In the capital.
Yu Qian stood at one of the nine gates, Xizhimen, to inspect the fortifications.
These days, he had barely slept.
He checked and filled in the gaps over and over again to ensure that he was fully prepared.
The Yexian army had already broken through the Zijing Pass and could arrive at the Nine Gates at any moment to attack.
In order to make it easier for him to command the troops, Li Shimin gave him the authority to command the troops of the various battalions!
This allowed Yu Qian, a civil official, to command the troops to guard the capital.
As the Minister of War, Yu Qian's status was second only to the Emperor, Li Shi Min.
"Lord Yu, you should rest well.”
The generals on the city wall who were originally a little unconvinced had long been convinced by the other party's spirit and ability.
In just a month, the soldiers of the capital had grown from one-tenth of their armor to fully armed!
Two-thirds of the Nanjing auxiliary capital, a total of one million weapons, were quickly transported to the capital.
Apart from the deployment of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian also used the manpower and resources of the people to transport grain.
He used money to encourage the people to transport grain to the capital.
With sufficient troops and food, morale naturally rose.
More importantly, in order to raise morale, Yu Qian directly distributed half a year's worth of military pay.
According to him, if he didn't give the money to the soldiers guarding the city, was he going to use it as compensation for the defeat?
The increase in the combat power of the capital garrison had been massive.
In terms of condition and morale, it was rising day by day.
"I want to sleep too, but how can I sleep at such a critical moment?”
Yu Qian shook his head disconsolately. He had never commanded so many armies before.
However, he concluded that the defeat of the Earth Wood Fort was due to a problem with the logistics.
Therefore, his focus for the past month was to ensure the logistics supply as much as possible.
Even if there were another 100,000 garrison soldiers, the food and weapons in the city would be enough!
"The capital will definitely be held!"
The generals who were originally a bit defeatist were moved by Yu Qian and had the confidence to win.
"Yes, we can definitely hold it!"
Yu Qian looked at the soldiers around him, deep in thought.
He split the three camps of the capital into ten regimental camps.
Apart from the Imperial Guards and the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the rest of the troops were stationed at the nine gates.
Within the Nine Gates, there was also a reserve battalion that was ready to provide reinforcements at any time.
"The 10,000 soldiers under His Majesty should also be included in the 10th Battalion.”
Yu Qian suddenly thought of something and said regretfully.
Regarding this troop, Li Shimin was unwilling to give Yu Qian command no matter what.
He always said that he was of great use.
However, in Yu Qian's view, only by merging with the ten regimental battalions to defend the city and using them together could they display the greatest effect.
"Not good, not good!"
Just as Yu Qian was thinking about remonstrating with the Emperor to get those 10,000 troops over.
Suddenly, someone ran over anxiously!
"What's wrong? They also called first?"
Yu Qian felt that the most critical thing was the Wala army.
However, the other party's words only made his vision turn black.
"Not good, Lord Yu.
His Majesty, His Majesty is gone!
There were also the Imperial Guards and the Brocade Guards. All of them had left through Desheng Gate!”
Desheng Gate was the northwest gate facing the Wala army.
"What? His Majesty is missing!
Do you know where he went?"
Yu Qian felt dizzy when he heard that.
Could it be that the current Emperor was also fond of grandiose achievements? Was he pretending to be calm before?
"I, I don't know!
According to the soldiers below, they had seen the mobilization of the army of Desheng Gate two hours ago.
They said that they were going to meet the Wala army!”
The person looked aggrieved. He had just learned of this news.
"Where's Shi Heng? Why didn't he report to the Bureau of Military Personnel?”
Shi Heng, who had escaped from Xuan City, was originally imprisoned.
However, Li Shimin saw that he could fight, so he pardoned his crime of defeat and even placed him in the Imperial Guards as a commander.
"I don't know. They're all gone. His Majesty took some away.”
"This Shi Heng should have advised His Majesty!”
Yu Qian felt like he was going crazy!
How could the Imperial Guards and Embroidered Uniform Guards fight the Wala Army in the wild?
Could it be that the crushing defeat of the Earth Wood Fort was going to happen again?
If two emperors were captured in succession, would Great Ming really be destroyed?
Yu Qian, whose head was about to explode, could not send out the army to receive him at this moment.
He could only spread out his scouts to find Li Shiming's army.
……
A hundred miles northwest of the capital, Badaling.
Li Shi Min led his men to an excellent spot to ambush, waiting for the Wala vanguard to pass by.
"Your Majesty, if the Wala people don't cross the river, then this road will be the only one they must take.”
Shi Heng had fought with Wala many times at the border and had rich experience.
This was also the reason why Li Shi Min had brought it up from the prison.
"Have the scouts investigated the enemy's situation?”
Li Shi Min stood on the hill and looked in the direction of the Wala Army.
"Report, the scouts have come to report.
The vanguard had five thousand men, all of whom were cavalry.”
In ancient times, whenever there were more than 10,000 people, there would be a vanguard, a central army, and a rear army.
The Wala people were no exception.
These five thousand cavalry were the vanguard, and their goal was to sweep through the capital.
After cutting off the connection between the capital and the outside world, the army came to surround the city.
They would make it an isolated city and give the defenders a huge psychological pressure.
"Alright, we'll ambush them here!"
Li Shi Min looked at the guards around him. Although they were all infantry, their training was not very good.
It should be enough to catch him off guard.
Shi Heng was a little hesitant." Your Majesty, we only have ten thousand people.
If 1,000 of the 5,000 Wala Vanguard Cavalry managed to escape from the encirclement, our side might be crushed!”
If he was alone, he wouldn't be afraid. He would just fight to the death.
However, with Li Shiming as the emperor, they had to consider the possibility of failure.
There were still risks.
"If we can take these five thousand cavalry, the capital will be easy to defend.”
Li Shi Min wasn't blindly confident, he had made a decision based on the information he had gathered.
War was a very difficult thing for others.
How strong was their side? How strong was the enemy?
Morale, provisions, armaments, terrain, they all needed to be carefully considered.
Even Yu Qian had to spend a lot of effort to understand this.
However, the person standing here was Li Shiming, the Heavenly Khan who had lived another life and had decades of experience in the battlefield!
The entire battlefield was like an open map to him. He knew it like the back of his hand.
Six hours later.
The sky gradually darkened.
The cavalry of Wala fled.
They maintained the most basic formation. In order to travel faster, they were less vigilant.
What they did not expect was that the Ming army would take the initiative to come out of the city to ambush them.
Without any warning, a loud battle cry suddenly erupted from the top of the valley.
"Kill them!"
Huge rolling stones and logs fell down, blocking all the exits.
On the dim hill, there seemed to be an endless Ming army charging forward!
"Kill them!"
"Counterattack, counterattack!"
The vanguard tried their best to organize a counterattack, and the cavalry galloped left and right in an attempt to salvage the situation.
However, a few days ago, Li Shimin refused Wala's extortion of gold and silver.
Instead, he used all his money to reward the Imperial Guards and the Brocade Guard.
There must be brave men under heavy rewards.
These generous rewards were all converted into the motivation to charge forward.
"Kill them!"
Within an hour, the five thousand cavalrymen were completely routed.
After suffering heavy casualties, the Vanguard Officer of the Wala Kingdom fled with his hundreds of cavalry.
A strong wind blew, and the flames flickered.
Ming Jun could hardly believe that he had won so easily!
The Wala army did not seem to be as invincible as they had imagined!
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
Shi Heng's ears were filled with cheers.
He couldn't help but look at the calm Li Shi Min as he had a feeling.
Previously, it was not that the Ming army was incapable, but that the emperor was too weak.
If this person were to lead 500,000 troops to the northern expedition now, the headache would probably be over first!
After the time for an incense stick to burn, Li Shi Min returned with the army that had cleaned up the battlefield.
Such a shocking victory immediately set the capital ablaze!
Yu Qian and the others couldn't believe it. Could it be that Taizu Taizong had shown his spirit?!
The emperor's military talent was beyond their reach.
But in Li Shi Min's eyes, this was nothing.
A small battle was not even considered a warm-up!
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