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In order to seek self-protection, the tribes withdrew their troops without waiting for the withdrawal order to be issued.

At this time, the Tatars were worried that the Ming army would take the initiative to attack, so they were cautious, and for a time they did not care about their heads, but until the evacuation was completed, there was no movement in the city at all.

When Shen Xi withdrew all the infantry phalanx and prepared to attack again, there was no shadow of Tatar cavalry around.

Shen Xi's army was basically infantry, so naturally he couldn't catch up with the four-legged cavalry of the Tartars, so he could only hand over the cavalry that protected the infantry around him to Wang Lingzhi and Lin Heng.

Wang Lingzhi was too addicted in this battle, he killed no less than 100 people on the battlefield alone, and in the end, even the knife edge was cut, and he still led the cavalry to chase and kill everywhere.

By the time Shen Xi led the infantry into Nanyuan, the camp where the Tatar king's tent was originally located was empty.

The Tartars evacuated in an extremely hurry, and the looted gold, silver, jewelry, and other property were scattered everywhere, in addition to a certain amount of grain and grass, plus the thousands of people imprisoned in the Nanyuan Palace, Shen Xi had to let the troops stop and clean up the mess.

When everything was dealt with properly, the officers and soldiers camped and buried the pot to make food, Zhu Lie came over to ask Shen Xi for his guilt, and said dejectedly: "Lord Shen, it's the fault of the lowly position, the lowly position has never thought that the Tartar assault was so fierce, and those rabbit cubs under my command suddenly became a bad seed, and they were killed by the Tartars, and then they ......."

Zhu Lie's face was gloomy, and Liu Xu and Hu Songyue, who accompanied him, did not look good, they knew their abilities, if they didn't follow Shen Xi, they would not have the opportunity to make contributions on the battlefield in their lives.

"It's fine!"

Shen Xi had already received a report from the scouts, and the main Tatar force went to the southwest of the Beijing Division, comforting, "Next, we will continue to pursue, follow the Tatars all the way to the Bauhinia Pass, and when the battle to recover the Bauhinia Pass will be over!" ”

Liu Xu asked in surprise, "Lord Shen, aren't we going into the capital?" ”

Shen Xi asked rhetorically: "Enter the capital?" How to get in? ”

Liu Xu thought about it carefully, although he led the Beijing battalion soldiers, but now he has allocated the border army, and so many cavalry in the army are also border troops. During the war, the imperial court would indeed withdraw the soldiers and horses around the capital from the capital, but now that the Tatars have retreated, there is no will of the imperial court, and even if the battle is won, there is no excuse to enter the city.

Liu Xu clenched his fists: "Since you can't go back to the capital, it's better to continue to earn credit and chase the Tartars to Bauhinia Pass...... Lao Hu, Lao Zhu, what do you think? ”

In fact, at this point, Liu Xu, Hu Songyue, Zhu Lie and others had no intention of fighting, but since Shen Xi ordered that the end point of this battle was Bauhinia Pass, no matter how reluctant they were, they could only obey orders.

Hu Songyue asked: "Lord Shen, to say something that you don't like, the soldiers have been on the expedition for a long time, and they are all thinking about their wives and children at home, how long will it take to finish the battle?" Don't go to the Bauhinia Pass and say that you want to get out of the fortress, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the officers and soldiers at that time. ”

"It's estimated that it will only take three or five days!"

Shen Xi analyzed, "The Tartars only care about fleeing for their lives, and our journey is not so much about fighting as receiving the spoils of war." After all, there are Liu Shangshu's trilateral soldiers and horses in the Xuanfu and Datong areas, and he is the main force to deal with the Tatar soldiers and horses! ”

Shen Xi had previously learned the news of Yi Si Ma Yin's withdrawal, and in his opinion, Yi Si Ma had lost the vitality around the capital that hindered Liu Daxia's return to the Beijing division, and as long as Liu Daxia recovered Xuanfu Zhencheng and recaptured Zhangjiakou Fort, it was likely to block the route of the main Tatar force to retreat to the grassland.

Shen Xi didn't want to pay attention to the rest of the things, because he felt that his mission had been basically completed.

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The defense of the capital ended with the victory of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatar soldiers and horses hurriedly withdrew, even if the defenders of the city gates had the heart to chase and kill, but the military orders were like mountains, the imperial court did not allow any city gates to open, and all the soldiers could only continue to be shrunken turtles, and the Tatars were sent away by the city leader.

Xie Qian was sure that the Tatars had really withdrawn their troops and not been defeated, and hurriedly returned to the palace with good news.

Xie Qian was like a dream, yesterday the capital was still in danger, and today he won a big victory, which greatly exceeded his imagination. Now only Shen Xi led the troops to arrive, but Shen Xi led the troops to arrive, and as a result, Shen Xi's leading army beat the Tartars and couldn't support the retreat, and the war ended miraculously, and the process was somewhat similar to the defense of the Beijing division after the Battle of Tumubao that year.

Xie Qian pondered: "The Ming Jingshi is estimated to become a nightmare for the remnants of Meng Yuan, whether it is Warat or Tatar, they are all sinking in the sand under the capital, thanks to God's blessing!" Of course, this time it is thanks to Shen Xi Xiao'er's timely reinforcement, otherwise the battle of Xizhimen yesterday and Zhengyangmen today, Chengguan may be lost. ”

"In addition, Wang Bo'an has also made great contributions today, but he burned the city, causing a large number of casualties in our army, I don't know how to explain to Your Majesty?"

Thinking of the Zhengyang Gate before, Wang Shouren poured oil and set fire to the enemy and me, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fell off the city wall screaming miserably, and the terrible wail made Xie Qian unbearable to recall. Xie Qian said secretly: "The old man asked himself if he was not a rigid person, I don't know why, he was so restless? ”

Entering the palace, Xie Qian quickened his pace and headed towards Wenyuan Pavilion, and along the way, the officials of the Sixth Section and the Middle Calligraphy Department greeted him, but he ignored them.

Entering the Wenyuan Pavilion, Xie Qian learned that several important figures in the dynasty were there, in addition to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, two cabinet scholars, there were also two members of the advisory group, Ma Wensheng and Xiong Xiu, as well as many officials from the six ministries.

When Liu Jian saw Xie Qian, he hurriedly got up and asked: "Yu Qiao, you are finally back, the previous report was unclear, the battle of Zhengyangmen ...... But won? ”

Xie Qian nodded and said affirmatively: "Di Yi's soldiers and horses have withdrawn from the city!" ”

Liu Jian complained: "Don't say whether to withdraw from the city, what I ask you now is...... Can the Diyi soldiers and horses withdraw from the vicinity of the Beijing Division? ”

"This ......"

Xie Qian looked around at the ministers present, hesitated a little, and said, "I can't say that for the time being, Di Yi's withdrawal of troops is true, and it should be at least ten or twenty miles away from the Jingshi at this time!" However, it is doubtful whether it will make a comeback. ”

"Yes, yes!"

Everyone present was excited.

The big stone entrenched in the hearts of these top civil servants finally let go of most of them at this moment, but the Tatars are still stranded in the land of the Ming Dynasty and cannot be completely taken lightly, because the Tatars may be killed back at any time.

Liu Jian said with a smile: "It's okay to win, the messenger praised Bo'an for his huge role in this war, it seems that you brought him over to help is a good move!" ”

Xie Qian saw Liu Jian's appreciative attitude towards Wang Shouren, and his heart was nameless, and he knew very well why these old ministers valued Wang Shouren so much.

Nowadays, Wang Shouren is not very brilliant in all aspects, but there is a father Wang Hua who can be said to be infinitely close to the position of cabinet minister, and now Wang Hua has concurrently served as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and may be recruited into the cabinet at any time.

Xie Qian was a little resentful: "There were countless casualties after a fire in the city, so if it can be regarded as helping, then the credit of fighting soldiers outside the city is nothing!" ”

Regardless of whether he had prejudices against Xie Qian before, he could hear the strong dissatisfaction contained in his words at this time.

Liu Jian asked tentatively: "Yu Qiao, the soldiers outside the city you are talking about...... But Shen Xi brought it back, right? Lao Yu heard yesterday that this son retreated from Tumu Fort, and was the first to lead the troops back to King Jingqin, which shows that his talent is of great use, and the court has always been talent-based, since he has the ability, let him do more things in the future! ”

Xie Qian was furious and secretly thought: "Shen Xi'er was originally a Hanlin official, but he was recruited by you many times, and he has only been an official for four or five years, and he doesn't know how many places he has gone?" Could it be that there is no one in Daming who can replace him, so that Shen Xi can stay in the capital and rest for a few years? ”

Li Dongyang's expression was a little puzzled, and he asked, "Yu Qiao, did you really see Shen Hanlin yesterday?" ”

Xie Qian's face was not good: "Binzhi, do you suspect me of lying about the war?" ”

Li Dongyang blackened his face and did not speak.

The person who denied Shen Xi the most at the beginning was Li Dongyang, and Shen Xi came back to him the most faceless, after all, it was precisely because of Li Dongyang's repeated suspicions about Shen Xi's military situation that the war in the northwest continued to deteriorate, and now I know that Shen Xi returned to the capital from the heavy siege of the Tartars and became the savior of the Ming Dynasty, how could he let go of this old face?

In fact, Shen Xi slapped Li Dongyang hard with practical actions, which made him feel very uncomfortable.