Early morning. Inside and outside the Great Wall, there are dead corpses everywhere, on the city road of the Great Wall, stretching for more than ten miles, covered with corpses, of course, most of them are Tartars, some corpses are stacked, blood stains the city wall red, the morning wind diffuses the smell of blood, the goshawk roars and hovers in the air, and they can even hear the sound of wolves howling in the distance.

This was the result of Lin Yi's overnight battle, and the military doctors hurriedly rescued the wounded and bandaged their wounds. The wounded soldiers of the Ming army limped, they supported each other, dragging their tired bodies, and their faces also showed extreme exhaustion.

After a short rest, the Ming army counted the casualties, cleaned up the battlefield, dealt with the aftermath, and took care of the spoils.

These are two battlefields, on the Great Wall and outside the Great Wall. The two battlefields were nearly 100 miles apart, and the battlefield was a mess except for blood and dead bodies. In two battlefields, Tartars threw down 60,000 horses in one day and one night.

The Ming army invested a total of 8,000 troops in these two battles, and also paid the price of more than 5,000 casualties.

Compared to the annihilation of 60,000 Tartars, this casualty is insignificant or even negligible.

But of course, Lin Yi can't forget these more than 5,000 warriors. The number of casualties was registered, reported to the imperial court, their families were committed, and the more than 3,000 victims were comforted, so that they could be buried in peace, and they were buried in graves.

Just near the battlefield, in the place where the mountains and rivers outside the city wall are clear and green, I found a piece of feng shui treasure, built a cemetery collectively, buried more than 3,000 warriors together, and found carvers to engrave the name of each warrior on the stone tablet.

Liu Zhaoji, Lin Yi and others took more than 2,000 generals to solemnly in front of the cemetery, and then fired guns and cannons, which can be regarded as sending them off to mourn.

For the more than 60,000 dead Tartars, Lin Yi also dealt with them properly, people died without grudges, and did not let them be trampled in the wilderness, wolves and dogs, but dug a mass grave and buried them collectively.

Of the more than 5,000 casualties in this battle, more than 3,000 were directly killed, and more than 2,000 soldiers and generals were injured and needed to recuperate.

Zu Keyong was seriously injured this time, with two arrows and three knife wounds on his body. But this iron-clad man still did not fall, and persevered to the end, worthy of being a model for the officers and soldiers of the Guanning Army, and can be called the backbone of the Ming generals.

Send a military doctor to serve him and let him recuperate well.

The scale of this great victory was unprecedented, with 8,000 Ming troops annihilating 60,000 Tartars, two battlefields, lasting most of the day and one night, which can be called a miracle. The booty was piled up, knives, spears, equipment, gongs, drums, tents, horses, livestock, grain, etc., all of which were registered by Lin Yi.

Then Liu Zhaoji formed a twist and turn, first reported to the Ministry of War, through the new Ministry of War Shangshu Chen Xinjia, and then played in the imperial court.

In addition to Liu Zhaoji in the excerpt to report the victory, but also in the excerpt played the Shanhaiguan general Wu Sangui a book, in the face of the menacing Tartars, they did not send troops to help, but they were negligent in defense, so that Jierharang had a chance to take advantage of it, climbed the Great Wall, and almost caused a catastrophe, although Lin Yi and he led the troops to arrive in time and annihilated the Tartars, but the casualties were increased, and the emperor was asked to cure Wu Sangui for the crime of dereliction of duty. In addition, he also asked the emperor to order the military department to quickly replenish their soldiers and horses to make up for the attrition of the war.

When the news came out, the government and the opposition were shaken, this great victory was fought too beautifully, and the two princes of the Qing Dynasty, Duoduo and Zierharang, were killed and injured 1, which was really a miracle.

The common people rushed to tell each other, and the most talked about after tea and dinner was Lin Yi, saying how Lin Yi was brave, how he was like a god, how to strategize, and how to win thousands of miles.

The officials of the main battle faction in the court, such as Yang Tinglin, the squire and governor of the military department, were very happy when they heard this news, and they silently thought in their hearts: "Lu Gong Jiandou, you will soon hear good news in the countryside, your subordinate Liu Zhaoji, and your good student Lin Yi are all out!"

The happiest is Emperor Chongzhen, who took Liu Zhaoji's letter, stroked his palms and laughed, full of interest: "Who said that I have no heroes in the Ming Dynasty?" Liu Zhaoji, Lin Yi, Zu Keyong, 8,000 warriors, are all good sons of mine. Who would dare to say that I am afraid of the Tartars in the Ming field? If you wait for this, I don't have to worry about it. ”

Emperor Chongzhen immediately issued a decree to comfort the families of the dead soldiers, and then rewarded the three armies, and allocated 10,000 taels of silver from his inner treasury as a reward.

The inner treasury is the emperor's private treasury, and it is said that these rewards should be directly borne by the treasury, but now that the treasury is so poor, Emperor Chongzhen has to pay out of his own pocket.

There are 10,000 taels of silver in this batch of imperial wine and meat, and a total of 300 carts are loaded. The 10,000 taels of silver, the holy decree is very clear, 3,000 taels will be awarded to Liu Zhaoji, the chief military officer, and Zu Keyong, the guerrilla commander, will be directly promoted to a general, and 2,000 taels will be rewarded, and the remaining 5,000 taels will be awarded to Lin Yi, the deputy general of Miyun.

Because Liu Zhaoji did not stop himself when he had merit and quickly shirked his fault like other commanders in this compromise, he did not boast of his merits, but sought truth from facts, and focused on commending Lin Yi and Zu Keyong and others.

Emperor Chongzhen passed down an edict to let Yang Tinglin, who was the squire and governor of the military department, be an angel official, take his holy decree, personally escort 300 carts of wine and meat items, leave the Beijing Division, and go to the Miyun Great Wall to reward Lin Yi and these generals on behalf of the emperor.

Of course, Yang Tinglin is tired of this, he admires these heroes from the bottom of his heart, and now that Lu Xiangsheng is gone, he even regards them as Lu Xiangsheng's shadow.

Yang Tinglin took 1,000 Beijing soldiers, pressed 300 carts, waved the royal official flag, and carried the holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen, left the Beijing Division, and came to the clouds in a mighty way.

After Yang Tinglin left, Emperor Chongzhen passed down another decree, ordering the new military secretary Chen Xinjia to transfer troops to Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi of Miyun, such an important defense line, there are only 3,000 people left, maybe the Tartars will come back to attack, at least let Chen Xinjia transfer 10,000 soldiers and horses within three months, and enough grain, grass and ammunition, to Miyun and Xifengkou Guancheng.

Chen Xinjia grinned when he heard this, 10,000 soldiers and generals are easy to get together, and they can be transferred from the nearby Daimyofu, Zhending Mansion, Datong in Shanxi, Xuanfu and other places, the key is that food and salary are a big problem. Not only was there no silver in the treasury, but there was no grain.

Not only did these 10,000 men and horses have no food, but all the soldiers and horses in the country are asking for food, and there are many empty salaries in various places, especially the part of the soldiers and horses that Hong Chengchou and his thieves suppressed, and the phenomenon of food and salary arrears is serious.

Emperor Chongzhen came up with a way, under his initiative, Emperor Chongzhen took the lead in donating salaries, and asked the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and local officials in various places to also take the lead in donating food and wages, but as soon as these officials heard that they were made to pay out of their pockets, they were all impotent.

As a result, the number of respondents was very small, and the number of donations was very limited, which did not solve the fundamental problem.

In desperation, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to order the household department to solve this urgent need, expand the scope of the levy of training and wages, which was previously only levied on Liaodong, Yongping, Shandong and other places, and now expanded to Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Huguang.

The people in these places had just ushered in the first bumper harvest after the climate of the Xiaoice River, and they encountered the emperor's additional taxes, and they all complained. Because although they ushered in a bumper harvest, they still did not have enough to eat except for turning in.

This is really the bitterness of the people and the suffering of the dead......

When Yang Tinglin's team arrived in Miyun, Lin Yi and Liu Zhaoji were overjoyed and hurriedly lined up to greet the angel officer.

The angels were brought into the city, and 300 carts were driven in.

Yang Tinglin, Liu Zhaoji, and Lin Yi are all old acquaintances, and after greetings, Yang Tinglin read out the will, and Liu Zhaoji and Lin Yi took the will.

After the decree was read, all the troops in the city cheered and cheered, and for a while they all felt that Emperor Chongzhen was a wise man.

Lin Yi was happy, but he was still pampered.

Then the order was given to hold a banquet, and the whole army congratulated on the 3rd. Yang Tinglin was not in a hurry to leave, and stayed here with Lin Yi and Liu Zhaoji for 3 days. In the past three days, they drank and talked, and Lin Yi learned a lot about the major affairs of the DPRK and China through Yang Tinglin.

Knowing that the imperial court was going to send another 10,000 soldiers and horses here, Lin Yi was happy in his heart, and he also felt that Emperor Chongzhen was very wise, and now what he lacked the most was soldiers, soldiers were the power of generals, and generals were the courage of soldiers. No matter how powerful the general is, he has no soldiers, and he is also a bare-bones commander. A commander without soldiers is like a phoenix without feathers, not as good as a chicken. Especially in these troubled times, with a gun, there is everything.

However, when Lin Yi learned that Emperor Chongzhen was going to levy additional taxes on Henan, Qin, Jin, Huguang, etc., Lin Yi knew that the imperial court was about to come to a catastrophe.

But Lin Yi, who was still soft-spoken, didn't say it deeply, he knew that what he said was in vain, so he had to store these things in his heart. is still the same sentence, he can't change the court, he can't change others, he can only change himself, in this troubled world, he can do a vigorous career, not in vain as a soldier, and he is worthy of this crossing.