When the capital fell into a sea of fire, the city was almost completely out of order, and almost adults were in hell, the Tang army soldiers and horses under the command of Li Xiao personally killed almost from the north and south, and immediately surrounded the capital up and down.

At this time, the Tang army had received the news that Li Zicheng had fled westward, Li Xiao immediately made a decision, and immediately ordered the troops to be divided into two routes, all the way for the cavalry of each town and the Qing army and the cavalry of the Shang family, all of which were led by Monk An, so that this cavalry unit would go all out to pursue Li Zicheng's fugitive troops.

Li Xiao asked them, at any cost, to gallop with all their might, to chase Li Zicheng's main retreating force all the way, and to be sure to intercept Li Zicheng's headquarters troops and horses halfway, so that they could not retreat westward smoothly, and strive to wipe them all out halfway.

Monk An shouted the order, and immediately led a cavalry force with a total strength of nearly 40,000, and chased straight to the southwest, and quickly disappeared.

And Li Xiao himself, ordered all the infantry troops to immediately start attacking the city of Beijing with all their might.

Hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers approached the city of Beijing, and the remnants of the soldiers in Beijing were already terrified, and they didn't have time to think about it, so they immediately opened the city gate and went out of the city to surrender.

The Tang army immediately took them into custody, and then after entering the city, they immediately made every effort to kill the rebels in the city, and at the same time sent a large number of auxiliary soldiers to vigorously extinguish the fire together with the people in the city, preventing the entire city of Beijing from being buried in a sea of fire.

With the Tang army entering the city in a big way, the city of Beijing finally settled down a little, and then, the Tang army immediately posted notices everywhere to secure the people, and sealed the treasury everywhere, and the city of Beijing, which was originally in the midst of blood and fire, finally restored peace and tranquility in just one hour.

Next, the Tang army began to hold a grand ceremony to enter the city, and the whole army prepared to enter the city from the Yongding Gate to the outside of the palace.

And when the Tang army had not yet entered the city, it had been seen by a group of idle people, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, after the order on the street was settled, the people of the capital, who were already very lively, heard that the Tang army was about to hold a ceremony to enter the city, and immediately caused a sensation.

A large number of people in the capital, men, women, and children, all of them, ran from all directions to see the excitement, surrounded the Yongdingmen urn city tightly, everyone stretched their necks, tiptoed to look inside the urn city, and pointed at the Tang army outside the city that was preparing in formation, pointing and talking, admiring.

"See, this is our Ming officer! The momentum is magnificent, the military appearance is neat, and the end is majestic. Xiao Lao'er has lived in the capital for most of his life, and he has never seen such an elite official army, which really opened his eyes! ”

"Do you know, I heard that this is the soldiers and horses directly under the command of King Tang, tsk, it is really a good military appearance, good momentum. In my opinion, the Ming army in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, compared with the Tang King, cough, it is a heaven and an underground! ”

"Ahem, what you said, everyone has the eyesight and understands it. Don't say that he is in the reinforcements of the soldiers and horses, that is, the four guards in our Beijing City, saying that it is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, I bah, compared with the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty, cough, that is called a comparison of goods to be thrown! ”

"That is, not to mention the gang of miscellaneous people in the Beijing camp before, let's talk about Li Zicheng, the soldiers and horses of the capital who are giants, and they are also the best at stealing chickens and dogs and harming the people, if you really want to go out of the city to fight with the Tang King, I am afraid that the urine will be scared out! No, they all followed Li Zicheng one by one, and they escaped quickly. Alas, I really hope that the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty will be stationed in Beijing for a long time, and we ordinary people will have a peaceful day. ”

A group of people squeaked and commented, as if watching a free drama, they refused to disperse, so that the nearby streets were surrounded by water, and the people of the capital who were so lively even began to keep squeezing into the urn of Yongding City, stretching their necks one by one, like a group of ducks whose necks were lifted, as if they wanted to take a closer look at the Tang Army outside the city, what it looked like.

After the reorganization and formation were completed, Li Xiao ordered that he personally lead tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses to enter the capital from the Yongding Gate.

Firecrackers rang out, colorful flags fluttered, gongs and drums were noisy, and a group of armored guards and cavalry were led to the front, and Li Xiao, the majestic and heroic Tang King, under the protection of a group of guards, entered from the Yongding Gate in the south.

At this time, seeing the Tang army entering the city, the people in the city flocked to come, and they stood densely along both sides of the street. Everyone stretched their necks and came to see what kind of demeanor and figure Li Xiao, the king of Tang, was.

The people were enthusiastic, everyone was smiling, looking straight ahead, and the scene was very warm. Due to the large number of people who came to watch, the Tang army had to send a large number of auxiliary troops to stand on both sides of the street to maintain order to ensure that the procession entering the city could pass smoothly.

Not long after, Li Xiao led the horse straight in from Yongding Gate, and when he arrived at the main street, everyone saw the true appearance of Tang Wang, who was so young and heroic, and his spirit was extraordinary, and they couldn't help but admire it greatly. Seeing the elite cavalry army under it again, it is so well-equipped, dazzling swords and guns, it can be called the journey of the mighty army Xiong Zhen, the people of Yangzhou, suddenly cheered like thunder, applause like a tide. The people's cheers, like thunder, quickly swept through the entire city of Beijing.

Seeing his own army, so popular with the people, Tang King Li Xiao and those soldiers who entered the city, everyone suddenly felt proud and happy. As a result, Li Xiao's soldiers began to shout slogans spontaneously, merging with the cheers of the people. For a time, there was a sense of unity between the military and the people, and a sense of deep affection.

At this time, Li Xiao, through the city that could not see the end, was warmly welcoming his own people, and saw that although he had just suffered from the blood, fire, and military disaster, he was still full of solemnity, and the imperial heart of Beijing City, which was full of the momentum of China's classical capital, and his heart couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Li Xiao suddenly remembered that when Chongzhen was nine years old, he led his troops to Beicheng for the first time. This first impression, although ten years have passed, is still deeply engraved in Li Xiao's heart. At this moment, seeing the soldiers and civilians cheering warmly to him all over the city, Li Xiao felt as if he was in a different world, and he didn't feel tears flashing in the corners of his eyes.

Myself, finally back.

Think about the corpse of the emperor a few years ago, and escaped from Beijing with the emperor's son, and now it has only been more than three years, and he has finally returned to Beijing.

Perhaps, since I have traveled from modern times to this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the greatest responsibility assigned by God to me is to guard and protect the innocent people in these troubled times.

That being the case, then I must not be afraid of any difficulties, but also for the people of the world, to fight for a peaceful and prosperous world, a bright future!

Li Xiao took a long breath, stole the reins hard, slammed the horse's belly with both feet, and the treasure horse under the crotch neighed, carrying his own master, the horse's hooves got to the ground, and quickly ran to the depths of Beijing......

"King Tang, there is the Forbidden City in front of you."

Li Xiao under the escort of a group of horsemen, left Yongdingmen Urn City, all the way north, entered the inner city from Zhengyang Gate, passed through Qipan Street, Lamp Market, City God's Temple City, Inner City and other lively venues, and then entered the imperial city from the main gate of Li, and then passed through Chengtianmen, all the staff dismounted here, and then walked through the end gate, and finally came to the official entrance of the Forbidden City, the noon gate.

Hearing the call of the soldiers in front of him, facing the majestic and vast Forbidden City in front of him, this huge complex of buildings representing the highest achievements of ancient Chinese architecture, Li Xiao was full of emotion in his heart.

He remembered the first time he had been here.

I remembered the first time I came to the Forbidden City, and I was imbued by the majesty of the Heavenly Family emanating from the Forbidden City, and I felt an inexplicable shock. It is enough to make everyone who comes to it for the first time feel an invisible coercive power.

After all, this is the heart of the Ming Empire, and it is the place where the highest power of the entire empire is located. This kind of power accumulated over the years, this symbol of the concentration of power, is enough to shock the heart and intimidate the soul.

You must know that even Nuerhachi, who was the general of the Ming Dragon and Tiger, was deeply shocked by the bearing of the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xiao and the cavalry entered the noon gate, and then walked all the way, preparing to see the imperial garden where Chongzhen buried his concubine.

Because the imperial garden is not far from the Qianqing Palace side of the apse, and it is also quite close to Jingshan, Li Xiao and his party bypassed the front hall and went to the back hall.

Subsequently, under the guidance of Cao Huachun, Li Xiao bypassed the majestic front and rear palace complexes, turned a few alleys, and finally arrived in the imperial garden where the emperor was resting.

Li Xiao and the others walked all the way and soon came to the Imperial Garden. I saw fragrant flowers and different grasses, the banyan trees were green, the rockeries were towering, the blue ponds were clear, and the scenery was charming. In the garden, a living spring drawn from Jingshan Mountain is agitated and clear, and the circulation is endless, irrigating all the plants and trees in the garden. In the garden, there are palace maids who don't know where they are playing the piano and playing the strings, and the music is loud, which is tempting to think.

Although the area of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City is not very large, it is ingenious, with winding paths and secluded paths, like a smart and chic existence in a group of majestic palace buildings.

Soon, when he was about to arrive at the Imperial Garden, Li Xiao saw a small pavilion next to the Taiye Pool from a distance.

Dongtian Pavilion.

This small pavilion called Dongtian Pavilion is the place where Li Xiao learned how to meet the emperor when he first entered the palace, and in front of this pavilion, there is a taller pavilion, which is the Cuihua Pavilion where Li Xiao met Emperor Chongzhen that day.

Shihua flew by, suddenly like a dream.

Li Xiao looked at the vague reflection of Cuihua Pavilion from a distance, and suddenly hallucinated inexplicably, as if the young man in a bright yellow dragon robe and a hinged gold-winged crown, the young and extremely thoughtful Emperor Chongzhen, was sitting in the pavilion, silently waiting for his arrival.

It seems that it can be seen that the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the last young emperor who held real power, is holding a blue and white dragon porcelain cup in his hand, looking into the distance, and pouring himself a drink. Behind him, two little eunuchs were holding the dust in their hands, standing with their hands down.

All of this is like a dusty old dream, presented one by one on the side of the familiar scene, but, when you think about it carefully, it has long been like a person.

It's a pity that this Emperor Chongzhen, not only did he not be able to turn the tide in the end, but died a year earlier than the real history.

Li Xiao let out a long sigh, walked forward with everyone for a while, and then came to the place where Chongzhen buried his concubine in the past.

Li Xiao originally thought that these concubines who Chongzhen forced to die might still exist here, but he didn't think that when he arrived here, the grass was already green here, and there was no trace of burial here.

After the report of the eunuchs who stayed in the palace, Li Xiao learned that Li Zicheng was also very happy about the scenery of the Taiye Pool after staying in the palace, but he found that Chongzhen's concubines were buried here.

After inspecting the entire Forbidden City, Li Xiao left the palace and settled in the most magnificent Niu Jinxing Mansion besides the palace, and then immediately ordered that the Anping Emperor, who was temporarily sheltering in Jinan, Shandong, return to the imperial court from Jinan to Beijing.

The capital was restored, the emperor returned to the throne, Li Xiao acted like this, did his duty, and won high praise and reputation in the court and among the people.

Of course, when Li Xiao issued the order to move the emperor, Li Zicheng's remnants, according to his order, began a large-scale contraction throughout the country. The soldiers and horses from all over the country rolled up and retreated to Xi'an, from the Central Plains to Shanxi, and the road to Guanzhong was full of smoke and dust, all of which were soldiers and horses fleeing westward.

Like a receding flood, the Shun army that retreated from Beizhili, Shanxi, Xuanfu, and northern Henan gave up a large number of urban territory, while the Tang army, which was chasing after it, unceremoniously immediately received it and sent troops to garrison it.

Of course, because the enemy army blindly fled, and the Tang army had to divide the troops to occupy an area, the intensity of the pursuit was much smaller, in the Central Plains around the hundreds of thousands of Shun troops, except for tens of thousands of soldiers and horses who were finally intercepted by the Tang army because of the untimely retreat, the rest of the soldiers and horses, but all withdrew to Guanzhong, relying on Tongguan and the dangerous places in northern Shaanxi, to defend with all their might.

Speaking of which, Li Zicheng's decision was very timely, because he escaped in time, he not only saved his own life, but also saved a large number of soldiers and horses, and even a large number of goods shipped back from Beijing and other places, all of which were successfully returned to Xi'an, so that Li Zicheng's Dashun had sufficient capital to regain its vitality and retain a chance to make a comeback.

And with Li Zicheng's withdrawal like this, Li Xiao's whole army, with an invincible posture, swept the Central Plains and quickly recovered a large area of Li Zicheng's abandoned land. At this point, except for the Guanshan area, the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty has been fully restored in name, and the country has finally formed a superficial unity and integrity.

When the remnants of the Shun army were swept away and the Central Plains returned to tranquility, it was the spring of the third year of peace.

In the middle of February of this year, although the spring had already thawed, the weather in the north was still cold, and the wind was like a knife, and the Anping Emperor, who temporarily lived in Shandong, had followed Li Xiao's order, escorted by a large number of Tang soldiers and horses, moved to the holy car, and moved back to Beijing from Jinan.

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