On March 16, the twelfth year of Chongzhen, the early spring sunshine was particularly warm, shining warmly on my body and face.
Sun Chuanting, Chen Xinjia and others led their troops to regain Qian'an, but it was already an empty city without a trace of life.
After Zhang Cheng's formation beheaded Yue Tuo, Dorgon threatened to retaliate. Every day, large groups of elite Qing cavalrymen roamed outside the Ming army's camps, scaring them so much that they all hid in their camps for fear of being caught by the Qing army. arrived and became their punching bag.
However, the Qing army did not show up yesterday. After a post check, it was discovered that the Qing army had left Qingshankou and Lengkou, and Qian'an was already an empty city. The army hurriedly came to find out what was going on.
On March 17, the Ming army recaptured Qingshankou Pass and Lengkou Pass, and all the Qing troops who invaded the country withdrew from the Ming Dynasty. The Qing army's invasion, which lasted for more than five months, finally came to an end.
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On March 18, the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong forward, Zu Dashou, who had been assigned the seal of the general of the Liao forward, led all the troops in Guanning back to Liaodong to resist Huang Taiji's attack on Liaodong.
On March 20, Sun Chuanting, the governor of Baoding who was the governor of the world's troops and horses, resigned from his duties as the governor of the world's Qinwang soldiers and horses due to the retreat of the Qing army, and was temporarily stationed in Tongzhou.
Because the cabinet minister Yang Sichang was worried that Emperor Chongzhen would appoint Sun Chuanting as Minister of War, he tried to prevent Sun Chuanting from going to Beijing to meet the emperor.
The generals of the Qin army who had fought with him before were ordered to lead their troops to camp in the eastern suburbs of the capital. Their Shaanxi garrison generals were now placed under the command of Hong Chengchou.
To be fair, when the Qing army entered Seoul this time, except for Zhang Cheng, everyone's performance was not very good, and they were all shameless. But after all, everyone fought hard, raiding the slave camp at night, beheading Yue Tuo, killing and wounding There were more than two thousand slaves and thieves, but it was still a great achievement.
Although he failed to prevent the Qing army from leaving the border, he still tried his best. Emperor Chongzhen will definitely reward everyone in the future.
However, when Sun Chuanting led his troops back to Tongzhou, passing through Sanhe County, he saw Liu Yuliang participating in his "big defeat of the special committee", and Hong Chengchou went to Beijing to see his Majesty's residence to report back.
He became angry again and wrote memorials to Emperor Chongzhen one after another. He fought with Liu Yuliang and asked for an audience with his Majesty. Finally, Chongzhen became annoyed after seeing his memorials and was obstructed by Yang Sichang, so he ordered him to stay in Tongzhou.
Sun Chuanting had a stubborn streak in his head. He felt that he was right and Yang Sichang was the one causing the trouble. He felt that the emperor had been deceived, so as long as he could enter the palace and meet the emperor, he could explain everything clearly.
At this time, he heard the news that Hong Chengchou was going to be the governor of Jiliao. Moreover, the reason why the imperial court transferred the Qin soldiers to garrison in the eastern suburbs of Beijing was to let Hong Chengchou take them to Liaodong.
With a stubborn persistence, Sun Chuanting repeatedly wrote letters stating his contribution to driving back the Qing army. He even hurriedly argued that the Qin soldiers and their families were all in Shaanxi and it was not appropriate to be transferred to Liaodong, otherwise there would be trouble.
What's more, Chu Ping, a rogue bandit in Shaanxi, has not yet been led by the rebels, so a large army should be left in case of any eventuality.
During this period, Sun Chuanting was so anxious and anxious that he became bedridden and fell ill in Tongzhou. His body was burning, he had blood in his stool and urine, and his ears were deaf.
However, with Sun Chuanting's character, can he be honest?
He continued to appeal to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that although he was deaf, it was only temporary. He was recovering but could still work, and asked to come to Beijing to see Emperor Chongzhen.
On March 23, Emperor Chongzhen sent a decree that Sun Chuanting did not need to come to Beijing, but instead rushed to Baoding to train his troops and horses for the good of the court.
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March 21, Liangxiang, south of Beijing.
Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, led all the military generals of Xuanda to gather here. Their army camped outside the city, waiting for the arrival of Lu Xiangsheng's coffin.
It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen was extremely happy because Zhang Cheng's formation beheaded General Yangwu, the commander of the right-wing army of the Qing army, Yue Tuo, the slave chief, and captured Yue Tuo's body.
Yue Tuo was not only the commander-in-chief of the right-wing army who invaded this time, but also the flag owner of the red flag of the Qing Dynasty, Beile. The eight flags of the Qing Dynasty were only eight Gushan Ezhen. In the Qing Dynasty, it could be said that they were lower than Huang Taiji and more than ten thousand people. .
It can be said that killing Yue Tuo alone can defeat thousands of armies!
Before this, only Yuan Chonghuan had used the Hongyi cannon to damage Lao Nu's wild boar skin.
Since the Jurchen Rebellion in the Wanli Period, the old slave Ye Zhupi rebelled against the Ming Dynasty with the "Seven Hatreds". After three dynasties, he had never killed such an important figure in the Qing army, let alone captured his body.
This is enough to comfort the ancestral temple!
Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood, so he remembered Zhang Cheng's previous request for mercy for Lu Xiangsheng. Especially, Zhang Cheng's uncle also died in Julu, and now he could be rewarded together.
He issued an order on the same day, ordering Zhang Cheng to escort the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan to the capital. They would hold a memorial ceremony for them in the capital, and ordered hundreds of officials in the court to pay homage to them.
Zhang Cheng received the order on March 17 and ordered Zhang Guodong to lead a hundred cavalry to Baoding Prefecture and escort Lu Xiangsheng's body to Beijing. Zhang Guodong was Lu Xiangsheng's old general, so it would be best for him to escort Lu Xiangsheng's coffin to Beijing.
Zhang Yan's coffin was also parked in Baoding. According to Zhang Cheng's original intention, the infantry sentry commander Chen Dakuan and others should have escorted Zhang Yan's coffin back to Xuanzhen. However, Sun Chengzong, the old man of the original pavilion, kept persuading Zhang Cheng that the Qing army had not retreated and the journey would not be long. Jing, it is better to wait for the Qing army to retreat and return to Xuanzhen after the court awards him a reward.
Zhang Yan's coffin was also delayed in Baoding, and it happened that Zhang Guodong escorted him to Beijing.
At noon on March 22, Zhang Guodong escorted the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan to Liangxiang. Chen Xinjia personally went out of the city to greet them and reported to the court that he was scheduled to enter the city tomorrow and present the body of Yue Tuo, commander of the Dongnu right-wing army, in front of the emperor.
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March 23rd, the beginning of Chen hour.
Chen Xinjia wore court clothes inside and pure white clothes outside. The generals of Xuanda followed closely behind him. They were lined up on both sides. They were all wearing iron armor inside and plain clothes outside. Among them were the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan.
Behind him, Zhang Cheng was dressed in pure white mourning clothes, riding on a white horse. Behind him was a flat cart with a frame on which the body of the slave chief Yue Tuo was tied.
Armored sergeants were guarding the cart on both sides. Everyone was wearing linen and mourning, and there was a forest of white flags to summon spirits. Along the way, paper money was scattered in the sky, and white flowers fell on the ground.
Everyone guarded the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan before they left Liangxiang. It turned out that beside Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Tinglin, who had painted praises, rushed from the capital to support the coffins and mourn.
At the beginning of Sishi, Chen Xinjia led the Xuan army across the Marco Polo Bridge and camped outside Zhengyang Gate.
Hong Chengchou led the Qin soldiers who had been waiting here for a long time. More than 2,000 Qing heads captured by the Ming army after the Julu battle were also escorted here by the Qin soldiers.
Officials from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites came to greet them with brightly armored Han generals. They escorted the coffins of Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Yan and walked in the front.
According to Emperor Chongzhen's decree, there will be a seven-day memorial ceremony for Lu Xiangsheng and a three-day memorial ceremony for Zhang Yan in the city. Officials from the Ministry of War will accompany the sacrifice, and officials from the Ministry of Rites will preside over the ceremony.
The Governor of Xuan Dynasty, Chen Xinjia, was in the front, and Zhang Cheng, Yang Guozhu and other Xuan Army generals were behind. The corpses of the right-wing commander of the Qing army escorting the invading Qing army, General Yangwu of the Qing Dynasty, and Zhenbeile Yuetuo, a man with a red flag on the top of the mountain, marched slowly.
After the victory was presented at the Meridian Gate, the slave chief Yue Tuo verified his identity and sent it to the Ancestral Temple to comfort the second ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
Hong Chengchou led the Qin soldiers behind and escorted more than 2,000 Qing army heads. These were captured by Xuanda, Guan Ning and Qin soldiers when the Qing army returned after the Julu battle.
The entire capital was already boiling, and the onlookers crowded the streets and alleys. It seemed that all the people in the capital were crowded into the streets, and there were huge crowds of people, and the cheers were continuous and continuous!
