In the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, on the morning of October 16. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

From the second quarter of the day, the main Tatar forces of Yismain and the Yibula army arrived at the Tatar camp ten miles west of the city of Tumubao.

On this day, the Tatars drove eastward in a steady stream, because of the difficulty of obtaining information outside the city from the Tumu Fort, so that Shen Xi could not grasp how many Tatar troops were outside the Tumu Fort in a short time, and there was no way to infer the specific time when the Tatars launched the siege.

Shen Xi only rested for less than two hours before he was woken up by the scout horse who had been arranged to go out to investigate, and immediately got up to deploy defense.

The fortifications surrounding the city outside the fort must be garrisoned before noon, and at the same time, specific countermeasures must be arranged for the tactics that the Tatars may adopt when attacking, so that the officers and men of the three armies must understand their responsibilities and how they should react at different times.

“…… Lord Shen, there are too many Tartar soldiers and horses, not to mention another 10,000 troops at this time, it is estimated that it will not be dark before the Tartars will launch an attack on the city! ”

Liu Xu took people to inspect outside the city and came back after a quick fire, and came to the command post to find Shen Xi to report the situation outside the city, but Liu Xu only found an approximate figure, and did not know anything about the situation inside and outside the Tatar military camp.

Shen Xi looked at the map of the civil fort in front of him, and shook his head bitterly: "If this official is not bad, at this time, Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanfu Town have been lost. ”

Zhang Yong, who was pacing back and forth in a hurry, suddenly stopped, and said: "Lord Shen, don't scare people, Xuanfu Town is a nine-sided town, and our small civil fort has not been lost, how can Xuanfu Town be lost if it is lost?" ”

Shen Xi asked rhetorically: "Before this, wasn't the Yulin Acropolis still lost?" The Tatars were calculated or unintentional, coupled with internal and external cooperation, presumably Zhangjiakou Fort was the first to fall, and then the Tatar soldiers and horses swarmed in, and it is estimated that they would hold out for six or seven days at most based on the defense of Xuanfu Town. ”

"In addition, let me remind Gonggong Zhang, before this, can the Tatars outside have the intention of attacking the city? To put it bluntly, the Tatar soldiers and horses outside the city were only in case of us going to the aid of Xuanfu or withdrawing to Juyong Pass, and they were not the main force of the Tatars, but only partial soldiers and horses. ”

"Only when Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanfu Town are declared lost, our civil fort may become the focus of their attack, and now its reinforcements have arrived, which is enough to prove that all the fortresses west of Tumu Fort have been lost, and the nearest security acropolis to us may not be long in coming!"

Zhang Yong has nothing to say now.

As for other people, even if they are in a hurry, they know that they can't go against Shen Xi at this time. Now that he is in a desperate situation, fighting according to Shen Xi's plan, there may be a glimmer of life, and the result of making Shen Xi unhappy is to live with his own life.

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At noon.

Shen Xi stood on the gatehouse in the west of Tumubao City, and made a judgment at the first time through the situation observed through the telescope...... The number of Tatar reinforcements outside the city has exceeded 20,000, which means that the number of Tatar troops participating in the siege should have been 30,000 to 40,000. Shen Xi deduced that the reason why the Tatars did not immediately launch a siege was because they were waiting for the siege equipment to arrive.

Yun Liu, who was dressed in a jade-colored shirt, took Xi'er, who was also dressed in the same costume, to the city, and the second daughter came behind Shen Xi and saluted respectfully: "My lord, you might as well let the two of me go out of the city to investigate the situation of the enemy camp!" ”

Hu Songyue happened to come from the north of the city, and hurriedly came over to persuade when he heard the sound: "Two fathers-in-law, the civil fort has not yet reached the point where you two are needed to go out of the horse, so it is better for you to go and rest first." ”

For the two eunuchs to take the initiative to ask Ying to investigate the enemy's situation, a military general like Hu Songyue was very unhappy. In Hu Songyue's view, even if the soldiers in the city are unbearable, they should not let the eunuchs who have no eggs go, which is a huge insult to all the soldiers.

Shen Xi didn't seem to hear a few people talking, but still looked at the outside of the city, frowned slightly, and said to himself: "If this situation continues, I don't expect it to be past dusk......

Hu Songyue was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Shen, what did you say?" ”

Shen Xi still didn't answer, and after a long time, he put down his binoculars and muttered, "The Tatar soldiers and horses are menacing, and they will definitely attack tentatively first to find out our reality and reality!" From the analysis of the situation in all aspects, the west of the city is the main direction of attack of the enemy, and we must be vigilant and increase our troops at any time! ”

Hu Songyue was puzzled: "Lord Shen, the west of the city is the focus of our defense, even if the Tartars want to attack the city, will they avoid the heavy and choose the north or south of the city?" ”

"Huh!? Why are you here? Only then did Shen Xi realize that the person who spoke was Hu Songyue, and shouted loudly, "Seeing that the Tartars are about to attack the city, can the fortifications on the periphery of the city be prepared?" And the last trench, which is not yet finished, and if you don't supervise it, what are you doing here? ”

Hu Songyue's face was a little not good-looking, and he said: "Lao Liu has already taken people out of the city, didn't Lord Shen let him be responsible?" If you are reassigned, you will go to ......"

Shen Xi waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Okay, okay, it's my mistake, since General Liu has gone, then you go to do something else first, remember that you must send more people to the west of the city, and it is best to transfer twenty more Francophone guns in this direction......"

"The art of war is real but virtual is real, the Tatars want to fight quickly, if you attack from other directions, it will take a while to prepare the troops and horses, and if you delay a little, you don't have to think about attacking the city today. With the sharpness of the Tatars, if they don't touch their heads and break the bloodstream, they won't accept the lesson! ”

Hu Songyue was a little confused when he heard it, but since it was arranged by Shen Xi, he knew that the Tatars were likely to launch an attack on the city within a few hours, so he hurriedly ordered all the men and horses to leave the city.

Shen Xi was in an extremely heavy mood, picked up the binoculars again to observe the enemy's situation, and Xi'er said, "How do you know that it must be the west of the city?" Even the whole team of Tatars wouldn't take much time, couldn't it be south or north of the city? ”

"Xi'er!" Yunliu scolded.

As soon as Shen Xi raised his hand, he didn't even look back, so he opened his mouth and patiently explained: "The Tatar siege equipment was transported from the west, and in order not to make the city defense, the Tatars must wait for the siege equipment to arrive before going to war." ”

"With the conceit of the Tatars, they will definitely choose to attack the city head-on in order to boost morale, as for the Tatar commander Yi Si Main, this person is suspicious by nature, he must think that I am in the west of the city to set up a suspicious formation, and take the other three gates as the focus of defense!"

"There are many people on the other side, even if the coach makes a mistake in judgment, it will not have much impact on the overall battle situation, but if the judgment is correct, we can be caught off guard and capture the city in one fell swoop."

The two women didn't expect Shen Xi to explain these things to them, and they all said that they were taught, and they didn't raise any objections after that.

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By the time Shen arrived in the afternoon, Tatar reinforcements were still coming, and towering nest carts and ladders could be seen from time to time in the ranks, and Shen Xi's estimate of the number of Tatar troops had risen to 50,000.

Shen Xi's mood became worse and worse. The best result he expected before was that the Tatars divided some of their troops and horses to attack Tumu Fort, and put the main direction of attack on Juyong Pass, so that he could have the opportunity to lead his troops to victory in the defensive battle, so as to return to Juyong Pass with the victory and join forces with the Longqingwei garrison Mali, or withdraw his troops to Zijing Pass to garrison.

But the current situation made Shen Xi feel that something was wrong.

The Tatars seem to be determined to uproot the small fortress of Tumu Fort first, and when they are sure that there are no worries, the soldiers and horses will go east to Juyong Pass. In this way, the Tumu Fort will be attacked by tens of thousands of Tatar soldiers and horses in turn, and the battle will not end until the city is destroyed and people are killed.

Liu Xu led his troops to the periphery of the trench system outside the city to complete the final civil engineering work, and returned to the city at about the same time. At this time, it was not yet dark, and Shen Xi relaxed a little when he heard the return, and then went back to the command post to eat the first meal of the day.

"Ordered the three armies, before dark, all the officers above the command team gathered at the command post for the last time to raise the account, at that time the officer will explain the battle strategy in detail, if anyone can't remember, let him can't remember it, just cut off his head, it's a hundred!"

Shen Xi gave a death order, no matter what, there can be no push-and-shove in the tactical arrangement, otherwise the battle plan is good, but the soldiers below are at a loss, it is also in vain, it is better to consider how to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers. (To be continued.) )