Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 323 Don't let the hero bleed and cry

The Ming army launched an attack at the beginning of Mao Shi and captured Yucheng at the end of Mao Shi.Most of the tens of thousands of Qing soldiers in Yu City were dead, and the rest had long since dispersed and fled in panic.

Li Cunming came to the county government office, looked at Shang Kexi's corpse, sneered, and said, "Gong Yonggu, when you return to Jinan City, remember to take this big bell back and return it to the Taoist priest in the Beiji Pavilion."

Gong Yonggu agreed, raised his foot and kicked Shang Kexi's body, and said a little angrily: "I can't die anymore, it's a pity that I couldn't capture him alive! Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi are all dead, and it's easier for these three to die." A traitorous dog, he did not fall into the hands of our army before he died..."

Weng Zhiqi smiled and said: "Master Gong, I know you hate traitors, and you wish to send all the traitors to Beizhen Fusi Prison, and then get skin cramps. But this is a war, and it is in the interests of our army that His Majesty wins at the least cost. True love for soldiers."

"I always feel uneasy. Your Majesty, when will you capture a Manchu prince alive and let me torture him!" Gong Yonggu said, and then asked, "Your Majesty, why are you sure that you can just give Shang Kexi a bell? What about his life?"

Li Cunming explained: "Actually, it wasn't this bronze bell that killed Shang Kexi. It was Shang Zhixin's body and the letter I wrote that really worked."

"Shang Kexi is different from Kong Youde. When we attacked Kaifeng, Kong Youde had already sent his children away, but Shang Kexi had made up his mind to die for the Manchu dynasty. His will to resist was stronger than Kong Youde's."

"Through Shang Zhixin's horrific corpse and a letter full of threats, I frightened Shang Kexi's family members. His family members were afraid, and they must leave the city to escape. I then hinted that our army is weak in the direction of the North City Gate. Shang's relatives They must break through from there. When they break through, the soldiers will wave their flags and shout to reveal their movements, which will definitely shake the morale of the Qing soldiers. In this way, the Qing army will be defeated without attack!"

After hearing the emperor's explanation, the courtiers gasped in admiration.

Gong Yonggu said: "Should the relatives of the Shang family who escaped need to send troops to hunt them down?"

Li Cunming waved his hand and said: "No need, where can these people escape to? Sooner or later they will perish together with the Manchu Qing court! What we have to do now is to manage Jinan City, and the second is to rest and reorganize the army so that the soldiers can recharge their batteries. , and spend the New Year comfortably.”

Gong Yonggu asked for instructions: "How to deal with Shang Kexi's corpse?"

"Refer to Kong Youde, let your bones be ashes!" Li Cunming said, and he had already walked out of the county office.

……

February [-], New Year's Eve, Jinan City.

Princess Changping led five thousand imperial guards from Changqing to escort Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan to the city of Jinan.

As soon as I arrived outside the west city gate, I heard firecrackers and drums blaring.Looking up, there are tens of thousands of soldiers standing outside the city gate, with flags flying and swords and halberds flying.

The ground is covered with a red carpet, stretching for kilometers.Jin Yiwei held the guard of honor and held all kinds of ritual utensils, and held the most grand and grand welcome ceremony for Wang Yi's return.

"Wang Yi, look quickly, father is coming out of the city gate!" Princess Changping shouted.

Wang Yi hurriedly jumped off his horse and ran forward with tears in his eyes.He stepped on the thick carpet, shouted "Your Majesty" repeatedly, and staggered quickly.

"Wang Yi, I'm here to greet you!" Li Cunming also shouted, speeding up his pace at the same time.

The two monarchs and ministers finally met, and before Wang Yi knelt down, Li Cunming hugged him, unable to hide his joy: "Wang Yi, my dear Wang Yi, you have suffered!"

There are many soldiers in the army who don't know Wang Yi. Seeing the emperor's courteous reception, they wonder who is this person?
The common people crowded in the distance to watch the excitement were also very surprised, why did the emperor love such an unknown young man so much?Judging from this posture, the princes may not all get such treatment.

Li Cunming took Wang Yi's hand, and the two monarchs and ministers stepped into the city gate, walked up the city wall, and stood side by side.

After the nine-gun salute, Li Cunming signaled to stop playing the music, and when everyone was silent, he said loudly: "Soldiers and common people, do you know who Wang Yi is? He was a hero of the Ming Dynasty, and it was he who assassinated Fan Wen, the number one adviser of the Qing Dynasty. Procedure!"

Wang Yi has exposed his identity, and he will not be able to be a spy assassin in the future, so Li Cunming can announce his identity and his achievements to the world.

Li Cunming continued: "Wang Yi's killing of Fan Wencheng is tantamount to annihilating hundreds of thousands of Manchu troops. His contribution is indispensable. I declare that Wang Yi will be made the Duke of Yi!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a loud cry in the city.Wang Yi became the Duke of the country before he was 20 years old, which was enviable and amazing.

"I know that some people may not understand the great significance of killing Fan Wencheng, and some people may see that Wang Yi is too young and dissatisfied with my decision to make him the Duke of Yi. I will let you take a look today. , Is Wang Yi worthy of the title of Duke?"

Saying that, he ordered Wang Yi to take off his mask and his shirt.

People looked up, dumbfounded, and saw that Wang Yi lost his nose, his face was covered with bruises, and the scars on his body were shocking, it was unbearable to look at.

Li Cunming clapped his hands and said, "Bring the wine!"

Jin Yiwei brought a jar of imperial wine and a cup.Li Cunming asked, "Wang Yi, where's your nose?"

"Cut off by Dorgon."

Li Cunming drank a glass of wine, pointed to a scar and said, "Why did this scar come from?"

"After assassinating Sun Kewang, he encountered Mongolian soldiers outside the Gubei Pass of the Great Wall."

Li Cunming drank another glass of wine, pointed to another scar and said, "Why did this scar come from?"

"In the Battle of Ningling, when Li was captured alive, he chopped him with a knife."

……

Li Cunming asked a question and drank a glass of wine.

After a while, he drank more than ten cups in a row and became drunk. He looked at the people in the city and said, "Did you see that? Wang Yi has so many scars on his body, all of which are his medals of merit! You say, Wang Yi is worthy of going to the country." Public title?"

The common people cried, while the soldiers raised their weapons and shouted: "Worthy, worthy, Lord Yi is a great hero, I will be convinced!"

"Okay, okay!" Li Cunming put down the wine jar and said loudly, "As I said before, war is not just fighting on the battlefield, there are many ways to fight, and there are many unknown and unknown heroes who silently sacrifice There are some unknown heroes, I can't meet them, I can't give them a toast, but I want to tell the people of the Ming Dynasty that I will not treat any meritorious person badly, and I will never let the heroes shed blood and tears."

"The heroes of the Ming Dynasty should all enjoy the supreme glory, the grand reception from me, and the reverence of the world! Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live the heroes!"

Thunderous applause erupted from the city, and cheers erupted like a tsunami: "Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live the heroes!"

Wang Yi knelt down and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have become useless and can no longer serve the country. I request that half of my annual salary be used to support the families of those unknown heroes who died in the country."

In the evening, Li Cunming held a banquet to greet Wang Yi and Chen Yuanyuan.After the banquet was over, Li Cunming talked with Wang Yi in the study and said a lot.

Wang Yidao: "Your Majesty, the shadow's whereabouts are unknown, and I am very worried about him..."

"Wang Yi, don't worry, I will find a way to rescue the shadow." Li Cunming comforted.

"By the way, there is one more thing that needs to be reported to His Majesty." Wang Yi got up, closed the door, and said in a low voice, "The sniper rifle of my minister fell into the hands of Dorgon. One day Dorgon took it with him." A young woman came to the prison, and he handed over the sniper rifle to the woman, as if he wanted to train a killer who could use the sniper rifle."

"Is there such a thing?" Li Cunming became alert and asked, "Who is that woman, do you know?"

"It's a strange woman, I've never seen it before." Wang Yi shook his head and recalled, "At that time, I was tortured and devastated, and my mind was in a trance. I vaguely heard Dorgon call her Kong Sizhen..."

"Kong Sizhen? Didn't she die of a sudden illness?" Li Cunming realized that something was wrong, stood up and paced, and sneered after a while, "Well, you Dorgon, it turned out that you used a trick to deceive the world!"

(End of this chapter)