Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 230 Fulfilling the Promise
Now Xu Dingguo is surrounded by troops loyal to Zhu Cihong, and there are less than a hundred people who loyally guard Xu Dingguo. As long as Zhu Cihong gives an order, thousands of troops will overwhelm him.

So Zhu Cihong has the confidence and qualifications to stand in front of Xu Dingguo and say these words.

At this moment, Xu Dingguo felt like a clown standing in front of the circus audience, being ridiculed and teased by Zhu Cihong wantonly, but he was helpless.

Xu Dingguo felt extremely remorseful at this time, he knew that he would not start a rebellion, but he did not expect that Emperor Zhu Ming still had such a high status and prestige in people's hearts.

He colluded with the Qing Dynasty Tartars, and made up excuses from the Qing emperor, and raised troops to kill Zhu Cihong, but in the end, all the relatives betrayed him, and he was surrounded by thousands of troops.

"As long as you promise to spare my life and let me return to my hometown to farm and shepherd sheep, I will surrender." Xu Dingguo misunderstood Zhu Cixiang's meaning and thought Zhu Cixiang wanted him to surrender.

Unashamedly talked about the conditions with Zhu Cihong, and did not look at whose orders the thousands of troops around him are obeying. As long as Zhu Cihong is willing, thousands of arrows will be shot at him in the blink of an eye. Turn him into a hedgehog.

Even if the armor on Xu Dingguo's body was so thick that the bow and crossbow could not penetrate it, the arrows that fell on him could crush him to death.

Sure enough, after hearing Xu Dingguo's conditions, Zhu Cihong looked up to the sky and laughed, as if seeing a child threatening an adult with his own fist.

"Talk to me about the conditions, are you worthy?" Zhu Cihong suddenly stopped laughing, and stared at Xu Dingguo with incomparably cold eyes.

That look, like a mighty lion on the grassland staring at a prey, makes people shudder.

"Whoever kills Xu Dingguo will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and be promoted to three ranks." Zhu Cihong offered a reward for Xu Dingguo's head.

Although Xu Dingguo was a general with more than [-] troops before, in Zhu Cihong's eyes, he was not considered an important figure at all, and he was not well-known in history.

His own strength is not very good. The soldiers under Xu Dingguo's command are complex and have low combat effectiveness. They are considered the worst among Zhu Cixi's troops.

Therefore, in Zhu Cihong's eyes, Xu Dingguo was really not an important person, and he was not worthy of a higher reward from Zhu Cihong.

Besides, now that Xu Dingguo has become a turtle in the urn, surrounded by Zhu Cihong's thousands of troops, anyone with good archery skills can shoot him to death with one arrow. It is not too easy to get this credit.

If it were Liu Zeqing, Zhu Cihong could still offer a higher reward for his reputation in history and the army under Liu Zeqing's command.

"Kill me!"

The army around him did not move for a long time, and Zhu Cihong knew that it was because he did not get his order, so he pointed his index finger forward and issued an order to attack.

In an instant, a black ocean submerged Xu Dingguo and the soldiers around him. Xu Dingguo and his men were killed by the Ming army without even shouting to kill.

After the battle, the Ming army who had gained something cut off the enemy's head, and the Ming army who hadn't captured it returned to the original team. Only one lucky man came to see Zhu Cihong with Xu Dingguo's head.

"Your Majesty, I killed Xu Dingguo." A young man held Xu Dingguo's head and knelt down in front of Zhu Cihong.

His young face was covered with blood and sweat, as if he had just been baptized by a heavy rain.

"Okay." Zhu Cihong was very satisfied with this young soldier's actions.

He didn't stand and talk to himself, which shows that he understands dignity and has deep traditional concepts.

This kind of person would be very miserable in modern society, and he would even be squeezed out everywhere, but in China in the seventeenth century, such a typical feudal society, he was the most suitable person to live in this era.

Knowing respect and inferiority, and having traditional concepts, it is not easy to offend others, it is not easy to be punished by elders, officers, and teachers, and it is more likable.

"What kind of official are you now?" Zhu Cihong was about to give him a promotion.

"Return to Your Majesty, the grass-roots are soldiers, not officials." The young soldier lay on the ground, his nose pressed tightly against the yellow earth, as if the yellow earth had covered his face with a layer of yellow foundation.

"As I said just now, whoever kills Xu Dingguo will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and be promoted to three ranks. You were a big soldier before, but now you come to see me with Xu Dingguo's head, then you are now a hundred taels. Reward Remember to ask for your hundred taels of silver from the Ministry of War."

Zhu Cihong said that he would do it. If he said that the person who killed Xu Dingguo would be promoted, he would be promoted. Don't say that the person who killed Xu Dingguo was a small soldier.

This is Zhu Cihong's integrity. He knows that a person must be honest, and the court and the emperor are more honest. As long as there is integrity, people will believe what you say, convince you, and recognize you. Only the various titles of the court have real value. , the decrees of the imperial court are effective.

In front of so many people, Zhu Cihong promoted the young soldier to three ranks, and this was the beginning of Zhu Cihong's establishment of his own credibility.

When the story of this young soldier spread throughout the three armies, everyone would believe Zhu Cihong's words and would give their lives for the empty promise Zhu Cihong promised.

"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty." The young soldier did not expect that Zhu Cihong would really promote him to three ranks, allowing him to jump from a big soldier to a mid-level and low-level officer.

Overjoyed, he frantically kowtowed to Zhu Cihong on the ground. In this era, almost none of the soldiers were educated, and most of them were not good at words.

Only kowtow can express the joy in their hearts and their loyalty, and this young soldier is no exception.

"Stand up and show me how you look."

Since it is necessary to create a character set of a good emperor in front of people, it is necessary to do a full set of acting. Zhu Cihong wants to take a look at his appearance and say something to encourage him.

It's just that Zhu Cihong is a drunkard who doesn't mean to drink, but for others, it comes from the emperor's encouragement, and the emperor speaks to you personally.

The emperor's words would make these big-headed soldiers feel extremely glorious. Even if they stood nearby and listened, they would feel refreshed.

Just like people in Western society who yearn day and night to be canonized by the European king, if they have the opportunity to become nobles and have the opportunity to meet the king, then they will be very happy.

In this regard, there is no difference between Westerners and Easterners.

The young soldier stood up obediently, but he was too nervous to face Zhu Cihong, he lowered his head and looked directly at the ground.

(End of this chapter)