Chapter 1372: Zixia and Bi Mawen
In addition to the invisible and intangible benefits of reputation, the Ming army also gained tangible benefits from the Battle of Hetao, such as: 20,000 sets of cavalry equipment, war horses, grain, cattle and sheep, etc.
The Ming army only dispatched 10,000 cavalry, and the lost troops after the war were replenished, but they received benefits that were ten times more than what they paid. Naturally, the Ming army made a lot of money.
For such a generous Qin Hao, the officials of the Ming Dynasty naturally liked him a lot. They were no longer as hostile as before. The relationship between Qin and Ming gradually broke the ice and gradually moved towards a friendly level.
As for Long Qie, he was not only the general of the Ming Dynasty, but also the cavalry commander of the Ming Dynasty this time. He not only participated in the Battle of Hetao, but also accompanied the Qin army out of the fortress alone, and became one of the three hundred warriors who came back alive. .
Everyone who came back alive from the fortress was a hero, not to mention a senior general like Long Qie.
Long Qie not only became a national hero, but also participated in the signing of the treaty on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. Now he is the pride of the entire Ming Dynasty.
This time Long Junsheng led the army back to Jizhou from Bingzhou. Whether it was emotional or rational, Emperor Ming also had to hold a huge welcome ceremony to welcome his return with the highest classification.
Emperor Ming took the information from Sun Lingming. After reading it, he said with a smile: "There are still ten days before General Longqie returns. Dianwei, please go and tell the Prime Minister immediately and ask him to organize a large-scale attack for General Longqie." Welcome ceremony."
"promise."
Dian Wei cupped his fists and responded, then turned around and left. Before leaving, he glared at Sun Lingming, but Sun Lingming glared back without any sign of weakness.
Dian Wei and Sun Lingming were both generals who guarded Emperor Ming. However, Dian Wei was actually very dissatisfied with Sun Lingming, his younger partner, because Sun Lingming was clumsy, didn't understand the rules, and always made His Majesty Emperor Ming angry.
In Dian Wei's view, His Majesty Emperor Ming was busy with everything, and had a lot of things to deal with every day. As a result, he had to be distracted to worry about Sun Lingming.
When Dian Wei and Xu Ding were partnered, they never let the great virtuous master worry about him, so Dian Wei felt that Sun Lingming was too ignorant, and he missed his old partner Xu Ding who had died in the battle even more.
Dian Wei was a tough guy with an upright personality who didn't know how to twist and turn. He always said what he thought. He clearly expressed his dissatisfaction to Emperor Ming and bluntly said that Sun Lingming was not suitable to be the right commander of the guard. It was a pity. But Emperor Ming did not adopt his opinion.
Although Emperor Ming scolded Sun Lingming every day, and would even take action when he was really angry, this was a sign of valuing and appreciating Sun Lingming. After all, there were so many people in Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Ming was the busiest one, why did she have to make things difficult for herself? , just catch Sun Lingming and train him alone?
To be honest, Emperor Ming himself didn't know why he admired Sun Lingming alone. Maybe he didn't want to see Sun Lingming waste his talent, or maybe it was Sun Lingming's tragic childhood experience that triggered his hidden mother.
In short, Emperor Ming really valued Sun Lingming, and most of them regarded him as an adopted son and cultivated him.
After Dian Wei left, Sun Lingming handed over another letter. Emperor Ming took it and asked, "What is this?"
"This is the specific clause announced in the "Treaty of Qin and Yuan Jinyang". Your Majesty, this Qin Gong Qin Hao is really powerful. My old grandson... well, although the last general does not read much, he also knows that there are no foreigners in northern Xinjiang. An easy one to deal with.
All the foreign races in Northern Xinjiang were extremely difficult and cruel, among which Yuanmeng was the strongest. However, Qin Hao nearly destroyed the country in one battle and even signed such a humiliating and traitorous treaty. "
Sun Lingming said a lot with excitement, but Emperor Ming didn't listen to a word. All her eyes were focused on the marriage on the third day of the treaty.
When he thought that Qin Hao was going to marry someone else, and she was still a foreign woman, but he was still living outside, Emperor Ming felt very uncomfortable, and his expression became worse and worse.
Sun Lingming did not notice the change in Emperor Ming's mentality. He still kept talking to himself, and he became more and more enthusiastic.
"To be honest, apart from your majesty, I have never really admired anyone else in the world. Even Xiang Yu, who is recognized as the best in the world, is the same. But this Qin Hao, even the junior general can't stop admiring him. This matter Qin Hao really did a great job..."
Emperor Ming's personal female officer was named Zixia, and she stood out among tens of thousands of other girls. Emperor Ming named her Zixia and made her his personal female officer.
Zixia is a smart but considerate woman. She noticed something was wrong with Emperor Ming's face and thought that Emperor Ming was dissatisfied with the contents of the treaty.
Seeing that Sun Lingming kept praising Qin Hao, Zixia was afraid that he would make His Majesty angry again, so she gently tugged on Sun Lingming's clothes and reminded in a low voice: "General Sun, stop talking."
"Ah? Why?"
Sun Lingming didn't know why, but Emperor Ming raised his head with a gloomy look. That frosty expression made Sun Lingming jump. Your Majesty is about to get angry!
"Let him speak." Emperor Ming shouted.
Sun Lingming immediately shuddered and stammered: "I, no, don't dare anymore, no more?"
"What are you afraid of?"
"Uh? I don't know."
Sun Lingming told the truth, he really didn't know what happened to him to make His Majesty angry again?
Emperor Ming put his eyes into his sword, glared at him fiercely, and said coldly: "General Sun Lingming, you rewarded your colleagues last time, but I haven't punished you yet, and there are still superiors... This time I will punish you for all your crimes. I'll punish you..."
Sun Lingming was made of copper skin and iron bones, and hitting him with a military stick actually helped him practice external skills. It had no effect of punishment at all, and other punishments were not effective either.
Emperor Ming thought for a moment and said, "I'll punish you by raising horses in a stable for a month."
Upon hearing this, Sun Lingming's eyes widened immediately: "Raising horses again?"
What Sun Lingming is most afraid of is raising horses. The war horses in his stables are all extremely valuable.
In addition, cleaning up horse manure, bathing horses and many other trivial tasks made Sun Lingming extremely bored. He would rather have fifty military sticks every day for a month than raise horses for a month.
It was obviously not the first time that Sun Lingming had been punished to raise horses, and he thought he was often punished by Emperor Ming to raise horses, so the army officers laughed at him as "Bima Wen".
When he thought that he would have to stay in the stable for two months, Sun Lingming felt that he was going crazy, so he begged for mercy with a grimace: "Your Majesty, I really know that I was wrong. Can you punish me in another way? As long as I don't raise horses. , I don’t have any objection to how you punish me.”
