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When they had eaten and drunk enough, and before they could lie down and rest, a thunderbolt of news reached the ears of the soldiers...... In the early morning of the next day, it was impossible to withdraw the camp to Juyong Pass, because another wave of Tatar cavalry was coming.

The Tatar cavalry was killed around the Tumu Fort around the third watch, and the number could not be determined, but fortunately, the people did not find that Shen Xi sent the city to fetch water for the third time, so Hu Songyue could smoothly send the third batch of drinking water into the Tumu Fort and fill the originally abandoned stone jars, stone urns and water troughs in the fort.

Prior to this, except for the two thousand selected elites, the rest of the refugees in the city had gone southeast with food. Shen Xi asked the officers and soldiers to tell the refugees that the Fushui River was the Fushui River after traveling more than 30 miles southeast along the official road, and that the water source would be replenished when they reached the place.

Today, there are more than 4,800 Ming officers and soldiers stationed in the city, as well as a team of minfu who has absorbed 2,000 strong men and expanded to 4,000 people, and about 600 Tatar prisoners of war.

As for some of the sick and wounded, although they were properly cared for, they could only be supplied with 60 percent of the drinking water and food rations, and the Tatar prisoners of war were left to dry, tied up and hung as if they were dried human flesh, and left to fend for themselves.

Although the city has been replenished with water three times, the quantity is still insufficient, and the people in the city can use it for five or six days at most, and if it is longer, they can only spend it in a dry mouth, or pray for a rain in the eyes of God.

In this kind of sunny daytime, autumn is crisp and close to October, it is not practical to want to rain, the north is too dry, even if it really rains, there is a lack of water tools, if there is one or two light rains, even the ground can not be wet, it will not play any role at all.

Liu Xu, Zhu Lie, and Hu Songyue, the three generals, gathered in the Chinese army tent in Shenxi as soon as they learned the news of the arrival of the Tatar cavalry.

It is said that it is a big tent of the Chinese army, but it is a tent temporarily set up near the west gate of the city, the handsome case is very simple, Shen Xi is holding a homemade quill in his hand, and he can't write a word for a long time, and the three thousand households are in a hurry.

Zhu Lie said: "My lord, you might as well let us go out of the city again and fight with the Tartars." At this time, the Tartars had just arrived, and the people were sleepy and lacking, so they were caught off guard. If we win, we will withdraw our troops directly back to Longqingwei, which is much better than staying in this bird place! ”

Hu Songyue looked sideways: "Zhu Qianhu, you see things too easily, the Tartar cavalry is brave, except for Lord Shen, can it be as easy as winning in the afternoon if someone else leads the troops?" ”

"I don't even know how many Tartars there are now, but I ask you, before yesterday's battle, which of you had ever seen a real Tartar?"

Liu Xu scolded and scolded: "Old Hu, don't think that you have made a little contribution with Lord Shen and flaunted your power in front of us, didn't you just go and transport three batches of water back?" It's as if we were watching a play during the day and never been on the battlefield. It is true that adults take the lead on the battlefield, and we are no exception, all thanks to the struggle with our heads tied to the waistband of our trousers! ”

Several people quarreled non-stop, and the things involved were nothing more than the military exploits made during the day.

Winning the battle with the Tatars, and also obtaining more than 3,000 real Tartar heads, this was a rare victory in the eyes of the generals of the Beijing camp, and the feats were outstanding.

It's rare to have the luck to make such a great achievement, and you must grab the first credit to yourself!

Under this premise, Shen Xi, who used to like to have nothing to do and was extremely weird in his every move, looks much more pleasing to the eye. Originally, the united front like the Iron Triangle was not as good as the first-class combat feats.

"Shut up!"

Hu Song leaped, "Don't you see that the adults are thinking about things?" ”

Several people quarreled red-faced, and then they remembered that there was a master in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Several people stopped making a sound, and all looked at Shen Xi, who was pensive, as if they wanted to find some clues from his face, but at this time, Shen Xi's brows were tightly locked, and the quill pen in his hand fell several times, and he raised it hesitantly, which made the three of them feel bottomless.

Zhu Lie asked, "My lord, what are you going to do, please show me!" ”

"Do you need me to say anything?"

Shen Xi raised his head, looked at the three of them in turn, and asked a little strangely, "I asked you to convey the news before, but you haven't left yet?" ”

Zhu Lie, Liu Xu and Hu Songyue looked at each other, and Hu Songyue asked, "When will the adults let us deliver the news?" ”

Shen Xi suddenly straightened his face: "Patronizing the pursuit of fame and fortune, I don't even listen carefully to the words of this official." The officer told you when you came in, and told the three armies to prepare for a long-term garrison, and that there is no need to worry about the water and food in the city for the time being......"

Zhu Lie shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My lord, the Tatar cavalry is right in front of you, how can we not worry?" ”

Hu Songyue also said: "My lord is too optimistic, now there is not much shortage of food, but if the Tatars send troops and horses to besiege the four cities as before, sooner or later the city will be cut off!" ”

Although Liu Xu next to him didn't speak, it could be judged from his expression that his views were roughly the same.

Shen Xi shook his head: "This time and that time!" ”

The three of them looked at each other again, and Hu Songyue asked, "What do you say?" ”

As soon as Shen Xi opened his mouth, he immediately closed it again, frowned and asked, "Does this official need to explain everything to you clearly?" If you have time to think about it yourself, just thinking about how to share the previous credits, it is better to think about how to earn new achievements! ”

Seeing that the three of them still looked at themselves in surprise, without the slightest intention of leaving, Shen Xi shook his head, and had to add: "After we annihilate the four thousand Tatar elites, until the Great Wall defense line and Xuanhua City are lost, we will not cut off the water on our side, just send people to the south of the city to transport water, but every time you go out, don't have too many people and horses, if the Tatars intercept it, just fuck it, the Tatars will definitely withdraw!" ”

Liu Xu blurted out: "Is it really so good? ”

Shen Xi scoffed: "It's nothing good or bad, it's just a strategy, what the Tatars have to do now is to send troops and horses to drag us down, instead of fighting us head-on, because our men and horses can annihilate even four thousand Tatar elites, and the combat effectiveness is not something that a small number of Tatars can expect now." ”

"In order to prevent us from affecting their attack on Xuanfu Town, Zhangjiakou Fort and other places, the purpose of the Tatars sending troops and horses eastward is to prevent our troops and horses from retreating to Juyong Pass, and the Tatar small cavalry will never dare to fight us at this time!"

said that he didn't explain, but Shen Xi still said his judgment, the main purpose was to make the three generals feel at ease, and at the same time to reassure all the soldiers in the army-

Staying in the civil fort for the time being will not worry about eating and drinking, and there will be no need to worry about fighting tough battles for the time being, and it is safe here for the time being.

Hu Songyue said: "My lord, it's not that we don't believe you, it's just ...... What you said is too evil, if the Tartars don't take the initiative to kill, then wouldn't it be better for us to retreat to Juyong Pass? ”

This time, there was no need for Shen Xi to refute, Zhu Lie said disdainfully: "It's just annoying that you are obedient and listen to half of it, didn't the adults say it very clearly before?" The Tartars came to attack the cavalry, but they didn't dare to enter the army easily because they couldn't figure out the situation in the civil fort, and if they knew that there were less than 5,000 men and horses stationed in our city, would the Tartars be polite? ”

"Judging from the information we got today, there are at least more than a thousand horsemen outside the castle, and the siege is obviously not enough, but it is more than enough to chase and hold us down! From Xuanhua City to Tumubao, but more than 160 miles, the other party's elite cavalry can arrive in only one day, you say that under the harassment of the Tatar cavalry in front of you, where can we go in one day? ”

"Then take the initiative to attack again, and annihilate the enemy outside the city first!" Liu Xu clenched his fists.

This time, it was Hu Songyue who retorted: "Five thousand to one thousand, it seems that the odds of winning are very high, but that is based on the other party's willingness to fight us head-on." What if the opponent swims but doesn't attack, but just uses mounted archery to follow us from a distance? When the time comes, we concentrate our forces to fight but we can't find anyone, but instead let our home be lost, what do you say? ”

"Alas, this northwest land is really not a place for people to stay, I knew that it was better to stay in the south and be a thousand households, why bother to transfer to Beijing? Now the mother-in-law and the children can't take care of it, and if they come to this place to suffer, if they can't go back, they won't even have a person to guide the way! ”

Shen Xi roared angrily: "What are you doing with so much nonsense? What the official said, are you going to rot in your stomach and not talk about it to anyone for the rest of your life? ”

"It's not."

The three of them hurriedly denied it, and Hu Song leaped, "My subordinates are going to give orders to the adults!" ”

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As Shen Xi expected, the Tatar cavalry arrived outside the Tumu Fort, and had no intention of attacking the city, nor did they have the intention of besieging the city to help, but gathered to the west of the city, first observed the wreckage of yesterday's battlefield, and after determining that the Ming army won a complete victory, they hurriedly sent men and horses back, and at the same time kept an eye on every move of the Ming soldiers and horses in the Tumu Fort, and did not even intercept the Ming army to send letters to Juyong Pass.

Of course, there is no interception here, there is its own interception.

Ismain is quite well prepared to prevent the leakage of intelligence.

In the area between the Great Wall inside and outside Xuanfu Town, there were a large number of Tatar scouts, especially in front of Juyong Pass, there were about three or four hundred households leading men and horses to intercept the messengers.

Shen Xi has always wondered why he sent letters to the capital or the northwest several times before, not only did he not ask for a single soldier, but he didn't even get a letter back, as if the letter he went to was lost in the sea.

There was no other reason, because most of the letters were killed by the Tatar scouts, and the behavior of the Shen Xi troops was exposed as a result.

At this time, the capital is still calm.

Because of the lag of intelligence, the Ming Jingshi did not know that around Xuanfu Town, there was a war that could almost change the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The Tatars attacked from inside and outside, and the Ming court was caught off guard, but the court mistakenly thought that the Tatars were at the end of the crossbow after attacking the surrounding areas of Yansui Town, and chose to withdraw their troops.

For many days, no more war reports came from the northwest, which was also because the post road west of Juyong Pass was completely blocked, and the intelligence and war reports basically fell into the hands of the Tatars.

Other battle reports were successively transmitted from Bauhinia Pass to the capital, and they were all "good news".

On this day, Xie Qian learned that Liu Daxia was taking advantage of the situation to advance westward and preparing to recover Yansui Town, and he was a little anxious, not because Liu Daxia was anxious about recovering the lost territory, but because he was worried about the slow pace of Shen Xi's army.

Xie Qian took the battle report and muttered to himself: "This kid, he said that he was going to Xuanfu, it's hard to say whether he arrived in Xuanfu Town at this time, don't let Liu Shiyong take advantage of the situation to recover the Yulin Acropolis, you kid rush over again, the daylilies are cold!" Xuanfu is not a poor mountain and bad water in the southeast, thousands of miles away, less than 400 miles, can't you write a few more letters back and let me know what you kid is doing? You kid won't really stubbornly think that the Tatars will invade Jingshi and prepare to stay in Xuanfu City and not leave, right? ”

Just when Xie Qian was worried about this matter, a celebrant eunuch came over to report: "Elder Xie Ge, Your Majesty invites you and two elders to come over, saying that there is an important military aircraft to discuss!" ”

"What a big deal?" Xie Qian acted cautiously, although he knew that he shouldn't ask, he was afraid that the matter would involve him, so he wanted to ask in advance.

But the celebrant eunuch was obviously not at the level enough, so he shook his head and said, "Pavilion Elder, you are here to know!" I don't know the other two elders......"

Xie Qian looked at the empty seat next to him and shook his head: "The other two ministers, I'm afraid they will have to send someone to the mansion to invite, so they will have to delay for a while...... The old man will stay here for the time being, and after the two colleagues arrive, they will go to the Qianqing Palace together! ”

At this time, Xie Qian actually put up a cabinet minister's shelf, and the emperor summoned him, he didn't hurry to the Qianqing Palace to see the driver, but he had to wait here slowly.

The main reason is that Xie Qian is a little confused, and wants to discuss with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang before going to see the emperor.

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