Seeing that the ministers of the DPRK and China were arguing endlessly, the armies from all walks of life had arrived one after another, but the military department had never begun to deploy soldiers and horses, and the 200,000 troops had been stranded around the capital for several days!

Faced with such a situation, Liu Juntao was also depressed, but his official position was low, and he had no ability to influence the direction of the court at this time, so he could only be secretly anxious.

Since he couldn't control the situation, Liu Juntao simply arranged the soldiers and horses of each battalion, and brought a team of guards into the capital, preparing to take a stroll in the capital, take a leisure, and take a look at the customs and customs of Beijing at this time.

Along the way, Liu Juntao saw that the capital was very depressed, the shops on the street were basically closed, and only a few big stores continued to open for business, but they were all open, and few customers came to the door.

At this time, there were many people on the street, only a few pedestrians passing by, but they were all in a hurry, and everyone was hurrying with their heads down, and they didn't want to stay too much on the street at all.

At this time, although after Yu Qian's iron-fisted governance, the security in the capital has been greatly improved, but it is still not very peaceful, and some ruffians and bullies are still wandering the streets in groups of three or five, and they still want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune and be happy.

Of course, these ruffians are much more cautious than before, walking through small alleys and alleys, picking out some lone pedestrians to attack in order to avoid soldiers and servants on the street.

Seeing this situation, Liu Juntao also sighed slightly, feeling very uncomfortable, and at this time, Liu Juntao's mind kept emerging about the history of Beijing.

In August of the first year of Hongwu, the general Xu Da captured the capital of Yuan, because Emperor Yuan Shun fled without a fight, the city of Beijing was very fortunate not to be damaged, and it was preserved intact. However, because the city of Beijing was too large to be defended by the Ming army, Xu Da moved the north city wall six miles to the south, and at the same time used city bricks to wrap the outside of the city wall to improve its defensive ability.

In the fourth year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor began to plan to move the capital to Beijing, and built the west on the site of the Yan Wangfu, which was completed the following year.

In the fourteenth year of Yongle, the Yongle Emperor began to imitate the Nanjing Forbidden City to build the Beijing Palace. Since then, the Forbidden City Palace, Taimiao, Taisheji, Wansui Mountain, Taiye Pool, Ten Princes' Mansion, Huangtaisun's Mansion, Five Mansions and Six Yamen, Bell and Drum Towers have been built one after another, and the southern wall of Beijing City has been moved two miles to the south to build the Imperial City.

After that, the Yongle Emperor built the heaven and earth and the mountains and rivers in the southern suburbs of Beijing.

Waiting for this dynasty, the orthodox emperor carried out the second addition to the city of Beijing, the inner side of the city wall was covered with bricks, the excavation of the South China Sea of Taiye Pond, the construction of the nine gate towers, the urn city and the arrow tower, the four corners of the city pool to build corner towers, the city gate outside each erected a memorial arch, the wooden bridge on the moat was all changed to a stone bridge, a sluice was set up under the bridge, and the river bank was built with bricks and stones.

After the renovation, the circumference of the capital is 45 miles, forming an extremely strong city defense system.

At the same time, the orthodox emperor also built the imperial tomb and defense facilities such as Changping City, Gongji City and the Inner Great Wall on the outskirts of the capital.

So far, Beijing City has firmly sat on the throne of the world's largest city at that time!

And the city of Beijing is also crowded, more than one million people live in the city, plus a series of people such as garrison soldiers and horses, at this time the population in Beijing even reached a terrifying nearly two million!

Such a population is unprecedented at this time.

Liu Juntao recalled these information about Beijing City, and then looked at the depressed scene in front of him, and his heart was even more uncomfortable.

So, Liu Juntao shook his head and wanted to return to the camp.

Suddenly, Liu Juntao remembered that when he went south to conquer Ye Zongliu, the general, Dai Jingkui, should be in the capital at this time.

Therefore, Liu Juntao was ready to visit, after all, he and General Dai Jingkui were born and died together, and they hadn't seen each other for so long, so it was appropriate to visit the capital.

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao to find the address left by Dai Jingkui, the general of the staff, and when he arrived outside Dai's mansion, Liu Juntao was dumbfounded.

I saw two snow-white lanterns hanging high outside the door of Dai's mansion, and two subordinates were guarding the door in plain white filial piety clothes, and there was no sad cry in the mansion.

Liu Juntao was suddenly shocked in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward with the guards and asked the two subordinates, "May I ask what happened to General Dai's family?" ”

"Who is this general?"

"I am the new Yanzhou Governor General, when I was a guerrilla general, I had recruited thieves under General Dai, and this time I was recruited by the Ministry of War to enter Beijing to assist in defense, and I came to meet General Dai."

I saw that the subordinate said with a sad face: "It turned out to be the general!" It's just that the general is a step late, and my general is already gone! ”

"What!"

Liu Juntao was taken aback when he heard this, and his heart was even more sad, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong!" ”

"Today, when the emperor drove his own expedition, my general led the army to go out with the car, and he was martyred in the battle at Tumu Fort!"

Hearing this, Liu Juntao's eyes couldn't help but redden, he never expected that when they were separated in Nanjing, it would be the last time they met.

At this time, Liu Juntao's heart was sad, and at the same time full of anger, when he was outside Nanjing, the look of the general Dai Jingkui was still vivid, Liu Juntao was still very puzzled at that time, now I think about it, the general Dai Jingkui may have known at that time that he would lead the army to fight.

Liu Juntao thought that so many Ming soldiers had become victims of the civil official group's struggle for power and profit, and his heart was extremely sad, these soldiers were all heroes of the Ming Dynasty, and they died tragically in Tumubao like this!

Liu Juntao held back his tears a little, and strode into Dai's mansion, and he and a team of guards walked towards the mourning hall.

"General of Yanzhou Mansion, Liu Juntao sends off the deceased!"

With a high singing, Liu Juntao walked into the mourning hall alone, saluted the tablet of General Dai Jingkui, and put on three sticks of incense.

The family of the general Dai Jingkui also cried in return, Liu Juntao's eyes were red and he said some comforting words, and left a hundred taels of silver, and left without looking back.

After leaving Dai's mansion, Liu Juntao only felt that he was depressed in his heart, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then he didn't have the heart to walk around in the capital, so he directly took the guards out of the city and returned to the camp.

Liu Juntao strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, and the sadness and anger in his heart could not be calmed for a long time, as if it was a huge whirlpool, which stirred Liu Juntao's mind extremely irritable.

"Herald! The commanders of the battalions immediately came to discuss the matter! ”

"Order!"

In less than half an hour, Zhang Xiaojun, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, and Sun Xu rushed over, and Liu Zi'an of the Investigation Department and Zhang Yuqing, the director of the Zanhua Department, also rushed over.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Liu Juntao said: "The current situation is extremely grim, and the Warat Iron Cavalry may be killed at any time. And the new defeat of the national dynasty, the capital is also in danger, so let's think about the plan to face the Tartars in advance! ”

Everyone was also awe-inspiring when they heard this, and at this time, the armies from all walks of life had already arrived in the capital one after another, but in the past few days, everyone also observed it, and found that the combat strength of the armies from all over the country who came to help was uneven, some soldiers and horses were very strong, but there were also very weak combat power.

Although 200,000 troops had gathered around Beijing at this time, whether these soldiers and horses could withstand the attack of hundreds of thousands of Warat iron cavalry, everyone had no confidence in their hearts.

Therefore, everyone discussed together for a long time, and finally agreed: under the unified deployment of the military department, the army should try to rely on the city and mountains for offensive and defensive battles, and at the same time try to avoid direct encounters with the Warat Iron Cavalry in the field!

Although Liu Juntao was confident that with a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots and various firearms equipped by the army, he could resist the charge of the Warat Iron Cavalry, at least until the reinforcements arrived, but this style of play was obviously not recognized by Liu Juntao.

At this time, the firearms equipped by the army could not form an overwhelming advantage over the Tartar iron cavalry, and the two sides fought fiercely in the field, and the officers and men of each battalion would inevitably suffer huge casualties, which Liu Juntao could not tolerate!

The purpose of war is to exchange the minimum price for the enemy's maximum casualties, which is what Liu Juntao advocated.

As for the field battle, Liu Juntao is not afraid, but when the Equipment Department of the Military Department develops more powerful firearms, and when the number of iron cavalry in the army is larger, he can fight with the Tartar iron cavalry in the field head-on!

At the same time, just when Liu Juntao was urgently discussing the strategy to face the battle, a huge hurricane was also set off above the court, which was sweeping in all directions!