Chapter 324: Imperial Tomb (Text)

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The snow in the center of the streets of Datong City has been swept away, and the lights lit by the shops and residents on both sides add warmth to the cold night.

Zhai Zhe was holding Xiao Tianjian in his arms, and was having dinner with Fan Yi and Wulan. Closed doors cut off the harsh north, and steam was rising from the boiling hot pot. The Spring Festival is approaching, the Monan grassland is calm, the scout cavalry and the Mongols with Xiao Zhiyan are active in the grassland, and then hand over the affairs of the fort to Feng Qin, Zhai Zhe does not have to worry about the safety of the victory fort, and he is busy and sneaks back to Datong to enjoy the joy of family.

"My lord, the tiger commander asked people to come to you!" Outside the door, there was the sound of the guards entering. He is an orphan recalled from Shaanxi under Xiao Zhiyan, with high martial arts skills, loyalty and honesty, and has always followed Zhai Zhe.

"Oh!" Zhai Zhe put down his chopsticks, it must not be a trivial matter to come to his house to look for him so late. He hugged his son to Fan Yi, gestured, opened the door and walked out.

Fang Jin hung a knife on his waist and stood at the door with his hands down.

"Someone from the General Soldier's Mansion is coming, summon the Lord to meet the Tiger General Soldier immediately!"

Zhai Zhe put on his coat, took Fang Jin and more than a dozen personal soldiers to follow the people from the General Military Mansion to the empty street against the cold wind, and wondered in his heart.

In less than half an hour, he hurried back to his house, immediately put on his armor, gathered his own soldiers who followed him back to the city, took out the red horse from the stable, said hello to Fan Yi and Ulan, and went out of the city overnight, stepping on the heavy snow and running to the garrison of Fort Victory.

The military situation was urgent, and he did not have time to talk to Van Yi and Ulan in detail. He was keenly aware that this matter was not trivial, and that Lu Gong might face a serious crisis. The Qing captives have already entered, and Gyeonggi is not like Xuanda, all the way to the plain, there is no danger to defend, which is suitable for cavalry to attack, and with the power of Xuanda, I am afraid that it will not be able to resist the enemy. In the end, Huang Taiji seized the emptiness and forced Xuandazhen to a situation of passive response to the enemy.

Non-stop, arriving at Fort Victory the next afternoon, Zhai Zhe immediately summoned the generals. The Qing captives have already entered the customs, and it is useless to find the Mongols again, even the current emperor does not dare to let the Mongols enter the customs. Zhai Zhe ordered Fengqin to recall the Hannu bird gunners stationed in Hanzhai to garrison Desheng Fort, and the newly recruited soldiers and Wenlin Zhu's sailors who had not yet been purely cavalry were left behind.

In the afternoon until dark, the army returned from various garrisons, and Xiao Zhiyan, Zuo Ruo, Feng Qin, Bao Guang, Meng Kang and Che Feng each led their own cavalry to gather in front of Fort Victory, a total of 5,600 cavalry. Armor, knives, spears, three-eyed guns, and bows and arrows were all neatly equipped.

At this time, Zhai Zhe couldn't hide his strength, and for some reason, there was always an ominous premonition surrounding him. Xuanda Town only has a mature cavalry like him, and Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry training years are insufficient, and he has not been tempered on the battlefield, so it is difficult to match the Qing captives.

"Take me!" Liu walked out of the fort with the wind. He advised Zhai Zhe not to bring all the cavalry, but Zhai Zhe did not listen, and even the Mongolian battalion of Chefeng was with him.

"This is a war, what are you going to do?" Xiao Zhiyan sighed.

"I can ride a horse, I don't drag down an army, and sometimes the battlefield is not just a direct battle." Liu Suifeng also felt that this expedition was different from the previous ones, and insisted on staring directly at Zhai Zhe.

"Okay!" Zhai Zhe hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement. There is a war and a dispute between the DPRK and the DPRK, and it is not a bad thing to have someone around to discuss.

In front of the victory fort that night, the tents were lined up in the cold wind, the lights were bright, the war horses were neighing, and the auxiliary soldiers left behind in the fort were not sleeping, preparing dry food. On the second day, when the sky was light, the cavalry of the brigade flowed to Xuanfu. At this time, the official road of Xuanda Town was full of soldiers and horses, and Lu Xiangsheng limited the time for the soldiers and horses in each town to arrive at Xuanfu. The generals in the army all knew that King Lu Yan's military law was ruthless, and in order not to delay the military situation, most of them needed to rush overnight.

In the middle of the night, it was midnight when Zhai Zhe's soldiers and horses arrived outside Yanghe Weiwai. The superintendent camp arranged a station overnight, and Lu Xiangsheng urgently summoned Zhai Zhe.

When he saw Lu Xiangsheng again, his eyes were bloodshot, and he must have spent a few sleepless nights.

Lu Xiangsheng had no time to greet Zhai Zhe, and immediately ordered: "The Qing army is entrenched in Tongzhou, and its whereabouts are uncertain, and the soldiers and horses of Xuanda Town are still gathering, only you, the cavalry, are the most important, and go to Xuanfu to camp outside the city, waiting for my orders." ”

"Yes."

Zhai Zhe hurriedly went out of Yang and Wei, and brought the cavalry who was just about to rest to the outside of Xuanfu City overnight, until three poles in the morning, the tired cavalry finally saw Xuanfu City. Walking in the thick snow was extremely exhausting, Zhai Zhe hurriedly arranged for the soldiers and horses to rest, and sent food and grass supplies to Xuanfu City. The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty marched and fought in the territory, and the local government needed to supply grain and grass supplies to each place.

From outside the city of Xuanfu to the capital is a straight official road, the cavalry gallops in a day, with such a cavalry placed here, Lu Xiangsheng is a little calm. Once something happens, there is time to react quickly.

A day later, Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen, led his troops and horses to gather with Zhai Zhe, and Lu Xiangsheng led the superintendent camp to rush outside Xuanfu City. On the official road to the capital, the scattered cavalry shuttled non-stop, there were the Jinyi guards who came to urge the reinforcements of Xuanda Town, the scouts of Xuanda Town, and the messengers of the defenders of the Beijing camp.

The soldiers and horses of the Datong general soldier Hu Dawei can arrive in Xuanfu in three days, and the general soldier Wang Pu Neng of Shanxi Town can arrive in nine days. This time, Xuanda Zhenqin King soldiers and horses, with the largest number of soldiers and horses under the command of Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Shanxi, Lu Xiangsheng had to wait anxiously. Relying on this little bit of soldiers and horses now, it will inevitably become Dolgon's meal outside Beijing.

"Report, the Qing soldiers and horses are besieging Guangqumen!"

"Report, there are signs of the Qing soldiers and horses marching north!"

Every order of the scouts made Lu Xiangsheng fearful, and Dolgon's army was constantly roaming around the outskirts of Beijing, so that Lu Xiangsheng could not figure out what to do, so he could only stand still for the time being.

"Report, the Qing soldiers and horses are besieging Changping!"

"Report, the Qing soldiers and horses are besieging Changping!"

"Report, it has been a day since the Qing soldiers and horses besieged Changping!"

Lu Xiangsheng became nervous, Changping is the location of the imperial mausoleum, from Chengzu after the twelve emperors of the Ming Dynasty are buried there, the Qing siege has been a day, immediately ordered: "The army moves north, march in the direction of Changping." ”

On the night of the same day, two columns of knights arrived at Lu Xiangsheng's barracks, one was from Changping to ask for help, and the other was Jinyi Wei from the capital.

"Changping is in danger, please ask Governor Lu to come to the rescue!"

The two columns of knights expressed the same meaning, one was crying blood and the other was the will of the court.

Emperor Chongzhen could not afford to risk the destruction of the imperial tomb in any case. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, the tomb of Fengyang Taizu was destroyed by thieves, he made an edict to the world, if the Changping Imperial Mausoleum was destroyed again, he, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, simply hit his head and died on the pillar, and after his death, what face did he have to face the ancestors and ancestors.

"The city wall of Changping is tall, and there is no artillery camp in Qingyu, why can't it be defended for a day." Lu Xiangsheng only dared to express doubts about the soldiers who came to Changping for help.

"Tens of thousands of Qing captives besieged the city, from early morning to night, without stopping, the defenders in the city suffered heavy casualties, please go to the rescue." The soldier's expression was anxious, not as if he was pretending.

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a long time, retreated, summoned Zhai Zhe and ordered: "Deputy General Zhai led the cavalry of the headquarters to rescue Changping overnight. "The holy decree has been issued, he doesn't believe that Changping will be captured, but he doesn't dare to take risks, and he must make a show, otherwise he can't explain to the court.

"You just need to protect Changping from being breached, and announce that our army has come to the rescue, but remember to be careful of the ambush of the Qing captives!"

"Yes!"