Chapter 304: After the Great War
"What are you talking about," Long Qing asked with some excitement, not knowing if he really didn't know it just now, or if he simply wanted to listen to it again.
"Your Majesty, the good news from Jiangnan has come that General Qi Jiguang led his Qi family army to annihilate more than 6,000 Fusang enemy troops stationed in Suzhou City a few days ago, captured more than 1,000 enemies, and the Qi family army suffered no more than 100 casualties," the guard who came to give the order said excitedly again, and it seemed that he would not be tired of saying this kind of news a few times.
"Hurry up and submit the battle report," Long Qing hurriedly said, as he spoke, he was about to get up and go to get the battle report in person, the eunuch on the side saw it, and hurriedly walked down in a panic, took the battle report and hurriedly sent it to Long Qing's hands.
The following Manchu Dynasty civil and military discussions are more intense than just now, which is also natural, after all, this matter is too coincidental, Qi Jiguang's battle report is really too coincidental, who would have thought that at this juncture, when Gao Gong just said that he wanted to impeach Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang, the good news of the Jiangnan War was sent, and its record was almost impeccable.
This kind of dramatic scene, to be honest, is rarely seen on the stage, but today it is a reality show for the Manchu Dynasty civil and military personnel present, which is really ...... I don't know how to describe it.
The ministers discussed, but most of the eyes were looking at the high arch that was standing in the center of the hall, facing Longqing, not only those who opposed the high arch, or the neutrals, but even the henchmen of the high arch looked at the high arch with a curious expression, Longqing, he, the emperor is no exception, after reading the battle report in his hand, he smiled, and then looked at the high arch below with a curious face, and the most surprising thing is that even Li Chunfang, who never asked about things, He also opened his eyes as if he was asleep, and glanced at Gao Gong, in short, everyone present wanted to see Gao Gong's expression, and that embarrassment was definitely what everyone expected.
Looking at Gao Gong in a blink of an eye, he really did not disappoint the people who were expecting him very much, now Gao Gong is fifty-nine years old, he is about to enter the age of the sixtieth year, and at this time Gao Gong, on an old face, is blue and purple for a while, sometimes red, sometimes white, in short, it is about to catch up with the colorful rainbow, plus he is in an embarrassing situation at the moment, his face has always maintained an expression of immobility, lest the people next to him see his heart, This contradictory scene is all concentrated on his face, which really makes everyone feel funny, those who have a gap with Gao Gong, although they are all very serious, but in fact they have made a lot of efforts to prevent themselves from laughing, and those Gao Gong henchmen, each of them is also very patient and very hard.
These people don't dare to laugh, or are embarrassed to laugh, but that doesn't mean everyone doesn't dare.
"Hahaha......" A smug laugh rang out.
Gao Gong, who was angry, was already very entangled in his heart, but this burst of laughter completely broke the rational nerves in his brain, quickly raised his head, looked around, and found the person who laughed.
The person who laughed Longqing, who dared to say Longqing, Gao Gong was also very glad that he was able to regain his sanity immediately, if not...... Hehe, impeaching the emperor, it would be even more interesting.
"Qi Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing really have a way," Long Qing didn't look at Gao Gong at all, and said to himself, "The two of them know that the enemy is stationed in the city, not only is there enough food and grass, but the city tower of Suzhou City is also difficult to break, especially Qi Aiqing's men and horses, although they are all armed with firearms, but their numbers are comparable to those enemy troops in Suzhou City, not much more, understand that under the strong attack, there will be heavy casualties, and they may not necessarily be able to capture Suzhou, the two Aiqing did not act rashly, but used a trick to lure the snake out of the hole, Lure out the enemy in the city, and then under the front and back attack, the enemy army was defeated, and the final result was that more than 6,000 people were seen, more than 1,000 enemies were captured, and the Qi family army itself suffered less than 100 casualties," Long Qing was very happy and gave a general account of the situation of the war.
However, the ministers below were not satisfied, especially Gao Gong, they all wanted to know how Zhang Fan and Qi Jiguang managed to lure the enemy out of the city, after all, this was the key, but since Long Qing didn't say it, it was not easy for them to ask.
In fact, it wasn't that Long Qing was hiding his personal interests or anything, he really said the original content of the battle report sent by Qi Jiguang, and there was no joke about this in the war report, and even Long Qing himself wanted to know the reason very much, but after reading this battle report, he understood, with Qi Jiguang's character as an official, coupled with his previous behavior, what was it like on the battlefield, what would the battle report written by Qi Jiguang be like, absolutely original, There was not the slightest secret collection or lie, but this time, Qi Jiguang actually let go of the most important point and did not write it, which is really confusing.
Long Qing was also strange at first, but then he understood that the reason why he couldn't write it out must be because there was something hidden that was not easy to say publicly, and now Qi Jiguang still has Zhang Fan by his side, who is Zhang Fan, he is one of the two largest secret agencies in the Ming Dynasty today, Long Qing thought of this and knew that the introduction of the incident must be told to him by Zhang Fan's twists and turns.
As for the ministers below, since Longqing didn't say it, they couldn't do anything.
"Gao Aiqing, now that the crisis in Jiangnan has been solved, and General Qi's record is outstanding, it is really a big victory," Long Qing said to Gao Gong, "In this way, Gao Aiqing doesn't need to be impeached again," He also wants to sell Gao Gong a face, after all, this matter can be big or small, and it is all decided by him, the person who is the emperor, and Longqing does not want to make a big deal about it.
"Wechen understands that Wechen is too concerned about the people of Jiangnan, so that Wechen is blind, and asks His Majesty to punish him," although Gao Gong felt unhappy because he lost a great opportunity, but he is not a person who can't see the situation clearly, now at this time, the situation has been determined, and it is impossible for him to impeach Zhang Fan, at this time, if he still wants to mess around, make Longqing angry, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"The punishment will be exempted, after all, Aiqing is also concerned about the people of Jiangnan in his heart, so it will be like this," Long Qing said generously.
The ministers in the court saw that Gao Gong had nothing to do except lose some face, so they lost interest in continuing to watch.
In short, the early dynasty of this day ended in this kind of coincidence that there was a lot of competition in the early stage and a funny coincidence in the later stage.
On the Jiangnan side, Zhang Fan and others didn't know what was happening in the DPRK.
Now, the Jiangnan War has passed, and many things have to be reconsidered, and Zhang Fan, before receiving Longqing's will, has no intention of going back, and because of this, he has gradually become the leader of the reconstruction work here, and many officials from all over the country have come to him to ask about relevant matters.
This time, the invasion of the Japanese and the Fuso enemy army really caused great damage to the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River, just take the city wall of Yangzhou City now, the city tower was shelled is pitch black, as if it was burned by a fire, and above the city tower, it is a ruin and broken wall, countless rubble, a good miserable situation.
But, in the final analysis, these are just superficial phenomena, the enemy's invasion, in fact, did not cause too much damage, the early three cities captured by the Japanese invaders, each of them was broken because of the late night sneak attack of the Japanese invaders, and the speed was extremely fast, but the people in the city were fleeing very fast, almost just heard the movement in the city, they were already panicked to run out of the city, only a few people who did not have time to stay in the city, but even if the people stayed in the city, not to mention very little, The enemy did not treat them too cruelly, and even in Songjiang Prefecture, the Japanese who entered the city did not search the city.
After that, Suzhou was broken, and the people there once again rushed out of the road, half of them poured into Yangzhou City, and half of them flocked to Yingtianfu.
Speaking of which, plus the statistics after the war, the damage suffered by the people in this Jiangnan War can be described as negligible, and almost no people were killed or injured directly because of the war, and the damage caused by the Japanese and those Fuso enemy troops was only some damage to the city and the houses in the city.
In short, this big war, on the surface, seems to be very tragic, but in fact, the damage caused is very small.
In several wars, the most tragic casualties were the battles against those Japanese invaders, there are many reasons for this, there are Japanese invaders do not want to die in this aspect, but more is to expose the land south of the Yangtze River, the problem of the defenders, a group of well-trained, and heavily armed regular troops, but with a group of lost dogs, poorly armed Japanese Kou into a draw, this is really a bit of a problem.
Zhang Fan also noticed this matter, now that Qi Jiguang is defending the north and is not in the south of the Yangtze River, it is difficult to understand what will happen here in the future, he plans to play Longqing after returning to Beijing to see if he can do anything.
In short, the end of the Jiangnan War, although it is not a waste, but still to be revitalized, the work of these days is all around how to help the people return to the original place in a safe and orderly manner, and although Zhang Fan is still waiting for Longqing's order, by the way to solve some local trivial matters, but he has already ordered his subordinates to pack up and be ready to return to Beijing at any time.