On August 20, the Qing army withdrew from the pass and martial law was lifted in the capital.
The two month long Qing army raid had come to an end.
Lu Xiangsheng's army had abandoned the bandits. As soon as they reached Zhen Ding, news came from the capital that Dong Nu had escaped, and Lu Xiangsheng was asked to return to his original place to continue the extermination. However, it was already too late. The bandits from the Central Plains sent away the King of Hell Lu Xiangsheng and went out to plunder the people, bringing them back to life.
This time, the Qing army entered the pass and poisoned the capital area for a thousand miles. Since Changping, the Qing army captured twelve large cities in prefectures and counties. Except for the battle of Fanjia Village, the Qing army won fifty-three battles. The Qing army captured 150,000 people and livestock and returned them to the outside of the Pass. The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty followed the Qing army and did not dare to fight. When Azik went out of the customs, he asked people to chop wood and write the words "All officials are exempted from sending" and "Beautiful clothes ride, play music and return" to humiliate the Ming army.
The Minister of War Zhang Fengyi and the Governor of Xuanda Liang Tingdong knew that they had the responsibility to defend the pass and the land, so they couldn't avoid death. They took big yellow every day in the army and were already on the verge of death.
The capital region of the Ming Dynasty was in a mess. There were ruins everywhere after being looted and burned by the Tartars. The losses were heavy.
Of course, in this darkness, there was also the bright spot of the Fan manor's great victory.
In one battle, he captured and beheaded 7,600 people, shocking the world.
After the news of the victory at Fan Manor spread to all parts of the country, there was praise everywhere. Especially the Donglin Party. He was originally a clean and honest person in politics. Now that he had made great contributions, he was praised by the gentry of the world as an able minister who could predict the enemy and know the army. He was a commander who could fight well. The emperor was also very optimistic, called He Shishou to the capital platform to answer, give imperial food.
However, He Shishou's correct answer on the platform disappointed the emperor. The level of discussion about military matters was really not like that of a governor.
On August 22nd, Yanguli's body and the heads of more than 7,600 Tartars were sent to the capital. The emperor ordered the head of Dong Nu to be built in front of the Imperial City as the capital. He also hung Yanguli's body on a big tree for the people of the capital to see.
When the citizens of the capital learned of the Fan family's great victory, they were all very excited. Ever since Sa Er Hu, the Ming army had been defeated in successive battles outside the pass. They only relied on the Guanning defense line to maintain the empire's reputation. The Houjin, or rather, the Qing army, broke through the pass several times and plundered everywhere, killing countless people of the Ming Dynasty. When had the Ming army ever had such a great victory?
This battle was soul-stirring and displayed the national prestige of Great Ming!
At this moment, they heard that the heads of more than seven thousand Tartars were piled up in front of the Imperial City to build a pavilion. There was also the corpse of the Tartar Super Duke. The people rushed to see it. For a time, the capital was deserted. The road in front of the Imperial City was packed. The commoners grabbed stones and squeezed into the front of the Imperial City, throwing stones at the heads of the Tartars.
"Damn tartars, watch me smash you to death with stones!”
"Haha! They dared to rob the people of my Ming Dynasty. Now, they have all lost their lives!”
"This time the Tartars have suffered heavy losses, do they still dare to enter my Great Ming to plunder?”
"Look at the body of that Tartar Super Duke, what a burly body!”
"My Great Ming actually has such a powerful official army that can kill so many Tartars!”
The emperor Zhu Youjian stood on the Gate of Heaven Influence, looking at the distant capital and the people in silence.
Yesterday, the news came from the horse. Minister of War Zhang Fengyi and Governor Liang Tingdong were afraid that the emperor would hold them accountable, so they had been taking Da Huang for a month. Both of them were on the verge of death.
Chong Zhen was a little speechless at these two people. These two people were considered talents who knew how to fight. They did not expect to commit suicide in fear of punishment.
Originally, after the news of the victory in Tianjin came, Chongzhen would not kill these two people on the account that their merits and demerits offset each other. He would not even take away their positions. He was only prepared to demote them by one level as punishment. However, he did not expect that these two people did not believe that the Great Ming soldiers could achieve a great victory and ate Rhubarb early on. Although there was good news now, their lives were already beyond redemption.
However, although the two civil officials were already half-dead, they still wrote a memorial to congratulate the emperor on the great victory.
The problem was, after the two of them died, who would take over the vacant positions of Minister of War and Governor Xuan?
Originally, Chongzhen was very optimistic about the victory in Tianjin, hoping that He Shishou would be able to take over the responsibility of the Ministry of War. However, the platform answered correctly yesterday. The emperor was very disappointed that his speech on military affairs was empty and that he talked about morality.
Whenever he couldn't say anything, he would start to say that the Hong Yi cannons were sharp and the muskets were fierce. He wanted the emperor to strengthen the management of the Military Equipment Bureau, so that the emperor didn't know what he meant. However, Lin Hong's performance made Zhu Youjian confused. He Shishou didn't know how to fight, so how did the victory at Fan Manor come about? With such a great victory, there must be some outstanding soldiers in Tianjin, otherwise how could they capture and behead 7,600 Tartars? Since the governor was not familiar with the military, there must be brave generals who could fight.
However, he had never heard of any of the generals in Tianjin being extraordinary.
Zhu Youjian suddenly remembered the name Lin Feng.
It had already been two times, and every time the name of this minor official appeared in the memorial, it would be a great victory. Before this, he defeated Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng in Ruzhou and killed Ma Shouying. Then, the great victory occurred in Fan Manor. Over 7,600 heads were captured and Yang Guli, the fake Supreme Duke of Dongnu, was killed. Every time, this Li Zhi would be able to take the head of a general in an army of 10,000 and make the first contribution!
Was this just a coincidence?
Or did this Lin Feng have outstanding merits? Contribution to the victory?
Zhu Youjian looked at Yanguli's corpse hanging in the air in front of the Imperial City. He watched the people of the capital throw stones and spit at Yanguli's corpse. The people of Ming Dynasty had accumulated too much hatred and fear towards the Tartars over the years. Now that they had obtained the Tartar noble's corpse, they could greatly vent their hatred and reduce their fear of the Tartars.
Otherwise, if this fear continued to accumulate, the Ming army would not dare to fight, and more and more officials and people would surrender to the Tartars.
After a while, Zhu Youjian praised,""This Yanguli is really a burly Tartar. The general who killed him is very skilled!”
Wang Chengen said,"The Emperor is wise!" This Yanguli is the highest leader of the East slaves that I have killed in decades!”
Zhu Youjian turned around and said to Wang Chengen beside him,""Tomorrow, I will lead all the officials to offer sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and report the victory of killing Yangguli to the ancestors.”
Wang Chengen cupped his hands and said,"The Emperor is wise!"”
"The soldiers have made great contributions and must be rewarded! Otherwise, it would chill the hearts of the soldiers to kill the enemy and serve the country!”Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said,"I will reward the person who killed Yang Guli, Fan Village's leader, Lin Feng, with a set of armor and 500 taels of platinum. I hope he will make new contributions in the future!"”
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