The Ming army had just won a big victory, and at night, there was enough drinking water and could open fire normally.??

After eating and drinking, before he could lie down to rest, a bolt from the blue reached the soldiers' ears... The next morning, I could not withdraw the camp and retreat to Juyong Pass, because another wave of Tatar cavalry came.

The Tatar cavalry rushed to the surrounding area of ​​Tumu Fort around the third update, and the number was undeterminable. Fortunately, the troops did not appear in Chenxi to send the city to fetch water for the third time. In this way, Hu Songyue could successfully send the third batch of drinking water into Tumu Fort and fill the originally abandoned stone jars, stone urns and sinks in the fortress.

Before this, except for the two thousand elites selected, the refugees in the city took food to the southeast. Chenxi asked the officers and soldiers to tell the refugees that the Guishui River would be more than 30 miles southeast along the official road, and when they arrived, there would be water sources to replenish them.

Today, there are more than 4,800 Ming officers and soldiers stationed in the city, as well as civilians who absorbed 2,000 strong spirits and expanded into 4,000 people, and about 600 Tatar prisoners of war.

As for some injured people, although they were properly cared for, they could only provide 60% of the drinking water and grain distribution. The Tatar prisoners of war were even hung aside and tied up and hung up, just like drying human flesh and letting them die on their own.

Although the city has replenished water sources three times, the number is still insufficient. At most, the people in the city can spend five or six days. If it takes longer, they can only spend it in a dry mouth, or pray that God will make the rain come.

In this season when the sun is shining during the day and the autumn is approaching October, it is not realistic to think that it rains. The north is too dry, and even if it really rains, it lacks tools to collect water. If there is a light rain or two, it will not even be wet, and it will not work at all.

Liu Xu, Zhu Lie and Hu Songyue, after learning about the arrival of the Tatar cavalry, they immediately gathered at the central army tent in Chenxi.

It was said that it was a large tent of the Central Army, but it was just a temporary tent built near the west gate of the city. The Shuai case was very simple. Chen Xi held a homemade quill and couldn't write a word for a long time. Three thousand households watched it and were anxious.

Zhu Lie said: "Sir, let us leave the city again and fight with the Tartars. Now the Tartars have just arrived and are trapped and have no horses, so they are caught off guard. If we win, we will withdraw our troops directly back to Longqingwei, which is much better than staying in this bird place!"

Hu Songyue looked sideways: "Zhu Qianhu, you think things are too easy. The Tartar cavalry is brave. Except for Lord Shen, can someone else lead the troops as easy as winning in the afternoon?"

"I don't even know how many Tartars have now. Let me ask you, before yesterday's war, who had ever seen the real Tartars?"

Liu Xu cursed and said, "Old Hu, don't think you made a little contribution with Lord Shen. Just show off your power in front of us. Isn't it just to transport three batches of water back? It's like we were watching a show next to us during the day and never went to the battlefield. Indeed, Lord will lead the way on the battlefield, and we are no exception. We are all the credits that tie our heads to our belts!"

Several people kept arguing, and the matter involved was nothing more than the military achievements made during the day.

He won the battle with the Tatars and also won more than 3,000 real Tatar heads. This was a rare victory and outstanding achievements in the eyes of the generals of the Beijing camp.

It is rare to have the luck to make such great achievements, and you must grab the achievements on yourself!

Under this premise, Chen Xi, who had liked to look for trouble before, had no trouble and was extremely weird in every move, looked much more pleasing to the eyes. The original unified front, which was like an iron triangle, was not as good as the first-class military achievements.

"Shut up!"

Hu Songyue said, "Didn't you see that the adults are thinking about things?"

The few people were so quarreled that there was a real master in the tent of the Central Army.

The few people stopped making a sound, all looking at Chen Xi who was thinking deeply, as if they were about to appear on his face. However, Chen Xi frowned, the quill in his hand fell several times, and hesitantly lifted it up, which made the three of them feel unsure.

Zhu Lie asked: "Sir, what are you going to do? Please tell me!"

"Do I need to say what to do?"

Chen Xi raised his head, looked at the three of them in turn, and asked strangely, "I asked you to convey the news before, but haven't left yet?"

Zhu Lie, Liu Xu and Hu Songyue looked at each other, and Hu Songyue asked, "When will you let us deliver the message?"

Chen Xi suddenly looked stern: "I just want to compete for fame and fortune, but I don't even listen carefully to my words. When you come in, I will tell you to inform the three armies to prepare for a long-term garrison. As for the water and food in the city, there is no need to worry about it..."

Zhu Lie shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, the Tatar cavalry is right in front of us, how can we not worry?"

Hu Songyue also said: "Sir, I am a little more optimistic. Now there is no shortage of food. But if the Tatars send troops to siege the four cities as before, sooner or later, the city will be cut off from water!"

Although Liu Xu next to him did not speak, he could tell from his expression that his views were roughly the same.

Chen Xi shook his head: "This is one time and another!"

The three of them looked at each other again, and Hu Songyue asked, "What do you mean by sir?"

Chen Xi opened his mouth and closed it immediately, frowned and asked, "Do I need to explain everything to you clearly? If you have time to think about it yourself, just thinking about how to share the previous contributions, it is better to think about how to earn new military achievements!"

Seeing that the three of them were still looking at themselves in surprise, without any intention of leaving, Chen Xi shook his head and had to add: "After we annihilate the 4,000 elite Tatars, until the Great Wall Defense Line and Xuanhua City are lost, we will not cut off water. We just send people to the south of the city to transport water, but there should not be too many people going out every time. If the Tatars intercept them and fuck them directly, the Tatars will inevitably withdraw!"

Liu Xu blurted out: "Is it really that good?"

Chen Xi sneered: "There is nothing good or bad, it's just a strategy. What the Tatars have to do now is to send troops to hold us up, rather than fight head-on with us, because our troops can even annihilate 4,000 elite Tatars, and their combat effectiveness is not expected by a small number of Tatars now."

"In order to avoid us from affecting them to attack Xuanfu Town, Zhangjiakou Fort and other places, the Tatars sent troops to advance eastward. In addition to spying on intelligence, they were to prevent our troops from retreating to Juyongguan. The small Tatar cavalry would never dare to fight with us at this time!"

It was said that it was not explained, but Chen Xi still expressed his judgment. The main purpose was to make the three generals feel at ease and at the same time all the soldiers in the army feel at ease.

Stay in Tumu Fort without worrying about food and drinking, and you don’t have to worry about fighting tough battles for the time being. It is safe for the time being.

Hu Songyue said: "Sir, we don't believe you, but... what you said is too evil. If the Tartars do not take the initiative to kill, wouldn't it be better for us to retreat to Juyong Pass?"

This time, without Chen Xi's rebuttal, Zhu Lie said disdainfully: "I'm just annoying to you who are obedient and obedient. What the lord said before was not very clear? The Tatars attacked the cavalry and were unable to understand the situation in the Tumu Fort, so they dared not advance easily. If they knew that there were less than 5,000 troops stationed in our city, would the Tatars be polite?"

"From the information I got today, there are at least a thousand cavalry outside the castle. The siege is obviously not enough, but it is still more than enough to chase and hold us up! From Xuanhua City to Tumu Fort, it only takes more than 160 miles. The other cavalry can arrive in just one day. You said that under the harassment of the Tatar cavalry in front of you, where can we go in one day?"

"Then take the initiative to attack again and annihilate the enemy outside the city first!" Liu Xu clenched his fists.

This time, Hu Songyue retorted: "Five thousand and one thousand, it seems that the chance of winning is very high, but that is based on the opponent's willingness to fight us head-on. What should we do if the opponent swims without attacking and just uses riding and shooting at a distance? At that time, we concentrate our troops and can't find anyone, and instead let our home be lost. What do you think we should do?"

"Oh, this northwest land is really not a place for people to stay. If I had known it, it would be better to stay in the south as a thousand households. Why should I be transferred to the capital? Now the woman and the children cannot take care of it, and come to this place to suffer. If I can't go back, I will not even have a person holding a banner to guide the way!"

Chen Xi yelled angrily: "Why do you talk so much nonsense? What I said, are you going to rot in your stomach and never talk to others for the rest of your life?"

"no."

The three of them quickly denied it, and Hu Songyue said, "I will go and pass the orders to the Lord!"

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...

As Chen Xi expected, the Tatar cavalry arrived outside Tumu Fort without any intention to attack the city, nor had the intention to siege the city. They just gathered to the west of the city and first observed the wreckage of the battlefield yesterday. After confirming that the Ming army had won a complete victory, they quickly sent people to report, and at the same time kept a close eye on the every move of the Ming soldiers in Tumu Fort, and even did not intercept the Ming army sent letters to Juyongguan.

Of course, there is no interception here, there is an interception site.

Yi Sima was very prepared for the prevention of intelligence leakage.

In the area around Xuanfu Town, there are a large number of Tatar scouts, especially before Juyong Pass alone, there were about three or four hundred households leading men to intercept messengers.

Chen Xi has always been very strange. Why did he go to the capital or the northwest several times before, not only did he not ask for a soldier, but he didn't even have a letter back, just like the letter he went to sink to the sea.

There was no other reason, because most of the letters were killed by the Tatar scouts, and the actions of the Chenxi troops were exposed.

At this time, the capital was still calm.

Due to the lag in intelligence, the Ming Dynasty capital did not know the surrounding Xuanfu Town, and a war that could almost change the history of the Ming Dynasty was born.

The Tatars attacked each other from inside and outside, caught the Ming Dynasty off guard. However, the court mistakenly thought that the Tatars were at the end of their strength after attacking the surrounding areas of Yansui Town, so they chose to withdraw their troops. However, they did not know that the Tatars took advantage of the situation to advance eastward. This time they were not only involved in the livestock and population of the Ming Dynasty, but also wanted to seize the Zhu family's territory.

For many days, no more war reports came from the northwest, which was also because the West Post Road in Juyongguan was completely blocked, and the intelligence and war reports were basically in the hands of the Tatars.

Other battle reports were reported from Zijing Pass to the capital, and they were actually "good news".

On this day, Xie Qian was a little anxious when he learned that Liu Daxia had taken advantage of the situation to advance westward and was preparing to recover Yansui Town. He was not anxious about Liu Daxia's recovery of lost territory, but was worried about the slow progress of Chenxi's troops.

Xie Qian took the war report and murmured to himself: "This is going to Xuanfu. It's hard to say whether you have arrived at Xuanfu Town now. Don't let Liu Shiyong take advantage of the opportunity to recover Yulin Weicheng. If you go there, the daylily will be cold! Xuanfu is not the poor mountains and rivers in the southeast. It's thousands of miles away, less than four hundred miles away. You can't write a few more letters to let me know what you are doing? You kid won't really stubbornly think that the Tatars will invade the capital, and you are going to stay in Xuanfu City and not leave?"

Just when Xie Qian was worried about this, a eunuch from the Sili Principal came to report: "Gei Master Xie, Your Majesty asks you to go over and say that there are important military affairs to discuss!"

"What a big deal?" Xie Qian acted cautiously. Although he knew he shouldn't ask, he was afraid that the matter would involve him, so he wanted to ask clearly in advance.

But the eunuch of the Sili Priest was obviously not of sufficient level, so he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you can be a good place to go! I don't know the other two masters..."

Xie Qian looked at the empty seat next to him and shook his head: "The other two cabinet ministers may have to send someone to the mansion to invite him, so it will take some time... I will stay here for the time being. After the two colleagues arrive, we will go to the Ganqing Palace together to meet the emperor!"

At this moment, Xie Qian actually put on the airs of a minister. The emperor summoned him. He didn't hurry to go to the Ganqing Palace to meet the emperor, and insisted on slowly and slacking off here.

The main reason is that Xie Qian is a little confused and wants to discuss with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang before going to see the emperor.

ps: My daughter has severe skin allergies. The emperor has been taking her to the hospital for the past few days, so the update time is uncertain. The emperor said sorry.
Chapter completed!