Just as Zhu Zilong entered the palace overnight, he manipulated the emperor's clone and ordered local troops to enter the capital to serve the king.

The girls who were still on the road later returned to the spot.

In a territory behind the border of the Ming Dynasty, the sound of "bangbang" kept ringing.

In the border, at various forts in the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers and households in the forts trembled and looked at the direction of sound and wolf smoke. But they saw bundles of wolf smoke rising straight up, so eye-catching in the sky.

An officer in the fort counted the number of wolf smoke carefully and said with a trembling mouth: "The cannon sounded five times and the beacon smoke was five beams. It seems that the large Tartar troops are coming, and there are only more than ten thousand people. It's over!"

For a moment, there were shrill sounds of chums everywhere, and the soldiers and civilians outside hurriedly restrained their people and animals and fled back to the nearest castle Yandun.

Everyone in the castle looked ugly, and suddenly someone shouted: "Look, the Tartars are here!"

I saw dozens of smoke and dust in the northwest direction, getting bigger and bigger, and then bursts of strange howlings like wild beasts came. In the smoke and dust, countless Later Jin cavalry appeared in front of everyone, roaring into the sky.

However, when these Qing troops passed by Xiaobiandun, they kept robbing, and they might not be attracted by it. They just kept showing off their power and made fun of them loudly, and then rushed into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming soldiers and military households in the fort looked at each other, all of them looking gray. However, no one had the courage to come out to the fort to fight the Qing army.

After entering the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, the tens of thousands of Qing troops were divided into several stocks, including thousands of people, ten thousand people, or hundreds of people, and robbery.

The large number of Qing army troops were led by King Ajige, Prince of Wuying of Qing Dynasty, Qiao Beile Abatai, and Yangguli.

After conquering Dushikou, Diaoyu Fort, and Chang'anling Forts, he stopped in Yanqing Prefecture in front of Juyong Pass through security guards.

For a time, the security guards on Xuanfu Town East Road, Huailai Guard, Yanqing Prefecture, Yongning Guard and other places were everywhere, like hell and in trouble!

The capital began martial law!

The Ministry of War urgently consulted the governor of Datong: "According to the order, the thief slaves are now mad. Yunzhen has an order to select fierce soldiers to help, and he is also instructing the generals to encourage them."

The local army of the Ming Dynasty successively went on the road to serve the king, and even though the combat power was low, it attracted large troops of the Qing army. Therefore, so far, only a few troops of about a thousand Qing troops divided into small groups were robbed everywhere.

Among them, one of the Qing troops with the largest number of Mongolian soldiers came to the near the city where Ma Fang descendants were stationed, which was not far from the border.

Ma Fang (1517-1581), whose courtesy name was Dexin, was also known as Lanxi, and was from Weizhou, Shanxi (now Weixian, Zhangjiakou). He was a famous general in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Longqing, and a famous general in the Wanli period.

Ma Fang was born in a peasant family. At the age of ten, he was abducted by the Mongolian Tatar tribe. Later, in the 16th year of Jiajing (1537), he fled back to Datong. He was the captain of Zhou Shangwen, the general of Datong. He made many achievements in fighting against the Tatars. He was a general of the official Xuanfu, the commander-in-chief, and the left governor.

His reputation is only slightly lower than that of Qi Jiguang!

When Ma Fang was stationed at one of the borders, his old opponent, "Northern Gu", was the old opponent of the Ming Dynasty: the Mongolian tribe that had long invaded the Ming Dynasty's borders.

Although their lives have been worse than those of the generation since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the survival ability of these people is not as strong as that of the Ming Dynasty. Whenever their strength recovers, they will bite the Ming Dynasty a few times.

Among them, the most fierce bite was that the Ola Khan Yesen defeated hundreds of thousands of troops in the Ming Dynasty at Tumu Fort, and captured the Ming Yingzong who was in charge of the expedition.

During the Jiajing period, the Ming Dynasty caught up with another time when they were ruthless: Tatar Khan Altan, the Ming Dynasty called Altan. This descendant of Genghis Khan was the most outstanding military strategist on the Mongolian grassland at this time. Compared to the Ola's bite at Tumu Fort back then, Altan was even more outstanding.

What he brought to the Ming Dynasty was the continuous strikes every year. His combat effectiveness was even more fierce. His cavalry was the most elite on the Mongolian grassland at that time. He often severely damaged the Ming Dynasty's border troops with superb command and violent impacts.

The border cities he conquered were Shizhou, Shuozhou, Yansui, Songziling, Shuozhou, Guangchang, Gubeikou and other 17 border cities. The worst was Datong, which was occupied by him three times in a row from the 19th to the 21st year of Jiajing.

And such a person who almost imitated Genghis Khan and led the Mongolians to the top again was eventually defeated by Ma Fang many times.

Even in the end, he died at Ma Fang's hands. It is conceivable how high the Mongolians hated Ma Fang and his descendants?

At this moment, the one who was stationed here was Ma Fang's great-grandson, named Ma Lichao.

Ma Li Chao did not lose the great grandson of the famous general Ma Fang, and he was well aware of the art of commanding military. Before the Mongolian and Qing dynasties arrived, he took precautions in advance.

He used wood as a frame, with his two feet standing in the city, and his spindle standing outside the city. There was a cover on it and was covered with old quilts wet with water to prevent sharp arrows from coming into the forest outside the city.

The wall faces the outside of the city and several holes are hollowed out to peek at the movements outside.

There are piles of wooden rocks on the city wall, and the wooden rocks are piled in a warm place next to the wall of the castle. An equipment similar to a small stone thrower is erected. Use it to throw the rocks under the city and kill the enemy.

There were countless holes dug outside the city, and there were some beggars. The sharp iron was immediately full of thorns.

Ma Lichao even led the team to boost morale on the city wall every day, and the soldiers were not allowed to leave the city without permission. Anyone who returned home without permission, including the captain, would have to show military law. The salary was paid immediately that year!

When he received news from his night, the Mongolian army and Qing army attacked.

Ma Lichao's face sank and shouted: "Send the police and ask the soldiers to prepare to defend. The team will guard the back. Everyone will stick to their posts and do not retreat, otherwise they will kill Wushe!"

For a time, the officers of various warriors guarding the city walls all beat the bamboo gangs and bronze drums in the team to keep the soldiers on alert and prepare for battle.

Everyone looks serious and waits for the start of the battle.

Soon, a relatively large army of the Qing army and the Mongolian army rolled in, and the flags were white and red, which was very scary.

After a closer look, the number of Qing troops was only about 1,000, while that of Mongolian soldiers was only about 2,000.

Immediately, the soldiers and generals on the city walls let out heavy breaths. Although everyone had been preparing for a long time and shared the same hatred for the enemy, most of the Qing soldiers came, and the Eight Banners soldiers were under pressure for a long time. Everyone was still under great psychological pressure!

If you don’t fight, you will die. Ma Lichao’s heart was filled with blood and he roared fiercely: “Come on, I’m waiting for you, my ancestors’ defeated generals!”

The Mongolian soldiers under the city smiled grimly. Such a castle was not even worthy of their plunder in the past. It was narrow and poor, and there was no such thing as a result. The reason why they asked to come here was not to steal things, but to revenge for the great revenge of the Mongolians.

The Qing army and the Mongolian army thought they were attacking suddenly. And there were only less than a thousand soldiers in the fort defending and would not be defeated, and they all laughed.

When I was young, five Niulu combined into a large array, and each Niulu was arranged into a small array, with combat soldiers in front and auxiliary soldiers in the back, totaling more than 1,550 people.

There are also Baihuayala soldiers, commonly known as the white armored soldiers, the guardians of the Qing Dynasty in later generations. Their same Ming armor, with red tassels on their helmets and a fire-fire flag on their backs. Join them as the central army!

In addition, there were more than 500 soldiers wearing armor, and the rest were followers and auxiliary soldiers. They were not armed or only cotton armor without iron leaves.

They rushed to a distance of more than a hundred steps from the head of the castle and stopped far away.

He shouted to the city wall: "Let me listen to the Ming army above. If you surrender now, you can survive! If you resist stubbornly and my Qing soldiers attack the fort, you will definitely burn you. You should think carefully, so as not to regret it!"

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