"Su Liu, such a simple name, is an ordinary one among the more than 8,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in Tumubao, so many soldiers are following me to eat and drink spicy, but in the end, they may not even be able to save their lives, I am really useless!"

Shen Xi muttered to himself with a tone of self-reproach. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, he had returned to the command post in the west of the city, his body was like a mud egg, he did not use the privilege to get hot water to wash his hands and face, he just sat at the table, there was no general in the army in front of him, and there was no Zhang Yong, the prison army who was both pestering and nagging and nagging , only Yunliu and Xi'er.

The second girl was dressed in men's clothes, standing there and not daring to speak, listening intently to Shen Xi's heartfelt voice.

After Shen Xi was silent for a long time, Yun Liu came out to play: "Lord Shen, I know that now the Tartar soldiers and horses may have withdrawn the Chinese army, and the soldiers and horses stationed outside the city should be eight thousand to fifteen thousand, and the guards outside the city are sparsely guarded......"

Even Shen Xi had to admit that the two sisters, Yunliu and Xi'er, cooperated seamlessly, one had brains, the other was skillful, the two complemented each other, and when they cooperated to spy on intelligence, it could be said that they were invincible.

Yun Liu's mind is flexible and knowledgeable, and she can clearly use the information obtained by the two sisters along with her own understanding, and accurately make reasonable marks on the military map in front of Shen Xi.

After Shen Xi looked at the map, he nodded with satisfaction: "A few days ago, the Tatar soldiers and horses besieged the area around the Tumu Fort, but now you can see flaws everywhere, which is basically the same as the situation before the arrival of the main Tatar force. It seems that the day of our breakthrough is not far away. ”

Xi'er was a little surprised, thought for a while and didn't understand, and asked recklessly: "In the end, do we still have to choose to break through?" ”

was glared at by Yunliu, and Xi'er didn't dare to continue to ask.

Shen Xi smiled and replied, "If we don't break through, do we have to wait for death in this earthen fort?" If the capital is lost, even if we garrison the civil fort, what is the point? ”

Yun Liu hurriedly spoke out of relief: "After all, Lord Shen restrained a large number of Tatar soldiers and horses, and after a few battles, he annihilated nearly 20,000 Tartar iron horses. ”

Shen Xi shook his head and sighed lightly: "This is true, but the imperial court may not think so...... Admittedly, I held back a lot of Tatars, but I also released more Tatars to the inner line of the Great Wall. ”

"If the capital is lost, even if I, the governor of Yansui, make more contributions, I will have to bear the responsibility, instead of waiting for the imperial court to come reinforcements that will never come, it is better to think about how to fight a bloody way out of a desperate situation!"

Although Yunliu and Xi'er both had strong confidence in Shen Xi, they still felt terrified after listening to Shen Xi's plan.

Today's civil fort can't even be guaranteed to hold on, and it still wants to break through...... Knowing that the Tatars are best at fighting in the plains, after Shen Xi led his troops out of the city, he lost the protection of the fortress and the surrounding fortifications, even if he could fight his way out, how could he return to Juyong Pass?

If the expectation is good, Juyong Pass should have been occupied by the Tatars at that time, and even if it was not captured, the Tatars would have closed all the roads from Tumubao to the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and Shen Xi would not have had the opportunity to lead troops to help the Beijing Division.

In other words, even if Shen Xi had the heart at that time, he didn't have that strength.

Yun Liu didn't know why, so he hurriedly asked: "Lord Shen, I don't know when our army will launch a breakthrough operation?" ”

Shen Xi turned his head sideways and glanced at Yun Liu, although Yun Liu's martial arts skills were low, but his personality was straightforward, and he did not drag his actions, but he was a good helper in his career, and smiled slightly at the moment, and said:

"Wait a few days, now we have to determine whether the main force of the Tatars has really retreated, even if it is true, then we must weigh the pros and cons after figuring out the number of Tatar soldiers and horses outside the city, breaking through is a last resort, but it is a necessary choice!"

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Shen Xi was discussing things with Yunliu and Xi'er in the command post in the west of the city, and in an underground tunnel in the northwest of Tumubao City, Hu Songyue was having dinner while discussing things in the city with Liu Xu.

Even if he is the general manager, he has power second only to Shen Xi in the civil fort, but the food of the two is not much better, at most, in the broth every day, you can see not only diced meat, maybe you can also see a bone or something...... Affected by Shen Xi, none of these generals in the army dare to open a small stove now.

"Lao Liu, let me tell you, it's either tonight or tomorrow night, look at it, the Tartars are going to attack Juyong Pass now, and the civil fort is like a fish in the throat, how can you go east without taking it? Siege is inevitable! ”

Hu Songyue held the rice bowl and said with a big grin, "After two battles in a row, the Tartars are estimated to be aggrieved, and the next battle is likely to be a decisive battle, the Tartars may dispatch forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in one go, and there are so many defenders in the city, if the artillery can continue to exert its power and the gunpowder is enough, it is not that there is no chance to win!" ”

Liu Xu drank the horse broth and said with a little disdain: "How do you know that you will definitely fight?" Didn't Lord Shen say it before, the Tartars may surround but not fight, waiting for us to be cut off from water and run out of food? ”

Hu Songyue shook his head and said, "Don't think that what Lord Shen said must be right, even if he himself is not sure?" Since following Lord Shen into the Civil Fort, he can anticipate everything first, this matter is too godly, even if it is a living immortal, there are always one or two times when it is unpredictable, right? ”

Liu Xu stopped talking this time.

In comparison, Shen Xi trusted Hu Songyue more.

Hu Songyue often appeared as Shen Xi's mouthpiece, Liu Xu used to like to criticize Shen Xi behind his back, but I don't know when he learned to be smart, and no one can offend Shen Xi when he talks about attacking him, it's not a matter of not being able to get along with his boss, but his own life.

"If you don't believe it, just wait and see, or let's bet? If you win, two catties of wine, what? Hu Songyue asked eagerly.

Liu Xu looked at Hu Songyue coldly and asked, "Where did you get the two catties of wine?" ”

Hu Songyue pursed his lips and said, "What are you pretending to be confused with me?" Wine for soldiers, I don't believe you didn't keep some private? It's also me who is kind, just deduct some old wine at the bottom of the altar, you and Lao Zhu over there, must be the best wine to withhold, I'm not wrong, right? ”

Liu Xu looked around the tunnel, then looked in the direction of the command post, and reminded angrily: "Are you crazy?" You dare to say this kind of thing, don't you know the temper of this Lord Shen or what? ”

"I've heard a lot of rumors about this Lord Shen, saying that he is the most rigorous in leading troops, and when he was the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, a general below withheld a little trophy, and was beaten half to death, and then he was deprived of his position!"

Hu Songyue was very surprised when he heard this, and opened his mouth wide and asked, "Is there really such a thing?" ”

Liu Xu thought about it, and was probably sure that this was what was said in the rumors, and he had never seen Jing Yue with his own eyes, so he naturally didn't know what the truth of the matter was, but he still nodded firmly.

"What then?"

Hu Songyue was a little embarrassed, he thought that Shen Xi would only turn a blind eye when he encountered this kind of thing, but he didn't expect it to be more serious.

Liu Xu took a sip of the hot soup and sneered: "Now you know that you are afraid?" If you dare to publicize it here, you might as well tell you, I and Lao Zhu, but I didn't dare to be greedy for ink for a drop of wine, just you...... Hmph, relying on Lord Shen's trust in you on weekdays, you dare to do nonsense? ”

"Fortunately, this matter let me know, if someone else stabs Master Shen, see if you can still talk to me!"

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