Chapter 160: The Great Victory (I)

In the autumn of the fourteenth year of Zhenyuan, the two countries of Zhao and Liao broke out in the territory of Gaizhou, the largest field battle since the Liao state. It was also the first confrontation between the Liao State in the wilderness.

This field battle was originally a sure victory for the Liao State, but the result surprised everyone. The victorious side of this field battle was actually the Great Zhao Empire, and the Liao State lost to the Zhao State in a field battle for the first time.

Of course, wars are brutal, and both the victorious and the defeated side bear a huge price. It was not easy for Zhao to obtain this field battle, and the Zhao army that participated in the battle, including the Wu private soldiers, the Qin army, and He Tengxiao's Xiao cavalry battalion, the number of Zhao troops killed was as high as 20,000, and countless people were wounded.

The Gaizhou battlefield was cleaned up after two days and two nights.

The good news spread from Gaizhou to Beijing along the way. Everywhere they went, the people of the empire set off firecrackers to celebrate this hard-won victory.

It is worth mentioning that Emperor Song Yuren of Zhao was accustomed to receiving news of repeated defeats in wars in various places during this time. When the good news reached the palace, Song Yuren, who was in despair, did not read the battle report first, but first asked where the war report came from, and the eunuch on duty replied that Song Yuren was Liaodong.

As soon as he heard the name of Liaodong, Song Yuren's heart was half cold. For more than a year, most of the news brought by Liaodong was defeated, and the occasional small victories were also exaggerated as big victories to report, and Song Yuren was already disheartened about the battle situation in Liaodong and did not report too much hope.

"Your Majesty! It's a big win! ”

The eunuch on duty outside the hall had a thin voice, and his shouts were particularly harsh.

"It's a lot of noise!" Song Yuren looked displeased, he was not surprised that Liaodong often exaggerated the exploits of hundreds of heads into the so-called great victory propaganda, thinking that this time the so-called great victory was still the same as before, and the Liaodong army would only win hundreds of heads of the Liao army at most, and it would not be on the table, "What other great victory can there be in Liaodong, thank God for not losing the division and losing the land." ”

Zhao Ze, the chief eunuch who served by Song Yuren's side, was the most powerful eunuch in the Great Zhao Empire and the leader of the inner court, and his actual power was no less than that of the cabinet chief, and he was also a smash hit figure.

"Your Majesty." Zhao Ze whispered in Song Yuren's ear to remind Song Yuren not to be rude, no matter what kind of "big victory" is always a victory, the people below will give good news to the top, and they still have to give a little bit of face, and they can't put on a stinky face.

"Companion, present it." Song Yuren waved his hand impatiently and motioned to Zhao Ze to submit the so-called "big victory" good news to read, a small victory is better than a big defeat.

The matter of the Menggu peace negotiation was revealed, and the surrender of Goryeo to Liao greatly damaged his prestige, and he became the first emperor in the history of the empire to break away from the empire and join another country. The Liaodong war situation was a great blow to the emperor of the Zhao Empire, who was trying to rise and wane. This young emperor, who was quite successful at the beginning of his reign, repeatedly showed signs of prosperity in the empire, and gave the people of the empire hope for the future. After many setbacks, he no longer had the ambition he had at the beginning of his ascension.

Zhao Ze is a eunuch who grew up in the deep palace with Song Yuren since he was a child, and according to the practice of the empire, each son of the royal clan has one to several small eunuchs as playmates to serve the children of the clan to grow up.

Of course, not all eunuchs are qualified to be playmates of the children of the clan, and they must be strictly selected by the inner court. The requirements of hard conditions alone are enough to eliminate a large number of eunuchs, such as becoming the playmates of the children of the clan must be of the same age as the children of the clan, and must not exceed five years old at most, creating a barrier. The eunuchs who become the playmates of the children of the clan must also be good-looking, have certain requirements for cultural literacy, and be smart and clever.

These conditions were enough to weed out a large number of eunuchs. Because there are those who pursue power, they can reach the top level of eunuchs, and ordinary civil officials have to curry favor when they see it, for fear of provoking you. But these people are only a minority, after all, without the following thing, no matter how powerful you are, the fun that power brings you is definitely not as great as that thing under your crotch. The most obvious point is that eunuchs cannot enjoy the pleasure that (sexual) desires bring you in the same way as ordinary people.

But most of those who entered the palace as eunuchs were forced to cut off the roots of their children and grandchildren and mix into the palace to make a living.

The imperial eunuch system was one of the most complete dynasties in history, and the eunuchs had a special management body for the eunuchs, which was a system of its own. The twenty-four eunuch departments became the twenty-four eunuchs, collectively known as the inner court. The most obvious statement in the 24 prisons is the celebrant who has the power to approve the red on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the chief eunuch of any dynasty is a hot and popular figure, and the head of the cabinet must respect him for three points when he sees him.

Zhao Ze is such a famous figure, Zhao Ze grew up with Song Yuren since he was a child, on the surface it seems that they are a master-servant relationship, but in fact, it is not, people with a discerning eye know that the relationship between the emperors of all dynasties and the emperor is not just a master-servant relationship.

Zhao Ze handed the good news to Song Yuren in the palace, and Song Yuren did not immediately open the good news and read it, but put it on the case first.

The eunuch couldn't be idle, he wanted to please him, and after the good news was submitted, he was not in a hurry to go out, but grabbed the ground with his head: "Your Majesty, great victory, great victory, beheaded nearly 50,000 levels, God bless my Great Zhao, God bless the emperor, the slave and maid are happy to the emperor!" ”

Song Yuren frowned when he saw this.

Zhao Ze's eyes were quick, and he seemed to sense something from the change in Song Yuren's facial expression. Without waiting for Song Yuren to speak, he shouted at the young eunuch of His Highness: "Exit!" And there are no rules. ”

The eunuch wanted to say a few words, but was stopped by Zhao Ze's sharp gaze. The young eunuch got up and cautiously confessed, and exited the main hall, where the two eunuchs on duty at the entrance of the main hall shot jealous eyes at him.

"Nearly 50,000 decapitations?" Song Yuren couldn't believe that the Zhao army in the Liaodong War was still able to behead more than 50,000 Liao troops. The head of the Liao army is the most rare, so the Great Zhao Empire gave the head of the Liao army an expensive reward of forty taels of silver. In contrast, the head of the Meng ancients, who were also barbarians, was reduced from a first-class thirty taels of silver thirty years ago to a current one-level five taels, which seemed too worthless and depreciated too quickly.

Song Yuren opened the good news and read it. What is different from the past is that this good news did not have a big uproar as usual, but only a few simple lines that concisely summarized the course of the normal war.

Beheaded 49,000 levels, Manshu Zhenyu's head was 29,800 levels, and the Yu rebel army was 19,200 levels! Or a field battle!

Just a few lines of words deeply stimulated Song Yuren's nerves. Song Yuren once thought that there was something wrong with his eyes and saw it wrong. After enduring a defeat for too long, such a major victory is in front of me, but I can't believe it. (To be continued.) )