Chapter 29 Sunset Forbidden City Part 3: Episode 2 The rain is coming
"Well, let Liu Fangliang take Zuofu Camp to Daming Mansion and Hejian Mansion, and let Liu Xiyao go to Tianjin and Cangzhou areas. In this way, there will be no enemies around you. There are more than 20,000 troops and horses enough. Li You are under your command!"
A hint of disappointment flashed in Xin Sizhong's eyes. This time the emperor went to Shanhaiguan, but brought nearly 90,000 elite cavalry and 30,000 elite infantry. There was no possibility of failure at all. As long as Wu Sangui was defeated, unification of the whole country would be just around the corner. What an honor, but unfortunately he could not participate. Now he couldn't help but blame Yue Zhenbang and Yang Tingyu.
However, he was calm and calm. He knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Don't worry, your Majesty, there are three whistles here, and the capital is as solid as a rock!"
Li Zicheng smiled and helped him up, "Don't blame me, but after the recovery of stolen money and salary some time ago, everyone said that Yang Tingyu is powerful, and Yue Zhenbang is kind. You have such a person under your command. With the same kindness and power as well as defending the capital, there is a little more chance of winning. This is also the result of discussion with the Prime Minister and the Military Advisor. Don't worry, as long as you defend the capital, it will be a great achievement."
The next day, Li Zicheng set out. He brought all the cavalry except Xin Sizhong's 13,000 cavalry, including Li Shuangxi's personal military camp 20,000, Li Guo's front camp 20,000, Yuan Zongdi's left camp 15,000, Gu Kecheng's central camp 15,000, Dangshousu's rear camp 15,000, plus Liu Zongmin's personal military camp 3,000, a total of 88,000 elite cavalry, plus the 30,000 elite infantry led by the famous Qin army general Zuo Guangxian and Niu Chenghu, the elite infantry army after being equipped by the Beijing Arsenal, approaching nearly 120,000 horse and infantry troops headed towards Shanhaiguan.
Like in history, Li Guo's Qianying opened the way and galloped along the official roads of Tongzhou, Xianghe, Kaiping, Luanzhou, Changli and Shanhaiguan.
And at Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui met Fang Guangchen and came back from Shangdu.
"What? He said this?"
Fang Guangchen was also a little embarrassed. At that time, Nikan was in Shangdu and in the newly built Nan Study Room, he only gave him one sentence after listening to his statement.
"I will lead the army to arrive in three days after three days."
At that time, Nikan saw Fang Guangchen's face was not good, and couldn't help but smile: "Yi Ping Xibo's power and Shanhaiguan's strength will not be able to defend for even three days."
At that time, Fang Guangchen was shocked and thought: "It seems that this person is testing Ping Xibo's strength. If Ping Xibo is vulnerable, they may not enter the pass, so that Ping Xibo will fight with the bandits and suffer both losses. If he can hold on for more than three days, this person will definitely think that Ping Xibo is useful and will definitely appear near the battlefield as agreed."
"This person has always known the Gyeonggi area well, and must be familiar with the mountains and rivers near Shanhaiguan, and now he can only do so."
However, if Wu Sangui could last for more than three days, what title would he get after the matter was completed?
When he said this, Nikan laughed and said, "If Pingxibo could last for three days, on the fourth day, I will definitely appear in Zuojin. If I can defeat the thief smoothly, I will give him the title of Pingxi Hou."
Fang Guangchen then returned from above.
Wu Sangui closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and finally he said, "Things can only be done now. Yang Kun, you bring 10,000 infantry troops to defend the North Wing City, Guancheng, Gao Ding, you bring 10,000 infantry troops to defend the South Wing City, Ninghai City, Guo Yunlong, you bring 5,000 infantry troops to prepare near Guancheng, and you can respond to Yang Kun at any time!"
Yang Kun, Gao Ding and Guo Yunlong are all infantry generals under his command, and he himself brought 20,000 elite cavalry to attack from the west gate of the North Wing City, Guancheng, and South Wing City according to the progress of the war at any time.
To the west of Shanhaiguan, due to the blockage of the Shihe River, large-scale legion battles cannot be carried out. If a decisive battle is to be carried out, you can only cross the Shihe River and fight near Yibishishi to Shimenzhai.
In the original history, Wu Sangui had more than 30,000 elite cavalry under his command, so he dared to set up formations in the wilderness near the Shihe River. Now his cavalry is far fewer than in history. Do he dare to pull them all out to fight Li Zicheng?
Speaking of which, after Fang Guangchen left, Nikan continued to hold a meeting in the Nanshu Room. In addition to Zhuketu, Xiao Alin, who was originally in Chengde, also appeared. Akdun, who was far away in Shenyang, was also listed. Sun Chuanyu, the Privy Councilor of the Privy Council of the Daxia Kingdom, and Sun Xiulin, the Prime Minister of the State Council, were all present.
"Everyone"
Before Nikan arranged the task, his mood suddenly felt a little uncontrollable and he was trembling a little while his tone was always stable.
"I started to make arrangements many years ago, just for this day. Now, the sky pays off. This day has finally arrived. All the situations are not too far from my plan. However, there are unexpected situations and misfortunes in the sky. People have good fortune and good fortune at any time. Everything has to be done carefully. Next, the Duke of Zhenguo will assign tasks."
Sun Chuanyu quickly stood up and took out a golden cover from his arms.
"Your Majesty has an order!"
Zhuketu and others quickly knelt down.
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Beijing.
Since Li Zicheng left, Niu Jinxing, who was left in the capital, immediately held a meeting in the former clan mansion and the current prime minister's yamen.
As soon as Song Xiance and Li Yan left, Niu Jinxing felt a slight feeling. The one who stayed in the capital to assist him was not the emperor's most direct subordinate, and he didn't need to pretend to be dissatisfied. He just told him if he had anything to do.
If it were Li Guo and Yuan Zongdi were there, he would not dare to do this, let alone Liu Zongmin.
Among these two people, Li You's status was slightly higher than Xin Sizhong last year. Unexpectedly, after Xin Sizhong went to Gansu, he became a general in a vain and his status was much higher than that of Li You, who was still a mighty general.
Li You is tall and tall, but he is famous for his strength in the camp before. He is in his thirties, has few beards, has a few under his jaws, has high cheekbones, and has a pair of triangular eyes. It shows that this person is not only strong but also has a good brain.
Nei Jinxing, both Li You and Xin Sizhong obeyed Niu Jinxing and did not dare to show any dissatisfaction.
"Li Guozhen's 10,000 infantry troops were all stationed in the outer city. Now our army's sphere of influence is everywhere. There is no need to make a big move, just guard the city gates."
"Three sentries, your headquarters' two thousand soldiers and horses entered the imperial city to garrison."
"On the inner city, along Fuchengmen Street and Chaoyangmen Street are divided into two major areas, north and south. Yang Tingyu guards the North City and Yue Zhenbang guards the South City. If you have any questions, you need to inform General Xin Sizhong and the original minister at the same time. Are you willing?"
This is what Niu Jinxing means. Yang Tingyu offended a large number of former civil and military officials and generals in his previous recovery of stolen money and paid. He broke with the "former dynasty" in an extremely resolute way. In his impression, it is better than Yue Zhenbang. Therefore, it is most appropriate to let him guard the northern city, while Xuanwu, Zhengyang and Chongwen, the most important Nancheng, are next to the outer city. In fact, Yue Zhenbang only needs to guard Fucheng Gate and Chaoyang Gate well. He has 4,500 cavalry under his command, which is enough to handle matters of all sizes.
"Yue Zhenbang's subordinates allocated 1,500 cavalry to Yang Tingyu's side. The north city needs to guard the four gates of Xizhimen, Dongzhimen, Andingmen and Deshengmen, so it's better to have more manpower."
This was to win over Yang Tingyu nakedly. He originally thought that Yue Zhenbang must be dissatisfied, but he didn't expect that after hearing this, he stood up and gave Niu Jinxing a solemn greeting.
"It depends on the Prime Minister! There is no objection to the last general!"
"It's indeed a descendant of Yue Wumu, and he really knows how to advance and retreat." Niu Jinxing couldn't help but nod.
Chapter completed!