Soon a horse had a straight and long head and short ears. The tall white horse with long limbs and solid bones was led in front of Emperor Chongzhen by the two grooms. When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but admire in their hearts, this horse was covered with snow-white eyes and no half of the hair, from head to tail one foot long, from hooves to the top eight feet high, neighing and roaring like soaring into the sea.

Is it rare to have a horse, of course, can the horse ridden by the emperor be bad, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a million. But none of the ministers present showed a happy look on their faces, not because the horse was not good, but because it was too good, this horse was a year ago in Mongolia a pro-Ming tribe to pay tribute to Chongzhen, but Chongzhen is the son of heaven, there are very few opportunities to ride a horse, this horse has been kept in the royal stable as a general offering, today was finally pulled out, it has not been released for a long time under the excitement of shaking its head and howling, two grooms almost can't pull it.

All the ministers are knowledgeable, they can see at a glance that this horse is not an ordinary person can ride, if you don't have some real ability to really ride on it, this horse can play you to death, who said that horses can't play people, if the horse plays with people, it can be much more ruthless than ordinary people, now let Emperor Chongzhen ride this horse out that isn't looking for death?

Not only the minister, obviously Chongzhen also suddenly realized this problem, he looked at the muscular and slender horse, and then looked at his thin arms and legs, and finally shook his head with a wry smile and said to Wang Chengen behind him: "Big companion, you won, I am indeed not suitable for horseback riding, forget it, I should go in a sedan chair." ”

Affection Chongzhen also knew that it must be Wang Chengen's idea for the groom to lead this horse, otherwise the little eunuch and the groom would not dare to lead these untamed horses over if they lent them two of them, wouldn't there be a trained docile horse in the palace? Wang Chengen is vaguely reminding himself not to take risks personally.

Wang Chengen also knew that he couldn't hide it from Chongzhen, so he hurriedly prepared to kneel down and plead guilty. Chongzhen smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "Since it is the eldest companion who has this heart, then I will listen to you." ”

"Emperor Xie understands the suffering of the slaves and maids, and asks the emperor to get into the sedan chair." Wang Chengen waved his hand, and a small sedan chair soon appeared in front of Chongzhen's eyes, and Chongzhen had to sit in a little speechless.

Outside the city at this time, Lu Xiangsheng was standing in the camp of the Ming army and began to count troops, and next to him stood the Shandong general soldiers, Wang Pu, the general soldiers of Datong, Dong Yongwen, the chief soldiers of Baoding, and Zu Dashou, the chief soldiers of Shanhaiguan, in addition to dozens of generals such as Guan, Ning, Ji, and Mi and Zu Dale, Li Chongzhen, and Ma Rulong, all stood next to him.

Today's Lu Xiangsheng is not the same as when he was in the palace, at this time Lu Xiangsheng was draped all over his body, with a crown of armor, a red cloak on his body, an iron helmet on his head was also engraved with a dragon and a tiger, and he was wearing a Longquan sword on his waist, showing a look of non-anger and self-authority on his face, which looked majestic. Behind him, there was also a Ming army colonel holding a sign with eight big characters written on it: "Governor Jingshi Qinwang Soldiers and Horses".

At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng said with a look in his eyes: "Everyone knows what to do today, the emperor gave the governor five days to relieve the siege of the Beijing Division, today is the fourth day, if you can't defeat the Tartars, you will have no shame to sit here and command you tomorrow." Therefore, I hope that you can play a twelve-point spirit today, and it is not yet known whether you will win or lose the battle with the Tartars today, but this governor hopes that whether you win or lose the battle today, you will not lose the face of my Ming soldiers, can you do it? ”

Lu Xiangsheng's status in the Ming army is still very high, and he is also very popular with the army, as soon as he finished speaking, the generals immediately clasped their fists and said: "Obey the orders of Inspector Lu, kill the enemy and serve the country, and never disgrace Inspector Lu!" ”

"Hmm!" Lu Xiangsheng nodded and shouted: "Order the gunner to light the cannon!" ”

"Bang dang!"

"Bang dang!"

The heavy sound of artillery sounded in the camp immediately, and Lu Xiangsheng looked at the generals and asked lightly, "Since the terrain of Xibianmen is not very open, the army can't be set aside at once, I don't know if any of you are willing to take the lead." ”

At this time, a burly middle-aged general walked out, he came to Lu Xiangsheng and hugged his fists and said: "Why should Inspector Lu worry, the last general is willing to fight with the Tartar with this cane." ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at it, it turned out to be Dong Yongwen, the chief soldier of Baoding, and he smiled and said: "The courage of the general soldier Dong is commendable, and this official promises you that your soldiers and horses from Baoding will take the lead later." ”

"Thank you!" Dong Yongwen hurriedly thanked Lu Xiangsheng and stood up, and immediately walked out of the tent and began to count troops. Lu Xiangsheng smiled and looked at the general soldiers who had already left, walked out, turned his head and said to the generals: "Everyone, let's go and sweep the battle for General Dong soldiers together!" ”

Although Lu Xiangsheng's voice was gentle, it carried a majesty that could not be denied.

The generals did not dare to slack off, and they all hugged their fists and said: "Yes, I will obey the orders of the superintendent!" ”

As all the soldiers and horses marched out of the camp together, a branch of the Ming army headed towards the Xibianmen, and soon converged into a huge torrent

On the eighteenth day of March in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the 80,000 troops of the Ming army and nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Qing army set up a posture outside the Xibian Gate of the Ming Dynasty, ready to fight each other.

At this time, the Chongzhen Emperor and the civil and military officials also climbed the city wall of the Xibianmen, looking at the soldiers and horses outside the city are quite excited, if the Ming army wins, the Qing soldiers have to retreat outside the pass, and if the Qing army wins, the Ming Jingshi is in danger.

At this time, the 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Ming army set up a position on the right side of the Xibian Gate, the 7,000 Flying Bear Army directly under Lu Xiangsheng was located in the center, and the soldiers and horses of the rest of the general troops were on both sides, and the full 80,000 soldiers and horses looked like they were pulling the ground, because the armor and banners of the Ming army were red, so it looked like a sea of red everywhere from the city wall.

Looking at the flags outside the city, the victory flag was in the sky, Chongzhen's heart was quite excited, he grew up in the palace where he had seen such a scene, for a while he not only smiled and said to the ministers around him: "Looking at our army is so mighty, presumably the Tartars will be annihilated in one fell swoop." ”

As soon as Chongzhen's words came out, several imperial history officials among the hundred officials hurriedly followed Chongzhen's words, "Emperor Shengming, looking at the military power of our army, how can the Tartars be invincible?" ”

The smile on Chongzhen's face became stronger after listening to the words of these officials, but most of the officials did not echo their words, and several officers of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies looked at these officials with contempt, and secretly laughed in their hearts at these officials who could only make small reports with a pen, if the Tartars were so easy to defeat, I would not be beaten by them to the Beijing Division, it is really a corrupt opinion.

As soon as Chongzhen's words fell, a desolate horn sounded came, followed by a faint tremor of the earth, and finally it trembled violently, and it seemed that at the same time, at the end of the sky on all sides, there were flags like oceans. Countless knights of the Qing army galloped wildly, the black pressure was boundless, they let their horses run wildly, and the sound of iron hooves shook everyone's hearts faintly.

Looking at the fluttering sea of flags and the boundless war horses, the faces of Chongzhen and the civil and military officials changed together, how could they have never seen so many cavalry and such fierce soldiers and horses before they had ever experienced a battle array.

Slowly, those boundless war horses and torrents slowly converged into a torrent and stopped a few miles to the left of the Beibian Gate, and the sound of hooves sounded for an unknown time, slowly weakened, and the large puffs of smoke and dust also flew away, revealing the surrounding dense layers of colorful flags, as well as Qing soldiers and knights in various armors. They were gathered several miles away, densely packed, and I don't know how many people there were.

At this time, the two sides had already arranged their own positions, but because the terrain outside the Xibian Gate was not enough to accommodate more than 100,000 troops to fight, the respective generals on both sides knew that this was a battlefield that was destined to accommodate no more than 10,000 people in the scale, but this did not affect the cruelty of this war at all.

After seeing the lineup of Qing soldiers outside the city, Chongzhen at this time would no longer be naïve to think that with 80,000 Ming troops, he could easily wipe out the 50,000 Qing soldiers outside, he turned his head to Yang Sichang, who had been standing next to him, and asked with some worry: "Yang Aiqing, do you say that Lu Xiangsheng can fight off those Tartars?" ”

Yang Sichang smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Your Majesty, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent, and the matter of fighting is the most uncertain, and the ministers don't know." ”

Chongzhen looked at the two armies facing each other outside in a daze, and couldn't help but feel a burst of remorse in his heart, if he didn't force Lu Xiangsheng to defeat the Qing soldiers within five days, they wouldn't have left the big camp to come out and fight with the Tartars in the field, almost half of the elite of the Ming Kingdom had been gathered here, if Lu Xiangsheng was defeated, would the Ming Dynasty's Jingshi still be able to keep it?

When Chongzhen's thoughts were deserting, a team of more than 5,000 people had already left the camp of the Ming army and went to the battlefield of the Qing army. This is a pure cavalry unit, in front of them in addition to the banner of the Ming Dynasty, a banner with the word Dong written on the big is the most eye-catching, they are the Baoding general soldier Dong Yongwen's men and horses.

Seeing that a cavalry unit appeared in the camp of the Ming army to kill his side, the camp of the Qing soldiers immediately divided a group of four or five thousand people, and the cavalry in white armor faced the cavalry of the Ming army. Even more than a mile away, Chongzhen and the civil and military officials could hear the clashing of weapons, roars and screams during the fighting, the continuous fall of cavalry, and the continuous wails of people after their limbs were cut off.

Where have Chongzhen and the civil and military officials seen such a cruel and ruthless battlefield, just in an instant, dozens and hundreds of lives were deprived, everywhere there was the impact of weapons and the neighing of war horses and the blades that flashed with cold light, in the eyes of Chongzhen and the civil and military officials on the city wall, this was simply a hellish scene.

(To be continued)