"Hahahaha, Wang Laohu's battle last night really showed the demeanor of my Ming Army." The emperor said, "I believe that the Mongol army is not an invincible god army. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, Wang Laohu fought bravely last night and bravely annihilated the enemy, which is really an example for our army." General Ma said.

The other generals chimed in.

"Your Majesty, in order to boost morale, I suggest commending Wang Laohu." General Zhong said.

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but nodded.

But there are also people who oppose it, which is one of them: "Your Majesty, Wang Laohu fought bravely and beat the Mongol army, which is really a rare talent." However, he is just a private businessman, but the emperor wants to reward him on the battlefield, on the one hand, it is unreasonable, on the other hand, the face of our generals is small, and the decency of the Ming is big. ”

"Yes, yes." Another general chimed in.

"General Yu, Wang Laohu didn't have a single soldier of Fei Chaoting, he only used his own dart team, and rushed into the Mongolian army camp, without foreign aid, he rushed to other courages, which is enough for me to learn." General Zhong said.

"Your Majesty, Wang Laohu not only has courage, but also is good at using soldiers, there are thousands of ways to rush into the Mongolian camp, but he is good at seizing the opportunity, taking the lead, and under the 100,000 Mongolian army, he retrieved thousands of good horses, so the minister thinks that Wang Laohu deserves the award." General Ma said.

"A businessman, what do you know how to use soldiers?" Yu Lingde said, "Since ancient times, businessmen have been cunning, how can they understand the righteousness of the family and country, they will only calculate some small profits, this king and tiger are here to help the emperor on the surface, who knows what he is thinking behind the scenes?" Therefore, the minister thought that it was not yet time for the emperor to reward Wang Laohu. ”

The emperor heard some meaning, the Mongolian army went straight in, several states fell into the hands of the Mongolian army one after another, and the army of the Ming Dynasty did not have a successful battle, but let the folk Wang Tiger get the first victory, of course, there are some problems at this time. "General Yu, what do you mean, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, Wang Laohu's victory in this battle is true, but it is not a big victory, it is just a few horses brought back, and it does not really move the blood of the Mongolian soldiers. The minister did not think that he could be rewarded, and at most gave him the horses he had snatched back. General Yu said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." General Zhong said, "Wang Laohu won the battle and deserves to be rewarded." In the face of 100,000 Mongolian troops, Wang Laohu took the lead, the emperor, I am anxious for such a victory to boost morale, so the minister dared to ask the emperor to reward Wang Laohu. ”

"General Zhong, this little businessman can only steal chickens and touch dogs, how can he have real ability?" Yu Lingde said.

"Isn't it the ability to retrieve thousands of horses from the Mongol camp?" General Zhong said.

"Thousands of people, small fights, how can they be capable. Your Majesty, if you reward such a businessman and disregard the face of the Ming Dynasty, it will only damage the prestige of my Ming Dynasty. Yu Lingde said.

"The two generals said this, and I have my own ideas. Please come in to the account. "The emperor said.

Wang Laohu entered the tent and saluted the emperor and the generals.

"Wang Laohu, last night you led the dart division to attack the Mongolian army camp, how was the battle?" The emperor asked.

For the emperor's question, Wang Laohu is clear, "Back to the emperor, last night I led more than 1,000 people from the Tiger Dart Bureau into the Mongolian army camp, and luckily did not meet the Mongolian soldiers, but I was fortunate to find their horse house, so I took the sheep and brought a few horses back." ”

Wang Laohu didn't say a word about the encounter with the Mongolian soldiers last night, as if he was really lucky to enter the Mongolian soldiers' camp last night.

"How many horses? Wang Laohu, in front of me, you are not allowed to talk nonsense. "The emperor said.

"Everything can't be hidden from the emperor's eyes, there are 1,300 horses brought back last night, and they are all purebred Mongolian horses." Wang Laohu replied.

"Mongolian horses?" The emperor said.

"Compared with our Ming horses, this Mongolian horse is indeed superior." Wang Laohu said.

"Wang Gongzi, you said that Mongolian horses are better than our Ming horses, I don't believe it." Yu Lingde said.

"The Mongolian horse is short in stature and not good-looking, but it has a strong physique, a thick body, solid and powerful limbs, and a rough and strong physique. The well-trained Mongolian horses are not frightened or deceived on the battlefield, and they are extremely brave. Wang Laohu said.

"Wang Gongzi also has his own hand when he looks at horses." General Ma said.

"I only know the skin, where can I compare to the generals." Wang Laohu said humbly.

"You're also a businessman. Wang Gongzi, in addition to bringing back the horses, what other things did you bring back last night? Yu Lingde said.

"Nothing else is there." Wang Laohu said, "However, I also captured two alive and came back." ”

The emperor's eyes widened and he said, "You captured two Mongols?" ”

"Back to the emperor, exactly."

"Your Majesty, this Mongolian is too hateful, often disturbs the people on the frontier, invades my Ming Dynasty from time to time, and makes the Ming Dynasty unable to live in peace, since these two Mongolian soldiers have been captured by us, it is better to behead them on the spot." Yu Lingde said.

"Your Majesty, I agree with General Yu, the Mongols don't take our Ming in their eyes. From time to time, we should return a tooth for a tooth. The general chimed in.

"Although the Mongol soldiers and horses are hateful, he does not mean that anyone is a militant, so I implore the emperor not to behead these two Mongols." Wang Laohu pleaded.

"Not beheading these two people is not enough to deter the Mongols." Yu Lingde said.

"Will beheading these two Mongols deter them?" Wang Laohu asked rhetorically.

"The more kind you are to them, the more they will get an inch. The minister implored the emperor to behead these two Mongols. ”

"Your Majesty, we must not have a woman's kindness to the enemy, your kindness will only fuel their arrogance, we just want them to know that we must not be provoked." Yu Lingde said.

"The Mongolian soldiers entered the country in a big way, and they didn't take our Ming Dynasty seriously at all, and now that we have captured their people, we should kill chickens and pay tribute to monkeys." General Zhong said.

On the question of the treatment of Mongol prisoners, these generals were unanimous.

"What do the other generals mean?" The emperor asked.

The other generals looked at General Yu and said in unison, "Weichen also thinks that these two Mongols should be executed." ”

Opinions are notoriously unanimous.

"Since all the generals think so, I have decided to ......"

"Your Majesty," Wang Laohu knelt on the ground and said, "Although these two Mongol soldiers are prisoners, they also have human rights. We, the Ming Dynasty, a civilized country, could not behead these two Mongolian soldiers for no reason. I beg the Emperor to let me dispose of these two Mongol soldiers. ”

"Let the emperor hand over the two Mongol soldiers to you?" Yu Lingde said, "The Mongols are my great enemies, and now that we have captured two of them, how can we let them go so cheaply?" Your Majesty, the minister asked the emperor to immediately order the execution of these two people. ”

"Your Majesty......" Wang Laohu was about to continue.

The emperor stopped him and said, "Wang Laohu, this matter is over, the Mongolian army is disturbing my Ming Dynasty and harming my people, these two people can't stay, and you don't need to ask for them anymore." ”

General Ma said: "Prince Wang, the emperor has already spoken, so don't insist on it anymore." He persuaded Wang Laohu to give up the matter.

"Wang Laohu, this time you bravely entered the Mongolian camp and snatched back some good horses from the Mongolian camp, you say, how do you want me to reward you?"

Finally, we talked about what we had just talked about.

The other generals are waiting for the reward that Wang Laohu said, does he want an official position, or money or a beautiful woman? They listened to the reward that the king and tiger spit out.

"Your Majesty, I don't need any reward." Wang Laohu said.

"Don't need it?" The emperor was also puzzled, "That's strange, a person who helped me win the battle doesn't need any reward." ”

"I'm not fighting for the emperor." As soon as Wang Laohu's words came out, everyone was stunned, Wang Laohu finally said his thoughts, not to fight for the emperor, he really has his own little abacus, what is this little abacus, and finally wants to show his tail. "I'm not fighting for the emperor, I'm fighting for myself, Daming is my homeland, without Daming, I don't have a homeland."

"Good!" When the emperor heard this, Long Yan Dayue, "Regard the Ming Dynasty as their homeland and fight for themselves, if every Ming citizen can think so, the Mongolian army can so easily attack my Ming four states!" ”

"The emperor is wise." Said the other generals.

"Wang Laohu, you only fight for yourself, and you don't need any reward. I don't have anything to give you, so I'll give you the thousand horses you just snatched back to the Tiger Family's Dart Bureau. ”