As the weather gets colder day by day, the winter of the forty years of God's blessing is coming, the cold wind pulls the last few pieces of yellow fallen leaves flying in the air, today's Shenjing City is particularly lively, last night, Juyongguan handed over the good news, the main force of the Ming army commanded by Zhenguo Gong and the night before yesterday broke through the camp of the Tatars and Duoyan Sanwei, killed more than 10,000 enemy troops, captured more than 5,000 prisoners, and the allied forces of the two tribes retreated to the vicinity of Tumu Fort to gain a firm foothold.

Tianyou Emperor Long's heart is happy, although he has not achieved much success, but this is a strategic step, Niu Jizong has already set up more than ten military villages in the southwest of Tumubao, and intends to slowly trap the three clan alliance army step by step.

Although he understands that the chance of success is not great, Emperor Tianyou is still very happy, at least this battle can make the grassland people live in peace for several years, or even more than ten years, so that he can rectify the government with peace of mind.

The nobles won the battle, naturally they were generous, no, early in the morning they agreed to sell another 200,000 stone of grain to the household, Emperor Tianyou waved his hand, and sold it to the people of the north and south cities at a price of 400 yuan per stone, and for a while, the city was full of celebration.

"Drive!"

"Drive! Drive! ”

Outside Shenjing City, a group of light horses galloped on the official road.

"Eight hundred miles expedited! Eight hundred miles expedited! ”

Jia Gui got Jia Jue's military order, and rushed all the way from Xuanfu with good news and the head of the 30,000 households on the right wing of Wara, Dehuahai, twenty people, and three horses rode in turn, and rushed to Shenjing day and night, and finally arrived in Shenjing.

According to Jia Jue's orders, Jia Gui rushed to the city gate with twenty people waving the order flag, and shouted loudly: "Eight hundred miles of urgency, Harrier Ridge victory!" ”

Hearing this, the soldiers in front of the city gate frantically pushed away the congested crowd.

"Harrier Ridge victory! Kill 20,000 Varat cavalry! ”

Jia Gui roared loudly and galloped past the city gate.

Great victory?

Or 20,000 Varat cavalry?

Manshen Kyoto knew that the main force of the Ming army was in the direction of Juyong Pass, and many people did not believe that this Harrier Ridge could achieve such a great victory.

Half an hour later, the entire Kamito Kyoto got the news.

Harrier Ridge victory!

The city was shaken, and the commander of the Ruishi battalion, the third-class Bo Jia Jue, led more than 10,000 horse infantry troops to annihilate 20,000 Vara cavalry in the Harrier Ridge, and achieved a great victory, killing the 30,000 leaders of the right wing of the Vara Detachment of Flowers.

On November 8, the 40th year of Tianyou, the city of Shenjing City was very lively, a group of laughing children rushed through the streets, they chased the team in front, a group of forbidden troops were holding high the head of the sea of flowers to parade through the streets, in the sound of firecrackers, the atmosphere was fanatical to the peak, the onlookers waved and cheered, the shouts shook the sky, and there were excited faces everywhere, the battle of Harrier Ridge annihilated the main cavalry of 20,000 Wara, which made them understand that the battle would soon be over, which meant that Gyeonggi was safe, Shenjing was safe.

Qianqing Palace, upper study.

Emperor Zhu Qinde sat on the dragon chair, looked at the military newspaper in front of him, his face turned red with excitement, and he looked up at Wen Fangyan, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhang Fu, the second assistant, and Chen Ruiwen, the secretary of the military department, and Chen Ruiwen, the secretary of the military department, and said with a smile: "Say, how should the military merits of this battle be discussed?" ”

Wen Fangyan, the head of the cabinet, got up and said: "Your Majesty, there was Huai'an's first victory, and there was a great victory in Harrier Ling, and it was a weak victory over the strong, which greatly shocked the three-clan coalition army in Xuanfu, and also greatly encouraged the morale of the army, defended the majesty of the imperial court, and broke the myth of the invincibility of the cavalry in the field. ”

Emperor Tianyou smiled faintly and looked at Zhang Fu again, "What does the second assistant mean?" ”

The muscles on Zhang Fu's face trembled, and he replied curtly: "Back to Your Majesty, Shoufu is old and seeks the country, and the ministers are in favor of it." ”

After a moment of conversation, he continued: "However, Jia Jue is too young, only sixteen years old this year, you must know that at his age, many generals are still just a thousand generals, generals, or even white bodies.

Of course, Chen is not denying Jia Jue's ability, on the contrary, Chen is very optimistic about him, although this battle is a bit tricky, but after all, it is a weak battle and a strong one, and finally achieved a brilliant record. Great merit must naturally be rewarded, otherwise it will be unfair, not only the soldiers will not be able to talk about it, but even the officials of the Manchu Dynasty will cry out for it. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Chen Ruiwen, the Duke of Qi, and asked: "The old Duke should understand that the army has always been the most disciplined, not only to have the best military achievements, but also to have deep qualifications, Jia Jue is too young, if he is promoted to deputy general, in the future, the Ministry of War will discuss the matter, a hairy boy is sitting in the team of a group of veterans, you say, who is this slapping in the face?" By doing so, he is harming him, isolating him, saying something unpleasant, and is suspected of killing! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Tianyou smiled coldly, and said secretly in his heart: "When I have my hands free, I will clean up your thieves one by one." ”

"Kill?!"

Wen Fangyan spoke coldly, "The state has national laws, and the army has military regulations. Meritorious service should be rewarded, this is a consistent rule, and the reward of the military department must be decided according to the military report, and the rules will not be changed because of Jia Jue's age. ”

Emperor Tianyou's face relaxed, he took a sip of the tea bowl, and asked Chen Ruiwen, "What does the old man think?" ”

Chen Ruiwen replied: "There is quite a style of famous generals! ”

"Huh?"

Emperor Tianyou was slightly stunned.

Wen dialect and Zhang Fu were also stunned.

Chen Ruiwen continued: "The Ministry of War once deduced the three places of Harrier Ridge, Tumu Fort, and Huailai City, Huailai City had the greatest chance of winning, followed by Tumu Fort, as for Harrier Ridge, the best result was that the remnants of the Rui Shi Battalion retreated to Xuanfu safely.

At that time, he had ambushed the Beijing camp there twice, and it was impossible for the Warat people not to be guarded, the premise of the ambush was sudden, once the other party was on guard, coupled with the disadvantages of the terrain of Harrier Ridge and the superior strength of the Warat people, the Ruishi battalion could not stop it at all. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ruiwen took Jia Jue's military report again, "Obviously, Jia Jue also discovered this, so he will consider blocking the cavalry of the Warat people in Xiangshuipu, Xiangshuipu has a special location, and only needs to defend the northeast, plus the Warat people did not put the defenders in their eyes, because their light enemy led to the final fiasco."

Of course, these are inseparable from Jia Jue's adequate preparations, otherwise, if the cavalry is allowed to charge in the field, no amount of firearms will help. This kid is careful and courageous, with a flexible mind, and the most important thing is that he can accurately judge the trend of the battle situation, which is a necessary element for a famous general, which is also the main reason why the imperial court has not been able to produce a good seedling for many years. ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Zhang Fu's eyes.

Since Jia Jue defeated 10,000 Tatar cavalry under the city of Huai'an, the whole war has changed, the three-clan alliance army was pinned down in the Xuanfu more than 200 miles of the front, the advantage of the cavalry has not been brought into play, but in the back and forth by the Ming army found flaws and defeated one by one, the three-clan alliance army into the pass is nearly 250,000, several battles, the Tatars lost nearly 70,000, the Warats lost nearly 50,000, Duoyan Sanwei did not have much loss, but they only had less than 30,000 cavalry.

As long as Bayan Khan and the others were not carried away by hatred, after learning the news that the 20,000 Warat cavalry had been annihilated in Harrier Ridge, they would definitely choose to withdraw their troops, because they no longer had the advantage in troops, and if they continued to consume, they would only increase casualties.

Of course, the losses of the Ming army were also quite a lot, the town of Xuanfu that was raided lost nearly 60,000, followed by the main force of the Ming army of Niu Jizong, who fought a bloody battle with the Tatars in Huailai City, lost about 30,000, and Jia Jue and others lost the least, less than 20,000.

In the first battle of Harrier Ridge, Jia Jue almost wiped out 20,000 Warat cavalry with 10,000 horse infantry troops, and his own casualties were only more than 500 people, which made Zhang Fu feel threatened, especially Chen Ruiwen's evaluation of him, perhaps, he should not listen to Song Qian's words.

A few days ago, when the news came that the soldiers and horses of the Marquis of Changning and others were surrounded by the Warat people in the civil fort, Song Qian, the head of the household, came to the door, and he said something, that is, the Warat people wanted to reproduce the battle of the year, and wanted to break through Shenjing again, which made them feel the danger, under the admonition of Zhou Yang and others, Zhang Fu finally decided not to interfere in the war of Xuanfu, and originally he planned to provide convenience for the Warat people to eliminate Jia Jue's Ruishi battalion.

Emperor Tianyou nodded with satisfaction, "Then how should I be rewarded?" ”

Chen Ruiwen smiled slightly, "What the second assistant said is right, Jia Jue is too young, and he still needs to be tempered." ”

Zhang Fu took the opportunity to ask: "Does Guogong mean not to be promoted?" ”

"No promotion!"

Chen Ruiwen said directly: "Those who have meritorious service should be rewarded, Your Majesty can first reward Jia Jue with a hereditary title of earl, and then expand the Ruishi battalion, you must know that the old battalion in the peak period has 30,000 horse infantry troops, so that Jia Jue can command 15,000 horse infantry troops and appease his generals, so that Jia Jue can also understand His Majesty's love and care." ”

Emperor Tianyou nodded, Chen Ruiwen said very reasonably, the Rui Shi Battalion belongs to the Royal Forest Army, it is his private army, and enhancing Jia Jue's strength is also enhancing his strength.

Zhang Fu frowned slightly, he realized that he had fallen for the tricks of Wen dialect and Chen Ruiwen, but he couldn't refute it at his mouth, so it would attract the impeachment of Qingliu, especially the group of noble civil officials in Guozijian.

Emperor Tianyou pondered for a moment, made up his mind, and said in a loud voice: "Passing on my will, the commander of the Ruishi battalion will be loyal and brave and commendable, and he will attack the strong with weakness, and completely annihilate the attacking Warat cavalry, which greatly boosts the morale of the army and defends the majesty of the imperial court. In addition, he was rewarded with 2,000 acres of land, 1,000 taels of gold, well, two more Huangzhuang, 10 royal horses, and 200 pieces of palace silk and satin. ”

The eunuch on duty quickly wrote down Emperor Tianyou's will one by one, and Emperor Tianyou took it and looked at it, and thought about it again: "The equipment needed for the expansion of the Ruishi Battalion will be directly taken by Jia Jue from the arsenal of Xuanfu Town. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Wen Fangyan and the three of them stepped forward and bowed.

.........

Rongguo Mansion, Rongqing Hall.

The bead curtain was pushed open with an uproar, and Jia Lian walked in with excitement on his face.

Jia Mu slowly stood up, as if she felt something, her heart thumped, she resisted her panic and asked, "What do you say?" ”

Jia Lian immediately kowtowed heavily and said loudly: "Your Majesty's will, the third brother will be promoted to a first-class loyal martial artist, and will not be demoted to the rank of a second generation, and the Ruishi battalion will be expanded into a large battalion of 15,000 people. ”

"Okay, okay."

When Jia Mu heard this, she trembled with excitement and said loudly.

Wang Xifeng was the first to react, stepped forward and said, "Congratulations to the ancestors, congratulations to the ancestors." ”

The rest of the people stepped forward to congratulate him, and the mandarin duck and other maids knelt on the ground one after another, following him.

Jia Mu was overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Reward, big reward." ”