Before dawn, when it was the most silent, the whole capital was silent, even the husband was napping in a daze, and the soldiers patrolling the streets were also listless, looking forward to returning to the camp to rest as soon as dawn.

A rapid drum sound sounded from the north city, and then the drums beat like thunder in all directions, and then the alarm bell of the bell tower in the city rang for a long time, and the sleeping people were woken up, and they were panicked and wanted to go out to check, but they saw the officers and soldiers of the brigade hurrying by, and shouted the order: the whole city is under martial law, and you are not allowed to go to the street at will.

The one in the Forbidden City, who was already plagued by insomnia, turned over and got up when he heard the sound, and shouted: "Wang Chengen, quickly pass Chang Yu into the palace...... Don't bother him yet, and send someone up to the city to see."

Almost at the same time, Chang Yu, who was sleeping soundly in the yamen of the East Factory, jumped up from the bed, and Qiao Sanxiu, who was on duty outside, happened to rush in: "Factory Governor, I'm afraid it's the Tartar soldiers coming."

"It's a nail in the coffin" Chang Yu put on his clothes and ran out, "Wuzhong, spread the four battalions of people and horses to settle down and wait for orders," said that he hurriedly left the yamen and turned over his horse, and went straight to Beicheng.

Although the people of the city were grounded, there were still refugees sleeping on the streets, and the alarm bells were frightened and fled, coupled with the mobilization of troops and horses from all walks of life, the road was slightly crowded.

Half-pillar incense kung fu Chang Yu went directly to the city under the Anding Gate, Wang Jiayan had already arrived one step ahead of him, and shouted when he saw him going to the city: "Chang Gonggong, the Tartar soldiers are coming, ten miles outside the city!" ”

Chang Yu didn't have time to talk, he raised his eyes and looked into the distance, at this time, the sky was slightly bright, and he could vaguely see the black clouds in the distance due north, and the Qing army was finally here! At this time, he was resting ten miles away, but his scout horse had wandered for several miles outside the city, and after a tentative run around it gradually approached, the frightened people outside the city who were waiting to take refuge in the city wailed, and smashed the city gate in an attempt to make the city defenders open the door.

Seeing that there was no reaction in the city, they scattered in panic and fled south along the city wall, and the spies of the Qing army wanted to approach and kill them, not taking the officers and soldiers in the city seriously at all.

Exercise! There is no long memory of being beaten up outside the gate, or in their eyes, the Ming Army is still as soft as ever, and they dare not send it! Chang Yu snorted coldly, raised his hand and took a hard bow from the guard's hand, and aimed the arrow at a rapidly approaching Tartar soldier, and with a whoosh, the sharp arrow broke through the air and pierced through the brain.

At the same time, the guards all opened their bows, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten Tartars fell to the ground and died, and the officers and soldiers in the city also opened their bows when they saw this, and the Qing soldiers under the city were horrified, and they did not dare to approach, hiding outside the range or insulting or looking for a gap around the city to kill the refugees outside the city to vent their anger, but the defenders of the city had been ordered, and the Tartars shot and killed when they approached.

Wang Jiayan saw Chang Yu stretch his bow and easily shoot the Tartar soldiers hundreds of meters away, his heart was shocked, the little eunuch's archery skills were so superb, it was rumored that he was brave, he had defeated the masters of the Great Inner with his martial arts, and he was even more enemies on the battlefield, but no one witnessed the ministers in the court, he thought it was an exaggeration, but now the rumors of the leopard in the tube are true, and he admires Chang Yu a little more.

"Lord Wang, it's time to show your face in Beijing" Chang Yu frowned slightly, and woke up Wang Jiayan with a word, slightly puzzled: "What does Grandpa Chang mean ......"

"Send your men out of the city to intercept and kill those people who are under the city to avoid trouble, otherwise when the Tartar army comes to the city at dawn, they will be a pile of bones."

Wang Jiayan was a little nervous when he heard this, his fists clenched, and he exhaled vigorously: "According to Gonggong Chang's opinion, how many people should be sent out of the city."

Chang Yu stared at the Qing army camp in the north: "If you are more, you will lead its main force to come, and if you are less than the enemy, you will be defeated, with 500 people, more than 100 enemies, and 400 escorts."

Wang Jiayan immediately gave an order to select five hundred horses from his command to ride out of the city, at this time Tang Potian hurriedly went to the city to ask for battle, Chang Yu glanced at him: "Are you afraid?" ”

Tang Potian rolled his eyes: "Originally, I wasn't very afraid of three points of blood, but I was a little cowardly when you asked him like this" He had a very good personal relationship with Chang Yu, and his speech was more casual, Chang Yu laughed when he heard it: "You raised 2,000 troops to call for battle in front of the Qing army camp."

Poof, Tang Potian almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood: "Lord Factory Governor, if you offend you by your humble position, just throw me down the city and hurry up, or you can jump down by yourself" What are you kidding, the Tartar cavalry is invincible, you let him lead 2,000 people to call the battle, what is the difference between sending people to the head.

"It's really cowardly" Chang Yu pouted: "If you dare to let the fourth battalion accompany you to death, if you don't dare, let Lord Wang's Jingying do it, and you will put your head in your ass in the future."

"Humble duty obeys orders" Tang Potian gritted his teeth, and immediately went down to the city without much nonsense, the fourth battalion of Dongchang had already been in the city for a long time, and after he mobilized people and horses, he immediately went out of the city and went straight to the Qing army camp, at the same time Wang Jiayan's five hundred men and horses went out of the city from Desheng Gate, and began to fight with those exploration horses.

The sky was bright Chang Yu was holding a clairvoyant mirror and looking left and right, Wang Jiayan kept frowning, and couldn't help asking: "Grandpa Chang, why don't you let those people into the city?" ”

"Too much, too chaotic, one careless, the consequences are unbearable" Chang Yu replied casually, and Wang Jiayan asked again: "Why let Tang Potian go to the Qing army camp to call the battle, there is no doubt that he will die."

Chang Yu sneered: "There are two reasons, first, the governor wants to provoke and provoke Dorgon, and the second is that the governor wants to show his sword."

Wang Jiayan was confused, and he didn't understand it anymore, but he didn't want to continue asking, because he didn't want others to feel like a fool who didn't know anything, he had already seen the expressions of several close attendants around Chang Yu, especially the Taoist priest, obviously understood, could this be the gap between himself and the little eunuch, and even the guards around him were not as good.

Chang Yu's intentions, Li Muxian knew everything about it, and provoking the Tartars to attack the city could put pressure on the city and let Wu Mengming take advantage of the situation to force donations, and secondly, people who were provoked would usually lose their minds.

But how to provoke the Qing army is also particular, he asked Tang Potian to lead 2,000 men and horses and most of them are infantry to call the battle, which is a humiliation for the Qing army, the humiliation of Chi Guoguo, and the other is Chang Yu's so-called bright sword, in fact, it is to show his identity, his heavy armored cavalry has fought with the Tartar cavalry in the first battle of Ningyuan outside the Guan, the other party must have a deep memory, as soon as he sees this team, he knows that he is coming, who is the person Dolgon hates the most at this time, I am afraid that in this world except Chang Yu will not be the second person to think, and the enemy who does not share the sky will provoke in front of him, Few can sit still.

But it seems that Dolgon is one of them, not that he is a big man who can bend and stretch, but he is a little confused, and he doesn't know which play the Ming army is singing.

He led his troops south from Shunyi, and ordered a rest at dawn ten miles away from the imperial capital, and then explored the horses to find out the situation within thirty miles.

Thinking that at this time, Ming Ting knew that his soldiers should be scared to pee, but he wanted to sleep well, and when he woke up, he would directly besiege the city and humiliate him, so he entered the dream with a smile.

I didn't know that the quilt had not been warmed, so I was woken up by my own soldiers, and said: The Ming army went out of the city to intercept and kill Tanma, and sent troops to call for battle......

"What's the matter, the Ming army sent troops to the big camp a few miles away to call for battle?" Dolgon even thought that he hadn't woken up in his sleep, and pinched himself hard: "How many people? ”

"Less than three thousand".

Dolgon was furious: "Dare to insult this king, I don't know whether I am alive or dead", so I wanted to send an order to send troops to slaughter him, and the soldiers said again, calling the formation a little strange, or some familiar, like the heavy armor soldiers I had seen in Ningyuan.

Dolgon raised his eyebrows, heavy armor, that dog eunuch's men! He really returned to Beijing so quickly, no wonder he had exhausted all his moths in the past two days, and the Ming army that ran to Shunyi yesterday was his trick to lure his troops.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope, Dolgon was played by Chang Yu so badly outside the gate that now every step is like walking on thin ice, cautious and cautious.

At this time, Duoduo and others heard the news, and they were also hurt by the inexplicable appearance of the Ming army.

Dorgon fell into deep thought, three thousand men and horses, more than half of them were infantry, he was really sent to death, but with the insidiousness of the little eunuch, how could he give himself a head in vain, there must be an ambush behind him, what did he want?

"Brother Fourteen, what kind of conspiracy does he have, if he sends troops to destroy him, give me a thousand men and horses, and half a pillar of incense will be slaughtered!" Duoduo was simple and rude, and felt that it hurt to think too much about his brain, so he just killed him.

Dolgon shook his head, telling him to calm down for a while, he also had to think about it, the little eunuch sent heavy cavalry to show his identity, and humiliated himself with three thousand men and horses, if he didn't have a back hand, there was something wrong.

Yes, he just wants to provoke me, but why provoke me, and what good is it for him, what do you think about sending 3,000 heads for nothing.

There must be some kind of backhand, but he didn't see it, Dolgon rubbed his head vigorously, racking his brains and still couldn't figure out what the other party was, but he couldn't let it be humiliated, and after discussing with the generals, he decided to send troops to test it, and ordered Ao Bai to lead a thousand troops to fight.