At this time, Shen Xi was standing on the seven or eight meter-high watchtower in the center of the Chinese army's large array, checking the changes in the battlefield situation while conducting on-the-spot command and dispatch. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The purpose of standing tall is to see far, and in the final analysis, it is to prevent the Tatars from playing tricks......

Shen Xi's current formation seemed to be too concentrated, and if the Tartars used artillery to launch a surprise attack under the cover of his cavalry, then the soldiers and horses of King Qin under his command would suffer heavy losses.

Shen Xi was on the watchtower, observing with a telescope at any time, and every move of the Tatars fell into view, and the probability of being attacked was very low. As a precaution, Shen Xi also deployed a large number of cavalry on the periphery of the Chinese army, ready to stand by at any time, in case the Tatars imitated the tricks he had used before, first using "Ma Lei" to disrupt the defensive formation, and then taking advantage of the chaos to attack with artillery.

But it is obvious that when the Tatars faced the indestructible Ming army, they did not think of "stealing teachers to learn art", but adopted the tactics they were best at, using the powerful impact of cavalry to break the formation, and the result happened to fall into Shen Xi's calculations.

Shen Xi roughly estimated that in the previous battles, not counting the soldiers and horses lost by the Tartars above and below the city wall, just in the confrontation with the soldiers and horses of King Qin led by him, the Tatars lost more than 6,000.

This is the greatest result achieved in the head-to-head confrontation in the plains since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tartars, plus the number of Tartars who defended the city twice in one day in Xizhimen, a total of tens of thousands of Tartars were killed in this day, and the Ming court never thought that the battle of Xizhimen would be so tragic.

The Ming army itself lost four or five thousand soldiers and horses, but it was mainly concentrated in the Xizhimen City, because Shen Xi led the Qinwang army in a tight battle formation, and the infantry was not directly exposed to the edge of the Tartar iron cavalry from beginning to end, and the loss was only three or four hundred cavalry, as well as more than one hundred shield soldiers and spearmen who were lost by the short and short soldiers when they were stray and rushed into battle, and on the Tartar side, the losses of all arms were extremely heavy.

"Lord Shen, the Tartars have withdrawn!"

Hu Songyue was mainly responsible for the defense of the Chinese army in this battle, and when he saw that the Tartars began to evacuate Xizhimen one after another, he hurried to the center to report to Shen Xi...... In his opinion, the complete victory in this battle means that King Qin's operation is complete, and then the soldiers and horses can enter the city and return to their hometowns.

But Shen Xi did not have such optimistic thoughts as Hu Songyue.

Before, Shen Xi was very much looking forward to sending reinforcements from the city, cooperating with him inside and outside, and completely defeating the Tartars, but slowly he found that no matter how far he dragged the main force of the Tartars out of the city, the defenders just had no intention of leaving the city.

This made Shen Xi realize one thing, if he wanted to win this battle, he couldn't count on the conservative defenders in the city or Liu Daxia's three-sided soldiers and horses, and only he and the fifteen thousand elites under his command could rely on him.

Therefore, Shen Xi had no intention of returning to the city immediately after the Tatar withdrawal of troops.

Shen Xi ignored Hu Songyue's report, he stood calmly on the high platform, changing the posture of the command flag in his hand from time to time, and let the herald quickly convey his intentions.

Soon, 15,000 soldiers and horses changed formations again, this time the cavalry team went forward two miles, and the five infantry phalanxes advanced to 500 meters away, making a posture that would attack at any time.

Shen Xi did not let the cavalry launch a pursuit, in case the Tatars had a backhand, resulting in unnecessary losses, and the decision he made next not only surprised the Tartars and the defenders in the city, but also confused the officers and soldiers under his command.

The specific order issued by Shen Xi was: "Camp in place!" ”

"Your ......, my lord"

As soon as Hu Songyue climbed to the watchtower, he saw Shen Xi waving the flag, and the whole person was going crazy.

What is this place?

Outside the Xizhi Gate of the capital!

It is only six or seven miles away from the capital, and the soldiers and horses under Shen Xi's command can choose to enter the city after the withdrawal of the Tartars, which is not only in line with the wishes of the defenders in the city, but also the ardent expectations of the Tatars, and can also meet the wishes of the soldiers in Shen Xi's army who have been fighting abroad for a long time.

The defenders in the city hope that more soldiers and horses will help garrison it.

The Tatars hoped that such a strong opponent as Shen Xi would quickly lead their troops into the city...... There are many high-ranking officials in the capital, and Shen Xi's qualifications are not enough after all, so he naturally becomes a caged bird, and he is constrained everywhere, and it is impossible to have the previous ghostly performance.

The officers and soldiers under Shen Xi's command all want to enter the city quickly, and it is naturally good to see his wife and children, even if his wife and children are in other places, they also hope to have a tall city wall as a barrier, and they no longer have to sleep in the open.

Only Shen Xi thought that his entry into the city was to create an opportunity for the Tatars to seize the capital, and his soldiers and horses entered the city all the way, like salt blending into water, which would not be of much help to the overall situation, and it was better to leave the soldiers and horses outside the city and continue to become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Tatars.

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The battle of Xizhimen ended with a hearty victory for the Ming army, and the Tatars withdrew ten miles outside Xizhimen, but with the mobility and flexibility of their cavalry, they still posed a huge threat to Shenxi's department.

Shen Xi garrisoned in the northwest corner of the capital, only six or seven miles away from Xizhimen, and there was no Tatar barrier during the period, which made the defenders in the city unable to understand, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao and others were confused, they could enter the city and give up, and chose to wait outside the city, this is not convenient for the Tatars to launch the next round of siege?

At the head of Xizhimen City, the Ming soldiers were all overjoyed when they saw the Tatars withdrawing their troops, and just when they thought that the imperial court should launch a pursuit to break the enemy in one fell swoop, they found that the military department had not issued an order to go out of the city to fight, and even the reinforcements outside the city also chose to be stationed in place instead of launching a tail-end pursuit.

Zhang Mao looked at the reinforcements who began to camp, frowned and asked, "What are you doing here?" Since you have returned to the capital to help, why don't you go to the city now? ”

Li Dongyang glanced at Zhang Mao, also puzzled.

The two of them were also puzzled by whether the soldiers and horses on this road belonged to Shen Xi's department, they knew that it was impossible for Shen Xi to have so many cavalry in the army, even if the garrisons around Juyong Pass were counted, it was impossible to make up so many horses.

Moreover, they judged that the infantry and cavalry in this support army must be border soldiers, because the Ming Jingying and the guards in the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi could not reach the bravery and good fighting shown before.

Zhu Houzhao scoffed, and said triumphantly: "I can't understand this? Mr. Shen is to garrison troops outside the city, and form horns with the capital to protect the safety of the Beijing division. He was not afraid of the Tartars attacking at all! ”

Zhang Heling looked at the Qin Wangjun who was forbidden by order outside the city, his eyes were full of envy, and he leaned over and asked, "The prince can take a closer look, the person who led the troops below is really Shen Xi, the governor of Yansui?" ”

Zhu Houzhao looked at his uncle dissatisfied, and said, "Why, don't you believe in this palace?" If your uncle has any doubts, you can personally take someone to the army to verify it! ”

Zhang Heling said ashamedly: "I...... Weichen doesn't need to see it, if you want to come to the army to lead the soldiers, you will definitely send someone to the city to report to the imperial court, and then you will know who the person who leads the army is sacred! ”

The head of the city was still talking in a whisper, Zhang Mao unconsciously turned his head to take a look, and was shocked, the military camp outside was almost set up, and the tent was next to a residential house in the northwest corner of Xizhimen, on the east bank of the Nanchang River connecting the moat, so that the water source problem was solved.

The reinforcement camp is located at the bay of the Nanchang River, the river is twenty or thirty meters wide, and although the temperature is very low now, the river is not completely frozen, so it is difficult for the Tartars to launch a surprise attack from the west and south.