Li Jinglong personally led hundreds of thousands of troops to cross the world-famous Lugou Bridge in Wanping County. This ancient bridge, which was built in the Jin Dynasty, is one of the eight scenic spots in Yanjing. It was once written by Marco Polo in his travel notes and was famous in Europe. It is known as the stone lions with different postures appear vividly and form a beautiful wonder.

Since its completion, Lugou Bridge has experienced countless ups and downs. It is a must-pass way to enter Peiping and has always been a must-fight for military strategists in the north.

The rebels first abandoned Tongzhou, a gateway city sixty miles east of Beiping, and then abandoned the gateway to rush to Lugou Bridge. Li Jinglong, who was riding on the horse, couldn't help but show his contempt for the King of Yan, "Monkey Lekong, did you think Zhu Di was scared?"

Xu Wen, who was holding the horse, immediately said angrily: "Sir can be killed but not humiliated. Brother Li, don't bully people too much."

Li Jinglong laughed at first, then said with a stern face: "You always respect me as your brother, but you don't give up on the secret and turn to the light, but instead become a bandit. You rebel against the court before, and you are a serious crime. If I don't kill you, you are already a mercy outside the law, and you dare to speak rudely?"

Xu Wen quickly changed into a smile and said humbly: "At that time, the eldest brother of King Yan was forced to surrender to the enemy. He had been trying to find an opportunity to assassinate him, but he was seen through first. He had to fight a path of blood and was alone. He was forced to shave his hair because he was coerced by the thief. Alas! Otherwise, I would have come to surrender to my brother long ago."

Li Jinglong said with a smile: "The genius believes in you. Besides, Your Majesty explicitly ordered that Zhu Di not be killed. If you really succeed, you will have to be escorted to Beijing and be killed."

Xu Wen licked his face and smiled, "With my brother taking care of me, I will not say anything. I am willing to work hard for my brother."

"Then I believe you once, and you will be allowed to commit crimes and make meritorious service."

Li Jinglong raised his head and admired the stone lions with different postures on the bridge, with a high spirit, "I ordered the entire army to accelerate and stay at the city of Peking tonight."

At the same time, the brothers Zhu Di and Zhu Quan who entered Daning City alone hugged their heads and cried bitterly. The King of Yan choked and said, "The court was indecisive to force us to death to the bones and blood of the late emperor. I had no choice but to raise an army to survive. Now, the Jiye of Peking is about to be captured by a large army. I am desperate and come to join you. I also ask my brother to help draft apology for my brother and spare my life."

Zhu Quan smiled bitterly and said, "How can I not know the fourth brother's painstaking efforts? It's a pity that my brothers were old and that the emperor's nephew could not tolerate you and me. My brother was responsible for asking me, but could he really not resist the imperial army?"

Zhu Di sighed and said, "My army is only 40,000 to 50,000. How can I be the opponent of hundreds of thousands? If the army doubles, Li Jinglong will be punished without returning."

Zhu Quan shook his head gently: "I would have sent tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command to the Fourth Brother, but it's a pity that he has now been deprived of military power. Zhu Jian, the commander, has never taken me seriously. The defending troops all obeyed his orders and were powerless.

Fourth brother, you have to think carefully. Not only will you be imprisoned if you apologize to the court, but you may even be escorted to the capital and demoted to common people.”

Zhu Di said with slightest voice: "The ancients said that brothers who work together to cut off gold will either die if they are left alone or they will die if they fight hard. How can I be cowardly for the rest of my life? Although the court is strong at present, if you and I are in harmony, you can fight with each other, and after the matter is completed, the world will be divided into the river and rule it."

Zhu Quan immediately shuddered, his face turned gloomy and calm, and he said dejectedly for a long time: "No, it's related to life and death. Fourth brother, my son is less than one year old!"

"My eldest grandson is not one year old. Do I just want my whole family to die?" Zhu Di was angry and looked at his younger brother who was claiming to be comparable to him, and remembered Xu Hao's evaluation of King Ning, "A person who is good at planning but not good at making decisions, has ambition but no courage, and is not enough to accomplish things must be held hostage by external forces."

Zhu Di's expression calmed down and said in a gentle tone: "Then I will bear this crime on my shoulders. The failure has nothing to do with you. If you succeed, the world will be equal."

"Oh!" Zhu Quan was happy and thought he was planning, so he half-rejected and agreed to the agreement. Now that he refused to return to the capital, he had already blatantly violated the court, and the consequences were terrible.

Once the fourth brother is defeated, he is still alone? But after thinking about it, he has no courage to raise the flag to rebel. He originally wanted to make profits from it, but now it seems that it is just a delusion and must make a choice.

In this way, Zhu Quan sat down and watched the Yan army secretly contact the generals and Duoyan Guard leader inside and outside the city, pretending to be unaware of it, accompanied Zhu Di to have a drink and talk in the royal palace every day, and drafted apology to amaze Zhu Jian and others.

In Tongzhou City, the three thousand official vanguards were surrounded by nearly ten thousand Yan army troops who were hidden in the houses, and soon the entire army surrendered. Zhang Fu looked at the Shenji Camp that was rapidly expanding on the top of the city, and couldn't help but secretly talk, thinking that his brother-in-law's methods were too profound and he really didn't know where to get thousands of muskets and nearly a hundred cannons.

No matter what, Zhang Fu was confident that he would resist the enemy with the firearms of ten thousand people and guard the passage of Yan King's return from Daning. What he was most worried about now is Peiping. Most of the people were sent to the north of Tongzhou. The total number of soldiers and civilians in Peking was only 100,000. Can they be defended?

Not to mention Zhang Fu's worry, Li Jinglong, who learned that Tongzhou was lost and recovered by the Yan army, was furious. Liu Jing said: "Now the Princess of Yan and his prince Zhu Gaochi and others are all in the city, and the last general Zhang Yu and others are not here. The city is empty. The most urgent task is to command the entire army to attack Peiping with all their strength. You can send a side division to attack Tongzhou or to seize the Zhengcunba to prevent reinforcements led by the King of Yan from coming."

Li Jinglong remembered the battle a few years ago. He underestimated Xu Hao's defeats one by one, and squinted his eyes and said, "You forgot that there is another Xu Hao in the rebels. He is not Yi Yu, he is the best person to attack. Tongzhou must have been his work."

Liu Jing said disdainfully: "Just a mere flattering jester, who dares to boast about my father's rebirth, and he is a villain."

Li Jinglong said unhappily: "That was praised by the late emperor himself, not by him bragging himself. You dare to make this assertion before you even saw him. It can be seen that you are just a false name. Get out of the charge for me."

"You!" Liu Jing was furious and immediately left with a dark face and shook his sleeves.

Li Jinglong sneered: "Liu Jing is nothing but an erroneous person, which is disappointing. We passed our military orders and left 200,000 people to besiege Beiping City. The two governors Xu Kai and Wu Jie led 200,000 people to move to Tongzhou. The commander Sheng Yong led 50,000 people to dig deep barriers at Zhengcunba, and ordered Wu Gao and Yang Wen of Shanhaiguan to attack Yongping for forcing him. It is necessary to capture it within ten days, and then go north to Daning Prefecture to capture Zhu Di alive."

The generals agreed, and in this way, Li Jinglong was not afraid of being defeated by Xu Hao's old tricks and then eroded them step by step.

Then, the 200,000-strong army of the imperial court cut down woods outside the Jiumen, built fortresses, dug trenches, etc.

Xu Hao on the top of the city laughed and said, "Brother Jing Long has never changed at all. Before the war, he was so persistent and liked to repair the camp first. If the 400,000 troops immediately took turns to attack day and night, it would probably take less than three days to capture the city gate."

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said, "Today is different from the past. So many people can gather their armpits and make them into fur every night. At most, they will have to fight to the death in two days."

Xu Haoyao pointed to the cavalry running back and forth outside the city and asked, "General Gu, do you know who is the best in the other army?"

Gu Cheng said slowly: "There are too many. It's a pity that all commanders Sheng Yong and all civil and military talents have never been used. The cavalry commander Chen Hui is brave and good at fighting. The commander Qu Neng and his son are both brave and unworthy of thousands of men. Most of the other generals are brave and fearless of death."

Xu Hao smiled and said, "You are interested in not talking about the four generals who commanded the army with the highest official position, Xu Kai, Wu Jie, Wu Gao and Yang Wen. It can be seen that a group of wolf and tigers were led by four sheep, and my elder brother Jing Long, who is born in the year of the sheep, is there no place to use his skills no matter how brave the official army is."

Gu Cheng once again carefully looked at Xu Hao, who was once respected by the late emperor, and was amazed at the transcendent position of this man in the Yan army at a young age. Not only did the prince not mind that he was the leader of the entire army. Even Yao Guangxiao, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, who had been following the King of Yan for the longest, were all polite to him. This was not only because of his relative status, but also because of his proud nature.

"Not bad." Gu Cheng put away his attitude of relying on his seniority and became humble.

Xu Hao smiled at this. He raised his hand and tightened his collar, looked up at the gray sky, and said, "The wind is about to rise, and it should be snowing soon. The government army has already been defeated before the battle. I will give Brother Jing Long a big gift tonight."

In the late night, more than a hundred dead soldiers of Yan army lurking in the tunnel outside the city emerged, and everyone was wearing official uniforms. They brought gunpowder, tinder oil and other objects to continuously set fire to the warehouse that stocked up clothes and quilts. Zhu Gaoxu led 3,000 cavalrymen to attack the outermost camp, killing more than a thousand officers and soldiers, and burning hundreds of military camps.

Li Jinglong was not concerned about this, and he had expected that Xu Hao would never wait to die. The losses of supplies and personnel were just a drop in the bucket for him. He ordered Chen Hui to lead the cavalry to be responsible for the elimination of the cavalry and send people to urge the rear to supply supplies.

Early on the morning of the third day, 100,000 officials pushed various siege weapons to attack the Jiumen of Beiping. The Yan army defending the city carried out desperate resistance. The artillery and firearms exerted great power. The casualties of the official army were far greater than those of the defenders. However, relying on the absolute advantage of troops, they continued to take turns to fight, and the battle in Peking was stalemate for a while.

The disadvantage of military strength made the ten thousand Yan troops gradually difficult. There were always times when gunpowder, shells, arrows, etc. were exhausted. Xu Hao stood on the city tower for many days, leading the way to kill the enemy.

With a rumbling sound, the city tower was smashed into a corner by a huge rock flying over, and dust flew up and several soldiers were crushed into the ruins.

Xu Hao's expression remained unchanged and hooked the trigger at the official army who was climbing up with fire all over his body. The official army then fell down from the city.

A large basin of boiling tinder was poured down by four or five soldiers. Li Qiu, who was covered in dust, threw down the torch again, and instantly burst out howling before his death.

Xu Hao, who was hoarse, took a breath and shouted: "Why is no one coming to inform me?"

Soon Mu Yi ran over and shouted, "Here, the brothers in Xichengmen have suffered more than half of their casualties and are about to be unable to defend them."

Xu Hao said: "Removing all the people and changing them to three hundred people."

Mu Yi said: "But there are only less than 2,000 people left in the reserve team. If this continues, there will be no soldiers to be available tomorrow."

Xu Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Organize men to send weapons, go to the city to kill the enemy, and prepare to spray oil to fill it with oil."

Looking at Mu Yi who was leaving hurriedly, Xu Hao shouted to the soldiers who were struggling to kill the enemy on the city wall: "The prince will lead the army back soon, brothers insist on it."

There was a loud bang, and ten artillery guns spewed out flames, and shells roared towards the city.

Seeing the soldiers dying in front of him, Li Jinglong shook his neck and said angrily: "Why are the firearms in Peking so powerful? Are all the craftsmen in the court dead?"

"The Ministry of War has begun to rush to make new firearms and will arrive next month." Liu Jing said again: "Master, the weather is too cold, and the soldiers are unable to hold on to their hard work day and night. It will snow soon."

Li Jinglong stared and said angrily: "Don't you know that the enemy is more hard-working? It's the time to make a concerted effort. Without my military order, you will never stop for a moment."

Suddenly, hundreds of black water sprayed out from the city tower, and Liu Jing screamed: "It's not good that it's black oil."

Boom! In a blink of an eye, a sea of ​​fire under the city was flooded, and there were many officials and soldiers struggling and wailing everywhere. A group of Yan soldiers rushed out of the city gate, slashing to death. The arrow tower climbed the city ladder was burned, and the remaining officers and soldiers ran towards the rear.
Chapter completed!