After Zhang Yuan went to the palace, he was in a very bad mood.

He was very unwilling to give up, but he had nowhere to vent. Thinking that Chen Xi's memorial would probably be presented to Zhu Houzhao and expose his behavior of bullying his superiors and concealing his subordinates, he felt as uncomfortable as if he was acupuncture.

"My eldest nephew can't get rid of his shadow anywhere..."

Zhang Yuan returned to his yard in anger, which was only a street from the palace. After arriving at the place, he immediately sent someone to call Zang Xian. Unexpectedly, Zang Xian brought a few local military generals who had just surrendered to him to pay homage.

"What did you bring them here?"

Zhang Yuan was furious and drove several inexplicable generals out of the room, and then scolded Zang Xian. Zang Xian never thought about the inappropriateness of bringing people to him. After all, in order to expand his power, Zhang Yuan had always adopted a tacit attitude towards this.

Zang Xian did not argue for his behavior, and bowed his head and said, "The villain knew he was wrong, so he told them to go back."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Let's make arrangements later. You can tell us first and see how to solve this problem..."

Zhang Yuan told the story of the previous meeting with Zhu Houzhao, including the answers from the Junqian and the emperor's request. However, he chose to avoid talking about the depressing words he said when he met the Saint.

After hearing this, Zang Xian fell silent and thought with his eyebrows.

Zhang Yuan waited for a while and felt a little impatient: "Why, I have to submit the marching plan to His Majesty this time?"

Zang Xian asked: "Actually, the villain doesn't quite understand what the purpose of Eunuch Zhang's series of actions is? For example, is it to attack Lord Shen's position in His Majesty's mind, or... directly let him suffer a defeat and be punished by His Majesty, or to let him simply be defeated and die, and he can never go against his father-in-law again..."

This question stopped Zhang Yuan, hesitated for a long time before shook his head, "Our family has not been cruel enough to let a generation of famous officials die. After all, the Ming Dynasty needs long-term stability and peace, and it is impossible to do anything without Shen Zhihou... Our family just wants to teach him a lesson and let him know that without our family's help, nothing can be done!"

"this……"

Zhang Yuan's words stumped Zang Xian.

Obviously, Zang Xian had never seen a mortal enemy like Zhang Yuan and Shen Xi. While trying hard to suppress the other party and preventing the other party from having the opportunity to contact the emperor, he had to reserve room and did not want to kill the other party.

Zang Xian said: "Is Eunuch Zhang trying to leave Lord Shen to deal with Master Xie and influence those civil officials in the court?"

Zhang Yuan scolded: "Be smart! Well, even so, let's talk about it, how can Shen Zhihou betray?"

Zang Xian thought for a while and said, "If Lord Shen is besieged by the Tatar cavalry on the grassland and send a letter to His Majesty for help, the father-in-law can block his way of memorial at that time. If he does not express his surrender to his father-in-law, he will not be able to receive his Majesty's troops and reinforcements. In this way, wouldn't Shen Zhihou obediently?"

"hiss……"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while, took a cold breath and said, "The idea sounds pretty good, but it seems that it is not that easy to implement, right?"

Zang Xian said again: "This time, when His Majesty asked Mr. Chen about the military dispatch, there was no need for Eunuch Zhang to stop him. No matter when the troops were sent, Lord Shen and His Majesty would go out to the front and back... The most important thing is that after Lord Shen sent troops, he would cut off his contact with His Majesty, so that he could win the game with a stable victory."

Zhang Yuan nodded and then asked again: "If our family finds someone to pretend to Shen Zhihou's handwriting and introduces a wrong march plan to Your Majesty, is it feasible? But the time for sending troops is not up to par. Our family can let Your Majesty delay the dispatch of troops for a few days. At that time...will Shen Zhihou's troops be trapped in a heavy siege?"

Zang Xian was dumbfounded and said in shock: "Dude, there is a great risk in doing this! If His Majesty knows, this is a serious crime to deceive the emperor."

"What is deceiving the king? If you want to deceive the king, it is Shen Zhihou who deceived the king. When will our family deceive His Majesty? Just tell me, the matter of revising the memorial may be completed?" Zhang Yuan began to put pressure on Zang Xian.

Zang Xian looked embarrassed. Even if he did anything, he would not dare to tamper with Chen Xi's memorials privately, especially when he was cheating on the time of sending troops. If one mistake was made, he would lose everything. Once the Ming Dynasty was defeated, it would be considered light to cut his head. It is likely that the whole family would be killed or even the ancestral grave would be dug.

"Father-in-law, you should think of other strategies... With Your Majesty's character, the marching speed of the central army was not as good as Lord Shen's expectations. Isn't this the same effect as the one you are pursuing?" Zang Xian persuaded with great thought.

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "Do you think Shen Zhihou wouldn't think of this? He must have planned everything. He might have made up a marching plan for His Majesty. He would not act according to the plan, deliberately slow down the pace of advancement, and then calculate the speed of the army in the Xuanfu. He would not lose at all."

"Our family is going to disrupt Shen Zhihou's plan and make his wishful thinking fail, so that he can suffer the consequences. When he falls into a trap, he still refuses to kneel down and beg for mercy for our family. Our family will never let His Majesty send a soldier and a soldier to rescue him. Let's see how he dies!"

When Zang Xian heard this, he was stunned. Only now did he realize that Eunuch Zhang was as crazy as Liu Jin, who was the power-for-all in the world, completely ignoring the consequences.

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Just as Zhang Yuan was planning to Chen Xi, Chen Xi was also thinking about how to deal with the complex situation in front of him.

Originally, the day of sending troops was the ninth day of the fifth lunar month, but at the end of April, there was no news from the court. Chen Xi lingered in his heart for a while and confirmed that the news had been delayed for at least six or seven days, and then he knew that someone was obstructing him from doing his job in front of Zhu Houzhao.

On the second day of the fifth month, Chen Xi finally received an imperial decree from Xuanfu, and Emperor Zhengde asked him about his specific combat plan.

After a moment of contemplation, Chen Xi brought the main generals, two military supervisors and aides Tang Yin to raise the tent to discuss matters.

North School Field, Central Army Treasure.

There was a huge sand table in the middle of the tent. People surrounded the sand table. Chen Xi first explained the content of the imperial edict. Zhang Yong was anxious when he heard this:

"...Master Shen, the situation is not very good. Didn't we say we should send troops on the ninth day of the fifth month? Everything is ready here, and there are only a few days left, but His Majesty is still asking about the combat plan. The news will be four or five days. If we still send troops according to the established time, when the news reaches the military towns of the nine borders, we are already outside the pass. If we encounter the main force of the Tartars, we can say that the earth and earth will not work..."

Zhang Yong stopped talking about this, and many people looked worried when they heard this.

However, the generals under Chen Xi had a blind confidence in his coach and did not think that Chen Xi would take them to die. Hu Songyue said disdainfully: "What's the difficulty? At worst, we will fight the Tartars all the way. With our combat effectiveness, it is still unknown who will win..."

Ma Yongcheng said a word to Hu Songyue, and then asked, "Mr. Shen, there is something that our family has always wondered if we should ask you. Since you have made a plan to go out, how many people are you going to take to fight? Our teams... should be considered the route that has the largest number of Tatars among the armies. In this way, the total force of troops dispatched should not be less than 50,000, right? As far as we know, the total number of troops you have drawn from the capital and the local area is only more than 10,000, and the civilians are only 20,000... How many people are you going to draw in Datong Town to accompany you?"

Many people look at Chen Xi and obviously have many doubts about this issue.

Chen Xi replied: "I don't plan to dispatch troops from Datong, we will only go out to the frontier with 10,000 troops..."

When Ma Yongcheng heard this, he took a deep breath and before he could even squirt, Tang Yin interrupted and asked: "Is it too risky for Shangshu Chen to do this? The Tatars have been fighting for years and it is no problem to draw 100,000 cavalry. In this way, wouldn't we fight against ten?"

Even if Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng and others looked down on Tang Yin, who was ordered by Emperor Xiaozong not to take the imperial examination again, the question of this romantic talent who was famous at that time was spoken out. They still couldn't help but look at Tang Yin with praise, feeling that this question had been asked about the point.

Chen Xi replied: "Soldiers are more important than elites. If you can win by just building up the number of people and horses, then is there any meaning in the war? Isn't it enough to directly compare with who has more people?"

Zhang Yong was anxious: "Mr. Shen has been through a long battle, and Your Majesty also trusts you very much. Now the soldiers are very morale and are just waiting to make achievements with you, but you can't let everyone be in danger... Now there is no sign of mobilization in the nine-sided military towns. Once we are surrounded by the Tartars after we go out of the frontier and reinforcements are not coming, wouldn't it end up with a tragic ending of annihilation? After all, we have no danger to defend on the grassland!"

"Yes, no danger to defend!" Ma Yongcheng emphasized.

Wang Lingzhi asked in annoyedly, "What's wrong with being able to defend without any danger? Can't we fight against the Tartars on the plains? Have you forgotten how we won the battle of the capital defense? "

Ma Yongcheng said: "The battle to defend the capital was on the territory of our Ming Dynasty. Even if the terrain is wider, there are city walls, moats and some houses that can be used as obstacles. If you arrive on the grassland, the sky is vast and the fields are empty, no matter how many soldiers you are, the Tartars attack from all directions, and the iron cavalry assaults. As long as you can withstand one or two rounds of firearms under Lord Shen's hands, when you get close, our number will not take the lead, and there are not so many cavalry and shields to support it, this battle will definitely be defeated!"

Ma Yongcheng has been in the army for many years and is quite familiar with the way of using troops. Although Wang Lingzhi has a high reputation in the army, because he has not much intelligence, Ma Yongcheng is not very optimistic about generals like Wang Lingzhi who are highly promoted and valued by Chen Xi, because it is usually difficult for fierce generals to stand alone.

Wang Lingzhi was a little unwilling to give up and wanted to argue but was interrupted by Chen Xi's hand.

Chen Xi raised his hand: "It doesn't make much sense to argue about how to fight now. Since we have decided to use our passers-by as bait from the beginning, it is necessary to send troops on time. The only thing we can do is to run faster on two legs, maneuver flexibly after entering the grassland, detect the Tatar cavalry and retreat in time, and wait for all the troops to arrive before launching a decisive battle!"

Ma Yongcheng said again: "Mr. Shen, our family has been working in a foreign affairs office before, and we rarely argue with you, but our family understands one truth: we must play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses on the battlefield. This is an active attack to fight the Tartars on the grassland, which is an exposure of their shortcomings... As far as our family knows, except for the founding generals, no one from our Ming Dynasty went to the frontier to attack the grassland tribes and won the victory!"

"Now the Tatars have been in war for a long time, and those who have left behind are elite soldiers of a hundred battles. We go to war with them, and do not choose to resist the city and defend, but instead take the initiative to attack. What is the difference between this and seeking death?"

Chen Xi asked back: "With the meaning of Eunuch Ma, we have been guarding the city and waiting for the Tatars to attack? In this way, what is the point of Your Majesty's personal expedition? Isn't it the strategy of maintaining the Tatars' strategy for years or even decades?"

Ma Yongcheng wanted to say something, but when he thought that he was suspected of disturbing the morale of the army, he kept silent.

As we all know, there are many court leaders and factions. Zhu Houzhao and Shen Xi insisted on fighting this war. Whoever advocated withdrawing troops would be the same as going against the emperor.

Chen Xidao: "I have decided to postpone the troops for two days. It will be scheduled for May 11th, and the three armies will be ordered, and this will be the basis."

"Get orders!"

All the generals present held their fists and took the order.

Zhang Yong looked helpless and sighed: "Mr. Shen is so stubborn. No one can stop your plan to send troops. However, you can't let me wait to die on the grassland. Although this wealth and honor are in danger, we are already old and we can't do anything!"

"This battle will definitely win, what are you afraid of?" Jing Yue said lightly from the side.

"Yes, we followed the adults to fight south and north, and we have never encountered any battles? In the past, the adults commanded all the mobs, and this time they were all elite soldiers. Most of the soldiers had undergone rigorous training and were highly morale. There was absolutely no coward on the battlefield. These were all Lord Shen's direct troops!" Hu Songyue helped.

Chen Xi frowned when he heard this.

If it were just to show his determination in front of him, there would naturally be nothing wrong, but it would be a bit too much to openly clamor in front of the two eunuchs who represented the emperor to supervise the army.

Ma Yongcheng no longer had any questions about whether to send troops and asked: "Master Shen is sure that Your Majesty can reply in time? If someone stops the memorial from being heard, Your Majesty will learn that the time is seriously delayed and that the Xuanfu will not send troops in time, will Lord Shen have remedies at that time?"

Chen Xidao: "Since you have already left the block, don't think about retreating. As for remedies... As long as you can escape unstoppable, it is the best remedy!"

Zhang Yong wanted to say something, but when he said something, he looked around for a week and fell silent, sighing.

Chen Xi waved his hand: "I will submit a memorial immediately and ask Your Majesty to cooperate in the dispatch of troops. The Xuanfu soldiers will probably go out of the frontier on May 15th. If someone deliberately obstructs them and the responsibility is clear, you can naturally pursue it! As for the march route after leaving the frontier, I will make detailed marks on the map. You can write it down first. If you have any questions you don't understand, please ask me!"

"Get orders!"

The generals present were uniform again.

Zhang Yong, Ma Yongcheng, Tang Yin and others were really worried when they saw this scene, especially Tang Yin. He had never made up his mind whether to go out with Chen Xi. At this critical moment, he could feel that danger was approaching more than ever, and the meaning of giving up was more obvious.

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The military meeting ended, the crowd dispersed, and only Zhang Yong did not leave.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Yong looked at the door of the tent and then returned to the front of the Shuai Case and said to Chen Xi in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, our family has figured out your strategy for using troops. Although we are responsible for bait and the number of troops is seriously insufficient, in terms of real combat effectiveness, it is probably not worse than the central army led by His Majesty, right?"

Chen Xi frowned: "What does Eunuch Zhang mean?"

Zhang Yong hesitated for a while, and finally asked helplessly: "Mr. Shen, you have been... the target of His Majesty the Tatars, but we will instead turn into hunters?"

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes: "Eunuch Zhang's words are very disrespectful!"

Zhang Yong sighed: "Please rest assured, Lord Shen, our family will not go out to talk nonsense... Our family just analyzed that you sent troops from Datong, went directly north after going out of the frontier, then turned westward, and advanced towards the Hetao area. Your Majesty's troops sent troops from Xuanfu, but the speed of the march could not keep up with us. We set out a few days earlier, but the road was much less... This is obviously unreasonable!"

Chen Xidao: "This is just the guesswork of Eunuch Zhang. All kinds of situations on the battlefield change rapidly. How can it be as Eunuch Zhang said? I don't have that unpredictable intention and dare to plot against Your Majesty... It's better for Eunuch Zhang to say less of this in the future!"
Chapter completed!