When the cavalry turned back to the battlefield of Zou County, the battle here was nearing the end, and there were Han troops kneeling on the ground everywhere, and the soldiers of Zhu Haojun shouted "lay down your arms, surrender and do not kill" while encircling and suppressing the enemy soldiers who tried to resist.

After the war, more than 4,500 Qing troops were annihilated, of which more than 900 people were killed in the Eight Banners, excluding the first part of the Eight Banners and scattered deserters, and more than 1,000 Han soldiers were captured, while 65 people were killed and more than 140 were wounded, and more than 30 people were injured in the city, none of them died. 30,000 taels of silver, more than 3,000 pairs of armor, and countless knives and guns were seized.

Almost all of the people killed in the battle were killed under the crossbows of the Eight Banners, which shows the power of the crossbowmen!

In the three battles, more than 8,000 Qing troops were annihilated, including more than 1,500 Manchurian soldiers and more than 500 Mongolian soldiers, nearly 2,000 Han soldiers were captured, 120 people were killed, more than 200 people were wounded, more than 100,000 taels of silver were captured, and countless other materials were captured.

After the battlefield was cleaned, Zhu Hao led the troops back to the county seat, and it was still welcomed by hundreds of people, Zhu Hao issued a notice to reassure the people, compensating some money and food for the injured and contributing people in the city, and the people who had been harassed by the Qing army were also given food and other materials, and the army and the people were happy. Zhu Hao also selected a shrewd and capable little official from the original officials of the county government to temporarily act as the governor of the county, saying that it was temporary, in this time of chaos, how could the court have the energy to take care of these, it is estimated that the county is basically safe, and this little official is naturally grateful to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao couldn't smile bitterly, it seemed that if he wanted to establish his own power, he had to thank the Qing army for killing those magistrates so that he could arrange his own manpower.

After settling the affairs of Zou County here, he held a meeting and ordered all departments, in addition to leaving Luo Yunqu to defend the city, Zhao Yuansheng and the other three immediately led the headquarters to clear the small Qing army around Zou County, and Zhou Da's cavalry served as a countermeasure.

Three days later, the main force of the Yanzhou Qing army began to retreat north, and the Qing troops from all walks of life also began to move closer to Yanzhou. Zhao Yuansheng and others relied on the power of muskets to achieve satisfactory results, annihilating hundreds of scattered Qing soldiers and obtaining thousands of taels of silver.

It turned out that Bala, who fled back to Yanzhou, vomited blood by half a liter, and almost died, after calming down, he felt that although he didn't know the details, this Ming army was too powerful, and he might take advantage of the situation to subdue Yanzhou. After repeated defeats, there were only more than 6,000 people in his hands, and half of the Eight Banners were lost, and he didn't know how to explain to Huang Taiji. As for Dolgon's side, catch more Han people to fill the number, and he can't do anything about himself.

Afraid that Zhu Hao would call, Balatu ordered the surrounding soldiers and horses to gather overnight, and searched Yanzhou for a while, but still did not find the treasure house of King Lu's mansion, and couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and didn't dare to stay any longer, so he immediately pulled out the camp and went north.

The Qing army camp in Jinan City.

Dolgon's face was cloudy as he looked at a secret report in his hand. He was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a great figure and a dignified appearance, with a gleam in his eyes, and full of energy, which was the prime of his career.

However, the secret report he just got made him both angry and happy: Huang Taiji's confidant Balatu was attacked by the Ming army in the south of Yanzhou, and returned with a great defeat and heavy losses, which is still an extremely rare defeat in Dolgon's career as a leader, although he is not his own commander, but as a commander, he has an unshirkable responsibility, it seems necessary to find out who the commander of this Ming army is, very capable!

In fact, Dolgon didn't really take the defeat of Balatu to heart, but laughed a little, how did he not know that this person was sent by Huang Taiji to spy on him? It is also very happy to let Huang Taiji eat deflated.

After thinking for a moment, Dorgon threw away the secret report in his hand and picked up another document on the table, this one was obviously different, covered with yellow silk. Dolgon looked at the Manchu text on the paper lightly, and his thoughts were a little complicated: This is already the third class master's edict of Huang Taiji.

There is a way is nothing more than three, he knows that since he entered the customs for half a year, Huang Taiji is sleepless day and night, not only worried that he will lose the battle and bury the Qing Dynasty, but also afraid that he will support the army and stand on his own, the benefits have been almost reaped, except for the things in Yanzhou, everything can be called perfect, but do you want to be a teacher immediately?

Dolgon really wanted to make another profit, but when he thought of the cold gaze of the Huang Taiji guards who sent the letter and the methods of Huang Taiji, he shuddered, thinking that he was not the opponent of this fourth brother, so forget it or don't make trouble.

"Pass my order, set off tomorrow, and return to China according to the established route!" After thinking about it for a long time, Dorgon finally gave the order to withdraw his troops.

At the end of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the commander of the Qing army, Dolgon, returned to the division after half a year of plundering through the customs, went to Tianjin Wei through the original road, bypassed Beijing and returned to Liaodong, the total population of nearly 500,000 people plundered by entering the customs, millions of silver, and countless other livestock materials, which can be described as a lot of money.

In the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing.

On the throne in the middle is a man about thirty years old, with dragon eyebrows and phoenix eyes, his face is slightly pale, and a pair of gloomy eyes are staring at the battle report in his hand, it is the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen.

The news that Dolgon had withdrawn from the army had already spread, and the content of the war report was nothing more than Dolgon's itinerary, the looted supplies, etc., which were not good anyway.

"Alas, could it be that my dignified Ming Dynasty let these barbarians trample on them like this? Seeing that Dolgon swaggered through the capital and returned to Liaodong, no one dared to intercept him, I am unwilling, you all take a good look. Emperor Chongzhen's slightly sad and helpless voice suddenly sounded, startling the ministers who were anxious.

"Weichen is ashamed, please ask the emperor to punish the crime!" Hong Chengchou saw that no one dared to speak, and most of the civil officials stared at him, so he had to stand up.

"Your Majesty, this battle is beyond the control of Inspector Hong, I implore the emperor to be clear." Zhou Yanru, an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, stood up to defend Hong Chengchou.

"Hmph, when the Manchu entered the pass and went south, Inspector Hong was still on the border of Henan and Shaanxi, so naturally it had nothing to do with it, but when Dolgon returned to the division, Inspector Hong had already led the army back to Beijing, why did he watch the Manchu go away but did nothing? What is it if you are not afraid of the enemy? ”

Hanlin scholar Huang Daozhou immediately jumped out and retorted, he didn't mean to embarrass Hong Chengchou, but felt that Hong Chengchou didn't dare to intercept the Qing army and lost the face of the Ming Dynasty.

"Alright, let me be quiet!" Seeing that the war of words in the court was about to start again, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand irritably, interrupting the argument between the two sides. He was already tired of such endless arguments in the court, useless!

"Your Majesty, King Zhu Yi of Lu and the prefect of Yanzhou came up to play a fold, saying that it was a great victory in Yanzhou!" Chongzhen was irritable, and suddenly a little eunuch hurriedly came to report with a note.

"Yanzhou's victory? Submit it quickly! Emperor Chongzhen said a little excitedly, now what he wants to hear most is the word great victory.

Not long after the Qing army retreated, it is very likely that there will be good news!

The little eunuch hurriedly handed over the fold, and Emperor Chongzhen trembled and opened the fold and read it.

The ministers looked at the emperor carefully, and their expressions changed from surprise to joy to irrepressible ecstasy, and they couldn't help but relax their hearts.

"Haha, well, it's a great joy to win like this! Zhu Hao, a general of Xuzhou, won three battles and three victories in Yanzhou, defeated the Qing army, and beheaded more than 10,000 people! Ha ha! My face has not been lost! You all pass it on and see. ”

Emperor Chongzhen laughed enough, and happily handed the fold to Wang Chengen, the chief eunuch beside him, and asked him to show it to the hundred officials.

Yang Sichang, the first assistant of the cabinet, hurriedly picked up the song and read it aloud, the content is roughly the same as Zhu Hao's results, the difference is that there are more heroic figures of King Lu and Governor Liu bravely defending the city!

For a time, there was an uproar, some people rejoiced, some people were excited, some people were jealous, some people doubted, and so on. Hong Chengchou was first happy, and then brooding.

"Your Majesty, this good news is strange, you have to be cautious." Sun Chuanting said in the prelude.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you need to check who this Zhu Hao is before you can determine the authenticity of this recital." Hong Chengchou is Sun Chuanting's old friend, and hurriedly reminded Chongzhen.

"Are you saying that someone in Yanzhou is lying and lying about his military exploits?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard the words of these two people, his face suddenly became gloomy, lying about his military exploits was very common in the Ming Dynasty, some were unwarranted, and some were exaggerated achievements, but Emperor Chongzhen was extremely disgusted with these things.

"The officials quickly went to find out what the origin of this Zhu Hao was." Emperor Chongzhen frowned.