Before dawn, a group of people from the Liaodong Army came to the original Zhangde Guard, and after a few brief questions, the leading officer ordered these guards who temporarily served as guards to escort the young men under the age of 30 in the camp back to the city, and the rest of the people were still handed over to these guards to guard on the spot. At the same time, the Liaodong Army in all parts of the country received orders to escort all the returning Kou Qingzhuang in the defense area to Zhangde Fucheng.

When the first batch of 600 young men returned and were escorted into the city, the old man and Chen Laoshi, who was born in the Ningyuan military household, had not yet sharpened his knife, and after hearing the movement and looking up at those thieves, he shook his head and lowered his head without saying anything, and sharpened the already sharp knife. From a distance, Chen Laoshi's back was hunched even more.

Behind Chen Laoshi's body was the only remaining dozen jars of salt in the army

Jingshi has been under martial law in the whole city, and the people are panicking.

On 16 March, only two days after the edict of King Qin of the world was issued, another decree was issued and he left Beijing quickly, the content of which was to grant Lu Xiang, the premier of the five provinces, who had just won the "great victory in Xinyang," to be promoted to the governor of Xuanda, and immediately the governor of the world would immediately send reinforcements to Beijing. At this time, Xinyang, who didn't know that he had become the governor of Xuanda from the prime minister of the five provinces, had just received the news of his father's death.

After the Qing army entered the Kou from Juyong, its vanguard was ordered to be the general, the prince of Zheng Jierharang and the prince of Shuogong Dege, the king of Wuying County Tang Gu, and the two blue flags and Korean firearms soldiers led by Doro Pingan Belle Tabai successively trapped Yanqing, Changping, Liangxiang, Shahe, and Qinghe, and Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao, was drunk and was killed by the Qing army in his sleep.

The general of Dongyu Yangwu and the prince of Su, Yue Tuo, led the left wing army, led the two red banner armies of 14,000, and the Mongolian Horqin Division, the Chahar Division, the Zarat Division, and the Dulbert Four Divisions of 20,000 soldiers, under the command of the Prince of Heshuo Cheng Sakhalian, the Prince of Heshuo Ezhe, the Prince of Heshuo Tushetu Badali, and the Prince of Heshuo Zhuo Liketu Wu Keshan respectively from Qingshan Pass to destroy the border wall, and after meeting with the Jierharang army in Tongzhou on the outskirts of Beijing, Yue Tuo Department bypassed Beijing to Zhuozhou, and the troops marched westward in eight routes, all the way along the Taihang Mountain, all the way along the canal, The six roads run parallel between the Taihang Mountains and the Yellow River. The prefectures, prefectures and counties that they went to were all trapped, and the armies of the kings of all walks of life suffered heavy losses, and they did not dare to look north for a while.

On the 19th, Haoge led two yellow flags and 50,000 soldiers and horses of the eight banners into the pass, and successively trapped Miyun, Shunyi, Yingzhou, and Yongping City, and the soldiers had arrived at Qinghedian, which was only 40 miles away from Beijing, echoing with the Tongzhou Jierharang army, and wanted to encircle Beijing from north to south.

After learning that a total of three troops and horses entered the customs in the east, surrounded Beijing on two roads, and went south all the way to intercept the division of King Qin in the north, Chongzhen was shocked and summoned the cabinet ministers and Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the military department, to discuss urgently.

After the people arrived, Chongzhen couldn't wait to ask Zhang Fengyi: "Which of the Qinwang divisions in various places are already on the way?" ”

"Wang Zhong, the chief soldier of Shanxi, Cao Xian, the chief soldier of Datong, Dong Yongwen, the chief soldier of Baoding, and Jin Guochen, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, have come to the aid, which will be on the way, and the fastest Jin Guochen is afraid that he will be able to reach Beijing in two days."

After listening to what Zhang Fengyi said, the second assistant Qian Wensheng said: "Jin Guochen can't move, if he moves, what will Shanhaiguan do?" ”

"When is it, why don't you move?" Chongzhen hurriedly said, "If the Jingshi is lost, what's the use of leaving a Shanhaiguan!" ”

Qian Shisheng saw that the Son of Heaven was really anxious, so he didn't dare to say any more, and asked Zhang Fengyi instead: "Then how many soldiers and horses are there in the army of King Qin?" ”

"Five thousand each, and the ministers of the Jin State have fifteen thousand, which is thirty-five thousand." Zhang Fengyi, who had joined the reinforcements, remembered it well, and blurted it out.

After hearing this, Chongzhen said categorically: "Not enough! Jianyu has repeatedly offended me, which time is it not 50,000 troops? The experience of the change of his own life has been a lesson from the past, and those generals have heard that they are fighting with the pigtailed soldiers, so they all linger! These 35,000 men alone are not enough, and they can't defeat Jianjiao, so they have to transfer troops again. ”

Zhang Fengyi said cautiously: "Then recruit Yanqing General Soldier Ma Rulong, Tongguan General Soldier You Shiwei, Yulin General Soldier He Renlong, Yansui General Soldier Wang Chengen, and Shaanxi General Soldier Yang Phosphorus to come to the rescue?" ”

"No!" This time it was Shoufu Zhou Yanru who said no, and he said to Chongzhen: "These people, except for Ma Rulong, are all thieves under Hong Chengchou, if they are transferred at this time, what will happen to the rogues in the Central Plains?" ”

Qian Wensheng also said: "I have already transferred Lu Xiangshengtianxiong's army to help, and then transferred Hong Chengchou's soldiers, but there are no official troops to suppress Kou anymore." ”

Zhang Fengyi didn't speak, in his heart he didn't want to transfer the soldiers under Hong Chengchou, and even Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to transfer, but the Son of Heaven was really anxious, and he didn't even ask him if the military department was feasible and sent out, and now if Hong Chengchou's command is evacuated, it will be like giving up the Central Plains to Liukou.

This Lu Xiangsheng has just hit Gao Yingxiang in Xinyang, and the Liaodong Army of Hou Xun's division has severely damaged the two thief armies of Lao Huihui and Guotianxing in Tangyin, and the southern and northern Henan have won a great victory at the same time, and the morale of the officers and soldiers has been greatly boosted.

Didn't Shi Dayong say that Dongyu was no longer capable of committing in the south? Zhang Fengyi secretly slandered in his heart, he was originally ready to persuade the emperor to reward Shi Dayong and his Liaodong Army heavily, but now he didn't even want to mention it, if it weren't for his lie, would he, the official of the military department, be able to draw so many troops from Jizhen to the south to level the thieves!

The first assistant and the second assistant opposed at the same time, Chongzhen couldn't help but consider the feasibility of this matter, and after meditating for a while, he nodded and said: "The troops under Hong Chengchou's command are not adjusted, so ask Ma Rulong to come to the aid immediately, and let the Jin Guochen army stay five thousand to guard the Shanhaiguan, and ask Ning Yuan to draw some more troops and horses to help." After speaking, he asked Zhang Fengyi again: "Is there anything else?" ”

"Shi Dayong's Liaodong Army is still in Zhangde, and Hou Sui is afraid that he has received an official letter from the Ministry of War"

Before Zhang Fengyi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chongzhen, "Don't expect him, this Shi Dayong deceived his superiors and subordinates, and dared to say that he was ashamed to say that Dongyu had been severely injured by him, but now I am surrounded by Dongyu in Beijing!" Hmph, don't mention him to me again, besides, Hou Sui reported that Tang Yin killed how many rogues, the military department can't fully believe this matter, and has to send someone to test it, I now believe that Xuan Mo didn't lie to me, is there anything else? ”

"Can the trilateral governor Liang Tingdong be sent in to help?" Zhang Fengyi looked at Chongzhen and said his name hesitantly.

Liang Tingdong is the post of trilateral governor after Hong Chengchou was promoted to the governor of the five provinces, and he still has some talents, but his behavior is not very good, and he has been repeatedly impeached by the imperial history, but his relationship with the inner court is good, Wang Dehua and Gao Qiqian often say good things for Liang Tingdong in front of Chongzhen, so Chongzhen's impression of him is not bad. Hearing Zhang Fengyi's proposal to let Liang Tingdong come to help, Chongzhen nodded in agreement immediately, and after turning his back around, he muttered again: "Tianshou Mountain, that's the place where the ancestors are buried." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Fengyi.

Being looked at by Chongzhen like this, Zhang Fengyi's hairs suddenly stood up! As the secretary of the military department, let people hit under their noses and didn't know! Jisi's mutinous military department Shangshu Wang Qia was executed, the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum was wrecked, the emperor was not seriously responsible, and the Changping Imperial Mausoleum was wrecked again, and his head could only be handed over to the emperor. Thinking of this, he immediately knelt down on his knees and said, "Your Majesty, please go out of Beijing to supervise the division and fight the thieves!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Yanru and Qian Wensheng were shocked, and Chongzhen's eyes widened even more, and he said in disbelief: "You want to come to the battle formation in person?" ”

"Yes, the minister will repay the lord Long En with blood!" Zhang Fengyi said with certainty.

Chongzhen was overjoyed: "Good! Civil officials are like this, and military generals dare not slack off. I will give you Shang Fang Sword, 10,000 gold, and 500 reward cards! After a pause, he said, "Call Liang Tingdong to the towns on the West Road, and you to the towns on the East Road, raise the hidden prison army, and issue an order immediately!" ”