Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 144: Victory in the Capital
"Open the city gate quickly, the imperial edict has arrived!"

Although the captain of the Jinyi Guards shouted loudly, the defenders on the top of the city did not dare to open fire and could only report to the police.

The officer on the top of the city smiled apologetically and said: "Angel, please be patient. Jianlu is in the capital, so you really have to be careful. When the commander comes, he will take care of it!"

After hearing this, the Jinyi guards couldn't help but cursed at the top of the city: "You are so afraid of me! We have won a great victory, and you are still afraid!"

Of course, there was also a hint of pride in his words.

"A great victory? You said that the imperial army defeated all Jianlu? Where?"

Hearing the very surprised questions from the officers on the top of the city, and the soldiers who were guarding the city who stuck their heads out, they were all shocked. The captains of the imperial guards couldn't help but straighten their chests and sit on their horses and shout loudly. He shouted: "In the areas of Changping and Huairou, Your Majesty led us to defeat the Jianlu army, a great victory!"

Another captain of the Jinyi Guards quickly added: "Also, His Majesty led us to annihilate the Jianlu army in Xuanfu and capture Jianlu's Prince Heshuoying alive!"

Hearing this, the officer on the city's head changed his face and immediately shouted loudly: "Come on, shoot arrows, they are spies who came to defraud the city!"

As soon as his men heard this, they immediately took out their bows and arrows and prepared to shoot down the city.

When the imperial guards below heard this, they were immediately furious and quickly moved away from the city wall.

However, the leader of the imperial guards did not move. Instead, he cursed at the top of the city: "If you dare to shoot me, I will raid your whole house and punish the nine tribes!"

Hearing this, the defenders on the city hesitated again.And the Imperial Guard Captain, who came from Xiaoqi, was still scolding: "Can't you recognize my accent? Who dares to make a mistake in this holy decree! Damn it, you guys are still soldiers, you eggs? I don’t even have any eggs, and I was so scared by a mere Jianlu! I’m telling you, I have the military merit of a Jianlu’s head in my hand, but you dare to shoot me..."

He was shouting curses at the bottom of the city, which made the defenders on top of the city dare not shoot arrows anymore, but they also did not dare to let him into the city.

Fortunately, after a while, I heard a voice from the top of the city: "I am Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp. May I ask if I am really a brother of the Jin Yiwei?"

When Xiaoqi, the Jinyiwei below, heard that the commander-in-chief had arrived, and he was also the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp, he became less angry and immediately said loudly: "Isn't that nonsense? Your subordinates are all a bunch of cowards, and they dare to give orders Archery!”

Hearing this, the previous officer quickly explained to Tang Tong: "Commander, this man said that His Majesty led the imperial army to defeat the Jianlu in Changping and Huairou, and even annihilated the Jianlu in Xuanfu and captured them alive. Prince Heshuoying of Jianlu, isn't this a lie?"

After Tang Tong heard this, he immediately lowered his head and looked at the little flag of the Jinyiwei carefully, and then said: "I am responsible for the important task of city defense, and I dare not slack off. First, let's hang the angel up to the top of the city in a basket and verify his identity. ?”

After all, even Tang Tong didn't believe it.

After hearing this, the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi sneered twice, and then said: "You are all cowards. Hurry up and put the hanging basket down. None of you can bear the responsibility for delaying the matter!"

Tang Tong was also called a coward, but he didn't care and immediately ordered the hanging basket to be put down.

In his opinion, he naturally agreed with his subordinates' ideas.It's not that Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi is bragging, it's that there's something wrong with his identity.No matter what, it’s better to be cautious!
After a while, the Jinyiwei flag was hoisted up to the top of the city. Seeing the defenders on the top of the city surrounding him as if they were facing a formidable enemy, he cursed "coward" again and threw his badge to Tang Tong. Not only did he verify it, but he also took out the imperial edict he had carried.

Waist badges can be forged, but it is difficult to forge imperial edicts.After Tang Tong verified it, a look of shock appeared on his face. After a few more cross-examinations, he found that he indeed knew everything about the affairs in the capital city, and he also clearly stated where he lived.At this point, it is basically certain that this thing is indeed true.

But this way, he became even more incredible.

You know, Tang Tong had fought against Jianlu several times and knew how powerful Jianlu was.However, the current emperor can actually annihilate Jianlu and capture Jianlu's prince alive. Isn't this too unreal?

Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi was actually very proud when he saw them like this.If he hadn't been thinking about delivering the order, he would have been willing to continue admiring the performance of these people in front of him, especially the country bumpkin performance of a chief military officer. Wasn't it just that he defeated Jianlu, so he was so shocked?

After he took back his belt, he held his head high and said, "Is this okay? Open the city gate quickly. We have to enter the palace as soon as possible to deliver the decree. There is no need to delay any longer!"

Tang Tong heard this and quickly ordered the city gate to be opened.When he accompanied the Jin Yiwei to the city head, he asked cautiously: "Did you really capture a prince-level slave chief alive?"

"Then there is still a lie, let's call it Aixinjueluo Azig!" Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi said proudly, "This Tatar is mentally ill and dared to challenge His Majesty in front of the battle. In the end, he was captured alive by His Majesty. Then we We took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack and wiped out all his troops. Wow, that battle was really a blast!"

When he said this, he heard another question coming from behind: "What's the situation here in Huairou, Changping?"

Jinyiwei Xiaoqi turned around and recognized the officer who had doubted him just now and even dared to order an arrow. However, seeing his shocked look on his face, Jinyiwei Xiaoqi didn't care. After all, they were just timid. After a while, he was frightened by the Jianlu, so he replied: "Your Majesty led us in a field battle, which was to form a face-to-face formation. We defeated the slave chief Aisin Gioro Doduo's army head-on, and forty thousand Jianlu were defeated. Ah, they are escaping all over the mountains and plains, tsk tsk, you haven’t seen it, this Jianlu can run away faster than a rabbit!”

As he spoke, he had already reached the city.At this time, other Jinyiwei captains had already entered the city, and naturally they also brought Jinyiwei Xiaoqi's horse in.

When he heard Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi talking about the war, he also jumped in excitedly.

"You haven't seen it, His Majesty once again showed great power, it was like a god coming to the world!"

"Do you know the white-armored soldiers of Jianlu? The most powerful ones, haha, were beaten by His Majesty, really beaten!"

"..."

While he was talking, Jinyiwei Xiaoqi had already turned on his horse, and then looked down at the soldiers, including Tang Tong, with shock on his face and pride in his heart. He immediately ordered his men: "Brothers, follow me and shout, let everyone Everyone in the capital knows that we won a great victory!"

After saying that, he ignored Tang Tong and the others. He clamped his horse's belly, patted the horse and started running. As he ran, he shouted: "Xuanfu is a great victory. Your Majesty captures the slave chiefs alive and annihilates all the captives!"

His men followed him excitedly, and after he finished speaking, they shouted together: "Xuanfu is a great victory, Your Majesty captured the slave chiefs alive and wiped out all the captives!"

"A great victory in Changping, the Jianlu army was defeated!"

"A great victory in Changping, the Jianlu army was defeated!"

"..."

Seeing them shouting and riding towards the Forbidden City, everyone on Tang Tong's side suddenly started talking excitedly.

One of the officers also asked Tang Tong for advice: "Commander, is it possible that he is falsely claiming military merit?"

For the army in the late Ming Dynasty, it was not too normal to falsely report military merits. Not only military generals did this, but also civilian officials, such as Zhou Yanru.

If it were said that the emperor led the army to defeat some captives, it might still be credible.But this is both annihilation and defeat. Tens of thousands of captives are no match, so that’s a bit nonsense!
After hearing this, Tang Tong glanced at him sideways but did not express his opinion.

That was the emperor leading the army. Do you dare to say that the emperor falsely claimed military merit?

Even Tang Tong himself believed that there were many false elements in this good news, and it was nothing more than giving people confidence when the Jianlu invaded in large numbers.However, he didn't have the guts to say this.

You know, it is said that you can smell the smell of blood in front of the Meridian Gate Tower!
As the captain of the Imperial Guard ran all the way shouting victory, the originally dull and depressing capital suddenly became lively.

The crowd who heard the news, whether they were officials or civilians, whether they were soldiers or soldiers, were all surprised and asked for the news.

"What's the situation? Why do I hear it seems like a great victory?"

"Yes, I heard it too. Now that there are all Jianlu outside, can this be a great victory?"

"It sounds like I'm calling your Majesty to capture the slave chief alive, am I right?"

"I heard it too, and it seemed that they were talking about annihilating all the Jianlu!"

"This is impossible, I must have heard wrong!"

"..."

Jianlu's army was pressing down on the territory, and even the capital could see Jianlu's probing horses. It would be a lie if everyone in the capital was not panicked.However, when they heard about the great victory at this moment, they couldn't believe it.I have to say that sometimes people are a bit contradictory.

In the Wenhua Hall of the Forbidden City, Prince Zhu Cixiang was listening to reports from the cabinet and six ministers about the capital's war readiness. Suddenly, he heard noises coming from outside.

In the face of this formidable enemy, no one is in a good mood.Hearing the noise, everyone was immediately unhappy.You know, this is the Forbidden City, how can you make any noise!

However, before they had time to send someone to ask about the situation, they probably heard what was going on outside.

Although Zhu Cixi was a prince, he was also a young man. When he heard this, he was the first to lose his composure and asked happily: "A great victory? Did you hear it right? There seems to be a great victory!"

The important ministers in the palace were mature and prudent and did not dare to jump to random conclusions.At least in their opinion, now that there are rebels outside, how can there be a great victory?

So, even if they did hear the noise outside, which was actually cheers, and seemed to be cheering for the victory, they pretended not to hear it.

Fortunately, the speed outside was very fast, and I heard the chamberlain at the entrance of Wenhua Palace enter the hall and say: "Your Highness, the great victory of Xuanfu, Your Majesty captured the slave chief alive; the great victory of Changping, the great defeat of the army of Jianlu!"

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was so happy that he immediately stood up and wanted to go out.

When the Chief Assistant Fan Jingwen heard this, he immediately admonished: "Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. It is best to see the victory document first!"

While they were talking, a military officer in Jinyi came in, holding an imperial edict in his hand. He was sweating and said loudly with excitement: "Your Majesty has an edict!"

When the emperor's imperial edict came, the people in the Wenhua Palace naturally did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly accepted the edict.

After listening, they could confirm that a big battle really took place near the capital, otherwise they would not have asked the capital to send vehicles and stretchers to treat the wounded soldiers.If it is the losing side, there is no such condition at all, not to mention that this is the emperor's will.

The first time Zhu Cixi received the order, he hurriedly said to the chamberlain beside him: "Go and report to the queen quickly, saying that my father led the troops to defeat the Jianlu, and it is a great victory!"

"My slave obeys the order!" The chamberlain was also filled with surprises and quickly walked backwards out of the palace door, then trotted and disappeared through the door.

Fan Jingwen, who was standing next to him, was a little confused, so he asked Xiaoqi, the Jin Yiwei who delivered the decree: "I just heard that there was a great victory in the Xuan Mansion, but it was not mentioned in the decree. But did I hear it wrong?"

When the others heard this, they all looked at the Jinyiwei Xiaoqi with some confusion.

Could it be that he was spreading rumors and spreading rumors, right?
But who would have thought that after hearing this, Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi said proudly: "Of course not, His Majesty issued this edict after the Changping War. The Xuanfu War happened a few days ago. It's ridiculous that the slave chief I wanted to challenge His Majesty in front of the battle line, but was captured alive by His Majesty. His [-] captive troops were killed or surrendered, and the whole army was wiped out."

When Zhu Cixiang heard this, he immediately jumped up and said with joy: "I know that my father is the most powerful!"

As he spoke, his eyes were filled with little stars.In his mind, he imagined his father, wearing a golden armor and a battle suit, like a god descending to earth. The slave chief came to challenge him, and with just one move, he captured both men and horses.Then with a wave of his hand, thousands of troops and horses rushed out, instantly overwhelming the Jianlu army formation...

Fan Jingwen, as the first assistant, was the first to come to his senses after the shock, and said quickly: "Quick, follow the order quickly, don't let His Majesty wait any longer."

When the others heard this, they nodded quickly.

After Zhu Cihong heard this, he immediately said: "Changping is not far away. I will take people to my father's side to treat the wounded soldiers!"

"No!"

"No!"

"..."

For a moment, everyone in the Wenhua Hall involuntarily spoke to stop it, and then Fan Jingwen said: "It is dangerous outside the city. Please ask Your Highness to stay in charge of the capital. I can just take the people there."

When Jiang Dejing, the assistant minister of the cabinet, heard this, he followed up and said: "The chief assistant should also be in charge of the capital, and I can just take the people there!"

After hearing this, other people rushed to go.

The imperial officers and soldiers defeated the Jianlu captives. Such a scene has never happened before. If you don't take the opportunity to see it, you may never see it in your life.

According to the news, the Jianlu forces in front of them have been defeated, and the other main force of Jianlu forces is far away in Yongping Mansion. In other words, Changping is safe enough.

In this case, why not go and see it?

Seeing them like this, Zhu Cixiang was unhappy. All the ministers rushed to go, but they all refused to let him go, but he really wanted to see the real battlefield!
Moreover, I haven’t seen my father for half a year. I just heard that my father was killing this and fighting that. It was so majestic!
When will I be able to be like my father?

The final result of the discussion was that Fan Jingwen won the job by virtue of his experience in leading the military corps in war, overpowering his colleagues.

So, he immediately mobilized the chariots and horses from various yamen, mobilized a Beijing camp, escorted by Tang Tong, and hurried to the battlefield.

Seeing this movement, everyone in the capital became even more excited.The previous speculations and suspicions have probably become facts.In other words, the emperor really led his troops to a great victory!

Therefore, many people are looking forward to the battle report.

No one mentioned the words that the Jianlu were invincible in the field, or that the Jianlu were invincible in full force.

Whether it was Fan Jingwen, Tang Tong, or those who were leaving the city, they all wanted to see the battlefield, and everyone walked quickly without rushing.

Along the way, they met several waves of Ye Buzai. Seeing that each of them had high fighting spirit, they could tell at a glance that this was the confidence created by victory, and they wanted to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible.

In the afternoon, they finally arrived on the battlefield.

Fan Jingwen, Tang Tong and others naturally went to see the current emperor first, but the others looked around curiously at everything on the battlefield.

What attracted their attention the most was the piles of dead people.

I saw that all the armor on the dead men had been stripped off and thrown into a pile like dead dogs.The heads of these corpses, without exception, have money rat tails!

This is the fierce Jianlu who can stop children from crying!
So many people died, probably thousands of people, right?

After being shocked, they then saw that outside the pile of Jianlu's corpses, there were prisoners who were being guarded by the imperial officers. They were also stripped of their armor and the like. The money rat tails on their heads were very eye-catching.

This large number of people made them sigh again.

Anyone who is a bit old will remember that the only victory the imperial court won against the Jianqi was the victory of Ningyuan. It was not only a victory in the city defense battle, but it was also said that there were 260 nine slave heads, one living barbarian, and seventeen surrendered barbarians. name, but they didn't see any of these.

And in front of them, there were probably five or six thousand prisoners, and there must be thousands of dead barbarians. The total number was at least tens of thousands, how could they not be shocked!
Emperor Chongzhen actually already has statistics on the results of the battle.

In this battle, 930 and 600 people were killed and more than 600 people were injured on the side of the imperial army, including about [-] people who were seriously injured.In other words, about [-] imperial officers and soldiers died in the battle.However, most of the dead and injured imperial officers and soldiers were actually surrendered soldiers who had just surrendered.Even Geng Zhongming's troops suffered more than half the casualties.However, Geng Zhongming himself was only injured and survived.

This result was within Emperor Chongzhen's expectations.After all, the soldiers are at the forefront, so it is natural that there will be many casualties.

On the Jianlu side, a total of more than 500 were killed. The reason why the number of corpses here does not match is mainly because many of the Jianlu who were killed died in the pursuit of the imperial light cavalry, and their bodies were far away.The imperial officers and soldiers were not interested in carrying it back.

There were more than 6000 captured prisoners, mainly infantry. Two legs could not run as well as four legs. If they did not want to be killed, they could only surrender.

In other words, Duduo's army of about [-] captives suffered more than [-] casualties. It can basically be said that it has been disabled.

There is no doubt that this battle will be a great victory!
(End of this chapter)