Shen Xi must say that Xie Qian should be moved, ask Xie Qian to enter the palace to ask for his life, send cavalry to enter the city from Xizhi Gate, kill from Zhengyang Gate, and kill the Tatar forward positions in the shortest possible time, destroy the Tatar siege equipment, and this battle can be won. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As for the infantry, which was the main force of King Qin's army, they launched a surprise attack from outside the city, and Shen Xi would leave part of the cavalry to protect the flanks and ensure the safety of the infantry phalanx.

It seemed wise for the Tatars to dig a ravine outside the city that prevented the Shen Xibu from going to Zhengyangmen for reinforcements, but in fact it wiped out the Tatars' own advantage in cavalry mobility and flexibility.

Originally, Shen Xi was worried that on the way from Xizhimen to Zhengyangmen, a small number of cavalry would not be able to cover the advance of the infantry phalanx, but now the Tatars helped him solve the problem on their own.

The Tatars are clearly typical of digging a pit and burying themselves!

Waiting for the soldiers and horses to line up outside the camp, Lin Heng, who was in charge of leading the cavalry into the city, came over and asked: "Lord Shen, is it too risky for the cavalry to raid the Tartar position from the front of Zhengyangmen after entering the city?" After all, the city gate is open, and if the Tartars rush in, not only will it not be able to play a rescue role, but it will make a huge mistake in the defense! ”

Shen Xi looked at the head of Xizhimen City in the distance, he knew that Xie Qian would have news back no matter what, and shook his head slightly at the moment: "You are too worried, the Tartars can only dismount when attacking the city, and they don't even have fifty percent of their previous combat strength." With the cavalry assault, the Tartars were caught off guard and inevitably became a mess, just in time for the cavalry to charge and kill, destroy the Tartars' living forces, and destroy their siege equipment. ”

"Now it depends on whether the imperial court can approve the battle plan I formulated, I am only worried that Xie Ge Lao will not be able to win this opportunity for us!"

Shen Xi originally thought that Xie Qian would send someone to deliver the message, but it turned out that it was Xie Qian himself.

Xie Qian, escorted by more than a dozen Imperial Forest Army, rode out of the city...... The top civil servant of the Hongzhi Dynasty, You Kankan Xie Gong, who was praised by everyone, rushed all the way to the door of Shen Xi's camp, and Shen Xi personally greeted Xie Qian and helped Xie Qian hold the reins of the horse.

Xie Qian turned over and dismounted, and he was not too polite, and when he came up, he said bluntly: "I just went back to the palace, but I didn't see Your Majesty, what do you mean, the old man conveyed it to Young Master Liu." Liu Shaofu and Ma Shangshu discussed, thinking that it is not appropriate to open Zhengyang Gate during wartime, if you want to transfer troops, you can go out of the city from Chongwen Gate! You see......"

Shen Xi sighed, he had expected that the imperial court might be looking for trouble, and pondered in his heart: "The imperial court has finally lost a little bit of courage to fight to the death against the Tatars." But he said: "Whether it is from Chongwenmen to go out of the city, it is also a wonderful move to go around the enemy's flank, but you need to cooperate with the soldiers in charge of defense on the city wall to avoid accidental injury!" ”

Xie Qian looked strange: "Are you worried about this?" It's just too much...... Let's put it this way, the battle of Zhengyangmen has begun, and the defenders have reached the point where they are too busy to take care of themselves, and your cavalry can only go out from Chongwen Gate, and no one will stop your horse team from raiding Zhengyangmen. The streets in the city have been planned, and there will be someone to lead the way! ”

Shen Xi saluted: "So thank you Xie Ge for your help!" General Lin, General Wang, you two will immediately lead troops into the city! ”

Shen Xi sent Lin Heng and Wang Lingzhi to lead 3,000 cavalry into the city from Xizhi Gate, and then went out of the city from Chongwen Gate on the east side of Zhengyang Gate and killed Zhengyang Gate.

As for Shen Xi's side, he was ready to fight in an infantry phalanx and march around the city.

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Zhu Houzhao wore the Dongying armor presented by his two uncles, and braved the rain of bullets all the way to the head of Zhengyangmen...... He didn't plan to fight with Tartar this time, he just wanted to find a stable place to see how Shen Xi turned the tide.

Although Zhang Yuan was afraid of death, he followed Zhu Houzhao left and right, and after going to the city, the battle under the city was fierce, and there were scenes of flesh and blood flying everywhere, Zhang Yuan said extremely nervously: "It's too ...... Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you ...... You'd better get down to the city, old slave...... Slaves and maids are afraid of ......"

"Go down by yourself, no one will stop you, come on, come on! Escort! Zhu Houzhao wanted to call a few people to his side to be brave for himself, but unfortunately the more than ten guards who accompanied him to the city were scattered by the chaotic army, and the follow-up guards were still rushing to the city gate guards who came to reinforce the way.

Zhu Houzhao waited for a while, saw that the guards did not come to converge for a long time, hesitated, and then went to the Zhengyangmen City Tower alone, and before he got close, he heard a few arrows flying over his head, and he was so frightened that he quickly shrank his head.

When the two defenders nearby saw Zhu Houzhao wearing strangely shaped armor, they thought it was a Tatar, and they were about to rush over with a shout, but in this life, Zhu Houzhao suddenly rushed out of several guards and pushed the two blind soldiers to the ground.

"This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, tired of living?"

The guard's voice was drowned out in the wave of shouts of killing.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "No matter, kill with this palace...... Forget it, accompany the palace to the castle tower, this ghost place! ”

Before, Zhu Houzhao was not afraid of heaven and earth, but after experiencing the bloody rain and bloody wind on the battlefield, he finally understood the cruelty of war, and at this time, the blood in his heart to fight with the enemy had already cooled down.

When the guards protected Zhu Houzhao through the layers of soldiers' phalanx and ascended to the fourth floor of the city tower, Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hell, why is this tragic war endless? It scared me just now...... Oh no, how could I be scared? If Mr. Shen knew about it, he would definitely laugh at me...... No, no, I must muster up the courage to fight the Tartars to the end! ”

Zhu Houzhao held his head high and made a look full of confidence, but when he thought of yesterday's hand-to-hand fight with the Tatars, he was very happy at the time, and he was immersed in a huge sense of glory afterwards, but when Midnight Dream recalled this incident, the fear in his heart was beyond measure.

This time, the Tatars sent out all the Lu buses, ladders and siege vehicles, and about a thousand Tartars climbed to the top of the city, and the two sides fought to the death up and down the Zhengyang Gate.

Although the Tatars are small, the army is neat and tidy, and the purpose is very strong, that is, to grab the space on the city wall with the Ming army, occupy a part of it first, let more follow-up soldiers and horses climb the city wall, and gradually drive the Ming army down, and when the city head is completely occupied, immediately open the city gate, so that the cavalry can drive straight in.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

Zhu Hou watched the battle for half an hour, and did not wait for reinforcements to come, and as far as the eye could see, Tatar soldiers could be seen everywhere that were constantly attacking the city, and the situation was extremely dangerous.

At this moment, Zhang Mao took several Beijing generals up to the city tower.

Zhang Mao had just confronted the Tatars head-on at the head of the city, his armor was stained with blood, and several people around Zhang Mao were also in poor condition, one of them was slashed on the cheek, and the flesh turned up, very terrifying.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to see a savior, and asked eagerly: "Old man Zhang, where is Mr. Shen?" ”

"Who?"

Zhang Mao didn't hear it clearly for a while, and after Zhu Houzhao repeated it, he said helplessly, "Diyi soldiers and horses dug a lot of ditches outside the city, and the reinforcements went from Xizhimen to Zhengyangmen, but there was a cavalry from the city, and they went around Chongwenmen......"

"Is it the cavalry under Mr. Shen?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes rolled, and then he asked, "Why don't you choose to attack from Zhengyangmen?" ”

Zhang Mao was stunned by Zhu Houzhao's question, he didn't expect the prince to be so sensitive, in fact, Zhang Mao also thought that it was best for the cavalry to go out of the city from Zhengyang Gate, first destroy the siege equipment of the Tartars, and then kill and injure the lives of the Tartars, and the city would be safe. It's a pity that the imperial court was too cautious and didn't agree to open the Zhengyang Gate to attack.

Zhang Maoxin said: "Even the prince understands things at his age, but the cabinet resolutely disagrees, no wonder Daming is so embarrassed in this battle...... Giving up the positions outside the city doesn't indicate the current situation of passive defense everywhere? But he said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the military order has been issued and cannot be changed, the cavalry can only go out of the city from Chongwen Gate, if the Diyi soldiers and horses continue to invade Zhengyangmen, please go to the imperial city to temporarily avoid ......"

"What to the Imperial City? The palace is here to supervise the battle, Mr. Shen's soldiers and horses will definitely be killed from Xizhimen to Zhengyangmen, I want to see how those Tatars have come and gone! ”

Zhu Houzhao was stubborn again, looking unwilling to admit defeat.

Zhu Houzhao has been stubborn since he was a child, he is used to having a bad body, and his temper is moody, when he sprinkles, let alone Zhang Mao, even Zhu Youzhu and Queen Zhang can't do anything about him.

Zhang Mao wanted to say something, but seeing that the situation in the city was becoming more and more critical, the Tartars seized more and more territory, and the morale of the Ming army was low, and they retreated while fighting.

"Boom!"

At this time, there was a sound of the city gate being hit at the Zhengyang Gate urn city, Zhang Mao, as the supreme general of the Ming army, was anxious for a while, and no longer bothered with the question of whether Zhu Houzhao would return to the palace, and bowed down to play: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister personally led the troops to garrison the city gate!" ”

"Oh."

Zhu Houzhao didn't have time to deal with Zhang Mao at this time, and stood in front of the lookout facing west of the city tower, waiting for the arrival of Shenxi reinforcements, and muttered in a low voice:

"Didn't you say that Mr. Shen sent cavalry, where are the cavalry? Shouldn't he lead the troops himself? The battle of Zhengyangmen is more dangerous and tragic than yesterday's battle of Xizhimen, Mr. Shen is not here, this battle is probably more auspicious! ”

Tatar soldiers continued to pour into the city, seeing that the Zhengyangmen city head was full of fierce confrontation scenes, the outer edge of the city wall has been completely lost, the Tatars continued to replenish the troops and horses to the city, even the shields were erected, forming a stable defensive circle at the head of the city, advancing step by step.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to lead the guards down the tower and fight to the death with the Tatars, but he lacked the confidence to fight the Tatars head-on.

Zhang Yuan leaned over and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's really too ...... It's too dangerous...... You...... Let's get out of here! ”

Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "Father-in-law Zhang, when you are in danger, you accompany the palace, the palace remembers your merits, but if you lightly withdraw the city, don't blame the palace for killing you now, to set an example!" ”

Zhang Yuan shrank his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhu Houzhao scolded hatefully: "Useless things, I am still afraid of Tartars with this palace, wouldn't it make people laugh out of their big teeth when they spread it in the future?" ”

Zhang Yuan thought that he could gain the trust of the prince by accompanying him at the moment of life and death, but who knew that the prince did not appreciate it, mainly because Zhang Yuan was timid and cowardly, and went against the prince's wishes in many things.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, look, there seem to be soldiers and horses out of the city over there!" One of the guards shouted.

Zhu Houzhao immediately rushed to the lookout in the east, poked his head out to watch, and then said excitedly: "That's Chongwenmen, the cavalry sent by Mr. Shen detoured through Chongwenmen from the city, and finally came out." Haha, in this way, Mr. Shen's main force is about to arrive on the battlefield, and the end of the Tartars is coming! ”