On September 30, Emperor Chongzhen held a grand court meeting in the Huangji Palace, and the meritorious personnel of this battle received the emperor's reward one by one.

Huang Degong, the chief officer of the Beijing battalion, awarded the hussar general, and the son of Yin, Shijin Yiwei Qianhu.

Sun Yingyuan, the chief military officer of the Shengjing Battalion, awarded the general Jinwu, and the son of Yin, Shijin Yiwei Qianhu.

Zhang Shize, awarded the governor of the left, the military capital in charge, and the commander of the Beijing camp.

Wang Wannian, deputy commander-in-chief of the Beijing battalion, was awarded the right governor.

Li Tingbiao, the commander of the Shengjin Yiwei Tongzhi.

Xu Sheng, the commander of Shengjin Yiwei.

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Zhu Cihong originally thought that Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was dead, and Lu Xiangsheng would take over the post of secretary of the Ministry of War, but Chongzhen appointed Yang Sichang, who was at home of Ding Wei, as the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Yang Sichang once served as the governor of Xuanda, and in recent years, when the peasant army was in turmoil, he repeatedly offered advice and advice, which left a deep impression on Chongzhen, thinking that he was a talent and could enter the cabinet.

Yang Sichang's father, Yang He, did not understand the art of war, and when he encountered the rogue, he just blindly used his mouth to recruit An, and also achieved certain success, and almost all the rebel armies in Shaanxi accepted Zhaoan.

The good times did not last long, the rogues spent Yang He's Zhao'an silver and rebelled, Yang He was held accountable by the imperial court, Chongzhen out of appreciation for his son Yang Sichang, which left Yang He's life.

In the end, Chongzhen Zhao promoted Lu Xiang to the left squire of the military department, awarded the prince and the prince, and the governor Xuanda and Shanxi military affairs.

As for the general soldiers who entered the Weiqin King from several other routes, Emperor Chongzhen only symbolically added some false positions such as the crown prince and the Taibao, and sent them back to their respective stations after some food and salary.

Zhu Cihong expressed great regret for Lu Xiangsheng's matter, and through getting along for half a month, from his discussion, Zhu Cihong could see that Lu Xiangsheng was an official who was determined to reform.

If Lu Xiang is promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhu Cihong can also carry out a reform of the Ministry of War with Lu Xiangsheng, which is why he asked Lu Xiangsheng to lead the Tianxiong Army to the north.

However, it is good for Lu Xiangsheng to go to Xuanda, the current defense among the nine sides, Xuanda's side is the weakest, and it is also a very good choice for Lu Xiangsheng, a capable person, to remedy it.

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Outside the Desheng Gate, Zhu Cihong personally sent Lu Xiangsheng to Xuanda to take office.

"Mr. Lu, take care all the way!"

"The minister didn't dare to send it far away." Lu Xiangsheng bowed slightly and led the Tianxiong Army north.

Zhu Cihong and his entourage watched Lu Xiangsheng and the others leave from afar, wondering if this farewell was the last time they saw each other.

Historically, two years later, the Qing soldiers entered the pass again, Lu Xiangsheng and the 5,000 Tianxiong army fell into the encirclement of tens of thousands of Qing army's main force, and the Tianxiong army was not afraid of the strong enemy and fought a fierce bloody battle with the Eight Banners Army.

Under the indifferent gaze of the friendly forces, the 5,000-day Xiong army was isolated and helpless, fought to the last man, spilled the blood of the northern country, and was buried in the cold wind and winter snow.

After bidding farewell to Lu Xiangsheng, Zhu Cihong took all the generals to Dezhuang Hot Pot, covered the entire third floor, and held a celebration banquet.

All the generals and officers of the Yongwei Battalion, the New Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenshu Battalion attended the celebration banquet and gathered together.

All the generals of several battalions first collectively toasted Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong returned to the soldiers with tea instead of wine, and ordered everyone to eat and drink at will, without restraint.

This kind of feast regardless of rank makes the generals feel extremely relaxed and happy, and everyone is happy to talk and laugh.

The Shenji Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion stained a lot of light in the Yongwei Battalion in this battle, and the soldiers such as Wang Wannian and Zhang Shize were not only promoted and raised, but also privately shared a lot of benefits, so they saluted Huang Degong and other soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, toasting back and forth at every turn, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious for a while.

Pots of spicy hot pot are served one after another, and there are some other signature dishes that are rarely eaten on weekdays, which make everyone addicted.

Huang Degong picked up a piece of mutton slices from the bubbling red oil hot pot soup and put it in his mouth, chewed a few bites vigorously, his face was red from the spicy, and he shouted energetically, and praised while eating: "I don't know who opened this kind of hot pot restaurant, it's really amazing!" ”

Zhu Cihong, Li Tingbiao and others on the side laughed and did not pretend to be forced to face this matter.

During the banquet, a general of the Yongwei Battalion brought a newspaper and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the latest issue of the Huangming Times has been released, and there is a special page on it about our Yongwei Battalion. ”

Zhu Cihong was eating vigorously, and handed the newspaper to Huang Degong beside him, so that he, the head of the Yongwei Battalion, could read it in public and boast about it.

Huang Degong took the military newspaper and read it slowly, it was very difficult, and many places actually jumped over the words, and he couldn't read it at all.

Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "You can't read? ”

Huang Degong nodded, and shook his head again: "Your Highness, the last general only knows half of the words......."

"I'll go!" Zhu Cihong was shocked, he stood up and swept around the generals, and said, "All of you who are illiterate stand up for me!" ”

More than half of the generals stood up in the entire hall, some of whom only knew a few words, and some of them could not read a single big character and could not even write their own names.

"A bunch of illiterates!" Zhu Cihong was speechless, the literacy rate in the army was so low, this is still a general, it is really terrifying.

Most of the generals of the Shenji Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion are the sons of nobles, and almost everyone is literate, and at this time, seeing that there are so many illiterates in the Yongwei Battalion and the new battalion, which have always fought bravely, their hearts are suddenly a lot more comfortable, and they are not as good as you in the war, and we can crush you culturally.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and motioned for everyone to continue eating and drinking, everyone didn't understand why the crown prince suddenly asked this, but they didn't care so much, and continued to get high.

Zhu Cihong suddenly felt that there was still a long way to go in army building, at least the cultural level of the generals in the army should be raised, not to mention chanting poetry like a civilian official, at least being literate, right? You can't always count on your subordinates to read orders and battle reports!

In particular, Long Xiang does not accept it at night, he must be fully literate, an excellent intelligence officer, not afraid that he is smart, but afraid that he is smart and educated.

Zhu Cihong suddenly asked Huang Degong: "Didn't you say a few days ago that some students of Guozijian went to the Yongwei Camp and wanted to join the army?" How's it going? ”

Huang Degong sighed and said: "Your Highness, don't mention those cultural people, with their little arms and legs, they still want to go to the battlefield?" The last general will be kind enough not to accept them, and they will not leave! The temper of cultural people is strong! ”

Zhu Cihong opened his eyebrows and smiled: "It's a good thing that literati abandon their pen and follow Rong, no matter what their physical condition is, accept them all!" ”

Zhu Cihong originally wanted to invite some teaching gentlemen to teach soldiers to read and write in the battalion, but he didn't expect that a student from Guozijian would come to the door, wouldn't that be beautiful?

After the celebration banquet, Zhu Cihong promulgated several complete study regulations in the Yongwei Battalion and the new battalion to carry out literacy education for the whole army, and included literacy in the evaluation of generals' promotions, so as to arouse the enthusiasm of the whole army in learning literacy.

Subsequently, Zhu Cihong played Emperor Chongzhen and requested that the new battalion and Zhou Yuji's Zhouzi battalion be merged into the Yongwei battalion, and Zhou Yuji served as the general of the Yongwei battalion.

Chongzhen didn't say a word, and directly approved it, Zhu Cihong made such a great achievement, but he couldn't be rewarded, Chongzhen always felt a little bad in his heart, so that he could continue to mention what he needed.

Zhu Cihong didn't kick his nose and face to make many suggestions, but just asked for 100,000 taels of silver to be allocated from the spoils of war for the repair of Deling, the repair of Deling is a matter of time, but the process still needs to be carried out by the ministers, Zhu Cihong might as well open his mouth to sell personal favors first.