Chapter 161: Victory along the way
The matter of Yuan Chao's victory to the imperial court, as the officials and soldiers along the way beat gongs and drums, escorted the invasion into Beijing, and the entire central and eastern regions of the Ming Dynasty were shaken.
"Look, look, the general of the Yuan Dynasty broke the rebel Kong Youde and offered a prisoner to the emperor." The people who passed through the villages, towns and cities along the way cheered each other and conveyed the news, and then surrounded the troops who were escorting the prisoners.
"Look, look, in front of you is the troops of General Yuan of the Great Broken Thief Army."
"Look at it, how spirited, all of them are wearing such beautiful armor, I'm afraid that the emperor's Yu Linwei is not so spirited" The people along the way pointed and pointed, and first commented on these spirited soldiers.
"What a good soldier, a good man." The people along the way knew that they had defeated Kong Youde, and that they did not have to be displaced and saved from the scourge of swords, so they all praised loudly.
The soldiers in charge of the escort, hearing such praise, raised their heads one by one and took firm steps.
Although they had heard this praise many times along the way, they were still happy to hear it.
After evaluating these heroic soldiers, the soldiers along the way began to notice the criminals escorted behind.
"Look, look, in the cage in the back should be this group of bastards who are harming the people." Some of the people who were babbling began to shout loudly.
"Yes, it's them, smash them." Some of the angry people took the lead in shouting, and began to turn their heads to find something on the ground.
I picked up the bad vegetable leaves that had been removed from the vegetables sold in the morning, and threw them forward vigorously.
When the other people saw this precedent, they followed suit, looking for things everywhere and throwing them into the group of prisoners.
At first it was leaves, dead branches, and finally some small stones began to fall, and after a while, some large stones began to fall on them.
Whenever this step is reached, officers and soldiers will come out to stop it.
"Fellow villagers, fellow villagers, this group of crimes is extremely heinous, we can't stone them to death, cheapen them, we have to escort them to the capital and hand them over to the emperor." The loud shouts of the soldiers made the people gradually stop.
"Yes, let the emperor send them down, the general of the Yuan Dynasty is good." In the cheers of the people, the escorted army passed.
And the prisoners who were escorted knew that they had finally survived the wrath of the crowd again.
These prisoners were tightly bound, and their mouths were stuffed to prevent them from killing themselves, and they really couldn't survive and couldn't die.
Along the way, I don't know how many times I had to experience the anger of the masses, and their faces and bodies were all smashed blue and purple.
Among them, I don't know how many regret why they didn't die directly on the battlefield at that time, or why they didn't have the courage to commit suicide and were tortured like this.
Among them, Geng Zhongming was the number one prisoner, and he was at the front, and he was even more smashed.
Geng Zhongming's eyes were full of tears, and he didn't know whether he regretted his rebellion or regretted that he didn't die on the battlefield.
After a long journey, this winning brigade finally came to the capital.
Due to the Ming Dynasty's clear regulations, no army could enter Beijing without receiving an order.
This time, the Yuan Dynasty escorted the captives close to the capital, which was a bit against the system, but at such a moment of celebration for the whole world, naturally no one would not open a pot to mention this matter.
However, the Yuan Dynasty also issued an order to his own army, and after entering the Gyeonggi area, he should not approach the capital without authorization, but should notify the capital as soon as possible, and then wait for the emperor's holy decree on the spot.
In order to handle this matter steadily, the person sent by the Yuan Dynasty to be in charge of this prisoner sacrifice was Yang Hao, who had always been relatively calm.
Yang Hao had just arrived in the area of Gyeonggi with his troops at this time, and immediately sent people to deliver a message to the capital, while he strictly restrained the troops and waited for the emperor's will on the edge of Gyeonggi.
In the main hall, Chongzhen in the past few days looked particularly happy, and the whole person looked radiant because of happiness.
"Father has probably not been so happy for a long time." Today's princess Changping actually received a call from her father, saying that she wanted to summon Changping and go to the imperial garden with her to enjoy the flowers.
Changping looked at Emperor Chongzhen, who was correcting the folds in the main hall, that is, his father, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Father, are you alright? Didn't you say you were going to go to the Imperial Garden with your children to enjoy the flowers? Changping looked at Emperor Chongzhen's rare joy, and it was also a rare coquettish to his father.
Emperor Chongzhen is correcting the recital, although today the chapter is mostly reported from all over the country is the news of displaced people or natural disasters, Chongzhen is not angry, carefully corrected.
After hearing Princess Changping's coquettish voice, Chongzhen got out of that selfless state of work.
"Oh, look at me, how did I forget such an important thing again, I just announced the order to summon you, and when I turned around, I forgot it again."
"Changping, do you think I'm old?" As Chongzhen spoke, he didn't raise his head, but continued to look at the fold in his hand, wanting to read another fold before leaving.
"Father, you are not old at all, long live you." Changping looked at Chongzhen, who was in the prime of life, and now a lot of gray hair had crawled out of his head, but he still said such things, wanting to make Chongzhen happy.
"Oh? Hehehe, Changping, when did you learn to pat your father's ass, you really grew up. After speaking, Chongzhen put down the corrected chapter in his hand and the imperial pen in his hand.
"Let's go, let's go to the Imperial Garden with my good daughter today." Chongzhen stood up as he spoke, shook his neck, and then took a stride and walked down the imperial steps.
"Okay, okay, father, father, I must have a good turn today." Changping is also like the daughter of ordinary people, coquettish to her father.
So the father and daughter walked to the imperial garden to admire the flowers, birds, and beasts.
In the Imperial Garden, the father and daughter looked at the scenery and chatted.
"Father, you see, today's roses are just looking good." Princess Changping pointed to the crape myrtle beside her and said, leaned down and sniffed after speaking.
Chongzhen also followed Changping's voice and looked at the bright roses blooming beside him.
"Yes, small and delicate flowers, they are really beautiful." Chongzhen also leaned down and looked at these delicate roses carefully.
"But the flowers are not red for a hundred days."
"Although the flowers are beautiful, they are also inevitable." Emperor Chongzhen looked at the delicate and delicate flowers, but he thought of the current stormy situation.