"Qin Zhao, the defensive officer of Jinghai Fort in Xiangshan County, used his private property to raise 1,000 soldiers for the country, used rockets to kill the enemy, exploded countless thunder and rage, and killed countless bandits. I followed the charred ground at the explosion of the rocket, and found that Qin Zhao killed 107 rebel horse soldiers in the south of Jiayu County, and killed 1,237 old thieves at Kuilong Pass, killing Liu Zongmin, the general of the rebel army. In the decisive battle on the west bank of Xiliang Lake, he killed 1,168 old thieves. He killed 2,512 enemies in total."

After reading this, Zhu Yousong paused for a few seconds.

"Defense officer, Qin Zhao..."

"Why do I think this name is so familiar?"

When Ma Shiying saw this, his eyes were already lit up and he said loudly: "Master! This Qin Zhao is the Thousand Houses Officials you specially appointed as the imperial edict last year? Does the Master remember that it is Qin Zhao who wiped out a tiger in the village bandits."

Zhu Yousong's eyes lit up and said, "I remember that it was the defensive officer I personally named." After a pause, he said, "Why is he a defensive officer who raises a thousand soldiers? Even if there are a thousand soldiers, how can he capture and kill 2,500 old thieves who break into the country?"

"Did you write it wrong?"

"Yuan Jixian is a mature and careful person. He said that he had read the Tangbao he handed over ten times, so he could not be wrong!" Ma Shiying said loudly: "Master! Qin Zhao only has one thousand soldiers and only a defensive officer. The numbers on this Tangbao must be less written. He wrote 2,500 captures in the Tangbao. In fact, more than five thousand were seized, even eight thousand or nine thousand were possible."

Zhu Yousong was dumbfounded when he heard this and asked, "Qin Zhao's soldiers are so powerful?"

Ma Shiying said loudly: "This is due to the supreme power of the emperor sitting down! Zuo Liangyu, who was relied on by the former party members, fled without fighting, and the world was ridiculed. Today, the emperor's defensive officer, the emperor's imperial seal, killed all directions. Just imagine how the people in the world would think of the Holy Emperor? How do you see the Liu Party clearly?"

When Zhu Yousong heard Ma Shiying say this, he laughed.

"Ma Shiying, what you said is reasonable!"

Zhu Yousong went through the pond newspaper again and said with a smile: "Yuan Jixian praised him, so he asked him for three consecutive promotions, and was promoted to the ethics official on the spot."

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "Yuan Jixian is a dead horse, and he can only win over him. But he didn't know that Qin Zhao's thousand households were granted by the emperor. Qin Zhao was the emperor's man in any case!"

Zhu Yousong said loudly: "How can Yuan Jixian win over the thousand households I enfeoffed? Ma Shiying, how many levels can this military officer be promoted at a time?"

Ma Shiying replied: "Master, it is the ultimate to upgrade to three levels at a time. If the contribution is too great, you will usually remember the merits and be promoted again in the next three years."

Zhu Yousong sneered and said, "Let the Jinyiwei go to Huguang to pass on my will!"

"The Jinghai Guard was established at the original site of Jinghai Fort in Xiangshan County. I promoted Qin Zhao to four levels in a row, and appointed Qin Zhao as the commander of the third-rank guard, and appointed him as the garrison officer. I ordered each guard around Xiangshan County to move 560 flags to Jinghai Guard to collect 5,600 flags for Jinghai Guard."

Ma Shiying smiled and said, "The emperor is wise, so Qin Zhao will definitely be grateful to the emperor. When we fight with the Donglin Party members in the future, the 1,000 strong soldiers under Qin Zhao must be from us."

Zhu Yousong nodded when he heard Ma Shiying's words. He was in a good mood and seemed to be energetic. He stood up and walked a few steps beside the imperial throne, and asked the eunuch below: "Where is another Tangbao?"

The eunuch below said: "The emperor returned to the emperor and the governor of Anqing, Wei Liangzao reported that Zuo Liangyu had been in Jiujiang for less than ten days, and then he commanded the army to come to Anqing, saying that he was going to Anqing to raise military rations. Wei Liangzao had no troops to stop Zuo Liangyu, and sent a report to the court for help."

When Zhu Yousong heard this, his pupils suddenly became bigger.

"Gaoqian, get the map!"

An old eunuch ran to a palace next to him, ran back with a big map, and spread the map onto the ground of the main hall.

Zhu Yousong pointed to the map and said, "From Jiujiang to Anqing, then go east along the river."

He suddenly glared at his eyes and shouted, "Zuo Liangyu is going to attack Nanjing!"

Ma Shiying suddenly panicked and said, "Now the Qing Dynasty attacked the south of the Tartars very fiercely, and the four towns in Jiangbei are as dangerous as hangovers. At this time, Zuo Liangyu actually launched a civil war and wanted to attack Nanjing."

Zhu Yousong felt that the vision in front of him suddenly blurred. He could no longer maintain the standing posture and sat on the imperial throne weakly.

"At this time, Zuo Liangyu rebels!"

Ma Shiying suddenly punched his left hand and said, "This Zuo Liangyu must have been called by the Donglin Party members in the court."

Gao Qiqian sighed and said, "The Donglin Party has rebelled after all."

Zhu Yousong collapsed on the imperial throne with his head in his arms, unable to speak for a while.

Ma Shiying hurried up and said, "Saint Emperor, at this time, Huang Degong can still block Zuo Liangyu!"

Zhu Yousong smiled bitterly and said, "Dou Huang Degong to defend Zuo Liangyu from the west, so who should guard the Tartars in Jiangbei?"

Ma Shiying bowed and said, "Master, letting the court fall into Zuo Liangyu's hands will probably be a place where death will not be buried. The party members don't know how to slander the Holy Emperor. If they fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty, it will be nothing more than just one knife and two pieces of death."

"Is the tragic situation of the Holy Emperor not seeing the late emperor being controlled by the party members and finally destroying the family without a queen?"

When Zhu Yousong heard this, he was silent for a long time.

After a long time, he said powerlessly: "Dou Huang Degong guards the Bian Jicheng."

...

On April 25, Qin Zhao's army walked north of Hengzhou Prefecture, Huguang.

Qin Zhao's team grew much stronger than when he came, because there were too many spoils. Not only did the 1,000 unicycle civilians who came back south with the army, but the unicycle was filled with cargo, Qin Zhao also hired 3,000 unicycle civilians from Jiayu County to use various chariots to drag the spoils.

All kinds of armor were very heavy, pressing on various trucks, and the team couldn't move fast. After all, ordinary trucks of this era did not have bearings, and they had a lot of friction when walking. Qin Zhao walked for more than 40 miles a day, and it took him a month to reach Hengzhou Prefecture.

On this day, Qin Zhao rested at an inn next to an official road.

The postmen at the post station saw thousands of people coming over, and saw Qin Zhao's thousands of soldiers wearing chain mail, even fish scale armor, and were afraid and ran away.

When I left, I took away valuable things and horses at the post station, for fear of robbing the soldiers.

Qin Ning went into the inn to search repeatedly before finding a kettle for boiling water, a set of worn-out tea sets, and a box of old old tea leaves. Qin Ning laughed a few times, threw away fifty copper coins to place the tea leaves, and went to the well behind the inn to make water and cook tea.

Not long after, Qin Zhao drank old tea that didn't taste very good.
Chapter completed!