Several other ministers did not dare to stay long after hearing the news. The intruder's attack was a major military and state matter. Besides, His Majesty also had to go to the tower to play drums and shout. They also had to go back to change their clothes and go to the tower with His Majesty. Meng Zhaoxiang said
After Li Yuan left, he also told Zhu Ling and left.
In the originally lively dinner, only Zhu Ling and Wang Chengen were left next to him. Chengen was waiting anxiously, but his master did not panic at all. He just moved away the bowl and chopsticks in front of him and said: "Chengen, thief."
How many people are there? Is it really like the rumors outside that there are 200,000 troops?"
"Your Majesty, although it is said so outside, judging from the slaves, I'm afraid there are only 60,000 to 70,000 people." Wang Chengen was not sure, but he often went to the tower to check on the intruders in the past few days, and the number of intruders was absolutely
There cannot be an army of 200,000.
He also knew how the rumors from outside came in. Some of them were news deliberately released by the Chuang Army to confuse and paralyze people's hearts. Some were nonsense from within the capital, spoken by him to scare himself.
It cannot be taken seriously.
"In this case, then Meng Zhaoxiang and Li Yuan have some chance of winning this battle, Chengen." Zhu Ling muttered, and then suddenly called Wang Chengen's name.
"My slave is here."
"Put on my armor, both inside and outside. Just change it here."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Cheng'en thought that His Majesty was going to the tower to beat the drums and supervise the battle, so he happily went to order people to get clothes, and after the armor was brought over, Zhu Ling put it on.
Zhu Ling shook the armor. It was quite heavy. Most of it was inlaid with gold pieces. In some places, silk was embellished with golden dragons. There was a round bead on the chest, which means two dragons playing with beads.
When the two of them rushed to the city tower, Meng Zhaoxiang had already gone to the capital tent. As soon as he entered, he immediately mobilized all the soldiers who were practicing to prepare their equipment for battle. The shouts shocked Li Yuan who had just passed by.
My previous impression of the Beijing camp was always one of collapse and weakness. Today, when I heard the sound of murder, I suddenly felt that there seemed to be some changes in the Beijing camp. However, this thought only passed by for a moment. As the last elite of the Ming Dynasty, Guan Ning
The leader of the cavalry naturally looked down upon such an army that had improved slightly.
After leaving the city gate, Guan Ning's army had all mounted their horses and stood ready. The generals of each battalion came back first, waiting for Li Yuan to come back to take command. When the commander-in-chief came back, they immediately dismounted to greet him.
But Li Yuan waved his hand to stop him, and then said to several people: "Get ready for battle. This battle will not be easy."
Several generals had just heard His Majesty's words at another table, and naturally knew what the Commander-in-Chief meant, so they immediately turned their horses back and returned to each camp, preparing for a fierce battle with the incoming intruder.
The Guan Ning army was all gearing up, with blazing eyes. It seemed that the Chuang army that was about to fight could not cause much harm to them. They did have this strength. In the past, the Guan Ning army was victorious in every battle, and one against a hundred gave them a lot of trouble.
Great self-confidence.
Li Yuan is still waiting at this moment for Meng Zhaoxiang's 3,000-strong Beijing camp army. Although it is not many, it is good to have psychological comfort. In case of encountering an intruder army several times their size, even if the equipment is better than theirs, they will not be able to defeat them.
I can't help but feel a little worried.
After a while, the 3,000 Beijing troops led by Meng Zhaoxiang rode out from the city gate here. When Li Yuan saw that these 3,000 troops were all cavalry, Li Yuan immediately became confused.
"Commander Li, it's time for us to leave. The intruders should not be far from us at this time." Meng Zhaoxiang rode his horse to Li Yuan's side, but his eyes were looking ahead.
But Li Yuan has been watching the Beijing army led by Meng Zhaoxiang with a lot of envy in his eyes.
"What's wrong, Mr. Li?"
"Your Beijing camp is worthy of being the army that defends the capital. Everyone has a tall horse. I'm envious." Li Yuan laughed sarcastically and said loudly on purpose.
"Aren't you Guan Ningjun the same?" Meng Zhaoxiang didn't want to pay attention to his unfounded jealousy and just replied calmly. But he didn't want to delay the military plane, so he directly interrupted Li Yuan who wanted to continue: "Okay, your Majesty orders
Let’s wait for the intruders to be repulsed, so there will be no further delay.”
With that said, Meng Zhaoxiang took the lead and directly led the 3,000 Beijing troops behind him to rush forward on horseback, as if to catch up with Li Yuan's 10,000 Guan Ning troops. Such an obvious provocation also made Li Yuan a little dissatisfied.
Although he was only a commander-in-chief, he had been personally received by His Majesty. When had he ever been so angry? He immediately raised his whip and whipped it hard on the horse. The horse was in pain and immediately galloped forward, following Meng Zhaoxiang.
The Guan Ning troops also immediately followed.
The 20,000 horses led by Liu Zongmin here only have 5,000 cavalry. The rest are infantry, and the armor rate is very average. If Guan Ning's army catches up, it will be a massacre. Therefore, I feel a little irritable.
He simply left the infantry in the camp and went into battle with only 5,000 cavalry.
He stood at the front of the army with a horse and a sword, and a few guards around him supported him in the center. The scouts sent out a few hours ago quickly got the news and rushed over. They immediately reported: "General, there is something coming in the direction of the capital."
A large number of people came, and according to our estimation, there were about 15,000 people."
"Fifteen thousand? Could it be that the previous news was wrong again?"
Liu Zongmin was also quite angry. The day before, he said that the Guan Ning army that came to help only numbered ten thousand, and he led three thousand cavalry to fight. Even if he failed to lure the enemy deep, he could immediately escape from pursuit.
But fifteen thousand? If she was surrounded, could five thousand people escape? Even if they escaped, they would suffer heavy losses. At this moment, she really wanted to kill the person who was spreading the false news with a knife.
"Your Majesty, what about us?" The guard on the side stepped forward and asked tentatively.
"We still have to go to class. We are only responsible for drawing the enemy troops over. Whether we can finally annihilate this Guan Ning army has nothing to do with my class." Liu Zongmin also had a strong sense of dissatisfaction in his tone. After all, he himself
This battle is indeed a bit difficult to fight.
The two armies were gradually approaching. The closest distance between the two armies was no more than a thousand meters. The place was flat and empty, and both sides were cavalry. It was the best battlefield for a bloody battle. However, both armies chose to wait quietly without saying a word.
Wait for the other party to strike first.
"Soldiers! Let us show your Majesty the power of our Guan Ning army this time! Guan Ning's cavalry! Invincible in the world!"
Li Yuan looked at the cavalry with only 5,000 men in front of him. In addition, the opponent's equipment was too shabby, and his inner confidence greatly increased. If he could not win this battle, he would not be worthy of His Majesty's favor of coming out of the city to welcome him, and he would not be worthy of King Pingxi.
Although he was eager to be promoted, as the commander-in-chief, he was not without any brains.
The outside world has always maintained rumors that the number of Li Zicheng's army is 200,000, but only 3,000 cavalry appeared in this battle. If you say that the opponent has no intention, he will never believe it.
But His Majesty was watching him from the tower behind him. If he led such an elite Guan Ning cavalry too carefully, he would only be considered cowardly and fearful of death. Thinking of this, Li Yuan made up his mind and wanted to directly
Charge forward and fight quickly. Even if the intruder has a back-up or an ambush, he will not be afraid at all.
But just before charging, he loudly shouted to Meng Zhaoxiang: "Governor Meng, I will leave you to protect my brother's rear! Farewell!"
Meng Zhaoxiang immediately understood what he meant. He also thought in his mind that the intruder must be ambushed. He was about to stop him with words, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan had already drawn his long sword, yelled "kill" and directly led the army to charge forward.
The several generals behind him did not hesitate, they drew their swords and shouted, following them to kill them all. The Guan Ning soldiers behind them finally couldn't help their inner agitation and shouted loudly to kill.
Rushing towards Chuang Jun.
The sight of 10,000 cavalrymen charging forward with swords drawn at the same time, shouting loudly, really frightened Liu Zongmin's troops on the opposite side. They had never faced such a brave army before, and they were panicked for a moment. Fortunately, Liu Zongmin was also a soldier.
The experienced general knew that he could not defeat the three thousand men under his command, so he immediately turned around and retreated with his army.
When evacuating, do not forget to tell the soldiers, spread out when escaping, and throw away some weapons and armor appropriately.
"Brothers, kill them!"
Seeing that the army led by Liu Zongmin fled before they could fight, and their formation was in chaos, Li Yuan became even more angry. He shouted slogans to kill the intruders and pursued them without stopping.
[Author's digression]: I lost popularity yesterday. I'm so sad. I will update it three times today.
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