Chapter 541 The destiny of the country lies in the future
"Then again, what should I reward you for?"
"If you were a military general, your great achievements would be enough to make you a marquis."
Hearing this, Gao Qiqian next to him suddenly became extremely jealous.
Why? Why can Xu Yingwei be granted the title of Marquis?
Xu Yingwei waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, Qi Shaobao once said that the title of marquis is not my intention. I hope the sea will be peaceful. My ambition is to imitate Qi Shaobao and pacify the barbarians in the four realms for the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to grant the title of marquis."
Xu Yingwei really doesn't care about titles or anything like that, but not many scholars care about this.
In fact, they scholars are more concerned about the three immortalities. The third one is the posthumous title after death. Wenzheng, Wenzhen, or Wenzhong, Wenxiang are also good. If he could choose, Xu Yingwei would rather use his military exploits to change Gu Yanwu's posthumous title.
But Xu Yingwei was not sure whether they, diligent scholars, were qualified to receive posthumous titles from the imperial court.
Chongzhen said happily: "Poems and books are passed down from family to family, and farming and reading are passed down from generation to generation. For scholars, being granted the title of marquis and nobility is indeed not an enviable thing, so let's let this matter go."
"Your Majesty is wise." Xu Yingwei let out a sigh of relief.
Gao Qiqian secretly said, "It's a pity. It's such a pity."
"Gao Banban." Chongzhen looked at Gao Qiqian, who was still wearing mountain armor.
"Long live my Lord, I'm here." He stood up and took half a step forward.
"You're very good." Chongzhen patted Gao Qiqian's shoulder and said with a smile, "We won the battle of Hunhe River. I also need to fulfill my promise. From now on, I will advance to the next level and be granted the title of Marquis of Zhongzhen."
"Thank you, Lord Long Live." Gao Qiqian was overjoyed.
It’s not easy, I finally became a marquis.
Chongzhen said: "Gao Banban, keep working hard and strive to be granted the title of Duke of Jin as soon as possible."
"Long live my Lord, I will definitely continue to work hard." Gao Qiqian instantly forgot the fear and panic he felt when he was surrounded by the heavy soldiers of the Jiannu, and then said with a bright smile, "Continue to fight for the Ming Dynasty."
In fact, he didn't care at all whether to fight or not. What he cared about was to be crowned Duke of Jin as soon as possible.
After Jin was granted the title of Duke, he was granted the title of County Prince. His goal was to become the first eunuch king in history.
If he really became the eunuch king, he would definitely be able to leave a mark in the history books.
Thinking of this, the blood all over my body started to boil as soon as I got up from the dive. It will go down in history!
Chongzhen asked Xu Yingwei again: "Youzhen, the battlefield should have been cleaned. Have the results been counted?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the battlefield has been cleaned and the results of the battle have been counted." Xu Yingwei said solemnly, "In this battle of Hunhe River, a total of more than 12,500 level slaves were killed, including more than 4,000 level real slaves. In addition, more than 9,000 Jiu slaves were captured alive, including more than 5,000 real slaves, and more than 9,000 Jiu slaves were injured and disabled, and they have been executed together."
"A total of more than 1,000 sidecars and more than 300 carriages were destroyed."
Speaking of this meal, he added: "In addition, more than ten camel cannons, more than a hundred tiger squatting cannons, more than 12,000 flintlock guns, as well as armored stomachs, swords and swords were also seized. and inventory.”
"Camel cannon?" Chongzhen was stunned for a moment and said, "Camel revolving cannon?"
This was indeed beyond Chongzhen’s expectations. How could Jiannu have a camel revolving cannon?
"Camel swivel cannon?" Xu Yingwei said, "The Holy One is right in his words. This cannon can really swivel."
Chongzhen's face fell and he asked in a deep voice: "Youzhen, how many camel cannons did Jiannu carry?"
"There are a lot of them, at least four hundred." Xu Yingwei said solemnly, "Your Majesty, the camel swivel cannon of Jiannu can be carried around on the back of a camel. When firing, you only need to let the camel lie on the ground.
It is more convenient to use than the Crouching Tiger Cannon. I think this cannon poses a great threat to the infantry and should not be underestimated."
Chongzhen said solemnly: "With so many camel cannons, you will suffer a lot, right?"
"Holy Master," Xu Yingwei said, "Our army's casualties in this battle totaled more than 13,000, and more than half of them were killed by the camel cannon of the slaves."
Chongzhen said solemnly: "How many were killed in battle?"
In the Battle of Hun, the total number of Ming troops participating in the battle was more than 25,000.
In the end, there were more than 13,000 casualties, which was more than half of the casualties, which shows the fierceness of this battle.
"A total of more than 3,100 people were killed in the battle." Xu Yingwei said secretly, "including more than fifty scholars. Brother Ning Ren also died for the Ming Dynasty in this battle."
"Did Gu Yanwu also die in battle?"
"And more than fifty scholars were sacrificed?"
When Chongzhen heard this, he was really heartbroken.
But when I thought about it again, I felt it was completely normal.
As the saying goes, if the earthen jar is not broken near the well, the general will inevitably die on the battlefield. Since there is a war, there will inevitably be sacrifices, and bullets will not hide from diligent scholars like Gu Yanwu.
"Have the remains of the fallen soldiers been collected?"
"They have all been collected and we are currently working on cremating them."
"The list must be written clearly, the tablets of the fallen soldiers must be enshrined in the Shrine of Heroes, and the names of the fallen soldiers must be engraved on the Heroes' Monument for future generations to pay their respects."
"The list of fallen soldiers has been clearly written." Xu Yingwei paused after saying this, and then said: "Your Majesty, I have another unkind request. I hope that I can exchange my humble military exploits for Brother Ning Ren, a posthumous title awarded by the court.
Number."
"Posthumous title? I have neglected this matter." Chongzhen slapped his forehead and said, "Officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are also officials of the Ming Dynasty. They should enjoy the same posthumous honors as officials of the six ministries and five temples. I turned around and issued an order to the Ministry of Rites to grant Gu Yanwu and others who died in battle
The prince Qin’s scholars in Hunhe agreed on the posthumous title, and they also gave posthumous titles to Maoxiang and other scholars.”
"The Holy One is wise." Xu Yingwei felt his nose sore.
If brother Ning Ren knew something, he would probably be able to rest in peace, right?
Chongzhen walked and talked to Xu Yingwei, and soon came to the Hunhe battlefield.
Through Xu Yingwei's explanation, Chongzhen was also able to know the entire process of the battle.
While feeling lucky, Chongzhen also broke out in a cold sweat. He was really lucky to win this battle!
Fortunately, there was no wind on the day Jiannu arrived, otherwise Zheng Sen's air force would not have been able to take off.
If the air force could not take off, it would not be able to bomb the Jiannu artillery, and the Jiannu would not be frightened.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Jiannu were not frightened, so they would not rush to attack at night under the premise that the artillery had an absolute advantage, and they would not use their greatest advantage to themselves.
Dissolve.
Another thing is that it was Xu Yingwei’s quick wit.
If Xu Yingwei hadn't had the idea of trench warfare,
This time the result of queuing to be shot will be completely different.
Furthermore, during the advancement of the Ming army, if the infantry and artillery of the Jiannu had a little tacit cooperation, even a pitiful tacit understanding would be enough to cause catastrophe to the Ming army.
Because the Ming army's phalanx could withstand at most two rounds of shelling from the Camel Revolving Cannon.
If any of these three conditions are not met, the outcome of the Hunhe War will be rewritten.
Fortunately, these three conditions were met. There was no wind on the battlefield on the day when Jiannu arrived. Xu Yingwei also had the idea of trench warfare, and there was no tacit understanding between the Jiannu artillery and the Jiannu infantry.
, and this is probably what is commonly said, the heaven and the earth are all working together to transport heroes, but they are not free to transport heroes.
The fate of the country seems to have returned to the Ming Dynasty.
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"Xiao Houzi, do you believe in the theory of national destiny?"
In the greenhouse, Dorgon's voice sounded faintly.
Hou Fangyu, who was wiping Dorgon's body, gave him a slap on the hand.
The theory of national destiny? This question is difficult to answer, but it is also easy to answer.
Hou Fangyu decisively chose the standard answer: "Of course I believe in the theory of national destiny, and I firmly believe that the national destiny lies in our Qing Dynasty, not in the Southern Ming Dynasty or hypocrisy."
Dorgon smiled and said: "Although the theory of luck is illusory, sometimes people really have to believe it. When the old Khan was alive, he encountered danger three times, but in the end everything turned into good luck."
Hou Fangyu said: "Old Khan is the one destined by destiny, so he naturally has great luck."
Dorgon was noncommittal: "After the founding of the Qing Dynasty, we encountered many crises, but we always got through them safely. Either the eight major Shanxi merchants brought the most urgently needed food to our Qing Dynasty from the pass, or there were rebellions in the Central Plains, which destroyed the original Ming court.
The border troops used in Liaodong were transferred to the Central Plains to suppress bandits, and Wu Sangui's surrender to the Qing Dynasty was also unexpected."
After a pause, he added: "It was two battles for the throne, but in the end there was no danger."
Hou Fangyu didn't dare to pick up the phone randomly, because if he was not careful, he might lose his life.
"Xiao Houzi, you don't have to be nervous." Dorgon seemed to realize something was wrong and waved his hand and said, "These words have been hidden in my heart for decades, and I just want to say them to you, a rootless person.
"
Hou Fangyu's heart suddenly felt bitter, a person without roots?
Dorgon continued: "But since the Qing soldiers entered the pass, or to be more precise, since Chongzhen hanged himself on the Meishan Mountain before he died, the situation began to become different."
"Chongzhen grew up in the Forbidden Palace, but suddenly he became a soldier."
"The soldiers and horses sent by Pseudo-Shun to hunt him down were actually tricked into spinning around by him."
"There were also a thousand Yiding sent by Wu Sangui to pursue them, but they were abducted directly by Chongzhen and taken to Nanjing."
"An imperial edict to suppress the captives caused six thousand Qin princes and scholars to gather in Jing. First there was the Battle of Xiazhen, then the Battle of Xuzhou, then the Battle of Shanyang, and finally the Battle of Xuzhou. The Qing soldiers were defeated repeatedly!"
"After that, it was even more incredible. The Ming army actually took the initiative to send troops to Gaizhou Guard and Dagokou."
"In addition to taking the initiative to attack, the weapons of the Ming army have also been greatly improved. In addition to self-generated fire cannons, large Kongming lanterns appeared out of thin air, which is simply dizzying."
After saying so much in one breath, Dorgon finally felt a little more comfortable.
After a pause for a few seconds, Dorgon finally asked: "Xiao Houzi, do you think the National Games have returned to the Ming court? Otherwise, why has the Qing Dynasty been so unlucky in the past three years?"
This is a very difficult question to answer.
But it’s hard to beat Hou Fangyu, a dog slave.
"Master, it is said in the Book of Changes that when the sun is at its midpoint, there will be waning, and when the moon is waxing, it will be eclipsed."
"It is impossible for a person to memorize words all the time, and it is impossible for a country to be lucky all the time."
"So the ups and downs of fortune are normal. However, the Qing Dynasty is like the rising sun, and the remaining Ming Dynasty is like the setting sun. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are the general trend and cannot be reversed."