"Okay!" A cheerful laugh came from the Warm Fragrance Pavilion: "Gao Qiqian really deserves to be known as the person who knows the most soldiers, and he has won one hundred and fifty heads in less than two days after dividing his troops, but this Lu Xiangsheng is not bad, he has also beheaded more than one hundred and seventy heads, both of them are my good generals!" ”

Chongzhen looked at the good news that Yang Sichang had just presented and was full of joy, and looked at it again and again, as if he wanted to imprint the good news firmly in his mind.

"That's right, Yang Aiqing, have you checked all the heads you have won? Are they all real Tartar heads? Chongzhen continued to ask.

Yang Sichang, who was sitting on the side, replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the old ministers have already experienced, and all of them are the heads of the Tartars, and there is no pretence. ”

Yang Sichang looked at the elated emperor in front of him, and felt a little strange in his heart, happy that the army had won the battle, and his face was also bright, and it was strange how Gao Qiqian suddenly became so capable of fighting.

It's okay to fool Chongzhen, a layman, in the name of Gao Qiqian, but it's almost impossible to fool him, the military department secretary who is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses.

However, seeing Chongzhen so happy, Yang Sichang naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to raise this question, anyway, those heads are placed there, whose credit is very important, as long as the emperor is happy, this is better than anything else.

"Since the battle is won, the court will reward you, I don't know how the emperor plans to reward the generals?" After being happy, Yang Sichang raised the last and most important question, after all, the soldiers put their heads on the waistband of their trousers to play with their lives, and if they won the battle, it would be too bad to treat others if they were not rewarded.

Chongzhen thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, pass on the decree, reward 10,000 taels of silver, and promote the meritorious non-commissioned officer to the next level." Reward Lu Xiangsheng with 15,000 taels of silver, and the meritorious non-commissioned officer will be promoted to one level, and Lu Xiangsheng will be given a sword, and the generals below the third grade will have the right to cut first and then play! ”

"The old minister thanked the emperor for Jiandou!" Yang Sichang respectfully thanked Chongzhen, stood up and was about to leave.

Chongzhen looked at Yang Sichang, his lips squirmed a few times and he was about to say something, but then he stopped, this expression was seen by Yang Sichang, although Chongzhen didn't say it, but the shrewd Yang Sichang had already understood Chongzhen's thoughts, and he added a sentence in a timely manner, "The old minister will tell Lu Jiandou to let him fight carefully!" ”

Yang Sichang specially accentuated his tone on the word "careful", and seeing that Yang Sichang understood what he meant, Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand to let Lu Xiangsheng go out

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Lu Xiangsheng diligently defended the country, and won more than 170 heads of thieves and slaves before the day, which shows that his loyalty and courage are commendable, and I am very comforted, and he is rewarded with 15,000 taels of silver, and a sword of Shang Fang, in order to praise. Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu under his command, Yang An, the deputy general, and other officers were promoted to one level, and they are here! ”

A middle-aged eunuch held the holy decree in his hand, and after reading it, he handed it to Lu Xiangsheng, who was kneeling on the ground but was dumbfounded, and laughed softly: "Congratulations to Lu Dudu, the emperor values you in every way, and even the sword of Shang Fang has been rewarded to you." ”

Lu Xiangsheng forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, walked to the military official behind the eunuch, pulled him aside and asked in a low voice: "There is something that the old man wants to ask you, why didn't the reward of the Dingguo general Pang Gang come down?" Also, the merit excerpts we presented and the Tartar heads we sent were obviously more than 300 pieces, why was there suddenly less than 100 pieces! ”

"More than a hundred heads missing? The reward of the Dingguo general? This member of the Military Department's Military Election and Qing Officials Division frowned, thought about it and shook his head: "So that my lord can know that the name of General Dingguo is not on the tribute sent by Gao Gonggong this time, so naturally there is no credit for him." As for the first rank, there are indeed more than 300 pieces, but one hundred and fifty of them were captured by Gao Gonggong's side, so naturally they can't be counted on your head. ”

"What! Did you get it from a high dive? Lu Xiangsheng's heart sank suddenly, but then a wave of anger surged into his heart, "How can it be reasonable, Gao Qiqian dared to embezzle the head of the soldier's combat exploits, and his conscience let the dog eat it!" ”

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's angry appearance, this foreigner understood the truth of the matter with a turn of mind, but he had also seen a lot of this kind of thing, and knew that the general of Dingguo must have offended the Gao Gonggong who was in charge of grain and grass and recorded the merits of the whole army, otherwise he would not have been so greedy for merit, and he would not have given him even a trace of credit.

Thinking of this, the foreigner lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord Lu, you are also an old man in the military department, there are some things that you don't need to say humiliatingly, you also understand, this huge man must have offended people." But you also persuade that adult, if you want to open up, let's find an opportunity to apologize to Gao Gonggong in two days, after all, your arms can't twist your thighs. ”

Lu Xiangsheng's eyes were full of tears, his fists were clenched, and his nails pierced into the palm of his hand before he knew it, and he felt unprecedented sadness at this moment.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's sad and indignant expression, this foreigner sighed extremely unbearably and said, "Lord Lu, if you want to open up, it's not just about fighting in this world." Also, Yang Ge's old villain has a sentence for you, the country's troubles are not on the outside but on the inside, and if you can't settle inside, why should you be outside? The soldiers of Shanxi and Xuanda are all elite of the country, and the thieves have not been pacified, so they must leave this little belongings for the emperor. ”

"What, I see!" Lu Xiangsheng finally understood the reason why the emperor and Yang Sichang agreed to divide the troops between him and Gao Qiqian, it turned out that the emperor wanted to keep these soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the Liukou, for fear that he would consume all these soldiers and horses, so he agreed to divide the soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng, who understood the emperor's intentions, couldn't help but burst into tears, "Your Majesty, you are confused, the external troubles have not been settled, how can you deal with those rogues with peace of mind." Moreover, it is enough for Hong Chengchou and Chuan Tingzheng to encircle and suppress the Liukou in Shaanxi, why bother to prevent it with the soldiers of the whole country, Your Majesty, Your Majesty! ”

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng, who was crying silently, the foreigner smiled helplessly, shook his head and quietly left with the eunuch who passed the decree.

And at this time, the generals on the side also looked at each other one by one, these things are not easy to do, Pang Gang, who is serious about killing the enemy, does not have the slightest credit, but it is the promotion of these soy sauce fighters, and the reward of silver is rewarded, what is this called.

When everyone saw Lu Xiangsheng who was crying bitterly, they didn't dare to come forward to comfort him, but silently surrounded him silently. After a long time, Lu Xiangsheng stopped his tears, looked at Pang Gang with blurred tears and said: "Chaodong, the old man can't stand you, all the generals have rewards, but you are bad for the villain's calculations and nothing, the old man is ashamed!" ”

Pang Gang looked very open, and said lightly, "Governor Ludu, you don't have to blame yourself, the last general did not come to King Qin in Beijing this time to reward him, he just wanted to kill a few more Tartars, so that the Tartars would not harm my Ming people." Don't you hear that Grandpa Yue once said: "Civil officials don't love money, and military generals are not afraid of death, then the world is peaceful!" "The last general is not talented, and he doesn't dare to compare himself with Grandpa Yue, but he also yearns for it in his heart."

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned, and then said in a trembling voice: "Okay, good you Pang Gang, I didn't expect you to have such great ambitions, it seems that the governor of Pontus really underestimated you." But don't worry, there is a Governor of Pontus who will definitely not make you suffer, and at this time, even if it is a trouble, the Governor will ask the emperor for justice for you. ”

After pondering for a while, Lu Xiangsheng said: "That's it, this governor is in charge, you Qingzhou Army can take 10,000 taels of silver this time, and the rest will be divided by the generals, what do you think?" After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng also glanced at the generals.

The generals still didn't understand what Lu Xiangsheng meant, and besides, these credits were originally deserved by Pang Gang's Qingzhou Army, and if they wanted all of them, they wouldn't want to go, so they said: "Yes, General Pang, you can accept this silver, I will be ashamed to get some credit." ”

Pang Gang knew that this was the kindness of Lu Xiangsheng and the generals, and if he didn't accept it, they would probably be even more upset, so he nodded and agreed

After returning to the camp, Pang Gang sat in his seat and was silent, Da Zhuang, Hao Dayong, Hei Tie and other officers sat at the bottom of him, everyone's face was ugly, after all, he was robbed of military merits for no reason, and no one was convinced, and Da Zhuang couldn't help but scold and said: "This eunuch, one day I will cut off his dog's head, dig out his heart and liver, and see what color his heart is." ”

Hao Dayong also said: "My lord, we came all the way to the capital to King Qin, and after trying to kill the enemy, we were met with such a cold reception, which really made the soldiers feel cold!" My lord, since someone doesn't want to see us, let's go back to Qingzhou, right? ”

"Yes, go back to Qingzhou, let's not join in the fun." Hei Tie also shouted on the side, today's incident made them angry.

"Shut up!" Pang Gang glared at his subordinates and instructed: "We have come all the way to the capital to fight the Tartars, how can we retreat because of a small setback?" Don't you hear that military law is like a furnace, and if you withdraw troops without authorization, you will be beheaded? Take 10,000 steps back, if we wait to retreat, then who will protect the people of Hebei, you should know all the way, if there is no protection of my army, don't you know what the outcome of these people will be? If so, after you go back, the official can give you special permission to work in the guards, to ensure that you can all be rich men, who of you want to go? ”

Seeing that Pang Gang was angry, all the generals lowered their heads in shame and stopped talking.

Looking at the lowered heads of the generals, Pang Gang also sighed secretly, although he was sent by the imperial court this time, he actually couldn't bear the people in the Central Plains to be brutalized by the Qing soldiers. Every time these Manchu Qing people who started by fighting wild boars invaded the south, they left behind a barren ruin for thousands of miles, and the Chinese nation was further and further removed by world civilization in such a military disaster.

"Forget it, you can do as much as you can!" Looking into the distance, Pang Gang was silent

(To be continued)