Mao Bowen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was about to come to express condolences and awards on behalf of the imperial court, and as soon as the news came out, the soldiers of Xuanfu Town were all overjoyed.

It is not common for the imperial court to send a special military department to condolences and reward the soldiers of the border army, you must know that last year Xuanfu Town was also ravaged by the Tartar cavalry, and the soldiers of Xuanfu Town were beaten so that they did not dare to go out of the city, and the court did not punish them, even if it was good, I didn't expect that only a year later, they ushered in the court's commendation.

This incident is really exciting, and the entire Xuanfu Town is suddenly lit up like a New Year's Festival, and both the soldiers of the border army and the families of the soldiers are happy.

However, Yang Cong couldn't be happy, because Mao Bowen's arraignment made him smell danger.

He knows Mao Bowen's personality quite well, he is honest and honest, and people definitely don't let him prepare any bribe gold and silver, so what else is there to prepare?

Obviously, Mao Bowen was preparing him with conclusive evidence that he had indeed defeated the Tartar cavalry, and that someone wanted to mess with him.

These dogs, all day long, know how to fight for power and profit, if it weren't for these selfish guys messing around, why would Daming be like this!

Yang Cong is really annoyed by these guys, but at this time, he can't do anything about these people, although he is pretending to be a feudal official, and his actual position is only a bachelor from the fifth grade, and he is still far from the center of power, with the relationship he has created, it is okay to make a small fight and punish a few people, if you want to completely change this situation, it is still early.

He could only do what Mao Bowen said, prepare well, and show all his achievements, so as to shut up those bastards.

Fortunately, his background in the court is quite deep, otherwise, he may really be overshadowed.

As for the battle record or something, it proves that the corpse capital of the Tartars is still there anyway, and the battlefield has not been cleaned up much, so he simply ordered people to put all the corpses of the Tartars on the battlefield, sprinkle some lime to prevent corruption, and at the same time ordered people to remove the traps, tripping horses and so on, restore the battlefield, and prepare for the inspection of the imperial court.

He was almost busy here, and the court's consolation team was about to arrive at Xuanhua Mansion City, so it stands to reason that he should go to Xuanhua Mansion City to greet him in person, but he was quite unhappy at this time, so he didn't go to Xuanhua Mansion City to greet him at all, but waited in the dining room fort.

The next day, Yun Mao led his soldiers from the Beijing camp to escort the consolation team.

It was not only Mao Bowen who came to comfort him, but also Nie Bao, the left attendant of the military department, and Dong Wei, the right attendant of the criminal department, who was inexplicable.

At this time, Yang Cong was not playing the score, he heard that the court's consolation team was about to arrive, he directly led a group of civil servants and military generals to greet him at the south gate of the dining room fort, Mao Bowen just arrived, he stepped forward and bowed and said: "My lord, the military affairs of the lower officials are busy, and they have not been far away, and I hope that my lord Haihan." ”

Mao Bowen smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay, military affairs are important." ”

Immediately after, he said hello to Nie Bao again.

Nie Bao is naturally very happy, this Yang Cong and his senior apprentice Xu Jie, they are close friends, and they can be regarded as half of his apprentices, Yang Cong can achieve such a record, and his face is also bright.

However, when Yang Cong said hello to Dong Wei, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, the guy did not fork his way: "Lord Yang, Lord Shangshu is out on patrol, and ordinary officials will welcome you to the border of the jurisdiction. ”

Nima, the meaning of finding fault is obvious, this guy is definitely Xia Yan's party.

Yang Cong is on fire in his heart at this time, what kind of bullshit is the right attendant of the punishment department, arrogant fart, he said stiffly: "My lord, this Tartar has just retreated for a few days, maybe when he will kill a horse pistol, if the lower official leaves his post without permission, and the Tartar rushes in, who is responsible?" ”

"You!"

Dong Wei's face was flushed by his scolding, and he was speechless.

Seeing this, Mao Bowen hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, let's go and see the soldiers of the border army." ”

When Yang Cong heard this, he turned around directly, left Dong Wei, and led Mao Bowen and Nie Bao to the north of the city tower.

Dong Wei saw Yang Cong's attitude, his nose was crooked, but he still followed with a gloomy face, because he was sent by Xia Yan and Yan Song to find fault, if he didn't follow, how could he find fault.

The group came to the north of the city tower to take a look, good guys, the soldiers of the Ming army below have been neatly arranged according to the formation of resisting the Tartar cavalry that day, the front row of fire dragon chariots is four or five miles wide, and the back row of trebuchets is also three or four miles wide.

Seeing this, Mao Bowen couldn't help but be surprised: "Qingfeng, did you use this formation to defeat the Tartar cavalry that day?" ”

Yang Cong arched his hand and explained: "Yes, my lord, when Xia Guan first came to Xuanfu, he inspected the section of the Great Wall from the new opening to Zhangjiakou, and found that there were many gaps on it, and I was afraid that it would be too late to repair it, so the special person sealed all the gaps near the new opening and Zhangjiakou with boulders, leaving only a few gaps in the section in front of the dining room fort not blocked. ”

Mao Bowen looked at the mountains on the left and right, and couldn't help nodding and said, "Well, the terrain here is narrow, but it's a good place to block attacks." ”

At this time, Dong Wei suddenly said gloomily: "You used this little bit of men and horses to block 40,000 Tatar cavalry, and you also won thousands of heads?" ”

This guy is obviously deliberately finding fault, but Yang Cong just wanted to demonstrate the power of trebuchets and giant thunderbolts, so he said unhurriedly: "It's not this bit of people that Xia Guan relies on, but these thousand trebuchets." ”

Dong Wei sneered gloomily: "Trebuchets against cavalry, you can figure it out, what is wrong with you when we don't understand the military, what is the speed of the Tartar cavalry, your trebuchet can only throw one round at most, can you smash and injure tens of thousands of cavalry?" ”

When Mao Bowen heard this, he couldn't help but show a puzzled expression, they naturally knew the power of trebuchets, and it was a bit unrealistic to say that they could defeat 40,000 Tatar cavalry with more than a thousand trebuchets.

Yang Cong still said unhurriedly: "If it is an ordinary stone bullet, of course it can't kill and injure so many Tartar cavalry, and the lower official uses a giant thunderbolt, so it has this effect." ”

Dong Wei smiled disdainfully: "What kind of giant thunder, blowing it?" ”

Yang Cong simply ignored him, but directly bowed his hand to Mao Bowen and said, "My lord, why don't you demonstrate the power of the giant thunder?" ”

Mao Bowen said with interest: "Okay." ”

This kind of sharp weapon that can defeat the Tartar cavalry, he naturally wants to see it.

Yang Cong raised his hand and said loudly: "Order, the fifth battalion of trebuchets pulls the rope and loads the bullets." ”

There was a wave of the flag, and a hundred groups of soldiers in the trebuchet array below immediately stepped forward to pull down the torsion arm and swing the giant thunder into the throwing basket, and the movements were uniform and extremely fast.

Seeing this, Mao Bowen couldn't help but nod slightly, just looking at the movements of these people, he knew that their usual drills must be quite strict.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered without hesitation: "Ignite the fire, vote." ”

"Woo woo woo", there was a soft roar, and hundreds of giant thunderbolts suddenly flew into the sky and smashed straight forward.

At this time, Mao Bowen and Nie Bao looked at the giant thunderbolts that flew into the sky with serious faces, but Dong Wei still had a disdainful sneer on his face, not knowing how scary the next scene would be.

Seeing this, Yang Cong rolled his eyes, and suddenly cast a provocative look.

Dong Wei didn't know that Yang Cong was deliberately distracting him, a small patrol press dared to provoke him, are you really a great candidate in the exam, he turned his head and glared back with puffed eyes.

Yang Cong sneered in his heart: "Dog, I can't scare you to death." ”

"Boom, boom" A deafening sound suddenly sounded, and the entire city tower seemed to shake, Dong Wei suddenly trembled with fright, and almost didn't sit on the ground.