"What a blessing! Xu Huizu led his troops to the city before the inner city of Yiwu was breached, forcing Timur to retreat. Yun Xi looked at the paperwork in front of him and said very excitedly.

In the past few days, he has been worried in Ganzhou City, even after learning that Xu Huizu led troops to the battle. The urgent report from Xingxing Gorge was not optimistic, and the outer city was lost on June 11, and tens of thousands of soldiers had to be left behind to be killed by the soldiers of the Western Captives. From June 12, the West invaded the inner city, and the inner city was almost always in danger of being captured, which made him restless. Now I can finally put my mind at ease.

"Brother Huang, I'll just say that Brother Qin and Brother Ji have their own natural appearance, and they will be fine." Yun Zhi, who had also arrived in Ganzhou City, immediately said with a smile.

Yun Xi glanced at her: "At that time, you were just comforting me, but in fact, you were also up and down in your heart, as if you could predict the prophet." ”

Yun Zhi stuck out her tongue and stopped talking, and Zhu Ji hurriedly said: "Shang Bing's nephew can defend Yiwu City, but he has made a great contribution, and the official family should reward him." There is also Song Sheng, who commanded the soldiers to defend Yiwu City, and needed to be rewarded. ”

"Shang Bing, just give him some food, and it's useless to reward him with anything else. Song Sheng, according to Shang Bing's meaning, crowned him as a marquis. I think he will be crowned as the Marquis of Xining, hereditary replacement, and 2,500 stones. The second son, Song Hu, the chief guest of honor of Chang'an County, added 500 stones. Wuji, you called Chen Ji to draft the purpose. Zhang Wuji took the order.

Taking advantage of Chen Ji's free time, Yun Xi looked through the next recital. He opened it and took a look, his face became solemn, and he muttered softly: "Timur has transferred another hundred thousand soldiers from the country?" Although they are all auxiliaries, they must also be taken seriously. ”

"At the beginning, he brought 500,000 troops from Samarkand, attacked Alashankou, Urumqi, Turpan and other places basically without losing a few soldiers, and recruited about 450,000 Semu, Mongols or Xifan, with about 550,000 men on his hands."

"The attack on Yiwu City lost nearly 100,000 troops, and there were 450,000 left, but about 50,000 Mongols took refuge in Timur, plus these 100,000 people, he had 600,000 troops in his hands, which was equal to the Ming army. It's not going to work. ”

He was thinking that Chen Ji had already come to this room, and Yun Xi immediately instructed him to draft a decree: "Add Song Sheng as the Marquis of Xining, hereditary replacement, and 2,500 stones." The second son, Song Hu, the chief guest of honor of Chang'an County, added 500 stones. ”

Chen Ji quickly drafted a will, which was stamped with a big seal and sent to Yiwu after being seen by Yunxi.

After Yun Xi finished stamping the seal, he asked him again: "In the past few days, you have counted the soldiers who have passed by, how many soldiers have participated in this battle?" "A few days ago, he was worried about Shang Bing and didn't look at the statistics. And the reason why he doesn't know how many troops have been dispatched is still counted, mainly because how many people are in the barbarian guards is a confused account, although the Ming Dynasty pays subsidies for ordnance and food according to the standard number of guards, but no one knows how many people there are except for the command of the guards; In addition, he also ordered the Han guards on the side of the Great Wall to lure small Mongol tribes to come to help the Ming in the war, and it is not known how many people came. They can only be counted by the food distributed when they pass through the city of Ganzhou.

"Your Majesty, according to the amount of grain distributed to the passing soldiers during this period, there are about 700,000 soldiers in total." Chen Ji said.

"700,000, how can there be so many people?" Yun Hee was surprised.

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that Qinghai suffered a disaster this year, and the grain of the Xifan people was almost not harvested. These guards were also willing to have more soldiers under their command, so they brought them all. ”

In addition, there are more small tribes in the Mongolian steppe who have taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty than previously estimated. Especially after the news spread that the Ming Dynasty had rewarded them with a little armor, there were more Mongols who were willing to follow the Ming Dynasty to fight. ”

"Third, it is the soldiers sent by the three highnesses of King Ning, King Liao, and King Ying in the northeast, who originally belonged to the three guards of Wuliangha. In recent years, the Wuliang Ha Sanwei has developed rapidly under the protection of the Ming Dynasty, and has subdued many Mongols on the grassland, and its power has become more and more powerful, causing the suspicion of the three highnesses. The three highnesses then ordered the three guards of Uliangha to send thousands of soldiers to participate in the western expedition. The three highnesses also planned to ask His Majesty to consult with the two highnesses of Qin and Jin, and let the soldiers of the three guards of Wuliang Ha voluntarily stay in the northwest after the war and not return to the northeast. ”

"Fourth, it was Fusang who unexpectedly sent many soldiers to fight in the northwest."

"So more than 700,000 troops were sent to this battle." Chen Ji said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Ji said again: "Chen Zhongshu, your number includes the 70,000 soldiers sent to Yiwu before Gu? ”

"Not included." Chen Ji replied.

'The 70,000 soldiers sent to Igo before were not included?' Counting the 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry in Shang Bing's hands, counting the 30,000 cavalry in Shami Chagan, and the soldiers of Shazhou and other barbarian guards, the total number of troops sent by the Ming Dynasty in this battle must be 800,000. 800,000 people. ’

Yun Hee was taken aback by the number he had calculated. 800,000 people, a full 200,000 more than previously estimated.

"With so many people, is there enough food to eat?" Yun Xi muttered to himself.

"Your Majesty, after transporting grain from the Central Plains to the northwest by railcar, there is enough grain for 500,000 soldiers to eat for a year on the line from Jiayuguan to Yiwu City, and Yiwu City has also received many cattle, sheep and horses from Yili Clan, and there is no problem with grain support for seven or eight months." Zhu Ji said. After all, he is the vassal king here, and although the general affairs are handed over to the people below, the approximate number is still known.

"That's good." Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and thought about it again: "800,000 vs 600,000, damn, this number is so unlucky." Well, I'm not from a logistics background, so it's fine. ’