The first battle after the Tatar main force arrived at Tumu Fort, for the Ming army soldiers was tepid, relaxed, it can also be said to be a shallow taste, the two sides of the soldiers and horses just exchanged troops not long ago, the Tatars conveniently chose Mingjin to withdraw the troops. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But in the eyes of the Tatar army, this battle was extremely poor, and without even touching the face of the Ming army, it had already lost about a thousand people, and also gave up the territory it had just occupied, and retreated to the rear camp in embarrassment, licking its wounds.

After the Tatar soldiers and horses withdrew, the Ming soldiers who were hiding in the caves on the outskirts of the trench area pushed off their camouflage and climbed out, happily cleaning up the battlefield.

"Great victory! What a victory! ”

Hu Songyue led people back to the city from the front trenches, seeing his arrogant appearance of shouting when he saw people, Shen Xi wanted to kick him twice, now the Tatars are only temporarily retreating, he seems to have achieved the final victory, but they don't know that the Tatars will kill back at any time, once the outer hidden caves are exposed, the Tatars will be more careful next time, and then these soldiers and horses will die in confusion.

Fortunately, it is now night, and the Tatars do not have night vision after all, and they are busy retreating, and perhaps they have not found any clues.

"My lord, we have won!"

Hu Song jumped onto the city, and rushed to Shen Xi in front of him, like a general waiting for a reward in triumph, but his merit was at best a distant picture with the Tatars, and then according to Shen Xi's arrangement, he used firecrackers and crossbowmen to kill and injure the opponent from a distance, and this victory had little to do with Hu Songyue's on-the-spot command and dispatch.

However, in such a difficult situation at present, being able to persist on the front line is a good general for Shen Xi, and he will not be too harsh.

The cold wind was cold, Shen Xi shivered, and couldn't help but tighten his clothes, and Yun Liu behind him hurriedly put on a big coat for him, Shen Xi asked, "Can the battlefield be cleaned up?" ”

"Back to the words of the adults, the basic finishing is completed, this battle and cut off almost a thousand real Tartars' heads, in addition to the capture of seven or eight hundred prisoners of war, who used to be our Ming border army, this time they were pulled by the Tartars to explore the way, they are very smart, take advantage of the explosion of mines and shells to jump into the dark trench, or simply lie down and pretend to be dead, and wait for the Tartars to withdraw, they get up and identify themselves. What should be done with these people? ”

Hu Songyue was very excited, this battle was too easy, the Tartars were like automatically sending their heads to the door, and it took almost no effort to get a great military achievement, not only did they not lose, but they added seven or eight hundred border soldiers, and these prisoners of war could be used when they were pulled over.

Shen Xi was also pondering that tonight's deal seemed to be a good deal, fighting a battle for nothing, getting a thousand Tartar heads, and seven or eight hundred battle-hardened border soldiers, what did the Tatars think?

Shen Xi said: "Seven hundred is seven hundred, eight hundred is eight hundred, go and count the number of people for me, I don't want to hear such a vague number as seven or eight hundred!" ”

"Yes, my lord, the last will go!" Hu Songyue went down to the city excitedly, obviously this battle had stimulated his spirit.

The morale of the Ming army was high, and the results of this battle were not brilliant, after all, it was only a tentative attack launched by the Tatars after they joined forces, but it made the whole army feel that the Tatars were not invincible.

The previous siege of Tumubao was only a "small force" of Tatars, Shen Xi had proper tactics, and although he won two victories before and after, it seemed to everyone that there was a certain element of luck.

However, this time the main force of the Tatars arrived, and the fragile defense line of the Tumu Fort was still able to win the first battle without blood, which greatly boosted the morale of the army.

The front-line officers and soldiers escorted the last clear count of 849 Ming Dynasty border soldiers who were used as cannon fodder by the Tartars into the city, because they were not sure whether there were Tatar details hidden in them, the next step was to investigate their background and origin, if it was determined that it was really the Ming military household, they would be re-issued, but they would still be dispersed into various armies, and they would not be considered when arranging vigils and patrols.

"Raise the account!"

After Shen Xi determined that the Tatars had no siege plan in a short time, he ordered the account to be raised, and there were many things to be summed up in this battle, and at the same time, he also had to prepare for the water cut off in a few days. If there is no water in the city, the war will not be sustainable, and the fortifications that have been built before will be in vain.

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In the Tatar army camp outside the city, soldiers and horses were frequently moved. Faced with the loss of more than 1,000 men and horses in the first battle, the question in front of Yismayin was whether to continue to attack the civil fort?

Once an attack is decided, it can be costly and time-consuming, contrary to the Tatars' strategic plan for a quick victory.

If some soldiers and horses are sent to surround the civil fort without fighting, and the main force bypasses the civil fort and advances eastward, in addition to leaving an unstable factor in the rear, it will also dilute the number of troops and horses of the main force due to the division of troops.

It is like attacking Xuanfu Zhencheng and Zhangjiakou Fort before, because Shen Xi defeated Huoya's 4,000 soldiers and horses, Yisima had to send 6,000 people to reinforce, and then because of the heavy losses caused by the "Ma Lei" attack, he had to divide his troops again, which directly caused a serious shortage of Tatar main forces, and the two battles of Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanfu Zhencheng took longer than expected, which was not in line with the expectations of the Tatars.

At this time, in the capital, the imperial court was planning how to consolidate the defense of Gyeonggi, and since the Hongji Emperor Zhu Youji was bedridden, the matter was handed over to the cabinet for discussion.

The cabinet scholars were all from civil servants, and they did not know much about marching and fighting, so they temporarily set up an "advisory group", which consisted of three scholars in the cabinet, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, Xiong Xiu, the left attendant of the military department, Zhang Mao, the governor of the five armies, and Zhang Heling, the chief military officer of the Beijing camp, to discuss and formulate the defense of the capital and Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass, and at the same time mobilize the troops and horses in the northwest to retreat, and recruit and transfer soldiers and horses from all over the country......

Things were so complicated that the members of the advisory group had to sit down to discuss, but after a day's meeting, Xie Qian realized that the preparations that should have been made had been made, and even if the Tatars broke through the town of Xuanfu and went to Juyong Pass, it seemed that the imperial court only needed to keep the original strategy unchanged.

"After a day of deliberation, in the end it was found that it was in vain, no wonder it is said that the bigger the official does, the more incompetent he is!" Xie Qian was very annoyed, but he didn't have a temper in Wenyuan Pavilion, so when he returned to the mansion, he sat down with Ma Wensheng to discuss the border war, and Xie Qian couldn't help but complain when he came up.

Ma Wensheng did not comment, because he knew that Xie Qian was on fire at this time because of Shen Xi's matter, and he didn't want to add fuel to the fire.

Of so many ministers in the court, only Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian supported the dispatch of troops to rescue Tumubao, but unfortunately this plan was not approved by Zhu Youji, which meant that Tumubao was strategically abandoned by the imperial court, which was equivalent to pushing Shen Xi to death.

Xie Qian sat down, picked up a letter on the table, it was the letter for help that Shen Xi had sent him before, shook his head and sighed: "I didn't think at that time, everything that Shen Xi'er expected was true, and the imperial court sent soldiers and horses to Xuanfu one step earlier, why is this so?" ”

"It's not too late to make amends, but the ministers of the DPRK and China are all thinking about how to defend the capital, but they don't know the truth of the cold lips and teeth...... At the beginning of the disaster of Tumubao, Juyong Pass was not lost, and the Jingshi was not also disturbed by Diyi? ”

"Yu Qiao doesn't have to worry too much, only Xuanfu Town and Zhangjiakou Fort are lost now, and Datong and Taiyuan soldiers and horses should also get the news now. Even if there is no order from the imperial court to transfer troops, the soldiers and horses everywhere should know King Qin. ”

In order to appease Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng fully affirmed Shen Xi's contributions: "The fault of the Xuanfu is not for Shen Xi, but for the inability of the soldiers and horses to coordinate everywhere...... Only Shen Xi can predict the enemy's movements, and the credit is not small! ”

In the past, Xie Qian asked Ma Wensheng to make peace through a good relationship with Liu Daxia, so that Shen Xi's "guilt" could be appropriately reduced.

But now there is no need for this, because at this time, the biggest mediocre minister in the northwest war is Liu Daxia, and the greatest culpability is also Liu Daxia, even if the civil fort is to be given up selectively, there is no one in the imperial court who is not sure of Shen Xi's foresight, but the courtier who denied Shen Xi's suggestion at the beginning will be in trouble. Once the war is over, I am afraid that even the second assistant Li Dongyang will be settled by Zhu Youzhang.

Now it depends on when the Tatars will be killed under the capital, and it depends on when Zhu Youji's health improves.

Xie Qian sneered: "Shen Xi'er has done his best for the country, and he has broken the main force of 4,000 Tatars by himself, such a feat, it is not an exaggeration to be crowned a marquis, right?" But he was so close to Juyong Pass in Tumubao that the imperial court could not send troops to help, which made the hearts of those who were loyal to ......the country chilling" (to be continued. )