Liu Daxia usually only stipulates a general direction in the army now, and he can't arrange it when it comes to marching and fighting, after all, he is still relatively unfamiliar with the 100,000 troops he has at hand, and he has no clue which soldiers and horses to send to Ningxia Town, which men and horses to garrison Yulinwei and the surrounding city fortresses......

Liu Daxia felt that his head was extremely big, this was mainly due to the lack of helpers around him, Wang Qiong and Zhu Hui could still help him before, but now these two are not there, he can only bear it alone, and even the supply of food and grass for soldiers and horses needs to be raised by himself, and there is a lack of system after the disrupted establishment of people from all walks of life, and he can only hand over these things to Zhang Lingcheng, the chief soldier of Guyuan Town. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After recovering the Yulin Acropolis, Liu Daxia only spent one day resting, at this time he had to prevent the Tatars from going and returning, so he had to send men and horses out of the jam and lay a scout net between the Yuxi River and the Outer Great Wall.

Liu Daxia did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and always paid attention to the movements of the Tatar army around Yulinwei, at this time the Yulin Acropolis basically did not have the elements of an important military town, if the Tatar army was killed, the Yulin Acropolis could not be defended by the wall, even if it was temporarily reinforced with bricks and wood, it was likely to enter a brutal street battle soon after the war.

"Liu Shangshu, now the three sides and the front line of Xuanda are all rumors, and there are news of Tatars everywhere, but many of them have been confirmed to be false. I heard that there were a small number of Tatars around Xuanfu Town, and they once blocked communication, but now that Xuanfu has lost contact again, is it necessary for us to move westward at this juncture? What if the Tatars suddenly attacked the town of Xuanfu? ”

Although Zhang Lingcheng is a military general, he has passed the township examination in his early years, but unfortunately he went to Beijing twice to participate in the examination and his name fell to Sun Shan, so he inherited the position of his father's commander of the guard, and finally hung up the rank of general soldier after many years of service. He is notoriously cautious in commanding his armies, the kind of man who has a backhand in everything, who may not be too good in war, but who usually survives a major defeat.

Zhang Lingcheng's suggestion that the Tatars might launch an attack in Xuanfu was also out of concern about the war situation, but this was obviously not what Liu Daxia wanted to hear.

Liu Daxia said: "It stands to reason that before Xuanfu Town, there were two major military towns of Datong and Taiyuan, and recently Taiyuan Town and Datong Town have no battle reports on the activities of Tatar soldiers and horses, how can Tatar bypass the two major border defense areas and go deep into the hinterland of Xuanfu?" ”

"So ......"

Zhang Lingcheng said with some uncertainty, "If the Tatar Chinese army moves south from Shacheng and Xinghe to seek a breakthrough from Zhangjiakou Fort and other places, is it possible?" ”

Liu Daxia continued to shake his head: "The Xuanfu soldiers and horses are neat, even if the Tatars move south, they can be stationed for more than 100 days, which is enough for Datong, Taiyuan and other places to send troops and horses to help, you are too careful!" ”

When Zhang Lingcheng heard this, even if he still had doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to say more.

Liu Daxia is the commander of the Chinese army no matter what, and he is just a general military officer, who has always been in charge of the army as a civilian official, and he is just a military general, he just needs to obey orders!

"Liu Shangshu, here is a military report from Shen Xi, the governor of Yansui, please take a look!" Zhang Lingcheng handed a military report to Liu Daxia.

After Liu Daxia saw it, his brows furrowed.

This is exactly the military report that Shen Xi wrote before the Tatar attack on Xuanfu Town, which mentions the possibility that the Tatars bypassed the towns of Sanbian, Taiyuan and Datong, attacked Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou Fort from the inside, and attacked the men and horses of the Dayan Khan from inside and outside.

Shen Xi's statement in the military newspaper was extremely detailed, including the approximate time of the Tatar march, but Shen Xi still underestimated the speed of the Tatar army, so that Shen Xi himself was in big trouble.

Moreover, Shen Xi did not calculate that Liu Daxia would credulously believe the battle report that the main force of the Tatars appeared in Ningxiawei, and actually led his troops westward, which was tantamount to going in the opposite direction and falling for the Tatars' plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

Zhang Lingcheng saw that Liu Daxia was thinking, and said nervously: "Lord Shangshu, many of the things mentioned by Shen Junmen in the military newspaper have been confirmed, and in the past month, the area north of Ningwuguan has indeed often encountered plundering Tatars, causing us to lose contact with the capital for a while. ”

"Although the news has been smooth for a period of time after that, it has lost contact with the Xuanfu again half a month ago, and now most of the messages from the Jingshi are transmitted from Bauhinia Pass and Guguan. If these people who blocked the message were really Tatar scouts as Shen Junmen said, I am afraid that the Tatar troops were already approaching Xuanfu at this time, and then marched westward at this time...... I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for the time to come back! ”

Liu Daxia is not a stupid old minister after all, although he thinks that Shen Xi is a little cowering in the rear, but at least he has not lost the most basic judgment.

After Liu Daxia saw Shen Xi's military report, he thought that what Shen Xi mentioned could still happen, and as Shen Xi said, the Tatar conspiracy was far more than just plundering the people, animals and property of the Ming Dynasty, and it was more likely to get involved in Juyong Pass and even Jingshi.

At that time, the main forces of the Ming Dynasty were in the northwest, and Gyeonggi was empty of defense, and it may once again experience the scene of the defense of the Jingshi after the Tumubao change in the Yingzong period, and the situation would be critical.

"Lord Shangshu?"

Zhang Lingcheng never got Liu Daxia's reply, and couldn't help but ask nervously.

Liu Daxia came back to his senses at this time, closed Shen Xi's military report, and said: "This matter must not be taken lightly, Shen Xi is brave and strategic, in the previous correspondence of the imperial court, it was stated that he had expected the Tatars to go south to invade the border, if this time it is as he expected, there may be danger around the Jingshi." ”

"This can also explain why Shen Xi is stagnant at Juyong Pass, perhaps to prevent the situation of the Tatars surrounding me!"

When Zhang Lingcheng heard this, he immediately relieved himself.

Zhang Lingcheng has no other benefits, this is very good, although he is not cowardly, but he is cautious by nature, seeing that what Shen Xi mentioned is quite reasonable, he is worried that this will happen.

Now Liu Daxia agrees with his point of view, which means that even if there is really a problem in the rear, he, Zhang Lingcheng, does not have to bear too much responsibility.

After Liu Daxia said this, he suddenly regretted it. At this time, he thought: "There is some truth in what Shen Xi mentioned, but the news blockade of the Tatars cannot be so strict, and there has been no news from Datong Town and Taiyuan Town so far...... On the contrary, the enemy situation around Ningxia Town is more accurate, if I stay in the Yulin Acropolis and do not enter, will I also become a cowering and cowardly person? ”

"This is to find out the exact news of Xuanfu Town in the rear, and it can't be done in ten days and a half months, so can it stay in Yansui Town during this time?"

Just when Liu Daxia was hesitating, suddenly a herald came in at the door and said, "My lord, there is the latest battle report of the Ningxia guard!" ”

"Report!" Liu Daxia shouted.

"Yes."

The herald took out a battle report from a bamboo tube, opened it, and read, "Huamachi, the Acropolis of Ningxia, fell on September 24, and there were about 30,000 soldiers and horses in the Beikou, and in addition, Huyang Fort was attacked, and Anding Fort was lost......

A series of battle reports, are some of the surrounding areas of Ningxia Town besieged and lost news, the bad news came too violently, and the specific number of Tatars is described in detail, there are more than 30,000 horses at a time, as well as miscellaneous soldiers from all walks of life, Liu Daxia estimated in his heart that these soldiers and horses together are at least sixty or seventy thousand, even more than the Tatar soldiers and horses he encountered in Yulinwei, and they are even more ferocious.

The herald finished reading and handed the battle report to Liu Daxia.

Liu Daxia took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and then in front of the large trilateral map, he compared the geographical location of these key points in detail, although the Ming Dynasty had certain limitations in the compilation of the map, but the general direction and distance could still be calculated, Liu Daxia felt the seriousness of the problem.

Liu Daxia said sharply: "The matter is urgent, there is no room for further consideration, once the Ningxia guard is lost, the Ningxia Wei Yanguan generation will be impacted, Ningxia Town is in danger, if you don't enter the army at this time, I am afraid that there will be a city on the three sides of the city, and you must go west immediately!" ”

Zhang Lingcheng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then Lord Shangshu, Xuanfu and Shen Junmen ......"

Liu Daxia said cautiously: "The main force of the Tatars has indeed appeared in Ningxia Town now, even if there are Tatar cavalry around Xuanfu, it must be a small group of rogues, don't pay attention to it, the most important thing now is to ensure the safety of Ningxia Wei." At present, the main task of our army is to quickly advance westward and recover the Ningxia rearguard! ”

Zhang Lingcheng was a little speechless about Liu Daxia's use of troops to change again and again, he actually preferred to believe what Shen Xi said, because if it was him, he also felt that the Tatars marching into Xuanfu would be more profitable than attacking Ningxia Town.

The Tatars attacked Ningxia Town very clumsy, put the Ming Dynasty nine-sided granary Xuanfu did not fight, but stared at the barren and remote Ningxia Town, how resentful are the Tatars against the fortress on the three sides of the Ming Dynasty, and they have to fight a circle to conquer and disintegrate in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts?

But this is Liu Daxia's military order, so that Zhang Lingcheng can't refute it, as the chief military officer, he must not contradict Liu Daxia, and he also lacks appropriate helpers to persuade Liu Daxia to consider Shen Xi's suggestion.

"Is Lord Shangshu thinking twice?" Zhang Lingcheng finally said in a tentative tone.

Liu Daxia was annoyed and unwilling because of the successive defeats in the Northwest War, and at this time he learned of the existence of the Tatar "main force", how could he let go of this opportunity to raise the prestige of the Ming Dynasty?

Liu Daxia said: "The order of this official is the last military order, General Zhang only needs to convey the military order of this official to the three armies, and no one can violate it!" ”

Since serving in the army, Zhang Lingcheng has long been accustomed to listening to such unreasonable military orders.

Civilian officials have always said what they say, they don't know military affairs, they read a few military books and think that they can do anything, show off their might in the army, and have only one word for their subordinates who do not obey orders: Divide it and then quickly. Therefore, Zhang Lingcheng did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, and said respectfully: "Obey!" ”

Subsequently, Zhang Lingcheng put away his doubts and complaints, and went out of the official office to arrange the march to the direction of the Ningxia rearguard.

After Zhang Lingcheng left, Liu Daxia looked at Shen Xi's analysis of the battle situation, and his heart was also full of worry, for fear that what Shen Xi mentioned would be confirmed and Gyeonggi would be in danger.

"Shen Xi, Shen Xi, although you anticipate the enemy's opportunities everywhere, you may also make mistakes. Even if your prediction is true, but the current Tatar main force is clearly in the Ningxia rearguard, you should not encounter many Tatar soldiers and horses in front of you, the imperial court sent you 50,000 troops, as well as Datong Town, Taiyuan Town and Jingying people, finally will not let the Tatars take advantage of the situation to advance eastward. The task of guarding Juyong Pass will fall on you! Liu Daxia muttered to himself. (To be continued.) )