After the bursts of mountain calls in the square in front of the Guandeokjeon Hall of Banzai Mountain.
Du Xun waved the small flag in his hand again, and the infantry marched forward amidst the sound of drums. They changed their formation several times according to the instructions of the small flag. Although it was not very neat, it was still more or less visible.
After a while, the gongs sounded loudly, and the infantry quickly returned to their original positions and lined up again to stand still.
Du Xun waved the small flag in his hand again, and twenty-five infantrymen walked out of the queue, stood thirty steps away from the emperor, and were divided into five rows, with five people in each row, and began to practice single-sword and shield tactics.
Then twenty-five more people came over and practiced spear thrusting, and then another twenty people performed shooting techniques at a distance in front of the emperor, and generally they were able to hit the target with arrows.
After the shooting performance was completed, Du Xun came to Emperor Chongzhen, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "I am reporting to you, Your Majesty, I was ordered to be in charge of internal affairs, but I failed to do the job well. I am really guilty.
If God is merciful, I will definitely try my best to train these thousands of "internal troops" for the emperor into an elite army within a hundred days. "
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "As long as you work hard for me, I will definitely be of great use to you in the future."
"Thank you, slave!" Du Xun said as he hurriedly kowtowed.
When Wang Dehua saw that the viewing exercise was over, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's time to award the award."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded. Wang Dehua turned his head and winked at a eunuch behind him, and then issued a high-pitched call: "Play music...present rewards...!"
Amidst the sound of drum music, the eunuchs awarded three hundred taels of silver and twenty bolts of silk to the internal army on behalf of Emperor Chongzhen. In addition, they also awarded Du Xun the third-grade crown uniform and jade belt. The other chief eunuchs in charge of internal affairs also There are additional rewards.
Du Xun and other eunuchs kowtowed to Emperor Chongzhen amidst the sound of drums. All the eunuchs who participated in the internal exercises also knelt down to thank the emperor for his kindness, and there were waves of shouts of long live the mountain.
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After seeing the internal exercises, Emperor Chongzhen got on the chariot and was carried by four eunuchs to the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.
Du Xun took advantage of this gap and chased him out. He leaned close to Wang Chengen with an apologetic smile on his face and whispered: "Thanks to the boss, I lent more than ten archery skills from the East Factory, so I won the joy of the Sacred Heart. Tonight I Go to the proprietor's mansion to express your sincere thanks."
Wang Cheng'en knocked him face to face and said: "You come from the sect master Wang's sect. He and I are good brothers. We should take care of each other when things happen and make the emperor's holy heart happy. This is our duty as slaves." .
But the emperor is really serious about all the internal affairs. Although today is a good time, you must work hard in the future. If you don't train the internal army seriously to develop some skills, if the emperor has a whim one day, If you just want to watch the exercise temporarily, our family won't be able to help you by then, kid! "
"Yes, yes. The proprietor is right." Du Xun bowed and smiled, watching Wang Chengen's figure gradually go away with Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen rode down the mountain in his chariot. He still looked back to the north from time to time, and saw Du Xun from a distance still commanding the internal army's drills in the square.
He sighed secretly in his heart: "If the generals can train their troops like Du Xun, why can't the bandits be wiped out?"
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When Gu Ru returned to the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Chongzhen changed his clothes, washed his face, and looked at the newly delivered military information documents on the imperial case. After hesitating for a while, he decided not to read them for the time being. He sighed in his heart: "They are all important documents." A soldier begging for pay!"
His spirit has not yet completely recovered from the blow of Luoyang and Xiangyang being feudal.
Especially the fall of Luoyang and the murder of King Fu made him unforgettable. He always sighed in his heart: "If only Luoyang could hold on as well as Kaifeng!"
Every time he thought about this matter, he hated Li Xianfeng and Wang Shaoyu for their mediocre officials and deposed generals. Although during the Wanli Dynasty, King Fu's mother Zheng Guifei was favored, and King Fu almost took away Chongzhen's father's crown prince status, which caused controversy. The political turmoil lasted for many years.
But Emperor Chongzhen and Prince Fu were uncles and nephews after all, and the "seizing of legitimate children" incident had long been a thing of the past. The fall of Luoyang and the murder of Prince Fu not long ago were an unprecedented tragedy for the Chongzhen family. He regarded this incident as a A harbinger of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that no one dared to reveal this omen, but it was an idea secretly cherished by most people in the government and the public, and it often shrouded Chongzhen's heart like a dark cloud. He meditated for a long time, with bitter tears in his eyes, but Holding back not letting it flow out.
Emperor Chongzhen thought about the "suppression of thieves" in the Central Plains for a while. He felt that even if Fu Zonglong could not wipe out the Chuang and Xian thieves, he could at least restore the situation in the Central Plains. As long as he survived these few months, once the situation in Liaodong changed, Well, it won't be too late to mobilize people from outside the customs to return to the Central Plains.
At this moment, an imperial eunuch came in and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, was waiting for summons in the Wenhua Palace. Emperor Chongzhen was silent for a moment and ordered the eunuch to summon Chen Xinjia to the Qianqing Palace.
Chen Xinjia came to the palace this time because Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, led troops to rescue Jinzhou.
He reported that most of the soldiers and horses of the Jin army have arrived in Ningyuan, and some are still on the way. Together with Wu Sangui and other soldiers and horses outside the pass who were originally in Ningyuan, there are now ten soldiers and horses led by eight general soldiers. More than 30,000 troops.
After removing the old and weak among them, the number of soldiers who left the customs actually amounted to 100,000. He believed that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, should leave the customs as soon as possible and rush to Ningyuan to lead the army forward and relieve the siege of Jinzhou in one fell swoop.
Emperor Chongzhen asked hesitantly: "Why didn't Hong Chengchou go to Ningyuan to supervise the army, but he still stayed behind closed doors?"
Chen Xinjia echoed: "Hong Chengchou still used caution as an excuse, saying that he must first deploy the defense of Men's Gate properly, and then he could make a step-by-step approach to the cavalry besieging Jinzhou."
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Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said angrily: "Be careful, be careful, be careful again!... In this way, when will the siege of Jinzhou be lifted? It is a taboo for military strategists to pay for their troops and pay them. Doesn't Hong Chengchou understand this?"
Chen Xinjia took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty is very worried. If it lasts for a long time, the vigor of the soldiers will be exhausted, and they will work hard without success, which will not be in the interests of the country."
Emperor Chongzhen said with concern: "That Zu Dashou was not very reliable to begin with. If the rescue fails and the siege is delayed, and he sacrifices Jinzhou and Donglu, what should we do?"
Chen Xinjia hurriedly added: "What I am worried about is that I am afraid that this ancestor will sacrifice the city and become a slave on his birthday."
Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "Besides, it is not easy to raise this food and salary. If it is exhausted, it will be even harder to raise again. What's more, the imperial court is also eager to defeat the enemy outside the pass quickly, relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and send a few elite soldiers The good generals were transferred back to the pass to concentrate on destroying the thieves.
You can tell Hong Chengchou about my painstaking efforts in using troops and urge him to quickly march to Jinzhou to ensure a successful battle. "
This was what Chen Xinjia was waiting for. He kowtowed hurriedly and said: "Yes, I obey the order."
