At dusk, on the distant horizon, only a corner of the sun remains.

The blood-red sunset is slowly disappearing into everyone's eyes, and the darkness is gradually devouring the earth, spreading continuously.

The war outside Kaifeng is also nearing the end.

After completing the meeting and defeating the left flank of the main force of the Wanmin Army, Chen Wang gave the order for Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

A group of cavalry of the Ming army were full of captures, and followed Chen Wang back to Kaifeng, all the way unimpeded.

Naturally, the Wanmin Army did not pursue, and the cavalry of the Wanmin Army galloping from Nancheng only protected the large formation, and did not have any intention of blocking.

Even in the face of the Ming army's scattered ranger provocations, they chose to retreat rather than respond to the battle.

The tens of thousands of troops of the Wanmin Army in Xicheng watched Chen Wang's troops retreat safely.

The gate of the beam is wide open to the western suburbs, facing the tens of thousands of troops of the Wanmin Army.

Before Chen Wang led his troops into Kaifeng, he also ordered his subordinates to burn all the siege equipment abandoned by the Wanmin Army, and destroyed the mounds that had been built outside the city, as well as some defensive fortifications.

After doing all this, Chen Wang slowly led the troops into Kaifeng City.

At this time, it was getting late, and the sun had already completely set below the horizon.

The heavens and the earth were dark, and only the distant horizon still had a faint light.

Chen Wang was the last to enter the city, and when the sun was setting, on the field west of Kaifeng, the soldiers of the People's Army were cleaning up the messy battlefield.

Chen Wang glanced at the battlefield behind him for the last time, then withdrew his gaze and stepped into the girder gate.

In the corridor of the city gate, the brazier used for lighting has been lit.

With the cold wind blowing, the flames in the brazier of Yongdao are also constantly shaking back and forth.

The flickering light of the fire flashed back and forth the shadows of the cavalry who were passing through the city gates.

Chen Wang led the war horse forward slowly, and the horse lance in his hand had already been picked up by the guards on his side.

The lights shone in Chen Wang's eyes, which also calmed Chen Wang's originally somewhat impetuous mood again.

The sound of the hooves of the war horse Qingyue was extremely loud in the narrow passage of the city gate.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, mixed with the smell of decay, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

But this kind of taste did not make Chen Wang feel too uncomfortable.

Chen Wang was already familiar with such a smell, he had seen a more cruel and bloody scene than this, and he had also smelled a more unpleasant smell than this.

A large amount of blood dripped from the ground of the city gate.

The blood undoubtedly fell from the soldiers who had passed through the gates before, or from the horses, as well as from the heads that had been captured.

The armless army formation of more than 3,000 people on the left flank of the Wanmin Army, as well as more than a dozen phalanxes of new pawns at the level of 1,000 people, were all broken by them.

Even the robe on Chen Wang's body was also infected with blood, and the hair on the war horse's body was also stained with blood in many places.

Even if he was under the sanitation of a group of armored horsemen, Chen Wang also encountered some enemies head-on.

Of course, these enemies, without exception, all fell under Chen Wang's horselance.

In the urn city, the four gates were wide open, and a group of knights stopped tacitly when they entered the urn city, and all of them got down from the war horses and stood on the ground, their eyes projected in the direction of the girder gate.

Not only in the urn city, but on the city walls on all sides of the urn city, a group of soldiers defending the city in Kaifeng City crowded the wall, they were clustered at the battlement, and their eyes were also in the same direction.

When Chen Wang dragged the war horse and walked out of the corridor of the Daliang Gate, he also discovered this rather strange scene.

Everyone's eyes were focused on him, and everyone's eyes were full of admiration for him and respect for him.

Chen Wang sat on the war horse, raised his head to face the people who were looking at him, and subconsciously straightened his back a little again.

What he saw made him a little confused, and he didn't know what to do or say.

But soon, Chen Wang no longer needed to doubt.

Because in the middle of the crowd, one of the soldiers suddenly raised his arm.

"General Ping Thief!"

The soldier's face was flushed, his right hand was raised, his fists were clenched, his eyes were full of eagerness, and his voice was extremely high, and in an instant it attracted everyone's attention.

"Mighty!"

In the urn city, there was silence at first, and then soon the blood-stained soldiers in the urn city also raised their fists together, shouting at Chen Wang.

The sound of the tsunami-like cheers of the mountains resounded in the urn city,

The cheers were like thunder, deafening, and soared into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, there were a group of defenders and social soldiers on Kaifeng City.

They were influenced by the frenzied atmosphere in the Urn City, and they were also elated by the victory outside the city.

The next moment, the entire Xicheng of Kaifeng, the social soldiers and the defenders in the city, all raised their arms at this time, and paid their highest salute to Chen Wang.

It seems that there is no other sound between heaven and earth except for the "might" of that voice.

The orange-red firelight danced in Chen Wang's eyes.

Countless figures shook in front of Chen Wang's eyes.

Chen Wang knew that after the end of this battle, he had already done his best to win the hearts of the soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City......

……

The banquet for celebration was set up in the palace of King Zhou.

The prince was crowned the prince, awarded the gold book and gold treasure, the year Lu ten thousand stones, and the government placed official subordinates.

As a prince, the crown clothes he wears and the car flag he uses are second only to the emperor in this world.

The prince and the minister bowed and bowed, but did not dare to bow down.

The first generation of Zhou King Zhu Hu, the fifth son born to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma of the Ming Dynasty, was sealed in Kaifeng.

Kaifeng was the capital of the Song Dynasty, so the Zhou Palaces were built directly on the site of the Forbidden City in the Song Dynasty.

It is precisely for this reason that the Zhou Palaces are much larger than other palaces.

The palace of the king of Zhou is composed of two city walls inside and outside, the outer wall is two zhang high, the centipede wood is suppressed, covered with glazed tiles, and the circumference is nine miles and thirty steps.

The inner city wall is five feet high, with battlements and even moats around it.

The palace of the Ming vassal king was also surrounded by tall walls and square gates.

The main gate of the four cities of the palace is called Duanli in the south, Guangzhi in the north, Tiren in the east, and Zunyi in the west.

At the same time, there are also "three major halls" built like the imperial palace, according to the layout of the front hall, the middle hall and the apse.

There are three palaces, temples, seowons, warehouses, bathing, dining and other houses around the two compartments of each hall, and the same is true of the Fuwang Mansion.

The castle tower is covered with cyan glazed tiles, and the gate is decorated with red lacquer gold and copper nails.

It's like a miniature version of the Imperial City.

Although it is not an imperial palace, there is a strict etiquette system for entering the prince's residence.

However, with his previous experience in entering the palace in Beijing, Chen Wang is undoubtedly much more calm than before.

When he won the battle of Qingshan Pass and heard that he was going to enter the palace to play the right game, Chen Wang made preparations in advance before entering the palace and thought about how to answer the many questions raised by Chongzhen.

This time he was only going to meet a vassal king like King Zhou, who did not have any actual power, and Chen Wang was undoubtedly more relaxed.

However, Chen Wang still did not forget the etiquette and prudence that should be there.

To Chen Wang's surprise, in addition to the internal officials and attendants of King Zhou's mansion, Zhu Shaoyan, the son of King Zhou, also came to greet them in person.

As soon as they met, Zhu Shaoyun, the son of King Zhou, took a few steps forward, took the initiative to walk in front of Chen Wang, and praised with a smile.

"General Chen is famous all over the world, and the great victory at Qingshan Pass is the first major victory since the use of troops in Liaozuo, and it has greatly strengthened the momentum of our country."

"This time, he traveled thousands of miles to the aid of the starry night, and won a big victory outside the city, broke the army of ten thousand thieves, and lifted the siege of Kaifeng, he is really a famous general in the world."

Zhu Shaoyang, the son of King Zhou, was quite handsome, with a well-mannered demeanor and a thick and friendly voice, which made people feel good.

"The prince of the world, Miao Zan, the last general, can win victories one after another, relying on the emperor's protection, and relying on the soldiers to fight."

Chen Wang smiled and maintained a humble attitude.

"Hahaha, what General Chen said is very true."

Zhu Shaoyao, the prince of King Zhou, smiled, and turned to the people waiting at the palace gate.

"The soldiers and civilians in this battle city are united, the towns are fighting, the officials are dedicated, and they are able to repel the strong enemy.

Zhu Shaoyun lowered his posture quite low, and his words were full of thanks.

Although the vassal king has no real power, his status is extremely noble.

The people waiting at the palace gate were not as calm as Chen Wang, they all looked restrained, and they all echoed Zhu Shaoyan's words.

Even Gao Mingheng, who is the governor of Henan, is not as calm as he used to be.

His face was slightly red, and he looked quite excited, and his eyes were full of energy.

Chen Wang's gaze swept over Gao Mingheng and the other military generals and officials.

Although he didn't feel it in his heart, he knew why these generals and officials were excited.

Just like when he was received by Chongzhen.

Those unruly military leaders in the past were extremely cautious when facing the emperor, lest they be half rude.

Then they will be grateful for the emperor's casual compliment, and they will regret it for their misplay.

In this era, in the hearts of most ordinary people.

The emperor is no different from a god.

Imperial power is supreme.

And the emperor is the real Ninety-Five Supreme.

Therefore, for the royal family, many people naturally have a very heavy filter in their eyes.

Chen Wang had no movements, no words, none of which had anything to do with him.

They didn't stay at the palace gate for long, and after a brief conversation, they walked towards the palace of King Zhou.

Zhu Shaoyong, the son of the king of Zhou, walked in the front, and the civil and military officials followed on foot, with the civil officials on the left and the military generals on the right.

Chen Wang stood in the first row of the generals and followed the chariot all the way forward.

Chen Wang had never entered the palace before.

When he was in Hanzhong before, because of the rescue of Hanzhong, he had a very good relationship with Rui Wangfu.

Every once in a while, King Rui's palace would send people to send some rice, grain, meat, etc. for the army, and he was also summoned to set up a banquet to entertain him.

However, Chen Wang was concerned about the identity of the prince, and found an excuse and did not answer the call.

This was the first time Chen Wang had entered the palace.

Of course, not only Chen Wang, but most of the military academies and officials also entered the palace for the first time.

Fortunately, the civil servants pay attention to etiquette, and although they are curious, they can barely keep their eyes from squinting and keep looking ahead.

But how have the generals ever seen such a gorgeous palace, and they all want to look around, but they are afraid of being rude, so they can only keep watching with their spare eyes.

Chen Wang walked on the road, much more calmly than the others, and even occasionally raised his head to look at the surrounding buildings.

Compared with the imperial palace, the Zhou Palace's mansion is undoubtedly smaller, but it is only smaller.

The palace in the palace is all arched and roofed, painted in the cockpit, decorated with gold edges, painted eight auspicious flowers, looks extremely luxurious.

Chen Wang looked at the prosperous palaces along the road, and there was no longing and yearning in his heart, only heaviness.

He remembered some of the accounts he had read a long time ago.

There are more than 40 palaces of the Zhou domain in the late Ming Dynasty recorded in "Like a Dream", and in addition to the palace of the king of Zhou, there are more than 40 county palaces.

In addition to the palaces of princes and county kings, there are more than 4,000 mansions of various generals, lieutenants, and honor guests, all over the main areas of the city.

After Chen Wang entered Kaifeng Mansion, the deepest impression of Kaifeng Mansion was that there were all kinds of archways that were lined up and counted.

These arches have squire's and jinshi's, but more of them are from the palace.

The Kaifeng city of the Ming Dynasty also focused on a large number of buildings related to the palace, such as the Shizi Mansion, the Shisun Mansion, the Sect Academy, the Incense Courtyard and so on.

The Ming Dynasty clan was knighted, and it was divided into princes, county kings, Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals, Fengguo generals, Zhenguo lieutenants, auxiliary lieutenants, and Fengguo lieutenants.

Every year, the prince has 10,000 stone of rice, 2,000 stone for the king of the county, 1,000 stone for the general of Zhenguo, 800 stone for the general of the auxiliary country, 600 stone for the general of Fengguo, 400 stone for the lieutenant of Zhenguo, 300 stone for the lieutenant of the auxiliary country, 200 stone for the lieutenant of Fengguo, and a lot of land.

Calculated in this way, but the annual consumption of money and grain by the king of Zhou is an astronomical amount.

I don't know how many people I can feed, how many soldiers I can support, how many ordnance I can make, and how many fortresses I can build.

And today's Ming Dynasty, not only the King of Zhou, but also the vassal kings like King Zhou, there are no less than ten.

Chen Wang walked on the spacious road, and the more he moved forward, the heavier his mood became.

In the end, Chen Wang didn't know how he entered the palace and how he sat on the seat.

On the wide hall, a group of civil and military officials sat on two seats.

Tables on either side are filled with fine food and wine.

In the middle of the palace, the silk and bamboo orchestra is melodious and beautiful, and the palace maids and prostitutes are like shocks, smiling and smiling.

A group of civilian officials also looked at it with a smile.

In the midst of the staggered scenes and the sound of dance and music, Chen Wang raised his head and looked at King Zhou, who was sitting at the top.

Zhu Gongfang, the king of Zhou, was sitting on the throne at this time and was enjoying the dance and music.

The prince's throne is also extremely luxurious, with a red lacquer gold cockroach, a red pin gold cockroach for hanging accounts, and a painted cockroach on the back wall of the seat, which looks extremely luxurious.

But in Chen Wang's eyes, it was a rotten scene.

(End of chapter)