"Wu Zheng, don't be polite. Today you are a great contributor, please give me a first." As he said that, Zhang Guowei put his greasy fingers into his mouth, sucked them a few times, and made a sound.

Wu Zheng was a little stunned. Is this the Minister of War of the current dynasty?

Even an ordinary man wouldn't have such a way of hospitality, right?

But Wu Zheng's heart was indeed moved.

Only when a disaster strikes, people's hearts will be known.

Sure enough, a famous person must have something to offer.

Wu Zheng was glad that he was standing in the right queue and was lucky to be able to stand with these three people.

It’s lucky, so you should cherish it.

Qian Sule is different today than usual. He has always been indifferent to Wu Zheng and has been criticized by him, and his smile has hardly been restrained.

Wu Zheng privately believed that this was related to Qian Qiaogong's peace and also to the fact that he listed Qian Qiaogong's troops as the first meritorious person when he was rewarding his meritorious service.

Qian Sule smiled and said, "Wu Zheng, I would like to congratulate you on this victory in this battle."

Zhang Huangyan also stood up and said, "Wu Zheng, I really didn't expect that the Ming Dynasty would have had a day when the Jianzhou people won three battles and three times. Huang Yan gave his respect to Lord Zhang's wine."

Wu Zheng stood up embarrassedly and said, "The three lords are so serious. If they can win this battle, except for the soldiers who use their lives, it is still a lucky one. If Shen Zhiyuan hadn't made a plan before the battle, our army would have suffered a lot, and at most it would be a miserable victory. If the Tartars had not been lucky and had just revealed their traces when they retreated, then they would have succeeded. Whenever they think about this, Zheng was sweating and frightened."

Zhang Guowei nodded after hearing this, "It's indeed dangerous. If you retreat half an hour earlier, the situation of the war will change. With your army of more than 600 people, it's probably a lot of danger to fight against a thousand Tartars. If your troops are defeated, then the Tartars who have crossed Pinggang Mountain will attack Shaoxing Prefecture, and Shaoxing Prefecture has no resistance... Alas, my Ming Dynasty has arrived here."

The other three people present all understood that Zhang Guowei's sigh was because the court's lack of troops, and even because the Ming army of 60,000 to 70,000 were all in the hands of Xing. The two Dukes of Yue, as the governor and the Minister of War, could not be mobilized.

When Zhang Guowei sighed, the atmosphere became solemn.

Wu Zheng smiled reluctantly and said, "But finally survived this disaster. There are still several months left before the beginning of next year, which is enough to train a war-capable soldier. Although the battle is not talented, he can confidently lead two or three thousand people and have the courage to fight to the death with the Tartars."

Zhang Huangyan responded excitedly: "After this battle, Huang Yan also firmly believed that there are many people like you who can rely on among the Ming people. As long as there are more people like this, the Ming Dynasty will be saved."

Zhang Guowei raised his glass again and invited him: "In order to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, we will have another drink."

After a few rounds of wine, I started to speak casually.

Zhang Huangyan said: "Wu Zheng, do you know why Your Highness never mentioned turning in this time?"

Wu Zheng shook his head, he couldn't figure it out, could there be any hidden information?

Zhang Huangyan smiled bitterly and said, "As you said in the court, Zhoushan General Huang Binqing refused to accept His Highness and the court and sent someone to reply, saying that unless His Highness resigned from his position as a state-controller, he would be the righteous."

Wu Zheng quietly realized that this makes sense.

There is nowhere to escape, so naturally there is only one who can "sit and wait for death".

Thinking of this, Wu Zheng felt depressed in his heart.

The scene became deserted for a moment.

Zhang Guowei changed the topic at the right time and said, "By the way, Wu Zheng, your army is in a battle, your highness asks us to discuss the merits. I estimate that at least you should be promoted to another level."

After hearing this, Wu Zheng remembered Zhao Shi's reminder, and shook his head and said, "It's not a wish to be promoted."

Not only Zhang Guowei was surprised, Qian Sule also showed a strange look.

"Wu Zheng, what do you mean?" Zhang Huangyan asked in confusion, "It is not an exaggeration to be promoted to a commander or a co-master for your achievements in this battle."

Wu Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "How many soldiers can you bring when you are promoted to commander or co-master? You are not a thousand people in Lianghuwei? Since that's the case, how can you get promoted to the court save some salary? It can be considered that Wu Zheng made a contribution to the country."

This is a bit rash. No matter how poor the court is, the salaries of officials can still be paid.

But the words are rough but not rough. According to the situation of the court, Wu Zheng was promoted to commander or co-master, and the soldiers he brought would never be much more than now.

On the contrary, between Zhu Yihai and Wu Zheng, several commanders and commanders were added to the commanders.

There are a few more people in the Shangguan, who can be willing to do this?

Zhang Guowei, Qian Sule could naturally understand it, but even so, Wu Zheng was not moved by his official position, which made the two of them feel moved.

Qian Sule said: "If you think so, Qian has underestimated you before."

Wu Zheng smiled, "Mr. Qian should be despised. I want to be promoted, but it's better not to be an official who is famous or not. However, if you don't have an official position, you can't be promoted, you can't be rewarded, and you have to make up for the soldiers."

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng's expression became serious, "Although this battle was won, the Ming army suffered a lot of casualties. In our army alone, Qian Qiaogong and Shen Zhiyuan's army, there were more than 200 casualties. When I fought in Pinggangshan, there were nearly 200 casualties. Total, about 400 people were about 30% of the total number of soldiers. If there were any enemy attacks again, the combat power would be insufficient."

Zhang Guowei, how could Qian Sule not hear what Wu Zheng meant?

The reason why civil officials can show their power in the court is that every force has a close relationship with the military.

No matter how powerful the civil servants are, they do not have the right to speak in the court without controlling a powerful army.

Although Zhang Guowei and Qian Sule and the other two had no selfish intentions, they understood this very well.

In addition to Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Guowei, Qian Sule repeatedly showed kindness to Wu Zheng and tolerated Wu Zheng's frequent nonsense and turned a blind eye. One of the biggest reasons is that Wu Zheng can fight and has a tiger in his hand.

This is very important. Wu Zheng cannot rely on this army to win the right to speak in the court, but Zhang Guowei and Qian Sule would speak loudly in the court and someone would listen.

If you have the strength, no matter how light you are, there will be people who will listen.

Then in turn, it helps Wu Zheng grow stronger, which is a virtuous cycle.

It is also mutual use.

Of course, the personal relationship between the four people is indeed very good, because the most fundamental goal of the four people is the same, that is, "anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and never surrender."

These eight words are enough to allow the four to establish an offensive and defensive alliance and support each other.

Zhang Guowei said: "There are only 800 strong men in the imperial court now, and Liao Zhongping's troops have suffered many casualties this time. According to His Highness's temperament, it is already the limit that you can get 400 people."

Wu Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Wu Zheng is not trying to fight for power and profit, but just wants to have an army that can resist the Tartars when the Tartars move south in the early spring. With more than a thousand people now, I'm afraid it will be a drop in the bucket."
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