Chapter 23 Setting an example on the battlefield
The reason why the Ming army came so quickly was naturally due to the telegram. After receiving the report from the 131st Regiment of the Dingliao Army, Zhu Cijing immediately notified the nearby Ming army to rush to the 131st Regiment on an encirclement. At the same time, he personally led 60,000 cavalry to rush to the battlefield, leaving only Shi Kefa as the commander!
Isn’t Zhu Cijiu crazy? Why did he go to the battlefield in person? In fact, he was not crazy at all. He had already had the idea of going to the battlefield in person. For nothing else, just to establish an image and an iron-blooded emperor. The emperor is so brave. How can the soldiers of the three armies be free from their lives?
Of course, you have to choose the right time to visit the battlefield in person. For example, the previous few times he personally fought against the Iron Cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty. Not only did he have super combat power, but he also had artillery. Although Cao Huachun and Qin Mingyue were both masters, and even the shells could be pushed away, if the Jin army aimed all the artillery at him, even if there were peerless masters by his side, he probably wouldn't be able to protect him. Therefore, he did not personally visit the battlefield in person the previous few times. It was too dangerous and there was no need to take this risk.
I have to talk about Nurhaci here. He also came to the battlefield as the lord of a country. The Later Jin Iron Cavalry brought out was so brave, but he underestimated the power of the cannon and dared to hold onto the shells. What kind of iron lumps and flesh lumps are hard? Needless to say, he died.
Zhu Cijiu naturally would not learn from Nurhaci to test shells with his body, so when facing the Later Jin Dynasty with artillery, he always stayed behind to command. This time it was different, because the rebels did not have artillery at all, and there were not even muskets. At most, there were bows and arrows. The bows and arrows might be okay to deal with ordinary people, but they would not be able to deal with masters. Not to mention Cao Huachun and Qin Mingyue, he could push them away by himself. You know, he had been practicing with Qin Mingyue for several years. Although his talent was not high, his skills were still slowly rising. Dozens of strong men might not be close to him, so it was natural to push an arrow or something.
It was not rare for the emperor to visit the battlefield in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Chengzu Zhu Di were both fought on the battlefield, but they may not be as majestic as Zhu Cijiong, because the guards around him were too strong, so strong that they were ridiculous.
Not to mention hundreds of Jinyiwei and Dongchang masters on the periphery, Qin Gongming, who was leading the way in front, was all fierce and powerful generals who could not be more powerful. There were masters like Cao Huachun around him. Even Qin Mingyue made an exception and put on a battle robe and guarded him. He didn't even have a chance to attack.
Such a group of people rushing into the battlefield was a disaster for the rebels. The cavalry of the rebels had a certain advantage, but when Zhu Cijiu arrived, the situation completely reversed. In front of the Jinyiwei and the masters of the East Factory, they didn't even have the chance to fight back. "Sweeping" a burst of swords and sabers, and the cavalry were inexplicably covered their necks and fell down. The scene was so weird that it was scary.
This scene did not last long. Just as Zhu Cijiu pulled his sword and looked around, trying to find a fish that missed the net, the rebels around began to shout: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender."
At first, hundreds or thousands of people shouted like this, and slowly the sound spread across the battlefield like a plague. Almost all the rebels threw away their weapons and squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms.
Seeing this, Zhu Cijing awkwardly inserted his sword back to his waist and shouted: "Qin Gongming led the Dingliao army to clean up the battlefield, tied all the thief leaders to wait for the slaughter, and the rest surrendered their weapons and guarded them."
Qin Gongming said immediately and immediately took the messenger and guards to gather people to clean the battlefield. Zhu Cijiu said to Cao Huachun next to him: "Eunuch Cao, go and see if the leader of the 131st Regiment is still alive. If he is alive, bring him to see me."
Cao Huachun replied and obeyed the order, rushed to the center of the battlefield when he beat the horse. Soon, he came back, followed by a blood man riding a horse.
This man is naturally Li Mingfu, the commander of the 131st Regiment. His reputation as a martial arts scholar is not fake, and his kung fu will naturally not be bad. Although he is still extremely brave in the face of ten times the enemy cavalry, there are no masters in the rebel army. If he wants to kill him, he can only use his life to slowly consume it. It took less than half an hour before Zhu Cijiu led his army in, so he was not exhausted yet, but was injured in many places and covered in blood.
Now that he heard that the emperor was coming, he naturally quickly threw everything down and followed Cao Huachun to the horse. He was not the guard of the Jinyiwei and the East Factory, so when he was still a hundred steps away from Zhu Cijiong's imperial carriage, he turned over and jumped off the horse, ran quickly under the dragon flag, and knelt down and said loudly: "I will meet the emperor."
Zhu Cijiu wanted to set an example, so he naturally wanted to show his desire for talent. Before Li Mingfu finished speaking, he turned over and jumped off the horse, walked forward, and held it up, and said kindly: "Thank you for your hard work, get up quickly, get up quickly, is the injury serious? Otherwise, I will send the imperial doctor to come and bandage you."
Li Mingfu stood up respectfully and said excitedly: "Reply to the emperor, it's okay. This little injury does not need to worry about the imperial doctor."
Should he be praised as a combat hero or trained as a confidant? Zhu Cijing vaguely remembers that this person seemed to have participated in the palace examination and should be a martial jinshi, but he would like to know his character first. He patted Li Mingfu on the shoulder and praised: "Well, okay, you can resist 100,000 bandits with five thousand troops, wizards, wizards!"
This is to see if Li Mingfu is humble or not. If he is a proud person, there is nothing to cultivate. Just reward him directly. Fortunately, Li Mingfu did not disappoint him. He was not proud when he heard this. Instead, he said modestly: "I dare not be the emperor to praise him like this. Even if he can't stop a hundred thousand bandits, it depends entirely on the lives of his soldiers."
Zhu Cijiong nodded and asked in a pretense curiosity: "Five thousand people face 100,000 thieves. If they don't escape, they will almost die. Are you not afraid of death?"
When Li Mingfu heard this, he showed a firm expression and said loudly: "Return to the emperor, I am not afraid of death, I serve the country with loyalty, and I will have no regrets even if I die."
Well, it is a talent and worth cultivating. Zhu Cijiu said with gratitude: "Okay, you are loyal to the country. Even if you die, if I remember correctly, you are a martial Jinshi, right?"
The emperor actually remembered him, and Li Mingfu was even more excited. He said tremblingly: "The emperor remembers correctly. The last general was the 18th Jiaxu Martial Arts and Martial Arts in the seventh year of Chongzheng. He was given the emperor's grace and was given the title of Jinshi."
As expected, he was his own disciple, so he had a better future in training. After thinking about it, he said to Cao Huachun on the side: "Cao Huachun, draw an order."
How to write an imperial edict on this battlefield? Zhu Cijing was naturally not aimless. He said this when he saw Cao Huachun always ordered people to carry the set of things he had drawn. Sure enough, Cao Huachun waved his hand and immediately a eunuch ran over with a huge sandalwood box on his back and placed the box respectfully in front of him. He skillfully took out the blank imperial edict and pen inside, placed it on the box, and waited for the emperor to speak.
Zhu Cijiong cleared his throat and said loudly: "Li Mingfu, the guerrilla general of the Dingliao Army, fought bravely, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and blocked the bandits. He made an indelible contribution. He was specially appointed as the assistant general of the admiral. From now on, he took over the two guards of Wuping and Yingchuan, formed the Wuwei army, and was given the Sun and Moon Dragon Flag to the third-class legion of the Ming Dynasty. The moon was full and the sun was short."
Chapter completed!