This is a hard-fought battle, both sides have battle armor, the Qing soldiers wear armor inside, and the outside is wearing iron armor, and the defense of armor is also very good.

The two sides used knives to slash each other, and even if the scout team was equipped with sharp machetes, it was not easy to cut through the armor on the Qing soldiers.

However, after all, the defense power of the armor is not as high as the plate armor, and it can be completely cut as long as the knife is ruthless.

The Qing soldiers were besieged, one on the front and one on the side, and it only took a few knives to cut off a Qing soldier.

At this time, the soldiers in the scout squad with boring handles suddenly exerted their huge combat effectiveness, just inserted casually, as long as they were inserted, they could insert a Qing soldier off their horses.

After the battle, squad leader Lin Kong counted the casualties, and only one of his scouts fell off his horse because of an arrow on his horse, and his leg was swollen, although the rest of the soldiers were injured, but they were all minor injuries that were innocuous and painful.

And they captured sixteen Qing soldiers' heads, and even captured thirty horses, most of which were shangma-level war horses, mixed with some shang-horses.

"Jiannu is nothing more than that, he cut off thirteen heads so easily." Lin Kong, the leader of the scout team, said excitedly, and the deputy captain Liang Sheng pulled out the arrow inserted in his left chest, and said with palpitations: "Fortunately, the steel plate here in the heart has been thickened, otherwise this life would have to be lost here today." ”

"Yes! If it weren't for this steel armor today, the brothers would have suffered heavy casualties, and these Tartars were really ruthless in their desperate efforts. One of the scouts said with trepidation.

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and send the loot and the wounded back with two people." Lin Kong ordered.

The scout team quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and then separated two people to return to the Langfang camp with the spoils and wounded soldiers, while the remaining twelve continued to reconnoiter to the north.

The scout team is equipped with a ten-fold military telescope, which can detect the enemy within ten miles, and can clearly see the enemy's appearance within two kilometers.

The scout team with binoculars acts like a ghost, avoiding the detachment when encountering a large group of clear soldiers, and ambushing or attacking directly when encountering a squad of clear soldiers.

Within one day, several scout teams each had a lot of gains, but did not find the main force of the Qing army, the next day each scout team bypassed the capital and arrived to the north of the capital, one of the scout teams arrived in Changping, Changping City was still calm, when they detected Tianshou Mountain north of Changping, but found the main force of the Qing army.

Lin Kong and others climbed the mountain, and under the observation of the telescope, they immediately saw the fire and smoke billowing Deling, which was the mausoleum of Zhu Youxiao, which was burned down by the Qing soldiers at this moment.

The Ming Tombs near Tianshou Mountain in Changping are magnificent mausoleums built by the Ming court at a cost of 8 million taels, and no less than 10 million taels were invested before and after.

"Damn Tartar, you are hiding here and burning my Ming Emperor's Mausoleum." Lin Kong and the others all gritted their teeth, there were at least forty or fifty thousand Qing soldiers below, but they didn't dare to go down and fight hard.

"Captain, it seems that Jiannu is all here, let's hurry up and bring the news back!" Liang Sheng urged.

"Let the four brothers divide into two teams, one with four horses and report back, and we will continue to monitor here." Lin Kong said.

"Yes."

Their squad captured a large number of horses, some of which had been brought back before, and a dozen of them were spare, and the four scouts immediately took four horses and divided into two teams and galloped towards Langfang.

…… On the ninth day of the first month, after five days of marching, Zhao Yan finally arrived at the Tianjing Tanggu area, and after a round with the baggage troops of Tanggu, he immediately advanced to Langfang.

On the tenth day of the first month, Zhao Yan arrived in Langfang, and the Denglai army outside Langfang gathered here, scouts went out in all directions, and reconnoitred everywhere, when Zhao Yan arrived in Langfang, the two battalions of scouts led by Lin Yi and Wu Yongliang did not find the main position of the Qing army.

"They don't know where to hide, but the scout teams cut down a lot of Jiannu who came out to investigate." Wu Yongliang said depressedly.

"However, Wuyue Jiannu entered Juyongguan, and there was no warning from other areas, and their main force should be in the area north of Changping." Lin Yi pointed to the map and said.

"Ming Tombs!" Zhao Yan frowned and looked at this area, but he didn't remember the route of the Qing soldiers entering the Kou this time, so he could only rely on intelligence to judge.

"Urgent report......" Outside the rapid sound of horses' hooves, I saw two scouts galloping, as soon as they arrived outside the camp tent of the staff headquarters, they immediately turned over and dismounted, and rushed directly into the camp tent.

"The main force of Jiannu gathered in the west of Tianshou Mountain, about 40,000 people, plundered Xishan, and burned Deling." The scout reported.

"Go down and rest!" Zhao Yan said to the two scouts.

"Yes, sir." The two scouts immediately retreated after reporting the news.

Zhao Yan said to the staff of the General Staff: "Map of the Ming Tombs." ”

The staff of the staff hurriedly spread out the map of the Ming Tombs area that had already been surveyed and mapped, Zhao Yan and the generals in the battalion surrounded him, Liu Heng looked at the map, pointed to it and said: "At this moment, Jiannu are gathered in Xishan, and they will inevitably go south, and then attack Changping, Liangshan, Shunyi and other capital acropolises after going south." Changping is the closest to them, and they should attack Changping first. ”

"Immediately rush to the aid of Changping, and then play the saint, just say that the military situation is urgent, and I can't wait for instructions." Zhao Yan ordered.

"Whoa."

With an order, the whole army marched from Langfang to Changping to help.

Qian Zhiyi hurriedly drafted the chapter and sent someone to Beijing later.

…… At the beginning of July of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), martial law was imposed in Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered his ministers Li Guofu to guard Bauhinia Pass, Xu Jinzhong to guard the Fallen Horse Pass, Zhang Yuanheng to guard Longquan Pass, and Cui Liangyong to guard the Solid Pass. A few days later, he ordered Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, to inspect the border passes. On the fifth day, the Qing soldiers will enter the Yongguan Pass in Yanqing, Gyeonggi.

Jiu said that the West Mountain was plundered, Zhu Youxiao's mausoleum was burned, and after Zhu Youzhen got the news that day, he cried a lot in the Qianqing Palace, feeling resentful but helpless, and his face became more and more gloomy.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Yan is playing, the Denglai army has arrived in Langfang today, and the reconnaissance has the intention of attacking Changping, and is rushing to Changping to help, but it was not played in time due to the urgency of the military situation."

"Zhao Yan? He's here so soon? Zhu Youzhen's spirit was shocked, but then he asked in confusion, the news of King Zhao Yanqin was that he only arrived in Beijing in July, and Zhao Yan himself played it, and Yan Jizu, the prefect of Shandong, played it.

"According to the reports of officials in Tianjin and Langfang, the soldiers of Denglai rode horses, and some of them traveled from the sea to Tianjin, and the speed was extremely fast, and everywhere the army of King Qin went, they did not commit any crimes with Minqiu." Wang Chengen explained, "With the Tenglai brave army guarding Gyeonggi, Jianyu will inevitably not be able to get benefits. ”

"Okay, this son is really loyal and commendable." Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but applaud and praised, the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang often walked for more than a month to arrive in Gyeonggi, and most of the men and horses fled halfway, and the Denglai army only took four days, "Give three thousand taels of silver, so that they can kill the prisoners with peace of mind." ”

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen's trust in Zhao Yan has reached a fairly high level.

…… When the news of King Zhao Yanqin reached the court, Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, had the idea of Zhao Yan, and the two conspired on the evening of the ninth day.

"This time Zhao Yan entered King Jingqin, but it was a good opportunity to get rid of him." Wen Tiren said to Zhang Fengyi.

"Why?" Zhang Fengyi asked energetically.

"There are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses he brought to King Qin, and people need a large amount of grain and grass to chew on the horses. Wen Tiren said with a smile.

Zhang Fengyi's face changed, and he said hurriedly: "If the Denglai army is sent to the Shaanxi border army for three years, if the saint is held accountable, my military department will not be able to run." ”

"There is no need to worry about this matter, the Denglai army came to King Qin without authorization, but one is not in the grain and grass calculation, and the military department has not prepared in advance, so he can shirk his power and responsibility completely, and then if he is captured in the city, he can let Zhao Yan carry this black cauldron." Wen Tiren thought of a countermeasure, Zhang Fengyi couldn't help but gasp, this Wen Tiren really had a black belly, and his eyes suddenly became very jealous.

Wen Tiren claims to have no henchmen, but in fact, he has already secretly formed a large number of henchmen.

However, Zhang Fengyi is not his henchman, and the two will come together because Zhao Yan has moved the interests of the two Huai salt merchants, and many powerful people in the court want to put him to death.

And so this insidious plan emerged...... However, although Wen Tiren's calculations were insidious, he didn't know that Zhao Yan had always raised his own military salaries, grain and grass, and this time King Qin naturally would not pin the grain and grass on the imperial court.

But Wen Tiren, Zhang Fengyi and the others didn't know the situation, and waited for Zhao Yan's fate with a sneer, thinking that pinching the grain and grass was like pinching the balls of the Denglai Army.

…… Zhao Yan's Qinwang army marched towards Chang Parallel, the marching speed was still very fast, and the baggage battalion was left behind.

After half a year of training, the baggage battalion has its own set of tactics and is able to undertake the transportation task on its own.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Zhao Yan's army had arrived in Changping, and at this moment Changping was calm, and the Qing soldiers were still plundering near Xishan.

The Denglai army sent nearly 500 scouts to roam around the Qing soldiers to reconnoitre.

The Qing soldiers immediately noticed the sudden appearance of the scouts, these scouts were as annoyed as flies, and the Qing soldiers sent scouts to drive them away, almost never returning.

Sending a large group of cavalry is like a cannon to fight mosquitoes, and the other party has long since fled.

In the tent of the Qing barracks in Xishan, the British prince Azig is located on the upper seat, Beyler Abatai is located second, and the rest of the Manchu Eight Banners are lined up on both sides.

"Recently, I don't know where some scouts have appeared, and we are constantly scouting around our army, our scouts are not opponents, and there are no less than 100 children who have been killed, and Niu Lu was sent to exterminate them, but those scouts of the Ming people have run away, let's talk about what to do!" Azig asked.

"Prince Ying, what are these scouts doing, do they dare to attack my army?" One of them said contemptuously.

"Humph! They are the scouts who dare not attack us, but they dare to attack us, and if we don't deal with the scouts of the Ming people, we are like blind women who are stripped naked and looked naked. Abatai snorted coldly.

"Lord Baylor's words are wrong, how can I be a woman in the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty? Eight Banners should be a man, a majestic man, those who are bright are women, even if they are blind, we can touch it, women see men so majestic, maybe they will be secretly moved, and take the initiative to give them a hug, haha! That Gushan Ezhen laughed again, and did not respect Abatai very much, although Abatai was the son of Nurhachi, his status in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not even comparable to that of the teenage Duoze.

"Hmmm! Reasonable. Then leave them alone! But our scouts are still going to be sent. Azig couldn't help but agree after hearing this, in their eyes, the Ming army was not vulnerable at all, otherwise they would not dare to enter the pass so swaggeringly, "This time we captured a lot in Yanqing, and we said that we would wave our army south and plunder Changping." ”

(To be continued)