I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 121: Three Merits in One Battle? ? ? ! ! !
Everything went according to Liu Ju's plan from then on.

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei collected the head of the Xiongnu captain Wu Kun, and used the same trick to give the Qiang people a chance to rush out of the city gate and escape to the west. While avoiding being caught in a siege and a war of attrition, they also sent the Qiang people into a larger encirclement.

Then Li Xi and Xu Ziwei led the Han army to keep a close eye on the Qiang people.

At the same time, a messenger was sent to inform the Han army that had been blocking the Qiang people's only way to escape to the West Sea...

Liu Ju did not participate in the subsequent actions.

Because what was coming next would be a forced march day and night, Liu Ju knew that if he insisted on staying with the army, Li Xi and Xu Ziwei would be distracted.

In addition, the subsequent battles between the Han army and the Qiang people were basically either one-sided encirclement and massacre or large-scale surrender.

Liu Ju didn't think there was any need to go and watch the battle.

So he let Li Xi and Xu Ziwei guard the empty royal city left by the Qiang people with the two thousand soldiers they had left for him, while he waited for news with peace of mind.

We waited like this for eight days.

The messenger from the front line finally brought Liu Ju good news and bad news.

The good news is:

After being besieged from both sides by 100,000 Han troops, the Qiang people organized a tenacious resistance, but it was ultimately like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

The Han army ultimately won a complete victory, killing more than 20,000 people in battle, capturing more than 60,000 people, and almost annihilating all the Qiang people. It is estimated that the number of Qiang people who escaped in the chaos was no more than two to three thousand!
The Xianrong Qiang leader Liangzhang and the Fengyang Qiang leader Nacuo have also been executed!
The bad news is:
Gongsun Jingsheng fought bravely. He was the first to charge into the camp and charged into the enemy formation without hesitation. In one battle, he achieved three feats: breaking through the enemy formation, beheading the general, and capturing the flag!
And, not dead!
"What did you say???!!!"

Upon hearing the news, Liu Ju jumped up instantly as if he had received an electric shock, his head was buzzing, and he could even vaguely hear dolphin sounds.

He knew too well the value of these three achievements!

In ancient times, there were four major military merits for rapid promotion: being the first to reach the enemy line, breaking through the enemy's formation, beheading the general, and capturing the flag.

Each of these four major military merits is eligible for direct title of nobility or appointment as a general.

Even if he is just an unknown soldier in the army, as long as he achieves one of these military merits, it is equivalent to directly embarking on the path of becoming a famous general who defies fate and changes his destiny!
For example, Chang Yuchun during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, was a poor man who was the first to rise to the top and was promoted all the way to become the Duke of E, a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty. After his death, he was posthumously named Zhongwu and was enshrined in the Taimiao.

This is quite far.

Let’s talk about a recent example. For example, Li Guang’s son Li Gan is the Han general Li Gan who was shot and killed by Huo Qubing.

Because of his merit in capturing the flag during the conquest of the Huns, he was directly granted the title of Guannei Hou, which was exactly the long-cherished wish of his father Li Guang, who was a general but never achieved it in his entire life.

There are too many similar examples.

Let's just put it that way.

Gongsun Jingsheng was now a lieutenant. With his military rank, any one of the four great military merits would definitely give him a chance to be conferred a title of nobility. In this battle, he had already achieved three of them...

But what shocked Liu Ju the most was.

As the first to ascend the battlefield, he had to bear the brunt of the battle, but he didn't die on the battlefield, but instead achieved the other three merits besides the first to ascend the battlefield? !

"Your Highness, this is the battle report written by General Li and General Xu themselves."

The messenger was also shocked by Liu Ju's huge reaction. He thought that Liu Ju did not hear clearly, so he hurriedly bent down and handed over the battle report with both hands.

"it is good……"

Liu Ju came back to his senses and finally realized that he had behaved inappropriately just now.

But it really can't be blamed on him. It's just that the news was too unexpected, too shocking, and too unbelievable.

Is it Gongsun Jingsheng, the guy who is as fat as a ball and who only thinks about how to get a good job and embezzle military funds?
Is it the Gongsun Jingsheng who cried and begged for his life in front of everyone a few days ago?

Is it Gongsun Jingsheng, the man who committed atrocities in history and became the fuse of the witchcraft scandal that killed himself?

Is this really something that fat cousin can do?
Why should he?
Liu Ju admitted that he had indeed sensed a slight change in Gongsun Jingsheng recently. At least he seemed to care about the exiled soldiers in Xiandeng Camp and he did have some conscience.

But this has nothing to do with winning three merits in one battle, right?
Could it be that he is also a time traveler, and the blessing of time travel is that as long as he does some anthropomorphic things to gain conscience points, he can use the conscience points to improve himself?
But judging from his usual behavior, he doesn't seem like a time traveler!

Thinking of this, Liu Ju managed to calm himself down and read the battle report carefully from beginning to end.

At this moment, he was finally sure that the messenger was not wrong and he had not heard it wrong.

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei did clearly mention in their battle reports the fact that Gongsun Jingsheng had "achieved three merits in one battle", although due to space constraints, they did not specify the specific details.

However, both of them stamped their seals at the end of the battle report.

Liu Ju knew clearly that there was really no need for these two people to cheat in this matter. Moreover, even if they really wanted to cheat, they would never come up with such an outrageous "three merits in one battle" deed.

If they really made up this kind of thing, they would not even be able to get over it in their hearts, and would not even dare to send out this battle report, let alone stamp it with their own seal.

This took a long time to digest.

Liu Ju still looked at the messenger unwillingly and asked with doubt in his heart:

"Um... you came back from the front line and should have met Gongsun Jingsheng. Was he injured in this battle?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it seems that he suffered a few minor injuries, but none of them are fatal. In addition, Your Highness does not know that Captain Gongsun stole the show in this battle. When I left, the whole army was praising his bravery. Everyone said that after this battle, Captain Gongsun has become a famous general who will definitely go down in history and has a bright future!"

When the messenger talked about Gongsun Jingsheng, a look of envy and admiration appeared on his face.

"Just some minor injuries?"

Liu Ju felt disappointed again.

"But the casualties in the Xiandeng Camp were not small, with more than half of them destroyed in the battle."

The messenger continued to answer, his eyes inexplicably reddened again, and his words became more nasal.

"I also saw with my own eyes that after the battle, Captain Gongsun burst into tears and rushed into the pile of corpses, searching like a madman for the bodies of the soldiers from the Xiandeng Camp. No one could stop him."

"Everyone who saw this scene was moved to tears, and even many of the captured Qiang people spontaneously saluted and saluted Captain Gongsun."

"Later, General Li and General Xu ordered the entire army to help search, and finally found all the bodies of the Xiandeng Camp."

"Captain Gongsun was thoughtful and even carved military badges for those exiled soldiers... Sigh."

"If not, how could we find it among the tens of thousands of corpses? Captain Gongsun is truly a loyal and righteous man. Anyone who can serve under him is definitely blessed after ten lifetimes of hard work."

"No wonder those exiled soldiers fought with him to block the sword even though they had already wet their pants when he charged into the enemy camp."

"Who wouldn't be willing to work for a general who loves his soldiers like his own sons?"

"..."

After hearing this, Liu Ju finally fell into complete silence.

He had begun to wonder if he had a crow's mouth.

Shouldn't I have said that "Sometimes if you don't push yourself, you will never know how good you are" when I was trying to evade Gongsun Jingsheng?

He also suddenly remembered some details that Gongsun Jingsheng had shown.

For example, although he is as fat as a ball, his movements are more agile than you can imagine...

If Gongsun Jingsheng had not cried loudly after the battle and rushed into the pile of corpses to look for the soldiers who had first entered the camp, he might have regarded Gongsun Jingsheng's previous behavior as winning people's hearts.

but now.

He found out that he was wrong, extremely wrong from the very beginning.

Or it can be said that Gongsun Jingsheng was wrong from the beginning. He was born into a wealthy family by mistake, was the nephew of the queen and the general, and was the son of the imperial coachman by mistake.

Otherwise, he might not have become the person who committed adultery with the princess and embezzled military funds and was the instigator of the witchcraft scandal.

And it is precisely because I tried to solve this hidden danger in advance.

This brought Gongsun Jingsheng to a new environment and a new state of mind, which subtly changed his historical trajectory.

This also activated certain qualities hidden in his round body, allowing him to start a new and unimaginable gorgeous life.

"Three achievements in one battle?"

Even now Liu Ju still finds it too outrageous to describe in words.

Looking at the countless famous generals in history, it seems that no one has ever achieved such outrageous achievements, even when facing an enemy as vulnerable as this time.

Outrageous!

It’s so outrageous!

I just wonder if Gongsun Jingsheng will become the fuse of the witchcraft disaster in the future?

　Thanks to Mr. [Wuyin Guke] for his reward and support.

　　Thanks to Mr. [Ice and Fire Magic Chef] for his reward and support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)