October 25, night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shen Xi was making a plan to dispatch troops in the lobby of the command post, and the cold wind outside the house was biting, and even if he was indoors, he could hear the north wind howling.

Yunliu and Xi'er have to be responsible for intelligence gathering in the army, and they also have to take care of Shen Xi's daily life.

When Shen Xi was under the candlelight, looking at the military map and considering tomorrow's war, Yunliu brought ginseng soup and ginger tea in from time to time, and added charcoal to the charcoal basin next to Shen Xi from time to time.

Shen Xi didn't close his eyes all night, and Yun Liu and Xi'er also stayed awake all night.

At two o'clock in the morning, the sky was bright, and Shen Xi came to the camp in the north of the city to inspect. Zhu Lie received a notice from the guards, yawned and appeared in front of Shen Xi, and asked, "Lord Shen, is this going to send troops?" Don't worry, as long as you give an order, I will definitely take someone to rush out with you, and keep and kill those Tartar armor without leaving behind! ”

Shen Xi asked rhetorically: "Who said that this official should personally lead the troops?" ”

Zhu Lie was dumbfounded when he heard this, in his impression, Shen Xi was a master who didn't know how to be afraid.

At the beginning of the firecracker, Shen Xi personally led the troops in front of the battle, attracting the hatred of the Tatars, and Shen Xi has always been in the sight of the officers and soldiers after a war, and won the hearts of all the soldiers in a battle; After a few battles with Yismayin's department, Shen Xi personally commanded and dispatched at the head of the city, never leaving the battlefield for half a step, and basically rushed to where there was danger.

This time he sent troops to attack the Tartar camp, but Shen Xi actually said that he wouldn't go?

"Big ...... My lord. ”

Zhu Lie looked flustered, "If you don't personally lead the troops, you'll be afraid of those rabbit cubs...... Disobedient, with you, dare to ensure that no one has the idea of escaping! ”

Shen Xi said again: "What does General Zhu mean is that if the official is not there, the soldiers will compete for desertion?" ”

Zhu Lie scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Big ...... My lord, I don't say that, but with you pressing the formation, the hearts of the soldiers can be settled! ”

Yunliu and Xi'er have been following Shen Xi's side, and when they heard this, Xi'er said: "Lord Shen is not lightly ill, and it is difficult to even walk these days, and he insists on patrolling all over the city, which is enough. Now you still want him to go into battle with illness, isn't it difficult for a strong man? ”

If others were so rude to Zhu Lie, he would have been angry, but seeing that it was the capable "little eunuch" beside Shen Xi who spoke, Zhu Lie just smiled honestly, he knew that these two were concerned about Shen Xi before he said this, and at the same time, he also learned about the background of the two of them from Dongchang through the mouth of Song Xie of Longqingwei Qianhu who came with reinforcements, so he naturally did not dare to cause trouble by himself in the battle of tongues.

Shen Xi waved his hand and said: "General Zhu can rest assured to prepare for the war, how to fight this battle, the official will tell you before the battle, you just need to act according to the plan, whether the official appears on the battlefield in this battle is not the point, the important thing is the success of the first battle!" ”

Zhu Lie nodded hurriedly: "What Lord Shen said is that with you strategizing, it is naturally a success in the first battle, and with Lord Shen here, it is difficult to lose." I'm going to ......."

Zhu Lie's fart was upside down, and he didn't look in shape at all, but it was Zhu Lie and these people, who had been dealing with Tatar soldiers and horses with Shen Xi in Tumu Fort for more than a month, and Shen Xi had long been not the initial contempt for these Beijing soldiers, but sincerely respected.

Without these people, his plan to defend the fort would not have been realized, and he couldn't help but look at the dark faces and cracked hands of the officers and soldiers.

These people should have stayed in Jingshi and lived a life of hot kang with their wives and children, but they followed him to the northwest to endure hardships, and their lives may not be able to be brought back.

The sun is rising, and the camps are starting early.

The difference between this day and usual days is that the soldiers can eat hot soup and rice early in the morning, and they must ensure that they are full.

As for the road, the soldiers did not know very well, they only knew that the meal was very rich that day, everyone had meat in their bowls, hot soup and hot rice, standing in the sun and basking in the sun, their bodies were full of strength, and the cold wind of the previous days seemed to have forgotten about it.

"Follow Lord Shen, there is meat to eat!"

"There's meat to eat!"

This sound was everywhere in the fort, and the soldiers spontaneously shouted slogans in the local accent.

Whether it is Qilu or Zhao Jin dialect, whether it is Beijing dialect or Qin dialect, or Wu Nong's soft dialect in the south, when this is said, everyone can understand it, and everyone has a knowing smile on their faces. Whoever comes out to fight is to eat a full meal, and as for what military merits are rewarded, that is a matter of the future, and it is real to eat in the stomach in front of you.

After more than a month of hardship in Tumubao, he finally got through it, packed up his weapons, and returned to Beijing after this battle, and every soldier had a happy smile on his face.

As for the next battle, no one cared, and the soldiers felt that this battle could be easily won, and in the first battle of Tumubao, the Tatars were annihilated, and the last one was sent to the Tatars to be annihilated.

"There's meat to eat!"

When someone met and said this, the surrounding soldiers would inevitably reply: "There is meat to eat!" ”

The laughter rang out in an uproar, no matter where the accent of the soldiers were, they met the same words, and they could sit down and ask for warmth like their own brothers, knowing what kind of temper the mother-in-law in the other party's family was, how many babies there were, whether the parents and brothers were alive, etc.

Before the war, the soldiers seemed very relaxed, and after chatting with this, they would talk to others about "meat to eat", and then sit down and chat for a while, and before they knew it, the tension before the war disappeared.

At the end of the day, the military order was conveyed again: "Have a full meal at noon, and then go straight to work!" ”

"There's meat to eat!"

"Of course there's meat to eat!"

The women in the city were all rescued by Shen Xi after being captured by the Tatars, and they were always in charge of the food of the whole army, which was equivalent to cooking soldiers.

At this time, the women were also very happy, they thought that jumping from one fire pit to another, there was no chance of survival, and when the city was broken, they didn't know how miserable it would be, they didn't expect that after living with this group of soldiers for more than half a month, they could leave the civil fort, and maybe they could find their families in the future, even if they couldn't find it, they could also find a suitable object from these soldiers, live together, and have a settled life.

Originally, there were only two meals a day in the city, but the second meal was started at noon this day, mainly because Shen Xi was afraid that the soldiers would not be able to eat enough and affect their performance in battle.

Hu Songyue hurriedly ran to Shen Xi to protest: "Lord Shen...... You want to give your soldiers the strength to fight, and I have no objection to that, but you give them enough food and drink, and don't you also give them the strength to be deserters? ”

Shen Xi glared and said: "If you want to be a deserter, let him go, I don't allow a deserter to appear in my civil fort, instead of leaving him to live in the army, it is better to get out of the house as soon as possible, so as not to affect the brothers because of cowardice and retreat in the future!" ”

Hu Songyue was defeated by Shen Xi's theory, he had never heard of a commander encouraging soldiers to "get out early" before the war, and the "he" in Shen Xi's mouth sounded like scolding himself to Hu Songyue, because he used to be the one who wanted to be a deserter the most.

Shen Xi came out of the command post, and the guards outside had already eaten, and they were laughing at this moment.

Seeing Shen Xi appear, the morale of the guards was high, because they felt that it was a great honor to be able to follow the admired commander and witness him command the battle.

Hu Songyue hurriedly said goodbye to Shen Xi, he still had to go back to clean up the people, and he couldn't let his troops be embarrassed on the battlefield.

Back at the camp, Hu Songyue learned from Shen Xi and encouraged the officers and soldiers to fight bravely...... In the past, he disdained to do this kind of thing, in the end, he was the general of the Beijing camp, and he was a thousand households in the local health office, and the power in his hands was not small, and it was definitely enough to show off his power in the market, even if he saw the magistrate, he could be angry.

"Don't be a deserter, otherwise you will chop your feet, do you hear?" Hu Songyue made a loud threat.

The veteran soldier below laughed: "Mr. Hu, are you laughing at us?" Fighting with Lord Shen, even if we fight to the death of a soldier, we will never escape, who doesn't know that Lord Shen has never experienced defeat in his life? To go to the battlefield is to reap the merits and rewards of war, who would not be happy with their future, don't you say? ”

"That's nature, do you need to talk about it? Hahaha......" A group of soldiers followed.

Hu Songyue really wanted to scold, these people didn't have this mentality a month ago, it's only been more than a month, and he feels that this group of people is like having changed their heads.

"Crazy, it must be crazy! As crazy as Lord Shen! Hu Songyue scolded and scolded.