Min Yuanjin continued: "It's easy to take prisoners, just drive people to the open space at the trench and put them first, just watch them with a small number of flag soldiers and guards. However, the hundreds of dead people could not be left for long, so I thought that I could find a few trenches that were not of great importance, and throw them down to bury them and fill in the trenches. ”

Min Yuanqi said: "These are all trivial matters, just discuss them with you and Yuan Zhong." ”

Min Yuanjin's face was full of joy, he was quite comfortable doing these chores and did not feel uncomfortable.

In comparison, Min Yuanjin's performance in the big array just now was very ordinary, in terms of command and determination, in terms of willpower and decisiveness, compared with Yang Zhijin and Gao Cuncheng, as well as Xie Xiang, Shen Liang, and even Han Sen and Min Yuanzhong and others, there was a big gap.

Now Min Yuanjin's plan is to make up for his weaknesses, usually take care of chores, and clean up the battlefield and the aftermath at this time, he is determined to do these things well......

At this time, Min Qiande, Li Kecheng and others all rushed up from the city of Qianhusuo, including the members of the artillery crew.

Min Qiande was already excited, and he didn't know what to do.

The old man in the sixtieth armor was as excited as a young man, and slapped Min Yuanqi's bloodstained shoulder many times in a row, Min Qiande only had red eyes, but he didn't know what to say.

"Uncle doesn't have to be like that." Min Yuanqi said indifferently: "I had expected such a result before the war, but my nephew thought that he would definitely win, but he didn't expect that the guest soldiers in Shandong Town would be so vulnerable." ”

"Is it luck?"

"Nope." Min Yuanqi smiled and said: "We won easily, or we worked hard in advance, trained well, and the soldiers have the belief that they will win." ”

Min Qiande nodded in satisfaction and said, "In this way, your position as a guerrilla general and garrison will be stable." ”

Min Yuanqi said with a smile: "It should be more than that, the response of the imperial court is slow, wait for me to organize another battalion of soldiers, and at the same time organize the guards into the battalion, waiting to welcome the Qin Mission." If there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the camp, I am afraid that the position of the chief soldier can also be obtained. ”

Min Qiande was speechless with joy!

In the early to middle of the Ming Dynasty, until the Jiajing period, many of the town guards were Hou Bo, and even dukes were qualified to become chief soldiers.

At that time, there were fewer commanders-in-chief, and they were all the governors of the governors, plus they had knighthoods, and they were only subject to the control of the imperial court, and the local governors had no power to order the commanders-in-chief, and they were relatively equal, especially in military affairs, and the commander-in-chief officers with knighthoods were more autonomous and would not be easily commanded by civilian officials.

After Jiajing, the general soldiers of the important town wore the seal of the general, and the status was above the ordinary general soldiers, but all of them were not held by Hou Bo, and they were changed from noble to general.

This situation formed a practice after the fall of the general Xianning Marquis Qiu Luan in the middle and late Jiajing period, and by the time of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty had not appointed a knighted general soldier for at least 50 years.

Even if the general army has no lord, it is generally added at least to the governor of the five military governors' mansions, or the governors of the same knowledge, and then add the post of baofu, and then add to the left and right governors, achieving the top glory of the military attaché.

For example, Qi Jiguang is the official and the prince Shaobao, although his own position is the governor and the chief soldier, but because of the noble and lowly martial arts, the position of the palace guard is heavier than the governor and the general soldier, and he respects Qi Jiguang in general with the people, and they all call him Qi Shaobao.

In a family like the Min family, some of the ancestors of the past dynasties worshipped the commanders, some were the same knowledge, and some were servants, and they generally circled around the third to fourth grades.

Don't talk about the general soldiers, even the battalion military positions such as deputy generals and staff generals have nothing to do with the Min family.

In Min Qiande's generation, the three generations of the Min family only reached 1,000 households, and the battalion and even the general manager were not qualified.

As soon as he heard that Min Yuanqi might be promoted to the commander-in-chief, Min Qiande's inner feeling can be imagined.

Compared with ordinary people, these military attachés from the Weisuo family have a strong obsession in their hearts, and this obsession will give them a stronger spiritual impact.

"Yuan Qi, do you mean it really?"

The remnant sun fell in front of him, but the torches burned one after another, illuminating the battlefield under the castle as if it were day.

People are collecting weapons, armor, and stacking them in sorts.

The wounded soldiers were sent back for medical treatment one after another, and the firefighters successively brought food from the large stove room in the rear, and a large amount of meat was prepared in advance in the room today because of the battle.

Bonfires were lit around the battlefield one after another, and the soldiers who had not received the military orders were separated from the flag team according to the line, and the bonfires were lit around and waiting for the military orders, the armor was still on their bodies, and the weapons were placed on the side of their hands.

When the food was brought up, the people were thundering with joy, and the teams quickly divided the food, and the hungry soldiers began to feast.

In contrast, the military attachés above the captain of the flag are still busy, and Zhuwen, Wang Sanyi, Li Guoding and other hundred household officials have rushed up with a team of people, and when the flag soldiers sit down to rest and eat, it is these officials who cooperate with the military attaches to do the aftermath.

This is also the practice of the flag army, including when Min Yuanqi, the chief officer, is busy, the flag army can rest and eat.

Because if an enemy army rushes to attack, it is these flag troops who will have to fight and defend in front for a while, and the treatment is not too generous.

Min Qiande glanced over there a few times, he was used to it for a long time, and he didn't care.

As a hereditary military attache of the guard, Min Qiande was not very suitable for the practice of putting soldiers first in the early days, or Min Yuanqi persuaded him several times, and saw the effect, Min Qiande accepted the new rules of Yunti Pass.

"If we reach a stalemate, the imperial court will have to warn our Yuntiguan and the Min family to prevent us from fighting here and ruining the overall situation, but it will not deprive me of my official position, but will persuade Liu Zeqing to withdraw his troops as much as possible. If we are defeated quickly, my Min family will be finished, and I will not be able to keep my official position. Min Yuanqi smiled, and continued: "But now that we have defeated Liu Zeqing neatly, the imperial court must strictly order Liu Zeqing to never use swords and soldiers again, and first reprimanded us superficially, and then the imperial court will send a large number of officers to come over to inspect, with the strength shown by my Yunti Pass, the imperial court is easy to be convinced by us." After delaying for a month or two at most, and giving Liu Zeqing a superficial face, Lord Zhou of Huaiyang Dao will be relieved, and the imperial court will grant me the post of chief soldier. ”

Min Qiande pondered for a while, and only after half a ring did he nod and said: "I understand what you said, that is, the imperial court also hopes that strong troops can appear in the local area to contain a strong vassal like Liu Zeqing." In addition, we have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses here, which means that the imperial court's defense in the north is more stable, which is a great thing for the imperial court. ”

"Uncle is right." Min Yuanqi smiled slightly with a tired look and said: "Originally, the Shi Pavilion Department was to establish the eight feudal domains inside and outside, but after the four towns took the lead, the resources of each place were divided by the four towns, and the imperial court's control over Huguang, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Yungui was not very strong, and it would not be able to get much financial resources for a while. Even if there is surplus financial resources, it is necessary to give priority to the establishment of the Beijing camp, although everyone knows that the Beijing camp is useless, and it is simply a waste of money. But whether it is the cabinet or the six ministries, as well as those officials, no one will say anything about the rebuilding of the Beijing camp, including the Son of Heaven, except for the four towns, everyone will hope to rebuild the strength of the Beijing camp as soon as possible. In this way, Zuo Liangyu has a certain deterrent to the four towns, which is the wishful thinking of the imperial court. After the establishment of the four towns, the financial endowment was tight, the plan of the eight feudal domains inside and outside fell through, and the Shi Cabinet Department himself was squeezed out of the cabinet center by Ma Shiying. ”

Some of these things are Min Yuanqi's own understanding of the historical pattern, and some of them are based on the analysis and judgment of the current situation.

Liang Shifa is quite effective, not only in Huai'an and other places to find out the news, but also in the entire Nanjing and Jiangnan area, including the four towns in Jiangbei area, the intelligence has also begun to collect and collect information one after another.

The information collected was all sent to Min Yuanqi's desk, which was also very helpful for him to judge the future trend.

The current pattern is that the four feudatories were established at the beginning of their own affairs, and the center Ma Shiying squeezed out Shi Kefa, and Shi Kefa did not want to turn his face with Ma Shiying for the sake of the overall situation.

The important thing is that behind Ma Shiying is Hongguang Tianzi, because of the seven unstandable things, Emperor Hongguang is quite dissatisfied with Shi Kefa and the Donglin Party.

With the support of the four towns and the civil officials of Ma Shiying's faction, Emperor Hongguang was quite unapologetic to the Donglin Party.

In this situation, unless they break with each other, for the sake of the overall situation, the Donglin Party can only take a step back for the time being.

But except for Shi Kefa, who is still aware of the overall situation, the rest of the Donglin Party members don't think so.

In the cabinet, Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu and others tried their best to attack Ma Shiying, and even jumped up and down on Ma Shiying's revenge on Ruan Dayue, not relenting, stirring up the storm.

Coupled with the case of the prince from the south and other things, the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty can be described as a miasma in just one year, and there is no accumulation of financial endowments, the formation and training of a new army, let alone the establishment of a new town.

The existing four towns controlled the local finances, expanded the tribe without restrictions, and even Gao Jie and Huang Degong fought with each other for Yangzhou.

Now that Min Yuanqi has come to the fore, in addition to Zhou Lianggong's full support, in this special period, the imperial court must support the emerging powerful feudal domains from the perspective of containing the four towns, including Hongguang and Ma Shiying.

And the Donglin lineage is because Liu Zeqing first attached, and then betrayed, and he hated Liu Zeqing to the core, Min Yuanqi beat Liu Zeqing, and the Donglin party must be ecstatic and fully support.

Min Yuanqi can be said to be blessed, and it is inevitable that he can get the position of the chief soldier, if it is not for the fact that his strength is still weak in the eyes of the imperial court and his foundation is still shallow, I am afraid that it is very likely that he will be knighted.

Of course, this is also the Hongguang Dynasty, when the princes and emperors such as King Lu, King Lu, and Longwu were gradually wiped out by the Qing army, and when Yongli Canghuang fled in all directions, the title of Daming was quite worthless, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang Zheng Chenggong were crowned kings, and the title of Duke and Earl was already quite overflowing.

"Yuan Qi, you did a very good job." Min Qiande had tears in his eyes and praised repeatedly.

Wang Sanyi, Li Guoding and others on the side were also very excited, they were the people who supported Min Yuanqi the most, and now it seems that the decisions of each family are quite correct, compared to those who fled in a hurry, they also have reason to be proud and proud.

Wang Sanyi has always been calm, and at this time he couldn't help but say: "It seems that we can follow Yuan Qi and soar into the sky from now on." ”