Blood from Daming

Chapter 433
When Xue Polu returned to the east bank of the Yalu River with a turtle boat and five large warships, the sky was already turning white. Looking back at the west bank, there was a blazing fire and thick smoke colliding with each other, and there were noisy voices. When he came over, Xue Polu smiled with satisfaction and ordered the navy to release the gangway boat.

At this time, the riverside was full of soldiers and civilians of the Liaodong army, and they were all pointing and watching the fire on the west bank of the Yalu River. The officials and generals had already arrived at the riverside, and Mao Yuanyi, Yu Anxing, Man Gui, and Zhao led the teaching to greet Xue Polu.

Mao Yuanyi said very happily: "Polu, I didn't expect you to make new contributions to Ming Dynasty overnight."

Man Gui was dissatisfied and said: "Brother Polu, you are not mean enough. Why didn't you tell your brother when you camped yesterday, and you should take your brother to get some money."

Xue Polu said: "My lords, don't misunderstand, the last general also played a sneak attack last night on the spur of the moment while taking advantage of the thick fog. It was really impromptu."

Yu Anxing asked, "Polu, are there any casualties among the officers and soldiers?"

Xue Polu said: "My lord, it may be due to the heavy fog. The Jianlu on the other side had no defenses, so there were no casualties among the officers and soldiers on board."

Yu Anxing kept saying good things: "Polu, I don't know how the surprise attack on Jianlu's navy will be."

Xue Polu said: "My lord, fifty or sixty wooden boats were burnt, about a thousand Jianlu were burned to death, and at least half of them were real Tartars."

Yu Anxing said: "Good, good, good, stop living, this time the Polu has made great achievements, we must reward Xue's army well."

Mao Yuanyi said: "Naturally, but it will be at the foot of Yizhou City that our Liaodong Army will officially celebrate the victory of the expedition to North Korea's Yizhou Prefecture."

At this time, a messenger came to report: "My lord, Li Gui, the deputy marshal of the Ningbian Dadu Protectorate of North Korea, is asking to see me."

Mao Yuanyi said, "Send him over."

Not long after, Li Gui, Deputy Marshal of the Ningbian Dadu Protectorate of North Korea, came to Mao Yuanyi. Li Gui greeted Mao Yuanyi and the Ming army generals and said: "I have seen the heavenly officials. My Ningbyen Dadu Protectorate has already started to return to Yi. Zhoucheng, please move the soldiers of the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty to move the camp."

Mao Yuanyi nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, my Ming Liaodong Army will send troops to the city of Yizhou immediately."

Li Gui, Deputy Marshal of Ningbian Metropolitan Protectorate, asked: "Commander Mao, the place where the Jin Kingdom's ship is parked on the other side is on fire, and the last general doesn't know what happened, so I came here to ask Commander Mao for details."

Mao Yuanyi was pinching his beard and trying to think of words, when Zhao Ledjiao, the commander-in-chief beside him, said, "General Li, it's okay to tell you, last night my Liaodong Army sent a hundred ships across the river to attack the Jianlu Zhenglan Banner's Abatai Department, and killed Abatai. The dead bodies of the Batai army flowed into rivers, and our Liaodong army returned home victorious after burning all the Jiancap ships."

Hearing what Zhao Lengjiao said, Li Gui was even more afraid of Daming's soldiers. He secretly rejoiced that he didn't fight against the officials of Daming yesterday.

So Li Gui spoke countless good words to Mao Yuanyi and Yu Anxing, the two civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, coaxing Mao Yuanyi and Yu Anxing to be happy, and then personally accompanied the Liaodong Army of the Ming Dynasty to march towards Yizhou Prefecture.

The Xue Mansion in the capital has started to prosper again in the capital since it received the emperor's love. Not only the two rice shops of "Huimin Grain Store" and "Wuji Rice Shop" are booming, but also the two shops of "Xueji Silk Cloth" and "Sanjiang Huitong" Normal operations have also resumed. Today, the Xue Mansion is even more decorated with red lanterns, colorful silks surround the Xue Mansion, and firecrackers have been blown up for a long time.

Xue Rui, the Patriarch of the Xue Mansion, was in a very good mood sitting in the main seat of the main hall. His second son, Xue Aoren, had officially become the Deputy Commander-in-Chief. It is the emperor's kindness to Xue's excellent appearance.

Seeing the excitement of his grandson Xue Jie, Xue Rui said, "I've eaten the banquet rewarded by the emperor, go back to your mother to make her happy."

Xue Jie said: "Thank you grandfather, but I have colleagues to welcome my grandson in the evening, so I'm afraid I won't be able to come back for dinner."

Xue Rui said: "This kind of gathering is necessary, Jie'er, go to the cashier to pay a sum of money when you go out, remember to be generous."

Xue Jie beamed with joy and said, "The grandson will leave now."

Xue Rui waved Xue Jie back, Xue Rui said: "Ao Ren, follow Weifu to the study."

Xue Aoren followed his father Xue Rui to the study in the backyard. After Xue Rui and Xue Aoren sat down, a concubine brought tea. Xue Rui picked up the teacup and took a few sips. After a while, he slowly put it on the tea table, and then quietly He looked at Xue Aoren intently.

Seeing his father staring at him all the time, Xue Aoren felt uncomfortable, so Xue Aoren kept looking for reasons on himself, but Xue Aoren didn't know what his father meant, so he could only sit there panting.

Xue Rui sighed and said, "Ao Ren, your concentration is still not enough."

Xue Aoren asked suspiciously: "Father, my son doesn't understand what you mean."

Xue Rui said: "Son, you have just won the position of deputy commander in chief, and you are very excited and happy. It seems that the level of self-cultivation is very poor."

Xue Aoren said: "Father, the child is ignorant, please make it clear, Father."

Xue Rui said: "Son, today one of my sons in Xue's mansion was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and a grandson was promoted to deputy thousand household. Less than a month ago, I was still living in the Xue residence for my father, it is truly unpredictable."

Xue Aoren said: "My lord father means that."

Xue Rui took a sip of tea and said: "Son, the imperial court did not give us the official positions in the Xue Mansion willingly. Whether our Xue Mansion can be safe or not depends entirely on the affairs of the team controlled by Yun'er and Xue Er."

Xue Aoren said: "Yun'er and Xue Er have made great contributions to the imperial court, our Xue family will not be able to enjoy the prosperity and peace of Ming Dynasty."

Xue Rui said: "Ao Ren, originally you and Jie'er's promotion was a matter of certainty, but the emperor's imperial banquet came very coincidentally, so my father had to think about some things."

Xue Aoren was startled and asked, "Father, could something be wrong?"

Xue Rui said: "I got a lot of news for my father today, and I haven't fully digested the news yet. The first thing is that Sun Chengzong, the Liaodong Economic Strategy, personally promised Xue Si to be a general. I hope that Xue Si will break his family and join the army. Court."

Xue Aoren murmured: "Hey, for the position of a general, to buy a servant of Xue's family, this is quite a lot of capital for Mr. Jinglue. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to Xue Zhuang's guard team."

Xue Rui said: "Ao Ren, Xue Si is utterly loyal to my Xue family, and his father regards him as a nephew by blood. You have to treat the fourth brother Xue, and you must not say anything about servants."

Xue Aoren quickly replied: "My lord father, I know my mistake."

Xue Rui said: "There is another news that Yun'er re-established the Wenyu Nie Zhu Youhua tribe in Mobei, Mongolia, and defeated the Tuxietu Khan tribe, one of the three heroes in Mobei, Mongolia. Send me nine hundred tributes to the Ming Dynasty to express your submission and surrender."

Xue Aoren was overjoyed and said: "Father, this is a great thing. Our Xue family has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. Why are you so worried now, old man?"

(End of this chapter)