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The people on both sides of Zhengyangmen Street were crowded, vying to see the appearance of the Tatar captives and see the demeanor of the brave and good soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who could defeat the Tatar soldiers and horses.

As many as 2,600 people were captured at one time, which was the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty!

The last time the capital was so lively, it was when Ma Wensheng returned to the capital after fighting the Hami War in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, but there were less than 1,000 prisoners, and now he finally relived the grand occasion.

These generals under Shen Xi's command were all unknown when they left the capital, and they were generally unsuccessful in the Beijing camp, and were squeezed out by their superiors, which was equivalent to being assigned to Shen Xi, the new governor of Yansui.

Before, on the high platform in Zhengyang Gate, everyone consciously kept a distance from Shen Xi, after all, the rumors were convincing, and they all said that Shen Xi had offended Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and he would be idle after returning to Beijing. But at this time, everyone leaned towards him, because only by standing beside him could he show his scenery and be supported by the people and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Before the halfway point of the team of prisoners was offered, Xiao Jing saw that all of them were Tatars and had not been adulterated, so he finally completely relieved his heart and came over to praise excitedly: "Lord Shen, you are really capable...... Our family is really curious, how did we bring back so many captives in less than three months after we went out? ”

Shen Xi was waving to the long line, and when he heard this, he glanced back at Xiao Jing and asked puzzledly, "Gonggong Xiao's words, this official doesn't understand very well...... Father-in-law Xiao is this too few prisoners? ”

"No, no, it's just a reminder to Lord Shen, if there are so many captives next time, the prophet will give our family a voice, so as not to come over...... Caught off guard, our family doesn't know how to explain to Your Majesty after we go back! Xiao Jingle said uncontrollably.

Shen Xi nodded: "What Gonggong Xiao reminded is that this official will remember it next time!" ”

Zhang Yanling couldn't help but feel envious, jealous and hateful after seeing it next to him, and thought: "What kind of luck did this kid take, and he can actually win every battle?" Want to have a next time? Dream on you! ”

Even if Zhang Yanling was unhappy, he understood that he couldn't deal with Shen Xi, and the only thing he could do was to stare at him on the high platform.

The long line of captives walked for half an hour, and there were times when things didn't go well in the middle, mainly because these captives didn't obey discipline very much, and it didn't happen to beat the captives with whips, but at this time, no one would run out to say that they were abusing the prisoners or something, mainly because there seemed to be a natural hatred between the Ming and the Tatars.

Seeing the beating of the prisoners, thinking of the hard life they have lived in the past few months, the common people applauded, and they were very reluctant to beat themselves a few times to relieve their hatred.

Seeing that the captives were about to pass, Xiao Jing finally breathed a long sigh of relief and asked, "Lord Shen, is it gone?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The rest, I'm afraid it's some grain and grass, baggage and booty, but some of it is stored in Juyong Pass, and it can't be transported to the capital for the time being!" ”

Xiao Jing smiled and said: "No need, these are enough, Your Majesty must be a dragon face Dayue when you see it, Lord Shen only needs to wait for Your Majesty's reward!" ”

Shen Xi saluted respectfully, Xiao Jing couldn't help but look outside the city gate, the sensation caused by the officers and soldiers under Shen Xi in the matter of offering prisoners was too great, he was eager to know how much loot Shen Xi had in his department, as a eunuch, he was also greedy for money, which was almost a common problem of eunuchs.

However, the team that sacrificed the prisoners was separated by the team escorting the grain and grass and heavy booty behind, and after waiting for a long time, the herald came over, and the high-pitched voice sounded: "1,400 soldiers of the Chinese army, escorting the grain and grass equipment into the city!" ”

Xiao Jing didn't understand a little when he heard this, and when he saw Shen Xi wave his hand, he asked the herald to report to the side of the noon gate, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Lord Shen, so many prisoners have only found more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to escort them, how can it only be grain, grass and other things, and more than 1,000 soldiers and horses are also needed?" ”

Shen Xi shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Maybe the baggage is too heavy, so I can only find more people!" ”

Xiao Jing let out an "oh", still didn't understand what was going on, but saw that there were already soldiers and carriages rushing over here, and this time it was not so much grain and grass equipment as it was an artillery team.

The key to Shen Xi's victory in this battle is to have a large number of Franc cannons.

These Franc machine guns, most of them were snatched back from the hands of the Tatars, a few years ago, this thing was idle in the passes of the three sides and Xuanda and other places, almost all of them were about to rust, and in this war with the Tatars, the border passes did not take the artillery seriously at all, and even if it was used, it did not exert its due power.

Only Shen Xi has mastered the essence of the use of hot weapons, plus he knows some medieval European battle formations, such as the Spanish phalanx, the Morris phalanx, horizontal tactics and column tactics, and knows how to perfectly combine hot weapons with cold weapons, which is his magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

Horse-drawn carts, mule carts, donkey carts, etc., but all the animals that could be used, were all used by the army this time, one by one Franc machine guns, although not very heavy, but the small ones were one or two hundred catties, and the large ones were five or six hundred catties, so they dragged them to the city gate.

It's easy to go out, but it's hard to return!

It seems that on the way back, nothing goes well, when pursuing the Tatars, the soldiers dragged the artillery with cattle, and the marching speed was fast, but when they returned to the capital, especially now when they entered the city, they actually fell down one by two in turn, causing the officers and soldiers to be in a hurry, and even dragged and dragged before they could barely make the trip, which was completely out of tune with the majestic appearance of the previous two groups of soldiers entering the city.

It's as if these are two different armies, and there is no comparison at all.

"Haha......"

The people who were envious of Shen Xi's subordinates before finally couldn't help laughing out loud at this moment, especially Zhang Yanling's laughter was the loudest.

The soldiers passed him with their cannons in tow, and he stood on the high platform and laughed so merrily, without the slightest consideration for the feelings of the soldiers.

Zhang Yanling teased: "Lord Shen, your soldiers and horses are nothing more than that!" ”

Shen Xi didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart: "These heavy cannons can be brought to the civil fort by the Tartars from three sides, and after they are captured by me, they can be used to defend the city in the civil fort, and then they can still come in handy when they rush to the capital, which is not easy...... If you don't look at the environment of the civil fort, what kind of difficulties and dangers it is along the way, and how scarce the livestock used to pull the artillery is, you will still be ridiculed like this, and the soldiers must not be angry in their hearts! ”

At this time, many of the artillery pieces in the army could no longer be used because of the excessive wear and tear of the bore, but they were all transported back by the officers and soldiers.

One of these artillery pieces counts as one, and Shen Xi plans to send them back to the military headquarters to rebuild them, and these things will soon come in handy again.

When the artillery procession marched, the officials and generals on the high platform did not have much respect, but the people were very curious about this special weapon, and they all rushed forward to check, and even wanted to go up to help push and pull, but they were all blocked by the officers and soldiers and yacha who were responsible for maintaining order.

When the team carrying the cannon was almost over, Xiao Jing asked, "Lord Shen, is there only the rear army left?" ”

Shen Xi thought for a moment and replied, "It seems that the convoy transporting the first stage has not passed by yet!" ”

"Skull!?"

After Shen Xi reminded Xiao Jingcai to remember, he patted his head and said: "Look at our family's memory, Lord Shen has captured two thousand six hundred Tatar prisoners on the northwest battlefield, so the first rank must be more, right?" ”

Shen Xi nodded slightly, as an answer.

At this time, the surrounding officials and generals couldn't help but look sideways at Shen Xi, they all wanted to know, how many Tatar heads were involved in this prisoner sacrifice ceremony?