With such a big victory, Su Tiancheng was ready to return to Jiangning County, but with more than 5,000 prisoners, it was also a very troublesome thing, these prisoners could not be handed over to the locality, and the local government had no way to digest it.

According to the normal practice, Su Tiancheng can wait for the holy decree in Yingshan County, or the edict of the Nanjing Military Department, and capture Zijin Liang, the imperial court definitely has a holy decree, but now the time is different, during the first month, he doesn't want to delay outside, return to Jiangning County early, and reunite with his family, Wang Furong and Chunping, are looking forward to it, besides, after the Spring Festival, spring plowing and production will start soon, this is a vital task, although there are Lu Tianming and Liu Zhongji, Su Pingyang and others concerned, but he still has to see it with his own eyes, I can implement it in person, and I can rest assured.

It is an old distance to go back, from Yingshan County to Anqing Mansion, through Chizhou Mansion, Taiping Mansion, and into Yingtian Mansion.

But it's a lot slower.

The soldiers of the Jiangning County Inspection Department have exterminated more than 10,000 rogues led by Zijin Liang, and the news of Zijin Liang's capture has spread, and the repercussions have been great.

The prefect of Anqing Mansion and the commander of Anqing Guard, when Su Tiancheng passed by Anqing Mansion and was about to go back, he waited on the official road and brought a large amount of wine, meat and food.

Of course, there is also the credit of the Anqing guards, and the twists and turns have already gone up, maybe the reward will come soon, and such a big victory can be compared with Hong Chengchou's victory in Western Australia, and the most important thing is that he captured the leader of the Liukou, Zijin Liang, who is the convener of the 36th battalion. The titular leader of the Rogues.

Wine, meat and food, Su Tiancheng accepted it unceremoniously, along the way, because there were too many people, the consumption of food was very large, although there was gold. It is not very easy to buy so much food, and it is even more inconvenient during the Spring Festival.

The prisoners of the rogue have not been mistreated in life, and they can eat well every day, and occasionally drink alcohol, so they say. They are very honest, where is the treatment of prisoners, and the food is no different from the sergeants of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Tiancheng was secretly happy, but he was full and well-fed, and after a few meals, he completely deprived these rogues of other ideas, it is estimated that at this time. Even if someone encouraged them to flee, they wouldn't do it.

The sixth day of the first month. Su Tiancheng and his entourage entered Chizhou Mansion and passed through Tongling County.

On the tenth day of the first month, Su Tiancheng and his entourage arrived at Taipingfu City.

The official road passed in front of Fucheng, Su Tiancheng did not plan to enter Fucheng, the speed of the march was slow enough, and he walked from Anqing Mansion to Taiping Mansion. In eight days, at this speed, I walked to Jiangning County to see if I could catch up with the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

This is also a matter of no choice, Su Tiancheng ordered the soldiers. It is not allowed to abuse prisoners, when they were in Anqing Mansion, there were sergeants of Anqingwei, who whipped the prisoners, were reprimanded, and they were almost executed by military law, since then, no one abused the prisoners, in Su Tiancheng's words, since he put down his weapons, he was not an opponent on the battlefield, and how to deal with it should be handled in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court.

To be angry on a prisoner of war is not a soldier, it is a sign of cowardice.

Everyone remembered what Su Tiancheng said, and no one admitted that he was a coward.

These days, there are also some conversations between Su Tiancheng and Zijin Liang, Zijin Liang probably knows that it is impossible for him to live, and when he is escorted to the capital, it is when he is beheaded, so he and Su Tiancheng have said a lot of things, including many of his own feelings, and also analyzed the situation of some leaders of the 36th Battalion of Liukou.

Zijin Liang specifically mentioned three people, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, he thinks that these three people have the spirit of kings and may have something to do in the future, and the rest of the people, to put it mildly, are difficult to become a big tool.

Su Tiancheng somewhat admired Zijin Liang's judgment ability, and according to historical records, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong did become the climate.

Su Tiancheng was discussing with Sun Yuankun and others whether to replenish grain and grass in Taiping Mansion City, and the scout came to report quickly.

"Report, Lord Tang Shiji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and General Zhang Taining, the garrison of Nanjing, are at the gate of Taiping Mansion, waiting for your lordship."

Su Tiancheng was a spirit, he never imagined that Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining had arrived in Taiping Mansion City, it seemed that the emperor's holy decree had arrived, and the two adults must have come to express their condolences and announce the decree.

"Xiong Zijian, Sun Yuankun, Liu Shiliang, Luo Chang, Liu Tiehan, Deng Hui, you follow me to meet the two adults, the team maintains a normal speed, Lord Qu, please take unified command."

Qu Qingze nodded, his identity was different, his combat exploits were clear, and then he saw Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining, there was no problem.

Liu Tiehan and Deng Hui looked very excited.

Their identities are different, although they have changed, but the stains of the past always exist, and now, it is of great significance to be able to meet high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

Of course, Zijin Liang also has to be brought over directly, after all, this prisoner of war has too special an identity.

A quarter of an hour later, the crowd, escorted by two hundred soldiers, came to the gate of the Taiping Mansion.

Su Tiancheng dismounted first, and he had already seen the sergeants of the two battalions in Nanjing, standing outside the city gate, and Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining, who were standing in the middle, were full of smiles.

"Fellow Officers and Marshals, meet Lord Tang and General Zhang."

"Master Su, this official and General Zhang, you have been waiting here for a long time, and you have made great contributions."

Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining had a kind smile on their faces, they never expected that the soldiers of the Jiangning County Inspection Department would be able to make such miraculous achievements.

Su Tiancheng hurriedly introduced Xiong Zijian and others around him.

Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining are both familiar with Xiong Tingbi, and when they learned that Xiong Zijian was Xiong Tingbi's son, they said yes in their mouths, when Liu Tiehan was introduced, Su Tiancheng specially said that Zijin Liang was captured by Liu Tiehansheng, as for Deng Hui, Su Tiancheng also specifically said that it was Deng Hui's idea for the army to go to Yingshan County.

Zhang Taining is a military general after all, he first came to Zijin Liang, what does this famous leader of the rogue look like, is it the three heads and six arms depicted by others.

Zijin Liang, who has become a prisoner under the stairs, has long lost the breath of a commander, and the rest is a kind of numbness and indifference.

The Taiping Mansion has already set up a wine banquet, but at this time, it is not the time to eat.

Qu Qingze led the army and finally arrived outside the city.

Everyone followed Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining, entered the Taiping Mansion and entered the Taiping Mansion, the mansion city, and the lively people crowded on both sides of the street, everyone wanted to see what Zijin Liang looked like, as for Su Tiancheng, the magistrate of Jiangning County, who exterminated Zijin Liang, he had long been portrayed by the people as Guan Gong's rebirth.

Many people, when they saw the handsome and young Su Tiancheng, they all sighed with emotion, and they were also a little disappointed when they saw the slightly ordinary Zijin Liang.

Many people ran out of the city, and there were 5,000 captives outside the guards.

The lobby of the government office.

Tang Shiji finally came up with the holy decree.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said...... Tang Shiji, the secretary of the military department, the governor of Zhejiang, and the counselor of military affairs, Zhang Taining, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, Su Tiancheng, the magistrate of Jiangning County, Boqu Qingze, the chief of Jiangning County, Sun Yuankun, the deputy inspector Liu Shiliang, the deputy inspector Luo Chang, and the heroes Liu Tiehan and Deng Hui, escorted the bandit leader Zijin Liang to the capital quickly. ”

Su Tiancheng immediately grimaced.

This time, I am going to the capital, and the days of returning to Jiangning County have been delayed to the Year of the Ox and the month of the horse, and it is estimated that I will return to Jiangning County, and the first month has passed.

However, if everyone can follow them to the capital, there must be a reward, and this is not a loss.

Faintly, Su Tiancheng was a little worried, Jiangning County is only so big, how can so many heroes be arranged, if these people are torn apart, it is not a good thing.

After the decree was announced, Su Tiancheng and Qu Qingze followed Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining to Santang.

"Master Su, Lord Qu, this official and General Zhang have discussed, the soldiers of the Jiangning County Inspection Division, the battle is hard, they can go back to Jiangning County directly, or reunite with their families, as for the five thousand prisoners, the two battalions of sergeants are specifically responsible, temporarily escorted to the Nanjing Jingying, waiting for the emperor's holy decree, among which the main generals of the Liukou are selected and escorted to the capital, this time to the capital, the Jiangning County Inspection Department selects two hundred guards, plus all the sergeants of the Xiaocai battalion."

"Lord Tang, General Zhang, Xiaguan is a little worried, spring plowing and production will start soon, and Xiaguan still has a lot of things to make arrangements."

"Hehe, Master Su thinks of a lot, these things, aren't there still officials in Jiangning County, you can make arrangements, the emperor's holy decree has been two days, you can't continue to delay, get ready, tomorrow we will set off directly from Taiping Mansion to the capital."

Meals are arranged in the restaurant.

After this campaign, Su Tiancheng felt that he didn't know how long he had been in the road, he hadn't been to a restaurant, he was almost used to the life of marching and fighting, and he rushed back to this peaceful environment, and there were still some discomforts.

The sergeants outside the city have already been specially arranged, and almost all the officials of the government and county government have been mobilized, plus the major restaurants and inns in the city of Fucheng, and they continue to transport wine and meat outside the city.

The officers and men of the Inspection Department and the Xiao Cavalry Battalion still dare not drink alcohol, this is a military regulation, and no one dares to violate it before they get a military order.

The 3,000 sergeants of the two battalions in Nanjing officially took over the custody of the prisoners, and when Sun Yuankun personally came to give the order, and the brothers could be released to drink the wine, everyone began to drink happily.

Tang Shiji and Zhang Taining both knew about all this, Tang Shiji nodded slightly in approval, Zhang Taining was very happy, patted Su Tiancheng's shoulder, and praised it vigorously. (To be continued.) )