Gao Mingheng was stunned, and asked, "What do you mean by Master Taifu?" ”

Zheng Kaicheng stood up and said, "The governor doesn't know, we have already defeated the thieves. The www.biquge.info thief led the Ma army to flee in embarrassment, and it is estimated that only more than 1,000 people can escape. The so-called invasion army has disappeared and no longer exists. ”

Hearing Zheng Kaicheng's words, Gao Mingheng and Henan civil and military officials looked at each other, their eyes full of disbelief.

Yesterday, the thieves were still organizing soldiers and horses to attack and open the blockade, trying to blow up the city wall with gunpowder. Today, the army was defeated by Li Zhi? Li Zicheng, who ravaged Henan and besieged the provincial capital, was defeated by Li Zhi in one face? Although Li Zhi's soldiers and horses are the strongest army in the world, they are not so exaggerated, right?

This is Li Zicheng! When the imperial court attacked Li Zicheng, wasn't it all encircled and suppressed by the army of several towns, and tens of thousands of people jointly attacked to have an effect? Li Zhi led a group of soldiers and horses to understate, and he defeated Li Zicheng?

Gao Mingheng didn't believe it, but in the face of the crown prince Li Zhi, he couldn't show his suspicions, so he only looked at Li Zhi and didn't speak.

Li Zhi knew that these officials couldn't react, so he said with a smile: "The governor will follow me to see the battlefield." ”

The civil and military officials of Henan returned to the city to get horses one after another, and followed Li Zhi to the battlefield to verify. These officials were also worried about the misfortune of the army of thieves, and when they left the city, they brought 1,000 soldiers and horses with them as escorts.

However, when he left the city, he never saw the army of thieves, not even the outskirts of the army. The officials in Henan muttered in their hearts, secretly saying that Li Zicheng was really beaten away?

It was not until they were left in front of the Chinese army of the Tiger Ben Division on the battlefield, seeing the thousands of corpses of thieves lying in a pool of blood, and seeing the various flags and honor guards of the army that were thrown on the ground, that the officials in Henan believed Li Zhi's words.

It didn't take long for the soldiers who had gone out to hunt down the thieves to come back. Almost all of these soldiers carried a thief's head, and at last they filled more than two hundred wagons. In this battle, at least more than 10,000 thieves were killed. The officials in Henan looked at the heads of the thieves in more than 200 carriages and were amazed.

In the end, everyone waited for another half hour, and the cavalry of the Election Regiment also returned. The horses of the cavalry of the Xuanfeng Regiment are fast, although they are not as fast as the horses of Li Zicheng and other rogue officers, but they can still catch up with ordinary thieves and horses. They led more than 2,000 thieves and horses, and carried more than 2,000 horse soldiers and military leaders to return triumphantly, which made the officials in Henan admire.

Xue Sanku, the deputy head of the Xuanfeng Regiment, said: "My lord, Li Zicheng only had a few hundred cavalry left around him in the end, and he fled to the west, afraid that he would enter Taihang Mountain. ”

Hearing Xue Sanku's words, Gao Mingheng's face was very excited, and he arched his hand and said: "Master Taifu, Erbu annihilated the 30,000 army of thieves in a battle, such a great achievement, only... Only..."Gao Mingheng" only" for a long time, and finally said: "Only Master Taifu captured Zhang Xianzhong in the first battle of Sichuan!" ”

When the officers of the Tiger Division heard this, they laughed proudly.

The work of counting the spoils of war was quickly completed, and Li Zhi captured and beheaded 13,000 thieves in the first battle, and captured all kinds of weapons. He obtained 671 flags of various colors from the thieves, a large body of the Chinese army of the thieves, and a set of honor guards. They also seized 2,063 pieces of cotton armor and 2,831 military horses.

Gao Mingheng heard the statistics and his face was flushed with excitement. The previous governor of Henan was dismissed by the Son of Heaven because of the destruction of Luoyang City, and Gao Mingheng was terrified all the time these days, for fear that if a big city was taken by thieves, he would be imprisoned. At this time, the thieves were defeated, and only a few hundred people were left to flee into the mountains, and Henan could rest easy.

Gao Mingheng said excitedly: "Master Taifu, I'll wait for this to go back to the city to write a Tang newspaper and report to the Son of Heaven?" ”

Li Zhi nodded, and followed Gao Mingheng back to Kaifeng City to write a good news.

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On March 4, in the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Youzhen excitedly looked at Gao Mingheng and Li Zhi's joint Tang Bao, and excitedly paced back and forth in the study.

"Good!"

"Li Zhi did a great job!"

Zhu Youzhen stopped and said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Chengen, in this way, there will be no more big thieves in the world!" The thief rebellion, which has been turbulent for more than ten years, can be regarded as settling down! ”

"Now Dongnu has also been hit hard by Li Zhi, and he only dares to make some small moves in Jinzhou, and he does not dare to enter the customs. Since I ascended to the pole, it is the first time that I have been so clear in the Ming Dynasty. What a gratifying congratulations! ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "Emperor, although on the surface, this is Li Zhiping who destroyed the sacrifice and broke into the two thieves. But fundamentally speaking, this is the result of the emperor's mighty heavenly might, and it is the work of the emperor's sacred heart. ”

"Without the emperor governing the country day and night, how can there be Li Zhi's great victory?"

Zhu Youzhen laughed again, pointed at Wang Chengen and said, "Wang Chengen, you still know how to speak." ”

Wang Chengen knelt on the ground with a puff, raised his head and said, "Emperor, the slave is just telling the truth!" Say whatever you want! ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "What are you doing on your knees?" Get up! ”

Wang Chengen got up and stood respectfully to the side.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "Wang Chengen, you're still right. I'd rather pay Li Zhi with a town in Tianjin than give up the Central Plains to thieves. This time, Li Zhiping exterminated the thieves, and the situation in the world suddenly opened up, which was very different! ”

Wang Chengen said: "The Son of Heaven is Shengming! Can the words of slaves and maids be swayed? This is all the fruit of the Emperor's Sacred Heart! ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "This time, what is the award for Li Zhi?" ”

Zhu Youzhen sat on the chair and knocked on the table, and seeing that Wang Chengen didn't speak, he said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Chengen, how do you say to reward Li Zhi this time?" ”

Wang Chengen licked his lips and followed the previous train of thought of the Son of Heaven and said, "Emperor, if you reward Li Zhi again this time, I'm afraid you will be crowned an earl, right?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Uncle Feng, I want to be uncle." Li Zhi has made so many contributions, and if he does not make an earl, I am afraid that all the soldiers in the world will be chilled. ”

Zhu Youzhen stroked his beard, and asked Wang Chengen, "But what kind of earl is it?" Is it hereditary, is it a demote to a lord, or is it a liuju? ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "The slave and maid dare not say anything, this matter must be judged by the saint!" ”

Zhu Youzhen touched his beard and thought for a long time, and said: "Li Zhi has made so many contributions, since he has been crowned uncle, let's seal a hereditary one, lest Li Zhi feel stingy." ”

Zhu Youzhen stroked his beard and groaned, thought for a while, and took a breath.

He stood up again and paced back and forth in the study: "What is the name of this earl?" ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Youzhen came up with an answer, and said with a smile: "Li Zhi fought in all directions, rejecting the thieves in the north and the south, so that the country has hope for rejuvenation." This count is called Xingguo Earl! (To be continued.) )