On September 12, the Ming army returned to Guannei, and the Qing army also began to return to Shengjing, and the third Qing army entered the pass.

In this catastrophe, the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot of losses, and the captive people were as high as 180,000, although more than 100,000 people were recaptured, but there were still tens of thousands of people who were taken captive out of the customs early, and other gold, silver, treasures and other materials were countless.

Daming was swept by the Qing army, the economy was devastated the most, the people were miserable, and the Qing army also suffered heavy losses, leaving tens of thousands of heads in Daming.

After returning to Qian'an from Lengkou Pass, some officials and garrison generals from nearby places came to pay a visit to the crown prince, but Zhu Cihong only summoned Liu Jingyao, the supervisor of Yongping, and the rest of them were all asked to kneel under the dragon flag in the camp.

Although Liu Jingyao is the Yongping supervising army, he is not a eunuch, which makes Zhu Cihong a little surprised, the Ming Dynasty has established the eunuch supervision system since the Yongle Dynasty, and the supervising army is basically eunuchs, this Liu Jingyao is special.

Subsequently, Zhu Cihong learned that Liu Jingyao was a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and he was currently the envoy of Shandong and the superintendent of the army Yongping. (Shandong Province in the Ming Dynasty was not only Shandong in later generations, but also included the Liaodong area, which was very large.) ）

After a brief chat with Liu Jingyao, Zhu Cihong asked a group of officials kneeling under the dragon flag to work, statistically record the names and origins of the captured people, and be responsible for pacifying and relieving them.

As for the seized materials and property, the Yongwei Battalion and the New Battalion were responsible for sorting out and escorting them to the Beijing Division, and after the local officials and defenders provided vehicles, they could only watch with a small amount of materials being transported away.

Zhu Cihong specially convened a military meeting, carefully divided the heads of the beheadings in this battle, and then wrote a battle report and sent it to Beijing.

In the end, the generals of the Shenji Battalion, the Shenshu Battalion, and the Tianxiong Army all had smiles on their faces and came out of the big tent happily.

On September 14, Zhu Cihong began to lead the army back to Beijing after repairing for two days, and on the way he received news from the Beijing Division, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, and Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, who were afraid of taking rhubarb medicine and overdosed, died one after another a few days ago.

On September 15, the good news of Lengkou's victory reached the Beijing Division.

The cavalry who reported the victory galloped on the main street of the Beijing division with the good news, shouting: "Good news! Lengkou was victorious, our army pursued the slaves and thieves for 300 miles, killed 7,000 enemies in Lengkou, and rescued 120,000 people! ”

"Good news! A big win for cold mouth! The crown prince beheaded the seventh son of the old slave, Abatai! Capture the general Chao Pichang alive! ”

After the good news arrived in the cabinet, it immediately caused a shock, and Emperor Chongzhen personally read the good news and read it word by word.

"Hahaha! Killing the king before the battle is really a great victory! Chongzhen laughed, feeling that every pore on his body was extremely comfortable at this time.

The ministers echoed one after another, offering a congratulatory message from Huazao, and opened various postures of patting the horse's ass.

A few days later, the Huangming Times reported on the victory in the latest special edition, the content was exaggerated, and the victory was praised desperately, and the title was more shocking than the other.

There are also more detailed reports on each edition, not only the course of each battle, but also the columns on the heroic deeds of several major battalion commanders.

Under the impetus of the Huangming Times, the entire Jingshi was boiling, and everyone was in the name of the crown prince, and the prestige of the three battalions of the Yongwei Battalion, the Shenji Battalion, and the Shenshu Battalion even played out the reputation of the new battalion and the Tianxiong Army.

The newsstands in the capital were already dark and crowded with people, listening to the people singing the newspaper in the middle shaking their heads and reading the contents, and from time to time there was a burst of applause.

When Zhu Cihong returned to Beijing with the generals, the people on both sides of Yongding Gate were already standing in Beijing, all wanting to see the crown prince's demeanor.

At this time, Zhu Cihong has already been rumored to be a god, what is the reincarnation of the true dragon, what is the reincarnation of the Zhenwu Emperor, and the reincarnation of the Ziwei Emperor Star, which makes such a rotten situation have this turnaround.

At the right time, under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the army entered the Yongding Gate one after another, and the dense crowd of greetings also broke out into cheers.

The Desheng army waved the flag, covering the sky and the sun, and the honor guard of the Son of Heaven came in the flags like the Emperor Luan driving the clouds.

Zhu Cihong did not sit in the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, but stood on the huge double-decker chariot specially built for him by the War Bureau.

Behind the chariots, there are many large drum carts, and the drummers skillfully beat the marching drums, and the sound of the majestic marching drums even overshadows the triveteur of the ceremonial department.

In the passionate marching drum music, several battalions of soldiers walked on the main street with their heads held high, especially the brave guard battalion in the front, they wore iron armor shining with cold light, walked neatly and powerfully, and the iron boots hit the bluestone road, making a neat roar.

The army was so imposing that the onlookers were even more jubilant, and even more people chanted feverishly: "Salute to the heroes!" ”

Huang Degong, who rode his horse to the forefront, was full of pride, he raised his powerful right arm, and shouted: "Daming Wansheng!" ”

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The generals of the brave guard battalion at the forefront shouted in unison, and the sound shook for miles, which immediately made the onlookers enthusiastic and passionate.

Some red-faced girls on both sides of the road screamed and waved their handkerchiefs, and their hands were almost sore.

Although the young soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion were still neat and orderly, many of them rolled their eyes slightly, secretly looking at these girls, and when they approached the group of screaming girls, they all became serious and strode forward with their faces strained.

The welcoming crowd included not only uncles and aunts, but also young girls, as well as some cultural people, such as some students of Guozijian.

Some students of Guozijian were infected, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Such a military might, my generation also yearns for it!" ”

Many students of Guozijian were fans of the Yongwei Battalion, and wanted to abandon their pen from Rong to join the Yongwei Battalion to serve the country, and they followed them all the way to the station.

These students gathered in front of the camp of the Yongwei Battalion and expressed their desire to join the army, which made some of the generals of the Yongwei Battalion not know what to do.

After the battalions returned to their stations, the officials of the Ministry of Rites announced the condolences to the labor army on behalf of the imperial court, and after giving some money and cloth to the battalions, they slipped away.

Zhu Cihong returned to the palace to reply to the decree and handed back the sword of the Son of Heaven's honor guard monk Fang.

On the second day, Emperor Chongzhen held a banquet in the palace back garden and summoned Zhu Cihong and other major generals of the expedition, including Huang Degong, deputy general of the Yongwei battalion, Sun Yingyuan, deputy general of the new battalion, Zhang Shize, deputy general of the Shenshu battalion, Wang Wannian, general of the Shenji battalion, and Cao Huachun and Lu Xiangsheng, the supervising army.

This banquet is quite rich, with meat and wine, not as shabby as the six small dishes eaten in Zhu Cihong's family banquet before, Rao is so rich, but no one dares to eat much, just occasionally clip a piece of meaning.

During the banquet, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, praised the generals, and asked for some details, which made everyone feel flattered.

After a simple meal, Chongzhen deliberately left Lu Xiangsheng behind, and summoned several ministers to discuss how to settle the rescued people.