The royal family has an extra princess, and Zhu Houzhao has added a younger sister, but all this has nothing to do with Shen Xi, who is on the journey to Yulinwei. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Shen Xi left the capital, he didn't think about the question of whether Empress Zhang would give birth to a son or a daughter, and the affairs in the army had already made him anxious...... Shen Xi led 6,000 soldiers and horses, and before he reached Juyong Pass, the army began to have trouble with him and begged for rewards.

The soldiers of the Beijing camp have a very stinky problem, that is, they are afraid of the soft and afraid of the hard, and they feel that Shen Xi is a hairy boy, and he should have no experience in leading troops, so he always shows off his might in front of Shen Xi, and even takes out the attitude of "if you don't give us a reward, we won't leave", trying to make Shen Xi succumb, so after the reward is in hand, as long as they get out, they can be deserters.

Not to mention that the belongings that Shen Xi brought along the way were all taken out by the imperial court for him, and there was no extra money, even if there was, he didn't plan to give it.

The army went out to fight, and did not gain an inch on the battlefield, so they wanted to be rewarded, and it was called to boost morale, but in fact, it was to coerce, Shen Xi asked himself if he had some experience in controlling the army, how could he fall into the trap of these Beijing soldiers?

“…… My lord, it's not that we have to make trouble for you, it's really difficult for the soldiers below to deal with, so my lord still fulfilled the wishes of the soldiers, no matter how much, first mean it, and then make up for it when I turn back and make up for it, so it's okay to get by on face, right? ”

Several Beijing battalion generals who followed Shen Xi on the expedition were actually Qianhu, and the new official positions that appeared after the Beijing camp was restructured into a regimental camp in the 14th year of orthodoxy. These people always seem "reasonable", and they are almost about to say, my lord, you have no money to give us an IOU, so we took the IOU and slapped our butts back to Beijing to collect debts at your house.

Shen Xi found that he was not bringing soldiers to fight, but a group of creditors, who were resolute, and did not see rabbits, did not scatter eagles, and did not give money to let us move the nest.

Juyongguan is just around the corner, but we just don't go, what can you do with me?

In the past, there were always a few intimate people around Shen Xi to discuss, but now he is alone, and there is no one to talk to, and a few generals came to petition, but Shen Xi directly waved his hand and retreated. Shen Xi didn't say to give it, nor did he say no, his attitude was "I'm tired, I'll talk about this later."

Before Juyong Pass, Shen Xi was stunned that the garrison did not move for two days, and this was still a decision made under the urging of the capital many times.

Shen Xi is not in a hurry, and the officers and soldiers in the army are even less anxious.

Originally, this group of Beijing soldiers didn't want to go to the northwest to die, but now that they haven't received the reward, the responsibility for the army's immobility lies with the commander, and it has nothing to do with them.

Originally, Shen Xi wanted to take advantage of the rest of the army to investigate the situation outside the pass, but later found that it was futile to know, from the sporadic information obtained before, after the Tatars captured Yulin Wei, the border army of the Ming Dynasty towns had retreated in the city fortress to garrison, and occasionally there were sporadic battles that ended in the defeat of the Ming border army.

As for where the Tatar Chinese army is, Shen Xi doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know, because even if he knows, it is impossible for him to lead troops to fight head-on, unless he is tired of life.

Hu Songyue, the general of the Beijing camp, who had always emphasized to Shen Xi before, saw that Shen Xi was not in a hurry, he had some seniority in the army and was anxious about the generals who coveted the future.

On the night of August 22, Hu Songyue brought several commanders and team leaders under his command to meet Shen Xi, but Shen Xi didn't seem to want to talk nonsense with him, so he asked his guards to guard at the gate of the Chinese army's big tent and refused to see anyone.

Hu Songyue asked to see him several times, but Shen Xi was annoyed by the harassment and finally relented.

Hu Songyue finally met Shen Xi himself in the big tent of the Chinese army, and found Shen Xi leisurely, holding a scroll in his hand, lying on a foldable leisure chair to read.

Hu Songyue and several other high-ranking military officials have long heard that Shen Xi is a night owl, and his habit has always been to stay up late at night until the third watch, get up very late during the day, and basically hide in the carriage to sleep during the march.

"My lord, aren't you going to fight Beiyi?"

Although Hu Songyue is the commander of the regiment and battalion, he is only from a hereditary military family, and he can read a few words at most, and as for speaking, he has a strong Qin accent, which should have come from Guanzhong.

There is a place in the Beijing camp to rotate soldiers and horses, Shen Xi does not feel unusual, he can understand the other party's Guanzhong accent, but he doesn't want to pay attention to it, he doesn't even put down the scroll, and said coldly:

"General Hu should go back and rest early, wait a few days, the court urges the official document to come down, and the marshal will consider whether to leave the Yongguan Pass!"

"That reward ......"

After Hu Songyue heard what Shen Xi meant, he would still pull out of the Inner Great Wall, immediately kicked his nose in the face, and proposed a reward.

Shen Xi said: "You said that if the officers and soldiers in the army have not received a reward, they will not have the heart to fight with Beiyi, and they have no heart, so why should they go out of the customs and send them to death?" ”

"This Juyong Pass is peaceful for the time being, even if there is a small group of horses in Beiyi, it is a single figure, just capture and kill ten or eight of him, and send the head back to the capital to hand over the errand!"

As a governor of Yansui appointed by the emperor's order, with 6,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and with the royal flag to be cut first and then played, Shen Xi actually retreated first, which was something that Hu Songyue never expected anyway.

After all, the border army and the Beijing camp are completely different systems, and the Beijing soldiers are afraid of death because they know that they can't do it, and they don't want to make senseless sacrifices, and Shen Xi, as a civil servant of the unified army, is also so afraid of death, although Hu Songyue expected, but he didn't expect Shen Xi to say it so directly.

It's as if avoiding war is so natural and glorious.

If it were in the past, Hu Songyue might have directly scolded Shen Xi for his "misleading country" behavior, but now he doesn't have that confidence, because he didn't plan to go to the northwest with Shen Xi to make a name for himself.

"My lord, there are some things that can be turned around, officers and soldiers in the army...... Actually, it's pretty easy to talk to! Hu Songyue obviously wanted to give the two sides a step down, probably meaning to let Shen Xi "mean something" first.

Shen Xi raised his hand to stop: "Just do everything according to the rules, if you don't give a reward, you won't go to the border pass, you said it yourself, and the court will naturally have the responsibility of the official after being held accountable, and it has nothing to do with you." Maybe after ten days and half a month, the imperial court will send someone else to lead the soldiers and horses, or transfer our army back to the capital to defend it, so ...... General Hu rest early, don't be tired! ”

Hu Songyue had nothing to say, so he walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and came outside, not only the commander and team leader under his command greeted him, but other generals also came over to inquire about the situation.

Hu Songyue said the general situation, and everyone present was very angry.

Shen Xi didn't give a reward, and the soldiers already complained, because it was they who would take the lead and make a promise to the soldiers, and the commander of the army would issue benefits first, but now it has not been realized, and it is not Shen Xi who has broken his promise, but them.

"Lao Hu, what do you say is going on with Shen Junmen? There is a lot of money and food transported in the army, and it is not a good thing to share the profits casually, so that the soldiers have a few dollars and silver to carry around, and they have enough courage to get out of the jam? Another put the general manager Liu Xu said.

"Tell me what's the use of these, tell Shen Junmen, Shen Junmen is in the Chinese army's tent."

Hu Songyue is worried when he thinks of Shen Xi now, this is a young official he can't deal with, or a very favored minister around the emperor, they don't dare to mess around, they can only discuss countermeasures in secret to deal with Shen Xi's "hegemony".

General Zhu Lie said: "I don't think I can pay attention to this Shen Junmen, most of him doesn't want to pay, and deliberately consumes it with us to see who can't hold it first." Even he didn't say it himself, the court wants to be held responsible, that's his responsibility, what does it have to do with me? Now he himself refuses to take us out of the customs, it is better for us to go to the court to sue him and make the matter true, so that even if he turns around and bites us, it will be fine! ”

"Good!"

Several generals agreed with this proposal and went back to write secret letters to Shen Xi's "imperial petition", but they ignored a problem, they had to go through the pass of the eunuch Zhang Yong in order to sue the imperial petition, but Zhang Yong did not seem to have any objection to Shen Xi's practice of garrisoning the Yong Pass.

Without Zhang Yong's support, a cadre of generals can only complain at most, or continue to work against Shen Xi. If you want to report Shen Xi's "bad deeds", there is basically no chance, unless you take the route of war reports and send them directly to the cabinet, but several thousand households are not the commanders of the army, and everything has to obey Shen Xi's orders.

Zhu Lie was helpless, and said ruthlessly: "If you stay for two more days, I dare to ensure that Shen Junmen will definitely order the village to be pulled out and set up camp, and we can not move at that time!" If you don't see the reward, Juyongguan will definitely not come out, this is the rule, if anyone violates it first, don't say that there will be no friendship in the future! ”

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On 23 August, the army was calm.

On August 24, Shen Xi still had no intention of ordering troops, but official letters urging the imperial court came one after another, and these official letters were put aside by Shen Xi.

On the evening of 24 August, several commanders in the army finally couldn't bear it and united to go to the big tent of the Chinese army to ask Shen Xi for an explanation.

Hu Songyue asked: "Why don't you take your soldiers and horses out of Juyongguan?" ”

Shen Xi asked rhetorically: "Are you willing to follow this official out of Juyongguan to fight with Beiyi?" ”

Hu Songyue said: "Unless the adults give a reward first!" ”

"That's it, the official has no money to give you, so you don't have to go out of the fortress to fight, just stay here, and when Beiyi withdraws, we can go over and take over the territory!" Shen Xi had an indifferent attitude.

If it weren't for the fact that Shen Xi was a civil official, or a feudal official like the governor of Yansui, who had the right to cut first and then play, these generals present would have to mutiny, but now they have to weigh it carefully, can Shen Xi be offended? The final answer, of course, is...... I can't afford to provoke this Shen Junmen!

Obviously, the Son of Heaven is close to the ministers, and he is close to the powerful people in the court, even if there is an accident, there are people behind him, and they have no foundation in the court, and they must be the ones who are unlucky after the accident.

Zhu Lie asked: "Shen Junmen, this Beiyi doesn't know when to retreat, if the imperial court investigates us for the crime of neglecting military aircraft, what should we do?" ”

"What should I do, if the court investigates, even if you want to kill the head, it is also the official's business, you will be beaten at most, and you will be a good man if you take care of your injuries, it is better than going out of the Yongguan Pass to die. At this time, the soldiers of the three sides, Datong and Xuanfu may not be able to envy us...... Starting from tomorrow, in the next ten days, we will receive more remnants of the defeated army! ”

Shen Xi simply arranged the errands for the next period of time.

Hu Song said angrily: "The popularity of the adults is extraordinary, I admire them, but the adults still weigh it clearly, now take out a little money to reward the three armies, you can make the whole army work hard for you, why sit here and eat nothing?" As far as the last general knows, the money and food in the army cannot support much time......"

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