"National Master, please give me all the troops. How many people do you think are suitable, then give me as many people. Even if I don't kill him, I will restrain his troops and find an opportunity to annihilate him. Please believe me, I will not be blinded by hatred, because I know that brute force cannot solve the problem on the battlefield. If I cannot complete the task, the national master can punish me, and even tell the Khan that it's okay to burn me to death!"

Huo Ling is full of fighting spirit and wants to fight with Chen Xi to the end.

Yi Sima Yin said, "Huolian, I will allocate you 4,000 troops and advance east along the Ming people's post road. If you encounter a city block in the middle, you must not approach it. The Ming people will not find your true intentions. After finding the troops led by Chen Xi, find the right opportunity to destroy him."

"As long as my Mongolian cavalry that swept the world in the past showed 10% of its strength, the Ming army would collapse without fighting. When pursuing, remember to bring back the head of Chen Xi. I will remember to remember to remember to remember to remember to remember to remember to give you the title of Darhan when I was pursuing you. "

When Huo Ling heard that Yi Sima decided to send her to war, she was grateful for her kindness, and immediately knelt down and saluted: "The national master does not need to ask the Khan to give her a title, and it is my life wish. I only want to take revenge. I will act cautiously in the rest. Please rest assured that I will definitely live up to my mission!"

Yi Sima nodded with satisfaction and handed over the military talisman and the order flag to Huo Ling, and then promoted the tent to discuss matters again, informing the entire army of the news of Huo Ling's expedition, and asking Huo Ling to lead the troops to find trouble for Chen Xi.

Yi Sima was very cautious. He had actually seen from the documents he had communicated that Chen Xi had not led many troops, because neither Governor Xuanda nor the Governor of the Trilateral Territory had any expectations for this reinforcement army.

Yi Sima is well aware of one truth, that is, in the seniority-oriented Ming officialdom, young people like Chen Xi do not have the advantage. What he calls attention to is actually just that he makes his generals not careless.

Yi Sima calculated in his heart and allocated four thousand cavalry to Huoling. As long as the tactics were used properly, it was enough to deal with 10,000 troops in Chenxi. Even if there were 20,000, there was no need to be afraid, because the Tatars knew very well how weak the soldiers in the Beijing camp were.

If Yi Sima knew that Chenxi's army actually had less than 6,000 troops, he would probably not have more than 2,000 troops allocated to Huo Ling.

Even if the Ming border army has three times the strength of the Tatar cavalry, they dare not fight head-on, let alone the Beijing camp soldiers led by Chen Xi?

At this time, Chen Xi didn't know that he had become the prey of the Tatars and was slowly leading his army to Xuanfu Town. The delay in the march was amazing. Not only did he set up camp after walking less than 30 miles a day, but he would spend a day to reward him in two days, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a turtle speed.

Chen Xi's attitude in the march was very clear, just to delay as much as possible. When learning about the exact movements of the Tatars, it is best to be more than fifty miles away from Xuanfu Town, so that there is enough time to retreat.

Before entering the destination, Chenxi has already studied the retreat route. If there is an unpredictable change, Chenxi has already calculated which city blocks can be stationed in.

The security guards and Huailai Guards along the way can be temporary garrison sites. The defense performance of the Acropolis is relatively high, and there is a Ming city around it. In Shen Xi's opinion, the people in the Jingying camp cannot fight against the Tatars in the open plains, but it is still a matter of making a defensive battle based on the geographical location.

This marching was probably the slowest speed of the Ming Dynasty marching.

The head coach Chen Xi did not want to leave, and the generals under his command were asking for rewards every day. Hu Songyue and others ran to Chen Xi from time to time to lobby, completely forgetting their previous fear of the Tatars.

Now the entire army generally believes that after the Tatars plundered Yansui Town and Taiyuan Town, they did not mean to burn the war to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. As the north cooled down significantly, they should have withdrawn their troops at this time. They just need to follow Chenxi and slowly restore Yulin Cangcheng, and wait for the military merits to arrive.

Zhang Yong was so anxious every day that he was the only person in the army who knew the truth except Chen Xi, so he just burned incense and worshiped Buddha every day and prayed to the Tatars not to appear.

Chen Xi was in a relaxed mood. What he thought was that this time was just a symbolic march. Although he saw that Xuanfu Town, the northwest line, was weak in defense and was easily taken advantage of by the Tatars, it was unknown whether the Tatars would act as he expected, and there was no need to worry too much. After all, everything had been planned before, and even if there was chaos, it would be too late to make a decision.

On September 20, the troops led by Chen Xi finally arrived at Jiming Station at the foot of Jiming Mountain.

Jiming Post was first built in the Yuan Dynasty. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, Genghis Khan led his troops to the west to open an post road on the road leading to the Xicheng City, setting up the "Zhan Chi", which is the predecessor of Jiming Post. In the 18th year of Yongle in this dynasty, Jiming Post was expanded to be the largest station for the ordering mansion to enter the capital. In the eighth year of Chenghua, a three-meter-high earth wall was built, but it could only defend against ordinary bandits. When encountering large-scale wars, the city defense was basically better than nothing.

Therefore, after the Tatars invaded the border, the Jiming Yidian went to Yidian, leaving only rows of empty houses.

Because the gate of Jimingyi was closed and the official seal was posted on the door, Chenxi did not allow the officers and soldiers to enter, but just camped against Jimingyi.

Jimingyi is still 70 miles away from Xuanfu, and you can reach it in two days after a little hard work.

At this time, the officers and soldiers' slackness reached, because Chen Xi had promised to give only three gifts at this time, and there were still two failed ones.

Hu Songyue ran to Chenxi's central army tent that night to make trouble. The first sentence he said was to ask Chenxi for the fourth reward.

"...Sir, no matter whether the Xuanfu is right in front of you, just talk about the hardships of the soldiers along the way, shouldn't you be more considerate and will give me a reward?"

Hu Song jumped up and asked Chen Xi to give him a reward. Unexpectedly, Chen Xi nodded with the situation: "General Hu said that I am confident about my words, and tomorrow I will give away the next two rewards at one time. But tomorrow... we will withdraw our troops from Jiming Post and return to Juyong Pass!"

"What did the lord say? Go back to Juyongguan? Are you okay? This is awesome. You will arrive in Xuanfu Town in two days. Why do you want to return to Juyongguan?"

Monk Hu Songyue was confused.

Chen Xi's thinking was too jumpy, which overturned Hu Songyue's understanding of the battlefield. This kind of marching method with hammers and hammers was the only one he saw in his life.

Chen Xidao: "Don't General Hu want to withdraw his troops?"

Hu Songyue asked in confusion: "If you want to withdraw your troops, you should have a reason. The court's job to you is to recover the Yulin Guard. We withdraw our troops before we reach the end. How can we explain to the court?"

Chen Xi nodded and said, "It is very far from Yulin Cang City at present, but the Tatars' troops are about to stop leaving. If they do not have time to withdraw from Juyong Pass, they will be cut off from their backs. At that time, the three armies will probably be wiped out!"

"Sir, stop kidding, what's wrong with the Tatars? Why don't you think about the next march plan after you come to Xuanfu? The soldiers will not follow you to fight for your life! You must always understand the suffering of the soldiers in the army!"

Hu Songyue said three words to reward him. He felt that Chen Xi was looking for excuses to make excuses, so he quickly returned to the topic and talked to Chen Xi about the rewards after Xuanfu Town.

Chen Xidao: "I have already said that I will issue all the rewards that owed the soldiers tonight, and we will deport the camp and withdraw our troops tomorrow morning to Juyongguan! This is a military order! If anyone does not comply, he will be dealt with by disobeying the military order!"

Hu Songyue sneered and thought to himself: "Mr. Shen really took a chicken feather as an arrow. How afraid of death are you to withdraw your troops before you arrive at Xuanfu? After you go back, your brothers will also be embarrassed... But if you say you can withdraw, you will withdraw. Anyway, you are the commander of the three armies, and it is not our turn to take responsibility if the court pursues the matter!"

Afterwards, Chen Xi summoned the main generals of the army and raised the matter of issuing two rewards and withdrawing troops at once. Several commanders and more than ten commanders discussed it. Only Zhang Yongxinran said: "Mr. Shen, are you going to withdraw troops now?"

"Eunuch Zhang is back and prepare and set off tomorrow morning!" Chen Xi nodded.

Zhang Yong was a little troubled, but there was a general present and he wanted to speak but stopped. After all the general commanders went back to prepare, he asked Chen Xi privately in the Central Army's tent:

"Mr. Shen, the movements of the Tatars have not been determined yet. Are you too hasty to withdraw your troops like this? Maybe you can wait until the exact news comes from the front to determine whether the Tatars are using Xuanfu as the main attack direction and then decide to withdraw their troops?"

Chen Xidao: "Eunuch Zhang, haven't I analyzed it with you before? Do you think if the court learns that Xuanfu is besieged by Tatars, we will be allowed to pass Xuanfu without entering and withdraw our troops directly?"

"this……"

Zhang Yong thought about it and shook his head honestly.

Just kidding, the court knew that Xuanfu was in danger, so of course it was to mobilize all living forces to defend Xuanfu. How could Chen Xi withdraw his troops? Zhang Yong tentatively said: "If it is really not feasible, stationing in Xuanfu may save the trouble of traveling, so it is easy to explain to the court!"

Chen Xidao: "Is that father-in-law Zhang going to be buried with Xuanfu?"

Zhang Yong was completely discouraged and said, "Mr. Shen, our family can't tell you. You have the ability and knowledge. It's okay for our family to be at a disadvantage, right? But Mr. Shen also remember that if the matter is different from what you expected, and if something happens to Xuanfu in the end, even the capital will be threatened. Don't say that our family will impeach you with the court without regard for the mercy!"

Chen Xigong bowed and said, "At that time, Eunuch Zhang will not need to impeach him. I will naturally write to the court to apologize."

Zhang Yong left with satisfaction. As long as Chen Xi was willing to take the responsibility of withdrawing troops without reason, he would of course be happy to return to Juyongguan. At least it was safer than Xuanfu. Of course, it was mainly because Chen Xi analyzed that the evolution of the battle situation scared him.

That night, just as most of the soldiers in the army were sleeping, Chen Xi still checked the military newspapers he had received these days overnight. For some reason, Chen Xi suddenly felt a little ominous.

In the area west of Huaian Acropolis, no news was conveyed to the capital for about half a month. The latest information was in early September. The news reported by the various garrisons was nothing more than peace in the place.

"Did the Tatars have already made a move and conquered Xuanfu with the western city gates one after another, and are preparing to head to Xuanfu Town at this time? If so, Huaianwei, as an important acropolis guarding the western part of Xuanfu, must have been destroyed by the Tatars."

"From Jimingyi to Huaian Aicheng, the horse journey lasts only two days. If it is a fast horse, it may only take one day. If the Tatars understand the movements of our army in advance, then I am not very dangerous now?"

Chen Xi originally thought it was time to withdraw troops on September 21, but after analyzing the current situation, he felt that the offensive brewing by the Tatars might be more fierce than he expected.

He had a premonition that the danger was coming, and Chen Xi didn't even want to delay for half an hour. Even if he withdraws his troops overnight, it would be better to die in a place like Jimingyi without any defense.

Chen Xi called the commander directly and shouted: "The commander of the commander will start the journey at the fifth day of the day and retreat to Juyongguan. The entire army must not delay. If there are any delays, they will be abandoned. As for the supplies in the army, except for artillery, muskets, shells and gunpowder, the remaining materials can be appropriately abandoned!"

After the military order was issued for a while, several soldiers were always anxious. Seeing that Chen Xi was still neatly tidying up the copywriting on the table, Hu Songyue shouted: "Sir, why do you have to go on the fifth day of the day? It's colder at the fifth day of the day, and the earth is frost. What if the soldiers get a problem on the road?"

"The Tatars are all here, are you still thinking about the cold weather? If you don't want to go, just stay in Jiming Station, I will not care about you anymore!" Chen Xi said coldly.

When Hu Songyue and others heard this, their first reaction was: Who should they scare?

But after thinking a little, the generals had a little doubt in their hearts and thought: "Mr. Shen is not like a crazy person, but why do he speak and do things like a madman? Didn't the Tatars never show any trace? How could he suddenly come to the nearest?" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!