In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhu Cihong was still sitting on the dragon chair with a big grin, discussing the matter of the class teacher with everyone.

Cao Bianjiao seemed to feel that the fight was not enjoyable, and said: "The last general thinks that he can't let Jiannu easily escape north, and he should take advantage of the situation to pursue and completely destroy this dynasty!" ”

Fang Zhenghua and Chen Xinjia looked at Zhu Cihong with anticipation on their faces, and they also hoped that they could sprint again, and it would be best to destroy Ta Qing in one go.

But I heard Hong Chengchou say: "General Xiao Cao's words are wrong, our army has already lost a lot, although the Eight Banners have been defeated, but there are still a few main banners in Manmeng, it is easy to defeat them, and it is almost impossible to pursue and annihilate, after all, Huang Taiji basically took away war horses, not to mention that the movement of Dolgon's Zhengbai Flag is unknown." ”

Hong Chengchou used to be Cao Bianjiao's old boss, and when he saw him talking, Cao Bianjiao was not easy to refute, but he still said what he thought in his heart: "Can you lead the elite cavalry to pursue, even if you can't catch up, you can take Fushun Pass by chance." ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Without 23,000 elite cavalry to pursue, it may be difficult to recover Fushun Pass, and the most important thing is that there is no food and grass to supply so many cavalry to fight." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, and said: "The pursuit is over, Jiannu has been hit hard by this, and the north is a bitter cold land, so it is basically impossible to raise troops to invade the territory within ten years, and after the Ming Dynasty has cultivated for several years, it will be completely wiped out!" ”

Many people in the hall exhaled lightly, and the secret path could finally breathe a sigh of relief, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's fighting style was too strong, blindly advancing and attacking, from the expected recovery of the Sancha River, to now directly to Shengjing, not to mention that Jiannu can't bear it, even his own people can't bear it.

Among them, Hong Chengchou is the most excited, the crown prince of the secret road is finally going to return to the dynasty, and he will be the boss in the future of this territory in Liaodong!

Zhu Cihong interrupted Hong Chengchou's fantasy and asked, "What does Hong Qing think of our army's squad returning to the DPRK to borrow Mongolia?" ”

"Returning from Mongolia?"

Not only was Hong Chengchou surprised, but all the generals present were shocked, and this idea was also bold!

Zhu Cihong said: "Now that the Manchurian and Mongolian alliances have broken down, those foreign Mongolian vassal regions have seen us like mice seeing cats, there is no threat at all, our army from Mongolia to the wall of the ridge back to Beijing, along the way can just sweep the Mongolian tribes outside the nine borders." ”

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, and analyzed: "Outside the customs is not better than inside the customs, the road back to Beijing from Mongolia is far, not to mention 1,500 miles, and there are many mountain roads, and there is nowhere to replenish grain and grass......

If you go to Mongolia, the supply line will be broken, and the Great Wall is built in the mountains, and the logistics supply can not go out of the customs to cross the mountains to replenish it.

Zhu Cihong had thought of this question for a long time, and he said with a smile: "The Eight Banners Army entered the customs twice by detouring from Mongolia, how did they supply them?" How was Genghis Khan's Mongol expedition replenished? ”

"The supplies for the Eight Banners Army to enter the pass were provided by the Mongol tribes of Monan, which were vassals along the way, and Genghis Khan's Mongol army ......."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou suddenly knew what the crown prince wanted to do, this was simply terrifying!

Zhu Cihong's eyes flashed with a cold light, and said: "Since there is a precedent for the Mongolian tribes, then we will also go for a walk, if they don't give it, then we have to follow the rules of their ancestors, and grab wherever we kill!" ”

Sun Yingyuan said: "The last general agreed, those Mongols treacherously, colluded with the Eastern captives, and the scourge to the Ming Dynasty was no less than Jiannu, and the last general was willing to lead his own men and horses to sweep away the Mongolian Tatar tribes, and be ashamed of the snow!" ”

Sun Chuanting and the others still felt that it was too risky, the Mongolian tribes had no fixed residence, and it was difficult to find people in the vast steppe!

In the end, Zhu Cihong tried his best to dispel public opinion and insisted on going back to Beijing through Mongolia, in order not to make it difficult for others, he decided to return to Beijing in two ways, all the way to Outer Mongolia, all the way to the smooth road, each department freely choosed.

As a result, except for the Tianwu Army and Hu Dawei's Xuanda people, the rest of the troops chose to return to Beijing from the Shanhaiguan line.

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

Hu Dawei was originally a Mongol, and ten years ago he took the initiative to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and the two made many meritorious achievements, and were promoted to the chief military officer step by step.

With Hu Dawei's staff officers, everyone had a good understanding of the Mongolian ministries, and together with the Mongolian information provided by the Ministry of Intelligence, after a long period of repeated deliberations, the route of the march from Mongolia was finally decided.

On September 25, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the soldiers of the Liao army returned to the dynasty in two formal classes.

Zhu Cihong led the Tianwu army and Hu Dawei's Xuanda army through Mongolia, and Fang Zhenghua, Chen Xinjia, Sun Chuanting and others led several groups of men and horses to return to Jinzhou first, and then entered the customs from Shanhaiguan, and took the road all the way west to return to Beijing.

Liaozhen and Guanning army troops are still stationed in Liaodong, with Hong Chengchou personally sitting in Shenyang, and Wu Sangui going to Beijing to receive merit on behalf of the Guanning group, and the ancestral family and the Wu family, including Hong Chengchou, all have the intention of recommending Wu Sangui to Emperor Chongzhen and the imperial court.

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The battle report of the great victory in Liaodong entered the Beijing division at an expedited speed of 300 miles, and when it was learned that the Ming army had conquered Shengjing, the entire Beijing division was boiling.

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

In the Wenhua Palace, Chongzhen and the cabinet ministers are anxious about the people of Shaanxi.

After losing two sons in a row, coupled with the comeback of the Shaanxi Li thief, Chongzhen was in a very low mood, and he seemed to be a few years old in half a month.

After the great victory in Liaoyang, the Tang newspaper in Liaodong has not been sent for a long time, and he is very afraid in his heart, afraid that the war in Liaodong will be defeated due to food and salary, and he does not even dare to send someone to ask the Tang newspaper in Liaodong.

Yang Sichang, the new cabinet assistant, was also helpless, he knew very well that if it was not the defeat of Liaodong, it was the crown prince who complained about Xue Guoguan's death and deliberately did not report it.

Yang Sichang's heart is also up and down, all kinds of thoughts come to his heart, and he is very uneasy, if Liaodong is defeated, how should the Ming Dynasty go in the future, what is the attitude towards the Qing Dynasty, and how should the Shaanxi people deal with the civil uprising? These are the problems he will face as the first assistant to the cabinet.

Just when they were hesitating about increasing the three salaries, they suddenly heard a loud commotion outside the imperial city, and it seemed that the entire Jingshi was boiling.

"Could it be that there is good news coming to the Beijing Division?" Yang Sichang muttered, and walked outside the hall to listen.

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

Yang Sichang hurriedly returned to the hall and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Liaodong is a great victory!" ”

"Really?" Chongzhen was surprised and delighted, stood up, his whole body couldn't help but tremble, he suddenly strode outside the hall, looking forward to the person who reported the victory.

The cabinet ministers also stood up involuntarily, their faces were full of disbelief, the food and salaries were cut off, can this be won?

The person who reported the victory quickly ran into the palace, holding the good news and shouting: "Report! Qiyu Shengshang, Liaodong victory, Pingliao army defeated more than 100,000 troops in the east in the Hunhe River, and captured Shengjing, the nest of thieves in the east! ”

"What? Liansheng Kyoto was laid? Chongzhen's face was full of sluggishness and exclaimed.

Several scholars in the cabinet were even more dumbfounded, 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 expanded, and said, "What about Huang Taiji?" ”

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

"The trouble in Liaodong has finally subsided!" Chongzhen took a long breath, and then said: "Yang Sichang, let the cabinet prepare, level the barbarian general Huang Degong from Huguang to Shaanxi, and exterminate Li Zicheng!" Expedited delivery to Huguang with 600 miles! ”

Yang Sichang didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly prepared it on the spot and worked hard to write it.

Chongzhen swept away the haze of the pain of losing his son, and while he was happy, he also ordered the people of Beijing to set off firecrackers to celebrate, and then hurriedly went to the Fengxian Hall with the good news to comfort the ancestors.

Under the supervision of the Ministry of Rites, the "Huangming Times" rushed to print tens of thousands of columns on the victory of Liaodong overnight, and the whole country was jubilant for a while, and the sound of firecrackers in Beijing was even more continuous, which was more lively than the New Year.