Hearing this, everyone looked at Han Xi.
"Ahem!"
Han Xi cleared his throat, and then said: "At that time, our army came to the outskirts of the city after traveling thousands of miles, and saw a group of Jiannu slaves insulting and teasing us Ming people."
"When our general saw Jiannu marching like a march at the foot of the capital, he was immediately furious."
"At this time, Jiannu on the opposite side also discovered our army. Seeing the majestic appearance of our army, he immediately became timid..."
Just like that, Han Xi started bragging without stopping for half an hour.
A Niu and Xu San were stunned for a while.
Chongzhen fell silent after hearing this. When Han Xi finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay! This is what our Ming soldiers should look like."
Chongzhen was happy, but there was someone on the side who couldn't stand the boasting of Han Xi and his entourage, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to this man's nonsense. The governor of Manchuria and his soldiers, the general's corpse is still cold."
Chongzhen, who was still happy, immediately became a little unhappy. This was really a pot that was not being opened.
Chongzhen, who was quite happy at first, could no longer laugh.
Seeing someone coming out to cause trouble, Han Xi also said unhappily: "Ahem, this old man, this is wrong. Are the people we killed still pretending to be slaves?"
"Hmph! You just happened to be lucky enough to kill some slaves, so you became complacent and misled Your Majesty. Do you want to become the second Yuan Chonghuan?" the old man in red robe said with a cold face.
Upon hearing Yuan Chonghuan's name, Chongzhen's face immediately darkened.
Han Xi called him a good guy. This little old man was digging a hole for himself and his group. If it had been anyone else, he would have shriveled up. But as a rebel, he was not afraid of this, so he immediately retorted:
"Our army killed hundreds of enemies and saved thousands of people. How can you, a talkative old man, just slander us?"
The old man in red robe looked at Han Xin in disbelief. He didn't expect that a military general would dare to be so arrogant in front of one of his cabinet ministers.
"Little boy with a yellow mouth, little boy with a yellow mouth, you know what you are talking about." The old man in red robe was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at Han Xi with his hand.
Several cabinet ministers nearby were surprised by Han Xi's performance, and then they all looked like they were watching a good show.
Han Xi, however, had no intention of restraining himself and continued:
"Hmph! As soon as we arrived, we exterminated more than 300 Jiu slaves and saved thousands of people. The Jiu slaves have been raging in the capital city for more than two months. Have you ever killed a Jiu slave, or have you come up with some clever plan to defeat the enemy? If you say you only talk words, that’s clear. You’re simply occupying the latrine and doing nothing.”
Good guy.
Several cabinet ministers on the scene were shocked by Han Xi's indiscriminate attack.
Then several people knelt on the ground and shouted: "I am incompetent, I am guilty."
At this time, Chongzhen also had a look of astonishment. This was the first time he had seen such a tough general.
A Niu and Xu San were already looking at Han Xi with admiration.
Seeing the old man in red robe who had just tripped him kneel down, Han Xi thought to himself, it's not that good. He thought he was very capable of fighting.
Chongzhen came back to his senses, glanced at Han Xi, wrote down this daring young man, and then coughed and said:
"Ahem! All your ministers have worked very hard during this period, and I have seen it. Of course, if the three tiger generals have meritorious service, I will not be stingy with rewards. The cabinet will submit a reward schedule as soon as possible. Let's stop here today!"
After saying that, Chongzhen stood up and left the side hall.
And a group of cabinet ministers shouted: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
Han Xi and the other three also followed suit.
Then, all the cabinet ministers looked at Han Xi and his party with dead eyes.
But Han Xi didn't take it seriously. I'm a rebel, so why would I be afraid of you who can only talk?
In this way, both parties broke up unhappy.
Han Xi left the imperial city, his stomach was already growling with hunger. He entered the palace at three or four o'clock and stayed for nearly three hours. He came out after ten o'clock. God knows how he got here.
After leaving the imperial city, Han Xi and the other three ate their way back along the street.
When we arrived at the camp, our stomachs were already full.
Not to mention, there are quite a lot of delicacies in the capital, so let’s try them out in the past few days.
The next day.
The rewards for Han Xi and his party came soon.
The white bodies of Han Xi and Xu San were transformed into the real Mr. Qian.
A Niu was promoted from general to chief soldier.
This actually surprised Han Xi. You must know that this commander-in-chief was a senior general in the Ming Dynasty, and he was not appointed at will.
I feel like I just killed a few hundred slaves. This achievement shouldn't be enough to be promoted to the general rank, right?
While Han Xi was deep in thought, the eunuch who came to read out the decree finally read it to the end.
"Commander Xu Yao is ordered to immediately lead his troops and an additional 10,000 troops to Ji Town to recapture Zunhua. Commander Xu, take the order!" The eunuch looked at the stunned young men in front of him and shook his head slightly.
It's not good to offend anyone, but he actually offended several pavilion elders.
Now it's okay, several pavilion elders obviously want to praise and kill these people.
Seeing that Xu Yao had not accepted the order for a long time, the eunuch shook his head slightly, and without caring about the dead man, he directly put the imperial edict into A Niu's hand and turned around to leave.
Han Xi took the imperial edict and looked at it for a few times, then stuffed it back into A Niu's hand: "Keep it away, it won't be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver in a hundred years."
Hearing that this imperial edict was actually worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, A Niu immediately put it away preciously.
At this time, Xu San stepped forward and asked: "Mr. Qian, do we really go to that Ji Town according to the decree?"
"Don't worry about it. We'll go wherever there is something." Han Xi said nonchalantly.
When Xu San heard this, he immediately grinned.
Han Xi went to the camp and took a look at the tens of thousands of people brought by the eunuchs. Then there was the tut-tutting, and ten thousand people looked either old or dejected.
No wonder he was pushed to the ground and beaten by Hou Jin, and he still had no temper at all.
At this time, several people who looked like Mr. Qian came up and asked: "These Mr. Qian, do you know if you have enough food and grass?"
forage? Only then did Han Xi come to his senses. He had always felt that something was missing before. It turned out that they were allowed to set off without food and grass. They were really a bunch of villains.
"The Ministry of War has not issued any food and grass, and you don't have to follow us out to die. We have offended others, and you should go back to where you came from."
Han Xi said directly. He didn't want to bring these tens of thousands of burdens.
After hearing this, several generals were shocked. Then they looked at each other and said helplessly: "But the Ministry of War issued an order. If you don't follow General Xu, that would be disobedience."
"Is that so? Do you know where to buy food in the city? We still have a few thousand taels seized." Han Xi asked.
After listening to this, several generals breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "The largest grain store in the city is the Kang Family Grain Store. There should be thousands of stones of grain there."
Hearing this, Han Xi waved his hand and said:
"Okay, let's go to this grain store and buy some food before we set off."
