Dolgon had no sleep all night, and in the midst of tossing and turning, he made a plan for a decisive battle with the Ming army under the city of Beijing. No matter how cunning Li Xin was, in front of the Qing Dynasty's iron cavalry, which had an absolute advantage, as long as the Ming army dared to fight in the field, he believed that victory would eventually stand on the side of the Qing Dynasty.

In everyone's impression, since Li Xin came out of the mountain, almost all of the famous battles have been related to the defense of the city, but none of the field battles have achieved brilliant results, which is enough to show that this person is good at defending but not good at field battles. On the contrary, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was good at field warfare and clumsy in attacking cities. This time, Li Xin attacked the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, could it be that the donkey skills were exhausted?

No matter what Li Xin thought, Dolgon didn't plan to wait obediently until three days later for Li Xin to call the door. This time, he also wanted to take him by surprise and let Li Xin taste the taste of being raided.

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Late at night, the lights in the Forbidden City were all extinguished, and only the warm pavilion of the Wenhua Hall revealed a little light of lights. The crown prince Zhu Cihong was sitting cross-legged on the kang and writing hard, and Queen Zhou was sitting on the side of the bookcase, her face tired, but she was still fighting her spirits and had a few conversations with Zhu Cihong from time to time.

Queen Zhou is helping her son to get familiar with government affairs, she wants to make her son mature as soon as possible, and resist the heavy burden of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, so that she can be worthy of her husband who is paralyzed on the couch and does not know what to do.

Regarding Zhu Youzhen's condition, after several consultations with the imperial doctor, he shook his head helplessly, because he has not yet woken up, if he is in a coma for a long time, even if he is lucky enough to wake up in the future, he is afraid that his brain will be confused.

In fact, what the imperial doctor said was very euphemistic, the so-called confused brain is nothing more than becoming a fool.

Thinking that her shrewd and capable husband might become a fool in the future, Empress Zhou's tears could no longer hold back from her eyes and gurgle down her cheeks, but she did not wipe her tears, for fear that her actions would affect the prince's homework.

"Mother, are you crying?"

Zhu Cihong's voice sounded on its side, and Queen Zhou stabilized her mood slightly, raised her head, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile.

"The prince works so hard, my mother is happy. Are you afraid that your father's unfinished business will fall on you alone in the future? ”

Empress Zhou's words are not completely concealed, when this danger is lost, she needs her son to have a strong and rigid temperament like iron and stone, her son may not be destined to be the son of peace, so let him be the master of Zhongxing!

"Erchen is not afraid! No matter how difficult it is for the marquis of Zhenju to advance in the Tartars, King Shen also wants to fetch water with a bamboo basket......"

While trying her best to get up, Empress Zhou was also secretly praying, God, God, let the prince grow up quickly, a qualified emperor, a qualified king can't rely on anyone, he can only rely on his own hands, play with the heavy ministers between applause, and control the authority of the world in every inch.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Wang Chengen, who hadn't seen him for many days, suddenly rushed into the warm pavilion without caring about the rules. As the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, with Zhu Youzhen's illness, this once powerful mink in the Forbidden City is no longer as good as before, and because he is not competitive by nature, he only wholeheartedly takes care of Zhu Youzhen, who is bedridden, and lives even more simply.

"Hooray, hooray Lord is awake!"

When this sentence came out of Wang Chengen's mouth, Queen Zhou was intuitively like falling into a dream. It wasn't until Wang Chengen repeated it again that Queen Zhou suddenly woke up.

A moment later, Empress Zhou and the crown prince Zhu Cihong hurried to the dormitory where Zhu Youjian was recuperating.

There is a copper furnace in the center of the hall, and the charcoal fire in it is booming, Zhu Cihong shrugged his nose unnaturally, his face showed a somewhat disgusted expression, and the air was filled with a smell of urine. It was also a peculiar smell common to bedridden patients, even the emperor.

On the contrary, Empress Zhou was accustomed to this, and she had to cry at her husband's bed every day to relieve the pressure of the heavy burden on her shoulders. However, when she saw her husband after waking up, Queen Zhou's joy of waking up when she first heard her husband was immediately shattered.

I saw Zhu Youzhen on the sickbed, his eyelids were sometimes half-open, sometimes closed, his eyes were turning unnaturally, between his slightly oblique lips, a trace of saliva had wet the pillow, and the Adam's apple was grunting up and down, making a muffled sound.

Queen Zhou could no longer hold back the disappointment and sadness in her heart, and sobbed softly. What is the difference between his husband waking up and not waking up?

The crown prince Zhu Cihong stood on the side of the bed, looking expressionless, but in fact, he was already panicked to the extreme. In Zhu Cihong's impression, his father is the pillar of the sky and the earth, and the backbone of the Ming Dynasty. Suddenly, seeing that he had become a wasted person, the mountain in his heart suddenly collapsed, and horror and confusion filled his heart, which made him feel devastated.

However, Zhu Cihong did not fall down in front of the sickbed and cry like the son of an ordinary family, but silently shed tears, through the confusion in front of him, his eyes were rarely confused.

In the end, Empress Zhou blocked the news of the Son of Heaven's awakening. and strictly ordered the eunuchs who took care of Zhu Youzhen not to leak a word of news, otherwise he would definitely be cut by a thousand cuts.

It is said that the blessing is unequaled and the disaster is not a single line, and Queen Zhou, who has just returned to the palace, has not even closed her eyes, and a eunuch has rushed to report it.

"Big, it's a big deal!"

She heard so much bad news that Empress Zhou was numb, so she straightened up and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

"The Tartar siege soldiers attacked the camp of the Three Guards during the third watch, and now, yet, there is still no winner ......"

Empress Zhou stood up when she heard this, it was only the fourth watch at this time, and an hour had passed for such a major mutation, and she had only now received a report, and she didn't know how many unpredictable changes would happen during this time.

"Deliver the decree and summon all the important ministers of the cabinet to enter the palace!"

"Your Highness, the elders are already waiting to see you in the warm pavilion!"

Queen Zhou wanted to wake up the prince who was already asleep, but when she saw him snoring, after all, it was her mother's love that prevailed, and she couldn't bear to wake him up, so let him sleep, he hadn't slept for three days and three nights.

When they arrived at the warm pavilion of the Wenhua Palace, the ministers were already like ants on a hot pot. However, he did not see Li Xin, the marquis of Zhenzhen.

"Where is the Marquis?"

Li Xin is not there, Queen Zhou is like having no backbone, and the rest of the ministers are naturally top figures playing with power, but they can let them participate in military affairs, but they are chasing ducks to the shelves.

"When the Marquis of Zhenyu learned of the sneak attack of the Qing army, he had already left the city overnight and went to the front to personally command!"

Hearing this news, Empress Zhou felt a burst of emotion in her heart, and the courtiers kept attacking Li Xin, saying that he had a heart of disobedience. Empress Zhou was very jealous of him because of this, and if it weren't for the situation, she was afraid that she would also use her husband's means to deal with this person. But at the critical moment, it was Li Xin, who was attacked and distrusted by the courtiers.

The Qing army's attack on the camp was indeed much beyond Li Xin's expectations, and the successive victories over the years had made him unconsciously have the idea of underestimating the enemy. It was also a mistake to ignore the possibility that Dorgon would not sit still.

When Li Xin and his people rushed to the military camp southeast of Beijing, it was already a sea of fire. Li Xinyan ordered that the battalions should not help each other without authorization, so as to prevent the Qing army from taking the opportunity to create greater disturbance. The battle continued until dawn, when the attacking Qing troops gradually dispersed.

The attack on the camp was mainly the infantry of the old phalanx, and in the fire and counterattack battle, a total of more than 800 people were killed and more than 1,000 wounded.

After stabilizing the situation, Li Xin immediately called a meeting of all the generals and officers above the rank of team officer.

In the face of the attack on the Qing soldiers, several officers directly put forward that the night attack of the Qing soldiers was not harassment, but a desperate battle.

Li Xin's head moved, could it be that Dolgon planned to attack and defeat his Three Guards in a night attack? But whether or not Dorgon had made such intentions, it didn't make sense now.

The casualties of the Three Guards were less than 2,000, and the intentions of the other side were clearly not realized.

This is a good side, but it also has a bad side for the Three Guards, that is, after this night attack, the morale of the Three Guards will be greatly reduced. Once morale suffers a serious setback, combat effectiveness will also be affected accordingly.

However, now is not the time to hold them accountable, after Li Xin briefly discussed the battle situation with the officers, he comforted them in a relaxed tone for a while, and then solemnly said: "Step up preparations, strengthen precautions, and the decisive battle in two days will still go on as planned!" ”

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In the warm pavilion of the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City, several important cabinet ministers also stayed up all night, anxiously waiting for the battle report of the Sanwei military. However, from the whitening of the fish belly in the eastern sky to the bright sky, not a single word of news has been delivered from outside the city. But no news is better than bad news!

Liu Yuliang, Wei Zaode and others are anxious, if the bad news comes, Li Xin is defeated, and the imperial court will have to cooperate with King Shen, who is eyeing the Changping area, in order to keep the Ming dynasty and preserve the bloodline of the Zhu family.

Obviously, Empress Zhou was also aware of this, and unprecedented helplessness and fear filled her heart. In the midst of waiting and suffering, she kept assuming various situations, if Li Xin failed, what would happen to the two of them. Her husband, who had become a waste, could not count on it, and she looked at the bad old men in front of her again, and a wave of disgust rose in her heart.

These important ministers, who are more shrewd than people, are afraid that they can't count on it, and at that time, they may force her to bow to King Shen, and Queen Zhou secretly slandered.

However, in the end, it was an empty worry. Li Xin repelled the Qing soldiers who attacked the camp and returned to the city of Beijing. The moment Empress Zhou heard the good news, she almost collapsed and fainted, but fortunately, the attendants around her were quick and helped her up, so as not to make a fool of herself in front of the important ministers.

There are also some people who are happy and some are worried, such as Li Shiwen, although he had a happy smile on his face, his eyes showed disappointment that could not be concealed.