"Have you ordered the Tianxiong Army general Gao Yingxiang to be escorted to the capital before? Now Gao thief has been sent outside the city by General Wang Gan. Please tell me what to do about it." Gao Qiqian asked with a flattering look on his face.

"Oh, why did I forget this? Gao Qiqian, you go out of the city immediately and escort Gao Zhe. I want to see what this Gao Zhe looks like." Emperor Chongzhen was interrupted by him, and he was originally in his heart.

I was a little unhappy, but I heard that Gao Zhe had arrived in the capital and was immediately energetic and had long forgotten the incident of seeing Lin Dong.

After Gao Qiqian retreated, he immediately brought a generous gift to several favorite ministers in the court who said in front of the emperor. Then he brought 10,000 taels of silver into the palace and gave it to him.

Wang Chengen.

Gao Qiqian deeply understood the importance of wind in his ears. As long as the ministers work hard outside, Gao Qiqian then goes to the emperor to blow wind in his ears, Lin Dong would not even think about it if he wanted to see the emperor.

And the reason why he did this was naturally his reason. If An Dong army hadn't launched an attack on the Qing army late at night, they wouldn't have fled in a panic.

What's even more annoying is that Lin Dong, as a reinforcement, should have been under their control, which means that Lin Dong's military achievements should have been made by him.

But Lin Dong was fine, so he sent the battle report directly into the palace and found Liu Yuliang as his backer.

Liu Yuliang, Gao Qiqian, can't do anything for the time being, and he is still somewhat sure of dealing with Lin Dong. Since you don't give me a good life, then you don't think about living a good life.

What's even more hateful is that in order to protect himself, he pushed Zhang Shangshu out, thus losing a good ally.

Moreover, Lin Dong almost killed himself with this operation. In this way, it would be normal for him to suppress Lin Dong to a high potential.

Lin Dong naturally didn't know these things and was still waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's summons, but he waited around but couldn't wait for the imperial edict summoned by the emperor.

One day two months later, Lin Dong finally couldn't bear the boredom in his heart, so he left the big tent and headed straight for Chang Qianhu's residence.

What surprised him was that Chang Qianhu was not at home.

After some inquiry, I found out that Chang Qianhu had entered Beijing.

After not responding for so long, Lin Dong had a bad premonition, but he was not familiar with the place in Beijing and couldn't find someone to ask for it.

Fortunately, the emperor paid off. In the evening of that day, Chang Qianhu finally returned from the capital.

Looking at Chang Qianhu's tired look, an ominous premonition arose from the bottom of his heart.

"Chang Qianhu, what's wrong with you?" Lin Dong asked anxiously.

"It's over, it's over!" Chang Qianhu sighed.

"What's over? Tell me clearly." Lin Dong's heart tightened and asked immediately.

"You have made all your military achievements, and you will never have the opportunity to enter the palace to meet the saint." Chang Qianhu said with a depressed look on his face.

"What's going on?" Lin Dong said in shock.

"What else can you do? The treacherous ministers are in power and the demons are dancing!" Chang Yin sighed and said. He seemed to have been ten years older in the past two months, and looked particularly haggard.

"What's going on? Tell me quickly." Lin Dong also looked anxious.

Chang Yin no longer kept his cover and said what happened in the past two months. According to the emperor's wishes, he wanted to summon Lin Dong, but Gao Qiqian was isolated from China and abroad. Whenever the emperor wanted to summon Lin Dong,

He would find all kinds of reasons to shirk it.

Over time, Chongzhen's thoughts on summoning Lin Dong gradually faded.

Even Chongzhen wanted to offer prisoners to Taimiao, but Gao Qiqian repeatedly found a way to delay the matter. This matter has been delayed until now.

Chang Yin only learned about the news not long ago, so he immediately went to Beijing and found the nobles' children to inquire about the news. After asking, he found out that Emperor Chongzhen had arranged the matter of offering prisoners to the Taimiao in the spring of the following year, which was enough.

It's still several months.

The military rations Andong Army brought were not much, and it has not been replenished for two months and has reached a situation where there is no surplus grain. If you wait any longer, you will probably go hungry.

After hearing Chang Qianhu say this, Lin Dong frowned and said with a look of reluctance: "Have you contacted Mr. Liu?"

"Old Ge Lao has naturally contacted him, but Mr. Liu seemed to have no intention of wading into this muddy water, saying that he was alone and weak, so let us be patient for the time being."

"It seems that the water in the court is not as deep as it is." Lin Dong sighed. He never expected that he would be forgotten by the emperor if he made such a great contribution. He couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"General Lin, according to my opinion, it is no point in staying in the capital again. It is better to go back to Andongwei first and talk about other things later." Chang Yin sighed and said.

"But the military achievements made by my Andong army have been hacked by them like this?" Lin Dong said dissatisfiedly.

"The general is so bad. The so-called title is rewarded with merits and responsibilities. Now Your Majesty has appointed you as General Jinwu. Even if you no longer promote you, it will be over." Chang Yin said about the twists and turns of the court.

He knew more about nature than Lin Dong, and immediately sighed and said.

"But!" Lin Dong wanted to say something else, but in the end he didn't say it. The reason why he wanted to gain greater power was not that he wanted to contribute more to the people, but the court did not give him this opportunity.

He was speechless.

"Don't do it, I've inquired. Your reward should come down soon. As for promotion, you should not think about it." Chang Yin shook his head and said.

"What's the use of reward!" Lin Dong had no choice but to return to the big tent again.

Sure enough, Lin Dong's reward came down within a few days. This time, Emperor Chongzhen directly named him Xingping Bo.

He Lindong was different. When he heard that Lin Dong had been named Earl, his soldiers were extremely happy and came to congratulate him one after another. Lin Dong was quite helpless about this.

According to his idea, he would have made military achievements this time, no matter how many times he would have been appointed as a general officer to guard the other side, but the result was a bit unsatisfactory. In the end, he was still the commander of Antonwei.

Seeing that there was no hope, Lin Dong stopped waiting and immediately wrote a document from the class of troops to An Dongwei and handed it on.

Soon the Ministry of War agreed to Lin Dong's request and asked him to bring people back to Andongwei.

This time, Andong's army came to the capital from a thousand miles away, and nothing else was obtained except for the title of a count.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the Andong Army were not interested in the imperial court's official position, so they did not show any disappointment.

Lin Dong led the Andong army all the way south, and within a few days he entered the territory of Hejian Prefecture. Due to years of war, there was already a situation where no grass grew and people fed each other.
Chapter completed!