No matter how much Zhang Yong scolds, it is in vain, he is only supervising the army, and he does not have the power to directly mobilize troops and horses, even if he wants to transfer, even Shen Xi, the commander, will not be able to move these uncle soldiers in the Beijing camp, let alone a eunuch in the palace?

Zhang Yong could have scraped together the silver and sent it down as a reward, so that the officers and soldiers would obey him after receiving the money, but a eunuch who does not leave the palace does not have much extra money on weekdays, and how much savings can he have just by relying on Yulu? After he came out, he couldn't get benefits from Shen Xi, and he wanted to be greedy for some silver as a coffin book, which made it even more difficult for him to bleed at this time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Gonggong Zhang is a little restless, and he has sent people to distribute the news to the imperial court and the towns on the nine sides, pointing out that the main direction of attack of the Tatars is likely to be Xuanfu, so that people from all walks of life can go to Xuanfu at any time to respond."

"As for the Tatars who have suddenly disappeared on the battlefield recently, in the future, they should be along the line of the Great Wall outside the grassland, from Daqing Mountain to Xuanfu Town, preparing to join forces with the Tatar soldiers and horses who have mixed into the pass, and directly break through the passes of Xuanfu Town, as a breakthrough, so as to invade the land of our capital division!" Shen Xi analyzed.

Zhang Yong was furious: "Lord Shen said yes?" Now you don't know the specific movements of the Tatars, and you just guess with your brain, and you dare to say such a thing? ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "If you guess wrong, it means that the main direction of attack of the Tatars is not in Xuanfu Town, isn't it exactly what Gonggong Zhang wants?" ”

Zhang Yong was stunned by what he said, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Shen Xi said was reasonable.

If the Tatars don't come, it is indeed what he wants, but what should be worried is that the Tatars just killed Xuanfu directly as Shen Xi expected, so now the situation of the army is dangerous.

It's not that the Tatars don't know the art of war, and when they know that the Ming Dynasty has reinforcements, what will they do if they don't besiege the city and send reinforcements? What's more, there are not many people and horses in Shenxi, and they are known as 50,000 soldiers and horses to the outside world, so it is okay to deceive the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tatars do not eat bluffing.

What if Shen Xi really brought 50,000 soldiers and horses?

The Tatars only needed to send a cavalry contingent of about 10,000 people, which was enough to deal with it, and even win it in battle. Shen Xi would never be stupid enough to take his soldiers and horses to a head-to-head confrontation with the Tatars in the wilderness.

"Then Lord Shen, can you explain, where are you going? How do we not know? ”

Zhang Yong no longer cares about the question of whether the Tatars will come or not, he hopes that the Tatars will not come, but he knows that Shen Xi is the emperor's important minister, and he has real skills, and he is by no means a hairy boy who can only talk about soldiers on paper, and he now wants to know the situation of reinforcements.

Zhang Yong muttered in his heart: "Obviously we are the reinforcements, but now we say that we are bait, used to attract the attention of Beikou, and we need other soldiers and horses to come to the rescue, isn't this asking for trouble?" It is better to enter Xuanfu City in one breath, use Xuanfu City and the surrounding guards as a barrier, and fight with the Beikou...... Where can you use so many complicated means, don't end up burying your own life. ”

Shen Xi explained: "The capital, Datong Town, Taiyuan Town, and even Guyuan Town on the three sides have all sent people to deliver the letter. In order to avoid encountering Tatar rangers on the road, Taiyuan Town and Guyuan Town I specially let people go to Guguan and Tongguan, although the time is longer, but it is better to be safe on the road. ”

Zhang Yong was even more anxious when he heard this: "These places ...... How could reinforcements arrive? The Jingshi patronized martial law and would never send reinforcements, as for Juyong Pass, Lord Shen saw it when he came out of the fortress, and the defenders of Juyong Pass had a heavy responsibility, and it was impossible to move lightly. ”

"As for places such as Datong Town and Taiyuan Town, they are too busy to take care of themselves, where will there be reinforcements...... Are we just waiting for reinforcements from Xuanfu Town? No, no, if Beikou uses the strategy of besieging the city and sending reinforcements, Xuanfu Town will be surrounded by Tatar soldiers and horses, then we will not fall into a situation of fighting alone? ”

In this regard, Shen Xi could only sigh helplessly, nodded and said: "If the imperial court does not trust this official, or if everyone from all walks of life only cares about self-preservation, maybe there is really a situation that Gonggong Zhang said!" ”

"Lord Shen, this is yours, no matter what, you shouldn't risk our lives, isn't there a better way? Quickly march into Xuanfu, garrison troops after arriving at Xuanfu, no matter whether Beikou arrives or not, we defend the city, it is always not easy for Beikou to break the city, wouldn't it be better? Zhang Yong asked.

Shen Xi shook his head: "This time the Tatars should be united inside and outside, the Great Wall pass north of Xuanfu, many of them were built during the Jingtai period, in disrepair, the outside of the city wall is high and the inside is low, and the interior is almost undefended, if the Tatars attack on all fronts, it is only a matter of time before the Great Wall defense line falls, and the only thing that cannot be determined now is how long Xuanfu City can hold out." ”

Zhang Yong scolded: "Lord Shen is clearly the ambition of Changbei Kou, and he will destroy my Ming prestige!" ”

Shen Xi sighed: "I have been to the northwest in Xia, observing the situation of the border fortress along the way, the Great Wall of Xuanfu is inconspicuous in the towns, the reason why Xuanfu was attacked less in the past is because the Wara of the Ming Dynasty is in the west of the grassland, relatively close to Ningxia Town and Yansui Town, and even the Tatar Fire Sieve Department that has repeatedly detained the border in the past few years is also in the direction of the west, and it is rare to make a detour to invade the land of Xuanfu." ”

"Generally speaking, the terrain of the outer wall of the Great Wall in the Xuanfu section is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but Xuanfu, as a hub to communicate the Beijing division and the three sides, is more as a grain and grass storage, transit and supply place for the nine-sided town, and the defense focuses on the outside rather than the inside, which is an opportunity for the Tatars to take advantage of."

"Now the Tatar tribes are in charge of the Dayan Khan, which is dominated by the eight Chahar tribes, and its Khan is located just close to Xuanfu. Once the grain and grass stored in Xuanfu Town are captured, the Tatars will be able to survive the winter, whether they are withdrawing to the grassland or going south to our capital division, they can be at ease. ”

Zhang Yong was stunned when he heard it, he only knew that most of the people on the grassland were the remnants of the Mengyuan Dynasty, called barbarians or Beiyi and Beikou, in his opinion, all the Tartars were the same, and he couldn't tell the difference at all, let alone the changes in power within the Tartars, as well as where their Khan and Wang Qi were.

"How did Lord Shen find out about this?" Zhang Yong asked.

Shen Xi said: "It may be related to the investigation of the movements of the northern grassland people on weekdays, and there are many case materials given by the Governor's Office and the Military Department of the Five Armies before departure!" ”

Of course, Shen Xi can't say that what he knows is from the history books of later generations, in fact, the Ming court knows very little about the movements on the grassland, mainly related to the fact that the power core of the nomadic tribes in the steppe is always changing. Even the Great Khan of the Tatars was not static.

Daming didn't have so many scouts to spy on the grassland, and the update of a lot of information was relatively lagging behind, so he couldn't do it like Shen Xi and know the rise and fall of the grassland tribes well.

Zhang Yong heard that Shen Xi learned about the situation from the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War of the Five Armies, and immediately believed it, he didn't read much, and he had no qualifications to question Shen Xi of Sanyuan and No. 1.

"Now that Xuanfu is in danger, if the troops and horses can retreat in time, the Tatar conspiracy can be strangled in the cradle, otherwise it will be more convenient for the Tatars to invade the Central Plains after the Tatars capture the fortresses of Xuanfu. The Tatars are likely to change from the previous cavalry raids to a steady siege of the city, and by that time, the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi may not be able to resist the Tatar invasion, and the Beijing division will be in full emergency! Shen Xi said.

Zhang Yong's eyes widened in a hurry: "Lord Shen will make intimidating words, and the Jingshi is in a hurry, what is the use of you reporting to the imperial court and telling our family?" ”

"That's it, Lord Shen, whether you can be a bait or lure the snake out of the hole, we beg you, let our old bones not be buried in the northwest, okay? Our family will remember your great kindness in the next life, you will spare our family this time, and when you go back, our family will never give you the slightest trouble......"

It's a pity that whatever Zhang Yong says is in vain.

Since Shen Xi saw the situation in the northwest clearly, knew that Xuanfu Town was about to become the focus of the Tatar attack, and the current plan was to use his own troops to attract the attention of the Tatars.

At that time, even if the Tatars captured Zhangjiakou and Xingningkou in the north of Xuanfu City, and the follow-up soldiers and horses could continue to pour into the Great Wall from the grassland, but after all, the Ming Dynasty had a lot of passes between the inner and outer Great Wall, and there were soldiers and grain and grass supplies from Gyeonggi and the entire Ming Dynasty, and the final winner of this battle must be the Ming Dynasty who could fight a protracted war and a war of attrition.

After the change of Tumubao, the Warat people had the advantage but could not threaten the rule of the Ming Dynasty is enough to prove one point, although the Wara won a great victory in the battle of Tumubao, but the Warat people are the invaders, after the Ming Dynasty implemented the tactics of clearing the wilderness, the Warat people logistics and supplies could not keep up, and they were constantly attacked by the righteous army and the soldiers and horses of various state capitals, and the Ming fell into disadvantage in the protracted war, and finally the Warat people had to retreat north, and even Yingzong was released.

Now Shen Xi is using the tactics after the change of Tumubao, since this battle was started in the defeat of the northwest army, and the Tatars have taken the initiative, Xuanfu will become a key node. Entering Xuanfu at this time means that it will be surrounded by Tatars, so it is better to focus on the fortress east of Xuanfu Town.

Shen Xi finally said: "Gonggong Zhang doesn't need to be too anxious, even if others will not come to help, but Your Majesty, Liu Shangshu and several ministers and ministers will definitely agree with the views mentioned below, and at that time, the aid will come, and our task is not to fight to the death with the Tatars, but to attract the Tatars to Juyong Pass, which will attract the great attention of the imperial court." At that time, even if someone can't come back, it will definitely not be Zhang's father-in-law's car! ”

Shen Xi is not relying on the emperor and the first assistant of the court, Qiqing, and Xungui to trust him, he needs to get the trust of Xie Qian and Liu Daxia.

Xie Qian could speak in front of the emperor and help to mobilize the imperial court to send troops to avoid the loss of Juyong Pass, and put the war in the area between the inner and outer Great Wall.

On Liu Daxia's side, as the governor of the three sides, he could integrate the northwest soldiers and horses and return to Xuanfu Town. As long as these two can believe in him, then his plan can be successfully implemented, otherwise...... It can only be a lonely situation, no different from sending to death. (To be continued.) )