The entire Taihe Palace was so silent that one could even hear a pin drop. Everyone held their breath and stared at Wang Cheng with a dumbfounded expression. The scene seemed to have stopped at this moment.
Wang Cheng?
It was actually Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng had really returned!
That Li Zicheng…
Suddenly, Chong Zhen reacted. His eyes narrowed as he stopped in his tracks and shouted,"Great General just said…he defeated Li Zicheng, that…traitor?”
Chong Zhen's voice changed as he spoke. His entire body trembled violently as if he had been electrocuted. His eyes widened as he looked at Wang Cheng, who was covered in blood. His breathing stopped, and his thoughts churned like waves. The general was not serious, was he?
If they could really defeat Li Zicheng, the current situation would be completely different…
For a moment, Chong Zhen's eyes flashed with endless anticipation as he stared at Wang Cheng. He was so excited that his mouth was dry and his heartbeat gradually accelerated.
At the same time, everyone in the hall looked at Wang Cheng as if they had seen a ghost. Their eyes were filled with shock, and their hearts were in turmoil. How was it possible that Li Zicheng had been defeated?
However, Wang Cheng did not care about their inner thoughts at all. He slowly walked towards Chongzhen and said,
"I led the newly recruited ten thousand cavalry last night and set off from the west gate. Thanks to all the soldiers 'lives, we fought to the death. I succeeded in one battle. My horse trampled on the alliance. The rebel Li Zicheng escaped alone and the 150,000 troops fled completely.”
As Wang Cheng spoke, everyone in the hall tensed up and silently opened their mouths. Their scalps went numb as they looked at Wang Cheng, who stood tall in the hall, with shock in their eyes.
The entire hall was silent. Even the sound of breathing had disappeared at this moment.
Silence.
A deathly silence.
However, Wang Cheng looked straight into Chong Zhen's eyes and continued,"
"In this battle, 718 of our soldiers died in battle, 1,471 were heavily injured, and everyone in the army was injured. I killed four rebel generals, Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, and He Jin, and the entire army killed more than 50,000 rebel Li Zicheng and captured more than 30,000. After this battle, the crisis in the capital was completely resolved.”
Wang Cheng's sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the entire Taihe Palace. Everyone seemed to have heard the battle of gold and iron last night and smelled the smell of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood last night.
For a moment, everyone's mind went white, and their ears buzzed. They looked at Wang Cheng without focus, and their faces were blank.
This was too shocking.
However, before Wang Cheng could finish his sentence, he looked straight at Chong Zhen and said,"
"This battle is all thanks to the lives of the soldiers. Last night, they fought a bloody battle for fifteen miles, saving the capital from danger and helping the Ming Dynasty from its downfall. This is an unprecedented achievement that can only be done by loyal and brave people.”
At this point, Wang Cheng bowed to Chongzhen with both hands and said in a sonorous and powerful voice,"This subject, Wang Cheng, dares to ask Your Majesty to reward the soldiers who were bathed in blood last night!”
From the beginning to the end, Wang Cheng's eyes were fixed on Chong Zhen.
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in Taihe Palace instantly froze. Everyone's eyes narrowed as they looked at Chong Zhen on the dragon throne with a solemn expression.
Chong Zhen secretly pinched his fingers, and his breathing stopped for a moment. A trace of embarrassment flashed across his eyes, and his body twisted as he sat on the dragon throne and pondered.
"Yes, you should be rewarded…"
There was no doubt that the soldiers had to be rewarded. What really troubled Chongzhen was how to reward Wang Cheng?
Wang Cheng was still too young. If the reward was too high, there would be no merit to be rewarded in the future, and it would not be beneficial to both sides.
However, if the reward was too low, Chongzhen was afraid that Wang Cheng would be angry and become a laughing stock.
For a moment, Chong Zhen was caught in a dilemma, and his brows furrowed into a ball.
The hall was eerily quiet. Countless officials and ministers were looking at Wang Cheng with complicated expressions. Almost everyone was thinking of the same problem as Chong Zhen.
Wang Cheng's reward was indeed very difficult…
At this moment, Courage suddenly stood up and bowed,"
"The traitor Li Zicheng has not been exterminated. It is not appropriate to reward him now. Why not wait until after the traitor Li Zicheng is beheaded…"
Before he could finish his words, a hint of killing intent flashed in Wang Cheng's eyes. If he didn't receive the reward from Chongzhen, he wouldn't have the right to obtain the points for the system's omen.
The wild boar skins were about to enter the pass. If he could not get rid of Li Zicheng as soon as possible, how could he clean up the wild boar skins in peace?
Wang Cheng couldn't take it anymore. With a whoosh, he drew the Emperor's Sword from his waist. With a flash of sword light, he slashed at Courage and Loyal's head.
"Pfft." .
The smugness in Courage and Loyal Earl's eyes disappeared instantly, and his face froze in fear. Fresh blood spurted out, splattering all over the faces of the people around him.
The headless corpse naturally took two steps back and then fell to the ground, dyeing the floor of Taihe Palace red. The smell of blood instantly erupted.
"Ah!"
The huge head flew into the arms of a civil official, scaring the latter so much that he sat on the ground and cried out with a distorted expression.
The entire Taihe Palace was thrown into chaos. Countless people screamed and scrambled away, looking at Wang Cheng with fear in their eyes.
A few meters around Wang Cheng was instantly emptied.
Even the Embroidered Uniform Guards around them were stunned by this turn of events. They instinctively wanted to pull out their knives, but a bone-chilling killing intent made everyone freeze on the spot. They looked at Wang Cheng with narrowed eyes.
Chongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon throne in deep thought, saw this scene. His eyes narrowed, and his scalp went numb. At the same time, he sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Hiss-"
Chong Zhen looked at Wang Cheng in shock and anger. He said with a trembling voice,"Great Great General, why are you here?"
However, Wang Cheng stood still with his sword in his hand and said indifferently,"
"He deserves to be killed."
When everyone heard this, their hearts turned cold and their eyes narrowed…
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