Before dawn, the entire city of Jizhou was already boiling, because the soldiers and civilians of the city already knew that the defenders had taken the initiative to defeat the Warat army entrenched outside the city, and achieved an incredible victory.

This is indeed a big victory that people can't believe in, even Lu Jin, when he decided to take the initiative to attack the night attack on the Warat camp, he didn't have much chance of winning, and felt that the most he could do was to kill the enemy and retreat backwards. But the result was a hearty victory, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers were killed and fled in the first battle, and countless people died.

However, he was not carried away by the victory in front of him, and still ordered the soldiers and horses in the city to guard the four gates in case anything happened. At the same time, he also asked people to hurry out of the camp and publicize the results of this great victory all over the city, so that the people, who were still worried, were also excited, and all cheered.

Since Emperor Taizong personally led an expedition to Mobei, the Ming Dynasty has not achieved such a big victory in nearly a hundred years. Not to mention that this time he is facing the same ten years ago, the Warat Taishi who defeated the hundreds of thousands of troops commanded by the Great Tomorrow Son himself with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, which means that the Ming Dynasty no longer has to care about the threat of these grassland tribes, and we can also fight with them in a dignified manner!

This pride and pride and joy quickly merged, so that the spirit of the soldiers and civilians in the city became completely different, and everyone was excited and enthusiastic, just waiting for the triumphant return of those heroes who had killed the enemy.

It's just that this wait is for most of the day, and it is not until the afternoon of the next day that a few people and horses return one after another, but there are still nearly half of the military horses that have not turned back. Last night's big victory completely inspired the Ming army to fight, just biting all the way, constantly chasing and killing the Warat army that fled north, and capturing or killing the Warat army that fell behind, there was no intention of stopping or turning back.

When the Wara army tried to turn back and counterattack several times, they were met by the Ming army and the cavalry of the Duoyan Division. They were already completely panicked, and in the end they could only be reduced to the point where they could only flee with their heads bored, which made the pursuit of the Ming army easier and easier, and made them more and more unwilling to turn back.

It wasn't until all the bows and arrows in their pockets were shot out, even the weapons were cut off, and the rations were almost eaten with them, and they felt that they might even get into it if they chased them down, so many Ming generals hurriedly gathered their ranks, slowly retreated to the south, and returned to Jizhou. However, some of them continued to pursue because of their hatred of the Warats, killing more enemies.

After another night, on the morning of the 25th, Lin Lie returned to Jizhou City with the last 5,000 men and horses exhausted. The soldiers were covered in blood, but almost all of them were splashed by the Warats when they were killed, and in such a situation, even the brave and skilled Mongol warriors had long since lost the courage to resist and had to be slaughtered.

But even so, the day and night of chasing and fighting also exhausted the morale of these generals, and they were all crumbling when they entered the city. But everyone's faces were still full of excited smiles, which was a sense of relief that had been suppressed for a long time.

Lu Zhen also waited in front of the city gate, and as soon as he saw Lin Lie coming in on horseback, he had already taken a few steps to greet him: "Lin Lie, this time you have made great achievements for my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Lin Lie

He immediately rolled off the horse, and said with a tired smile: "My lord, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored." In this battle, not only was the Varat army defeated, but even the Navarat division was the first, I am afraid that they were all wounded by our artillery, and their life and death are unknown. ”

"Oh? How can there be such results? Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "No wonder the Tartars were defeated so suddenly this time, it turned out that our artillery had made meritorious contributions." Okay, I'll let Jinyiwei find out about this matter, and I'll ask for credit for you then. Let the soldiers hurry into the city, the celebration banquet has long been prepared, just waiting for you to attend. ”

The soldiers were already hungry and thirsty, and when they heard this, they naturally cheered, and then they went into the city to celebrate and drink under the guidance of everyone.

And Lu Zhen handed over an ink-drenched report to Lin Lie: "This is the report I wrote, if there is no problem, I will send it to Beijing in an expedited way of eight hundred miles to report the victory to the imperial court." ”

Lin Lie hurriedly stretched out his hand to take it, only swept it once, and his brows furrowed: "My lord, why don't you have your credit on this?" This time, we were able to achieve such a victory thanks to your strategy, and the artillery that really broke the heart of the Tartar army was also sent by you......" I was a little anxious to hear this voice.

What he said did make a few noises, and it immediately alarmed many soldiers who were happily trying to drink and celebrate. After understanding the reason, everyone also showed an expression of disbelief, which was even more surprising than the defeat of the Mongolian army in the first battle.

In the past, they had only heard of officials at the top snatching the credit of their subordinates, and almost no official was willing to give such great credit to others. But this Lord Lu is good, he actually did the opposite, and barely mentioned himself in the good news, which is really unreasonable. Even the generals who look down on civilian officials know that this time they can defeat the Warat people, Lord Lu also plays a key role in it.

Lu Zhen saw that everyone was staring at him with strange eyes, so he smiled, waved his hand and said: "Although the credit this time is not small, compared to the soldiers who killed the enemy on the front line, some of the suggestions of this official are insignificant. What's more, I am already Wei Chengbo of the imperial court, so don't compete with the soldiers anymore. ”

"My lord......" Lin Lie is really anxious, this is not that he took the credit of Lu Jin, the other party just saved his life, how can he be so ignorant of what to do, and he will take revenge?

"Needless to say, I've made up my mind. Anyway, I'm still the imperial court. Lu Zhen immediately straightened his face, waved his hand and said: "The next thing to do is to understand the number of enemies killed by the soldiers, so that there will be a reward." ”

Seeing that Lu Jin's mind had been decided, Lin Lie could only stop making a sound, but he still didn't give up in his heart, and decided to find an opportunity to make up for Lu Jin's credit. The surrounding soldiers were completely moved by Lu Jin's high-spirited behavior, and they praised him continuously for a while, and they sent to bow down to him.

Lu Zhen hurriedly spoke again to calm everyone's excited emotions, and then led them into the banquet that had been set up in the barracks to drink and celebrate. In fact, only he understands that such a decision is not only because of the high wind and bright festival, but also a self-preservation strategy.

Lu Zhen knew very well that his status in the DPRK was not low, especially when he mastered the power of Jinyiwei

Suppressing the courtiers is easy for the Son of Heaven to be suspicious of himself. And if he makes such a great feats again this time, his status has to be raised again, and how should the Son of Heaven view himself at that time?

Since ancient times, unless a minister wants to usurp the throne in a certain dynasty, he has to master a degree, and there are many people who are not rewarded for their merits, and there is no reward for them, and in the end they can only end miserably. Lu Zhen has never had the ambition to rebel and stand on his own, and he knows that he can't have such an ability, so it is the best choice to restrain himself and let the Son of Heaven not worry too much about himself.

Therefore, he could not afford to defeat the Warat army this time, and almost all of them were eliminated at the same time. Even if the court confirms it later, it must be indispensable to his own Qincha, but at least he must have something to hide in the good news, which is also a sign of his own obscurity.

Although there was some awkwardness in my heart, the celebration banquet was still carried out quickly, and the entire military camp, and even the entire Jizhou City, were completely surrounded by a joyful and warm atmosphere at this time, and the aroma of wine and meat was overflowing all over the city, and everyone was immersed in this celebration.

Although there is still a group of men and horses of the Duoyan tribe outside the city that have not yet retreated, for the Ming army that has already defeated the fierce Warats, this group of men and horses is not a threat at all.

In fact, even the people of the Duoyan tribe themselves did not have the courage to launch an attack on Jizhou City, even if they looked at it now, the defense of this Jizhou City was extremely lax, and it seemed that as long as one surprise attack could drive the army to the city.

Originally, as vassals of the Ming Dynasty, they did not have the strength to attack a border town like Jizhou, but after seeing the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army this time, they became less and less courageous to do so. The Warat people, who couldn't resist at all, were completely defeated by the Ming army in a battle, so the gap between the strength and weakness of their own family and the Ming army before was even greater.

At this time, if he attacked Jizhou City desperately, it would be no different from killing himself, which was impossible for Diesuda to do. But even so, he was not willing to retreat.

This time, he led the elite of Duoyan Sanwei to Jizhou, originally wanting to take advantage of the opportunity of the-for-tat confrontation between Daming and Wara, but as a result, his wishful thinking was completely empty, not to mention, but instead of stealing chickens and rice, he was defeated by the Wara army, and he almost couldn't even hold the camp.

Although he took advantage of the defeat of the Warat army to send troops to avenge and seize a lot of loot, this was far from making up for the damage of the previous soldiers and horses.

If you go back like this, I'm afraid that the people of all ethnic groups below will express their dissatisfaction, and even affect Diesuda's own status. So at this time, he was entangled for a while, should he go to ask the Ming army for some benefits?

Judging from the current results, it is unrealistic to imagine that the lion opened his mouth as before and asked for a large amount of food, land, weapons and armor, but the Ming army always has to show something for the sake of their timely dispatch of troops to help, right?

After some deliberation with his subordinates, Diesuda finally made the decision to send a well-spoken clansman to Jizhou in the name of congratulating the other party on a great victory, hoping to seek some compensation and benefits for his family.

People are self-aware, but some people always can't see the situation clearly, let alone their own situation......

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