A dozen squad leaders under Lei San's command walked up one after another, rushed to the end of the corner and threw grenades into the cave.
A booming explosion resounded in the cave, shaking the cave. Thirty grenades were thrown, and Lei San stopped the grenade behind him from throwing grenades because he was worried that throwing the grenade further would blow up the cave.
The officers rushed into the corner of the cave with short muskets in hand.
The place had already been blown to pieces. Isn't thirty grenades child's play? The iron slag exploded from the grenades was so fierce that it killed all the Tatars who were crowded around the corner for defense. There were more than twenty Tatars lying on the ground.
The body of the Tatar was shot, and a dozen Tatars were also shot, lying trembling in the distance.
Lei San's officers showed no mercy and opened fire on the wounded Tatars on the ground. The Tatars on the ground screamed and twitched, and died in a pool of blood one by one.
Seeing that all the Tatars were beaten to death, a platoon leader went up to inspect the heads.
But he didn't expect that there was a Tatar hiding behind the stone. As soon as the platoon leader walked in front of the stone, a Tatar holding a machete rushed out and rushed towards the platoon leader.
However, the Tatar had not eaten for several days and had little strength in his movements. Lei San rushed forward and kicked the Tatar in the abdomen. The Tatar was stunned and rolled to the ground. Before the Tatar could do anything else,
After getting up, Lei San shot Tatar in the chest. Blood spattered everywhere, and the Tatar twitched several times on the ground, and soon lost his life.
The rescued platoon leader was stunned and stammered: "Thank you, company commander, for saving my life."
Lei San didn't even look at the platoon leader, but simply asked: "How many?"
"What?"
"How many heads are there in total? Aren't you counting them?"
Lei San had a cold personality and was too lazy to say a word about such silly things as saving his life. The platoon leader reacted and quickly counted the corpses on the ground and said: "There are forty-one Tatars in total!"
Lei San did the math and said: "The total is one hundred and twenty-three taels."
For every Tatar killed by the chasing troops, the Duke of Jin gave him three taels of silver as a reward. Lei San did the math and felt that the amount of money was limited, and the soldiers under his command only had more than one tael per person.
Lei San was a little disappointed.
"Let's go and continue searching in the hills to see if we can find any other Tatars!"
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Emperor Zhu Youjian put down Li Zhi's memorial and paced back and forth in the Qianqing Palace.
"I didn't expect that the Duke of Jin would be so heroic and brave, and he would rush thousands of miles to take charge of Dorgon, the puppet emperor of Dongnu."
Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, the merits of the Duke of Jin are comparable to those of Wei Huo. Now that the false emperor Dorgon has been captured, we no longer have a big enemy in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. No more Tatars will cross the border wall to rob us."
It’s Gyeonggi Province.”
"A serious problem that has lasted for thirty years has been eradicated in one day! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"
Zhu Youjian nodded.
Wang Chengen continued: "Your Majesty, Li Zhi broke into northeastern Liaoning this time and has occupied most of the land of Nurgan Dusi. At the beginning of the dynasty, Nurgan Dusi could only enfeoff the tribes that submitted to it, and did not send officials to rule.
.Now that Li Zhi has taken over, we have truly expanded the territory of our Ming Dynasty to Nuergan!"
"Your Majesty's martial arts skills are outstanding and he will surely leave his name in history!"
Zhu Youjian nodded and sat on the chair absentmindedly.
When Wang Chengen saw that Zhu Youjian was silent, he didn't know what the emperor was thinking, so he only bowed to accompany him.
Zhu Youjian suddenly asked: "Wang Chengen, can Li Zhi be crowned king for his great contribution?"
Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the dynasty has never named a minister with a different surname as a king. If the emperor named Li Zhi as a king with a different surname, the whole world might be in a state of uproar."
Zhu Youjian took a breath and said: "However, Li Zhi's achievements this time are indeed great. He restored Shenyang, destroyed the slave army, conquered Alchuka, and held the Dongnu puppet emperor. I am worried that if Li Zhi is not made king, Li Zhi will Somewhat dissatisfied.”
Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, I don't think that is possible. Li Zhi's northern expedition to Liaodong this time was nominally sending troops for the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he was sending troops for himself. He was in Liaodong Dusi and Nu'er The land occupied by Gandusi will be under his direct control from now on."
"There are no people in the account books of these two capital bureaus now, so Li Zhi does not need to pay taxes to the court. He has made a lot of money."
"I heard that Li Zhi had already made preparations to entrust the land in eastern Liaoning and the north to the people who had followed him over the years, so that these people would be the big landowners for generations. The fertile fields in Liaodong and further north were thousands of miles away, and Li Zhi How rich can a person get if he acquires so much land at once?"
Zhu Youjian took a breath, stood up again, and walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace.
"Since you can't be crowned king, let's give Li Zhi some practical benefits. Make Li Zhi the governor of Tianjin, Shandong, Liaodong and Nu'ergan army and horse military affairs. Remove the governor of Tianjin, the governor of Shandong, the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Denglai. From now on, the four Li Zhi took matters into his own hands. The civil and military officials in Tianjin, Shandong, Liaodong and Nuerqian who were sent to Li Zhi were recommended by Li Zhi from now on. Once an official was recommended by Li Zhi, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel were not allowed to do so without authorization. reject!"
Wang Chengen took a breath and said: "The Holy One is equivalent to sealing these four places to Li Zhi!"
Zhu Youjian said calmly: "Li Zhi is unforgiving and has made great achievements now. He will definitely not let these four places go. If they are not given to him, he will rob them with force. Instead of fighting with Li Zhi when the time comes, Since these positions are in conflict, it would be better to just give them all to him."
"Li Zhi is now the leader of the country. We can only win him over with kindness. We must not let him become dissatisfied!"
Wang Chengen raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Sheng Ming!"
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On September 15th, outside Xinzhou City, Zhang Shenyan, Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui were sitting in the central tent of the Jiangbei Army, all with pale faces.
Two and a half months have passed since the siege of Xinzhou at the end of June. The Jiangbei Army, which lacks artillery, can only look at the city and sigh, wasting food and pay.
After two and a half months of training, there are now only more than 200 artillerymen who can operate artillery. These artillerymen can only operate 20 cannons, which are no match for Li Xing's 400 cannons at the top of Xinzhou City. If you want to train all the artillery, It will take at least two months.
However, bad news came from the north that Li Zhi had annihilated the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, occupied Alchukha, and gave birth to the puppet emperor Dorgon of Dongnu.
Upon hearing the news, Zhang Shenyan felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
Unexpectedly, with 40,000 soldiers and horses, Li Zhi was able to advance thousands of miles and really defeated Dorgon in the far north.
Zhang Shenyan no longer cares whether Dorgon lives or dies. The most terrifying thing now is whether Li Zhi will lead the victorious army to the south.
Zhang Shenyan knew that these 80,000 Jiangbei troops could not defeat Li Zhi's 60,000 troops.
In the Chinese army's tent, Zhang Shenyan trembled for no reason. He didn't wait for Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui to speak, and said: "Withdraw troops, go back to South Zhili and defend!"
