At noon on this day, most of Luo Hu's three thousand elites had been assembled and rushed all the way to the vicinity of Chaoyang Gate.

Li Shuangxi was defeated and fled, and then Luo Hu gathered troops, and along the way, he also collected Li Shuangxi's defeated troops in the imperial camp, and also crossed several small units of the Ming army defending the city, and when he arrived at Chaoyang Gate, it was not yet noon.

At that time, it couldn't have been faster. However, when he arrived, as soon as he saw the situation on the ground, Luo Hu's heart sank.

The city gate is open, but there is no sign of decay and dilapidation, on the contrary, it is neat and orderly, if it is not for the silence around the city gate, it is just an ordinary and taller ordinary city gate.

There are a few more old soldiers, and the merchants and ordinary people who come and go are more like the city gate buildings of the Taiping Festival.

It's a pity that the more this is the case, the more Luo Hu knows that something is wrong.

He had always been calm, but he was also a little upset, and while sending a governor to search the inner city, he also asked people to look around to see if there was anyone who knew the inside story.

When he was arranging, Li Shuangxi just puffed out his cheeks and looked at the battlefield in the early morning with hatred.

The place had been roughly cleaned, and of course the corpses and wounded of the Ming army had been taken away, and as far as the eye could see, there were dead corpses dressed as soldiers everywhere on the side of the broken flag and dead horses, and occasionally there were one or two moans that could not be heard very really...... The Ming army cleaned up the dead and wounded, and the time was so short, of course they didn't have time to pay attention to the wounded who broke into the camp.

On the battlefield, it's either you die or I live, and no one is to blame.

"Quick, send someone to rescue all the wounded brothers and treat them carefully!"

After hastily arranging, the distraught Luo Hu turned around, and heard that there were still many imperial soldiers moaning on the battlefield, he was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered people to hurry up and treat without delay.

Hearing Luo Hu's words, Li Shuang said happily: "Brother Huzi, I really can't wait to beat them again." Usually very arrogant, when I saw the battle, more than 800 horsemen could not beat 5 or 600 people, which was really embarrassing. ”

"You can't say that again!" Luo Hu's expression was grim, and he said to the little brother: "You have to think about it, how to talk about this matter with King Chuang." ”

Recently, Luo Hu and others have already changed their words, calling Li Zicheng the emperor, and at this time, King Chuang also said something, which shows that this young general saw the fiasco in front of him, and it was indeed a big mess.

"Alas...... Yes, I see! ”

As soon as he said this, Li Shuangxi was completely arrogant, and he agreed in a low voice at the moment, and he didn't dare to speak out again.

In just a while, a small group of cavalry escorted more than a dozen people near the city gate, old and young, all men, these residents of the capital looked cowardly and timid, and they kept pausing and were afraid to walk. The cavalry who drove them were so anxious that they kept beating them with the poles of their spears, which made the people faster.

When Luo Hu saw it, he hurriedly drove forward, glared at the colonel who led the team, and shouted, "Who told you to beat people indiscriminately?" The emperor has an order that after entering the city, you must not kill people at will, and you must treat the people well, you know? ”

"Yes, my subordinates know!" The reprimanded colonel hugged his fists, and his young face was also full of joy and submission, Luo Hu was under his control, and he was both encouraged, so his subordinates had always been convinced of him, and there was no dissatisfaction when he was severely reprimanded, and someone jumped off the horse at the moment, busy untying the rope that bound the people, and at the same time comforted: "Don't be afraid, this is our General Luo, if you have anything to say, just say it if you know, don't squeak if you don't know, don't make trouble indiscriminately, you know?" ”

"Yes, I know, thank you for your kindness."

"We must know everything, but we are ordinary people and our knowledge is limited."

"Might as well!" Hearing everyone's words, Luo Hu first glanced at the subordinates in front of him with appreciative eyes, and he could change it if he knew it, and he was indeed worthy of the children and soldiers of the old battalion, but at this time, it was too late to praise them, Luo Hu thought about it, and asked the people in front of him: "When there was a big battle in the morning, did you hear any movement?" ”

"Back to the general's words, I heard it, I heard the sound of killing and the earth, and the earthquake and shaking of the horses, I hid at home, and I didn't dare to stretch out my head to see."

"Later, I heard the sound of cannons on the Chaoyang Gate, but I didn't dare to go out of the house casually."

"I heard that the gunners were not on the right track, and a few shells injured people."

"Blind," Li Shuangxi said to everyone in a contemptuous tone: "The Ming army has always been like this, if you don't dare to really fight, you know that you can shoot arrows and cannons, and the accuracy is very ......."

If there is no battlefield in front of him, his words can be regarded as convincing, nine of the ten stops of the Ming army dare not fight with the peasant army, and ten stops of the Ming army do not dare to fight with the Manchu Tartars, an army, only dare to use the car array artillery array to guard the strong city position, in any case, do not dare to say that it is a force with training and morale.

However, it was very meaningless to say this at this time, Luo Hu ignored it, and asked again: "Do they have Hongyi cannons?" ”

One of the people replied, "It doesn't seem to be, it should be the Franc cannon or the Tiger squat cannon." ”

"The battle is over, you haven't seen the excitement?"

"This ......" everyone hesitated, but an old man still came forward to answer: "The little old man climbed on the roof and looked at it, and found the thief...... Oh, I found that the Dashun army seemed to be defeated and fled, and then the crown prince entered the city with a few teams of cavalry, and the rest of the people collected the battlefield. ”

Although what this person said was vague and he didn't dare to take any responsibility, as soon as the words came out, the generals present were all cold-hearted. Luo Hu's face was as pale as iron, and he only asked again: "So, what happened later?" ”

"Later, less than half an hour later, I saw the crown prince serving the emperor out of the city, and many officials kneeling near the city gate, they greeted the emperor, reorganized the army at the city gate, and then went south."

"How long?"

"I'm afraid it's been more than an hour."

"Okay, it's okay!"

Luo Hu's subordinates, all are elite cavalry, ten of the ** is the old battalion of children's soldiers, young people dare to fight, very brave, now he has gathered more than 2,000 horses, plus the collection of the imperial camp soldiers and horses, less than 3,000 is about the same, so many soldiers, the other party is wide, there are no 1,000 people, although the other party has walked for more than an hour, but they have to ride and step, not much fast, and there must be heavy items, at this time the light horse chase, it must be able to chase.

He ordered the people to be brought down, and then he exclaimed, "Have you heard? Chongzhen Lao'er and his crown prince are not far ahead! ”

"I heard you!" The generals said in unison: "I am willing to chase after the general!" ”

"Good!" Luo Hu raised his whip and said sharply: "Come with me, sacrifice your life to come out, and you will also capture Emperor Ming under my emperor's account, do you understand?" ”

"I heard you!" The generals were also very excited, and they all said: "I will never retreat, otherwise, I will be willing to be a military order." ”

"Okay, come with me!"

The morale has been greatly boosted, after so many years of fighting, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty should be the ultimate goal, such a great battle in front, why not say more than half a word?

At that moment, Luo Hu's jujube red horse raised his hooves first, and then dozens of soldiers and his Chinese army surrounded each other, and then the generals of each governor led their subordinates to go on the road according to a certain speed and formation.

In the camp, the cavalry team is also limited, and the most elite cavalry team, Luo Hu's department is undoubtedly one of them. At this time, under the leadership of the main general, it was in good order, and the order was not chaotic at all, and under the non-stop orders of the banner, the queue soon began and disappeared on the official road outside the Chaoyang Gate.

"This army is really powerful."

Yanjing has passed the army, not one or two, and even in the early years, everyone has seen the elite of the Tartars inside and outside the city corner, at this time, when looking at the past, when commenting, there are no strong soldiers on the side, so it is naturally a little more calm and calm. Lao Yanjing's other skills are not necessarily strong, compared to his mouth or eyelids, it is the best in the world.

"That's it, it's not far from Xuan Dabing?"

"It's not far from the Tianxiong Army."

"Hong Jun also tastes like this."

"Compared to the Mantars?" When there were different opinions, someone suddenly interjected.

"Hey!" The old man who was the first to answer Luo Hu's words shook his head, walked away with his hands behind his back, and only said in his mouth: "Beasts like Tartars, there is nothing to mention what they do!" Muddy! ”

"What do you do with such an atmosphere?" The one who was reprimanded was a descendant, and his face was flushed and he was not angry.

Someone explained: "You don't know, his wife and daughter were snatched away by the Mantars in the second year of Chongzhen. ”

"I see!"

It seems that this old man must have originally lived outside the Gwangqu Gate or Dongbian Gate, so he encountered a strange disaster during those Gyeonggi disasters. This time, I was sheltered between the inside and outside, and I was still affected, but I didn't suffer too much, which is a blessing.

There was a decrepit old man who sighed: "We ordinary people, as long as we don't get into trouble, we don't care if he rises or falls...... Looking at the long dragon winding and galloping on the official road not far away, looking at the banner that can still be seen clearly and the felt hat on the head of the cavalry, as well as the red and white feathers on the cherry helmet, or the spear and iron spear that shines with cold light...... Everyone just shook their heads and sighed, no longer gathering to chat, they all shook their heads and sighed, and slowly dispersed one by one.

Most of the people who live between the inner and outer cities are poor families, and who has any loyal and patriotic thoughts? Chongzhen is also a heavy levy, many houses in the royal capital are rented to the people at a very low price, or a private house, or used to do business, Chongzhen years because the treasury is washed, several rent increases, although gradually only tend to the market value, but for the people, of course, it is to increase the burden. Chongzhen became a heavy levy, that is, the people vented their anger from their tongues. And what about the emperor? Copper coins are the foundation of a family's life!

Li broke into Beijing, this million-inhabitant Jingshi did not resist, and later the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered Beijing, this Jingshi also did not resist, perhaps for the people at that time, as long as they could survive and no longer mention their rent, it was the greatest virtue.

Or, even if it were to drive them out of the city and take their houses, it would be enough to keep them alive.

And the rise and fall of the dynasty, the last efforts of the emperor and the crown prince to the national fortunes of this huge empire, to what extent is Li Chuang's cavalry elite...... All of this is just a topic for this group of ant people to talk about after dinner!

(To be continued)