On the morning of August 20, in front of the Bei'an Gate, flags were fluttering, horses' hooves were rumbling, and slogans and drums were echoing.
Zhu Cixuan was riding on a white horse, wearing a gold armor, a big red cloak, and an exquisite sword. Behind him were a group of officers of the Yongwei Camp, all wearing fine armor and imposing looks.
Cao Huachun also followed Zhu Cixuan closely. As a supervisor, he mainly supervised the food and pay, and checked the merits and demerits. Next to him was his younger brother Lu Jiude.
The square array of the Yong Wei Battalion is in the middle of the army, and the soldiers stand in the square in order and solemn, all armed and spirited.
The two wings of the Yongwei Camp are Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp. No one has any opinion about the middle of the Yongwei Camp, not to mention that the Yongwei Camp is now Zhu Cixuan's direct subordinate. Even if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty marches in person, the deployment of the three camps is the same.
The most prominent feature of the soldiers in Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp is their white faces and bright armor. Most of them are noble children. They also practice poorly on weekdays, and all of them are well maintained.
Wang Wannian, the general of Shenji Camp, wears a cloud winged helmet and a long body armor. His armor leaves are very exquisite. It seems that they have been painted recently. Under the sun, they are bright.
In the battle array of Shenshu Camp, there is a uniform phoenix winged helmet on the top of the head, an eyebrow tip knife in hand, a tie armor, a fish scale armor, a mountain armor, a treasure carved bow on the waist, and a horse on the crotch.
The left lieutenant general of Shenshu Battalion was a general in his thirties. His name was Zhang Shize. He was the eldest son of the British government.
Many of the honorable sons of the two camps went out to fight for the first time. They were all in high spirits, with charming smiles on their faces. They imagined following the prince to make contributions and to gild the family.
On both sides of the Deshengmen Gate, there are crowds of onlookers, who are calling out to the marching army with great enthusiasm.
At a quarter of the morning (7:00 a.m.), the Emperor Chongzhen's Dajia Bittern Book came out from Bei'an Gate. The Dajia Bittern Book was the highest and largest honor guard for the emperor when he was traveling. It was pulled by twelve horses and surrounded by various flags.
The sun moon flag, the cloud rain wind thunder flag, the five-star flag, the Big Dipper Flag 1, the Five Mountains Flag, the Sidu Flag, the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Rosefinch, the Shenwu Flag, the Tianlu Flag, the Tianma Flag, the Twenty eight Constellation Flag, etc. are countless, which represent the majesty of the emperor.
After the great driving of the halogen book, the civil and military officials who followed saw the emperor's great driving of the halogen book appeared, and the voice of "Long live the mountain" sounded around the Bei'anmen Gate, which was shocking like a mountain crashing into the sea.
The Emperor Chongzhen stepped out of his chariot and rode to the front of the army in military uniform. The Jiaofang Department began to play the music of "Yan Jing Kai Yun".
In the battle, Cao Huachun shouted, "Long live my emperor!"
All the soldiers shouted, "Long live! Long live!"
Seeing the jubilant army excited, Chongzhen couldn't help saying, "Daming, win!"
Countless soldiers raised their weapons and shouted, "Ten thousand victories! Ten thousand victories!"
In the great joy and the welcome of the people in Beijing, Zhu Cixuan rode to the front of the Emperor's honor guard and led more than 14000 people from the three camps of Yongwei Camp, Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp out of Beijing from Desheng Gate to Shunyi.
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After Zhu Cixuan led a large army to leave the capital, he walked for more than an hour, which was only ten miles away. The gap between the three camps immediately became apparent.
The weather in August is still hot. After the sun rises slowly, the temperature is getting higher and higher. The soldiers in Shenji Camp have been sweating and gasping for breath just an hour after they left, and the order of the team has been chaotic.
Some soldiers take off their helmets when they can't stand the heat, while others take off their armor and put it on the truck pulling artillery, complaining that the weather is too hot for people to live in.
"General, find a cool place to have a rest. The brothers can't stand it!" Many noble children shouted.
Wang Wannian angrily said: "Bastard, how far has he gone before he can't shout? Look at the people in the Yongwei camp. They not only wear several layers of armour, but also hang fireballs. Why don't they complain?"
The soldiers of Shenji Camp looked at the troops of Yongwei Camp one by one, and saw that although they were all sweating, their faces looked quite relaxed, and no complaints were made.
"Aren't they human beings? Why are they not afraid of heat and fatigue?" muttered the artillery of Shenji Camp.
Wang Wannian looks at the soldiers of Shenji Camp who are all low spirited. He is helpless. These young soldiers haven't been trained for a long time.
Although he is in charge of Shenji Camp, it is not good for him to strictly require the officers in the camp to drill every day. That would be too offensive. Everyone is a hero, so there is no need to be so stiff.
The Shenshu Camp is much more relaxed. They all ride horses and follow the team slowly. Some soldiers enjoy the surrounding rural environment at leisure.
Zhu Cixuan rode on his horse and occasionally looked back and saw the situation of Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp. He sighed in his heart. It seemed that he could not expect these young soldiers to fight.
A few miles later, Zhu Cixuan ordered the whole army to repair on the spot, and then set out in a quarter of an hour, and let the whole Shenshu camp dismount and walk.
Near noon, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The horses will be more tired and tired if they carry people for a long time, and they are particularly prone to get sick. In this weather, once the horses get sick, they will be very troublesome and can hardly be cured.
Zhu Cixuan received the news from the Royal Guards in front that Li Tingbiao's baggage team had reached a position ten miles away from Shunyi City, and had already taken cover.
Zhu Cixuan nodded and began to calculate the time and distance. Some of the soldiers, Longxiang, refused to stop at night and opened a way with the spies of the Royal Guards. The Qing soldiers' exploration horses that wandered outside Shunyi City were driven away within a few miles. They could not get close to the five mile range of the baggage team, let alone the march of the three camps.
A quarter of an hour later, the army again marched. In order to take care of Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp, Zhu Cixuan ordered to rest for a quarter of an hour every ten miles.
Even so, at noon, under the scorching sun, the soldiers of Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp could not keep up with the march speed of Yongwei Camp. Despite repeated urging by Wang Wannian, Shenji Camp still walked slowly and gradually was pulled down a long distance by Yongwei Camp.
Shenshu Camp is not much better. After a long time of riding, I'm not used to walking. Even my legs began to drift when I walked, which made Zhang Shize, the left deputy general, angry.
Under the same scorching sun, the soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion remained in good formation, one by one, energetic, and moving forward without slowing down. Even the artillery battalion carrying artillery fell for a moment.
After another two hours, the Yongwei Camp began to cook. After the whole camp had lunch and rested for a while, Shenji Camp and Shenshu Camp came slowly. The soldiers of the two camps were panting and sweating, and the formation was already in chaos.
The soldiers of the two camps had only one thought in their hearts: "Are the soldiers of the Yongwei Camp fucking people? They seem to have nothing to do after walking for so long."
Zhang Shize and Wang Wannian came to Zhu Cixuan, embarrassed, and said, "Your Highness, the Yongwei Camp is really moving too fast, and our two battalions can't keep up! Otherwise, please ask your Highness to slow down the Yongwei Camp a little when marching in the afternoon."
Zhu Cixuan glanced at them and said faintly: "This place is only a dozen miles away from Shunyi, so Yongwei Camp should go first. You can slowly bury the pot and cook. In the afternoon, we will take a turn in Shunyi."
"Your highness is kind!" After listening to this, the two of them quickly thanked for their kindness. At the same time, they felt a little relieved and immediately called their soldiers to hurry to deliver food.
Zhu Cixuan left the Emperor's honor guard behind again, and asked Cao Huachun to take two battalions of guards with him. With such a fancy display, do you want to go to war or go shopping? The big men and generals who carried the big flag were tired into dogs one by one, and they could not run with themselves.
Seeing the Yongwei Camp starting to line up, Zhang Shize said, "Your highness, I wonder where the army will meet in Shunyi this afternoon and camp for the night?"
"Camp for the night?" Zhu Cixuan frowned. "What camp? In the afternoon, we will meet in Shunyi City and spend the night in the city!"
After saying that, Zhu Cixuan ignored the two men and ordered the Yongwei Camp to start marching straight to Shunyi City.
Looking at the Yongwei Camp that was far away, Zhang Shize and Wang Wannian were stunned. After a long time, Zhang Shize said, "Your highness means to take down Shunyi City today? Meet us in the city?"
Wang Wannian: "It should be..."