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Chapter 1237 Summation
Outside Tongzhou City, Yang Rong did not wait for the news of Zhu Zhanji's victory, but Wang Xian and his cavalry.

Seeing Wang Xian's figure appearing at this time, the victory of the Great War is self-evident.

Mo Wen at the head of the city smiled and said to the soldiers who hadn't recovered from their senses, "What are you still doing, let's go out of the city!"

The soldiers rushed out of Tongzhou City, surrounded the 3 people with the cavalry from Shandong, and forced them to surrender their families!

Yang Rong was also a bachelor, so he came to see Wang Xian alone, and offered himself and the ten thousand hostages in exchange for the [-] troops leaving safely.

"Bachelor Yang seems to be disheartened..." Wang Xian looked at the person who ordered to kill Xu Huaiqing blankly.

"It doesn't make any difference whether I go back to the capital or not." Yang Rong said with a sad smile, "In fact, the emperor had long wanted to negotiate a peace, but he was persuaded by the three of us, but he lost this battle. Naturally, we have to bear our due responsibilities .”

Wang Xian pondered for a moment and said: "Okay. But there is one condition, those people from Dongchang can't stay."

This is the meaning of the question, Yang Rong naturally agreed, and after returning home, he called the people from the East Factory together on the grounds of discussing countermeasures, and then the officers and soldiers rushed forward and tied them all up.

Wang Xian really fulfilled his promise and let go of the [-] troops.

Seeing the soldiers hugging and crying with his parents and brothers, he felt that the deal was a bargain.

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The 10,000+ defeated army fled back to Beijing, which also brought news that the army was defeated and the prince and Yang Rong were captured.After repeated stimulations in the past two months, such horrifying news can no longer cause much fluctuation in the mood of the people.They were just worried that if Lord Zhen Guo attacked Beijing, would it take a long time? What if the family ran out of food? How could the whole family survive?
The princes and ministers were also numb, and no one was even surprised. It seemed that losing to Wang Xian was a matter of course, but winning him was a miracle.Many people began to regret that they hadn't secretly contacted Wang Xian to see if they could surrender.Right now, the capital city has completely entered a state of combat readiness, the nine gates are closed, and everyone is not allowed to approach the city wall, and they have no choice but to contact them.

There are also many ministers who are absolutely loyal to Emperor Hongxi. After all, apart from Wang Xian, Zhu Gaochi is a good emperor who is generous and loves the people like a son.These officials took the initiative to donate their property to recruit Ding Zhuang, appease and rectify the defeated soldiers, and did their best to defend Beijing for the imperial court.

It was cold and rainy in the Forbidden City. When she heard that the prince had been captured, Empress Zhang fainted.After hearing Yang Shiqi's report, Emperor Hongxi was not very surprised, but shook his head and sighed: "Why did you have to get this step..."

"Your Majesty, you must do your best to obey the destiny. How can you accept your fate before you have done your best?" Yang Shiqi's expression was also very calm: "Now, please send an envoy from the emperor to send the heads of my ministers to Tongzhou, and discuss peace with Wang Xian."

"Hey, if I knew today, why did I do it in the first place?..." Zhu Gaochi looked at the old official who had destroyed his country with one hand, but he couldn't utter a word of reproach, and it was unnecessary.

"Even if I do it again, I will still do the same thing." Yang Shiqi said with a wry smile, "It's a pity that there is no chance to do it again..."

"Anyway, I'm not in a hurry today, go back and say goodbye to my family." The emperor sighed a long time, couldn't bear to look at Yang Shiqi, and didn't want to see him again.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Shiqi endured and endured, and finally he couldn't hold back, and said to the emperor: "Now there are more than 10,000 troops in the capital, and there are Chengshan Hou and others, as well as vassal princes from all over the world. Please don't be discouraged, Your Majesty." After a pause, he raised his voice and said, "Just delay time in the name of peace talks, and drag Wang Xian's [-]+ troops outside the pass to death! The final victory belongs to the emperor!"

Zhu Gaochi's eyelids twitched a few times, but he didn't open them after all, he just said slowly in a strange tone: "You still don't give up..."

"This is all I have said! This is my farewell to the emperor!" Yang Shiqi burst into tears, bowed heavily to the emperor three times and nine times, then slowly got up with his arms supported, and left with one foot deep and one foot shallow. He paid for it Everything in the Qing Palace.

There was dead silence in the dark palace, and after a while, the eunuchs who kept their heads down realized that the emperor had passed out.

"Prince doctor, send the doctor quickly!" The old eunuch Zhang Cheng's scream finally broke the suffocating silence.

When the emperor woke up, it was already midnight.

Zhu Gaochi asked the queen, Zhu Zhanyu, and Zhang Cheng who were guarding in front of the dragon bed to step down, leaving only Zhou Yuan of the Supreme Hospital to judge one person.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the roof of the tent with distracted eyes, as if his mind was wandering.Courtyard Zhou knelt in front of the dragon bed anxiously, and it took a long time before he heard the emperor slowly ask: "Tell me the truth, how much time do I have?"

The court judge of Zhou cried and dared not answer, only to hear the emperor say again: "If you don't tell me, I will kill your whole family."

Court judge Zhou had no choice but to speak with difficulty: "The emperor's dragon body is dying, and it will... Bintian..."

"As expected..." Zhu Gaochi laughed loudly, the laughter was so penetrating.

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The city of Tongzhou was full of joy. The soldiers slaughtered pigs and sheep, celebrating the victory and rescuing their relatives.

Accompanied by Wu Wei, Mo Wen, and Er Hei, Wang Xian boarded the west city wall for a distant view.Although the city of Beijing dozens of miles away cannot be seen here, the city is five feet high and the incomparably magnificent capital city of Ming Dynasty clearly appears in everyone's mind.

"My lord, shouldn't the next step be to attack Beijing?" Er Hei asked, rubbing his shiny bald head and shining his one eye.The big victory outside Tongzhou City was so easy, it always made him feel unsatisfied, and it also aroused the appetite of Shandong soldiers.

Wang Xian looked at Erhei, shook his head slowly and said, "This link is not in my plan."

"Ah?!" Wu Wei and Mo Wen were not surprised, they obviously knew Wang Xian's plan for a long time.Erhei was taken aback and said, "Didn't your lord tell the soldiers to prepare for the siege?"

"It's just a show, to scare people." Wang Xian said with a slight smile.

"Why?!" Erhei couldn't understand.

"Because, if you can't win, you can't win." Wang Xian said softly: "Don't be dazzled by the victory. Being able to get to this day is already our current limit." He sighed and said: "From From the beginning, my goal was Tongzhou, not the capital."

"What do you mean can't be beaten?" Erhei asked in a muffled voice.

"The city of Beijing is not an ordinary city with high walls and thick walls. There are no siege equipment that can climb to its top. Moreover, there are more than 20 troops in the city. Even if half of them are defeated generals, their families are all in the capital, and they will still fight hard. The defenders of the city. There are also Qin Wang’s army, the troops of the vassal kings from all over the country, and the more than 20 elite frontier troops liberated after Yagyu and the others were trapped. With our 6 or [-] horses, do you think we can do it? Can it be attacked?" Mo Wen explained for Wang Xian.

"Isn't there still Tiger Cannon?" Er Hei retorted unconvinced.

The so-called Hu Zun Cannon is the small cannon that swept away the cavalry of the official army yesterday.It was Wang Xian who ordered the Sixth Office of Jinyiwei to secretly develop it based on the current artillery level and combined with Qi Jiguang's tiger squatting cannon.The cannon weighs less than fifty catties, and the cannon body is no more than three feet long. A carriage can carry four of them, and a soldier can carry it by himself. At critical moments, he can even pick it up and go away.It completely overcomes the disadvantage that the current cannon is bulky and cannot be moved.Especially suitable for maneuvering field battles with the army.

Moreover, the barrel of the gun is filled with one hundred small lead balls weighing five cents, and a large lead bullet weighing 30 taels is pressed on top of it. When fired, the range of damage is extremely large, and the lethality is also very impressive. It can effectively block the battlefield.There are more numbers, and even the intensive impact of cavalry can be blocked.

After this kind of gun was developed, it was kept as a top secret and secretly produced in the mountainous area of ​​Qingzhou. Except for the fifth master Long who was in charge, even high-level officials like Erhei saw its power for the first time yesterday.

Yesterday's terrifying firing of thousands of cannons gave Erhei and many others the illusion of being invincible.

"It's specially used to kill enemies in field battles, and it's useless in siege battles." Wang Xian shook his head.

"Hey..." Erhei sighed regretfully, and asked again: "Then why do you say you can't fight?"

"The capital is not elsewhere. There is no good reason. Attacking the capital will lose people's hearts." Mo Wen explained: "Our banner is 'Punish the treacherous ministers and the side of the Qing emperor'. Now that Zhu Zhanji and Yang Rong have been captured, if Yang Rong did not lie We, the emperor, should hand over Yang Shiqi soon. If we continue, we will lose all hearts. Without hearts, there is no future to speak of..."

"Then what is it if you can't fight?" Erhei asked in a muffled voice.

Mo Wen only said three words. "Juyongguan."

Erhei was speechless.

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The next day, the court's peace envoys did arrive.

It turned out to be Yang Pu.This respected old man had traveled through mountains and rivers to detour through Pingxing Pass, and finally returned to the capital after more than a month. To receive such a task, how could he not feel as if he had been a lifetime away.

When he saw Wang Xian, Yang Pu was still in a dream, and mechanically conveyed the emperor's meaning to him, saying that as long as Wang Xian agreed to negotiate a peace, he could agree to any conditions, and then asked someone to present Yang Shiqi's head.

Wang Xian looked at the head in the box and said in silence for a long time: "I agree to negotiate a peace."

Yang Pu breathed a sigh of relief, but the generals in the room turned pale with shock.After finally waiting for Yang Pu to retreat, the generals couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted loudly: "Grandpa, how can you promise the emperor?!" It belongs to the father-in-law, so what is the deal?!"

Wang Xian waited quietly for the generals to vent their anger, and only asked them one question: "Do you know how many days our army has been out of food outside Juyong Pass?"

Like Mo Wen yesterday, everyone was speechless.

(End of this chapter)