Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 38 The Great Victory
"Great victory, great victory, Xuanfu's soldiers and horses killed four hundred Tartars."

In the early morning, when the first ray of sunlight hit the ground of the capital, a knight on a war horse galloped along the official road outside the capital. He looked excited and kept yelling.He galloped towards the gate of the capital.

"Xuan Mansion is a great victory, hurry up for eight hundred miles, anyone who stops me will die!"

"Xuan Mansion is a great victory, hurry up for eight hundred miles, anyone who stops me will die!"

"Brother Wang, look, there seems to be something coming towards the city gate over there."

A soldier guarding the city suddenly saw a cloud of smoke galloping from the official road.

"Why do I seem to have heard something about Xuanfu's great victory?"

The man called Brother Wang pricked up his ears, squinted his eyes, and listened carefully.

"Brother Wang, look at the flag on that man's body, it seems to be in a hurry for eight hundred miles."

When the knight was about to approach the city gate, the man named Brother Wang hurriedly turned around and shouted loudly: "Hurry up, it's [-] Li urgently, get out of the way, out of the way."

The city guards hurriedly drove away the crowd, allowing the knight to pass through the city gate smoothly.

"Great victory for the Xuan Mansion, four hundred Tartars will be killed in the formation, and eight hundred miles will be hastened. Those who stop me will die!"

"Great victory for the Xuan Mansion, four hundred Tartars will be killed in the formation, and eight hundred miles will be hastened. Those who stop me will die!"

The knight flicked the whip in his hand, shouted non-stop, and whizzed past the city gate.

"What? The victory of the Xuan Mansion, beheading four hundred Tartars?!"

The defenders looked at the knights whizzing past with horror on their faces.

The horseshoes of the knight's crotch horse knocked on the bluestone road in the capital, making a crisp sound.

Pedestrians on the road watched the galloping knight and heard the knight's voice.

"What? Xuanfu array beheaded four hundred Tartars? Is this true?"

"Slaying four hundred Tartars, how is this possible? Since the master of the temple, the Ming army has not had so many gains."

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For a while, the whole street was full of discussions.

At this time, the young Emperor Chongzhen didn't know all this. He was sitting on the dragon chair of the Jinluan Hall with a sad face, looked at the ministers below, and said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, the Tartars have already ravaged the Xuanfu. It's been more than a month, do you have a good plan to retreat from the enemy?"

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Shi Feng, turned his head back and forth, looked at the silent civil and military officials, and sighed helplessly.If you don't say anything, isn't it obvious for me to say it?But what can I do?
Shi Feng came to think for a while, took the wat board, stood up helplessly, and said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that things are irregular, and water is impermanent. Since the group of grassland Tartars who entered Kou Xuan's mansion entered the boundary of Xuan mansion Afterwards, they only dared to attack those small villages and towns that were not heavily guarded, and did not dare to attack cities with high walls and deep walls. Why? It was because they were not sure about attacking those impregnable cities. From this point, we can see that The Tartars are strong on the outside, but lack stamina. From this, it can be concluded that they will retreat without a fight in a short time. There is a saying that their prosperity is also vigorous, and their death is also sudden. They have no foundation, so they can only wander outside the strong city. They dare not confront the frontier army head-on. In my opinion, despite how vicious these Tartars are now, it won’t be long before their end.”

Shi Fenglai coughed, took it easy, and said: "Your Majesty must not be worried because of this, our Ming Dynasty will not be invaded by Tartars that year? But what happened? Our Ming Dynasty is still standing upright, but those who invaded What about the Tartars? They didn’t just disappear on the grasslands. So, don’t worry about a few Tartars, Your Majesty.”

Shi Fenglai talked eloquently and plausibly, and after talking for a long time, he actually uttered a lot of nonsense.

Chongzhen looked at Shi Fenglai, who was speaking righteously, with a cold expression.

"Hmph, what nonsense are you talking about. There's nothing substantive about it. If it weren't for the fact that you are the chief minister of the cabinet left behind by the emperor, I would have killed you long ago." Chongzhen said expressionlessly. Seeing Shi Feng coming, the anger in his heart couldn't be increased.

These officials, as the emperor said, are all very slippery, without great skills, but their mouths are exquisite.

Chongzhen's hand was tightly held on the armrest of the dragon chair, and the veins on the back of his hand were bulging.

He took a deep breath and calmed down for a while, then suppressed the anger in his heart and asked: "Then according to the old man's opinion, what should we do now?"

Shi Fenglai cupped his hands and said, "As long as your Majesty is thrifty, loyal to state affairs, and appoints virtuous ministers, then my Ming Dynasty will surely be prosperous. At that time, let alone the Tartars who are raging in the Xuanfu, even the entire grassland will be nothing to worry about." Down."

Chongzhen looked at Shi Fenglai with a righteous face, and felt great hatred in his heart.What do you mean by that?Are you saying that I am fatuous now?Or is my brother a fool?

Chongzhen became more and more angry as he thought about it, and his heart was burning with anger. He suddenly slapped the armrest of the dragon chair, stood up, looked at Shi Feng with sharp eyes, and angrily said, "What do you mean by that? Are you talking about it? A fool?"

After all, the current Chongzhen is only a 16-year-old boy, and he still can't achieve the level of emotion and anger.

Seeing Chongzhen lose his temper, Shi Fenglai hurriedly knelt down on the ground, and said with a look of fear: "I don't dare, I don't dare."

"Your Majesty calm down, Your Majesty calm down. Elder Ge said such heartfelt words for the sake of Daming Jiangshan. Elder Ge has a fair heart, Your Majesty."

Yan Mingtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, hurriedly stood up and tried to persuade him.

Chongzhen looked at the two kneeling on the ground, and suddenly felt powerless.

Now, he finally understands why the imperial brother threw everything into the hands of that bastard Wei Zhongxian, and hid himself in the palace to do carpentry work.

It's not that the emperor is unwilling to take care of the government, but that these officials are too shameless.

"Then I ask you, what should happen to the current situation? The Xuan Mansion has been corrupted for thousands of miles, and countless people have been killed and injured. What I want is a serious solution, not to listen to your high-spirited talk." scolded.

The current Chongzhen is just a 16-year-old boy, where is the opponent of these old fritters who have been in officialdom for decades?

The young Chongzhen glared at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but unfortunately, his anger had no deterrent effect.

"Who can tell me, who can have a strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

Chongzhen stood beside the dragon chair, roaring non-stop.

The eunuch Cao Huachun, the supervisor of ceremonies, stood respectfully beside Chongzhen, shaking his head constantly.

"Oh, Your Majesty is still too young to be a match for these people." Cao Huachun sighed inwardly.

At this moment, a small yellow door rushed in from outside the hall.

Cao Huachun had sharp eyes and saw him immediately.

"In the Golden Luan Palace, how can you be allowed to run around? Hurry up and get out of the miscellaneous family." Cao Huachun glared at the little yellow gate and roared angrily.

Now Chongzhen is in a fit of anger, you little eunuch, how dare you run around?Could it be that you have nine lives?
The little yellow gate ran to Cao Huachun's side as if he didn't hear Cao Huachun's voice.

Cao Huachun looked at him, and when he was about to let the big Han general pull him out, Xiao Huangmen leaned close to Cao Huachun's ear and muttered in a low voice.

After a few breaths, Cao Huachun's eyes lit up and his body trembled slightly, "Is what you said true?"

"You little one dares to lie to the ancestors, the knight who reported the news is outside the palace gate."

Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun, then at the little yellow gate, frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

Cao Huachun was about to tell the story, but when he saw the ministers kneeling on the ground, he dismissed the idea.

"Your Majesty, there is something going on outside, and the slave will go out and deal with it."

Cao Huachun bowed and said.

Cao Huachun is an old man in Chongzhen's hidden residence, and he is deeply trusted by Chongzhen.Chongzhen didn't cherish him, so he waved his hands and said: "Since there is something, then Cao Daban should deal with it quickly."

After receiving the order, Cao Huachun followed Xiao Huangmen and ran towards the palace gate.

"Where is that man?" Cao Huachun ran out of the palace gate, shouting excitedly.

"Old ancestor, that's right there." Xiao Huangmen pointed to the knight standing under a big tree outside the palace gate.

"This is the seal of the supervisor of ceremonies, why don't you hurry up and pay a visit?" Xiao Huangmen shouted at the knight arrogantly.

"It's better to go with the miscellaneous family."

Cao Huachun held back the excitement in his heart and rushed directly in front of the knight.

The knight looked at the gorgeously dressed Cao Huachun, knelt down hastily, and took out a bamboo tube sealed with wax from his arms.

"Back to the ancestors, this letter was sent by the eunuch Liu Gonggong, the eunuch of Xuanfu Town, to the ancestors."

Cao Huachun looked at the wax on the bamboo tube, and thought about opening it himself, but then he thought, let His Majesty open it himself.

Cao Huachun's move was to please Chongzhen. After all, in the palace, the emperor's favor was very important.If Chongzhen can be allowed to open this victory report document in anger, it will be tantamount to rain after a long drought.At that time, Chongzhen must be extremely excited.

"You tell the miscellaneous family all the details of the Xuanfu's great victory. If you say something good, the miscellaneous family will reward you a lot." Cao Huachun said excitedly, his eyes fixed on the knight.

"Back to my ancestors, four hundred Tartars were beheaded in the Xuanfu Great Victory. Their heads have been tanned with lime and are being piled up in Xuanfu City. Eunuch Liu has written the specific news in detail in his letter. But the ancestors think that now If you know, the little one will know everything."

"At the beginning of last month, about [-] Tartars broke through the gates of Longmen Fort, slaughtered Longmen Fort, and then headed south directly towards the Xuan Mansion. They burned, killed, and looted along the way..."

The knight paused, and then said: "Hou Shilu, the chief soldier of the Xuan Mansion, didn't know what was good or bad, so he was overjoyed. When he saw that there were only [-] Tartars outside the city, he personally led a thousand soldiers to intercept and kill them. But who would have thought that he would be hit by the Tartars?" Zongbing Hou was killed in battle. This is not over yet, after the Tartars defeated Zongbing Hou and others, they led the rest of the troops into Xuanfu before the city gate was closed."

When Cao Huachun heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he said nervously, "Then what happened after that?"

"Later, Eunuch Liu made a decisive decision and closed the inner and outer city gates of Wengcheng, trapping more than 3000 Tartars in Wengcheng. For a while, the city walls were rolled down with trees and rocks, and tens of thousands of enemies waited. The weapons for defending the city were thrown down as if they didn’t need money, killing a large number of Tartars. If it wasn’t for the Tartars who broke open the outer city gate in the end, those Tartars would have all died under the Xuanfu City.”

The knight spoke exactly what Liu Changfu taught him.

"Okay, okay! This Liu Chang is rich and worthy of being someone I value." Cao Huachun laughed loudly, and even said several good words.

This Liu Changfu belongs to him, and now that Liu Changfu has made great contributions, his own face is also honored.

"By the way, there is another man named Zhao Wen. He made the most contribution in this battle. At the beginning, the Tatars stopped outside the gate of Xuanfu City, afraid that there would be fraud in it, so they dared not go in. It was he who led the troops , the one who brought the Tartars into Wengcheng. He alone beheaded more than 20 Tartars." The knight suddenly remembered what Liu Changfu had told him, and said hastily.

These words were full of loopholes, but now Cao Huachun couldn't care less about this, the most important thing is to make Chongzhen happy now, so he threw a silver ingot to the knight, and with the victory report in his arms, he strode towards the Jinluan Hall.

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