The army led by Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting, with the loss of 20,000 soldiers, exterminated more than 30,000 Liukou, recovered Xiangyang Fucheng, and captured Li Dingguo, an important general of Liukou.

After the army entered Xiangyang Fucheng, Chen Xinjia made a decisive decision to garrison Xiangyang Fucheng and send a small force to clear the Liukou near Xiangyang Fucheng and consolidate the victories that had been achieved.

Chen Xinjia denied Sun Chuanting's battle plan to continue the march and wrote a memora to the imperial court.

Although Sun Chuanting wanted to pursue Zhang Xianzhong, who had become a lost dog, Chen Xinjia and Wang Yongji did not support it, and he had no choice, and Chen Xinjia's reasons were also sufficient, the army lost 20,000 people, and it also needed to rest, and Zhang Xianzhong still had a large number of rogues stationed in Yunyang, if Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi and others reconciled, the combat effectiveness would inevitably increase, and at that time, whether the army would be able to achieve victory was still uncertain.

The good news and twists were quickly sent to the capital.

Beijing, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the recital jointly written by Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and Wang Yongji, Zhu Youzhen's body trembled with excitement, all along, the civil and military ministers in the court believed that only the Zheng family army could really exterminate the Liukou, and it was precisely because the Zheng family army was the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Youzhen did not dare to act rashly, in case he annoyed Zheng Xunrui and caused the Zheng family army to rebel, then the Ming Dynasty would really fall down.

Now the army led by Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and Wang Yongji has won such a huge victory, which makes Zhu Youzhen see hope, and the Ming Dynasty is not only the Zheng family army is a brave army. The Ming also had other strong armies. Of course, in the twists and turns, Chen Xinjia and others also concealed something, for example, the ten Hongyi cannons brought by Zheng Kaihua did not appear in the twists and turns.

All the ministers of the cabinet also have smiles on their faces, and the victory was not easy to come by. In order to be able to completely exterminate the Liukou, the imperial court specially levied a salary, if it is not able to deal a heavy blow to the Liukou, I am afraid that it is really only necessary to rely on the Zheng Jiajun.

Zhu Youzhen, who had a flush on his face, looked at many cabinet ministers and spoke.

"Xiangyang has been recovered, I am very happy, the soldiers in front are very hard, bleeding and sweating, and they should be rewarded. Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting, Wang Yongji and others are even more meritorious, you Aiqing, what kind of reward I should give. ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen's words fell, Qian Shisheng spoke.

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that Lord Chen, Lord Sun and Wang Jianjun had made great contributions to the society and should be rewarded, but Lord Chen was entrusted by the emperor to supervise the war, and he completed the emperor's trust. You can return to the capital, and its merits are enough to enter the cabinet. As for Lord Sun and Wang Jianjun, they still need to lead a large army to continue to exterminate the Liukou, and the minister thinks that after the battle to exterminate the Liukou is completely over, he will reward Lord Sun and Wang Jianjun......"

Qian Shisheng did not wait for Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, to speak, nor did he wait for Zhang Fengyi, the second assistant of the cabinet, to speak. First of all, he expressed his opinion, this is a strange situation, but it is not an uncommon thing to have such a situation, and the emperor is no longer particularly satisfied with Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, and Zhang Fengyi, the second assistant to the cabinet. The biggest change is that cabinet ministers implement a rotating duty system, and they can exercise the powers of voting during their shifts, which is equivalent to partially depriving Zhou Yanru and Zhang Fengyi of their powers.

This situation is still because Zheng Xunrui, Zhou Yanru and Zhang Fengyi have a good relationship with Zheng Xunrui, Zhu Youzhen has regarded Zheng Xunrui as a thorn in the flesh, and wants to get rid of it quickly, in this case, Zhou Yanru and Zhang Fengyi are naturally difficult to get Zhu Youzhen's complete trust.

After Qian Shisheng finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly and looked at the rest of the cabinet ministers.

Hou Xun then spoke.

"The minister thinks what Lord Qian said is very reasonable."

A smile appeared on Zhu Youzhen's face, and he didn't wait for the others to speak, and followed closely after speaking.

"I thought that Qian Aiqing's suggestion was completely feasible, and the celebrant immediately drafted it, and enshrined Chen Xinjia, the prince of Shaobao, and the scholar of Dongge University, entered the cabinet to participate in politics, and conferred the title of Shangshu of Sun Chuanting's military department, and still received the title of governor of the five provinces, responsible for the extermination of the rogue......"

Zhou Yanru and Zhang Fengyi glanced at each other, and they looked at Yang Sichang at the same time.

Yang Sichang concurrently served as the secretary of the Ministry of War as a cabinet minister, and now Chen Xinjia is concurrently serving as the left servant of the Ministry of War as a cabinet minister, so the power of the Ministry of War has greatly increased.

The emperor's decree is very beneficial to Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia has received a lot of support from Yang Sichang, and this time he can enter the cabinet, he must support Yang Sichang, which leads to more variables in the division of power in the cabinet, Qian Shisheng and Hou Xun and others are resolutely supportive of the Donglin Party, Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia huddle together for warmth, firmly control the military department, and also have a lot of right to speak, as the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, has almost no support, and it is difficult, and Zhang Fengyi, the second assistant of the cabinet, is slightly better, can get the support of Yang Yipeng.

The emergence of such a situation in the cabinet is very unfavorable, because the chief and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet lack the necessary authority, and it will be impossible for the cabinet to form any joint force, and once a situation of separate affairs appears, major affairs in the DPRK and China will encounter twists and turns.

It's a pity that at this time, Zhou Yanru and Zhang Fengyi can't speak, even if they reluctantly say it, it is impossible to get the emperor's support, they know very well that the emperor's mind has undergone a major change, and he is bent on being able to cut off Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun and maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

The victory achieved by Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting and others was supposed to be, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800, and the loss of the army was not small, and a lot of money and food were consumed.

On February 18, the emperor's decree arrived in Xiangyang Fucheng.

Such a quick decree is too rare, and it can be seen that the emperor's mood is very happy.

When he received the order, Chen Xinjia couldn't suppress the smile on his face, his goal was finally achieved, he entered the cabinet smoothly, and he was infinitely close to the peak of power.

Regained Xiangyang and achieved a huge victory, Chen Xinjia has already retreated, he doesn't want to continue to fight with the army, the victory of the battle of Xiangyang, with a certain degree of chance, and then want to completely exterminate the Liukou, it is not so simple, it takes a long time to fight, it needs accurate deployment, and Zhang Xianzhong suffered a heavy blow, how can Li Zicheng of Nanyang not have the feeling of dying and cold, once the two Liukou form a tacit understanding, or even unite, from both sides to launch an attack on the imperial army, The tide of battle is bound to change unpredictably.

Leaving now is the best option, and besides, the purpose of entering the cabinet has been achieved.

This is where Chen Xinjia is smart, the reason why he asked the army to rest in Xiangyang Mansion City, also has such a layer of meaning, just imagine, if he Chen Xinjia is still leading the army to fight, and fighting fiercely with the Liukou, in Xiangyang or Yunyang and other places, then the emperor considers the angle is different, for the deployment and implementation of the overall operation, it is not necessary to let him leave, now the army is resting in Xiangyang Mansion City, he can leave at this time.

Chen Xinjia also has a smart place, that is, to win people's hearts to the greatest extent.

In the midst of the twists and turns, he vigorously advocated the merits of Sun Chuanting and others, and did not emphasize too much on his own merits.

Not to mention that Sun Chuanting led the military department with the title of secretary and concurrently served as the governor of the five provinces, it is said that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others were also promoted, because of the victory in the battle of Xiangyang, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance were all promoted to the military department.

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others are also people with certain abilities, they initially took refuge in Zhang Pu, but they did not get much care from Zhang Pu, which made them extremely disappointed.

It is precisely because of the promotion and attention that Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance are determined to serve Chen Xinjia, and they have found a big tree like Chen Xinjia, which can be relied on.

It can be said that the victory in the Battle of Xiangyang has benefited too many people.

In late February, Chen Xinjia completed the handover of everything and prepared to leave Xiangyang Fucheng.

Sun Chuanting made a grand arrangement, specially for Chen Xinjia.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others continued to stay in Xiangyang and stay by Sun Chuanting's side.

After becoming a member of the military department, the status of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance has also undergone some changes, at least Sun Chuanting attaches more importance to the two of them, and the opinions and opinions of the two are consulted on many things.

Chen Xinjia was in high spirits, drank a lot of wine at the banquet, sent a lot of blessings, because of the change of identity, he became a cabinet minister, and the attitude of Sun Chuanting and others was also a lot more humble.

Chen Xinjia left Xiangyang Mansion with satisfaction and satisfaction.

Among all of them, the low-key one is the prison soldier Wang Yongji.

Many people think that Wang Yongji has not received any reward, and some people are even unconvinced by Wang Yongji, in fact, no one knows, Wang Yongji has received a lot of benefits, he officially established the identity of the celebrant eunuch, ranked among the highest level of the celebrant eunuch, and Wang Chengen, Cao Huachun, Gao Qiqian and Wang Dehua and other ceremonial eunuchs have the opportunity to sit on an equal footing. (To be continued......)