"Your Majesty has left the city, right?" Meng Zhaoxiang couldn't help but ask after listening to the oral instructions brought by the guards in front of him. The soldiers from the Beijing camp behind him were still practicing in the early morning, and they seemed to be quite impressive.
The former Beijing camp was trained into a seven-point strong army in the hands of Meng Zhaoxiang. Even the newly recruited soldiers were extremely motivated and were no longer as listless as the former soldiers. Yesterday, there were two soldiers just recruited.
Thousands of people came, and now the total number of people in the Beijing Camp has reached 5,000.
There was basically no increase in the number of the Three Thousand Battalion and the Shenji Battalion. After all, one was fighting on horseback and the other was controlling firearms. Neither of these could be controlled by these newly recruited soldiers.
Being able to recruit so many soldiers is actually because His Majesty attaches great importance to the capital camp, and it can even be said that he values himself. Before leaving, he also presented himself with one million taels of silver and privately rewarded himself with one hundred thousand silver.
However, he still planned to use the 100,000 silver as military expenses. After all, His Majesty did not know when he would come back from here. Besides, the capital family has a great cause, so how could it be squandered at will?
"Mr. Meng, your Majesty's trip is top secret. I apologize that I have no comment." Regarding Meng Zhaoxiang's question, the guard in Jin Yi chose to refuse to answer, which shocked Meng Zhaoxiang a little.
But as the governor of the capital and the minister of the Ministry of punishment, since Jin Yiwei was unwilling to answer, it meant that his majesty also had the same intention, so he stopped asking.
He mainly wants to know about his son Meng Zhangming's situation. It is natural for His Majesty to be a personal guard by His Majesty's side, but traveling south while surrounded by intruders is undoubtedly an adventure.
"Everyone, prepare for battle quickly!"
Following Meng Zhaoxiang's order, the generals of the three battalions immediately organized their respective battalions to prepare for departure. The Beijing camp, which had been much calmer just now, immediately became dusty.
"I wonder what arrangements your lord is going to make?" Three generals came over quickly and asked about the arrangements.
"Be ready to leave the city at any time, stop the intruders, and support His Majesty's southward journey!"
Meng Zhaoxiang just replied coldly. At this moment, the three generals couldn't help but hesitate, and looked at each other at a loss.
"What? What's the problem?"
"Sir Governor, the Fifth Army Camp only received two thousand new soldiers yesterday. If we have to leave the city to meet the enemy today, I'm afraid..." The general of the Fifth Army Camp immediately took a step forward and said with cupped hands.
"No problem, let those new soldiers go to the tower, and the remaining three thousand people will be ready to leave the city at any time!"
"Your Majesty the Governor..."
"Those who disobey orders will be killed!"
…
The southbound team here has slowly left the city under the protection of Guan Ning's army. Yang Kuo sent many scouts to various directions to explore the direction. They would come back and report the situation every half an hour. But if they didn't come back for half an hour, it could be basically concluded that -
—There’s something going on in that direction!
They had made general arrangements for the march after leaving the city at the foot of Dongzhi Gate: Four thousand members of the Guan Ning Army were responsible for protecting the southbound team, with two thousand as vanguards and another two thousand as a reserve team, ready to support at any time. After all, the Guan Ning Army
They are all cavalry, so if the vanguard unit encounters an invading army that is far larger than itself, it can retreat immediately!
Furthermore, they have also made arrangements if they encounter a large number of invading troops.
"Yang Kuo, the intruders must think that I am sitting in a dragon chariot and wearing bright yellow clothes. To them, this is what an emperor should wear, but what I actually wear is a pair of armor. At a glance,
It’s impossible to tell who is the emperor.”
Zhu Ling and Yang Kuo were riding horses and walking almost side by side.
"Therefore, they will definitely send people to find out where the emperor is first. As long as they capture me, they can negotiate terms with you and even directly ask you to surrender."
Yang Kuo raised his head and glanced at His Majesty. Unexpectedly, His Majesty was also looking at him. Yang Kuo immediately lowered his head. When His Majesty said the words of surrender, he actually felt a lot of emotions in his heart.
He was unwilling to surrender.
"But I won't be caught, do you believe me?"
The voice of this sentence was much louder, and it was clearly said to all the courtiers around him.
"I will never let Your Majesty be in such a situation!"
As the ministers responded in unison, Yang Kuo, who had been silent all this time, also spoke.
Things are never easy, not all the time.
Breaking into the thief camp.
"Where is that dog emperor now?" Li Zicheng shouted loudly, and everyone immediately walked to the map and gestured, trying to immediately find out where Zhu Ling was now.
"Report!"
A detective horse ran in quickly, and then immediately shouted: "Report to the king, I saw a long team setting off from Dongzhimen! Three quarters ago."
After listening to Tan Ma's report, Li Zicheng walked to the map in person, looked at the picture on it and immediately pointed out: "He is right here!"
"King Shun? Do we want it?"
Niu Jinxing saw that Li Zicheng was so impatient, and he knew very well in his heart. King Shun was anxious to redeem you, so he became extremely impatient. But he was always dissatisfied with him for negotiating a peace. If he had just destroyed the city in the first place, how could he have done it?
Are there so many surprises?
But this is absolutely unacceptable. We can only try our best to recover losses now and then withdraw our troops.
"Now that we know where the Dog Emperor is, then..." Li Zicheng straightened up slowly, his eyes getting sharper. He must put an end to this emperor today!
"Li Guo!"
A loud shout frightened Li Guo so much that he hurriedly ran to him and knelt down: "Prince Shun, Li Guo is here."
"This time I will give you 30,000 troops. You can help me pursue Ming Ting's team. Then I will send you an army of 20,000 troops, with Luo Rucai as the back-up. If you are still defeated this time,
Go back, you don’t want to come back, do you understand?”
Li Zicheng stared at Li Guo coldly, and those low and threatening words hit his heart every word.
"I understand!"
Li Guo was so frightened this time that he didn't dare to take a breath. He only knew one word that he remembered in his heart: win!
"Go ahead and wait for your good news."
After finishing speaking, Luo Rucai and Li Guo strode away, and the tent suddenly became much quieter.
"Jixuan must be rescued this time. Do you understand? You are all responsible for his arrest!" Li Zicheng turned around and shouted at the ministers present, which directly caused the atmosphere in the entire tent to drop to freezing point.
…
The southbound team was still moving forward slowly and steadily. Everything seemed very calm, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was just temporary peace. I am afraid that a shocking wave would arise at some point.
.
Sure enough, when Zhu Ling and Yang Kuo and others behind him saw a man wearing Guan Ning Army armor galloping over quickly, they knew clearly that there was a move to break into the army!
"What's going on?"
Yang Kuo stopped him directly and asked. Seeing this Tanma looking so out of breath, it was not a small matter.
"Reporting to my lord, a large number of enemy troops were found twenty miles away!"
The faces of the ministers who heard the news instantly turned ugly, and everyone was a little panicked at this moment. Considering that intruders had once approached the city, they would not have directly felt such oppression while inside.
But now they have left the city! It is entirely possible to meet the intruders face to face. If they are accidentally surrounded by enemy troops, wouldn't it be...
"Get ready for action."
Obviously, Zhu Ling had been prepared for this situation to happen. He immediately separated a team from the army and quickly left in the other direction. When the ministers looked at it, they discovered that there was a dragon in the team.
Chariot.
But His Majesty did not leave, could it be?
Wang Jiayan and Wu Linzheng guessed almost at the same time that His Majesty might be trying to lure the enemy!
"Last time, you were lured deep into the enemy by them. This time we will do it again and let them try the feeling of being surrounded! Yang Kuo, what I give you this time is not to face the enemy head-on, but to surround them."
[Author's digression]: Keep working hard tonight, save the manuscript first