Chapter 469: The Whole Country Celebrates
In the early morning, the dazzling sunlight shone on the ground, enveloping the Varat camp, and countless Tartar corpses were spread on the ground like a thick carpet.
At this time, the soldiers of the Vietnamese cavalry army and the Zhichong army were cleaning the battlefield, and the staff general Chen Ziping and the staff general Gao Ran were also sitting together tiredly, watching the soldiers of the two armies busy.
Although both were tired, their faces were full of smiles.
Last night, the Vietnamese cavalry and the soldiers of the Zhichong Army suddenly attacked, and severely damaged the 30,000 iron cavalry of the Alazhi Academy, which had been tossing all night, and at least nearly 20,000 Tartars died here, and the Alazhiyuan was also killed by artillery!
The remaining Tartar soldiers scattered and fled, and were immediately surrounded and annihilated by the soldiers of the Changshui Army who rushed to the scene.
At this time, the general Zhou Zongsheng also led the officers and soldiers of the Changshui Army to search for the Varat rout soldiers who had slipped through the net in the wilderness.
After the battle, the general Chen Ziping, the general Gao Ran, and the general Zhou Zongsheng had already discussed and reported to Liu Juntao in Datong Town.
When the news was transmitted back to Datong Town, the soldiers and civilians in the city suddenly boiled, and countless people took to the streets, venting their happiness to the fullest, and even the defenders and villagers of Datong Town also poured into the streets, cheering and venting with the common people.
The Warat army invaded south several times several times, and nine times out of ten they knocked on the pass from the city of Datong Town, so the people of Datong Town hated Wara deeply, and at this time, the Great Khan of Warat, the king of Saikan, the general Alazhiyuan and other patriarchs, generals, and nobles were all annihilated, which really made everyone grow a bad breath!
Even the acting king Zhu Shiyan also sent Changshi to reward the soldiers, bringing a lot of money, food, wine and meat, and the acting king Zhu Shiyan himself came to the long street under the protection of a group of people with knives, and enjoyed with the people, and gained a lot of people's hearts.
At this time, the most eye-catching thing is the official army of Datong Town, which has been fighting for a long time, and the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army who wiped out the Wara army in one fell swoop.
As long as you see the figures of the soldiers of the two towns on the street, hundreds of people will immediately rush forward and stuff their own wine, meat, money and food, and even many young girls throw their own towels on the soldiers' bodies, so that these bloody men in the bloody field can't help but have slightly red eyes.
The general military office of Datong Town was even more overcrowded at this time, and the wealthy families, merchants, and officials in the entire Datong City, as long as they were people with heads and faces, all rushed over, just to see Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shangshan Town, and Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, and make friends with the two.
Not to mention that the two led the soldiers of the two towns to fight bloodily to annihilate the 100,000 Warat army and save the lives of all Datong people, just to say that Liu Juntao and Xue Tong have made such an amazing achievement, they will definitely soar in the future, and the future is limitless, and it is perfect to have a good relationship with the two at this time!
It's just that at this time, Liu Juntao and Xue Tong invariably closed their doors and thanked the guests, and did not contact these people at all, and stopped all the people who came to see them outside the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion.
At this time, Liu Juntao and Xue Tong were sorting out the situation of the war and preparing to write a report.
"This time, Datong Town lost 5,981 soldiers and horses, and a total of 39 fortresses were lost, but fortunately, all of them have been recovered now, and the rest of the material losses are not counted."
"This time, the soldiers of the Tiance Army in Shandong Town lost 312 people and 23 horses."
"In this battle, a total of 39,762 soldiers and horses were killed, and 41,655 people were captured; Seventeen generals and thirty-four tribal leaders, including the Great Khan of Warat and the brother of the first and first of the Saikan King, and the general Arazhiyuan and other 13,098 war horses were captured, and the weight was not counted! ”
Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, read the statistics and said to Liu Juntao excitedly: "General soldier Liu! That's a remarkable feat! We actually destroyed Warat in one battle, this, this ......"
Xue Tong was so excited that he couldn't even speak, but he just looked at Liu Juntao with a flushed face, and the summary data in his hand shook extremely violently.
Liu Juntao was also overjoyed, but it was not as exaggerated as Xue Tong.
"In that case, let's discuss the matter of good news."
As he spoke, Liu Juntao took out a good news that had been written and handed it to Xue Tong, saying, "I cut the amount of our seizures by 30% and wrote this good news." Of course, the 30% of this cut is captured, and I only need 10% in Shandong Town, and the remaining 20% is all left to the brothers in Datong Town! ”
Hearing this, Xue Tong was slightly stunned, then laughed out loud, and said gratefully; "Mr. Liu is so righteous, as long as I can get the place in Datong Town in the future, Mr. Liu will just say hello, and I and my tens of thousands of brothers will never refuse!"
"Haha, they are all brothers who fought together in a bloody battle, so don't talk about this."
This is also a matter of generosity to others, using the seizure to envelop Datong Town, Shandong Town can also harvest some income, why not Liu Juntao?
Then, the two discussed the details of the good news, and then sent a fast horse to report the good news to the imperial court.
A few days later, the town of Datong was victorious, the Great Khan of Warat, the king of Saikan, and the general Alazhiyuan were beheaded, and the news that the army of 100,000 Wara was gathered and annihilated spread all over the northern land of the Ming Dynasty, and the entire Beijing division was shaken, countless people took to the streets to march and cheer, and countless scholars gathered in one place to chant poems to record this historical moment.
Emperor Jingtai was also ecstatic, he destroyed Warat during his reign, such a feat is enough to compete with the ancestors!
This is very beneficial to Emperor Jingtai, who is worried about the position of the crown prince!
It is precisely because of this that Emperor Jingtai's impression of Liu Juntao has changed a lot, and he gave Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, an order: For the meritorious soldiers of Shandong Town and Datong Town, they should be rewarded heavily!
Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, naturally readily agreed, but Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, Xu Youzhen, the imperial history of the left capital, and even Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, all opposed this proposal either explicitly or implicitly.
For these people, it is not a good thing for Liu Juntao and his family to rise in the tide, or for the martial artists to rise in the tide!
Therefore, these people were all co-opting party henchmen, and openly vetoed the reward plan submitted by Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, in the court.
In fact, Yu Qian's reward plan is also reasonable:
Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, was promoted from the commander of the light car (Wu Xun) to the general of the second rank, and from the general Zhao Yong (Wu Sanjie) of the third rank to the general of the second rank hussar.
The generals of the army in Shandong Town were promoted to martial arts and martial arts, and armor and good horses were issued, and the soldiers of the army were also rewarded.
And the same is true for the reward of Datong Town, Xue Tong, the chief military officer of Datong Town, was awarded the rank of Lieutenant (Wu Xun) from the Sanpin Light Car, and was awarded the title of General Huaiyuan (Scattered Rank) from the Sanpin Town, and the rest of the generals in Datong Town were rewarded.
However, even so, the forces of the DPRK and China could not reach an agreement, and after several quarrels, the final proposal to reward the meritorious soldiers of Shandong Town and Datong Town was temporarily shelved!
In this situation, Emperor Jingtai could no longer tolerate it, and directly tried his best to disagree with the court and ordered to reward the meritorious soldiers according to the recital of Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but was stopped by a group of civil officials led by Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, and even many imperial historians openly admonished each other to death in the court!
The reasons for these civil officials seem to be very sufficient, there is now a great influence in Shandong Town, and if it continues to be rewarded in this way, it will definitely form a trend that will not fall, which is a great hidden danger for the imperial court, so the reward for Liu Juntao and Tiance Army must be cautious!
Over there in Datong Town, since Shandong Town can't be rewarded, Datong Town can't be rewarded either!
After some arguments, in the end, Emperor Jingtai still compromised under the resistance of the Manchu civil officials, and finally issued an order to give Shandong Town and Datong Town a lot of money, food, and military equipment, as for the name and official positions, there was no promotion!
When such a reward was passed to Datong Town, Liu Juntao and Xue Tong were dumbfounded.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Liu Juntao can be regarded as having figured out the joints, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Juntao has no good impression of those imperial historians and civil officials in the court!
At this time, Xue Tong was very depressed and said deflating words, Liu Juntao naturally couldn't say the reason he thought of, so he could only say that he tried to persuade as much as possible.
A few days later, Liu Juntao left most of the capture to Datong Town, and then led his army back to Shandong under the orders of the military headquarters.