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At this time, the water source in the civil fort was in short supply, because the city needed to build fortifications, and a large amount of water was needed on the mud, and the fresh water in the city was not enough, resulting in a shortage of water.

At this time, a heavy rain fell, and Shen Xi's most worried problem was solved.

There were already 200 artillery pieces in the city, and countless shells were numerous, in addition to some of the Tatar horses and weapons and equipment captured.

Most of these captured horses were stunned, or the horses' hooves and legs were injured and they were unable to walk, and they only needed to recover for a period of time before they could be used again.

Under the advantages of the other, Shen Xi felt that it was not too difficult to garrison the civil fort.

Shen Xi was watching the sudden heavy rain in the command post, Hu Songyue trotted all the way over against the rain, arrived at the house, wiped the rain on his head, and said with a smile:

"Hey, my lord, it's raining, it's raining a lot!"

Shen Xi replied angrily: "This official is not blind, how can he not see it?" What are you waiting for, quickly organize someone to receive water, it's rare to rain, do you still need me to teach you this kind of thing? ”

"Didn't the city dig a lot of water cellars before, many of which have been treated with anti-seepage water, and now all the rainwater is diverted to those specially renovated water cellars, and after the shelter is built on it, you must store the precious drinking water properly! In addition, the rest of the trenches were also stocked with as much water as possible, so that they could be used later in the construction of fortifications! ”

"Yes, yes!"

Hu Song jumped and went to arrange.

Prior to this, Shen Xi was very well prepared, and according to the topography of Tumubao, forty water cellars were planned in various parts of the city.

In these years, there was no cement, so we could only use a special method to calcinate some mud floors through a fierce fire, plug the gaps as much as possible, and repeatedly tamp them before the water cellar formed could be put into use.

Shen Xi never fights uncertain battles, he knows that the October days of the Xiaoice River are already very cold, if there is no rain before the first heavy snowfall, then the water source problem will be particularly prominent.

Fortunately, the sky did as people wished, and the heavy rain finally came.

It was a glorious victory, recovering artillery and countless war materials, forcing the Tatars back ten miles away, bringing all the miles around the fort under the control of the Ming army, and now another heavy rain, and nothing seemed more perfect than what had happened today.

"My lord, we have captured some prisoners from the Tatar camp!"

This time, Liu Xu entered the command post with a hat, and he came to tell after cleaning up the loot, the main purpose was to talk to Shen Xi about the problem of "captivity".

Shen Xi looked suspicious, frowned and asked, "Captive?" What captive? ”

Liu Xu looked a little embarrassed, leaned over to Shen Xi, and whispered, "My lord, this captive...... Most of them are Ming people, and they are ...... Ladies and daughters! ”

Only then did Shen Xi understand what was going on.

It turned out that the Tatars plundered people and animals along the way, and abducted some Ming women and abused them in the army.

Shen Xi's previous attention was all on the Franc cannon, and he didn't pay much attention to other affairs, but when he heard the news at this moment, he immediately scolded angrily:

"Since I am a common people, how can I be called a captive? For the nonce...... Settle people in the vacant hut on the east side of the city, and no one is allowed to harass them! ”

Liu Xu originally wanted to say something, but seeing Shen Xi's resolute attitude, he could only nod: "What the adults said is that the last general will arrange it!" ”

Seeing that Liu Xu was about to speak and stopped, Shen Xi probably understood what he wanted to say, Liu Xu clearly wanted to treat these women as prisoners, so that he could do something inferior to beasts.

In this era, no matter what kind of soldiers and horses, there are many things to harass the people.

When soldiers feel that they are in danger, they can get a little "reward" when they sacrifice their lives for the country, and that is what they deserve.

Shen Xi can tolerate the existence of some unspoken rules in the army, but he will never allow soldiers to harass the people, this is his principle of dealing with the world, and it will not change at any time.

Therefore, even if Shen Xi felt that doing so might raise the morale of the whole army to a new height, he would never touch his bottom line.

And whoever touches it, he will behead whomever it is, and there will be no tolerance in the slightest.

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At the end of the second battle since the arrival of the Tumu Fort, the Ming soldiers seized the time to rest, and as soon as the rain stopped, they would immediately start the next phase of the plan, which was to build a large-scale fortification outside the Tumu Fort.

The Tatar soldiers and horses outside the city, after withdrawing about ten miles, re-encamped at Taipinggou west of Tumubao. It used to be a cantonment point for the border army, with dozens of houses, and at the same time there were three or four meters high walls built around it, which could resist the invasion of ordinary bandits. Although the entire fort is now dilapidated, it can barely hide from the rain.

Considering the terrible "Mare" of the Ming army, they were stationed too close, and once the "Mare" began to be released from the city of Tumubao, the camp would inevitably suffer.

In the morning of the next day, the rain gradually stopped, and the Ming army came out of the civil fort one after another, and began to build fortifications around the city.

The order from above is not to besiege the city, as long as the Ming soldiers and horses in the city do not escape, then they don't need to add snakes and make more moves.

Now, even if the Ming army stood outside the city gate and let them kill, they would not go up, and after two consecutive defeats, the Tatars felt more and more the horror of the Ming army. It's not how strong the combat effectiveness of the group of Ming Dynasty soldiers in front of them is, or how well they cooperate on the battlefield, but that there is a perverted commander in the city, and the tactics used are incredible, and no one knows what tactics Shen Xi will adopt next.

Ah Wulu stood on the high platform, watching the Ming army move outside the city, and a deep resentment surged in his heart: "I have long heard that Shen Xi, the champion of the Ming Dynasty, is extremely smart, and he can make the national teacher lose face at the age of thirteen, and then he will cause my grassland tribe to suffer huge losses in the Yulin area...... I thought I could easily subdue him, but now I realize how naïve and ridiculous I am. ”

"No, I must not let the Great Khan and the National Teacher lose confidence in me, as long as I can hold on until the arrival of the Great Khan and the National Teacher, my task will be completed!"

Ah Wulu did not plan to leave, she was ready to stay and continue to monitor the Ming army in Tumu Fort, and even enter the city to negotiate with Shen Xi at the right time.

The morale of the Tatar soldiers and horses was very high before, but at this time, everyone from the generals to the soldiers felt a great frustration, and they all felt a cold sweat all over their bodies when they thought of the tragic situation when those "Mare" entered the camp and blew their robes to pieces.

The previous war had already left a huge psychological shadow on the Tatars, and they finally understood why the brave and warlike Fire Silk Society was defeated and captured at Tumu Fort.

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On the sixth day of October, when Shen Xi completed a battle that had nothing to do with the overall situation but could be said to be a victory that turned the morale of the officers and soldiers in the city, Zhangjiakou Fort in the north also experienced the test of blood and fire.

From the afternoon of the fourth day of the first month to the noon of three days later, an extremely tragic battle was declared to be over, and the Tatars withstood the blows of the Ming army's fierce fire oil, falling stones, wolf tooth slaps, golden fire pots and Franc machine guns, and finally conquered Zhangjiakou Fort, the most important defensive pass of the north pass of Xuanfu Town, after losing more than 8,000 soldiers and horses.

At this point, the line of the Great Wall outside the Ming Dynasty was finally lost, and the northern border of the Ming Dynasty was torn open by the Tatars.

As the Tatar commander in charge of the inner line of the Great Wall, the national teacher Yisima did not immediately go to meet Dayan Khan Batu Munk after the war, but sent people to collect and sort out all the Ming army intelligence and battle reports in Zhangjiakou Fort, he wanted to know what kind of precautions the Ming Dynasty had at this time, so as to determine the next strategy.

On the sixth day of October, in the afternoon.

The Tatar soldiers and horses set out from Zhangjiakou Fort and advanced non-stop in the direction of Xuanfu, which was an order issued by Batu Munch himself, and he must conquer Xuanfu in one fell swoop before the Ming army came to his senses.

The Tatars believed that the Ming army had been prepared, after all, since September 17, when they bypassed the flank of Xuanfu and launched an attack on the Acropolis of Huai'an, the battle in Xuanfu Town had lasted for 20 days.

In the minds of the Tatars, no matter how backward the intelligence system of the Ming army is, it is impossible that they have not received news of the Tatar invasion until now.

It's a pity that as the Tatars expected, twenty days is enough for the news of Xuanfu Town to reach the capital, but it is a pity that only a battle report from Shen Xi has been successfully transmitted to the court, and it has not been adopted.

Even those old and serious ministers of the Ming Dynasty did not believe Shen Xi's report, in their opinion, the main force of the Tatars was clearly in the town of Ningxia on the three sides, how could it appear in Xuanfu?

In the matter of choosing to believe in Liu Daxia or Shen Xi, everyone believes in Liu Daxia unconditionally.

After all, Liu Daxia's qualifications are there, and everyone remembers the great victory against the Tatars in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi on Liu Daxia's head, even if Emperor Hongzhi affirmed Shen Xi's merits in that battle, he only thought that Shen Xi's assistance was meritorious.

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As night fell, a heavy rain struck the Tatars' southward marching horses, and Ismain had just been forced to lead his troops to camp on the spot, and before he could rest, he sent back the battle report from the front line from the Tumu Fort.

After he saw the content of the battle report, he was so angry that he threw the battle report to the ground, his face was full of anger, and the heavy murderous intent revealed from his body made the generals present feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Incompetent, waste, besieging the Ming army, and making the other party so unscrupulous! Don't we even have a hero on the grassland? ”

Esma was so angry that he said something quite shocking. The Tatar generals present were all unconvinced when they heard this, they boasted that they were heroes who were not afraid of heaven and earth, and only heroes could become generals on the grassland, and they could not stand such an "insult" as Yismayin.

"National teacher, but something happened in the Xuanfu?" A general asked.

Yismain pointed to the battle report and asked, "Won't you read it yourself?" ”

The general's face was red-faced, because he was illiterate, and Yismain also knew that he was illiterate, obviously mocking him for not understanding and talking nonsense here.

"Immediately send a letter to the Great Khan and tell him what happened in Tumubao...... Tumubao is only a day's journey from Xuanfu, if it is killed by the Ming Dynasty defenders of Tumubao and attack my flank, Xuanfu may not be able to conquer in a short time. If the Ming Dynasty strengthens its vigilance at Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass, the previous plan will also be in vain! ”

The generals present, it's okay to let them go to the battlefield and work hard, it's a little too embarrassing for them to listen to these strategic things, their brains are almost a tendon, and I will do whatever I am told to do, and I don't think at all.

All the Tatar generals got up to receive the order, and Yismayin raised his hand and said, "Even if it is raining in the sky now, we must immediately pull out the village and set out and rush to Xuanfu without stopping." If Xuanfu cannot be captured within three days, all generals will be punished for slackness! ”

The generals present listened to the sound of "rustling" rain outside, looked at each other, and only lowered their heads helplessly for a while and saluted: "Obey the order!" ”

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PS: The second update is here!

I was depressed to death, and when I was about to finish the second chapter at half past six, the neighbor repaired their family's insurance, and actually pulled the electric gate of the Son of Heaven's house, resulting in the reimbursement of nearly 3,000 words of chapters, and I had to rewrite this chapter!

The next chapter is estimated to come out before the early hours of the morning, and the Son of Heaven is aggrieved to ask for subscription and monthly pass support! (To be continued.) )