June 12th is the day when Zhu Houzhao sent troops to fight head-on with the Tatars that he had decided in advance. Novels.

It was just dawn that day, Zhu Houzhao got up. Last night, he slept alone and felt refreshed when he woke up early in the morning. Concubine Li came to help Zhu Houzhao change clothes and put on thick military uniforms.

Xiao Tiaozi jogged in all the way and whispered warmly: "Your Majesty, breakfast is ready, it's not too late to change into military uniforms after you have eaten."

Zhu Houzhao was in a good mood and didn't bother with the little one. She smiled and said, "I'm not hungry. Sending troops today is more important than anything else. Eating breakfast will only make me slow to think. It's better to go directly to the city with an empty stomach. Call Zhang Yuan, and I want to ask him how his troops are preparing!"

Xiao Twist turned around and walked away quickly.

Concubine Li finally helped Emperor Zhengde change into military uniform. Zhu Hou looked in the mirror and was full of energy: "My beloved concubine, what do you think of my outfit?"

Li Fei looked at Zhengde's inappropriate look in the mirror, and she wanted to laugh, but she had to give a compliment: "Your Majesty is so heroic that he will definitely succeed in one battle today."

"! My dear concubine, you have a problem with this statement. As the saying goes, "A battle will last forever, how can I be the unruly tyrannical monarch who seeks victory by stepping on the bones of thousands of soldiers? Besides, today is just a test of whether it can be achieved in one battle. There are questions about whether it can be achieved in one battle. I don't expect to achieve a decisive victory this time. It would be good if there is a small victory... I have to wait until all the people arrive and then talk about the great victory."

Zhu Houzhao seemed very rational and her words were very pertinent, but to Concubine Li, she was full of nonsense.

"My dear, you have changed my military uniforms for me. Thank you for your hard work. Now you can also change your clothes... Today you have to accompany me to watch the battle on the city wall, don't let me down..."

Concubine Li smiled and took the order and stepped down to change her clothes.

Zhu Houzhao stayed alone in the room, like an excited child, unable to sit still at all, paced back and forth, and from time to time, he came to the mirror to see his appearance, straightened his back and forth, and occasionally shook his head and made a face, looking very proud.

While he was complacent, Zhang Yuan hurried in and did not report it in advance. However, Zhu Houzhao was in a state of excitement and did not argue with Zhang Yuan.

"...Your Majesty, the troops are ready. In addition to the use of defending the city, a total of 50,000 troops are waiting for His Majesty's orders to act." Zhang Yuan knelt down and saluted and reported respectfully.

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction, and immediately walked out, suddenly remembered something, and ordered: "Zhang Yuan, go and see how Li Fei is preparing. I can't wait to go up to the city to see the style of the soldiers."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "It should be because the soldiers admired His Majesty's heroic posture... I'll go and take a look now."

Zhang Yuan arrived at the side room in the backyard. Since he was ordered by the emperor to come and pass the order, he went straight into the room without the report.

After he entered the door, he kept crying.

After Zhang Yuan looked carefully, he realized that Concubine Li was changing clothes... Because Zhu Houzhao personally led the army to fight and did not bring palace maids, Concubine Li usually needed to take care of herself. However, after arriving at Zhangjiakou Fort, Zhu Houzhao temporarily arranged for local government officials to find maids to take care of Concubine Li's daily life. These maids were not so familiar with Zhang Yuan.

A noble man from the palace was changing his clothes, and suddenly a strange man broke in, making the maid scream.

Zhang Yuan glanced at him and Lifei stood tall in front of the mirror. Because the backyard of the garrison yamen was too small, Zhu Hou shone in the big house, leaving only one wing room for Lifei, and there was not even a screen inside and outside. Because usually, except for eunuchs, they could not enter the backyard, so that Lifei could not enter without any scruples.

Concubine Li didn't mind being in a state of innocence. She looked at Zhang Yuan's evil smile on her face in the mirror, frowned and shouted, "What's the fuss? Eunuch Zhang is not an outsider."

As he said that, Concubine Li straightened her chest and abdomen, twisted her waist intentionally or unintentionally, as if she was intentionally showing her most proud part of being a woman in front of Zhang Yuan. This is also the reason why she can be favored in front of Zhu Houzhao.

The maid knew that the man in front of him was a "father-in-law", so he was not so frightened. After all, eunuchs could be seen in the backyard. It was just because Zhang Yuan looked a little taller, and he also described it as a wretched person, which made the maid think that an ordinary guard broke in.

After hearing the words of Concubine Li, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but sneer and thought to himself: "She clearly mocked me for not being a man... If I still have the ability now, I will definitely not let her go, but it's a pity..."

Thinking of his situation, Zhang Yuan was very annoyed. In front of him was a beauty that could be said to have made all men in the world covetous, but even if the other party was naked, Zhang Yuan could not do anything.

The maid continued to help Concubine Li change clothes, first changing from the white clothes in the mid laner inside, and then putting on the military uniform outside. Everything was so slow and she was still asking: "Is Eunuch Zhang's thing?"

Zhang Yuan said with a dark face: "Your Majesty, please hurry up... Your Majesty has been prepared long ago, but you are so slow here, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will blame him?"

Concubine Li turned to look at Zhang Yuan and said tit-for-tat: "Eunuch Zhang, don't talk nonsense. I have just served Your Majesty to change my clothes, so I have time to come back and change my own... Do you want to question Your Majesty's decision?"

Zhang Yuan's body was shocked, and a sense of anger rushed straight into his forehead. He wanted to say something harsh to Concubine Li, but outsiders were present, and it was too close to where Zhu Houzhao lived, so he could only swallow his anger.

Concubine Li didn't change her clothes well, and Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry to leave, as if she was interested in enjoying the attractive scenery.

Concubine Li turned to look in the mirror, and said in a quiet tone: "You are a eunuch. Is it too rude to see that I change my clothes and don't blink for a moment?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "We have never seen you change your clothes, but we have helped other young masters change clothes. Even His Majesty's clothes, our family does not shy away from changing clothes. Is there anything difficult to describe in the empress?"

Concubine Li was full of energy: "Even if there is a hidden secret in this palace, only Your Majesty can see it...who are you?"

"you!"

Zhang Yuan didn't expect that Concubine Li would scold him like this. Just when he was dissatisfied with refuting, he suddenly realized that this might be a trick used by Concubine Li. As a slave, he was arrogant in the backyard, which was as big as a palm, and it was easy to reach Zhu Houzhao's ears.

Zhang Yuan changed into a smile: "My lady, don't be stubborn... I hope that the Empress will always be favored by Your Majesty. If one day loses power, don't fall into the washing machine. At that time, our family may ignore today's relationship!"

After saying that, Zhang Yuan looked arrogant and turned around and went out with his head raised, not even closing the door.

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Concubine Li was dressed up properly and came out in military uniform. She saw Zhu Houzhao who had been waiting for a long time in the yard.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Concubine Li and smiled and said, "The beloved concubine is wearing this outfit. She is full of heroism and masculinity. Those who don't know about it think it is the rebirth of Qiao Luo Cheng in Yushu, who is in the wind, which is eye-catching!"

Concubine Li smiled shyly: "Your Majesty praised you."

Zhang Yuan looked at Concubine Li, flattened her mouth, and thought to herself: "This kind of woman is just a vase. The more she looks like a little white-faced. How can she look like a little brave? I guess only the ignorant Majesty likes this tone..."

The group came out of the garrison yamen. Wang Shouren, the general of Xuan Da, Bai Yu, the general of Xuan Mansion, Xu Tai, the deputy general of Xuan Mansion, Zhao Wenyuan, the general of Wanquan's right guard, and others were waiting for Zhu Houzhao to come out.

When they saw the emperor's face, the group came up to salute and greet him.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand first, then glanced around and asked, "No need to be polite. Where is the Hu Qing family?"

Wang Shouren stepped forward and replied respectfully: "Go back to Your Majesty, Governor Hu is heading to the military camp. Today, Governor Hu will be in charge of the battle, so he will not go to the top of the city. He can only accompany His Majesty to the city tower to supervise the battle."

Zhu Houzhao said "Oh", finally understood and nodded, "Hu Qing's family needs to be in charge of command and dispatch, and it is not the meaning of the title of the city. Then OK, let him coordinate and send troops. Since he was assigned by Shangshu Chen to assist me, I am relieved of his ability. As for you..."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Bai Yu, Xu Tai and others, and the general meaning was that even Hu Lian did not come to accompany him. Why did you generals leave your post without permission?

Wang Shouren explained again: "Today, General Bai and others will not lead troops out of the city, so they will go to the city tower to supervise the battle with His Majesty. If His Majesty drives, they can be dispatched out of the city at any time."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in praise: "That's it. I haven't decided who will lead the troops yet. You can take yourself out first? Follow me first. If I notice that the situation of the battle has changed, I will temporarily change the formation. Then you will need to go into battle to kill the enemy!"

Bai Yu, Xu Tai and others were frightened when they heard this. At the level of the army, they basically didn't have to lead troops to fight in person, and fighting with the Tartars was even more nonsense.

Everyone knows that the emperor is the best place to perform, and who is willing to fight to the death to lead troops to attack?

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao did not arrange a mission to send troops for them now, so they could breathe a sigh of relief.

Then the imperial carriage came over, and Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said disgustedly: "Today is the day when the war begins. What is the statement I have to say about the imperial carriage? Lead the horse for me!"

Zhang Yuan advised: "Your Majesty, the dragon body is important!"

Zhu Houzhao glared at Zhang Yuan, looking extremely impatient. When Zhang Yuan saw that this posture could not be stopped, he quickly asked someone to bring the gentle white horse that Zhu Houzhao usually rode.

This white horse is a mare. It is usually kept in the palace and is carefully prepared. It has never been on the battlefield. It is very gentle. Zhu Houzhao occasionally rides slowly in the palace and basically does not ride a horse. There is no problem with safety.

Zhu Houzhao successfully got on the horse, and Concubine Li also found a dark horse to ride on it. When she rode the horse with her coherent and agile movements, Zhu Houzhao was stunned. Obviously, she didn't expect that her beloved concubine would have such a move.

The other generals basically rode on horseback, followed Zhu Houzhao and Lifei who were leading the horse slowly heading towards the north of the city, and encountered many barricades and checkpoints along the way.

In order to ensure the safety of the emperor, Zhangjiakou Fort set up a strict check. At the same time, it has barricades and other defense settings for the terrain. In this way, when the battle situation is unfavorable, these defense facilities can be used to carry out street fighting.

The geographical location of Zhangjiakou Fort is extremely important. Once the entire Xuanfu Town is lost, it will face the Tatar soldiers. At the same time, Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass will also be threatened. The establishment of barricades is necessary. In this way, even if the north of the city is lost, the Ming army can still retreat to the south of the city to resist, and the streets and alleys in the city will become tombs to bury the enemy.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the horse, looking around, and suddenly wanted to ride a horse when she was bored. She waved a few whips but found that the "good horse" under her could not run anytime, so she could only patiently go slowly to the north of the city.

Zhu Houzhao went up to the city, and local officials and generals had arrived first, with Sima Zhenren and Qian Ning also among them.

The flags fluttered in the wind, the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty fluttered high, and the golden throne on the city tower had been set up, as if they were afraid that the Tatars would not know who was coming from the city. Zhu Houzhao arrived and began to rise to his seat with the Zhonghe Shao music. Zhu Houzhao sat down on the throne. The officials and generals and tens of thousands of soldiers saluted Zhu Houzhao together. The scene was magnificent.

"You guys are calm." Zhu Houzhao had never seen such a spectacular scene before. She was a little excited for a moment, and her voice was slightly trembling.

The officials and generals on the top of the city got up when they heard Zhu Houzhao's words. As the military flag swayed, the soldiers below also stood up and began to line up in the urn and the city to prepare to send troops.

Zhu Houzhao pointed to the small flag in the hand of the commander curiously and asked, "That's the flag, right?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "That's right, Your Majesty has flag-speaking orders, which makes it much easier to do things. Besides, there is something in the army that can be seen far away, which is said to be a telescope. Why don't Your Majesty take one to see?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up: "Why didn't you say this good thing earlier?"

Then Zhu Houzhao stood up and watched everywhere, looking anxious. Zhang Yuan hurriedly brought a monocular telescope for Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao took it in his hand and looked into the distance, nodding and praised: "It's almost exactly the same as the telescope that Shangshu Shen used at the beginning. It should be made by Shangshu Shen."

Zhang Yuan didn't want to tell Zhu Houzhao about the origin of this magical telescope, because he knew that the telescope was brought to the army by Shen Xi and did not want to show Shen Xi's contribution. But when Zhu Houzhao spoke, Zhang Yuan realized that he was thinking too much. It turned out that the emperor had known that there was such a telescope, and he had tried it with Shen Xi.

Wang Shouren came over and said, "Your Majesty, the 200,000 soldiers and 500,000 soldiers and civilians in the city are ready to send troops. Please give your order."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned and wondered where the 200,000 officers and soldiers and 500,000 soldiers and civilians came from in the city. However, after thinking again, he realized that this was a bluff. The Tatars must have suspicion in the city. The news of the Ming Dynasty sending troops will be spread soon. Let's talk about the number of people first. Anyway, the Tatars' detailed work cannot be investigated in detail whether this number is accurate. Exaggerating it will make the Tatars afraid.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and asked, "Where is the Tatar soldiers now?"

Wang Shouren was about to answer, but Zhang Yuan took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you ask General Xu?"

Zhang Yuan didn't know what was going on outside the city, but he didn't want to give up the opportunity to show off in front of the emperor to Wang Shouren, so he would rather let Xu Tai speak out.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, Xu Tai stood out from the crowd and said respectfully: "Go back to your Majesty, the Tatar vanguard is twenty miles away from Zhangjiakou, and the number of people is about three thousand. If our cavalry conducts assault, they can be killed within half an hour!"

Zhu Houzhao said with satisfaction: "Okay, send cavalry to attack the Tatars, infantry out of the city, advance slowly, and cooperate with cavalry to fight. Once Tatar reinforcements arrive, protect the two wings and ensure that the cavalry is not lost!"

Zhu Houzhao made arrangements as if she was well versed in military tactics.

Wang Shouren couldn't help frowning, feeling that Zhu Houzhao was completely indiscriminate. While the cavalry attacked, it was easy for the infantry to move forward, but he could not object and had to pass on the order: "Tell His Majesty the imperial order, and the cavalry attacked!"

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