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Chapter 209 Good News Rumors
In the 12th year of Chongzhen, on the [-]th day of March, in the Forbidden City, Beijing, inside the Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen was angry. The Qing army turned from Jinan to Shandong and plundered Jinan Mansion. The German king Zhu Youshu, the county king Zhu Cizhi, Fengguo general Zhu Cishang and other royal families were all captured.

The situation is so rotten that the Qing army seems to be in the land of no one in the great Ming Dynasty. Could it be that no one in the Ming Dynasty can block the pace of the Qing army?
When the military situation in Shandong was in critical condition, the imperial court sent Zu Kuan as the commander-in-chief to support the fight against Shandong. Unexpectedly, he was also afraid of the strength of the Qing army and stayed behind. not seen!
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was full of resentment. Now that the Qing army has abducted a large number of Ming people, hundreds of thousands of them, and even cattle, sheep, grain, gold, silver, and money, they returned north in a team, and they were about to leave the customs.

Sun Chuanting, Chen Xinjia, and Liu Yuliang led more than [-] officers and soldiers, but they could not stop them. Emperor Chongzhen's anger had nowhere to vent.

The Son of Heaven was furious, and all the maids around him trembled, and everyone dared not show their anger, for fear of harming Chi Yu.

At this moment, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly listened attentively, and bursts of cheers came from outside the palace. The sound became louder and closer, as if the people in the entire capital were cheering.

He listened carefully again, but couldn't understand the content clearly.

Zheng Zheng wondered, since the Julu War, there have been endless defeats and defeats. Now that the Qing army has returned to the north, it is still unstoppable.

Some time ago, there was a good report from the north, and when Zhang Cheng arrived in Xuanzhen Town, he beheaded Ma Zhan, the slave and Fu Guogong, but he didn't get his body back.

Today, what is it that makes the people in the capital boil, and dare to make such a noise in the palace?

When the Emperor Chongzhen was about to send someone to take a look, Wang Dehua, the eunuch in charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, came rushing all the way, holding a letter of success in his hand and shouting: "Your Majesty, great victory... great victory..."

Seeing that Wang Dehua had rushed to the front, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly felt a little flustered, and asked eagerly: "What...great victory...?"

"Great victory! Your Majesty..."

"What victory?"

Wang Dehua was out of breath, and his speech was somewhat incoherent. Finally, he shouted: "Governor Chen Xinjia's latest report, Sun Chuanting, Chen Xinjia, and Zu Dashou joined forces to attack the Dongnu camp at night.
Killed more than [-] slaves and rescued more than [-] captives. The Xuanzhen guerrilla Zhang Cheng was the commander of the right-wing army of the Dongnu, and the general Yangwu set the red flag and solidified the mountain.

Now... now... the whole city is shaking... Your Majesty! "

Emperor Chongzhen tremblingly took the Jiewen from Wang Dehua's hand, he read Chen Xinjia's memorabilia over and over again, and also became out of breath.

"This, this...that's right...quick...quickly send Yang Aiqing over to see me."

After Wang Dehua ran away, Emperor Chongzhen walked back and forth in the pavilion holding onto Jiewen, fidgeting. He sometimes stopped in front of the window to look up at the sky, tears streaming down his face, and sometimes shouted loudly, obviously extremely excited.

Soon, Yang Sichang came in a hurry. Before dawn today, he received a letter of victory from Chen Xinjia, which was more detailed than the letter in the hands of Emperor Chongzhen. Knowing what was going on, he didn't dare to delay, and hurried over.

After Yang Sichang kowtowed and saluted, Emperor Chongzhen asked him to get up and speak, and gave him a chair to sit on.

Emperor Chongzhen had unconditional trust in Yang Sichang. The Qing army attacked Jinan and captured the German king Zhu Youshu, the county king Zhu Cizhi, Fengguo general Zhu Cishang and other royal families. In fact, Yang Sichang made a mistake.

It was he who judged that Dezhou was the way for the Qing army to go south, and told Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, to lead his troops to guard it. As a result, the Qing army bypassed Dezhou and went straight to the city of Jinan from Duhuitong River in Linqing.

At that time, there were only [-] township soldiers in Jinan City, and [-] Laizhou reinforcements. Although the defenders refused to fight to the death, under the fierce attack of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, the city quickly fell, and many people died in street fighting. Finally, King De and the people were killed. captured.

But even so, Emperor Chongzhen's favor and trust in Yang Sichang did not change at all, which made Yang Sichang grateful and more respectful in front of the emperor.

After watching Yang Sichang sit down, Emperor Chongzhen handed Chen Xinjia's victory report to Yang Sichang, and asked very anxiously: "Aiqing, do you think Chen Xinjia's victory report is true?"

Yang Sichang's thoughts changed. In fact, Chen Xinjia had already sent him a more detailed victory report. A few days ago, he raided the slaves and bandits and killed Ma Zhan, the Duke of Fu, and the letter was sent to Yang Sichang at the first time.

Therefore, Yang Sichang received far more information than Emperor Chongzhen, and it was more real, but he still stood up respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Xinjia thinks about His Majesty. With this special merit, he must report urgently." Come on, think about it, there should be no mistakes, I guess, Sun Chuanting will also hear the news of victory in the near future.

The success reports from all over the country, the number of Dongnu's heads captured, may be a bit false, but the beheading of the right-wing commander of the Dongnu right-wing army, Nu Chief Yuetuo, is of great importance, and Chen Xinjia and the others absolutely dare not fake it.

Moreover, as Jiewen said, Zhang Cheng even seized the body of the slave chief Yuetuo this time, and the Ministry of War will know the authenticity when it examines it! "

Emperor Chongzhen walked back and forth in the pavilion with a smile all over his face: "What a Zhang Cheng, what a Zhang Cheng! This time when he entered the guard, he even announced the victory.
According to Aiqing, the defeat of the giant deer was due to the power of slaves and thieves, and it was not a crime of war. Moreover, this honest giant deer is also the heaviest beheading of slaves. It is true loyalty and bravery to protect Lu Xiangsheng to break through the siege.
Now, he has even beheaded Ma Zhan, Duke of the Eastern Nufu State, commanded the slave chief Yue Tuo, and especially captured Yue Tuo's corpse. Hmph, the great victory, the enthusiasm of the army and the people, is enough to comfort the second ancestors! "

Yang Sichang tidied up his clothes and prostrated himself on the ground: "Lai Sheng ascended to the power of heaven, and the soldiers worked hard to achieve such a great victory. I would like to congratulate the emperor and the Great Ming!"

His tears rolled down, sobbing choked up.

Emperor Chongzhen was deeply moved, and said softly: "Ai Qing, please come up!"

Yang Sichang burst into tears, seeing him like this, Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied, he said: "Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and others have achieved great victories, especially Zhang Cheng made such a great achievement. In Qing's opinion, how should we praise him?"

Yang Sichang said: "Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting are loyal to the country, and General Zhang Cheng will kill the slave chieftains, so they need good life and encouragement, so that they can make new contributions to the emperor!"

He continued: "However, the success report has just arrived, and the military achievements have not yet been verified. I think that it needs to be checked carefully before making a decision."

After Yang Sichang left the Qianqing Palace, he walked a long way and still heard the joyful laughter of the emperor in the cabinet.

As soon as he returned to the cabinet, he received a letter of victory from Sun Chuanting. Yang Sichang took the letter in his hand, pondered for a while, then lifted up a stack of official documents on the table, inserted them in, and just pressed them down.

(End of this chapter)