At noon, the gate of the Outer Dongchang Yamen in the Imperial City was very lively, and at least 178 people under the command of the emperor's 26 personal guards received a notice that Chang Yu, the governor of the Dongchang Factory, held a banquet at the Yamen.

As the saying goes, there is no good banquet, let alone the banquet in Dongchang, and those who have a little head in the current situation know that this is to make them play, the emperor's personal guards sound lofty, and wherever they go, they are arrogant, but they can still be commercial and mutually supportive between the real skills and the Beijing camp, but in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the front-line troops who have been fighting outside all the year round, they are smiling and silent.

To get credit from Huang, Zhou Yuji, Chang Yu's straight character will directly disdain to say, garbage!

On the eve of the siege of the Qing army, the people and horses of the Beijing camp had gone out of the city with the four battalions of the Dongchang and the Qing army had done a few fights, and they had seen blood on the battlefield.

The Qing army withdrew its troops and returned to the camp, and the whole city breathed a sigh of relief, but it was obvious that neither the emperor nor the little eunuch could easily give up and let them come and go freely, and everyone guessed that it was not just for eating and drinking that they were summoned now, but that it was time to appear.

The emperor's personal guards, on the fame of the prestige of the great power of the battle into a fan, said that it is the same furnishings as the Beijing camp, its equipment is the best in the Ming army, and the Jin Wuwei and Teng Xiangwei with Chang Yu out of Beijing combat performance is remarkable.

But it can't be generalized because of this, Teng Xiangwei is the strongest man in the guard, he was taken out by Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong to suppress thieves many years ago, and the rest is what Jin Wuwei and Fu Junwei can come up with.

Under normal circumstances, the full amount of each guard should be more than 5,000 people, but at this time, in addition to Tengxiang four guards, Jinwu four guards can barely meet the standard, and the rest are seriously vacant, that is, even one of the three giants, the government army and the four guards can't even get together 10,000 people, not to mention the others.

After the old, weak, sick and disabled emperor's twenty-six personal guards who ate empty salaries passed through the secret investigation of Dongchang, it was really shocking, even deeper than the pit in Beijing.

In short, there should have been more than 100,000 pro-guard troops, but in fact, they were not more than half, except for the eight guards of Jin Wuwei and Teng Xiangwei who were pulled out, the rest of Chang Yu wanted to gather a strong army of 30,000 soldiers, and the scene was extremely embarrassing.

Even if he can't take all of these 30,000 horses, after all, the pro-guards have been personally controlled by the emperor since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and they are used to protect the imperial city under normal circumstances.

Extraordinary times to do extraordinary things, now that the Gyeonggi army is empty, Chang Yu is going to do a big deal, Emperor Chongzhen also did not hesitate to bet on him, a holy decree let him supervise the whole city of soldiers and horses, simply put, whether it is the Beijing camp or the pro-guard army, he has the right to transfer at this time.

On the occasion of employing people, Chang Yu was not polite, so he invited the commanders of the guards to the Yamen of the East Factory to discuss matters.

The emperor's personal guard commands, everywhere they go, are coaxing, not to mention that there are more than a dozen, the momentum is naturally not small, but although the Dongchang Yamen is small, it is a big temple, no matter what your identity is, whether it is a dragon or a snake to the door, you have to give me a plate, these commanders who usually have eyes on the top of their heads, are now waiting honestly at the gate of the Dongchang Yamen, although they do not dare to take a breath of atmosphere, but absolutely no one dares to make a loud noise.

Except for one column, Tang Potian.

Tang Potian is just a thousand households of the government military guard, and he is logically not qualified to participate in this banquet, but his identity is different and he is the commander of the guards of the East Palace, and more importantly, he is a friend of Chang Yu, the great eunuch of Dongchang, who has fought side by side with life and death many times, and the Ming army death squad when he attacked the Qing army camp the day and night, he also participated in the war and was designated by Chang Yu as the commander.

In fact, many people are talking in private that one of the four commanders of the government military guard will be Tang Potian sooner or later.

"Brother, it's noon this day, and the factory governor won't let me wait to go in and let us drink the wind here?" The other guards and envoys all gathered together at the yamen and waited in whispers, and Tang Potian and the others were impatient and asked the yamen guards to talk nonsense.

The fans of the yamen all knew him, and knew that he had a good relationship with the factory supervisor, so he said: "Lord Tang, don't be embarrassed, we are all acting on orders, or you should go in first and ask the factory supervisor."

Moreover! Tang Potian rolled his eyes: "Lao Tzu is not fooled, how can the yamen of Dongchang break into it casually, that is, Chang Gonggong will not punish him, how can the gang of fierce gods and evil insides let me go."

"Look at what Lord Tang said, the people in our Dongchang are very kind, and the reputation is to treat people outside, where did the fierce gods come from......" The gatekeeper was also a poor mouth, and he talked to him.

Kindness? …… Tang Potian laughed: "You also speak ......" As soon as the words fell, he heard a lazy voice coming: "Who is saying bad things about our Dongchang, yo old Tang, why is Dongchang treating you slowly, or go back to a few brothers to greet you well......"

When everyone heard this, they turned their heads and looked at it, and saw Chang Yu walking down in a carriage at the mouth of the alley, and everyone hurriedly gathered around to give a salute.

"Yes, you can't afford the greeting of your yamen" Tang Potian rubbed his nose: "I thought you were nourishing inside, why did you come from outside."

Chang Yu glanced at him: "Recuperate? How can our family have such a blessing as you to sleep in the sun and dry your buttocks, our family is ...... early this morning Didn't you just come back from the palace......" As he spoke, he walked into the yamen with Tang Potian's shoulder, which made the eyes of the guards and commanders behind him hot.

The people in Dongchang are not particular about food, but there is good wine in coarse tea and light rice, and there are two long tables above the lobby, and more than a dozen personal guards command the envoys who sit around and stare at the little eunuch Chang Yu sitting in the center.

Chang Yu is a low-key person, and there are very few people in the government and the opposition who see his true face, even among these people here, many of them are seeing this legendary little eunuch for the first time, and their eyes are full of all kinds of surprises.

Chang Yu, who was the focus of many eyes, calmly dealt with it, scanned the audience with a wine glass in his right hand, and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "The Ming Royal Praetorian Guard, the foundation of the country, the majesty of the royal family, but I don't know if I can still guard the royal face at this time."

A faint sentence, it is not painful or itchy, but it makes many guards and commanders extremely uncomfortable to listen to.

"In the near future, our family will be ordered to go out of the city to encircle and suppress the Tartars, although there are tens of thousands of horses outside, but the troops are still insufficient, you should wait for a long time in the greenhouse and go out to bask in the sun and blow the wind, Jin Wuwei and Teng Xiangwei fought on the battlefield and finally earned face for the guards, I hope it will not be lost by you."

Everyone whispered, Tang Potian slapped the table and got up: "Isn't it just killing the Tartars, there is no difference between the two eyes and the thief army, a knife will still break the head and bleed, as long as the factory governor says a word, the sword mountain and the sea of fire will not give up, we are willing to throw our heads and spill blood for the emperor for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Everyone got up one after another, Chang Yu nodded slightly, raised his glass and stood up: "To everyone!" ”

Point generals, radical generals, Enwei and perform the skills of these sages, Chang Yuxin is at his fingertips, and at the time of lunch, he let the commanders of the guards who participated in the meeting all be emotionally excited, sharpening the knife Huo Huo couldn't help himself, and he couldn't wait to immediately raise his knife to the battlefield to kill the Tartars to earn fame and silver!

At present, the guards in the capital can draw up to 30,000 men and horses, but they can't all be withdrawn, after all, the guards of the imperial city are also very important, but Chang Yu is not polite, ordering 20,000 troops, ordering all departments to deploy men and horses to prepare for war as soon as possible, and ordering Tang Potian to be the president of the pro-guard army.

There are more than 50,000 men and horses outside the city, plus 20,000 of the guards, and 20,000 from the Beijing camp, these nearly 100,000 troops can always make Dolgon hit his head and bleed, Chang Yu thought secretly.

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