I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 282 Chapter 280: A Smile
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the Xinghe Army stationed in the newly conquered Xizhou City.

Without going through a fierce battle of attacking and defending the city, the old battalion of rogue bandits fled long ago, leaving tens of thousands of war refugees with nothing left behind.

The rogues were bad because they deliberately destroyed them. At this time, Xizhou was burned through the city, and there were ruins everywhere. Only a few temples were still intact.

Xuanda Governor Geng Ruqi also rushed to Xizhou under the escort of Geng Da and two hundred Tiejia family members. He not only transported more than [-] shi of grain, but also brought some pigs and sheep to reward the army.

The state government has been turned into ruins, and the governor has no choice but to settle down at Puji Temple in the south of the city.

So far, it has been declared that there are no major bandits in Shanxi, and all prefectures, cities, and counties have been recovered.

However, when the bandits crossed the border, tens of thousands of houses were burned down, and hundreds of thousands of victims were displaced.

Even if all the strength of the Xuanda territory is concentrated on disaster relief, tens of thousands or even more Shengdou people will not survive the spring.

This is the status quo in the late Ming Dynasty. It is not difficult to fight the bandits, but the most difficult thing is to deal with the aftermath.

If there is no ability to accommodate war refugees, these refugees will soon become new refugees and gradually develop into rogues.

Huang Yi has reached the limit with a population of 10,000+. He doesn't want to do it anymore and is going back to the base.

So he took the initiative to accept and resettle [-] refugees, and sent Zhang Dong to lead all the artillery, auxiliary soldiers and strong men on the way home.

There will be no one who disagrees. There are too many refugees waiting to be fed. The Xinghe Army accepted [-] without asking for additional food, which is tantamount to relieving the people from hanging upside down.

Of course Huang Yi wanted to ask for more food, but seeing that there were still so many refugees, he decided not to embarrass his father-in-law, the governor of Shanxi, and Bing Beidao...

There were only cavalry and mounted infantry around him, and they were all one man and two horses.

Auxiliary soldiers, strong men, and refugees need to transport captured food and property, and the marching speed cannot be increased, and it will take more than a month to reach the base area.

The two-horse cavalry can last for ten days at an average speed of 150 miles a day. If they don't hesitate to march quickly, they can attack three or four hundred miles a day.

More mobility and more powerful horses are the capital of the Xinghe Army.

Therefore, as long as the rogues were defeated by Huang Yi, they basically couldn't make a comeback, because the horse bandits in the old camp of rogues couldn't escape at all.

Horse bandits are the backbone of the rogues. These people eat more and take more, so they are well-equipped and well-equipped.

Beating the horse bandits not only captured the horse mules, but also captured a large amount of gold and silver treasures.

The Xinghe army suppressed the bandits for half a year, and the value of the gold and silver treasures they got was not less than 50 taels, and they got a population of 10,000+.

Geng Ruqi was still a little preoccupied at first, the reason was very simple, how to solve the unique event of a bold son-in-law coercing the eunuch of the supervising army.

In the past, I avoided, pretended to be confused, and pushed without knowing.

Now that the bandits in Shanxi have been beaten away, when it is time to share the credit, he must negotiate and communicate with Wang Kun.

Fighting with the army, advancing tens of miles every day, I heard that the supervising army eats and sleeps with the soldiers. How hard must this be?

Geng Ruqi couldn't imagine it.

Shanxi was pacified, and Wang Kun realized that he was about to survive, and kept reminding himself to be patient and patient, and not to fall short at the last moment.

But at the moment when he saw Geng Ruqi, he still had mixed feelings, even his voice was crying.

"My lord, Sajia is looking forward to the stars and the moon, but you are looking forward to it!"

Wang Kun used to be fair and clean, and his skin was whiter and tenderer than that of the sisters in the brothel, but now he is not only dark but also has a chapped face, Geng Ruqi didn't recognize it in a daze.

"You are the prince, I haven't seen you for a few months, why, why..."

Geng Ruqi couldn't describe it for a while, and then realized that his son-in-law was risking the world's disgrace, so he stuttered.

how?Wasn't it your lawless son-in-law?
At this moment, Wang Kun had the urge to cry and complain.

But after thinking about it, the suffering has already been endured, and one has to look forward when one is alive!

Is it useful to cry about Huang Yi's lawlessness in front of Geng Ruqi?

Will this old boy team up with his son-in-law to kill the Sa family, and then report to the court that Mao Shishi, the eunuch who supervised the army, participated in the battle to recover Xizhou, but unfortunately died in Liuya.

So Wang Kun pretended to be a gesture, he raised his head and said:

"Sajia and the soldiers have shared joys and sorrows, of course it has become like this!"

"Great, great, if Eunuch Wang can spare no effort to send the news of victory to Beijing in person, the benefits here must be unimaginable!"

"Going to Beijing? What do you mean, my lord?"

"You look like this, and I was shocked when I saw it with my own eyes, but how many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty would believe it?

If His Majesty sees Xuanda's victory in the first month, and sees you like this, what will His Majesty think? "

Old fox!Wang Kun couldn't help but get excited.

Back to the capital?Wang Kun thinks about it every day, and he doesn't know how many times he woke up from crying in his dream.

He didn't know the temperament of Emperor Chongzhen. He believed that the emperor must ask about the war situation in Shanxi, the military situation and the people's situation.

He is a person who has experienced it himself, and he must be able to answer the questions fluently. No matter how intentionally or unintentionally let the emperor see his face and hands, he will have a bright future in the future.

"Sajia can make this trip. To be honest, Sajia hasn't seen His Majesty for a long time, and it's just day and night!"

The dead eunuch's words were really nasty, Geng Ruqi could hear goosebumps all over his body.

"Since father-in-law decides to return to Beijing, it should be sooner rather than later!"

"This... my lord, I'm afraid you have to discuss this matter with General Huang!"

Wang Kun was afraid of Huang Yi, but he didn't want to make Huang Yi misunderstand by leaving suddenly.

He knew how powerful the cavalry of the Xinghe Army was, and he knew even more about the riding skills of those Mongolian knights.

If he left without saying goodbye, Huang Yi misunderstood that he was thinking of revenge and sent cavalry to chase him down, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Of course Geng Ruqi wanted to discuss it with Huang Yi, because he only knew that Huang Yi offended and killed the chief eunuch of the supervising army, but he didn't know Huang Yi's next plan.

Immediately go to Xinghe Camp to meet Huang Yi in person.

Huang Yi had a large number of people, and it was inappropriate to occupy the temple accommodation, so he cleared out an open space to set up camp.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of not kowtowing, Huang Yi did his best not to see his father-in-law, especially when he was accompanied by a group of civil servants and generals.

If the father-in-law has something to explain, he can ask Geng Da to pass on the message.

Geng Ruqi was used to Huang Yi's unreasonableness, and he also knew that his son-in-law was determined not to leave his army.

Now Geng Ruqi wants to understand, he understands, and he also feels that Huang Yi really can't leave Xinghe Army.

The house of the chief eunuch of the supervising army was ransacked, and people took him away. What would happen if there were no soldiers in hand?I can't even imagine it.

So he only brought Geng Da and the four servants to discuss how to deal with Wang Kun.

Letting Wang Kun return to the capital to repay the victory is a way to please everyone, which must be based on the premise that Wang Kun can smile away all grievances.

Otherwise, the team that reported victory would be ransacked by sporadic bandits, and the eunuch who supervised the army was unfortunately killed by bandits.

(End of this chapter)