Imperial city.
Emperor Wen presided over the court meeting as usual.
Emperor Wen has been in a good mood recently.
Lao Liu won a great victory in Shuobei and dealt a heavy blow to Beihuan at a very low cost.
This was also the most satisfying battle in the history of the Dagan Dynasty against the Beihuan.
This battle can be regarded as revenge for the soldiers who were escorting grain in Beiyuan.
It let everyone in Dagan vent their anger!
However, he also had his headaches.
reward!
Yun Zheng led his troops to such a great victory, it would be unreasonable not to reward him!
...
...
These days, generals like Xiao Wanchou have asked for rewards for Yun Zheng's troops more than once.
Today, several veterans talked about this matter again in the court.
Now, there has been a huge quarrel in the court over how to reward these meritorious people.
"If meritorious service is not rewarded, how can the army be reassured?"
"That's right. Our dynasty is about to go to war with the Northern Huan. Your Majesty, if you reward the meritorious soldiers at this time, it will greatly boost the morale of the Northern Army!"
"Nonsense, do you think I don't know? The reward is definitely due, but many of the meritorious people are soldiers of the Sixth Prince's palace. Could it be that the Emperor will make them all generals? What will happen then?"
"Yes! The Sixth Prince is already the King of Jingbei, what other rewards can he receive? At most, he can be rewarded with some gold and silver..."
Listening to the arguments among his ministers, Emperor Wen could not help but smile helplessly.
What they said makes sense.
He also knew that those meritorious soldiers should be rewarded, and must be rewarded!
The question is, how to reward?
It is really not justifiable to only reward gold and silver, etc.
But to talk about rewarding him with an official position is not quite appropriate.
Many of the meritorious people were Yun Zheng’s soldiers. Just as Xu Shifu said, should all those soldiers be promoted to generals?
Wouldn't that be a mess?
The only ones who could be rewarded were probably Lu Xing and a few other young generals who followed the soldiers in training.
"That's enough, that's enough!"
Emperor Wen stopped the quarrel between the civil officials and the military commanders, and then set his sights on the crown prince Yun Li. "Tell me, how should we reward these meritorious people?"
Emperor Wen's words set the tone for this matter.
Reward, of course you should reward!
But how to reward?
Yun Li became the crown prince and had his own official in the crown prince's office. He was now gradually becoming smarter.
Facing the question raised by Emperor Wen, Yun Li immediately said, "It's up to you, Father."
This is indeed a difficult problem.
He didn't dare to say anything nonsense.
If one thing is not done well, the veteran will be offended.
Although he has many military generals under his command, they cannot compare with these veteran generals in terms of seniority or status.
He can't even say that his position as crown prince is stable now, and he doesn't want to stand against these veterans.
Hearing Yun Li's words, Emperor Wen's face suddenly fell, and he said sternly: "As the crown prince, if you can't even offer advice, what kind of crown prince are you?"
Yun Li's heart trembled, and he immediately bowed: "Your son..."
"Good news! Great victory in Shuobei!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside.
Hearing this voice, everyone in the court was stunned.
Good news from Shuobei?
Didn’t Shuobei just send back good news a few days ago?
The reward hasn't even been finalized yet, and now there's good news?
Shuobei won another victory?
Moreover, it was a great victory!
Could it be another big victory?
How long has it been?
Another big victory?
As everyone was amazed, the palace guards came running in with a messenger with three small red flags on their backs.
Three red flags!
Great victory!
Emperor Wen stood up excitedly, and before the messenger could salute, he hurriedly said, "Quick, present the battle report!"
The messenger did not dare to delay and immediately presented the battle report breathlessly.
Mu Shun took the battle report and handed it to Emperor Wen respectfully.
Emperor Wen couldn't wait to open the battle report, and the more he read, the happier he became.
Looking at the bright smile on Emperor Wen's face, the ministers were so anxious that they scratched their heads and wanted to know the contents of the battle report.
"Ha ha……"
As he watched, Emperor Wen suddenly burst into laughter and clapped his hands on the imperial desk excitedly, "Great! Great! Haha..."
Emperor Wen laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes.
Seeing Emperor Wen like this, the ministers became even more anxious.
You just say it's good, why don't you tell me what's good about it?
Besides being anxious, everyone was also extremely curious.
Even when Yun Zheng's troops wiped out 16,000 Beihuan people at the cost of 500 casualties a few days ago, His Majesty never smiled so happily!
Could it be that this victory is even greater than the previous days?
No way?
If this is really the case, Dagan may not have to wait until next spring to launch a full-scale military operation.
"Your Majesty, what does this war report say?"
Xiao Wanchou couldn't help it and asked curiously.
After Xiao Wanchou spoke up, the ministers also started asking questions.
But Emperor Wen just kept clapping his hands and laughing, and had no time to pay attention to them.
After laughing for a long time, Emperor Wen finally managed to hold back his laughter. After handing the battle report to Mu Shun, he pointed at the messenger and ordered the palace guards: "Take him down to rest! Make sure he is well settled! I will summon him later!"
"yes!"
The palace guards immediately took the messenger away.
"Read it!"
Emperor Wen nodded to Mu Shun with a smile on his face, but he couldn't help laughing, leaving everyone confused.
"Your Majesty, your servant Wei Wenzhong respectfully reports: On the twelfth of this month, the King of Jingbei led his army to defeat Beihuan again in the Riftwind Gorge..."
Mu Shun read the contents of the battle report aloud.
Upon learning that Yun Zheng had won another victory, Yun Li and Xu Shifu's faces suddenly became gloomy.
Damn it!
Why is it Yun Zheng again?
Or in Riftwind Canyon?
Are the people of Beihuan sick in their brains?
They were just ambushed by Lao Liu and his troops in the Riftwind Canyon, and now they are running to the Riftwind Canyon again?
Grandma!
These idiots from Beihuan, are they going to kill Yun Zheng or give him military merits?
As Mu Shun read the contents of the battle report aloud, the ministers were also discussing it.
"With less than ten casualties, we wiped out all 10,000 elite soldiers of Beihuan?"
“Is this true?”
“This is too amazing!”
“It can’t be fake, right?”
"Are you stupid? This is the battle report sent by Wei Wenzhong himself. How could it be fake?"
"No, this...when did the Sixth Prince become so powerful?"
"In fact, it is not difficult to achieve such a small loss. The difficult part is to understand Beihuan's intentions in advance, prepare traps in advance, and wait for Beihuan's people to attack the camp..."
"Such an ingenious plan should be the brainchild of Princess Jingbei and the Sixth Prince's palace soldiers, right?"
Everyone was shocked and still couldn't believe the contents of the battle report.
To annihilate all 10,000 elite soldiers of Beihuan at such a small cost is simply a myth!
However, this is not the end.
Mu Shun continued to read: "King Jingbei followed the advice of Zhang Xu, the grandson of Zhang Gelao, and exchanged the bodies of Beihuan soldiers captured in the previous war with Bambu for his warhorse..."
Hearing Mu Shun's words, the ministers were stunned.
Change warhorse?
Was the change successful?
Exchange more than ten thousand useless corpses for three thousand war horses?
Even Bambu's warhorse was replaced.
And made Bambu so angry that he vomited blood twice?
This... is this fucking possible?
The ministers looked at each other, and each of them had a strange look on their face.
Then, everyone burst into laughter again...
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