On the eighth day of the fourth month of the tenth year of Chongzhen, the army of King Qin in the capital camped

It has been a month since King Qin's army began to assemble, and the Ming army gathered in the capital has reached 90,000, and they are stationed outside Xibianmen on the outskirts of the capital under the command of Lu Xiangsheng.

With the gathering of the army, Chongzhen, who was constantly urging Lu Xiangsheng to find the enemy for a decisive battle, gradually became ambiguous, which can be seen from the attitude of the eunuch Gao Qiqian.

Originally, Gao Qiqian still urged Lu Xiangsheng to start a decisive battle with the Qing army, but since April, Gao Qiqian no longer urged Lu Xiangsheng to send troops to the Qing army for a decisive battle, which also made Lu Xiangsheng feel both puzzled and worried.

In the big tent outside the Xibian Gate, Lu Xiangsheng was discussing the military situation with the generals. At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng was still in the period of filial piety, he was wearing a bright yellow cloak given by the emperor on the outside, and a white linen coat on the inside, and he was sitting on the handsome seat silently.

Liu Zeqing, the former Shandong General Soldier and the current Henan General Army, stepped forward to report: "Lu Dushi, now that most of our army has been assembled, it is enough to fight with the Tartars, is it possible to send troops to clear the Qing troops in Hebei?" The last general heard that after the Qing army conquered Tianjin a few years ago, it was destroyed in Tianjin, and this revenge must be avenged! ”

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and said: "General Liu said this very much, a few years ago, the emperor urged the governor to send troops and was pushed back by the governor, that is because the troops have not yet arrived at that time, and now the main force of our army has been gathered, it is time to attack." But now the emperor's attitude has changed, especially Gao Gonggong"

Hearing this, everyone understood that now that there is an additional superintendent in the camp, Lu Xiangsheng's military order cannot be banned in the camp as before, and it must be approved by Gao Qiqian before it can take effect, especially when the attitude of the imperial court is beginning to be ambiguous, Gao Qiqian's attitude is particularly important.

The chief soldier Ma Rulong also asked: "Lu Dudu, the last general has heard that the emperor intends to negotiate peace with the Tartars, is that so?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng glared at Ma Rulong, "If there is no shadow, don't spread it!" ”

"Yes, the last will be convicted!" Ma Rulong saw that Lu Xiangsheng was angry, and Nuo Nuo lowered his head.

While he was talking, a personal soldier walked in outside the big tent and reported loudly: "Qi Yu Governor, I don't receive a report at night, a team came from the north, there are still twenty miles away from my big tent, and it is rapidly driving towards our army, it is estimated that it is our army's soldiers and horses who came to King Qin." ”

"Oh, who else in our army hasn't arrived yet?" The generals began to talk about it.

Just when everyone was a little puzzled, someone outside the tent shouted loudly: "Grandpa Gao has arrived!" ”

With the voice of the pro-soldiers, a tall man dressed in a light blue four-grade eunuch costume, with a tall figure and a white face and beard, sneaked in.

As soon as Gao Qiqian entered the big tent, he smiled and said: "Yo, it turns out that Lu Dudu and all the generals are here, what a coincidence that our family came, what are you all discussing?" ”

Gao Qiqian said as he walked to Lu Xiangsheng's side and sat down unceremoniously, not noticing the dissatisfied gazes of the generals in the big tent.

The generals can throw their faces and show Gao Qiqian, but Lu Xiangsheng, who is the commander-in-chief, can't, he reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "So that Gao Gonggong knows that we are discussing the matter of sending troops, I don't know what Gao Gonggong will do?" ”

"Sending troops?" Gao Qiqian was stunned for a moment, and then rattled and laughed, his voice as sharp as an old hen burping.

Lu Xiangsheng replied: "Yes, we are waiting for the emperor's grace, and the army is still gathered at this moment, so we should send troops to the Tartars for a decisive battle." ”

Gao Qiqian smiled but didn't say anything when he heard it, and his face showed an ambiguous attitude, but Lu Xiangsheng was not depressed after seeing it.

In the middle of now, the soldiers came to report again, "Governor Qi, the soldiers and horses of King Qin have arrived three miles away from my camp and are heading towards my camp." ”

"Oh, are there still King Qin's soldiers and horses that haven't arrived yet?" After listening to Qiyu's words, Gao Qiqian was also stunned, and then said: "In this case, why don't we go outside the big tent and take a look?" ”

"Very good!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded, took the lead in getting up and walking out of the tent with the generals.

When Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian led the generals to a high slope outside the camp to look down, a loud thunderous sound sounded above everyone's heads, and the originally gloomy sky became even darker, and then the raindrops the size of beans began to fall on everyone's heads.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and soon turned into a downpour, which instantly drenched the unprepared people, and after a while, the following entourage hurriedly sent rain gear to cover everyone.

Lu Xiangsheng and the generals may be accustomed to this kind of thing, and there is no surprise on his face, but he is not so good-looking on his face when he is drenched by the sudden heavy rain, and he mutters a few words in his mouth, as if he wants to get angry, but he can't find a place to get angry, after all, he came out to watch the idea of coming to help the army, so he can only stand in place with a puff of anger, and let the rain flow down.

The weather in April was still a little cool, and Gao Qiqian was soaked all over his body after being drenched in the rain, not to mention, after the water vapor began to seep into his body, he felt that his whole body began to feel cold.

"Bastard, this is the army of King Qin, let my father-in-law drench himself, I must make him look good later!" Sometimes resentment always comes very inexplicably, so Gao Qiqian hates the army he has not yet met.

Just when Gao Qi was concentrating on resentment, he suddenly saw a man and horse rolling in the north, although he could not see the military flag of the man and horse clearly in the heavy rain, but he could also feel a compelling might.

Soon, the army came to the outside of the camp and stopped, and soon a horse came out of the camp, and the knight on the horse came to the outside of the camp and said a few words to the guard sergeant of the camp, and soon the sergeant guarding the door came to Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian and said loudly: "Qi Lu Dudu, Gao Jian Jun, the army that came outside claimed to be the soldiers and horses of King Qin from Qingzhou, led by the general Pang Gang of Dingguo, and was waiting outside the camp!" ”

"Oh, is Pang just here?" Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed when he heard this, "Come on, order Pang Gang to hurry into the camp and set up camp." ”

"Wait, wait!" Gao Qiqian on the side hurriedly stopped Lu Xiangsheng and said gloomily: "Lu Dudu, when did the codex you sent to Pang Gang order him to arrive?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng glanced at Gao Qiqian and said slowly: "The deadline for the codex issued by this official to Pang Gang is today. ”

"Oh, is it today?" Gao Qi's subconscious tone was a little disappointed, but he remembered that the emperor solemnly told himself to strictly guard against this Pang Gang, listening to the emperor's tone was very protective of that Pang Gang, if he could take this opportunity to get rid of him, the emperor would definitely be very happy, right? It's a pity, why didn't he come Ming.

Although he felt a little regretful in his heart because he couldn't punish this Pang Gang, Gao Qiqian still planned to give him some color, so he snorted and said: "Although it has not been overdue, but now the army counts his battalion as the latest, and they want to teach him a lesson, just let him stand there!" ”

"What?" Everyone couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard Gao Qiqian's sharp voice, this Gao Gonggong was going to give the new general a dismount.

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate, General Pang did not violate any military regulations, but he was punished to stand outside the camp, which is not good." Lu Xiangsheng frowned, people came from afar, and they did not violate any military discipline and military regulations, but for no reason, they let people stand outside the camp in the pouring rain, this is not for the way of generals, it will cause public anger. But Gao Qiqian held the power of grain and grass in the camp, and Lu Xiangsheng didn't dare to disobey Gao Qiqian's intentions too much, so he could only discuss with him in a relaxed tone.

Gao Qiqian snorted coldly: "What is this, this Pang Gang has long heard about it, his eyes are lawless, he doesn't take the court in his eyes at all, if he doesn't give him some color today, how will he discipline him in the future, so be it, let him stand outside and be cool first!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng listened to Gao Qiqian's words, sighed slightly and stopped talking. Although the generals behind him were all upset about Pang Gang, they all dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so they had to stand quietly aside and silently look at the army of King Qin who had just arrived outside the camp.

But gradually, everyone's faces slowly began to change color, and by this time the army had arrived, and thousands of soldiers and horses were lined up in several neat phalanxes outside the camp, not moving at all.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the pouring rain seemed to pour down from the Milky Way, and there was more and more water on the ground, especially the Qingzhou army was located below, and it would flood their feet after a while, but the soldiers and horses were still neatly lined up in all directions, and they looked motionless from a distance, and they were as motionless as bronze castings from a distance.

Time passed little by little, time passed for half an hour, the army outside was still patting the neat queue, the heavy rain hit them and a little rain appeared, at this time even the soldiers in the camp were shocked to feel the camp watching, the more they watched, the more shocked they were in their hearts, looking at this kind of military prestige is unheard of in their lives, this kind of military prestige, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a strong army of the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of military appearance can only be said to be good-looking and disciplined in the eyes of Gao Qiqian, a half-bottle of water supervisor, but it is very different in the eyes of Lu Xiangsheng and the generals behind him, and this kind of military appearance is majestic, but they have never seen it in the army for so many years, which means how powerful this army under Pang Gang is, and in the eyes of those who care, the commander of this army is a figure worthy of his friendship.

After a while, Lu Xiangsheng really couldn't stand it anymore, and said sharply: "Father-in-law Gao, it's almost, if you let such a strong army get sick because of this, can you afford to be guilty?" ”

At this moment, Gao Qiqian had no reason to stop this army from entering the camp, so he had to snort coldly: "Okay, then let them enter the camp!" ”

(To be continued)