Fengyang, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Kou army and the Ming army fought fiercely all night, and from a distance, the afterburners outside the city had not yet been extinguished. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Curling green smoke continued to rise towards the sky with the breeze, and everywhere there were broken ordnance, banners, broken corpses and limbs scattered everywhere, and floating corpses piled up in the moat.

The crows hovering in the sky kept making strange noises, casting a grim atmosphere on the battlefield.

After this battle, he resisted more than 10,000 Kou troops with a number of 100 people, and miraculously killed more than 1,000 enemies.

This is a rare big victory, if it is spread out, it will definitely be able to deter Xiaoxiao, and when it reaches the Jingshi, it will definitely make the saint Longyan happy.

Although the Kou army was outnumbered, the gate of Fengyang was blocked by boulders, and it was impossible to open the gate from the inside and outside.

More than 10,000 lightly armed people rushed thousands of miles to Fengyang City, not to mention siege equipment such as artillery trebuchets, and even the ladders for soldiers to climb the city were pitiful.

The arrogant Kou army was wiped out at first, and then suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of powerful firearms, although the Kou army rushed to the head of the city many times, but they were driven down by the Ming army defending the city in a desperate battle.

Until the arrival of the garrison Zhu Guozheng, Zhang Xianzhong had no chance to attack Fengyang City, so he could only retreat unwillingly.

It can only be said that Zhang Xianzhong had bad luck and met Han Yu, an unknown prophet.

"Lord Garrison, if you can successfully defend the city gate this time, my brother Han Yu is very helpful." Zhang Tanghuai then recommended Han Yu to the garrison Zhu Guozheng.

Just a day ago, Zhang Tanghuai was just a brother's concern and love for Han Yu, and after this battle, he admired it even more.

Although Han Yu's face turned pale with fright when he fought, he was not only able to understand the unpredictable prophet of heaven, but also turned the tide at a critical moment, if there was no Han Yu, Fengyang City would not be able to defend it.

"Good, see when you call." Zhu Guozheng said quietly.

In Zhu Guozheng's view, Zhang Tanghuai's new military exploits are normal, and it is normal to arrange the position of his relatives, anyway, he also planned to promote Zhang Tanghuai's official position, but he is also happy to be a favor.

Of course, Zhu Guozheng has his own little abacus, which is not only to commend Zhang Tanghuai's new military exploits, but also to have a more important reason is the conflict of interests.

Don't look at Zhu Guozheng, who is a garrison in Fengyang, but he can only control the battalion soldiers under his tent, but he can't move the guards at all.

Originally, this was also normal, and the battalion soldiers and the guards belonged to two official systems, and they could not govern each other.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty has always implemented the guard system, and there was no so-called battalion soldiers, and the guard soldiers were the main source of soldiers.

However, because most of the guards occupied the fields of the army and the private soldiers cultivated the land, the number of deserters increased dramatically, and the lack of training made it extremely common to withhold money.

During the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the garrison system was on the verge of collapse, and most of the soldiers who fought were conscripted battalions, rather than guards with low combat effectiveness.

However, Zhu Guozheng's battalion under his tent is above the guards in terms of number and combat effectiveness, and the two sides have always been well water and not river water, and they are safe.

It was only a few months ago that Lu Liang, a thousand households in the guard, colluded with the prefect Yan Rongxuan to suppress the battalion soldiers and deduct military salaries.

The prefect was high and powerful, but Zhu Guozheng, who was on guard, did not dare to offend, because the battalion soldiers could not get military pay for a long time, so that there were several mutinies.

Zhu Guozheng hated the prefect Yan Rongxuan so much, but he was helpless when the official level crushed people to death.

And now the Kou army Zhang Xianzhong's department, which is a headache for the imperial court, has suffered a defeat under Fengyang City, and the happiest thing is the prefect Yan Rongxuan.

Therefore, the dead and wounded soldiers have not yet been compensated, the city gate has not been repaired, and the corpses have not been filled.

Originally, more than 1,000 enemies were killed and 5,000 enemies were destroyed, which was able to force Zhang Xianzhong's troops to retreat, and it also became an official army to go out of the city to pursue hundreds of miles, and countless trophies were captured.

Now what we have to wait for is the court's reward for meritorious deeds, but this recital does not mention the battalion soldiers guarding Fengyang City, but holds the guards who are sleeping soundly in the sky.

By the way, the Ming Dynasty did not have this cheap writing style, the so-called Song Shu is to use expensive silk, Shu brocade, Hangzhou satin as the base, and then frame what they write on it, and according to the official rank to choose the background color of the book, the original production of this high-standard silk fabric in Sichuan, was slaughtered and burned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu silk weaving industry did not recover to the level of the late Ming Dynasty.

Obviously, the prefect Yan Rongxuan intends to snatch the merits, but Zhu Guozheng, who has someone in the court, does not intend to sit idly by.

Therefore, in the end, the overstepping level directly reported to the imperial court with an emergency military situation, and the soldiers under the tent must not be sacrificed in vain, let alone let these brazen guys sit back and enjoy their success.

And Zhu Guozheng also plans to take this opportunity to promote and cultivate his descendants, since he wants to sell Zhang Tanghuai a favor, it is not a big problem to promote a few relatives and a few guards.

The garrison Zhu Guozheng was full of smiles, thinking about what official positions to arrange for Zhang Tanghuai's brother and guard, while following the guidance to look at Han Yu in the distance.

It's just that the smile on his face suddenly froze on his face, obviously displeased.

I saw Han Yu with his cloak scattered on the ground, rolling from side to side, talking to himself as if he was crazy.

If such a stupid person is the hero who defended Fengyang City, Zhu Guozheng would rather believe that the Kou army led by Zhang Xianzhong had never attacked Fengyang City at all.

Although he trusts Zhang Tanghuai very much and intends to entrust him with important tasks, Zhu Guozheng will never appoint a crazy and stupid person.

Zhang Tanghuai, who was full of worry, was anxious, and quickly rushed up to check the situation, for fear that Han Yu would have three longs and two shorts.

The garrison Zhu Guozheng comforted Zhang Rang Tang Huai a few words, and then led people out of the west gate of Fengyang, although Zhang Tang Huai was very important, but he didn't care about the life or death of his crazy brother.

Fengyang is newly determined, Zhu Guozheng still has a lot to do, the foreign enemy has just retreated, and the battle with the prefect Yan Rongxuan has just begun.

Zhu Guozheng had just left, Han Yu instantly regained his composure, without the slightest symptom of madness before, and Zhang Tanghuai, who couldn't cry or laugh, quickly understood that Han Yu was obviously doing it deliberately.

In fact, Han Yu didn't plan to go out, especially in the core area of the competing interests in Zhongdu, maybe he was still working in the government one hour, and the next moment he was already in prison for trial.

Moreover, Kou Jun suffered a big loss under Fengyang City, but unfortunately Kou Shou Zhang Xianzhong is a master who has never suffered losses.

Han Yu could think with his toes that the angry Zhang Xianzhong would never give up, and maybe he would make a comeback one day.

In Han Yu's view, the Ming Dynasty has accumulated deep shortcomings, even if he can wish the Ming army to defend one city and one pool, but it is completely unrealistic to try to turn the tide and save the decline at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Uprising, garrisoning, being an emperor, this can only be imagined.

For Han Yu, the most important thing is to save the lives of Uncle Zhang and the Lin family next door.

What kind of world is his own responsibility, Han Yu asked himself if he had that ability, and although the Donglin party in the DPRK and China controlled the government, it was not without virtuous ministers and good generals, and it was not Han Yu's turn to come out.

Han Yu had already planned to leave Fengyang and go to Hangzhou to avoid trouble.

Historically, at least for a short period of time, it was relatively safe there, and even if the Ming Dynasty fell, it was supported by the Southern Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Han Yu deeply misses the kindness of Zhang's family, so naturally he can't just leave.

It's just that it may be possible for Zhang Tanghuai to give up his military position, but it is impossible for him to leave behind a group of brothers who grew up since childhood, and it seems that he can only do Zhang's ideological work.

"Brother Zhang, don't blame, the foolish brother doesn't want to be a leader, and the secret of heaven can't be revealed, once it is spread, it is likely to lead to murder!"

Han Yu's tone paused slightly, seeing Zhang Tanghuai's face full of wry smiles, he continued with a smile: "Besides, the credit of defending the city is all related to the eldest brother, if you really don't want to go, a roast chicken is enough." ”

"You, sometimes you can't guess what you're thinking!"

Zhang Tanghuai sighed slightly, but if he thought about it carefully, Han Yu's words were not false, it was not a good thing to leak the heavenly secrets.

However, since Han Yu is unwilling, he should not do what he wants, and do not do to others, Zhang Tanghuai still understands.

The next is the procedure for the bereavement, in order to win over Zhang Tanghuai, the garrison Zhu Guozheng is also bleeding profusely, and gives three times the bereavement money to the soldiers who died in the battle.

Although Fengyang City was saved, only one-third of the soldiers who followed Zhang Tanghuai to defend the city remained.

In the wilderness south of the city, Zhang Tanghuai personally collected the corpses, dug pits, filled soil, erected monuments, and spilled spirits on the graves.

"Zhuangzai, as long as I Zhang Tanghuai still has a breath, your parents will be my parents, and they will definitely retire and die, brothers go all the way!"

Respecting the sky, the earth, and the brothers, Zhang Tanghuai drank all the spirits in the bowl and led his troops to leave.