Even in the north at this moment, you can see small buds emerging from the soil trampled by iron hooves, and new leaves are beginning to emerge from the bare and skinny trunks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhu Youxiao looked at the spring in the north very leisurely and elegantly, or he was deliberately slowing down the march, waiting for Huang Taiji to come, and even deliberately ordered to march during the day and rest at night.

However, at this time, the officials and squires have no desire to reminisce about the past.

When some officials and squires heard that His Majesty was coming to their own territory, they were so frightened that they ran to other places overnight.

No way, everyone knows where His Majesty comes, and the Tartars will chase after him.

The Qinwang divisions in various places also delayed coming to Beijing for a long time, either on the grounds that the soldiers had no fighting spirit and could not advance, or they stagnated on the grounds that they were intercepted by the rogues.

Some literati who still pity and sympathize with the Donglin Party can't help but secretly laugh at Zhu Youxiao's inadequacy and even think that they would fight against the fierce and brave Tartars by relying on the Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers who had never fought in battle and could only fight cocks and eat overlord's meals a few months ago.

Many people think that this is undoubtedly the second siege of Tumubao, and even sigh that the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, who can be the second Yu Qian.

Zhu Youxiao didn't have the heart to care about these gossips now, and he even threw into the fire the pamphlets of scholars from all over the country that he had received from Dongchang in the past few days after he left the capital.

In Zhu Youxiao's opinion, if these nerds who only read four books think that they will definitely win, then Huang Taiji will be even more difficult to seduc, and there is no need to be this bait.

"Now that the people in the capital are unstable, you Dongchang must closely monitor the dynamics of officials at all levels, but you must not act rashly and become a frightened bird."

After Wu Jin, the head of the Dongchang Factory, asked a few words, Zhu Youxiao picked up a wooden stick and knocked on the gong in the dragon chariot, and suddenly, the army continued to set off, the speed was still not fast, and he didn't know what to do, and thought that Zhu Youxiao was patrolling Gyeonggi.

With the eradication of the Donglin Party forces, Zhu Youxiao has become a powerful emperor, so the ministers of the court did not dare to die because of Zhu Youxiao's personal attack on the Tartars, and only sweated for him, but the accompanying Praetorian Guards did not sweat for His Majesty, in their opinion, Your Majesty This is a heroic performance.

Young people worship heroes, and Chang Yanling is even more so, in addition, they also have a strong desire to fight to prove their strength without meritorious service.

The Tartars may be strong, but if they really defeat the Tartars, then the Praetorian Guard can truly be regarded as the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this, Chang Yanling and other Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers had no fear or fear at this moment, only excitement and nervousness, and they were preparing for the big war as usual.

The 1st Battalion of Cavalry of Ao Bai automatically took on the role of staying at night, scouting the terrain and signs of the Tartars.

The soldiers of the engineer battalion were always able to set up the basic camp defenses an hour before the rest of the army, and the baggage battalion and artillery battalion did not fall behind, and the infantry battalion did not care about His Majesty's safety because they had to escort them.

I don't know how many days I have been marching, but at dawn on this day, before the sound of the horn to get up, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from afar.

The Praetorian Guard soldiers on duty saw that it was Aobai, and hurriedly shouted: "It's Ao's commander, I thought it was the Tartars coming." ”

Ao Bai did not reply to this person's words, but went straight into Zhu Youxiao's Chinese army tent and knelt on one knee: "Your Majesty, the Tartar is here." ”

Zhu Youxiao stood up suddenly, and asked with some excitement in his heart, "Are you sure?" ”

"Yes, the first team of my cavalry galloped fifty miles away last night, but unexpectedly encountered the Tartar Daishan Department, but the last general did not dare to fight and hurriedly ran back with the first team to take a shortcut, with the last general's understanding of Daishan, this person must be in pursuit, and it is estimated that he will arrive here in two hours."

After Ao Bai said, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered: "Order the engineer battalion to immediately dig a trench, three feet deeper than before, and two feet wider!" The cavalry battalion was ordered to return to the camp immediately, the soldiers of the baggage battalion helped the sappers to build a defensive system, the infantry battalion was ready to enter the firing position at any time, and at the same time, the artillery battalion immediately opened the safety and prepared to adjust the guns to fire. ”

The camp of the Praetorian Guards at this time was based on a dense forest, with a smooth road on the outside and a cliff on the back.

In other words, if the Tartars want to attack the Praetorian Guard, they can only attack from the front and from the left and right, and the Praetorian Guard has its back against the cliff and only needs to deal with three sides, which can be regarded as dangerous.

But there is no way back, and you can't climb to the cliff, which will only become a living target for the Tartars.

But with the trench, you can turn the dense forest into a natural defensive belt, the speed of the engineer battalion is very fast, the Royal Academy of Engineering special engineering shovel played a very good role at this time, and soon on the basis of the original trench, three more trenches and communication trenches were dug.

In addition to this, the soldiers of the engineer battalion also cut down trees and built a makeshift shed for His Majesty's command.

The shed was also surrounded by several large trees as pillars, and other trees surrounded it by a wooden wall, which was just high enough for the soldiers and horses of the cavalry battalion to hide in it temporarily.

Of course, there was also the help of the baggage battalion, and the baggage battalion also took on the task of temporarily protecting Zhu Youxiao and the reserve army, lying under the wooden wall one by one, and if the reserve tartars rushed in, they would be killed directly by arrows.

The rest of the cavalry of the first cavalry also ran back one after another, and the soldiers of the baggage battalion hurriedly opened the wooden gate and closed it as soon as all the cavalry of the cavalry entered.

However, at this moment, the figure of the Tartar really appeared in front of him, and the scale was not small, about a thousand people.

The commander of the artillery battalion, Fu Dahai, hurriedly waved his hand and ordered: "Thirty degrees to the northwest, prepare!" ”

After drinking the order, Fu Dahai squinted his eyes and began to count: "Enter the range of five hundred, enter the range of three hundred, enter the range of one hundred, fifty, twenty, one ten, put!" ”

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Dai Shan didn't expect that he would really find so many Ming troops when he chased this Ming army at this time, and it could be seen from the Huanglong umbrella in the rear that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youxiao must be here.

"Quickly report to the Great Khan, we have already intercepted Zhu Youxiao's Praetorian Guard!"

After Dai Shan said this, he immediately rode his horse and shouted: "Kill! ”

They didn't look at the Praetorian Guard in front of them at all, so they didn't have to make any preparations, they rushed directly first, and according to previous experience, when they saw the Ming army, no matter how many people there were, as long as they violently interspersed, they could scare the Ming army's courage and make it collapse without a fight.

The momentum of the Tartars was very great, and thousands of fierce horses galloped over, and there was a great tendency to overwhelm the mountains and seas, and everyone in the Praetorian Guards at this time couldn't help but tighten the weapons in their hands.

It was the first time they had seen so many Tartars, and if it weren't for the discipline they were accustomed to, and His Majesty the Emperor watching from behind, they probably wouldn't have been able to calm down in the face of such a shocking cavalry charge.