On October 17, just after nightfall, after dinner, Shen Xi came to the north gate of Tumubao for the first time, and looked at the Tatar military camp on the hill in the distance. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, the Tatars had re-established their camp about ten miles from the northern wall of Tumubao, and in one afternoon, they basically swept away the traps and tripwires built by the Tatars themselves on the periphery, and smoothly advanced the defense line to the periphery of the Ming Wuli defensive circle.

Shen Xi frowned...... Does this signal a bloody battle that will take place that night?

Just when Shen Xi was pondering, Yun Liu rode quickly to the head of the city, turned over and jumped down from the horse, walked quickly to the head of the city, and said: "My lord, the Tatar soldiers and horses in the east and south of the city have all left the camp and advanced rapidly, and at this time they are less than ten miles away from my two city walls!" ”

"Oh, less than ten miles, then the next step, like the north of the city, the Tatar soldiers and horses will advance to about five miles, approaching our outer fortifications? Immediately send the order down and withdraw the soldiers stationed on the front line! ”

Shen Xi set up a large number of secret posts outside the fortress of Tumu Fort, and the hiding places of these soldiers were close to the enemy positions, which would be very dangerous if they encountered a battle.

The task of the scout is to investigate the enemy's movements on the front line of the battlefield with his head in hand, and to show the commander to know, so that the commander can have a comprehensive understanding of the battle situation.

The movement of the Tatars was beyond Shen Xi's imagination, and the siege of the city on all sides, which Shen Xi had a hunch that would not happen, seemed to be becoming a reality.

In the forward positions outside the four walls, there was news of the Tatars swarming out.

The enemy dispatched a large number of wagons, prepared sandbags, strips of wood, straw mats and other landfills, as well as a large number of ladders and planks, presumably to be used as a bridge to cross the ravine, and it seemed that the Tatars were going to move in earnest.

Shen Xi was very worried that the Tatars would attack the city at any cost, and if the Tatars attacked from all sides, with their absolute superiority in troops, they would put the soldiers and horses in the city into a situation where they could not take care of the end of the city.

"Lord Shen, the Tartars launched an offensive from the east of the city, and about five or six thousand men and horses were dispatched!" The news was passed to Shen Xi one after another.

"My lord, the Tartars are killed from the west of the city, and it is estimated that there are more than 10,000 people!"

"My lord, the Tartars dispatched soldiers and horses, and began to fill the northern outlying fortifications of our city with sandbags, strips of wood and straw mats, and the follow-up soldiers were ten thousand!"

"My lord, the Tartars attacked from the south of the city, with seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses!"

The Tatars attacked the Tumu Fort almost simultaneously, and before Shen Xi could even react, he had already entered a situation surrounded by enemies, which meant that the preparations he had made before were in vain.

However, Shen Xi is still a little confident, because except for the relatively weak defense in the south of the city, the other three directions can basically be done without any omissions, and the focus is on the deployment of troops, preparing a large number of reserve troops, and even making troop and horse scheduling according to the intensity of the attack somewhere.

Shen Xi had long been prepared for the Tatar siege war, but the way he launched it was much beyond his expectations, the Tatars actually besieged from all sides, Shen Xi not only felt that the catastrophe was coming, but also knew that this was a war of attrition, and whoever suffered more losses would compromise in this war.

As the defensive side, the Ming army had no way to retreat, and only by making the Tatars unable to withstand the loss of a large area of war could the war be victorious.

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In the Tatar camp north of the city, the Chinese army is in the big tent, and Yismain is planning for the war.

After the soldiers and horses were dispatched, Ah Wulu had returned to his tent, and Yi Sima knew very well in his heart that if he could conquer the civil fort in a battle, capture or kill Shen Xi alive, and then on the way out, Ah Wulu would belong to him, and he could enjoy all the gentleness, and Ah Wulu would rely on him in the future, and use his strength to gain more power for his son, and his identity and status would also rise.

It was a fair deal, and Ismain felt that even if he didn't break through the fort, Awulu would choose to cooperate with him because of his soldiers and power.

But after all, it is not right, if he can win this battle, even if the matter is known to Dayan Khan Batu Munk, Batu Munk will not object, but thinks that Awulu is decisive and good at inspiring the morale of the soldiers.

The steppe people don't value chastity, those who have power pay more attention to the result, as for the process and loss of the war, it can be ignored, if only the loss of a woman's chastity can pick the fruits of victory, anyone is willing to take it out in exchange.

Yi Sima made the choice to attack on all sides because of the "reasonable" possession of Awulu, not because he was greedy for beauty, but more importantly, because he felt that if Shen Xi did not get rid of it, it was like a thorn in his back, which could make the grain route and retreat of his department change at any time.

"The national teacher, all the soldiers and horses have successfully entered the trench area outside the civil fort, only two miles away from the city gate......"

Just when Yisma was in a nervous mood, the battle report from the front lifted his spirits.

The dispatch went surprisingly smoothly, and the fortifications of the Tumu Fort, which stretched for five miles, seemed to have no effect, and after the Tatars had successively piled up roads with sandbags, strips of wood and straw mats, the vanguard had successfully slaughtered the Ming army's outer trenches.

"No resistance?" Yismain asked, confused.

"The return to the country, not without resistance, the Ming people also used fire guns and crossbows to shoot at us, but we were prepared, with the wooden planks that were ready to be used to build bridges in front of us, and then with shields to protect the body, the Ming people's attacks did not work, and we could only retreat to the trench area behind."

"At present, our troops have been stationed on the periphery of the Ming army's trench area, and the generals in front have asked for instructions, whether to continue to attack in depth?" The guards who came to report on the situation of the battle asked.

For this battle, Yismayin has been prepared to sacrifice a large number of tribal warriors, as for the final loss, it all depends on the resistance of the Ming army, but at this time the Ming army seems to have given up resistance and is waiting to be killed.

Yismain thought to himself: "We have retreated three miles at once, and we have successfully advanced to the core position of the Ming army. In this state, you still want to fight with my steppe tribe? Shen Xi, how conceited are you to make such a decision? ”

If someone else arranged the withdrawal of troops, Yi Si Ma Yin would naturally intuitively think that the commander of the Ming army was too stupid, and he met countless such generals on the way to the east and south. But in the case of Shen Xi, Yi Si Ma Yin did not dare to have the slightest contempt.

Shen Xi's ability is obvious to all, and the tactical arrangements made before can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, turning decay into magic several times, facing the Tatar army or winning the battle, or making the opponent fall into great passivity on the battlefield, and even in the civil fort in this projectile land, Shen Xi can play tricks and build an extremely complex trench area.

"What's his plot this time?" Yi Si Ma Yin looked at the map of the Ming army's fortifications marked on the map, and did not notice anything wrong.

But soon, a ploy from "The Art of War" came to his mind - to lure the enemy deeper.

Yi Si Ma Yin thought to himself: "This is to allow my tribe's soldiers and horses to completely enter the range of the city's artillery, so that even if we can finally break through the Tumu Fort, the losses will be quite large, and if there are Ming reinforcements coming, it is likely to make our troops hate the territory." ”

Thinking of this, Yisima was still unable to determine what the situation was on the battlefield, so he immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, prepare the horse, I will personally go to the front line to supervise the battle!" ”

As the national teacher of the Tatars, Yismain finally couldn't help but go into battle in person, which was rare in previous battles, because Yismain always felt that as a qualified commander, as long as the pre-war arrangements were in place, there was no need to charge ahead, although he was skilled in horseback kung fu and could be said to be a hero-level figure, but he felt that it was a reckless act and disdained it.

For the sake of Shen Xi, Yi Si Ma Yin finally broke the convention and went to the battlefield to command and dispatch.