On September 12, the Ming army returned to the pass, and the Qing army also began to return to Shengjing. This was the end of the third Qing army's entry into the pass.

In this catastrophe, the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy losses. Up to 180,000 people were robbed. Although more than 100,000 were recaptured, tens of thousands of people were robbed early and left, and other gold, silver, wealth, silk and other materials were lost.

countless.

Many places in the Ming Dynasty were raided by the Qing army, the economy suffered the greatest damage, and the people were miserable. The Qing army also suffered heavy losses, leaving tens of thousands of heads in the Ming Dynasty.

After leaving Lengkou Pass and returning to Qian'an, some officials and garrison generals from nearby places came to visit the crown prince one after another. Zhu Cixiang only summoned Yongping Supervisor Liu Jingyao, and the rest asked them to kneel in the camp.

Under the flag of the dragon.

Although Liu Jingyao was the supervisor of the Yongping army, he was not a eunuch, which surprised Zhu Cixiang. The Ming Dynasty had established a system of eunuchs to supervise the army since the Yongle Dynasty. The supervisors were basically eunuchs. Liu Jingyao was special.

Later, Zhu Cihong learned that Liu Jingyao was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi's reign, and was currently the inspector of Shandong Province and the military supervisor of Yongping. (Shandong Province in the Ming Dynasty was not only Shandong in later generations, but also included the Liaodong area, which was very large.)

After Zhu Cihong and Liu Jingyao had a brief chat for a while, he asked a group of officials kneeling under the dragon flag to go to work, count and record the names and origins of the captured people, and be responsible for comfort and relief.

As for the seized supplies and property, the Yongwei Battalion and the New Battalion were responsible for organizing and escorting them to the capital. After local officials and defenders provided vehicles, they could only watch helplessly as a large amount of supplies were transported away.

Zhu Cixi held a special military meeting and carefully separated the heads that were beheaded in this battle, and then wrote a battle report and sent it to the capital.

Finally, the generals of Shenji Camp, Shenshu Camp, and Tianxiong Army came out of the tent with smiles on their faces.

On September 14, Zhu Cixiang began to lead his army back to the capital after two days of repairs. On the way, he received news from the capital that Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War, and Liang Tingdong, the Governor of Xuanda, both overdosed on rhubarb and died a few days ago.

, the imperial court issued an edict to convict the two of them of the crime of massacre and confiscate their property.

On September 15, the news of Lengkou's victory reached the capital.

The cavalry reporting the victory galloped down the main street of the capital, waving the news, shouting: "Good news! Great victory at Lengkou. Our army pursued the slave thieves for 300 miles, killed 7,000 enemies at Lengkou, and rescued 120,000 people!"

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"Good news! Great victory for Lengkou! The Crown Prince killed the seventh son of the old slave, Abatai, and captured the surrendered general Chao Pichang alive!"

After the good news was delivered to the cabinet, it immediately caused a shock. Emperor Chongzhen personally read the good news word by word.

"Hahaha! Kill the king in front of the battle, what a great victory!" Chongzhen laughed, feeling that every pore on his body felt extremely comfortable at this time.

The ministers agreed one after another, presented Hua Zao's congratulatory messages, and started various flattering gestures.

A few days later, the Huangming Times reported on this great victory in its latest special edition. The content was very boastful and boastful, praising the great victory to the heavens. Each headline was more shocking than the last.

Each page also has more detailed reports, including not only an introduction to the process of each battle, but also column introductions to the heroic deeds of several major battalion commanders.

Driven by the Huangming Times, the entire capital was in an uproar. Everyone was talking about the name of the Crown Prince, and the power of the Yongwei Camp, Shenji Camp, and Shenshu Camp even made the reputation of the New Camp and the Tianxiong Army.

Already.

The various newsstands in the capital were already crowded with people, listening to the newspaper singers in the middle, shaking their heads while reading the content, and bursts of cheers from time to time.

When Zhu Cixiang returned to the capital with his generals, both sides of Yongding Gate were already lined with ordinary people from the capital, all wanting to catch a glimpse of the crown prince.

At this time, Zhu Cixiang was already rumored to be a miraculous person. The reincarnation of a real dragon, the descending of the Zhenwu Emperor, and the reincarnation of the Ziwei Emperor Star brought about such a turnaround in such a rotten situation.

At exactly the right time, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, the army entered Yongding Gate one after another, and the densely packed crowd burst into cheers.

The flags of Desheng's army were fluttering, covering the sky and the sun, and the emperor's guard of honor among the flags was like the Emperor of Heaven riding on the clouds.

Zhu Cixiang did not sit in the Emperor's guard of honor, but stood on a huge double-decker chariot specially built for him by the Military War Bureau.

Behind the chariots were numerous large drum carts. The drummers beat the marching drums skillfully. The majestic marching drum music even covered up the music of the Ministry of Rites.

Amidst the passionate marching drum music, several battalions of soldiers walked on the main street with their heads held high, especially the Yongwei battalion in the front. They wore shimmering iron armor, marched in neat and powerful steps, and their iron boots beat on the ground.

There was a neat roar on the bluestone road.

The momentum of the army made the onlookers even more jubilant, and some even shouted enthusiastically: "Salute to the heroes!"

Huang Degong, who was riding at the front, was full of pride. He raised his powerful right arm and shouted loudly: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The generals of the Yongwei camp in the front row shouted in unison, the sound shook for miles, and the people watching immediately became excited and full of passion.

Some red-faced girls on both sides of the road were screaming and waving handkerchiefs, their hands almost sore from shaking.

Although the young soldiers in the Yongwei Battalion were still neat and orderly, many of them turned their eyes slightly and secretly looked at these girls. When they approached the group of screaming girls, they all became serious again.

He strode forward with a straight face and his eyes fixed on his face.

Among the welcoming crowd were not only uncles and aunts, but also young girls, as well as some cultural figures, such as some students from the Imperial College.

Some students from the Imperial College were affected and couldn't help but exclaim: "Such military power is something we all aspire to!"

Many students from the Imperial College were fans of the Yongwei camp and wanted to abandon their writing and join the army to serve the country. They followed the Yongwei camp's military formation and followed them all the way to the station.

These students from the Imperial College gathered in front of the main camp of Yongwei Camp and expressed their desire to join the army, leaving some generals in Yongwei Camp wondering what to do.

After each battalion returned to its own station, officials from the Ministry of Rites expressed condolences to the laborers on behalf of the court, distributed some money and cloth to each battalion, and then left after a while.

Zhu Cixiang returned to the palace to repeat the order and handed back the Emperor's ceremonial guard, Monk Fang Baojian.

On the second day, Emperor Chongzhen held a banquet in the back garden of the palace and summoned Zhu Cixiang and other major generals on the expedition, including Huang Degong, deputy general of the Yongwei camp, Sun Yingyuan, the deputy general of the new camp, Zhang Shize, the deputy general of the Shenshu camp, and Wang Wannian, the counselor of the Shenji camp.

There are also supervisors Cao Huachun and Lu Xiangsheng.

The banquet this time was quite rich, with meat and wine. It was not as shabby as the six side dishes eaten at Zhu Cihong's family banquet before. Even though it was so rich, no one dared to eat too much. They only took a piece of it occasionally.

At the banquet, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy. He praised the generals and asked for some details, which made everyone feel flattered.
Chapter completed!