Dominate the Country

[It's so bitter, the naked run will start at 2 pm...]

"Report to the general, the military commander sent a pigeon, our army defeated the invading Shaanxi soldiers outside Linru Town..."

Chen Hui's legs, which had been pacing non-stop, had already stopped, and his face was red as if he was drunk. His hands were trembling when he borrowed the narrow piece of paper, but when he saw with his own eyes that there was a seemingly unintentional black dot at the top and bottom corners of the paper, he could finally tell everyone with certainty: In the battle of Linru, our army won a great victory!

The roar in the general's mansion became louder and louder, and soon the entire Lushan County was in a boiling state.

The sound of joy became clearer and clearer. Finally, in Chen Gang's house, which was only two alleys away from the general's house, people started drinking one cup after another since the afternoon. The whole person was really drunk now. Chen Gang finally understood the joyful voice. He was surprised and happy. His whole body trembled uncontrollably. He swayed and even strode to the door of the small flower hall, looking forward to the good news reported by the servants, just like the wife who was separated from her husband looking forward to her husband coming home.

When he stood up and took a big step, his hands and feet were out of control. He swept the wine pot on the table to the ground and smashed it to pieces. Chen Gang seemed not to hear it.

And those "small shareholders" of the Chen family who had been sitting in the government hall with Chen Hui for a whole day, after hearing it clearly, their faces were full of disbelief at first, but after seeing Chen Hui's smug and confident face, they realized that the news was true, so they couldn't help but stand up one by one.

The oldest men, Seventh and Ninth, were in tears. As soon as they stood up, the two white-haired old men sat back on the bench. It was unknown whether their legs and feet were numb from sitting all day, or whether their bodies could not bear the great worry and joy.

This brought Chen Hui back to reality from her ecstasy.

As the home of the Chen family army, as the home of many important figures, officers and soldiers of the Chen family army, the news of victory spread as fast as the wind.

The sound of firecrackers continued all night, just like the New Year. The whole Lushan was immersed in a sea of ​​joy.

Some hotel and tavern owners who were obsessed with money did not close all night. The wine and meat in the store, especially the wine, were snapped up at a speed of ten or even dozens of times the previous day.

I don't know how many family members of Chen's army soldiers danced and shouted loudly that night. At present, there are more than 10,000 soldiers in Chen's army, including officials and logistics. The fate of these people is closely related to Chen's army. Those who received the news that night were so happy and excited.

Just as Liu Wu said, the pressure of the so-called "four provinces combined suppression" was broken by the battle outside Linru Town of the most elite Shaanxi Green Camp. The final huge mountain in everyone's heart was pushed down. And many people began to doubt-are the weight of these huge mountains really as heavy as they imagined?

Chen Hui's mind was still clear, because he had not received the pigeon secret report. The pigeon communication between Chen Ming and his father and son has never been straightforward. After receiving the pigeon letter, Chen Hui did not read the content, but first looked at the top and bottom corners of the note to see if there were black spots. That was the mark agreed upon by Chen Ming and him. Black spots meant that the news was true, and no black spots meant that the news was false, or even the opposite. The real and accurate news could not be written in plain text. There were not too many birds in the sky that could hunt pigeons these days. Chen Ming and his cheap father had a set of codes, and Chen Hui had not received the secret report yet.

However, the two black spots confirmed the accuracy of the plain text report, so Chen Hui was not embarrassed at all and officially announced the news of the great victory of the Chen family army in Linru Town. And it was officially announced to Baofeng, Jiaxian, Xiangxian, Yancheng, Wuyang, Yexian, Fangcheng, Nanyang Prefecture City and other places overnight.

The next morning, the political hall was full of people again. Many officials of the general's mansion who were present had red eyes, but everyone's spirit was also extremely vigorous.

Chen Hui first set the tone, rewarding, and rewarding generously. All soldiers who participated in the Battle of Linru Town were rewarded with silver dollars ranging from two to 50 yuan, depending on their own achievements and injuries. That is to say, Chen Hui's reward for the soldiers of the Chen Family Army who participated in the Battle of Linru was two silver dollars at the minimum; and for the officers, five silver dollars at the minimum, and there was no upper limit. This reward alone would cost 30,000 to 40,000 silver dollars. It was also because the Chen Family Army was now well-off, otherwise the reward of 30,000 to 40,000 silver dollars would have drained the Chen Family Army.

Then there were military merit fields, and with a wave of his hand, there were tens of thousands of acres of land.

Chen Hui had not received the exact secret report from Chen Ming yet. He didn't know how much Chen Ming's men had lost, and how much they had achieved, but he didn't mind being extravagant once. Because this Battle of Linru meant too much to the Chen Family Army.

Maybe no one knows that early this morning, Chen Hui, who had not slept all night, told Gao to prepare some fine things and jewelry and jades and send them to his daughter-in-law later. Chen Hui has only been in the position of general for a few days, and he has already had a bit of the style of a superior. He has learned to reward his own family.

The fast horse sent by Chen Ming back to Lushan to report the victory did not arrive at the general's mansion until the afternoon, and the pigeon with the secret letter was nowhere to be seen. As grassroots soldiers, these reporters themselves did not know the exact results of the battle, but facing the eager eyes of Chen Hui and the Seventh Duke, the Ninth Duke and other big guys, they still quickly drank a few sips of water and vividly talked about the beautiful battle between Chen Ming and the Shaanxi Green Camp.

A bunch of core figures in the General's Mansion, as well as General Chen Hui himself, were stunned when they heard that Chen Ming had defeated 8,000 Shaanxi Green Camp in less than half an hour. When Chen Ming attacked the Fode's army in the west of Zhoujiakou, he also fired 30 or 40 gunpowder bags, and used snipers to attack the Qing soldiers' artillery and officers. In addition, the musket battalion fired in a neat series of volleys. He defeated them in one fell swoop, and the 5,000 Qing soldiers + militia were thrown into chaos. In the end, they were dragged into the ditch by the charging tank team and armored soldiers. But compared with the Shaanxi Qing soldiers, it seems that Fode's patchwork team is more capable.

How could this group of so-called elite soldiers of the court be inferior to the defeated soldiers of Henan and Hubei? Seven or eight thousand people, and they were defeated in half an hour? ? ?

Chen Hui took over the victory report, and his beloved son pointed out at the beginning that the war cleanup work had not been completely completed, and the results reported at the moment were only an approximate result. The Qing army really collapsed, and the camp was also pushed aside. As of this document, Chen's army has captured more than 3,500 Qing prisoners of war, including 23 Green Camp officers above the rank of captain. The highest rank was a battalion officer.

More than 20 large and small cannons were seized, 10,000 kilograms of gunpowder, at least 3,000 muskets, swords, spears and shields were not counted, and more than 100 mules and horses. Food, military tents and materials are not counted. In this battle, Chen's army suffered less than 200 casualties, including the casualties of the Linru garrison. It can be said that it was a perfect victory that could not be more perfect.

Chen Ming also mentioned that he planned to move the northern defense line northward to Pengpo Town in Henan Prefecture, expand the troops of Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua, and then Gao Jinghui, who was stationed in Ruzhou Prefecture, went south to Nanyang, and Chen Jianbai's troops would be responsible for the northern line.