After the rising sun climbed over the city and illuminated the area west of Xizhimen, the camp of King Qin of the Ming Dynasty was also full of vitality. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the Shen Xi army, there was not as lifeless as others imagined, even if most of the soldiers were busy for half a night, and only returned to their respective tents after the fourth watch to finish building the fortifications, they also came out energetically to train and make all preparations before the battle.

Zhu Houzhao looked very seriously at the head of the city, and when he saw the lively scene in the camp of King Qin's army, a smile bloomed on his face, and his mind flew to the camp unconsciously, becoming a member of the Ming officers and soldiers in the camp.

The imperial court sent Xiong Xiu and Zhang Heling to the city to supervise the battle.

After he saw the camp, he immediately understood that Shen Xi was preparing to build a strong base that could be attacked and retreated, so that even if the battle was unfavorable and the troops needed to be withdrawn, they would not retreat to the capital, so that the Tartars would not take the opportunity to capture the city gate.

Shen Xi did this not only to protect himself, but also to ensure that the gate of the capital division was not lost.

The reason for self-protection is that Shen Xi knows that when he is in danger, the Jingshi will not be able to send reinforcements, nor will he casually open the city gate to let him and his officers and soldiers in, and staying outside the city is a certain death.

Xiong Xiu is not only an envoy of the Qin Order, but also represents Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet.

Now the defense of the nine gates of the Beijing Division is said to be issued from the Ministry of War, but it is better to say that the cabinet makes decisions, and the real person in the cabinet is Liu Jian, and even the second assistant Li Dongyang has no authority to decide.

Liu Jian is cautious and will not be in danger, so he will not open the gate of the capital division casually, and the dispatch of troops will be delayed again and again.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Your Majesty has ordered Weichen to come and invite you back to the palace!" Xiong embroidered on the head of the city, did not talk about the next military action, but directly advised Zhu Houzhao to return to the palace.

Zhu Hou looked outside the city wall, didn't pay attention to Xiong Xiu's chatter at all, raised his head and was full of arrogance: "Xiong Shilang said that when the palace goes back to the palace, he will obey the order?" Hmph, when I saw my father in this palace yesterday, my father didn't say that, he praised this palace, saying that what this palace has done in the past few days is very much in line with his heart, let this palace make persistent efforts! ”

Xiong Xiu thought to herself, my little ancestor, you don't understand the good words, right, the emperor is complimenting you? It's just a couple of words of encouragement to give you confidence in governing the country and leading the army, so that you can become a qualified monarch in the future!

Xiong Xiu turned to the side and asked Xie Qian for help. Xie Qian looked at the Tartar rangers who had resumed their whereabouts outside the Xizhi Gate again, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Tartars have begun to move, seeing that today's war is about to start again, and there are strange clouds outside the Xizhi Gate, you stay here, for the Ming soldiers...... There are many constraints, it is better to ......"

Zhu Houzhao turned his head angrily and glared at Xie Qian: "Mr. Xie, what do you mean by this?" Is it a constraint for Hongu to stay here? Could it be that this palace is still hindering you from doing anything? ”

Xie Qian and the others looked at each other, obviously thinking about things in the bear child's head was completely different from them.

Zhang Mao and Xie Qian are on the same front, since Xie Qian has spoken, he has to echo one or two: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervises the battle at the head of the city, on the one hand, he needs to be guarded by soldiers, on the other hand, the officers and soldiers will be distracted when fighting, the prince must not be rash!" ”

If you follow Zhu Houzhao's meaning, you can't say that he stays in the city and gets in the way, but in fact, in the minds of these important ministers and generals, they really don't want the prince to come to the front line in person.

"This palace is here!" Zhu Houzhao turned his heart sideways, "Whoever asks the palace to go down to the city today, the palace will jump down directly to show him!" ”

Several old ministers looked at each other, even if they had foresight, there was nothing they could do at this time, they were good at conspiracy and deceit in the officialdom, but they only had no way to face a cheating prince.

Xiong Xiu looked at Xie Qian again, hoping that Xie Qian could find a way, but Xie Qian didn't make any more statements after hitting a wall.

Xiong Xiu himself was also ordered to do it, so many people present were bigger than him, and even with the presence of a father like the British Prince, he would not be reckless.

Zhu Hou looked outside the city and thoughtfully said: "I don't know why, this palace feels that the next thing the Tartars will attack will never be Xizhimen." They are afraid of Mr. Shen's soldiers and horses, if they attack from Xizhimen, they must first destroy Mr. Shen's camp, this is too difficult! ”

The people present didn't know where Zhu Houzhao's confidence came from, and even those of them with rich experience couldn't judge the direction of the Tatars' next main attack, and the prince hadn't even left the city gate, how could he guess it? Therefore, they should not have heard the prince's self-talk.

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In the capital city of Nanyuan, the camp of the Tatar Chinese army, tens of thousands of elite Khans have completed the final assembly.

This time, the main direction of attack of the Tatars was indeed not Xizhimen, but the gateway of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also the Zhengyangmen that the Ming Dynasty ministers thought was the most solid defense of the Beijing Division.

The Tatars attacked the Beijing division from the Zhengyang Gate, mainly because the Zhengyang Gate looked high and deep from the outside, but in fact, the Zhengyang Gate was the most unbeaten among the nine gates of the capital.

Historically, in the reinforcement of the nine gates of defense, Zhengyangmen because of the strong and abnormal in the eyes of the Ming monarchs, are ignored city gates, and even in several repairs have been deducted a lot of money and grain, so that Zhengyangmen belongs to the paper tiger in the nine gates of the Beijing Division, which is useless.

The Tatar soldiers and horses had not touched the idea of Zhengyangmen before, but on the one hand, the Ming Dynasty stationed heavy troops in Zhengyangmen, and on the other hand, they were also ready to use this as the last hole card, if they could open the gap in other city gates, they would not need to use this kill.

However, Shen Xi led his troops to return to break the illusion of the Tatars, and at the same time, after several days of continuous harassment and fighting, most of the defenders of Zhengyangmen were transferred to other city gates such as Xizhimen and Deshengmen, and there were loopholes in the defense, which could be fully utilized.

After inspecting the team, Dayan Khan Batu Munk, under the protection of the cowardly Xue army, rode his horse out of Nanyuan, all the way to the north, and soon came to the Temple of Heaven.

Batu Munk did not dismount, but directly mounted his horse to the Temple of Heaven, sat on horseback and looked at the direction of Zhengyangmen, secretly estimating the possible outcome of this battle.

Su Suha rode a horse and hurried behind Batu Munk, with a hint of panic on his face: "Great Khan, Xuanfu sent a secret report, the national division led his troops to evacuate Xuanfu Town the day before yesterday, and the soldiers and horses have left Zhangjiakou yesterday, and their whereabouts are unknown!" ”

Batu Munch's expression was grim, and he said: "Yismayin really betrayed the Khan, what did he want to do in a hurry back to the grassland at this time?" ”

Susuha said: "Great Khan, do you need to send soldiers and horses to arrest him?" ”

Batu Munch raised his hand and shook it: "No need, in today's battle, if we can't recover the old capital of the Great Yuan, we will withdraw our troops from Bauhinia Pass and return to the grassland......"

Susuha looked very unwilling: "Great Khan, this ...... This...... It was not easy for us to take the Xuanfu and the Ming Jingshi, is it too worthless to give up so easily? ”

Batu Munk looked at Susuha for a while, shook his head and sighed lightly: "There are gains and losses, it is true that the capture of Xuanfu and Bauhinia Pass was smooth before, but the failure to conquer Xizhimen in one fell swoop in this battle is the biggest failure...... The best fighter has been lost, and it is not known when the same opportunity will be obtained. ”

"Now that Yisima has withdrawn his troops, it is likely that he will return to the grassland to plot wrong, and the border army of the Ming Dynasty has withdrawn, if we can recover the capital and deter the grassland departments, we may fight with the border army of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise, when the grain road is cut off, my grassland warriors may have no way to retreat!"

"Susuha, Ben Khan trusts you very much, today's battle, you are still the leader of the troops, if you can capture the capital, allow you to be the national teacher, in the future, there will be a place for you in the eight parts of the grassland!"

When Su Suha heard such a promise, his heart was stirred, and he hurriedly saluted and said: "The last general is willing to do his best for the revival of the Khan!" ”

"You don't have to do your best, if you can take my grassland boy to the city, your task will be successfully completed!"

Batu Munch looked up at the direction of the city wall, his heart was full of anger, and the horsewhip in his hand couldn't help but clench, "Shen Xi, the general of the Ming Dynasty's Tumu Fort garrison, once ordered tens of thousands of Tatar sons to hate Yuxi, and now he has made my Khan's soldiers and horses sink into the sand many times, if he doesn't die, the soul of my steppe son can't rest in peace, and he must let him pay for his life!" ”

Susuha saluted again: "Great Khan, please rest assured, the last general will definitely capture this life!" ”

"Don't be so troublesome to capture alive, just kill! Even Ismain has been defeated many times under him, and you are still ...... Well, in order to break the city, there is no battle of will, he is guarding outside the Xizhi Gate, as long as he sends cavalry to harass, it is expected that he will not be able to set off much storm! ”

Batu Munk looked at the Zhengyangmen city in front of him again, "In this battle, the goal is Zhengyangmen, so as to succeed in the first battle!" ”