According to the plan, after the shape is basically stabilized, Song Nan will lead the army to return in batches in triumph; The soldiers and horses of the guards in Shanxi, Shandong and other places will set off one day in advance and return to the local guards; After that, the soldiers and horses of the Gyeonggi Guard, and finally Song Nan personally led the second army and the regimental battalion soldiers and horses outside the Shenshu camp to return to Beijing.

This arrangement is to highlight the grandeur of the triumph of the war, the first two groups of soldiers and horses are like a foreshadowing for Song Nan, and finally the powder of Zhenguo Gong appears and returns triumphantly; This is not Song Nan's own arrangement, but a plan proposed by his generals.

I originally thought that this quelling of the rebellion would be protracted, but I didn't expect it to be resolved so quickly, Zhu Chenhao's rebellion is even more vulnerable than the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi, which will inevitably make people have a misunderstanding of the danger of this Chenhao rebellion, and it will also greatly reduce the upcoming reward after this counterinsurgency. The generals did not want to be considered to have done something that was not difficult when they were rewarding meritorious deeds, so that the standard of the reward would be lowered, so they should make up for it in form. Of course, this is for Song Nan, but it is actually for themselves.

Especially Jiang Bin and Xu Tai, Jiang Bin is better, at least Nankang Jiujiang was won by him, and finally won a few cities, Xu Tai only participated in the battle of Anqing at the last moment, and the breakthrough of the city was not his own work, so he was a little suspected of being a bastard. The arrangement of this return trip was proposed by Xu Tai, and all the generals hit it off.

Song Nan naturally saw this qiē in his eyes, if time went back five or six years, Song Nan might say disdainfully: "If you do this more, won't it be over if you go back to Beijing together?" However, the current Song Nan knows the way of the emperor and understands the death of human nature, so he pretends to be confused and only lets them arrange. Because of this, it was delayed for five or six days in Anqing City.

On 27 February, the first batch of officers and men of the Shandong Shanxi Rank Guard Station marched out as vanguards.

On 28 February, the Gyeonggi Guard Station returned with troops.

The soldiers and horses of the Beijing Battalion Regiment, which was originally scheduled to be drawn early in the morning of the first day of March in the eighth year of Zhengde, have already made preparations for the start of the march on this day, and will return to Beijing early tomorrow morning amid the sound of firecrackers in the middle of the road of Anqing Prefecture. The generals even arranged the ceremonies along the way, and they demanded that the local officials should prepare in advance for each large state capital of the army, and it should be simple and grand, frugal and warm. As for how this contradictory demand can be realized, it is not something they should consider, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are all talented people, and it must be not difficult to achieve this 'reasonable' demand.

However, what no one expected was that on the night before the Beijing camp opened, the night vigil soldiers and horses at the north gate of Anqing City saw a cavalry squad composed of more than a dozen torches calling the door under the city. The soldiers thought it was the scout team sent back by the army in front of them, and they were still scolding and blaming them for their nerves in the middle of the night, when a banging roar suddenly came from the city.

The hundred households stationed at the city gate were startled, jumped up from the hay spread in the corner of the city tower, and shouted and asked, "What's the matter?" Rebellion fails? Are those people in the city trying to rebel? ”

"Back to the hundred households, they are impatient to wait for the city gate to open, and they are dissatisfied with firing firecrackers into the sky."

"Is it the other way around? In the middle of the night, they made a panic, sued them, and then made a fuss, Lao Tzu told them to stay outside the city until dawn. "Although Baihu's mouth is hard, his heart is playing drums, and the cavalry equipped with firearms must not be ordinary cavalry, if it is not the brocade guard of the personal guard battalion of Zhenguo Gong, it will be a big trouble.

Although the words were ruthless, the hundred households did not dare to slack off, looking down from the city, but saw more than a dozen cavalry horses lined up outside the city gate, the eyes of the hundred households were good, although they were dozens of steps apart, under the light of the torches, he still saw the outfits of the soldiers under the city, thank God, it was not the Jinyi Guard's personal guard Huo Tie Ti Ride, but the outfit on the person in the middle made his eyes almost pop out.

The man in the middle was not dressed as a military attaché, his short and fat body was in stark contrast to the posture of the sturdy soldiers around him, and he was wearing a suit of clothes that was actually the costume of an internal official, and this person was a eunuch; The hundred households guarding the city immediately understood that the news of the rebellion had been quelled had already been reported to the imperial court, and the prince of Zhenguo had been delayed in the city for a few days, and the imperial court must have sent the father-in-law of the inner court to send a decree to comfort him. Before the official reward, the imperial court generally had to do this once, and he actually blocked the way of the minister of the inner court, and he was still staring at him in confusion here.

The hundred households guarding the city scolded and ordered to open the city gate quickly and let them in, and he personally sorted out the military appearance and brought a dozen soldiers to the door to greet them, and after a while, more than a dozen horsemen rolled in, and behind the city gate, the short and fat eunuch Qin Cha reined in the horses, and asked in a sharp voice: "Who is the general on duty at the city gate?" ”

The hundred households hurriedly stepped forward and nodded and said, "Lord Hui, it's a humble duty." ”

The eunuch hooked his fingers and said, "You come closer." ”

The hundred households smiled and walked a few steps forward, and came to the eunuch Qincha's horse, and the eunuch nodded and said, "It's you who don't have long eyes." ”

Baihu instinctively felt that things were going to be bad, and the wind on his face was slamming, and he didn't dare to dodge, so he listened to the crisp sound of 'Papapapapa', and the Baihu received five or six slaps in the mouth, and was beaten so that Venus in front of his eyes was rising.

"Hit you with a short-sighted thing, you can't open the city gate like this, do you know how far our family has traveled, and what an important thing to report to your town, if it weren't for the urgency of our family, we would have been skinned alive today."

Baihu covered his face and didn't dare to make a sound, and several knights on the side persuaded in a low voice: "Father-in-law Zhang, it's important to see Zhenguo Gong quickly, I can't be angry with these soldiers, after the battle, I was lazy." ”

The eunuch snorted and shouted: "Before you lead the way to report to the prince of Zhenguo, you will say that Zhang Yong, the master of ceremonies in the inner court, wants to see you." ”

The hundred households guarding the city almost peed their pants, and the person in front of him was the leader of the inner court, Zhang Yong, the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, knew that this big man was coming tonight, and he guarded the city gate with his eyes open as soon as it was dark, and he dared to slack off for half a minute?

How dare the hundred households guarding the city be half a point of slackness, lead the war horses in the stables behind the city gate, and lead the people towards the city with a purple and hot face.

Song Nan had a good dream, and in the dream, he was having an uncovered meeting with his wives and concubines, and when he was so excited that he couldn't do it, he was pulled back alive from the beautiful dream by Wang Yong's rough voice.

"My lord, my lord, wake up, someone is coming to the capital."

"Oh? The emperor's will is coming? In the middle of the night, you can arrange for them to rest, and it's not too late to meet again tomorrow morning. ”

Song Nan asked in a daze, but he was a little surprised in his heart, although he knew that the holy decree of the imperial court's verbal praise would come, but he estimated that it would take three or four days to arrive, and he could meet it on the way back to Beijing, but it was obviously something wrong when he arrived so soon. It is necessary to know that it will take three or four days for the good news to reach the capital quickly, but it will take five or six days for the holy decree to arrive here again, and it will be delayed for at least two or three more days when encountering some messengers who are unwilling to endure hardships.

"It's not the will of the imperial court, it's Gonggong Zhang from the inner court who came, but he didn't come to deliver the decree."

Song Nan got up in a hurry, most of his sleepiness was gone, he frowned and thought for a moment, quickly put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and opened the door and went out. In the courtyard, Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao were standing under the porch waiting.

"What about people?" Song Nan asked as she straightened her clothes.

"Father-in-law Zhang ran for three days and four nights without much rest, people are sleepy, and the humble position arranged hot tea to eat, and let them eat and drink something in the side hall of the prefect's yamen."

Song Nan said: "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

The group walked quickly through the courtyard house to the front, the lights were on in a small hall next to the lobby of the prefect's yamen, Song Nan stepped on the steps and stepped in, Zhang Yongzheng stretched his neck and swallowed a ball of pastries, seeing Song Nan step forward with wide eyes, his face instantly became a crying face, kneeling down in front of Song Nan, his mouth was about to speak, but he was choked by the pastry and rolled his eyes.

Song Nan hurriedly said: "Don't worry, say it slowly, what happened to my father-in-law coming in person?" ”

Zhang Yong shook his head anxiously, his throat was stuck to the dry pastries, and he couldn't speak, gesturing in his hands. Wang Yong understood and shouted, "Water, bring water to my father-in-law to drink." ”

Zhang Yong gulped a few sips of tea, rushed the pastry in his throat into his stomach, and suddenly burst into tears after a long burp.

Song Nan pulled him up, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" What are you crying about? What's wrong? ”

Zhang Yong cried and shouted: "Grandpa Guo, my Lord Song, the emperor is ...... The emperor ....... ”

Song Nan's brain buzzed, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What's wrong with the emperor?" Emperor...... Funeral? ”

Everyone present was stunned, shocked and indescribable, listening to Zhang Yong's sharp cry, goosebumps all over their bodies.