After a little rest, and burying the bodies of the family members killed in the battle, Chen Yue left the river with the team and rushed back to Beijing. Now that there have been Qing soldiers here, it means that the Qing army brigade has really entered the customs, and it will be very dangerous to stay in the wilderness again, who knows if the fleeing Qing soldiers will come to retaliate with a large group of Qing soldiers!

Now, only after escaping into the thick city wall, can we avoid this crisis safely, as far as Chen Yue knows, the purpose of this Qing army entering the customs is the same as the previous times, it is still to rob the population and materials, continue to bleed the Ming Dynasty, and have no intention of attacking Beijing.

The north wind was slaughtered, Chen Yue rode on a war horse and headed to the northeast with a team of more than 40 people. There is no trace of people in the wilderness, the tranquility makes people afraid, and the group walks tremblingly and quickly, for fear that the Manchu iron cavalry will suddenly appear, and meet the Qing soldiers without any shelter in such a wilderness, waiting for everyone is only death.

However, everyone's luck was very good, until they saw the tall city wall of Beijing from afar, there was no trace of Qing soldiers. Looking at the familiar Xibian Gate, everyone was excited, and there was a feeling of escaping death.

Finally came back, looking at the city wall in the distance, Chen Yue's face also showed a smile. However, today's Xibian Gate is different from the past, there are no more coal carts and people queuing up to enter the city outside the city gate, and there are only closed city gates and battle flags on the city head.

It's not good, forget about this stubble, now that the Qing soldiers have entered the city in a big way, with the temperament of the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, they will definitely close the city gate, will they let their group into the city? Chen Yue's heart was cold, but he still had a glimmer of hope, because his father Chen Jianghe was the general manager of guarding the West Gate, and maybe through his father, he could make his people enter the city safely.

However, before he could approach the moat, arrows fell like raindrops on the head of the city, accompanied by the roar of firearms, which frightened Chen Yue and quickly reined in his horse and ordered his family to stop.

"We are the general of the city, don't release arrows, don't release arrows!" Under Chen Yue's order, Chen Ping walked towards the city alone with a white cloth, shouting hoarsely as he walked.

At the head of the city, Chen Jianghe's eyes widened, and he finally saw Chen Ping under the city clearly, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. This morning, there was a sudden report from the Malay that the Qing troops had really attacked, and the advance had passed Yingzhou and was about to approach Beijing. The news frightened the whole city, and the court hurriedly ordered all the gates to be closed. There are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers in the Beijing camp in the city, and there may be only 20,000 people who can be gathered. At the same time as closing the city gate, Chongzhen issued an edict ordering the garrison of King Qin, in Xuanfu Datong, and in Shanhaiguan there were tens of thousands of elite troops.

When he received the order to close the city gate, Chen Jianghe was anxious, because his son Chen Yue went out with fifty family members and did not return, this closing the city gate was equivalent to locking his son outside the city, and under the pressure of the Qing army, the consequences were really unpredictable.

However, as an officer of the Ming Dynasty, it is his duty to obey orders, Chen Jianghe could only reluctantly order the city gate to be closed, secretly praying that his son would be safe and sound, and that he would never run into the Manchu Tartars.

For the entry of the Qing army, the imperial court was like a great enemy, urgently recruited all the soldiers of the Beijing camp to go to the city, and sent a noble to guard the city at each city gate, and the court minister as a supervisor to patrol the city from time to time.

The nobleman in charge of defending the city was Li Kaixian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, who, like other nobles, was a figure who could only eat, drink and have fun, and knew nothing about military command. Fortunately, the order was given a little early, but fortunately, the soldiers at the head of the city were negligent in practice, and their marksmanship was very rusty, and they did not hurt Ah Yue's life.

"Master Hou, below is my son and the family, please give the order to open the city gate and let them in." Chen Jianghe knelt in front of Li Kaixian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, and pleaded.

"Is it really your son? You're just a small boss, how can you afford to raise so many familymen? Li Kaixian held the battlement, looked at the dozens of people riding under the city, the more he looked, the more suspicious, the horses were all handsome and extraordinary high-headed horses, at a glance it was a BMW horse, although the number of people under the city was small, but the line was neat, where is this a general family, it is clearly the Qing army dressed up, just waiting to open the city gate and rush in, there must be a large Qing army in the distance! Looking at the rolling barren grass in the wilderness blown by the north wind, as if there were thousands of troops and horses hiding in it, Li Kaixian couldn't help but shudder.

"It's my son, among whom are a few of my family members, and some of my subordinates, my family has opened a few coal yards, and there are more subordinates in the family." Chen Jianghe tried his best to explain, but he was also suspicious in his heart, because in addition to his son and family, why did he have so many war horses in the city?

"It must be a spy of the Qing army, come here, prepare a red-clothed cannon and bombard them for Benhou!" The more Li Kaixian looked, the more he believed in his own judgment, and gave the order categorically.

With his order, a dozen artillery men in the city began to adjust their muzzles and prepare them for reloading.

"Master Hou, no, the city is really my son, not a spy of the Qing army, I am willing to guarantee my life!" Chen Jianghe grabbed Li Kaixian's sleeve and begged bitterly.

"How much is your life worth? How can I risk the lives of all the people of the city? Li Kaixian flicked his sleeves in disgust, and the two members of the Hou Mansion stepped forward and pulled Chen Jianghe up and pushed him aside.

"Brother Chen, what should we do?" Du Yuan, Zhou Wen and other military households gathered around Chen Jianghe and asked anxiously.

"Go and give the cannon boss Liu Neng, let him deviate the muzzle of the cannon by a few points!" Chen Jianghe quietly stuffed a hundred taels of silver ticket into Du Yuan's hand, pointed to Liu Neng, the artillery commander who was aiming, and quietly ordered.

Du Yuan nodded knowingly, took the silver ticket and quietly touched it towards the red-clothed cannon. Most of the defenders at the head of the city were acquaintances of Jingying, and no one cared about Du Yuan's movements.

Du Yuan quietly walked to Liu Neng's side and whispered something in his ear, Liu Neng turned around, smiled at Chen Jianghe, and quietly raised the muzzle of the cannon by two points.

After the gunpowder projectile was loaded, Liu Neng poked the red-hot iron chisel in his hand on the fire door of the red-coated cannon and lit the fuse.

With the sound of "Zizi", the fuse burned out, and then the red light flashed, followed by an earth-shattering roar. Li Kaixian covered his ears, so frightened that he almost slipped to the ground, and the two Hou Mansion family members helped him, so he didn't lose his embarrassment.

Chen Jianghe ignored the buzzing ears, and looked down with his hand on the battlement, and saw that the cannonball streaked through the sky and fell far behind his son and his family.

"Damn, aim for Ben Hou!" Seeing the "spies" of the Qing army safe and sound under the city, Li Kaixian was furious and ordered the artillery to continue firing.

"What happened, the red-coated cannon was fired?" At this moment, a majestic voice sounded, and when everyone looked back, they saw an official in a big red official robe walking up to the city.