Some excited people began to cry. They thought about how much they would suffer if the Tatars captured the city, how many relatives they would lose, and whether they could save their lives. As they thought about it, they became more and more grateful to use cannons to drive them away.
Li Zhi, a Tatar, knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
Sun Chengzong was also very emotional. He had a fierce personality. If Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcements did not come again, he would hang himself after the city was defeated. This time when the Qing army attacked Gaoyang City, he had five sons, six grandsons, two nephews, and eight
The grandnephew and grandnephew took the initiative to join the strong defense force. More than a hundred men from the family were on the city wall to help the village soldiers defend the city. If the city was captured by the Tatars, his entire family would surely suffer the most severe retaliation from the Qing army, and everyone was afraid.
Can't survive.
Li Zhi used cannons to repel Abatai and saved not just him but his entire Sun family. How could Sun Chengzong's gratitude to Li Zhi be expressed in more than a single bow?
Seeing Sun Chengzong thanking Li Zhi, and seeing the people kowtow to thank Li Zhi, weeping and worshiping, the three generals were very sad. Sun Chengzong was a famous minister of the generation, and the emperor of Tianqi. To be able to receive such a famous minister's worship,
It is truly a blessing for three lifetimes. And the tears and gratitude of these common people are not for what the general wanted in his life.
They were a little jealous of Li Zhi's treatment, but they admired it very much. Who said that their troops did not have the combat effectiveness of Li Zhi to drive away the Tatars with one shot? Li Zhi's combat effectiveness was worthy of such a scene.
If they wait until next year and buy dozens of cannons from Li Zhi, maybe they can be as majestic as Li Zhi?
Lu Xiangsheng stood aside and smiled. Lu Xiangsheng is thirty-nine years old this year. He has been working as a local official. He only served as the head of a small household department in the capital. He has only seen Sun Chengzong from a distance a few times. That was more than ten years ago.
It happened. He and Sun Chengzong basically didn't know each other, but when he dealt with Sun Chengzong today, Lu Xiangsheng realized that Sun Chengzong's eyes were really powerful. Sun Chengzong could tell at a glance that this army mainly relied on Li Zhi to fight, so he found the real owner and thanked him.
Li Zhi looked at the people who were kneeling and smiled. He helped Sun Chengzong up and said loudly: "Master Sun, please get up! Now that the Dongnu is raging, it is our duty as military attaches to rescue the people. Why do you need to be so polite?"
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Sun Chengzong slowly straightened up and said: "If it weren't for General Longhu, dozens of people from Laochan's sect would be unavoidable! How can it be that Laochan is the same?"
The common people gradually stood up. A village elder came up with rice wine in his hand and said: "This is rice wine brewed by the villagers using local millet. Please drink this wine from the governor and generals!"
Lu Xiangsheng held the rice wine in his hand and drank it all in one gulp.
The old man brought the rice wine to Li Zhi again. Li Zhi picked up the wine bowl and drank it in one gulp.
Sun Chengzong looked at Li Zhi, nodded, and said slowly: "The national tiger general is a blessing to the country!"
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Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, stood in the Qianqing Palace, holding the newly signed memorial by Lu Xiangsheng in his hand, with a bright look on his face.
"Well done Li Zhi, he won another battle!"
Wang Chengen accompanied him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is a victory won by Governor Lu Xiangsheng. The three generals and the Governor Biao Battalion all made gains!"
Zhu Youjian waved his hands and said: "The other four families' combined military exploits are not as much as Li Zhi's. Obviously, their gains were all picked up when chasing the defeated troops. This battle was won by Li Zhi!"
Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and sang: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youjian read the memorial again and suddenly said: "It's just that I don't understand. I clearly asked Li Zhi to join Chen Xinjia, so why is he still fighting under Lu Xiangsheng?"
Zhu Youjian looked confused and looked at Wang Chengen. Wang Chengen thought for a while, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. Your Majesty summoned Mr. Yang Ge to ask?"
Zhu Youjian said loudly: "Summon Yang Sichang!"
After less than half an hour, Yang Sichang ran into the Qianqing Palace, knelt on the ground and sang loudly: "I have seen your Majesty, Yang Sichang!"
Zhu Youjian was in a good mood, and felt even more at ease when he saw Yang Sichang leaning against him. He smiled and helped Yang Sichang up and said, "I love you!" Looking at Yang Sichang who stood up, Zhu Youjian asked kindly: " Yang Qing, now Li Zhi has achieved another great victory, does Yang Qing know?"
Yang Sichang cupped his hands and said, "I don't know!"
Zhu Youjian laughed loudly and said: "Lu Xiangsheng's men captured a total of 3,300 levels, and Li Zhi alone captured and killed more than 2,000 levels!"
Yang Sichang pretended to have just learned the news and sighed loudly with excitement: "Tiger General, Your Majesty, Tiger General!"
Zhu Youjian laughed loudly and said: "He is indeed a tiger general, so I specially sent him to the capital to join the guard! Now he has indeed made many meritorious deeds! This time Dongnu invaded the capital and destroyed the capital of our twelve prefectures and counties. Now he has also You know how powerful our army is! If this happens, Dongnu will not dare to invade the capital at will in the future."
Chongzhen was satisfied with his own vision and stroked his beard proudly for a long time. After a long time, Zhu Youjian remembered the reason for summoning Yang Sichang, and turned to ask: "Yang Qing, I have a question. Didn't I call Li Zhi here a few days ago? Under Chen Xinjia? Why is he still fighting with Lu Xiangsheng?"
Yang Sichang looked at Zhu Youjian's smiling face and secretly thought that Li Zhi had made great achievements again. The emperor was so happy. Even if Yang Sichang participated in Li Zhi's disobedience, the emperor would not be angry. Now that Li Zhi has made many achievements, he is afraid of offending Li Zhi. It was to establish a formidable enemy for himself. At this moment, Yang Sichang could only pinch his nose to smooth things over for Li Zhi's disobedience to the imperial edict.
"Your Majesty, Chen Xinjia once told me about this matter. He said that Lu Xiangsheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, is the main force of our army. He also led a lone army deep into the southern part of Gyeonggi to pursue the Qing army. Li Zhi's cooperation is most needed. Based on this situation, Chen Xinjia sent Li Zhi's troops in. Lu Xiangsheng came to the army to help."
Zhu Youjian nodded when he heard this and sighed: "That's it!" After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian sighed: "Chen Xinjia did not snatch Li Zhi, who had repeatedly made meritorious deeds, and brought him under his command. He served the public wholeheartedly. He is truly a loyal minister of the country!"
Yang Sichang nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Xinjia is indeed very public-minded!"
Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "It is rare to be so dedicated to serving the public. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely promote him. However, he is just a civil servant, so it is not easy to promote him." After thinking about it, Zhu Youjian put aside this topic. He then asked Yang Sichang: "Li Zhi has made new achievements. How does Yang Qing think he should be rewarded?"
Yang Sichang looked at the emperor's face and said, "Can I reward him with a python robe and a jade belt?"
Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "No! Li Zhi has made many contributions over the years. I originally wanted to suppress him and let him keep up his efforts. But now he has won three games in a row and scored five in a month. More than a thousand people, for such meritorious service, cannot be denied, otherwise it will definitely dampen his determination to serve the country. I want to promote him to the rank of Commander-in-Chief!"
Yang Sichang cupped his hands and sang: "Holy sage, sage! In this way, Li Zhi will definitely be grateful and make new achievements!"
Zhu Youjian said: "Tomorrow, I will let the nine ministers recommend the candidate for Tianjin's general soldier. No matter what the result of the recommendation is, who is recommended, I will finally choose Li Zhi to be Tianjin's general soldier!"
Yang Sichang raised his hand and said: "Li Zhi has outstanding achievements and is highly regarded by the public. The court will also select Li Zhi when recommending him."
Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Yang Qing has always been the most loyal!"
