After dealing with the lifelong events of some of the soldiers of Jinyiwei, Zhu Youcheng finally waited for the news of the extermination of the rebel troops in Jidong.

They have all been evacuated from the chicken hole and are rushing to the camp to rest.

Zhu Youcheng looked at it, and the number of people seemed to be not small, but it was a little too miserable. I saw that each of them was covered with blood, and everyone was depressed.

Zhu Youcheng was shocked, could it be that their attack on the chicken hole had completely failed?

He greeted him and stopped a soldier. This soldier, he was very impressed, he was one of the best voices in the brocade guard, and he sent him to "sing songs" to the rebels.

The soldier paused and saluted him, pointed to his mouth, then shook his head, but did not speak.

Seeing this, Baihu Wei Ziming took a few steps forward and said, "My lord, he has been singing all night, but he has lost his voice and is speechless. ”

Zhu Youcheng secretly miscalculated, although Jin Yiwei has an iron will, but after all, he is a mortal fetus, his voice is not stronger than others, and he soars high all night, so it is strange that he is not dumb. Could it be that his own negligence in this regard led to the defeat of the whole battle?

Wei Ziming saw that Zhu Youcheng's face was cloudy, but he still stubbornly continued: "My lord, this attack is a chicken hole, we ...... We failed. ”

Zhu Youcheng was struck by lightning and failed, so how many soldiers did he lose? It seems that he is still too eager for quick success, and in the face of a cave with complex terrain, he brazenly let the soldiers attack, isn't this letting them go to death?

Wei Ziming saw that Zhu Youcheng's face had changed greatly, and he didn't dare to say any more. This is not because he is afraid that Zhu Youcheng will be angry with him, but because he is afraid that Zhu Youcheng will not be able to withstand the blow of failure. Although Zhu Youcheng is clever, after all, he is only a seventeen-year-old boy, and failure may be an unbearable weight for him.

Zhu Youcheng closed his eyes. Secretly clenched his fists in his sleeves, ready to listen to Wei Ziming.

After waiting for a while, he didn't hear any sound, and knew that Wei Ziming didn't dare to say anything, so he said, "Say it, this official...... The official can stand it. ”

Wei Ziming said cautiously: "My lord." We attacked all the way according to the methods of the adults, and we did not encounter decent resistance, killing more than 1,500 rebels and taking more than 8,000 prisoners......"

Zhu Youcheng couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked, "So, we have won a big battle?" Why do you say you've failed? Do you mean that you want to joke with this official? ”

"But our strategic mission, the plan to capture An, has failed. We rushed into the royal palace, which was set up in a chicken hole. found that Anwei's big and small wives were all there, but Anwei was gone. The interrogation of the captives revealed that an hour earlier, An Wei had fled with four or five hundred soldiers. There are many exits to the chicken hole, and we don't know which exit Anwei escaped from, and since Anwei is an escape, he must be in a hurry. Can't catch up. Alas, although there were many enemies annihilated in this battle. But what's the use of that? ”

Zhu Youcheng, with the help of Hanlin Academy, compiled the textbooks of the Daming Military Academy, no matter what, he will pretend to be a public and private, and use the textbooks of the Military Academy to train the soldiers of Jinyiwei, so Wei Ziming, a small hundred households, also knows the strategic purpose of this battle of chicken holes.

Zhu Youcheng laughed. Said: "If the enemy who hit the chicken hole is not completely annihilated, then catching Anwei is naturally the top priority, but Anwei's military force has been completely eliminated by Jinyiwei, and now he is just a Jiangyang thief, and catching him is certainly the icing on the cake." It doesn't matter if you can't catch him. ”

Wei Ziming asked tentatively: "Then ...... our mission this time?"

Zhu Youcheng said affirmatively: "A big victory!" ”

Wei Ziming relayed Zhu Youcheng's words to the soldiers participating in the battle, and all the soldiers swept away the decadent color, jumped up, and danced to celebrate the victory. The funniest are the brocade guards who are in charge of singing, some of whom have completely lost their voices, and when they celebrate, it is like performing a pantomime; And those who did not lose their voices, halfway through the shouting, covered their congested throats, squatted down and coughed.

Zhu Youcheng said: "You have the right to go back and rest, General Chen Guoqi will record your merits, and return to Beijing to have your own imperial reward, you don't have to worry." The singing soldiers don't be in a hurry to rest, you go to the infirmary set up in the camp first, drink a bowl of fat sea tea, and then rest. You have worked hard, and Daming will not forget you. ”

The soldiers cheered again.

Wei Ziming turned around and wanted to leave, but Zhu Youcheng stopped him and asked, "How can you be so wolfish and bloody?" Are you all wounded? ”

The expression on Wei Ziming's face was as ugly as eating a hundred flies, and he said, "Where, this is dog blood." When we walked through a narrow passage in the chicken hole, we found that the floor and walls were covered in blood, and we had to rub some of them on our bodies. Later, I found out that it was dog blood. The fool who thought that the song of the Brocade Guard was witchcraft and magic, and thought that the blood of the dog could be broken, so he slaughtered all the dogs he could find, and smeared the cave with blood. ”

Zhu Youcheng laughed when he heard this, and said: "This official is not using a spell, but a science, how can a dog's blood break it?" By the way, has the dog meat been shipped? Although the weather is hot now, it is not suitable for eating dog meat, but it is not wasted if you can eat it. As the saying goes, dog meat rolls three times, and the gods can't stand steadily. There is so much dog meat, just so that the Jinyi guards can fight for the tooth sacrifice. ”

Wei Ziming said: "No." We saw a large pile of dog corpses inside, but we did not move them because we had insufficient troops and had to escort the prisoners. By the way, can you eat dog meat? ”

"Of course you can, heroes love dog meat the most. The famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, Fan Xu, killed dogs, and the mage Jigong and the monk Lu Zhishen all liked to eat dog meat. According to legend, our Ming genius Cao Xuege also wrote down the famous couplet through the ages, and every time he slaughtered dogs, he was a reader. Guizhou dog meat is famous all over the world, but we Beijingers eat less. People often say that if you follow the customs, let's follow the customs. ”

Zhu Youcheng was afraid that he would eat dog meat alone and be considered a freak by everyone, so he encouraged the whole army to eat it together, and began to talk nonsense.

Zhu Youcheng has long heard that dog meat is delicious, but he has never had the opportunity to taste it, and now that he has the opportunity, he naturally refuses to let it go.

Seeing that Zhu Youcheng and Wei Ziming finished talking about business, King Xin interjected and asked, "Brother Cheng, you said that it was not magic that defeated the rebels, but science, so what kind of scientific principle is it?" ”

King Xin never dared to disturb Zhu Youcheng when he was doing business, so he suppressed his curiosity and waited for Wei Ziming to leave before asking about the principle of defeating the rebels.

Zhu Youcheng gave a detailed lecture on popular science to King Xin: "Ah Jian, do you remember the first time I took you to the vegetable market the year before last? After less than half an hour there, you are so irritable that you almost get into a fight with a man who stomps on your foot. ”

"That's because I have a bad temper and haven't cultivated at home. Go now, specify no. King Xin blushed - a prince actually quarreled with a hawker, which was really a bit of a fall.

"It's not about cultivation, it's about sound. The vegetable market is densely populated and noisy, which can easily upset people. If you amplify the sound of the vegetable market tenfold or hundredfold, what do you think will be the consequences? Also, children like to play a game that is to shout in other people's ears, which can often make other people's ears buzz. What would happen if you amplified this sound tenfold, hundredfold? ”

King Xin liked Zhu Youcheng like this when he was a child, and no matter how many times Zhu Youcheng persuaded him, he refused to listen. Later, Zhu Youcheng came to the other way, returned the other body, and shouted in his ear. Shin realized how painful it was, and he stopped the boring game.

Shin Wang then asked, "I remember that when you assigned the task, you clearly stated that you wanted to seize the position, but if you don't seize the position now, the mission is considered a failure. Why do you say that it is a great victory, is it to comfort these soldiers who participated in the battle? ”

"Of course not, I, Zhu, have never had mercy in the military. In this battle, I didn't expect our Jinyi Guard to achieve such a big victory in the chicken hole, and basically wiped out the Yiren troops. If it was An Bangyan who led the Yi people, it would be a huge mistake if he was not caught. Because An Bangyan is known as the 'King of Luodian' and has a very high prestige among the Yi people, if he is let go, it is very likely that he will gather his troops again and make a comeback. ”

Zhu Youcheng sneered, and then said: "But Anwei, who knows about him?" Having lost the last base of the chicken hole, he can only become a bandit and a rogue. As soon as our policy of changing the land and returning to the river is implemented, the Yi people will become the new Ming people, and he will not even be able to become bandits. At any time, he will be sent by his men as a tool to exempt him from punishment. That's why I said it was a big win. ”

King Xin nodded, and finally understood the strategic significance of the Ming army's battle of the chicken hole.

King Shin asked again, "By the way, is dog meat really delicious?" ”

"Of course it's delicious, otherwise the two monks who are empty are not good women, but they carry a dog's leg every day and break the ring again and again. Do you think dog meat is good? ”

When King Xin heard this, his saliva flowed out, and he said hurriedly: "Brother Cheng, then let's hurry up and go to the chicken hole and bring out the dog meat." For today's lunch, I want to eat dog meat, and I want to make it with your own hands, Brother Cheng. ”

Zhu Youcheng pondered for a moment, Wei Ziming and other soldiers swept the chicken hole, the rebels could not be said to be completely wiped out, but even if there were, it was just a few fish that slipped through the net, and they should not be able to make big waves. The status of the credible king is noble, and if something happens, it will be terrible. What to do? By the way, I heard that Daji Cave is a very beautiful large karst cave, so it is better to go in the name of sightseeing and protect King Shin in the middle, so that there will be no problem.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youcheng said: "I'm afraid lunch won't work, let's change it to dinner." The chicken hole is very deep, and it takes a lot of time to get in and out, and you will definitely not be able to get out at noon. But yesterday we visited the front section of the chicken cave and found that the scenery there is majestic and beautiful, and the inside should be even more spectacular. Why don't we take a thousand households with us today, collect the heads of the rebels, and visit the chicken hole at the same time? ”

King Shin naturally agreed. Zhu Youcheng ordered the guards to call Wu Huping's thousands of households, and asked them to bring more lanterns and torches, bring dry food at noon, and go into the cave to explore together. (To be continued......)

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