419 What? Chongzhen, you want me to be a colt!

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At this time, Li Zixiao and the other generals around him all looked at the fold in Lu Xiangsheng's hand, wondering what was written on it.

"Congratulations, Ziqian, the saint crowned you as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Southern Zhili Jiangbei, and the general of the Zhenguo, and awarded the general the seal letter, and the governor of the left capital governor's mansion, and the second rank of the officer.

Guang In terms of official position, you are now at the same level as this official, how about it, this official calls you 'General Li'. ”

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile, and then handed the fold in his hand to Li Zixiao.

"Ahh

Li Zixiao was also shocked by Lu Xiangsheng's words, and he screamed in surprise before he reacted, took the fold, and hurriedly looked at it.

After watching the recital, Li Zixiao was surprised and delighted.

Surprised, he never thought that Chongzhen would reward him so heavily this time, crown him as the general of Zhenguo, and award him the seal of the general of Zhenguo.

Now, he has become a veritable Ming general, this is how many Ming generals, a lifelong dream, and now he is only twenty-two years old, and he has done it.

Happily, Chongzhen named him the general of Zhenguo, which allowed him to expand the army justifiably, and the authority in his hands was greater, and he could do more things as he wanted.

You must know that at this time, he was crowned deputy commander-in-chief, and he was appointed as the governor of the Zuodu Governor's Mansion, and this official position was a second-grade military attaché!

Nominally, he was already at the same level as Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the five provinces at this time.

Of course, it is only the same level of official position, compared to the power in Lu Xiangsheng's hands, Li Zixiao, the general of the town and country, is still far from enough.

At least, at this time, Li Zixiao was directly under the command of Lu Xiangsheng.

Besides, the official rank of the Ming Dynasty does not represent the size of the power, like those who are in the first grade, most of them are fictitious, and they don't have much power in their hands at all.

Like the six Shangshu, Jiuqing, etc., these are mostly second-grade officials, and even the first assistant of the cabinet is mostly concurrently served by these people.

The head of the cabinet is not an official name, and you can't find him in the official rank of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the cabinet chiefs and assistants of the late Ming Dynasty were almost the most powerful people under the emperor, but their official positions were often not the highest.

Therefore, don't look at Li Zixiao at this time when he was appointed as the general of Zhenguo, the governor of the left capital and the governor, and the second-rank military attaché.

But the actual power under his control is far smaller than that of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Zheng Erpin.

If Li Zixiao really thought that he could be on an equal footing with Lu Xiangsheng at this time, then he was really stupid, and people were just polite words.

Of course, Li Zixiao also understands this very well in his heart.

Even so, Li Zixiao was already very satisfied, and shouted in his heart: Chongzhen, you are so generous, you are embarrassed.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ming Dynasty was really hopeless at this time, it would be impossible to say that Lao Tzu would really be a loyal minister who was loyal to the country and expanded the territory for the Ming Dynasty.

"Congratulations, Master Li, I hope Lord Li will take care of me in the future!"

At this time, the surrounding generals all showed envious expressions and took the initiative to congratulate Li Zixiao.

These people congratulated politely, but in fact, they didn't know how to be jealous of Li Zixiao, especially Lu Yuanying, at this time, the whole person's face was as black as the bottom of the pot.

"How is it possible, how can the emperor crown him as a general." Lu Yuanying was extremely unconvinced, thinking that Li Zixiao couldn't afford this Zhenguo general at all.

But everyone also saw Chongzhen's attitude from Chongzhen's reward of Li Zixiao this time.

Chongzhen will not be stingy at all with rewards for the meritorious heroes who can exterminate the bandits, which makes all the generals ready to try.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng released a bigger bomb, he said: "In addition to the reward for Lord Li.

The saint also said that if anyone can capture Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, he will be crowned a marquis and rewarded with ten thousand gold, and those who dare to connive at the thieves will be killed! ”

"What? Feudal marquis! ”

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, the surrounding generals all widened their eyes, and some even shouted in shock.

"That's right, Fenghou!" Lu Xiangsheng smiled and nodded.

"Holy Wisdom." The surrounding generals said in unison, their eyes shining.

Li Zixiao looked at the appearance of these generals, and couldn't help sneering in his heart, it turned out that Chongzhen rewarded him so heavily this time and directly named him the general of Zhenguo, not because of his military exploits.

Chongzhen wants to take him as an example and show these generals that with the example of Li Zixiao, Chongzhen will not worry about the next, when these generals encircle and suppress the bandits, they will not help.

Chongzhen's edict to him this time has the taste of buying horse bones, and even the price of 'marquis' was finally offered, which shows that Chongzhen is really anxious at this time.

Early the next morning, Lu Xiangsheng took many generals who were anxious to make meritorious contributions and went south to pursue Li Zicheng.

Before leaving, Li Zixiao found Lu Xiangsheng and handed over a group of men and horses to Lu Xiangsheng.

This team was none other than the 1,500-strong team led by Tie Dan.

The 1,500 people under Tie Dan were all bandits before, and they were recruited by Tie Dan at the north gate of Ruzhou City, and the 600 bandits were expanded in the defense of Ruzhou City.

Qi Wei's men and horses are defending Ruzhou City, and they are fighting less and less, but these fierce soldiers under Tie Dan are fighting more and more, and the personnel don't know how much stubble they have changed.

These people were all outlaws, and their fate was similar to that of the original six hundred, and they had a lot of bandit blood on their hands, and they could no longer return to the ranks of the bandits.

And Tie Dan also fulfilled the promise made to them at the beginning, and at this time they were completely treated according to the White Dragon Sergeant.

Eat well, drink well, and get money, these murderers don't want to be bandits at all, they are all desperate anyway, why bother to be bandits.

Being a bandit can't eat enough, can't dress warmly, and may die at any time, and staying in the White Dragon Army, at least Li Zixiao gave them a hope, a hope.

Although this hope and hope are also out of reach for them, it is still a great encouragement to them.

When Li Zixiao came to Ruzhou City, he learned about Tiedan's practice, and his eyes lit up, although it is dangerous to use these murderous soldiers, if it is done well, it is also a good way.

As a result, Li Zixiao acquiesced to Tiedan's approach, and gave them the banner of 'Fierce Wolf Battalion', but it was not officially included in the establishment of the White Dragon Army for the time being.

And Li Zixiao promised Tie Dan that if in the future, his battalion can perform well, then he will allow the 'Fierce Wolf Battalion' to officially become the fifth infantry battalion of the White Dragon Army.

Li Zixiao's promise almost made Tie Dan happy.

And Tie Dan knew that in the next period of time, the White Dragon Army would stay in Ruzhou City and would not participate in the pursuit of the thieves.

So, Tie Dan took the initiative to ask Li Zixiao for help, hoping to follow Lu Xiangsheng's army south to suppress the bandits.

According to Tie Dan, these murderous soldiers under him must not be allowed to stay in Ruzhou City, and a comfortable life will corrode them.

These people are a group of fierce wolves, killing and the battlefield are their destination, as long as they are in the killing, they can become stronger and stronger, and comfort will destroy them.

Li Zixiao agreed with Tie Dan's words very much, and immediately approved Tie Dan's request, and at the same time transferred the monk over to form a partner.

Let's say here that Tie Dan and the monk have their own big names, which are also the names that Li Zixiao gave them personally.

Tie Dan is named Tie Liangyong, and the monk is called Wei Dazhong.

"Tiedan, monk, from today onwards, Lu Xiangsheng's order is the general's order, follow Lord Lu and behave well, don't embarrass the general."

Li Zixiao stood in front of Lu Xiangsheng and admonished Tie Dan and the monk.

"Yes, General, we only obey Lord Lu's orders, suppress bandits and make meritorious contributions, and serve the court." Tie Dan and the monk are very good at shouting slogans.

"Lord Lu, I will hand over this group of men led by the two of them to your lordship." Li Zixiao turned around and said to Lu Xiangsheng.

"Ziqian has a heart, don't worry, I will take good care of the two of them."

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know why Li Zixiao was, so he handed over his subordinates to his command, thinking about it, he could only think that Li Zixiao really hoped that the imperial court would exterminate the bandits as soon as possible, and he appreciated Li Zixiao even more.

Subsequently, Tie Dan and the monk took more than 1,500 fierce soldiers from the 'Fierce Wolf Battalion' to follow Lu Xiangsheng's army and went south to pursue Li Zicheng.

It's a pity that Lu Xiangsheng's army had just started and had not yet entered the Kongtong Mountains when he received the news.

Half a day ago, the army of thieves appeared in Lushan Pass, the southernmost part of Ruzhou, easily took Lushan Pass, opened the door to Nanyang Mansion, and drove straight into Nanyang Mansion.

In this way, it is inevitable that the thieves will flow into the territory of Nanyang, and he estimates that most of Nanzhao will not be able to keep it, and the thieves will soon merge with Nanyang's Gao Yigong.

The situation suddenly became unfavorable to the official army, but Lu Xiangsheng still ordered the army to continue to move south and go to Nanyang to pursue and suppress the bandits.

As for how Lu Xiangsheng will chase and suppress the thieves next, Li Zixiao doesn't plan to care about it for the time being.

Li Zixiao believes that with Lu Xiangsheng's talent, Li Zicheng can't get cheap in his hands, but in the same way, at this time, the general trend of the thief has become a success, and it is also very difficult for Lu Xiangsheng to exterminate the thief.

However, Li Zixiao ordered Qi Wei in Ruzhou City to recruit 5,000 recruits to make up for the battle losses of the White Dragon Army, and at the same time to expand the cavalry battalion and the 'Tiger Battalion'.

Four days later, Li Zixiao got the news that the bandits led by Li Zicheng defeated Nanzhao before Lu Xiangsheng led the army to arrive, and after looting the big households in the city, they regained food and armor.

More importantly, the capture of Nanzhao has restored the morale of the bandits under Li Zicheng to a certain extent.

At the same time, at this time, the thieves in the Xinye area also began to go north, and the two thieves are estimated to converge soon.

At the same time, the eunuch sent by Chongzhen to announce the decree also arrived in Ruzhou City.

"Fengtian carrier, Emperor Zhao said: Li Zixiao defeated the thieves in a row, made great contributions, and increased the morale of our officers and soldiers.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Zixiao took all the soldiers and knelt down to accept the order, secretly happy in his heart, from today on, he will be an official general, and at this point, Li Zixiao needs to be afraid of even less.

"That way, I can take a bigger step." Li Zixiao thought in his heart.

The eunuch who announced the decree read out the decree in a sharp voice, then looked at Li Zixiao with a smile and said, "Lord Li, please accept the decree and receive the general's seal!" ”

Li Zixiao stepped forward, took the holy decree from the eunuch's hand, and the seal of the general of Zhenguo, which symbolized his identity, and then gestured to the quartz behind him.

Quartz immediately stepped forward, took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, and stuffed them into the hand of the eunuch who announced the decree.

Li Zixiao said softly: "What do you call your father-in-law?" ”

The eunuch looked at the pile of silver tickets, his eyes were almost narrowed, and he quickly took it, unceremoniously stuffed it into his sleeve, and replied: "The surname of the miscellaneous family is Qi, but it belongs to the master of ceremonies and the master of ceremonies, Zhang Gonggong."

I have long heard that Master Li has made a generous move, and I can see it today, and it really deserves its reputation. ”

"It turned out to be Grandpa Zhang's subordinates, I couldn't see Grandpa Zhang last time I entered Beijing, it's a pity, and today I also have a little profit, I hope Grandpa Qi will transfer it to Grandpa Zhang."

After Li Zixiao finished speaking, Quartz looked unhappy, stepped forward and took out a stack of silver tickets and stuffed them to this Qi father-in-law.

"Ah, Lord Li is so polite, Grandpa Zhang will definitely be happy to make a friend like Lord Li."

This father-in-law Qi walked up to Li Zixiao with a sharp duck voice, pulled his sleeve and said.

The quartz next to him stared at the boss with big eyes, if it weren't for Qi Wei behind him, he would probably have rushed up and kicked the dead eunuch away.

Even Li Zixiao at this time had goosebumps all over his body, and said secretly: "Damn, dead eunuch, for your sake, Lao Tzu endures it." ”

At this time, this father-in-law Qi suddenly whispered and said to Li Zixiao: "Lord Li, the miscellaneous family does not collect the adult's money in vain.

The miscellaneous family divulged important news to the adults, and it was about the adults.

The saint wanted to crown you as the general of Zhenguo this time, but he was opposed by several ministers led by Chen Xinjia, and he almost died.

Even, according to Gonggong Zhang, he even intended to marry a princess to the general, but unfortunately he was worried that the ministers would oppose him, so he put it on hold for the time being.

However, as long as the general can make new contributions, presumably the general will become the commander of the dynasty. ”

"I'm, what? Chongzhen, you want me to be a colt! ”

After Li Zixiao heard what Father-in-law Qi whispered, he was also instantly stunned, and shouted in his heart.

But Li Zixiao's face still remained calm, and said: "Thank you father-in-law for the news, go back and say hello to father-in-law Zhang for me, I have already asked people to prepare a banquet." ”

Then, someone went down to greet this father-in-law Qi, leaving Li Zixiao with a gloomy face to think in place.

(End of chapter)