Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 258 Hold it up high, let it fall gently

It just so happened that compared to Gao Jie, Zhang Yong, Shi Kefa, and Ejina who had made great contributions on the battlefield, they had not achieved an inch of merit. Zhu Cilang was also famous for suppressing them.

"Really?" Zhu Cihong asked them loudly.

"Yes." The three lowered their heads, not daring to look at Zhu Cihong, and replied weakly.

What Zuo Mengeng said is true. Yuzhou was very dilapidated after the war, and it was true that it was difficult to supply logistics.

But it is true that the three warlords want to preserve their strength, or mainly Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Menggeng. Although Huang Degong is usually arrogant and domineering, he can still see clearly in the face of right and wrong.

He knew how important it was for him to rush to Tongguan to support Zhu Cihuang in time, but it was a pity that he was led astray by Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Menggeng, his two pig teammates, so he did so.

"Well, you and the other three will all be fined for half a year." Zhu Cihong's board was raised high, and then gently lowered.

For these warlords with heavy troops, verbal reprimands are enough. Even if they are really at fault, they should not be touched at this time.

Otherwise, the other generals will inevitably feel sad, even though Zhu Cihong's prestige is enough to restrain them, so that other generals will not rebel.

But in the long run, it is certain that everyone will work less and less.

All three of them are high-ranking officials, especially Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo are earls, they are in the top ranks and have more salaries.

But don't forget that they are not civil servants. Although the salaries of earls and other officials are large, it is nothing to them. Just grab a town for a few years, or even ten years of salary.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Hearing Zhu Cihong's punishment, the three of them were very happy.

They all thought that they would be severely punished this time, either by deprivation of titles or even corporal punishment, but they never expected that Zhu Cihong would only be punished with half a year's salary.

At this moment, the three people kneeling together had no complaints against Zhu Cihong in their hearts, on the contrary, they only had gratitude to Zhu Cihong.

Thank you Zhu Cihong for raising it high, then lowering it gently, for letting them off this time.

Huang Degong thought to himself, forget it this time, and I must obey the emperor's order in the future, and I will not shirk the delay.

Zhu Cixiang can spare me this time, but he may not be able to spare me next time. He is a young man, and when he has a bad temper, he might just hit me if I offend him.

Zuo Menggeng also had many friendly thoughts towards Zhu Cihong in his heart.

I used to think how difficult it is to serve His Majesty. The new emperor only gave my father a few petty officials who didn’t bother me, and gave me verbal rewards. I didn’t expect the methods to be so powerful. I just felt that I owed him a lot. he.

Even Liu Liangzuo, who wanted to be independent the most and was the most distant from Zhu Cihong, felt that Zhu Cihong was still a Ming soldier. Although the rewards were not too heavy, the punishment was not purely for venting his grievances. He was much better than the previous emperors.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty, many ministers were killed, and the replacement of the chief assistant was even more diligent than that of the rich and the rich.

Seeing that Zhu Cihong was angry, Liu Liangzuo thought at first that Zhu Cihong was going to kill his father like a dead ghost, but he didn't expect that Zhu Cihong would punish him with half a year's salary and not mention it.

He couldn't help thinking that this young emperor must be a person who will achieve great things in the future.

It's a pity that Zhu Cihong didn't know the real thoughts in their hearts, otherwise it would be fun.

Just when Zhu Cihong wanted to encourage the three of them a few more words, draw a big cake for them, and tempt them to give everything for their great cause of sweeping the world, Zhang Chao suddenly walked in with a roll of parchment, saying that there was an important military situation coming report.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong had no choice but to give up drawing big cakes for the three of them, and let them go back first, so he can deal with the military situation as soon as possible.

Opening the parchment, the text of the letter written by the Han army division commissioned by Abnai came into view.

"Abnai is a tartar, he really doesn't know how to live or die."

After reading the contents of the parchment, Zhu Ci threw the parchment directly to the ground angrily.

He never imagined that this kid Abnai dared to send [-] grassland cavalry to attack the capital after being so brave. He really thought he was Genghis Khan.

Not to mention that the cavalry suffered too much from attacking the city, even if they suffered this disadvantage, the prairie cavalry who are good at riding and shooting would not be able to exert much strength when entering the urban terrain.

Unless they are all heavy cavalry who can fight both on foot and on horseback.

This is obviously impossible. There is a lack of various supplies on the grassland. Once the blockade of the Central Plains is tightened, they will not even be able to use arrows.

As for the armor, let alone, even if Zhu Cihong, who controls most of China, has countless funds, and countless resources, he can't equip all his subordinates with iron armor, let alone Abnai.

Of course, in this era, it is not necessary to equip the army with armor. After all, the extensive use of firearms has turned most armor into paper stuff.

Seeing Zhu Cihong's furious look, Zhang Chao stepped forward to pick up the parchment and handed it to Zhu Cihong, saying, "Not only that, but he also kidnapped ten thousand young and strong Han people as cannon fodder. I heard that when he came out of the capital, A lot of people didn't get out."

"How do you know?" Zhu Cihong asked curiously.

The capital is thousands of miles away from Tongguan, so it is impossible for Zhang Chao to be so aware of what happened in Beijing and Tianjin, but Zhu Cihuang does not suspect that Zhang Chao has something to hide from him, after all, he is an extremely loyal soldier of the system.

"That tartar messenger has never eaten or drank good food. I set up a table of wine and dishes to make friends with him, and he told me everything he knew in a short while." As he said, Zhang Chao licked his mouth. Glossy lips.

Although there are a lot of cattle and sheep on the grassland, they are not something that ordinary people can eat. Just like the farmers in the Han area, although they mainly grow wheat and rice, they need to pay taxes for the necessities of life in the district, which is not what they can eat. Enjoyed.

Wine and meat are also rare and good things for Tartar messengers who come from ordinary herdsmen's families.

In addition, he has not been trained, and he does not know how to keep it secret, and Abney, Borgo and others have not mentioned it before, so they naturally shake everything out.

"I see."

"Abu Nai, you really want to die. You dare to rob my people. Sooner or later, I will ask you to pay the price." Zhu Cihong clenched his fist and slammed it on the table in front of him.

Abney plundered the Han people and used them as cannon fodder and tool people. This has touched Zhu Cihong's sensitive point.

Even if Abnai cannot be killed for the sake of the overall situation, sooner or later Zhu Cihong will make him regret it.

Otherwise, why should he become the emperor of the Han family with hundreds of millions of Han people, and become the emperor of Ming Dynasty who ruled China.

(End of this chapter)