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Chapter 589 Telling Governor Hong to advance quickly

After the bursts of shouts from the mountains in the square in front of the Wansui Mountain Guande Hall.

Du Xun waved the small flag in his hand again, and the infantry marched forward amidst the sound of drums, and changed their formation several times according to the command of the small flag. Although it was not very neat, it was more or less passable.

After a while, with the sound of gongs, the infantry quickly retreated to their original places and stood still in line again.

Du Xun waved his small flag again, and 25 infantrymen stepped out of the queue, stood thirty steps away from the emperor, and formed five rows of five men each, and began to practice single-handed shield warfare.

Then another 25 people came over and practiced the method of stabbing with long spears, and then another [-] people performed shooting skills in the distance in front of the emperor, and most of them were able to hit the arrows on the target.

After the shooting performance was over, Du Xun knelt down in front of Emperor Chongzhen and kowtowed, saying: "Qizou Emperor, the servants are in charge of the internal exercises according to the order, and they have not done things well, so they are really guilty.

If the grace of heaven is merciful, the servants will definitely try their best to train the thousand-man "internal army" for the emperor into an elite army within a hundred days. "

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "As long as you do things for me, I will definitely use you more in the future."

"Slave thank you!" Du Xun said as he hurriedly bent over and kowtowed.

Seeing the end of the exercises, Wang Dehua quickly bowed down to Emperor Chongzhen and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's time to present the reward."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, Wang Dehua turned his head and gave an eunuch behind him a wink, and then issued a shrill call: "Zou Yue...a reward...!"

Amidst the sound of drums and music, the eunuchs awarded 300 taels of silver and [-] bolts of silk and satin to the internal army on behalf of Emperor Chongzhen. There are additional rewards.

Du Xun and other eunuchs kowtowed to Emperor Chongzhen to thank the Emperor Chongzhen to the sound of drums, and all the eunuchs who participated in the internal exercises also knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor, and there were bursts of shouts of long live.

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Emperor Chongzhen got on the chariot after seeing the internal exercises, and was carried by four eunuchs to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.

Du Xun took advantage of this gap to chase after him, leaned close to Wang Chengen with an apologetic smile on his face, and whispered: "Fortunately, the master lent more than a dozen people who can shoot arrows from the East Factory, so I got the joy of the Sacred Heart. Tonight I Go to the landlord's mansion to express my sincere thanks."

Wang Cheng'en knocked on him calmly, and said: "You come from the sect of the suzerain, Lord Wang. He and I are good brothers. We should take care of each other when we are in trouble, and make the emperor's heart happy. This is our duty as slaves. .

But the emperor is really caring about all the internal affairs. Although today is a good occasion, you must work hard in the future, and don't seriously practice the internal army to develop some skills. If the emperor has a whim one day, Let's watch the exercises temporarily, and our family can't help you by then, boy! "

"Yes, yes. The host is right." Du Xun bowed and smiled, watching Wang Chengen's figure fade away with Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen went down the mountain in his chariot, still turning his head to the north from time to time, and saw Du Xun from a distance still directing 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 can't the bandits be wiped out!"

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Back in the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen changed his clothes and washed his face. He looked at the newly sent military documents on the imperial case, hesitated for a while, and decided not to read them for the time being. Paid!"

His spirit has not fully recovered from the blows of Luoyang and Xiangyang.

Especially the fall of Luoyang and the murder of King Fu made him unforgettable, and he always sighed in his heart: "If only Luoyang could hold on like Kaifeng!"

Whenever he thinks about this matter, he hates Li Xianfeng and Wang Shaoyu's gang of mediocre officials and abolished generals. years of political turmoil.

However, Emperor Chongzhen and King Fu are relatives after all, and the incident of "seizing the throne" has long been a thing of the past. However, the fall of Luoyang and the murder of King Fu not long ago were unprecedented catastrophes for the Chongzhen family. A harbinger of the downfall of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that no one has dared to speak out about this omen, but it is an idea secretly harbored by most people in the ruling and opposition parties, and it often hangs over Chongzhen's heart like a dark cloud. He meditates for a long time, with bitter tears in his eyes, but Resisting to not let it flow out.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about the "suppression of thieves" in the Central Plains for a while. He felt that even if Fu Zonglong could not wipe out the thieves Chuang and Xian, he could at least restore the situation in the Central Plains. Well, it's not too late to send troops from outside the pass back to rescue the Central Plains.

At this moment, a former imperial eunuch came in and told Emperor Chongzhen: Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, was waiting to be summoned in the Wenhua Palace.

Chen Xinjia came to the palace this time because of the rescue of Jinzhou led by Governor Hong Chengchou of Jiliao.

He said that most of the soldiers and horses of the Aid Jin Army have arrived in the Ningyuan area, and some of them are still on the way. Together with Wu Sangui and other general soldiers who were originally in Ningyuan, there are now a total of 13 soldiers led by eight general soldiers. More than ten thousand people.

Since the old and the weak were eliminated, there were actually hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses who left the pass. He believed that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, should leave the pass as soon as possible, gallop to Ningyuan, lead the army forward, and break the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop.

Emperor Chongzhen asked hesitantly: "Why didn't Hong Chengchou go to the Ningyuan Supervisor to fight, but still stay behind closed doors?"

Chen Xinjia replied: "Hong Chengchou still used prudence as an excuse, saying that the defense of the closed gate must be properly deployed, and then he can step by step and attack the captives who besieged Jinzhou."

"Ugh!"

Emperor Chongzhen sighed, and said angrily: "Be cautious, be cautious, be cautious again!... So, when will the siege of Jinzhou be solved? It is a taboo for military strategists to waste their salary. Doesn't Hong Chengchou understand it?"

Chen Xinjia took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty is very worried. If it takes a long time, until the soldiers' energy is exhausted, and they will work hard without success, it will not be in the interest of the country."

Emperor Chongzhen also said worriedly: "That Zu Dashou was not very reliable in the first place. If the rescue is delayed and the siege is later, and he sacrifices Jinzhou and Donglu, then what should we do?"

Chen Xinjia hurriedly answered, "What I worry about is that the ancestor will sacrifice the city to slavery on his birthday."

Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "What's more, it is not easy to raise this food and salary. If it is exhausted, it will be even more difficult to raise again. What's more, the imperial court is eager to defeat the enemy in a quick battle outside the pass and solve the siege of Jinzhou, so that a few elite soldiers Liang will be transferred back to the pass to concentrate on destroying the thieves.

You can tell Hong Chengchou about my painstaking efforts in using soldiers, and urge him to march to Jinzhou as soon as possible, so as to win the first battle. "

Chen Xinjia was waiting for these words, he hastily kowtowed and said: "Yes, I obey the order."

(End of this chapter)