Chapter 1090: Bright rises and dark falls
Eunuch Le received an edict from Qin Feng that he had just finished writing not long ago, and walked to Lu Jing with a smile, "General Lu, congratulations."
Lu Dao took the edict from Eunuch Le in confusion. He glanced at him and stood up with a shock on his face.
The edict of the seal.
It is an edict to confer the title of Lu as the ward.
The Ming Dynasty was not long ago. Even when it was a founding hero, Qin Feng was extremely cautious about the title of official position and title. After the capital was established, there were only two or three first-rank officials, and the honorary ministers of various departments were only third-rank. As for titles, there were no one.
This is not that Qin Feng is stingy, but that Qin Feng wants to unify the world, defeat Qin Chuqi and establish a unified country, without high officials or titles, and also gives everyone a thought and hope, so as not to all the civil and military officials and generals under his command become lazy because of their success and fame, and lose the spirit of bravery to move forward.
There was only one Wang Hou in the whole court who was named Duke after his death.
This edict that the jade seal was not yet stamped was a edict that the title of Lu must be the Duke of Danyang.
Lu must have been very shocked because he knew the meritorious system of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention others, he was the first strong general under Qin Feng, a die-hard confidant, and a little cat named Zhang Xiaozheng who is still in the third rank. The chief assistant Quan Yun has worked hard for many years to manage a huge country for Qin Feng. He is the rear steward who will be Qin Feng every time he goes to war. Now he is only promoted to the second rank.
Fenghou, this is superb.
"Your Majesty, you dare not receive any reward without merit, and I dare not entrust the imperial edict!" Holding the imperial edict in both hands, Lu Dao took a step forward and knelt before the major case.
Qin Feng laughed and signaled Eunuch Le to take the edict and put it flat on the big case. However, he picked up the jade seal from the side of the case, put it on the side of the mouth and yelled. With a bang, he covered it hard.
"Eunuch Le, send it to the Prime Minister, ask him to stamp the seal of the Political Affairs Hall, and then spread it to the world." Qin Feng handed the edict to Eunuch Le and said.
"As for your order." He bent down and took the edict, and Eunuch Le hurriedly left.
"Your Majesty, I dare not obey the order. I have no achievements in the Ming Dynasty!" Lu Zhen looked up, looked at Qin Feng, and refused vigorously.
"Who said Lu Hou was useless to the Ming Dynasty!" Qin Feng stood up, walked to Lu Ding, helped him up with both hands, held his hand, and went straight to the huge map hanging on the wall on one side, and pointed: "The news came from Yongdu that the vanguard of the army that Ma Yue gathered had already set off from Yongdu, led by Yuan Yiqiu, with a total of 50,000 people. This time, Ma Yue devoted all his money, except for the vanguard troops, the entire army was divided into four left and right middle and back units, the left general An Zishan, Nian Chunfeng, the right side, and Ma Yue personally led the army. The back route was named by the Qin prince Ma Chao, mainly to transport logistics supplies. According to the marching speed of the Qin army, we will be in contact with us in about mid-October."
"This battle has not started, Qin has lost before it even started." Lu Zhen was silent for a while and said, "If something happened in Hulao just now, Ma Yue would make a quick decision and lead 50,000 Thunder Army to head straight to Hulao, and at the same time, he ordered the world to serve the king. Perhaps there might be some chance of victory, but now there is no point."
Qin Feng smiled and said that Lu must be indecisive, but he still had a military vision. At that time, if Ma Yue had led 50,000 Thunder Army to attack without any effort, there would be a chance of winning.
At that time, Hulao was still in chaos, the Ming army had not been deployed yet, and the morale of nearly 100,000 surrendered troops in Hulao was unstable. More importantly, the man in front of him had not yet made up his mind to follow Qin, Guiming, or be independent. In that situation at that time, it would inevitably involve a lot of the Ming army's forces to guard against him.
In May, if Ma Yue fought hard, although his chances of winning were not great, he would still have two or three points. But now three months have passed since the Hulao Incident, and the Hulao surrendered army has been reorganized, and he was forced to surrender to the Ming Dynasty under the form. Now the Ming Dynasty has no worries anymore, and all the troops are deployed one after another. With the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, Qin will undoubtedly be defeated in this battle.
Ma Yue seemed to have gathered more troops, but he lost the only chance of victory.
Sometimes, if there are more people and horses, the chances of victory may not be greater. Ma Yue was eventually afraid of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. If he did not gather more people, he would not have the courage to fight with the Ming army.
"How about the three of Yuan Yiqiu, An Zishan, Nian Chunfeng?" Qin Feng asked. There was really not much information about these three people.
"Yuan Yiqiu is a palace enshrined in the Qin Dynasty, and An Zishan and Nian Chunfeng are both veterans of the Thunder Army and have retired. This time they have been out of the mountain again." Lu Daqing frowned and thought: "Your Majesty, don't worry. In fact, the generals who can fight in the Qin Dynasty are basically concentrated in the border army. It is good for these generals of the Thunder Army to fight bravely, but when it comes to commanding troops, dispatching on the spot, and emergency response, it is much inferior. After all, although the Thunder Army is fierce, there are too few battlefields. Some of them in the past either fought under Deng Hong's command or Bian Wushuang's command, for generals rather than commanders. This time they have to command the first army independently. If they meet these generals who can conquer and fight well in the Ming Dynasty, they are afraid they have no room for counterattack."
"I'll lend you a good word." Qin Feng laughed loudly, turned around and walked back, but did not sit back to his original position, but sat on the left, pointed to the seat next to Lu Dayuan on the opposite side, and smiled and said, "Please sit down by Mr. Lu."
Lu must sit down next to Lu Dayuan, with his body straight and looked respectfully at Qin Feng opposite him.
"I have appointed you as the waiter. First of all, you have made great contributions. You have contributed to Qingzhou and Danyang counties to my Ming Dynasty, so that I will no longer have any worries and no worries on my side. Now I don't need to hide it from you. My Ming Dynasty has decided to attack in the middle of August. I am really worried if I don't take down Qingzhou and other places, but you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, which saves us a lot of time and energy to deal with the problem of the side wing, which can be regarded as solving the potential threat of your tens of thousands of people in the side wing. Now Xingyuan, Danyang, and Qingzhou are not only my stable rear and flank, but also our base for attack. This is a great contribution. You deserve this." Qin Fengdao.
"I am afraid!" Lu Jing was slightly shocked. It turned out that the deadline set by the Ming Dynasty for himself was actually mid-August. He was afraid that he would really fight. If he really wanted to fight, he was afraid that he would not have a day to lose his destruction. Now he already knew that before him, Han Kun had already given Qingzhou. At that time, in Danyang, he had no enough food and logistics support, and had no source of troops to replenish him. He was besieged by several sides. The defeat would not come in an instant.
"The title of a vassal is to reward you, and to the hearts of tens of thousands of soldiers under your command, the hearts of An Qingzhou and the hearts of Danyang." Qin Feng said: "This is also your credit!"
"Being able to do something for Your Majesty is the duty of the last general and the blessing of the last general." Lu Zhen said flatteringly.
"But I also said before that merit is merit, and fault is fault!" Qin Feng's face was flat and he said, "In Danyang, your subordinates fell apart. Cai Qiang led his troops to Xintong and became our enemy. This is still easier to say. He has different ambitions and disagreements. I see you again on the battlefield. But those thousands of chaotic soldiers fled to Qingzhou and committed numerous crimes. Lu Hou, this is also your sin."
"I am willing to accept the crime!" Lu Jing's face turned pale, but the difference in thought that day made him extremely embarrassed today.
"You did not do this well. In the words of the officials of the Zhengshi Hall, you are in his position, but you are not planning your politics. Therefore, they cannot fully believe in your ability to lead troops and the ability of the subordinates." Qin Feng said: "You still have nearly 20,000 elite troops under your command, and you will be reorganized immediately. The Chief Auxiliary and the Ministry of War both believe that this reorganization will be best for Mr. Lu to avoid it."
Lu must be stunned. Qin Feng's so-called avoidance is not as simple as he said. It is to deprive him of military power. If he cannot participate in this reorganization, once the reorganization is completed, what else is there for him? Without military power, what's going on?
"Your Majesty, I..." Lu must be about to speak, but Qin Feng had already interrupted him: "I know what Lu Hou is worried about. These 20,000 people are Lu Hou's confidant elites, and they are loyal to Lu Hou. Lu Hou is not here, and the reorganization is indeed a bit hindered."
"Yes, I am indeed very worried that those people will be unruly and disobey discipline, and will cause many troubles." Lu Zhen lowered his head and whispered.
"Of course, I am worried about the Political Affairs Hall, but at this time, Mr. Lu received news from Mr. Danyang. I think he was already sending him to the Danyang military camp. The generals in the camp naturally had no worries about Mr. Lu's safety. Moreover, Mr. Lu became the first Mr. Lu, not only the glory of Mr. Lu, but also their glory." Qin Feng said with a smile: "Whoever went to Danyang with this edict also had the order to add Lu Yi. With him, he would surely be able to stabilize the morale of the Danyang army."
Seeing Lu Jing's face a little wonderful, Qin Feng felt a little funny: "This time, the candidate for reorganizing the Qingzhou Army, the Political Affairs Hall has already made plans. It is far away in the sky and close in front of you. It is your old friend General Lu Dayuan. General Lu used to be their boss. With General Lu and Lu Yi, I think those soldiers will not have much resistance."
Lu Dao sighed. Everything was arranged by the other party. It was impossible for him to return to the army to command the troops. It was no wonder that others would have made a decision in the past and be more happy without those little things. Now, it might be like Lu Dayuan who has gained the emperor's trust. But now, what else can I say?
No matter what, it is not considered to be nothing. At least the glory of the first time of the Ming Dynasty still fell on me.
"In recent years, I have also realized that my heart and strength have been mixed. Your Majesty is sympathetic. I can rest for a while. I have heard that Yuejing is prosperous, so I am just going to Yuejing to see it."
Lu must be so sensible, and Qin Feng expressed his satisfaction.
"Actually, in Yuejing City, I have prepared the Hou Mansion for Mr. Lu. This time, Mr. Lu can go to Yuejing City to rectify the Hou Mansion. My first Hou of the Ming Dynasty cannot be inconsistent with the name. I just need to ask the Ministry of Works for what I lack."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Zhen said repeatedly.
Chapter completed!