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Chapter 210 Young Player Zhang Cheng Enters Beijing for the Second Time
In the 12th year of Chongzhen, on March [-]th, the sun in early spring was particularly warm, and the body and face were warm and sunny.

Sun Chuanting, Chen Xinjia and others led the army to regain Qian'an, but it was already an empty city without a trace of life.

Ever since Zhang Chengzhen killed Yuetuo, Dorgon threatened to retaliate. Every day, there were brigades of Qing soldiers wandering outside the camps of the Ming army. It became their punching bag.

But yesterday the Qing army did not show up. After a check, we found out that the Qing army had left the customs from Qingshankou and Lengkou, and Qian'an was already an empty city, so the army hurried over to find out.

On March [-]th, the Ming army regained the Qingshan Pass and Lengkou Pass, and all the Qing troops who invaded the country withdrew from the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing army's invasion, which lasted for more than five months, finally came to an end.

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On March [-], Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong vanguard and the general seal of the Liaofeng vanguard, led all the troops of Guanning to rush back to Liaodong to resist Huang Taiji's attack on Liaodong.

On March [-], Sun Chuanting, the governor of Baoding, who was the governor of the Tianxia Army, also resigned from his duties as the governor of the Tianxia Qin Wangbing because of the retreat of the Qing army, and was temporarily stationed in Tongzhou.

Because the cabinet minister Yang Sichang was worried that Emperor Chongzhen would use Sun Chuanting as Minister of the Ministry of War, he tried to prevent Sun Chuanting from going to Beijing to face the saint.

The generals of the Qin soldiers who fought with him before were ordered to lead the army to camp in the eastern suburbs of the capital. The generals who entered the guard in Shaanxi have now been placed under the command of Hong Chengchou.

In all fairness, except for Zhang Cheng, who was the only one out there, when the Qing army entered the Seikou strategy, everyone's performance was not good, and they had no face, but after all, everyone fought hard, attacked the slave camp at night, killed Yue Tuo, killed There are more than two thousand slaves and thieves, which is still a great achievement.

Although he failed to prevent the Qing army from leaving the customs, he tried his best. In the future, Emperor Chongzhen will definitely reward everyone.

However, when Sun Chuanting led his troops back to Tongzhou, he passed through Sanhe County. He saw Liu Yuliang participating in his "Special Committee of the Great Negative", and Hong Chengchou reported to the mansion where Hong Chengchou went to Beijing to meet.

He got angry again, wrote memorials to Emperor Chongzhen again and again, fought with Liu Yuliang, and asked His Majesty to see him. Finally, Chongzhen was annoyed when he saw his memorials, and Yang Sichang obstructed him, so he ordered him to stand by in Tongzhou.

This Sun Chuanting had a stubborn tendon in his head, he felt that he was right, Yang Sichang was the one who played the trick, he felt that the emperor was being deceived, so as long as he could enter the palace to meet the emperor, he would be able to explain everything clearly.

At this time, he heard the news that Hong Chengchou was going to be the governor of Jiliao. Moreover, the reason why the imperial court transferred all Qin soldiers to the eastern suburbs of Beijing was to let Hong Chengchou take them to Liaodong.

With a stubborn persistence, Sun Chuanting repeatedly wrote letters, stating his contribution to repelling the Qing army, and even more hastily argued that Qin Bing's family members were all in Shaanxi, and it was not appropriate to be transferred to Liaodong, otherwise accidents might happen.

What's more, Chu Ping, a rogue bandit in Shaanxi Province, has not yet been awarded the head of rebellion, so he should keep a large army in case of accidents.

During this period, Sun Chuanting was so devastated that he became bedridden and fell ill in Tongzhou. His body was burning, he had blood in his stool and urine, and he was deaf.

However, with Sun Chuanting's character, can he be honest?
He continued to go to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that although his ears were deaf, it was only temporary, and he was recuperating, but he could still work, and asked his majesty to come to Beijing to see Emperor Chongzhen.

On March 23, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree telling Sun Chuanting not to come to Beijing, but to go to Baoding immediately to practice military horses for the imperial court.

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March 21, Liangxiang, south of Beijing.

Chen Xinjia, governor of Xuanda, led all the generals of Xuanda's army to gather here. Their army camped outside the city, waiting for the arrival of Lu Xiangsheng's coffin.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen was very happy because Zhang Chengzhen beheaded Yue Tuo, the commander-in-chief of the right-wing army of the Qing army, the slave chief Yue Tuo, and captured Yue Tuo's body.

Yue Tuo is not only the commander-in-chief of the right-wing army who invaded this time, but also the leader of the banner of the Qing Dynasty, Baylor. The eight banners of the Qing Dynasty are only eight Gushan Ezhens. up.

It can be said that beheading Yue Tuo alone can reach ten thousand armies!

Before that, Yuan Chonghuan had only injured the old slave's wild boar skin with the Hongyi cannon.

Since the Jurchen rebellion in the Wanli period, the old slave Ye Zhupi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty with the "seven major hatreds". It lasted three dynasties, and he had never beheaded such an important figure in the Qing army, let alone captured his corpse.

This is enough to comfort the ancestral temple!
When Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood, he remembered Zhang Cheng's request for Lu Xiangsheng's sympathy. In particular, Zhang Cheng's uncle also died in the battle in Julu, and now he can be rewarded together.

On the same day, he issued an order to order Zhang Cheng to escort the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan to Beijing, where a sacrifice will be held for the two of them, and all the officials of the court will go to pay homage.

Zhang Cheng received the decree on March [-], and ordered Zhang Guodong to lead a hundred riders to Baoding Mansion to escort Lu Xiangsheng's body to Beijing.

And Zhang Yan's coffin also stopped in Baoding. According to Zhang Cheng's original intention, Chen Dakuan, the head of the infantry sentry, and others should have escorted Zhang Yan's coffin back to Xuanzhen, but Sun Chengzong, the old man of Yuange, kept persuading Zhang Cheng that the Qing army had not retreated, and the road was not clear. Jing, it is better to wait for the Qing army to retreat and return to Xuanzhen after the imperial court rewards them.

Zhang Yan's coffin was also delayed in Baoding, and it happened that Zhang Guodong escorted him to Beijing.

At noon on March 22, Zhang Guodong escorted the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan to Liangxiang. Chen Xinjia went out of the city to meet them in person, and reported to the imperial court that he was scheduled to enter the city tomorrow, and presented the corpse of Yue Tuo, the commander of the Dongnu right-wing army, in front of the imperial court.

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March 23, at the beginning of the hour.

Chen Xinjia was wearing court uniform inside and pure white plain clothes on the outside, followed by Xuan Da's generals, lined up on both sides, all wearing iron armor on the inside and plain clothes on the outside, between them were the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan.

Behind him, Zhang Cheng was dressed in plain white filial piety, riding on a white horse. Behind him was a cart with a frame on which the body of slave chief Yuetuo was tied.

Armored sergeant guards followed on both sides of the cart, everyone wore hemp belts and filial piety, evoking spirits and white flags like a forest, all the way, paper money was thrown all over the sky, and white flowers fell all over the ground.

All the people guarded the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan before they left Liangxiang. It was originally Lu Xiangsheng who praised Yang Tinglin from the capital and rode his horse to support the coffin.

At the beginning of Sishi, Chen Xinjia led Xuan Dajun across Lugou Bridge and camped outside Zhengyang Gate.

Hong Chengchou led the generals of the Qin army to wait here, and the more than 2000 heads of the Qing army captured by various ministries of the Ming army after the Julu battle were also escorted by the Qin soldiers.

Officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rituals came to greet them with big Han generals in bright armor. They guarded the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan and walked in the front.

According to the will of Emperor Chongzhen, there will be a seven-day sacrifice for Lu Xiangsheng and a three-day sacrifice for Zhang Yan in the city, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of War and presided over by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, was in front, and Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu and other generals of the Xuanda army were behind. The commander of the right-wing army of the Qing army, General Yangwu of the Qing Dynasty, and the body of Beile Yuetuo, the right-wing commander of the Qing army and Gushan Ezhenbeile Yuetuo with the red flag, marched slowly.

After the victory at the Meridian Gate, the slave chief Yuetuo verified his integrity and sent him to the Taimiao to comfort the second ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou led the generals of the Qin soldiers to escort more than 2000 heads of the Qing army. These were all captured by the Xuanda, Guan Ning, and Qin soldiers when the Qing army returned to the division after the Julu War.

The entire capital was already boiling, and the crowds of onlookers crowded the streets and alleys along the way, it seemed that the people of the whole capital were crowded into the streets, there were huge crowds of people, and the sound of cheers was endless and continuous!

(End of this chapter)