Jingming

Chapter 346
Zhu Houcong still has two things to do before the driving class.

The first thing is that after the loss of so many generals in the First World War, many positions and defenses in these two important towns need to be arranged as soon as possible, so Wang Shouren, Minister of the Ministry of War, is coming.

The second thing is that he wants to meet the generals after the victory, and motivate them before the reward results are finalized.

Originally adhering to the principle of "everyone comes", he thought of Xuanda and some frontier forts to take a look.

But the end of the new year is approaching, and the Lord of the Northern Yuan Dynasty died here. Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren and the others were worried that some Tartars would know the news and attack wildly for revenge.Even if this kind of thing didn't happen, the emperor patrolled the border, and the army escorted him, wasting money and food.

So Zhu Houcong just stayed in Xuanfu, waiting for some people he wanted to meet to come.

Yu Dayou's body was not fit for a long journey, so Zhu Houcong sent Lu Bing to go in person: let him also take a look along the way.

But Guo Xun's injury has healed, and he can come over quickly.Datong Defense had been re-arranged a month ago, and it was not a big problem for him to leave for a few days.

Seeing the emperor, Guo Xun first knelt down on one knee: "The sinner failed to defend Datong, which caused the Tartars to wreak havoc on the West Road of Datong. Your Majesty, please come down!"

"...Okay, don't pretend, get up."

"...Sin will bring down the holy hope, and I sincerely ask for the sin and admit the punishment."

Zhu Houcong said helplessly: "Leaving a loophole on the west road is a strategy set by the imperial court. It is true that your subordinates are weak in receiving orders and rushing to help. However, freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and you will only be in Datong for a few months. , I don’t blame you anymore. Get up.”

Only then did Guo Xun thank you, stood up and said with a flattering smile: "Your Majesty is mighty! After the imperial conquest, he first conquered the Shangxi Road of Fuxuan Mansion, and then encircled the little prince to kill the Northern Yuan King. Your Majesty's clever plan and courage are enough to inspire generals The soldiers work hard, and the ministers admire them!"

Zhu Houcong glanced at him: "You don't know what the previous plan was?"

"The battle situation is unpredictable, and the result of the battle now is far better than what was planned at the time!" Guo Xun said solemnly, "I am speaking the truth!"

"You..." Zhu Houcong sighed, "I'd rather kill me."

Guo Xun could see that the emperor was really regretful, so he didn't understand: Isn't killing Bodie more worthy of the world than killing Ida?

Zhu Houcong didn't expect him to see the big picture. It seemed that he had very little understanding of the intelligence displayed by Al Da in this war, and he couldn't tell who was Daming's more difficult opponent.

Looking at Guo Xun, he still smiled: "You didn't lose face to your ancestors. Were you afraid that night?"

"... I was afraid at first, but then I couldn't take care of it."

"Although it was a reckless move to take the risk, fortunately the result is not bad." Zhu Houcong pointed to him, "You, I should thank Yu Dayou very much. If he hadn't beaten the captive in Huangya Mountain first, Seeing that you only have 2000 people around, Gunbilik will not be suspicious. In that case, you will be in Heye Mountain."

After finishing speaking, his tone eased, and he said softly: "You don't have Li Jin's ability."

Guo Xun heard him mention Li Jin's name, and his face became serious: "The minister leading the army to meet the enemy is indeed not as good as Marquis Chicheng."

Now that the decree has been made, when everyone mentions Li Jin, they must respectfully address him as Marquis of Chicheng.

Before the reinforcements came, he led hundreds of soldiers out of Zhen'an Fort to stop the Tatars from breaking out from the north wall of Zhen'an Fort.If he spared his life, he might survive.But if he spared his life, he wouldn't be Li Jin anymore.

"Loyalty and bravery are enough for Xun Chen." Zhu Houcong paused, "For the next two years, you will stay in Datong first. Just remember one thing, treat other capable people like Yu Dayou Generals are fine. Let them train with peace of mind and have the opportunity to make meritorious service."

"I understand." Guo Xun immediately asked tentatively about the most important things to him, "Then Yu Dayou...will he stay in Datong?"

"Didn't he already promote you to the general of the West Road Branch for his meritorious service?"

Guo Xun was immediately happy, and his confidence in Datong increased a lot.

Zhu Houcong also laughed again: "Looking at your appearance, I thought you wanted to ask yourself. You have contributed a lot to Jingping's great victory. This time, your son is still allowed to take the position of Marquis."

Guo Xun was overjoyed immediately: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness! I will be so heartbroken that I will protect the Great Harmony for Your Majesty, select good generals, and train the frontier soldiers well."

If you want to go deeper, you don't need to go through life and death like this, and your son is also a Marquis.But now that His Majesty has great talents, since it is decided that the honored ministers will be demoted to the rank of nobility for no merit, the Marquis of Wuding's family has become the first honored minister in the Jiajing Dynasty who was not demoted.

Your Majesty will always be rewarded for meritorious service.

"Get up. You won't have a good time in the next two years. Remember, you will follow Bo'an's orders then."

"...Big Sima?" Guo Xun looked at him in astonishment.

"I have already negotiated with General Counselor Yang and Wang Shangshu, and I want him to be the governor of Xuanda." Zhu Houcong said, "Xuanda has not only dealt with border troubles, but also reformed and trained troops in the past few years. With Wang Boan sitting here, I am even more rest assured."

"I understand that I will not rely on the Marquis to interfere with Wang Dutai's plan!"

Compared with Wang Xian, His Majesty is sure that Guo Xun does admire Wang Shouren more.

After a great victory, it is unknown how many people were rewarded for their achievements.I am afraid that there will be many side generals who are greedy for meritorious deeds and start provocations.Xuanda needs someone with more prestige to be intimidating, and Wang Shouren, who created this encirclement and annihilation fighter plane, must be unconvinced—he is the person who can bring greater credit to everyone.

"Go to General Counselor Yang and the others. You are the general officer of Datong, and you should also talk about your views on how Datong will be deployed and transferred."

"The minister must only recommend brave and resourceful generals."

In the following two or three days, Zhu Houcong met with some civil officials and generals who had contributed a lot in this war.

Similarly, there is Yang Bo who came to Xuanfu from Jingping.

Zhu Houcong appreciates the enthusiasm for someone who just won Xie Yuan and put down his pen to contribute to the frontier army.

Yang Bo was a witness to the battle of Huangyashan from beginning to end, and Zhu Houcong chatted with him for two or three hours.

Although no rewards were given to Yang Bo, everyone knew that Yang Bo would definitely take part in the next year's meeting if he had the talent to unravel his Yuan.But now that Jane is in the emperor's heart, he is equivalent to being recommended as a Jinshi or even a first-class scholar.

After Yang Bo left, Zhu Houcong summoned Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, Tang Shunzhi, Guo Xun and others.

"The battle situation was tense before, and it was too late to replay the battles. Today, I learned from Yang Bo that Huangya Mountain passed by. Yu Dayou's record is not only because of his personal bravery and Huangya Mountain's terrain. In his defensive strategy, I can see a bright spot: He has exhausted the potential of each of the arms, and they cooperate very well with each other. The mandarin duck formation, artillery, and firecrackers are not only about making use of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, but the timing of their use is also very important."

While introducing the details of the Battle of Huangya Mountain relayed by Yang Bo, he also expressed his views.

These days, Zhu Houcong has been thinking about a problem.

The innovation, stable installation and practice of firearms will take time, and the Ming Dynasty will still be in the stage of combining hot and cold weapons for at least a few years, or basically in Zhu Houcong's lifetime.

The cooperation between different military branches will be a very important thing in the process of training and fighting later.

The lower the ratio of general casualties, the easier it is to precipitate brave generals and veterans, and the growth of combat effectiveness is more worth looking forward to.

Zhu Houcong has the concept and vague memory of the so-called multi-arms composite army in his mind, but it must not be used at will-individual lethality is not a concept at all, nor is mobility and battlefield intelligence.

But Yu Dayou became famous in the first battle, and the combat power of the Mandarin Duck Formation in small terrain or when facing small-scale enemies at the same time is already worth thinking about.

The subject was naturally left to Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren and the others.

Large-scale changes are impossible, but they quickly formed a consensus: Shuozhou Shouyu Qianhusuo was merged into Jingping Shouyu Qianhusuo and upgraded to Wei.And all the guards of Xuanda sent a general banner to Jingping Guard for training to practice mandarin duck formation.

Although most of the terrain where the Xuanda side wall was built is not considered steep, if there are hundreds of mandarin ducks in the outermost defense line, it is indeed very convenient to intercept and delay the enemy in suitable terrain, and buy time for the reinforcements.

At the same time, at least the personal battalions of the general soldiers of the two towns and the standard battalion of the governor and governor can use higher standards to train the army.The total amount is only a few thousand. If cavalry, mandarin duck formations, artillery, spearmen, and sword players are deployed properly, they can also become a mobile reinforcement force that Xuanda should not underestimate.

"Xuan Da will definitely encounter the enemy year after year, and he will fight and practice." Zhu Houcong looked at Wang Shouren and Tang Shunzhi expectantly, "You are all people who are good at the art of war, and there are two masters and apprentices Yu Dayou in Datong. Then there are Marquis Wu Ding and Yu Lin You two, I will entrust Xuan Da to you."

Fu Duo finally woke up, Zhu Houcong had already made up his mind to congratulate him on his achievements in rushing to the battlefield in time to capture the troops behind the Tartars, and dispatching troops from Xuanfu North Road to intercept them along the side wall.

As for the first victory in this battle, it is generally agreed that Wang Shouren may fall on Wang Shouren, even though he never rushed to the battlefield in the final battle of Luohangou.

The formation of the entire final battle situation was facilitated by Wang Shouren.He not only stabilized Jizhou, but also let Zhu Qi walk around obediently, first went to the Santun camp, then rushed back to Xuanfu to take back the Longmen Office, and finally let Zhu Qi "take the risk of being punished by the emperor" Violation of the order" went from Longmen Station to Zhen'an Fort for help.

If Zhu Qi hadn't arrived in time with so many people, facing the crazy counterattack or breakout of so many enemy cavalry behind Bodie's death, the Ming army would not have been able to wipe out so many enemies in Luohangou.

After Wang Shouren was in the Chenhao Rebellion, Zhu Houcong reused him to replace Yang Yiqing to participate in national policy.His Uncle Xinjian was able to defend Jiangxi during Wang Shouren's Huguang Rebellion, and he was established because of meritorious deeds.

This time, Wang Shouren will be promoted to Marquis, and Li Quanli's Xiangcheng Bo will also be promoted to Marquis, but he will still be replaced by a lower rank, while Zhu Qi, like Guo Xun, will not be lowered in the next generation.

The next day, in the west of Xuanfu City, representatives of many meritorious soldiers from Xuanfu, Datong, and Jingying, including those who were less injured in the battle of Luohangou, were waiting there early in the morning.

Bao Zhengchuan led two teams of mandarin duck soldiers and stood there excitedly.Their record has been spread to Xuanfu, Modao Changji and Fang Dun, making them an extremely eye-catching team in the crowd.

The generals with minor injuries in the battle of Luohangou, some of them were still wrapped in cloth, and some of them lost some hair and beard.

Yan Chunsheng was naturally among them, and countless people behind him were pointing at him and talking softly.

Beside Li Quanli is Li Jingang's nine-year-old son Li Yuan, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety.

Guo Xun and Zhu Qi also stood under the stage.

After the sound of the emperor's arrival, the flat place became quiet.On the east side, I don't know how many local people in Xuanfu came out of the city gate and looked at this side from afar.

Zhu Houcong boarded the temporary wooden platform. Behind him, other people held the Ming Sanchen flag and the military flag, and Li Jin's general flag, while Lu Bing held the broken Bodi Dazhuhan flag.

"Sacrifice! Fire a hundred cannons to comfort me, the heroic spirits of Ming Dynasty who sacrificed their lives!"

Tang Shunzhi presided over the etiquette, and in the north, ten groups of tiger crouching guns were lined up.

A hundred paces away from them was another empty field, on which the heads of the Tartars were piled up like a mountain.

"boom!"

The sound of cannons spread to the west of Xuanfu City, and the common people panicked for a while. Someone kept order there and shouted: "Don't panic, this ceremony is to fire the cannons and bombard the heads of the Tartars to comfort the generals and heroes!"

After ten consecutive cannon shots, the people over there used shovels to gather up the blasted heads, and then lit a fire.

Looking at the raging fire over there, Guo Xun was the first to shout: "Long live Your Majesty! Great Ming wins!"

The sound shook the field, and only after a few sounds did it quiet down.

"Silent mourning! Stand silent for a moment, thinking about your comrades!"

Then there was only the sound of the fire in the north, and the north wind brought an unpleasant smell.

In this battle, in Xuanda's three main battlefields, the total number of Ming army casualties was more than [-], while the total number of annihilated enemies was less than [-].

In the quiet quarter of an hour, there were only the north wind blowing the mountains and forests in the twelfth lunar month, and the sound of the Yang River flowing.

"Respect the flag! Respect the flag of the Ming Dynasty, the military flag, and the flag of the sacrificed general!"

On the wooden platform, the Sanchen Banner of the Ming Dynasty and the military flag are in the center, and on the left and right are the flags of the generals who died in battle and were entitled to have their own flags before.

Li Yuan, the son of Li Jin, stared at the flag with red eyes.

This flag is newly made. It is not just a character for Li, but now there are two characters for Chicheng.His father put his life on the line and bought him the title of Earl of Chicheng.When he grows up, he will be able to conquer.

Li Quanli raised his hand and squeezed his shoulder: "Your father is a good man! After arriving in the capital, I will take care of your brothers on his behalf."

Li Yuan also has a younger brother, only six years old, who stays in Datong.

Li Quanli didn't know Li Jin well, but he couldn't forget the way Li Jin was carried up in front of him and said the last sentence.

Unfortunately, Li Quanli's grandfather, the fourth generation Uncle Xiangcheng, was also named Li Jin.

"Holy edict! All the generals and soldiers will meet and listen to the hadith together!"

"See Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

"All the generals are flat!"

Zhu Houcong walked up to the flag of Ming Dynasty, Lu Bing also held up the banner, but threw it under the wooden platform in front of him.

Looking down at the big banner, Zhu Houcong was silent for a while, then raised his eyes a little, and looked at the generals under the stage.

"Seventy-eight years ago, the Tartars captured Yingzong in Xuanfu. This year, you killed nearly ten thousand enemies, beating the Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty! I thank you for fighting the enemy bravely and exalting our Ming Dynasty!"

A simple comparison has attracted the shouts of "Da Ming Wan Sheng" and "Long Live Your Majesty" like a tsunami.

"In this battle, the soldiers in the frontier town sacrificed their lives for nothing, and my heart ached when I won! It's just that the Tartars often invade my territory, capture my people, destroy my houses and fields, and rob my property. They are greedy and only know swords and guns! Northern barbarians Never stop, there will never be peace on the frontier of the Ming Dynasty!"

"There will still be wars. Kill their sweats, and they will have new sweats. It snows, and the snow will melt again. Next year, they will come again. If they are not subdued, they will be frightened, and there will be wars." More generals and civilians died because of the invasion of the territory by the northern captives!"

"This year, I am driving the Xuanfu. I can't talk about a personal conquest. I didn't even show up on the side wall. What is it called a personal conquest?" Zhu Houcong paused, and then shouted louder, "I hope you understand that the more timid you are, the more you fight, the more you fight, the more you fight, the more you fight." Luyue thinks that Ming is weak and can be bullied, and that border afflictions will never be eliminated! One day, I will definitely go on a personal expedition and drive the Tartars away, and never dare to approach our borders of Ming!"

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

This was after all the emperor of the Xuan Mansion instructing the generals. After all, he came to the border town under such a situation where thousands of miles of walls were surrounded by troops.Moreover, the battle was won, albeit bitterly.

"I don't want the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to die fighting against the enemy, so I hope that you will never slacken your drills from today on."

"I don't want the frontier soldiers to worry about food and family expenses, so I will try my best to keep you safe."

"I don't want the frontier army to fight cowardly, so merits must be rewarded, crimes must be punished, and death must be forgiven!"

"This year, the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was beheaded in Daming. Next time, I hope you will be beheaded outside the territory!" Zhu Houcong stretched out his hand, "Take your bow!"

Guo Xun saw that Lu Bing handed the bow and arrow to the emperor, and then the emperor stretched his bow on the platform and aimed at a newly built stone platform in the west of Xuanfu City not far away.Now, the stone platform is not high, and a board is nailed on it.On the board, the side wall of the Ming Dynasty is carved, and there is a place outside the side wall, which is engraved with characters.

Zhu Houcong drew his bow and drew an arrow, and one arrow hit the Yuan character.

Only then did Guo Xun remember that the emperor ran for the first time in court. He has always been a martial emperor—even though the stone platform is not far from the wooden platform, his archery skills are not very good.

But this did not prevent the generals from applauding immediately, looking at the emperor excitedly: What is this going to do?
"Establish this monument to engrave the names of the soldiers who died in this battle. Keep this arrow and remove it on the day when the Mongolian Yuan will no longer have a court." Zhu Houcong handed the bow to Lu Bing, "The ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers from generation to generation For the rest of my life, I will take this as my ambition to keep the peace of the northern border of the Ming Dynasty and the people to live and work in peace and contentment!"

On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of Jiajing, the emperor shot an arrow at Xuanfu as an oath.

But the new phase of the dispute between Ming and Mongolia has just begun.

(End of this chapter)