At this moment, the capital of the Ming Emperor was directly subordinate to the capital of Shuntianfu, and the defenders in the imperial city were holding their posts with fear, and some of the patrol soldiers did not dare to be careless and were walking cautiously, and almost all the personnel inside and outside the entire palace were dispatched with all their might, even the officials and ministers.

In a huge capital, only the Ming Emperor was left alone wearing (long armor) wearing a bowl and phoenix wing helmet of Ming Shunzong, and the palace maids sat on the dragon chair with five dragon umbrellas in the noon gate, and there were eunuchs and ten northern and southern towns to protect the Jinyi guards.

Everyone understands that they can't hold the capital division with their little strength alone! Only by waiting for the founding prince to lead the army back to the division and then unite with the army of King Qin to go north, and at this critical juncture, everyone must be in good spirits.

But at this time, there was a knock on the door at You'an Gate in the outer city? After a while, the soldiers hurriedly ran to the Daming Gate of the Imperial City, and ran all the way to the noon gate of the Forbidden City. ”

Ming Shunzong was taken aback when he saw the hurried appearance of the herald, and he hurriedly asked, "What are you shouting?" Who's shouting? ”

The panicked herald raised his head slightly, glanced at the emperor with his spare eyes, and lowered his head, for fear of being blamed, so he whispered: "There is a group of soldiers wearing my Ming Liaodong military uniform, praying to open the door, but...?" ”

This made Ming Shunzong hurriedly say after hearing this: "Then why are you still stunned?" Hurry up and open the door and let them in, so that Lord Guogong can be armed earlier! ”

However, the soldiers were afraid of fraud and did not dare to open the door easily, so they specially asked the herald to come to report the news so that His Majesty could decide, after learning that this was the case, Ming Shunzong immediately patted the dragon chair and said, "Spread the foreign treasure Si Qing, take my jade seal, I want to send Beizhen Fu Si Jinyi Wei and the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch to check, if the enemy's treacherous plan does not need to be ignored and immediately counterattacked, if it is really the founding prince who led the troops back to the division, then let him quickly take responsibility for resisting foreign enemies There is no mistake!" ”

On the other side of the imperial city of Dong'anmen, Wu Junzhen, wearing waist-length chain mail and a bowl pennant, stood majestically on the city wall and silently watched ahead.

After a while, a group of palace maids walked from a distance, one of them was carrying a bowl of soup, and walking behind her was a woman with a beautiful hairpin and a skirt who appeared behind him.

The woman gently patted him on the shoulder and said, "Wu Gongzi, you have worked hard to defend the city, pay attention to your body, I just asked the imperial dining room to boil a bowl of soup for you to drink, let's taste it!" ”

Wu Junzhen turned around and saw that it was His Royal Highness the County Lord, so he hurriedly saluted, took the soup bowl and drank it, and then greeted with concern, "The county, His Royal Highness the County Lord should also pay attention to his body!" It's windy and hot in this city, so go back to the house to escape the heat! ”

But Zhu Youlan lowered her head and said, "The gentleman is a matter of national affairs, and Jasper is concerned about the hearts of hundreds of households!" Thinking of the safety of the city and fearing the soldiers, how can you know that you can't let go of your worries. ”

Seeing her sad look, Wu Junzhen was really worried, and he said safely, "Your Royal Highness the county lord doesn't have to worry!" The last general is used to the battlefield after several battles, but it is His Royal Highness the county lord that makes me feel uneasy! ”

The palace maids next to them blushed and smiled a little after hearing this, and muttered, "Look! How ambiguous is the county lord's horse and His Royal Highness the county lord! Let me wait and see it and be envious. ”

At this moment, another woman came over with a basket, she was wearing a half-veil and wearing a Western Regions costume and swayed over to show her hot body, she handed the basket over with a charming and moving gesture, and also reached out and took out a piece of dim sum to Wu Junzhen, and said, "Wu Gongzi, how about trying the dim sum made by the slave family?" ”

Wu Junzhen, who was holding some water, was fascinated by Yao Qiuyue, who was in a sexy posture in front of him, he looked at her blankly, and Yao Qiuyue did not hesitate to stretch out her hands and feet directly to dance a Western Regions dance, and also let the two palace maids who had bought in advance clap their hands while scattering flowers.

This made Wu Junzhen, who had never seen the style of the Western Regions, stunned, but fortunately, Zhu Youlan coughed twice with vinegar before pulling his mind back.

However, in the distance, the Ming soldiers defending the city all cheered: "Look! The Western Regions Dance, it's the Western Regions Dance, that woman looks full of charm? Hehehe. ”

This remark alarmed Ma Wei, who was guarding Dong'anmen with Wu Junzhen, and he also looked in the direction of the soldiers' laughter, and couldn't help but salivate for a moment, thinking; My beauty didn't expect her body to be so hot, and she also learned the dance of Hamiwei Western Regions, but it's a pity that it was danced by Brother Wu who didn't appreciate it! If you jump for me? Then I must be so happy that I will die and live.

In the midst of laughter, an official wearing a blue robe embroidered (heron) came to deliver medicines and face towels needed for epidemic prevention.

He is the judge of the Ming Tai Hospital: Fang Zhengtai, the officials of the Xia Tai Hospital led by him are distributing medicines and face towels to the Ming soldiers defending the city, but at the time of distribution, a soldier in the imperial city of Dong'an Gate accidentally fell? This frightened the soldier next to him hurriedly shouted: "Brother, what's wrong with you?" Wake up! ”

However, the soldiers on the ground struggled a few times, and then they saw black blood flowing from their yellow and thin faces, dry lips, and eyes! Seeing this, the medical officer rushed over to check on the condition of the rest of the soldiers.

Not only that, even the imperial cities of Bei'anmen, Daming Gate, and Xi'an Gate have also seen soldiers fall.

For a time, the soldiers defending the city were all in danger, and they were terrified! However, fortunately, the doctors treated it in time, and some people who had experienced the epidemic had certain antibodies, and the weather gradually became hot in June, so as to achieve the effect of killing some bacteria, and with the drug treatment, fortunately, the casualties were not large, but it also made the soldiers dying!

Wu Junzhen was very worried about Zhu Youlan's safety, and specially ordered someone to bring her into the palace, and the soldiers took turns to guard the Beijing division for a day and a night.

At the beginning of the next day, the Forbidden City looked particularly charming and dazzling under the sun's light, and the golden palace was located on the dragon vein of the imperial capital.

The Zhengyang Gate connecting the outer city to the inner city was slowly opened, and a man wearing a Wanli helmet and waist-high chain mail strode forward to lead the Guanning army of the headquarters into the defense.

The Ming army guarding the city saw that it was the founding prince who returned to Beijing, and they all bowed and prayed to arrange the city defense as soon as possible. ”

Yang Kun, the left staff general of the Ming Ning Yuanwei who accompanied him, replied: "If you return to the country, the capital has suffered a raid by Li Thief, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and the Twenty-six Guards of the Son of Heaven's direct army have suffered heavy losses!" At present, there are still three guards left, among which the martial arts guard, martial arts left guard, and martial arts right guard under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, the three guards are retained, but the combat effectiveness is not very good! ”

This made the Ming Kaiguo Duke and Ning Yuanwei General Soldier think about it in his heart, he thought to himself; At present, the Guan Ning army has also lost a lot of troops in pursuit of Li Thief since the Great Battle of a stone! There are only 20,000 elite soldiers who returned with the trip, and some of the surrendered original Ming garrisons and some rogue Shun troops, the combat effectiveness of the wind blowing on both sides is not very good, and the five guards and horses in the capital add up, except for the old and weak soldiers and logistics craftsmen, I am afraid that only 20,000 people can fight, a total of only 40,000 soldiers and horses.

Relying on these 40,000 soldiers and horses to defend the capital is barely enough, if they can defend the capital to protect His Majesty and defend against foreign enemies, I'm afraid it's impossible! Besides, now I only know that the Dongyu Jiannu is coming, but I don't know which part of the people the master will lead?

In order to find out the situation, the Ming Kaiguo Gong and the general army of Ning Yuanwei sent 3 Beizhen Fusi Jinyi Guards to the enemy camp to investigate the military situation.

On the official road one mile away from You'anmen in the outer city of the imperial capital, there are colorful generals and dragon flags hanging high, all the cavalry in front of the East is the cavalry of Dongyu Jiannu including Wuzhen Chaoha, with Niu Lu as a queue, each Niu Lu has 100 armored soldiers, with 10 people as (Bai Bayala) and carrying two red-clothed cannons, three halberds, and then 90 people are divided into armored soldiers, of which 40 people are armored soldiers (Red Bayala), carrying 10 guns of various types and 20 guns of various kinds.

Ten people were assigned to carry two shield carts and two water kettles (for siege purposes), and fifty people in the black battalion carried ten Weiyuan cannons and twenty guns of various kinds, and twenty people were responsible for carrying two shield carts, one ladder, two chisels, two adzes, two fishing hooks, two sickles, two axes, four collars, two forks, a clamping stick, two kettles, and fifteen pairs of iron pieces for January, and fifteen pairs of cotton armor.

The three Beizhen Fusi Jinyi Guards, who were hiding in the grass of the official road to observe the enemy's situation, couldn't help but tremble a little when they saw the Dongyu Jiannu Tartars being angry and menacing!

Just the front team of Qing troops has already scared them like this, and the back team still has a long queue from a distance, and these Dongyu Jiannu Tartars not only have all kinds of scimitars on their waists, but also (jump knives), Pu knives, ***, double-edged knives, which make people scared when they look at it.

One of the three Jinyiwei was a little scared and planned to retreat back to report the news, but before leaving, he accidentally stepped on one (Ussuri pit viper) and was bitten hard, so that Jinyiwei couldn't help but cry out, "Ah! ”

The voice immediately spread to the officer, and the cavalry of the Eastern Capture and Jiannu heard it, and everyone shouted, "Jurchen language: not good! Hostile? ”

Immediately, the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Han Dynasty were responsible for the attack, and the archers shot at them and killed a brocade guard on the spot, and the other brocade guard slashed down the Ussuri pit viper, and retreated back with the bitten person, unfortunately caught up and hacked to death!

This move also made the Qing army in the front team aware of it, and the Manchu Han army set a red flag to obey the king of the county: Kong Youde, and immediately proposed to deploy the army to prevent anyone from being Qin Wang on the periphery of the Beijing division, and then chose to place the fort on the spot in Wuzhen Chaoha.

This point was also recognized by the other two county princes, and the regent of the Manchu Qing emperor of the squadron soon came to the front of the battle, he looked at the Forbidden City, the capital of the Ming Emperor for a long time, and decided to order the troops to disperse the troops to the outer city and the inner city of Zuo'anmen, You'anmen, Yongdingmen, Guangning Gate, Guangqu Gate, Dongbianmen, Xibianmen, Chaoyangmen, Fuchengmen, Dongzhimen, Xizhimen, Andingmen, Desheng Gate, all thirteen city gates were blocked, and it took half a pillar of incense to unfold the formation.

The north is guarded by the Mongolian Four Banners Army, the commander is the Mongolian Chengzheng Baturu County King and the Left Central Banner Zasak: Borzigit Manzhu Baptism, the south is guarded by the Li Korean army, the commander is the Li Korean soldier Cao Wuxuan Division: Jiang Zhengwen, the east is guarded by the Manchu Six Banners, the Manchu Emperor Regent is responsible for the command, the west is guarded by the Manchu Han Eight Banners, the commander is the Manchu Han people: Hong Chengchou, responsible for commanding all the soldiers and horses in place.

At this time, the Manchu battalions were arranged, and Niu Lu Ezhen of the Six Banners ran to the front of the imperial camp and reported to the "Jurchen language: Report to His Royal Highness the Imperial Father Regent, the Eastern Army has been assembled, the Northern Army has been assembled, the Southern Army has been assembled, and the Western Army has been assembled. ”

Before the battle, the regent of the Manchu emperor, who was wearing armor, first ordered the artillery battalion to open fire and probe the wind first, and the soldiers were ordered to quickly run to each battalion to convey the will.