Seeing this situation, Yuan Zonghao did not order to continue the pursuit, to be honest, it is no secret that they now have a big killing weapon like palm thunder in their hands, and the Zhou Dynasty is not Burma after all, they are also well-informed, and a palm thunder can't scare them at all.

Being able to play this effect has already achieved Yuan Zonghao's goal, and the army then paused to rest, and the thrown shield was quickly picked up.

Gao Dajie stabilized the formation of the army by sacrificing the lives of some of the soldiers, it was a little strange to see that Yuan Zonghao's side was not in a hurry to pursue him, according to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, they should pursue a quick victory, how could they still have time to stop and rest?

He was not a stupid person either, and immediately began to realize that maybe he had deduced the wrong situation of Da Ming from the beginning, Da Ming had no intention of fighting a quick battle at all, and he did not even plan to return to the defense of the Beijing Division, what they wanted to do might be to defeat themselves.

Thinking of this, Gao Dajie was slightly surprised, the general on the other side was a little stupid and didn't understand the rules of the court, or was the Ming Dynasty really so confident that he felt that Beijing would not be conquered?

However, today's war can't end here, it's still early on the one hand, on the other hand, the war has started so far, in addition to the bow and arrow and artillery at the beginning to suppress the casualties of both sides, and then it is a one-sided situation, and the loss of so many people on his side will affect morale too much.

So Gao Dajie regrouped and prepared to make a comeback, and Yuan Zonghao didn't plan to take advantage of it and run, after all, the ultimate goal in his heart was to defeat the army in front of him and kill directly under the city of Nanjing, and now it is still a little far from his expectations.

The armies of the two sides were anxious together again, and on the other hand, Tuhai was looking at the city of Beijing with all his might, and now he doesn't have much to do with the situation of the army of the Zhou Dynasty, as long as the army of the Zhou Dynasty does not withdraw its troops, it has little to do with him, and the relationship between the Beijing city in front of him is too big.

As long as Beijing can be defeated, at least half of the work of recovering the country will be accounted for, this kind of opportunity is not something that ordinary people can get, and the steady Rutu Hai was silently excited in his heart.

However, Beijing is not such a good town in Jizhou, this city has not been breached since it was built, even Li Zicheng was put into the city, but he didn't enter it by ability. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Li Zicheng directly gave up the city of Beijing to the south, so although it changed hands several times, there was no sign of the city being breached.

Tu Hai and Fei Yangu studied it for a few days, because they had also been in Beijing City, and they knew the situation inside, so they naturally knew that this city was not easy to fight.

Now that he is going to defend the city, Daniel Zhang does not dare to have the slightest carelessness, if this city cannot be defended, it is not only him who will die, even the emperor will be killed by him, so Daniel Zhang took people to personally visit those ministers in the court.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Zhang is ordered to defend the city, please make it convenient for your lords, all the strong laborers in the house will be charged to the front line to help, and you can rest assured, but if you are killed in battle, or injured, the court will definitely not treat them badly."

In this case, it is easy for the emperor to kill the chicken and set an example, and no one wants to be the chicken, so they all promised: "No problem, tomorrow all the adult men in the house will be sent to the army, they can serve the country, that is their blessing." ”

Daniel Zhang laughed: "There is one more thing I have to tell your adults, now the people guarding the city are all Daming soldiers, the city gate is important, you must not wander around at will, you adults should be considerate of me, this was originally Chongzhen Emperor was sold by his courtiers to open the city gate, this is the mistake of Daming, I am not suspicious of your adults, but I am afraid that the people around you adults know their faces and do not know their hearts, in case the city gate is lost, everyone is not happy, right?" ”

"We understand, we understand, although the general can rest assured, if the Manchu Qing does not withdraw the army for a day, we will stay at home with peace of mind, and we will definitely not cause trouble to the soldiers defending the city." Everyone said that this thing can't be done to death, the reason why there were ministers in the Chongzhen Dynasty who opened the city gate was because the soldiers in the army and the court looked like they were separated, and now you dare to open the city gate, eight achievements are the end of nine deaths and a lifetime, those who are soldiers will not show mercy to their subordinates because you are an official, the emperor's prestige in their hearts is very high, and they will definitely kill them in order to guard the court.

Daniel Zhang hurriedly bowed his hand: "Then I will thank you here." ”

"The general is gracious."

Daniel Zhang came out of the gate and was relieved, this time he came with the mind of saluting first and then soldiering, once he could not persuade these people, he would be rude, but offending so many adults in the court at one time was extremely detrimental to his future development, fortunately, these people were still greedy for life and afraid of death, and finally frightened them.

Above the city, Daniel Zhang looked at Qu Songjun and said with a smile: "The matter in the city has been solved, the people in the mansion of all the adults have been transferred, and Jinyi Wei is also secretly investigating, if there is a bad plan, there should be nothing to hide, now it depends on our ability." ”

Qu Songjin laughed: "It's not me bragging, I was guarding Tongguan at the beginning, Tuhai's 100,000 troops didn't do anything to me, and now it's just another time, you don't have to be anxious, there are Wang Jiyong's cavalry outside the city, Tuhai can take Jizhou Town because he collapsed the city wall, and the city wall of Beijing City is not so easy to collapse." ”

Daniel Zhang sighed: "How can I not be anxious, now that His Majesty and the hundred officials are in the city, once the city is lost, I will become a sinner of Daming, and now I dare not sleep for more than two hours every day, for fear of disappointing His Majesty's expectations." ”

"You can't be so brutal, in case you fall ill, what should you do with this sweeping northern army, I told you to put your heart in your stomach, from today you must ensure that you sleep for four hours, and I will propose to Your Majesty to find you a doctor to follow you. This is not a small stove, you must know that if you fall, it will really be a disaster for Beijing. ”

Both sides were all in full swing to prepare, the weather had warmed up, and the season was suitable for the siege now, and on the third day when Tuhai arrived at the city of Beijing with his army, he finally launched an offensive against Beijing.

At this time, Cheng Xiaolian was not nervous at all, standing on a high place and looking at the troops under the city, and said to Chen Chengan with a smile: "Have you seen it, when we looked down on Tongguan City, they were all brave soldiers, and now these soldiers are at least five years younger. ”

(End of chapter)