"I have met your Majesty, long live your Majesty!" A voice like a roaring mountain and a tsunami rushed towards Yunxi.
"Everyone, I love you!" Yun He said with a smile. The waiter beside him quickly repeated it loudly.
When everyone stood up, Yunxi had already walked to the high position in the middle, turned around and said to them: "My dear friends, today I am holding a celebration banquet here to celebrate the Ming Dynasty's victory over Samarkand and even the complete annihilation of the country.
The soldiers who fought in the Eastern Expedition and the leader of their country, Timur, were also defeated and captured, and died of illness soon afterwards."
"The Kingdom of Samarkand is by no means a small country. It is a large country in the Western Region. It has conquered thousands of miles of land through conquests from the east to the west. The leader of the country, Timur, is also a famous local lord."
"I originally thought that this battle would drag on for a long time, and it would take from this year to next year to decide the outcome; but the soldiers gave me a big surprise. From the time we met the enemy in June, the winner of this battle has been decided on the first day of August.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, the army of Samarkand's Eastern Expedition was completely wiped out, within two months."
"Even if the fighting started in May when his country besieged Yiwu City, it was only three months before and after. Timur recruited more than 600,000 troops and more than 100,000 soldiers from the east of Alashan Pass, a total of 7
More than 100,000 troops were wiped out."
"I have read through the history books of the past dynasties, but there is no such precedent; even the Battle of Feishui only defeated the soldiers of the former Qin Dynasty, rather than annihilating them. I also inquired about the history of foreign countries, and sent people to ask the names of the captives from the Western countries.
They also said that there is no precedent for this."
"My dear friends, you are waiting for this battle to be unprecedented, and it will be unparalleled for at least three hundred years. Even if the historians of later generations are stingy with pen and ink, they will describe this battle in history books. The generals here
, most of them can leave their names in the history books!”
"Long live your Majesty!" Most of the people present shouted excitedly.
It is not easy to leave a name in the ancient history books. In addition to the fact that the history books of all dynasties must have lists of royal families and meritorious officials, so that all princes and nobles can leave their names, if ordinary ministers do not interfere
No matter how earth-shattering the event is, even if you become a high-ranking official of the third rank, you may not be able to leave a name in the history books.
Most of the people whose names are left in history books are just a name plus a line of introduction. Chen Dao and Chen Shuzhi, who are well-known to many people because of the Three Kingdoms game, as the commander of Liu Bei's personal escort troops, in "Three Kingdoms"
There are only twenty or thirty characters in it, and they are appended to the "Biography of Zhao Yun". Zhao Yun himself does not have a separate biography. His biography is merged with that of Guan, Zhang and Mahuang; the historical Xu Huizu is only mentioned in "History of Ming Dynasty"
"The Biography of Xu Da" contains more than a hundred words. However, Xu Da, as a very important founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, did not even have his own biography, and merged it with Chang Yuchun into one biography.
It is so difficult to leave some traces in the history books. How could the generals present not be excited when they heard that they could leave their names in the history books?
Yunxi waited for them to finish their excitement and continued: "Before the expedition, I said that I would hold a celebration banquet to reward the soldiers who had made great contributions; and because the battle went so smoothly and the contributions made by you dear ministers were so great, I also
I will add more to the original reward and give you all a generous reward!"
The crowd immediately shouted "Long live your Majesty" again.
"But before we officially start the celebration banquet, I hope that all of you here will think about the soldiers who were stained with blood for the Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers who were physically disabled or seriously injured and dying for the Ming Dynasty. Let's hold a stick of silence for them." Yunxi suddenly started again.
Silence.
Fortunately, although most of the people present had not seen it with their own eyes, they had all heard of what happened at Annan's celebration banquet, and they imitated His Majesty's actions.
After burning the incense, Yunxi raised his head and said: "In addition to mourning for them and bestowing first- and second-class medals, I have also decided that all the soldiers who died in this battle will be rewarded with an additional cow for each of their descendants; the soldiers who were seriously injured and disabled will be rewarded with an ox.
A sheep was given as a reward."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" everyone shouted again. Even though prices were very low at this time, a cow cost dozens of dollars, and a sheep was not cheap. It was a very high reward for ordinary soldiers.
But it was nothing to Yunxi. He captured 4.5 million cattle and 5.6 million sheep from the army of Samarkand in this battle. At this time, the rail carriages had been laid to the Xingxing Gorge.
It was more convenient to transport it back to the Central Plains and he wouldn't have to spend much money.
It took a while for the sound to stop. Yunxi said with a smile just like he did in Hanoi last year: "I have already awarded rewards to all the soldiers who died in battle or were seriously injured and disabled. After that, I will reward all the meritorious officials."
Yun Hei took a step back and sat on a chair, waving his hand. A guard stepped forward, raised the imperial edict in his hand and shouted loudly: "Song Sheng, Qin Sen comes forward to listen to the decree."
"According to the emperor's edict, Song Sheng, the left prime minister of the Qin vassal, led his soldiers to guard the city of Yiwu. It held for a month without being captured by the Kingdom of Samarkand. Later, he led troops with the title of deputy general between the Yiwu Basin and the Kingdom of Samarkand.
The soldiers fought..., and the merits were great. I was granted the title of Marquis of Yiwu, hereditary, and was rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and a hundred bolts of silk and satin. I admire this."
"..., Qin Sen, the commander of Yongfan Yongming's left guard, led his troops to defend the camp and repel the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom. Later, he broke the formation of their soldiers and wiped out one of them. His contribution was very great. He was awarded the title of Gedabo and was hereditary.
I will reward you with a thousand taels of gold and a dou of pearls. I appreciate this."
"Song Xuan, the commander of the right guard of the government army, blocked the retreat of the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom..., and was granted the title of Marquis Jing'an, the hereditary commander. He was rewarded with hundreds of pieces of silk and satin and a python robe; Song Hu, the commander of Yiwu's left guard
,..., were granted the title of hereditary commander, and were rewarded with a blood coral plant and a flying fish suit. Therefore, both of them are the sons of Song Sheng, the left prime minister of the Qin vassal, and Song Sheng will lead the order on his behalf."
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Song Sheng and Qin Sen said at the same time.
Song Sheng knelt on the ground and was very excited. He originally thought that being able to create a hereditary earl would be enough, but he didn't expect to be able to create a hereditary marquis! Moreover, his eldest son also had to be named a marquis, even if he was a marquis, his family suddenly became a marquis.
He has two titles and is about to enter the top ranks of the Ming Dynasty.
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Song Sheng couldn't help but say it again.
The atmosphere at the scene also became very lively. The reward this time was indeed very generous. The Song family was awarded two titles at once! Everyone was excited, waiting to hear the reward for themselves, imagining that they would also get something unexpected.
