Zheng County.

Standing on the towering tower and looking down on the entire vast land, there is a great momentum to see everything.

In the distance, the Mongol cavalry slowly retreated with the puppet army that was almost crippled.

Although these barbarian soldiers didn't have much to do with the tall city walls of Zheng County, they could be judged from the orderly manner in which they retreated, and this was an absolute elite army that had been through a hundred battles.

"It's a pity, I thought this would anger them for a while!"

"Attract these barbarians to Zheng County and drag them for a while!"

"I didn't expect them to leave like this!"

Li Dingguo, who was holding a spear, looked at the slowly retreating Mengwu army and said with regret.

The reason why he led his army all the way into the city was also when the effect of harassing and threatening the Mughal army on the flank was no longer very great.

Coupled with the almost non-stop attack of the Mughurs for more than ten days, in fact, the consumption of Zheng County is already very large.

In this case, Li Dingguo led his army into the city to further consolidate the defense of Zheng County.

Part of the purpose was also to let the Muguls see the indestructibility of Zheng County.

If the Muguls wanted to continue to attack Zheng County, they would inevitably pay a great price.

Advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended!

This is the purpose of Li Dingguo's entry into the city.

Whether the Monghurs chose to attack the city or retreat, Huang Tinghui and Li Dingguo had room to maneuver.

"The Mughurs are not stupid, they should have smelled the crisis!"

"The Khan of the Mughal tribe is a heroic figure, and he wants to make such a figure hot-headed and crush his army on this battlefield!"

"It's too hard to do!" Huang Tinghui looked at the slowly retreating Mengwu army and said to Li Dingguo.

These days, Huang Tinghui only sleeps three or four hours a day, his eyes are red, and he has squeezed his physical strength to the limit.

If the Mongols continued to storm Zheng County, Huang Tinghui didn't know how long he could hold out.

Fortunately, these Mengwu armies retreated, and the rest was left to Wang Mingyang to do.

Wang Mingyang has been preparing for a counterattack for so long, and he will definitely not make these Mughal barbarians feel better.

"Tinghui!"

"You have a good rest, if you weren't here in Zheng County during this time, I'm afraid this city would have been taken by the Mugyu people a long time ago!"

Speaking of which, Li Dingguo simply admired Huang Tinghui to the point of throwing himself into the ground.

If Huang Tinghui doesn't take the imperial examination, he will definitely be a top general.

Other weak scholars, Li Dingguo naturally doesn't like it.

But Huang Tinghui, a scholar who is proficient in everything and is proficient in everything, Li Dingguo was completely convinced.

As soon as the words fell, Li Dingguo saw Huang Tinghui, who was sitting on the Taishi chair, with his eyes closed, sleeping and dying.

Seeing that Huang Tinghui was sleeping soundly, Zhang Cheng, who was standing next to him, immediately draped a large coat on Huang Tinghui's body.

"Tinghui was busy with the protection of Zheng County during this time, and he was thinking too much every day."

"Now I finally have time to sleep well!"

These days, Zhang Cheng is busy with Huang Tinghui.

Seeing Huang Tinghui working hard to defend this city, he was also very distressed.

"Now it is not far from the examination in the capital, and the Muguls have been repelled by our army, which is a great thing for the imperial court!"

"Brother Tinghui didn't review his homework properly, but he was delayed by this war!"

Li Dingguo understands the importance of the imperial examination to a scholar, and what Huang Tinghui's future future will be may have something to do with his next ranking in the imperial examination.

As a good friend of Huang Tinghui, Li Dingguo will of course be a little worried.

"General Li don't worry, after Ting Hui is here, he will rush directly to the capital."

"Although he has left a lot of homework, Tinghui is the Duke of Xie Yuan of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Mansion!"

"Characters like them, in the imperial examination, it's not who has been studying for a longer time!"

"If that's the case, can't all those poor old talents be champions?"

"For those of them who read, after reaching a certain realm, the test is talent!"

"Judging from General Li, how talented is Ting Hui?" Zhang Chengle, who was guarding Huang Tinghui's side, asked happily.

"Tinghui's talent is naturally superb!"

"In every way, I've never seen a character like Tinghui!"

"Articles, generals, and even governance, I don't think there are many ministers in the court who can compare to Tinghui!" How could Li Dingguo be an admirer of Huang Tinghui?

With such a high evaluation, Li Dingguo did not have the slightest ambiguity in saying it.

"Then General Li doesn't have to worry!"

"Tinghui will definitely get a good result in this imperial examination!"

Zhang Cheng said confidently.

That is, Huang Tinghui is sleeping a little well now, if he hears Zhang Cheng's inexplicable trust in him and Li Dingguo's praise for him.

Huang Tinghui will definitely cry and laugh.

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Datong Town.

On the Metropolitan Prison's House.

"Congratulations to Lord Metropolitan Eunuch, the Mugultures have withdrawn!"

"The Mugultures have withdrawn!" A herald rushed in happily, and he said to Wang Mingyang, the capital eunuch of Datong Town, with great joy.

At this time, Wang Mingyang had just eaten, and the whole person sat in the meditation room, looking at the map with a contemplative expression.

It wasn't until he heard the voice of the herald that Wang Mingyang raised his head and said, "The Muguls have withdrawn?" ”

At this time, Wang Mingyang's face did not change much, and it seemed that the withdrawal of the Mengwu tribe was in his expectation.

Seeing that Wang Mingyang didn't react much, although the herald was a little confused, he also sorted out his thoughts and said to Wang Mingyang, "Lord Wang! ”

"There is an urgent report from the front line, saying that Zheng County has not been able to attack for a long time, and the Mengwu army is in turmoil!"

"Under various circumstances, Kublai Cheng, the Great Khan of the Mughal tribe, could only reluctantly order the troops to retreat!"

"Our army has won, and the Mughal army has been driven away by us!"

Just as the herald wanted to congratulate Wang Mingyang for a while, his voice was directly interrupted by Wang Mingyang.

"They're fast!" Wang Mingyang muttered softly, and then he looked at the herald, "Although the Mengwu army has been attacking Zheng County for a long time, it will not be in turmoil because of this!" ”

"In addition, they are just retreating to the grassland, and our army has not been able to fight their main force and achieve the final victory!"

"And where did the big victory come from?"

"It's just to bring them down, such a record, don't do it!"

Wang Mingyang unceremoniously angrily scolded the soldier who reported the good news.

In his opinion, this is not something to be happy about at all.

As for the herald who was also shocked by Wang Mingyang's words, he was a little speechless.

could only smile awkwardly at Wang Mingyang.

"Zheng County is saved, that kid's ability is really not small!"

"It's a pity that you can't help me defend this northern border together!"

"If this guy is here, I'm afraid this northern defense line will be impregnable!"

"What a pity!"

"Otherwise, after this guy is admitted to the Jinshi, I will give Your Majesty an excerpt and ask Your Majesty to send this person to the north to assist me?"

"But it is necessary to take into account that this person is talented, if he is admitted to Sanding Jia, becomes the champion, the top eye, and Tanhualang!"

"Then it's none of my business!"

Wang Mingyang said to himself, you must know that champions, tanhua, and bangyan, they must enter the Hanlin Academy in the future, and they will be the future ministers!

Even if he has a great merit, he can't get the champions, role models, and tanhua who have the opportunity to become cabinet ministers to his side to help.

Thinking of this, Wang Mingyang laughed again, "My own affairs haven't been settled yet!" ”

"There is an old saying called unloading the mill and killing the donkey, how can those guys in the court who are in the corpse position vegetarian eat completely hand over such an important thing as the northern defense line to me?"

"This group of things that are good at demolishing the stage will probably transfer me away!"

"Only in this way can their people be inserted!"

Wang Mingyang is such a smart person, of course he knows that in the eyes of some people in the court, he is simply a thorn in his side.

So he had already guessed his post-war situation.

Although he had already anticipated what happened to him, Wang Mingyang, who was open-minded by nature, did not dwell too much on this matter, he looked at the herald and said: "The quasi-Qi family army and the Yu family army are advancing towards the predetermined battlefield as quickly as possible!" ”

"Aren't they Muguls going to run?"

"No matter how good they are, the official will tear a piece of meat off their thighs!"

"Let these Muguls know the power of our Han people, and let them be afraid of us Han people."

After receiving the order from the Metropolitan Eunuch, the herald immediately replied, "Yes, Metropolitan Eunuch! ”

Subsequently, this person passed on Wang Mingyang's order non-stop.

Under Wang Mingyang's organization, a large number of Han Chinese troops gathered in one place and launched a counteroffensive against the Mongol army that had withdrawn north to the grassland.

The battle was extremely fierce, and the puppet army that followed the Mughal people back to the grassland was almost killed.

As for the Monghur army, nearly 10,000 people were killed.

Although it did not cause much casualties to the Muguls, it was a major blow to the population resources plundered by the Muguls in the south.

This is also the largest number of Han soldiers killed on the battlefield at one time after the Battle of Beijing.

Even Kublai Cheng, the Great Khan of the Mengwu tribe, had to admit that Wang Mingyang, the capital eunuch of Datong Town, was one of the powerful opponents he encountered.

Such a big victory was immediately gathered into a good news and passed in the direction of Jingshi.

During this time, the capital was panicked.

After all, the battle of the capital left a big shadow on them.

Now that they heard that the official army had regained the lost territory and defeated the Mongol army that had invaded south, both the people and the court officials were greatly relieved.

"I heard that the war that took place in the north, our army won a great victory, not only recovering all the lost territory, but also killing fifty or sixty thousand Mughuls!"

"Not only 50,000 or 60,000, but 100,000! This is a great victory, and it also shows those barbarians the power of our Han people! ”

"Hahaha, at that time, you still said that Lord Wang Mingyang of Datong Town was incompetent, and he didn't dare to fight with the iron cavalry of the Mengwu people in Datong Town, and he was a seedless coward, why are you praising Lord Wang Mingyang now?"

"I'm waiting for the Dousheng Xiaomin, how can I understand what a god like Lord Wang Mingyang thinks, if I have this ability, I can also control the soldiers and horses in the north!"

In a teahouse in the capital, the people who heard the good news of the good news were eating vegetables and drinking tea and talking.

This is how the human heart is, at the beginning of the war.

Everyone was dissatisfied with Wang Mingyang's approach of not being able to shrink out.

There are even officials who impeached Wang Mingyang for doing nothing in Datong Town, and asked the current holy general Wang Mingyang, the useless governor of Datong Town, to be removed and replaced by another general.

The voices in the imperial court calling for the removal of Wang Mingyang, the governor of Datong Town, also rose one after another.

If it weren't for Zhang Julu, the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, who forcibly suppressed these voices.

I'm afraid these people are dancing even more happily.

It wasn't until the Qi Jiajun, the Yu Jiajun and the cavalry led by Li Dingguo achieved some small victories on the battlefield that the clowns who jumped off the beam did not jump.

And now, although this "big victory" is a little exaggerated, it is undoubtedly a hard slap in the face, beckoning to the faces of these jumping clowns.

Of course, most of those who can become court officials are extremely thick-skinned.

Naturally, they don't care about these humiliating things.

What they really care about is if Wang Mingyang continues to serve as the arch defender of the northern defense line.

In addition, the father and son of the Li family in Liaodong are also the descendants of Zhang Julu, the first and auxiliary minister of the dynasty.

In this way, isn't Zhang Julu's position as the first assistant minister as stable as Mount Tai?

That's not going to work!

How many people covet the position of Zhang Julu, the first assistant minister of the cabinet?

How many people are eager to remove Zhang Julu, the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, from power directly?

So the things they least want to see go in that direction.

Now only by replacing Wang Mingyang, who has just made great contributions, and replacing him with his own people can they settle their hearts.

But Wang Mingyang has just made such a big contribution, how can he be blown away from his current position?

This is the question that some of the people in the court who are vegetarian are thinking.

"Lord Yan, you and that Wang Mingyang are on the same list!"

"Now that Wang Mingyang is already a feudal official, but you have been suppressed by Lord Shoufu!"

"It's really a chance and a difference!"

The voice of the man who spoke was a little sharp, and he looked at the servant with a smile and said.

"Mingyang has a great talent, he can achieve such an achievement, as his friend, I am just happy for him!"

"The Son of Heaven is the happiest to think about it, to be able to get such a powerful cadre, for my Dasheng country, this is a great thing!"

Yan Song is worthy of being a fox, and in the face of Liu Jing, a trusted eunuch beside the little emperor, his answer is not leaky.

"Hahaha, being able to have the help of talented people will certainly make His Majesty happy!"

"Under the rule of His Majesty, a talented person like Wang Mingyang can be produced, which also shows the generosity of His Majesty's grace and the blessing of all the people!"

"It's just that Lord Yan has ever thought about one thing?"

After the great eunuch named Liu Jing said this, he suddenly paused.

I saw him pick up a piece of tea at hand, and after taking a sip gently, Liu Jing commented, "It's really good tea!" ”

"Although this Tyumen House has just opened in the capital, the ordinary restaurant is far inferior to the tea and dishes of this restaurant!"

Although Liu Jing said that he was talking about him, what kind of character was Yan Song?

Isn't what he's best at speculating on people's hearts?

Although Yan Song had already guessed something, he still pretended to know nothing and asked, "Gonggong Liu, I don't know what you are talking about?" ”

The words have already come to this, and Liu Jing, the big eunuch who is a celebrity next to the little emperor, is no longer hiding.

He directly explained the purpose of his trip, "Lord Yan! ”

"This world belongs to His Majesty, not to the first and auxiliary ministers of the cabinet!"

"As for that Wang Mingyang, he is the person protected by Zhang Xiang, the first assistant minister of the cabinet."

"So this person is talented, but if he is loyal to Zhang Xiang, the first minister of the cabinet!"

"Then for Your Majesty, no matter how talented he is, what is the use?"

Really!

Yan Song is not the slightest strange, he is a smart person.

From the court, the voice of the little emperor gradually became louder.

Yan Song had already guessed something.

Now as the most favored eunuch beside the little emperor, Liu Jing is even so outspoken about himself.

How could Yan Song not know what the person behind him was trying to do?

However, Yan Song was not a fool, he still pretended to be stupid and continued to ask for advice, "I don't know what Gonggong Liu has to teach?" ”

Seeing Yan Song's respectful attitude, the great eunuch Liu Jing was very satisfied, he nodded, and then said to Yan Song, "Lord Yan! ”

"Lord Wang Mingyang has made a great contribution this time, and Your Majesty naturally can't treat such a meritorious person badly!"

"Therefore, Lord Wang Mingyang's official position should be promoted."

"Right now, Lord Wu, the secretary of the military department of Jinling City, is very old, and he has already written two resignations to His Majesty!"

"However, Your Majesty cares about Lord Wu's hard work and achievements, so he did not allow Lord Wu to return to his hometown!"

"But the third letter of Lord Wu's resignation should be on the way to the capital!"

"In this case, there will be a vacancy in the position of the secretary of the military department in Jinling City!"

"This is the position of the secretary of the military department, there can't be anything wrong!"

"Someone needs to be able to fill such an important position right away!"

"As a servant of the ministry, Lord Yan naturally has the right to write an excerpt and hand it to Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty can also make the right decision and choose the most suitable person for this position!"

After speaking, the great eunuch Liu Jing took another sip of tea.

Rising and descending!

Jinling City's military department book!

It's still an important position, and it's still thick-skinned, and you can say anything!

Thinking like this in his heart, Yan Song didn't refuse, he just arched his hand to the great eunuch Liu Jing and said, "Father-in-law Liu, I understand my humble position!" ”

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