The soldiers who came to escort the Beijing camp, led by Song Shu, were all greedy for life and afraid of death, but the soldiers of the military department heard that Shen Xi was leaving, and began to pack up without saying a word.

In the first half of the journey, 20 guns and supporting shells were to be transported, and only 10 guns were needed in the second half, which was already a lot of savings, but for the officers and men of the Beijing battalion, they might face the threat of death when they went out of the city to protect.

As the so-called soldier bears a bear, there will be a nest of bears!

Song Shu is not a general who rises from the bottom, but an official who gets in the shade, this kind of official is a top trick for superficial articles, and he has a lot of research on how to use power and relationships to be promoted, and he can use it on the battlefield to not use it.

But on the contrary, most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are the same as the Song Shu, and the profession handed down by their ancestors is equivalent to the "top class" in the early days of China's reform and opening up in later generations.

"If you don't leave, after the official returns to Beijing, he will play His Majesty, saying that if you wait for the warplane, you don't need to deal with it when the time comes, and the court will severely punish you."

Shen Xi knew that even if Liu Daxia led his troops to attack, he would not have any big results, after all, the grassland was vast and sparsely populated, and it was difficult to capture the main force of the Tatars, at most it would be to boost the morale of the army. The soldiers under him are greedy for life and afraid of death, and a Liu Daxia can quickly reverse the sluggish morale and combat effectiveness of the Ming army?

It's simply not realistic!

If this goes slowly, Liu Daxia will not be able to withdraw from the division, and Shen Xi feels that he is very likely to be left by Liu Daxia to assist in the military affairs of the staff officers...... The good Hanlin official was inappropriate, and he ran to the frontier to drink the north wind and eat yellow sand, which was a manifestation of being kicked in the brain by a donkey.

But there are some things that are not easy to explain to Song Shu and others, do you want to tell them that now Liu Daxia has led his troops to attack, and he will soon return in vain?

Military planes must not be leaked, still less can they be defeated without a battle, so as to undermine the morale of the army.

When Song Shu discussed with the officers and soldiers under his command, there were originally only more than 300 people, but as a result, more than 200 took leave under the pretext of illness, which simply lost the face of the Ming soldiers.

Shen Xi was furious: "If you are sick, you can stay in Datong Mansion to recuperate, and you don't have to go back to Beijing within three years!" ”

Song Shu said in surprise: "Lord Shen doesn't have such power!" ”

"Do you have power, you don't count what you say, Your Majesty only counts if you say it, could it be that you dare to make a military mutiny?" Shen Xi frowned angrily, and took the military stick with his own hands.

The group of officers and soldiers of the Beijing battalion under Song Shu did not dare to go out of the city, but they all believed that they did not belong to the same system as each other, and fought against Shen Xi to the end. It's a pity that Shen Xi is a weak young scholar after all, and he didn't do it.

"Oops! Lord Shen is beating someone......"

These veterans were crazy and tricky, the stick only touched the body slightly, and there was not even a red mark left on the body, so this person lay down and began to play tricks with Shen Xi, rolling around on the ground, shouting "ouch" in his mouth.

At this time, other officers and soldiers all gathered around, wanting to support the beaten soldier, and their faces were full of ferocity. Seeing this, Zhang Laowu and the others hurriedly stopped in front of Shen Xi and shouted angrily: "What are you doing, you dare to beat the Qincha for the next offense?" ”

"What kind of Qin cha, it was sent out by the Ministry of War on business!" There are soldiers and ruffians shouting.

At this time, Song Shu and several hundred households were standing aside to watch the excitement...... Don't you kid have the ability, then you yourself encourage these people to go to war with you!

As long as we don't get out of the city, let's see how you complete the task of delivering cannons.

Shen Xi said angrily: "If you want to stay, just stay, this official doesn't bring any of them, prepare the carriage, let's go!" ”

Shen Xi didn't even look at these officers and soldiers, and directly took the people to set off, Song Shu had a mocking smile on his face, and muttered: "Let you be foolish, don't you have to go on your own now?" ”

"But...... My lord, it is true that the imperial court sent us to escort us, and we will not go out of the city and turn back to him...... Will you sue me with the court? A hundred households next to him were not as confident as Song Shu, so he hurriedly asked for instructions.

"He dares, and he doesn't want to think about his identity, but he is just a petty official from the fifth grade......"

Song Shu sneered, he almost didn't say, this kid took refuge in Zhang Heling, if he dared to talk nonsense, how could Zhang Heling let him go?

Another hundred households reminded: "But my lord, he is also a Japanese official, serving in the East Palace, and he can see the emperor at any time......"

At this time, Song Shu's face finally changed slightly, but he was still determined: "It's okay, he can't get out of the city without us!" ”

But in the end, Song Shu was still disappointed, even if Shen Xi was not escorted by more than 300 soldiers like Song Shu, he still had to complete the task of sending artillery. Obviously, when encountering the Tatars, with the temperament of these greedy and death-fearing soldiers in the Beijing camp under his hands, it is more or less in vain, and the Tatars are temporarily withdrawn, as long as they can fight the time difference between Liu Daxia and the army, even if there is no one to escort them, they can safely deliver the artillery.

Shen Xi had dozens of officials sent by the military department, and most of them were like Zhang Laowu who were ready to stay at the border pass and continue to teach the officers and soldiers to operate artillery.

When Shen Xi brought people to the gate of Datong Mansion, Song Shu was a little annoyed, this kid didn't know how to write dead characters, right?

"My lord, you have the Hou Ye to support you, but we don't, if Lord Shen returns to the court to sue me and wait, even the lightest punishment will be sent to the border to serve as hard labor...... Why don't you stay for a long time? ”

Song Shu did not waver, but the three hundred households under his hands couldn't bear it, Song Shu usually boasted in front of people how strong he was backstage, but they were only the hereditary hundred households in Beijing, this iron rice bowl, if this mission was gone, the old and young in the family would not spare them.

Song Shu suddenly felt that he had no steps to go down, neither to go, nor to stay, if he became a loner, it would be difficult for him to explain to Zhang Heling and the court when he returned to the capital. At this time, what he thought was that it didn't matter to the imperial court, the most important thing was not to let Shou Ninghou be disappointed in him.

Even Shen Xi's kid can't be subdued, it's no wonder that Shou Ninghou doesn't skin me alive!

Thinking of this, Song Shu himself was discouraged, and hurriedly chased after Shen Xi's convoy, and with more than 300 brothers from the Beijing camp, he continued to help Shen Xi escort the artillery to Yansui.

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At this time, the first line of Beiguan is already full of beacons.

As the Tatars invaded the border again, Liu Daxia, as the temporary governor of the trilateral guard, personally led 60,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Tatars.

It is said that it is 60,000, but in fact, there are less than 20,000 men and horses on the three sides that can be mobilized, and there are various reasons for prevarication and delay, and the soldiers and horses who really went out with Liu Daxia are only less than 13,000.

The person who served as the logistics and grain transportation officer was Gao Mingcheng, the head of the household department.

It took Gao Mingcheng to escort the money and grain from the capital, and it took ten days to arrive at Xuanfu, and during this period, he had quietly transported some of the money and grain away.

After staying in Xuanfu for two days, Gaomingcheng continued on the road, but before he arrived in Datong, Liu Daxia's military order had been delivered, ordering him not to use grain to appease the border towns along the way, and all of them were used for front-line operations.

Gao Mingcheng couldn't cry or laugh, I'm so greedy, you asked me to transport all the food over, it's obvious that you want my life! However, Gao Mingcheng did not have a way, Liu Daxia gave him a death order, and at the same time served the holy decree of Emperor Hongzhi, so that he obeyed Liu Daxia's orders, Gao Mingcheng had to obey the order, and had to temporarily mobilize money and grain, although it was not even half of the time when the capital was shipped, from the inner line of the Great Wall, through Wei Yuanwei, Pingyuwei to Baodezhou to cross the Yellow River, and then from Zhenqiang, Berlin Fort to Yulinwei, as soon as possible to send the grain.

After the winter, the tribes that launched cross-border raids were still led by the fire sieve department, although the soldiers and horses used this time were less than 50,000, but there were also 20,000 or 30,000, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life poured into the nest, and as a result, the grain transportation team of Gaoming City was found in the meandering area.

There are actually a lot of grain transport troops under Gao Mingcheng, there are 3,000 soldiers and horses, and they are also veterans of the Beijing camp, the biggest commonality between these people and the group of officers and soldiers in Song Shu is that they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are all brave and ruthless on weekdays, but when they encounter the cavalry of the Tatars, it is really difficult for them to fight hard.

Beiguan was in a hurry one after another, from Xuanfu, Datong to the three sides, there were warning signals everywhere, in this case, Liu Daxia personally led 60,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, in no logistics supply, and even grain and grass were very scarce in the situation of deep into the grassland.

At the beginning of Liu Daxia's attack, he did reap some results.

The Tatars did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would have soldiers and horses to march to the grassland, they went to the Central Plains to plunder, generally based on the cavalry team of small tribes, the supply will not be much, one person and two horses, and the Liao people invaded the Great Song Dynasty when the "grass valley" is almost the same, belonging to the war to raise the war.

Liu Daxia's soldiers and horses, the first thing they encountered was the armed forces of these small Tatar tribes, no matter how bad the cards in Liu Daxia's hand were, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses fought dozens or hundreds of Tatar cavalry, and they could not be completely annihilated, but it was completely possible to repel them.

Over the next few days, the results were very rich, and the results reported by soldiers and horses from all walks of life are said to have killed more than 300 Tatar soldiers.

As for how many of them are good and risky, it is unknown, but Liu Daxia is very satisfied with this.

The goal that Liu Daxia set for himself was that he could bring back a thousand heads, and when he returned to the imperial court, he would be able to deal with Emperor Hongzhi, and the morale of the army would also be boosted.

It has only been a few days since we reached one-third of our goal, and I believe that it will take less than half a month to retire.

At this time, the grain and grass of Gaoming City were missing, which made Liu Daxia very angry, the army had set off, but the grain and grass had not yet arrived, and the Ming soldiers could not fight in battle when they arrived at the endless grassland, because they had no to rob or raise.

As for the main force of the fire sieve department, Liu Daxia did not encounter it, he expected that the Tatars should be unprepared for the Ming army's initiative to attack, and they must take advantage of the Tatars to gather a strong counterattack force to complete the set goal and withdraw to Yansui.

Liu Daxia has his own wishful thinking, and the fire sieve also has plans.

The fire sieve is not interested in how many soldiers and horses entered the grassland in the Ming Dynasty, the grassland is so big, you like to grab it. The fire sieve only knew that there was a guy who didn't open his eyes, leading the troops to transport money and grain along the inner line of the Great Wall, as long as he grabbed it back, the tribesmen's cotton jackets for the winter were available, the grain was available, and the silver was available...... Everything.

Huo Si personally led 3,000 elite horsemen, traveled more than 600 miles, and directly intercepted the grain transportation team of Gaoming City in the meandering area on the east bank of the Yellow River.

The result can be imagined, Gao Mingcheng died in the chaos of the army, the deputy envoy Wang Shouren and a group of Beijing camp generals, commanded the remnants of the army, and fought and retreated, the early retreat to the Yatou Pass, before the Tatars surrounded the siege, continued to retreat, in the Pingyuwei and Jingping soldiers to respond, and later there were Wei Yuanwei and Yunchuan Wei to assist, retreat to Datong to turn the corner.

Datong Mansion is in an emergency.

At this time, Shen Xi had already transported artillery from Datong Mansion to Yansui, and it had been three days since departure.

If Shen Xi delays his departure for three days, he will be able to join Wang Shouren in Datong Mansion City.

Shen Xi was full of confidence in Liu Daxia leading the army to attack, and he never expected that the crisis would come from behind. (To be continued.) )