Zhu Cixuan brought Yongwei Camp to Xizhi Gate. Zhang Zhiji, the second in command of the Beijing camp guarding the city, rushed over and stopped them, persuaded Zhu Cixuan not to leave the city.

Huang Degong bowed to Zhang Zhiji, and then said unhappy: "Old Duke, please go back and rest. Leave the war to us young people."

Zhang Zhiji pointed at Huang Degong and said angrily: "Huang Chuangzi, whether you die or not is not my business. If your Highness makes any mistake, how many lives will you have to pay?"

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight, Zhu Cixuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, the battle must be fought, but I don't fight unprepared battles. I have sent someone to investigate the movements of slave thieves. I believe there will be a reply if I can't use it. Then go out of the city and kill them again! Now the infantry climbs the city, and the cavalry is on standby."

Before this, Zhu Cixuan had already ordered that he would not accept the night and strengthen reconnaissance around the capital so that the Qing army could be discovered as soon as possible. At the same time, he ordered the departments of the Beijing camp to be vigilant and strengthen the rotation of the nine gates on duty all day and night.

Accompanied by Zhang Zhiji, the second in command of the Beijing camp, Zhu Cixuan climbed the city tower, took out his telescope, adjusted the focal length, and looked out of the city.

Hundreds of people were escaping towards the city wall in the distance. Behind them was a group of Qing troops. Some were waving their weapons, while others bent bows and arrows on the horse's backs and shot at the people who were fleeing in front.

Among the driven people, some people were constantly shot to the ground, bursts of screams, cries and screams came, mixed with many smug laughter from the Qing army and the Manchu language that they couldn't understand.

The soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion on the top of the city were also angry by the atrocities of the Qing army. They were all filled with righteous indignation and rubbed their fists and wanted to go out to fight.

Zhu Cixuan had long been mentally prepared for the arrival of the Qing army. Since taking charge of the Yongwei Battalion, he has been preparing for war with the goal of resisting the invasion of the Qing army. Now is the time to test the results of preparation.

There were many soldiers in the Yongwei Camp who were elite soldiers from the nine borders. Before that, it was common for wars with Jiannu, so they were not afraid at all.

Huang Degong said angrily: "Your Highness, please order the cannon to kill these turtles!"

Sun Yingyuan immediately stopped him and said, "No, if the people ahead are hurt, it will be detrimental to Your Highness."

Huang Degong punched the battlement: "What should I do? Just watch these beasts abuse the people of the Ming Dynasty in front of us?"

Zhu Cilang was not angry, but he would never send troops rashly before he got the enemy's intelligence. If the Qing army had a large army nearby and attacked and attacked and killed in while the city gate was wide open, it would be a big deal.

Even if the enemy is defeated, he will probably be impeached by Wen Tiren's party within the next day, and the position of the crown prince may not be guaranteed. The safety of the capital is the bottom line of Emperor Chongzhen, and he cannot touch it.

When this group of Qing troops approached 200 steps from the city wall, they stopped moving forward, and at the same time followed closely behind the people in front of them, they seemed very cautious. (In ancient times, one step was five feet, equivalent to about one meter three to one meter five now.)

There were about 300 Qing troops in this group. The leader was wearing a Ming helmet and a Ming armor. Two flying feathers were inserted on the head of the helmet, two Dahou flags on the back, and one soldier on each side, each with a flying tiger-edged white-edged flag. It seemed to be like a Niulu Zhangjing.

Most of the rest were covered in iron armor, with red tassels on their heads, bronze mirrors on their chests, and sabers in their hands. The war horses under each person carried a lot of things, which were their robberies.

Sun Yingyuan pointed at the group of Qing soldiers at the top of the city and said, "The few silver armors behind Niu Lu Zhangjing should be white armored soldiers. They wear pointed needle hats and are war soldiers. The others are guardians. Although there are not many slave thieves, they are all elite soldiers and cannot be underestimated."

Zhu Cilang knew that the eight banner system of Jiannu divided soldiers into three levels: horse soldiers, combat soldiers and guard soldiers. It had nothing to do with whether the cavalry rode a horse, but the requirements were extremely strict, and the auxiliary soldiers were below the guard soldiers.

The treatment of soldiers of each level is very different. They can be promoted every three years. The horse soldiers can be regarded as elite among the Qing army. There are more outstanding horse soldiers, called Baizhuyala soldiers, also known as white armored soldiers.

The Eight Banners Army designated 300 people as One Niulu, Five Niulu as One Jiala, Five Jiala as One Gushan (Gushan is the flag). The Manchus divided the flags according to the Eight Banner system, and they were produced in peacetime and followed the wartime expedition.

A Niulu has only a dozen white-armored soldiers at most, and the few are only three or four white-armored soldiers. Therefore, white-armored soldiers can be said to be the elite among the elites in the Eight Banners Army. In the battle between the Ming army and the Qing army, dozens of white-armored soldiers can often defeat hundreds of Ming troops.

Under the city, one of the white-armored soldiers stepped forward, held the horse's neck with both hands, turned to the other side of the war horse, and then turned over and stepped onto the horse's back, showing off his horse's horse's horse skills.

At the same time, he raised the long tiger gun in his hand to the top of the city, burst into laughter with pride and said a few words loudly, and looked very proud in his expression.

The Qing army's superb horsemanship is enough to show that over the years, the Qing army has repeatedly invaded the borders of the Ming Dynasty and is invincible, which is not fortunate.

A young soldier in the Beijing camp on the city wall was angry by the doggy white armored soldier. He couldn't help but shoot an arrow at the white armored soldier. The arrow shot only flew about eighty steps and was inserted into the ground.

When the white-armored soldier saw it, he immediately patted his horse's back and laughed. Behind him, hundreds of Qing soldiers burst into laughter, pointing at the top of the city, saying something to each other in Manchu language, obviously mocking the Ming army.

"Shame!" British Duke Zhang Zhiji used his horse whip to slash the soldier who shot the arrow, and cursed angrily.

When Zhu Cilang saw this, he was not angry, but nodded instead, and then said to British Duke Zhang Zhiji: "Let the archers shoot arrows at the bottom."

Zhang Zhiji immediately said: "Your Highness, the distance is too far, you can't shoot at all, it will be a waste of time to attack our army's momentum."

Zhu Cilang frowned and said, "What are you talking about? Execute the order!"

"Yes!" Zhang Zhiji immediately arranged for the archer to shoot, and at the same time complained in his heart that the Eastern Palace was just a child, and he was still commanding without knowing anything.

A group of archers from the Beijing camp shot in a row, and a rain of arrows broke out from the city. However, clusters of arrows were only inserted into the ground dozens of meters away from the Qing soldiers, which immediately caused bursts of laughter and scolding from the Qing soldiers under the city.

Seeing that the Ming army in the city did not dare to fight, the Qing army became more and more bold and pursued the people outside the city and advanced forward.

The people were chased by the Qing army. After seeing arrows shot on the top of the city, they not only did not stop, but instead changed direction and rushed forward harder, wanting to rush to the city gate.

The Qing army was not in a hurry to chase after him, and slowly chased him behind him, occasionally shooting arrows at the escaped people.

However, when the Qing army reached that "arrow forest", they stopped moving forward. This was outside the range of Ming army archers, and they were still very cautious.
Chapter completed!