Zhu Yujiao slowly put away her tears, she raised her head and said, "Is this really important?" Is it more important than my brother's life? ”

"Of course!" Zhu Cihong said solemnly, "Otherwise, I should have followed my father four years ago." lived secretly for four years, in order to reshow the glory of Taizu's past. If not, I'd rather die. Sister-in-law, leave Beijing quickly. Maybe my death can make the hearts of the people in the world reunite with the Zhu family, and this can be regarded as my brother paving a way for you...... Don't let me go through all my hard work! ”

Zhu Yu screamed and cried again.

She threw herself into her brother's arms.

The brother and sister hugged their heads and cried.

The candle flame flickered, as if sighing for the hard-working brother and sister.

……。

The so-called misfortune and blessing rely on, and blessing and misfortune lurk.

Zilharang broke through Yingtianfu and occupied nearly half of the city, which indeed achieved his pre-war wish.

Tactically, he did win.

According to the current situation of the war, the Ming army only has more than 10,000 Jingwei and more than 20,000 people under Liao Zhongping, even if the emperor's 6,000 forbidden army is added, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the Qing army's encirclement of the imperial city.

Zierharang himself judged that within three days, the Qing army could break through Jilong Mountain and besiege the imperial city.

At this time, the Qing army in Yingtianfu had gathered nearly 30,000 people.

Conquer the imperial city, almost at your fingertips.

Destroying a country, this is obviously a bit big for the temptation of Zilharang.

But the problem is that the Qing army's vanguard encountered desperate resistance from 6,000 Ming troops at Jilong Mountain, and by the time the sky dawned, it had paid nearly 1,000 casualties, and it was still difficult to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

After discussing with Tan Tai, Ji Erharang, who arrived later, decided to personally organize a strong attack on the one hand, and send Tan Tai to lead his troops to defend the western city.

This order is very correct, because at this time, Xia Wanchun's Jianyang Wei is already close to Ying Tianfu.

When Tan Tai arrived in Xicheng, he happened to meet Xia Wanchun to enter the city.

A fierce encounter ensued between the two armies.

Both sides were lucky.

If it was a moment later, Jianyangwei would enter the city with the whole army, and more than 10,000 Jianyangwei would inevitably form an absolute superiority over Tan Tai's 6,000 troops, then the tide of the battle might be reversed.

If the city gate is controlled by Tan Tai's Qing army at a later moment, then this encounter will evolve into a siege battle, and Jianyang Wei, who has no siege weapons, may really not be able to do it.

Fortunately, both sides were lucky, in this encounter, the Qing army occupied the advantage of individual combat power, while the Jianyang Wei relied on the advantage of troops.

The two sides fought fiercely for half a day, their morale was high, and they could not defeat each other for a while, and fell into a stalemate.

……。

The three battlefields of Xicheng, Jilong Mountain in the city, and Taipingmen City Gate fought fiercely at the same time.

The most tragic battlefield of Jilong Mountain.

The news of Jianyangwei's arrival gave the defenders in the city a glimmer of hope.

The morale of the defenders was greatly boosted, and Liao Zhongping began to transfer troops to reinforce Jilong Mountain.

On this day, the two sides formed a stalemate front with the line of Qingliangmen, Jilongshan and Taipingmen.

This front divided the capital in two, the north was occupied by the Qing army, and the south was still in the hands of the Ming army.

This stalemate caused uneasiness in Zilharang's heart.

Because he knew that there was still a new force that had not shown up for a long time, and that was Wu Zheng's Northern Expeditionary Army.

Jierharang wanted to make a time difference, take advantage of the gap between the Yixing Dynasty and Wu Zheng, quickly break through Yingtianfu, and then rely on the city wall to block Wu Zheng, so as to achieve the tactical goal of destroying a country.

But the problem is that the arrival of Jianyangwei made Zilharang very uneasy.

Jianyangwei contained Tan Tai's subordinates, and the Qing army was blocked in two battlefields, Jilong Mountain and Taipingmen.

Yes, Zilharang is confident that he can get the final breakthrough, but it will take time!

But time is not on the side of the Qing army.

Zilharang knew very well in his heart that the Qing army crossing the river had no backup, and Dolgon's 150,000 troops did not dare to cross the river, and hoarded on the banks of the Yellow River, the only role was deterrence, and other than that, it could only be in vain.

If Wu Zheng's Northern Expeditionary Army appeared in the capital, then Zierharang would be at ease, it would be nothing more than a decisive battle.

The strength and combat power of both sides are on the bright side, but the problem is that the Northern Expeditionary Army has not shown up for a long time, so it has to be vigilant.

A wave of fear swelled up in Zilharang's heart, and this fear even exceeded the desire for the great military exploits of destroying a country, and he had the idea of retreating.

He informed Tan Tai of his idea, but Tan Tai flatly refused.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand, and it is no wonder that Tan Tai.

Imagine any general, attacking the enemy's capital, victory is in sight, who is willing to withdraw?

Of course, this is not the main thing.

The main thing is that the two have different ideas and different positions.

Yes, Zilharan is the Prince.

But Tan Tai is not bad, the real general of the Qing court's expedition to the south.

If it weren't for Wu Zheng's recovery of the southern capital and the rise of the Yixing Dynasty, which round would have Zierharang riding on Tan Tai's head?

Shumulu? Tan Tai, who has made great achievements in the past seven years, captured Hong Chengchou in the battle of Songjin, defeated He Tengjiao and Bai Guangen, and defeated Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, and Li Chengdong, all of whom were invincible.

There is a way that the ass decides the position, Tan Tai is Dolgon's man, and Zilharang and Dolgon are political enemies.

This time, Tan Taiken obeyed Zilharang's order, which was already out of loyalty to the Qing court, but it did not mean that Tan Tai could listen to Jilharang in everything.

Seeing that the city was broken and the imperial city was within reach, Ji'er Harang transferred himself to Xicheng, Tan Tai already felt that Ji Erharang wanted to take the first credit, but he couldn't help Ji'er Harang for a while, so he could only succumb.

Now that the defeat has not been revealed, the work of destroying the country is in front of him, but Zilharang said that he wanted to withdraw, can Tan Tai agree?

No!

Zilharang couldn't retreat forcefully, and as soon as he withdrew, Tan Tai became a lone army, abandoning the general of Zhengnan and an army of 6,000 people, even if it was Fulin, he couldn't do it.

Moreover, without the cover of Tan Tai's flanks, Zilharang could not guarantee that the Qing army that had entered the city would retreat safely under the counterattack of the Ming army.

In desperation, Jierharang had to comfort himself, this was just an illusion in his heart, this battle from breaking through the river defense to entering the capital, three days before and after, even if Wu Zheng heard that the capital was in danger, immediately assembled the army to the north, it would take at least five days.

And the gap between these two days may be able to occupy the entire Yingtianfu.

Although this was Zilharang himself coaxing himself, Jierharang also made some preparations, and he transferred a partial division of 3,000 people to retreat northward, with the intention of assisting the defenders of Longtan, consolidating the defense, and reserving a retreat for the Qing army.

This deployment of Zilharang saved himself and Tan Tai.

However, there will be gains and losses, and the two armies are already in a stalemate, which is a balance of power.

Needless to say, the transfer of 3,000 people, even if it is a thousand, can be felt by the other party.

It is precisely because of this feeling that Liao Zhongping, an originally stable person, made the decision to counterattack on all fronts, not only that, but at the moment before the counterattack, he also asked the emperor Chen to transfer three thousand forbidden troops out of the palace to enhance the counterattack force.