After the rising sun climbed over the city and illuminated the area west of Xizhimen, Daming's Qinwangjun camp also showed vitality.

Chenxi's army was not as dead as others imagined. Even though most of the soldiers had been busy for half a night, they only built the fortifications and returned to their respective tents to sleep. At this time, they also came out to train in high spirits and make all preparations before the war began.

Zhu Houzhao looked very seriously at the top of the city. When he saw the lively scene of the King of Kings camp, his face was filled with smiles, and his mind flew into the camp unknowingly, becoming a member of the Ming army officers and soldiers in the camp.

The court sent Xiong Xiu and Zhang Heling to the city wall to supervise the battle.

As the Minister of War, Xiong Xiu was not very familiar with Chen Xi's use of troops. After seeing the camp, he immediately understood that Chen Xi was preparing to build a solid base that could be attacked and defended. In this way, even if the battle was unfavorable, he would not retreat to the capital, and the Tartars would not take the opportunity to capture the city gate.

Chen Xi did this to protect himself and to ensure that the capital city gates remain unabated.

He protects himself because Chen Xi knew that when he was in danger, the capital would not send reinforcements, nor would he open the city gate and let him and his officers and soldiers in. Staying outside the city would be a sure death.

Xiong Xiu is not only an envoy to the imperial mission, but also represents Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Nowadays, the defense of the Nine Gates of the Capital is said to be issued from the Ministry of War, but it is better to say that the decision is made by the cabinet. The person who really made the decision is Liu Jian, who even the second assistant Li Dongyang has no authority to make a decision.

Liu Jian was cautious and could not take risks, so he would not open the gates of the capital at will, and he would delay the issue of sending troops again and again.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, please come and ask you to return to the palace!" Xiong Xiu climbed to the top of the city and did not say anything about the next military action, but directly advised Zhu Houzhao to return to the palace.

Zhu Houzhao looked outside the city wall, ignored Xiong Xiu's chatter, raised her head and was full of pride: "Mr. Xiong said that when I go back to the palace, I will follow my order? Humph, when I met my father yesterday, my father didn't say that. He praised me and said that what I did in the past few days was very in line with his wishes, so that I could continue to work hard!"

Xiong Xiu thought to himself, my little ancestor, you don’t understand the good words, right? The emperor is complimenting you? It’s just a few words to encourage you to have confidence in governing the country and leading troops, so that you can become a qualified monarch in the future!

Xiong Xiu turned his body and asked Xie Qian for help. Xie Qian looked at the Tartars cavalry who had resumed his whereabouts outside Xizhimen and said, "Your Highness, the Tartars have started to move. Seeing that today's war is about to begin again, there are strange and turbulent outside Xizhimen. You stay here, for the Ming soldiers... there is more constraints, so it is better to..."

Zhu Houzhao turned around angrily and glared at Xie Qian: "Mr. Xie, what do you mean by saying this? Is this the palace staying here a hindrance? Could it be that this palace has also hindered you from doing anything?"

Xie Qian and others looked at each other, obviously what the naughty child was thinking was completely different from theirs.

Zhang Mao and Xie Qian stood on the same front. Since Xie Qian had spoken, he had to agree: "His prince supervising the battle at the city wall, on the one hand, he needs soldiers to protect him, and on the other hand, the officers and soldiers will be distracted when fighting. The prince must not act voluntarily!"

If Zhu Houzhao's words were followed, it would not be said that he stayed at the top of the city and was in the way. But in the minds of these important officials and generals, they really didn't want the prince to come to the front line. First, the crown prince of the country was too precious, and something might affect the fate of the Ming Dynasty. Second, to protect the absolute safety of the prince, the soldiers would not be able to look forward to it.

"I will stay here!" Zhu Houzhao made up his mind, "If anyone asked me to go down to the top of the city today, I will jump down and show him!"

Several old ministers looked at each other. Even if they had far-sightedness, they had no choice but to do anything at this time. They were good at conspiring and deceitful in the officialdom, but they had no choice but to face a cheating crown prince.

Xiong Xiu looked at Xie Qian again, hoping that Xie Qian could find a solution, but Xie Qian did not make any statement after hitting the wall.

Xiong Xiu himself was also ordered to do it. So many people present had higher official qualities than him, and even a hero like the British Duke was present, so he would not be forced to show off himself.

Zhu Houzhao looked outside the city and thought: "I don't know why, but I think that the next step for the Tartars to attack will never be Xizhimen. They are afraid of Mr. Chen's troops. If they launch an attack from Xizhimen, they must first destroy Mr. Chen's camp. This is too difficult!"

The people present had no idea where Zhu Houzhao came from. Even those with rich experience could not judge the next direction of the Tatars' attack. The prince had never even left the city gate, so how could he guess? Therefore, they pretended that the prince had never heard of the prince's words.

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In the Nanyuan of the capital, the Tatar Central Army camp, tens of thousands of elite Khan troops have completed the final assembly.

The main attack direction of the Tatars this time was indeed not Xizhimen, but the gateway to the Ming Dynasty's capital, and the Zhengyangmen, which the Ming Dynasty officials believed to be the most sturdy defense of the capital.

The Tatars attacked the capital from Zhengyang Gate mainly because the city walls were deep from the outside, but in fact, Zhengyang Gate was the least attacking one among the nine gates of the capital.

In terms of strengthening the defense of the Nine Gate, Zhengyang Gate was extremely strong in the eyes of the Ming dynasty and ministers, and they were all ignored city gates. In several repairs, a large amount of money and grain were deducted, so that Zhengyang Gate belonged to the paper tiger among the Nine Gates of the Capital, which was not useful.

The Tatar soldiers had not had the idea of ​​Zhengyang Sect before, but on the one hand, the Ming Dynasty dispatched heavy troops in Zhengyang Sect, and on the other hand, they were also preparing to use this as the last trump card. If the gap could be opened at other city gates, there would be no need to use this kill.

However, Chen Xi led his troops back to the rescue and broke the Tatars' fantasy. At the same time, after several days of continuous harassment and combat, most of the defenders of Zhengyangmen were transferred to Xizhimen, Deshengmen and other city gates, and there were loopholes in the defense, which could be fully utilized.

After inspecting the team, Dayan Khan Batumonk, under the protection of the Qiexue army, rode out of Nanyuan and headed north all the way to the temple of heaven.

Batumonk did not dismount, but directly rode his horse to the Temple of Heaven, sat on the horse's back and looked into the direction of Zhengyangmen, secretly estimating the possible outcome of this war.

Susuha hurried behind Batumonk on a horse, with a hurried look on her face: "Khan, Xuanfu sent a secret report. The National Army led its troops to evacuate Xuanfu Town the day before yesterday. Yesterday, the troops had already left Zhangjiakou, and their whereabouts were unknown!"

Batumonk looked cold and said, "Yisma really betrayed the Khan tribe. At this time, he hurried back to the grassland. What exactly do you want to do?"

Susuha said: "Khan, do you need to send troops to arrest him?"

Batumonk raised his hand and shook it: "No need. In today's battle, if we cannot recover the capital of Dayuan, we will withdraw our troops from Zijing Pass and return to the grassland..."

Susuha seemed very unwilling to give up: "Khan, this... this... we finally took the Xuan Mansion and came to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Is it not worth it to give up so easily?"

Batumonk looked at Susuha for a while, shook his head and sighed: "There are gains and losses. It is true that the conquering Xuanfu and Zijing Pass was smooth before, but the failure to conquer Xizhimen in one fell swoop is the biggest failure... The best fighter has been lost, and I don't know when I will get the same opportunity."

"Now Yi Sima withdraws his troops and is likely to return to the grassland to conspire and conspire. The Ming border troops have withdrawn. If we can recover Dadu and intimidate the grassland troops, we may fight with the Ming border troops. Otherwise, when the food route is broken, our grassland warriors may have no way out!"

"Susuha, I trust you very much. In today's battle, you will still lead the troops. If you can conquer Dadu, you will be the national commander. In the future, the eight grassland tribes will have your place!"

When Susuha heard this promise, she was very excited and quickly saluted and expressed her respects: "I am willing to devote all my efforts to the revival of the Khan tribe!"

"It's not necessary to devote your efforts. If you can take my prairie to the top of the city, your mission will be successfully completed!"

Batumonk looked up at the direction of the city wall, his heart was full of anger, and the horse whip in his hand couldn't help but hold it tightly, "The general of the Tumu Fort defender of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Xi once ordered tens of thousands of Tatars to hate Yuxi, but now it has made my Khan army defeat the sand many times. If he does not die, my grassland's soul cannot rest in peace, so he must pay his life!"

Susuha saluted again: "Don't worry, Khan, I will definitely capture this person alive!"

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome to capture alive, just kill it! Even Yisimayin has been defeated many times under his command. You still... Well, breaking the city is the best, and you should not fight with will. He is guarding outside Xizhi Gate. As long as he sends cavalry to harass him, he will not cause much storm!"

Batumonk looked at the front of Zhengyang Gate again, "In this battle, we will target Zhengyang Gate, and we will be able to achieve success in one battle!"
Chapter completed!