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Soon a small group of people came in front of Zhu Youjian, and it looked like they had come from a long way. They were all travel-stained, they were brave in battle, but now they are all tired.
The person who came was very strange, he didn't know the generals and emperors present, and Zhu Youjian and others had never seen him.
Seeing so many generals here, the visitor hastily bowed and bowed:
"Li Dakai, deputy general of Chizhou, has seen all the generals."
Li Dakai?Zhu Youjian seemed a little familiar when he heard the name, but he couldn't remember who it was.
"Li Dakai, you are not in Chizhou, why did you come to the capital?"
"Reporting to the general, the army of rogue bandits is advancing all the way to the capital, and I heard that the capital has few major generals, and the last general has received the favor of the emperor, so he decided to come to rescue him.
However, no generals are willing to obey the dispatch, so they can only lead the generals to come. Now that the capital has been relieved, the last general will return to Chizhou immediately. "
When Li Dakai said this, Zhu Youjian immediately remembered the lonely hero who had traveled all the way to the capital to rescue him and died in battle.
Li Dakai is almost the king of Qin alone, which surprised and admired Qi Jiguang, Sun Chuanting, Sun Chengzong and others.
This man is really loyal, without soldiers, bringing family soldiers to rescue him is no different from courting death, his loyalty to Daming is earth-shattering.
Now that we are talking about Li Dakai, let’s introduce it. Many people may not know this name and deeds, but it is real. This is the strength of the Ming Dynasty.
Before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, an elite army came from thousands of miles away to serve the king.
But it's a pity that Chongzhen didn't know about this, otherwise he might not have died, and this general was Li Dakai.
Li Dakai won the first prize in the martial arts examination in the tenth year of Chongzhen, and he was appointed as the general manager of the Zhejiang battalion.
In the days that followed, Li Dakai continued to work hard, and was promoted continuously with his own strength, and was later transferred to Sizhou Imperial Mausoleum.
Sizhou Imperial Mausoleum was an important place during the Ming Dynasty, where Zhu Yuanzhang's great-grandfather, great-grandfather and grandfather were buried.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has always sent heavy troops to garrison here.
But it is a pity that in the later period, Li Zicheng heard that as long as the ancestral grave in Sizhou was dug, the Ming Dynasty would be over, so he extended his claws into the imperial tomb.
At this time, Li Dakai led the soldiers and bandits to start a fierce battle outside Sizhou City, and finally won a complete victory, so he was promoted by the court.
Later, Li Dakai led his subordinates to fight Xu Du on the outskirts of Jinhua in the 17th year of Chongzhen. This man had an army of [-], but he was not Li Dakai's opponent.
Chongzhen admired Li Dakai's achievements, so he personally ordered to praise him and promoted him to be the deputy general of Chizhou.
Li Dakai is a person who knows how to be grateful. He knelt down and kowtowed to the north, thanking Emperor Chongzhen for his importance.
Therefore, when the bandits attacked the capital, he resolutely went north to serve the king.
However, due to various reasons, Li Dakai did not get the support of the soldiers, and in the end he could only take dozens of elite soldiers to Beijing.
After arriving in the capital, Li Dakai knew that Chongzhen had already hanged himself to death, so he roared up to the sky, fought to the death with Li Zicheng, and finally lost and died.
For such a loyal person, Li Zicheng sighed:
"Da Ming's heart is lost, and there are such strange people"
Li Zicheng is also a person who cherishes talents, and he finally ordered Li Dakai to be buried properly.
In history, Li Dakai missed Emperor Chongzhen, but this time Qin Feng emptied history, Li Dakai came at the right time, and coincidentally met Zhu Youjian on the battlefield.
Zhu Youjian's mind quickly flashed what Li Dakai did. This is a person who is absolutely trustworthy. What Daming lacks most now is talent and money.
"Li Aiqing, you have done a good job, don't go back for now, go to the city to rest, I will not treat you badly, thank you King Qianliqin."
Zhu Youjian's words were all from the bottom of his heart. Li Dakai didn't know just now that the person in front of him was the current emperor of Ming Dynasty, and no one introduced him.
But when Zhu Youjian said this, Li Dakai realized that the golden armored general in front of him was actually the Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, and he hurriedly turned over and bowed down, touching his head to the ground.
"The last general Li Dakai pays homage to the emperor. Please forgive me for being rude just now."
Li Dakai paid a big visit to worship, which made Zhu Youjian a little sad. He thought of the officials and dignitaries in the city, who were all gone when the country was in crisis.
"Aiqing is free of courtesy. It is not appropriate to kneel and salute on such an occasion. Get down quickly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
After Li Dakai got up, he was so excited that he finally saw the real emperor, and he was determined to be loyal to Daming in the future.
Chapter 37 The Princess and the Saint
Zhu Youjian looked around the battlefield. There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood everywhere. It would not be an exaggeration to say that blood flowed into rivers.
Almost all the elite cavalry had one man with two horses, and some with one man with three horses. There were many war horses that lost their masters on the battlefield, and there were also many dead horses.
What Daming lacks most now is rations, and the people are displaced, all in order to beg for food. Zhu Youjian turned his head and said to Qi Jiguang and others:
"General Qi, you are in charge of cleaning the battlefield. All the personnel will be transferred as you wish. The live horses will be left behind. The dead horses and seriously injured horses that cannot be healed will all be pickled for rations. The other teams must cooperate."
Qi Jiguang admired Zhu Youjian's wise decision, and hurriedly clasped his fists to accept the order:
"Qi Jiguang obeyed"
After explaining to Qi Jiguang, Zhu Youjian arranged for Qinglong again:
"Qinglong, take Li Dakai to find a place to live, let them have enough food, and have a good rest. For those official residences that have been ransacked, let Li Dakai choose a family."
Qinglong Li Dakai clasped his fists at the same time:
"Honestly obey orders."
"My humble minister Li Dakai, thank the emperor for his grace.
After Zhu Youjian and the Yue girl left, Qi Jiguang immediately sent an order to clean up the battlefield. All the corpses of the bandits were dug and buried, and all the soldiers who died in battle were transported back to the capital for a proper burial.
Although Da Ming was all elites, in the face of several times their rogues, tens of thousands of people were killed in this battle, and nearly a thousand people died in battle.
The Xuanjia Cavalry lost little, with only dozens of people killed in battle. The Qi family army killed more than 200 people. The biggest loss was Sun Chuanting's new army, with more than 800 people killed.
Wars cannot be without casualties of soldiers. To wipe out hundreds of thousands of bandits and only lose so many soldiers is acceptable to Zhu Youjian and several generals.Fastest update../ ../
Qi Jiajun and Xuanjia cavalry were responsible for digging pits to bury the corpses of the bandits, and Sun Chengzong led the Shenji Battalion to return the horses to their cages.
Sun Chuanting's new army is responsible for pickling the dead horses in a centralized manner. If a seriously injured horse is found, it will be killed and pickled together.
More than [-] war horses died on both sides, and now the people are starving, and these horse meat can provide them with food.
For those hungry people, they couldn't even eat a bite of food, and they absolutely couldn't ask for horse meat.
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