After a night of hustle and bustle, the Huai'an military camp finally quieted down, in order not to let the soldiers of the Huai'an army have too much resentment, except for Wang Lanping's personal soldiers, Song Xian has retreated all the light cavalry to the camp for placement.

Since Zheng Sen was the deputy commander-in-chief of Huai'an, it was logical to take over the power of the barracks, and several of Liu Zeqing's henchmen who dared to oppose were all sent to their masters for burial, and Zheng Sen re-promoted several new generals to take over the military and political power of the Huai'an barracks.

The first thing Zheng Sen did after taking over was to immediately send people to appease the scattered and fleeing soldiers, saying that the war had been decided, that Liu Zeqing had rebelled, and had been executed by the Nanjing garrison commander, and that the first evil had been eliminated, and that those who returned to the camp within three days would be innocent, and if they did not return to the camp within three days, they would be dealt with as bandits.

The soldiers who died in the battle were also buried one by one, and by the evening order in the barracks had been restored, and most of the soldiers had returned to the barracks one after another.

According to statistics, in the first battle last night, 340 people were killed and wounded in the Huai'an battalion, and Wang Lanping's light cavalry lost 28 people, which is really a miracle.

The six women who were searched out of Liu Zeqing's account also let them go home, and when they left, Wang Lanping gave each of them ten taels of silver, which was regarded as compensation, and the women were grateful and left.

In the Huai'an barracks that were cleaned up again, a feast was held, and the wine and meat were enough, and the whole army drank bitterly tonight, only this once, which made the soldiers who had eaten coarse grain meals for several months excited, and everyone was eating and drinking around the piles of bonfires, jumping and making noise, and it was peaceful, and many people couldn't help but complain that the people in the Nanjing garrison camp did not come earlier.

Liu Zeqing's notoriety slammed into the whole army, his death did not cause a riot in the whole army at all, everyone clapped their hands and cheered happily, and many soldiers even came to the gate drunk with a wine bowl, pointing to the corpse of Liu Zeqing who was wearing a dragon robe and scolded, this kind of person also wants to be the emperor? If this kind of person is to be the emperor, the people in the whole world will have no way to live.

Wang Lanping, Zheng Sen, and Song Xian were also happy to drink in Liu Zeqing's big tent, and a small test of the knife made the Huai'an army of the four major battalions in Jiangbei unable to parry, which is enough to show that Song Xian does have something extraordinary, in Wang Lanping's opinion, this is more happy than cleaning up the Huai'an army, thousands of troops are easy to get, and one will be difficult to find.

Song Xian is also very happy, he has not fought in four years, originally he was still a little pessimistic about the raid, after all, the number of people on both sides is too different, fortunately, there is Wang Commander who is like a god, and last night's battle almost didn't take much effort to succeed, he can also see that no matter how strong the army is, it is better to plan from the overall consideration, in other words, it is absolutely not daring to take such a big risk to run for a long distance, this is called fighting alone, once the other party has the slightest notice, it is almost impossible to retreat.

Pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Wang Lanping was already a little drunk, at this time he couldn't help but feel a trace of emotion from the bottom of his heart, if he had an iron cavalry army like today, he would dare to raid Li Zicheng's old nest Xi'an Qianli, maybe the siege of the capital that day was solved, Emperor Chongzhen may not die, hey, everything is fate, if Chongzhen does not die, then where will he go?

Even Zheng Sen can see it now, it turns out that Wang Lanping has planned everything a long time ago, put himself in the Huai'an Army to be a nominal deputy commander-in-chief, and pretended to be a grandson in Liu Zeqing's face, and scolded Wang Lanping, which is actually paralyzing and disrupting Liu Zeqing's thoughts.

Just imagine, Zheng Sen is a brother who came out with Wang Lanping in Huaining City, how can Liu Zeqing trust him, the more Zheng Sen scolds him, the more he doesn't believe it, but as long as Zheng Sen does something that is good for Wang Lanping, then Liu Zeqing will magnify himself ten times to understand, so Wang Lanping casually sent someone to Zheng Sen with the false news that he had besieged Nanjing on June 15, asking him to find a way to prevent the Huai'an army from going to Nanjing before that, and then find a way to let this person fall into Liu Zeqing's hands, all of which made Liu Zeqing convinced, Whether it is military defense or the assembly of troops, it is slow and orderly, giving Wang Lanping an opportunity to take advantage of.

Wang Lanping drank while discussing the future with the two, the Huai'an army camp is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River out of the canal, if the Qing army wants to go south along the canal into the Yangtze River in the future, then this is where they must pass, it is impossible to give up no matter what, all the discussions, the Huai'an army does not move, block the canal, for the east gate of Nanjing, but Wang Lanping has another request, without Wang Lanping's order, even if the emperor personally decrees, the Huai'an army must not move.

For this kind of disobedience, although Zheng Sen is dissatisfied, but he can also see that if he wants to save the Ming Dynasty, it is not Wang Lanping's decisive killing and decisive generals who can turn the tide, as long as he does not usurp the Ming and stand on his own, he Zheng Sen will have no hesitation to support, Wang Lanping always thinks that he is like Xun Yu in the Three Kingdoms, assisting Cao Cao to achieve great success, but he has a loyal heart to the Han family, and finally died at the hands of Cao Shi's descendants, this is a person's belief, deep-rooted, and Zheng Sen was born rich and noble, he does not know much about the suffering of the people, and he is in the limelight of his life, Unlike Song Xian and Song Dali, who were born in martial arts, they climbed up from the bottom with a knife and a gun, and they wanted to get ahead one day, and they often valued their own future more than being loyal to the royal family, and it was relatively easier for Wang Lanping to transform them.

Two days later, Wang Lanping completely handed over the power of the Huai'an Army to Zheng Sen, and led his troops to return to Nanjing, making such a big move, there are always some things to deal with the aftermath, and the proportion of Nanjing now must be a pot of porridge, and for example, Gao Jie's department, which was originally ordered by Ma Shiying to go south, was also like a hunting dog, smelled Huai'an's movement, and immediately stood still, just like watching Beijing fall, Gao Jie is not a fool, Liu Zeqing is finished, and then go to Nanjing at this time, that is to find death, Huai'an Army is in the east, and the champion army is in the west, He didn't want to be Liu Zeqing's second, so he simply didn't go back to the Huaihe defense line, and found a small town on the spot and didn't leave.

Wang Lanping asked the vanguard to return to Nanjing under the banner that the rebellion had been quelled, and brought with him Liu Zeqing's family, that is, Wang Lanping secretly sent someone from Hangzhou to Huai'an, this move was only to prove that Liu Zeqing was really rebellious, and even the family was brought to his side, and he also sent people to Liu Zeqing's house in Hangzhou to dig up the 2.4 million taels of silver and 50,000 taels of gold.

When everything was arranged, when Wang Lanping rode past the gate of the Huai'an military camp, he looked up at Liu Zeqing's corpse in a dragon robe hanging high, smiled slightly and muttered, "Liu Zeqing, you flee outside Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen has a last word, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can be killed, you go down below to protect the first emperor, do your best to be loyal to the courtiers, drive!" ”

The group went out of Huai'an Mansion, Wang Lanping did not go back to Nanjing directly, but went to Yangzhou City by the way, he heard that Shi Kefa had just been transferred by Ma Shiying to the governor of the four towns in Jiangbei, and was supervising the teacher in Yangzhou at this time.

As soon as he heard the news that Shi Kefa was in Yangzhou, Wang Lanping felt bad, this was Shi Kefa's burial place in history, and he was not a husband if he didn't save him.

Yangzhou, since ancient times is the gathering place of literati, prosperous for thousands of years, rich in splendid articles and graceful Jiangnan beauties, a generation of beauty Chen Yuanyuan is Yangzhou people, also known as Jiangdu in the Sui period, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty heard the name of Yangzhou for a long time, built a dragon boat, recruited 80,000 men and women, led the civil and military officials, accompanied by the queen who was a Yangzhou person thousands of miles down to Yangzhou, but finally ended up in a ruined end, which caused the literati to feel that "if there is no water palace dragon boat thing, the total Yu discussion is not much".

However, when Wang Lanping led a team of more than 2,000 people to 20 miles outside Yangzhou City, he never experienced the prosperity of Yangzhou City.

It turned out that Gao Jie stopped when he was more than 300 miles away from Yangzhou, but there was not much grain and grass with the army, and there were less than 40,000 people in the small city temporarily stationed.

When he rebelled with Li Zicheng, and later hooked up with a concubine of Li Zicheng, after the defeat, he was desperate and took his subordinates to Ming, most of his subordinates were originally Shunjun descended, brave in battle, extremely strong in combat, and at the same time there was no good face for the people, the military salary of the imperial court was only a few days late, Gao Jie immediately ordered the soldiers to recruit themselves, that is, Ming robbery, so that the people in the area of his Fengyang station were miserable, this kind of person wants to enter the prosperous metropolis of Yangzhou, that is a catastrophe.

Shi Kefa knew that the matter was serious, so he ordered the gate of Yangzhou to be closed, and Gao Jie was not allowed to enter the city, Gao Jie was angry, and even sent troops to surround Yangzhou, of course, with only 30,000 people, it is unlikely that such a big city in Yangzhou will be surrounded, Wang Lanping heard these news, and immediately sent people into the city to contact Shi Kefa, and nearly 3,000 cavalry entered Yangzhou City unknowingly.

Shi Kefa was in a hurry to get into the room, and when he heard that Wang Lanping had arrived, he was surprised and delighted, happy that this person was there, Yangzhou could be guaranteed to be foolproof, and the surprise was that five days ago Wang Lanping killed a generation of town guard chief officer Liu Zeqing in the name of eliminating rebellion, he really couldn't figure out what kind of person Wang Lanping was, the good thing is that he is a capable minister who governs troubled times, and the military prestige of the champion army has been greatly boosted, so that Li Laixiang, a thief on the side of Anqing, has not dared to move for a long time, which is obvious to all, but at the same time, he seems to be a hero in troubled times, whether it is to kill Li Zhi, or kill Liu Zeqing, the results show that Wang Lanping is already in military power, Nanjing City is empty, and he may do anything to abolish the establishment at any time.

As soon as you enter Yangzhou City, the people of the whole city are as happy as welcoming the tablet of the God of Wealth on the street, the name of Wu Zhuangyuan has been a household name as early as the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, coupled with the later Huaining bloody war, Wang Lanping's name is simply a god-like existence, storytellers often make up jokes like this: the first Han Dynasty has the loyalty of the Thousand Autumns of the Guan Sheng, the first Song Dynasty has the Yue Sage of loyalty to the country, and now I also have the martial champion Wang Lanping who is brave through the world is comparable to the sages......

The people of Yangzhou, greet each other on the road, spread flowers on the ground, sing and dance, and Wang Lanping, who is wearing a bright light armor on a tall horse, is even more heroic, nodding frequently to the people on both sides to show goodwill, showing an approachable attitude between gestures, and he is like two people when he killed Liu Zeqing and Li Zhi.

Song Xian and the three thousand cavalry who followed the side have never felt the support and enthusiasm of the people, no matter where the officers and soldiers went in the past, the people were like mice seeing cats, and they poked their backbones after the army left, presumably the ancestors of the officials and soldiers of the eighteen generations have let the people scold them all over, and today is also the light of the commander, raising their eyebrows and exhaling once, everyone shook their spirits, sat on the horse, straightened their waists, and enjoyed this rare glory with pride.

Young and handsome, famous all over the world Wu Zhuangyuan on the street, has long been known to the whole city, naturally it is indispensable to attract the city to be the word boudoir in the girl to hear the wind and move, everyone has heard, Wang Zhuangyuan is a masterless man, young and famous, has not even married a wife, this kind of gossip in these girls to hear, but than to listen to Wu Zhuangyuan blood battle Huaining much more taste, now they are dressed up one by one to show off their skills, grease and powder, put on the flower clothes that they are usually reluctant to wear, shaking handkerchiefs along the road, hot and sweaty, but never left a step, In order to just let the martial champion who passed by in a flash be able to look at them more, it is best to be loved by the champion Lang at first sight and be a champion lady who moves the world.

Yangzhou beauties are really worthy of their reputation, this is Wang Lanping and his 3,000 subordinates of Yangzhou unified understanding, many bachelors gritted their teeth and stomped their feet, and made a ruthless wish: In this life, non-Yangzhou beauties will not marry.

Even the husband of the woman couldn't help but sigh: After the war, Lao Tzu went home and gave the yellow-faced woman a rest, and asked Wang Governor Shuai to find a Yangzhou girl for us, and it was not in vain to come to Yangzhou for a visit.

Shi Kefa also personally led the generals from all over Yangzhou City to greet him, and the two met, exchanged a few words, and entered the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion together.