In order to cope with the sudden arrival of Empress Zhou, Li Xin had to show the façade of dealing with the leaders in the previous life. Although these newly recruited children of good families are from good backgrounds, most of them are more or less pessimistic.

Perhaps because of the repeated defeats of the imperial court over the years, these children who live in the capital have long been accustomed to it, and in their eyes they are not defending their homeland at all, but just sending them to death senselessly.

Let's ask, even if such a group of people are sent to the battlefield, how can they be the opponents of the Qing army who have experienced a hundred battles? I'm afraid that even Zhang Li Liukou can't beat it.

Fortunately, there was a Phalanx infantry regiment in the city, and Li Xin had transferred a phalanx infantry regiment into Beijing to use as a teaching regiment. At this time, pull it out to fill the façade and put on a show.

Li Xin introduced Empress Zhou into the school field to watch the soldiers, and a neat column of musketeers and pikemen passed in front of the viewing platform, and the sound of footsteps on the ground was as if thousands of drumsticks were knocked down and lifted in unison, and the slogans that shook the sky echoed over the school field for a long time.

After all, Queen Zhou is a woman, how can she ever see such a majestic momentum. All her impressions of the army are from books, nothing more than that there will be courage and soldiers who are not afraid of death. However, how can these rigid words be worthy of the shock of thousands of people in front of them with the same arms and thousands of voices in unison?

The Imperial City Forbidden Army is the most martial artist that Queen Zhou has ever seen, but compared with the thousand-strong team in front of her, it has a sense of heaven and earth.

"What a tiger and wolf army!"

Queen Zhou couldn't help but praise, before that, she was deeply puzzled about where Li Xin's confidence came from, but after watching the drill of thousands of foot soldiers, her confidence rose unprecedentedly.

"Marquis Zhenlu, how many such warriors are there outside Beijing?"

"Your Highness, there are 50,000 of them!"

Li Xin did not tell the truth, but exaggerated several times, in fact, the current gathering of the Three Guards near the city of Beijing is only more than 17,000 people, but in order to increase the confidence of Empress Zhou, this can only be done.

At this time, Empress Zhou temporarily put aside her dissatisfaction with the young marquis, and was full of arrogance for a while.

"Good!" The Three Guards have good combat strength, with 50,000 people against the Qing army, even if they are not victorious, they have the confidence to be invincible. As long as the battle for the defense of Beijing is not too ugly, it will not give King Shen a chance.

"How much is the recruitment of the new army in Beijing?"

"Twelve thousand tentative posts!"

Queen Zhou pouted her cheeks unconsciously, and her cheeks were a little red, I don't know if it was because of the cold wind or the excitement in her heart.

"10,000 is too little, recruit again, recruit 100,000 people!"

"Obey Your Highness's orders!"

Seeing off Queen Zhou, Gu Pingyu said with compassion behind Li Xin: "The women's family really has long hair and short knowledge, and if you recruit another 100,000 people, how can there be enough food in the capital to feed so many wrecks!" ”

Then he asked, "The Marquis of Zhenyu doesn't really have any plans to recruit more than 100,000 people, right?" ”

Li Xin said: "The public can't refute the queen's face, and the details will be stated in a letter." ”

Gu Pingyu echoed: "The Marquis of Zhenyu is clearly decisive, but compared to the Son of Heaven, our queen can be regarded as a person who follows the advice and has a kind heart!" ”

Li Xin stopped talking, how could that chair in the Forbidden City be something ordinary people could sit on? Even if a kind-hearted person wants to sit steadily, he has to train himself to be hard-hearted. If she can still be kind-hearted now, it is not untrue, but after a long time, if she is still so kind, I am afraid that she will lose the chair in the Forbidden City long ago.

On the same day, Empress Zhou issued another decree in the name of the prince of the prison state, and Li Xin, the marquis of Jin Town, was the prince and the prince and the prince, and the title of secretary of the military department. At the same time, he dismissed three soldiers who opposed Li Xin's leadership of the Beijing Division.

Empress Zhou's move is tantamount to a clear attitude to the world, and will support the decisive battle between the Marquis Li Xin and the Manchus. After that, all the noise of the government and the opposition disappeared.

The correspondence between Fan Fucui and Zhou Yanru also intensified frequently during this day. Between the two old mansions of Zhi Shige, the house slaves came and went frequently, and this extraordinary move soon attracted the attention of Gu Shishi's spies who were widely spread in the streets and alleys of the capital.

After Gu Shishi got the report, he sneered three times, and there was a letter on the table in front of him that had not been opened, and there was no half a word on the envelope, and there was no recipient and no payment. This is what Zhou Yanru has just sent a house slave to the Beijing camp through layers of relationships.

A letter was delivered to Gu Shishi's hands with such great difficulty, and its intentions were self-evident.

When Gu Shishi personally sent this letter and the secret report of the secret agent to Li Xin, Li Xin sighed, and the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop. He has the heart to let go of these old men, it is not like falling into a well, but these people are not willing to be lonely, and they are actually making small moves behind their backs, so don't blame him for turning his face and being ruthless.

"Don't alarm them first, send more people, monitor them closely, just wait for the true form to be revealed, the evidence is conclusive, and these people will be wiped out!"

Gu Shishidao: "Tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle, in case they ......"

Li Xin waved his hand and said: "The scholar's rebellion has not been successful for three years, these civil officials have no way to engage in power and scheming, if they want to carry out a coup d'état, it is beyond their means, but if there is a change, they can deal with it in advance!" ”

Gu Fourteen took the order and left, and Li Xin packed up and prepared to leave the city overnight to give a final lecture to the Three Guards who had been assembled and on standby.

However, at this moment, the military report suddenly arrived. A large number of Qing troops located in the north of the capital division showed signs of movement, and their intentions were unknown.

At this time, it was almost dusk, Li Xin went to the city to watch, and saw that there was a fog in the distance, and the Qing army was moving frequently. Looking at the castle again, the former bustle and prosperity have long disappeared, and all that catches your eye is the ruins and the thick snow covering it.

This reminded Li Xin of the winter of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when there were still patches of intact houses in the Guanxiang outside the city, the people fled in a hurry, and there were even uncleaned bowls and pots on several stoves.

After the Tatars receded, the Guanxiang outside Beijing even restored its former prosperity and liveliness for a time. However, the Qing army's invasion was even more brutal than in previous years, and when they first arrived in Beijing, they burned all the houses to the ground. All the people and women who could be seen were captured, and the old people were killed who could not bear the users. Everywhere you go, almost every inch of scorched earth.

Due to the frequent movements of the Qing army, Li Xin had to give up the idea of leaving the city. After all, now that he is burdened with a thousand pounds, how many people's net worth and lives are counting on him, and he can no longer personally risk his life from time to time as before.

The battle plan had been drawn up a few days earlier, and it had gone through several war games during the period, and even if it was not foolproof, the adequacy of preparation was unparalleled in the previous wars of the Three Guards.

Li Xin looked up at the fiery red sunset, turned around and strode down the city wall along the road.