Hu Maozhen said: "They don't dare to rebel, but they say that our military discipline is corrupt, and we are not allowed to enter the city, and we will not hesitate to meet each other in battle."

"During the period, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ministry of War, mediated that Uncle Gao Jie's soldiers and horses could only enter Guazhou, or be stationed outside the city of Yangzhou, and were not allowed to enter the city. Since then, this rule has been set, and Uncle Liu Zeqing can't do anything now."

"How unreasonable!" Ma Luan smashed the stone with one palm, "Shi Kefa has not achieved enough, and he has more than failed. This commander will return to Yangzhou and let them open the city gate to welcome the generals into the city, and I will see which of them dares to stop them!"

Ma Luan slapped his chest loudly.

Seeing Ma Luan so confident, these martial arts masters and Hu Maozhen suddenly came to their senses again.

These remnants of the defeated generals rested here for two hours, and after the fourth watch, they fled to Yangzhou overnight......

When the sky was gray and bright, the prefect Sang Kaidi, Chen Qianfu and Yuan Shu finally arrived in Tianchang County with more than 20,000 horses.

At dawn, the battle in the city was over.

An hour later, civil and military officials and commanders and generals from all walks of life came to see Chongzhen and worship the king, and played the battle situation.

After half a day and a night of fighting, Liu Zeqing's three-way pursuers and Liu Liangzuo's 10,000 partial divisions were driven away, and all the thieves in the city were wiped out, killing Liu Liangzuo's general Ding Dexing and Liu Zeqing's generals Ma Huabao and Zhang Shiyi, destroying more than 20,000 enemies, including more than one prisoner.

But the Ming army also paid a lot of price in this battle, with more than 10,000 casualties, mainly Li Yan's 1.8 men and horses suffered heavy casualties, counting the ones who returned one after another and those who were wounded, only more than 8,000 people remained, and the generals He Dacheng and Zhang Pengcheng were killed.

Chongzhen sent a notice to calm the people.

In the city for three days, let Wang Chengen register all these casualties in the register, and in the future, he will be rewarded, and his wife and son will be sealed.

Then the more than 10,000 captives were treated differently. Ordered Wang Chengen to distinguish the following, whose subordinates are these many captives.

Wang Chengen didn't understand what Chongzhen meant, and the usual captives were exempted from their crimes, and they were also allowed to eat food and serve as soldiers, and some even reinstated officials, disrupted the battle sequence, carried out reorganization, and then distributed food and wages, which is Chongzhen's consistent practice.

Today is different.

Wu Chengen saluted Chongzhen, "Master, the old man is angry and stupid."

Chongzhen said: "Wang Daban, anyone who is captured for the first time, whether it is Liu Zeqing's subordinates or Liu Liangzuo's subordinates, will be treated as prisoners. But those who refused to surrender before and are now forced to surrender, as well as those who turned against the water and became deserters after surrendering, such as Gao Jie's old department, were all killed. I said I wouldn't give them a second chance."

Wang Chengen suddenly realized that the saint finally realized that he would never do the same as he did with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong before, these thieves surrendered if they couldn't win, and then found an opportunity to rebel again, and as a result, they dragged the court down alive.

These rebels and thieves should have been killed a long time ago.

Wang Chengen praised again and again: "Your Majesty, these dog thieves should be killed, the emperor's grace is so vast, but they are not evil, and they are said to be full of them!"

In this way, after two days of screening, a number of prisoners were recruited, and then more than 2,000 "bad soldiers" were publicized in public and their heads were collectively beheaded.

At this time, the newly recruited captives, including more than 20,000 horses brought by Chongzhen, were all in awe.

They swore that since they surrendered to the Ming court, they would rather die in battle than be beheaded like this, and that they were loyal martyrs of the Ming Dynasty who died in battle, and they could get the court's compensation, so they were beheaded and infamous.

Those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals who were lucky enough to escape this catastrophe did not dare to play the court anymore.

The civil and military officials also felt that the emperor had changed, and he had become decisive and domineering.

knelt down and shouted at the tumbling head on the ground, long live the emperor, Your Majesty Shengming......

The body was pulled to a mass grave post for burial.

As before, the more than 14,000 newly recruited prisoners were disrupted and paid food and salaries were disrupted, and the morale of the army was stabilized.

Chongzhen brought more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, plus thousands of Li Yan's remnants and more than 10,000 prisoners, Chongzhen had an army of 50,000 in Tianchang.

After three days of rest, the soldiers were strong

, scrappy. The food and grass for logistical supplies have also arrived, and everything is ready.

Li Yan and others also recovered from their injuries, Chongzhen decided to ignore Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong first, there was Ma Bao's 30,000 army to deal with first, he decided to set off tomorrow, set off to Yangzhou, and first cleaned up Liu Zeqing who was entrenched in Yangzhou.

That night, Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen, "Wang Daban, bring Gu Shunyi and Li Moran here, I want to summon them."

"Old slave commands." Wang En agreed to quit the temporary palace.

In the night, a pair of young boys and girls were sad.

"Brother Gu, I think we're out of play." Li Moran looked lost.

"Mo'er, don't be discouraged." Gu Shunyi comforted her, "Maybe Your Majesty really has a way."

"Stop deceiving yourself, what can you do? Being discharged from martial arts, this is a big injury, and not dying is already a big fate, how can there be a reason to restore martial arts? The emperor is just comforting me and waiting......" Li Moran looked at the night sky in amazement.

「……」

Gu Shunyi said that Li Moran was reasonable.

It's been a few days, and Li Yan and Tang Wancai's injuries have healed, just like the two of them without any force, like a wasted person.

The two of them were happy to see others recover, but when they thought of themselves, they secretly wept.

"Mer'er, what are you going to do?"

"Go to Shanhaiguan to see my father...... Staying here is a burden...... It's just that you have the face to see him...... old man," Li Moran said, and tears fell again.

"I don't think I have the face to look back at my family again......

"Neither of you needs to leave, the emperor has a decree to summon you." Wang Chengen appeared in front of the two of them.

"Princess?" The faces of the two changed.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen