Guan Zhuofan's victory in this battle was a fluke, but it achieved unexpected rewards.

According to his original design, this heroic rescue has the effect of killing three birds with one stone. The first is to rescue Yi Guifei's brother Zhaoxiang from the "horse bandits", and take this line of her mother's family to make an important foreshadowing for the future. The second is to push the first credit to Fu Cheng'an, so that with the help of Duanhua's liliang, the official will be promoted to one level, and he will leave the position of assistant leader, so as to remove the interference with his future actions. The third is to accumulate merit for himself, if he can take advantage of the vacancy of the assistant leader, he can act and completely grasp the 500 horse team of the infantry army commander Yamen, it will be the best.

It's just that in the original script, after all, it was only to scare off six or seven "horse bandits", and he didn't have a full grasp of how much credit he had in his heart. Let Zhaoxiang accept his affection, of course, it can be done, as for the last two, then only look at the sky and make hexagrams.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the matter was reported, not only was Rehe shocked, but the news reached Beijing, and it was also a big uproar in the government and the opposition - the vanguard of the horse bandits, not only dared to peep into the land of Gyeonggi, but also only thirty miles away from the palace where the emperor was located, which was a strange news that had never been seen since the founding of the Qing Dynasty! Emperor Xianfeng was furious, and told the Military Aircraft Department to act vigorously and resolutely, and the officials who were responsible for it were attacked in a big way.

The most unfortunate ones were the prefects of Luanping County and Chengde, who were dismissed from their posts and questioned for the sake of their responsibility to defend the territory. General Fengtian and the Admiral of Zhili were dismissed and handed over to the Ministry of Deliberation. Even Wen Yu, the governor of Zhili, was dismissed from his post and retained for the crime, and was strictly ordered to be exterminated within a time limit. Although the ministers of military aircraft were not blamed, they were all disgraced, and only Duanhua was proud, because this time it was his infantry commander Yamen who was brilliant.

"Sixth!" He smiled and said to Su Shun and Zaiyuan, "After looking at you, dare to underestimate me?" ”

Since the guilty are punished so severely, the reward for the meritorious is particularly high.

Winning the jackpot is Fu Cheng'an, with good training and proper scheduling, from a five-grade official, promoted to three levels, crossed the fourth-grade, and was promoted to the commander of the infantry yamen, and became an official from the third grade, so he didn't have to suffer in the barracks, and sat in the yamen in a dignified manner.

The second is Guan Zhuofan, who was in front of the enemy, did not avoid swords and arrows, and led the team to defeat the horse bandit forward, and was promoted to two levels, and succeeded Fu Cheng'an as he wished, and sat in the position of the commander of the infantry army Yamen Horse Army, and the horse teams of the east and west battalions were all under control.

Two of his cronies, Ding Shijie, were promoted to the rank of General Manager, and Daniel Zhang was also rewarded with the title of General Manager of Qian, becoming the "Named General Manager", just waiting for the vacancy of General Manager Qian, he can fill the vacancy. And the real shortage of this Qianzong is just around the corner - since Guan Zhuofan is in charge of the overall power of the horse team, Lin Qianzong, the Dongying horse team, the end is not far away.

The other officers and soldiers, according to the size of their merits, also had their own rewards, and they were all happy, and even Túrin became the general manager of Jiupin.

However, whether it is in Rehe or in Jingshi, some people inevitably discuss in private: although it is in the land of Gyeonggi, although it is a victory, after all, it is only a small encounter, and the enemy soldiers killed are only fourteen, compared to the Hunan army's hundreds of enemies killed at every turn, it is simply not worth mentioning, why is it indiscriminately rewarded to such an extent?

And those who know the inside story, when they hear this, they will smile: Of course, there is another layer of reasons for this, but this layer of reasons cannot be put on the table.

This reason is that the one who wins the battle is the "flag camp".

The military system of the infantry army commanding the yamen is the most peculiar, it is a mixed Manchu and Han formation, like Guan Zhuofan's Xiying horse team, there are more Han people than banner people, and among the banner people, there are many Han army flags. But according to tradition, it is still regarded as a flag camp.

Since the Jiangnan camp in Hechun was broken by the "loyal king" Li Xiucheng in May last year, the banner battalions in the army, except for the Mongolian Eight Banners, which can still be called brave, the corruption and uselessness of the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army have long been a foregone conclusion. Now from the south to the north, from the west to the east, almost all the troops that are fighting for the imperial court are led by Han people, which makes the noble ministers who never forget the power of the Eight Banners in the past, how can they be embarrassed? Now a horse team of Xiying jumped out of thin air, and fought a tough battle under their noses, and the crowd was excited, thinking that among our banner camp, there are also generals who can fight, and there are also troops who can fight, so in terms of rewards, it is inevitable to uphold the principle of being quick and lenient.

Although it was Fu Chengan who won the first credit, Guan Zhuofan was the one who fought the war, after all, it is a clear fact. Therefore, the name of "Chengnan Guan San" has risen in Rehe and the capital almost overnight. And the tripartite shili in Guan Zhuofan's mind, in this matter, also had a wonderful connection - the fold of the commendation, after Su Shun and the ministers of military aircraft, was agreed by Su Shun and the ministers of military aircraft, and was written by the military aircraft Zhang Jing Cao Yuying on duty, and the person who wrote the word "according to the proposal" on the fold was Concubine Yi who approved the book for the emperor.

"You saved my brother," Concubine Yi, who had the most serious grievances, quietly remembered Guan Zhuofan's name in her heart, "In the future, I will definitely give you unexpected rewards." ”

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At this time, Guan Zhuofan didn't know that he was already "Jane in the back of his heart". He looked at the five-grade photo, half joy and half uneasiness in his heart.

He didn't expect that for this matter, the imperial court would make such a big move. Looking at his original jihua, he is really reckless, once the fake play is performed, the court will investigate it with such strength, I am afraid that there will be a big leak, and the consequences of the leak can be known without asking.

This shows that he doesn't have enough knowledge, he thought. If Cao Yuying or Xu Gengshen had a prior understanding of this jihua, they would never allow themselves to mess around like this.

Fortunately, the timely appearance of the real horse bandit turned the "fake show" into a "real thing", allowing him not only to escape this catastrophe, but also to obtain a richer reward than expected. But he still reminded himself that luck will not always be on his side, and such a mistake must not be made a second time, otherwise, if something goes wrong, it is likely to be a dead word.

Another thing I didn't expect is that the identity of the flag man will bring such benefits, it seems that I was in the moonlit night of Bali Bridge, what I thought was not wrong - this identity is a cover for absolute haode, if it can be used well, it should be of great help to the future.

"Master, there is a master from the Internal Affairs Office who wants to see you." Túrin's words woke Guan Zhuofan from his contemplation.

Ministry of Internal Affairs? He thought to himself, it seems that he has not dealt with any people.

The person who came was named Wang Tianming, and he was a minister of the Rehe Internal Affairs Office. Guan Zhuofan straightened his clothes and put him into his military tent.

"Congratulations to Guan Zuoling," Wang Tianming was full of spring breeze and congratulated him with his fists, "It's really a hero out of a young man." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare," Guan Zhuofan greeted him very politely, and inquired about his intention with his eyes, "Master Wang is really over-awarded." ”

"The three officials who escorted Zhao Hou Ye that day were from our Internal Affairs Office," Wang Tianming got straight to the point, "They haven't fought before, and suddenly Yujian horse bandits, it is inevitable that they will be a little panicked, and they have to ask Guan Zuoling to bear with them." ”

It turned out to be the three people who escaped from Zhaoxiang's side. Guan Zhuofan understood that what Wang Tianming meant was to let him say two good words for them, so as not to lose face in the Internal Affairs Office. But the war report has already been handed over, and the truth has already been written on it, isn't it too late to mention the word "inclusive" now? Does it mean that you want to get the war report back and rewrite it? There is no such reason.

Seeing him hesitate, Wang Tianming specially reminded him again: "This is the meaning of Su Zhongtang." ”

As soon as Su Shun was mentioned, Guan Zhuofan suddenly realized. Su Shun, like Bao Jun, is the Minister of Internal Affairs, and is in charge of the Internal Affairs Office of Rehe. Wang Tianming came here, not so much because the Internal Affairs Office was unwilling to lose face, but because Su Shun was unwilling to lose face.

"Since it is Su Zhongtang's order, there is no reason not to do it. Then ......," Guan Zhuofan said embarrassedly, "Ask Lord Wang, how to change it?" ”

"It's not a secret, it's been changed." Wang Tianming said calmly, "I just came to inform Guan Zuoling, so as not to be able to catch up when I want to deal with Jing'er in the future." ”

Guan Zhuofan was silent - with the power of Su Shun, of course it has been changed! sighed in his heart, Su Shun maintained his image in front of the emperor, it was really to the point of sparing no effort, even such a trivial matter, he thought it out so carefully, and never gave his political enemies any slightest bit of a handle to attack him. He can have today, and it is really not a fluke, such an attitude is really ......

It's really worth learning.