August 10 of the ninth year of Chongzhen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The Qing army, which invaded the Ming Dynasty, under the leadership of the commander Azig, left the pass from Lengkou (northeast of present-day Qian'an County, Hebei). It was twenty days earlier than the historical return time. Moreover, the scope of the Qing army's captivity this time was also greatly reduced, basically only in the Xuanfu North Road and East Road, as well as the Shuntianfu area.

Under the heavy blow of Li Xiao's Tiger Army, the results captured by the Qing army this time were much smaller than in real history.

In total, only more than 32,000 people, more than 47,000 head of livestock, more than 3,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty were captured, and more than 2,000 taels of gold, more than 218,000 taels of silver, and more than 6,000 horses of silk were captured.

The results of this captivity are more than half of the actual captures in history.

In addition to the greatly reduced results, the Qing army entered the customs this time, and the losses of soldiers and horses were also very considerable. In total, nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses were killed or captured, and most of them were killed and captured by Li Xiaojun.

And what made the commander of Zhengming Azig the most sad was that this entry into the customs actually damaged the commander Yangguli, the general Tan Tai and other important generals, which was the most heavy blow to the arrogant Qing army.

Before leading the army back to the north, Azig, who felt that he had suffered a great loss, retaliated and gathered a large army, surrounded the Beijing division, and tried to lure the Ming army out of Beijing for a decisive battle. As a result, the Ming army did not move, defending the Beijing division, and Azig did not have the ability to really attack the capital, and after three days of siege, he had no choice but to withdraw the siege and return north.

This time retreated from the Guannei, the Qing army did not follow the history of the "Ju Yan ornamented horse, play music and return", nor did they write the words "all officials are exempt" and threw them on the side of the road, in order to abuse the Ming Dynasty generals, but in a gray marching posture, escorting the captured and prisoners, and quickly went out of the north of the pass.

On the way back, the commander of Zhengming, Azig, had a grim face, and there was no joy of victory at all, as if he had completely lost a battle.

The lieutenant general next to him, Abatai, was also gray and listless, and he was riding a horse with his head down, and the depression in his heart could not be increased.

Both of them could faintly feel that after returning to the north this time, what greeted them was probably not a grand welcome ceremony, but most likely a harsh reprimand and punishment.

The reason for this is that, in addition to the loss of important generals such as Yanggul Tantai, the serious loss of Manchurian troops of the Zhenghuang Banner Department is the thing that fears Azig the most.

Since Huang Taiji annexed the Zhenglan Banner, the strength of the two yellow banners of his pro-unification has risen sharply, and you must know that the standing strength of the Manchurian Qing army is only 60,000 or 70,000, and the strength of the two yellow banners accounts for more than 20,000 people, which is far superior to the other banners.

Now, there are more than 6,500 people in the Zhenghuang Banner Division, and most of the elite troops of the Zhenghuang Banner have been destroyed in this battle. Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty, if he learned that his direct troops had suffered such a devastating loss, how would he be furious.

This is all caused by that damn Ming dog Li Xiao!

"Li Xiao of the dog, Lao Tzu must cut off your dog's head!"

Azig gritted his teeth and swore a heavy oath.

Seeing that the Qing army finally returned to the north, the Ming Dynasty finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Chongzhen then took Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, and Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, to open the knife.

The emperor was extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, and Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanfu, who were timid and almost helpless against the Tartars in the invasion and defense of the Qing army. Although they were not sent to prison as in history, they were also severely reprimanded and dismissed.

However, speaking of which, Zhang Fengyi and Liang Tingdong still have to secretly thank Li Xiao, after all, it is precisely because of Li Xiao's outstanding military exploits that the imperial court will open up to them and allow them to return to their hometowns, instead of being forced by the imperial court to commit suicide by eating rhubarb as in history.

Next, the imperial court announced new personnel appointments.

Yang Sichang, the former right attendant of the military department who was at home, was ordered by the emperor to seize his favor and appointed as the new secretary of the military department. Lu Xiangsheng, the former governor of the five provinces in Guannai, succeeded Liang Tingdong and served as the governor of Xuanda.

The day after the Qing army left the customs, the imperial court held a grand ceremony to sacrifice prisoners.

This is what Chongzhen insists on doing in order to inspire the military and the people. Of course, the protagonist of the prisoner sacrifice ceremony was the Tiger Army who had made great contributions by beheading and captives.

According to the system of offering prisoners, as early as the day before, the internal officials have set up the throne in the middle of the front of the noon gate, at this time, the brocade guard, also set up a guard of honor in the noon gate before the east and west of the royal road, the teaching workshop Chen Dale in the southeast and northwest directions of the royal road, thinking that the four sides play in unison. There is also the Honglu Temple, where the two people are set up to praise the two people before the noon gate, east and west face each other.

On the day of the prisoner's dedication, the Chinese military officials in Beijing, all of whom had court uniforms, were on both sides of the noon gate, as well as the elderly in various squares in Gyeonggi, were also invited to participate in the celebration

On the main road of the capital, the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, divided into many teams, immediately began to clear the road, and the guide officials of the military department also arrived in the Yongding Gate Urn City first, ready to lead the Tiger Army to travel.

At this time, both sides of the main avenue of the Beijing Division were crowded with onlookers in the capital, and the buildings and shops along the street were also crowded with people, people either stood at the door, or opened the windows to look around.

As soon as the hour arrived, in the urn of Yongding City, the military drums rumbled, and a loud slogan and song came out.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Kill the Tartars, make a meritorious name!"

"Kill the Tartars, go to heaven!"

"Although you kill a Tartar in this life, you will die in the next life!"

"Angry hair rushes to the crown, relying on the place, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and be fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad。。。。。。 ”

In the loud singing, the tiger army with dazzling swords and guns, bright armor and flying flags lined up neatly and marched out of the exit of Yongding Gate Urn City. The first was the Flying Harrier Light Cavalry, then the shield soldiers, then the spearmen, the auxiliaries, and the Lumi guns, then the rampant sentinels, then the Tumut Mongol cavalry, and at the back of the team were the Xuanhu heavy cavalry and Li Xiao's escort cavalry.

The onlookers in the capital were surprised to see that on the tips of the spearmen's spears, there were thousands of hideous-looking Tartar heads made of lime nitrate!

And between the auxiliaries and the rampant sentry, there was a group of 800 Qing prisoners who were tied together with ropes and marched in despair, wearing only underwear, and the image was extremely unbearable.

Ingmar, a Mongolian princess dressed in the cavalry uniform of the Ming Army and leading the Mongolian cavalry of the Tumut Department forward, was very excited when she saw the crowd of onlookers.

Walking in the heart of the Ming Empire, she was admired by thousands of people, and this huge glory and momentum made her deeply intoxicated.

With a look of joy on her face, she looked back at Li Xiao who was marching forward behind her, but found that Li Xiao's face was very serious and calm, and she did not show any obvious excited expression.

The loud military song continued to reverberate, "Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When the courtiers hate, when will they perish. Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. Wait to start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky。。。。。。。 ”

The crowd of onlookers, at first was deeply shocked by the mighty momentum of the Tiger Army, all quietly, and when the Tiger Army all walked out of the doorway and strode towards Zhengyang Gate, a voice suddenly shouted: "What a Tiger Army, what a good man!" ”

The stunned people of the capital finally reacted, and shouted in unison:

"Tigers!"

"Hero!"

"Tigers!"

"Hero!"

。。。。。。

Soon, the cheers and cheers of the people on both sides converged into a surging sound wave like a tide, like spring thunder rolling, resounding through the outer city of Beijing.

Li Xiao understood their feelings very well.

Since the establishment of slaves, they have been living in fear all the time, from all over the Ming Empire, the terrible news of the Ming army's successive defeats has made the people frightened. Since the early years of Chongzhen, the capital seems to have become a concentration camp for bad news. And now, finally, there is a Ming army today, which did not disappoint them.

This army is well-groomed, neatly armored, and full of a kind of steely and fierce tiger army, and now the capital has beheaded and sacrificed prisoners, which has really greatly increased the momentum of the officers and soldiers, and also has a bad breath for many frightened and depressed people.

The people of Jingshi, who were emotionally exploded, cheered loudly to the Tiger Army, venting their joy and love in their hearts.

Seeing the people of the capital cheering so enthusiastically, Li Xiao, who had always been serious, also showed a smile on his face. Dressed in stainless steel gilt armor, wearing an eight-petal red tasseled helmet, and wearing a bright red woven flower cloak, he rode a majestic Modian BMW, smiling and arching to the cheering people on both sides.

Li Xiao's greetings infected the warm emotions of the people even more, the people cheered for the title of Li Dudu, countless hands waved at him, and the scene in front of him reminded Li Xiao of the glorious feeling of those Roman heroes such as Caesar or Sulla in the movies of his previous life, in the crowd of people, through the victory square, to the Arc de Triomphe.

The soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, who were responsible for maintaining order, tried their best to block the crowd that cheered and gathered from time to time, preventing them from rushing to the middle of the street, and the songs and slogans of the Tiger Army had been drowned out by the cheers of the people, and the whole city of Beijing seemed to have fallen into a sea of madness and joy.

The soldiers of the Tiger Army did not directly enter the inner city from the Zhengyang Gate in the north, but went around a circle, entered the inner city at the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the Beijing Division, and then passed through the Xuanwu Gate to the chessboard street, and then entered the imperial city boundary from the Daming Gate.

It was not until an hour later, at the beginning of noon, that the Tiger Army arrived outside the Imperial City, and then, under the guidance of the prisoners of the Ministry of Rites, they circled the inner city, and then passed through the Duanmen and Chengtianmen, and then entered the imperial road in front of the Noon Gate.

At this time, on the royal road in front of the noon gate, the general of Jinyi Wei Dahan has set up a guard of honor along the east and west sides, the south side of the royal road is the big music band of the Jiaofang Division, and the Honglu Temple praise and the undertaking officer are set up in front of the noon gate building, and the east side is the civil and military officials and the envoys of the vassal state, and there are a number of foreign generals who come to Beijing to help, such as Zu Dashou, Zu Dale, fierce as a tiger, Li Chongzhen and others. Ordinary civil and military officials were brought by the ushers to the south-east of the imperial road, facing the east and west.

The Tigers were guided by the Lubu officers and stood in the square in front of the noon gate, and the captives were escorted to the open space closest to the noon gate. The captured heads have also been taken from the tips of their spears and stacked next to the captives to form a hill.

After the completion of these work, it is a masterpiece of bells and drums, the music is ringing in unison, under the kneeling of the officials of Honglu Temple, Emperor Chongzhen, dressed in the dragon crown uniform of the Ming and Huang regiments, wearing twelve beads and gold crowns, riding the imperial opinion, under the escort and embrace of a group of Han generals with distinct armor, arrived at the top of the city tower of the noon gate.

In front of the noon gate, a stout Han general, with a whip in his hand, the sound of music stopped, and Emperor Chongzhen sat upright in his clothes and appeared on the city tower. On the side, Cao Huachun, Wang Chengen and other eunuchs of all sizes held the dust in their hands and stood quietly with their heads down.

Subsequently, all the officials present, all facing the noon gate, knelt down four times.

At this time, an official of the Criminal Department stepped forward, and in the middle of the middle of the noon gate, he knelt down loudly to Chongzhen on the city tower.

"Your Majesty, 827 prisoners of the Qing army have been brought in, and all of them have been identified and checked. The people of this department, how Your Majesty wants to deal with it, please make it clear! ”

The official said the last words of greeting, and as soon as the words fell, all the Tigers and the other officials shouted three more times in unison.

"Such Tartars, betraying their righteousness and gratitude, betraying our Heavenly Empire, poisoning the prefectures and counties, and infringing on the people, are really serious crimes and cannot be forgiven! Among them, the captives of Manchuria were immediately escorted to the market and executed by Ling Chi. The rest of the Mongolian Han army and other captives were beheaded to show the public, in order to set an example! ”

After Chongzhen's majestic voice sounded high above the Wumen City Tower, the Tiger Army and the officials shouted three more times.

Subsequently, a group of captives were taken down with crying devices and taken to the entrance of the vegetable market, either Ling Chi or beheaded. A large number of people in the capital followed them, and everyone was full of infinite fun and yearning for watching the next Ling Chi and beheading of the captives.

Humans are the only unique creatures on Earth that can be thrilled to see their own kind killed.

After the captives were escorted down, the civil and military officials sang and arranged the shift, gave a speech, knelt and praised, congratulated, the music was loud again, everyone bowed five times and kowtowed, and finally the body was happy, the Honglu Temple kneeled and finished the ceremony, Lexing, Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace, and the ceremony of offering prisoners was officially over.

And Li Xiao also plans to leave Beijing with his troops and return.

Among all the cheering officials and people, only Li Xiao knew that behind such a grand ceremony of sacrificing prisoners, the once incomparably brilliant dynasty would irretrievably go to darkness and perdition.

How long can the joy of this leaky boat and the joy of this fire house last?

Before Li Xiao left Beijing, he went to meet with Zu Dashou, Zu Dale and other generals who had joined the reinforcements, and after greeting everyone and catching up with them, he returned to the camp.

Zu Dale, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, admired Li Xiao, his son-in-law who had made great contributions. When he learned that his daughter Zu Wan'er might give birth in a few months, he was even more overjoyed and congratulated Li Xiao in advance.

On August 13, two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xiao led his troops out of Beijing.

According to his arrangement, the soldiers of the Golden Wolf Battalion, as well as the cavalry of the Tumut Division, returned north to Jintang City. The reinforcements of the Chifeng Battalion, as well as Ingmar himself, returned south to Chifeng City with Li Xiao.

Originally, Li Xiao thought that after the war, he would go to the Tumut Department to ask for relatives, but Ingmar demanded more strongly that it was rare to come to the territory of Daming, and he had to go to Chifeng City with Li Xiao first. Li Xiao couldn't resist her, so he could only take her back to Chifeng City with him.

However, in order to fulfill his promise, Li Xiao still ordered An Qian, the governor of Jintang City, to go to the Tumut Department to propose marriage, so as to welcome Ingmar as a concubine.

On the way back to Shandong, Li Xiao originally had a heavy feeling of relief because all his suggestions had been rejected.

Since, the emperor and the imperial court, must go one way to death, then let them go.

And I, Li Xiao, in the next few days, still have to seize the time, strengthen our strength, and accumulate strength, this is the major problem I really have to face, and it is also the foundation of survival and development in this troubled world.

Perhaps, one day, I will start a new era。。。。。。 (To be continued.) )