The carriage of the Tatars, without the consent of the Ming army, went straight to the Tumu Fort, and the officers and soldiers in the city were like facing a great enemy, after all, they were still preparing for a desperate battle with the Tatars, who thought that the Tatar reinforcements would arrive immediately, and had to stop fighting. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Now the arrival of the Tatar envoys has not become the hope of the Ming army in the city, although the Ming officers and soldiers are afraid of death, but no one wants to become a prisoner of the Tatars, to live a life of wool and blood on the grassland.

"My lord, the people have come to the front of the city gate, and ask if they are allowed to enter the city?" Hu Song jumped up and asked Shen Xi for instructions.

Shen Xi was still standing at the head of the city, frowning at the carriage of the Tatar envoy.

Obviously, the Tatars would not believe that Shen Xi or the Ming officers and soldiers would sacrifice the city and take refuge, and the possibility of the Tatars coming to persuade them to surrender was very low, and even if they were to persuade them to surrender, they should not use carriages to come, which would obviously put the envoys in danger.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Most of the people in this carriage are here for Huo Aya or Tatar prisoners of war in the city, but why didn't they come on horseback, but in a carriage...... The Tatars are running thousands of miles, and there should not be many wagons with the army, so is it that the person who came is a woman? ”

Hu Songyue saw that Shen Xi was deep in thought, but ignored him, and hurriedly asked again: "My lord, how to act, please show me!" ”

Shen Xi thought for a moment, waved his hand and said: "Let the people in, be sure to prevent the follow-up people from entering the city, and prevent the enemy from placing gunpowder on the carriage or something worse...... Organ, General Hu, I bother you to go out of the city, check it carefully first, and then let it go if there is no problem! ”

Hu Song bowed: "Yes, my lord!" ”

It was a little difficult to let Hu Song jump into battle to kill the enemy, but under the protection of the city's head Franc machine artillery, he still had the courage to go out of the city to meet the envoys.

Errands that do not involve life and safety could not be simpler for Hu Songyue, Shen Xi didn't even need to explain to him in detail the details of going out of the city to greet the envoys, Hu Songyue took people out of the city gate and rode a horse to negotiate in front of the car.

According to Hu Songyue's meaning, he had to pick up the curtain to see the situation in the car, but the Tatars didn't seem to allow Hu Songyue to do this, and the situation quickly became tense before the car drove for a while.

"This old Hu, he can't be trying to fight with the Tatars, right? Tatar cavalry in the distance is eyeing you! Shen Xi muttered to himself.

In the end, it was the Tatars who compromised at Hu Songyue's insistence and allowed Hu Songyue to lift the curtain to check, Shen Xi hurriedly adjusted the angle of the telescope, but unfortunately the light in the carriage was dim, and it was not clear what the situation was at all, but it was vaguely visible that it was indeed a woman inside.

Liu Xu asked: "My lord, I heard the old nonsense say that the things in your hands are extremely magical, I don't know what you see?" ”

"You can also see what this officer sees later, the city gate is on full alert, if there are dangerous goods hidden in the carriage, it may be triggered when crossing the city gate, the cavalry is ready, and they can go out of the city at any time to meet them!" Shen Xi ordered.

Liu Xu was a little embarrassed: "My lord, you know that there are less than two hundred elite horsemen in the city, let them fight with the Tatar iron cavalry, there is no life or death!" ”

Shen Xi glared and said: "Before, Lao Hu took people to fetch water, but there were enough seven hundred, even if most people were not good at riding and couldn't go into battle to kill the enemy, it should always be okay to behave, right?" Be smart, don't ask me to guide you in everything, otherwise what's the use of you commanders and commanders? ”

Liu Xu was a little ashamed, lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I'll arrange it at the end!" ”

After Liu Xu left, Shen Xi continued to observe the situation of the carriage and muttered: "The rut marks are basically invisible, indicating that the goods in the carriage are very light, and there may be only one or two people...... However, the gunpowder is not heavy, and if you add some explosives, it is not a threat to the city gates! ”

When the car drove to the gate of the city, Shen Xi came down from the city, Hu Songyue led the way into the city, and came to Shen Xi to report: "My lord, I have searched it, and there are two girls inside, talking and grunting, and they can't understand what they are talking about, so they come to be envoys, and I am afraid that we will not be able to say a word to them when the time comes!" ”

Shen Xi said: "You don't have to worry about this, since the other party is on an envoy, there must be someone who is proficient in Tatar and Chinese to follow, and I believe that the person who talks to you can also speak two languages, but he just doesn't want to speak!" ”

Hu Songyue was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth: "How can adults seem to know everything?" Who is that woman? Why did you speak Tatar when you saw me, but not our Ming language? ”

With a series of questions, Hu Songyue rode out of the city again and welcomed the Tatar envoy and his party into the city gate.

Shen Xi still observed the carriage of the Tatar envoy from a distance, obviously the carriage was obtained from the robbery of the Ming Dynasty, the carriage was made of fine sandalwood, carved with bird and beast patterns, it looked more luxurious, it should be an official car used by a certain important minister or noble, after all, the Tatars are a nation on horseback, they rarely use a carriage with a canopy, Shen Xi was looking, the carriage was parked in the distance, and the city gate was closed at this time.

"Get down!"

"Come down! Do you hear that? ”

A group of Ming officers and soldiers rushed forward and surrounded the Tatar envoy's chariot and the few Tatar cavalry escorting around him.

Because of the fear of the Tatars' strong force, even if they had arrived in the city, the Tatar cavalry only had six horses, and the Ming army was still very nervous. When Shen Xi was thinking about how many pockets these people had, he suddenly heard a woman's voice from inside the car: "Is this the hospitality of the Heavenly Empire?" ”

This sentence is neither humble nor arrogant, which not only makes people feel very decent, but also looks very majestic, and the voice is a little magnetic, which can't help but make people want to listen to it a few more ears.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not expect the Tatar women to speak such a standard Chinese, and they were all a little stunned for a while, Shen Xi hurriedly asked the guards to pass the word and brought the people to his command post in the city to speak.

The so-called command post does not look very high-sounding in this abandoned civil fort.

After the army settled in, Shen Xi commanded the soldiers and the craftsmen among the people to work for several days to repair the walls and roofs of all the houses, so that the camp would not feel cold at night.

One of the courtyards near the west gate was the original residence of the local inspection department, but due to the long-term lack of maintenance, it still looks dilapidated. Shen Xi used one of the rooms as a dormitory, and the adjacent hall as a place to convene a meeting of the generals, which is now used to receive envoys.

Shen Xi entered the lobby of the command post, and Zhu Lie, Liu Xu, and a group of people followed in, Shen Xi stood still in front of the handsome case, turned around and frowned at a few people, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"My lord, the Tartars sent envoys to persuade them to surrender, and the last general and others will naturally stand side by side with you to strengthen their prestige!" Zhu Lie said with a grimace.

Shen Xi faced such a group of veterans and had the urge to beat and scold people...... If it weren't for the fact that you had fought a beautiful battle with me, I wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to you and went back to Juyong Pass by myself.

Shen Xi said: "You can step back for the time being, just Grandpa Zhang and I can meet the Tatar envoys together!" ”

Zhang Yong hesitated a little: "Oh, Lord Shen, this envoy sent by Beikou can't be trying to sow discord, right?" Maybe they want to play a counter-trick? It's obviously a feminine woman in this car, maybe it's a beauty trick......"

Shen Xi glanced at Zhang Yong, maybe this eunuch had been worried about his life for a long time, so that he was a little nervous, and he always felt that everyone in the world wanted to harm him. Shen Xi said: "Father-in-law Zhang, even if you can calm your heart back, even if someone comes to use a trick, with our current situation, is there anything worse than this?" What is Grandpa Zhang afraid of? ”

Liu Xu and the others wanted to stay and listen to the conversation between Shen Xi and Zhang Yong, but seeing Shen Xi's resolute attitude, they could only leave reluctantly. Zhang Yong's face was sad, and he said: "Lord Shen, you have to respect yourself, if you really surrender to Beikou, my old bones, I have no children and no daughters, you ...... There is a big family behind him, and he can't ignore his relatives! ”

Shen Xi smiled and shook his head: "Gonggong Zhang is too worried, the Tatars will never send someone to persuade us to surrender, let alone let us go, we have no way to compromise!" ”

Zhang Yonglao's face was dark, and he couldn't even take the road of surrender, in his opinion, he was undoubtedly dead, and his mood became more and more irritable.

After a short time, the Tatar envoy had arrived at the door of the command post, and the guards came in to report: "Lord Junmen, the envoy of the Northern Kou is now outside the tent!" ”

I heard a pleasant woman's voice outside: "Speak more respectfully, who is Beikou?" The concubine calls you the Ming Dynasty the Heavenly Empire, and you call our Dayuan people the barbarian Beikou? ”

said that it was not allowed to be called like this, but Shen Xi was extremely fluent when he heard this woman call out "Barbarian Beikou", which made Shen Xi quite puzzled.

Judging from the strength of this woman, her status among the Tatars should not be low, but Shen Xi only knew that there was a fire silk in the Tatar army, and he had no way of knowing any other female generals, so he could only guess at the moment that this woman might have something to do with Dayan Khan Batu Munk and serve as a supervisor or something.

Perhaps they wanted to exchange prisoners of war, or for some other purpose, the Tatars did not want to send warriors into the city to negotiate, so they found a woman who could calm the scene.

The two countries are at war without killing the envoys, but if the scene is tense, the matter of killing the envoys can still be done. But if it is a woman who is sent, or a woman from Dayan Khan, Shen Xi's killing of a woman will not convince the people, and it will still make the Tatars hate the same enemy, but it will cause a commotion, which will not help the overall situation.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "To be able to send a woman to our army, the Tatar commander is ruthless and vicious, and he is not small. Could it be that Dayan Khan Batu Munk personally led his troops to attack Xuanfu Town? ”

Before the person arrived, Shen Xi had to admire this woman's courage, in a world dominated by men, it was extremely rare to have such a strong woman, and waved his hand at the moment: "Please!" ”

Without waiting for the guards to go out, the curtain hanging in front of the lobby door was almost knocked open, and the woman who had spoken before, without any guards following, wore a wide coat and went straight into the door, and beside her were more than a dozen guards and soldiers who were facing each other with swords and swords, as if facing the enemy.

When the woman entered the room, a pair of phoenix eyes looked at the two people standing behind the handsome case, she looked at Zhang Yong first, frowning slightly, and seemed to be a little "disappointed".

Obviously, she regarded Zhang Yong as Shen Xi and Shen Xi as an attendant, but then she found that the young man in front of her was standing higher than the old man, and his hands were pressed on the handsome case, and his beautiful eyes couldn't help but flow, and he suddenly had a little more brilliance.

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