Chapter 49
It was normal for Emperor Chongzhen to be appreciative, because Bai Lang looked really good. First of all, he was a young general, and young generals could always arouse people's enthusiasm. Chongzhen also liked such young people - Bai Lang looked like a young man of 18 or 19 years old, and his eyebrows were handsome and full of vigor. Although his face had not fully grown and was still very immature, Xu Jinjiang had already shown his style when he was young - the two really looked like...
This model is definitely a good one. As soon as Emperor Chongzhen saw Bai Lang, he believed the words in the battle report. "You are indeed a young hero of the Ming Dynasty. You are nineteen years old this year?" Bai Lang did not say that his real age was only sixteen. Then the emperor asked about Bai Lang's pair of water-polished purple gold maces... That's right, the name of Bai Lang's weapon was written in the battle report, "Your mace alone weighs 8864 jin? It's a pity that it was picked up by the Eastern Tartars... What weapon can you use now?"
Bai Lang did not kneel three times and kowtow nine times - under normal circumstances, there is no need to kowtow to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, although Bai Lang did not care much about this kind of formalism. A man's knees are made of gold in his heart, not in insignificant etiquette. He just bowed slightly, which was normal, because Emperor Chongzhen was shorter than Bai Lang, and because Bai Lang was tall and imposing, he looked much taller than Chongzhen, who seemed to have become an old man. "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have now forged a Guan Wang sword for you."
Emperor Chongzhen was interested. "Oh, my dear, you have unparalleled power, can you use this Guandao?" So he ordered the eunuch to fetch Bailang's Guandao and let Bailang show him how to fight outside the palace. Two big generals came carrying Bailang's new weapon. Emperor Chongzhen walked over to see it. "Is this handle also made of hollow iron pipe? How heavy is this Guandao?" The eunuch on the side also answered the emperor's question, "This Qinglong Yanyue Sword weighs 82 kilograms, the same as the one used by Guandi."
After receiving the emperor's signal, Bai Lang stepped forward and grabbed the Guandao with one hand, and then began to perform martial arts in front of the palace. Whether it was the general or the guard of the Imperial Horse Administration, they all practiced martial arts on weekdays, so they naturally saw Bai Lang's foundation at a glance. "General Bai seems to have limited martial arts skills with the Guandao... But judging from his gestures and steps, I'm afraid his bare-handed martial arts skills are outstanding." Emperor Chongzhen was dazzled and asked about Bai Lang's martial arts. Those people didn't dare to hide it - the key was that Bai Lang didn't open up the joints, so they told the truth.
"But General Bai's strength is indeed rare in the world. We can practice martial arts with Guandao of this weight on weekdays, but how can we wield it so lightly? Such martial arts are more than enough for the battlefield." It's interesting that someone who has never been to the battlefield can comment on the martial arts displayed by Bai Lang at this moment.
Emperor Chongzhen was indeed impatient. When he heard that Bailang's Guandao skills were average, his face had already become a little long. It seemed that his impression of Bailang had slipped a lot at once, but he became interested again after hearing the rest. At this time, Bailang also finished a set of Guandao skills that he had seen and studied, and handed the Guandao to the Han general again without panting or blushing, and stood aside waiting for the emperor to speak. Emperor Chongzhen sorted out his mood, still praised Bailang a few words and rewarded him with some silver, "This time we go to wipe out the bandits, you must cooperate sincerely ..." At this point, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be about to cry, and Governor Deng immediately went to comfort the emperor.
Bai Lang was indifferent to this. In his opinion, the Chongzhen Emperor was half responsible for the state of the country - "frivolous, cunning, fickle, impatient and unstable." This was Bai Lang's comment on Chongzhen. He was so sad and anxious now, the only result was that nothing would work, and now the Ming Dynasty was almost beyond saving. "Of course, I'm here now. Let's see if the peerless warrior can save it, hahahaha." This guy laughed secretly in his heart.
However, they still had to pretend to be sad on the surface. Since the emperor was so sad, the ministers had to act like this as well.
Although Governor Deng had become a governor, his rank had risen by several levels, and he was the governor of three provinces - he was not given the governor of five provinces this time, and the emperor assigned the entire suppression of bandits to two governors. However, Governor Deng had few soldiers - Emperor Chongzhen held the Beijing camp very tightly, and did not allocate any soldiers to him. At most, he had more than a hundred guards brought by Governor Deng from Shandong - now he was the governor's standard camp, and then he had to gather the military leaders from the three provinces and try to command them to suppress the bandits...
Emperor Chongzhen couldn't even give Governor Deng much money... "I think this situation is hopeless. No money, no people, and still want to fight? I can only lead my elite troops to attack the enemy directly." Bai Lang muttered in his heart. As for the peasant army, Bai Lang felt that even though they had begun to be regularized, they were still bandits, and they could probably still defeat the enemy in one battle. Now Bai Lang was the biggest card in Governor Deng's hand - the biggest . Although those military leaders, such as the four towns in Jiangbei, had a large number of soldiers, no one knew whether they would listen to the governor.
Now is the end of the dynasty, an era where soldiers have power, and the old civil servants' tricks are no longer applicable. After all a newly appointed governor, it is no problem for him to ask the Ministry of War for weapons and equipment for his subordinates - there are more than a hundred people, and the Ministry of War has to give this face, if not to Governor Deng, then to the emperor. So Bai Lang got a set of the best cotton armor, mountain armor, and chain mail, as well as two exquisitely crafted snowflake-like Yanling swords. As for the Guandao, it was also made with great care because it was meant to be seen by the emperor.
The military situation was urgent, so Governor Deng, with his guard of honor, quickly left the capital and headed for the front line to suppress the bandits. Henan - this was the battlefield this time. Governor Deng went to assist Sun Chuanting's army. Now Li Chuang was preparing to fight against Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, in Henan, but Governor Deng had gathered a part of his troops first and met some of Li Chuang's troops. This time, Bai Lang was wearing double armor, holding a broadsword, and riding a warhorse to lead the charge.
The logistics support this time was much better than the battle of Yanzhou, because there were fewer people. Governor Deng first satisfied his true trusted troops, and then the Ming troops along the city that he had gathered - which were basically garbage. The decisive battle should have been between Governor Sun and Li Chuang, and neither side took Governor Deng too seriously. Governor Deng had only more than 3,000 people in his hands, and he claimed to have 50,000 troops to give him courage, and everyone knew it.
Bai Lang's horse this time was also a Northwest horse, which had accompanied him to fight the Tartars. Now the horse was also covered with a half-vestite, protecting the horse's neck and front half of the body, and it carried Bai Lang vigorously to kill the peasant army in front of him, and behind him were about twenty cavalrymen from the Governor's Camp. These people had seen Bai Lang's bravery, and they were more courageous in fighting the peasant army than the Tartars, so they followed Bai Lang to charge.
