If Xiao Xuan was a young man of the twentieth century instead of a young man who had traveled over the twenty-first century and was accustomed to "simple and rude", he might have taken a different route at the beginning and be a more gentle court. However, Xiao Xuan's straightforward and unscrupulous personality and even behavior detonated the contradiction in an instant.

After Xiao Xuan saw that Zhang Yan did not hide his thoughts and actions, Zhang Yan, who was only in her early twenties but had the stability of a middle-aged person, solemnly persuaded Xiao Xuan: "What does it mean to do this?" It is very likely that it will break with the civil and military officials and even the gentry of the world. If it is an ordinary time, for a peaceful world, the Son of Heaven may not be able to do this, but now the Ming Dynasty has external troubles and internal troubles... ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan was also somewhat relieved, at least Zhang Yan seemed to be a sensible person, and it would be good to be sensible instead of blindly nerd: "If things get to that situation, or if it is very unlucky to have the worst situation, then I have no other way: I can only choose to escape from the capital, and then raise troops to fight in Qianmo like my Ming Taizu, and then open a peaceful and prosperous world." I have always felt that only the country that has been violently reformed and rebuilt by the team like Emperor Taizu did in my dynasty--- rather than the country that has been usurped or inherited is the road to Zhongxing in the true sense. Otherwise, the whole world will be left with tumors of one kind or another... Lesions or 'five cockroaches' and the like, and the scale and interest space are too large. I don't think it is possible to resolve these contradictions and problems through deliberation in the court or the cabinet. Some of the things that my grandfather has been in power for more than 40 years, as the wife of the imperial brother, should at least have heard of them, right? This is the limitation of the emperor of the court. I don't want to be a second grandfather... ”

"Is the Holy Lord really sure that he can rely on the newly built army of about a few thousand men and horses, plus some people from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, to deal with the five military camps that those people are clamoring for?" Zhang Yan's tone didn't seem to have some kind of conclusion in his heart, so Xiao Xuan didn't mind replying at this time: "No one can say for sure what is happening on the battlefield." Maybe there's a marksman on the other side and I'm very unlucky? Maybe the army on the other side is very well trained on weekdays, or has they asked the Jiannu outside the gate to help? That's just bad luck. Knowing oneself and knowing that one's opponent is invincible, but this is a very difficult thing to do. ”

Xiao Xuan didn't have a clear answer, but there seemed to be a certain confidence in his bones. Although Zhang Yan has accumulated a lot of experience in the battle of wits and courage with Wei Zhongxian over the years and even in the court life since childhood, her mind has long matured. However, the natural lack of understanding of military affairs seems to be the nature of most women. It was precisely because he was not very proficient in military affairs that he did not feel too surprised by Xiao Xuan's suspicion that he relied on the Imperial Horse Supervisor to have at most more than a thousand soldiers who could fight and a few thousand newly built troops.

Concubine Yuan, who had been with her since she believed in the king, seemed to be a more stable person, although she was a little nervous about Xiao Xuan's frank decision, she still chose to believe in this new emperor who could lead hundreds of people to a showdown with Wei Zhongxian by force and win the victory.

In the next few days, Xiao Xuan did not sit idle as usual, but directly began to prepare for the battle. Removed a number of places in the Imperial Horse Prison and re-established a defense system with sufficient firing range as new materials. It also convened the first batch of backbone officers to study and deploy combat plans, test artillery, establish ranging support, and so on.

Xiao Xuan understood that it was very likely that the next battle with the five military camps and even some other gathered people and horses would not only win, but not even win miserably, and win beautifully. Let many people understand that the force they have now is not a force that can be easily solved, and the same "famous general emperor" who can make the new army have a certain combat effectiveness in only half a month or so falls out, and the consequences are even worse--- because it means that with a little space and time, you can become stronger, and the situation can develop in the direction you want.

On September 27, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, it was close to the 20th day of the elimination of the eunuchs, and the change in the five military camps was also about 12 days, and the second armed showdown since Xiao Xuan possessed Chongzhen began. The first showdown was to get rid of Wei Zhongxian's influence and control. This is nothing more than something that has been done in history for a long time. Second, even if he can't say that he will decide his own life and death, he will at least decide that he will become the Han version of Genghis Khan or Huang Taiji in the future, or those European monarchs in Europe during the Enlightenment Age, who can personally lead troops at any time; Or another Wanli who fights with the bureaucracy in the papers, and the situation is even more sinister.

In the northwest corner of Zijin City, most of the buildings and even camp tents in front of the Imperial Horse Prison Outer Elephant Room, the Middle Study Room, the North Flower Room, and even the Caoli Lanchang School Yard were all cleaned up before. Twenty or thirty paces away from the perimeter of the Imperial Horse Prison, a radius of about two hundred paces formed a complete defensive system, including moats and earthen walls that were taller than those required by the Zeng Domain. The defense system, which was about 200 paces square, still seemed a little too big for a standard tactical group composed of about two or three thousand soldiers and even a few thousand auxiliaries in this era. However, Xiao Xuan still believed that relying on fortifications for defense was somewhat different from the field formation recorded in the "Records of Military Training" or "Performance of the New Book". Tens of thousands of man-days, which translates into a month's labor of a modern infantry platoon's position, also makes the entire defense system more and more perfect.

A hundred paces away from the newly built defense system, the airtight five military camps looked like a roughly estimated strength of around 20,000 besieging troops. According to some of the information that Xiao Xuan initially learned, the actual training strength of the Fifth Military Battalion should not be as much as 20,000 at this time, and it is obvious that some other armed forces have joined in the past ten days, and at this time, Wei Yingjia, the right attendant of the military department, has already asked for the entanglement in the ideological struggle not long ago, and is determined to exchange his own adventures and sacrifices for the safety of the world.

Wei Yingjia did not play the slogan of "Qingjun side", but bluntly said that the real Chongzhen has been harmed by the eunuchs, and the current Son of Heaven is just a fake Son of Heaven. This is the news that was rumored from the palace about half a month ago. The reason is also very simple: the previous King Xin did not know the art of leading troops at all, and he was not a person like that at all, and the people who held this skeptical attitude actually included Wei Yingjia himself. Wei Yingjia, who is the right attendant of the military department, also believes that although the five military battalions, plus the other two battalions and even many people selected by the guards of the Northern Zhili to reinforce them, cannot be compared with the Guanning Army and even the Dongjiang Army and other departments at this time. But with a force advantage of several times that has only been in the army for about half a month, even if the new royal Sun Wu is alive, as long as he does not make mistakes easily, he should be nine times safe. At most, the opponent will not attack easily during the day when he can rely on the advantage of firearms, and the concentration of elites at night should be able to attack this defensive line that is not small, and the troops will inevitably be weak in the siege of the earth.

"Do you still think I'm an imposter invited by Wei Zhongxian?" Before the battle, Xiao Xuan asked Wang Chengen and some other people around him.

"The Holy One is the Son of Heaven who truly inherits the destiny of Heaven, before the slave and maid..."

"Okay, let's not talk about the previous things. If I were the puppet invited by Wei Gelding, it wouldn't be so convenient to turn back on water. It is impossible for such a person to be without a handle to use," Xiao Xuan further added for peace of mind.

"Let's shoot! Let's take a look at the results of the children these days, and how effective my artillery algorithms and tests are... ”