Zhao Ming led a large army to the southern suburbs of Beijing.

It was a section of the road from Tongzhou to Beijing, and there was no way to take a boat, so the army arrived first, and the arms and supplies were still behind.

At this time, Zhao Ming dispatched all the troops to camp outside the city according to the prior arrangement and sent troops to monitor the gates to prevent the Qing army from taking advantage of the Ming army's establishment of a camp as a means to go out of the city to attack.

When the army was busy, Zhao Ming led the cavalry and pegasus out to peek at the city defense of Beijing.

In the wilderness three miles away from Beijing, Zhao Ming, the Regent of the Ming Dynasty, was looking at Beijing with a complicated expression.

The reason why it is complicated is that this is his first time to observe Beijing so closely.

"It's indeed a heroic city!" Zhao Ming couldn't help but sigh.

Behind him, Dang Shousu, Gao Yigong, Hao Yaoqi and other generals also had mixed feelings in their hearts.

Although more than ten years have passed, the scene of their retreating in panic is still vivid in my mind.

At this time, Zhang Jiayu, the military officer, said: "Your Highness, according to the detailed report from the Military Information Department, there are still 100,000 Qing troops in the city, including about 20,000 soldiers in the city."

Zhao Ming nodded and reminded: "In addition to the army, the people in the city should also consider it. After all, it has only been more than ten years since the mountains and forests. At the critical moment, these people can also go to the city to fight."

Zhang Jiayu said, "Your Highness is thorough in mind. In fact, Ajige has distributed weapons to the family members of Manchu."

Zhao Ming frowned. If so, the defenders in the city would have more than 100,000.

Zhao Ming pondered for a while, then asked: "How to deploy the troops in the city?"

Zhang Jiayu did not answer directly, but pointed to the Beijing city in the distance: "Report to Your Highness, this Beijing city wall is in the shape of a "convex" and is located on the bank of the Lugou River. The south is the outer city and the north is the inner city, and there is also the imperial city. Since the Qing army entered the pass, the Qing army drove the Han people in the inner city to the outer city and placed the Eight Banners' family members in the inner city. Therefore, the inner city is also called the Mancheng."

Zhao Ming listened carefully, and Zhang Jiayu continued, "According to the detailed exploration of the city, Ajige learned from Xuzhou's lessons and arranged the Han army in the city mainly in the outer city, while the inner city was defended by the Manchu army. My advice is that the army bypassed the Han army in the outer city and directly attacked the Xizhimen, Andingmen, Deshengmen and Dongzhimen in the inner city. Otherwise, even if the outer city is broken, the army will still have to attack Chongwen, Xuanwu and Zhengyangmen in the inner city before they can attack the inner city."

Generally speaking, the outer and inner kings are arranged in a shape of "hui", and the outer kings surround the inner kings and protect them.

However, the inner and outer cities of Beijing are arranged in the character "Lu". The outer cities are located on the south side of the inner cities, but the inner cities do not wrap up the inner cities.

In this way, the Ming army did not need to attack the outer capital, but could directly detour the east, west and north sides of Beijing to attack the inner capital.

Where everyone was located, outside Yongding Gate of the outer city, Zhao Ming heard Zhang Jiayu's words and immediately pulled out his horse and said, "Take a detour to the inner city and take a look."

When Zhao Ming peeked at the city defense in Beijing, Ajige had already arrived at the top of the city.

At this time, the Qing army on the top of the city was holding the city wall, looking out of the city, pointing at the Ming army outside the city and exclaiming bursts of exclamations.

"The emperor is here!" At this time, a loud shout suddenly came from behind the soldiers.

The Qing army on the city turned around and found Azige under the yellow umbrella, wearing a dragon robe and a tall round tower crown.

"Auspicious for the Emperor!" The Qing army in the city knelt on the ground to salute.

Ajige led a group of civil and military personnel to the steps, and the soldiers on the city wall knelt down one after another, unable to look directly at them.

Ajig waved his hand and said in a suffocating voice: "Each person does his own duties and continue to deploy defense!"

When the Qing general heard the words, he quickly saluted, and then hurriedly called his subordinates to go to the city like an escape, transporting the equipment to guard the city.

Ajige walked to the city wall. After all, he had been in charge of troops for many years and was the second generation of the Qing Dynasty. He had only achieved success in his life. He had experienced countless wars, hundreds of thousands of people in his battles, and had participated in many battles. He had seen a series of events.

Therefore, Ajige stood at the top of the city and looked out from the distance, and found that the Ming army outside the city was spread like ants. The vast Ming army in the distance was still coming, and he was still calm.

However, the officials who followed him up the city and the later Manchu nobles were not calm.

Prince Bolehe had considered fighting, but his face was still pale. Someone even saw it and was so scared that he fought with two wars. He screamed, "The Ming army is so powerful!"

"Blow the whip and break the flow, and the black clouds are overwhelming the city!"

Ajige is paying close attention to the movements of the Ming army outside the city.

In order to resist the Ming Dynasty's attack, he had been preparing for several months.

Although he has been hunting in Nanyuan, he has not left any defense matters at all.

As early as a month ago, he was ready to defend Beijing, and believed that his defensive facilities and equipment were prepared quite well.

Even after the war in Xuzhou, Ajige had a plan to defend against the Ming army's giant cannons, which was to prepare a large number of stones and wooden fences, repair the city walls in the gaps of the shelling, or rebuild the wooden walls behind the collapse.

For this reason, he was still expelled from the house behind the city wall and dug a trench inside the city. Even if the Ming army rushed into the city, he could still rely on the trench to block it.

These trenches are usually laid with wooden boards, which does not affect passage. Once the city wall collapses and the Ming army rushes in, they can draw wooden boards and form another city wall in conjunction with the wooden fence.

With such a complete mistake, Ajige felt that he was sure of his ability. He brought civil and military personnel to the city, hoping that after seeing the city defense, these people could boost their confidence and firmly believe that they could defend Beijing.

Who knew that as soon as I went to the city, I heard them exaggerating their mightyness and exterminate their mightyness, which made Ajig's fat cheeks tremble constantly.

"What are you panic?" Azig shouted in anger.

The civil and military officials and Manchu nobles were quieter behind them.

Ajige glanced at everyone with a cold look and said sarcastically: "You are afraid, can Zhao Zamao let you go? If the capital cannot be defended, do you still have a way out?"

Ajige looked at the people who lowered his head and asked a question of hitting the soul, and then continued: "Now, it is time for the life and death of the Qing Dynasty. Only by showing the courage of my ancestors to defeat the Ming army in Sarhu can I find a glimmer of life. Fear cannot save you, nor can the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Zamao will not show mercy because of your fear."

These few words aroused a lot of blood in the hearts. Ajige was right, they had no way out.

Seeing everyone's expressions change, Ajige immediately slowed down his tone again, pointed to the Ming army outside the city and said, "Don't worry too much, you think Zhao Zamao is invincible. I almost killed that guy once."

Ajige boasted about his deeds in Jiangbei again. He had been blown away by that battle for nearly ten years. After he finished blowing, he continued to say loudly: "This time, Zhao Zamao's soldiers are indeed very strong, but don't be scared by him. His army has complex components and many factions. As long as you wait with me and hold on to Beijing, there will inevitably be problems within the Ming army after a long time. At that time, Wu Sangui and Liangshun King will send troops."

Ajige looked at everyone and raised his arms and shouted, "At that time, I will lead you to wait and defeat Zhao Zamao again. And this time, I will twist his head with my own hands."
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