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Shen Xi sent Yun Liu and Xi'er to take the scouts to spy on intelligence outside the city, and took advantage of the cover of night to get close to the enemy camp, and after observing the enemy camp in detail, they brought it back to Shen Xi for details.

It was late at night, and the civil fort was quiet from the hustle and bustle, but the trenching work outside the city continued, and even the artisan battalion in the city did not rest, and people worked in shifts, sweating against time to win a chance to survive.

In the command post in the west of the city, Yun Liu and Xi'er were reporting to Shen Xi.

“…… The remaining soldiers and horses of the Tartars should be less than 20,000, but at present, the situation is diametrically opposite to the previous one, with the most thieves in the east of the city, followed by the south of the city, and the north and west of the city are much weaker......"

Yun Liu is rigorous, she summarized all the investigations, sorted them out and then gave them to Shen Xi, which was simple and clear.

The person who said it was very serious, but Shen Xi had some meaning of going in and out of his left ear, and he was splashing ink and constantly outlining the schematic map of the new trenches outside the city on the map.

After Yun Liu finished playing, he waited with Xi'er for a while, and finally Xi'er couldn't help but remind: "Can Lord Shen hear clearly?" ”

"Are you deaf as an official?"

Shen Xi raised his head and glared at Xi'er angrily, "The defense outside the city should have entered a short vacuum period, and it is expected that it will not take two days for the main Tatar force to make a comeback!" ”

Yun Liu asked puzzledly, "Why did Lord Shen make such a judgment?" ”

Shen Xi lowered his head and continued the matter at hand, looking extremely focused, but replied very solemnly: "The Tatar soldiers and horses are progressing smoothly now, obviously they don't want to leave the nail of the civil fort in the rear, not to mention ...... In this nail, it is still me, the one who makes the Tatars extremely jealous, to dominate. ”

"I speculate that even if the Tatar national division Ismain wants to stop, Dayan Khan will not allow it, which involves factional disputes, and there is also the issue of the distribution of credit, Dayan Khan will most likely order Ismayin to lead his troops to continue to attack Tumu Fort, and then Yismain will not be as polite as the first siege!"

Yun Liu asked in surprise, "Lord Shen is saying that the Tartars will make a comeback?" ”

"Maybe!"

Shen Xi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It may be a good thing that the Tatars sent troops and horses to attack the Tumu Fort, at least the pressure on Juyong Pass, Bauhinia Pass and Jingshi will drop sharply, and now it is difficult for us to fight out of the city, so we can only rely on the fortifications inside and outside the Tumu Fort to hold on, once the Tatars come again, we can only expect the right time and place and people to stand on our side...... However, I am afraid that the war will not be as smooth as before! ”

Yun Liu was silent for a long time, and then asked, "My lord, when will the Tartars attack the city again?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The short is two days, the long is three or five days, there is no accurate letter, be prepared!" ”

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Since October 18, Juyong Pass began to be harassed by Tatar soldiers and horses, with the soldiers and horses as the vanguard, the Tatars completed the reinforcement of the soldiers and horses under the Juyong Pass within two days, not only the Juyong Pass was attacked by soldiers and horses, but also the water pass, Shixia Pass, Chenjiabao and other places around the Juyong Pass were attacked by the Tatars at the same time.

On October 20, Yi Si Ma Yin led his soldiers and horses to retreat to Tumu Fort, which became the last city between the inner and outer Great Wall and the last city in the territory of Xuanfu that was still controlled by the Ming army.

Shen Xi sent Yun Liu and Xi'er out of the city again to investigate, and after summarizing the data gathered from many parties, Shen Xi probably figured out one thing, the number of soldiers and horses outside the city should be between 30,000 and 40,000, mainly cavalry.

The defenders in the civil fort are basically infantry, and the number of soldiers and horses with combat effectiveness is about 7,000.

The comparison of soldiers and horses between the two sides is basically at a ratio of six to one, and the Ming army occupies an absolute disadvantage.

At the same time, the war resources of the enemy and our armies were far apart, and all kinds of materials were lacking in the city, while the Tatars outside the city were strong and strong, and there were more than outside the city were Franc machine guns and bullets, as well as the ravines and ravines dug by Shen Xi on the top of the Tumubao Mountain.

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October 19, afternoon.

Jingshi, the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City.

At this time, the Ming court was engaged in a discussion on the war in the northwest, and all seven advisory ministers of the court were present, and Xiao Jing also attended on behalf of the emperor.

In addition, there are still some officials and generals of the Military Department and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, as well as officials from the Six Ministries who do not know much about military affairs, such as the Secretaries and Squires, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the General Political Envoys.

It was as if it was a court meeting, but the emperor did not attend, and the two people who presided over the court meeting were Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, and Liu Jian, the first assistant university scholar of the cabinet.

In this kind of court meeting, which is similar to a court meeting, all the officials present can express their opinions, and if their opinions are appropriate, they will be recorded and adopted by the court.

The things currently under discussion are basically related to the upcoming war in the northwest.

For a while at the beginning of the court discussion, Xie Qian was not very interested in anything else, he was only interested in the analysis of the battle at Tumubao.

He wanted to know if Shen Xi had any hope of escaping.

At this time, Xie Qian did not ask Shen Xi to achieve many great feats in the battle of Tumubao, what he was looking forward to was that Shen Xi could return safely, anyway, Shen Xi had fully demonstrated himself in this battle.

Even if Shen Xi is not appropriate in "privately transferring troops", Xie Qian thinks that through his mediation, he can completely turn big things into small things, not to mention that Shen Xi also made great achievements and defeated the 4,000 soldiers and horses of the Fire Silk Department, so Shen Xi's "guilt" has room to turn around.

“…… The terrain of the civil fort is higher, once the battle starts, the soldiers and horses in the city can rush out, choose to break through from one direction, you can quickly break through, there are two thousand cavalry in the civil fort, and the infantry leaves the palace, two thousand soldiers and horses can rush to the aid of Juyong Pass......"

Speaking of this, Xie Qian knew, and even before he thought that this son was a talent that could be created, and Li Dongyang admired it many times, but later after Xie Qian discovered Shen Xi's talent, he was not so interested in such a slightly mediocre future life.

This person is the son of Xie Qian's old friend Wang Hua, Wang Shouren, who was admitted to the Jinshi in the same year as Shen Xi.

Wang Shouren was transferred out of the capital with Shen Xi, Wang Shouren went to Huguang territory, and Shen Xi went to Fujian and Guangdong to take up his post.

There are people in the court who are good officials, and Wang Shouren's official promotion is also very fast, and it has only been more than four years since he entered the court, and he has achieved the rank of the military department, and when the military department discusses military affairs, he is also qualified to attend, and even speaks freely, and the ministers of the court and the six departments of Shangshu are listening to it.

Although Wang Shouren's analysis and explanation were straightforward, most of the people present heard it in a fog, for example, what 2,000 cavalry, didn't it mean that all the Shenxi army were infantry, and the 2,000 livestock were pack horses, mules, and donkeys? How did you make up two thousand cavalry?

Li Dongyang took it seriously, nodded his head from time to time, and even occasionally made inquiries, so that Wang Shouren could make a more accurate analysis.

Every time Wang Shouren answered the same questions, which is enough to prove that Wang Shouren is quite talented in marching and fighting, and the reason why he was not visible before was completely because he was shrouded by Shen Xi's edge.

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PS: Chapter 2 delivered!

Suddenly I found that my inspiration was like a diabetes insipidus, and this chapter came out in an hour! The tsundere son of heaven is cute and begging for subscription and monthly pass support!