The fifteenth day of the first lunar month was originally the Lantern Festival, and the emperor and the people enjoyed watching the lanterns and spending this festival, but it was a pity that Chongzhen could not have such an atmosphere in the eighth year.

In the Qianqing Palace, there was a fold on the imperial case, and the emperor's face was pale.

Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Zhenmeng, the second assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Fengyi, the assistant minister of the cabinet and the secretary of the military department, looked at the emperor with a blue face.

"I can't imagine that the Liukou is so bold and dares to attack Zhongdu, which is the land of the Ming Dynasty's Longxing, if it is broken by the Liukou, what face do I have to face the ancestors and ancestors."

Cold sweat fell from the heads of Wen Tiren and others, they didn't expect that this was only a long time, the battle of Chezhou Gorge in July last year, Liukou suffered a heavy blow, it is said that in a short period of time, it is impossible to grow up so quickly, but things are developing in a place that everyone can't imagine, Liukou attacked Henan on a large scale, took Xingyang, and then went all the way to the direction of Nanzhili, took Yingchuan, Shouzhou and other places, and defeated Yingchuanwei.

You must know that Shouzhou is less than two hundred miles away from Fengyang Mansion City, and at this time, even a fool knows what the target of the Liukou attack will be next, and from the snowflakes sent from all over Henan and Fengyang, the number of Liukou who are preparing to attack Fengyang Mansion City is close to 200,000, and such a huge team of Liukou is definitely not something that the sergeants guarding Fengyang can resist.

Seeing that a tragedy is about to occur, but there is nothing to be done, this is probably the most unbearable thing.

The death-like silence in the Qianqing Palace, no one can propose a good construction, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, is still in Datong, and when he mobilizes the army to rush to Fengyang, there is no longer the slightest left or right, the two places gather thousands of miles, Henan, Shanxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Shandong and other places The army is still celebrating the Spring Festival, even if the army of Huguang and Sichuan has entered the territory of Henan, if they want to quickly rush to the aid of Fengyang Fucheng, there is not enough time.

The emperor slowly stood up, his face pale, but a young man in his twenties, who looked like an old man.

Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, swallowed his saliva with difficulty and spoke, he was the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he had to speak at this time, even if the words he said had no effect.

"Your Majesty, as the secretary of the military department, the minister failed to predict the movements of the rogue, the minister is guilty, and I implore the emperor to punish him."

"Is it useful for me to punish you?"

The emperor's words were very light, but they were like a heavy hammer, knocking everyone out of breath.

Everyone knelt down unconsciously.

"Everyone, get up, this is God punishing me, I have lost my morality, since I ascended the throne, the rogue has harassed, there have been disasters and famines in various places, the people have been displaced, and the Houjin Tartars in Liaodong have become more and more rampant, I am really tired."

Wen Tiren and the others didn't dare to get up, the emperor's words were very heavy, and it was clear that they couldn't find a minister to rely on, and when everyone heard such words, their inner feelings could be imagined.

"If Fengyang is lost, I will sin myself."

The emperor wants to issue an edict against himself, which is unbearable for the cabinet, which shows that the cabinet has not done anything well.

As the first assistant of the cabinet, Wen Tiren had to speak.

"Your Majesty, this is the minister's dereliction of duty, and the minister resigns as the first assistant to the cabinet......"

"Wen Aiqing, do you want to leave me?"

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister is difficult to repay if he dies, and the minister doesn't dare to ......"

Wen Tiren kowtowed again and again, and his body trembled slightly.

The emperor's expression became gloomy and hideous, looking at the ministers kneeling on the ground, he sighed softly, the battle between the court and the middle, how could he not know, so many years have passed, you trust the ministers of the court, but in exchange for the result is that the party is constantly fighting, the government is delayed, he thought he could coordinate in the middle, but he suffered a series of heavy blows, helpless, he can only believe in the eunuchs around him, this time if he is really occupied by the Liukou Fengyang, then he has no face to face the ancestors, can only issue an edict of guilt.

At this point, it's useless to blame anyone, the emperor slowly turned around, ready to go back to the harem, he needs to be quiet alone, how to face the upcoming tragedy, how to exterminate the rogue, this is what he needs to think about.

The celebrant and eunuch Wang Chengen hurriedly came in with a fold in his hand.

Seeing the situation in the Qianqing Palace, Wang Chengen was stunned for a moment and quickly knelt down.

Before Wang Chengen could speak, the emperor spoke with a calm face, and he needed to find a place to vent.

"Wang Chengen, don't you know the rules of the palace."

Wang Chengen is the emperor's most trusted eunuch, and he has always been by his side, when the emperor was still the prince, Wang Chengen was loyal, and the emperor's words just now were obviously to punish Wang Chengen.

Wen Tiren and the others did not speak, the matter came to this point, the emperor punished Wang Chengen, but he was just looking for a place to vent, and this kind of venting can only be done on the most trusted person.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Zuo Du Yushi and the governor of Yansui Zheng Xunrui, Lord Zheng dealt a severe blow to the Liukou, killed Luo Rucai, the chief leader of the Liukou, and killed nearly 50,000 Liukou......"

The emperor was stunned for a moment and stared at Wang Chengen for a long time.

"Wang Chengen, such a twist should have gone to the cabinet, how did the master of ceremonies get it."

"General Yang, who sent the recital, said that it is the spring break, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find the cabinet lords, and this recital is very important, and it must be presented to the emperor immediately, so as not to worry the emperor......

Before Wang Chengen finished speaking, the emperor hurriedly walked down, took the fold, and looked at it carefully.

Slowly, the emperor's face was flushed, and a smile also appeared.

After watching the song in one go, the emperor couldn't help laughing.

Everyone looked at the emperor and was extremely surprised, not knowing why the emperor would laugh regardless of etiquette.

"God bless Daming, I can't think of it, I can't think of it."

The emperor handed the fold directly to Wen Zhenmeng, the deputy assistant of the cabinet, which made everyone even more surprised.

Wen Zhenmeng carefully took the fold and read it as quickly as possible, Rao is so, his face also changed.

The next one to see the twist and turn was Wen Tiren, followed by Zhang Fengyi.

The atmosphere inside the Qianqing Palace has completely changed.

"Zheng Aiqing has made great contributions, the court must be rewarded, and I must be rewarded."

Wen Tiren looked at Wen Zhenmeng and spoke.

"Your Majesty, Lord Zheng has made a huge contribution this time, and the reward is reasonable, but the minister thinks that it is better to ask the person who sent the fold to report in detail, so that the emperor can know the reason for the matter."

"Yes, yes, why did I forget jì."

When Yang He entered the Qianqing Palace, he felt a little dizzy, but within a short period of time, he got used to it.

In the face of the emperor's inquiry, Yang He began to narrate, he was bent on making meritorious contributions to Zheng Xunrui, so he began to narrate from the time of sending troops, during which he talked about Zheng Xunrui's many predictions, including leading the army to Xincai, staying for more than ten days, and then directly into Shouzhou, setting up an ambush in the mountain col more than 20 miles away from Fengyang Fucheng, annihilating more than 20,000 vanguard troops of the most elite Liukou, killing Luo Rucai, the general leader of the Liukou, the army did not rest in the mountain pass, followed by the wave of the division, defeated the follow-up army of the Liukou, and killed more than 30,000 Liukou, Let the rogues scatter and escape, the only regret is that they were not able to kill the leaders of the rogues, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng and others.

After this battle, the Liukou all withdrew in the direction of Xingyang, not daring to covet Nanzhili, Zuo Du Yushi, Yansui Governor Zheng Xunrui, and Yulin General Liu Zeqing had already led a large army to follow and pursue.

Although what Yang He said was very straightforward, he had experienced all the qiē, so what he said was very reasonable.

The emperor listened very carefully, obviously sinking in.

Wen Zhenmeng's face turned pale, he couldn't imagine that Zheng Xunrui had made such a great contribution, this was not an ordinary battle, not only to protect the central capital Fengyang, but also to kill Luo Rucai, the chief leader of the Liukou, such a merit, no matter how much reward he received, it was not unusual, but at this time, another thought appeared in his mind, Zheng Xunrui could not get too high a reward, otherwise the face of Hong Chengchou and others would not be good-looking.

Wen Tiren didn't have too much expression on his face, he kept his head down, but he didn't miss every word of Yang He, he sighed that Zheng Xunrui's accurate analysis and bold decision-making, with an army of 30,000, facing nearly 300,000 rogues, he chose one of them and hit it hard, and he chose the strongest way, so that the rest of the rogues must have been deterred.

The most important thing is to kill Luo Rucai, the general leader of the Liukou, you must know that Luo Rucai is the leader recommended by the Liukou at the Xingyang Conference, and in just a few days, he was killed by Zheng Xunrui cleanly, and he also killed the most elite 20,000 cavalry of the Liukou.

It can be said that the importance and glory of this battle are no less than the battle of Chezhou Gorge.

Yang He didn't have so many thoughts, and when he said that later, he actually told Zheng Xunrui about killing more than 3,000 Liukou prisoners, it turned out that the most elite more than 20,000 vanguard troops of Liukou, of which 4,075 people surrendered, Zheng Xunrui After careful screening, he killed more than 3,200 of them, leaving less than 1,000 people.

When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help frowning slightly, he couldn't imagine that this Zheng Xunrui was so ruthless, and this kind of killing of prisoners was a little difficult for him to accept, but Zheng Xunrui made a huge contribution, such a thing can only be regarded as a small matter, and it is not worth caring about at all.

Of course, at this time, the Liukou has been concentrated in the direction of Xingyang, there are still more than 200,000 troops, with less than 30,000 people under Zheng Xunrui's command, it is very dangerous to go to the crusade, the emperor does not want Zheng Xunrui to have any accidents, he has already thought of Liaodong, such a talent is destined to go to Liaodong in the future, to exterminate the Houjin Tartars.

Yang He spoke for half an hour before he basically explained the battle situation clearly, he looked at everyone, blinked, and thought of Zheng Xunrui's request not to say too much, and he completely forgot about it