Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was sitting in the Qianqing Palace, looking at Lu Xiangsheng's memorial with surprise.
Li Zhi, under Lu Xiangsheng's command, led a sudden attack on Hanjiazhuang in Gu'an with 10,000 soldiers and horses, killing 2,441 Qing troops and capturing 342 wounded Tatars.
This is a great victory! Except for the great victory of Fanjiazhuang the year before last, there has been no other battle in the past few years that has killed so many Tatars. Li Zhi’s troops are not only powerful at killing bandits, but they also kill Tatars without mercy. They are really the strongest in the world. Bing. Li Zhi and Lu Xiangsheng also seem to work well together.
"What a great victory! The Qing army defeated six counties in the suburbs of Beijing. Now I am finally waiting for a great victory! In terms of fighting a tough battle, we still have to rely on Li Zhi!" Zhu Youjian walked back and forth in front of the imperial case excitedly and asked: " Wang Chengen, how should I reward Li Zhi and how should I reward Lu Xiangsheng?"
Wang Chengen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you give Li Zhi a commanding officer?"
Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "The Tatars are still raging in the capital, and there will be fierce battles ahead. What if we promote him to the rank of commander-in-chief at this time, and if he makes new achievements later and gets no reward from the official?"
Zhu Youjian sat back at the imperial desk, pondered for a moment, and said: "I will reward you with a black gauze hat made by Lu Xiangsheng, a unicorn round collar with woven gold chest and back, and a thousand taels of gold inside. I will also reward Li Zhi with a sword and a leather bean hat." , one piece of green cover, one piece of green sticker, and five hundred taels of gold inside."
After a pause, Zhu Youjian said again: "Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei also made gains, and each was rewarded with fifty taels of gold!"
Wang Chengen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Lu and Li will be extremely happy to have received these many rewards!"
Zhu Youjian nodded proudly and said: "If I have a few more Li Zhi in Ming Dynasty, why can't I kill Dong Nu and the Liu bandits?"
Wang Chengen looked at the memorial and said: "Lu Xiangsheng said that his army once ran out of food, saying that Yang Ge Lao refused to send him food, so he had to attack Hanjiazhuang, where the Qing army was stationing food, and rob the Qing army of food and grass."
Prosecutor Zhu Youxu said: "Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Sichang seem to have some disputes. The right and wrong will not be clear until Yang Ge's department comes!"
Zhu Youjian was wondering there when he saw Yang Sichang running all the way into the Qianqing Palace. After Yang Sichang entered the Qianqing Palace, he prostrated respectfully on the ground and sang loudly: "Yang Sichang has met the Holy Emperor!"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "Yang Qing, no courtesy! Give me a seat!"
Yang Sichang sat respectfully on the chair and heard Zhu Youjian ask: "Does Aiqing know about Hanjiazhuang's victory?"
Yang Sichang is now the most trusted by the emperor and has great power. Even the chief minister of the cabinet wants to avoid his limelight. Who dares not to cooperate with him? Yang Sichang's hometown people have even called Yang Sichang Prime Minister. Lu Xiangsheng's memorial was just delivered this morning When he arrived at the cabinet, Yang Sichang took a look at it. Of course he knew about Li Zhi's great victory. But of course he couldn't say that he had peeked at it at this time. He just said in surprise: "I don't know, which army was responsible for the great victory?"
Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "It was a great victory for Lu Xiangsheng and Li Zhi, who captured and killed three thousand Dong slaves!"
Yang Sichang knelt on the ground and sang loudly: "Your Majesty, this is the influence of His Majesty's divine power that led to this great victory."
Zhu Youjian laughed loudly and said: "Ai Qing, please rise! This great victory is also due to Yang Qing's strategizing in the Ministry of War."
Yang Sichang sat back on his chair and heard the emperor ask again: "Lu Shangshu said that Yang Qing did not provide him with food and grass. Why is this?"
When Yang Sichang heard this, he knelt on the ground with a thud and said: "It is clear from the Holy Spirit that Yang Sichang is dedicated to the safety of the country, so how can he do anything to cut off Lu Shangshu's food and grass? It is true that the Dongnu Rangers were too rampant a few days ago, and the food and grass were We can't send it out! The roads are smooth this morning, so the food and fodder for Lu Shangshu has been sent out!"
After Yang Sichang read the memorial of Lu Xiangsheng's victory, he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was no longer short of food, and the method of cutting off food was useless, so he immediately sent out food and grass to make things even. Zhu Youjian didn't know that Yang Sichang knew the news of Hanjiazhuang's victory earlier than he did, and thought that in the morning
The output of grain and grass is enough to prove Yang Sichang's public spirit.
Zhu Youjian already believed Yang Sichang's words and said: "Please get up quickly, Yang Qing! Lu Shangshu misunderstood Yang Qing, and I will definitely explain the misunderstanding to Yang Qing. But now, even though Hanjiazhuang has won a great victory, Dongnu is still plundering everywhere.
, Yang Qing, what good advice do you have?"
Yang Sichang got up and said: "Now the Dongnu soldiers are divided into eight groups to plunder the place. If our army gathers all the troops, we will worry about one side and the other side. Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuan Dynasty, has already led his army to defend. I suggest that half of Lu Xiangsheng's troops and horses be given to Chen Xinjia.
Let Chen Xinjia also have troops to pursue Dongnu."
Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, stroked his beard and said: "The Art of War says, division makes us weak, and unity makes us strong."
Yang Sichang said: "However, Lu Shangshu has Yang Guozhu under his command. He is a powerful tiger and has a large number of fierce generals. If we divide some more and send them out, we can also defeat the enemy!"
"What troops and horses should be allocated to Chen Xinjia?"
Yang Sichang said: "Divide Tianjin Li Zhi and Xuanda Second Town's generals into guerrillas, and give Chen Xinjia 16,000 troops."
Zhu Youjian hesitated and said: "Li Zhi can kill slaves under Lu Shangshu, but I wonder if he can cooperate with Chen Xinjia?"
"They are all loyal ministers who serve the country, and they will definitely cooperate without interruption!"
Zhu Youjian hesitated for a long time, but finally believed Yang Sichang's words, nodded and said: "Okay, then according to Yang Qing's praise, we will allocate 16,000 troops to Chen Xinjia."
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On October 18, the reward for the victory at Hanjiazhuang was sent to Lu Xiangsheng's army. Lu Xiangsheng led Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and Li Zhi to kneel on the ground and respectfully received the order.
After reading the imperial edict to Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng stood up respectfully and accepted the edict and reward. When receiving the edict, he skillfully handed a fifty-tael piece of silver to the eunuch who delivered the edict, making the eunuch beam with joy.
Li Zhi saw Lu Xiangsheng's little actions and secretly thought that although Lu Xiangsheng was very loyal, he was also a sophisticated person. I wonder why he and Yang Sichang were so tense this time?
Next, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei each received the order and received fifty taels of internal money. Although the internal money was small, it was still an honor, indicating that the emperor knew about their achievements. The two were beaming with joy, and they also stuffed some.
Give the money to the eunuch who delivers the order.
Finally, the eunuch read the reward for Li Zhi. The emperor gave Li Zhi the most complete reward, which made the other generals very jealous. But they could only be jealous. Who made them incapable of leading troops to kill the Tatars? Here we are.
On the battlefield, their ten generals were no match for one Li Zhi's troops.
Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, did not receive the reward and coveted Li Zhi's reward from the emperor. He circled around Li Zhi and looked at the gown and clothes the emperor had given to Li Zhi. He wanted to take a closer look. But he
Afraid that Li Zhi would be angry, he didn't dare to open it completely and look at it, so he just looked at the clothes.
Li Zhi smiled, handed the leather bean uniform to him, and said, "I'll give you a clear look!"
Then Wang Pu opened the robe, compared it with his body, and said with a smile: "What a beautiful robe, does it look good on me? It's a pity that I didn't bring a robe mirror, so I can't see clearly."
