The Qin soldiers entered Beijing in order to present a great gift to Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang who had been in trouble for many years and had traveled through several provinces. The reason why Shouhan and Lu Xiangsheng's victory in Hexi and Jianchang's pursuit and suppression were delayed was not done for a long time, in addition to Shouhan's own official position and other reasons, one of the more important reasons was to wait for the Qin soldiers to enter Beijing to offer prisoners.

This is also a double happiness.

That night, Chongzhen still gave a banquet in the imperial garden, entertaining the generals of the Qin soldiers, the Tianxiong army, and the Nanzhong army.

According to the triumphant entry process drawn up by the three departments of etiquette, officials and soldiers, whether it is the Nanzhong Army, the Qin soldiers and the Tianxiong Army, they all enter the city at Zhengyangmen, and then follow the current central axis all the way to Chengtianmen.

Early in the morning of 12 September, there was already a sea of people inside and outside the Zhengyang Gate, and the soldiers of the five cities and the five military camps each held swords and guns to separate a road in the dense crowd, so that the army could enter the city and win.

"My lords, the auspicious time has arrived, please get on your horses and lead the army into the city!"

Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites knelt in front of the four of them and urged loudly.

According to the insistence of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting, Qin Bing was in front, escorting Gao Yingxiang's prisoner car into the city first.

On the surface, it seems that Qin Bing grabbed the lottery. However, Shouhan knew in his heart that the appearance of the Qin soldiers was too poor, and neither their clothes nor their appearance could be compared with the Nanzhong Army and the Tianxiong Army. If you enter the city between the two, or enter the city last, you will definitely be despised by the people of the capital as the auxiliary troops of the two armies.

The soldiers and horses of the three families had already finished marching, and the Qin soldiers were in front. The Tianxiong army was in the center, and the Nanzhong army was delayed. It is precisely an arrangement in which the military appearance and discipline are constantly creating a climax from low to high.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting have already finished bathing and changing, and the crown robe and shoes are all flat and flattened. "Wei Ru, Jiutai, conced." Hong Chengchou politely said, and under the service of his own soldiers, he mounted his horse and led the army into the city.

Led by a team of 200 horses, the soldiers escorted Gao Yingxiang's prisoner cart along the street, enjoying the cheers and enthusiastic cheers of the people of the capital along the way.

The next to enter the city was Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, a soldier of the Tianxiong Army dressed in iron armor, escorting several vehicles hanging the heads of Jiannu and captured armor, banners, knives and guns into the city slowly.

"Look! It's a good man who kills Tartars! ”

No matter how big the rogue leader is. It is still far from the life of the people of Jingshi. But. Jiannu was only separated from them by a city wall, and saw the heads of Jiannu swaying in the autumn wind, and the feelings of the people of Jingshi were pushed to a climax. Wave after wave of cheers,

Compared with the proportion of Qin's soldiers and horses, the number of horses in the Tianxiong army was slightly higher. It's almost half of the horse's pace. The infantry marched ahead. The cavalry followed, and the armoured soldiers were placed on the outermost side to show off their military might.

"Look! This is the hero who has fought thousands of miles! ”

The earth-shattering cheers made the soldiers of the Tianxiong Army raise their chests. Such a scene made them feel that the thousands of miles of travel and the forcible march of hundreds of miles were worth it.

The arrival of the Nanzhong Army completely ignited the enthusiasm of the people in Beijing.

A team of 2,500 people, an infantry team of 1,000 people, and a horse team of 1,500 people, mixed with dozens of carts, loaded with captured Jiannu armor, swords, guns, flags and other things, and on huge wooden frames, human heads were hung in a neat and orderly manner. Jiannu's unique money rat tail acts as a good rope to tie people's heads.

"Drumming! Advance! ”

At the sound of an order, the trumpeter officer excitedly ordered his subordinates to blow the brass trumpets, and the drummers standing in front of the various squares beat the leather drums hanging on their chests one after another.

"Boom!"

"Knock knock!"

The dull sound of drums stirred up huge echoes and reverberations in the Zhengyangmen City Gate Cave, and this peculiar sound made the onlookers of the Beijing division and the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp curious.

In the drummer's drumbeat, several riders held high the banner of the Nanzhong Army and trotted through the city gate, followed by a team of 100 infantry guarding the banner of the Nanzhong Army and the handsome banner of the Han guard.

Three hundred guards in full armor, accompanied by the sound of drums, marched forward with neat steps! Every step forward coincides with the sound of the drum, knocking on the bluestone paved Tianjie Road, and also knocking on the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp and the people of Beijing.

Between the phalanx, in addition to the drummer, there is also a large car to guide the way. In addition to knives, guns, heads, armor and other items, there were also several captured Jiannu flags.

"Jiannu is strengthening the banner with a white flag! The first battle in Hexiwu, beheaded! ”

With the thunderstorm of the Nanzhong Army in the car, the Jiannu Zhengbai flag in his hand was thrown from the car, and it happened to fall in front of the advancing Nanzhong Army in the whole team, and it was trampled in an instant.

"Jiannu inlaid with red flags, Mongolia gets the banner of Paoshiku! Fight again in Hexi and behead! ”

"Jiannu inlaid with the red flag and the flag of the cow! Fight again in Hexi and behead! ”

"Jiannu inlaid with a white flag to get the banner of Paoshiku! Three battles in Qingshui Mingyue Pass, beheaded! ”

The sight of the people cheering and applauding the banner of Jiannu, which was once invincible in Gyeonggi, was trampled under their feet and turned into a few rags.

"The barbarians in the south must be practicing the demon law, confusing people's minds with the sound of demon drums, and the soldiers will be at the mercy of others like puppets. Otherwise, even Qi Jiguang back then would not be able to train the soldiers so many thousands of people like one! ”

In the restaurant on the side of Zhengyangmen, several well-dressed shopkeepers looked down at the passing teams on the street through the windows on the second floor, and whispered in Shanxi accents.

That being said, the teams of armor downstairs are still moving in unison.

"The masters are not unjustly lost, this is a demon law to make people, and it is not a crime of war! If you encounter this army in the future, you must prepare the blood of the black dog! ”

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, shaking the cups and plates on the table slightly, and these scouts hurriedly put their heads out of the window to observe the march of the horses of the Southern Chinese Army.

The war horse trotted all the way with broken steps, and naturally it was impossible to keep the same pace. However, in the eyes of those who know it. All the horses are advancing in a transverse plane, and there is almost a rubbing between people and horses,

The cavalrymen held spears high in their hands, hundreds of spears held at one height, like a forest of spears born in the flat ground.

The sound of hooves, guns, and armor constitute the most important impression of the horse team.

"Uncle Erhu, the horses and armor of these officers and soldiers are good! It's just that the riding skills are not good! It's not as good as riding in Russia! A half-grown boy spoke with the adults around him in a thick Shaanxi accent.

"That's it! Russia also thinks that such a good horse is blind in their hands! I don't know how they defeated the Tartars! ”

Liu Tichun, known as the Second Tiger Uncle, also sneered at the horse team of the Southern Central Army.

"However, their horses can run like this, but our old battalion cavalry can't do it!"

Behind the horse team. It's still a long convoy. On each car, there are three coffins, on which are written the names of the fallen soldiers of the Nanzhong Army, where they died, and what their exploits were.

I saw these dozens of big cars coming slowly. From the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp who maintain order to the people who watch the excitement. They all knelt down. Bow and weep.

Near noon, the three soldiers and horses lined up at the Jinshui Bridge in front of the Chengtian Gate.

In front of their respective queues, they all put their own combat exploits at the forefront. The Qin soldiers lined up Gao Yingxiang's prisoner cart and the heads of more than a dozen beheaded rogue leaders in front of the battle. The Tianxiong Army and the Nanzhong Army put a cart of Jiannu heads in front of the battle. Between the first class vehicles of military merit. On each knelt were two captured characters such as the Red Flag and the Red Flag Yurt, Yu Ding, and the Armored Man.

In the direction of the noon gate, there were already 1,500 Han generals sent by the Jinyi guard, with embroidered spring knives hanging from their waists and eagle beak spears in their hands, lined up on both sides. Next to him are the civil and military officials with neat crowns and robes, also holding the wat board, and standing solemnly according to the rules of Wendong and Wuxi.

In accordance with the old practice of offering Japanese prisoners captured by Korea during the Wanli period, the Ministry of Rites set up a throne for Chongzhen on the Wumen Tower, and set up a Li Song Kaile downstairs, with Xielu Lang located in the north of Song Kaile and Si Le located in the south of Xielu Lang. The offering of prisoners is located in the south of the building, the dedication of prisoners is located in the north of the school, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is located in the north of the school, all of which are north-facing. There is also a criminal department, and the book is taken prisoner, which is located in the west and east of the prisoner position. The Lubu case is located in the middle of the inner road, facing south. The subject of Lubu is located in the east of the case, and the undertaking is located in the northeast of the case, both to the west. Xuanlubu is located in the south of Wenwu Ban, facing north.

Hong Chengchou, who was the first to offer prisoners, lifted the hem of his official uniform, trotted all the way across the Jinshui Bridge, knelt down under the city tower, and shouted upwards: "Minister!" Hong Chengchou, ordered to suppress thieves in Shaanxi! Relying on the two ancestors of the Emperor Tianwei, relying on the blessing of the saints, the death force of the soldiers, fortunately not dishonored, in the black water of Zhouzhi County, the first thief to break through against Gao Yingxiang captured, dedicated to His Majesty, please Majesty! ”

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department led the left and right attendants out of the class to perform work, kneeling on the royal road, and the two attendants knelt tightly on the left and right sides. Feng Ying, the secretary of the criminal department who is known as the Great Commander, loudly reported his official title, first name and surname and the names of the left and right servants to Chongzhen, who was sitting on the upper floor of the Wumen Gate, and then stated the charges and charges of Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the Liukou, "Please behead the prisoner and thief, Gao Yingxiang!" Go to the city of Cao to be executed, please order. ”

This is probably the crime is extremely heinous, not killing is not enough to anger the people, not killing is not enough to uphold the people's hearts, and it should be escorted to the execution ground and immediately shot. Oh, it seems that shooting was not yet fashionable in those days. Na Shang Shuduan is a good character, a long paragraph, the words are sonorous and powerful, loud and comfortable. After speaking, the three of them immediately bowed to the ground, waiting for Chongzhen's will.

"Take it!"

Today's etiquette is completely carried out in accordance with the regulations of offering prisoners and vacans during the Wanli period of that year, and even the lines of the emperor and the ministers and nobles are concocted in the same way.

"Take it!"

Standing beside Chongzhen, the two elected relatives with high moral and respected virtues shouted loudly.

"Take it!"

The two became four, and they shouted and shouted.

"Take it!"

Four became eight, and eight became sixteen.

The sound passed through the noon gate to the heavenly street like rolling thunder, and the onlookers on the heavenly street shouted loudly together with the three hundred and sixty Han generals. It was passed all the way to the prison car where Gao Yingxiang was imprisoned. Gao Yingxiang, dressed in red clothes and red shirts, was escorted by a hundred households in brocade clothes, and ten Jinyi banner schools pushed and shoved him out of West Chang'an Gate, and was escorted by Feng Ying and Feng Shangshu of the Criminal Department to Xishi for execution.

Gao Yingxiang, the king of several provinces, ate 3,600 knives in the west market of the capital and wore a red robe to the sky.

Next, Lu Xiangsheng and Li Shouhan sacrificed prisoners.

Lu Xiang's promotion is also in accordance with the rules, but he is just a few military meritorious officers and a few strong officers.

But. When I got to Shouhan, there were some small problems.

"Minister! Li Shouhan! Ordered to enter Beijing! Kill the thieves in Liaodong, rely on the majesty of the ancestors, look up to the Hongfu of His Majesty, and use the heroism of the soldiers! First fought in Hexi, and then fought at the pass, successively captured more than 6,000 heads of rebels, and captured hundreds of leaders at all levels of rebels, such as Ding Baoyi Ahha! Dedicated to Majesty, please Majesty! ”

Qian Qianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites standing in the Wenchen team, couldn't help but pout. expressed his disdain for Li Shouhan, a nouveau riche from the Southern Barbarians.

"It's really uninsightful! It's okay to build a slave. Dongnu, when did you become a thief in Liaodong?! According to him, the looting at the entrance of Jiannu is obviously an external trouble. It's the same as the rogue. It's become an internal worry?! It's really ridiculous! ”

His insights. It was immediately approved by several surrounding ministers.

The old gentleman really hit the nail on the head, and bribed the saint with wealth, grain, and rice for those who relied on military merits. I am a person who is on the right path, and I am ashamed to be with him! ”

"Take it!"

Chongzhen's shouts came from the city tower again.

"Take it!"

One by one, it was passed down to the top of the heavenly street, and tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, "Take it!" ”

Like a storm, like a thunderbolt, the captured Baoyi Aha and the leaders of the Red Banner Mongolia were paralyzed, and hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Nanzhong Army would take the Jiannu prisoners to Xishi like rabbits and take the goshawks of the Jinyi Banner School who pounced like wolves and tigers. Inevitably, Feng Shangshu has more work.

On the same day, after completing a series of ceremonies to offer prisoners, the eunuch Wang Chengen, the chief of ceremonies, announced that in order to celebrate the two great victories, the Jiannu was expelled from the customs, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were widowed and lonely, and each was rewarded with wine and food.

All meritorious soldiers were given wine and food.

Set up a banquet in the Qianqing Palace to reward the meritorious soldiers of each army.

The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials and other ministries were ordered to discuss the matter of Chongzhen's ten-year opening of Enke.

That night, in the Qianqing Palace, Shouhan hit a nail that was not too big or small.

The Son of Heaven gave a wine banquet naturally and couldn't eat and drink casually, but at the time of the banquet, Chongzhen announced with great interest that today's monarchs and ministers are having fun, and they don't have to stick to etiquette, just take off the wreckage!

After three rounds of drinking, Chongzhen was on a whim, and under the service of several ministers, he toasted to each table, which was something he had never done since he ascended the throne, and all the ministers were sincerely afraid for a while.

Chongzhen's toast has been completed, that is, the three meritorious ministers toasted one by one, and they also showed off their glory everywhere.

However, Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng are not enough, they have a lot of relationships with fellow villagers and colleagues in the same year, and everyone will not embarrass them on such an occasion, and they have to give praises.

However, when I got to Shouhan, something happened.

Accompanied by Wang Dehua's guidance, Shouhan came everywhere. Wang Dehua introduced the officials' official positions, names, hometowns, and so on. After two tables, came the third seat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, General Longhu and Governor Nanzhong Soldiers, Horses, Money and Grain, Lord Li are here for the longevity of the monarchs, please!"

But everyone turned a blind eye, still drinking and eating on their own, talking about poetry and songs, and whispering about which singer in the house was good.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Li is ordered to live for all the monarchs, please!"

Wang Dehua's voice also raised an octave, which clearly did not take him, a pen-writing eunuch, in his eyes.

"Princess, the lower officials have something to ask General Li for advice."

"It turned out to be Qian Shilang, please speak." Wang Dehua deliberately reminded Li Shouhan that the person in front of him was Qian Qianyi, who was known as Jiang Zuosan's family, and Yan Qing, the prodigal son in the Donglin Point General Record, was.

"It turned out to be this old bastard! Your water is too cold! ”

"The lower officer has something unclear, so he asked General Li for advice. Since the beginning of the National Dynasty, the governors of various places have all been scholars, and they were born in Kejia, I don't know what General Li's own reputation is? How can he be in charge of the money and food affairs of the South China Army? and supervise the two Guangxi suppression matters? ”

This is clearly a slap in the face! A few followers around Shouhan couldn't hold back and wanted to step forward to educate the smug old bastard in front of him to touch the body and soul, but Shouhan stopped him with his eyes.

"I don't know what Lord Qian's own reputation is?"

Shouhan drank all the imperial wine in the cup, you old girl is very good, Lao Tzu won't drink with you anymore!

"The lower officials are not talented, and there are three Jinshi in the first class in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli."

"Qian Lao is the Tanhualang of the year! The article is romantic, and it is the best for a while! An official sitting at the same table couldn't stop touting Qian Qianyi.

"It turned out to be Tanhua! Disrespectful! Compared with Tanhualang, Li is very ashamed, and he has no fame at all. However, although Li has no fame, he also knows a few words, and admires the sage's education, and when he entered Beijing the day before yesterday, he occasionally got a five-unique one. ”

"Oh? It is said that General Li is a good hand at killing the enemy, but I don't know that General Li can also write poetry? ”

"That's it! I don't know if the rhyme matches? Is the text neat? ”

Li has always believed that poetry and words are only sent out by the heart. It's not more than sticking to the rhythm of rhyme. ”

"Oh! General Lee's high argument! I hope to show you a big show, and I will listen to you. ”

In an instant, the Qianqing Palace, which was still noisy and noisy, suddenly quieted down, and the eyes of everyone in the palace turned to Shouhan's side.

"Xia Zhu has shrugged, Han Qi is not surprised. The dragon and tiger in the river are still talking about military aircraft. ”

Shouhan finished reading these four lines of poetry aloud, and bowed his hand to Qian Qianyi: "This poem of this official is that when he returned to his teacher from Qingshui Mingyue Pass that day, he looked at the mouths of the Great Wall from afar, and felt the situation touching the scene. ”

Slap in the face, this is a big slap in the face!

Xia Zhu and Han Qi were both models of literati leading troops, and they were good at prestige, causing the Song Dynasty to lose one war after another against Western Xia, and the soldiers, horses, money, and grain were lost somewhat.

"Li Mou is not talented, a few crooked poems, I hope you gentlemen will give me one or two."

Wang Dehua on the side was so happy that his mouth was crooked, this Governor Li was really a wonderful person. Using such a poem to scold this group of scholars for being a waste rice bucket with the skills of the country and the enemy, let me comment on how well our poem is written? Isn't this the same as pumping someone with a big mouth, and asking that person to say that the strength and angle need to be adjusted!

As the leader of Donglin, Qian Qianyi had long included Li Shouhan, who was flattering the king and colluding with eunuchs, in the ranks of the eunuchs. However, at this moment, seeing that everyone's faces were red and white for a while, but they couldn't have a seizure, their eyes rolled, and they came up with a way to change the topic.

"When the adults sacrifice prisoners during the day, why do they call the captives of Jiannu and the rogues thieves? Does this seem to be inconsistent with the system? It must be known that since Wanli, Jiannu has frequently violated the boundary, and after the change of his own life, he has repeatedly entered the customs and plundered ......"

"Nonsense!"

Hearing Qian Qianyi's words, Shouhan couldn't help but throw his cup on the ground.

"Liaodong has been my Chinese land since ancient times! Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, there have been many historical books, all of which can be used as evidence! Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, I have set up government post stations in various parts of Liaodong, and included Liaodong in my Ming Dynasty. Why do you talk about the word offense?! And the old slave family, all the past generations have been my Ming officials, and the old slave himself was the commander of the Jianzhou Guard at that time! These, you Lord Qian is a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, how do you not know?! ”

"Today's Jiannu is Yang Yinglong, the Banzhou of Shenzong, although he is dominant for a while, plundering all directions, but he is all a traitor and thief of my Ming Dynasty, not called a bandit, a thief, why is it?!"

"Majesty!"

Shouhan turned to Chongzhen on the throne and knelt down to play.

"Your Majesty is begging, and the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Three Law Divisions are ordered to issue a sea arrest document, and Huang Taiji and others are wanted!" (To be continued......)