Also on October 12, the battle in Xuanfu continued. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The perimeter of Xuanfu was besieged by more than 80,000 Tatar soldiers and horses, and the siege was launched from all sides, and no one was idle, and the defenders in the city were gradually exhausted by continuous fierce battles.

Similar to the situation of Tumubao, there was no way for both sides of the Xuanfu war to retreat, the Ming army could not give up the city defense and evacuate south, and the Tatars were not prepared to give the Ming army any respite, and Xuanfu was currently in a state of isolation and helplessness on all sides.

This battle was crucial, and if Xuanfu could not be taken in a battle and obtained a large amount of baggage supplies from Xuanfu, the Tatars would lose the courage to advance eastward.

The Tatars were responsible for leading the troops to attack Xuanfu, and the national teacher Yisi Mayin was absolutely not allowed to make any mistakes in the battle of Xuanfu.

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Two days later, in the afternoon, Shen Xi finished inspecting the fortifications in the city and returned to the command post in the west of Tumubao, he had to complete the daily work, that is, to write the letter for help, and when night fell, he sent two horsemen to secretly reach the front of the position through the tunnel, and then walked to Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass in the dark, so that the letter for help could escape from the Tatar encirclement and pass back to Beijing.

At this time, Hu Songyue and others were still waiting for reinforcements, and in the minds of the soldiers of the Ming Army in Tumubao, only the arrival of reinforcements could really solve the difficulties and save their lives.

Even if Shen Xi achieved another beautiful victory, as long as all the Tatars outside the city were not annihilated, the whole army would still not be able to withdraw to Juyong Pass.

The effect of two successive victories on the morale of the army slowly subsided because of the continuous high load of labor. In contrast to the constant flow of Tatar reinforcements and the isolation of the Ming army, the soldiers lost confidence in defeating the Tatars, and could only pull their fingers and calculate when the imperial army would arrive.

Approaching dusk, it was time for the raising of the account before nightfall, and it was also the second routine meeting of the day.

In view of the urgency of the situation, only five trenches have been excavated in the current plan, and two of the remaining three trenches have been dug for the most part, so Shen Xi decided to dig another all-night raid tonight to try to complete it.

The remaining trench can be repaired slowly, and then gradually build a horse trap within five miles, bury mines, thistles and other items, and then gradually improve the light and dark fort on the ground, and truly build the civil fort into a murderous steel fortress.

Of course, in order to ensure the safety of the officers and men, half of the musketeers had to be sent out to the first line of trenches that had been erected, and they were always on guard against possible sneak attacks by the Tatar army.

Hu Songyue was tired for a day, and when he heard that he would continue to work at night, he was immediately unhappy: "My lord, the officers and soldiers have already worked hard for a day, and they have long been exhausted. Also, isn't it too risky to send all the firecrackers out of the city at once? In case the Tartars attack the city overnight......"

At this time, without Shen Xi's answer, Zhang Yong took the initiative to jump out and shouted: "Afraid that the Tartars will attack the city at night? What do you think, the Tartars are going to attack early, why wait until today, and don't see that those Tatars have long been timid? Maybe when the main force of the Tartars will come, follow Lord Shen's order, hurry up and repair the trenches, if the repair is slow, this small castle, we might as well wait and die! ”

Zhu Lie said: "Father-in-law Zhang, I don't like to hear what you say, why do you want to be killed?" It's a big deal to fight with the Tartars, killing one is enough, and killing two people still has to be earned! ”

Zhang Yong said disdainfully: "General Zhu's words are really big, I hope that the Tartars will not be scared to pee their pants when they come...... You big-headed soldiers, one or two shouted fiercely, but when it came to battle, you were very powerful, if it weren't for Lord Shen's good scheduling, you thought you could still stand here and talk to me now? ”

Before the war started, the high-level of the Ming defenders quarreled first, and to put it bluntly, no one was convinced.

In the eyes of the officers and soldiers, they looked down on Zhang Yong, who was born as a eunuch, and felt that Zhang Yong was just a dog beside the emperor, who came to supervise them and make small reports.

In Zhang Yong's mind, the timid and fearful Jingying soldiers are useless.

In Zhang Yong's view, these Beijing battalion soldiers are all bad breeds who can only shout slogans, and they have always been looking for trouble since the Beijing division set out, and they are still unruly, which is really unreasonable! He pinned all his hopes for his life on Shen Xi. After all, Shen Xi is a civilian official, and he has a certain bottom line, and he has led his troops to successive victories before, Zhang Yong feels that only Shen Xi has the ability to turn decay into magic.

Zhang Yong only had Shen Xi in his eyes, so much so that he forgot one thing, that is, even if Shen Xi had no last resort, but in terms of military operations, or waiting for reinforcements to arrive at the civil fort, it was all based on the cooperation of Hu Songyue and others.

Offending Hu Songyue, Liu Xu, and Zhu Lie did not help the war, but civil strife was the situation that the Tatars wanted to see the most.

Shen Xiyi waved his hand: "Okay, okay, stop arguing, do what I tell you." If you don't build the civil fort before the main Tatar force moves eastward, you can consider who to find as a companion on the Huangquan Road so that you won't be lonely! ”

Zhang Yong glared and said, "Lord Shen, don't make such jokes, what does it mean to leave alive and go to Huangquan Road together?" Anyway, if you don't help me get out alive, I won't think about it......"

Maybe Zhang Yong was used to showing off his might when he was a prisoner, and at this time he still wanted to move out of the emperor or the imperial court to threaten Shen Xi, but after thinking about it, he thought that Shen Xi was already a person with absolute right to speak in the civil fort, even the former thorn Hu Songyue, Liu Xu and Zhu Lie were all obedient to Shen Xi's words, and the threatening words he said were useless.

Because the Ming Dynasty court, which Zhang Yong relied on behind him, did not exert sufficient assistance to the Tumu Fort, if it were not for the previous Shen Xi commanding the army to win successive battles and lay the foundation for defense, the current Tumu Fort would not be qualified to fight with the main Tatar force, and perhaps a few thousand Tatar soldiers and horses outside the city would be enough to capture the fortress.

Liu Xu said disdainfully: "Why didn't Gonggong Zhang continue to talk about it?" What do you think? You have to question Lord Shen's words, so please forgive the last general for asking you, can you let the imperial court give us a letter, when will the reinforcements arrive? ”

Zhang Yong hesitated for a while, unable to answer at all.

At this embarrassing time, Zhang Yong would rather choose to be a deserter, Huo Ran stood up, flicked his sleeves softly, and went to the main gate of the command post, not thinking to talk nonsense with Shen Xi and several generals at all.

Seeing Zhang Yong's figure disappear behind the door, Hu Songyue turned up the corners of his mouth and said with a sneer: "An old eunuch, who doesn't even have a son-in-law to send him to the end, still dares to come out?" In other words, I am an honest man, saying that he may not return to the west one day, and there are people in the army who will lead the way for him! ”

Shen Xi sneered: "If you have the kung fu, you should think more about how to fight the next battle, instead of bothering about the problem of others holding the flag to guide the way, it is better to think about how to make full use of the current terrain and landform, kill as many Tatars as possible, and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements!" ”

In a word, the generals present were silenced.

The worst result is that after the city is broken, fight to the death with the Tatars to the end!

Now that there is no news of reinforcements, it seems that there is only one way to go to die on the battlefield, which is almost the end of the road for Hu Songyue and others!

When people reach a desperate situation, they can only fight to the death, but this is a helpless move in a sad and no way out, and no one wants to really embark on this road.

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Soon at night, the Ming officers and soldiers in the civil fort finished dinner, rested a little, and then began to set off as a whole team.

It was an unusually cold night, and even in winter clothes, the officers and men shivered from the cold. 6,000 people in 100 households, with excavation tools, went out of the city to continue digging trenches, all the way to the previous digging tunnels, wherever you look up, you can only see the starlight in the sky.

As to where the Tatar camp was, and whether the Tatars would attack, it was not on their radar, because they could not see it.

Even if they poke their heads out, they couldn't see clearly the situation outside the civil fort in the confusion of the night.

The soldiers are now digging the fourth and fifth trenches in the middle, and now the three trenches in the front and the two trenches in the back have been dug, and the two trenches that are being excavated play the role of connecting the previous and the next, and it is precisely because they are very critical that they must build the entire defense system before the main Tatar force kills.

Shen Xi has high requirements for the project, and he is urging the construction almost every day, but in fact, he is very satisfied with the current speed, in order to save his life, the Beijing battalion soldiers in the city have burst out a hundred times the energy these days, and with the construction of trenches one by one, the probability of survival has greatly increased.

"Good job!"

In the middle of the night, Shen Xi went out of the city to join the ranks of the superintendents, which can also be said to be sharing weal and woe with the officers and soldiers.

"Everyone do a good job, when the entire defense system is built, we can make full use of these fortifications and kill those Tartar soldiers on a large scale!"

"Work hard, when you return to the capital, this official will ask the court for you, one person will be rewarded with at least twenty yuan, and if you want a house or land, you will be in good spirits, and those who die in this civil fort, as long as I Shen Xi is alive for a day, your wife and children will have someone to support, and the court will not forget your contributions......"

At this time, Shen Xi had already transformed into an orator, penetrated deep among the officers and soldiers, and used his extremely incendiary words to boost the morale of the officers and soldiers.

In the past, those commanders, team leaders and management teams were asked to convey his thoughts, but now they have slowly lost their effectiveness, and only when the front-line officers and soldiers feel that the commander is of the same mind with them and is together at any time, will they really feel at ease.

Because soldiers always feel that they are the ones who fight desperately, and when they are the commanders, they will only shrink back and take the lead when they fight for credit. Now Shen Xi wants to give the soldiers the illusion that there is no one in the whole army, and everyone is in the same boat.

The reason why it is an illusion is because Shen Xi knows that he cannot appear on the front line of the battlefield, and he always has to rely on these soldiers to fight for him.

Shen Xi then encouraged: "...... Work hard, if you don't have a daughter-in-law, you can use a reward to marry one, and if you have a daughter-in-law, you can take a beautiful concubine, and give you a few more big fat boys! ”

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