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Chapter 435: Triumph (Part )

The general of Datong was named Wang Xun, with the courtesy name Shichen. He was an ancient sage from Tangyin, Henan Province. He once served as the magistrate of Laishui County in Northern Zhili. He was upright, resolute, incorruptible, and good at solving cases. He was widely praised in the court and highly praised by the people.

Here we would like to invite another old acquaintance, that is the famous Nine Thousand Years Old Liu Jin.

This guy is almost becoming a copy of the reputation of an honest official in the Zhengde Dynasty.

You haven't even brushed Liu Jin, so your attributes as an honest official are not pure!

Back to the topic, a relative of a trusted eunuch died and wanted to return to his hometown for burial.

Liu Jin led a group of eunuchs to attend the funeral and happened to pass through the territory of Laishui County. Officials from various prefectures and counties along the way all heard the news and competed with each other to show their courtesy and courtesy to please Liu Jin.

Only Wang Xun, the small county magistrate of Laishui County, has not made any move yet.

Many of his colleagues, out of goodwill, advised him: "In the court, the senior officials, even the three dukes and nine ministers, all obey Liu Jin's orders and are respectful. You are just a county magistrate, what virtue and ability do you have to dare to offend this powerful man?"

Under the earnest advice of his colleagues, Wang Xun, in order to save time and money while maintaining dignity, paid for some simple items for the memorial service out of his own pocket and placed them respectfully on a table beside the road. As for other complicated ceremonies, he kept them simple.

This move undoubtedly angered Liu Jin. He summoned the Jinyiwei and the spies from the East Factory, West Factory and Neihang Factory. After careful deployment, he divided the troops into several groups and launched a high-profile investigation into the evidence of Wang Xun's crimes.

However, Wang Xun was an honest official with no flaws, so Liu Jin had no choice but to reluctantly approve of him and gave him meat and silk.

Wang Xun immediately distributed all the rewards to the poor people, and his reputation for integrity became a legend from then on.

However, this is a good story. Wang Xun was not promoted until Liu Jin's downfall. In just a few years, he rose from a county magistrate to the current general of Datong.

Datong City, the capital of three dynasties and an important town for two dynasties, is collectively known as the Central Three Borders together with Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town.

The Northern Wei, Liao and Jin dynasties either established their capitals in Datong or used Datong as a secondary capital.

In the second year after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chang Yuchun recovered the city that had been occupied for more than 400 years without bloodshed, and began to restore and rebuild the ruling order and cultural traditions of the Han nationality.

As an important town among the Nine Frontiers, the fief of the King of Dai, and the key to the north that protected the entire Jin Dynasty and supported the capital, Datong was forged into an impregnable city through the painstaking construction over a hundred years by several generations of military and civil officials such as Xu Da.

Datong City in the Ming Dynasty was a cluster of city gates consisting of one city and three passes closely integrated together. This urban layout, known as "Phoenix Spreading One Wing", had the town city in the center, with the playground city, east small city, and south small city three city gates guarding the north, east, and south sides.

As one of the most important "field armies" of the dynasty, Datong Town is known as the best soldier in the world and currently has nearly 100,000 officers and soldiers.

As the Mongolian cavalry advanced rapidly, the battlefield space changed rapidly, and the scale of the battlefield continued to expand, the problems of lack of coordination and inadequate support among the three towns in Zhong became increasingly apparent.

To this end, a higher-level "War Zone Joint Command" came into being. The imperial court set up the post of "Governor-General of Xuanda, Shanxi and other places, in charge of military affairs and food and salaries" above the governor and general, referred to as the Xuanda Governor-General.

So is there a higher-level commander above Governor Xuanda?
Indeed, there was, and the commander was about to arrive at his loyal town of Datong.

At this moment, Wang Xun stood on the city wall, looking at the Ming army approaching from a distance, his heart full of emotion. He never expected that after eighteen years of Emperor Xiaozong's relatively conservative governing strategy, the current emperor still had such an enterprising spirit. This was a good thing for the military generals.

I just hope the boss doesn't want to be as desperate as his great-grandfather and go to the front line to kill people himself.

Just as Wang Xun was thinking about it, Zhang Fu, deputy general of Datong, said, "Sir, I don't know if it is a coincidence or something else, but the general leading the troops this time is the mighty general Zhu Shou, and the vanguard is Xianning Marquis Qiu Yue and the councilor of the Central Army Governor's Office Zuo Lengchan." "Mighty general?" Wang Xun was slightly stunned. Even if Wang Xun didn't know all of these prominent figures in the Ming Dynasty court, he had heard of most of them. He really didn't know there was such a person as Zhu Shou.

Zhang Fu had always admired Wang Xun, so he whispered, "I led troops to the south to quell the rebellion four years ago. I heard that the full title of this Lord Zhu is the Governor-General, the Mighty General, the Commander-in-Chief, the Grand Tutor, and the Duke of Zhenguo."

Wang Xun was stunned, and turned to look at Zhang Fu, with an expression of "Are you fucking kidding me?" on his face.

Since the founding of this dynasty, I have never heard of such a long list of official positions.

Zhang Fu was also speechless. It was because the official position was too bizarre that he remembered it at a glance.

As the Wuding Gate opened, the soldiers of the Three Thousand Camp rode their horses and marched into Datong Town in a heroic and high-spirited manner. The originally unruly border troops all fell silent when they saw the soldiers of the Beijing Camp crossing the grassland and raiding Tumochuan.

Is this still the coolie corps they knew a few years ago?
Gao Youji, the Right Governor of Shaanxi and Governor of Datong, Wang Xun, the General, Zhang Fu, the Deputy General, and other civil and military officials of Datong Town came to greet him.

When Gao Youji saw Emperor Zhengde appear on a white horse, he was completely stunned: "Your Majesty?!"

Emperor Zhengde leaned forward slightly and said with a smile: "Hey, Mr. Gao, the last time we met was at the grand court meeting in January. Are you surprised to see me in Datong today? Are you surprised?"

I miss your grandma's legs!

Gao Youji almost swore. He looked at the iron-blooded cavalry behind Emperor Zhengde and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Hey, I know at a glance that Mr. Gao wants to ask about my battle record, right?"

"In this battle, I led 12,000 cavalrymen and defeated the Duoyan Guards in Funing City. I captured Hua Dang alive and subdued him."

"Then within five days, we fought for two thousand miles and attacked the Mongolian stronghold Tumochuan directly. We captured it in one fell swoop, and captured Mongolian Jinong, the leader of the Ordos tribe, the leader of the Tumed tribe, the leader of the Wushen tribe, Sumir Hatun, and Gush Hatun. Hahahaha. This battle can be regarded as the second largest victory over Mongolia since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!"

"In this battle, I killed many Mongolian warriors with my own hands. It was a great pleasure!"

"If Mongolia refuses to obey, I will come again next time!"

Gao Youji, Wang Xun and others looked paler as they listened. This damned guy actually traveled 2,000 miles in 5 days.
No, what did he say?
Before the civil and military officials of Datong could figure out what was going on, a deafening cheer suddenly resounded through the sky. It was the soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion who were shouting in unison with full enthusiasm and excitement: "Your Majesty is mighty, and the Ming Dynasty is mighty!"

"Hahaha"

Emperor Zhengde raised his arm heroically, with a fiery light flashing in his eyes, and responded to those passionate soldiers with a deafening roar: "The Ming cavalry is invincible in the world!"

This roar, like an invisible force, instantly ignited everyone's blood and passion: "Your Majesty is mighty, the Ming Dynasty is mighty, the Ming cavalry is invincible!"

After finding out the enemy's battle record, all the Datong border troops also shouted out. This battle was so satisfying that many of them wanted to join the Three Thousand Camp and follow His Majesty to the grassland again.

After the cheers, only Gao Youji showed a bitter look. His Majesty returned with a great victory. Not to mention Datong Town, I believe it won't be long before the neighboring Xuanfu Town and Shanxi Town will also receive the news. At that moment, His Majesty's reputation among the border troops will reach an unprecedented height.

The last emperor who had such prestige in the army was the hexagonal warrior Emperor Xuanzong Xuande!
(End of this chapter)