Whether it was the Imperial Army officers on duty outside the palace, or the civil and military officials coming to the palace from the cabinet or outside the palace, they could hear Young Master Liu’s heartfelt laughter from a long distance away.
“Good! Good! Good!”
From the hall, Mr. Liu said three words "good" in a row. His voice was ups and downs, one sound drowned out the other, which made some people who didn't know the details couldn't help but feel extremely puzzled and confused about what great happy event had happened.
It actually made Young Master Liu, who had not entered the palace for about two months and started handling government affairs, so happy.
Under the dragon platform in the Qinzheng Hall, Liu Mingzhi held the two battle reports presented by Song Yu, with a smile from the heart on his face. He turned the two battle reports over and over, not knowing that he had read them carefully.
several times.
When there were more and more officials in the palace, Liu Mingzhi closed the two battle reports with a faint smile, and looked around at the confused and confused civil and military officials who had rushed to the palace.
“All my dear friends are here!”
“Your Majesty, I see you, long live my emperor!”
“No courtesy, please take your seats!”
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
Just as a group of officials knelt down, another large group of officials poured into the hall in order. Seeing the spring breeze on Liu Mingzhi's face, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It seems that His Majesty urgently summoned me and others to the palace for an audience, not because something bad happened, but because something great happened.
“I, my ministers, see you, Your Majesty, long live my emperor.
I am late and have kept Your Majesty waiting for a long time. Please forgive me."
“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter.
All without ceremony, please take your seats."
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
“Xiao Chengzi.”
"yes!"
Xiao Chengzi immediately put away the fly whisk, called to the few young eunuchs inside the palace gate and walked out of the palace, heading straight for the imperial dining room.
“It’s time to have dinner at noon, so I have summoned you into the palace. I think many of you have not had time to eat, right?
Half an hour ago, I asked the royal kitchen to prepare the royal meal, which will be delivered shortly.
Today we are in charge of the food and open to eating.”
The hundred officials immediately laughed cheerfully and raised their heads to salute.
“Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness.”
Liu Mingzhi raised the two battle reports in his hand and waved them: "You are summoned to the palace urgently this time because the Western Expedition Army has sent back the first battle report.
Now, my army is marching westward and has entered the barbarian territory of the two countries to station and recuperate as it was three months ago.
On the third and seventh day of the eighth lunar month, they launched their troops towards Tianzhu and Dashi respectively.
According to the battle reports of Zhang Shuai and Nangong Shuai, they were reported together with the documents compiled from the military records.
I marched two armies to the west. First, the soldiers and horses from the right route had an inadvertent encounter with the soldiers and horses from Tianzhu. Then at around 3:00 noon on the same day, the soldiers and horses from the left route launched an attack on the city of Gistan, a border town of the Great Food Kingdom.
Attack on the city.
The army on the right led by Marshal Nangong, with 30,000 vanguard troops, used kite-flying tactics to defeat the 50,000 elite Tianzhu troops that they accidentally encountered.
Nearly 20,000 barbarian enemy troops were directly beheaded, and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses were captured. However, with the help of artillery, our vanguard troops and horses directly killed less than 100 soldiers.
The number of soldiers who were unfortunately hit by stray arrows and suffered minor wounds was less than 5,000.
This battle between the soldiers of the army on the right and the soldiers and horses of Tianzhu has in one fell swoop destroyed the morale and power of our Great Dragon Heavenly Army.
After Commander Nangong sent back the first battle report, he continued to lead Tianzhu’s prisoners and marched towards Zala City, the border of Tianzhu.
Now, Zara City should have been lost to our elite attack!
As for Zhang Shuai's left army, they shelled the city of Gistan on the border of the Great Food Kingdom. They directly captured the city of Gistan without losing a single soldier, and captured alive the city lord Aigela who surrendered without a fight and more than 10,000 surviving people.
Remaining soldiers.
In this Western Expedition, my Dalong Expeditionary Heavenly Army won consecutive battles, which completely reassured me.
Perhaps next winter, at the end of the fourth year of peace, my dragon's dragon flag will be completely planted across the entire territory of the two countries.
The culprits who dare to massacre our Dalong merchants and people and despise our Dalong Tianwei will be escorted back to Beijing for punishment.
Shuai Zhang, Marshal Nangong of the Western Expedition, Marshal Zhang Mo of the Anxi Protectorate, and the generals of the Western Regions countries, they have lived up to my expectations.
I’m so relieved!”
“Your Majesty is wise, your soldiers in the Western Expedition are mighty, long live our emperor.”
“The Ministry of War!”
“The old minister is here!”
“Within three days, the Ministry of War drafted a strategy, the Cabinet approved it, and announced to the world the glorious achievements of our Western Expeditionary Army.
I want all the people in the world to be proud of me except me and my ministers.
Congratulations to the soldiers of the Western Expedition, and wish them an early victory and triumph!”
“Old minister, I obey the order!”
“Hubu!”
“The old minister is here!”
“This army’s western expedition consumes a lot of food and grass.
Although after the soldiers of the Western Expedition arrived in the Western Regions, their food and grass were provided by the countries in the Western Regions.
However, subsequent food and grass must be raised, and we must not slack off just because the soldiers of the Western Expedition have already entered the territory of the barbarian countries and can seize food and grass to supplement their military supplies.
For the people and royal families of the countries in the Western Regions, supplying food and fodder for the 800,000-strong army was a huge burden.
That place is not like the three places in Dalong, where they mainly focus on livestock farming.
Without affecting the normal expenditure of the national treasury, continue to raise grain and grass to transport to the Western Regions, and return the consumed grain and grass to the people of various countries.
Perhaps you, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, can work together to formulate strategies to compensate the people of the Western Regions for their strong support to the imperial court in other ways.
In any case, because of this Western Expedition, the subjects of the Western Regions and the imperial court must not be in harmony with each other in appearance and in spirit.
Even developed into the final form of alienation.
Since I have unified the world, I must treat them equally regardless of whether they are Han family members, Miao, Zhuang, etc. in the Inner Palace, or people in the Xinfu, Beifu, or even the Western Regions.
They are all the people of Dalong, the people of the imperial court, and the people under my rule.
The people of the Western Regions made great contributions to the imperial court's Western expedition.
I don’t want to chill their hearts!
Understand?"
“I obey the order, Your Majesty, I can rest assured that I will handle this matter properly and ensure that the people in each government will not be alienated from the imperial court.”
“I believe in you.
The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Works all have a very heavy burden on you right now.
In the following days, as long as the soldiers of the Western Expedition send back letters, there will be any need for support from the imperial court.
All government affairs must be given way, and the country must devote all its strength to support the soldiers in the westward expedition against the barbarians."
“I obey your orders!”
“These words are not only for the ears of the three ministers, but also for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. If there is any slack, he will be punished according to the law.”
“I respectfully obey His Majesty’s instructions.”
Liu Mingzhi nodded barbarically and handed the two documents in his hand to Xia Gongming, the chief minister of the cabinet.
“Old Xia Ai Qing, please circulate it so that everyone can see the majestic appearance of our soldiers on the Western Expedition in a foreign country.”
“Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!”
Liu Mingzhi looked at the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs separating the two battle reports and crowding around each other to watch them, and sighed with a faint smile.
These two battle reports not only stabilized the minds of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but also gave themselves a shot in the arm!
Finally, I no longer have to worry about the safety of the soldiers on the Western Expedition, and I no longer have trouble sleeping or eating.
Looking out of the hall with slightly squinted eyes, Liu Mingzhi saw all kinds of things from his past life in front of his eyes.
In my general impression, the 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Tang Empire and the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Henglus can stand up to the Arab army of more than 100,000 troops.
Although they were ultimately defeated due to Erwuzi, they killed about 70,000 Arab enemy troops.
With less than one-third of the enemy's troops, he killed more than 70,000 enemy troops. Even though he was defeated, it was still an honor!
And according to historical records, the main force of the Tang army in the Duhu Mansion at that time was only about 20,000 people, and they had such a brilliant record.
Now that I have dispatched nearly 800,000 troops from various departments and more than 700,000 elite troops, what else is there to worry about?
Perhaps as I politely told myself that night during the Mid-Autumn Festival, if I care, I will be in trouble.
Uncle Zhang Kuang, Uncle Nangong Ye, and cousin Zhang Mo, I hope you can understand my true purpose.
Your western expedition this time is definitely not for the purpose of conquering Dashi and avenging the barbarians of Tianzhu and Zhu.
Otherwise, why would I send an 800,000-strong army?