Unlike the ten-hour Battle of Mount Edge and the five-hour Battle of Marston Wasteland, the largest decisive battle in the history of the Kings and Parliamentary Army took only three hours to come to an end.

The large force of the parliamentary army was completely defeated and the generals of the parliamentary army fled to the city of London. More than 7,000 parliamentary soldiers were captured, including 500 officers, 100 military flags, a large number of guns, gunpowder, and supplies.

It can be said that the main force of the parliamentary army suffered a devastating blow here and was unable to recover!

Even if the London Parliament wants to organize a new army to fight the King's Army again, it is impossible. First, it is necessary to spend a lot of gold and silver to buy arms again, and secondly, to re-energize morale and find a group of new officers... These are things that the London Parliament, which is at the gate of the city, cannot do!

The winning kings cheered on the battlefield, and they could hardly imagine that the final victory would come so quickly.

The infantry that was put into battle were mainly soldiers of the Eastern Legion and the Royal Guards regiment trained by Sun Chuanting, and 22,000 Kings Army infantry, 21,000 were watching the fun behind and joining the pursuit of the parliamentary army. Otherwise, with the number of people of the Eastern Legion, they would not be able to capture 7,000 prisoners.

The captured prisoners were dejected, while the soldiers of the King's Army were all arrogant and victory was beyond their control.

"Look at whom we have caught? A big man, the deputy commander-in-chief of the cavalry of the parliamentary army, and the member Cromwell!" Prince Rupert asked someone to bring a tied parliamentary army officer to Sun Chuanting, Astraley and others.

Cromwell's face was as dark as a prisoner, and becoming a prisoner was a shame for a noble officer. When the central infantry collapsed, he wanted to lead the cavalry to attack the cavalry led by Prince Rupert. As a result, when the parliamentary army completely collapsed, Cromwell turned around and fled and relapsed, becoming a prisoner of the King's Knights.

His left eye and neck also have wounds left by bullets. It was a miracle to be able to survive in this era where bacteria were easily infected, but his left eye's vision was greatly reduced and he was almost half blind.

"I heard that he had won the king's flag in the Battle of Mount Edge, and he became the deputy commander-in-chief of the cavalry of the parliamentary army with his military merits." Sun Chuanting also learned that this formerly unknown new nobleman. After the beginning of the British Civil War, a group of new nobles such as Cromwell and Fairfax began to take the stage of history, which brought great pressure to the king's army in the early stage.

However, with the defeat of the Marston Wasteland Battle and the decisive battle of the Parliamentary Army, many of these emerging noble officers became prisoners.

"Your infantry firepower and discipline are far above the militia. This is not a fair battle, but a one-sided killing between professional soldiers and loose militias." Cromwell said unwillingly.

"War, there is no such fairness. I will temporarily imprison him and deal with him with the opposition's MPs after we capture the city of London." Sun Chuanting said to Prince Rupert.

Cromwell seemed to have thought of something: "Wait, maybe I...I can help you persuade the parliament to surrender..."

As soon as Cromwell's words fell, Prince Rupert, Astley, Sun Chuanting and others looked at each other.

The city of London was full of officers and soldiers who fled back from the front line, and the whole city of London was panicked. The shops opened by Chinese merchants were afraid of the chaos in the city, and they were even more afraid that the parliament would vent their anger on them. Therefore, they temporarily closed the shops during this turmoil. Even the usually lively teahouses were forced to close, and the merchants hid on the armed merchant ships on the Thames.

When the opposition members of the parliament heard this, they were even more panicked and their faces were ashes.

After the failure of the decisive battle, what they have to face is how to deal with the crisis brought about by the failure of the decisive battle.

War is an extension of politics, and the loser will cede land and pay compensation. This is an unchanging principle for eternity.

When the London Parliament failed, they realized that they had lost the opportunity to turn the tables, and at this time they could only negotiate as soon as possible to end this meaningless war.

"We should take the initiative to seek peace with each other. King Charles is dead, and there is no absolute hatred between us and the Oxford Council, and the other party supports Princess Sophia and is also a qualified successor. They are willing to restore the parliament, which has achieved our goal. Isn't our purpose to get the king to reconvene the parliament and recognize the legitimacy of the parliament? Unfortunately, it is not what we, a parliament, did, but the parliament composed of the king's army, restored the legitimacy of the parliament. We can propose to them to merge the two parliaments to restore peace and stability to England." The Earl of Essex proposed.

The two leaders of the parliamentary opposition, Pim and Hampton, looked bad, but they had already been defeated, and the restoration of the parliament they wanted was restored due to the compromise of the King's Army. England had a parliament again, and they had no reason and ability to continue fighting.

"Sadly, we did fail. As the Earl of Essex said, we should end this ridiculous civil war. Perhaps letting Princess Sophia be king is not necessarily a bad thing." Pim of the House of Commons did not object to the Earl of Essex, but instead supported his idea.

The Earl of Essex represents the attitude of the House of Lords, and Pim represents the attitude of the House of Commons. One thing that the two people decide at the same time is basically a foregone conclusion.

"The Oxford Council is almost all royalist. If they were asked to preside over the merger of the two councils, they would definitely increase the seats in the councils in the towns that support the King's Army, and reducing the seats in towns such as London and Cambridgeshire will be a permanent harm for our hometown!"

"We can also call on the citizens of London to surround the city of London. As long as the people's hearts are still on our side, when Princess Elizabeth returns from the Netherlands, we will become the justice side that supports the royal family!"

“There are still many towns supporting us, and we can’t give up so quickly!”

Several members of the House of Commons could not hold back at this moment, including the leader of the House of Commons except Pim and Hampton.

"Everyone, we have been defeated. You must recognize this fact. This is not something we can decide. If we don't fight for peace talks as soon as possible, it will be too late." Pim, Hampton had to appease the members of the House of Commons.

After the parliament ended that day, Pim and Hampton took the initiative to find the Earl of Essex: "I think we may have found the murderer who murdered the king."
Chapter completed!