Emperor Chongzhen did not have time to stay in Yongping Prefecture for long, so he arranged Li Yutian as the Governor-General of Ji and Liao, Julian Zhou as the General of Jizhen, to guard the Santunying and be responsible for the defense line from Shanhaiguan to Juyongguan, and Yang Tinglin to be in charge of the immigration to Yongping Prefecture. Then he returned to Beijing.
Before this expedition, hundreds of thousands of Jianlu troops and hundreds of thousands of Li bandits' troops, totaling nearly 300,000, gathered in the capital area. It can be said that the situation was very serious.
Not to mention the number of troops, just the Jianlu's reputation was so great. Even though the emperor had defeated the Jianlu twice, such a large army of Jianlu still made everyone terrified, fearing that one day they would wake up to find the enemy army at the gates of the city.
If so many bandit troops continue to besiege and cut off the capital's food and grass supplies, one can imagine what the capital's future fate will be!
As a result, what they never expected was that after the emperor led the troops to the battle, good news kept coming. First, the Jianlu fled upon hearing the news, and then 50,000 bandits were captured. The emperor recruited these 50,000 bandits and pursued the fleeing Jianlu until all of them escaped. The remaining bandits also fled upon hearing the news.
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