The Wenhua Palace, the seven advisers and ministers were there, and finally made a hasty decision to transfer the soldiers and horses of the guards in the northern provinces of Jiangbei, and at the same time temporarily abandon the fortresses west and north of Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass, and use the line of the Inner Great Wall as the last barrier for the defense of Gyeonggi. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Mao said: "The land of the civil fort could have become an important place to resist the Northern Kou, but after the change, it has fallen into disrepair, and the city walls are mostly gone. ”

Among the seven advisory ministers, the most closely related to Tumubao was the British Duke Zhang Mao, whose father Zhang Fu was killed in the Tumubao Rebellion, and Zhang Mao was the title inherited by Zhang Fu's second son.

In Zhang Mao's view, Shen Xi still has the courage and responsibility, at least he did not flinch in front of the Tatar army, and he still defended the danger despite the lack of troops and major generals.

It's just that Zhang Mao also thinks that the civil fort is in disrepair and difficult to serve as a bridgehead for the Ming army to defend against the Tatars, but he has already determined from the bottom of his heart that Shen Xi will definitely die, in order to show his justice, it is recommended that no matter whether Shen Xi is defeated in the end or not, as long as he can come back alive, even if the damage is serious, he must also make Shen Xi loyal and upright, and give Shen Xi a great credit.

Zhang Mao's words, although they cannot be agreed by everyone, at least no one refutes them.

No one wants to deal with Shen Xi, a "dead man", before Li Dongyang thought that Shen Xi should be held accountable for the fault of transferring troops from Juyong Pass without authorization, but in the end, he pondered in his heart, Shen Xi's transfer of troops was not out of order, and Shen Xi's virtue and talent were worthy of recognition, not to mention that there was Xie Qian in the court who spoke for Shen Xi, and with the current situation, it was very inappropriate to convict Shen Xi.

Ma Wensheng asked: "Who is the commander of the two guards?" ”

One question stumped several important ministers present.

Since both Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass have become the main direction of attack of the Tatars in the next step, who will come out to coordinate the troops and horses is a question worth pondering.

Li Dongyang was originally recording something, but at this time he put down his pen and raised his head and said: "Xuanda, Taiyuan and Sanbian are far away from the capital, and they may need to send generals to command the soldiers and horses. However, the two passes are the important land of Gyeonggi, and all government orders and troop transfers can be directly issued by the imperial court. ”

Li Dongyang's words were approved by Liu Jian and Xiong Xiu, and they received three votes of support at once, but Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng had different opinions, as for Zhang Mao and Zhang Heling, because they were military generals, they did not take the initiative in this kind of affairs of the Senate and military aircraft, and they did not express their opinions in each other's acquaintance.

Xie Qian said: "If you talk about distance, Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass are indeed not far from the capital, but now the land of Gyeonggi is under martial law, a lesson from the past, and in the change of Jisi, the soldiers and horses of the Northern Kou invaded the capital in two ways, if the way to the two passes is cut off, the order cannot be issued, but let Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass fall into the hands of thieves?" ”

Perhaps because of Shen Xi's relationship, Xie Qian has almost been in opposition to Li Dongyang in the past few days.

Li Dongyang proposed the military dispatch of Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass, and the capital was responsible for everything, in addition to the fact that these two cities were not far from the capital, which was convenient for scheduling, it was also to prevent the recurrence of the "unauthorized transfer" of troops by Shen Xi as before, and the power to return to the capital in order to ensure the authority of the imperial court.

But Xie Qian has a different view.

The imperial court could not relax its vigilance just because Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass were not important towns on the nine sides, and it was necessary to send important generals to the town to defend and return the power of commanding and transferring troops to the defenders of the two passes, so as to prevent the situation after the Tumubao Incident a few decades ago.

Li Dongyang's side has three votes, Xie Qian's side can only win one vote for Ma Wensheng at most, and Zhang Mao and Zhang Heling have no intention of standing side.

Just when the scene was deadlocked, Liu Jian asked: "Yu Qiao, who do you support to go to Liangguan to lead the troops to guard?" ”

Xie Qian almost blurted out "Shen Xi Xiao'er", but realizing that Shen Xi was now trapped in the Civil Fort, and no one in the land of Jingshi was willing to receive such a fatal errand, he didn't know how to respond for a while, he felt that many people were suitable before, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that no one would be more suitable than Shen Xi.

is not as good as Shen Xi, in Xie Qian's opinion, he is a person who is not of great use, and he does not have much expectations.

Liu Jian said: "Since there is no suitable candidate for Yu Qiao, the place of the two passes will be guarded by the local guard station first, and the government order will be issued by the Jingshi, how about it?" ”

Although Xie Qian was unwilling in his heart, he could only nod his head in agreement, he was ready to sacrifice Shen Xi at this time.

For Xie Qian, this is a difficult choice, if the transfer authority of Juyong Pass and Bauhinia Pass is attributed to the capital, it is equivalent to cutting off Shen Xi's opportunity to transfer reinforcements from the two passes, and the situation will be even more dangerous.

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Ningxia Town is the site of Ningxia Acropolis, known as "the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River".

Located in the yamen of the temporary governor in the center of the city, Liu Daxia was listening to the battle report, and the news of the loss of the Xuanfu was transmitted to Ningxia Wei almost on the night of the 17th.

“…… Tartars from Yansui Town, Taiyuan Town and other places, the soldiers are divided into many ways, sneak into the hinterland of Xuanfu, and Zhangjiakou Fort outside the Hulu should be combined with the outside, it took 12 days to break through, after six days, Xuanfu lost, Yansui Governor Shen Junmen Tun Tumu Fort, and the Tartars fought, tired of annihilating more than 4,000 Tartar soldiers and horses, now Xuanfu is lost, the Tartars besiege the Tumu Fort, Wanquan is the city fortress, nine out of ten are lost......"

Wanquan Capital Division is the Xuanfu Military Office, and all the city fortresses of Xuanfu are responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses.

Liu Daxia listened for a long time and asked, "Can the warrant for the transfer of troops from the imperial court be served?" ”

Li Jian, the general in charge of correspondence with Beijing and other places, was listed: "Lord Hui Shangshu, there has not been an official document for the transfer of troops in the capital yet. ”

Liu Daxia muttered: "Xuanfu is lost, it is only four days now, the official document of the imperial court may be delivered in these two days, the official's trip to the northwest, it can be said that the horse has lost his foot, Yulinwei has been defeated, and now he thinks that he has achieved a great victory in Ningxia, but he doesn't know that it is just a plan for the Tatars to transfer the tiger away from the mountain......

One of Liu Daxia's generals, Hu Ling, the commander of Yulinwei, stood up and said: "Liu Shangshu, the defeat of Xuanfu is not your fault, the governor of Xuanda is not good to defend the town, the governor of Yansui sent troops to Xuanfu, and 50,000 soldiers and horses cannot be defended, this battle should be taken care of by the governor of Xuanda and the governor of Yansui, we are just doing our best to annihilate the main force of the Tatars all the way and recover Yulinwei!" ”

Hu Ling's words were recognized by most of the generals present.

In the eyes of these generals, sending troops to Ningxia Wei is not a crime, but a great achievement, and they can strive for greater credit with the imperial court.

Most of them have never won any battles in their lives, and if you want to say that the only record that can be won in your military career is to follow Liu Daxia in a few battles in the northwest, once the Yuxi River a few years ago, and the current battle of recovering Yulinwei and Ningxiawei.

Liu Daxia frowned when he heard this, and secretly thought: "Shen Xi only has 6,000 soldiers and horses, I don't know if it is complete, Tatar dispatched more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, so that Shen Xi can win a big victory in Tumu Fort, Shen Xi is a great contribution, if I can listen to his advice and return to the army Xuanfu, maybe it will not be the end of today." ”

Hu Ling took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Liu Shangshu, please instruct, did the army take the initiative to march towards Xuanfu?" My soldiers have recently won a big victory, and now the soldiers are in full swing, and this time I will return to the army, and I will definitely be able to kill the Tartar pieces of armor without leaving behind! ”

Liu Daxia was still in trouble at this time, so it was not easy for him to overturn his previous decision, and it was not easy to withdraw troops from Ningxiawei.

Originally, he thought that by recovering Ningxia Town, he would be able to gain the strategic initiative against the Tatars, and the next step would be to return to Beijing in triumph, but who knew that now not only was there no hope of returning to the dynasty victoriously, but he was likely to take the blame after going back, and he himself had not thought clearly about what would happen to him.

Liu Daxia said: "Withdrawing troops from Ningxia Wei, even if it is a starry night, a daily march of eighty miles, it will take twenty days to return to Juyong Pass, but I don't know if Juyong Pass can resist it!" ”

Hu Ling saluted: "Lord Shangshu, you don't have to worry, although Wanquan Dusi was attacked and harassed by the enemy, but the soldiers and horses in Datong, Taiyuan and other places are still neat, the army of King Qin will definitely drag the main force of the Tartars, and our three armies will return to the Xuanfu Division, which coincides with the enemy and can win!" ”

"Good!"

Liu Daxia finally nodded, "Now it can only be like this, if the Tatars wave their army to the Great Wall Inner Pass, even if the soldiers and horses of Datong, Taiyuan and other Zhenqin kings are invincible, they can still hold back their main forces, plus Juyong and Bauhinia are dangerous, and it is difficult to attack without ten days and a half months." I am afraid that the Tatar soldiers and horses will raid from some relatively weakly guarded passes, such as hitting the road crossing, Mashuikou and other places, and the Beijing division will be in danger. ”

"On the way, the soldiers and horses of the three armies must not stop, all the way to the east, or they can reach Xuanfu in half a month......"

Liu Daxia felt that time was pressing, and if he could not bring the soldiers and horses back to the capital in a short time, he might give the Tatars a chance. The Tatars also knew that the soldiers and horses commanded by Liu Daxia were not easy to mess with, so they would adopt the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain.

When Hu Ling heard that "he will arrive at Xuanfu within half a month", he was in the same mood as the rest of the generals present, and he was a little unacceptable.

Fifteen days to Xuanfu meant that the daily march was more than eighty miles, and in an era when the general marching speed was only fifty or sixty miles, every day was equivalent to a rapid march...... Soldiers do not travel lightly, and there are also grains and grass that need to be transported, and it will be very hard along the way.

Although the generals have war horses, they need to do a lot of things, and they are also not light.

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