At dusk, the tent was raised, and it was rare for the generals above the leader of the civil fort to gather together. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the previous war, most of the officers basically had to stick to their posts, beware of a sudden attack by the Tatars, and only a few generals could go to the command post to discuss things, and after the meeting, they were passed on in batches, and now after the war it was finally possible to officially hold a meeting of all the officers.

Although there are many people in the command post hall, there are only Hu Songyue, Liu Xu, Zhu Lie and Song Xie from Long Qingwei, the first three of whom are serious Beijing camp generals.

As for the rest of the generals, they are all half-hangers, and many of them were promoted by Shen Xi temporarily, and they are likely to be swept to the end after the war.

Yunliu and Xi'er have always been regarded as prisoners, and they are also qualified to attend this meeting.

As soon as he came up, it was no surprise that Zhang Yong took the lead in asking Shen Xi why he did not send troops to attack the Tatar camp: "...... Lord Shen can't be so slack, the tens of thousands of Tartar troops have withdrawn, but they can leave all the way in the west of the city, and there are not many people, isn't it very good to win a battle to boost morale? ”

Not only did Zhang Yong have expectations for this, but even the generals in the army also took the initiative to ask for help.

Mainly because they had won battles one after another at Tumu Fort, and it was too easy for them to reap the successes, and they hoped to completely annihilate the last batch of two or three thousand Tatar soldiers and horses to add icing on the cake.

Shen Xi shook his head and sighed lightly, secretly thinking: "It's really good, the scar forgets the pain!" Think that if you are good at defensive battles, you can go head-to-head with the Tatar cavalry in the wilderness? Completely forgot the lessons of the repeated failures of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? ”

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Shen Xi was inconvenient to make his words clear, so he could only find another excuse, and said at the moment: "For more than a month, our army has either fought against the Tatars or built fortifications, and every officer and soldier is very tired, and it is really not suitable to send troops. The grain and grass are quite sufficient, and the top priority is to replenish the water source, so as long as the enemy army on this road does not interfere with our army going out of the city to replenish water, let them be! ”

"When the reinforcements sent by Liu Shangshu arrive, we will try to destroy the current enemy!"

Hu Songyue said eagerly: "Lord Shen, why should you give up this credit to others? Wouldn't it be better to destroy them now? ”

Shen Xi looked at Hu Songyue with a smile and asked, "General Hu, this official asks you, how many soldiers and horses can you give you to destroy this army of Tartars?" ”

"Uh......"

Hu Songyue was speechless when asked.

After hesitating for a long time, Hu Songyue replied: "My lord, shouldn't you be responsible for this matter of clearing the Tartars?" ”

Shen Xi just felt that there was nowhere to vent the anger in his stomach before he asked such a sentence, and he wanted to say: "Do you think the Tatars withdrew their troops because they were afraid of us?" This is a power struggle within the Tatars! ”

"Yismain just doesn't want to do useless work outside the civil fort and increase the loss in vain! was repeatedly attacked by him on the civil fort, even if the fortress was fortunately preserved, but the officers and soldiers were already miserable at this time, and they should have rested well. ”

"If we anger the Tatars and make them come back, we don't need to siege the city, and then we will be in big trouble!"

Shen Xi shouted: "The decision made by this official is reasonable, there is no need to question it too much, just do what you are doing." If this officer wants to send troops, he will gather all the men! ”

Hu Songyue and the others did not dare to disobey, and received the order respectfully: "Get the order!" ”

Shen Xi said again: "Order the three armies, seize the time to rest, once you find a deserter, you will be killed!" However, the main force of the enemy army has just retreated, and it is difficult to ensure that the other side will not kill a horse pistol, so the officers and soldiers stationed in the trenches outside the city must not be slack in the slightest, and are ready to guard against the Tatars attacking the city at any time! ”

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The situation in the capital has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

Bauhinia Pass is in an emergency, martial law has been declared in Beijing and the surrounding counties, and the soldiers and horses of King Qin are gathering in various places, and there is still a period of time before he enters Beijing, and Emperor Hongzhi's condition has not improved at all.

As a prisoner, theoretically all government decrees must go through the approval of the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, and when he encounters something he doesn't understand on weekdays, this bear child will also consult Xiao Jing, Liu Jian, Zhang Mao and Ma Wensheng, but most of the time this bear child likes to come alone, which makes the ministers of the DPRK and China a headache.

Originally, these important ministers just wanted to use Zhu Houzhao as a puppet and launch it as a shield, so that the court would change its name in handling government affairs.

But what Zhu Houzhao did was obviously beyond his control, this bear child could do anything about going to the house to expose the tiles, let alone playing some tricks on Zhu Pi, he needed to find someone to keep an eye on him all the time, but he still caused trouble from time to time. In the event of a child bear's tantrums, a decree may be postponed indefinitely.

“…… How many times have I told you? Even if my father is sick, there is no need to come to the palace to ask everything, where does the palace know so much? You have the ability to deal with it yourself, anyway, this palace is a child in your eyes, and it is the same whether this court has this palace or not! ”

Zhu Houzhao originally didn't dare to use the imperial people that Shen Xi taught him to the ministers of the court, in the past, he only used these scheming and means on his two uncles and the accompanying eunuchs, but now it's okay, with him serving as the superintendent, this group of ministers has become a new experiment, just say a few words, you can make the ministers present anxious, and those old ministers are simply angry with this little guy.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang twice asked Xiao Jing to play Emperor Hongzhi, retract his fate, and let the prince return to the East Palace to study, but because Zhu Youzhi was not in good health, and the emperor and his wife did have the intention of exercising Zhu Houzhao to govern the country, so that this matter was unanimously dragged.

Zhu Youji's meaning is obvious: "Although I respect you old ministers, you can't play with me...... You used to use me as a gun, but now I am sick and want to use my son as a puppet. I handed over my son to you, how can I exercise some ability, I want to just let me send my son back to the East Palace to study, no way! ”

Zhu Houzhao's fixed program every day, get up in the morning to tidy up the clothes, wash simply, eat something casually, go to the Wenhua Hall to wait, if there is a court, there will be a minister to come to discuss, if not, then class.

“…… Mr. Shen, has no news come back yet? ”

In the past few days when Zhu Houzhao served as a prisoner, he was most concerned not about whether the Tatars had broken through the Bauhinia Pass, but about the progress of the Tumubao war.

It's just that outside the Inner Great Wall to the front line of Xuanfu, Daming's intelligence network is completely paralyzed, and even if Zhu Houzhao keeps an eye on the battle report from the Xuanda region, he doesn't find a single word related to Shen Xi.

Everyone else thinks Shen Xi is waiting for death in Tumubao, but Zhu Houzhao doesn't believe in this evil, he is the one who has the most confidence in Shen Xi in the court...... The main thing is that he regards Shen Xi as his incarnation, and will never allow Shen Xi to be defeated and die in Tumu Fort, so he will feel very shameless.

On this day, when the bear child expressed such emotion, the object he faced was Shen Xi's in-law grandfather Xie Qian, Zhu Houzhao thought that he could learn some news from Xie Qian's mouth that he couldn't get outside, who knew that Xie Qian was also black-eyed.

Xie Qian: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Shen Xi has been holding on to the Tumu Fort for many days, I am afraid that he will not be able to fight for a long time, if the Juyong Pass garrison is aided by the west, it may be able to solve the temporary difficulty and help Shen Xi lead the troops to withdraw to the Juyong Pass!" ”

Xie Qian also sided with Li Dongyang and others at the beginning, focusing on Gyeonggi's defense.

But then I thought about it, the Tatars took the southern line, although Juyong Pass arrived at the first line of the Tatar invasion, but sent soldiers and horses to rescue Shen Xi and save Shen Xi's life, not only to be able to explain to his little granddaughter and the Shen and Xie families, but also to lay the foundation for the final victory of the Ming Dynasty in the war.

It can be said that saving Shen Xi is fundamentally beneficial and harmless.