Thick clouds rolled in the sky, like marshmallows, rapidly expanding, filling the entire sky, and the blue and black clouds, as if within reach, accompanied by thunderous bursts, large drops of rain fell, smashed into the dry land, splashing a cloud of dust.

The earth seemed to wake up suddenly, opened its thirsty mouth, and devoured the rain that fell from the sky, and soon the streets and under the eaves were full of rain, and the feeling of heat and dryness was swept away.

"It's raining, it's raining!"

The little eunuch shouted frantically, and the big eunuch Yuan Heng happily ran to Yuxi Palace and kowtowed.

"Emperor, it's raining from the sky, it's raining!"

Poop!

The bronze bell made a crisp sound, revealing a sense of joy. In the past two months, except for a little rain in the capital, it has never rained in the capital again.

Finally, there was a rain, and countless farmers and people were able to live again.

Jiajing was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Open the doors and windows, I want to cool down for a while!" ”

"Yes."

Yuan Heng hurriedly commanded the little eunuch to open the doors and windows, and let the cool breeze blow in, and the restlessness in his heart was calmed down at once. Suddenly the footsteps came up again, and McFuy trotted in from outside, and when he reached the threshold, he stumbled and almost fell.

"Hehe, how old are they, I don't know how careful I am." Jiajing smiled rarely: "What, there are good things again?" ”

McFuk hurriedly fell to the ground, and shouted with joy: "Emperor Qi, I have withdrawn from the army!" ”

Retired troops, finally retired troops!

Jiajing couldn't help but let out a long sigh, during this time, I besieged the city, needless to say, even the waterwheel of Xizhimen couldn't get in, and Jiajing couldn't drink the water of Yuquan Mountain.

As for the people, they are even more miserable, there is no supply of vegetables and fruits outside the city. I can only drink porridge and nibble on cakes every day, barely surviving. Fortunately, Tang Yi asked Xu Jie to prepare in advance, and Xu Jie was indeed a cadre, sending people to manage all the grain stores in the capital and opening Taicang. Only by selling grain at a low price did not cause a big mess.

Fortunately, everything is over, and I am finally gone, as if a nightmare is over. At this time, Jiajing was not only happy, but also had more pride.

"McFord, how many Tartars have been killed in this battle?"

McFuk was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The old slave doesn't know, but there are thousands of Tartar corpses outside the city. Since becoming a grandfather. There has never been such a big victory, old slave congratulations to Your Majesty! ”

"Slaves and maidservants congratulate Your Majesty!"

While speaking, Yuan Heng and the others also hurriedly bowed down and said hello to Jiajing together.

Jiajing scolded with a smile: "Just you, an old dog, can talk, Grandpa Cheng is beaten to the point of Tartar fart, I was bullied by Tartar to the door of the house, can it be the same?" ”

How many years Mai Fu has served Jiajing, he can naturally hear it. The emperor was simply insincere, and he couldn't tell how happy he was!

"Your Majesty. If you can win once, you can win the second time, and the third time, why worry about not being able to die! ”

Yuan Heng also hurriedly said: "The emperor is holy tomorrow, and there are virtuous ministers and fierce generals, and the Ming Dynasty is promising." God is so favored, I want to come to the emperor's immortal path. ”

……

The palace is happy, the cabinet is also jubilant, these days, Yan Song is basically in a state of semi-retirement. Xu Jie's orders, the votes are drafted, and the work is not leaky, and he has won the trust of hundreds of officials.

Especially when I replied to withdraw, after a big victory, Xu Jie would inevitably rise to the top, and the second assistant Li Ben could not be appreciated by Jiajing, so Xu Jie took his place, and even fell directly to Yan Ge Lao, and it was not impossible to sit in the position of the first assistant.

The civil and military officials are like sharks that smell blood, and they run towards Xu Jie's house in groups, even if they can't see anyone, they have to send filial piety up.

Others can't see Xu Jie, as a beloved disciple and heir to the mantle, Zhang Juzheng came early to congratulate the teacher, rushed into the duty room, and shouted loudly: "Teacher, I heard that Tang Zicheng sent warriors to attack my people and horses overnight?" ”

"Hmm." Xu Jie nodded with satisfaction, "That's right, it's a leader named Qi Jiguang, a thousand men and horses, taking advantage of the night and heavy rain, stormed the rear team of Alta, and it happened that there were reinforcements from all over the country to support, and rescued more than 300,000 people in the first battle, and recovered gold and silver, and countless grains, grasses and horses." ”

"Great!" Zhang Juzheng shouted excitedly: "I replied that this time I lost my wife and broke my army, and I have never fought with the Mongols so heartily over the years, I should be rewarded, I should be rewarded." ”

Xu Jie's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and said: "The old man is already drawing up a list of merits, but in the battle of defending the city, Tang Shen has made the greatest contribution, so let's call him over and discuss it together." ”

"Okay, I'll go!"

Zhang Juzheng happily became an errand runner and went directly to Tang Shen.

……

The heavy rain continued to fall, and Tang Shen was wearing armor, standing on the city wall, and had already let the rain wash away for an hour. As the actual commander, he has been put on countless halos, what a military wizard that is rare in a thousand years, the first hero of the protection of the sky, the savior of millions of people in the capital, and many people have written books, recommending Tang Shen to take over the Beijing camp, organize the army and run the army, and then fight outside the fortress and level the Mongolian ......

In the folk, the story of Tang Shen has been compiled into operas and storytelling, from the victory on the sandbank, to the entrance examination in Beijing, and then to the fight against me, in the mouth of the artist, Tang Shen and Tang are superheroes who combine the advantages of Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and other characters.

In the face of the tide of praise, Tang Shen did not feel joy, on the contrary, there was a strong fear and anxiety, how much ability he had, he knew that he could have today's prestige, and the biggest contribution was his son, but it was because his son was too young to bear it, so it fell on his head.

At the same time, Tang Shen also understood, is his son really so godly?

In fact, no, this battle to defend the capital was actually lost by the Ming Dynasty.

According to the original estimate, the Ming army adopted the measures of encircling Wei to save Zhao, and I would retreat in the face of difficulties. Who knew that they underestimated the arrogance of Alta, and the Mongols adopted the strategy of dividing their troops, and in a fit of rage, Alta actually attacked the capital.

Fortunately, with Tang Yi's various arrangements, coupled with the tall and sturdy capital and the large number of stored materials, he was able to barely resist the attack. If it were someone else, I might not be able to kill it.

The capital is unharmed, but the surrounding cities are unlucky, according to the intelligence from all over the world, I have plundered a total of more than a million people, not to mention the rest of the supplies. Fortunately, Qi Jiguang went to war and snatched back more than 300,000 people, and then Ma Fang destroyed Bansheng, overall, the Ming Dynasty suffered more losses, but the Ming Dynasty has a strong foundation, so I don't care, I will be in pain for a while.

Even so, the balance of strength between the Ming and Mongolia has not changed, and the Ming army still does not have the capital to fight in the wilderness. In any case, this lose-lose outcome can never be considered a big victory.

No matter how much others praise him, Tang Shen will not accept it, on the contrary, he will feel ashamed.

As the instinctive shame of the scholars of the Celestial Empire, a group of barbarians actually flaunted their might at the feet of the Son of Heaven and came and went freely, but they were just a victory in a defensive battle, and they were about to be praised to the sky and praised as a god of war, which is really ironic.

Ming Dynasty, you are too weak!

"Dad, calm enough, right?"

Hearing his son's whisper, Tang Shen hurriedly turned around, only to see Tang Yi standing beside him silently, also looking at the battlefield in the rain, without a trace of emotion on his tense face.

"Dad, in fact, we lost!"

"Hmm." Tang Shen nodded silently.

"Dad, you can't stay in the capital."

Others may not be able to understand Tang Yi's leapfrog thinking, but Tang Shen is clear, he has now gained fame far beyond his ability to bear, but he has no strength to support fame in his hands.

Facing Jiajing, facing the Yan Party, and facing the scholars of the world, they will not think so, they will only push the impossible task to Tang Shen, such as attacking me, such as reforming the military system, and the small horse will have something happening sooner or later. The faster you rise, the harder you fall!

The Tang family's father and son are now just seeds that have accumulated enough nutrients, and what they need is a piece of fertile soil to grow into a towering tree. In the capital, where the water was deeper than the Mariana Trench, they did not have time to sprout and were drowned.

After a short conversation, Tang Shen knew what to do next, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Zicheng, Brother Zicheng, the master wants to see you!" Zhang Juzheng stood under the city, shouting loudly.

……

"Students meet their teachers!"

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite!" Xu Jie's eyebrows opened and smiled, pulling Tang Shen up, he didn't care about the wet rain on his body at all, let him sit beside him, how to look at it and how relieved.

"Okay, two thousand Tartars were killed in this battle?"

"It's almost two thousand five!" Tang Shen said honestly: "On the first day, about 1,000 people died under the city, and 300 were killed at night, and in the next few days, the offensive of Alta weakened, and we killed more than 500 people. As for last night, Qi Jiguang chased to Baiyangkou, killed more than 1,500 Tartars, and snatched back 300,000 people. ”

Zhang Juzheng listened, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Zicheng, I heard you say that there are more than 3,000 people?" ”

"Lord Zhang, the account can't be calculated like this, there are also a lot of traitors and scum in the army of my answer, the teacher asked me how many Tartars I killed, but I didn't ask the traitors!"

"Hahaha, Brother Zicheng, Brother Zicheng, you are really an honest man!" Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "It's too honest, people are saying more about their achievements, why are you so careful?" ”

Tang Shen's face was grim, and he suddenly lifted his robe and knelt in front of Xu Jie.

"Teacher, the student has a few heartfelt words that I want to say to the teacher."

"Speak." Xu Jie said happily.

"Teacher, I am rich in the Ming Dynasty, the people are hundreds of millions of dollars, and the Tartars are not in my eyes, and the reason why I have been able to commit murder for many years is that we are too untrue in everything. The top and bottom are blind, and they follow the same path, so that they deceive themselves and others, and they are martial arts. In this battle, for example, millions of people around the capital were devastated and hundreds of thousands were taken away. How can a victory be counted as a victory if you kill only a few thousand enemies? The disciple has the courage to implore the teacher, play His Majesty truthfully, and be brave after knowing the shame, so that the Ming Dynasty can truly prosper! ”

Suck!

Xu Jie's face changed suddenly, he thought for a while, and when he didn't know how to answer, the great eunuch Yuan Heng hurriedly ran in.

"Elder Xu Ge, Your Majesty has announced your visit!" (To be continued.) )