Chapter 440: Long live the emperor

Qin Cha Da Wen Tianxiang had a serious face, stood in front of the incense case and read aloud: "Today, the Mongolian army is going south and committing the land of my Great Song Dynasty, and Xiangfan is the first to bear the brunt. Under the leadership of General Lu Wende, the commander of the Xiangyang Military Region, and General Lu Wenhuan, the deputy envoy and governor of Xiangyang Prefecture, we bravely resisted the enemy and blocked the enemy outside the city. In recognition of the prestige of Xiangfan, a special grant of 2.5 million yuan was given to reward the military and civilians of the two places as encouragement. General Lu Wenxin, the commander of the Black Carbon Regiment of the Xiangyang Military Region, fought the Mongolian expedition to the south of the marshal Ashu, grew the morale of our army, lived up to the mission, and was crowned as a general of the captives, given a gold belt, and received the four ranks. The commander of the 16th compartment of the Xiangyang Military Region made Lu Shikui face the enemy's front line, commanded properly, and gave him a purple medal uniform and a gold belt. I hope that the military and people of the two cities will make persistent efforts to protect the territory of the Great Song Dynasty in order to achieve greater achievements. Chin this. ”

Lu Wende and others bowed again: "Minister Lu Wende, Minister Lu Wenhuan, and Minister Lu Wenxin thank the emperor for his grace, the emperor's grace is vast, and the ministers will be broken to pieces, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness and the court's affection." ”

"Lord Lu takes the order."

After Lu Wende got up, he took the holy decree from Wen Tianxiang and said: "Lord Wen, Master Shi, Master Li, the three of them have been driving all the way, in Lu's opinion, everyone will rest for one night first, and it is not too late to discuss major matters tomorrow." ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Okay, Lord Lu, I'll discuss it again tomorrow morning." ”

For Xiangyang's commendation, I have carefully considered it. Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan are among the feudal officials, but they have no outstanding military exploits for the time being, but since there is a Qin mission, they should be given some rewards, and I will reward Lu Wenxin and Lu Shikui of the Lu family.

I don't want to be the same as the original history, the Lu family and the imperial court are suspicious of each other, and the generals who support the army and respect themselves have always been jealous of the imperial court, and Yue Fei in the early Southern Song Dynasty is the most typical example. At the beginning of the war, the suspicion of the monarch and the minister was really a big taboo, of course I would not make this mistake, although the Lu family has been operating in Xiangfan for more than ten years and has become a self-contained entity, I still believe that the Lu family is loyal to me.

It was late at night, and although he was tired all day, Lu Wende lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. "Your Majesty has sent three important ministers of the court, which is enough to show the importance of Xiangyang City. However, is Your Majesty dissatisfied with me? Field? Reuse the Lu family? Will this make His Majesty's heart think? Lu Wende thought. It wasn't until dawn that Lu Wende fell asleep in a daze.

After eating breakfast in the Shuai's Mansion, Wen Tianxiang said: "The ministers and the other three inspected Xiangfan by His Majesty's order, the intention is to enhance the confidence of the military and civilians in Xiangfan, in addition, His Majesty also has clear instructions on military affairs, Lord Shi, you talk about it first." ”

Lu Shimeng, who was on the side, put the military map of the area around Xiangyang City on the table. Shi Yanzhi said: "Lord Lu, please look at the map, the closest to Xiangyang is Yingzhou in the south and Suizhou in the east, at present, there are more than 6,000 people in the department of General Zhang Shun of the Lin'an Military Region in Yingzhou, and more than 3,000 people under the command of Lord Chen Yi of the Naval Division, according to His Majesty's will, before the end of the year, all the officers and men of the third compartment of the reorganization of Wu Songhan of the Lin'an Military Region will arrive in Yingzhou, and before March next year, the merged Jianghuai Military Region will first send a box of military strength to Suizhou, and at that time, the strength of our army in the Xiangyang area will reach about 100,000 people, And His Majesty will also lead the Imperial Forest Army to come here in person when the Battle of Xiangyang enters a state of interweaving. After that, looking at the progress of the Battle of Xiangyang, there may be more reinforcements here. ”

"What? Your Majesty will drive the expedition in person? Lu Wenxin said excitedly. As the number one master in the Xiangyang army, Lu Wenxin's level is not enough, because he has not seen the true face of the current emperor with his own eyes, but since he got the sword of defeat, Lu Wenxin has developed a very strong interest and good impression of me, the emperor.

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty did say this personally. ”

"No." Lu Wenhuan said, "There are tens of thousands of Mongolian troops gathered in the land of Xiangfan, Lord Wen, you should persuade Your Majesty not to take risks easily." ”

Li Beiyang smiled slightly and said, "Lord Lu, you don't know Your Majesty's temperament, how can the things Your Majesty decide easily change." ”

Lu Wende nodded and said, "Yes, although Your Majesty is gentle and can listen to the advice of others, he is extremely firm. Wen Huan, as long as we try our best to drag the Mongol army under Xiangyang City, Your Majesty will be able to command the battle in the area of Yingzhou. ”

Shi Yanzhi said: "We also persuaded Your Majesty that day, but Your Majesty said that I have hundreds of thousands of troops, and good generals are like clouds, can't I protect Your Majesty's safety?" ”

Lu Wenxin said with a smile: "Your Majesty is arrogant, and he is really the Ming Jun of my Great Song Dynasty." Ladies and gentlemen, when Your Majesty personally marches, the last general will lead the Black Carbon Regiment to protect it, and you will definitely not let Your Majesty be harmed by the slightest. ”

Shi Yanzhi said: "General Lu is strong in martial arts, and His Majesty is also very happy to have such a good general." ”

Lu Wenxin said happily: "The last general has to thank His Majesty for the gift, with the broken sword, the last general is no longer afraid of the Su Luding of the Ashu." ”

"Report." The voice of the guard suddenly sounded.

"Come in."

"Great commander, the Mongols have begun to bombard the east gate again."

Wen Tianxiang said: "General Lu, then we will go to the east gate together." ”

Lu Wenhuan said: "Lord Wen, the Mongols have a large number of stone throwers, so let's wait for the war to come to an end." ”

"It's okay, Lord Lu, aren't the soldiers on the city tower also holding on?"

Lu Wenhuan saw that Wen Tianxiang didn't seem to be a fake: "That's good." As a civil official, Master Wen actually has this courage, and Lu admires it. ”

To the east of Xiangyang, stones from Mongolian stone-throwing machines kept hitting the city walls and the bunkers on the towers, and most of the defenders withdrew from the towers and hid in the bunkers. Lu Shikui, who was still sticking to the city wall, saw Lu Wende and the others coming from a distance, and hurriedly and carefully avoided the flying stones, stepped forward, and stopped: "Dashuai, it's dangerous here. ”

Lu Wende suddenly stepped forward and said, "Three adults, let's be here." Master, come here and meet Lord Chincha. ”

"Chincha?" Lu Shikui secretly shouted, and immediately stepped forward and saluted: "The commander of the sixteenth chamber of the Xiangyang Military Region has made Lu Shikui see Lord Qincha. ”

"General Lu, he is worthy of being a general, a hero is a young man." Wen Tianxiang praised.

Shi Yanzhi smiled: "Master, do you remember the old man?" ”

"Master Shi?"

"Hehe, yes, when the old man saw you, he was still a teenager, and in a blink of an eye, it has been almost twenty years. Master, the old man will introduce you to you, this is Lord Qincha, Lord Wen Tianxiangwen, President of the Government Council. ”

"The last general has seen Lord Wen." For Wen Tianxiang's name, most of the younger generation know that the champion Lang was appointed by Emperor Lizong back then, but Lu Shikui heard his name but never met him.

"This is Master Li Beiyang, the envoy of the Navy Division."

"The last general has seen Master Li."

"Okay." Wen Tianxiang praised and said to Lu Wende, "General Lu is a hero. ”

"Adults laugh."

Lu Shikui said: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is dangerous here, you better go back to the Shuaifu first, and when the battle is over, I will say hello to all my lords." ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "It's okay, General Lu, you go up and command the battle, and when the battle is over, we will go to the city to have a look." ”

After Lü Shikui left, about a quarter of an hour later, the Mongol stone throwers stopped roaring. Wen Tianxiang and others, accompanied by Lu Wende and a group of imperial guards, boarded the east gate of Xiangyang City.

"Zhao Wan, quickly clear the battlefield and greet Lord Qincha."

"Qincha, what Qincha?" Zhao Wan, who hadn't reacted yet, said.

Ergou, the captain of the herald beside Lu Shikui, was quite clever, and immediately notified the soldiers on the city wall when he saw this.

"Lord Qincha has come to visit us, and the emperor has sent someone to see us." All of a sudden, there was thunder of joy on the city tower.

Wen Tianxiang smiled and came to the middle of the soldiers: "The soldiers of the sixteenth chamber, you have worked hard. Today, Xiaguan Wen Tianxiang, as the emperor's appointed messenger, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, came to Xiangyang to visit everyone, to visit all the soldiers of the Xiangyang Army to defend our dynasty, His Majesty said, the Xiangyang Army is the most capable of fighting a tough battle in the army of our dynasty, the elite of our dynasty, and the most assured army of the emperor. Ladies and gentlemen, without your blood and sweat in front, there would be no peace for tens of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, you are heroes, the real heroes of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

"The Great Song Dynasty will win, and the Great Song Dynasty will win."

"We are heroes, the emperor himself said, we are heroes." The soldiers in the city were so excited that they couldn't help shouting repeatedly, "Long live the emperor, the Great Song Dynasty will win." ”

"Brave soldiers of the Xiangyang Army." Wen Tianxiang stretched out his hand to signal, and after everyone quieted down, he continued, "This time, the lower officials are entrusted by the emperor and the imperial court to come to visit you, and secondly, the emperor entrusts the lower officials to solve practical problems for the military and people in Xiangyang. The emperor will personally intervene, as long as it does not violate the laws of our court, the court will try its best to solve it for you. For this reason, the emperor instructed that the ICAC offices on the front line can accept the complaints of the soldiers, and if you feel that there is something wrong with your superiors, you can also handle the complaints through the ICAC. In short, the emperor's meaning is very clear, the soldiers fought bloodily, bleeding and sweating in the front, and we must not let them shed tears in their hearts while bleeding. ”

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

The simple soldiers on the city tower could hardly hide the excitement in their hearts, but they didn't know how to express it, so they could only use the simplest sentence of "Long live the emperor" to express the mood in their hearts.

This is an era of imperial power, the emperor can personally care about the soldiers in front of him, whether it is true or not, Wen Tianxiang's speech made me, the emperor, love and trust the Xiangyang army.