Chongzhen's remarks about crossing the river suddenly made the generals present a little uneasy. In fact, the emperor's position was already quite high now, but all the troops who crossed the river from the stone bridge would pass in front of Chongzhen, and the soldiers knew that the emperor was standing where they could see them fighting. It is precisely because of this that the Ming army that crossed the river fought extremely tenaciously today, even if it was broken through the front several times by the Tartars, there was never a collapse of the whole line.

At this moment, the Ming army has just gained a foothold on the opposite bank, and the west, north, and east sides of the Ming army on the opposite bank are still threatened by the Tartar army, and the Tartars on the other side are still trying to reorganize their troops, trying to continue the counterattack on the Ming army that occupies the bridgehead.

With the current situation, even Zu Dashou was not very willing to cross the river to command his troops, because the Ming army did not occupy an absolute advantage on the opposite bank. However, now Chongzhen said that he wanted to cross the river, which obviously made these generals fall into anxiety, no one dared to guarantee the safety of the emperor after crossing the river, and they also knew that they could not persuade this very assertive young son of heaven, so soon someone spread the news to the ears of Wang Zaijin and Wang Zhichen.

At this time, the two of them were settling the wounded in the camp of Malanzhuang in accordance with the emperor's order and checking the implementation of the logistics and material transfer work. When they heard the news, they immediately left the business they were busy with, and then went out to find a horse and hurried to the bridge, trying to prevent the emperor from crossing the river and risking it.

Wang Zaijin said a little breathlessly: "Your Majesty, the son of a thousand daughters is not sitting under the hanging hall, and now the other side is still fighting, how can Your Majesty's golden body be in danger." Your Majesty, please think twice. ”

Wang Zhichen also persuaded from the side: "Your Majesty's safety is related to the safety of my Ming Dynasty, if Your Majesty is damaged after crossing the river, not to mention whether the capital court will change, I am afraid that the Ming army here will be confused first."

Whether it was for His Majesty himself or for the Eastern Route Army, the minister thought that it would be better for His Majesty to stay in a safe place. The minister was willing to cross the river in place of His Majesty and urge all armies to fight hard. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the two of them and subconsciously shook his head, he settled the two of them in the rear, just because he didn't want them to come out and stop him at such a moment. But apparently they were more well-informed than he thought, and stopped him before he could cross the river.

However, Zhu Youzhen didn't plan to change his mind, he was silent for a while, and then said to the two: "There is no safe place on the battlefield, as long as the war is not over, no place is safe." Only if we get to victory as soon as possible will there be real security.

Don't you see? It is precisely because I am watching them fight behind them that our soldiers are so strong that as long as I cross this river, victory will be ours.

No matter what you want to say now, I can't stop me from taking this victory in my hands now. As for your battlefield, IMHO, it doesn't seem to be here. ”

Zhu Youzhen tilted his head in the direction of Ma Lanzhuang before continuing: "Your battlefield is there, dispatch the logistics supply of the army, and settle our wounded. Everyone has their own duties, and this is the best choice.

In addition, I hope that you will trust in the ability of the ancestor commander, he will always be by my side, as long as he is there, my safety will be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

No matter what Wang Zaijin and Wang Zhichen say, it is obvious that they can't stop Chongzhen's single-mindedness. When Chongzhen signaled that he would use the imperial guards to invite the two back to the village, Wang Zaijin and Wang Zhichen's attitude finally softened.

Wang Zaijin decided to move his office to the nearby camp, and Wang Zhichen took over the dispatch of the Ming army on the west bank of the Luan River after Chongzhen crossed the river. Under the helpless gaze of the two, Zhu Youzhen took the remaining two regiments of the Guards Division, as well as Zu Dashou and his family, and crossed the river behind the battalion led by Wu Xiang.

As Chongzhen himself said, when he crossed the river, the Ming army, which seemed to be a little tired because of the continuous fighting for a morning, was once again in high spirits.

Although the Ming army had not completely torn apart the defensive front laid by the Tartars on the east bank of the Luan River, the results of seizing the camp on the east bank of Shiqiao had made the Ming army, which had been demoralized and full of suspicion since the defeat of the Santun camp, finally regained a little confidence in defeating the Tartars.

Coupled with the encouragement of the emperor's presence on the battlefield, the Ming army at this moment began to slowly enter the state of battle. Due to the arrival of the emperor, the Ming army on the east bank of the Luan River believed that this time no one should see that the battle situation was unfavorable, and even the emperor abandoned it and fled to the rear.

In the Tartar army in the east, several charges failed to shake the Ming defense line, but lost hundreds of men and horses, and was about to grit his teeth and launch the sixth charge, but was stopped by Beyledudu and Chahara, the minister of the Red Banner who had been watching the battle.

The two of them agreed on the same opinion and said to Wu Nag: "The Ming army deliberately built a pontoon bridge last night, made a posture of attacking from the pontoon bridge, and lured our army to continuously inspect the river bank from the early hours of the morning.

Now that the defense line on the east side of the Ming army has been basically stabilized, if the soldiers are not allowed to rest and eat, and the horses can recover some strength, I am afraid that not only will they not be able to impulse the Ming defense line, but they may also incur a counterattack by reinforcing the Ming army, and at that time, the situation will be even more out of control.

What's more, now Tushetu Khan is delayed in cooperating with the attack, so that the Ming army crossing the river not only has a place to regroup, but also can strengthen the eastern defense line without any scruples. If this continues, the middle Jinshan and the west passage will be separated by the Ming army, if the Ming army first solves the team on the west and the middle Jinshan, then we are really alone.

Therefore, we felt that we should send people to get in touch with Obendi and Obabel, and the three sides should send troops together to attack the bridgehead camp of the Ming army, and either drive the Ming army back in one go, or simply withdraw to Wuzhong'an. It is better for everyone to gather together to fight against the Ming army than to be separated and surrounded by the Ming army now. ”

Wu Nag actually disagreed with Du Du and Chahara's proposition, it was true that his subordinates were a little lacking in energy now, but with their unyielding breath, they were actually able to rush once or twice.

But if they are allowed to relax and rest, this breath will be gone. And when the Ming army was resting, God knows how far they could repair their defensive line to the west.

They were difficult, but the Ming army was also uncomfortable, because they continued to attack, the Ming army front-line personnel did not have the opportunity to be transferred down to rest in a whole formation, like them, the Ming army was also silently enduring sacrifice and fatigue.

At this time, the competition between the two sides is willpower, and whichever side gives up first is equivalent to giving up control of the battlefield. If in the era of the Mandate of Heaven Khan, Wu Nag felt that no one would come to persuade him to rest, because everyone had experienced the most difficult forms of warfare and knew when to hold on and when to give up.

However, as their generation aged, these new young generals of the Eight Banners seemed to generally lack some tenacity and endurance for hard fighting, and always hoped to fight some battles that could easily defeat the enemy.

Not only did Wu Nag shake his head a little in his heart, but his eldest son had not been punished for losing the account of the bridgehead camp, and although he could not listen to Du Du's opinion, he could not ignore Chahara's proposal.

Although Chahara is the minister of the Zhenghong Banner, he is a Jurchen nobleman close to Huang Taiji, and as a Jurchen, he is naturally more trusted by Huang Taiji than Wu Nag. Although the five Jurchen Niulu left by Huang Taiji were led by Du Du, they were actually in the hands of Chahara.

Therefore, Wunag thought for a while, and then agreed to Chahara and Dudu, while gathering the men and horses to rest. On the other hand, he sent personnel to inform Obendi and Oba and asked them to send troops together to assist when his side attacked.

So when Chongzhen arrived on the east bank of the Luan River, there was a rare calm on the battlefield. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Ming army reconstructed the defense line on the east bank of the Luan River. To the east are the two battalions of Zu Dabi and Zu Dale plus the two regiments of the Guards Division, totaling about 9,000 people; To the west was a battalion of about 3,500 men led by Ho Kegang; The middle road is Wu Xiang's newly formed battalion head, plus Zu Dashou's Jiading and the right battalion of Jianyi, and the first and fourth regiments of the Guards Division, totaling more than 8,000 people.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the head of the battalion led by He Kegang approached the flood land where Oba was stationed in the west, and after a skirmish of dozens of people broke out between the two sides, Oba led his men and horses to slowly retreat to Wuzhong'an in the north. At this time, the messenger sent by Wunag also made a detour to the camp of Obendui, which lived in Jinshan.

After He Kegang took over the flood land of Oba, the Ming army not only obtained an important passage to Wuzhong'an, but also surrounded the Ebendui headquarters stationed in Jinshan.

The mountain is nothing more than a small hill hundreds of meters high, the lower part of the hill is gentle, the upper part is steeper, and the upper part is more tall and luxuriant, and the lower part is mostly shrubs and meadows.

Since the Mongols were mostly cavalry, the camp was on a gentle slope near the plain below, and there was a depression nearby where the horses could be kept. It's easy to walk from the camp in Obundi to the main camp to the east, or to the Oba camp to the west, but it's a little difficult to go straight north.

Now He Kegang occupies Oba's camp, and the soldiers and horses of the Ming army's middle and east roads have formed a persecution of the Jinshan Tartar camp. In this way, the evacuated Oba was tantamount to throwing Ebendui into the fire pit of the Ming army.

After receiving the news that He Kegang had occupied the western mouth, Zhu Youzhen ordered Wu Xiang's troops in the middle to advance to the Jinshan camp in Tatars, and Nomuqi and Wu Huai each led a force behind him to supervise the battle. The 10 Franc cannons brought from the west bank of the Luan River were also set up behind Wu Xiang's troops.

After completing these troop transfers, Zhu Youzhen asked people to find a Mongol prisoner and asked him to bring the Ming army's surrender conditions to Ebendu. As long as Eben is willing to surrender out of the camp, then the Ming army will ensure the safety of him and his subordinates, otherwise he will be self-defeating. Zhu Youzhen also gave Ebendui half an hour to think.