In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, on the nineteenth day of the first month.

The night was deep, and Emperor Chongzhen was gently called up by the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace, and he immediately realized that something big should have happened, otherwise these eunuchs, who usually dare not breathe in front of him, would not have the courage to wake themselves up from their sleep.

Wang Chengen came to him tremblingly and asked people to bring the boiled porridge.

Chongzhen impatiently sent the little eunuch away, and said, "Say, what's going on?" ”

Wang Chengen said: "Emperor, the Tianwu Army has arrived on the outskirts of Beijing, and it has killed thousands of Tartar soldiers.......

Chongzhen only felt that his eyes were in a trance, as if he hadn't woken up, but his consciousness immediately regained consciousness, and he stood up straight.

I only heard Wang Chengen say again: "Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting have also arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, and the army is camping outside the city. ”

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, it was a false alarm, he really didn't misunderstand Hong Chengchou and his people, although he walked too slowly, but for the sake of his starry night gallop help, he could make an exception to praise and boost morale.......

He said lightly: "Summoning the cabinet and the six ministers to the palace for discussion." ”

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Half an hour later, the important ministers gathered in the Qianqing Palace, and the Shangshan supervisor brought up the hot porridge that had been boiled all night.

Looking at the steaming hot porridge, the old man was moved to tears, thanked him again and again, and praised the emperor for showing compassion to his subordinates.

Chongzhen looked at several important ministers and said: "The Tianwu Army and the Shaanxi Army have arrived outside the city, and I invited a few of them overnight, mainly to discuss how to counterattack and defeat the Dongyu army in Tongzhou." ”

The arrival of reinforcements from all sides, especially the arrival of the Tianwu Army, gave everyone confidence at once, at this time, there were more than 100,000 elite divisions of the Ming Dynasty outside the Beijing Division, and if they wanted to defeat the Eight Banners Army in Tongzhou, they should be able to win.

In fact, everyone knows that what the Holy Lord is discussing this time is not tactical deployment, but how to coordinate and dispatch troops and horses, and how to fight is the matter of the person who commands the army.

In the early dynasties, Li Fengxiang, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, led a team of brocade guards out of the city and marched to the Hong soldiers and Qin soldiers outside the Fucheng Gate.

"The crown prince and the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, received the ......"

Hong Chengchou knelt down to accept the decree despite his armor, until Li Fengxiang finished reading the holy decree, his legs were sore, but his heart was excited.

In the holy decree, Hong Chengchou was crowned as the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, led the army to guard the Beijing division, and also let him enter the palace to face the saint, Sun Chuanting was the right to treat Lang and the right to the imperial history of the military department, and the governor of Baoding, Shandong, and Hebei military affairs.

The words in the holy decree were full of praise, which made Hong Chengchou feel indescribably comfortable in his heart, feeling that he had not done anything in vain in Shaanxi all these years.

Hong Chengchou was comfortable, but Sun Chuanting was uncomfortable, King Gao Yingxiang was captured alive by him, and he also had half of the credit for defeating the second generation of King Li Zicheng, why did the saint only let Hong Chengchou enter the palace to face the saint? At this moment, Sun Chuanting was extremely dissatisfied in his heart.

Hong Chengchou didn't care so much, and immediately followed the eunuch Li Fengxiang into the capital.

But halfway through, Li Fengxiang said a few words to him, all he mentioned was that the Tianwu Army arrived in Beizhili two months ago and put it into the battlefield......

Cold sweat broke out on Hong Chengchou's forehead, didn't these words mean that he Hong Chengchou was slow to lead the troops, if he said it too much, it would be a delay in the fighter.......

Is this the eunuch complaining in private, or is it paraphrasing the meaning of the saint? The more Hong Chengchou thought about it, the more scared he became, he was a smart man and was sensitive to many things in the court, which also made him prosperous and invincible.

Hong Chengchou immediately humbly said that when he heard that Dongyu was raging in Gyeonggi along the way, he was also very anxious in his heart, and he was eager to travel thousands of miles a day and serve in front of the king........

As he spoke, he motioned to the lieutenant general beside him to stuff a heavy piece of gold into Li Fengxiang's sleeve.

Looking at Hong Chengchou's appearance of being loyal to the country, Li Fengxiang rolled his eyelids and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back alive, no longer dwelling on this topic, and continued to lead the way to the Forbidden City.

Entering the palace, a special official stepped forward to arrange for Hong Chengchou to change his official uniform, but he refused, he said: "The war is urgent, everything is in power, don't let Your Majesty wait." ”

The officials of the Ministry of Rites felt that this was reasonable, and knew that Yang Ge Lao cared about Hong Chengchou a little, so he no longer insisted, so he introduced him to Jinshui Bridge and went straight to the Huangji Palace.

Ironclad Huohuo, Hong Chengchou, who was covered with dust, stepped into the main hall, and all the officials only felt that it was interesting, and the murderous aura of the battlefield poured in.

I haven't seen him for many years, Hong Chengchou's image has changed a lot compared to a few years ago, a scholar was born, but he is rare and brave and good at using soldiers, Chongzhen was very pleased, and almost got up from the dragon chair to greet him personally.

As the saying goes, the armor is on the body, you can't pay the full salute, Hong Chengchou didn't play this set, he finished the ceremony respectfully, which made people look very strenuous, after he finished the salute, he immediately asked Chongzhen for guilt, saying that he was late for King Qin.

Zhu Cihong, who was standing on the top of the golden steps, looked at it carefully, and secretly sighed that this person was scheming and very good at mixing officialdom.

Zhu Cihong was the first time to see this capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty, only to see Hong Chengchou with a clear face, about forty years old, although he was wearing armor, his beard and placket were neat and reasonable, and there was a restrained elegance in his demeanor.

The prelude of Hong Chengchou Jun was very successful, and Emperor Chongzhen was also very satisfied with the governor who went to Beijing to escort him on a starry night, and the ministers did not jump out to add to the blockage for the first time, and everything was carried out in an unusual harmonious atmosphere, and then ended successfully.

The image of a brave and resourceful Confucian general suddenly appeared in the hearts of the ministers in the palace and even Emperor Chongzhen.

Chongzhen was in a good mood, and ordered the Shaanxi Army to replenish supplies in the vicinity of the Beijing Division, and whatever was needed was raised by the household department.

If it was in the past, the household department would definitely cry poor and not do it, but this time the household department Shangshu Li Zhiwen did not open his mouth to cry poor, and he acquiesced unprecedentedly.

Hong Chengchou was not polite, and asked to replace the war horse, saying that the long-distance march war horse lost weight and lost weight, the horsepower was too weak, and it needed to be overhauled, and then asked for armor and arrows, which was very capricious.

Hubu Shangshu Li was stunned for a moment, and scolded Hong Chengchou for being greedy and excessive! If someone hadn't asked the household department to take care of it beforehand, he wouldn't have paid attention to this crazy man.

On the same day, Chongzhen summoned Hong Chengchou alone, and talked with him in detail about the situation on the three sides of Shaanxi, which is something that Hong Chengchou could not ask for, he took the opportunity to put forward his own concerns, the situation in Shaanxi is as dangerous as an egg, there is still the danger of civil uprising, if you do not send a large army to garrison for a long time, the consequences are unimaginable.

Chongzhen didn't take it seriously, he felt that Hong Chengchou was used to being a feudal official, and he didn't like the constraints of the capital, maybe he was still a little suspicious of supporting the army and self-respecting, but now that he was used, Chongzhen just smiled and asked him to wait for a reply.