Chapter 535: Prison Offering Ceremony
The army entered Zhengyang Gate, and the people in the capital were already in full swing, and a terrifying shout sounded from the crowd: "General Li is mighty!"
"What a brave general!"
"It's simply the rebirth of Zhao Zilong in Changshan!"
"Why are you afraid of Jiannu with such an elite army?"
The people watched the ever-victorious army enter Zhengyang Gate happily, and the crowd was talking.
After the army that returned from Jinan triumphantly entered Zhengyang Gate, Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army and some Xuan Army came in behind. Lu Xiangsheng was wearing a big red official robe, wearing a black gauze hat, and riding a Wuming Ji. The horse was purple-red, but its mane was black, and its four hooves were white. The purple-red war horse shone in the sun. It looked majestic with Lu Xiangsheng's crimson robe. But no one noticed that Lu Xiangsheng's official robe was wrapped in white mourning clothes.
The Tianxiong Army lined up in neat formations, walked into Zhengyang Gate with its head held high and its chest held high. The cheers of the people were connected: "Ship Lu!Ship Lu!"
Lu Xiangsheng smiled and rode on his horse to bow to the people.
However, the equipment of the Tianxiong Army and the Xuan Da Army is not as eye-catching as that of Li Guodong's Jinyang Army. The equipment of the Tianxiong Army and the Xuan Da Army is obviously much worse. The armor on their bodies is far less than that of the Jinyang Army, and the weapons in their hands are much worse, and there are not so many majestic artillery soldiers. However, their achievements are shocking.
After the Tianxiong Army and Xuan Army passed by, there was a large cart pushed by the auxiliary soldiers. The mountains of heads on the car were all bare heads, and there was a head with a rat-tail braid on the back of the head.
"So many Tartars!" The military and civilians in the capital were shocked.
"Of course, beheading 30,000! More than General Li in front of him!"
"After killing so many Tartars, can't they kill good people and make achievements, right?"
"How is it possible? Mr. Lu is not that kind of person at all! But most of them are fake slaves."
"It's good to have a fake slave! I have fought with Jiannu for decades in the Ming Dynasty. When did so many Jiannu behead them?"
In the crowd, someone shouted excitedly: "Tianxiong Army is mighty! Governor Lu is mighty!"
"The Tianxiong Army is mighty! Governor Lu is mighty!" The crowds greeted on both sides of the street were boiling, and cheers rushed to the sky, making Lu Xiangsheng's face flushed with excitement. He thought to himself: In fact, this is all the credit of Guodong's virtuous nephew! Unfortunately, this credit cannot be counted on him.
Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and signaled everyone to calm down. People's cheers could not calm down for a long time. When the streets became quiet, Lu Xiangsheng turned around and pointed at Wang Quan, who was a horse behind him, and said to the people: "This is all the credit of the King's Envoy! If it weren't for the King's Envoy, I would have died in the battlefield long ago!"
Like Li Guodong, he wore a phoenix-winged helmet and bright light armor. Wang Quan, who was wearing a white helmet and white armor, smiled and bowed to everyone.
Following the big cart full of heads was Wang Quan's Huai Army. The armor of this army was very simple. Some were wearing leather armor, some were wearing cotton armor, and some didn't even have armor. They were wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket and goose yellow red tassel felt hat. The equipment was worse than that of Tianxiong Army and Xuan Dajun. This army had very few sword cards. The army of more than 10,000 people had less than 1,000 sword cards, and more than 1,000 crossbowmen and more than 3,000 bamboo archers. Most of them were spearmen and firearm soldiers. Moreover, among the firearm soldiers, the most were cheap three-eyed guns! There were only a small number of Folang machines and tiger squat cannons, a small number of nine-headed bird heavy firearms, and some bird guns, which were not many.
Anyway, this army uses any weapon that is cheap, such as long spear, bamboo bow, three-eyed gun, tiger squat cannon, all of which are cheap weapons. Apart from the clean team, there is no strength in sight, which makes people wonder: how did such a simple-equipped garrison army achieve a great victory?
"It is precisely because of the simple equipment and the ability to win battles that such a general is powerful!" someone said.
"General Wang is very powerful! This man was a businessman who had gone abroad. He donated his fame and fortune and spent money to buy a hundred households. In just a few years, he actually built a strong army for him! Although the Huai Army was poor in weapons, he was good at using the terrain and set up a city in Julu. Jiannu attacked for more than ten days and suffered heavy losses. He was attacked by Governor Lu at night and won a great victory!" Luo Yangxing, the left governor of the Jinyiwei, said in his heart that Wang Quan was actually Li Guodong's friend. This Huai Army had received the help of Li Guodong, otherwise it would be impossible for him to win such a great victory with more than 10,000 poorly equipped guards.
The army gathered in front of the Ming Gate, and the Imperial Guards were guarding each other layer by layer. Emperor Chongzhen led his ministers to wait on the city tower early.
Wang Chengen stood on the stage and said a few words.
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!" A thunderous cheer sounded in the square.
"The emperor is here!" A famous song came from the city tower.
Lu Xiangsheng and other officials and generals riding horses turned over and dismounted, and all the cavalry also turned over and dismounted. Li Guodong naturally dismounted, standing next to the white horse, holding the reins in his hand. But he didn't know that at this time, a girl was looking at him from afar on the city tower.
"The white helmet and white armor is General Li, right?" the girl asked.
"It should be him when you go back to Your Highness. I know that he likes white helmets and white armor." said an eunuch beside him.
Emperor Chongzhen appeared in front of everyone and heard the sound of neat iron leaves colliding in the square. All the soldiers knelt down in one go, and the sound of shouting "Long Live" in the mountains was shocking.
"Dear soldiers, flatten!"
There was another neat sound of iron leaves colliding under the audience, and everyone stood up in unison.
"A great victory! What a great victory! Everyone is a hero of my Ming Dynasty!" Emperor Chongzhen was so excited that he burst into tears.
The captured heads were piled up in the square, forming a Jingguan. Yuetuo's body was tied to a wooden stake and placed on the upper level of Jingguan. Later, Emperor Chongzhen sentenced the prisoners of war: Luo Luohong was executed by Lingchi, and the remaining prisoners of the Manchu Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners were all beheaded. The captured Baoyi, the outer vassal Mongolian, and the Korean auxiliary soldiers were handed over to the Bushi Temple for judgment.
Then Emperor Chongzhen personally welcomed all the generals and held a banquet in the Forbidden City. All civil and military officials in the capital enjoyed a celebration banquet with the generals who returned triumphantly.
At the same time as the palace banquet, the army barracks outside Yongding Gate were already withdrawn, and the imperial banquets were also filled with imperial gifts. The soldiers drank and ate meat in big mouthfuls, and the carnival was late at night.
However, at the celebration banquet, Shandong Governor Yan Jizu was extremely uneasy. Emperor Chongzhen did not punish him at this time, which did not mean that he would not be punished. It was just that today was a good day to celebrate the victory. Perhaps when the banquet ended, his doomsday would come.
Sure enough, before the banquet was over, a eunuch walked to Yan Jizu and asked him to stay after using the banquet. His Majesty had something to come to him.
Now Yan Jizu's only hope is that Emperor Chongzhen is in a good mood today, and hopes to escape this disaster with the good mood of Emperor Chongzhen. Otherwise, it would be impossible to cut the crime he committed into pieces.
Qufu was invaded and the Yanshenggong family was destroyed. This incident was of course not as powerful as Emperor Chongzhen as the Fengyang Imperial Tomb. However, this incident was a shocking event among the scholars in the world. I guess the memorials of impeachment of themselves in the Silijian have accumulated as many memorials as the ones?
After using up the banquet, Yan Jizu stayed and waited nervously. After a while, a little eunuch came up and said, "Please follow me in Yan Futai, Your Majesty is waiting for you in the Western Warehouse."
Yan Jizu followed the eunuch into the Western Warehouse. Before he could enter the door, he saw two eunuchs standing at the door who were obviously like a legitimate son. The eunuch who led the way asked Yan Jizu to wait outside and report it himself.
After a while, Chongzhen's voice came from inside the house: "Aiqing Yan, please come in."
Yan Jizu walked into the house and saw Emperor Chongzhen sitting on a chair. He quickly knelt down and bowed: "I kowtow to Your Majesty! Long live my emperor!"
"Hmph!" Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly, but did not call Yan Jizu.
Yan Jizu was so scared that he lowered his head and did not dare to look up at Emperor Chongzhen. He only heard Emperor Chongzhen snorting again: "Aiqing Yan, raise your head and take a look!"
Chapter completed!