Outside the city of Texas, some of them were lost in the dark night, and the cavalry of the Shun army, which had fled south in a hurry, were returning north, and from time to time a few horses galloped wildly, passing far through the fields outside the city.

Emperor Chongzhen squinted his eyes and looked at the clouds of black smoke rising from the north, his face full of anxiety.

Li Banghua waited on the sidelines, wanting to say something, but he had nothing to say for a while. Wang Chaodong was still expressionless, staring at the north.

Zhou Shixian led his troops out of the city to attack the Shun army at night, Emperor Chongzhen and Li Banghua naturally knew about this, and they were also persuaded last night.

But if the color is already bright today, Zhou Shixian has not yet sent back any news, which makes Emperor Chongzhen have to start worrying, and he is even already planning for the worst.

If Zhou Shixian's night attack failed, then the Shun army would inevitably besiege the city immediately, and he must break out of the city before that. There is still Wang Chaodong in the city, and there are dozens of guards, which is still worth fighting.

This way to the south, after going through so many things, Zhou Shixian's ability, Emperor Chongzhen naturally knows, but what he wants to fight, after all, is the Shun army elite cavalry, or the fierce thief general, this battle is bound to be more auspicious.

As soon as he thought of this, Chongzhen's old/faulty problems began to be made again, and he regretted a little in his heart that he had allowed Zhou Shixian's risky actions.

Now that I think about it, this is really crazy, it's just nine deaths, and there is almost no chance of winning!

He is very aware of the role played by Zhou Shixian along the way, and he also knows Zhou Shixian's position in the army, if he, the only horse he can rely on, dies on the battlefield, I am afraid that the situation will have to return to the night when the capital city was broken.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was already planning for the worst, he had no bottom in his heart, so that the more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, the more he regretted it, and he had already stood on the city tower all night.

In fact, just last night, when Zhou Shixian had just led his troops out of the city, Emperor Chongzhen asked Wang Chaodong and Li Banghua to accompany him to the city wall.

When Queen Zhou and Princess Kunxing heard the movement, they also insisted on following, it was Xiao Zhaoren, who heard that Shixian, who bought her pastries, had gone out of the city to fight, and they also cried and shouted to follow.

Of course, Xiao Zhaoren didn't know what it meant to fight, let alone seen those bloody scenes, but when she saw the faces of the adults, she was frightened, especially her sister's, which was even more terrifying than when she was angry on weekdays.

Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to stop it, after all, these women went to the city wall, what kind of words did they say!

But as soon as he saw that even Queen Zhou, who was knowledgeable and never rude, insisted on going together, he could only nod and agree.

"Yushi, you said that this Shixian was quite stable all the way, why was he so reckless last night, and he actually took the soldiers and horses of the whole city and went directly to fight those thieves." Emperor Chongzhen sighed and couldn't help but complain.

Li Banghua didn't regret that he didn't persuade Zhou Shixian, but the matter has come to this point, Emperor Chongzhen still sprinkled his anger on him, obviously he agreed at the beginning, and now it seems that Li Banghua did it behind his back.

However, although Li Banghua complained in his heart, he still recognized Chongzhen, the emperor, and at this time he could only be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering.

"Your Majesty, the horse is both civil and military, resourceful, and a few thieves will definitely not hurt him. Even if the night attack is unfavorable, the horse can definitely retreat with its whole body, and please don't worry too much, so as not to hurt the dragon's body. Li Banghua naturally knew that the situation was serious, but he could only say that.

"No, send a few more people to take a look, and this time you must bring me a letter back." Chongzhen didn't care about Li Banghua's words at all, and immediately shouted at Wang Chaodong.

Wang Chaodong paused, his face was a little hesitant, he had already sent three groups of people in this small meeting, and it was meaningless to send more at this time.

But the holy order is difficult to disobey, Emperor Chongzhen has already been mad again, although Wang Chaodong is straightforward, but he does not dare to touch Chongzhen's moldy head at this time, and quickly surrenders his fists to respond.

Moreover, he was also worried about Zhou Shixian, and after staying by Emperor Chongzhen's side for a few days, he realized that Zhou Shixian was good, this emperor was quite good on weekdays, but when he encountered something, Wang Chaodong always felt that something was wrong, which made people feel empty.

In the room of the city tower, Princess Kunxing was walking around irritably, and Queen Zhou was sitting on the brick kang, calm and peaceful on the surface, but in fact, she was already nervous in her heart.

Only the little princess Zhaoren, who insisted on following, was biting her chubby fingers, tilting her little head to look at her sister for a while, and turning her head to look at her queen mother for a while.

She was still asking questions on the side, but in the morning, she felt hungry and wanted to go back to the county office, but Queen Zhou and Princess Kunxing were unwilling to leave, and she could only drink cold water on the side.

"Sister, come and sit down, Shixian will be fine." Empress Zhou was also disturbed by Princess Kunxing's constantly moving figure.

Neither of them knew anything about military affairs, let alone Zhou Shixian's plans, so they could only speculate out of thin air here, and the panic in their hearts continued to swell as time went by.

In fact, at the beginning, Queen Zhou and Princess Kunxing listened to the words of Chongzhen and Li Banghua, and they were still a little proud in their hearts, especially Princess Kunxing, when they thought that their future husband was so heroic, so civil and military, they were so happy.

But until dawn, when there was no news except for the fire and black smoke from the north, the two men couldn't help but be pessimistic again.

"Queen Mother, he'll be fine!" Princess Kunxing's expression was gloomy, and her eyes were slightly ruddy, which made her feel distressed.

"Don't worry, Shixian is so heroic, it'll be fine." Empress Zhou got up, walked over and hugged Princess Kunxing, and comforted softly.

But outside the city, there were thieves who chased them all the way, and I heard that they were extremely fierce and invulnerable, so how could Zhou Shixian be fine?

Although they still hoped that Zhou Shixian would win and return safely at this time, they no longer had much hope. Unfounded pessimism has fallen to the bottom with the passage of time.

"The queen mother is right, Shixian will be fine, he also promised the palace, and when he arrives in Nanjing, he will take the palace to find delicious pastries!" Xiao Zhaoren looked at the queen mother and sister who were hugging each other, and also rushed up and hugged Queen Zhou's thigh, and said in a milky voice.

Under the city, there was a rush of horses' hooves.

"Da Da Da ......"

Zhu Maozhen led the two horsemen to rush back, and encountered several Shunjun cavalry on the way, but when he saw them from a distance, he quickly fled.

When Emperor Chongzhen and Li Banghua heard the voice, their hearts tightened, and they hurriedly leaned out and looked out, only to see that the three horsemen were rapidly approaching the city gate, and one person was constantly waving red flags in his hand.

When Wang Chaodong saw it, his face suddenly became excited, and he laughed:

"Hahaha, it's a red flag, it's a red flag, the horse wins, the horse wins!"