On the third day of the seventh month of the ninth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Beijing division was under martial law.

When the sound of hurried and chaotic footsteps woke Yu Guozhen and the others from their sleep, Yu Guozhen quickly got up, first grabbing the long knife hanging on the wall.

"Husband!" Fang Ziyi also got up, didn't care that he was only wearing a small coat, and threw himself barefoot into a corner of the room, opened the box, and put the inner armor placed there for Yu Guozhen.

Although it was early autumn at this time, it was still hot in the city, and this patch-type inner armor was a little stuffy, and Yu Guozhen brought it just to prevent accidents. The inner armor weighing more than ten pounds, Fang Ziyi was a little heavy when she grabbed it, Yu Guozhen put on the armor, took her hand, and kissed her on the forehead: "Don't worry, everything has me." ”

Fang Ziyi nodded, watching Yu Guozhen's figure disappear at the door, but his hand grasped the sheets, and his heart seemed to be crumpled.

Tears welled up suddenly.

Her marriage with Yu Guozhen is much happier than the rest of the women in the clan, although it is also the words of the elders, but before the marriage is set, the two have known each other, and there are occasional correspondence. Whenever Yu Guozhen went to Tong's city to visit the Fang family, he never forgot to bring gifts to her and the boy Ning. If at first she just admired Yu Guozhen's attainments in miscellaneous studies, later, she was a girl's heart, completely tied to Yu Guozhen.

Then Yu Guozhen seemed to hear the silent prayer in her heart, and proposed to the Fang family, and the moment she learned the news, Fang Ziyi felt that she could hardly control her laughter.

After the marriage was decided, her originally empty heart was filled with happiness, marrying a dignified man, marrying a man for him, and harmonizing with him, the woman of this era, the pursuit of happiness in life is only this.

Then she found out that she was married to an amazing hero. But the more heroic he is, the more responsibility he seems to have, he goes back and forth from birth to death, every now and then, although Fang Ziyi doesn't say it, his heart is pinched.

When she was carried into Yu's mansion with a shawl on her head, she was not only happy, but also wanted to persuade Yu Guozhen. He's got enough now, and he's done enough. But after seeing Yu Guozhen's deep starry eyes, she knew that there was no need to mention this kind of thing in front of Yu Guozhen. If he mentions it, it will make him underestimate.

Since he can't stop him, he has to help him silently by the side, at least so that he has no worries.

Thinking of this, Fang Ziyi let go of her hand, and she hurried to the box with the armor hidden, and pulled out a short sword with a sheath from underneath.

The short sword was unsheathed, the cold light was shining, and Fang Ziyi sat on the couch, waiting quietly.

After a while, she heard familiar footsteps, and then Yu Guozhen's voice came in: "Ziyi, don't panic, it's the Tartars who have entered the customs, and the Jingshi is under martial law." ”

"Tartar entry?" Before Fang Ziyi's heart could be put down, he hung up again, and said with a disgraced face: "Jingshi...... Jingshi will be fine, right? ”

In Yu Guozhen's memory, Chongzhen's nine years did not happen when the Tartars broke through the Beijing Division, and he had almost no impression of the Tartars' entry into the customs. Therefore, he said with a little ease: "It should be dangerous...... It's a pity that I only brought 200 people into Beijing, otherwise it would be an opportunity to fight with the Tartars, and let them see the strength of the Tartars, so as not to become proud soldiers. ”

"If you don't fight, that's the best." Fang Ziyi was relieved to see that he was relaxed, sighed slightly, and prayed in a low voice: "The heavens bless me Daming, the heavens bless my people, and the heavens bless my loyal and brave soldiers......"

Because it was morning, the red sun that rose from the east sprinkled her neck with a golden red glow through the window paper, and she lowered her eyes in silent prayer, extremely reverent. Yu Guozhen looked at her like this, thinking that in the Ming Dynasty, after the news came out, there must be countless women like this, praying silently to the sky with all their bodies and minds, and suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart.

He took a breath, squinted his eyes, and seeing that Fang Ziyi came back to his senses, he stepped forward and patted her shoulder gently.

"Ziyi, I'll go out for a while and inquire about the news." He said calmly.

Fang Ziyi was a little worried: "Husband, keep it tight, don't be strong." ”

From Yu Guozhen's gaze, Fang Ziyi could see that he was eager to try, although he only brought two hundred people, and these two hundred people were still not fully armored and weaponized, but his husband was not the kind of person who retreated despite difficulties. On the contrary, facing difficulties is his true nature!

Yu Guozhen laughed, then turned around and went out again.

At this time, the streets were under martial law and everywhere was empty, Yu Guozhen stood at the door of the Yujing Inn, watching a team of messengers pass in front of him, interrogating any suspicious people. He had an extraordinary bearing, and stood in front of the inn, and no one came to ask at first, but later a brocade guard came to investigate.

Yu Guozhen was not afraid of this, and Cao Huachun, in order to facilitate his actions in the capital, gave him a sign of Jinyiwei, with which he could wander on the street even if it was a night curfew.

"Maybe I should go to Cao Huachun?" In front of the door, Yu Guozhen hesitated for a while.

There were only 200 people he brought into the capital, and more than 10 of them had already left the capital with Jiang'an, and they had left for Zhigu three days ago, from where they were to rush to Korea by the Lianbo. Therefore, there are only more than 170 people who are really used in his hands. If it is more than 1,000 rogues, these more than 170 people can still come in handy, but it is against the Dongyu, and it may be tens of thousands of Dongyu, no matter how conceited Yu Guozhen is, he will not be stupid enough to think that his 170 people can play a decisive role.

Still unwilling...... On the first day of martial law in Beijing, people were panicked, because there was no exact news, all kinds of rumors were flying all over the sky, and there were few pedestrians on the streets. But in the second day, some real news began to enter the people, but it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. Yu Guozhen went to visit many figures in the Jingshi, even including Sun Lin's brother Sun Jin, who said some time ago that he was being suspended from his post for reflection because of his dissatisfaction with the holy will, so he could not get any definite news.

Yu Guozhen felt that what Sun Jin said was actually a pretext, and he knew some news, but it was just inconvenient to say it.

It wasn't until July 9 that Yu Guozhen received another invitation from Cao Huachun to meet him at his house.

Unlike the last time we met, Cao Huachun was like a rich man, after a few days, Cao Huachun was a lot haggard, and his back was also rickety, and after seeing Yu Guozhen, he asked: "You have fought a war, do you think Jingshi can hold it now?" ”

"Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the only way to be able to speak and fight, the younger generation now knows nothing, how the Dongyu entered the army, how the imperial court responded to the enemy, how many troops the Dongyu had, who the generals were, and how many soldiers the imperial court could have...... These things are not clear, if the younger generation says that the strategy of war and defense is to lie, it must be lying to deceive Cao Gong. Yu Guozhen's heart moved, Cao Huachun was so busy before that he couldn't get out, but now he can see him in the outer house, it is very likely that he does not represent himself, but Chongzhen.

His words made Cao Huachun a little disappointed: "Alas, even you can't say it clearly? ”

"If Cao Gong thinks it's okay, tell the younger generation about the current situation, maybe the younger generation can have a bit of foolishness."

Cao Huachun glanced at him and sighed, now he is also in a hurry to go to the doctor. He summoned someone to bring tea, moistened his throat, and then began to listen to Yu Guozhen's recent military explanation.

On May 27, the ninth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Huang Taiji, who had just founded the country as "Qing" and proclaimed himself emperor, swore to Zhengming, and summoned Prince Dolgon of Heshuorui, Prince Duoduo of Heshuo Yu, Prince Haoge of Heshuosu, Prince Yue Tuo of Heshuocheng, Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu of the Han Army, and King Azig of Doluo Wuying County, Doro Rao Yu Beile Abatai, Chaopin Gong Yang Guli, Gushan Ezhen Sect Bai Yin Tu, Tan Tai, Ye Keshu, Ahsan, Turge, Zhanggu, Eju Darha, etc., and personally taught the strategy. On May 30, Azig led 100,000 soldiers from the Eight Banners to advance, and on June 27, he entered Dushikou by three routes.

After learning the news of the Qing army's large-scale invasion of the south, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers of the central government thought that the Qing army would come from the Xuanda line in Shanxi, so they were inclined to this side when arranging the defense line. Emperor Chongzhen took Zhang Yuanzuo as the right attendant of the military department, went out to guard Changping, and sent the eunuch Wei Guo to supervise the army Tianshou Mountain.

Changping is the gateway of the Beijing Division, and Tianshou Mountain is in the north of Changping, and it is the gateway of Changping, and the mausoleum of more than ten sons of heaven since the Ming Dynasty became the ancestor is here. Wei Guozheng set off to Tianshou Mountain after receiving the order, but Zhang Yuanzuo was delayed for three days, and he still did not leave Beijing, and even when Emperor Chongzhen met with the courtiers, he had to make sarcastic remarks: "The ministers are said to be on the road, and the waiter is not out of the third day, why wonder I use the ministers?" ”

Getting this news, Yu Guozhen could only smile bitterly.

These courtiers are really embarrassing, they are righteous and strict, like a righteous man and a gentleman, and when there is something, it is better to be a eunuch without eggs!

"This Zhang Yuanzuo, the old Ministry recommended him as the secretary of Guanglu Temple, His Majesty saw that he was witty and could speak well, and he didn't like it in his heart, so he chose the trembling and clumsy Wang Daozhi as the secretary of Guanglu Temple. At that time, His Majesty privately said that this person was good and might not be available, but now it seems that His Majesty really has the wisdom to know people. Cao Huachun couldn't help but complain about Zhang Yuanzuo.

He is the chief eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, and the courtiers accuse the Son of Heaven of reusing the internal prison, and almost every time he will be used as a target to spray wildly, which makes him feel very wronged in his heart, although he also has the act of greedy for money and power, but in general he still has a friendly relationship with the Qingliu of the DPRK, like Wen Zhenmeng when he was the first assistant of the cabinet, he specially posted a message of congratulations, what did he get in exchange?

Humiliation, endless humiliation.

But he didn't know that if the original historical development was followed, his Qingliu, especially the Donglin Dakeng Special Pit, was still to come.

Yu Guozhen didn't say anything, but he despised Chongzhen in his heart. Since Chongzhen obviously doesn't like Zhang Yuanzuo's rhetoric, why does he think of using him at this critical time!

"Now that you know everything about the military situation, how should the court deal with it, do you have a good prescription? If the imperial court uses you as a general and promotes you as the chief military officer, can you lead the army to retreat? ”

After complaining, Cao Huachun sat upright, with a cold glint in his eyes, and at this time, the great eunuch prestige of his hand was finally taken out. Yu Guozhen also looked stunned, he knew in his heart that these words were also not what Cao Huachun himself meant.

He asked instead of Chongzhen.

(To be continued)