The news that Zhu Cihong was going to go out in person soon spread in the East Palace system. No matter what kind of thoughts they hold to gather under the banner of the East Palace, no one wants their food and clothing parents to have the slightest mistake. However, no one has ever been able to change what the prince has decided, and the only thing he can do is to cooperate.

Chen De changed into the armor given to him by his father, and the red tassels on the bright helmet were entangled into a bunch, but it also showed that he was experienced in battle. As the son of the chief soldier and the guerrilla general of the imperial court, Chen De is by no means a person who can be credited by lying in bed. He drew his saber and sharpened it himself. There was a dark stain hidden in the blood groove on the knife's body, which was the blood of a thief.

"Young master, when the time comes, let's follow His Highness's own formation, once defeated, everyone will flee after His Highness, and it will be fine." Jia Ding, who has rich combat experience, wanted to comfort Chen De, and pretended to be relaxed: "And as soon as the prince said that he was going to go out into battle, the sky would be clear, which is a good sign!" ”

Others don't.

The family members are well fed, well-dressed, and there is no shortage of soldiers' salaries, and they are the elite troops that the main general relies on the most. Without these professional soldiers, those conscripted soldiers would not have been able to fight in decent formations. However, every time they go into battle, it is inevitable that a few of these people will die, otherwise how can it be proved that the family members can afford to eat this bowl of rice?

Chen De stabbed the saber into the water, stirred it, and quickly wiped it with a cotton cloth after pulling it out, looking at his face from the shiny knife. This face is completely devoid of the immaturity of a seventeen-year-old young man, and the disproportionate aging makes the appearance that has not yet fully grown a little discordant. It's just that I've been following His Royal Highness the Crown Prince recently, and both of them are models of youth and old age, so I forgot about it.

"You don't necessarily lose." Chen De said coldly: "Liu Zongmin is not a god with four heads and eight arms, and a knife stabbing it will kill him!" ”

The key is whether you can poke it or not!

The family members secretly said in their hearts.

"Young master, it's almost dark this day, could it be a night attack?" Another family member asked.

Chen De was also a little puzzled by this, and looked at the sky. put away the knife and said loudly: "When the drape is complete, go to the city gate and wait, and go out with His Highness!" ”

The family members did not dare to ask any more questions, and they put on their armor one after another, and those with horses got on horse, and those without horses walked. Embraced Chen De and went to the city gate.

When Chen De arrived at the West Gate, the East Palace Guard Battalion had already completed the formation here. He didn't wait for a while, but he saw an old tall flagpole hanging from the seven-colored banner, and it was the prince who came. Zhu Cihong was riding on a horse, wearing black iron armor, looking like an ordinary young officer, not eye-catching. Beside him was Min Zhanlian's teaching team, more than sixty percent of which were Min Zhanlian's student disciples, whether it was an array or a single soldier skill. In the East Palace guard battalion, they are all good players.

Zhu Cihong saw Chen De and smiled: "Does General Xiao Chen still want to go to war with me?" ”

"Men are as dead as iron!" Chen De rode on his horse and saluted: "The last general is willing to be the vanguard of His Highness and go straight to the camp of Liu Thief!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "Come with me!" Drum and bugle corps, drum and trumpet! See if Liu Thief dares to come out! ”

Chen De didn't know anything about Zhu Cihong's military habits, because Zhu Cihong had never used soldiers, so he couldn't inquire even if he wanted to. He had no choice but to obey the arrangement, and took his family members to follow behind Min Zhanlian's teaching team, which is now the personal guard.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing the goods. The two teams came together. Chen De was so ashamed that his face turned red and his ears reddened. Everyone in the guard camp of the East Palace seems to be carved out of a mold, and their steps are neat. The earth rumbles when you step on it. Behind him, the family walked loosely, and their steps were messy, and they were a rabble in comparison.

"Damn, you can walk in one step...... When it comes to the battlefield, it can be useful! Someone scolded in a low voice.

Chen De turned his head and glared angrily, and said secretly in his heart: If you step in unison, the formation will naturally be neat. Looking at the East Palace, it is also Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Array. If the formation is not chaotic, Liu Thief may really have to fold here! However, Liu Thief is not a vegetarian, and there are no horsemen in the East Palace, so even if he wins two battles, he can't catch up with their elite.

"Your Highness, how many troops are we going to send this time?" Chen De caught up with Zhu Cihong. He asked in a low voice.

Zhu Cihong didn't hide it, and stretched out three fingers.

"Three thousand?" Chen De was a little surprised: Could it be that even the auxiliaries are counted?

"Three hundred." Zhu Cihong corrected: "Three hundred elites." ”

In the guard battalion, the military department only has logistics baggage, drums and trumpets, and the departments are still under their command, and the two combat divisions are assigned to Xiao Mo. Although the Left Military Department was not dispatched to the past, it had to protect the grain roads in the rear, and each bureau was in charge of the road sections, and there were only these 300 people who really followed him, not even a division.

The Mandarin Duck Formation was a team of ten people, advancing in a vertical formation, and these three hundred people could only line up to thirty teams at most. For terrain with little room to expand, it's just right. Even if Liu Zongmin has an advantage in numbers, if he can't set up a formation, there will be no harm.

When Chen De was still worrying about these three hundred elites, something that made him even more worried happened.

The rain that had already subsided began to fall again.

If the clear sky is a good sign, then this moment is an ominous omen from God.

"Your Highness......" Chen De shouted, hoping that Zhu Cihong would change his mind at this juncture. The men and horses in front of them had already arrived at the gate of the city, just waiting to leave the city.

"The drill of the East Palace guard camp is never sunny or rainy." Zhu Cihong glanced around, and saw that the soldiers of the guard battalion let the rain hit the helmets and armor, and remained immobile in the rain, and a sense of pride rose in his heart.

Chen De also swept around with the prince's gaze, and had some hope for the number of victories and defeats.

The shafts of the gates creaked, and the two doors covered with copper nails parted left and right, allowing the light of the zuihou sky to shine through the dark openings. Uniform footsteps stepped into the doorway, and walked straight to the gate camp outside the city. There have already been two rounds of tentative attacks, although Liu Zongmin wanted to test the strength of the defenders, but also let the defenders try out the strength and weakness of the camp.

The thieves facing the West Gate are the most powerful ones to attack and kill.

- As long as it is defeated, it will definitely be able to greatly damage the morale of the thieves, so that they will no longer dare to despise our army!

Zhu Cihong made up his mind, and the dark horse under his crotch had already followed the team out of the city gate.

……

"The kid of the Zhu family dares to call me into battle!" Liu Zongmin sat in the tent of the Chinese army, his face full of incredulity.

Niu Jinxing sat beside Liu Zongmin, also with a look of surprise: "How many people did he bring out!" ”

"Five hundred at most." The sentry replied.

Niu Jinxing stroked his beard for a long time before he said to Liu Zongmin: "I'm afraid it's a trick to lure the enemy!" ”

Liu Zongmin frowned and said: "The main force of our army is mainly located in the northwest, and this Zhu family kid just went out of the city from the west gate, could it be that he has hair on his guts, and he can't fight me in a decisive battle!" "There are still reinforcements from the north of the army, and it is necessary to set up a camp to intercept them. Moreover, now that the northwest wind is strong, the one who occupies the upper hand is not afraid of fire attacks, and the other is convenient for the archers to shoot higher and farther.

"Did the prince of the Zhu Dynasty come out in person?" Niu Jinxing asked.

The sentry said: "Just look at the seven-colored big silk in their formation, I think it should be." ”

Niu Jinxing disagreed: "The Zhu family is the most timid, how can they have such courage?" ”

"Didn't Mr. bring someone to identify Prince Zhu? Isn't now the time? Liu Zongmin said.

"What the general said is extremely true," Niu Jinxing stroked his beard and jaw, "Come on, go and invite Yang Shilang to come to discuss the matter." ”

"Ahh The person Mr. said turned out to be Yang Shilang! Liu Zongmin was quite surprised.

Niu Jinxing smiled: "I still said that the general already knew. Yang Yongyu used to be Dr. Zhu Chaoqin Tianjian and had met the prince many times, so he would definitely not be mistaken. ”

Yang Yongyu was captured along with Li Zhensheng when Li Chuang was studying in Tianfu. Unlike Li Zhensheng, who did not surrender, Yang Yongyu threw himself into Li Zicheng without any guilt. He even suggested that Li Zicheng excavate the tomb and enrich the military salary with funeral goods. Qin Tianjian has the responsibility of feng shui, and such professional skills are just convenient for Yang Yongyu to join the new master.

Li Zicheng did not treat this doctor badly, and after the establishment of Xiangyang, he made him a courtesy government attendant, which can be regarded as a high-ranking official who treats him favorably.

Liu Zongmin didn't care about the high-ranking officials in the camp, and he didn't care about their lives or deaths, and said: "Since that's the case, let Yang Shilang go on a trip to see if it's the prince of the Zhu family first." ”

Niu Jinxing nodded in agreement, and when Yang Yongyu came, he explained the cause and effect, and even asked Dr. Yang to go to Zhu Cihong under the banner of a messenger. (To be continued......)