This is a head-on battle. Both sides have armor. The Qing soldiers were wearing armor inside and iron armor outside. The defense of armor was also very good.

Both sides used knives to kill each other. Even if the scout team was equipped with sharp machetes, it would not be easy to cut the armor on the Qing soldiers.

However, the defense of the armor is not as high as that of the plate armor. As long as the blade is harder, you can completely cut it.

However, the Qing soldiers were besieged, with one person facing the front and the other on the side, and with just a few stabs, a Qing soldier could be killed off the horse.

At this time, the soldiers in the scout team holding boring handles immediately showed great combat power. They just inserted it casually, and as long as they got stuck, they could insert a Qing soldier off the horse.

After the battle, the team leader Lin Kong counted some casualties. In his scout team, only one person fell off the horse because of an arrow, and his leg was swollen. Although the remaining soldiers were injured, they were all minor injuries that were not related to itching and pain.

They captured sixteen Qing soldiers' heads and even thirty horses. Most of these horses were war horses of horse-level horses, mixed with some horse-mounted horses.

"Jiannu just did this, and he cut thirteen heads so easily." Lin Kong, captain of the scout team, said excitedly. Deputy captain Liang Sheng pulled out the arrow inserted into his left chest and said with lingering fear: "Fortunately, the steel plate here in the heart has been thickened, otherwise this life would have to be left here today."

"Yes! If it weren't for this steel armor today, the brothers would have suffered heavy casualties. These Tartars would have fought their lives very hard." A scout said with lingering fear.

"Cleaning the battlefield quickly and sending the spoils and wounded back," Lin Kong ordered.

The scout team quickly cleaned the battlefield, and then divided the two of them back to Langfang camp with spoils and wounded soldiers. The remaining twelve people continued to investigate northwards.

The north is a plain area, and you can see more than ten miles away at a glance. The scout team is equipped with a military telescope of ten times the rate, which can detect enemies within ten miles and clearly see the enemy's appearance within two thousand meters.

The scout team with telescopes acted like ghosts. When they encountered a large group of Qing soldiers, they would bypass them from afar. When they encountered a small group of Qing soldiers, they would come forward to ambush or attack directly.

Within one day, several scout teams each had their own achievements, but they did not find the main force of the Qing army in the brigade. The next day, each scout team bypassed the capital and arrived north of the capital. When one of the scout teams arrived in Changping, the weather was still calm under Changping. When they found Tianshou Mountain north of Changping, they found the main force of the Qing army.

Lin Kong and others climbed the mountain. Under the observation of the telescope, they immediately saw Deling with fire and thick smoke. Deling was Zhu Youxiao's tomb, which was burned by the Qing soldiers at this moment.

The Thirteen Tombs near Tianshou Mountain in Changping were the magnificent tombs built by the Ming court for 8 million taels, with an investment of no less than 10 million taels.

"Damn Tartars, they actually hid here and burned my Ming Dynasty tomb." Lin Kong and others gritted their teeth. There were at least 40,000 to 50,000 Qing soldiers below, but they didn't dare to go down and fight to the death.

"Captain, it seems that Jiannu is all here. Let's take the news back as soon as possible!" Liang Sheng urged.

"Let the four brothers divide into two teams, one of them takes the four horses back to report, and we will continue to monitor here." Lin Kong said.

"yes."

Their team captured a lot of horses. Some of them had brought back before, and they also brought more than a dozen spare horses. Four scouts immediately brought four horses and divided into two teams and ran towards Langfang.

...On the ninth day of the lunar month, Zhao Yan finally arrived at the Tanggu area in Tianjing. After a five-day march, he joined Tanggu's baggage troops and then advanced towards Langfang.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Zhao Yan arrived in Langfang. The army of Denglai gathered here outside Langfang City. Scouts came out everywhere and investigated everywhere. When Zhao Yan arrived in Langfang, the scouts led by Lin Yi and Wu Yongliang did not find the main position of the Qing army.

"They don't know where they hid, but the scout teams cut down a lot of Jiannu who came out to investigate." Wu Yongliang said depressedly.

"But on the fifth day, Jiannu entered Juyongguan, and no warning was heard from other areas. Their main force should be in the area north of Changping." Lin Yi pointed to the map and said.

"Thirteen Tombs!" Zhao Yan frowned and looked at this area. However, he could not remember the Qing soldiers' invasion route this time, so he could only judge by intelligence.

"Urgent report..." A sudden sound of horse hooves came from outside, and two scouts galloped over and immediately turned over and rushed into the camp.

"The main forces of Jiannu gathered to the west of Tianshou Mountain, about 40,000 people, and plundered the western mountains. The nine days were about to burn Deling." The scout reported.

"Go down and have a rest!" Zhao Yan said to the two scouts.

"Yes, sir." The two scouts immediately retreated after reporting the news.

Zhao Yan said to the staff of the General Staff: "Map of the Thirteen Tombs."

The staff of the General Staff quickly spread out the map of the Thirteen Tombs area that had been surveyed and mapped. Zhao Yan and the generals in the camp surrounded him. Liu Heng looked at the map and pointed to it and said, "At this moment, Jiannu gathered in the western mountains and would inevitably go south. After going south, he would attack Changping, Liangshan, Shunyi and other capital cities. Changping is closest to them, and they should attack Changping first."

"Immediately rush to Changping to report to the emperor, and then I said that the military situation was urgent and I could not wait for the instructions." Zhao Yan ordered.

"Here."

After ordering, the entire army set out from Langfang and rushed to Changping for assistance.

Qian Zhiyi hurriedly drafted the memorial and asked her to send someone to the capital.

...In the early July of the ninth year of Chongzhen (1636), the capital was in martial law. Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered the inner minister Li Guofu to guard Zijing Pass, Xu Jinzhong guarded Duma Pass, Zhang Yuanheng guarded Longquan Pass, and Cui Liang guarded Gu Pass. A few days later, he ordered Zhu Chunchen, Duke Cheng to inspect the border. On the fifth day, the Qing army met in Yanqing, the capital, and entered Juyong Pass.

Ninth, the West Mountain was looted, and Zhu Youjiao's tomb was burned. After Zhu Youjian received the news that day, he cried in the Qianqing Palace. He was angry but helpless, and his face became more and more gloomy.

"Emperor, Zhao Yan reported that the entire Denglai army has arrived in Langfang today. Jianlu is trying to attack Changping. He is rushing to help Changping, but he failed to report it in time due to the urgent military situation."

"Zhao Yan? He is here so soon?" Zhu Youjian was shocked, but then asked in confusion. The news about Zhao Yan's rescuing the king was just arrived in the capital during the seventh day. Some of them were submitted by Zhao Yan himself, and some of them were submitted by the Shandong prefect Yan Jizu.

"According to Tianjin, Langfang officials reported that Denglai soldiers rode horses, and some of them came from sea to Tianjin. The speed was very fast. Wherever the king-supporting army went, they were not in conflict with the people." Wang Chengen explained, "With the Denglai brave army guarding the capital, the construction of the capitulation would definitely not be beneficial."

"Okay, this son is indeed loyal and brave." Zhu Youjian couldn't help but applaud. The soldiers and horses of all the kings often arrived in the capital for more than a month, and most of the people fled in the middle of the journey. However, the Denglai Army only took four days to "give him three thousand taels of silver to make him feel at ease to kill the enemy."

At this moment, Zhu Youjian's trust in Zhao Yan had reached a very high level.

...The news of Zhao Yan's rescuing the king reached the court, but the cabinet chief Wen Tiren and the Minister of War Zhang Fengyi had Zhao Yan's idea, and the two conspired on the Ninth Night.

"This time Zhao Yan went to Beijing to serve the king, but it was a good opportunity to eliminate him." Wen Tiren said to Zhang Fengyi.

"Why?" Zhang Fengyi asked excitedly.

"He brought more than 30,000 troops to serve the king. People would need a large amount of food and grass when they chewed the horses. The Ministry of War could press them but not send them out. If the army did not come out, it would be defeated. Then we will submit a memorial to discuss the crimes and will be accomplished." Wen Tiren said with a smile.

Zhang Fengyi's face changed and said anxiously: "If the Denglai Army launches the three-year change of Shaanxi Border Army to serve the king, if the emperor takes responsibility, I, the Minister of War, cannot escape."

"There is no need to worry about this. The Denglai Army came to serve the king without authorization. However, no one was in the calculation of food and grass. The Ministry of War could completely shirk the power and responsibility without preparing in advance. If Jianlu came to the city, he would let Zhao Yan take the blame." Wen Tiren thought of a countermeasure, and Zhang Fengyi couldn't help but take the cold breath. Wen Tiren was indeed black-bellied, and his eyes were immediately very afraid of Wen Tiren.

Wen Tiren claims to have no gang members, but in fact he has already secretly formed a large number of gang members.

However, Zhang Fengyi was not his gangster. The two would come together because Zhao Yan had the interests of the salt merchants in the two Huai Rivers, and many powerful people in the court wanted to kill him.

So this insidious plan appeared... However, although Wen Tiren's plan was insidious, he didn't know that Zhao Yan had always raised military funds and food and supplies by himself. This time, he would naturally not place food and supplies on the court.

However, Wen Tiren, Zhang Fengyi and others were unaware of the situation. They sneered and waited to see Zhao Yan's fate, thinking that holding the food and grass was like pinching the eggs of Denglai Army.

...Zhao Yan's army of kings rushed towards Changping, and the marching speed was still very fast, and the baggage battalion was left behind.

After half a year of training, the baggage battalion has its own set of tactics and can undertake transportation tasks alone.

On the tenth day of July, Zhao Yan's army had arrived in Changping. At this moment, Changping was calm and the Qing soldiers were still robbing near Xishan.

The Denglai Army sent nearly 500 scouts to wander around the Qing soldiers to investigate.

The Qing soldiers immediately noticed the sudden appearance of scouts. These scouts were as annoyed as flies. The Qing soldiers sent a scout to drive them away, almost without returning.

A large group of cavalry was sent out, like cannons hitting mosquitoes, and the other party had already fled far away.

In the Xishan Qing army camp, Prince Ajige was located in the upper seat, Bele Abatai was followed, and the other Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were arranged on both sides.

"I don't know where the scouts came out recently. We kept investigating around our army. All of our scouts were no match for each other. There were no less than a hundred children killed. Niu Lu was sent to wipe out, but the Ming people's scouts ran away. Let's talk about what to do!" Ajige asked in an inverted voice.

"Prince Ying, why should these scouts do? Can they still dare to attack our army?" Gushan Ezhen said contemptuously.

"Hmph! They dare not attack our army, but they dare to attack our scouts. If they don't solve the Ming people's scouts, we are like blinding our eyes, stripping our clothes and being seen naked." Abatai snorted coldly.

"Mr. Beile is such a bad word. Why is my Eight Banners a woman? The Eight Banners should be a man. A majestic man, and those wise men are women. Even if they are blind, we can still touch him. When a woman sees a man so majestic, she may feel her heart secretly and throw herself into her arms. Haha!" Gushan Ejin laughed again and said, not respecting Abatai. Although Abatai is Nurhaci's son, his status in the Qing Dynasty is not even as good as that of Taze, who was a teenager.

"Well! It's reasonable. Then don't care about them! But our scouts still have to continue to send them." Ajige couldn't help but agree. In their eyes, the Ming army was vulnerable, otherwise they would not dare to enter the pass with such a big swagger. "This time, many captured in Yanqing, and Ming said, "We will rush our troops south to plunder Changping."
Chapter completed!