21 Repentance
At the same time, Gao Qiqian actually knew that the money he gave out of his own pocket would not all go to the low-level soldiers. His words, fundamentally speaking, were actually being discussed with these generals who led the troops!
An army of 50,000 will take out a total of 100,000 taels of silver. Say too much, say a lot less.
For Gao Qiqian himself, when he was the director, he finally got the military salary and materials in his hand, and it was only about 100,000 taels of silver when he was converted. According to the purchasing power of the last years of Wanli, if it is converted into RMB in later generations, it can be calculated at 500 yuan for one tael of silver, and 100,000 taels is 50 million yuan. One person pays so much money, it is definitely enough to feel distressed. But he can't help it, if he doesn't pay this money, if he doesn't move this army to save Lu Xiangsheng, he will probably lose his life at that time.
And for the soldiers of the Ming army at the bottom, in the cold winter, it is dark and windy, and they run to fight with strong enemies, and they only have a thousand yuan of silver, which is really not much! What's more, even if it is a thousand yuan, believe it or not, most of it will be deducted by the generals who lead the troops!
Gao Qiqian's heart was dripping blood, his eyes were wide open, and even his expression was a little hideous, thinking in his heart, our family has been bleeding profusely, who dares to disagree, and then find a reason, don't blame our family for being polite!
If everyone comes out to mix, they have to talk about the rules!
Yang Tinglin at the bottom looked at this scene, and for some reason, he felt happy and cool for no reason! Especially when I look at the high dive like a dead father, I am even more happy!
Who told you to handle Lu Shangshu before? He was so ruthless that he not only transferred all the soldiers away, but even cut off the grain and grass on Lu Shangshu's side!
If at that time, as long as you, the dead eunuch, were a little nicer to Lu Shangshu, you wouldn't have to be so anxious now!
However, thinking that Lu Xiangsheng still needed Gao Qiqian to save him, he didn't show what he thought, turned his head to look at these soldiers and ruffians in the hall, and wanted to open his mouth to help Gao Qiqian, a dead eunuch, after all, the overall situation is important.
And these generals who led the troops, after Gao Qi vomited blood and took out the promise of 20,000 taels of silver, they already felt the pressure. After all, they are the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they are the martial artists under the control of Gao Qiqian's subordinates, who dares to do it, unless they surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty immediately, otherwise there will be a chance to settle accounts in the future.
However, if it were possible, they were reluctant to fight the Manchu army head-on, and it was a field battle. You must know that except for the first time when the Manchu army entered the pass, there were serious battles, and the other times the Manchu army entered the pass, the Ming army watched the Manchu army loot in the pass, and then followed the Manchu army out of the pass. On one occasion, Azig, who commanded the troops, even asked people to write a sign thanking the Ming army for the farewell, which can be said to be very ironic!
None of these generals with troops were the first to stand up and respond to Gao Qiqian's words, and they all thought that they were lucky, hoping that other generals would continue to complain so that they could follow up. The atmosphere in the lobby was awkward for a while.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside. Hurried footsteps came quickly towards the lobby.
Based on the previous situation, everyone in the lobby subconsciously thought, should the emperor send a gold medal chamberlain to urge, right?
This time, they really didn't guess wrong. Sure enough, in just an instant, I saw a dusty brocade guard escorting an attendant into the lobby.
Seeing the situation in the hall, the chamberlain didn't say a word, took out a gold medal, and shouted at everyone in the hall: "The emperor has an order, if Lu Shangshu dies in battle, he will be killed in battle, and any general who fails to rescue will also be punished according to the law!" ”
This time, the emperor's will has an extra layer of meaning compared to the previous three gold medals. Anyone can feel that the emperor's determination to save Lu Xiangsheng is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea!
I have to say, everyone was shocked! They all thought in their hearts, whether Lu Xiangsheng was smoking from the ancestral tomb, and he was so valued by the emperor, and one after another gold medals were rushing to protect Lu Xiangsheng!
At this moment, some of them were even thinking, if the former Song Yue Wumu knew that I was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect a courtier, he sent gold medals to urge, I don't know if he would change his opinion on the gold medal, I don't know if he would hate to be born in the Ming Dynasty?
As soon as the words of the gold medal attendant fell, the faces of these generals under the hall were all a little ugly. The emperor's orders fell directly on their side, and the rescue was not effective, and when the time came, it was not the director Gao Qiqian's words, then there was also a will, and they could be directly convicted!
Thinking like this, they didn't dare to look at the situation anymore, and responded to Gao Qiqian one after another, and they would definitely try their best to rescue Lu Shangshu!
In the original history, the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty caused great losses to the Ming Dynasty. Two governors were killed in battle, and even King De's family was captured, and the loss of people and property was countless. Afterwards, the responsibility was investigated, and a total of 33 people, including the governor and the general soldier, were killed by Emperor Chongzhen.
Besides, Gao Qiqian was relieved to hear that these soldiers had agreed. In fact, with the emperor's latest gold medal will, he is already very confident in his heart.
At this time, looking at these generals below, he was ruthless in his heart, and shouted coldly: "This rescue of Lu Shangshu, our family is watching behind you, whoever falls behind will be suspected of poor rescue, hehe, don't blame our family for not remembering the old love when the time comes!" ”
Obviously, he remembered what had just happened and thought about revenge! When the generals heard this, their faces were very ugly, and if they knew this, they should have responded to the director happily!
After lamenting the emperor's attention to Lu Shangshu, he found that the generals in the hall seemed to be unmorale and looked depressed, and he was worried that it would affect the rescue.
Under the brain teaser, Yang Tinglin immediately said loudly: "Lu Shangshu is only a 5,000-year-old tired army, and he has already won the battle of the Manchu army at Artemisia Bridge. Moreover, in Lu Shangshu's previous letter to Director Gao, there was already a plan to break the Manchu army......"
When he said this, Gao Qiqian immediately remembered the letter that he had torn up before, and at this time, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he quickly nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, Lu Shangshu does have a clever plan!" ”
When many generals saw this scene, they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts: Obviously, when Director Gao was before, Director Gao still despised Lu Shangshu and wanted to learn from the overlord of Chu, was it not a strategy that worked, but a matter of butts?
"Do you remember the Battle of the Giant Deer at the end of the Qin Dynasty?" Yang Tinglin didn't think about it so much, and still said loudly, "Lu Shangshu has the courage of an overlord, and now he just happened to have a decisive battle with the Manchu army in Julu, and he has already won a battle, which is a great blow to the morale of the Manchu army." As long as you can respond to Lu Shangshu in time, I believe that the Manchu army will be like the 400,000 Qin army, defeated like a mountain, and achieve the battle of the Ming Dynasty. Ladies and gentlemen, the wife and shadow are fighting here, what are you waiting for? ”