Zhou Shixiong's question stunned the soldiers. Yes, why do you think so much? If you don't agree to die immediately. If you don't face Jiannu, what are you going to think about? Hao Yongzhong shouted loudly, "The youngest are willing to serve the adults." The others followed and shouted in a mess. Zhou Shixiong waved with satisfaction, "Get up, Yu Jiaao, treat their injuries, and anyone who can't deal with them will come to me."

For these deserters, Zhou Shixiong, Man Gui and others stayed in Dong'an County for one day. When they set out again, Heiyunbao and his cavalry team returned to Heiyunlong, and the guards were replaced by the deserters led by Hao Yongzhong. Hao Yongzhong and others were ecstatic about this arrangement. They all knew how good it was to be a guard for the main general, with high salary and good benefits, and factory cars to pick up and drop off. The most important thing was to have face, which could not be exchanged for anything.

Zhou Shixiong was suffering from the lack of anyone in his hands when he took over this group of deserters. After all, the soldiers of Man Gui and Heiyunlong were still other people's soldiers. It would be okay to snatch them out and command them. When he returned to the capital, he was more powerful than Zhou Shixiong. He could transfer these people and horses with just one order. What else could Zhou Shixiong do besides watching!

This group of deserters is a masterless thing, and whoever picks up it will be the one who will be. Zhou Shixiong couldn't let him spit it out after taking it away, because the Shanxi governor and the Shanxi general were both in the imperial prison, and no one else was qualified to stand up and ask Zhou Shixiong for people. Zhou Shixiong ordered Li Xiaobin and Lu Hong to strictly train these guards, which were the real life-saving teams.

A daytime marching, with enough horses to be equipped with one man and two horses, Zhou Shixiong and others rushed to Daxing County before dark. Finally, they received the news from Tongzhou. Jiannu captured Tongzhou two days ago, and Sun Chengzong led the Jingying and Xuanfu General Hou Shilu and other royal troops to retreat to the capital. Shunyi also fell yesterday.

Zhou Shixiong ordered people to interrogate Li Lutai and inquire about the total number of Jiannu's people going south and military plans. Li Lutai was abandoned by the Jurchen nobles such as Mangurtai Dorgon, and he hated him very much and almost answered questions. However, even if Li Lutai cooperated extremely hard, Zhou Shixiong still could not get the exact number. Because Li Lutai's father Li Yongfang was a surrendered general, he was very respected in Nurhaci's era, but Huang Taiji did not like him very much, and he did not have the share of sending troops this time. Li Lutai followed the banner leader Mangurtai as a escort, and he was not even qualified to attend every time the military controversy was discussed.

According to Li Shutai's confession, in addition to the 20,000 elite Eight Banners stationed in Liaoyang, the Later Jin only left a small number of troops in other places. More than 60,000 Eight Banners were drawn out, with a total number of nearly 50,000. It can be said that this time the south was in full swing. Li Shutai couldn't make up for the number of soldiers and the people were strong. He only knew that there were 2,000 soldiers and the people were strong, and the people were strong. The soldiers had become prisoners, and the people were strong and the people were strong.

Zhou Shixiong did not expect that after a little trouble, he actually destroyed the Zhenglan Banner. Are the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty that weak? In fact, Zhou Shixiong's struggles were not only Zhenglan Banner, but also Zhenglan Banner and Inlaid White Banner. However, Zhenglan Banner and Inlaid White Banner kept more than 600 Flying Yala, although they were in ruins, they were not destroyed. Unlike Zhenglan Banner, except for a group of nobles, there were only civil servants left, and they were directly used as logistics soldiers from the main combat force.

Zhou Shixiong must thank God for his care for such a good result. Because Manguertai, who was pursuing Mangui, only brought the Zhenglan Banner, Zhengbai Banner and the warriors of the Bai Banner. He was too superstitious about his own combat power and made a big mistake from the beginning when he divided his troops to siege the city. Zhou Shixiong used all kinds of golden fingers to accumulate small victories into big victories, and slowly grindled away the morale and combat power of the Later Jin army like a file, and eventually forced the Later Jin army to collapse without fighting.

"Everyone, it is a foregone conclusion that Jiannu soldiers have forced the capital. We have two choices in the next step. I want to hear your opinion." Zhou Shixiong called Man Gui and Heiyunlong to discuss what to do next step.

"Please make it clear." Man Gui and Hei Yunlong had already discussed the news of the fall of Tongzhou, and what Lord Zhou said was what he said.

"Entering the capital is definitely the first choice. You don't need to say much about the benefits. I will tell you the disadvantages. The first disadvantage is that it is controlled by others. We cannot control the arrangements after entering the city. We must listen to the big bosses of the court. It is not that I look down on them, but if I have the ability, I will not make such a fuss. Listen to their blind command, I will not have any confidence. The second disadvantage is that it is mixed. After these days of running-in, your Datong Army and Changping's righteousness have become very harmonious. Whether it is cooperation in the battle formation or private interactions, they will be very harmonious. Once you enter the capital, you will definitely be disbanded and reorganized and mixed with some unfamiliar troops. If you have time to run-in, it will be fine. Who knows if Jiannu will give us this time!"

Hearing Zhou Shixiong say this, Hei Yunlong nodded and agreed, "What Master Zhou said is really true. It is indeed unreliable to go into battle with unfamiliar people to kill the enemy."

"Where can you go if you don't go to the city?" Man Gui was more knowledgeable than Heiyunlong. He felt that Zhou Shixiong had ideas about entering the capital, but he could go there if he didn't go to the capital? The captured Jiannu also had to go to the capital to deliver the war. These were the military achievements he had obtained. Before handing over to the court, he cried without even crying!

"We have war horses, and all of them have some surplus with two war horses. This can ensure that our combat range is greatly increased. Jiannu fought against the capital and cut off his retreat, blocked Jiannu in the capital, and slowly grind them to death!" Zhou Shixiong was thinking about guerrilla warfare. If Jiannu went south really only had 50,000 as Li Lutai said, the more than 3,000 cavalry in his hands were enough to cause trouble for Jiannu. If the trouble was lucky, the trouble would be infinitely expanded.

"Ah! Block the back?" Even if Heiyunlong admired Zhou Shixiong so much, he was shocked by the strategy he proposed. Man Gui remained silent and he was not optimistic about Zhou Shixiong's plan. You must know that the Ming army had never defeated Jiannu in the field. Whether it was a one-on-one or one-on-five number, the Ming army was confidently defeated. Ningyuan Iron Cavalry, who claimed to be unparalleled in combat, did not dare to fight Jiannu in the field with the same number of people on the battlefield, let alone the second-line troops, Datong Army.

Man Gui's silence made Zhou Shixiong very embarrassed. He knew that he could not convince Man Gui. He thought that he could change something after the Battle of Xianghe, but now he realized that the Ming army's fear of Jiannu had penetrated into the bones and could not be changed by one or two victory. This understanding made Zhou Shixiong very frustrated, "Since the two generals feel that it is inappropriate, go to Lugou Bridge to meet Sun Zhaolian tomorrow and enter Beijing quickly." Zhou Shixiong did not hide his dissatisfaction and ended the military discussion very stiffly. He turned around and walked into the inner hall without even calling, leaving the two generals in the front hall.

"Sir, this,?" Heiyunlong looked at Mangui with an uneasy expression. Mangui shook his head, "Listen to Lord Zhou's orders and enter Beijing quickly."

Early the next morning, Zhou Shixiong led his personal soldiers and the guards to set off alone, posing as if he was drawing a clear line with the Datong Army. To be honest, doing this felt a bit of a tantrum, which made Mangui and Heiyunlong laugh and cry.

At noon, everyone met at Lugou Bridge. Zhou Shixiong ordered Fang Zhenghua to allocate a war horse to the number of people from Datong Army and Changping to take away all the extras. As for the prisoners, Zhou Shixiong ignored it. Anyway, Man Gui and the others dared not embezzle their contributions.

More than a hundred people rushed to You'anmen with nearly two thousand war horses. Zhou Shixiong asked Fang Zhenghua to use the imperial envoy's flag-plaque monk Fang Baojian to open the city gate. He was reluctant to leave the war horse outside the city. Normally, no city gate could be opened during the martial law in the capital, and even if Zhou Shixiong had the imperial envoy's flag-plaque monk Fang Baojian. Fortunately, Fang Zhenghua, who went up to call the door, was clever. Since the city gate official had no right to open the door, he went directly to the palace to find Emperor Chongzhen to ask for a hand-in-hand order.

"Aiqing Zhou is back? That's great!" Zhou Shixiong had no news after he had been away for more than ten days, and Emperor Chongzhen was also a little worried. If it weren't for the two ideas Zhou Shixiong had helped him, the chaos in Liangxiang soldiers would definitely not be the only incident of raising money and raising money. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered inside and outside the capital, without the support of raising money and raising money, the chaos in the capital would be demolished without the need for Jiannu to fight.

"Long live, Lord Zhou is still blocked outside the city and cannot enter the city. I send my servants to find him. I hope that Long live can issue an order to open the city gate and let Lord Zhou Man enter the city." Fang Zhenghua deliberately did not say the victory in Xianghe, for fear that it would waste too much time, which would make Zhou Shixiong and others anxious. Because Fang Zhenghua saw the problem from Zhou Shixiong's attitude towards Man Gui, he asked Hei Yunlong privately before he knew that there was a reason for the incident. He was afraid that Zhou Shixiong would make trouble if he was angry. After all, Zhou Shixiong's character record was very bad, and he would not give anyone any face when he got angry. This was a criminal record.

"Okay, I will issue an order to open the city now." Emperor Chongzhen was so easy to speak, not only gave Zhou Shixiong but also gave Man Gui face. Yuan Chonghuan led Zu Dashou, Cao Wenzhao, Wang Chengyin, Xie Shangzheng and others to come to the capital and asked to enter the city to rest many times. Emperor Chongzhen refused without hesitation and asked Yuan Chonghuan to go to Tongzhou to assist Sun Chengzong in resisting Jiannu. Yuan Chonghuan was also awesome, saying that the soldiers were tired and the soldiers were left behind, so he stayed outside the city without leaving.

The two days ago, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Yuan Chonghuan to be under Guangqu Gate, and Sun Chengzong's subordinates guarded Andingmen and Desheng Gate, Yang He, the governor of Shaanxi three-sided governor, Liu Guangsheng, Gansu Governor Mei Zhihuan, Yansu Governor Zhang Mengjing and others stationed at Chaoyang Gate. Henan Governor Fan Jingwen, Jiangxi Governor Wei Zhaocheng, Yunyang Governor Liang Yingze and others stationed at Zuo'an Gate. These governors all wanted to enter the city to rest, but only Sun Chengzong was sent to the city by hanging baskets, and everyone else stayed outside the city.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen gave Man Gui face was because Man Gui was the only Ming general who dared to take the initiative to lead troops out of the city to fight. Compared with these generals and governors, he was at least far ahead in terms of courage. In addition to Zhou Shixiong's relationship, Emperor Chongzhen was so generous to open the city and release people.

When Fang Zhenghua saw Tu Wenfu going out to announce the edict, he was in the mood to report what happened these days. Emperor Chongzhen heard Zhou Shixiong commanding the Datong Army and Changping to bravely defeat the 4,000 Jiannu cavalry, and jumped up happily. It was really jumping up, not an adjective! Emperor Chongzhen rushed to Fang Zhenghua and grabbed his shoulder, and asked in a trembling voice, "Is this really the case?!"

ps: Life is not as happy as you wish, death is not as hard as you die, life is in a hurry and there is no way out. Let’s live, there are flowers that can be broken and you must be broken. Don’t wait until there are no flowers to break branches!
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