Subsequently, Zhu Cihong gave a lecture, and for a long time, he was sentenced to the first level of the general soldier Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, and the general soldier Jiang Xiang of Datong was demoted to the second level.

Although the three of them were condemned, they were not dissatisfied in their hearts, the most important thing is that the generals have real positions and soldiers and horses, and those false positions are all floating clouds, and they are useless!

The crown prince not only did not take away their command power, but also gave the main barracks of the Guanning Army to the three towns of Xuanda equally, which is a great joy.

According to the practice of the imperial court, to deal with the criminal army, low-level officers and small soldiers are generally not dealt with, the Guanning army from the general soldier to the guerrilla general has been cut in half, there is no leadership, it is very simple to annex them, the small soldiers don't care about those, who is not mixed with it.

Zhu Cihong has no interest in reorganizing the Guan Ning Army, these ** will only bring trouble to the Tianwu Army, and it will take a lot of time to control and transform them.

Zhu Cihong has no time or interest in transforming these dispensable people, and the recruits newly recruited by the Tianwu Army with developed limbs and a stunned personality are ten times stronger in combat effectiveness than these things after a few months of training.

Zhu Cihong not only didn't want the people of Guan Ningjun, but also didn't even ask for weapons and war horses, and gave them all to the three towns of Xuanda.

The broken weapons of the Guanning army are either spears and swords, or bird guns, three-eyed guns, and even Lu Mi guns are very few, which have long been outdated, and the war horses are also thin and weak, and the forage and silver salaries issued by the imperial court to the Ma army were either deducted by Shangguan or taken by the cavalry to exchange for wine.

Zhu Cihong's generosity moved the generals of the three towns of Xuanda very much, and their eyes lit up one by one as they stared at Guan Ningjun.

Yang Sichang suddenly felt a burst of fear, the crown prince's methods were too neat, not only did he kill people, but also took the opportunity to win over some people.

This method is much stronger than his father, his father only knows how to scold the minister every day, and he has never used his mouth, and the ministers are all scolded and numb, what should they do.

Even if the emperor Long Yan killed a few in anger, he would still kill civil officials, and he still reprimanded the generals vigorously, how could the crown prince be so ruthless, and he killed eight general soldiers in a few years.

Chen Xinjia was even more of a false alarm, if it wasn't for the recovery of Gaoyang, maybe his head would have to move, but fortunately, he had the courage, between his thoughts, he looked at Yang Guozhu, and there was gratitude in his eyes that could not be concealed.

At the end of the point, a group of eunuchs from the palace came.

The eunuch Fang Zhenghua looked at the heads all over the ground, and was surprised in his heart, and when he inadvertently saw the head of Gao Qiqian, his heart jumped violently.

He read the holy decree without changing his face, respectfully handed the holy decree to Zhu Cixi's hand, and then said, "Your Highness, the imperial master asked you to return to the palace before Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Zhu Cihong took the holy decree and was silent for a while.

Yang Sichang and the others looked at him, waiting quietly for his reply, and they were not sure whether the crown prince would resist the decree.

After a long time, Zhu Cihong said: "Go back and reply to the decree, the palace will return to Beijing tomorrow." ”

Fang Zhenghua and Yang Sichang both breathed a sigh of relief, but they heard Zhu Cihong say again: "When I return to Beijing this time, the palace doesn't know how many people and horses to bring, 80,000 or 40,000?" ”

Seeing the crown prince's tangled look, Fang Zhenghua's old face twitched, and he reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, you are returning to Beijing to reunite with your family for the New Year, not to lead troops to fight......

Yang Sichang was even more shocked, and also said: "Your Highness, leading tens of thousands of horses back to Beijing will make people with ulterior motives say that you have a bad plan." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded with a smile and said, "Elder Yang Ge is quite concerned about the palace, so if the palace doesn't bring the Tianwu Army back to Beijing, who will lead them?" ”

Yang Sichang understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, the crown prince didn't want to hand over the military power.

Yang Sichang said: "The minister thinks that it is enough for Inspector Chen to control the people of the six towns, and the Tianwu Army is still under the command of Sun Yingyuan and Zhou Yuji and other generals. ”

Zhu Cihong looked at Chen Xinjia and Fang Zhenghua again, and the two nodded again and again, as long as the crown prince did not bring troops into Beijing, he could say anything.

Zhu Cihong said: "Then the palace will only take the Yongwei battalion to guard." ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Cihong ordered Zhou Yuji to lead the Tianwu army to move to Baoding Mansion for repairs and standby, and ordered Sun Yingyuan, who was stationed in Zhending Mansion, to lead the remaining 40,000 Tianwu troops into Shandong.

After several battles with the Tianwu army coming from the north, including 40,000 horses led by Sun Yingyuan, and nearly 4,000 casualties, Zhu Cihong planned to repair for a period of time, fight steadily, and then attack and kill Dorgon's left wing army in a big way later.

On the same day, Lu Xiangsheng found Zhu Cihong and asked to go to Beijing together, and he wanted to resign and return to his hometown.

Now he is no longer a supervisor, and there are less than 2,000 Tianxiong troops under his command, and he has fought side by side with the Tianwu Army and won two big victories, and the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army have also earned a lot of credit.

There are tens of thousands of Tianwu troops here, and the battle situation has basically stabilized, and the Qing army can only wait for death if they do not enter the customs as soon as possible.

The ancients were filial in the end, and Zhu Cihong expressed his understanding, and he asked: "Is Lu Qing from Nanzhili?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng bowed his head and said: "The minister is a native of Yixing, the Changzhou capital of Nanzhili. ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a moment and said, "This is the case, this palace will go to Nanzhili again, I hope that Lu Qing can help me govern Nanzhili at that time." ”

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Your Highness's great grace, the minister does not dare to forget, it is the duty of the minister to serve the country." ”

Lu Xiangsheng was a little curious in his heart, it was naturally good to be able to govern his hometown, but the Ming Dynasty practiced liuguan, and Emperor Taizu Hongwu even stipulated: No official in his own province, that is, those who are officials cannot be officials in the province where their hometown is located.

During the Xuande period of this dynasty, the emperor appointed Yang Gong Zuobu as a political envoy, but was resolutely opposed by the officials, who said that only this position in Shaanxi was vacant, and Yang Gong was from Shaanxi, so the officials did not obey the decree.

The official system has been inherited since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is a very serious matter, does the crown prince want this rule?

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Before leaving, Zhu Cihong led a group of civil and military officials to worship Sun Chengzong, who was guarding the city.

During this period, Mao Yuanyi couldn't cry silently, and behaved as a woman, which made Yang Sichang frown, but when he was crying the grave, he was even more exaggerated, and his acting skills were extremely clumsy.

Looking at Sun Chengzong's tombstone, Zhu Cihong secretly swore in his heart that he must fight for Sun Chengzong's nickname when he returned to Beijing this time, and he could not wronged this loyal minister who had dedicated his life to the Ming Dynasty, let alone chill all the officials who silently dedicated themselves to the Ming Dynasty.

Outside Gaoyang City, everyone saw off Zhu Cihong, and the scene was grand.

Fang Zhenghua and Yang Sichang also drove back to Beijing together, before leaving, Yang Sichang carefully explained Chen Xinjia, telling him to work hard, whether he can enter the cabinet depends on his next performance.

Chen Xinjia was constantly grateful to Yang Sichang, and swore that he would defeat Dolgon, and Yang Sichang kept stroking his beard and laughed with satisfaction.

Fang Zhenghua on the side looked around boredly, and saw that the crown prince's dragon chariot was surrounded by ironclad cavalry, these cavalrymen were all fierce, with a fierce face and a faint murderous aura on their bodies.

The guards of the Yongwei Battalion are well-equipped, experienced in a hundred battles, and have extremely strong combat capabilities, and they are all the most elite soldiers of the Tianwu Army.

Fang Zhenghua pointed at these cavalrymen and couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, didn't you say that you won't bring troops back to Beijing?" Why ......"

Zhu Cihong was puzzled and said: "These are the guards of the Yongwei Battalion, who have been guarding the palace, is there any problem?" ”

Fang Zhenghua said slowly: "Dare to ask Your Highness, how many guards are there in this Yongwei Battalion?" ”

Zhu Cihong said seriously: "Two thousand people, we are preparing to expand to three thousand, if you feel that they can't guarantee the safety of this trip, this palace can transfer another ten thousand Tianwu cavalry to accompany you." ”

Fang Zhenghua hurriedly said: "Enough is enough, look at these are the elites of a hundred battles, enough to protect the safety of His Highness......

Zhu Cihong glanced at him and said, "That's good, let's go, go back to Beijing!" ”

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