Chapter Twenty-Four: Riding the Momentum

After all, at this moment, the war is imminent, and the military spirit is particularly important.

The Black Cavalry is the elite division of the Zhao State, and it must not cause them to be dissatisfied.

"Obey. Ding Qiu bowed and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Gong Bin said.

"Report ...... Report...... Chiya 800 miles plus urgent good news......" At this time, a guard shouted and ran in excitedly with a letter.

"If there is any happy event, hurry up. Zhao Zhennan was on fire and asked with a pat on the handle of the chair.

"It was the eighth prince who came, saying that he annihilated the elite 800 people of the Chu army and captured alive Wu Yunqiang, the deputy general of Chu Zhaonan, the general of the Chu army. The guard hurried.

Suddenly, all the ministers in the hall looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, but no one believed that this was true.

"Chen Xiang, are you right?" Zhuang Duan, the deputy chief guard of the palace court, sternly asked the guard who had just reported the good news.

"No, absolutely not! It was the Eighth Prince who directly presented it to the Emperor, and there was a brief message of good news on the outside of the letter. Guard Chen Xiang hurriedly said.

"Pass it on. Zhao Zhennan snorted, and Hainong hurriedly stepped forward to take the good news and present it to Zhao Zhennan.

Zhao Zhennan opened it and looked at it twice, and suddenly laughed and handed it to the national teacher Zhang Gang and said, "Zhang Gang, you read out the content on behalf of me." ”

Zhang Gang cleared his throat after taking it and began to read:

Father, Erchen was ambushed when he passed by Lianyunzhai and almost died in the quicksand river.

At that time, I was in a hurry, and I arrested Cui Tianshou, the owner of the village, only to know that it was the owner of the second village......

Under the righteousness, Cui Tianshou expressed his willingness to join...... Hundreds of soldiers were collected, and Cui Tianshou, the owner of the village, was recruited as the deputy commander of the guard.

After arriving in Dongyang, Erchen went straight to the garrison yamen, and waited for an hour before he knew that Gong Shoubei was actually prostituting * in Wenxianglou.

In a fit of rage, Erchen took Dongyang Taishou to arrest him on the spot and scolded him on the spot.

However, Gong Shoubei actually ignored the country's major affairs and openly resisted. Despised the royal family and disobeyed the holy order, and the retainer immediately ordered Cui Tianshou to be killed on the spot.

In addition, Zhan Cangyun was immediately ordered to temporarily take the position of Dongyang garrison, and Zhan Zhang assisted......

The Chu army wanted to take advantage of the fact that Erchen was not stable to suddenly attack, and carefully selected 800 masters to cross the river.

After discussing with several soldiers, Erchen set a trap and came to catch turtles in an urn.

The 800 elites of the Chu army were annihilated by the Chiya defender Zhao Gang and General Zhan, and only a dozen people escaped back.

Moreover, he captured alive the deputy general Wu Yunqiang and dozens of Chu army soldiers.

Gong Tong deserves to die, he is so derelict in his duties, he is not worthy of being a general at all.

Erchen asked for credit for Zhan Cangyun, Zhao Gang, Zhanzhang, Qin Shi, and Cui Tianshou, and asked his father to forgive Erchen for advocating the acceptance of Lianyunzhai soldiers.

Although they were robbers in the past, their sons understood that they were also forced to make a living.

Now, I am willing to join the army to serve the country, hoping that my father can give them a chance.

Especially Cui Tianshou, who has outstanding performance and is a rare master.

Erchen is small and weak, and his martial arts are not high.

After this battle, the Chu army will regard me as a needle in the flesh in the eye, and kill me quickly. There are not a few masters around to protect him, but he is not afraid of the death of Erchen, but he is afraid that he will miss the important event of guarding Chiya......"

"Gong Bin, what else do you have to say?" Zhao Zhennan looked at him coldly.

"I ...... I ......" Gong Bin was in a hurry, vomited blood on the spot, kowtowed, and said, "Please forgive Your Majesty for the guilt of negligence, the minister was confused for a while, and the situation was not clear." ”

"Gong Bin, are you really confused or do you pretend to understand?" Ding Qiu snorted.

"The minister is guilty!" When Gong Bin heard this, his face changed greatly, and he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Take off Gong Bin's top and reduce it to a commoner, never used again. Zhao Zhennan flicked his sleeves.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Zhenguo Gong, General, tell me about it. Gong Bin was dragged by the guards and begged for mercy loudly.

"Hurry up and drag him out, it's not too much to kill him, the emperor is too merciful. Luo Huaili looked at it and hummed.

"Your Majesty, this report from the Eighth Prince is sincere, reasonable, and well-founded, and even Yunzhai's private collection of soldiers can be handled on a special basis. Mighty Marquis Li Chang said.

"Yes, forgive the Eighth Prince.

In addition, Cui Tianshou was meritorious and promoted to a seventh-class guard, and was rewarded with two hundred taels of silver.

Qin Shi cooperated with the prince properly, and the official was added to the first rank and promoted to the sixth rank guard.

Zhao Gang and Zhan Cangyun killed the enemy for meritorious service, rewarded a thousand taels of silver, each awarded a yellow coat, and recorded merit once, and was promoted to the fourth grade, and the army was escorted......

Give the Red Cliff Army an additional two hundred thousand taels of silver. "Zhao Zhennan Road.

"Your Majesty, the biggest contributor to the destruction of the enemy this time is the Eighth Prince. Zhao Chengqing said.

"Hahaha, I forgot about it when I was happy. Reward the eight princes with two thousand taels of silver, and ten high-grade elixirs. Ding Qiu, you take a trip to Chiya. Zhao Zhennan said.

"Your Majesty, can't the post of Dongyang garrison be vacant, the Chu army is on the other side, and it is not good for the country to be empty for a long time?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"Temporarily led by Zhan Cangyun and merged into the Red Cliff army. Zhan Zhangti was promoted as the deputy garrison and presided over the affairs of the Dongyang garrison battalion. "Zhao Zhennan Road.

After that, Ding Qiu recruited Zhao Zhennan to the Heart Cultivation Hall alone.

"Alas......" Zhao Zhennan sighed, and only after a long time did he speak, "Ding Qiu, there is another appointment to Luo Zuo here, and he is also mentioned as a sixth-class guard, and he is a sixth-rank guard. ”

In the official system of Zhao State, the level of guards is almost the same as that of officials.

However, there is also a division of official products.

"Your Majesty has not even forgotten a little minion beside the prince, Your Majesty is benevolent. Ding Qiu arched over and said.

"Luo Zuo is Xingchen's distant cousin, I heard Luo Xiang say it before.

Therefore, although his martial arts skills are not high, he is absolutely loyal to the stars.

In addition, Xingchen has no mother when he is young, and there is a lack of intimate people around him to serve him.

He deliberately mentioned Li Shuwen, the little eunuch, this time, indicating that Li Shuwen is quite fond of him, as long as he can serve his master well, he will also mention it.

Give him a eunuch, the head of the outer hall, and he is the seventh grade.

And this time, in terms of spying on the opponent's military situation, Yu Hai, the chief flag of the Jinyi Guard in Cangjiang Province, performed outstandingly.

It was precisely because he had already spied on the other party's movements that he had this big victory.

Xingchen also has a special indication in the letter, so it is specially mentioned as the hundred households of Jinyi Weizheng Liupin.

Say hello to the Jinyi Guard in Cangjiang Province, and ask them to send more people to Chiya to assist Yu Hai in doing things, and obey the orders of the Eighth Prince. Zhao Zhennan said.

"The minister understands!" Ding Qiu retired and went to the mansion of Liu Chengjiang, the right minister.

Zhao Guo set up two prime ministers on the left and right to preside over the affairs of the DPRK and China.

The emperor set it up in this way mainly for the purpose of dividing power, and the left and right sides checked each other to avoid excessive power and the dictatorship of officials.

Of course, in terms of rank, the left phase has much more power than the right phase.

"It seems that the emperor has some regrets now. Liu Chengjiang stroked his beard after hearing about it and said.

"Because of the queen, Luo Xiang only gave a noble title, which was only a little higher than the status of the palace maid, which made Luo Xiang depressed.

And the eighth prince was not angry, and the emperor was disappointed.

However, when the school field ordered troops, the Eighth Prince came to prominence.

What's even more unexpected is that as soon as I arrived at Chiya, I won a small battle. Ding Qiu said.

"Although the battle is not big, what the emperor needs most now is to boost morale.

Therefore, he was extraordinarily gracious and rewarded a group of officials proposed by the Eighth Prince.

However, the emperor's mind was also a little loose.

However, it is not too early to say that the eighth prince is included in the crown prince candidate, and the performance of the eighth prince is far from enough.

After all, the crown prince will inherit the throne in the future.

The support of the prince's mother, mother's family and courtiers is very crucial to their own performance.

Otherwise, once the throne is passed on, the country is unstable, and the emperor will become a sinner of Zhao State. Liu Chengjiang said.