Capital.

Yu Qian stood at Xizhimen, one of the nine gates, to inspect the defenses.

These days, this guy barely slept.

Check for any gaps over and over again to make sure you are well prepared.

Ye Xian's army has already broken through Zijin Pass and may rush to the nine gates of the capital to attack the city at any time.

In order to facilitate the command of the troops, Li Shimin then gave him the power to supervise the troops and horses of each battalion!

Let Yu Qian, a civil servant, be able to command the troops to guard the capital in a legitimate manner.

As Minister of War, Yu Qian’s status is second only to that of Emperor Li Shimin.

"Sir, you should have a good rest."

The generals on the city wall who were originally a little unconvinced have long been impressed by the opponent's courage and ability. In one month, the armor level of the capital's defenders increased from one-tenth to fully armed!

Two-thirds of the entire Nanjing capital, A total of one million weapons were quickly transported to the capital. In addition to the deployment of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian also used private manpower and material resources to transport food and grass.

He used money to encourage the people and transported food to the capital. When the soldiers had enough food and supplies, their morale naturally increased.

More importantly What's more, in order to improve morale, Yu Qian directly paid half a year's military pay.

According to what he said, if the money is not given to the soldiers guarding the city, should it be considered as compensation for defeat?

The combat effectiveness of the entire capital garrison increased through exercises, not to mention improving How much.

In terms of status and morale, it is almost rising day by day.

"I also want to take a nap, but how can I fall asleep at such a critical moment?"

Yu Qian shook his head melancholy. He had never commanded such a large army.

But he summarized the fiasco of Tumubao and felt that there was a problem with logistics.

So his focus this month has been to ensure logistics supply as much as possible.

Even if With another 100,000 garrison troops, the city will have enough food, grass and weapons!

"The capital can definitely be defended!"

The general who was originally a bit defeatist was moved by Yu Qian and gained the confidence to win the battle.

"Well, I can definitely keep it!"

Yu Qian looked at the soldiers coming and going around the regiments and camps, thinking deeply in his heart.

He divided the three major battalions in the capital into ten regiments.

Except for the 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Imperial Guards and Jinyi Guards under the direct command of the emperor, the rest The men and horses were stationed at the nine gates.

Within the nine gates, there was also a regimental camp serving as a reserve team, ready for reinforcements at any time.

"The 10,000 men in your Majesty's hands should also be organized into the Tenth Regiment Battalion."

Yu Qian suddenly remembered something and said with a bit of pity.

Regarding this group of troops, Li Shimin refused to give Yu Qian command at all. He always said that he was of great use.

But in Yu Qian's view, the only way to integrate into the tenth regiment to defend the city is to Use them together to achieve the greatest effect

"Not good, not good!"

Just when Yu Qian was thinking about admonishing the emperor to get the 10,000 horses over, suddenly someone ran over anxiously!

"What's wrong? Did you call first?"

Yu Qian believed that the most critical thing was Wala's army.

However, the other party's words only made his eyes go dark.

"No, sir.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty is missing!

As well as the imperial guards and the imperial guards, they all left the Desheng Gate!"

Deshengmen is the northwest gate facing the Wala army.

"What, His Majesty is missing!

Do you know where to go?"

Yu Qian felt dizzy when he heard this.

Could it be that His Majesty is also very happy with his achievements today? He was always pretending to be calm before?

"I, I don’t know!

According to the soldiers below, they saw the Deshengmen army mobilizing an hour ago.

He said that he was going to fight against the Wala army!"

The visitor's face was filled with grievances. He had just learned the news.

"As for Shi Heng, why didn't he come and inform the Ministry of War?"

Shi Heng, who escaped from Xuancheng, was originally imprisoned.

But Li Shimin saw that he could fight, pardoned him for the crime of defeat, and put him in the imperial guard as a commander.

"I don’t know, they’re all gone. Some of them were taken away by His Majesty."

"This Shi Heng should advise His Majesty!"

Yu Qian felt like he was going crazy!

How could the Imperial Guards and the Jinyi Guards fight in the wild with the Wala army?

Could it be that the Tumubao fiasco was going to happen again!

If two emperors were captured in succession, would the Ming Dynasty really be destroyed? ?

Yu Qian, whose head is about to explode, cannot send out an army to respond at this moment.

He can only send out scouts to find the movements of Li Shimin's army first.

……

One hundred miles northwest of the capital is Badaling.

Li Shimin and his men lurked at a perfect location, waiting for the Wala pioneers to pass by.

"Your Majesty, if the Oara people don't cross the river, then this road must be their only way."

Shi Heng was at the border and had fought with Wala many times and had rich experience.

This is also the reason why Li Shimin said he was raised from prison.

"Did the scout find out the enemy's situation?"

Li Shimin stood on the hillside, overlooking the direction of the Oara army.

"After reporting, the scouts came to report.

There were five thousand men in the vanguard, all cavalry."

In ancient battles, if there were more than 10,000 people, there would be a vanguard, center army and rear army. The Wala people were no exception.

The purpose of these five thousand cavalry as the vanguard was to sweep around the capital and cut off the connection between the capital and the outside world. Then the army came to besiege the city.

It became an isolated city, which put great psychological pressure on the defenders inside.

"Okay, just ambush them here!"

Li Shimin looked at the guards around him. Although they were all infantry, their training was sloppy.

It should be enough to catch them off guard.

Shi Heng was a little hesitant when he heard this,"Your Majesty, we only have ten thousand people.

If one thousand of the five thousand Oara vanguard cavalry escape the encirclement, our side may be routed!"

If he was alone, he would not be afraid. A fight to the death would be over.

But with Li Shimin as the emperor, he had to consider the possibility of failure.

There are still risks.

"If these five thousand cavalry are captured, the capital will be easier to defend from now on."

Li Shimin is not blindly confident, but a decision made based on a lot of intelligence.

Fighting is a very difficult thing for others.

What is our own combat strength? What is the enemy's combat strength?

Morale, food, ordnance, and terrain are all It needs to be considered carefully.

Even Yu Qian has to make great efforts to understand this.

But standing here is Li Shimin, who has decades of battlefield experience and lives another life as Tian Khan!

The entire battlefield is facing him. It was as if Yan had opened the whole map and knew it as clearly as the palm of his hand.

Three hours later, the sky gradually darkened, and just when the soldiers were waiting a little uneasily, the Ora cavalry came running. They maintained the most basic formation, in order to be more precise. As they hurried on, they lost some vigilance. What they didn't expect was that the Ming army would take the initiative to go out of the city to ambush them.

Without any vigilance, there was a sudden loud killing cry from above the valley.

"kill!"

Huge rolling stones and wood fell, blocking all the front and rear exits.

On the dim hillside, there seemed to be an endless charge of the Ming army!

"kill!"

"Fight back, fight back!"

The vanguard army tried its best to organize a counterattack, and the cavalry galloped left and right to save the defeat.

But a few days ago, Li Shimin refused Oala's extortion of gold and silver treasures.

Instead, he used the money to reward the imperial guards and the imperial guards.

Under the heavy rewards, there must be brave men..These generous rewards are all converted into motivation for charging.

"kill!"

Within half an hour, the five thousand cavalry were defeated.

After suffering huge casualties, the Wala vanguard officer fled in despair with several hundred cavalry.

The strong wind blew and the firelight swayed.

The Ming army could hardly believe that they were like this Won easily!

The Wala army seems not as invincible as imagined!

"Won victory!"

"Won victory!"

Shi Heng's ears were filled with cheers all over the mountains and plains.

He couldn't help but look at the calm Li Shimin, and he had a vague feeling in his heart.

The previous disastrous defeat was not because the Ming army was not good, but because the emperor was too bad.

If this man now leads the Northern Expedition with an army of 500,000 , the headache must have come first!

After a stick of incense, Li Shimin returned with the army that had cleaned the battlefield.

Such a shocking and huge result immediately detonated the entire capital!

Yu Qian and others were unbelievable. Could it be that Taizu Taizong had manifested his spirit?!

The emperor's military talents are beyond their reach.

But in Li Shimin's eyes, where is this?

A small battle is not even a warm-up!

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