Shen Xi is not a fool, if the Tatars really capture the Huai'an Acropolis, it means that the place of Jimingyi is not safe at all, and if you go slowly, you must be psychologically prepared to be the soul of the Tatars under the knife. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Shen Xi doesn't want to be martyred for the Ming Dynasty, whoever loves to serve the court will go, anyway, he cherishes his life, and if he wants to go home alive to reunite with his wife and children, even if his name remains in history, it is not as important as a life.

Hu Songyue said, "My lord, do you want to think about it again?" Xuanfu is just around the corner, and the Northern Kou is coming, isn't it safer to go to Xuanfu? ”

Shen Xi squinted his eyes and asked, "What if the Tatar cavalry happens to be coming from the direction of Xuanfu?" ”

Hu Songyue looked incredulous: "Don't laugh, my lord, the news of the Beikou cavalry has not been seen in the battle report for a long time, if the Tatars are killed, it must be from the direction of Taiyuan and Datong, how can it be from Xuanfu?" ”

Zhang Yong hurriedly said: "Lord Shen said that Beiyi is coming, then it must be killed, why do you question Lord Shen's judgment?" Have you fought with Beiyi? Are you the governor of Yansui appointed by His Majesty? Shouldn't you Jingying do what you are told? ”

Hu Songyue and the others looked puzzled.

Shen Xi said that it was enough to withdraw the troops, after all, Shen Xi did a lot of strange things on weekdays, but the eunuch who supervised the army also said that he would withdraw the troops, so he couldn't say anything.

Usually the prison army likes to disagree with the commander, and Shen Xi's decision to withdraw his troops is obviously inconsistent with the imperial order he received, Zhang Yong is crazy to stand on Shen Xi's side?

Shen Xi said angrily: "Say it again, if you don't leave on the fifth watch, you will be dealt with by military law!" ”

Shen Xi didn't want to get entangled with these sticks, the task of acting as a decoy had been completed, and if he really died in the northwest, it would be too wronged, because it didn't play any role in promoting the battle situation. Therefore, even if the three armies do not move, he alone will ride a fast horse back to Juyong Pass, and his life is more important than anything else.

When Shen Xi entered his sleeping tent to pack up his things, and Zhang Yong also left, the Chinese army's tent suddenly exploded, and several people were always guessing what kind of madness Shen Xi was doing? Before, he insisted on marching towards Xuanfu Town, but now he has to withdraw his troops before he reaches the ground, and the shadowless Tatars are still vividly spoken.

Hu Songyue shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How many people, what do you think?" ”

General Zhu Lie said: "Take care of him, we just take the money and food away, and still march to Xuanfu...... He wants to be a turtle with a shrunken head, so he can go! ”

Another general, Liu Xu, was a little nervous: "To put it lightly, if the Tartar cavalry really comes, or come from Xuanfu, can we resist it with our little men?" Lord Shen's intention to withdraw his troops in a hurry is obvious, maybe he got some conclusive news that the Tatars were coming, but they refused to say anything to us because of their identity! ”

"What do you know? If you're afraid of death, just say it......" Zhu Lie is still a little bloody among several generals, but at best, he has a big voice and loves face, so he really wants to fight the Tatars, and it is estimated that he will slip away faster than anyone else.

As a result, several generals quarreled over whether to withdraw the troops, and finally everyone looked at Hu Songyue: "Old Hu, this is the oldest of us in the general government, and even you asked Lord Shen for a reward before, and now we all listen to you, do you say to withdraw or not?" ”

Hu Songyue was relatively rational: "Now it's not a question of whether we withdraw or not, it's that we can't anger the prison army anymore, otherwise we will offend both Lord Shen and Gonggong Zhang, and when we return to the capital, we will definitely be punished by the imperial court, and our families will be affected at that time." In my opinion, since Gonggong Zhang also advocates the withdrawal of troops, we will obey the order to withdraw to Juyong Pass, anyway, if the court wants to investigate, it will also be carried by Lord Shen! ”

Originally, Hu Songyue, Liu Xu and others sang opposite scenes with Shen Xi to ask for rewards, and united to put pressure on Shen Xi, so that Shen Xi had nothing to do under the condition that the law did not blame the public, but several people did not dare to do anything, at least they had to consider their own way out, otherwise they might go to prison and ask for guilt if they were confused.

Zhu Lie said: "That's good, just listen to Lao Hu, withdraw when you say it, and never stay in this damn chicken song post for more." Let's go back and give orders, start on the fifth watch, and go faster on the way back. If the Tartars do kill them, it's no joke! ”

Even Zhu Lie compromised, and the remaining generals no longer had any opinions, and each went back to order his own people, packed up his belongings, and left early in the morning.

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Shen Xi had just packed up his books, battle reports, and military strategies, and came out of the sleeping tent, the whole camp was brightly lit, and the soldiers were scolding their mothers while pulling out the camp, and the laziness along the way made them develop very bad habits, that is, all kinds of procrastination, and the night march had never been, and now starting early has caused many opinions.

"That bullshit Lord Shen, I'm just crazy, I set off early in the morning, is I in a hurry to reincarnate?" Some soldiers didn't see Shen Xi's figure, and when Shen Xi led people to inspect, they turned their backs to Shen Xi and complained loudly.

A soldier next to him said, "Or maybe Lord Shen hurried home to pick up the child?" Some time ago, I heard that Lord Shen had a concubine who was pregnant, and that concubine was actually the granddaughter of the elder of the pavilion, do you think he has such a big backer, even if he didn't complete the emperor's order to return to Beijing, wouldn't he still eat and drink spicy? We follow him, yes! ”

These words sounded like a vassal to Shen Xi, but the content made Shen Xi not so comfortable to listen to. Shen Xi thought to himself: "The officers and men in the emotional army are all promoted to today's high positions by nepotism, and they are all waiting to see my jokes?" ”

As a few soldiers were talking, a voice suddenly asked, "My lord, is there something wrong with you?" ”

At this time, a group of big-headed soldiers who were pulling out the camp turned around in unison, only to find that the "Lord Shen" who was being criticized by them was standing behind them, and it was the management officer who happened to patrol the camp to greet them, they didn't know when Shen Xi came, how much they heard, and they were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak.

Shen Xi waved his hand: "Get up, the Tatar cavalry is rushing over here, pack up and set off early, don't delay!" ”

A few big-headed soldiers with colorless faces hurriedly said: "Get the order!" Then he stood up tremblingly.

Shen Xi went over, patted the shoulder of the soldier who had just said he was "crazy", and nodded, "Do a good job!" ”

This shot startled the big-headed soldier, and he thought that Shen Xi was going to punish him. But Shen Xi didn't stay where he was, got up and took the people to other parts of the barracks.

When Shen Xi walked away, a few ruffians patted their chests in horror, and the officer who came over from the patrol said: "Don't be too fast-tongued, the adults heard it just now, but I don't want to worry about it like you!" ”

"You don't know, in the northwest of the border, Lord Shen's prestige is high, many generals heard that Lord Shen is coming, and they are all offering to their ancestors, why should you? That's because Lord Shen once followed Liu Shangshu to fight in the northwest and made great contributions, and even the artillery we brought was designed and supervised by Lord Shen himself! ”

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Before dawn, the army set out again and retreated in the direction of Juyong Pass along the road from which it came.

Shen Xi no longer took a carriage this time, but rode a horse, and it was a good horse specially selected before, which was Shen Xi's preparation to escape on horseback at any time.

The Tatars are not easy to mess with, especially since they do not have many soldiers and horses under their hands, if the Tatars know that he, the culprit who once caused the Tatar defeat on three sides, appears in the vicinity of Xuanfu Town, they will definitely send troops to pursue, and it will be very difficult to save a small life if they are caught up.

"Lord Shen, since you are withdrawing troops, let's just unload those cumbersome artillery guns as well!" Hu Songyue checked the situation of the march in the back, and came over to communicate with Shen Xi, "With artillery, walk at least ten miles less every day!" ”

Shen Xi originally planned to give up all his baggage, leaving only artillery, guns, shells and gunpowder, because Shen Xi was afraid that if he really encountered the Tatars on the road, he would be able to fight the Tatars with these firearms.

But now that the Tatars could be killed at any time, Hu Songyue's advice was more objective. After thinking for a long time, Shen Xi shook his head and said, "Firearms and other things, let's bring them, otherwise we will definitely die if we encounter Tatars!" ”

Hu Songyue shrugged his shoulders, obviously not believing Shen Xi's words at all, but he still followed Shen Xi's orders to pass the word.

On 22 September, the first day of the withdrawal, the officers and men were still lazy and lazy along the way, but they were a little faster than the previous march, and they walked more than 40 miles in one day. Shen Xi almost wanted to kick it alone, and was secretly annoyed in his heart: "What kind of shackles are these, I thought that the people of Jingying just lacked motivation and spur, looking at you bear-like, it's not bad to experience under the Tatar knife!" ”

Before dusk, Hu Songyue had already come over twice to ask Shen Xi to stop the march and stay in place.

How could Shen Xi agree, he rode a horse for a day, his buttocks were grinded, although he was also tired, but at this moment he was competing with the Tatars faster than his legs, Shen Xi even thought about marching day and night, and he didn't stop halfway, and spent three days and three nights retreating to Juyong Pass in one fell swoop.

"Don't be stationed!"

Shen Xi ordered, "March overnight!" ”

"My lord, no! You have horses, but most of the soldiers walk on two legs, and you have to help the people drive the wagons, how can you compare to you? ”

Hu Songyue looked considerate of the soldiers.

Shen Xi said coldly: "How hard can it be to walk forty miles a day?" The marching speed of my Daming Jing camp is so unbearable? ”

Hu Songyue was poked in the foot, and suddenly had nothing to say.

Just like Shen Xi said, marching forty miles a day, there is no intention of fighting a clockwork, and even training troops on weekdays will not be so slow, after all, there are many plains around here, and there are few mountains, if it is a mountain road or a Shu road, it is reasonable to say.

Hu Songyue tried his best to defend: "My lord, isn't this the weight of grain and grass you are carrying too heavy?" And you won't leave your artillery, guns, ammunition, etc. behind! ”

"In any case, I must walk another ten miles today, explain to the soldiers, and camp near Huailai County in ten miles!" Shen Xi commanded.

Hu Songyue originally wanted to protest, but when he heard Shen Xi talk about Huailai County, he pondered that it would be good to be stationed in the county seat, and if the Tatars were killed, they would go directly to the city to take refuge. Thinking of this, he commanded: "The last general will go and pass on the order!" ”

But when he walked away, he thought again: "The Tatars don't even have a shadow at this time, Lord Shen said that the Tatars are about to be killed, I just believe it, is it too child's play?" ”

He was about to turn back and go to Shen Xi to talk about the stationing on the spot, when he saw a fast horse coming in the distance, he was curious for a while, although they were taking the post road, but they rarely saw the fast horse report along the way, it seemed that something big had happened. (To be continued.) )