Half a month later, Kyoshi.

Outside the Xuanwu Gate in the south of the Beijing Division, a team of Ming troops rushed into the city at night without collecting Pegasus, and this team of men and horses was the personnel sent by the Xuanda and Shandong armies to the Beijing Division.

At this time, these soldiers who did not collect the night waved the red pennant in their hands excitedly, and shouted hoarsely to the people along the way: "Great victory, great victory!" Xuanda and Shandong Army Julu won a great victory, beheading more than 5,000 slaves and thieves! ”

"Great victory! Great victory! Xuanda and Shandong Army have won a great victory! “

Xuanda and Shandong Army's victory did not collect all the way all the way, which immediately caused a sensation in the whole city, and hundreds of people were ecstatic to follow this team to run behind at night, and under the crowd, almost all the people who heard about it were in tears.

When the report arrived at the Ministry of War, all the officials of the Ministry of War were dumbfounded, and suddenly, a squire woke up suddenly, and then picked up Jiewen, and ran to the imperial city, and several officials from the Ministry of War behind him also came back and ran all the way behind.

In the imperial city, Wang Dehua, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant supervisor, took the good news with his own hands, just glanced at a line of handwriting on the cover of the good news, and heard the relay of the military officials, beheading the slave thief for 5,000 levels? It's true?

If it were someone else, Wang Dehua would definitely not believe it, but this good news was sent by the governor Lu Xiangsheng, and Lu Xiangsheng would never lie about the military situation, this is the consensus of the government and the opposition, even Yang Sichang has to admit it.

"It's true!"

At this time, Wang Dehua hugged the good news tightly, as if he was afraid that the good news would fly away, and then ran towards the Qianqing Palace tremblingly, like a wild horse on the loose.

Suddenly, Wang Dehua tripped and fell to the ground, but at this time, Wang Dehua didn't care about the pain, and was extremely agile and got up again and continued to run.

In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen was reviewing the chapter, and the long-term review made Emperor Chongzhen's eyes sour and unbearable, but the imperial pen in his hand still did not stop, and he saw that the eunuch Wang Chengen, the master of ceremonies next to him, was sour, and tears were almost about to fall.

"Goddamn Tartar, damn thief! The emperor worked day and night, eager to break an hour into eight petals, but even so, the world is still turbulent, the people are miserable, when is such a day a head! ”

Wang Chengen sighed in his heart, and was about to open his mouth to persuade Emperor Chongzhen to rest for a while, but he heard a sound of running outside, and it seemed that there was someone shouting outside the hall.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen also raised his head, looked at the door of the main hall with a frown, and said, "What's going on outside?" ”

"The old servant is going to take a look."

Wang Chengen knew that Emperor Chongzhen was most taboo to be disturbed when dealing with state affairs, so he walked quickly to the door of the main hall, but before he arrived, he saw Wang Dehua push open the door and rushed in with a happy face.

"Bold!"

Wang Chengen immediately scolded, although the two of them are of the same level, but Wang Chengen was the great companion of Emperor Chongzhen when he was the king of Xin, and this status is incomparable to anyone.

Wang Dehua noticed that he had lost his temper and hurriedly knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Wang Dehua, and then noticed that there were a lot of guards and palace maids gathered at the entrance of the main hall, and everyone's faces were full of joy, this was a joy that he hadn't seen for a long time, the last time he saw this kind of smile, he remembered that he was on the throne.

At this time, Wang Chengen also noticed the appearance of everyone, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly looked back at Emperor Chongzhen, and then at Wang Dehua, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "What's the matter?" Speak quickly and listen to Your Majesty! ”

Wang Dehua bowed to the ground, and suddenly howled and cried: "Your Majesty! Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to severely damage the slaves and thieves in Julu, and beheaded more than 5,000 slaves and thieves in the first battle, a great victory! ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone outside the hall knelt on the ground, and then they cried bitterly without knowing whether the excitement of the crowd or what it was.

Emperor Chongzhen stood up slowly, looked at Wang Chengen in disbelief, and saw that Wang Chengen was also kneeling on the ground at the moment, and then said loudly in a crying voice: "Your Majesty, a great victory!" ”

There was already a eunuch next to him who received the good news from Wang Dehua's hands and quickly sent it to Emperor Chongzhen.

Looking at the handwriting on the good news, Emperor Chongzhen excitedly opened it and reviewed it.

In the good news, Lu Xiangsheng reported in detail the experience of the battle of Julu, not only praised the bravery of Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, but also praised the bravery of Liu Yan's department, and said bluntly: "The situation of the Julu battle is difficult, within a few days, tens of thousands of Jiannu took turns to attack, if there is no Lingshan Weixia Hezhai Qianhu defender Liu Yan led the new army to fight to the death with the enemy head-on, the ministers may be difficult to turn the tide,...... The defensive officer Liu Yan and the soldiers of the new army under his command are really the first contribution to the victory of Julu! ”

"Liu Yan?"

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he also remembered that Liu Yan had achieved a great victory in Shandong before, that is, the great victory of Yaoshan Mountain Road, although there were not many beheadings, but with Liu Yan's official position and military strength, it was not easy.

"I really didn't expect that the situation in the world is so corrupt, but I am a good general!"

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen's heart was excited, and he first ordered Wang Chengen, Wang Dehua and others to be flattened, and then said to Wang Chengen: "This Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei are all great heroes, and Lu Xiangsheng is the first meritorious, and I want to reward them heavily!" ”

Wang Chengen said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, Lu Duchen and several fierce generals under his command really need to be rewarded heavily, so as to inspire the soldiers of the world to continue to fight bravely to kill thieves!" ”

"Hmm!"

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy at this time, sat down and continued to look at the good news in his hand.

But then, Emperor Chongzhen's mood was not very good.

Lu Xiangsheng impeached Gao Qiqian by the way in the good news, and directly impeached Gao Qiqian for not saving the soldiers.

“…… The minister led his subordinates to fight thousands of thousands of soldiers in Julu for several days, and they had already inflicted heavy losses on the slaves and thieves, making the slaves and thieves exhausted and demoralized. The prison army had tens of thousands of elite Guanning troops but did not arrive for a long time, stationed in Jize and watched and watched, so that the fighters that gathered and annihilated the slaves and thieves in Guan were in vain, and tens of thousands of slaves and thieves ......returned to the north safely after being heavily damaged"33

Emperor Chongzhen frowned, but he didn't expect that there was such a joint in the battle of Julu, although Emperor Chongzhen also regretted that he failed to encircle and annihilate the Qing army, but if he really wanted to deal with the Gao Qi Diving Department, if he provoked a mutiny, it would be more than worth the loss.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, although the court was in charge of the military with the military, the status of the military generals was far inferior to that of the civil officials, but now, the world is in turmoil, and the military generals have military power in their hands, so when encountering things, Emperor Chongzhen will not hesitate to kill the civil servants at all, but he has not been able to make up his mind about the military generals, for fear that it will provoke a mutiny.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't make a decision for a while, so he handed over the good news to Wang Chengen to see, and then withdrew Wang Dehua and a group of guards and palace maids, and sent a decree to reward everyone.

After Wang Dehua retreated with everyone's gratitude, only Emperor Chongzhen and Wang Chengen were left in the hall.

Wang Chengen was also shocked after reading the good news, but unlike Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen was very clear about the struggle between the various factions in the DPRK and China, why did Gao Qiqian support the army and not save it? Naturally, it was because Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department, was at odds with Lu Xiangsheng, another point......

"Naturally, the generals of the Guanning army are unwilling to send troops, and the slaves and thieves have been hit hard in this battle, if the Guanning army really hits and annihilates tens of thousands of slaves and thieves in one fell swoop, then the imperial court will probably have nothing to do from now on!"

Wang Chengen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he knew in his heart that the generals of the Guanning Army must be worried that after the defeat of Dongnu, the imperial court would no longer allocate a large amount of money and food to the Guanning Army, and even began to dismantle the various departments of the Guanning Army, these bastards!

Although Wang Chengen understood the key, these words could not be said to Emperor Chongzhen.

With Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, if you don't believe in these things, even if you believe it, what can you do? In addition to Emperor Chongzhen's ability to arrest Gao Qiqian back to discuss the crime, none of the generals of the Guanning Army could move, what else could be the point of doing so?

So Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, although the old servant does not understand military affairs, he also knows that there is chaos on the battlefield, maybe it is because the senior supervisor army is not effective in probing horses and the news is unknown, so he lost the fighter......

Although Emperor Chongzhen has no experience in the battle formation, he is not a fool, and he is not effective in exploring horses in the high diving station? Guan Ningjun is known as the elite, so many elite soldiers don't collect at night, and even sharp whistles, Julu is fighting so fiercely, I don't know? Ghost believes!

What's more, Lu Xiangsheng has already mentioned in the good news that he has sent people to Gao Qiqian for help many times, asking for support from Gao Qiqian's department, and together they will encircle and annihilate the main force of the Qing army. But Gao Qiqian never paid attention to it, and even the men and horses sent by Lu Xiangsheng sank into the sea like stones and disappeared without a trace!

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen, although he didn't think as deeply as Wang Chengen, but he could also spy on one or two, at this time Emperor Chongzhen frowned, and said after a long time: "It's better to wait for the report of Gao Qidive, and look at how to say ......it."

At this moment, Wang Dehua came running again, with an extra report in his hand.

"Your Majesty! What a victory! ”

Emperor Chongzhen was excited again, and hurriedly asked Wang Chengen to submit the good news, but it was the good news sent by Gao Qiqian.

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, and after opening it and reading it, he sighed.

Gao Qiqian's good news wrote that he led the Guanning army to attack south, and fought fiercely with the Qing soldiers several times, but he still let the Qing army withdraw, and even the corpses of the Qing soldiers killed were almost all snatched by the Qing army.

However, this time Gao Qiqian still had a lot of gains, leading the various units of the Guanning Army to intercept a large number of people who were captured by the Qing soldiers, as well as a large amount of money and food, and also achieved a great victory.

After reading it, Emperor Chongzhen was a little dissatisfied and threw Gao Qiqian's good news on the table, and asked Wang Chengen to take a look.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen said in a cold voice: "Those population, money, food and materials, did the Qing soldiers give up on their own initiative and were picked up by Gao Qiqian, or are they really intercepted by the army as Gao Qiqian said?" ”

The answer is self-evident.

It's just that Wang Chengen didn't dare to say it explicitly, and just said at this time: "It's not easy for the old servant to say anything about the battlefield." However, if the Gao Jian Army can have such a capture, it can be regarded as a great victory, and His Majesty should still reward the officers and men of all units of the Guanning Army. ”

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen and understood the meaning, which was to appease the military morale of the various departments of the Guanning Army, so that the arrogant generals of the Guanning Army could not say anything.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "If the soldiers and generals in the world are like Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan, I can sit back and relax!" ”

Wang Chengen bowed his head and was silent when he heard this, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes.

At the end of December, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan led their troops to the southern suburbs of Beijing.

A few days later, Gao Qiqian also led the various units of the Guanning Army to the southern suburbs of Beijing, escorted more than 20,000 rescued civilians and a large number of money, food and materials, and set up camp more than ten miles away from Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's headquarters.

Emperor Chongzhen was very happy when he heard the news, and immediately ordered Wang Chengen to pass on the decree, ordering Lu Xiangsheng to take Liu Yan, Yang Guozhu, and Hu Dawei into the palace for an audience, and at the same time ordered Gao Qiqian to enter the palace for an audience.

Some people died, but not completely......