When the account was raised, only Liu Xu and Hu Songyue were among the three generals, and Zhu Lie remained outside the city, commanding the people to build the last trench. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhu Lie is more clumsy than Liu Xu and Hu Songyue, but maybe stupid people are more realistic, saying one is one and saying two is two, Shen Xi roughly told him about it, Zhu Lie knew what was going on and obeyed the order.

But Hu Songyue and Liu Xu are different, they always have a lot of "whimsical ideas", and their brains can't turn around for a long time, so Shen Xi can only explain over and over again with the help of military maps and sand tables.

This time, the officers above the command team, except for those who were responsible for specific tasks, were basically all present. Because there were too many people, there was a lot of noise in the lobby of the command post, and the words "this is not good, that is not appropriate" filled the ears.

Many people are stupid, but they all like to act as Zhuge Liang, so if they have nothing to do, they will consult the tactics arranged by Shen Xi, ask questions and sing against each other, mainly because they think that Shen Xi may push them out and send them to death, and they must ask them clearly first.

Shen Xi didn't have so much time to explain to them one by one, compared with a certain proportion of miniature civil fort sand tables, carefully explained the overall tactics, and then told everyone what he should do for different classes, different regions, and different time periods.

As the so-called master leads the door to practice in individuals, there are really those who don't know how to open their minds, Shen Xi did not hesitate at all, and immediately transferred these people to the city to be responsible for logistics, acting as a reserve, and then replacing others to lead the troops, how can they not let these confused guys spoil the big things.

It wasn't until it was dark that the account was over.

This is very likely to be the last time Shen Xi convened a meeting of all the generals, once the war starts, if the enemy cannot be repulsed, the participants including Shen Xi will be wiped out, even if they win, some of the generals will die on the battlefield, and they will no longer be able to get together.

Hu Songyue saw that everyone's faces were full of tragedy, shook his head and sighed: "Lord Shen, although the brothers always make trouble for you, I admire you from the bottom of my heart...... In the previous two battles, we annihilated 7,000 Tartars, and we almost recovered our capital, even if we die on the battlefield at this time, we have no regrets. ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! ”

A group of generals echoed their words, and their morale recovered slightly.

Shen Xi sighed lightly: "It's my fault that I took you out, but I didn't bring you all back!" ”

Liu Xu smiled and comforted: "Lord Shen is right, if you really want to blame, you can only blame me for waiting for bad luck...... When we were on an errand in Beijing, we people more or less offended the big people, so we were forcibly stuffed into Lord Shen's army and went to the three sides. ”

"If we knew that we would put away our bad temper, we wouldn't be troubled everywhere. However, being able to be a hero in this Xuanfu land is far better than being a bear for a lifetime, if we really have the life to go back, this trip to the northwest with Lord Shen is enough for us to brag for a lifetime! ”

Zhang Yong scolded angrily: "Ouch, I just want to do good things, where do you want to go back alive?" Don't look at how many Tartar soldiers and horses there are outside the city, Lord Shen is not a living immortal, and you don't have wings, so you still die of this heart! ”

Hu Songyue smiled slightly, and did not blush with Zhang Yong: "Father-in-law Zhang, don't say what you say so ugly, it's all up to this, we are grasshoppers on a rope, we can't run away from me, aren't you also strung on it?" Lord Shen's ability, we have all seen it, it is definitely the reincarnation of Sun Wu and Li Jing, maybe there will be a miracle or not! ”

"This time, we are stationed in the civil fort, there is no shortage of food in our hands, but there is not much water, how can people do it if they don't drink water for a long time? It is better to take advantage of the good spirit now, work hard, maybe you can scare the Tatars back, delay for a few days, and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court. ”

"If it really doesn't work, then it is also a bloody field, sacrificing one's life for the country, and saying it will bring face to future generations."

Liu Xu thought so: "That's true, if you are a deserter, even if you can live for a while, but the family members in the capital are going to suffer, and you will fall into the grass in the future, or stay incognito for the rest of your life, what else can you do?" ”

"If the army is defeated, it will be almost the same fate. came out to fight this year, who is not burdened with the expectations of mother-in-law and baby? Now I only hope that the court can remember our merits, don't end up, we lost our lives here, and the court doesn't talk about any affection, then we will die unjustly! ”

As he was talking, suddenly there was a sound of "woo woo woo ......" outside the house, like a ghost crying and a wolf howling!

The sound came from outside the city, and it seemed that the Tatars sounded the horn of the attack.

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Shen Xi walked out of the command post and quickly climbed to the gatehouse in the west of the city.

After the sun set, a strong wind blew, and the man stood in the wind, swaying, and it was very difficult to stand firm, but fortunately, two guards came up to support him.

Shen Xi raised his binoculars and carefully observed the situation in the Tatar military camp to determine if the Tatars were really at war or if it was just a feint.

In the direction of the Tatar barracks, the fires continued to light up, and the Tatar soldiers and horses began to assemble, each point of light representing a torch.

After observing the situation a little, Shen Xi basically judged that the Tatars would launch a wave of siege tonight. Although he didn't dare to hold out much hope for the final result, Shen Xi was still quite confident in winning the first battle.

"My lord, the scouts have just returned from outside the city and report that the Tartars have begun to assemble!" Hu Songyue rushed to the head of the city to pray.

The Tatars did not launch a surprise attack, because they knew that the Tumu Fort was heavily guarded, and it had expanded from a small city that was only two miles square to a huge defensive ring with a depth of nearly five miles, but time was short, and many of the fortifications ordered by Shen Xi were not completed, and Shen Xi himself was not sure whether these fortifications could withstand the Tatar attacks in turn.

The sound of "woo woo woo" in the distance was still ringing, Shen Xi put down the binoculars, and said with a heavy face: "The official has ordered that all the people outside the city will be withdrawn to the city, and all the officers and soldiers will enter a state of imminent battle!" ”

Hu Songyue's eyes widened: "My lord, this is the start of the fight?" ”

Shen Xi sighed slightly: "Even if we can't fight for the time being, the soldiers have to do their own thing, don't wait for the Tatars to kill, we still don't know." In the next few days, without my military order, the civil fort will not give an inch of land! ”

Hu Songyue was stunned, obviously Shen Xi's instructions were different from what he had explained before.

What Shen Xi said before was that it didn't matter if the defensive positions outside the city were lost, as long as the fortress could be stabilized, but now Shen Xi wanted to defend the inside and outside of the fortress together, and the defensive positions outside the civil fort were the mainstay.

However, the situation was critical, and although Hu Songyue had doubts, he knew that the tactics proposed by Shen Xi had always been targeted, and it was estimated that he had discovered something from the Tatar army, so he temporarily changed the tactics, so he still resolutely implemented them.

Hu Songyue led the troops out of the city and into the tunnel outside.

At this time, there were more and more points of light in the Tatar camp, the cold wind was blowing, and the sound of the horn became clearer and clearer.

"My lord, the soldiers and horses from all over the Tatars have begun to approach the front of our position outside the city, and I don't know where their main attack direction is!" The scouts summarized the situation outside the city to Shen Xi.

Shen Xi immediately ordered: "The north, south, and east gates are all immovable, even if there are Tatar soldiers and horses rushing up to kill them, they don't pay attention, just hide themselves!" The west of the city prepares to face the ......"

Shen Xi was sure that the direction of the Tatar attack was the West Gate, because the main Tatar force had only arrived at the Tumu Fort that day, and the siege preparations were not sufficient at all, and what should have been launched at this time should only be a tentative attack, even if it had some siege equipment, but it was not targeted at the current Tumu Fort defense, and the power was far less than the Ming officers and soldiers imagined.

In the minds of the Ming soldiers, the Tatars were undoubtedly jackals and beasts, and they could devour life at any time. But in Shen Xi's eyes, the Tatars are also two eyes and one nose, and their strength is not much greater than that of the Ming army. (To be continued.) )