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Chapter 22: False reporting of military merit (please read)

Yang Hao's army marched all the way through the city, and when they arrived at Qinghe Fort, it was already midnight on the sixth day of March.

At this time, Li Xianzhong's Liaodong Cavalry and the East Route Army had all withdrawn to Qinghe Fort.

Except for the 5000 people who stood guard at Crow Falcon Pass, Qinghe Fort gathered 6000 troops from the two southeastern armies. At this time, except for the troops originally left to guard the military forts at each pass, this was already the entire mobile force of the Ming Dynasty's southern front.

Of course, as the manager of Liaodong, Yang Hao himself still had an elite cavalry force of 3000 people. However, at this time, the two armies in the northwest were destroyed and Shenyang was empty of troops. Naturally, he did not have the courage of Nurhaci to risk his life and fight the Jianlu to the death.

Although it was already midnight, the lights around Qinghe Fort were still brightly lit to welcome his arrival.

After entering Qinghe, he was surprised and happy.

Surprisingly, Liu Wei's Eastern Route Army had also suffered heavy losses at this time. There were only less than 7000 people left in the [-]-strong army.

Moreover, the veteran Liu Wei himself was injured in more than ten places all over his body and almost died!

Even though the two of them had a lot of resentment before, he also deliberately made things difficult for him and gave him the worst configuration; but when he saw Liu Wei who was covered in injuries, he still felt a little guilty.

He said: "Old General, please feel free to rest. Next, I will personally command the army to fight against the Jianlu."

It's a good thing he didn't say this, but everyone present was shocked when he said this.

With Yang Hao's ability, he had just beaten Jun Song to death, wouldn't he be leading everyone into the pit?
At this time, everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say anything.

Li Xianzhong looked around and shook his head helplessly. At this time, I am afraid that only he, a young "meritorious minister", can be favored and proud.

Li Xianzhong said: "The commander-in-chief strategized and won the battle thousands of miles away. Under the guidance of the commander-in-chief, our two armies in the southeast successively achieved great victories in Hetuala, mountain climbing and other places."

"Capture the traitor Li Yongfang, and kill the enemy chiefs Amin and Abatai!"

"Unfortunately, the two armies in the northwest were defeated too quickly, causing the main force of the Jianlu forces to return to the rescue in time, and our army had to retreat temporarily. The East Route Army was also dragged down by the North Korean army's escape before the battle, which made it passive. Fortunately, Marshal Liu turned the tide and made the East Route Army The army turned a corner and achieved such a great victory."

Then he knelt on the ground and said with tears: "The general is incompetent and failed to carry out Yang Jinglue's intention of attacking Hetuala. If he has failed the emperor's favor, please punish Yang Jinglue."

It seemed that this young guerrilla general was the biggest "surprise". He did not expect that the two southeastern armies could kill Amin and wipe out all five thousand Xianglan Banners.

In this way, this war can be regarded as having its own victory or defeat. The Ming army was defeated on the northern front, but it won a great victory on the southern front. It not only severely damaged Jianlu, but also killed Erbeile Amin of Houjin.

What's even more commendable is that at such a young age, this kid can actually take the credit without being arrogant and take the initiative to take the blame.

If Liu Wei had been half as good at talking as this kid, he wouldn't have targeted him everywhere.He was worried that he would continue to "put small shoes on" for Liu Wei, so he would blame the East Route Army for the heavy casualties on the North Korean army.

The Eastern Route Army is all old, weak, sick and disabled, so can the casualties be small?
But this guy is really considerate. With just a few words, he took the blame for Salhu's defeat cleanly for himself.The two armies in the northwest were severely defeated, resulting in the final failure.

It was all caused by two idiots, Juniper and Marin, which made me implicated as well.

He still understands the principle of "the dead are blamed, the living are sealed".

Yang Hao quickly helped Li Xianzhong, who was kneeling on the ground, and said: "Young general, you are serious. You risked your life, went deep behind the enemy's rear, and severely damaged the enemy's army. What crime did you commit?"

"How can I be the man whose rewards and punishments are unknown?"

"The two armies from the southeast have made great contributions to the imperial court. The imperial court will reward them, but I will definitely express my gratitude. I have brought 3 taels of silver to reward all the meritorious soldiers."

"In addition, Yizhou guerrilla Li Xianzhong killed the enemy chief. I first promoted him to Tieling General. The court will naturally reward him later!" At this time, everyone said: "I will thank the commander for the reward!"

Originally, Liu Wei was worried that Yang Hao would take the opportunity to "put some shoes on" for him. Now that he has identified his credit in public, it will naturally be difficult for him to change his mind later.

Liu Wei knew that this time it was thanks to Li Xianzhong, but he did not expect that at such a young age, this young man would not only be a good fighter, but he could also be so good at dealing with human affairs, and his future would be limitless.

He was really jealous of Li Rubai for accepting such an adopted son.

Li Xianzhong said respectfully: "This battle was all planned by Yang Jinglue. My father commanded me well. The soldiers risked their lives. I deserve it!"

Yang Hao said: "General Li Shen doesn't need to be too modest. By the way, I heard that you also raided Jianzhou's camp near Hetuala and killed many Jianzhou prisoners. Why should you hide such military achievements and not report them?"

When Yang Hao said this, he especially dragged out the word "war merit" for a long time.

How could the generals not understand what he meant? He disliked the fact that the two thousand Han troops and seven thousand captives killed on the southern front were not enough, so he wanted to use the old and the weak to make up for his military exploits, so as to offset his own defeat on the northern front.

However, this kind of thing is also common in Liao Town. After all, over-reporting results, and those present are all vested interests, so they are naturally happy to enjoy the gains.

However, unexpectedly, Li Xianzhong did not follow his words this time, but said: "It was already late at night when our army arrived in Hetuala. In order to lure out the Jian captives, the boy did send people to attack and kill a large number of Tatars overnight. The son is old and weak."

"The boy thinks these are not worth mentioning and cannot be regarded as military achievements."

Then he specially emphasized: "Every Tatar killed by the general will be brought back with his head so that it can be inspected by the Ministry of War in the future, and he will never pretend to receive military merit."

Seeing this kid say this, Yang Hao couldn't help but frown.It seems that this boy is still young after all. Didn't Li Rubai teach him the rules of officialdom?

How can military merit be rewarded like this?

Usually, if you kill three hundred people and bring back three hundred heads, you are not allowed to falsely report a thousand or eight hundred heads, unless it is a great victory like total annihilation.How could such a raid deep behind enemy lines bring back all the heads?

This guy is too honest. He brought back seven or eight thousand ordinary old and weak heads and wasted them like this.

So he asked: "General Liu, your East Route Army went north from Kuandian. You should have encountered many Tatar camps on Dong'e Road. Did you make any gains?"

At this time, Liu Wei said: "I am ashamed, I am ashamed. These captives have long been fortified and the people have fled into the mountains. There are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people who can't walk in those camps. I haven't gained much."

Yang Hao said with a smile: "General Li Shen is young after all and does not understand the cunningness of these captives. It is impossible for ordinary people in their camp to be slaughtered by you."

"These barbarians have always been soldiers. From old men aged 80 to [-] to children under ten years old, they will all take up arms to attack our Ming soldiers."

"Although these people are not elites, they are still soldiers, so they can naturally be regarded as military merits!"

At this time, Li Xianzhong pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said: "Thanks to the commander-in-chief for reminding me, otherwise I almost missed reporting my military merit."

"It's just that I really can't tell the difference between these heads. Please ask the commander to send experienced people to help me count the military merits."

At this time, Yang Hao didn't think much about it. He just thought it was the first time Li Xianzhong had done this kind of thing. He was not sure how much he would be rewarded, and he was too embarrassed to ask openly, so he simply asked him to send someone to make a judgment together.

Although the defeats on the northwest two fronts cannot be concealed, the great victory on the southern front must be written down in a big way, and with some writing skills, it will be a proper victory.

After finishing all this, a battle report of "The Great Victory of Hetuala" was rushed for [-] miles, and Pegasus rushed to the capital.

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