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Chapter 885

After the trespasser Li Zicheng joined forces with the Cao thief Luo Rucai, the land of Zhongzhou was disturbed and the peace was disturbed. Fu Zonglong, the new governor of Shaanxi and the three sides of the Ming Dynasty, also died in Xiangcheng.

Yang Wenyue, governor of Baoding, withdrew his troops from Chenzhou, and Ding Qirui, the governor, kept his troops in the Guangshan and Gushi areas, but reported to the imperial court that he was fighting fiercely with the bandit Zhang Xianzhong and could not rescue other places.

The unmatched Chuangcao coalition forces began to cross the land of Zhongzhou. They sent out all their troops to attack various places, and began to actively plan to attack Kaifeng Mansion, the important town of Ming Dynasty in Yu Province, for the second time.

However, even Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty was still unaware of the death of Fu Zonglong, the governor of the three sides, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who lived in the important area of ​​the Liaodong border of the Ming Dynasty, was even less aware of the changes in southern Henan.

Now, Hong Chengchou is in a state of extreme excitement, and on his case there is a Lubutang newspaper, which is the victory report document of Zhang Cheng, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu.

Not only Hong Chengchou was extremely excited, but also all the staff in Xingyuan, as well as Governor Qiu Minyang of Liaodong, General Wu Sangui, Chen Jiugao, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen and others were also shocked.

They assembled the soldiers and horses of six generals, plus the standard battalion of Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang, they fought hard for more than several days, and only killed a few thousand captives.

However, many of the bones of the Tartar thieves were snatched back by the captive cavalry, and the actual number of bones that were snatched by the generals was less than a thousand. Since this is the result of the battle, they also paid more casualties than the Tartar thieves to get it. .

In their view, Zhang Cheng had just returned to aid the Xingshan defense line, and he could capture more than [-] Tartar heads?
Moreover, they also beheaded generals and seized the flags. With only the soldiers and horses in the town of Xuanfu, they beheaded the owner of the Xiangbai Banner of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Duoduo of Yu, as well as Gushan Ezhen'a Mountain of Manzhou Zhenghuang Banner and Baya La of Xiangbai Banner. Zhang Zhang Jing E Shuo.

This is the first time in more than ten years since the Ming Dynasty fought against the Tartars, a prince-level figure who was able to kill the Tartars in front of the battle, let alone the corpses of Duduo, Ashan, E Shuo and others, as well as the clothes they were wearing. Armor, all captured.

"This is an astonishing feat!"

Qiu Minyang, governor of Liaodong, opened his mouth wide and could not be disturbed for a long time. He continued: "In the first battle, we captured more than [-] Tartar heads. This is the first time since the Ming Dynasty started the war with the slaves; and killing the prince of slaves before the battle is also the first time. This is the first time since I started the war with the slaves in Ming Dynasty!"

The excitement couldn't be calmed down for a while, Qiu Minyang continued excitedly: "Zhang Cheng is amazing, the generals of the Xuanfu are mighty!"

He turned his head to look at Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, and said again: "I have Zhang Cheng in the Ming Dynasty, and I no longer fear the soldiers of slaves. Governor, you should immediately report your victory to the court and the emperor.

I believe that the emperor will be very happy when he hears the report of the great victory here. "

Hong Chengchou's face sank like water, as calm as ever, but his heart was extremely excited, such a great victory, unprecedented in ancient times, not only enough to comfort the sacred heart, but also to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao and comfort the ancestors.

But this great victory was obtained by the unruly Xuanfu Zhang Cheng in front of him, this is what worries him!
"It would be great if the eldest uncle received this special merit." The first thought in Hong Chengchou's mind.

And his second thought was: "Even if the eldest uncle did not receive this special merit, then it is reasonable for General Xiao Cao to receive this merit."

When he thought of this, he couldn't help looking at Cao Bianjiao, and thought: "Even if Wang Tingchen has achieved such military achievements, it is better than that unruly Zhang Cheng!"

At this time, Xie Sixin, Hong Chengchou's confidant and aide, said: "Such a great achievement should be reported to the imperial court immediately. However, the two adults need to carefully consider how to write this document."

"Um……"

Hong Chengchou was also brought back to reality by Xie Sixin's words. It was indeed as Xie Sixin said, such a greedy deed, he must report it to the court as soon as possible.

However, how to write this report is the key!
In the final analysis, how to share this special achievement should be the topic that everyone in the military account cares most about today.

Zhang Cheng's first achievement, the Xuanfu's first achievement, naturally no one can compete with him, and everyone knows that they can't compete for it, even if it is the achievement of beheading slaves, thieves and false kings, including Nagushan Ezhen'ashan, Ba Ya La Tiao Zhang Jing E Shuo, everyone has never wanted to fight.

But in the final analysis, Zhang Cheng came to Liaodong as a guest army to aid in the suppression. If all the achievements of greedy heaven belong to him alone, I am afraid that other generals will feel resentment. He must be resentful.

Therefore, in the eyes of Hong Chengchou, Xie Sixin and others, Zhang Cheng and the generals of the Xuanfu army should not let Zhang Cheng and the generals of the Xuanfu army monopolize all these four or five thousand heads of slaves!
Li Song saw that Hong Chengchou just said "hmm" but didn't say anything, so he followed Xie Sixin's words and continued: "It is said that the soldiers of the Xuanfu fought hard for military achievements, and we shouldn't be greedy."

When he said this, he changed the subject again and continued: "However, such a great achievement is a brilliant achievement made by the joint efforts of our generals in Liaodong and the generals who aided Liao.

It turned out that Zhang Cheng and Xuanfu had one man and one army. "

After Li Song finished speaking, he looked up at Xie Sixin, motioning for him to finish the next sentence.

Xie Sixin is also a delicate heart, so how could he not understand what he meant, so he immediately said: "The governor is in the middle to dispatch, and the merits of strategizing cannot be concealed.

And Qiu Fuchen and Zhang Jianjun discussed military strategy together, participated in the planning and decision-making, and even took the risk of attacking Shishi personally. This assistance is also indispensable. "

Qiu Min, governor of Liaodong, heard that Xie Sixin would mention himself, and although he was deeply satisfied in his heart, he still had to do superficial articles, and he was about to speak modestly.

But I heard Li Song say again: "Furthermore, all the generals fought bravely, not only restraining the army of slaves, but also beheading a lot of slaves. Although the number of heads obtained is less, it cannot be lost because of this. It didn't work."

Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, did not speak until this time: "Mr. Zhenzhong, please write me a memorial for my victory, and convey to the heavens the great achievements made by my Master of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the specific performance of the generals in this battle, we will report separately after the governor checks each one in detail! "

Seeing what Hong Chengchou said, all the people in the military tent did not express any objection.

Governor Qiu Minyang praised: "It's still Governor Hong's thoughtful thinking. For such a great achievement, it should be reported to the court first to make the emperor happy. As for the contributions of the generals, there is no rush."

What he said was ingenious. He not only expressed his approval for Hong Chengchou's decision, but also expressed his support for everyone's desire to share Zhang Cheng's military achievements.

Then everyone discussed some military affairs, and they were still in a confrontation with the cavalry led by Dorgon.

It's just that the situation on Songshan's side has changed from offensive to defensive. It has become that the Ming army is defending Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain, while the Qing army has become the attacking side.

If we look at the previous situation, in fact, in the battle of Shimen Mountain, the Ming army also won a big victory, although it failed to completely solve the siege of Jinzhou.

However, the Ming army who occupied Shimen Mountain also had the initiative, and could send out all their troops at any time to threaten the slaves on the south bank of the Daughter River, and even rushed across the north bank of the Daughter River, breaking the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop.

But when they learned about Zhang Cheng's military exploits in Xingshan, everyone was silent for a while. Compared with Zhang Cheng, all the military exploits and results of their side combined may be no match for half of Zhang Cheng's military exploits.

After the generals had retreated, Hong Chengchou and his trusted aides Xie Sixin, Li Song and others conducted a secret discussion on the specific content of the victory report.

In order to gain the support of Zhang Ruoqi, the commander-in-chief, it is natural to exaggerate Zhang Ruoqi's role in this battle, especially, to emphasize his attitude of advocating returning to aid Xingshan!

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On the fifth day of September, Zhang Ruoqi's hands trembled so badly in the Empress's Palace in the south of Songshan City that even a light piece of paper in his hand seemed to be floating away.

Now, Zhang Ruoqi finally knows what "a word of gold" is!

Even though an hour had passed, his mood still failed to recover, and even his eyes were still filled with tears of excitement.

He looked at Zhang Dou, Wang Pu, Fu Yingchong, Wei Zhice, Li Fuming and others, and murmured, "Great work...great work...this is a great contribution!"

When he said the last sentence, Zhang Ruoqi was almost hoarse, not only his voice was extremely loud, but even his expression was extremely exaggerated, and he completely lost the demeanor of the director general.

Just when everyone was confused, Zhang Ruoqi shook the letter in his hand and said: "Zhang Bingxian, you should take a look for yourself. The supervising army doesn't know how to tell you anymore, this is a covetous effort what!"

Zhang Dou of the Bingxian, Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of Shenji Battalion, Wei Zhice, a guerrilla from the Xuanfu, and others were originally stationed in various places to prevent the Tartars from crossing the river to attack again.

Today, everyone didn't know why Zhang Ruoqi, the military commander, hurriedly summoned everyone to come to the Empress Palace to discuss matters.

Seeing him like this at the moment, everyone was suspicious in their hearts, although some people had vaguely guessed that it might be that Zhang Cheng who returned to aid Xingshan made another great contribution.

But Zhang Ruoqi's performance was too exaggerated, which made everyone dare not guess without authorization, even Zhang Dou, who had experienced military affairs for a long time, was a little at a loss in his heart.

He took the letter carefully and held it tightly in his hands, as if he was afraid that it would fall to the ground if he was not careful. This kind of appearance was like those two pages were heavier than a thousand catties.

"Crack!" There was a loud noise.

Zhang Dou just glanced briefly, then excitedly said loudly: "Okay, okay, great!"

Amidst the doubts of the remaining few people, Zhang Dou said again: "Prince Yu Duoduo, the slave thief, was beheaded, and a member of Gushan was beheaded, and a member of Zhangjing was pulled out. Zhang Cheng is amazing, amazing!"

He stared at the letter intently, read it again carefully, then passed it to Wang Pu, the general soldier, and said loudly: "I have Zhang Cheng in the Ming Dynasty. It is really the luck of Liaodong and the luck of my Ming Dynasty." what!"

Wang Pu was also like Zhang Dou. After only a few glances, he shouted excitedly, "How did Marshal Zhang manage to capture more than 4000 heads of slave thieves?"

The same goes for Fu Yingchong and Wei Zhice. Although Wei Zhice knows his general and the soldiers and horses of Xuanzhen better, he also believes that Zhang Cheng's return to aid Xingshan will surely defeat the slaves.

But it seems that such an ending is something he never expected, but compared to Fu Yingchong, he is already [-] points calm. The deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, Fu Yingchong, is staring at a pair of big eyes at this moment, and his mouth is also wide open, and he can't close it. up.

The officials and generals in the Empress Palace were obviously much happier than the officials and generals in the governor's office. After all, they could all be said to be members of Zhang Cheng's faction, and moreover, such a great achievement had many people from their camps participating.

Not to mention that both Wang Pu and Li Fuming have fine cavalry under their command, with Zhang Cheng and Guo Yingxian returning to aid, even Fu Yingchong also supported Zhang Cheng with many small cannons such as Baizi blunderbuss, as well as nearly a thousand gunners.

Zhang Ruoqi, the commander in chief, and Zhang Dou, the military commander, are also very supportive of Zhang Cheng's return to aid. In the future, they will be rewarded for meritorious service, and they will naturally share a certain amount of military merit.

That night, Governor Xingyuan sent a draft letter of victory, and Zhang Ruoqi was very satisfied after reading it.

Because, in this letter of victory, the other generals are not mentioned too much, and it is only said that the detailed report will be made after the merits of the generals are verified in the future.

However, apart from mentioning that Zhang Cheng's soldiers and horses, when returning to aid Xingshan, beheaded and killed the slave thief and puppet king Duoduo, as well as Gushan Ashan and Baya Latiaozhang Jing'e Shuo, only the governor Hong Chengchou and the governor army were mentioned. Zhang Ruoqi and Governor Qiu Minyang contributed to the contribution of the three.

Obviously, the three of them, together with Zhang Cheng, were the first batch of heroes who were the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, who won this battle and drew up a request for credit.

After several rounds of letters and negotiations, a piece of Lubu Jiewen was finally sent to the Imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty.

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"Reward, it must be rewarded heavily!"

Emperor Chongzhen was walking back and forth in the Qianqing Palace, dancing and dancing. At this moment, he was like a naughty child, without any appearance of a king.

Maybe it's been suppressed for too long by the heavy state affairs, or maybe it's been suppressed for too long by the bad news that comes one after another.

In short, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire has not been as happy as he is today for more than ten years. Even three years ago, when he heard that the thief Li Zicheng had been killed in Tongguan, he was not as happy as he is today.

He suddenly stopped in front of the carved window, looked up at the white clouds outside the window, and roared in his heart: "Ancestors, do you know? My Ming Dynasty has won the battle. Since the Battle of Sarhu, I have fought two battles with slaves." For more than ten years, I am Ming...

I, Ming Dynasty, finally fought a big victory, killed tens of thousands of slaves, beheaded more than [-] heads of slaves, and killed more than a hundred slaves and puppet king Duoduo, as well as more than a hundred generals and officials below Gushan. "

A string of teardrops dripped from the corner of his eyes, and he actually said aloud: "Zhen, I can finally comfort my ancestors!"

Kneeling on the ground, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the minister of rites and supervisor Bingbi, hurriedly crawled forward to the front of Emperor Chongzhen, and kowtowed: "Old slave, congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor..."

As he was talking, he also choked up, so that he couldn't say a word, but wept together with Emperor Chongzhen.

Excited, these two words can no longer describe their mood at the moment, Emperor Chongzhen's heart that has been suppressed for many years is completely relieved at this moment.

A sense of elation came spontaneously, he seemed to feel that he was really the Great Ming Zhongxing Mingjun, and it seemed that it was not far away to revive the great Ming's national prestige and make all nations surrender.

As for Wang Cheng'en, it was the first time in more than ten years that he saw the revived emperor as happy as he is today, so he was so excited that he couldn't help crying.

(End of this chapter)