An hour passed in a blink of an eye. During this hour, gunfire and grenade explosions kept ringing on the battlefield.

However, no matter what, all the three thousand sword shield soldiers who sent them into the castle came out one after another...

Some people carried muskets on their shoulders, while others carried bags of grenades... and left the castle with excitement...

Soon, a result appeared in Zhang Zhongming's hands.

Deputy General Huang Yongzhong reported with excitement: "Sir, the statistics have been made... Before and after, we seized a total of 1,128 muskets in the earthen castle, more than 25,000 fixed lead bullets, and more than 6,000 grenades... In addition, 24 mortars were seized, and 1,356 various flowering bullets..."

"Okay..." Faced with these exquisite firearms that have been obtained, Zhang Zhongming couldn't help but cheer.

"I won't say much about the grenades. The court will replenish us as much as we use them... But the muskets are indeed different. Even the court does not have the strength to replenish us..."

"Tell me brothers that the seized muskets and cannons must be brought back by me by a lot..."

After obtaining all the firearms that could equip two thousand people out of thin air, Zhang Zhongming's face was not only satisfied. Under the gaze of Deputy General Huang Yong, he decisively issued an order to withdraw without any hesitation.

More than 8,000 new Ganning Army troops were in a mighty manner. They had just withdrawn from the battlefield for less than an hour. The figures of more than 1,000 cavalrymen of the Tiger and Leopard Army appeared on the edge of the battlefield.

There is no doubt that these hurried cavalrymen rushed into nothing.

At this time, the Ganning New Army had already penetrated into the mountains and forests under the command of Zhang Zhongming and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Governor Zhang Zhongming, Ganning, was once again a turtle in front of the powerful Tiger and Leopard Army reinforcements.

However, the information from outside the mountain continued to reach his ears...

In less than two days, the specific results of the Ganning New Army on the battlefield reached Zhang Zhongming's ears...

More than 1,800 soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 10th Division were killed in battle...

Faced with this result, Yu Baoguo, a close conscript from the court, had always been tense on his face. At this moment, he finally showed a very rare smile...

Looking at Zhang Zhongming, he shouted with excitement: "Sir, you are worthy of being the master of the emperor... You have eliminated so many tiger and leopard troops in just one attack... I am sure that your Majesty will definitely reward the Lord and the soldiers under you until this result..."

Speaking of this, Yu Baoguo seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he asked Zhang Zhongming: "Governor General, I am going to write a memorial to Your Majesty and report this good news... If you have any requests, I will report it together... I believe that Your Majesty will be happy after receiving the good news and agree to all your requests..."

"Of course there are requirements..." Zhang Zhongming answered without thinking.

For Zhang Zhongming, who had no logistical support, winning a battle was the basis for asking the court for money and food.

I finally encountered such a good opportunity. If I just gave up like this, I would be too sorry for my subordinates who died in the battlefield.

Under Yu Baoguo's gaze, he replied with a heavy face: "Mr. Yu, you have also seen that in order to eliminate more than a thousand tiger and leopard troops, the soldiers who died directly in the battle of our Ganning New Army have exceeded 6,000..."

"These soldiers who died in battle must not die in vain. Therefore, the court must take out 300,000 taels of silver to compensate these soldiers..."

"In addition, the court will also take out at least 200,000 taels of silver and reward it to the meritorious soldiers..."

"Of course, the Ganning New Army suffered such great losses. If we want to continue to maintain the superiority of military strength in Ganning and Ningbo provinces, the Ganning New Army will inevitably expand its army. Therefore, our official also needs the court to immediately allocate 500,000 taels of silver and 50,000 dan of grain to serve as the food and salary for the Ganning New Army to expand its army in a short period of time..."

The lion spoke... This was the first thought in Yu Baoguo's heart when he heard this.

However, even so, Yu Baoguo didn't say much... After all, Zhang Zhongming said everything was true, and the Ganning New Army did win a big victory...

Besides, even if this is a lion's mouth, it is something that the court needs to consider. As a court officer, what he needs to do is to report the situation here to the court as truthfully as possible...

Thinking of this, Yu Baoguo continued to ask: "Food, money, money... besides these two things, the Governor doesn't know if there are any other needs..."

"Weapons, a large number of weapons, especially grenades, the more the better... The grenades the court sent to our official last time, and I have used up... This time, the court will send at least 50,000 grenades to our official..."

It will take several days to go from Gansu and Ning provinces to Nanjing even if you rush forward.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen received the good news, it had been ten days since the battle ended.

After confirming the authenticity of the memorial through the Jinyiwei, Chongzhen's face would be replaced by a strong smile.

At this moment, if he hadn't been in the hall and hadn't sat in front of the ministers... he would have laughed happily to vent his excitement and excitement...

Because, from the opposition between himself and the Tiger and Leopard Army, the court was a loser in any aspect.

And now, the court actually won... For Emperor Chongzhen, the fact that he had no intention of falling pies from the sky made him feel excited...

Under the gaze of the ministers, it took a long time before Chongzhen reacted from his excitement.

Long Yan was very happy, and seemed to have forgotten the cabinet system of the court and said directly: "This Zhang Zhongming does not ignore my trust in her... According to the memorial, since Zhang Zhongming became the governor of Ganning, the number of Tiger and Leopard Army has been wiped out by more than 4,000 people... With such a great victory, the court must reward him highly..."

"I decided to agree to all the requirements of Zhang Zhongming in the memorial... Immediately allocate one million taels of silver, fifty thousand harbors of grain and fifty thousand grenades to the Governor General Office of Ganning. At the same time, the Governor General Office of Ganning will allow the Governor General Office to expand the new army of Ganning to 50,000 people..."

In Chongzhen's eyes, the Ganning New Army had become the vanguard of his revenge on the Tiger and Leopard Army invisibly, and allowed Emperor Chongzhen to see the opportunity to defeat the Tiger and Leopard Army and defeat the Tiger and Leopard Army.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen at this moment only has one idea, which is to spare no effort to support the Ganning New Army...

However, Chongzhen valued the Ganning New Army so much and invested a lot of resources on the Ganning New Army... This obviously did not meet the interest of most of the imperial court officials.

So, as soon as Chongzhen finished speaking, he was opposed by many ministers...
Chapter completed!