Zhu Maozhen, following Zhou Shixian's order, was the first to return to the city to announce the good news. As soon as he reached the city wall, Emperor Chongzhen and Li Banghua came directly over. Chongzhen no longer cared about the emperor's pretentiousness at this time, and asked Zhu Maozhen anxiously: "Where is Shixian?

Why hasn't he come back yet?"

Zhu Maozhen quickly knelt down, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Prince Consort is clearing the battlefield, gathering troops and horses, and will return to the city soon."

"How did Shixian defeat the Shun thieves when they were so powerful?" Emperor Chongzhen looked overjoyed and asked quickly.

"The prince-in-law made clever calculations and strategized, divided his troops into four groups, and moved like a god. He killed the shun thieves by surprise. He also took the lead and personally led the troops into the formation. He won consecutive battles and killed those shun thieves who dared to fight back.

Liu, there are no less than a hundred thieves killed by the consort alone."

On the way back, Zhu Maozhen had already prepared a draft, but in his excitement, he accidentally exaggerated: "Your Majesty, the traitors have been defeated and only a hundred or so remnants have escaped."

"Okay, okay!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, not only did he not have any doubts, but he was overjoyed. He clapped his hands with joy and said, "You are worthy of being my world-renowned minister, and worthy of being my prince-in-law!"

"The prince-in-law is really the reincarnation of Zhuge. This is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty and your Majesty!" Li Banghua stood beside Chongzhen. Although he heard the clues, he also held his hands and fists and congratulated with a smile.

"My family has such a thousand-mile horse, and can defeat millions of enemies in one battle. I want to see how rampant Xiao Xiao will be in the world from now on?" Emperor Chongzhen even exaggerated, and immediately stunned Zhu Maozhen and Li Banghua.

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However, the two of them did not dare to refute, so they could only nod and laugh.

Soon, nearly two thousand soldiers and horses who left the city for a night attack entered the city one by one from the north gate of Dezhou City under the leadership of Zhou Shixian. The people in Dezhou City had already received the news of the great victory and came to watch the excitement.

The streets near the door were crowded.

Zhou Shixian was riding on his horse, listening to the noisy voices in the city, and knew that the people in the city had heard the news and gathered here.

In just one night, the image and reputation of this escort team in the hearts of the people in the city had undergone earth-shaking changes. He turned to look at Xue Laoer and Zhang Hong beside him, and whispered:

"When you entered the city last night, you didn't expect that it would be like this when you enter the city today, right?"

After hearing this, Zhang Hong laughed boldly and said: "Last night, there were those green-skinned villains blocking the road. These people were still very afraid! Now we have become heroes."

"This is all due to the Emperor's wisdom and prowess. Otherwise, we might not even be able to get out of the capital, or we would have been eaten by wild dogs out of nowhere." Xue Laoer continued.

While the three of them were talking, they entered the Wengcheng. What he didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen had been waiting at the entrance for a long time, followed by Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu, Wu Linzheng, Wang Chengen, Zhu Maozhen and others.

Seeing this, Zhou Shixian quickly reined in his horse and stopped, turned over, then trotted over quickly, knelt on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Shixian, pay homage to my emperor, long live my emperor."

Chongzhen was extremely excited at this time. He had not heard of such a great victory for a long time, but his face remained calm as usual. On the contrary, Li Banghua, Ni Yuanlu, Wang Chengen and others all had excited faces. Zhu Maozhen even had his hands shaking.

He knew that he made the right bet and was with the right person.

Seeing Zhou Shixian kneeling in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen quickly stepped forward and personally helped up the armor-clad consort, laughing loudly and saying: "My consort is my thousand-mile horse!"

Zhou Shixian bowed and hurriedly excused himself: "Your Majesty has given me the reward. It is my duty to kill enemies for the country. I absolutely cannot deserve your Majesty's praise."

When Chongzhen heard this, he was even more happy. He turned around and said to the ministers who were following behind him: "Look, look, he is capable of civility and martial arts, he is not arrogant in taking credit, and he is loyal. I have such good ministers in Ming Dynasty, why should I worry about the injustice of the world?"

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Several ministers and the eunuch Wang Chengen were originally grateful for Zhou Shixian's life-saving grace. Of course, they followed up with a burst of praise and praised Zhou Shixian fiercely.

As Zhou Shixian's troops continued to enter the city, the crowds of onlookers on both sides of the street began to cheer. Even the upper floors along the street were full of people, just to pay homage to this victorious army.

Last night, Xue Laoer and Zhang Hong followed Zhou Shixian's order and went out to calm the people. Since entering the city, the army has not done anything to disturb the people. They even distributed the excess grain and grass in the treasury to the people, which has already won the hearts of the people.

At this time, under Zhou Shixian's order, the army that had finished resting outside the city entered with clear steps and cavalry in a strict formation, under the gaze of pairs of eyes.

The cheers of the onlookers grew louder and louder. They had been bullied by the government officials and could be beaten to death at any time while walking on the street. People were constantly fleeing in the city. Many people were facing a food crisis and were already on the verge of collapse.

But at this time, an army suddenly appeared, helped them kill all the villains, and distributed food to them. Now that they had won the battle, how could they not cheer with excitement.

"Hero! Hero!"

The cheers from the crowd reached their peak with a shout of "hero". The cheers resounded throughout Texas City and beyond, and countless hands were waving.

Queen Zhou, Princess Kunxing and Little Princess Zhaoren who were on the tower also heard the cheers from below, and all three of them had proud smiles on their faces.

They were all female relatives of the harem, so it was not appropriate to appear in such a scene. They had to wait until all the soldiers entered the city before following Emperor Chongzhen back to the county government office.

Queen Zhou and Princess Kunxing had been relieved when Zhu Maozhen came back to announce the good news. But later, when they heard that Zhou Shixian was personally charging into the battle, Princess Kunxing became worried again.

After all, on the battlefield, the sword has no eyes. What if you are injured by those thieves?

However, when she heard that Zhou Shixian had killed hundreds of thieves, Princess Kunxing was so shocked that her husband was so heroic!

"I'm just telling you that Shixian will be fine. Do you believe it?" Princess Zhaoren said with her hands on her hips and her head tilted.

Empress Zhou pursed her lips and smiled and said happily: "Yes, yes, our Xiao Zhaoren is right, Shixian is so awesome. When we arrive in Nanjing in the future, we will buy cakes for Xiao Zhaoren to eat!"

Princess Kunxing was completely relieved at this time, but when she thought of Zhou Shixian, her face turned a little rosy. Seeing how energetic her sister was, she smiled and knocked her on the head, saying: "As long as you can do it, you can do anything."

Guessed it."

"That's not true!" Xiao Zhaoren is the kind of person who shines brightly when given a little sunshine. Hearing that he was praised, he felt even more excited.

However, when she was about to say something else, her stomach suddenly growled, causing both Queen Zhou and Princess Kunxing to laugh.
Chapter completed!