908 Mingwei Hou
Emperor Chongzhen appeared here and calculated the most appropriate time to enter the battlefield and win unprecedented victory. It is enough to prove that the Emperor Chongzhen they had previously guessed was a living god in the world and had no doubts. In this way, it would be strange if they were not pious.
Emperor Chongzhen naturally encouraged them and rewarded them with a Class A eavesdropping seed each. After all, it was the first time we met, and this meeting ceremony was a must.
As the sun sets, Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by Hong Chengchou, climbed to the top of the Castle of Minway, and looked at the plain where the Volga River is located.
In his previous life, this place was always the territory of Tsarist Russia. But now, after this battle, the Ming Dynasty has become as stable as Mount Tai, and there is no longer any force around the area that can compete with the Ming army in the Ming Fort.
The fertile land here can not only ensure the oil fields on the east side of the Ural Mountains, but also explore the oil fields that control the Eastern European plains. It is a good place!
He was thinking that the Ming soldiers under the city tower noticed his voice and shouted excitedly. Not only that, that night, in the military camps, even if there was military discipline and could not speak, there were still soldiers who could not help but whispering the glorious deeds of the emperor in the camp.
The next morning, soldiers came up and said that the body of Ottoman Prime Minister Kopulu was found.
In response, Emperor Chongzhen asked Keplulu's body to be hung to the captive camp for public display. He himself convened the first military convention at Fort Minway.
Many Ming generals all raised their heads and stood up straight, making them look extremely morale.
Hong Chengchou saw this scene and had to sigh in his heart, whether the emperor is there or not is really too big a difference!
After Emperor Chongzhen came out, everyone finished the ceremony and announced: "I have said before that since I have come this time, I will destroy the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire, so that others will know that the consequences of provoking the Ming Dynasty are definitely not something they can bear."
If someone else said this, no one would believe it, saying that the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire were to be destroyed. Especially local natives such as Racine and Penchuk would not believe it.
After all, the Ottoman Empire has always dominated Central Asia and has a vast territory. Although the Persian Empire is relatively worse, it is not much different. How is this possible to destroy these two countries in an instant?
However, now, the people below did not doubt what Emperor Chongzhen said. They all seemed very excited and were extremely honored for their participation in the battle to destroy the country.
They were excited, and Emperor Chongzhen looked at Hong Chengchou and called out: "Hong Qing!"
"I am here!" Hong Chengchou heard this and immediately stepped out of the line to reply.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and immediately ordered: "You will immediately recall the Ming people in the north to restore farming and animal husbandry in the Volga River Basin. You will select available people from them, supervise the prisoners, expand the Minway Fort, and continue to open up the land."
More than 100,000 prisoners were a large number of laborers. In addition to letting them continue to develop the Volga River Basin, Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to turn the Minway Fort into the Ming Dynasty to make it the basis for the Ming Dynasty to rule the Volga River Basin. With this as the center, we built satellite towns and operated it, making it a prosperous area, and continued to reduce the delivery of military supplies and other materials.
"I obey the order!" Hong Chengchou immediately responded in a deep voice after hearing this.
He was very happy about this. If the emperor's request could be realized, no matter how many generations in the future, as long as the Ming Dynasty's deeds in this west were mentioned, he would definitely not be able to avoid him, Hong Chengchou, the first generation of the Ming Dynasty's meritorious minister who expanded territory.
Ban Chao, who was famous in history, Zhang Qian, but he was far away from the Volga River Basin, which shows that his reputation in future generations will definitely not be worse than these two people.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard Emperor Chongzhen raise his voice and said: "Hong Qing has opened up the Ming Dynasty for the Ming Dynasty. He has been guarding for many years, and has blocked the attacks of Tsarist Russia, Ottoman and other countries, and has made great contributions. Therefore, I have appointed you as the Marquis of Mingwei and the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace..."
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou felt a "boom" sound on his forehead, and he could no longer hear anything the emperor was saying behind him.
The Grand Secretary is actually the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and he is the most desirable thing for civil servants of the Ming Dynasty; and the sudden title of marquis made him unable to prepare and he was completely confused.
From the time he guarded Luntai in Tianshan and to the Fort Mingwei, the goal he fought for was to reach the height of Wang Yangming and Lu Xiangsheng's title as a civil servant.
Although Hong Chengchou himself felt that with his merits and according to the emperor's temper, he should be able to be awarded a title, but he still did not expect that the emperor would directly grant him a marquis, which was higher than Wang Yangming and Lu Xiangsheng. This unexpected surprise really shocked him.
Although Ponchuk is the duke of the country and Racine is also the marquis, their title cannot be compared with Hong Chengchou's title at all. Before Hong Chengchou was granted a title, both Ponchuk and Racine had to obey Hong Chengchou. Now, let alone.
After coming back to his senses, Hong Chengchou felt excited and wanted to cry. Even if he was old, it would not hinder his excitement. He immediately bowed down and thanked Tianyi: "I will definitely devote my whole life to my death to repay you with my kindness!"
When he got up, the other generals congratulated him one after another. In the lobby, there was a sense of joy.
After Emperor Chongzhen waited for them to be happy for a while, he said loudly: "All the generals listen to the order!"
When the generals in the lobby heard this, they all came out and held their fists to wait for the order.
"I decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, defeat the invading enemy in one fell swoop, and meet with the other tribes in the territory of Tang!" Emperor Chongzhen spoke strongly, without doubt, "Give me a day to prepare, and follow me to fight tomorrow morning!"
"The last general will obey the order!" After hearing this, many generals all excitedly answered the order.
After they returned, the news spread. Suddenly, the Ming soldiers, who had the position to go on the war, were all very happy, and were happier than picking up gold ingots.
Because there are many examples that as long as you go with the battle, you will most likely not die, and you can earn military merits that you can't even imagine. For example, a deputy general was just a general flag that you didn't collect at night, but when you go with the battle, you can easily pick up countless heads and make so many military merits that you have made in just a few years.
Now that we go to war, we will destroy the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. In this process, we will definitely have more military achievements than when we destroy the Mughal Empire.
In short, in a word, following the emperor to fight is the favorite of all soldiers!
The next morning, Emperor Chongzhen led more than 60,000 cavalry to set off. There was no way. Since the Ming Dynasty occupied the grassland, the Western Regions, and the Volga River Basin, there was no shortage of horses or soldiers riding horses. This expedition was full of cavalry. Many of them were even equipped with one man and two horses.
However, more than 10,000 of them were from herders. Their main task was to rush the herds to follow the army south to provide the food and grass supply needed by the army.
Before leaving, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Hong Chengchou: "No need to send me off. You have a lot of things to do, so go and get busy!"
"Your Majesty, I am not in a hurry." Hong Chengchou heard this and quickly expressed his opinion: "I haven't seen the emperor for many years, I just want to see the emperor more."
OK, just look at it if you want. Emperor Chongzhen thought to himself and then ordered him: "Of the more than 100,000 prisoners, you can choose some of them. I believe that these things are clear, so I won't explain them!"
"I understand that I will definitely do my part and never distract the emperor!" Hong Chengchou said again.
Emperor Chongzhen was quite relieved about Hong Chengchou, so he was no longer far away and soon led the army away.
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What they didn't expect was that in fact, someone was trying to make this Minway Castle.
The Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire united to conquer the Ming Kingdom in the east. Not only did they mobilize their own troops, but they also recruited the troops of the vassal states. Such a huge movement would not prevent the attention of the surrounding forces.
However, among the neighboring countries, Poland and Lithuanian Commonwealth are the largest. However, this country was facing each other with Tsarist Russia and fought a loss-win situation. Subsequently, Sweden tore up the contract and took advantage of Poland's suppression of internal rebellion and invading Poland's northern territory.
The Czech Republic in the south was similar to Austria. When they saw the opportunity, they also sent troops to eat the territory in the south of Poland. They couldn't make any moves, so they stabbed the Ottoman Empire behind it.
However, there is a country where nothing is wrong, it is a "polar bear" hiding in a remote place in the north and licking wounds.
After receiving the news, Tsar Alexey was immediately moved. He thought that the Ming army could withstand such a large-scale attack. In this way, he was concerned about the Samara Fort occupied by the Ming army.
If Tsarist Russia can regain the Samara Fort, then the Eastern European plains from Moscow to the Samara Fort will become much safer. It will definitely be of great help to Tsarist Russia's silent development.
Based on this consideration, Alexey sent out a horse and a siege to the east to investigate the news, and began to secretly reorganize his army and prepare for war to see if there is any chance that the fisherman will benefit and revive Tsarist Russia.
When he received news that Ottoman Prime Minister Koprulu had led his troops to surround Minway Fort and was in a stalemate with the Ming army, Alexey believed that the opportunity had come.
He secretly gathered the army again and quietly advanced eastward, preparing to find a good opportunity to get a shot.
As a result, Alexey never expected that before he could reach the surrounding area of Samara Fort, he heard an urgent report from the horse, indicating that the emperor led reinforcements and the Ottoman army was wiped out.
Chapter completed!