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After listening to Liu Sheng's words, Li Banghua, Zhu Dadian and other ministers of the Military Academy thought that Liu Sheng wanted to give extra rewards and compensation to the soldiers who died in the battle of Longmenchuan.

No one thought there was anything wrong with this.

Because the garrison's outstanding performance in this battle really exceeded many people's expectations and deserved extra commendation.

Moreover, in their view, it is the emperor's right to reward his subjects.

Apart from anything else, many emperors in the past dynasties rewarded and promoted flattering people because of their good mood and personal preferences. Liu Sheng just wanted to give more pensions and rewards to the soldiers who died, so why not?

Of course, today Da'ei's treasury is abundant and its finances are healthy. If Da'ei's finances are as stretched as they were in the late Ming Dynasty, there may be people who really oppose this matter.

After all, in the minds of many people today, the lives of soldiers, or human lives, are not valuable.

The troubled times have not really passed yet, and this idea that human life is like a piece of grass cannot be changed in a short while.

However, just when the officials of the Military Academy were thinking this, they heard Liu Sheng say, "This time, except for the 640-man trust cavalry team of the th Battalion of the nd Regiment of the rd Brigade of the Beijing Guard Division, all the remaining soldiers died in the battle. Longmen Institute.

It can be said that these soldiers used their lives to delay the purge of more than 30,000 prisoners for more than an hour.

In my mind, the soldiers of the Longmen Battalion are still alive even though they are dead, so I want to give this battalion the honorary title of "Longmen Immortal Battalion".

They also transferred elites from various departments of the Beijing Guard Army, plus the remaining ten soldiers, to rebuild the battalion! "

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, many people looked surprised - because what Liu Sheng said was something they had not expected.

Even former Ming officials such as Li Banghua, Zhu Dadian, and Yang Tinglin immediately realized that Liu Sheng's move was of great benefit to building the army.

After the battalion obtains the honorary designation given by the emperor, it will definitely receive various tangible and intangible preferential treatment in the garrison in the future.

The most important thing is that all soldiers who enter the battalion will have a unique sense of honor.

It's as if the Guardsmen have a greater sense of honor than soldiers of other sequences.

And as the battalion's deeds spread, many departments in the army must imitate it, allowing it to have higher morale and unleash stronger combat effectiveness in disadvantageous battles.

Li Banghua and Zhu Dadian are old and stable, and have no abnormal behavior.

The younger Yang Tinglin couldn't help but stand up and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, your Holy Might! When word spreads about the deeds of the Longmen Immortal Camp, there will be a second, third or even more undead camp in our Da'ei Army!

It will surely inspire the whole army, greatly enhance military morale and morale, and greatly enhance combat effectiveness! "

If it weren't for the impassioned words of Yang Tinglin and the sincere look on his face, people who didn't know better would have thought that he was a sycophant who liked to flatter his emperor.

But the ministers in Wuying Palace knew Yang Tinglin well.

Yang Tinglin is not only not a sycophant, but an upright and outspoken critic.

Therefore, his words must come from the heart, sincerely praising Liu Sheng for what he said and did.

In fact, other officials from the former Ming Dynasty also thought Liu Sheng's idea of ​​giving the battalion an honorary title was a good one.

On the other hand, Ma Shimin, Su Haojing and other direct descendants of the Yuan Dynasty who had followed Liu Sheng from the early days of the Kuei tribe felt that Liu Sheng truly admired and cared for the Longmen Immortal Battalion, where nearly all members of the army died in battle, and truly felt that they deserved the honor they deserved and were recognized by future generations. remembered.

really.

When Liu Sheng faced Yang Tinglin's heartfelt admiration, his expression remained calm.

He continued: "The three sentries of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Beijing Garrison Division stationed at Sanyi Fort guarded Sanyi Fort for more than two hours at the cost of more than two-thirds of the battle losses, preparing for the arrival of reinforcements. Gained valuable time.

During this period, the Qing captives persuaded Liu Zhao and other Sanyi Fort soldiers to surrender several times, but in the face of the temptation of high-ranking Qing captive officials and the threat of death, no one surrendered.

The officers and soldiers of the Sanyi Fort Garrison can be called heroes for this act, so I decided to grant these three sentries the designation of 'Blue Blood Hero Sentries'! "

After hearing these words, Li Banghua, Zhu Dadian and other Confucian ministers in the palace who seemed calm at first were no longer calm. What a beautiful heart!
In the past, this was a special word used to describe loyal and unyielding capable ministers and good generals like Yue Fei and Wen Tianxiang.

Now Liu Sheng's golden mouth fell on the guards of the third sentry.

It can be said that these three sentry soldiers will definitely go down in history for this!
What an honor is this? !
Some people almost couldn't help but admonish, saying, "Is it too much to give such a designation?", but thinking that Liu Sheng had always treated the sacrificed soldiers with honor and gold and silver, they swallowed these words wisely.

Amid the shock and envy of the ministers, Liu Sheng continued to speak.

"A director of the Military Affairs Council will use these two examples to review the performance and sacrifices of other garrison troops in the Battle of Longmenchuan.

If there are similar combat units, you can also consider giving them honorary titles.

As for individuals who are brave in combat, or who make personal sacrifices for the troops in exchange for a major combat advantage, they will still be awarded the relevant honorary titles such as "combat hero" and "martyr" in accordance with past practices.

Finally, the pensions for the soldiers who died in the battle of Longmenchuan were doubled. The silver reward and credit for those who have meritorious deeds will be increased by an additional half! "

Having said this, Liu Sheng paused for a moment before continuing: "That's probably all the things to be discussed at this meeting. If you can find out and fill in the gaps, feel free to tell me."

Liu Sheng finished speaking.

The ministers in the hall immediately started whispering to each other.

This was almost not allowed in the Ming Dynasty - it may have happened, but it was definitely due to the emperor's lack of dignity and the lax rules of the court.

In Da'ei, many meetings allowed ministers to communicate with each other.

That's it.

Everyone knew that since Liu Sheng named him to "check and fill in the gaps", it meant that the matter was settled, and they could only improve the matter within the framework given by Liu Sheng.

This small meeting lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

When the ministers returned to the yamen of the Military Academy, they began to write military orders one after another, and sent personnel to the north to verify in detail the military exploits, casualties, etc. of each unit in the Battle of Longmenchuan...
Xi'an.

In order to buy enough time for Dashun's elite main force and their families to move, Yuan Zongdi led his troops to defend Xi'an and several surrounding satellite cities for several days. As a result, he missed the best opportunity to evacuate and was besieged in Xi'an.

At this time, Hao Yaoqi, one of the two lieutenants assigned to him by Li Zicheng, had been killed by a Yi army grenade in the Battle of Xianyang.

Zhang Nai, on the other hand, despite being defeated by Lintong and Lutai one after another, still led two to three thousand remaining soldiers to retreat into Xi'an City.

Counting the more than 2,000 elite soldiers and more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers under Yuan Zongdi's command, there are still about 20,000 regular Dashun troops in Xi'an now.

However, when Yuan Zongdi stood at the top of the city and saw the Wei army pushing artillery carts slowly approaching from a distance, he did not even have the slightest confidence to defend Xi'an.

In the past few days, Yuan Zongdi was not just sitting in Xi'an.

Instead, a small number of elite troops were sent from time to time to lead some miscellaneous troops to support several cities around Xi'an, and even tried to attack the Yi army's logistics transport team to slow down its advance.

But no matter what tactics they used, they didn't work when facing the Yi army, and they even suffered a lot.

If there is a gain, it is that Yuan Zongdi now has a clearer understanding of the strength of the Yi army.

Compared with the battle last spring, the power of the Yi army's guns and other firearms has been significantly improved.

Shen Wandeng's troops to the west were doing fine, except that the power of field artillery shells and grenades was nearly three times greater than before, and there were more mortars similar to the Crouching Tiger Cannon.

However, the Wei army that broke through Tongguan and attacked, with more than 20,000 personal guards as the main force, not only had excellent armor and swords, but they were also equipped with many self-generated fire guns (flintlock guns)!

In addition, the Yi armies on both sides are good at blowing up city gates and even city walls with explosives, which can be said to be impossible to guard against!
Facing such a powerful Wei army, Yuan Zongdi really didn't know how long he could hold Xi'an... (End of this chapter)