There were no more accidents in the battle at the head of the city, and before dawn, Jianyu retreated. As soon as the palace gate of the Forbidden City opened, Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Division's city defense, and Li Fengxiang, the commander of the Beijing camp, asked for an audience together.

In the Wuying Palace, Hu Guanggao sat on it, and Man Gui and Li Fengxiang just entered the palace door after being summoned, and they both knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Jianyu tried to steal the city but didn't get it, and he has left the capital overnight." Li Fengxiang preemptively gave a good news.

Man Gui's face was serious, and he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the last general underestimated the enemy for a while, and almost let Jianyu attack the Beijing Division." Thanks to the desperate efforts of the soldiers at the head of the city to block the enemy, they did not let Jianyu succeed. In the end, please punish your majesty! ”

When Li Fengxiang heard this, he understood why he kept a gloomy face on the way to the imperial city, and he was still wondering at that time, what did it mean to report the good news to His Majesty and still cry with a sad face? It turns out that he is not announcing the good news at all, but here to confess his sins!

If Man Gui was guilty, Li Fengxiang, the commander of the Beijing camp who assisted him, would not be able to escape. Therefore, although his heart was not full of Gui's dead brains, he still immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, you are as cunning as Jianlu, and you have not won the favor, which shows that the Manchu army is properly deployed. The slave maid thought that the general soldier was serious! ”

"No, if it weren't for the desperate resistance of the soldiers at the head of the city...... Man Gui listened but didn't appreciate it, and still tried to argue.

Hu Guang waved his hand when he heard this, and said with a kind face: "Don't say it, I know it in my heart, let's be even!" ”

Li Fengxiang could hear that the emperor did not blame, and he was relieved in his heart, so he thanked him and stood up. What he didn't expect was that Man Gui was still kneeling there, which made him stunned. Then he couldn't help but kick Man Gui covertly, and at the same time reminded: "Your Majesty has a decree to calm down, and General Man should get up!" ”

Man Gui didn't seem to hear what he said, he still knelt there, but he raised his head, looked at Hu Guangzuo and said: "Your Majesty, this night attack on Jianyu was lost to the guards at the head of the city who used the same fighting method as Jianyu, so that the comrades opened fire to win the chance of victory. The last general ......"

Hu Guang could faintly feel the danger of the city at that time, and he also wanted to understand the situation at that time, so he didn't insist on letting Man Gui, who had a tendon, stand up, but just asked him to explain the battle situation in detail.

Man Gui naturally understood the course of the war at that time, and deliberately wanted the emperor to know, so he immediately narrated it.

His eloquence is obviously not as good as Li Fengxiang and others, as if he is narrating a running account, just narrating the story before and after.

But when Hu Guang heard it, he suddenly remembered the thrilling scene of last night. When he heard about Huang Daoxuan and his companions, for some reason, in his mind, he remembered the scene of Wang Cheng firing at me in the later generations.

“…… At that time, if they hadn't died with Jianyu, Jianguo would continue to hug the city, and the consequences would be unimaginable. When Man Gui said this, his voice suddenly raised a lot, and he could even say a little excitedly, "Your Majesty, the soldiers died in battle, and they only hope to enter the Ming Martyrs' Hall after death." The last general dared to ask Your Majesty when this Ming Loyal Martyrs Hall would be available? ”

"Bold, are you talking to the emperor like this?" When Li Fengxiang heard this, he immediately shouted and reprimanded, "The imperial faux pas are a big crime!" ”

However, Man Gui let it go, his eyes staring at Hu Guang, almost unblinking. Because of this Ming Martyrs' Hall, if it is really according to what the emperor said before, as long as you sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty, you can enter this Martyrs' Hall. But as long as it is a person, everyone knows that the vast majority of those who enter this Ming Loyal Martyr's Hall will be martial artists, regardless of soldiers or generals.

Even Man Gui himself is very concerned about this matter. He never thought that he would be worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, as long as he could enter this martyr's hall, enjoy the incense after death, and coexist with the country, he was already very satisfied.

However, the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, even if the emperor said, may be delayed again and again, and it will be delayed until later, and it will be closed for various reasons. It is precisely because of this that Man Gui was a little worried that the matter of the Ming Loyal Martyrs' Hall would be yellow, so he took advantage of this opportunity to retreat from the army and the great victory of the Beijing Division to remind the emperor again.

As long as it is a human being, it is selfish, even if it is a tendon of Mangui, it is the same.

However, his worries were clearly unfounded. After Hu Guang heard this, he did not hesitate, and immediately replied to him with a straight face: "How can I not do what I promised in public!" When the land of Gyeonggi returned to tranquility, I sacrificed to heaven and earth, Taimiao, and then in front of the noon gate, in this square where the Ming officials went to court every day, the Ming Martyrs' Hall was built! ”

Every time he said a word, Man Gui's eyes lit up, and when he finished speaking, Man Gui straightened up, and then knelt down on the ground, and said with a choked voice: "I, a martial artist of the Ming Dynasty, with Your Majesty here, it's really worth dying!" ”

He is different from the hereditary military position, and he rose step by step from a small soldier by relying on real combat exploits. If you want to talk about the suffering of being a martial artist, no person in a high position will understand it better than him.

Feeling that the status of the martial artist may change in the future, this martial artist, who also has no real backing in the court, has sworn to the sky in his heart that he is willing to go to the soup for the emperor, even if it is to go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, he will never frown. Whoever wants to embarrass the emperor, as long as King Qin orders him, no matter how far away he is, he will definitely come by order!

Hu Guang nodded, let Man Gui calm down again, and then issued an order: "Where are the soldiers who made meritorious contributions at the head of the city yesterday, I want to see the brave Ming soldiers in person!" ”

After the will, Huang Daoxuan and more than a dozen other Ming soldiers were summoned to the Wuying Palace.

These low-level soldiers, when they came to the Forbidden City for the first time, were terrified and excited. Although there were chamberlains who came all the way, there were urgent teachings about basic etiquette. But when they arrived at the Wuying Palace, they saw that Man Dashuai and the Governor of Jingying were standing on both sides, and there was a high emperor sitting on it, and as soon as they passed the palace gate, they all knelt on the ground, shouting long live from the mountain.

Hu Guang saw that these dozen or so soldiers were basically injured, so he turned kind, waved his hand and said: "You are all meritorious soldiers, calm down, no need to be polite, get up and speak!" ”

There was no imaginary Tianwei, but an amiable tone, which made these Ming soldiers feel a little calmer in their hearts.

Seeing them standing there a little stiffly after getting up, Hu Guang smiled and said, "This time the captives stole the city, and the merits you have made have been reported to me. You have done a great job, and you are a model for me to be a great soldier. I had promised before that the war dead would enter the Ming Martyrs' Hall to enjoy incense and coexist with the country. And you, I feel that their hearts are commendable, their loyalty is available, and the merits they have made, I feel that I don't need to wait for the war to count the merits, and you can directly enter the East Factory. I ask you, would you like to? ”

There are some things that he doesn't need to be told by others, he remembers them in his heart, so he asks them directly.