After Zhu Cixiang was rescued by the imperial physician, the first thing he did was to immediately send someone to recruit the red lady to come to Beijing to meet the emperor.
An hour later.
The red lady rushed to the palace after a long journey, and was startled when she saw Zhu Cixiang sitting on the couch.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
It had only been a few days since I last saw the little emperor, and he turned out to be even more haggard than last time, and his heart began to tighten for a moment.
"Don't worry, my dear, I'm fine. I just need to rest for a while."
"You all stand down!"
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand, his tone seemed a little weak.
"It's your Majesty!"
The serving maids and female guards retreated one after another.
"My beloved, sit down."
Zhu Cixi patted the seat next to him, and the red lady didn't show any pretense and sat directly beside the couch.
"My beloved, Dorgon has already camped out and must be going to conquer Tongzhou. I want to know, if the two armies have a decisive battle in Tongzhou, what are your chances of winning?"
After speaking, he stared at her with burning eyes.
If the Red Lady is not sure, then she can only abandon all the non-combatants in the city, and then let the Tongzhou army hold on, waiting until the Tatars lose their troops and generals before attacking.
But if the red lady is confident of repelling the opponent, or can fight to the death of both sides, then fight quickly and fight immediately.
For one thing, he really didn't want to delay, and he didn't have the capital to delay.
Secondly, due to Dorgon and the Tatars' urinary temperament, if they don't give up their will without a fight, I'm afraid they won't be able to leave, and they might end up fighting each other to death.
The red lady also knew that they did not have much food and grass. Tongzhou only had five days of food left, and the capital city could not squeeze out much, otherwise the little emperor would not be tortured to the point of death.
So he took a deep breath and solemnly said: "Your Majesty, let's fight immediately. The outcome should be between three and seven. Our army is three and the Tatars are seven. But our army is backed by the camp and has high morale. Even if we lose, we can still win."
If you fight him, both sides will suffer losses and retreat to the camp!"
"Okay! I feel relieved to have my beloved concubine!"
Zhu Cixiang straightened up suddenly and said excitedly.
Then he added: "Without further delay, my beloved concubine will go back immediately to mobilize the army. As soon as the Tatars arrive, they will fight to the death. Tell the soldiers that if the Tatars are defeated, each person will be rewarded with ten acres of land!"
"My lord, take the order!"
The red lady also stood up quickly, knelt down on one knee and worshiped, her face full of determination and perseverance.
"My beloved concubine, the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, but you must be careful and protect yourself. I still need my beloved concubine to help me pacify the world and expand my territory!"
Zhu Cixiang pulled her up, grabbed her hand and warned her.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Your Majesty must also take care of your dragon body!"
The red lady also said with a concerned look on her face. Seeing his appearance, she felt really worried and uncomfortable.
"Well, I'm just overworked these days, so it's okay."
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand.
"Then your majesty has a good rest, I take my leave!"
The red lady said no more, bowed once more, then turned and left.
After the red lady left, Zhu Cihong summoned the two princes, Zhou Yuji, Tang Tong, Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian, to the palace.
"My dear friends, the Jiannu army has moved towards Tongzhou. I have ordered the imperial concubine to lead the army to fight. Although the men and horses in the capital will not participate in the battle, they must make a show of it. How many enemy troops can be contained."
"Just leave 10,000 soldiers and horses and 3,000 imperial troops in the city. The British Duke will stay in the city to take charge of the overall situation. Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian will follow!"
"yes!"
The three men hurriedly knelt down and replied, secretly saying that the decisive battle was finally about to begin. If they did not fight to the decisive battle, they would be able to bear it, and the women at home would not be able to bear it either.
"Zhou Yuji!"
"I'm here!" Zhou Yuji also hurriedly knelt down.
"You will command the army, move the camp twenty miles north, and act according to the opportunity. You will be appointed Duke of the country, and Tang Tong will follow suit!"
"yes!"
The three people quickly replied.
Tang Tong was fine, but Duke Dingguo was a little disappointed, but no matter how disappointed he was, he didn't dare to show it on his face.
Zhu Cihong gave some more instructions, and the six people left in a hurry.
Outside the palace, seeing that Zhu Cixiang had finally finished his work, Queen Zhou and Zhang Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly led the maid to the bedside carrying the medicine bowl.
"Hong'er, drink the medicine quickly. After drinking, lie down and rest."
"Mother, I'm not sick. Why are you drinking so much medicine? Take it away quickly..."
Zhu Cixiang looked at the bowl of dark medicine and was so frightened that he quickly waved his hand.
"Hong'er, you've been mentally exhausted recently and haven't had a good rest. This is the medicine prescribed by Dr. Hu to calm your nerves and replenish your qi. Drink it while it's hot..."
Empress Zhou didn't take it seriously. She picked up the medicine bowl from the tray next to her and mixed it with a spoon, blew on it again, and then handed it to him.
"Mother, I'm really not sick. I'll be fine after just resting for a while. How can I keep taking medicine?"
Zhu Cihong pushed the medicine bowl and shook his head like a wave drum.
"Hong'er, your mother and I cooked this medicine ourselves. We haven't left it for a moment, and we've also found someone to try it. You can drink it with confidence!"
Seeing how nervous he was, Zhang Yan on the side also explained with a wry smile, obviously knowing what he was worried about.
"You can't drink it either, mother-in-law, you don't know the profoundness of Chinese medicine, and it's almost impossible to guard against the tricks of those young people.
Maybe you’ll be fine if you drink it, but I might be fine if I drink it. If I drink it today, I’ll be fine. Maybe in March or May, I’ll be fine, so I will never drink this medicine.”
Zhu Cixiang simply stopped hiding it and shook his head.
Even if he is beaten to death, he will not take the medicine prescribed by the palace doctor. From now on, if he is sick and needs medicine, he will only quietly leave the palace to find a doctor for treatment.
The two women were helpless when they saw that he was so suspicious and cautious.
Zhang Yan had no choice but to say again: "Hong'er, Mrs. Hu has been favored by the emperor and has been a medical officer for decades. You can drink it without worry. Besides, my mother-in-law also knows some pharmacology. I have also read the prescriptions. They are indeed all good."
It’s a medicine that soothes the mind and replenishes the body.”
"Auntie, please stop talking. The child needs to rest. You are also exhausted these days. Go and have a rest!"
After Zhu Cixiang finished speaking, he lay down directly. Now that his body was weak, he had to be more careful in everything and never give any opportunity to those with ulterior motives.
The two women were angry and anxious when they saw that he was not getting enough food and salt. They looked at each other and Zhang Yan also sat on the edge of the cave. She waved her hand to drive the others out. It was obvious that she was trying to force-fed medicine.
At the same time, after the six British Dukes left the palace, the army in the city began to mobilize.
Zhou Yuji led 50,000 men and 6,000 imperial troops out of the city to join the 50,000 troops outside the city. Early the next morning, the 100,000 troops marched northward in a mighty manner.
The army of Jiannu slaves also marched towards Tongzhou in a mighty manner. Wherever they passed, the sky was covered with people, horses and vehicles, and the dust raised covered the sky and the sun.
After all, Jiannu was a guest army. After persisting for twenty days, Dorgon finally did not dare to delay any longer and chose the last resort to attack the Tongzhou camp.
In order to prevent the Ming army in the capital from encircling and attacking, Dorgon had to detach another 30,000 cavalry and let Azig be the commander to monitor and contain the Ming army in the capital.
There was no way, the capital city had tall walls, coupled with Duduo's temptation and the night attack that night, even if more than 200,000 horse and infantry were filled up, it was hard to say whether the capital city could be breached.
Once the siege of the city is thwarted, the 300,000 Ming troops in Tongzhou will definitely press over immediately.
So we can only attack Tongzhou Camp.
As long as the 300,000 Ming troops are defeated, even if the final losses are somewhat heavy, they can still besiege the capital, and then send the cavalry boldly south to raise food.
Even if they can't raise food and there is no threat from Tongzhou's army, they can still kill horses to satisfy their hunger and siege the capital.
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