In the Chongzheng Hall, Zhu Cixiang was still sitting carelessly on the dragon chair, discussing with everyone about the class teacher.

Cao Bianjiao seemed to feel that the beating was not enough, and said: "The general thought that we could not let Jian Nu escape to the north easily, so we should take advantage of the situation to pursue and completely destroy this Chao Shi!"

Fang Zhenghua and Chen Xinjia looked at Zhu Cihong expectantly, hoping that they could sprint again and destroy the Taqing in one fell swoop.

But I heard Hong Chengchou say: "General Cao's words are wrong. Our army has already suffered a lot. Although the Eight Banners have been defeated, there are still a few main banners in Manchuria and Mongolia. It is easy to defeat them. It is almost impossible to pursue and annihilate them.

After all, most of those Huang Taiji took away were those with war horses, not to mention the unknown movement of Dorgon’s Zhengbai Banner.”

Hong Chengchou was once Cao Bianjiao's old boss. Seeing him speak, Cao Bianjiao couldn't refute, but he still expressed his thoughts: "Can you lead the fine cavalry to pursue, even if you can't catch up, you can take advantage of Fushun Pass."

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Without the 23,000 fine cavalry to pursue us, it may be difficult to recapture Fushun Pass. The most important thing is that the logistics no longer have enough food and grass to supply so many cavalry."

Zhu Cixiang nodded slightly and said: "The pursuit is over now. The slaves have been hit hard, and the north is a bitter cold land. It is basically impossible to raise troops to invade the country within ten years. After the Ming Dynasty has cultivated for a few years, it will be completely wiped out again!"

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Many people in the palace breathed a sigh of relief, secretly saying that they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. His Royal Highness's fighting style was too fierce. He blindly advanced and attacked. From the expected recovery of Sancha River, he has now directly reached Shengjing.

He said that Jiannu couldn't bear it, and even his own people couldn't bear it.

Among them, Hong Chengchou was the most excited, secretly saying that the crown prince was finally going to return to the imperial court, and he would be the boss in Liaodong from now on!

Zhu Cihong interrupted Hong Chengchou's fantasy and asked: "What does Hong Qing think of our army returning to the DPRK and passing through Mongolia?"

"Returning from Mongolia?"

Not only Hong Chengchou was surprised, but all the generals present were also shocked. This idea must be bold!

Zhu Cixiang said: "Now that the Manchu-Mongolian alliance has broken down, the outer Mongolian vassals see us like mice seeing cats. They are not a threat at all. Our army returns to Beijing from Qiangziling from Mongolia. Along the way, it can wipe out the Mongolia outside Jiubian."

All tribes."

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly and analyzed: "Outside the pass is no better than inside the pass. The road back to Beijing from Mongolia is far away, at least 1,500 miles, and there are many mountain roads, and there is nowhere to replenish food and grass..."

The army commanders can get supplies from all over Shanhaiguan through the Shanhaiguan Pass. If they go through Mongolia, this supply line will be broken. The Great Wall is built in the mountains. Logistics supplies cannot go out of the customs and cross the mountains to supply.

Zhu Cixi had thought of this problem for a long time. He smiled and said: "The Eight Banners Army detoured from Mongolia twice when they entered the customs. How did they supply supplies? How did Genghis Khan supply supplies for his Mongol army expedition?"

"The supplies for the Eight Banners Army entering the Pass were provided by the vassal Monan Mongolian tribes along the way, and Genghis Khan's Mongolian army..."

Having said this, Hong Chengchou suddenly knew what the crown prince wanted to do. This was simply terrifying!

Zhu Cixiang's eyes flashed with a cold light and he said: "Since the Mongolian tribes have precedents, let's go and have a look. If they don't give it to us, then we have to follow the rules of their ancestors and rob wherever we kill!"

Sun Yingyuan said: "I agree that those Mongolians have betrayed their trust and colluded with the Eastern captives, and they have done as much harm to the Ming Dynasty as the slaves. I am willing to lead my troops to sweep through the Mongolian Tatar captive tribes to avenge their previous humiliation!"

Sun Chuanting and others still felt that it was too risky. The Mongolian tribes had no fixed settlements. It was difficult to find people in the vast prairie!

In the end, Zhu Cixiang defied all opinions and insisted on returning to Beijing via Mongolia. In order not to impose any difficulties on others, he decided to split his troops back to Beijing in two ways, one through Outer Mongolia and a flat road along the way, allowing each department to choose freely.

As a result, except for the Tianwu Army and Hu Dawei's Xuanda troops, the other tribes all chose to return to Beijing from Shanhaiguan.

Zhu Cixiang was not reluctant. After setting a date for the division's return to Beijing, he drove everyone away, leaving only Hu Dawei and the generals of the Tianwu Army to discuss and formulate various marching plans.

Hu Dawei was originally a Mongolian. He and Meng Ruhu voluntarily surrendered to the Ming Dynasty ten years ago. The two made many meritorious deeds and gradually rose to the rank of chief military officer.

With Hu Dawei's staff, everyone had a good understanding of the Mongolian tribes, and with the Mongolian intelligence provided by the Intelligence Department, after a long period of repeated deliberation, they finally decided on the route to march from Mongolia.

On September 25, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the army that entered the Liao Dynasty formally returned to the DPRK in two groups.

Zhu Cixiang led the Tianwu Army and Hu Dawei's Xuan Army to Mongolia, and Fang Zhenghua, Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and others led several groups of troops back to Jinzhou first, then entered the pass from Shanhaiguan, and took the main road all the way west back to the capital.

The troops of Liao Town and Guan Ning Army were still stationed in Liaodong. Hong Chengchou personally took charge of Shenyang, while Wu Sangui went to the capital on behalf of the Guan Ning Group to receive meritorious service. The ancestors and the Wu family, including Hong Chengchou, all wanted to recommend Wu Sangui to Emperor Chongzhen and the court.

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The battle report of the great victory in Liaodong entered the capital at a speed of three hundred miles. When it was learned that the Ming army had captured Shengjing, the entire capital was in a state of excitement.

Wherever the man who reported victory passed by, the people on the street were in an uproar. People rushed to tell each other, and some even cried with joy.

In the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen and the cabinet ministers were worried about the people of Shaanxi.

After losing two sons in a row, and the Shaanxi Li thieves making a comeback, Chongzhen was in a very low mood, and he seemed to have haggard for several years in half a month.

Since the great victory in Liaoyang, the Liaodong newspaper had not been sent for a long time. He was very scared. He was afraid that the war in Liaodong would be defeated due to lack of food and pay. He did not even dare to send people to ask for the Liaodong newspaper.

Yang Sichang, the new chief minister of the cabinet, was also helpless. He knew very well that either Liaodong was defeated or the crown prince had complaints about Xue Guoguan's death and deliberately did not send a report.

Yang Sichang was also in a state of uneasiness. All kinds of thoughts came to his mind, and he felt very uneasy. If Liaodong was defeated, what would happen to the Ming Dynasty in the future, what would be its attitude toward the Qing Dynasty, and how should the Shaanxi Civil War be handled? These were all his actions.

Problems faced by the chief minister of the cabinet.

Just as they were hesitating about increasing their three salaries, they suddenly heard loud noises outside the imperial city, and it seemed that the entire capital was boiling.

"Could it be that some good news has reached the capital?" Yang Sichang murmured, walking to the outside of the hall to listen.

As he wished, the shouts outside the imperial city were so loud that he could even clearly hear many people shouting outside Daming Gate: Great victory in Liaodong!

Yang Sichang hurriedly returned to the palace and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, what a great victory in Liaodong!"

"Really?" Chongzhen was surprised and delighted. He stood up suddenly, his whole body could not help but tremble. He suddenly strode outside the hall, looking forward to the person who had won the victory.

The cabinet ministers also stood up involuntarily, with expressions of disbelief on their faces. Their food and salary were cut off. How could they win this?

The person who reported the victory quickly ran into the palace, holding the victory report and shouted: "Report! Report to the Holy Lord, a great victory in Liaodong. The Pingliao army defeated hundreds of thousands of Donglu troops at the Hun River, and captured Shengjing, the Donglu bandit's nest in one go!

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"What? Even Shengjing was captured?" Chongzhen exclaimed with a dull look on his face.

Several bachelors in the cabinet were stunned and hurriedly stepped forward to surround the sergeant who reported the victory.

Chongzhen took the good news and glanced at it quickly, the smile on his face gradually widened, and he said again: "Where is Huang Taiji?"

"Huang Taiji only led the yellow flag and the blue flag to Fushun and fled in panic!" The sergeant reporting the victory finished in one breath, and then gasped for air.

"The troubles in Liaodong are finally over!" Chongzhen took a long breath, and then said: "Yang Sichang, let the cabinet draw up a plan to pacify the barbarian general Huang Degong from Huguang to Shaanxi to annihilate Li Zicheng! Expedited delivery to Huguang for six hundred miles!"

Yang Sichang did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly drafted it on the spot and started writing it vigorously.

Chongzhen swept away the gloomy mood of losing his son. In addition to his joy, he ordered the people in the capital to set off firecrackers to celebrate. Then he took the good news and hurried to Fengxian Hall to comfort his ancestors.
Chapter completed!