After spending a night repairing in the nameless valley, the escort went to the nameless lake to get enough water, and then the army embarked on the journey back.
Oh, right!
The nameless lake now has a name, and the soldiers of the Guards call it Victory Lake, because the Guards' first victory was won here, so to commemorate this time, the soldiers named the lake Victory Lake.
The snow falling in the sky began to gradually become lighter. Perhaps the snow in the sky knew that the Guards were going back, so it deliberately fell a little softer.
Before the army returned, the battle report about this battle had been sent back to Yunzhou County.
Two days later, after riding three horses for two days and two nights, the Meteor Horse (the Ming Dynasty's common name for soldiers who conveyed urgent military information to the capital, also called the Meteor Horse) finally arrived at the gate of Yunzhou County.
At this time, the sky was getting brighter. The guards guarding the city slowly opened the city gate with yawns. The people lined up in an orderly manner and began to enter the city after being inspected one by one.
Yunzhou County's inspections when entering the city are not strict. As long as you don't bring contraband or commit any illegal crimes, the guards will take a quick look and let you pass.
There is no such thing as city entry tax in Yunzhou County.
For that little money, our Prince Yun doesn't like it at all, and it can easily lead to a bad reputation. The officials in the customs are very concerned about taking even this small amount of money, but he, Prince Yun, doesn't like it.
Therefore, in the first year of taking office, he waived the city entry tax with a wave of his hand.
Of course, such an approach would offend some vested interest groups, and even the guards guarding the gates would lose a certain source of income. However, Zhao Jun immediately reorganized all the military personnel in the city, and then eliminated those who were on empty pay and the old, weak and sick. After becoming disabled, those who became the guards responsible for patrolling the streets and guarding the city of Wuhou also received a substantial increase in their salaries.
In this way, the soldiers guarding the city naturally had no objection. This increase in salary was much more than the three melons and two dates given by the officials who collected city taxes every day. If it was gone, it would be gone.
As for those official vested interest groups, Zhao Jun wants them to die!
You took my full monthly salary and didn’t want to listen to me, so I dragged them all to the market entrance for you!
In this way, the old tradition that had lasted for decades in Yunzhou County, the city entry tax disappeared, and this naturally aroused a wave of praise from the people.
The city gate had just opened for a while, and before the people waiting to enter the city had finished lining up, suddenly there was a sound of galloping horses in the distance!
Everyone couldn't help but look up and saw three fast horses galloping towards the official road in the distance.
You could still vaguely hear what the other party was shouting, but everyone didn't hear it clearly, so they listened carefully, as if they heard something.
Before they could listen carefully, the other party had already come closer, and everyone finally heard clearly what the man driving three war horses was shouting!
"Good news! Good news! Hurry up for 800 miles! Our escort defeated the invading Tatar tribe at Victory Lake, killing 43,000 enemies! The enemy was defeated and fled! We did not leave a single prisoner! The casualties were less than a hundred! A great victory! Big victory! Big victory!”
The meteor horse rushed towards the city gate quickly while shouting. When everyone heard his shout, their minds were blown away, and then they looked overjoyed.
The city guards who were stunned for a moment quickly asked everyone entering the city to move out of the way to let the Meteor Horse enter the city. The Meteor Horse rushed into the city immediately after them, leaving only two exhausted horses that had run away and his rear. A figure with an emergency military intelligence flag on its back.
As soon as Meteor Horse left, the crowd that had been silent just now exploded!
Everyone cheered excitedly!
The people of Yunzhou County had long received the news that a Tatar tribe had gathered 50,000 people to invade them. King Yun sent an escort to snipe them. Now that the military information came back, it turned out to be a great victory. How could everyone not be shocked by this? ! Not happy!
Even the guards guarding the city smiled. The captain of the guard quickly ordered someone to pull the tired and exhausted war horse and send it back to the barracks to replenish it with fine feed.
This is a hero. Without these two horses working day and night, how could the good news come back so quickly?
Not to mention the commotion caused by the meteor horse at the city gate, it also galloped and shouted all the way into the city, instantly waking up the still somewhat quiet Yunzhou City.
After hearing the news of the military victory, the people smiled, and the merchants reduced their prices to celebrate, and merchants such as Liquor even directly said that they would give away hundreds or thousands of jars of wine to people for free!
The entire Yunzhou City fell into a carnival of celebration.
Galloping in the sea of carnival, Meteor Horse galloped all the way and finally stopped at Prince Yun's Mansion.
At this time, Zhao Jun had just finished his breakfast of fried dough sticks and soy milk, and was thinking about whether to go fishing for sky fish again, when he suddenly heard the noise outside.
You must know that this is the palace, covering an area of dozens of acres. The entire palace is terrifyingly big. They are still in the backyard and are far away from other surrounding residents and streets. You can hear the noise here, and you can imagine the noise outside. How lively it is.
This situation instantly aroused Zhao Jun's curiosity, and he immediately called Wang Huaien and asked him to go out to investigate the situation.
Wang Huaien took the order and left, but after a while he trotted back with a smile on his face. Behind him was a young man wearing a guard uniform with an order flag on his back.
As soon as he saw the young man, Zhao Jun recognized him. He was dressed as a guard. Looking at the command flag behind the young man and the smiling expression of Wang Huai'en, Zhao Jun made a guess.
Sure enough, as soon as the two of them came to him after running all the way, they heard Wang Huai'en eagerly say: "Your Majesty, good news! Good news!"
Zhao Jun looked at the guy who was so excited that he didn't know what to say with contempt, and pulled him aside to face the young man.
When the young man saw this, he quickly stood up at attention, gave a military salute to Zhao Jun, and said loudly:
"Scout Zhou Mingshan from the scout battalion directly under the escort army has met the prince! The prince is a thousand years old!"
Zhao Jun smiled slightly, patted the young man's shoulder, and said hello three times with a warm smile: "Okay! Okay! Okay! This is not a military place, so there is no need to be so polite. Let's talk about what military news came back." ?”
When Zhou Mingshan saw Prince Yun patting him on the shoulder, he was so excited that his whole body was trembling. But he also knew that now was not the time to get excited. He quickly took out the letter of victory written by Ding Hongguang in his arms and held it above his head with both hands and handed it to Zhao Jun. He passed by and said at the same time:
"Your Majesty, this is a great victory! Our army defeated the Tatars by the Victory Lake and beheaded 43,000 people. Our casualties were only a few hundred, of which only dozens were killed. It was a great victory! This is a great victory written by the commander. Please take a look!"
Zhao Jun nodded slightly, took the good news document with a smile, opened it and read it carefully, while Zhou Mingshan stood up silently after handing over the good news document and stood aside without speaking, waiting quietly.
After a long time, a smile appeared on Zhao Jun's face. Finally, after reading the good news document in his hand, he couldn't help laughing:
"Hahahaha! Okay! Okay! This is really a big victory! What a big victory!
The guards did a great job! Extremely Beautiful!
This king will definitely reward you heavily!
You deserve a big reward! "
Zhou Mingshan's face immediately showed an expectant smile.
The great reward mentioned by the prince is really exciting!
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call! Today’s update is 12,000, and my fingers are stiff. Let’s just do this today. Go to sleep. Brothers and sisters, please help me support me by placing an order on the first day. Thank you Piaoxue!
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