A dozen squad leaders under Lei San's command walked up one after another, rushed to the end of the bend and threw grenades into the cave. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A rumbling explosion rang out in the cave, and the cave shook. Thirty pieces were thrown, and Lei San stopped the squad leader behind him from throwing the grenade, because he was worried that if the grenade was thrown again, it would blow up the cave.

The officers rushed into the bend of the cave with short guns in hand.

It had already been blown up to a bloody pulp. Thirty grenades is child's play? The iron slag from the grenade was so ferocious that it killed all the Tartars who were huddled around the bend for defense. There were more than twenty corpses of Tartars lying on the ground, and more than a dozen Tartars had also been shot, lying on their stomachs and shivering in the distance.

Lei San's officers showed no mercy and crackled their shots at the Tartar wounded on the ground. The Tartars on the ground screamed and convulsed, and one by one they died in a pool of blood.

Seeing that the Tartars were all killed, a platoon commander went up to inspect the head.

But he didn't expect that there was a tartar hidden behind the stone. No sooner had the platoon commander walked in front of the stone than a Tartar with a scimitar in his hand rushed out and pounced on the platoon commander.

But this tartar hasn't eaten for a few days, and he doesn't have much strength to move. Lei San rushed forward with an arrow and kicked Tartar in the abdomen, kicking Tartar tumbling to the ground. Before the Tartar could get up again, Lei San shot the Tartar in the chest. Blood splattered, and the tartar twitched on the ground a few times, and soon lost his life.

The rescued platoon commander was stunned and stammered, "Company commander... Thank you company commander for saving your life..."

Lei San didn't look at the platoon commander, but asked lightly, "How many?" ”

"What?"

"Aren't you counting how many heads there are?"

Lei San has a cold personality, and he doesn't bother to say a word about such a meaty thing as saving his life. The platoon commander reacted, quickly counted the corpses on the ground, and said, "Forty-one Tartars in total!" ”

Lei San calculated and said, "It's a total of one hundred and twenty-three taels..."

For each Tartar killed by the pursuing troops, the Duke of Jin gave a reward of three taels of silver. Lei San calculated and felt that the amount of silver was limited, and there were only more than one or two soldiers under his command.

Lei San was a little disappointed.

"Let's go, continue to search the hills and see if we can find any more tartars!"

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Zhu Youzhen, the great son of tomorrow, put down Li Zhi's recital and paced back and forth in the Qianqing Palace.

"I didn't expect that the Duke of Jin Guo was so heroic, and he actually broke through thousands of miles and gave birth to the puppet emperor Dolgon."

Wang Chengen said: "Emperor, the credit of the Duke of Jin Guo is comparable to Wei and Huo." Now that the puppet emperor Dolgon is executed, there is no great enemy in the northern part of my Ming Dynasty. No more Tartars will cross the border wall and plunder our Gyeonggi. ”

"Thirty years of great trouble, once cut off! Congratulations, Emperor! ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded.

Wang Chengen said again: "Emperor, Li Zhi broke into the northeast of Liaodong this time and has occupied most of the land of Nuer Gandusi. At the beginning of the dynasty, the Nuergandusi could only divide the tribes into subordinate tribes, and did not send officials to rule. Now that Li Zhi has occupied it, it is the real expansion of my Ming Dynasty's territory to slaves! ”

"The emperor's martial arts are brilliant, and he will definitely leave his name in history!"

Zhu Youzhen nodded and sat on the chair absentmindedly.

Wang Chengen saw that Zhu Youzhen didn't speak, and he didn't know what the Son of Heaven was thinking, so he only bowed to the side.

Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked: "Wang Chengen, Li Zhi has made such a great contribution, can he be crowned king?" ”

Wang Chengen was stunned and said: "Emperor, the dynasty has never named a meritorious minister as a king with a different surname. If the emperor named Li Zhi as the king with a different surname, the whole world may be boiling. ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath and said, "However, Li Zhi's contribution this time is indeed immense. Restore Shenyang, exterminate the slave army, Kealchuka, and hold the puppet emperor of Dongnu. I am worried that if I don't crown Li Zhi as king, Li Zhi will be dissatisfied. ”

Wang Chengen rolled his eyes and said, "Emperor, I don't think that's necessarily. Li Zhi's northern expedition to Liaodong this time was nominally to send troops for our Ming Dynasty, but in fact he sent troops for himself. The lands he occupied in Liaodong and Nuergandu will be under his direct control in the future. ”

"There is no one in the account books of these two capitals now, and Li Zhi does not need to pay taxes to the imperial court, he has made a lot of money."

"I heard that Li Zhi had already prepared to divide the land in eastern Liaodong and the north to the people who had followed him over the years, so that these people would be the big landowners for generations. In Liaodong and further north, Li Zhi's people got so much land at once, how rich would they be? ”

Zhu Youzhen took a breath, stood up again, and walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace.

"Since you can't be crowned king, let's give Li Zhi some practical benefits. Li Zhi was appointed as the commander of Tianjin, Shandong, Liaodong and Nu'er to fight the military administration of Ma. The governors of Tianjin, Shandong, Liaodong and Denglai were abolished. In the future, the affairs of these four places will be handled by Li Zhi himself. The decree was sent to Li Zhi, and the civil and military officials in Tianjin, Shandong, Liaodong and Nuergan were all recommended by Li Zhi in the future. Once an official is recommended by Li Zhi, the military department and the official department must not refuse without authorization! ”

Wang Chengen took a breath and said, "The Holy Lord is tantamount to sealing these four lands to Li Zhi!" ”

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Li Zhi is unforgiving, and now he has made great contributions, he will definitely not let go of these four places." If you don't seal it, you will snatch it with brute force. Instead of having a conflict with Li Zhi because of these positions, it would be better to simply give him all of them. ”

"Li Zhi is now the cadre city of the country, and he can only be surrounded by kindness, and he must not be dissatisfied!"

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "Emperor Shengming! ”

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Outside the city of Xinzhou on 15 September, Zhang Shenyan, Zuo Liangyu, and Wu Sangui sat in the big tent of the Chinese army of the Jiangbei Army, their faces pale.

Two and a half months have passed since the siege of Xinzhou at the end of June, and the Jiangbei Army, which lacks artillery, can only look at the city and sigh under the city of Xinzhou, and consume food and wages.

After two and a half months of training, there are now only more than 200 artillerymen who can operate artillery. These artillery could only operate twenty cannons, which was not at all the match for Li Xing's four hundred cannons at the head of Xinzhou City. If you want to train all the artillery, it will take at least two months.

However, bad news came from the north - Li Zhi had annihilated the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, occupied Alchuka, and gave birth to the puppet emperor Dolgon.

Hearing the news, Zhang Shenyan was like being struck by lightning.

Unexpectedly, with 40,000 soldiers and horses, Li Zhi could break through thousands of miles and really defeat Dolgon in the extreme north.

Whether Dolgon is alive or dead, Zhang Shenyan doesn't care anymore. The most terrible thing now is whether Li Zhi will come to the south with the victorious army.

Zhang Shenyan knew that the 80,000 Jiangbei army could not defeat Li Zhi's 60,000 army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Shenyan shook for no reason. He didn't wait for Zuo Liangyu and Wu Sangui to speak, and then said: "Withdraw the troops, withdraw to Nanzhili and defend to the death!" ”