Just when Liu Daxia retreated to Ningwu Pass, Chen Xi basically completed the supply in Juyong Pass, raised 80 cannons, plus 948 Folang machine guns and old-fashioned two-headed guns, more than 1,500 target guns, and more than 40 cars of gunpowder. Then he brought the food and supplies equipped by the imperial court and prepared to go out to Datong Town. ≠

At present, Liu Daxia's target is Ningwu Pass, and Chen Xi led reinforcements to Datong Prefecture, the resident of Datong Town. It seems that the two of them are likely to meet.

But in fact, Liu Daxia is closely following the trends of the Tatars. Once the Tatar soldiers who appeared in Lan County turned around and attacked Zhenxiwei westward or entered Liangling Pass and Tianmen Pass, Liu Daxia would make corresponding changes. If Chenxi encounters Tatar soldiers on the way forward, they will also change their destination.

Many times, the plan cannot keep up with the rapid changes. Chen Xi realized this deeply and did not send troops rashly. Moreover, now he is with the military generals, Hu Songyue and Liu Xu and other Beijing camp chiefs are arguing with him and asking for rewards.

These people were quiet for a few days after Shen Xi entered Juyongguan, but after hearing that Chen Xi was about to go out of the Suixi, they began to cause trouble for Chen Xi again.

Whenever Chen Xi goes to the tent to discuss matters, these people will always mention rewards to Chen Xi in the tent of the Central Army. They all have a firm attitude and declare that Chen Xi will not give rewards and will never leave the customs.

Chen Xi did not act too rush. In fact, Hu Songyue and others also realized that Chen Xi was too "calm". After ten days of stationing troops in Yongguan, the court sent two military orders to urge him, but Chen Xi was not in a hurry.

Hu Songyue and others felt that something would have to go wrong if they drag on like this. Not only would Chen Xi suffer, but they would likely be dismissed from their posts and investigated and lost their hereditary positions.

But since they had promised to ask their subordinates for rewards from Chen Xi, they gave up halfway and obviously could not satisfy their officers and soldiers. They did not want to lose face, so they had to entrust Hu Songyue as representative and hold the final "negotiation" with Chen Xi.

This time, Hu Songyue's attitude softened a lot. The conditions proposed were only 30% of the rewards that they had originally proposed, that is, each soldier in the army received a reward of about a consistent amount, plus the additional rewards from the officers. This time the rewards they requested were about 10,000 taels of silver.

Hu Songyue said, "Sir, don't forget it. I'll calculate it for you. Now there are almost 30,000 jin of military funds and 3,000 shi of food in the army. It happens to be the next part. The brothers have food in their hands and receive pre-war rewards. When they go to the battlefield, they are naturally full of energy. When the brothers make achievements, the court will naturally give rewards. At that time, the elders don't have to worry about insufficient money and food in the army!"

Chen Xi looked at Hu Songyue and wanted to spit it over... Okay, the money and food in the army were so secretive, I thought only the officers who managed logistics supplies in the army knew about it. Unexpectedly, you guys who were anxious to divide their "owners" and become deserters had already found out clearly.

I will reward you. Do you know that it is not good to work with me. Can you still expect you to fight to the death when you meet the Tatars?

Chen Xi could have continued to refuse, but he felt that it was not a solution to always drag on it like this. There was a room for maneuver. Chen Xi pondered for a while and said, "If the soldiers refused to work hard for the officials, what if they did not do it?"

Hu Songyue clenched his fists and said, "Sir, don't worry, who dares not serve him, kill him! The swordsman is not a vegetarian!"

Chen Xi also wanted to ask, if you are a deserter, is the swordsman ready to execute you? But in the end he still held back and didn't ask, and thought for a while and said, "If you give too much money and food at a time, the soldiers will be very lazy and warlike. It would be better if you do this. This official takes Juyongguan as the starting point and Xuanfu Town as the end point. The rewards are given in five times along the way. Each reward is 20% of the total reward, which is about 200 cents per person each time and three kilograms of grain. After reaching Xuanfu Town, all the rewards will be in the hands of the soldiers. What do you think?"

Chen Xi had no choice but to be a coach now, and he was a little cowardly and could not achieve the best results at all, so he had to argue with the Beijing players under his command.

If he could choose, Chen Xi would rather take the Longqing Guards stationed in Juyongguan to war. Although Li Pin and others would also have some bad habits of the generals of the Beijing camp, they probably knew what military orders were difficult to violate and would not sing a contradictory tune to him openly or secretly.

"Sir, once, you will save trouble and your brothers will be more motivated. Why do you need to divide it into five times? Will rewarding this road delay the itinerary?"

Hu Songyue naturally would not agree to this condition.

Chen Xi picked up the official document on the table, looked indifferent and said, "If you don't agree, then let this matter be aborted. The conditions for me are here. Go back and discuss with you and then return to me!"

Chen Xi refused to compromise, and Hu Songyue did not dare to do anything to Chen Xi. After all, Chen Xi was the commander of the three armies and had the right to take action first and then report. Although he believed that Chen Xi did not dare to do anything to him, he could not do too much. Otherwise, Chen Xi could use Longqingwei's troops to take him down and kill the chicken and scare the monkey.

Besides, Chen Xi has not completely rejected their conditions now. The purpose of dividing five money is to prevent the soldiers in the army from becoming deserters once they encounter war after receiving the reward. This makes sense.

Hu Songyue thought to himself: "The conditions are not harsh. The total mileage from Juyongguan to Xuanfu Town is 300 miles. During this period, you have to cross the Wuding River and cross Jiming Mountain. This section of the road is relatively peaceful. When you arrive at Xuanfu Town, you can get all the rewards and finally give some explanations to the soldiers below!"

Hu Songyue weighed it in his heart and finally adopted Chen Xi's proposal. So when he went back to discuss with other generals, he naturally stood on the side of Chen Xi.

Although Liu Xu and others were dissatisfied, they were also afraid that Chen Xi would report their disobedience to the court, so they could only make a compromise for the time being, and both sides reached a memorandum of understanding in a "friendly atmosphere".

The first reward below Chenxi was used as a condition. The soldiers of the three armies finally agreed to officially embark on the road to the west on the second day after the Double Ninth Festival on the 10th of September.

In the eyes of many Beijing soldiers, staying in Juyongguan is actually a very good choice. There is food and drink here, the steep terrain and towering city walls as barriers, so there is no need to worry about the sudden Tatars.

But no matter what, the military order they received was to recover Yansui Town and stay in Juyongguan could not be said to be. If the court was angry and dismissed them all on the spot to investigate, it would not only lose the ancestral job, but also cause harm to their families.

In addition, there has been no trace of the Tatars in the past few days, and the information obtained was also calm in Datong, Xuanfu and other places, and rumors of the Tatars having withdrawn began to spread in the army. Many veterans said the truth with confidence, all of which were "scientific" conclusions drawn after summarizing history and analyzing the current situation. Therefore, the officers and soldiers no longer regarded getting out of seclusion as a dangerous path.

In the end, even Hu Songyue and other general officers of the Beijing camp felt that even if Datong Town, Taiyuan Town, Yansui Town, Guyuan Town, Ningxia Town and Gansu Town were in war, at least Xuanfu Town was safe. From Juyong Pass to Xuanhua Palace, where Xuanfu Town is located, you can get a basic reward after walking these 300 miles, which is worth taking a risk.

As for whether we will still move west after arriving at Xuanhua Prefecture, we will argue with Chen Xi at that time.

Hu Songyue was ready. After Xuanfu Town, he would ask Chen Xi to give at least twice the reward before the entire army would continue to follow Chen Xi to Datong Town.

When we arrive in Datong Town, if everything is well, it will prove that the Tatars have indeed retreated. After that, they can follow Chenxi safely and "receive" Yulin Cialis, and earn the credit before talking about it.

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On the tenth day of September, the soldiers finally came out again after more than half a month of rest.

When Chen Xi led his troops out of the capital, the court allocated 6,000 troops and 2,000 civilians, claiming to be 50,000 troops. After arriving at Juyongguan, he fled more than 200 without war.

Most of the soldiers who fled to the Beijing camp were the ones who were not concerned at home. They didn’t know what it means to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. They only knew that saving their lives was the first priority.

The situation of deserters in the border areas of the Ming Dynasty has always been very serious, especially those who are not hereditary military households. After being summoned to the army, they will collapse without fighting and flee to Shan, Shaanxi and other places in secret, and become bandits in Taihang Mountain, Zhongtiao Mountain or Guanzhong. When the war is over, these deserters only need to lie about their experiences and use their identities as victims to take root in new places.

When Chen Xi left Juyong Pass, there were about 5,750 soldiers and horses used for actual combat, plus two thousand civilians. In other words, Chen Xi's "50,000 soldiers and horses" were almost 10% claimed. Such equipment was too cold, and even Chen Xi himself didn't think that this group of people could help the northwest.

But Chen Xi is a person who knows how to plan for himself. This time he went to Xuanfu Town, which can be said to be a decisive decision after predicting the military trends of the Tatars.

In Shen Xi's view, as long as Shanxi Town, Datong Town and Xuanfu Town are stable, even if there are many castles in the border areas, the Tatars will never plunder enough money and food to fight and support the war, so they can only choose to retreat. The Tatars cannot divide their troops to defend the city of Daming because the logistics supply line is too long. If there is not enough food, they will not be able to get through this winter.

This is the same as the Central Plains dynasty repeatedly defeated tribes on the grasslands but could never occupy the grasslands.

Chen Xi’s current focus is on the real purpose hidden behind a series of military operations of the Tatars, to guess what their ambitions were and how to ensure the safety of the capital of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the garrison of the Great Wall on the front line of Datong Town and Xuanfu Town became particularly important.

Chenxi, Datong Town, could not control it. He only knew that the actual troops stationed in Xuanfu Town were mainly from Wanquandusi, and the total force should be between 30,000 and 50,000, and military households should be the main ones.

Chen Xi's more than 5,000 troops were not very useful even if they went there, but Chen Xi was responsible and could do some things.

If he had been staying at Juyongguan, he would not be able to explain to the court, but he would not be able to go through the psychological barrier. He would not have led reinforcements to the aid, but he would not have been hiding behind him as a turtle.

From Juyongguan to the west, walk to Huailai, Jimingyi, and there are many river channels along the way. This is the Yongding River water system in the middle and upper reaches of the Haihe River, and it is also the original site of the Guanting Reservoir later. After the autumn, the march will no longer be light, especially after night, the temperature near the water seed drops very quickly, approaching zero degrees, and the soldiers need to burn fire to keep warm at night.

Fortunately, there is one thing that there was no sign of Tatar activity in a few days after Juyong Pass, and even the officers and soldiers who were guarding and patrolling at night began to relax their vigilance.

This is also related to the fact that the troops themselves are not mentally prepared to fight tough battles.

The soldiers in the Beijing camp have been neglecting to train over the years and have rarely gone to the battlefield. They have no experience of confronting the Tatars for many years. In addition, they are arrogant and selfish, and the middle and upper-class soldiers are seriously corrupt, and the lower-class soldiers have no fighting spirit. There are many people who want to be deserters when encountering wars. Even if they have a little loyalty to the emperor and serve the country, they will be influenced by the people around them and eventually become tainted.

On the battlefield, life is always the most important thing!

ps: The third update is here!
Chapter completed!