu Xiangsheng had padded, and then asked: "Are you back on the island? Tell me how the situation is."
"The whole army has withdrawn to the island, and the Liao people have been divided into groups by the lower officials. Those who are willing to stay and build captives have stayed; those who want to live a stable life have also been sent to Denglai.
." Lu Xiangsheng briefly reported the situation.
Zhong Jinwei was a little surprised and asked: "Oh, I have been asleep for a long time?"
"Well, it will be the third day if we don't wake up." Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.
It seemed that his body was indeed tired, and he was able to sleep for such a long time. Zhong Jinwei was thinking, and suddenly remembered something, and he quickly asked: "How is the situation over there in North Korea?"
Lu Xiangsheng replied a little regretfully: "At the beginning of Mang Gurtai, because the road was destroyed and harassed at night, he walked very slowly. But the Tatars also have a very keen sense of smell on the battlefield, and they felt something was wrong.
Finally, he burned all the supplies he carried and Qingqi fled. It was one day too late, otherwise the army could join the battle after resting. At that time, Mang Gurtai would not be able to escape even if Qingqi was afraid."
"Forget it, it's not a pity that Mang Gurtai ran away. His reckless character means that he will not be difficult to deal with and will not end well." Zhong Jinwei thought for a moment and comforted Lu Xiangsheng.
Everyone had already run away. Even if Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to give up, he had no choice but to accept Zhong Jinwei's comfort.
"By the way, Lord Marquis, the former King of North Korea was killed by the slave chief before he could escape. The current King of North Korea has been waiting for Lord Marquis to wake up and wants to thank him in person, saying that Lord Marquis surrounded Wei and rescued Zhao, and saved Korea from the sea of suffering." Lu Xiangsheng thought of this.
, I asked Zhong Jinwei for his opinion.
Zhong Jinwei didn't like to be polite by nature. He frowned and thought for a while, then ordered: "Just say that I am not in good health and cannot receive him. If he really wants to thank me, he can just give the emperor a letter of credence."
After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he thought to himself that this was not a lie. His body was indeed still very tired and he had not recovered.
"Okay, I'll inform him soon," Lu Xiangsheng agreed.
"Now that the war here is over, let's arrange to return to the capital." After Zhong Jinwei gave the order, he remembered something again and asked Lu Xiangsheng, "Jiutai, please send the Denglai Ming army to participate in this war and the soldiers who have made meritorious service."
Give me a list of everyone."
Lu Xiangsheng immediately took out a thick roster from his pocket, raised his head to Zhong Jinwei and said, "Master Marquis, it's all here."
Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but laugh, this was done quite quickly.
After Gu Baichuan collected the roster, Zhong Jinwei said to Lu Xiangsheng again: "I'm not in good health, so I won't go wandering around. Jiutai will tell the soldiers for me that their rewards will not be less for them, so they can rest assured."
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"Don't worry, Mr. Hou, those bastards trust Mr. Hou the most." Lu Xiangsheng replied with a smile.
Zhong Jinwei always remembered that there was something else he wanted to say, but he just couldn't remember it. Only then did he suddenly remember it and quickly told Lu Xiangsheng: "Jianlu suffered a big loss this time, so beware of their counterattack. If necessary,
Just follow the previously agreed upon plan, I will be with you at the court, so you don’t have to worry."
"Yes, Lord Marquis." Lu Xiangsheng promised with clasped fists gratefully.
On the third day after Zhong Jinwei woke up, the new army returned to Beijing in triumph with the spoils of war and the captives.
All the people on Zhangzi Island, whether military or civilian, Han or Korean, watched the fleet go away and disappear into the sky.
The Clipper that reported the victory had already set off ahead of schedule, so when the New Army fleet arrived at Dagukou, Tianjin, it received a warm welcome.
At this time, although Zhong Jinwei still looked sick, he could already move around. When he saw at the bow of the ship that there were people in scarlet robes among the people greeting him, he couldn't help but be a little surprised and said: "It's the gentleman from the court.
You passed by here and came to join in the fun?"
None of the guards on the side could answer, so Zhong Jinwei just said it casually and didn't care. He would naturally know who it was when he got off the boat.
As soon as Zhong Jinwei got off the boat, the scarlet-robed official led a large group of people to greet him.
"Yang He, the Minister of the Ministry of Government and Military Affairs, has come to welcome Marquis Zhongxing back to the capital in accordance with the emperor's decree."
When Zhong Jinwei got closer, he could see who it was. Seeing that he was here on orders, he quickly said, "Ah, why bother Mr. Yang to come so far to pick me up? Your Majesty, it's true, why is it so grand?"
The people who greeted Zhong Jinwei were speechless after hearing this. If ordinary people dared to say this, many people here would probably impeach him. But when Zhong Jinwei said this, they pretended not to have heard it.
"The emperor learned that Marquis Zhongxing became ill due to overwork for the country, so he specially gave him a royal chariot to ride on Marquis Zhongxing." Yang He said while pointing to a large yellow vehicle not far away.
This time it was Zhong Jinwei's turn to be speechless. Emperor Chongzhen would make himself jealous by doing this.
"How virtuous and capable I am to receive such a gift. I feel ashamed that I don't deserve it. I feel ashamed that I don't deserve it!" Zhong Jinwei quickly declined.
He made up his mind that although Emperor Chongzhen had good intentions, this car could not be built no matter what.
Unexpectedly, Yang He said to Zhong Jinwei seriously: "Hou Zhongxing, don't be humble anymore. Your contribution is great enough, so the emperor will value you so much!"
Seeing the confused look on Zhong Jinwei's face, Yang He continued: "The contribution of Marquis Zhongxing has allowed the Ming Dynasty to see the possibility of solving the Jianlu. If Marquis Zhongxing says that the Liao Dynasty was leveled in five years, no one in the Ming Dynasty will not believe it.
.The chaos in the Liao Dynasty since the Wanli period has finally calmed down, who wouldn’t be excited! Lord Zhongxing, do you think this contribution is great?”
Although they did not know that the Jianlu had finally captured the Ming Dynasty, the Liao rebellion that had gone through three dynasties could not be quelled, but became more and more serious. The Jianlu even invaded the pass and almost captured the capital. The court was troubled by this.
But basically there is no way to build a captive.
Although there have been victories against the captives before, the impact of that victory cannot be compared with this one. Thinking about the past history, the Jin Kingdom also launched a surprise war against the Northern Song Dynasty, thus destroying the Northern Song Dynasty. In terms of the national strength of the Northern Song Dynasty,
So weak, it is naturally impossible. It was just because of carelessness that the capital was lost, thereby bringing down the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
The raid battle fought by Zhongxing Hou this time was similar, except that the other party's slave chieftains were away fighting, but the puppet officials who remained in Shenyang City were all killed by Zhongxing Hou.
Only with this achievement could Yang He say this.