The Forbidden City, the Imperial Gate, and the court meeting are underway.

Historians have said that Emperor Chongzhen is the most diligent of all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, there is no one, he has been an emperor for more than ten years since he ascended the throne to the desperate hanging on the coal mountain, and he has never been absent from the early dynasty, even the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang did not have him diligent in government.

As soon as the sky was polished, the hundred officials lined up in a long line and slowly entered the Huangji Gate under the guidance of the inner attendants, and when the hundred officials entered, Emperor Chongzhen was already sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the ministers who came in with His Royal Highness. After the hundred officials shouted three times and bowed three times, they each retreated to the train and waited for the emperor to speak.

Everyone's mood was very heavy, Liaodong Jiannu besieged Songshan Jinzhou, and the imperial court was powerless to rescue; The Central Plains thieves are raging, and the world is in continuous drought, and the land is thousands of miles away. It is really a national disaster, the Ming regime is crumbling, and at this time, no one in the DPRK will be in a relaxed mood. Especially when facing the emperor with a bitter and hateful face, everyone wanted to shrink their heads to their necks, so as not to be seen by the emperor and call out the train to inquire about countermeasures.

Emperor Chongzhen's brows were furrowed, he was in a very bad mood during this time, and there was almost no good news in the court music he saw every day. Chongzhen, who is worried about the world, how can he be in a good mood.

But the hundred officials shrank and shrank one by one, and they didn't even want to touch him, and no one stood up to play against him, and they were very angry with the emperor.

In the end, he still held back his anger and asked Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department standing in front of the train: "Chen Aiqing, how is the battle situation in Songshan?" ”

Seeing that he was named, Chen Xinjia hurriedly came out and played: "Long live Qizuo, Songshan is still besieged by Jiannu, and the ministers are ...... The minister has already arranged for reinforcements to go out of the customs, but it is just ...... The armies of the towns of Jingying, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Miyun, and Datong were all withdrawn, and the ministers only gathered less than 10,000 reinforcements. ”

"Ridiculous, how can such a small number of reinforcements relieve the siege of Songshan," Chongzhen couldn't help but be furious, "I order you to immediately send more reinforcements to relieve the siege of Songshan, otherwise I will severely punish you!"

Chen Xinjia was taken aback, so he could only kneel and knock on the ground, not daring to say a word more.

At this time, a eunuch shouted from far outside the hall: "Report, Songshantang report ......"

Then the voice became clearer and clearer, although the eunuch's voice was full of joy that could not be concealed, but the ministers in the palace were indifferent, and the news that came back from Songshan was depressing, and no one wanted to hear the news that the situation was in crisis and a large number of reinforcements were needed.

The little eunuch who reported the report ran directly to the bottom of the imperial steps, fell to the ground with a thud, and raised the Tang Bao in his hand high. Wang Chengen, the eunuch of Bingbi who was standing on the side, hurriedly took the Tang newspaper and presented it to Chongzhen's imperial case. Emperor Chongzhen sighed slightly, he also knew that the Tang Bao that came back must be worrying news, but he still opened the Tang Bao in front of the ministers and read it expressionlessly.

But after reading a few lines, his expression changed abruptly, and the whole person stood up from the dragon chair suddenly, the corners of his mouth began to twitch, and his body trembled violently.

Chongzhen's appearance suddenly touched His Royal Highness's ministers, and many ministers were speculating whether Songshan was lost and the emperor was so excited?

"Okay, great!" Chongzhen's face was already flushed, he slapped the Tang newspaper on the imperial case vigorously, and said incoherently: "Great, really good, hahaha, great!"

Seeing the emperor lose his temper like this, all the ministers were surprised, and those who were shrinking their necks stretched their heads, trying to figure out what was going on, so that the emperor behaved abnormally in front of so many ministers.

"Songshan Hong Aiqing sent good news, saying that a Ming army took advantage of the chaos to highlight Songshan, sneak attack Shengjing and succeeded, and destroyed Shengjing City. Jiannu could only withdraw troops from Songshan and Jinzhou, taking advantage of the chaos of Jiannu's withdrawal, Hong Aiqing and Cao Bianjiao's general army took the opportunity to lead the army to chase and kill, a total of more than 50,000 Jiannu were annihilated, and the siege of Songshan and Jinzhou was resolved. Hahaha!"

Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood, and once again laughed out loud in front of his ministers.

Emperor Chongzhen's words, like a bombshell detonating, stirred up a thousand waves, and the ministers were in an uproar.

"Long live, my Daming actually has such a fierce general, and he actually went deep into the hinterland of Jiannu alone and captured Shengjing?"

"Your Majesty, who is so bold?"

"Your Majesty, since there was a war in Liaodong, my Ming Dynasty has never achieved such a brilliant victory, it is really gratifying, we must tell the world about this matter as soon as possible, and the number of Jiannu's qi is about to run out!"

"Your Majesty, did Inspector Hong ever say, who led the army to raid Shengjing?"

Finally, an inquiry from Chen Xinjia, the nearest secretary of the military department, called Emperor Chongzhen back from his ecstasy, and he did not blame all the ministers for following the gaffe, and swarmed to the front of the palace, wanting to come to see the Tang newspaper. He held the Tang newspaper in his hand, walked slowly to the ministers, and said in a very joyful tone: "Hong Aiqing is not sure who led the army to raid Shengjing, but according to his guess, it should be Cao Yue, the youngest son of Cao Aiqing, the late governor of Zuo and the crown prince. On the same day, Cao Yue and Cao Bianjiao led their troops to counterattack Jiannu, and lost contact after entering the Jiannu camp and disappeared. Cao Yue fought bravely, bravely and strategically, and would not lead the army to escape, Hong Aiqing believed that it must be his doing. ”

"It's really a tiger father without a dog!" Immediately, someone praised Cao Wenzhao and Cao Yue.

"Dare to go deep into the hinterland of Jiannu alone, Vice General Cao is so courageous, it is really admirable!"

"Your Majesty, I will definitely reward this son, Vice General Cao's move to save my Ming army in Liaodong from fire and water!"

"Hahaha, okay," Emperor Chongzhen still smiled and couldn't close his mouth, "just according to what Qing and others said, I will tell the world about this matter." For the generals who have made meritorious contributions in battle, I have a heavy reward. If it is determined that this is Cao Yue's doing, I will reward him heavily. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Chongzhen finally suppressed his smile, and immediately ordered the eunuch Wang Chengen to say: "Immediately prepare an edict and tell the world about this matter." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave obeys."

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When Emperor Chongzhen received a report from Hong Chengchou and Longyan Dayue, Cao Yue's more than 1,000 men and horses were lucky enough to escape the detection of the Jiannu rangers and returned to Songshan City with difficulty.

About ten miles away from Songshan City, Cao Yue's men and horses encountered Cao Bianjiao's troops, who were patrolling and searching for the remnants of the enemy.

Of course, Cao Bianjiao's subordinates recognized Cao Yue, and immediately stepped forward to answer and report to Cao Bianjiao.

It was guessed that the sneak attack on Shengjing was done by Cao Yue, but there was no way to confirm Cao Bianjiao, when he heard that Cao Yue had appeared, he couldn't help but be ecstatic, and immediately took his own soldiers to greet him. Cao Bianjiao was very excited, and he ran to Cao Yue first, quickly dismounted, and hugged Cao Yue tightly, who also dismounted to greet him. "Fifth brother, you led the troops to attack Shengjing and succeeded, right?"

Of course, Cao Yue would not be modest, and nodded and admitted: "Cousin, it was the younger brother who did it." Shengjing was destroyed, Huang Taiji vomited blood and died, Jiannu had to retreat, and the siege of Songshan and Jinzhou was lifted, right? Haha, the little brother didn't expect that there would be such an effect. ”

"Did you really do it? Great, haha, I thought you died on the battlefield, but I didn't expect you to make such a great achievement, it's really amazing, haha, haha, good boy, it's impressive!" Cao Bianjiao had a feeling of crying with joy, and when he punched Cao Yue in the chest, he shouted: "You kid, you are getting more and more promising, and you are even better than your uncle back then." Let's go, let's hurry into the city, Inspector Hong knows that you have returned safely and made such a great contribution, he must be very happy, and he will definitely ask the court for merit for you!"

"Cousin, this time the younger brother also brought back a treasure and recaptured the jade seal of the country from Jiannu. Also, Dai Shan, the Prince of Jiannu, was also captured by the way, and this guy's influence in Jiannu is quite large!"

"Really?" Cao Bianjiao's frightened eyes glared at the boss, and he immediately laughed again, "Fifth brother, originally my brother felt that your credit was very great, maybe the imperial court would directly mention you as the chief soldier, now it seems that your contribution is really not something that ordinary people can imagine, and I think that my brother thinks that the rewards you can get are far more than that, maybe it will soar into the sky, haha, enter the city quickly." ”

"There is the credit of my cousin, without my cousin's response, it would be impossible for the younger brother to break out of the encirclement of Jiannu!"

"Let's go into the city and meet Inspector Hong!" Cao Bianjiao said, pulled the reins with his hand, and galloped up, and Cao Yue hurriedly followed. Soon, a group of men and horses galloped into Songshan City and marched straight to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army.

After hearing what Cao Bianjiao and Cao Yue said and confirming his inference, Hong Chengchou was also overjoyed, and couldn't help but step forward and pat Cao Yue's shoulder hard, and praised him sincerely: "Vice General Cao, you are amazing, you really have the demeanor of a father, this governor will immediately report to the imperial court, ask for merit for you, ask for merit for all the soldiers who have made war achievements, and this governor also has his own reward, haha, you are trying to turn the tide in danger!" Tonight, Ben Governor will give you a feast to celebrate, and we will rest drunk. ”

"Thank you, Inspector Hong!" Cao Yue immediately thanked him, and at the same time untied the package containing the jade seal and presented it to Hong Chengchou, "Inspector Hong, this is the jade seal of the country that has been missing for hundreds of years, and the last general has taken it back from Jiannu!"

"The jade seal of the country?" As soon as he heard that it was this treasure, Hong Chengchou's mouth widened in shock, he took the package with a trembling hand, and then solemnly opened it, and after carefully examining it, he wrapped it very carefully.

The Manchu Qing Li Prince Dai Shan was captured and taken to Songshan, which was automatically ignored by Hong Chengchou.

After raising his head and thinking about it seriously, he solemnly said to Cao Yue: "Vice General Cao, this governor will expedite this matter to the imperial court for six hundred miles, and at the same time ask for credit for you." I believe that the imperial court will definitely let you enter Beijing and accept the reward, and you will escort this jade seal into Beijing with you. ”

Hearing Hong Chengchou say this, Cao Yue was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Lord Inspector, the last general will take the jade seal of the country from Jiannu intact, and it will definitely be sent to Jingshi in the same good condition and handed over to Your Majesty." ”

Hong Chengchou patted Cao Yue's shoulder again and said meaningfully: "Vice General Cao, you have outstanding strategy and courage, and you will definitely do great things in the future." Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong, fled because of cowardice, has been arrested by the imperial court, presumably it is difficult to escape death, the post of general soldier of Datong is vacant, and the governor is ready to recommend you to be the chief soldier of Datong, I don't know what you think? ”

These words made Cao Yue stunned, but he immediately reacted, "Thank you for Inspector Hong's love, I'm afraid that the last general is not qualified enough to be qualified for this position!"

"You led the army to break through Shengjing, destroy its city, and recapture the jade seal of the country, who dares to say that you are incapable and unqualified? I believe that Your Majesty will agree, and will give you more rewards, so you should take advantage of the opportunity!" What Hong Chengchou said is meaningful.

"Thank you, Master Hong, the last general will remember your command!"