Zhao Ruijiao, who was about to be surrounded by the enemy, was under the escort of five servants, and he was worriedly observing the chaotic battlefield. The pursuers in the rear were almost over the rear formation of the Ming cavalry. Fortunately, there were a thousand cavalry in front of him who broke through the enemy formation, and Zhao Ruijiao did not care about the rear team blocking the Ming army. He was ready to fight with all his strength in the idea of ​​breaking through as many cavalry as he could. As soon as Zhao Ruijiao's order was issued, he was shot into his right shoulder blade by an arrow. Zhao Ruijiao's right hand suddenly lost consciousness, and the sword he held in his right hand fell to the ground.

While Zhao Rujiao was injured, two Jurchen cavalrymen panted and rushed to three feet ahead of him, and his three servants came forward. The servant used his life to fight against the enemy with a sword. The Jurchen cavalry who had stopped a little slower movement was chopped and down by the servants. However, one of the Jurchen cavalry slashed the moment before his death, leaving his sword on the servants' left shoulder. When this servant hung his left hand weakly, he did not forget to squeeze the horse's belly and wave the knife with his right hand to help Zhao Rujiao fight a bloody path.

Everyone was always a little slow to react after being injured. Zhao Ruijiao held the reins in his left hand and hit the horse's belly with his heels. Before the horse could speed up, an arrow shot into the head of the war horse under his crotch. The fierce arrow penetrated Zhao Ruijiao's white war horse and half an arrow body. The war horse staggered and twitched. Zhao Ruijiao was also thrown out of the horse's neck by this inertia. He had just gotten up from the ground with difficulty. A servant gave up his war horse to help Zhao Ruijiao on the horse's back. The Jurchen yellow flag and red flag cavalry that rushed from behind were surrounded by the Ming army like a tide.

The thousand cavalry of the front army who received the order of Zhao Shujiao did not care about the main force behind the rear, rushed to the mountain pass. The exhausted Ming cavalry, more than a thousand people fought against the Jurchen Tatars who were guarding the intersection, could not rush past, but was entangled by the enemy. The chief general of the Ming army, Zhao Shujiao, was seriously injured and was cut off by the red flag cavalry from behind. Zhao Shujiao's death completely shattered the Ming army's final determination to resist. They fled towards the most promising southeast.

The defeat of the Ming army was chased by female cavalry and slashed people from behind was always the most pleasant battle. The Ming cavalry, who were originally tired, experienced the battle just now, and they ran forward desperately with a fierce and angry horse. About 400 Ming cavalry crossed the front army that fought in a melee and finally fled into the mountain road, but their horses were too tired and could not run away from the Jurchen cavalry who had been replenishing for a long time. The four hundred Ming cavalry who escaped from the sky, and three hundred Ming soldiers were killed by the pursuers.

After the Ming army's reinforcements were destroyed, the morale of the Jurchens rose sharply. Beile Yuetuo, the Inlaid Red Flag, received the order of Huang Taiji Khan and rushed straight to Santun Camp. When the Santun Camp defenders heard the attack of tens of thousands of female cavalry, the thousands of Ming troops who were defending the city suddenly scattered, and they didn't even see what the Jurchens looked like. General Zhu Guoyan became a lonely man in just one hour. Zhu Guoyan knew very well that anyone could run away, but that Zhu Guoyan, the general of Santun Camp, was very enlightened, but that the Ming court punished the fleeing generals very severely. Before his death, Zhu Guoyan wrote the names of all the fleeing generals on the wall outside the yamen and hanged himself.

When the Ming Dynasty received the news of Zunhua's fall and the destruction of the Zhao Ruo Sect's army, it was suddenly in chaos. Zunhua was the east gateway to the capital, Zunhua's fall made the capital's door open. Once the Jurchen army entered the plains, the Ming Dynasty would be at risk. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was in the side hall of the platform, watching Babaili with his trembling hands and promptly report. He was filled with regret, and he was lucky to Yuan Chonghuan and helpless to the Jurchen Jiannu break the pass. A few years ago, Ponu Hou predicted the crisis in the Ming Dynasty today. Was he really wrong?

However, Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the inner court, was the lucky star of Emperor Chongzhen. The officers and soldiers of Wanquandushi were making money, and the Ming Dynasty could not provide money to appease the morale of the army. Cao Huachun went to Ponucheng Xuanwei to beg for alms and make a compromise with Zheng Tai. The Xuanwei envoy of Ponucheng Xuanwei took out money to appease the cavalry of Wanquandushi. This time, more than 1,300 four-wheeled carriages were loaded with a large amount of gold and silver coins, saying that they were to be transported to Nanzhili.

I don’t know what happened in the past two years. The canal, which was frozen in November in previous years, could no longer leave the ship in October. The Wanquandusi cavalry was going to be a bodyguard to earn silver for the escorts and help the Xuanwei envoy of Ponucheng transport the batch of gold and silver to Wuqing County, Shuntian Prefecture, Zhili, and said that it was transported to Nanjing by canal from here. This time, Ponu Hou took the initiative to report, first saying a lot of good words praising the emperor, and then complained in the report, saying that the Ponu army had to send 5,000 cavalry to the capital to serve the king.

Moreover, Xu Yian, the head of the Xuanwei envoy in the Ming Dynasty, also rushed from Nanzhili to the capital to preside over Zhangjiazhuang. From this point, it can be seen that Ponu Hou gave in to Emperor Chongzhen. Despite Ponu Hou's concession, Emperor Chongzhen still did not issue an edict to lift the blockade of the border. Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. His hope came from Yuan Chonghuan, the Ji Liao governor who entered the pass to serve the king, and led more than 10,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Emperor Chongzhen's attitude aroused the dissatisfaction of the Xuanwei envoy of the Ponucheng. After the army of the Kings led by Datong General Man Gui came to Deshengmen, Cao Huachun went to Zhangjiazhuang again to borrow money, but was rejected by Xu Yian, the commander of the Ponu Army. More importantly, the army led by Yuan Chonghuan was still in Shanhaiguan. Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict, ordering Yuan Chonghuan to govern all the troops in the capital to serve the king. As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict was issued, the Ponu Army of the Ponu Army of the Ponu have not yet moved, and the Wanquandu Army of the Wanquandu Army of the Mangui army once again made a fuss.

They told the eunuchs who came to supervise the army that the Ji Liao army Yuan Chonghuan had put Jiannu into the Great Wall. If he was the army to supervise the king and reinforcements, the enemy troops who had a rift with Yuan Chonghuan would be taken to death by Yuan Chonghuan. They cited the example of the destruction of the Zhao Rui Cult Department, saying that the Zhao Rui Cult Department's elite cavalry, who had long predicted that the Zhao Rui Cult Department's elite cavalry, who were not in opposition to Yuan Chonghuan, would be sent to Jiannu's death by Yuan Chonghuan. As expected, the Zhao Rui Cult Department's elite cavalry had only more than 70 cavalry and a thousand rear teams in Santun Camp escaped and ascended to heaven.

Faced with the unstable morale of the army, Emperor Chongzhen had to consider this severe situation. He invited the former cabinet master Sun Chengzong to supervise the defense of the capital as a military aircraft. In order to emphasize the dignity of the emperor's imperial edict, Emperor Chongzhen appointed Yuan Chonghuan to supervise the defense of the king outside the capital, Sun Chengzong supervises the defense of the capital inside the capital, and controls the defense of the outer and outer defense troops in the west of the capital. After receiving the imperial edict from Emperor Chongzhen, Sun Chengzong personally went to Desheng Gate to appease Man Gui and Chang Liang.

Emperor Chongzhen issued an order for Sun Chengzong to supervise the defense of the capital, which was unanimously recognized by the officers and soldiers stationed in the capital city regiment camp, Shenji camp, Sanqian camp and other officers and soldiers. These official troops of the camp followed Sun Chengzong to make military achievements in the Po Nu Army. Most people could not subdue these veteran soldiers with strong backstages, and Sun Chengzong could easily deal with it. The Jiannu army mainly came from the east. When Emperor Chongzhen divided the defense scope of Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong, he still divided the main defense areas to Yuan Chonghuan. Sun Chengzong was mainly responsible for the western defense areas of the capital such as Deshengmen, Xizhimen, and Xibianmen.

If Sun Chengzong was very worried about the country and the people, although he was very dissatisfied with Yuan Chonghuan, he still conscientiously inspected the defense of the capital. On that day, accompanied by eunuch Cao Huachun, he brought about ten or ten personal soldiers to Zhangjiazhuang, just to coordinate the wartime coordination between Xizhimen and Xibianmen in the capital. Xu Yian, who received the news, welcomed him out a mile. Before Sun Chengzong, who was riding a red horse, came closer, Xu Yian ran to meet him in small steps.

Xu Yian smiled and bowed to Sun Chengzong and said, "Mr. Sun did not care about his age and worked hard for the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and was indeed a role model for our younger generations to learn from. I, the Ponu Hou, said that if Mr. Sun presided over the military affairs in the capital, it would definitely be foolproof."

After hearing Xu Yian's flattery, Sun Chengzong was extremely annoyed. This little fox's subordinate was really not a person. He was still roasting him on the fire. Xu Yian had something in his words. If the capital was not defeated by Jiannu, the credit would definitely not be Yuan Chonghuan, the Ji Liao army commander. It seems that Xu Yian, the chief commander of the Pool Army, had begun to make a plan and to punish Yuan Chonghuan, the Ji Liao army, to death. Another meaning in Xu Yian's simple words was that the defenders of the capital reached a consensus that as long as the capital did not lose its merits, the main camps of the capital would eat the big head of the military merits.

Sun Chengzong responded with silence. He had the emperor's confidant, eunuch Cao Huachun, who was close to him. If he was inappropriate, he would be jealous of Emperor Chongzhen. Xu Yian guided everyone to Zhangjiazhuang very sensible. Xu Yian left Zheng Tai in the meeting hall of the Ponuhou Mansion. After the maid gave tea to Sun Chengzong and Cao Huachun, the four of them briefly greeted each other and got to the topic.

"Xu Dutong, I saw that the Xuanwei of Ponucheng made the Si Courtyard as solid as a rock, with nearly 10,000 people. Ponuhou sent the assistant commander Wan Gufei to lead the troops. This man had a relationship with me when I suppressed the rebellion in Shaanxi. It is said that his family died under the Jiannu butcher's knife. I felt very comforted in my heart with such a general guarding Xizhimen and Xibianmen. From this point of view, Ponuhou was actually a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!"

After hearing Sun Chengzong's words, Xu Yian felt trembling. Sun Chengzong's seemingly plain words were meaningless in a specific environment. Zhang Dashuai was right. This old fox left no traces. It seemed that Sun Chengzong planned to let Wan Gufei take the Slave Army to fill the holes. What a loyal minister in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dashuai never became a loyal minister. Sun Chengzong wanted to use the personal grudge between Wan Gufei and Jiannu to let Wan Gufei fight against Jiannu on the battlefield.

"Old Master Sun, Eunu Duke Cao, I, the Marquis of Ponu, are worried about the safety of the Ming Dynasty's capital, and mobilized elite troops of the Ponu Army into the pass to serve the king. However, the number of generals and generals of the Ponu Army in the Guard may not be able to defeat hundreds of thousands of troops of Jiannu. The man knows that my army in the battle cannot be separated from baggage. Therefore, the Marquis of Ponu ordered the troops led by Wan Gufei to ensure that the western side of the capital will not be lost, and that the Tartars will never be able to get close to the city wall of the capital!"
Chapter completed!