At the end of October, when the city of Beijing was stormy, everyone in the city, whether it was the common people, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, the relatives of the emperor, or the peddlers, pawns, merchants and gentry, everyone's hearts were in turmoil and panic.

At this time, two news were spreading in the city: one was that one million Dashun troops besieged Hong Chengchou's troops in Xinzhou, and the other was that hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers were killing all the way from Jizhou.

Under the interweaving of these two news, a large-scale refugee wave began to appear in Beijing, hundreds of people fled out of the city with their families, and even many Beijing officials also packed up their soft and fled all the way to Shandong, and there was a scene of doom inside and outside the city.

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen convened hundreds of civil and military officials to hold a court meeting in the Qianqing Palace, but when Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair and looked at the ministers in the main hall, the anger in his heart suddenly rose.

Among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, there were many people who did not go to the court, and Wang Chengen on the side explained that many ministers had taken sick leave in the past few days, but in fact they fled for their lives out of the city.

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and a number of cabinet ministers were also full of sadness, and at this time, several people had no extra energy to pay attention to it, so they had to let those ministers leave.

Emperor Chongzhen said angrily: "Order the Fusi of Beizhen to arrest all the officials who left Beijing and return them to Beijing, send them to prison, and punish them severely!" ”

"Command!"

Emperor Chongzhen rarely raised a big prison, but this time he was so heavy-handed, obviously angry. However, looking at the ministers of the DPRK and China, few people were afraid, and all of them were worried, obviously unable to do anything about the current situation.

Emperor Chongzhen took a deep breath, and then asked Chen Xinjia: "In the past few days, have there been soldiers and horses entering Beijing?" ”

Chen Xinjia was about to cry at this time, and arched his hand and said

Said: "Your Majesty, the transfer order of the Ministry of War was sent out in an expedited manner of 800 miles, and it has been issued for almost ten days, and it stands to reason that Beizhili, Jiubian, and even Shanhaiguan, Nanzhili and other places have received it, but now not a single soldier has come, and there are not even a few who have replied. ”

"What!"

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen finally panicked, and hurriedly asked: "Why didn't Ma Ke, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan Town, come!" ”

"Mako, he said he broke his leg while riding a horse and couldn't get out of bed. Moreover, Ma Ke also said that he would guard the Shanhaiguan Pass to prevent the Qing army from entering the customs. ”

"Fart!"

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he had already burst into foul language, and roared loudly: "The Qing army has entered the customs and is about to hit Beijing City, what is he still guarding Shanhaiguan!" ”

"Order the Fusi of Beizhen to immediately arrest Ma Ke and enter Beijing, and hand over the three law divisions to discuss the crime!"

Chen Xinjia almost said in a crying voice: "Your Majesty, who dares to go out of Beijing to Shanhaiguan now, isn't that a collision with the Qing army?" ”

"Bastard!"

Emperor Chongzhen roared angrily, as if this was the only way to vent the fear in his heart, but it still didn't help.

Suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to remember something and said, "Shandong? That's right, Shandong! Does Liu Yan have a reply? ”

"Not either."

Chen Xinjia almost wanted to beat people at this time, if it weren't for Emperor Chongzhen's stubbornness and not using Liu Yan, it is estimated that Li Zicheng's grave grass is already one zhang high at this time, Hong Chengchou does not need to take the elite of the nine sides to the south, Yang Guozhu and Cao Bianjiao will not die in battle, and the Qing army will not break through the pass so smoothly to the south, how can the Ming Dynasty encounter such a national crisis?

But all the words were stuck in Chen Xinjia's throat, and finally converged into one sentence

"Your Majesty, let's give Liu Yan a special edict, now as long as Liu Yan is willing to lead his troops into Beijing, the minister is willing to give him the position of secretary of the military department!" ”

After speaking, Chen Xinjia knelt on the ground ordinarily, and the rest of the Manchu civil and military forces also knelt down one after another, imploring Emperor Chongzhen to edict Liu Yan to enter Beijing.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen also cried and knelt at the feet of Emperor Chongzhen, and said loudly: "Surely the emperor has issued an edict and asked Liu Yan to lead the army to the king!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes widened and his teeth were clenched, trembling all over his body, and after a long time, he squeezed out the word "Ke" from his mouth. However, because the voice was too small, Chen Xinjia and other ministers didn't hear it at all.

Fortunately, Wang Chengen, who was on the side, heard the voice, and almost jumped up excitedly, and shouted: "Your Majesty has a decree: Liu Yan, the governor of Zhaoshan, will lead the army to the king!" ”

This roar was very sudden, startling Emperor Chongzhen, who was still holding his face, and then Emperor Chongzhen glared at Wang Chengen fiercely, sitting on the dragon chair and not speaking.

When Chen Xinjia and other ministers of civil and military affairs heard this, they immediately shouted long live, thinking: Your Majesty can be regarded as relieved!

Immediately, Chen Xinjia pulled the cabinet ministers in the main hall, and everyone drafted the edict in person and handed it to Wang Chengen in person, Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly after taking a look, and Wang Chengen trembled and covered the jade seal.

Chen Xinjia immediately took the edict, turned around and ran out of the hall, looking for someone to summon.

This operation is very fast, in the past, it took at least a few days for the imperial court to issue an edict, but this time, Emperor Chongzhen, Chen Xinjia and others only used a cup of tea, and the efficiency was extremely high.

A day later, Beizhili Shuntianfu, Dacheng County.

Liu Yan led the soldiers of the new army from the city

Passing outside the county seat, the defenders in the city scrambled to watch, wanting to see the demeanor of the soldiers of the new army.

This time, after Liu Yan received the order of King Qin from the Ministry of War, he immediately mobilized the entire shogunate, not only the front battalion, rear battalion, middle battalion, left battalion, right battalion, personal guard battalion, cavalry battalion, and artillery battalion of the new army, but also the second battalion of the garrison garrison stationed in Yanzhou Mansion, the third battalion of the garrison garrison stationed in Dengzhou Mansion, and the fifth battalion of the garrison garrison stationed in Dongchang Mansion also went out together.

Liu Yan mobilized more than 125,000 troops. The battalions of the three garrisons were not equipped with bayonets, so the men of the army were still half of the gunners and half of the pikemen. In each battalion of the new army, all soldiers used bird guns, and the pikemen in the battalion were eliminated, but each team retained two sword and shield men responsible for throwing earth-shattering thunder.

All battalions of the Forces nouvelles were equipped with bayonets, and all the bird guns used were replaced with the latest ones.

Not only does the new Bird Gun have a two-inch larger barrel, but the stock has been redesigned to be thicker for blocking and smashing, and it's also longer. The new bird gun is 1.5 meters long, plus a bayonet of about 20 centimeters, and the whole is about 1.7 meters long, which is completely a long spear.

Coupled with the height and arm length of the soldiers themselves, if the army forms a spurt, it can completely stop the charge of the enemy's horses and soldiers. Of course, this refers to a charge that has been unformed and slowed down after a few rounds of salvos from the Sharp Bird.

"Look at those soldiers and horses, they are really majestic, this is the Shandong soldiers?"

"Of course, look at them, all of them are wearing armor, and what kind of fire gun is that, so long?"

At the head of the city, the defenders were discussing, and they saw more than 100,000 boundless Shandong soldiers

King Qin went north, and everyone's hearts were steady: so many new soldiers and horses went north, and no number of Tartars were enough to kill!

At this time, Liu Yan stopped at the horse, raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked north, Miao Shao rode his horse to the side, and said, "What are the governors looking at?" ”

Liu Yan pointed to the front and said: "Look at the water in front, it is called Deshengdian, our army passes through here, and this battle will definitely be a big victory!" ”

Miao Shao said with a smile: "That's natural, the transfer order of the Ministry of War said that Huang Taiji led more than 200,000 soldiers and horses this time, but the information from our intelligence department shows that the strength of the Qing soldiers is at least 300,000. But no matter how much, this Emperor Taiji will return with a feather. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "Huang Taiji still wants to go back?" Then it depends on whether his life is hard or not! ”

"It's just that it's better to be cautious in this battle, the emperor doesn't know what the attitude is, in case he commands behind his back......"

Liu Yan said proudly: "Random command? Do you think Ben will listen? ”

"In order to fight this battle, the Governor ordered the Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and Agriculture of the Shogunate to mobilize 1.2 million silver coins and 800,000 stone of grain, which was enough for the army to consume for four months, just in case the imperial court ran out of money and food, and our army's supply was cut off."

"Ben Du pays his own money and food to fight, who the hell dares to point fingers!"

Miao Shao laughed and said, "Governor, what are you trying to do?" ”

Liu Yan said: "Naturally, the governor is not only to rescue the city of Beijing, the main purpose of this battle is to completely defeat the main force of the Qing army, at least so that the Qing army will not have the ability to go south for ten years!" ”

At the same time, Liu Yan secretly said in his heart: "Again, it is necessary to remove a batch of some wine bags and rice bags in the court, and now."

The imperial court, when it is time for it must be thoroughly reformed, otherwise not only Liu Yan and his brothers will not have a good life, but the world will also be defeated! ”

Miao Shao said: "The governor is so courageous, this time he will let the Qing army be strewn with corpses!" ”

While he was talking, Xun Jingyun, the deputy minister of the shogunate military department who went north with the army, rushed over on horseback and brought two brocade guards.

"Governor, Your Majesty has sent someone to summon you!"

Liu Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "See? Your Majesty can't hold back! ”

Miao Shao laughed, Xun Jingyun looked at it differently, and asked, "What are you laughing at?" Did the governor tell any jokes? ”

"It's not a joke, but it's funny!"

Xun Jingyun muttered, and then the two brocade guards dismounted and saluted, and presented the edict to Liu Yan with both hands.

Liu Yan just glanced at it twice, and then said to the two Jinyi guards: "Ma Ke of Shanhaiguan Town didn't send troops? ”

"No, it was said that General Ma fell off his horse and broke his leg."

"Oh?"

Liu Yan said coldly: "Since he has this preference, after repelling the Qing army, the governor will be happy to satisfy him!" ”

"Okay, the governor has received the edict, and you have also seen that my Shandong soldiers are traveling north day and night, you can go back and resume your life."

"Yes!"

After sending away the two brocade guards, Liu Yan said to Miao Shao and Xun Jingyun: "Order the soldiers of each battalion to speed up, not to enter the city and camp along the way, and camp in the field all the way." ”

"Yes!"

"In addition, all the nights of the battalions were scattered to prevent them from being raided by the Qing army. Although this is Beizhili, it is a battlefield, which is equivalent to enemy territory, and must not be taken lightly. ”

"Yes!"

The next day, Emperor Chongzhen received a report and learned that Liu Yan had led his troops into the north

Zhili, it won't take a few days to reach the area of Jingshi. Moreover, this time Liu Yan led a large number of soldiers and horses, there were more than 100,000 people, and the soldiers were full of food, and I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in my heart: "In the whole world, I am the most prepared for Liu Yan, but at the critical moment, only Liu Yan can be relied on, am I already so faint?" ”

A few days later, Emperor Chongzhen finally received the news he had dreamed of: Liu Yan led an elite army of 120,000 to Daxing in the south of Beijing, and then the army turned northeast to meet hundreds of thousands of Qing troops.

Hearing the news, Emperor Chongzhen sat in the imperial study and cried, crying sadly and abruptly, so that Wang Chengen next to him couldn't help but burst into tears.

At the same time, after Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, learned the news, he laughed and made a fuss in the house, as if he was crazy, and then he collapsed on the ground and muttered to himself: "Okay, it's okay now, it's saved!" ”