"Hahaha!"

Fengyang Mansion, outside Huoqiu County.

Huang Degong's bold laughter came from the Ming army camp.

"Military fields, military medals, medals for heroes and martyrs, and monuments are all good policies for the soldiers. Your Majesty really takes our military men to heart!"

However, it was Huang Degong who received the telegram from Nanjing and learned about the various new policies implemented by General Zhu Yura in the army, and he was extremely grateful.

Huang Ming, Tian Yang, Xu Chong, and Chen Xiance in the tent clasped their fists together and said with a smile: "I will congratulate the Marquis on his promotion to the rank!"

Huang Degong was indeed quite happy about this, and laughed happily when he heard this.

The message also mentioned the reward given to him by Zhu Yurao.

From the Battle of Yangzijin, to the Battle of Yangzhou, to the north to Huai'an, to the west to recapture Fengyang Prefecture, and to the south to rescue Hefei, Huang Degong's contribution is indeed not small.

Therefore, Zhu Yu'ao was promoted to the title of Marquis of Jingnan, and was given the seal of "General Dingbei".

The seal of "General So-and-so" is regarded as a temporary and powerful general position above the commander-in-chief and admiral awarded to military generals in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In fact, when Chongzhen decreed last year to confer the title of Jingnan Bo on Huang Degong, he was given the seal of "Dang Kou General".

However, the miscellaneous general titles with prefixes such as Ping Lu, Ping Thie, Dang Kou, etc. are naturally not as good as the Sifang General titles that begin with the fixed character.

If anything, among titles such as General Dingbei, the only titles left are general, marshal, and grand marshal.

This shows that Zhu Yuluo trusted, valued, and favored Huang Degong.

After laughing, Huang Degong looked around at several of his old subordinates and said, "Aren't you guys promoted this time? You will fight well in the future, and you are expected to be knighted in the future."

Several people also smiled happily when they thought of the relevant rewards mentioned in the telegram just now.

For Huang Degong and other major generals, Zhu Yuyao not only rewarded them with gold, silver and cloth, but also promoted them according to their merit.

The commander-in-chief has a yellow name and the title of right commander.

Deputy General Xu Chong was promoted from Chief Soldier to Chief Soldier.

Chen Xiance was promoted from deputy general to deputy general.

Even Zhang Jie was promoted from guerrilla to general.

Only Tian Yang was ordered to lead troops from Liuhe to assist Hefei. Because he arrived late, he did not win a single battle and only received a reward of two hundred taels of silver.

Ma Degong and Qiu Yue, who successfully defended Hefei, were promoted to the rank of general and deputy general respectively.

It's just that the two of them are still repairing in Hefei and are no longer here, so they don't know the news yet.

After everyone congratulated each other, Tian Yang, who felt a bit forced to smile, said: "Master Hou, according to the spies' reports and the information obtained from the interrogation of Er Liu, there are almost no Qing troops in southeastern Henan. So why don't we take the opportunity to attack Shangcheng, Gushi, Guangzhou, Guangshan and other places?

Recovered? This is another great achievement."

Although Huang Degong was straightforward, he was not stupid. He knew at a glance that his subordinate was eager to make meritorious deeds.

But as a military commander, he cannot only think about meritorious service, but must consider the overall situation in everything.

He then pointed to the map in the camp and said: "There is no need for us to go over to the southeastern part of Henan. Li Guoying and Ma can recover it if they succeed.

Don't worry about running out of battles - in a few days, when the soldiers have finished repairing, we will go up the Yingshui River to recover Yingzhou, Taihe, Mengcheng, and Bozhou.

Then we will station troops in Taihe and Bozhou, look for opportunities to enter Henan, recapture Kaifeng, and return to Germany!"

At the end of the sentence, Huang Degong's rough big palm directly covered the area of ​​eastern Henan.

He did not forget that the strategic task assigned to him by Zhu Yurao was to look for opportunities to regain the area south of the Yellow River so that he and Zeng Ying could establish a Yellow River defense line.

When Tian Yang and other generals heard that there was a battle to be fought, they stopped being picky and geared up one by one.

The mentality of these generals today is also very different from that of the Chongzhen and Hongguang periods.

At that time, they were greedy for military pay and enjoyed wealth. On the one hand, they were able to support their families. On the other hand, the military pay given to them by the court was insufficient. It would be good to get half of it.

Various types of equipment were often in short supply, and in the end even military rations had to be raised on their own.

When fighting, there were civil servants, eunuchs to control them, and a mess of pig teammates. Many battles were fought in an extremely useless manner.

Although the right to distribute military pay has been taken away by Zhu Aelao, and there is no chance of embezzling military pay, both they and the people under them can indeed get enough pay.

In terms of armaments, the superiors tried their best to provide them with complete equipment, and even transferred a batch of plate armor, flintlock guns, and artillery from Sichuan for them to use.

If he wins a battle, Zhu Ayao is never stingy with rewards.

Therefore, overall comparison, it is actually much better than the previous two or three years.

The most important thing is that such a Ming Dynasty and such an army make people feel hopeful.

Unlike before, I didn’t know when I was going to die, and I didn’t know when I would die.

The current Ming Dynasty, or the current Ming Emperor, is worthy of their service, and even shed their blood...

Xuzhou.

Zeng Ying also received Zhu Yuluo's telegram edict through the radio group.

Afterwards, he summoned his generals to convey Zhu Auao's wishes.

Now he has the Third Town of the Border Guard Army led by himself as the Commander-in-Chief, two garrison towns led by Liu Zhaoji and Ma Yingkui, and some boats and officers of the Second Town of the Yangtze River Navy led by Yu Dahai.

In addition, Ai Nengqi, who was stationed in Huai'an, was also nominally at his disposal.

When Liu Zhaoji and others heard Zeng Ying read out the contents of the telegram, they all clasped their fists and said, "Congratulations, general!"

After hearing this, Zeng Ying stroked his beard and seemed to smile very reservedly, but he did not hide the cheerful look on his face.

This time, Zhu Aona made him the son of Putian County and gave him the seal of "Pinglu General", which can be said to be a promotion to a higher rank.

Although the viscount was one level lower than the previous earl, after learning about Zhu Yuyao's new meritorious service system, he understood that Zhu Yurao's ennoblement this time was considered a favor to him.

After all, there are five other titles below Viscount.

Besides, he is still young, and Ming Dynasty still has many battles to fight if it wants to pacify internal and external enemies.

If Zhu Yushuo directly granted him the title of count or marquis this time, he might be able to reach the point where he would be unable to be ennobled by his middle age.

By that time, even if Zhu Ainao doesn't kill the rabbit and kill the dog, I won't go to war with him, and will probably retire in advance.

That was not the life he wanted to live, Zeng Yanhou.

He would rather be promoted to a higher position more slowly, and he also hopes to ride on the battlefield longer and make achievements!

At the same time, Zhu Yusuo, a meritorious general in each town commanded by Zeng Ying, was also rewarded.

Liu Zhaoji was given the title of right governor, and Ma Yingkui was promoted to deputy general and appointed to the post of commander-in-chief of the army. This was their intention in Yangzhou in the name of supervising the country. This time, they were rewarded with silver taels and silk satin.

Yu Dahai, the commander-in-chief of the Second Town of the Yangtze Navy, and Li Zhanchun, the commander-in-chief of the First Town of the Yangtze Navy, were awarded the title of Yunqiwei, the eighth rank of a different surname, and also received appropriate material rewards.

Yang Zhan, who was stationed in Yangzhou, was granted the title of Male of Jianwei County and the title of Governor of the Left.

Ai Nengqi, who was stationed in Huai'an, was awarded the title of seventh-grade cavalry captain.

After that, there are rewards for middle and low-level generals and ordinary soldiers...

Also on this day, Zhu Yulao's telegram was also sent to the governor's office in Wuchang and the Prince of Shu's Mansion in Chengdu, to be set up in the Shaanxi-Gansu governor's camp in Hanzhong.

Chengdu.

Chengyun Hall of Prince Shu's Mansion.

Because today is the day Zhu Yurao ascended the throne, many preparations have been made here in Chengdu. The most important vision is that even the important civil and military officials organized in Chengdu City, together with the Chengyun Palace, watch Zhu Yurao's photo taken in Nanjing.

Video of the coronation ceremony.

In the video, when the Nanjing civil and military officials knelt down to worship the new emperor, they all knelt down and worshiped Zhu Ainao in the video projection screen, shouting long live the mountain.

In the afternoon, Chengdu was the first to receive a telegram from the new emperor conferring awards on meritorious civil and military personnel.
Chapter completed!