Chapter One Hundred and Seventieth: Tell Hong Du to speed up the army
After the bursts of mountain calls in the square in front of the Guandeokjeon Hall of Long Live Mountain.
Du Xun waved the small flag in his hand again, and the infantry marched forward amidst the sound of drums. They changed their formation several times according to the instructions of the small flag. Although it was not very neat, it was still more or less visible.
After a while, the gongs sounded loudly, and the infantry quickly returned to their original positions and lined up again to stand still.
Du Xun once again waved the small flag in his hand, and twenty-five infantrymen walked out of the queue, stood thirty steps away from the emperor, and were divided into five rows, with five people in each row, and began to practice single-sword and shield tactics.
Then twenty-five more people came over and practiced spear thrusting, and then another twenty people performed shooting techniques at a distance in front of the emperor, and generally they were able to hit the target with arrows.
After the shooting performance was completed, Du Xun came to Emperor Chongzhen, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "I am reporting to you, Your Majesty, I was ordered to be in charge of internal affairs, but I failed to do the job properly. I am really guilty.
If God is merciful, I will definitely work hard and train these thousands of 'internal troops' for the emperor into an elite army within a hundred days."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "As long as you work hard for me, I will definitely be of great use to you in the future."
"Thank you, slave!" Du Xun said as he hurriedly kowtowed.
When Wang Dehua saw that the exercise was over, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's time to award the award."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded. Wang Dehua turned his head and winked at a eunuch behind him, and then issued a high-pitched call: "Play music...present rewards...!"
Amidst the sound of drum music, the eunuchs presented three hundred taels of silver and twenty bolts of silk to the internal army on behalf of Emperor Chongzhen. In addition, they also awarded Du Xun the third-grade crown uniform and jade belt. The other chief eunuchs who were in charge of internal affairs also
There are additional rewards.
Du Xun and other eunuchs kowtowed to Emperor Chongzhen amidst the sound of drums. All the eunuchs who participated in the internal exercises also knelt down to thank the emperor for his kindness, and there were waves of shouts of long live the mountain.
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After seeing the internal exercises, Emperor Chongzhen got on the chariot and was carried by four eunuchs to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.
Du Xun took advantage of this gap to chase him out, leaned close to Wang Chengen, smiled apologetically, and whispered: "Fortunately, the boss loaned more than a dozen people who knew archery from the East Factory, so I won the joy of the Sacred Heart. Tonight I
Go to the proprietor's mansion to express your sincere thanks."
Wang Cheng'en slapped him face to face and said: "You come from the sect master Wang's sect. He and I are good brothers. We should take care of each other when things happen and make the Emperor's Sacred Heart happy. This is our duty as slaves.
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But the emperor is really serious about all the internal affairs. Although today is a good time, you must work hard in the future. If you don't train the internal army seriously to develop some skills, if the emperor has a whim one day,
If you want to watch the exercise at last minute, our family won’t be able to help you by then, kid!”
"Yes, yes. The proprietor is right." Du Xun bowed and smiled, watching Wang Chengen's figure gradually go away with Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen rode down the mountain in his chariot, but still looked back to the north from time to time, and saw Du Xun from a distance still commanding the internal army's drills in the square.
He sighed secretly in his heart: "If the generals can train their troops like Du Xun, why bother that the bandits cannot be wiped out!"
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Returning to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen changed his clothes, washed his face, and looked at the newly delivered military information documents on the imperial case. After hesitating for a while, he decided not to read them for the time being. He sighed in his heart: "They are all those who want to be attacked by soldiers." It’s for pay!”
His spirit has not yet completely recovered from the blow of Luoyang and Xiangyang being feudal.
Especially the fall of Luoyang and the murder of King Fu made him unforgettable. He always sighed in his heart: "If only Luoyang could hold on as well as Kaifeng!"
Every time he thought about this matter, he hated Li Xianfeng, Wang Shaoyu and a bunch of mediocre officials and deposed generals. Although during the Wanli Dynasty, King Fu's mother Zheng Guifei was favored, King Fu almost took away the crown prince status of Chongzhen's father, which caused controversy Political turmoil lasted for many years.
But Emperor Chongzhen and Prince Fu were uncles and nephews after all, and the "seizing of legitimate children" turmoil back then had long been a thing of the past. The fall of Luoyang and the murder of Prince Fu not long ago were an unprecedented tragedy for the Chongzhen family. He even regarded this incident as... A harbinger of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that no one dared to reveal this omen, but it was an idea secretly cherished by most people in the government and the public, and it often shrouded Chongzhen's heart like a dark cloud. He meditated for a long time, with bitter tears in his eyes, but Hold back and not let it flow out.
Emperor Chongzhen thought about the major event of "suppressing thieves" in the Central Plains for a while. He felt that even if Fu Zonglong could not wipe out all the thieves, he could at least restore the situation in the Central Plains. As long as he got through these few months, once the situation in Liaodong changed, Well, it won't be too late to mobilize troops from outside the customs to return to the Central Plains to rescue them.
At this moment, an imperial eunuch came in and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, was waiting for summons in the Wenhua Palace. Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a moment and ordered the eunuch to summon Chen Xinjia to the Qianqing Palace.
Chen Xinjia came to the palace this time because Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, led troops to rescue Jinzhou.
He reported that most of the soldiers and horses of the Jin army have arrived in Ningyuan, and some are still on the way. Together with Wu Sangui and other soldiers and horses outside the pass who were originally in Ningyuan, there are now ten soldiers and horses led by eight general soldiers. More than 30,000 troops.
After removing the old and weak among them, the number of soldiers who left the customs actually reached 100,000. He believed that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, should leave the customs as soon as possible, rush to Ningyuan, lead the army to advance, and relieve the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop.
Emperor Chongzhen asked hesitantly: "Why didn't Hong Chengchou go to Ningyuan to supervise the army, but he still stayed behind closed doors?"
Chen Xinjia echoed: "Hong Chengchou still used caution as an excuse, saying that he must first properly deploy the defense of Men's Gate, and then he could make preparations step by step and advance towards the cavalry that besieged Jinzhou."
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Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said angrily: "Be cautious, be cautious, and be cautious!... In this way, when will the siege of Jinzhou be lifted? It is a taboo for military strategists to pay for their troops and pay them. Doesn't Hong Chengchou understand this?"
Chen Xinjia took the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty is very worried. If it lasts for a long time, the vigor of the soldiers will be exhausted and they will work hard without success, which will not be in the interests of the country."
Emperor Chongzhen said with concern: "That Zu Dashou was not very reliable to begin with. If the rescue fails and the siege is delayed, and he sacrifices Jinzhou and Donglu, what should we do?"
Chen Xinjia hurriedly added: "What I am worried about is that I am afraid that this ancestor will sacrifice the city and become a slave on his birthday."
Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "Besides, it is not easy to raise this food and salary. If it is exhausted, it will be even harder to raise again. What's more, the court is also eager to defeat the enemy outside the pass quickly, relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and send a few elite soldiers
The good generals were transferred back to the pass to concentrate on destroying the thieves.
You can inform Hong Chengchou of my painstaking efforts in using my troops and urge him to march to Jinzhou as soon as possible to ensure a successful battle."
This was what Chen Xinjia was waiting for. He kowtowed hurriedly and said: "Yes, I obey the order."