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"Lord Qiqi Qincha, our army has cleaned up the battlefield, the bodies of all the soldiers killed in the battle have been collected, the wounded soldiers have been properly settled, and the prisoners have all been taken into custody! Our army annihilated the Dzungar Department in this battle, beheaded nearly 10,000 people, captured more than 5,000 people, and captured more than 11,000 horses and a large number of weapons and military funds. Ho Xi Chin Cha Lord! ”

After entering the tent, Fang Zhenshan spoke first, reported the current situation of the battlefield to Zhao Junchen, and took the opportunity to express his congratulations again, as if he was the leader of the military attachés, but he was as smart as ever.

But most of the military attaches didn't have Fang Zhenshan's scheming, and now they were all emotional, and they didn't care about things that they thought too deeply about, and they didn't notice anything wrong.

So, as Fang Zhenshan's words fell, all the military attaches echoed loudly, each expressing their joy.

After the end of the Weishui War, the military attaches have been busy cleaning the battlefield, rescuing the wounded, and collecting prisoners, and they have been busy for most of the day, but it was only at this time that they had the opportunity to see Zhao Junchen, and it was only at this time that they had the opportunity to congratulate Zhao Junchen.

"The victory of Weishui has really boosted the ambition of my Han people, and from now on, the Mongols will no longer dare to bully our Han people at will! I, He Zhang, have been in the army for more than 30 years and have fought more than 100 battles, but I have never won such a happy battle! If it weren't for the wise command of Lord Qincha from heaven, the victory in this battle is really unimaginable. ”

Between the words, He Zhang's old tears were ruffled, his body trembled slightly, and he bowed deeply to Zhao Junchen, looking happy and convinced-perhaps, at this moment, no one in the tent would feel more deeply than He Zhang.

"The last general will not fail in his mission! Congratulations to Lord Chincha for this unprecedented victory in a century! After this battle, your prestige will be in full swing and you will become the first minister of our dynasty! ”

Mao Jiadong's performance is still introverted, he has always been taciturn, but he is a person who admits death, since he took refuge in Zhao Junchen, he has wholeheartedly considered Zhao Junchen, and after the war, he first thought of what kind of benefits Zhao Junchen would reap, which is where Zhao Junchen is most assured of him.

"Haha! At the beginning, the Ministry of War dispatched the forbidden army to aid Shaanxi and Gansu, everyone thought that the Tartars were difficult to defeat and the battlefield was dangerous, all looking for various reasons to prevaricate, someone died of the nurse, someone ate a bad stomach, someone broke a leg, that is, I Lin Junwu was honest and had no background, and was forcibly transferred to the forbidden army reinforcements, when I went out of Beijing, the people in the forbidden army were all gloating, and I felt that I was definitely going to plant a big heel in Shaanxi and Gansu, I couldn't help but be afraid at the time, but who would have thought that I not only did not plant a heel this time, On the contrary, they borrowed the light of Lord Qincha and obtained such great military feats, and those people must have died of jealousy when they knew it...... Lord Qincha, what I didn't say, I just have a 'service' word for you! ”

Lin Junwu, the same acquaintance of the forbidden army, could not hide his joy, and when he was too excited, he said his true thoughts.

However, Lin Junwu's statement also represents the general psychology of the officers and men in the army, until the dust of the war settled, there were still some people who felt incredible, but they did not expect that the Ming army, which had always been weak, really defeated the menacing Mongolian coalition army.

And just when the military attachés enthusiastically expressed their positions, Jin Huyuan, the chief soldier of the Gansu Military Town, who was closely concerned by Zhao Junchen, and Zhang Chengxun, the same knowledge of the forbidden army, also opened their mouths to congratulate Zhao Junchen.

"Congratulations to Lord Chincha for this great victory, and it will surely leave a name for eternity...... The humble post worked hard day and night, but it was still too late to come to help, so he simply did not miss the battle, and asked Lord Qincha to surrender his guilt......"

In the past few days, Jin Huyuan and the Gansu border army can be said to have been traveling day and night, speeding all the way towards the Weishui battlefield, just to catch a piece of the pie before the end of the war, but in the end it was a step slower, and when he led the Gansu border army to the Weishui battlefield, this decisive battle also happened to come to an end.

Jin Huyuan failed to grab any military merits and benefits, so he was naturally depressed, and even the beard on his face drooped, and after seeing Zhao Junchen, he only said a few words of congratulations.

This kind of performance is not at all in the city, and it is not like a veteran on the battlefield at all, which makes Zhao Junchen inevitably despise him more and more.

In contrast, Zhang Chengxun's performance made Zhao Junchen look at him more and more.

Different from the situation of Jin Huyuan, Zhang Chengxun arrived near the Weishui battlefield before the end of the war, but after he saw that the situation on the Weishui battlefield was extremely chaotic, he did not squeeze into Weishui with all the Ming troops to fight for merit, but led the army under his command to take on the responsibility of the rearguard, which made Zhao Junchen quite excited.

At this time, after seeing Zhao Junchen, Zhang Chengxun did not see any frustration, he still looked calm and behaved capably, and said loudly: "The lowly forbidden army knows Zhang Chengxun, please meet Lord Qincha!" The victory of Weishui is enough to record the annals of history and leave a name for the ages, congratulations to Lord Qincha! ”

Zhang Chengxun's performance, Zhao Junchen was quite satisfied in his heart, and when he looked around, he also stayed on Zhang Chengxun for a moment.

Previously, Zhang Chengxun had expressed his intention to Zhao Junchen, and Zhao Junchen was also satisfied with this person's ability and temperament, the two sides can be said to be willing to hit it off, but now is not the right time for the two to make further contact, Zhang Chengxun is from the forbidden army after all, and it is not suitable to get too close to Zhao Junchen on the surface, otherwise he will be suspected by the imperial court in the future, and nine times out of ten he will be transferred far away from the capital.

At the moment when everyone is in the limelight, Zhao Junchen did not show more attention to Zhang Chengxun.

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After the military attachés expressed their congratulations one after another, Zhao Junchen also took in everyone's performance reactions, but said with a smile: "The generals returned victoriously, they are the great heroes of the court and the people, there is no need to be polite, today is really fortunate to everyone." ”

"Misfortune and bitterness."

"I only feel that I am full of strength, and I can fight with the Tartars again!"

"It's more fortunate that Lord Qincha is presiding over the overall situation!"

The military attachés responded loudly.

Such a statement was not polite, everyone understood the significance of this big victory, and they were all extremely excited in their hearts, which naturally diluted the fatigue between body and mind.

Zhao Junchen nodded again and said slowly: "After the victory in this battle, everyone is vying to congratulate Ben Qincha, as if this war is all the credit of me, but Ben Qincha knows in his heart that if there is no general's leading troops, the bloody battles of the soldiers, and even the assistance and cooperation of the civilian officials, the victory of this battle is absolutely impossible!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Junchen turned his gaze to Jin Huyuan, the chief soldier of Gansu, and Zhang Chengxun, the same knowledge of the forbidden army, and said: "Although the two generals Jin and Zhang Tongzhi did not participate in this decisive battle, they are also meritorious!" If it weren't for the fact that General Jin led the Gansu army to rush to the aid day and night, the Mongolian coalition army would not have hurriedly retreated from the city of Jiezhou and rushed into our encirclement, if it were not for Zhang Tongzhi's repeated harassment and fatigue of the enemy during this period of time, the victory of this war would not be so easy. ”

After some beautiful words, everyone was smiling, especially the Gansu general soldier Jin Huyuan was even more energetic after hearing Zhao Junchen's words.

After a pause, Zhao Junchen said again: "But at this time, here, Ben Qincha wants to congratulate the generals present!" is not only to congratulate all the generals for their military merits and to be rewarded by the imperial court, but also to congratulate the generals on proving themselves to the world! People in the world always have a very low evaluation of the men who are soldiers, thinking that most of you are just soldiers and ruffians who harm the people, but from now on, you can stand up and loudly say that you are a hero who defends the country and the court has a long peace and stability, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, all of which have your blood and sweat! ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen stood up and really bowed to the military attaches in the tent.

Zhao Junchen's words touched many people's hearts, and seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, all the military attaches did not dare to accept each other, and hurriedly got up and returned the salute.

In the end, after another round of words of mutual congratulations, Zhao Junchen and the military attachés finally sat back in their respective positions.

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And just as Zhao Junchen was talking with the military attachés, all the civil officials returned to the tent in a hurry.

Previously, because of Zhao Junchen's order, all the civil officials had different tasks, but after they learned the news that the military attaches had returned to the camp to meet Zhao Junchen, they no longer cared about their own tasks, and they all returned to the tent as quickly as possible, but they didn't want to miss anything.

After all, after this battle, how to write the meritorious work sent to the imperial court and how to sort the names of all civil and military officials have not yet been determined, and Zhao Junchen has always avoided talking about this matter.

Therefore, the civil officials were naturally worried that Zhao Junchen would set the order of the list of meritorious workers when they were absent.

As for the thoughts of the civil officials, of course, Zhao Junchen can see and understand their psychology.

It's just that seeing all the civil and military officials gathered together again, Zhao Junchen was still a little helpless in his heart.

At this time, Zhao Junchen was already very tired, he only felt that even his heart was beating weakly, and he originally planned to have a good rest after dealing with all the military attachés, but seeing that everyone was gathered in the handsome tent again, everyone was excited and forgot about their physical and mental fatigue, and they all looked at Zhao Junchen with blank eyes.

Zhao Junchen hesitated slightly, and finally decided to take advantage of the opportunity of everyone to convene a post-war meeting, handle all the post-war matters properly, and wait until the day after tomorrow to return to the Huamachi camp.

After making a decision in his heart, Zhao Junchen said slowly: "It's evening now, I originally planned to let everyone have a good night's rest, and wait until tomorrow at noon to gather everyone to discuss post-war affairs, but now that everyone is here, and they don't feel tired, then let's take this opportunity to finalize all the things after the war." ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, the handsome tent, which was still a little noisy, suddenly quieted down, and everyone was in good spirits again, and their eyes were focused on Zhao Junchen, waiting for Zhao Junchen to continue.

Zhao Junchen turned his head slightly and asked his staff member Niu Fude: "Mr. Niu, has the good news of this battle been written?" ”

Niu Fude hurriedly took a step forward, bowed his head and said, "The student has already drafted the good news and is waiting for Lord Qincha to review it." ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "Read it and listen to it." ”

Niu Fude took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and read it aloud: "In October of the 34th year of Deqing, Zhao Junchen, the minister of the Qincha, the head of the household department, and the acting governor of the trilateral army, led the army to meet the coalition forces of the Mongolian tribes...... In total, nearly 30,000 were beheaded and more than 13,000 were captured, but because of the chaos of the battlefield, the trampling of men and horses, and the burning of war, the corpses of the rest were unrecognizable...... In addition, more than 8,000 horses were captured......"

Just as Niu Fude read out the content of the good news aloud, Zhao Junchen was still secretly observing the reactions of everyone in the tent.

The figures in this good news are all from Zhao Junchen's instructions, but they exaggerate the results of the battle, and the war horse materials captured after the war have shrunk by more than half.

Therefore, this good news must be unanimously agreed by everyone in the account and endorsed before it can be transmitted to the imperial court, otherwise it is easy to make mistakes and make people grasp the handle.

In the end, after Niu Fude finished reading this good news, no one raised any objections.

In fact, exaggerating the results of the war and concealing the seizures is the practice of the border army over the years, and everyone in the account has long been accustomed to it, compared with the good results of previous years, Zhao Junchen has only exaggerated the results of the battle and concealed half of the capture, but it is already an abnormal conscience.

What's more, after the results of the battle are exaggerated, the military exploits of everyone present can also be doubled, and after half of the capture is concealed, everyone can also share many benefits, especially those Mongolian war horses are the most eye-catching, naturally no one will debunk this kind of thing.

After seeing everyone's performance like this, a trace of satisfaction flashed in Zhao Junchen's eyes, and he said slowly: "It's late, so I'll make a long story short...... Since everyone recognized this good news, they immediately sent a fast horse to the center of the imperial court to report the good news, and also copied a number of copies to send them to all parts of Shaanxi and Gansu, and it must be widely announced! …… At the same time, he ordered all the governors, commanders-in-chief, and all civil and military officials above the third rank in Shaanxi and Gansu to rush to Huamachi Camp within half a month to discuss the future defense strategy of the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu......"

“…… The treatment of wounded soldiers, the reception and detention of prisoners, and the reward of meritorious service for soldiers in the army are now all in charge of special personnel, and there are also regulations to follow...... There is only one thing I must emphasize, Shaanxi and Gansu are now in a drought situation, and it is the autumn tiger season, and the Weishui war has created countless corpses, but we must not ignore the prevention and control of the plague...... In particular, Weishui is the most important source of water in Shaanxi and Gansu, and now there are too many corpses piled up in the river, and there must be a special official to take care of the follow-up treatment......"

“…… There were no eyes on the battlefield, but fortunately, all the generals were fine, only Qi Bin died from the poisoned arrow of the Tartars...... Alas, what a pity...... Ben Qincha has decided to change the name of the new army formed by Qi Bin to the Patriotic Army, and the treatment specifications in the future will be the same as that of the new army of soldiers, but the Patriotic Army has no leader after Qi Bin's death, and there have been incidents of venting anger and killing prisoners and breaking into the tent of the commander, and a prestigious general must be sent to control it...... Mao Jiadong, the Patriotic Army will be handed over to you for the time being, and with your military achievements and prestige during this period of time, you can also suppress them......"

"The order is that all armies must continue to maintain the current structure, and not to disband for the time being, and that the weapons, horses, arrows, grain and grass that have been lost by the armies during this period of time must be replenished in a timely manner...... The officers and men of all armies must still maintain their daily drills, and they must not let Nanshan ...... away."

"The order was given, and the army rested in place for two days, and in the early morning after the third day, the whole army returned to the Huamachi camp......"

In this post-war meeting, Zhao Junchen was still responsible for issuing orders, and all civil and military officials did not dare to raise objections but were responsible for implementation, and Zhao Junchen's decisions were still clear and resolute, so that people could not find any fault, but were convinced.

But Zhao Junchen still avoided talking about the matter of asking for merit after the war, and it seemed that he had not considered all the pros and cons.

In this regard, although the officials were a little anxious, they did not dare to urge, so they could only endure themselves.

However, among Zhao Junchen's many orders, some of the intentions revealed diverted the attention of everyone present.

Convene all important civil and military officials in Shaanxi and Gansu, replenish the armaments of the various armies to maintain drills, and change the Patriotic Army......

It seems that Zhao Junchen will have a big move next.

Thinking of Zhao Junchen's more than one hint at recovering the Hetao Plain, all the officials present were in good spirits.

This time the decisive battle of Weishui was almost after the total annihilation of the Mongol coalition army, the vast majority of officials in the tent were also confident, not only no longer afraid of the enemy like a tiger, but regarded the Mongolian departments in the north as their future military merit rewards, if Zhao Junchen really had a plan to recover the Hetao, the military merit rewards of the officials would have the possibility of going further, which naturally made people secretly moved.

Jin Huyuan, the chief soldier of the Gansu Military Town, failed to reap the benefits of military merit this time, and he was most eager for military merit in his heart, but after Zhao Junchen finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Lord Qincha has completely annihilated the Mongol coalition army, and you plan to further recover the Hetao area. If so, be a pioneer! ”

Zhao Junchen smiled slightly, but he avoided answering, but turned his head to He Zhang and asked, "Old General He, I heard that you captured the commander of the Dzungar army, Bagen?" ”

Mao Jiadong got up and replied: "That's true, but Bagen attempted to commit suicide after the defeat, although he was unsuccessful, he was also seriously injured, and now he is being treated urgently, but he may not be able to save it!" ”

Zhao Junchen pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's best to be able to save it, this person will be of great use to my future plans!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, Jin Huyuan couldn't help but ask again: "Lord Qincha, is this Bagen useful for your plan to recover the Hetao?" ”

Seeing Jin Huyuan's repeated questioning, Zhao Junchen's brows furrowed slightly, but finally said: "Jin Zongbing, you should have also received the news, the imperial court has sent Liang Fuchen Pavilion Elder to preside over the overall situation of Shaanxi and Gansu some time ago, but Liang Pavilion Elder has delayed his trip because of some things and has not been able to perform his duties for a long time. However, after all, all the affairs of Shaanxi and Gansu will be handed over to Liang Gelao, and Ben Qincha will soon return to the capital...... This plan to recover the Hetao naturally exists, but whether to implement the plan or not depends on the meaning of the imperial court and Liang Ge Lao. ”

Now that the overall situation has been decided, it is time for Liang Fuchen to come forward to preside over the overall situation.

Hearing Zhao Junchen's words, everyone present was stunned, but they only thought of Liang Fuchen's existence.

Previously, Liang Fuchen had just entered the territory of Shaanxi and Gansu, and was "kidnapped" by the "horse bandits", because this matter was too sensitive, so Zhao Junchen was solely responsible for the rescue, and all the civil and military officials did not dare to intervene in the question, plus Zhao Junchen had handled all the military and political affairs in Shaanxi and Gansu in an orderly manner during this time, and everyone was focused on meeting the Mongolian coalition army, and over time, everyone subconsciously forgot about Liang Fuchen.

Now, when Zhao Junchen suddenly mentioned Liang Fuchen's matter, everyone was a little surprised.

Wu Qifan hesitated for a moment, but asked cautiously: "Listen to Lord Qincha, Lord Liang...... Ready to show up soon? ”

Zhao Junchen nodded with a smile and said, "During this time, everyone was focused on the Battle of Weishui, so I didn't mention this matter to distract everyone...... In fact, according to the information I have received, Liang Ge Lao will soon be able to come forward to preside over the overall situation! ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's affirmative reply, there was silence in the tent.

Since this period of time, everyone has regarded Zhao Junchen as the backbone, and they are used to obeying Zhao Junchen's orders, and now they have learned that Liang Fuchen is about to replace Zhao Junchen.

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