Chapter 34: The Return of the Hero
After more than half a month of marching, Lu Xiangsheng led the Shenji battalion to the outside of BJ City, BJ City was boiling on this day, because half a month ago the imperial court had announced the news of the victory of the Ming army soldiers in North Korea in the Di newspaper, so early in the morning, the common people came to the road that the army must pass, and they all wanted to see the demeanor of the heroes. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Since the rise of the Later Jin, the Ming army has not won the war against the Later Jin, every war is hung and beaten by the Later Jin Army, the Ming army is completely discouraged, and when it sees the Later Jin Army, it will flee from the wind, so the Later Jin Army also boasted of itself, the Jurchen is not satisfied with ten thousand, and it is invincible! (By the way, according to the current buzzword, I really want to say to them, you are so powerful, why don't you go to heaven?) Because of this, the people of the Ming Dynasty did not expect the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to win the battle, as long as the soldiers of Liaodong could hold Liaodong, and they would be thankful not to let the Tartars kill them! And now suddenly the court said that it had won the battle, and everyone was a little unconvinced, because some people said that they had won the battle before, and later they all lied about their military exploits, but this time, the court made it so grand, because the people saw that the officials below the cabinet had gone out to greet Lu Xiangsheng's army, and it should not be fake! Everyone looked in the direction of the city gate with anticipation.
Soon after the army entered the city, the front or those officials who greeted the return, the common people directly swept them to look behind anyway, and then a black horse, a middle-aged man wearing silver armor came slowly, although he was wearing armor, but he couldn't hide the elegant temperament on his body at all, the people discussed, such a literati actually led the army to win the battle, amazing! Others say, "Ah! I know this person, isn't it the new governor of Jingying, it seems to be called Lu something, my son of the cousin's sister-in-law of Uncle Wang's daughter-in-law next door is in Jingying! I heard that this Governor Lu is amazing! There was a lot of talking.
Then they saw the new Ming flag waving in the wind, behind them were the chariots of the Che Battalion and the firearms they had never seen, followed by the cavalry, the bird soldiers and the infantry, but they finally found the difference, up to the Governor Lu, down to the soldiers, all of them had white stripes tied to their heads, and there were many soldiers holding a ceramic jar in their hands, what were they doing? Some people can't figure it out, and some people came to see it on the day they went out, and after counting carefully, they still found that there were a lot fewer people, could it be that the ashes of the fallen soldiers were placed in this ceramic jar? But no matter what it is, they are all heroes now, "Daming Wansheng!" Some people shouted, and when someone took the lead, it naturally slowly became a loud one, and the people cheered enthusiastically, and the soldiers all showed their best side to everyone, which they deserved.
Finally, when they saw the prisoner car, the people smashed the eggs that had been prepared, as well as all kinds of fruits and vegetables on the heads of those tartars, and cursed loudly to vent their inner angerγγγγγγ According to the people who later cleaned the street, the garbage they cleaned that day was a good solution to the food ration of their pigs for a month.
Soon, Lu Xiangsheng led the army to the front of the palace, and everyone knelt down to Chongzhen and saluted: "Long live my emperor!" Banzai! Hooray! β
"Heroes are flat!" Chongzhen said loudly.
At first, I was a little unaccustomed to hearing His Majesty the Emperor say this, but I quickly reacted and was very happy, and replied in unison: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" β
Chongzhen nodded and said, "The soldiers gave the Tartars a heavy blow in Korea, and I am very happy!" You not only defended North Korea, but also played the national prestige of my Ming Dynasty, you are all heroes of my Ming Dynasty! I'm so happy! β
"Daming Wansheng!" The crowd shouted in unison.
Chongzhen nodded and continued: "I hope that all the soldiers can hold on to this momentum, and there will be many opportunities for meritorious service in the future, don't let me down!" β
"Daming Wansheng!" The crowd shouted in unison.
"Of course! You have made meritorious contributions, I will reward you according to the management, and the cash is ready, and the books of the household department will be distributed to you one by one! Chongzhen smiled.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The crowd cheered in unison.
"In addition, for the sacrificed soldiers, the reward will remain the same, and the compensation will be doubled, and their families and relatives will also be arranged by the imperial court, and the imperial court will let these heroic souls who have dedicated their lives for my Ming Dynasty feel at ease! In addition, their ashes will be deposited in the martyrs' shrine in their hometown. If there is no martyr's shrine in the hometown, it will be stored in the martyr's shrine of the Beijing division, as long as I am here, they will always enjoy the incense of the Ming Dynasty! Chongzhen said.
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! All the soldiers cried in unison.
"Brother! Did you hear that? Our Majesty is a good emperor! You can rest assured! Your spirits in heaven want to bless our Great Ming! The crowd prayed in their hearts.
Chongzhen looked at them, and felt in his heart: "In fact, the soldiers don't want much, they have given their lives for your country, and what they want is just for you to recognize their merits, recognize their dedication, and help them take care of their families, which is enough, but many emperors can't even do such the most basic requirements, so how can the soldiers work hard for you?" β
"Soldiers! In addition to the above rewards, I will also reward each of you with a medal! Chongzhen said with a smile.
"Medals? What is it? The crowd was curious
"Bring it on!" Chongzhen commanded.
Soon! Wang Chengen presented a tray, there were three metal things in it, take a closer look, similar to a fiery pattern, the pattern in the middle of the golden medal is similar to the new national flag of the Ming Dynasty, but the five-clawed golden dragon has become a unicorn, two unicorns surround a Ming character, the silver medal is a unicorn into a lion, and the last bronze medal is a tiger.
Chongzhen continued: "You have also seen that this medal will be promoted in our Ming Army in the future, and medals of different qualities will be awarded according to your different merits, and the military department will award medals according to your merits reported by Governor Lu!" I hope that all the soldiers will work hard in the future! Bow to the general! There are gold medals in front of you! β
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! The crowd cheered in unison!
After that, the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners was carried out, and Chongzhen announced in public that all the prisoners would be escorted to the noon gate to be beheaded, and then the ceremony of awarding medals began.
After that, Sun Chengzong, the second assistant of the cabinet, and the secretary of the military department, began to distribute medals to the soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng got the gold medal, in addition, he also received a lot of silver awards, and also received the title of a military squire, followed by other soldiers, all the soldiers did not expect that Sun Chengzong, an idol in the army, would award medals to themselves, and they were all very happy, and the people around him were straight and couldn't be straighter. Everyone is excited! The soldiers who got the medal found that there was a big word of loyalty behind this medal!
Finally, Guo Yunhou, the head of the household, distributed the silver, and the scene was a joyful atmosphere. When everything was over, Chongzhen asked the soldiers to retreat, gave them a three-day holiday, and then summoned Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters.
"Lu Aiqing, do you have an idea about this war?" Chongzhen asked.
"Weichen thinks that the Houjin army is undeniably a strong army, but as long as our Ming soldiers cooperate properly and the soldiers are united, the support of the court is not impossible to defeat them, and the minister thinks that if the minister has mobile artillery in this battle, as well as the flintlock pistol that His Majesty said, and some more cavalry, it is not impossible to completely annihilate this ZLQ!"
"Haha!" Chongzhen smiled: "Of course I know,!" But what Aiqing said, the artillery is not there for the time being, even if the Hongyi cannon is now improved and lighter, it is still not good in field warfare, it is not easy to move, but it is okay to siege the city, and the development of the flintlock pistol is almost there, don't worry, the first batch will be allocated to you when the time comes, rest assured! Finally, this cavalry, the 3,000 war horses you just got some time ago will be given to you, you draw 3,000 elites from the Beijing camp, train well, and strive to become elite cavalry as soon as possible, right! He Kegang of the Liaodong Army just arrived in the capital a few days ago, and I kept him, as for how to train cavalry, you two can discuss it carefully! Gain time, after all, it's not good to keep people for too long, Liaodong needs people! β
"Thank you, Your Majesty! The minister knows! Lu Xiangsheng said happily.
After that, on the specific gains and losses of the Korean War, the three monarchs and ministers began a detailed analysisγγγγγγ