Sprinkled with enthusiasm, the article was written with flowers, and the more than 1,000-word chapter was swept away, and after writing, He Tengjiao was a little hesitant.

Did you really win the battle?

He brought Zhang Kuang again and repeatedly asked about the situation in Yuezhou Mansion.

Be cautious, be cautious! The last time I reported to Emperor Longwu for the recovery of Jingzhou, I had already made a fuss, which made He Junmen lose face, and this time we can't repeat the mistakes of the past.

Zhang Kuang didn't know it, although he was sure to win the battle, he couldn't come up with any strong evidence.

"Although the Governor (the subordinate honorific title for the Governor) can rest assured that this is what the students have seen and heard with their own eyes, and they will never be wrong. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yuezhou Mansion were all overjoyed and excited, and all of them said that they had annihilated 5,000 northern soldiers and beheaded the Manchu Qing general Bolhui......"

He felt the same way in Yuezhou Mansion and knew that there was no possibility of fraud in this matter, but He Tengjiao did not have such a real experience, and when he heard that the results were so brilliant, he was even more suspicious.

Calm down, be sure to be calm! Wang Kefan's idea of soldiers and horses, it happened that a small victory was possible, but it was really incredible to annihilate the 5,000 Manchu Qing army, kill Baya Lama Zhangjing Boerhui, and capture Zu Kefa, the chief soldier of the Green Battalion!

He Tengjiao hid in the rear of Hunan, only guarding his own one-third of an acre, ignorant of the situation in the whole country, unaware of the outbreak of large-scale anti-Qing movements in various parts of the north, and unaware that the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in a period of recuperation.

(When the Manchus eliminated the Li Zicheng and Hongguang regimes, they exhausted the strength of the country and mobilized all the men under the age of 70 and over the age of 10 to gather more than 100,000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banner soldiers, and Lucked led tens of thousands of Qing troops to rush to Huguang, of which there were only a small number of Eight Banner soldiers, most of whom were the green battalions of the Han army that had just surrendered.) ）

"Since you have beheaded Nabolhui. Have you ever seen his head? He Tengjiao asked.

"No, I heard that Bo Erhui died without a body, and his head was trampled by a war horse." Zhang Kuang shook his head.

"Nonsense!"

Finally killed the commander of the Qing army, and Weishenme wants to destroy his corpse again? He Tengjiao became more and more unconvinced, and then asked about the battle situation and the results of the capture, Zhang Kuang couldn't say clearly, the Gongyi battalion rushed to attack the rebels in Yuezhou for hundreds of miles, and the captured heads and captured materials were still in the rear, and he didn't see it.

"Although I have not seen the head of the Tartar, I have seen with my own eyes a beautiful and unusual golden dragon flag. It should be Bo Erhui's general flag, the governor doesn't have to worry too much, this battle is definitely won! ”

"A flag is not enough to rely on......" He Tengjiao was a little entangled.

Looking at Zhang Kuangyan's chiseled appearance, the Gongyi battalion may have really won the battle, and wanted to fight against the Tartars in the nine-sided towns back then. Beheading the tenth level is a great achievement, if it does eliminate the five thousand Qing army. It was a big win like no in years. What a great achievement!

With such a big credit, He Tengjiao has to catch it no matter what, he is not afraid of others coming to grab the credit, but Du Yinxi is the governor of Hubei, if he is robbed in front of Emperor Longwu to report the victory, then he will be passive!

He thought about it again and again. finally made up my mind: "That's it, I'll go to Yuezhou Mansion to take a look in person, it can't be fake, it can't be fake!" ”

……

The gentleman is not heavy but not powerful. Although He Tengjiao was in a hurry to rush to Yuezhou, for safety reasons, he still brought 5,000 elite commanders and sailed to Yuezhou Mansion.

All the way to Xiangyin, He Tengjiao led his troops into the city to rest, and when he was about to have dinner, he suddenly received a report that there was another group of people outside the city, there were thousands of people, the sky was dark and he couldn't see the banner clearly, and he didn't know whether he was a friend or an enemy!

Like a great enemy!

Under He Tengjiao's order, the Governor Battalion immediately took action, sharpened its knives and guns, lined up in armor, and all went to the city for defense. The archers were stacked on top of each other, the arrows were ready for the bowstrings, the musketeers lit the arquebuses, the ammunition was loaded, the swords and axes drove the young men of the city and carried the bricks and lime bottles, and the pikemen set up knife carts behind the city gates to repel the horses, and lined up with spears just in case......

At this moment, there was a shout from under the city.

"Open the city gate quickly, we are from the Chongyang Gongyi battalion, and the military gate is also there, and we will go to Changsha Mansion to offer prisoners!"

Prisoners! It's not to earn the gates, is it?

He Tengjiao personally went up to the city tower to check, only to see a row of torches under the city gate, the first person was Du Yinxi, behind him, there was a long string of Qing army prisoners who could not see the tail, their hands and feet were tied together, under the escort of the Ming soldiers, their heads were dejected......

"Open the gates!" He Tengjiao was surprised and delighted.

The city gate creaked open, and Du Yinxi led the way into the city, bowing to He Tengjiao, but He Tengjiao seemed to be stunned, just looking behind him intently.

A series of captives were brought in, these people were all Green Camp Han soldiers, their armor was stripped off, but they were still wearing uniforms, plus the money rat tail behind their heads, they looked like Qing troops.

Immediately afterwards, there was a row of carts escorting the seriously wounded, and there were many real Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, their appearance was obviously different from that of the Han people, and no one would admit it. Above and below the city, all the Ming troops were silent, staring at these living Eight Banner soldiers......

"Yikes! Yikes! ”

Several wounded soldiers of the Eight Banners, Yu Yong, were still there, struggling to let out a ferocious roar, glaring around with hateful eyes, and the Ming troops in Hunan were all palpitating in their hearts, and they couldn't help but want to avoid their gaze. But the soldiers of the Gongyi Battalion guarding the prisoners had long been commonplace, and they went up and picked up the leather whip fiercely, whipping one whip after another, and the wounded soldiers of the Eight Banners who hit them convulsed all over their bodies, except for the unbearable moans of pain, they could no longer make any sound!

Next, there were several large carts full of heads, full of I don't know how many, although they were repeatedly splashed with lime, they still couldn't hide the thick bloody gas, and each head was a standard money rat tail, indicating their identity.

Flags, uniforms, armor, knives and guns, tents, horses, equipment, vehicles, ......, the amount of captured materials sent by the Gongyi battalion was not large, but all kinds were complete.

Zuihou was escorted in by Zu Kefa and several other Green Battalion generals, all of whom were pushed in front of He Tengjiao, kicked heavily in their knees, and then pressed their necks with steel knives to force them to kneel.

Wang Sheng stepped forward to salute He Tengjiao, and then took out a list and recited it aloud.

The total number of Qing prisoners plus the first rank exceeded 3,000, and there were five captured Green Battalion generals, including Zu Kefa, the general of the Manchu Qing Weihui...... With the testimony of these captive heads and captured materials, there is no doubt about the brilliant results of the Battle of Linxiang!

When the prisoner team entered the county seat of Xiangyin, the news immediately spread like wings, and the sound of firecrackers immediately rang out throughout the city, as lively as the New Year, and all the people went out to see the prisoners of the Qing army, greeted the Tartars with stones and tiles, and entertained the Gongyi camp with fine wine......

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That night, He Tengjiao and Du Yinxi had a long talk.

"The Gongyi battalion won this battle, the Huguang battle situation is full of live, and the students estimate that the loyal battalion will be able to recover Jingzhou in less than three days," ...... blocked Yinxi was very excited.

The location of Jingzhou is very important, the 200,000 troops of the loyal battalion use this as a stronghold, which can not only control the waterway of the Yangtze River, but also advance eastward to threaten Wuchang Mansion, and can also go north to attack Xiangyang Mansion (Xiangfan), Chengtian Mansion (Jingmen), Yunyang Mansion (Shiyan) and other places, most of Hubei are under the threat of the Ming army.

The Qing army's defensive line was too long and could only be dealt with passively, and if nothing else, Luckedhun would be forced to go on the defensive, unable to attack Jingzhou and Yuezhou again.

He Tengjiao was more concerned about another matter.

"Muyou (Plug Yinxi), have you ever performed a gong to the saint?"

"Students don't dare to dictate themselves, it's all up to the Governor to decide!"

After Du Yinxi served as the governor of Hubei, the contradiction with He Tengjiao gradually deepened, especially in the attitude towards the loyal camp, there were huge differences between the two. The Huguang Campaign had reached a critical moment, and on the eve of the victory, there was no room for the slightest mistake, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to ease the relationship with He Tengjiao, so after thinking twice, he gave up the credit for commanding the Huguang Campaign.

"Very good!" He Tengjiao nodded with satisfaction: "Mu You is loyal to the state affairs, this battle has made great contributions, and this constitution will definitely play truthfully and ask for credit for you." ”

Since you are interested, of course I have to pay in return, this is the basic principle of being an official.

"Thank you He Duxian for your kindness, but as an official of the imperial court, Xia Guan should have worked diligently, so there is no need to ask for additional credit." Du Yinxi doesn't care about his own gains and losses, but more about his soldiers: "How should the loyalty battalion and the Gongyi battalion be rewarded, I don't know what the governor plans to do?" ”

"This, of course, should be rewarded." He Tengjiao said that he was rewarding, but the expression on his face was faint.

After winning the Huguang Campaign, he could naturally get the credit for planning and commanding, but his cronies did not achieve anything. What's more, the loyalty camp is a group of thieves who are difficult to change, if they are rewarded thickly, once they are full-fledged, what if they turn against the court?

As for Wang Kefan of the Gongyi Battalion, He Tengjiao has long looked unpleasant, this person is in collusion with the thieves of the Loyal Battalion, and he dares to blatantly help them get out of Hunan, which side of the ass is sitting on?

"The army of 200,000 tigers and wolves in the loyal battalion, bravely crowning the Jiangnan official army, please He Duxian to give him a generous compensation, and ...... the heart of the army" Plug Yinxi repeatedly asked for his life for the peasant army.

"Hey! Without the Gongyi battalion to defend Chenglingji, can they take Jingzhou? Besides, haven't you conquered Jingzhou yet? Let's go back to the reward of the Camp of Loyalty. ”

"Then, then please reward Wang Kefan and Gongyi Camp!" Du Yinxi was also a little annoyed, his face became more and more ugly, he gave up the great merit of commanding the Huguang Campaign, but he couldn't exchange He Tengjiao's sincerity.

"Well, in that case, let's reward him with a guerrilla." He Tengjiao gave in, the lesser of two evils, Wang Kefan is still his own person.

"No!"

Du Yinxi finally became angry: "Wang Kefan beheaded Bolhui, captured Zu Kefa alive, and annihilated 5,000 northern soldiers, how could he only reward a guerrilla general, and the governor acted like this, wouldn't it make the soldiers cold and the heroes cold?" (To be continued......)