As Zhu Heng busied himself with his work, many reports from Liaodong arrived in the capital.
This included Zhu Heng himself, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and Zu Dashou.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Chong Zhen looked at the three battle reports in front of him and could not hide the smile on his face.
This year could be said to be a bad year for Chongzhen.
Originally, he thought that after dealing with Wei Zhongxian, this scourge, he would be able to escape.
He could finally control the government and command the world.
However, Huang Taiji's arrival gave him a huge blow.
What followed was the peasant uprising in Shaanxi. The situation was very serious and had reached the point where it had to be resolved.
With internal and external troubles, even Emperor Chongzhen felt extremely terrified.
At this moment, good news suddenly came from Liaodong.
A hundred-man named Zhu Heng had led a thousand soldiers to wipe out three thousand Jian Nu cavalry.
This battle report had also been confirmed by many factions.
Therefore, he was very happy and immediately made him a commander.
He hoped that Zhu Heng would continue to work hard and annihilate more Slave Jian.
Zhu Heng didn't disappoint him. He even outdid himself.
It was unknown where he had recruited the soldiers, but they had managed to defeat more than ten thousand of Slave Jian's men.
Then, an even more valiant battle report came.
After Huang Taiji led his troops out, he sent 20,000 cavalry as the vanguard.
Logically speaking, Zhu Heng should have defended the city.
These 20,000 cavalrymen could not be defeated by an army of 100,000.
Even though Emperor Chongzhen did not want to admit it, this was a fact that had existed for many years.
However, Zhu Heng did not play by the rules at all.
They directly faced the twenty thousand vanguard cavalrymen at Tile Valley.
Moreover, Daishan was defeated and killed another 10,000 enemies.
In Chongzhen's eyes, this opportunity was already very valiant.
The number of Slaves that Jin had wiped out since the establishment of Slave Jian was barely enough to catch up with Zhu Heng's battle record.
In Zhu Youjian's eyes, Zhu Heng was a lucky star sent down by his ancestors.
Otherwise, how could he explain his valiant battle results during this period of time?
This was something that they couldn't do even if they had the entire country's strength, but Zhu Heng had done it alone.
The key was that his surname was Zhu. In his opinion, this was a sign from his ancestors.
At this time, he already had the idea of letting Zhu Heng lead Liaodong.
And Yuan Chonghuan's performance in the capital had strengthened this notion.
Hence, he directly took Yuan Chonghuan down and brought him to the three divisions for a trial.
At the same time, he immediately promoted Zhu Heng and even gave him the title of Lord of the Krupp.
It was to pave the way for him to take over Yuan Chonghuan's position.
As long as he could defeat Huang Taiji in Guang Ning, even if it was just to make Huang Taiji retreat.
Then he would also be the great hero of the entire Ming Dynasty.
Such a dazzling battle record, coupled with the rank of Lord Pinglu and a third-grade official.
Then, it would not be too abrupt to make him the governor of Liaodong.
The Donglin Party members couldn't say anything either.
However, when he saw the Jinyiwei's battle report, he realized that he had underestimated Zhu Heng.
This time, Zhu Heng not only repelled Huang Taiji, but also wiped out another 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers.
Not only that, Zhu Heng also rescued the Ming people that Huang Taiji had captured from the pass.
At the same time, they attacked the Daling River camp at night and burned all the resources they had plundered from Great Ming.
This was equivalent to letting Huang Taiji make a wasted trip.
Seeing this, Chong Zhen couldn't help but be in a good mood and laughed out loud.
Wang Chengen saw that Emperor Chongzhen had lost his composure.
He couldn't help but smile and ask," Your Majesty, it seems like Uncle Pinglu has defeated the Jian Lü. Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations on obtaining such a great general."”
Chongzhen was in a good mood at the moment and said,"Not only that, this Zhu Heng has far exceeded my imagination.”
"By the way, have you thoroughly investigated Zhu Heng's background? How did his men get the advanced firearms and the sudden appearance of the soldiers?”
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how could Zhu Youjian not notice the abnormality on Zhu Heng's side?
Previously, it was only because of the urgency of the war that it was put aside.
Everything was focused on chasing Huang Taiji away.
And now, this matter was once again on the table.
As an old man who had followed him since the time of Prince Xin's residence, Wang Chengen was still deeply trusted by him.
As for the Brocade Guards, they were trembling in fear under the civil servants. They were no longer worthy of his trust.
Wang Chengen said with a solemn face," I sent a large number of spies to investigate, but I found some clues."”
"The soldiers that Zhu Heng obtained should be related to the Hong Yi people. The firearms in his hands were obtained from them.”
"As for those soldiers, they were all recruited locally.”
"This Zhu Heng is truly formidable. He was actually able to train so many elite soldiers in such a short period of time.”
Of course, this information was not made up by Wang Chengen in order to complete anything.
The reason why he could obtain such absurd information.
Actually, all of this was Zhu Tianchu's doing.
Zhu Heng also knew that it was difficult to explain the origin of the weapons and soldiers in his hands.
Hence, they spread the news everywhere, intentionally or unintentionally.
Coupled with the chaos in Liaodong at this time, it was very difficult for the other party to obtain effective information.
That was why Zhu Tianchu managed to get away with it.
However, Zhu Heng also knew that this matter would be exposed soon.
After all, the Ming Dynasty's intelligence network was truly formidable.
The spies of the Jinyiwei, East Hall, and West Hall were everywhere.
There might even be many spies in Guangning City.
However, this matter could be covered up for a while.
In any case, the uprising of the peasant army in the past two years was enough to make Chongzhen anxious.
As long as he did not cause too much of a commotion.
Chongzhen shouldn't be so persistent about his past.
After hearing Wang Chengen's report, Chongzhen could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that the source of Zhu Heng's soldiers and weapons was unknown.
The unknown was the most terrifying.
Since he already knew, there was nothing to worry about.
As long as Zhu Heng could help him block Hou Jin, or even destroy Hou Jin.
He could turn a blind eye to these matters for the time being.
He wasn't afraid of having his own soldiers.
Liaodong is just a barren land.
Even if Zhu Heng had a strong army, he couldn't afford to raise too many soldiers.
Compared to worrying about Zhu Heng's self-respect, he was more worried about the Houjin's re-entry into the pass and the eastward advance of the peasant army.
"Summon all the Pavilion Elders to the Martial Meritocrats Hall for a meeting.”
Chongzhen knew that the matter in Liaodong could not be delayed any longer and immediately made a decision in his heart.
After stabilizing Liaodong, he should start to clean up this group of nobodies in Shaanxi.
They actually dared to rebel against him. They were all a group of people who were tired of living.
"Yes!"
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