However, before Hong and Sun resigned from the palace, Emperor Chongzhen said flatly to them: "Tomorrow, before you go to war, I will personally see you off!"
Yang Sichang was shocked when he heard this. Is the emperor going out of the capital to review the army? How is this possible?
He quickly wanted to dissuade him, but Emperor Chongzhen had already said resolutely: "I am very uneasy whether I am alive or dead when King De is captured. There are also millions of my people who have been ruined by the invaders. All these things, As long as the soldiers kill the prisoners with their heart, I will never treat them badly. Now that they are about to go to war and shed their blood for our Ming Dynasty, I can't even go and see them?"
Yang Sichang was stunned after hearing this. After a moment of hesitation, he finally said: "Your Majesty is a man of ten thousand gold. He is the emperor. How can he leave the city easily? If the army outside..."
"Huh?" Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly darkened, and he snorted angrily, "Why, the world is so rotten, and I still want to sit in the palace and let the thieves and rebels wreak havoc? I am the king's father. , is the father of all the people in the world. My people are in dire straits. How can I not even leave the palace to visit the soldiers who are fighting for the country? Furthermore, when the soldiers from outside the city come thousands of miles to serve the king, can I still not believe it? Or maybe , you can’t trust Hong and Sun Erqing?”
Hong Chengchou, who was standing next to him, originally wanted to join him in persuading him. This was his duty as a civil servant. It can be seen that the emperor's attitude was resolute, and he even scolded the cabinet ministers for this, and it involved him. He immediately gave up the idea and remained silent.
On the contrary, Sun Chuanting was very happy after hearing this, and immediately said: "If your Majesty can inspect the army, the morale of the army will be greatly boosted!"
At this time, he was even more fond of the emperor. You know, the average emperor would have King Qin's army stationed outside the city instead of inside the city, because they were worried that the troops in other places would not be reliable. However, the current Emperor Chongzhen made such a decision and even took the initiative to leave the city. This shows that the emperor trusts them very much.
This kind of trust can be said to be very valuable. So Hong Chengchou, who was wise enough to protect himself, thought about it and had to admire the emperor's decision.
In extraordinary times, extraordinary things will naturally be done. Facing the powerful Jianlu enemy, it is indeed necessary to boost morale.
Early the next morning, Emperor Chongzhen traveled in a simple carriage without bringing any civil or military officials, which would have been more troublesome. He wore a suit of armor himself and was escorted out of the city to the military camp by Li Ruolian, commander of the Jinyi Guards.
At this time, although it was about to be February of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the weather was still very cold. However, the soldiers of the two armies outside the city had already come out of camp and lined up under the city gate. However, the two commanders who led the army obviously put a lot of thought into not allowing the soldiers to carry weapons.
But even so, it was obvious that these Shaanxi men stood in the cold wind with excited expressions. They didn't expect that they would be able to see today in this life!
Especially the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army under a banner with the word "Congratulations" were even more excited. They even ignored military discipline and were whispering to each other.
"They all say that the emperor is fatuous, which is why the people are in dire straits. Haha, I don't believe it anymore. If he was fatuous, he would still believe in us, and would he have the guts to come out to visit us?"
"No, seeing is believing, hearing is believing. With such a courageous emperor, how can the Ming Dynasty be achieved only by the rebellion of Li Thief and others?"
"..."
Of course, after hearing their discussions, someone secretly reminded them: "Shut up and pay attention to what you say. Now you are not traitors, you are officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Pay attention to your words. How can you spread some rumors?" ?"
Those who had spoken before heard this and said yes one after another.
At this moment, suddenly, everyone saw the capital city gate open, and then groups of royal guards wearing flying fish uniforms, riding horses side by side, opened the way in front, and filed out of the city gate hole.
Suddenly, the nearly 30,000 soldiers outside the city became silent. Everyone raised their heads and chests in the cold wind, and looked at the city gate in front of them with wide eyes.
After just a moment, they saw a knight with a golden helmet appear. No need to ask, this person must be today.
The moment they saw Emperor Chongzhen appear, everyone, including the commander-in-chief, deputy generals and other generals at all levels who were standing at the front, all showed their best sides, and their spirit and energy exploded to the extreme.
Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting immediately stepped forward to greet him. Emperor Chongzhen didn't talk nonsense. He had already received the two of them yesterday. The focus of today was to inspect the army, so he waved his hand and asked the two of them to accompany them, and began to inspect the army without any delay.
In this way, Emperor Chongzhen rode on horseback, led by the two commanders, approached the army, listened to their introduction, nodded from time to time, and occasionally gave a few compliments.
In this way, he got to know some military generals that later generations have heard of, as well as military generals that later generations have never heard of, including Cao Bianjiao, Zuo Guangxian, He Renlong, etc.
"Your uncle Cao Wenzhao was a fierce general of our Ming Dynasty. He sacrificed his life for the country. I feel very sad. He was a good man!"
When Cao Bianjiao heard this, his face clearly showed gratitude. Although he was wearing armor, he still knelt on one knee, cupped his fists with both hands and chanted: "Fight for the Ming Dynasty, serve the country with loyalty, and die without regrets!"
"The surname Zuo is very rare, but I remember that at the beginning of the third year of Chongzhen, the magistrate Zuo Yingxuan of Changli County was able to hold off the slave chief Taiji for dozens of days from attacking the city. He was indeed a good minister of our Ming Dynasty. I was deceived before, but now I have already gone and been summoned back, and I will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. You should also work hard!"
Zuo Guang heard it first and couldn't help but feel very excited. He accumulated merits from guerrillas and became the commander-in-chief of Guyuan, but in fact he has never been taken seriously by Hong Chengchou. In the original history, he was finally abandoned by Hong Chengchou, so that he was depressed and finally surrendered to Li Zicheng.
But at this time, he heard that Emperor Chongzhen used someone with the same surname to encourage him and asked him to do a good job, which meant that the emperor had already paid attention to him, and he suddenly became excited. No matter how big the backer is, can it be as good as the emperor? As long as you work hard and be remembered by the emperor, there is no need to worry about your future!
So he immediately knelt down on one knee and said impassionedly to Emperor Chongzhen: "In the end, I will fight bravely to kill the prisoners, and I will never disappoint His Majesty's expectations!"
"Looking at a gentle and gentle person, how come I heard that you are nicknamed Madman He and that you risk your life in a war?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at the deputy general in front of him and said with a little surprise, "It is true that you have to be fierce to kill thieves, but your own Pay attention to safety too!”
When He Renlong heard that the emperor knew about him and cared about him so much, he was also very excited. He immediately knelt down on one knee, raised his head and clasped his fists and said, "The general is a warrior. He doesn't know a few Chinese characters. He only knows that on the battlefield Only by fighting tooth and nail can we kill the enemy and serve the country!"
This He Renlong is a very regretful general.
He was a martial arts scholar, and he was just a local garrison at first. However, after he went to the battlefield, he was like a madman, killing the enemy bravely, and was called He Madman. Looking at his resume, it can be said that he made countless contributions to the Ming Dynasty, fighting in the north and south.
Perhaps it was because he was also from Mizhi and knew that many bandits rebelled because they had no choice but to rebel. Therefore, the most people under his command were surrendered by bandits, including Gao Jie, who would later become famous as one of the four towns in Jiangnan. .
But unfortunately, in the original history, he fought for the Ming Dynasty, and even his son died fighting for the country. After meeting Yang Sichang, he felt that he had been deceived by Yang Sichang, and saw that the arrogant Zuo Liangyu was still living well. , much better than him. In the end, he felt dissatisfied, so he learned Zuo Liangyu's way of doing things. He relied on his mood when fighting, and kept himself safe. He tricked several governors, and was finally beheaded by Sun Chuanting. However, the person he learned from Zuo Liangyu was arrogant, disobedient, and arrogant. The soldier respected himself but was still okay, and was even knighted.
After walking around, Emperor Chongzhen could say something to every general standing in front of the formation. It was obvious that he had done his homework after a day.
Regardless of past or future generations, ancient times or modern times, yamen or companies, the most popular leaders and superiors are definitely not the aloof and majestic ones.
He maintains a noble status but is approachable, knows his subordinates well and cares about them, and can often make his subordinates forget about things and fight to the death! It is for this reason that famous generals in ancient times generally loved their soldiers as their own children, shared joys and sorrows, and even personally served the wounded.
I don’t know when it happened, but a general personally sucked the pus and blood from an injured soldier. After this incident reached the injured soldier's hometown, others congratulated the injured soldier's mother and said that her son was appreciated by the general. However, the mother cried, saying that she was afraid that her son would be lost. Sure enough, after her son recovered from his injuries, he went into battle to fight the enemy, fought to the death, and finally died on the battlefield, repaying the general who sucked the pus for him with his life.
Emperor Chongzhen heard this story in later generations, combined with what he saw and heard after time travel, especially some of Lu Xiangsheng's actions, and of course, the influence of general virtue mentioned in Qi Jiguang's book on war, so he did it for the first time according to this meaning got up.
With the dignity of the emperor, using this approachable way to express condolences to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who came from afar and were about to fight with powerful enemies, judging from the results, the effect was very good.
When Emperor Chongzhen walked around and returned to the temporary general ordering platform set up in front of the formation, and then turned to look around, he found that all the generals and the soldiers behind them were looking back at him, with eyes filled with laughter. Even with a sense of worship.
The cold wind howled, unable to shrink their necks. The passion exuded by everyone seemed to have already offset the cold weather, making them forget that they were standing in the cold outside the city.
This was the first time Emperor Chongzhen faced an army of tens of thousands, densely packed with heads, all of them soldiers who were about to go on an expedition. As long as he gives an order, these tens of thousands of soldiers will rush to the enemy without hesitation, throw their heads, shed blood, and be loyal to the emperor and the country.
At this moment, he looked at everything in front of him, and a thought flashed through his mind: I, Chongzhen, will live again in this life. I will be a man and a great man. I will lead the army in south and north wars. I will fight for thousands of miles with gold and iron. I will protect my Ming Dynasty and China. , change history, and let China always stand on top of the world!
At this moment, there was no need for the system to ask for it. Emperor Chongzhen made a decision deep in his heart that he would lead the army in military campaigns in the north and south, and would never stay in the cage of the Forbidden City for the rest of his life.
Taking a deep breath and throwing all thoughts to the back of his mind, Emperor Chongzhen said loudly: "In the past, Emperor Taizu Gao fought in the north and south, expelled the Tartars, and restored our Han people. From now on, Han people are no longer slaves! But now! , the mountains and rivers were broken, and all life was in ruins. The Jianlu invaders occupied the entire Liaodong, and the Han people were either killed by them or lived as slaves! In the pass, thieves were everywhere, wars were everywhere, the people were in dire straits, and many people had their families destroyed! Today, I swear to God here..."
At this point, he suddenly pulled out his sword, pointed it diagonally towards the sky, and said loudly and solemnly again: "As a descendant of Taizu, I should follow Taizu's example and spend the rest of my life, holding a green blade three feet long, to lead the army in conquest. All enemies, revive the Ming Dynasty and protect my people! Are you willing to follow me to kill the enemy?"
After Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, the scene was quiet, and only his roar seemed to still echo in everyone's ears.
But just after a moment, the thirty thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suddenly came to their senses. Each one opened their mouths wide and shouted out what they were thinking: "I am willing..."
Behind Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting turned their heads and glanced at each other. Between each other, they could see the shock, surprise, and admiration in each other's eyes.
No matter how complicated the look was, they just felt it at this moment.
After the voice subsided a little, Emperor Chongzhen took back his sword, looked around at the soldiers below, and said loudly again: "I want to reorganize Teng Xiang's left and right guards, Wu Xiang's left and right guards, and reorganize them into battalions. You just need to fight in this war. If you prove that you are qualified, you can join the camp that I personally command and kill the enemy under my command. I am waiting to see your performance! "
"According to the order!" This time, the soldiers below did not hesitate at all, looked excited, and immediately shouted in unison.
For them, what reward could be more glorious than following the emperor and serving as soldiers under the emperor? Once you become a Guard, your future will be absolutely bright. If you have the ability, it is absolutely no problem to make your wife a shadow!
Seeing this situation, even a man like Hong Chengchou, who was wise and protective, suddenly felt a little envious of these warriors in front of him. You know, as the emperor conquers the world, the credit is right under the emperor's nose. It is estimated that many people will be made marquises and generals in the future.
Throughout the ages, it has been difficult for civil servants to be ennobled. In the Ming Dynasty, only Wang Yangming was granted the title of earl after his death. But there are countless warriors who have been knighted for their military exploits since the founding of the People's Republic of China. They benefited their descendants and coexisted with the Ming Dynasty!
But then he was also a little surprised. The emperor actually wanted to lead the army to fight in the future. Didn't the officials in the court stop this crazy idea? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty was really going to have another emperor on horseback?
Not only him, Sun Chuanting was also surprised, but deep down in his heart, he actually agreed with the emperor's move. If the emperor stayed in the Forbidden City all the time, how much could he know about the outside world just by relying on memorials and the princes in the court? Nowadays, the world is in chaos, and it is not possible to bring order to the chaos by being in the deep palace.
When you go out to lead the troops in war, you can see with your own eyes how many of the rules set by Taizu have been broken; you can also see the suffering of the people's livelihood. Seeing it with your own eyes is definitely more shocking than the simple words in the memorial! In this way, the Qingtun charge will definitely be carried out across the country, and I will not have to worry about being unique.
Emperor Chongzhen looked around the entire army and said loudly with a serious face: "I am waiting for your good news in the capital. I hope I have not misjudged that you, Qin soldiers, are all men of my Ming Dynasty!"
These words made all these Qin men extremely proud. Look, the reputation of Qin men has reached the ears of the emperor, and he must not weaken his reputation.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen had enough to say, so he stopped staying and returned to the palace soon. However, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting did not follow him to Beijing, but immediately set off with their army to join Lu Xiangsheng.
Under the butterfly effect, in this plane, the three great Mingzhi soldiers and capable ministers who have never joined forces are finally getting together.
It was also at this time that news of Jinan's fall reached the capital. Suddenly, the capital was boiling again, and the memorial to impeach Lu Xiangsheng floated to Emperor Chongzhen's desk like snowflakes. Many people even suggested in the memorial that Lu Xiangsheng should be held accountable immediately. Anyway, there is no shortage of capable ministers to lead the army at this time. Whether it is Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, or Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, they are all men with great military exploits and can take over Lu Xiangsheng's position. .
In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen stayed in the center and was too lazy to pay attention to them. The final thing now is the battle with Jianlu. I wonder what the outcome of this war will be?
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