The civil fort experienced the hustle and bustle of most of the night. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

From the excitement of learning of the arrival of reinforcements at the beginning, to the courage to go out of the city later, and then to the return to the city fortress, their hearts were basically as cold as ashes.

As bonfires lit and the fort regained its light, reinforcements finally withdrew into the city after more than an hour of tossing.

Although Shen Xi has not counted the number of people in detail, just from visual inspection, the number of reinforcements this time is about 2,000 people.

The commander of the reinforcements is a general judge from Longqing Prefecture, not a military position, and is responsible for the grain transportation, water conservancy, tuntian, horse husbandry, river and sea defense and other affairs in a state. As for the specific person in charge of leading the troops, it was Long Qingwei's deputy Qianhu, who was temporarily promoted to Qianhu by Li Pin under the command of Long Qingwei, and then forcibly stuffed more than 2,000 people to his command, followed by the general judge and two prison soldiers, and came to Tumubao.

However, this Qianhu named Song Xie was originally ordered to lead his troops to Xuanfu for defense, and he didn't know that the Tatars had been killed to Tumu Fort, let alone that Xuanfu was close to being lost. In the two days of Huailaiwei, although he knew the general situation of Tumu Fort, he never thought that it would be so bad.

Approaching the Tumu Fort, Song Xie was frightened by the black Tatar army, and turned around and wanted to escape, but he was held hostage by the "prison army" Xi'er and Yun Liu appointed by Li Pin, and forcibly led his troops to the Tumu Fort City.

“…… The Tartars are lying on the way we came, and there are seven or eight thousand elite horsemen, so we can still bring reinforcements in, it's not easy! ”

Song Qianhu roughly explained the situation under his command, Zhang Yong was a little annoyed when he heard it, what he was looking forward to was not the rabble sent by Juyongguan, but the upright teachers sent by the imperial court. However, the imperial court seems to have taken a blind attitude towards the civil fort, and no news has come so far.

After determining that the Tatars did not take the opportunity to attack the city, Shen Xi determined that the other party's strategy was to prevent the soldiers and horses in the city from breaking through, so after the Tatars found out that the number of reinforcements was small, they chose not to confront each other head-on, but to avoid and let the reinforcements enter the city. As soon as the reinforcements entered the pocket formation, the Tatars immediately tightened the loose openings, and at the same time began to dig trenches, set up tripwires, etc., and their intentions were obvious.

Shen Xi sighed: "Two thousand soldiers and horses, it is not too little, but for the next war...... It seems to be a drop in the bucket, the main Tatar force is about to advance eastward, how can the civil fort hold on? ”

The reinforcements who had just been exhausted and rushed into the Tumu Fort at night did not know the specific situation, and when they learned from the surrounding defenders that the outside of the city had been occupied by the Tatars, and they did not even have a chance to escape, they knew that they had entered the Longtan Tiger's Den.

Hu Songyue and the others have been busy, and after placing all the people in place, Hu Songyue came to the command post, and when he entered the lobby, he noticed that the atmosphere was solemn.

Hu Songyue came to Shen Xi and asked, "Lord Shen, what should we do next?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The enemy does not move, I will not move, and the officers and men of the three armies will be ordered to continue to rest!" ”

Hu Songyue had a bitter smile on his face.

Busy for most of the night, say that you can rest if you rest? The soldiers must have had mixed feelings at this time, both the excitement at the beginning, the frustration brought about by the failure to break through, and the pessimism and despair when witnessing the lack of reinforcements.

But these things, in fact, Shen Xi expected them in advance, he sent the soldiers and horses out of the city, not to break through, but to see if the reinforcements could be successfully brought back to the city, and now the goal has been achieved, except for the number of reinforcements that do not match his heart, everything else is fine.

Especially among the people who led the troops into the city this time, including Yu Niang's two goddaughters, Yunliu and Xi'er, who also had a deep relationship with him, Shen Xi wanted to learn the general situation of the capital from them, so as to analyze the imperial court's arrangements for the northwest war situation.

Zhang Yong said with some dissatisfaction: "Lord Shen, look at what you said, rest?" How to rest? Now that there are Tartars everywhere outside the city, ghosts and ghosts, aren't you afraid that the Tartars will take the opportunity to attack the city? ”

Shen Xi pouted: "Grandpa Zhang, do you think that the Tartars outside the city are really going to attack the city, will they wait until now?" Now we just need to defend the city in peace, and either wait for the arrival of reinforcements, or welcome the main force of Tatar soldiers and horses...... Now that our first batch of reinforcements has arrived, and the follow-up reinforcements are on the way to come, all the soldiers should be more confident. ”

Zhang Yong shouted: "Listen to what Lord Shen said, it seems that it has reached the point of burning his eyebrows, and I really can't think of where Lord Shen's confidence comes from!" ”

"Everyone, disperse, anyway, you believe me, the Tatars will not attack the city!" Shen Xi waved his hand, ordered everyone to take care of themselves, and then called Yunliu and Xi'er.

The two were mistaken by Li Pin for the eunuchs of Dongchang, which gave them the power to "supervise the army", but Yunliu and Xi'er themselves did not have the talent to lead the troops, but they finally succeeded in leading the reinforcements into the civil fort.

When Shicai was outside, Shen Xi had already seen the second daughter.

A trace of exhaustion could be clearly seen between Yun Liu and Xi'er's eyebrows, and the outfit after the dust was no longer as elegant and charming as when they were in the teaching workshop before.

From the two of them, Shen Xi couldn't tell that they were the "top brands" of the Teaching Workshop Division. But it is undeniable that Shen Xi prefers Yunliu and Xi'er, who are dressed in military uniforms and are heroic.

At this critical time, being able to lead troops to help, even if there are some other purposes, Shen Xi will have a little bit of gratitude.

"Lord Shen!"

Yunliu and Xi'er entered the command post, saw Shen Xi, and saw Zhang Yong, who was beside Shen Xi who refused to leave, bowed their heads and bowed to ...... They know that they can't be slack off in etiquette, and they can't easily reveal their identity as women.

Shen Xiyi raised his hand: "Stand up straight and speak!" ”

When Yunliu and Xi'er stood up from the ground and raised their heads, Zhang Yong muttered in a low voice with a touch of doubt on his face: "Which chief eunuch in the palace is this?" It looks so handsome, why have we never seen it before? ”

Zhang Yong only knew that Yunliu and Xi'er were leading the troops as "supervising the army", and as senior eunuchs in the palace, it was also an unspoken rule to "covet" those young eunuchs.

When Yunliu and Xi'er are daughters, they can be called beautiful as flowers, let alone pretending to be men, they are simply full of "little white faces", no wonder "yin and yang people" like Zhang Yong will think about it.

Shen Xi saw that Zhang Yong had always been attached to him and refused to leave, so he reminded: "Father-in-law Zhang, this official has something to ask these two people, I wonder if Father-in-law Zhang can give a convenience and avoid it?" ”

"Ouch, Lord Shen, what do you have to say to avoid my old bones? Our family has been in the northwest for some time, and I also want to know the situation in the capital and the palace, so you can be kind, let me listen to it, and I will be at ease...... I wonder if Lord Shen can give our family a face? ”

Zhang Yong said that he wanted Shen Xi to give him face, but he couldn't help but look at Yunliu and Xi'er, obviously he was very interested in these two "eunuchs".

Shen Xi wouldn't let Zhang Yong succeed, so he immediately straightened up and scolded: "Father-in-law Zhang, don't you give face to this official?" ”

Such-for-tat words made Zhang Yong stunned when he heard it, he didn't expect Shen Xi to be so unkind. In the past, Zhang Yong talked to Shen Xi about anything in the army, so that Shen Xi would bring him back to the capital safely, but since he was trapped in this civil fort, Zhang Yong's mentality has changed, and he began to show off his might, and he raised the bar with Shen Xi everywhere, because he knew that he would not be alive in a few days, and it seemed that he would suffer a lot if he had prestige.

But now Shen Xi's status in the army is much higher than that of him, the "prison army", those generals don't sell his face at all, and ordinary soldiers can't stand the smell of urine on him, so they avoid it from afar. Now even if he wants to find fault, no one wants to deal with him.

Shen Xi didn't care about him before, and he was kind to everything, but in front of these two "little eunuchs", Shen Xi didn't give him any face, which made him extremely annoyed.

"Lord Shen is really majestic...... When our family is tired, let's go back to rest, and don't let anyone or anything disturb our family before the next day! ”

Zhang Yong said a word angrily, striding towards the gate of the command post, Shen Xi looked at his appearance, and was simply worried that his steps were too big and pulling eggs, but after thinking about it, it seemed that his worries were purely superfluous. (To be continued.) )