In one night, the two trenches were almost finished. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Shen Xi spent the night outside the city, finally completed the final acceptance of the project before dawn, and returned to the city with the last group of soldiers.

After a busy night, most of the soldiers were exhausted at this time, because of the lack of water in the civil fort, there was no place to wash at all, and the soldiers returned to the camp and fell asleep, and even the bedding and sheepskin that had been prepared before did not have time to cover their bodies.

Shen Xi arranged for someone to take care of the tired soldiers, covered them with bedding, and covered them with thick sheepskin and hay to keep them warm.

The environment in the city is harsh, and in the case of lack of resources, what Shen Xi can win for the soldiers is only to eat enough every day, and to pay attention to saving drinking water.

"Your Excellency, your work has been completed."

In the hall of the command post, in the dancing candle flames, Hu Songyue's eyes were bloodshot, but he still looked energetic. Before, Shen Xi felt that the Beijing battalion soldiers were not of great use, but once they had a clear goal, the potential of the soldiers burst out, which made Shen Xi feel extremely gratified.

It's a kind of explosion when you're cornered!

If it weren't for this time to follow themselves on the expedition, these people might have been mediocre all their lives, thinking about how to eat and wait for death, and the first to want to be a deserter in the face of war, no one wants to do their best for Daming, and then die.

But now, these soldiers who were once nested have become the steel backbone of the Ming Dynasty to defend the territory and ensure the stability of Juyongguan.

Shen Xi said: "Old Hu, if you are tired, you can go back to rest, I estimate that it is likely to face a big battle next...... Let the brethren recuperate, and when they wake up, we will slowly dig the last trench, and then gradually improve the defensive network inside and outside the civil fort, and strive to turn all five miles outside the city into a murderous trap. ”

"Tell the soldiers that if I win this battle, even if I go bankrupt, I will give them enough rewards!"

Hu Songyue nodded: "Yes, my lord, you can see it, the brothers are all following you to serve your life, it is best to return to your hometown if you can make meritorious contributions, even if you are buried here, it can be regarded as throwing your head and blood for my Daming!" ”

Shen Xi smiled, he didn't expect Hu Songyue, who had always been rough, to say such emotional words, although these words sounded like clichés, but there was a warm current flowing in Shen Xi's heart.

Shen Xi patted Hu Songyue's shoulder and said, "Have a good rest, the Tatars shouldn't kill them today, but it's impossible to say in the evening...... It is almost time for our reinforcements to arrive, hold on for a few more days, and believe that a miracle will come eventually! ”

Hu Songyue didn't have much hope for reinforcements, but he still nodded heavily.

When Hu Songyue went back to rest, Shen Xi was still energetic to deal with the information that the scout had just spied.

Because the civil fort was almost completely closed, the information that Shen Xi could get was only limited to a dozen miles around the civil fort, and the scouts he arranged were relatively experienced, and they were not as good as the night guards of the border army, but they were still competent for investigating some movements in the Tatar army.

Through meticulous investigation, Shen Xi was able to understand the layout and activities of the Tatar camp in a timely manner, so that Shen Xi had a clearer understanding of the battle situation.

Shen Xi was busy for more than an hour, and came out of the command post, at this time the soldiers were resting, and the civil fort was silent, looking lifeless.

The only officers and men stationed outside the city were 800 musketeers in rotation, who had to guard the Tatar prisoners of war and patrol the civil forts, and the trenches outside the city also had to be taken care of in case they were destroyed by the Tatars.

"Your Excellency, you haven't rested yet?"

Liu Xu was in charge of the morning guard, so he didn't spend the night outside the city last night, and went back to the city to sleep when he was a child, even then he still yawned a lot.

Seeing Shen Xi come out, Liu Xu was a little surprised, he thought that Shen Xi should have been lying down and resting after a busy night.

Shen Xi didn't answer Liu Xu's question, but asked: "General Liu, let me ask you something, the ten regiments and battalions of the Beijing camp, each battalion has 15,000 people, and logically speaking, there should be 150,000 soldiers and horses, what is the actual number now?" ”

Liu Xu thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The world has been peaceful all these years, and the troops in the northwest have been drawn from the Beijing camp many times, and now it is estimated that ...... That's 30,000 or 40,000 people. ”

"The adults are not in the Beijing camp, so I don't know the actual situation, the soldiers' salaries have been severely deducted, and the actual number of soldiers and horses is far less than the number of establishments, which has become a rule, especially when the Warat and Tatars stopped a few years ago."

"Speaking of which...... The military salary is basically exploited layer by layer, and the last general cannot say that he can be alone in the turbidity current, he can only say that the situation in the army is like this, and we have no choice! ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Don't think about it, I don't mean to investigate or question, I just want to know the approximate number of soldiers and horses in the capital, calculate whether we can get reinforcements, and then calculate the number of reinforcements." Listening to what you say, the capital is overstretched with troops, and it is more reliable to count on reinforcements from Juyongguan. ”

Liu Xu's face was slightly ugly.

None of the reinforcements promised by Shen Xi before came, on the surface, it seemed that Shen Xi had fooled everyone, but everyone knew that the affairs of the imperial court were very involved, and it was not Shen Xi who could call the shots. Moreover, the current situation outside the civil fort is extremely dangerous, and it is not easy to kill the reinforcements when they come, unless the inside and the outside should be combined, so that the soldiers and horses in the city can be killed, so as to find a breakthrough, and then leave together.

But Liu Xu found that everything Shen Xi was doing now was preparing for stubbornness, and he didn't have the slightest intention of breaking through.

Shen Xi said: "You go back and rest, this place is handed over to this official, and General Zhu will come to replace him after noon." ”

Liu Xu hesitated for a moment, and now he went back to sleep on suspicion of leaving his post without permission, but then he thought that this was Shen Xi's order, which was equivalent to the highest order in the army, so he was calm, and left after respectfully accepting the order.

There must be someone in the city to coordinate and command, and in case of an emergency, some reasonable arrangements can be made, Shen Xi arranged errands for Liu Xu, Zhu Lie and Hu Songyue, and let the three of them be responsible for the time period, mainly to cultivate the command talent of the three.

Shen Xi climbed to the top of the city and used a telescope to look at the Tatar barracks, because the distance was too far, Shen Xi basically could not see the activities of the people in the Tatar camp, but he could vaguely see that the Tatar camp area was expanded again, and it seemed that the other party had increased his troops, which was basically consistent with the information obtained before.

"It seems that the time for the next war is getting closer and closer, but I don't know if the Tatars will come out of the nest...... Just the soldiers and horses in front of me already give me a headache! ”

Shen Xi's heart was full of confusion, he was thinking about the Tatars' next move, "If the Tatars take Xuanfu, while sending troops and horses to attack the fortresses around Xuanfu, the main force will inevitably advance to Juyong Pass, and Tumu Fort is their must pass, they may choose to bypass Tumu Fort and maintain the current situation of encircling but not fighting, or they can do their best to go down to Tumu Fort first, and then go down to Juyong Pass......"

Just when Shen Xi was thinking about something, a captain of the Fire Gun Team hurriedly walked up to the city wall, came to his side and said, "My lord, a messenger has arrived outside the city!" ”

"The Courier?"

Shen Xi's face was full of doubt.

The outside of the Tumu Fort is already besieged by the Tatars, how can a messenger arrive? Unless it was a messenger sent by the Tatars, or a messenger deliberately put in by the Tatars.

The captain explained: "The messenger entered the city from the south gate, and it is said that he came from Long Qingwei......

Shen Xi's heart was still not relieved, but he still went down from the city, preparing to meet the messenger from Juyong Pass and ask what the situation was.

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ps: Preview, since the Son of Heaven is going to Shanghai to attend the Forbes China Original List ceremony, there can only be two watches from the 8th to the 11th!

When the Son of Heaven comes back from Shanghai, the outbreak will resume, please bear with me! (To be continued.) )