Xie Qian and Zhu Houzhao went in to meet the Son of Heaven, as for what he said and what Hongzhi confessed, only the people concerned knew, and even Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and other important ministers did not know the specific situation. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

When Li Dongyang and Liu Jian rushed to the Qianqing Palace from Wenyuan Pavilion when they heard the news, the emperor's summons had ended, and the prince went back to the palace to rest first.

Li Dongyang wanted to ask Xie Qian, but Xie Qian's face was calm and his face was not good. Li Dongyang knew that he offended his old friend by not agreeing to send troops, so he stopped talking, making Xie Qian sulky.

At this time, in the camp of the Ming Qin Wangjun outside the city, Shen Xizheng commanded his officers and soldiers to set up camp, and he wanted to use the two hours before dark to build a camp outside the Xizhi Gate of the capital to defend against the Tatar attack. This camp will serve as the foundation for his life for a period of time to come, and he will not be ready to enter the nine gates of the capital until the Tartars withdraw their troops from the Beijing Division.

Shen Xi arranged to build a camp, and the most anxious person was Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong, as the eunuch of the prison army, has been nagging in front of Shen Xi a lot these days, Shen Xi has been going in and out of the left ear, and today Shen Xi has no time to talk about what the old eunuch says, and his next goal is to help the imperial court defeat the Tatars, successfully complete the defense of the capital division, and then reunite with his family.

“…… Lord Shen, this is all in the capital, and there is no Tartar to stop us from here to the gate of Xizhimen, why don't you simply go into the city and station? When I arrived at the capital city, I didn't enter the nine gates, if the court knew, how should we deal with ourselves, this is the work of King Qin's soldiers and horses? ”

Zhang Yong reasoned with Shen Xi's facts, since he was the Qinwang soldier, he naturally had to go to the city when he arrived in Beijing, and obey the dispatch of the military department in a unified manner.

Shen Xi stood on the small mound made of excavated dirt, looked at the fortifications that were being built in full swing around him, and didn't look at Zhang Yong at all, and replied casually: "Although Gonggong Zhang is right, have you heard a sentence about the king's life outside?" ”

Zhang Yong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord Shen's words are quite incomprehensible, this is all under the feet of the Jingshi, what else will be outside?" The order of the military department will come at any time, will Lord Shen follow the order to lead the troops into the city? ”

Shen Xi glanced at Zhang Yong and cross-examined: "How does Gonggong Zhang know that the order from the military department must be to recruit us to garrison in the city?" ”

Zhang Yong pondered for a while, and suddenly came to his senses.

The biggest trouble of the Shenxi Department is that there are a lot of baggage, artillery, mule carts, etc., and the personnel are complicated.

In this way, it is better to let Shen Xi continue to stay outside the city and station on the spot, which will not only deter the Tatars, but also reduce the risk of the city being destroyed.

The imperial court doesn't care about the life or death of Shen Xi and the soldiers under his command, if he cares, he should have sent troops to rescue Tumubao a long time ago, but the battle of Tumubao still relied on Shen Xi's command and dispatch and conspiracy calculations, and finally took it, and now Shen Xi has not seen the treatment improved when he arrives in the capital, and there are no soldiers and horses in the city to respond after two or three hours of hard fighting.

Zhang Yongdao: "Then Lord Shen, why don't you enter the city immediately?" Do you have to wait for the military department's order? ”

Shen Xi shook his head slightly and said, "Everything, let's wait for the specific order to arrive." Come on, send Father-in-law Zhang to the sleeping tent to rest! ”

He really didn't want to listen to Zhang Yong's ramblings, the best way was to let people send this noisy fly away, and Shen Xi would continue to supervise the camping and burying the stove, and then the defense arrangements also needed to be planned by him, and he couldn't take it lightly, because the Tatar cavalry would withdraw four or five miles at most, and it would be within the range of a round of cavalry attack.

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With the end of the Battle of Xizhimen, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Tatars temporarily entered a short period of adjustment.

The Tatars have been attacking the city fiercely for several days, just to be able to take the Beijing division in one fell swoop before the retreat of the Ming border army, and as a result, Shen Xi's troops drove the Tatar soldiers and horses all the way and successfully arrived in the capital, forming a strong support for the defense of the capital.

What's even more hateful is that Shen Xi was not ready to move after winning the battle, so he stationed outside the Jingshi City, threatening the safety of the Tatar soldiers and horses.

The sky was getting darker, and night was falling.

Outside the Xizhi Gate of the Beijing Division, the camp of the Qinwang army was set up within two hours, and the soldiers began to bury the stove in batches to make fires for cooking, while the rest of the officers and soldiers were not allowed to rest, some were ready to follow up the Tatar cavalry who had committed the attack, and some continued to build fortifications...... They didn't do a lot of digging pits and filling in the soil when they were in the civil fort before.

Hu Songyue, Liu Xu, Zhu Lie and others came to see Shen Xi one after another, and as the leading infantry generals, they were given the task of digging a ditch at this time.

For this work, they are very familiar with it, and the soil outside the capital is still softer, digging a ditch is much easier than the side of the civil fort, the only problem is that the weather is cold and close to freezing, and the ground is difficult to dig without baking after freezing, so it is still tossed enough.

Until the second watch, the Tatar soldiers and horses were quiet, Shen Xi was a little uneasy, and went out of the Chinese army's tent to the watchtower next to him to check the situation around the camp.

When Shen Xi came down from the watchtower, Lin Heng was already waiting beside the watchtower, talking about the night patrol.

Shen Xi said: "It is expected that the Tatar soldiers and horses will not be dispatched again, tonight temporarily transfer the soldiers and horses outside the camp back to the camp, so that the cavalry can rest well, the horses can not be too tired, tomorrow may be another hard battle!" ”

Lin Heng asked, "Lord Shen, aren't you afraid that the Tatars will attack the city at night, or come to attack my camp?" ”

Shen Xi thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Even if the Tatars attack the city, it will not be our current western city, it can only be in the eastern city or the southern city, and the possibility of the eastern city is relatively high. ”

"As for the attack on the camp, then there is no need to worry, the Tatars did not dare to confront us before we were stationed, and now they will not come to our death in the dark. Just hold the two trenches and keep the camp safe! ”

Lin Heng received the order and said, "Yes, my lord!" ”

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Until the second half of the night, Shen Xi still didn't rest, he said that he was not worried about the Tartars attacking the camp, but he was still on guard in his heart.

After all, Shen Xi can't fully grasp the psychology of the Tartar, otherwise he would not be a human being, but a living immortal who can pinch and calculate.

The speculations made by Shen Xi are all reasonable deductions based on reality, which belong to the category of logical thinking, since it is to figure out the psychology of others, of course there will be both positive and negative results.

In Shen Xi's words: "The ghost knows if the Tatars will attack the camp!" ”

If the Tatars just wanted to catch him off guard, and by the way, they were not afraid of burying a large number of cavalry, and there was still a certain chance of a night attack.

After the second half of the night, the guards at the gate of the camp suddenly came to report: "Lord Shen, an envoy has been sent from the city, saying that he wants to see you!" ”

Shen Xi squinted his eyes and thought about it, most of the people sent in the city came to send the transfer order on behalf of the military department, and there were only two results of the order, either he led King Qin's soldiers and horses to stay outside the city, or he entered the city, unless the court was crazy before he made a third decision, that is, let him lead the troops to fight with the Tatars to the last soldier.

"Nope!"

Shen Xi immediately decided, "Just say that the official has rested, let the envoy go back to the city first!" ”

No matter what the instructions of the Ministry of War were, Shen Xi didn't want to know, as long as he didn't receive an order from the Ministry of War, then he didn't have to consider the "overall situation" of the imperial court to do things, and he could arrange the battle as he wanted.

The guards turned back after leaving, and they were even more nervous than just now: "My lord, the envoys in the city have to see you, and they say that there is a holy will!" ”

Shen Xi stood up, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, frowning and thinking, "What a big deal, Holy Decree?" Why don't you say that Your Majesty is here in person? If I say no, I won't see! Wait a minute...... Can the person who came have a name to report? ”

Shen Xi originally didn't plan to meet with the envoys in the city, but after thinking about it, since the emperor was looking for someone to come out to convey the holy decree, he would definitely not find a random nameless person, and the person who came must have a background.

Sure enough, the guard was a little nervous, and said, "It's the old man Xie Ge!" ”

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly, if it were someone else, he would be able to deal with it, but Xie Qian didn't know how to deal with it.

How can I say that Xie Qian also won a lot of resources for him to go on the expedition, and he is still the grandfather of his beloved wife Xie Hengnu, so he needs to take care of the old man's face no matter what.

Shen Xi waved his hand and said, "Okay, send the envoy in!" ”