The holy decree allowed the generals to enter Beijing to be rewarded, and at the same time brought 5,000 soldiers who had contributed to the Battle of Jinzhou to be inspected at the Meridian Gate. www.biquge.info This is a good thing, and I can't say that these soldiers who are reviewed will be rewarded.

The quota of 5,000 soldiers caused a competition for nine total soldiers. Warriors fight for meritorious service, who doesn't want to bring more soldiers into Beijing to be reviewed by the Son of Heaven? If other generals stand there with thousands of people, and there are only a hundred or so people behind them, who will treat you as a successful minister? Therefore, all the general soldiers wanted to bring more of their own men.

Although the generals have high and low official positions, they are all general soldiers, and no one obeys anyone, and in the end it can only be decided by Li Zhi, the Duke of Jinguo.

But Li Zhi's words made everyone a little embarrassed.

"My Tiger Master has meritorious soldiers, and I have my own internal official position adjustment and meritorious rewards afterwards. However, this entry into Beijing is an honor, and our Tiger Benshi will send 1,072 ordinary soldiers to Beijing with the helmets and tablets of the 1,072 martyrs who died in the Tiger Ben Division, to be reviewed by the Son of Heaven and cheered by the people. ”

More than 1,300 people were killed and wounded in the Tiger Division, and more than 1,000 soldiers were killed or seriously injured in the end, and these soldiers were the biggest heroes in Li Zhi's heart.

The bodies of these soldiers have been transported back to Tianjin by Li Zhi's baggage team for burial. The tablets of the soldiers will always be worshiped in the Fanjiazhuang Baozhong Temple. Li Zhi led the officials in Tianjin to go to the Baozhong Temple every spring and autumn to pay respects. A family member of the soldier will be awarded a medal to become a "hero" of Fanjiazhuang. Not only that, but the families of the fallen soldiers will receive a generous pension of two or five dollars per month.

But that's not enough. In this Meridian Gate review, Li Zhi also wanted the sacrificed soldiers to enjoy the glory in the capital.

Li Zhi will let the soldiers carry the helmets and tablets of the sacrificed soldiers to Beijing for reading, and give all the honor to these heroes who died in battle.

When the generals heard Li Zhi's words, they looked at each other. Li Zhi's Tiger Benshi respected the heroes who died in battle, but the other Ming army pension systems were still very backward. Li Zhi also kept the helmet of the sacrificial soldier, and the equipment of the other sacrificial soldiers in the Ming army was already in chaos. At this time, the equipment of the sacrificed soldiers could not be found in any way.

However, Li Zhi's respect for the soldiers who died in the battle still moved the other commanders. The general soldiers thought for a while, and finally Cao Bianjiao said: "Our department also imitates the practice of Jin Guogong, although the helmet cannot be found, but it can also be used to enter Beijing with the tablet of the fallen soldiers." ”

The other commanders thought about it and said, "I'll do the same!" ”

"We will also follow the example of the Duke of Jinguo and act like this!"

The commanders agreed on the same thing, and they went down to count the dead and make tablets.

In addition to the 5,000 soldiers who were reviewed, the task of the other 100,000 troops going to Beijing to ask for their lives has been completed, and the army no longer needs to surround the capital. Surrounding the capital again, the imperial court will doubt the ambitions of the generals. Moreover, the army is short of food and grass, and it is time to leave. On the eighth day of the first month of May, more than 100,000 border troops who had gone to Beijing to ask for their orders scattered and marched, each returning to the headquarters of the military town.

Guanning's Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and others immediately sent troops back to Guanning. When the army came, it was majestic, but when it returned, the food and grass were very tight. The three general soldiers brought in rations from their respective towns, barely enough to hold out until the army walked back to their garrisons.

As for the salaries, after the battle, they began to be in arrears again.

The soldiers and horses of Jizhen and Xuanda are relatively close to the military town station, and the food can be transferred, so they are not so anxious. However, in order to show their loyalty and show that they had no intention of cherishing the capital, Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu had also marched to the southwest on the eighth day of the fifth month, and they walked forty miles in one day, and they were very anxious.

Li Zhi's grain and grass could be transferred from Tianjin, and he was not as anxious as the other general soldiers. However, the other general soldiers were all dispersed at once, and Li Zhi was not easy to stay in the capital. On the eighth day of the fifth month, Li Zhi also retreated 30 miles to Tianjin, and had already stepped out of the scope of the capital.

By the afternoon of the ninth day of the first month of May, all the armies surrounding the capital had been withdrawn, and there were no more border troops near the capital that asked for their lives.

On the morning of the 10th day of the fifth lunar month, 5,000 soldiers of the border army lined up in a queue and held the tablets of the martyrs and entered the capital from Chaoyangmen.

The Battle of Jinzhou was a great battle that determined the fortunes of the country, and the victory or defeat was related to the lives of every common people. The heroes who returned triumphantly entered Beijing for a review, who doesn't want to see it? The avenue between Chaoyang Gate and the Forbidden City Noon Gate is very wide. On both sides of the road, it was crowded with people watching the heroes. Under the eaves, on the roofs, and on the paths on both sides of the avenue, there were people from the capital everywhere.

Li Zhi rode a horse with his personal guards and walked at the front of the team.

Passing through the majestic Chaoyang Gate, as soon as Li Zhi, who was walking in front, walked out of the city gate, the people on both sides of the road exploded.

"Look! Tsu Koku!! ”

"Jin Guogong is here!"

"Kill the Tartar of the Tsukoko!"

"The Great General is here!"

The joyful people waved their arms at Li Zhi in unison with admiration on their faces. Looking at it from Li Zhi's point of view, those arms on both sides of the road were like pieces of boiling tide, constantly tumbling. The people shouted for Li Zhi's title, jumped and cheered, and expressed their worship of Li Zhi!

There were young people who didn't know where to pick wild flowers, desperately sprinkling them on Li Zhi and his guards.

However, Li Zhi walked in the midst of these boiling crowds, with a serious expression, and did not respond to the cheers of the people. Because he knew that the heavy line behind would quickly calm down the people.

Sure enough, when the helmets of those martyrs and the heavy tablets of the martyrs were brought into the Chaoyang Gate by the soldiers, the excited people immediately quieted down.

The helmets that were held were not new, they were from soldiers who had died in battle. Many of the helmets were covered in blood, and they had dried up, sticking to the helmets like dye, dyeing the silver steel helmets a dark red. Not all helmets are complete, some helmets have depressions caused by blunt weapons, and some helmets have shocking holes, which are caused by heavy weapons. One can imagine what those holes had done to the dead heroes.

The blood and damage on the helmet seem to show the world the cruelty of the Jinzhou War and the fearlessness and bravery of the soldiers who died in the war.

On the tablet under the helmet, the origin and name of the sacrificed soldier are written. Each soldier holding a helmet and tablet had a solemn face, holding the helmet and tablet in front of his abdomen, and marched in a neat manner.

The people were shocked by the helmets and tablets.

It was these soldiers who used their lives to protect the Ming Dynasty and protect the days of every Ming people in the north and south of the great rivers in Kyushu.

Li Zhi saw a young girl in the flower season suddenly grab her mother's hand, and cry with tears on her face.

The people on both sides of the road were no longer noisy or cheerful, and their faces became solemn and bowed down like a tide. On both sides of the road, only the black heads of the people could be seen. The people marched to the ground in unison to show their highest reverence and gratitude.