Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 27
  Lu Mou's memorial reporting his victory was sent back to Beijing along with Liang Maochen's team returning to Beijing.

According to Lu Mou's request, this team of people pulled the captured gold, silver and jewelry, as well as the countless gongs and drums tents, as well as tattered swords and guns. The loud fanfare and gongs and drums along the way attracted countless people to come running. Watch.

Although the common people did not see the common heads, they did see the dejected prisoners with no end in sight and no end in sight.

Such a scene surprised the people along the way, and also convinced them that King Ding was so capable of fighting, and that the Ming Dynasty still had soldiers who could fight.

When this group of prisoners were escorted into Beijing, they immediately attracted crowds of people. Countless civilian officials stood on both sides of Chang'an Avenue, watching the parade of prisoners, and the crowd kept cheering for victory.

Suddenly, King Ding's prestige soared.

When Liang Maochen escorted the prisoners to the Meridian Gate, Chongzhen, who was eager and excited, had already been waiting at the Meridian Gate. He also ordered Zhang Zhiji to mobilize all the soldiers of the Forbidden Army to watch the ceremony together.

This was the first time in his life that he accepted a prisoner sacrifice, especially at this critical time when the Ming Dynasty was about to perish. His son not only used various means in the rear to stabilize the situation. And he was still at the front, giving him a beautiful victory and capturing so many prisoners, which made the whole situation more stable, and also enhanced the confidence of the officials and the people to defeat the rogue bandits.

For this reason, Chongzhen specially ordered the three cannons on the five doors to fire in celebration.

This is not making a fuss, it is showing that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are still capable of turning the tide.

The veteran general Liang Maochen, with his chest held high and his armor clanking, strode to the Meridian Gate, bowed and saluted: "I am wearing armor and cannot fully salute. Please forgive me long live."

Chongzhen stood on the city gate tower and raised his hand magnanimously: "Old general, his hard work has made great achievements, and he can live without courtesy."

Liang Maochen stood up straight again: "This battle is not my fault, it is actually the power of the king. I dare not take the credit."

Chongzhen replied: "I am very pleased with the power of King Ding. Fighting to the death by all the soldiers in the army is the basis for real victory. I cannot cover up your merits. I should reward you as appropriate."

Liang Maochen played again: "In this battle, we captured the intruder's henchman Li Yan alive, annihilated 20,000 elite intruders, beheaded 8,000, and captured 12,000. Our army lost 3,000 soldiers killed in battle, and 2,000 were wounded in the battle. We won a complete victory." .”

After hearing such a report, not to mention the monarchs and ministers, the most shocked ones were the forbidden troops.

It was only then that they truly felt that the so-called invincibility of the gangsters was all an exaggeration. Then I couldn't help but think to myself, I can do it if I go.

Liang Maochen reported again: "King Ding had a kind heart and did not want the corpses of the bandits to be killed, so he did not cut off the heads."

Chongzhen nodded: "Your Majesty is kind-hearted, I am very relieved."

"King Ding requested that the captured bandits be treated kindly by the emperor and send them back to their hometowns after King Ding defeated the fierce bandit Li Guo again."

As soon as this request came out, all the people watching, the imperial guards watching the ceremony, and the accompanying officials all looked at Chongzhen.

They didn't know what the past emperor, who was mean, ungrateful, arbitrary, extremely irritable, and cruel to his ministers, and who had to make arrangements for the funeral of ministers before going to court, would make decisions at this time, and whether he could accept the request for death. . Will he kill these prisoners to vent his anger?

Just when everyone was feeling complicated, Chongzhen said: "These captives are originally my people. It was my improper political conduct that made them desperate and take risks. King Ding has a kind heart, am I not as good as a kid? As long as they Once they change their ways, I will send them back to Henan and become common people again."

This is already the seventh time Chongzhen has admitted in front of the people of the world that his governance has been deficient in recent years, after issuing the sixth edict to offend oneself. He also officially stated that as long as these bandits surrendered, he would forgive them and allow them to continue to be the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Everyone burst into cheers from the bottom of their hearts. The ones who cheered the loudest were the more than 1 prisoners.

They knelt down sincerely, shouting, weeping and kowtowing.

Facing the grateful cheers like a tsunami, Chongzhen's eyes looked south, and he saw the hope of Ming Dynasty's rebirth.

I prayed silently in my heart: "Heaven, ancestors, please give me another chance to change my ways and start over."

You can change your past, but you have to have a chance, and the chance lies with your son on the battlefield in Wuxiang.

"San'er, you must fight well in the next battle."

Lu Mou, who was ambushing on the outskirts of Wuxiang, didn't want to win this battle and completely change the situation in which the capital was besieged on all sides?
  But the premise is that Li Guo comes or not.

Li Guo, who was stationed in Zhuozhou, received a report from Li Yan's defeated troops who had escaped. Li Yan's tribe, which had always been known as the most elite of the Chu army, was actually wiped out in the first battle, defeated and captured. He was shocked at the time.

In his opinion, Guan Ning returned the favor.

His first reaction was to retreat quickly to Henan because he did not have enough troops to face one hundred thousand Guan Ning. He asked his uncle Li Zicheng for more troops to fight again.

However, when he listened carefully to the report of the entire battle, he found out that the Ming army was not cavalry, but all infantry. He was stunned; "The Ming army was not cavalry? It was all infantry? What flag were they flying?"

The soldier who escaped reported: "They were carrying a bright yellow flag with the name of King Ding written on it."

Such a report immediately changed Li Guo's mind.

After Li Guo looked at it, he found that the current situation in Beijing had already been clearly understood by Dashun spies.

There are no soldiers left to fight in Beijing, let alone generals who can fight. The ministers were distraught and secretly sent letters of surrender one after another, waiting for their Dashun army to surrender and protect the new dynasty as soon as their Dashun army arrived at the city.

How could there suddenly be such an army? King Ding, King Ding Zhu Cijiong, is just a 13-year-old child. How can he be so good at fighting?

"Tell me the whole battle in detail, starting from the first day of the battle." Li Guo ordered the troops to retreat.

This rout truthfully tells the story of the mental state of Li Yan's army at that time, as well as the foggy weather when the war started, and how they encountered the early morning assault.

After hearing this, Li Guo, who had experienced many battles, couldn't help laughing. "Li Yan, my General Quan, you are known as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, but you are proud and slack off. You were not unjustly defeated in this battle. Then let you see how I, a tiger, can eat me alive." That little bastard.”

He suddenly stood up and ordered the whole army with a determined look: "The whole army is setting up camp and aiming at Wuxiang. I want to capture King Ding alive."

So Li Guo's army mobilized in full force and attacked Wuxiang like a tide.

(End of this chapter)