Chapter 59: The Dian Army

In Changsha City, there is a smell of joy.

Longwu was sorting out his court clothes at the moment.

Long Wu usually doesn't wear court clothes, but under normal circumstances, he wears Confucian clothes, plus the smell of books, which makes people think that he is an old scholar, not an emperor. But now Longwu solemnly put on the court clothes.

For no other reason, this is a celebration feast.

And it was the biggest victory since Longwu ascended the throne.

It's just to boost morale and fierce soldiers, and Longwu has to do a big job. Long Wu was also very happy today, after he put on his court clothes, he turned around and said, "Xin Tong, what do you think of me?" ”

Zeng said while sorting out Longwu's clothes: "Your Majesty is naturally very heroic. ”

"Haha." Long Wu laughed twice, and then came to the top of the main hall with Zeng.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

For a moment, everyone fell to their knees on the ground. Long Wu said: "Zhong Aiqing is flat. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Only then did everyone get up.

Long Wu's eyes swept over, some of them were old men he was familiar with, all of them were figures from the Changsha court, but some of them were fresh faces, naturally they were the generals brought by Chen Xin this time. Many of the generals are dirt buns. At the moment, they are all sitting in their places, cautiously, like statues, and they don't even dare to breathe. lest the faux pass make people laugh.

Long Wu coughed lightly twice and said, "The great victory the day before yesterday was the work of Chen Qing, and I would like to give you a cup." ”

Chen Xin is a native of Hebei, but he has been in Yunnan for a long time, and between his words, he actually brought some Yunnan accents, although he could still hear clearly, but there were some awkwardness, and said: "The minister does not dare to be, this battle is caused by His Majesty's wisdom and the blessing of the ancestors and ancestors, and the minister does not dare to take credit." ”

Long Wu said: "Mr. Chen is polite, Mr. Chen has created a strong army for my Ming Dynasty with 400,000 taels, the first merit of this battle, who is not Chen Qing?" Chen Qing drank this cup full. ”

Chen Xin couldn't refuse, so he could only drink.

At this moment, he was also very moved in his heart.

His name was not in front of him, and he had always served as a magistrate. Using the surplus of 400,000 taels in Yunnan to recruit troops was the biggest thing he had ever done in his life, and he led the army out of Yunnan to Changsha, and all he heard along the way was the bad news that the mountains and rivers were broken.

He himself was not very good at military affairs. In my heart, I was just thinking of loyalty.

But I don't want to have this big victory under Changsha City.

And then came the grace of Longwu.

Longwu's grace is not just this glass of wine. It's an all-round promotion. Not to mention that within a few days, Longwu summoned Chen Xin several times and talked in detail with him about the way to govern the country and the army, just talking about him

He was promoted to the official of Hanlin and became a close minister of Longwu.

Although this Hanlin official is only a plus. But this also shows that Longwu is ready to let Chen Xin enter the cabinet.

This kind of kindness is enough to move Chen Xin very much, and he can't wait to repay him with death.

After Chen Xin drank, Long Wu said: "Chen Qing doesn't accept it for me, your general." ”

Chen Xin said: "Yes." ”

Chen Xin first called Li Mingzhong to his side and said to Long Wu: "This is the old department of the Mao Dudu, the former lord of Changyi. After the death of Mao Dudu, the old department surrendered one after another, and Ming Zhong did not agree, abandoned the official and returned to his hometown, and then was valued by Shi Inspector and transferred to Yunnan. ”

Long Wu looked at Li Mingzhong.

Li Mingzhong is already very old, most of his hair is gray, but he is still in good spirits, his voice is like a bell, but his words have the taste of Shanxi. He is a native of Shanxi.

Long Wu said: "Old general, old and strong, I respect you." ”

Handing over a glass of wine left and right, Long Wu looked at it and said, "How can such a wine glass be used to honor a strong man." Change bowls. ”

Immediately, the little eunuch handed over a large celadon bowl, which could almost be called a sea bowl.

Long Wu took a bowl, Li Mingzhong took a bowl, and drank from each other.

Long Wu took a sip, and immediately found that the bowl he drank, although there was a little bit of wine, but it was as light as water, no, it should be some wine in the water, and immediately knew that it was Zeng's who did it, because of this kind of thing, only she can do it, dare to do it.

Li Mingzhong drank no faster than Longwu, and after drinking, he knelt on the ground and said, "The minister will bow down and die for His Majesty." ”

Long Wu said: "Old general, please get up." ”

Chen Xin immediately introduced to Longwu: "Zhao Yinxuan, Hu Yiqing, are cousins, the whole family defected to Yu Chen, the two are the children of the family, and they are brave. ”

Chen Xin's words may be a bit exaggerated, but Long Wu looked at the size of the two brothers, and knew that the two were first-class fierce generals. Long Wu said: "Okay, the two of you are my sharp swords, drink this bowl full." ”

"The ministers will definitely kill the thieves for Your Majesty." After the two of them finished drinking, they said one after another.

Chen Xin continued to introduce to Longwu: "This is the Pu brothers, although they are born in the mountains and hunters, but they are very brave, especially with a javelin, a hundred shots, the day before yesterday, it was their two brothers who drove the war elephant to break through the enemy formation. The two of them each brought more than 100 javelins, and under the first battle, they ran out one after another. ”

"Okay." Long Wu said: "The two generals drank this bowl to the full. ”

After the two of them finished drinking, they said separately: "After drinking Your Majesty's wine, my two brothers will sell their lives to Your Majesty." ”

Longwu is winning over the hearts of the military

Time.

Wen Chen's side felt sour, and felt that Longwu was like this, which was really not what an emperor should do, but they also knew that although Changsha City was safe at the moment, when they still wanted these Qiu Ba to contribute, although they felt unhappy, no one came out to speak.

Suddenly, a petty officer walked in. came to Ma Shiying's ear and said a few words, Ma Shiying's heart moved, stretched out his hand to call a little eunuch over, and said two words in the ear of the little eunuch, and the little eunuch immediately came to Longwu's ear and said a few words.

Although Longwu was full of alcohol, he didn't really drink much. After listening to the words of the little eunuch, he glanced at Ma Shiying and coughed violently.

There was a bit of chaos in the situation, although it was quiet.

Longwu said: "Today is a day of great joy, but there are uninvited guests, if you don't see it, it seems that I don't have the capacity to accommodate people, come to someone, and invite the messenger of the Xia army to me." ”

Long Wu then returned to his position, and for a moment the hall became solemn. It's a lot quieter. Many people heard the sound of clear footsteps, one after the other, the person in front walked carefully, it should be the eunuch who led the way, and the person behind was much more stable.

A moment later, though, a man walked in.

"Foreign Minister Hu Tang pays a visit to His Royal Highness the King of Tang." The person who came was none other than Hu Tang.

In fact, sending an envoy is a very dangerous thing, and what he came to do this time was almost provocative. But Hu Tang had to come. For no other reason, Hu felt that his position was threatened. If Hu Tang just defected to Zhang Xuan, it was just to rescue the uncle, but after following Zhang Xuan for a long time, he saw that Daxia's momentum was getting stronger day by day. Hu Tang naturally had other thoughts.

When he intended to assist Zhang Xuan in his career, he found that the military talent he was proud of could not maintain a unique position among the Southern Expeditionary Army. There is only one aspect that can make him reused, and that is the ability to explain to the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Hu Tang made many judgments about the Ming army was correct was because he had mixed with his uncle in the army and knew the disadvantages of the Ming army. But the more time passed, the less he knew about the situation of the Ming army, and he didn't know what new changes had happened.

He came over this time, of course, to undertake the mission, and he wanted to get more first-hand information about Daming.

"Bold." An old eunuch said, "Presumptuous. "Even some generals who had just been toasted by Longwu wanted to draw their swords, only then did they realize that when they participated in the banquet again, they had already been unsheathed. Even if there were no knives, they couldn't stop their angry shouts.

Hu Tang called Longwu the king of Tang, that is, he did not recognize Longwu's throne, which was a very serious provocation.

Long Wu didn't dwell on this, his hand pressed slightly, and all sounds stopped. He asked, "What is the matter with the messenger?" ”