On October 16th, early morning, the inside and outside of Tumu Fort was peaceful and peaceful.

The ugly moment just passed, about an hour ago, the officers and soldiers who built fortifications outside the city returned to the city. Most of them had fallen asleep now, but Chen Xi and a group of senior generals gathered at the command post to discuss matters.

"... Now, except for the last trench, the fortifications in all directions have been basically completed. Although there are still many shortcomings, they are finally usable."

"Once the war begins, we will deploy two thousand men outside the city and retreat, and the musketeers and crossbowmen will make full use of the already built trenches to gradually disintegrate the enemy's offensive, slowly lead the enemy to the city, and then give them a fatal blow!" Chen Xi explained the key points of combat to the participants.

As a military supervisor, Zhang Yong had extremely limited military level and did not understand what Chen Xi said at all. He immediately asked in the voice of duck:

"Mr. Shen, since you decided to withdraw from the beginning, why did you spend so much effort outside the city? How could the main force of the Tartars have more than 100,000 troops? Can you defend it by relying solely on the ditches outside the city? The soldiers worked day and night, and now they were exhausted. If the Tartars attacked in full swing, how could they hold on?"

Hu Songyue sneered: "What I heard from Eunuch Zhang's words is that I feel that Lord Shen is not able to lead us to guard the Tumu Fort? I want to remind you that if it weren't for Lord Shen, we would probably have been the dead souls under the sword of the Tartars long ago. How could we give our opinions here?"

In the past, Zhang Yong supported Chen Xi, and Hu Songyue and others were the ones who sang against Chen Xi. Now the situation is just right. The soldiers in the army highly respected Chen Xi and knew that they would not obey Chen Xi's orders and were about to go to the underworld to see King Yan Luo. However, Zhang Yong had a lot of complaints about Chen Xi's recent decisions, thinking that Chen Xi did not decisively retreat before, which led to the besieging of Tatar soldiers and horses in Tumu Fort.

Zhang Yong is a man with a suspicious and fickle personality. He not only does not want to be responsible, but also likes to take his anger on others. Even if he knows that he is making trouble, he will never admit it.

Chen Xi explained: "We have limited military strength and can only try our best to use the existing conditions to consume the enemy to the greatest extent. After this period of construction, our defense system is basically complete. Not to mention anything else, just those buried mines are enough to make the Tatars eat a pot. Even if the enemy attacks Tumu Fort, the result is not disastrous. We have various countermeasures and we can definitely repel the Tatars' attack!"

Zhang Yong smiled coldly and questioned: "Mr. Shen, the deep trenches you dug are good to hide in them, but they can achieve the effect you hope. I think there are huge questions. There are many Tartars, so we just need to fight them step by step and fill the ravines. We are powerless to deal with them, right?"

This time, without Chen Xi's answer, Liu Xu reiterated: "Eunuch Zhang, it's so hard for us to dig. It would be even more hindering to fill the pit. If they were really capable, let them fill it. Under the threat of our Folang machine cannons and muskets, they would not have to destroy the fortifications outside the city for less than ten days and half a month. By then, the reinforcements from the court would have arrived long ago!"

Zhang Yong shouted, "Why do you always think about good things? The Tatars have more than 100,000 troops, how difficult is it to fill the pit? As for the reinforcements from the court, we have been here for almost a month. When did we see reinforcements from the court arrive?"

Chen Xi found that he was discussing matters with the tent, and every time he quarreled, it seemed that the people under him were more capable, and he could find reasons to ask him questions every time. Although it was proved that he was just looking for trouble, it hurt him.

Just as Shen Xi was considering whether it was necessary to continue the meeting, the messenger stumbled into the door and reported excitedly: "Reported that there was an abnormal movement in the east of the city, and the shouts of killing were earth-shaking. It seemed that a large number of people were coming to Tumu Fort from outside. Please tell me!"

The report was unclear, and I didn't know where the shouts of killing came from, nor who was the two sides fighting... Because the ravines outside the city were full of ravines and bad luck, the scouts collected them back at night, and the information was paralyzed. No one knew what was going on outside.

Liu Xu smiled proudly and said, "Look, the reinforcements from the court have arrived before the war has begun. It's time for some people to shut up, right?"

Chen Xi did not dare to neglect and thought to himself: "The court has never had any information. According to the current situation, once the news of the fall of Zhangjiakou and Xuanfu spread to the capital, in order to avoid the large army encountering the Tatar army in the field, it is likely that the west of Juyongguan will be abandoned by the court."

"Analysis of all aspects of the situation, now only the troops of Li Pin, the Longqing Wei of Juyongguan. I received military newspapers before, but I didn't know if it was a strategy used by the Tatars, so I did not inform Zhang Yong and others."

Zhang Yong didn't care about being slapped in the face, and was excited, so he stood up suddenly: "Mr. Shen, since reinforcements have arrived, can we break through now?"

"no!"

Chen Xi shouted with a serious look on his face, "The situation is unclear. If there is any movement outside, we will want to break through. Is it too hasty? I ordered the three armies to get up and pack up their own things immediately, and after packing their own things, the civilians will prepare supplies and see if they can be discarded!"

"We are ready for everything, no matter whether reinforcements arrive or not, they can be foolproof. Everyone, follow me to the city to watch!"

Zhu Lie said: "Sir, this is night, it's cloudy again, so how can you see clearly!"

Chen Xi did not pay attention to it and left on his own. In this Tumu Fort, although Chen Xi was the supreme commander, he never put on airs and did not like to scold others.

Hu Songyue, Zhang Yong and others followed Chen Xi out of the command post and headed towards the east of the city.

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The Ming army in the city was woken up shortly after they fell asleep. They yawned one by one and cursed and came out of their residence. Soon they heard that reinforcements were coming and they were about to organize a breakthrough. They were instantly energetic and quickly packed up their own things, packed their personal belongings, and then brought muskets, crossbows and spears to the designated place to gather.

Chen Xi took people to the city gate tower in the east of the city. Originally, there were cracks everywhere in the walls of the native Mu Fort, and the head of the city was bare. However, after Shen Xi led his troops to settle in, the walls were reinforced and battlements were built with fired blue bricks on the city to guard against the threat of bows and arrows when the Tatars attacked the city.

Chen Xi stood behind the battlements, looked out with a telescope for a long time, but could not see any clues. Whether it was Hu Songyue and other military generals, or the military supervisor Zhang Yong, they looked anxious. They were eager to send troops to fight the Tatars to the death, and then broke through and returned to Juyong Pass.

"Mr. Shen, what's wrong?"

Hu Songyue and others saw Chen Xi using a telescope to look at it. They knew it was a magical thing. They could see a faraway place like a thousand-mile eye. They all guessed what Chen Xi saw. It would be best if they could see tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers coming from the court. Without having to send out one soldiers and one soldiers in the city, the Tatars were defeated as if they were defeated.

Chen Xi shook his head: "The situation outside the city is unknown. I will immediately send a hundred-household staff out of the trenches to investigate the situation outside the city... Forget it, I'll go by myself!"

The surroundings are covered with darkness. Even though it is October 15th, the stars and moon are bright, but the weather has been gloomy these days, with dark clouds pressing down on the top of the city, and you can’t see the stars and moon at all. Under the heavy night sky, you can’t see the situation more than ten miles east of the city when you stand at the top of the city. In Shen Xi, you may be able to see clearly when you reach the end of the trenches outside.

Hu Songyue volunteered: "Sir, please stay here first, let the last general lead a few riders to investigate thoroughly, and then pass the investigation back!"

Zhu Lie curled his lips: "Old Hu, are you stupid? You still want to ride a horse out of the city like that? Why don't you listen to Lord Shen and go out along the trench to take a look. Anyway, the fortifications that the Tartars never dared to approach us to dig!"

Chen Xi raised his hand to stop Zhu Lie and said, "I am the commander here, and everything follows my orders... I will go out and see what happened first, using fireworks as the symbol. If it is red fireworks, the soldiers will attack the eastward line, and there will be no soldiers left in the city, and they will be dispatched in full swing. If it is blue fireworks, the troops will not move!"

Hu Songyue and others waited for Chen Xi to finish their words. Seeing that Chen Xi was about to come down to the top of the city to summon a team of musket soldiers out of the city, Hu Songyue hurriedly asked: "Mr. Shen, don't you keep any backup plan. Either you have all the troops or all the troops?"

"What else? How many people are there in our city? How many enemies are there? If you want to send troops, you will naturally give your best and leave no way out. If you continue to defend, you will naturally remain unmoved. Can you have a third choice?" Chen Xi asked.

Hu Songyue suddenly had nothing to say, and could only watch Chen Xi jump out of the trench and leave the city from the tunnel.

When Chen Xi left, Zhu Lie exclaimed: "Mr. Shen is different. He is doing things in a hurry. If someone else is afraid of death, how can he be with Lord Shen always take the lead? He feels bright when he fights with such a coach!"

Zhang Yong glanced at Zhu Lie angrily and muttered, "Now he knows that Lord Shen has the ability, what have you done long ago? Humph, even if he has the ability, he is still showing off his heroes. Why did he withdraw his troops earlier?"

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Chapter completed!