Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 317 The Son of Heaven 7
The golden helmet was still being kicked and rolled around. The Lancers in the front row had already arrived in front of the cordon drawn by the soldiers of the capital. His hair stood on end and he retreated involuntarily.Yang Menglong raised his hand, and the Lancers reined their horses together, and the rear row moved forward neatly to make up for the front row, forming a row of forty cavalry, and the same was true for the hoplites.The infantry marching on foot centered on the black tiger flag and looked at the Lancers. There were 40 people in a row. The wounded soldiers sitting on the carriage were as straight as javelins, with piercing eyes, looking at the imperial flag on the tower. The extremely powerful aura spurted out from their bodies, causing many civil servants on the tower to lean back involuntarily.Seeing it, Zu Dale secretly regretted: This is the image that a victorious teacher should have. I believe in those idiots, why are they changing banners and changing clothes!Lu Xiangsheng smiled, because he saw that the young emperor had tears in his eyes. He was obviously moved by this tiger-wolf division whose armor was disheveled but still had a high head. Yang Menglong seemed to have passed the test again.

Chongzhen murmured: "My warriors...Why are my warriors so miserable? The Tianxiong and Guan Ning armies are brightly dressed, but why is the Duyangwei's tattered clothes? How do the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Rites do things?" "

Xiong Mingyu and Hou Xunjin's expressions changed, and Xu Guangqi frowned, showing a hint of sullenness.

Yang Menglong jumped off his horse, half-kneeled to the ground, and said loudly: "Long live my emperor! The Wuyang Guards responded to the order of the Ministry of War and sent troops to the west of Liaoxi. A total of 500 soldiers set off. Now [-] soldiers have returned. Please check with the emperor." !"

Chongzhen looked at the number of people, no matter how they counted, it was not enough for 500 people, not even 500.He asked in amazement: "General Yang, you said that [-] people came back, why is it not enough for me to count even [-]?"

Yang Menglong raised the urn in his hand high: "A thousand, 760 people came back alive, and 740 soldiers fell on the battlefield, but we also brought them back!"

More than 700 soldiers held high the urns wrapped in black flags.

Everyone looked at the urns and the carts of wounded soldiers sitting in the carriages, and their hearts were suffocated.A new army that has been in the army for less than two years. After a thousand-mile expedition, nearly a quarter of them were killed in one battle, and more than a quarter were injured. It can be said that their spines have been broken, but they still maintain high morale and morale. The strong fighting spirit is incredible!A censor yelled: "Bold Yang Menglong, dare to bring this ominous thing in front of the Holy One, what is your intention? Really..."

Chongzhen yelled: "Shut up!" The censor who was about to scold Yang Menglong by citing scriptures quickly shrank back in fright.The young emperor said to the victorious army with a slightly choked voice: "The soldiers have worked hard! I will never forget your bloody struggle. I... I will definitely reward you!"

Yang Menglong's tone was not so good: "Thank you, Your Majesty! I can't hope for a big reward. Just don't let us eat moldy rice and sauerkraut with hairworms!"

Chongzhen was stunned: "Moldy rice? Pickled cabbage with worms? How is it possible! I have paid a sum of money from my own money to buy wine and meat for the health of the soldiers. How could there be..."

Yang Menglong said: "I dare not lie to the emperor. These days, I have paid out of my own pocket to solve the food problems of the soldiers. The carts of moldy rice and the jars of sauerkraut are still in the barracks. If the emperor If you don't believe me, I can let someone pull you up!"

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar, tens of thousands of people booed, Guan Ningjun and Tianxiong Army angrily cursed: "Who did it? Stand up for me!"

"Damn it! Wuyang Guard fights the hardest and fights the hardest. The whole army is full of heroes. Even Jiannu admires him so much, yet he is humiliated by his own people! Is there any law for the king!?"

Chongzhen glared at Xiong Mingyu and Hou Xun viciously, his eyes spewing fire, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour, the two faces turned pale, knelt down with a thud, kowtowed repeatedly, and said in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers are following you. The idea is to set aside food, rice, wine and meat for the soldiers to enjoy, without greed for a penny, even if you give me the courage, I will not dare to neglect the heroes of the court like this!"

Sun Chengzong said softly: "Maybe the officials below have personal grievances with Commander Yang, and maybe they deliberately made things difficult."

This dead old man is really too poisonous. On the surface, he seems to be pleading for Xiong Mingyu and Hou Xun, but in fact he is pushing Xiong Mingyu into the pit of fire—has a personal grudge with Yang Menglong?Besides him, who else has a personal grudge against Yang Menglong!Sure enough, when Chongzhen heard this, he was furious, pointed at Xiong Mingyu and shouted angrily: "You, Minister of the Ministry of War, don't be a minister!" Everything went well at first, completely exceeding the expected effect, but at the climax, there was such a mess, the soldiers and thousands of people were outraged, it was slapping him in the face, and it was impossible not to get angry.He made up his mind to win over Xiong Mingyu, a short-sighted, narrow-minded idiot who would only mess things up!As for who to replace him... Sun Chengzong seems to be good, this old man can be said to be Daming's pinnacle of calming the sea, no matter how critical the situation is, he can easily solve it.In the Battle of Daling River, the Ming army lost troops and generals, and he was also responsible to a certain extent. Well, taking away his position as a counselor and making him the Minister of War is also a good choice!

Come to think of it, it's not that easy to win over a Minister of War, at least not right now.He suppressed the anger in his chest and asked Wang Chengen to read the imperial edict.This is a gift to reward the three armies. The seven thousand soldiers who participated in the battle were each given one tael of snowflake silver. Those who captured the first rank were each rewarded with 50 taels of snowflake silver. Zu Dabi and Zu Dale were each promoted to one level, and Yin Yizi was appointed as a Jin Yiwei. One hundred households were given a brocade robe and a Shangfang sword; the three guards of Tianxiong officially opened the town, which was named Tianxiong Town. Lu Xiang was promoted to the third rank, and was given the title of Prince Shaofu. He took charge of the military and political power of the three prefectures of Daming, Guangning and Shunde, and administered the army. There are 3000 households, and all the output is used to supply military supplies; Yang Menglong is promoted to general and is rewarded with [-] taels of silver, silk or dry goods, and is assigned the Luoyang Guard. He organizes and trains the Heluo New Army to defend the important areas of Heluo, Wuyang and Luoyang. The output of the Weijun field is used for military supplies.In other words, Yang Menglong has to take care of the eating, drinking and drinking of [-] households again.

Yang Menglong complained endlessly!His grandma had managed to manage several thousand-household institutions in Nanyang to a certain extent, but before she could even take a breath, six more thousand-household institutions were added, and it was hard for anyone to survive!The worst thing is that Nanyang and Luoyang are both the place of the Four War, or in other words, in troubled times, the whole of Henan is the place of the Four War. All forces are repeatedly fighting in the Central Plains, and they will not stop until there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood. This is how the idiom "Zhu Lu Central Plains" comes from. If he wants to develop, it is definitely not a good idea to continue to develop in the direction of the Central Plains. The best way is to march to the Jianghan Plain, where the land is fertile, the water power is abundant, and the products are abundant. Tian Yangbing had a good place, and he forced himself to give himself Nanyang and Luoyang, the four battlegrounds... This bastard court clearly wanted to take advantage of him!The most irritating thing is that all of his subordinates are beaming and happy, and don't understand his depressed mood at all... They don't care how much headache the boss has, they only know that the territory he has to manage is huge. , their status has also risen with the tide, and it is not a problem to at least upgrade to one level!
These heartless guys!

The Guanning Army, Tianxiong Army, and Wuyang Guards were all quite satisfied with this arrangement, shouting long live.

The common people were also very satisfied with this arrangement and shouted Long Live Shengming.The official opening of Tianxiong Army and Wuyang Guard means that the status of these two strong teams will be greatly improved, and they have another support. What is there to be dissatisfied with?
Only Yang Menglong was dissatisfied, very dissatisfied!
Unfortunately, destiny cannot be violated. No matter how dissatisfied he is, the territory of Luoyang belongs to him. A powerful iron army that combines the essence of classical, modern and modern armies appears on the scene. Their name is——He Luo Xinjun!This new army will change the color of the land of China just like the Zhao Guo Hufu new army formed after the reform of Hufu riding and shooting more than 2000 years ago.

After the victory ceremony was over, the army circled the imperial city for a week, allowing the people in the capital to fully see the demeanor of the iron army.At the same time, more than 100 Jurchen warriors were escorted to Caishikou of Xuanwumen to be beheaded, and the heads, together with the [-] heads captured by the Ming army on the Daling River, were built into a Jingguan.The Houjin battle flag and armor captured by the Ming army were sent to the Taimiao. Even the Niulu flag and the Jiala Ezhen flag, which had been trampled badly by the Wuyang elite soldiers, were picked up without even wiping the dirt. Together with the golden helmet that was also trampled dirty as the most important spoils of war, it was handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites presided over it. Chongzhen led the clan and nobles to comfort the Taimiao.

Since the Three Great Marches of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has not held such a grand ceremony.

The important thing of the country is to consecrate and sacrifice. It’s not that the Ming Dynasty can’t afford such a ceremony. It’s really that the army is not strong enough, and the battles are defeated one after another. What can I use to comfort the Taimiao?Well now, with those more than 2000 real slave heads, more than a dozen Hou Jinniu recorded flags, two real heads with golden armour, and Huang Taiji's golden helmet, Chongzhen finally has the capital and confidence , hold a grand ceremony like Wanli, and tell the ancestors that he did not do badly.Cigarettes were lingering and ancient music was melodious. The young emperor knelt in front of the spiritual thrones of the previous emperors, kowtowed repeatedly, and said silently in his heart: "The ancestors are above the ancestors, and the descendants Zhu Youjian is incompetent. The pain of losing the land in Daling River City is ashamed of the ancestors! Fortunately, the officers and men of Guan Ning used their lives, and the Tianxiong and Wuyang armies stood out. One hundred, captured eleven enemy battle flags and one golden helmet of the slave chieftain, killing and injuring nearly ten thousand Jiannu, the humiliation of breaking the mouth and the pain of losing a teacher, now a little offset! I hope the ancestors and ancestors will bless our army and make persistent efforts. Destroy this court food, let the Great Ming Dynasty last forever, and your son and grandson Zhu Youjian pray here!"

In the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Emperor Hongwu, Emperor Yongle...all the way to Ming Xizong, 15 Yuanlings stood silently, witnessing the birth and glory of the Ming Dynasty, witnessing the rapid decline of the Ming Dynasty, witnessing the resurgence of the Ming Dynasty, and also witnessing the decline of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor seemed to have stood up from the mausoleum, silently looking at this descendant who had shown fatigue early due to overwork, and silently looking at the splendid country that they had devoted their efforts to manage.

Can they really bless this unfortunate descendant, bless the empire they once loved so much?

(End of this chapter)