The camp at Chenxi's headquarters has completely fallen into silence.

At the blink of an eye, the drums sounded. Although Chen Xi was already very tired, he still couldn't fall asleep. He thought a lot in his mind. After talking to Hu Songyue and Liu Xu, he thought more about things.

Unable to sleep on both sides, Chen Xi simply left the central army tent and took Zhu Hong and two guards to walk around the camp, walked around the place, and took a little dissipation.

Everything in the military camp was as peaceful and peaceful as before. After walking around, Chenxi did not calm down the gloom in his heart.

"Sir, it's not too early, it's time for you to go back and rest." Zhu Hong leaned over and said.

Chen Xi looked back at Zhu Hong and asked, "Is my elder brother in the army these days okay?"

Zhu Hong shook his head and said, "It's not good. The eldest young master has been following the wounded soldiers on a carriage these days, and he still doesn't respond when he talks to him... The eldest young master is just a weak scholar after all, so how can he endure such hardship?"

"well!"

Chen Xi sighed, suddenly feeling that he was extremely guilty and even his family was hurt.

However, when he thought about the old past of the Shen family, he did not feel that he needed to be guilty. He shook his head hard and sighed: "I have always worked hard for the rise of the Shen family... It is difficult to enter the imperial examination. If he does not join the army and earns military merits, what are the channels for improvement?"

Zhu Hong said: "Sir, I know you are for the sake of the eldest young master, but I am afraid that he will not appreciate it. Fortunately, we are about to arrive in Yansui Town, and the hard days are coming to an end. I believe that the family will understand your difficulties... Oh, it's not too early, you must go and rest, otherwise you will be in a bad mood tomorrow."

Chen Xi raised his hand and stopped Zhu Hong from continuing, his tone seemed calm: "You should go back and rest earlier. Today I don't need anyone to protect you. I may not be able to calm down and think about some things tomorrow. If you don't think clearly now, you may never have a chance. Let's go as usual after dawn, and I will rest in the carriage at that time."

Seeing that Chen Xi was determined, Zhu Hong did not continue to insist and left with two guards, leaving only Chen Xi wandering around the military camp.

The camp returned to silence again, and Chen Xi suddenly felt a little lonely in his heart, and he sighed silently: "After so many years, I have been tired. After this battle, I should calm down and do some simple things. Even if Mr. Xie wants to fight with me again, I will not fight with him."

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The night is deep and stern.

After the Ming Dynasty gave up control of the Hetao area, it became the main granary of the Tatars. It was not the autumn harvest season at this time, and the fields were covered with fields and lush greenery.

Corn and sweet potatoes were finally spread outside the pass. Many lands were planted with corn that was taller than the people. Among them, it was not entirely planted by the Tatars, but also the land of the Han people.

The Han people and the Tatars get along well here. Even though they often have to pay heavy taxes, there are still a lot of people who farm.

The taxes here were not collected from the Ming government or the Khan Court, but some scattered Tatar tribes. This was an era when the strong prey on the weak. Sometimes a piece of land would often change the tax target several times a year, and only the winner could take everything. It is precisely because of the abundant production here that the Dayan Khan tribe extended his hand to serve as the foundation for ruling the grassland.

The leader of the vanguard of the Dayan tribe was Turuborot, the eldest son of Dayan Khan. Since mid-June, he has led his troops to follow Chen Xi's troops closely.

When his men were closest to Chenxi's troops, they were even less than twenty miles away. Every time Tuluborot would ask for a fight, but he refused them harshly.

"...If the commander of the Ming army was an ordinary person, I would let you fight as much as you want, but now the opponent is Chen Xi, the person who once made countless women on our grassland lose their husbands and countless mothers lose their sons lead the troops. I cannot let you take risks. It is not only responsible for your own lives, but also for the victory of the final war!"

Turuborot is not as impulsive as his second brother Urusterot and third brother Balesborot, and relatively restrained in character... He was also very bold, but after experiencing the disastrous defeat of the Battle of Dadu a few years ago, he gradually realized that his position should be the heir of the Tatar Khan, rather than a reckless man who only knows how to charge. What he has to do is to conquer the grassland, conquer the Ming Dynasty, and recreate the glorious hero of the Mongol Empire. To do these things, it is not possible for him to do so alone. He needs to constantly win over people's hearts and control the wolves.

The tribal soldiers gathered around him were wolves. Only the head wolf could lead the wolf to victory, but not every wolf would obey the head wolf.

Turuborot knew that because of the death of his second brother Urusborot, there was basically no suspense about the heir to the Tatar Khan. He must have been responsible for it, but the premise was that he could not follow his younger brother's footsteps and was defeated and died. Therefore, Turuborot was extremely careful. He was not as impulsive as Balesborot and led a few troops to fight with the Ming army. He kept in mind his father's orders and had to wait until all the troops gathered before fighting with Chen Xi.

But when June 20th passed, Batumonk's order to send troops was still not conveyed to Tuluborot. As Chen Xi's troops were about to return to Yansui, Tuluborot was very anxious. He was eager to achieve a brilliant victory. Even if he was just an ordinary participant rather than a leader, he could lay his authority on the grassland and lay a solid foundation for taking over the Khan position.

"Only by defeating the most powerful war god of the Ming Dynasty, the grassland will be stable, my status will be stable, and the Khan tribe will also have the opportunity to enter the Central Plains. Otherwise, even if my father Khan unified the grassland, the Ming Dynasty's troops would still attack, and we will still be exhausted at that time. This time, we can rely on my father's wisdom and the stupid emperor of the Ming Dynasty to reverse the situation. It may not be possible next time. This is the best opportunity to kill Chen Xi. Once you miss it, it will be impossible to kill him again."

Under the same night sky, when Chen Xi could not fall asleep while patrolling the military camp alone, Tuluborot did not fall asleep either.

He has been sending people to investigate the situation in Chenxi's army, and now he has basically figured out the strength of the Ming army. When he knew that the other side had only more than 15,000 civilians, he could not resist the urge to send troops. As for the generals around him, he could not bear the pain of following the Ming Dynasty's troops but unable to start a war.

"Big Prince, please give orders. If we don't send troops, the Ming army will not be long before we can safely arrive at Yulin Guard. It is less than 200 miles away from Yulin Guard." Du Ha, the general of the army, who has always been known for his bravery, replied earnestly.

"Yes, the eldest prince, why do we have to wait here? Perhaps the Khans' men are a distance away from us and cannot convey orders in time?" There were also generals next to us who expressed their opinions.

When someone asked for his life, Tuluborot reached out to interrupt the people.

Everyone looked at Tuluborot with eager eyes. For them who were eager to fight, they could not feel any fatigue at all, because the Tatars were all riding horses, each with two or three mounts, which was much faster than the Ming army's march, and they would not spend every day in the running like the Ming army, so their morale was obviously much higher than that of the Ming army.

Tuluborot said: "You think I don't want to send troops? On the first day I led the army to the Ming Dynasty's troops, I wanted to fight them, but you forgot the fatal mistake my second brother Urus made?"

When Tuluborot mentioned his younger brother, a group of people in front of him rolled their eyes, looking disdainful.

Duha replied, "What is Urus? He is just a reckless man. Can you compare with you, the Great Prince? The Great Prince is like an eagle in the sky, and Urus is a hamster. He thought he could win, but was killed by the despicable poisonous snake. We are all ashamed for him."

"You actually insulted my brother in front of me?" Tulu seemed angry and shouted loudly.

Duha replied: "We do not have any disrespect to the eldest prince. We look down on anyone who is a coward, and it does not involve his identity and status. The Khan made the second prince the second prince serve as the Jinong, a 30,000 households on the right wing, which was a wrong decision. Even the third prince has the courage than him. At least the third prince won a big victory outside Zhangjiakou!"

"right!"

Many people in the tent agreed.

Tuluborot sighed: "The reason why Urus is rash is because he doesn't know the tricks of Shen Xi and Yibula. I have sent people to observe the Ming army camp these days. Even though they are tired of marching during the day, after camping at night, their camp will always have several trenches, horse pits, and horse-resisting horses to form a complete defense system, and have secret checkpoints... They have powerful firearms on their hands, which can exert super power in Shen Xi's hands. Do you want to fall under the attack of such firearms?"

"But the eldest prince, if they don't send troops, they will run away!" Du Ha couldn't help it, and his tone of speaking was much heavier than before.

Tuluborot shook his head and said, "It's about 150 miles from Shenxi military camp to Yuxi River. At their speed, it's the limit to be able to walk 100 miles a day. This means that at least tomorrow night, they will not be able to return to Yulin Cangcheng. The Ming army is not a god, but just a group of mortals. Can they run faster than our horses? The Khans' men and horses are less than a hundred miles away from us, and they should be able to catch up tomorrow."

He looked around everyone present and continued: "It seems not far from here to return to Yulin Guard. Maybe the Ming army will have cavalry fleeing back privately, but you must know that the most critical issue is the Yuxi River. That river was once our nightmare. Many warriors died in our Khan army many years ago. It was our sad place for the Ming Dynasty to turn from victory to defeat. If we can win a big victory in Yuxi River this time, we can avenge our previous shame!"

"The eldest prince, Yuxi River is very close to the Ming Dynasty fortress, and Yulin Cangcheng may send troops to the frontier to support it!" A general next to him reminded.

Tuluborot looked very confident and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "The Ming Dynasty's border troops are now frightened birds, so how could they send troops to help? Do you think they are as fearless as Shen Xi? As long as Shen Xi is not in Yulin Weicheng, there will be no troops to go out to support him, because they know that even if they send troops, they will definitely fail... Before the Ming army withdrew from the pass, they had burned all the surrounding ships. They had no ships to pick up Shen Xi's troops. Even if they could find a few small boats, it would only cause the scrambles from the soldiers under Shen Xi. At that time, we will definitely win a great victory with cavalry."

After hearing what Turuborot said, many people present felt relieved.

Duha replied: "With the great prince's meaning, Chen Xi cannot easily lead the army across the Yuxi River?"

"Um."

Tuluborot focused heavily, "The Khan has sent no more than 10,000 troops to bypass the Yuxi River from the flanks, interfering with the Ming army's troops in the pass, and knows the situation in the pass. As long as we wait patiently, the Ming army will be exhausted in the future. Then we will be the time to massacre the enemy and enjoy the fruits of victory!"

Du Ha clenched his fists and said with an excited expression: "I will kill Chen Xi in person... At the time, he led his troops to kill my brother under the city of Dadu. My hatred with him is irreconcilable!"

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Dayan Khan Batumonk personally led 30,000 cavalry, only one hundred miles away from Chenxi's troops.

When Chen Xi marched for two consecutive days, Dayan Khan felt the urgency of Chen Xi to lead his troops back to the pass, so he stepped up his pursuit. Batumonk tried to create some illusions to confuse his opponents, so that Chen Xi could not cross the Yuxi River safely. However, after Shen Xi forcibly marched all the way, Batumonk realized that Chen Xi seemed to have seen through his arrangements.

"Khan, emergency military information... The troops of the National Division are less than 200 miles away from us, and the third prince's troops are closely behind. With these two armies, our central army already has an army of 60,000, which is enough to fight the Ming army!"

When the scout brought the news to Batumonk, Dayankhan quickly fell into deep thought.

At this time, in the golden tent, there was a woman standing in front of Batumonk, who was Awulu who had betrayed him.

When Batumonk learned that Awulu and Yi Sima had become traitor because of a sex relationship, they did not raise troops because they were angry, nor did they send anyone to assassinate, because this was his son's mother. With Batumonk's pride, he disdained to attack his woman. It was this time that he used troops to fight against Yongsebu's troops that he welcomed the woman who made him love and hate.

"Yisima Yin is dead, it's Chen Xi's turn now. What else do you have to say?" Batumonk put his staff back and looked at Awulu with his sharp eyes.

As the "Zhao envoy" sent by Batumonk to appease the Tatar tribe in the army, Awulu was also one of the few women around Batumonk who was familiar with military affairs. His status in the Dayan Khan tribe was once very noble, but Batumonk did not allow anyone to challenge his authority, so he planned to pull Awulu off the altar very early, which was also an important reason why Awulu and Yisima were hooked up.

The people from the Khan tribe have not heard anything about A Wulu in recent years. They thought she was dead, but they did not want to appear in the Khan tribe again this time.

A Wulu Li smiled: "Have you won, Khan? Last time you fought with Chen Xi, you had more than 200,000 troops under your command. Why did you put everyone together this time, and there were less than 100,000 people?"

Batumonk's face was cold.

Apparently Awulu exposed his scars, and Batumonk sneered: "A few years ago, there was no civil war on the grassland at that time, so the tribes could get together and fight together. But even if there were more than 200,000 people and no unified order, they did their own things, and they were purely a mob. This was also the fundamental reason for the failure of the Battle of Dadu at that time!"

"Is Khan deceived himself again?"

A Wulu smiled and looked full of mocking, "Why didn't the Khan say that in that war, the Dayan tribe and those small tribes lost almost 100,000 people, and were basically destroyed by Chenxi. This man had an irreconcilable hatred with the Khan. However, it was precisely because of him that the powerful tribes on the grassland were severely weakened and disintegrated. The Khan could finally take advantage of the losses of the tribes to start the journey of annexation and achieve himself today!"

Batumonk turned sideways and didn't go to see Awulu, as if he was thinking about things.

A Wulu had no intention of giving up and continued, "Da Khan held back in the war against Dadu? Did Dahan hold back? Did Dahan have his concerns and did not show all his skills to fight the Ming army, so he fled back to the grassland in shame? Could it be that Dahan had the confidence to win this time and felt that he was almost sure to win, so he made up his mind to fight Chen Xi to the death?"

Batumonk suddenly glared at Awulu and asked, "Do you think Ben Khan will lose when he fights Chen Xi this time?"

"Haha, isn't that certain? Dahan thought he could gallop across the grassland, and no one could defeat him, but are you as powerful as Chenxi? He could take the Ming Dynasty men and horses to detour for thousands of miles on the grassland without restraint. What did Dahan do? He just sent troops behind his butt and dared not start the battle lightly! If Dahan was confident that he could win, why didn't he start the war?" A Wulu's face was filled with a sarcastic and ridiculous smile.

She seemed to deliberately anger Batumonk and let the other party kill her, and she was fighting against each other in her words without any mercy.

Batumonk's tone suddenly calmed down again: "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"I wish you could kill me, otherwise you would never let my son lead the troops. Although my son is still young, he is already growing up now. When he becomes an adult, do you dare to let him have such a dangerous mother to give guidance from behind and let him lead the troops to serve you in battle?"

"Khan, don't deceive yourself. If you are afraid, just say it out. If you feel that you are incapable of going to war with Chenxi, you can let him cross the Yuxi River so that you will not have any intersection. You are still the lord of the grassland. He can also leave your territory and achieve great reputation... Isn't it great to be so peaceful? Haha!"

In the end, A Wulu burst into laughter again, her face full of ferocious expressions, but no matter how she lost her composure, she had no intention of targeting Batumonk. Even if she gave her a knife now, she would not kill Batumonk. She knew that no one could give her son a status except the man in front of her.

Once Batumonk is defeated and dies, it also means that her previous efforts will be overwhelmed. Whether it is Turuborot or Balesborot to become the Khan, he will not be kind to his brothers. These people have their own children, and the Khan's ranking will change as a result.

Batu Monkli looked at Awulu who was crazy and shouted, "You discussed with Yibula's people and killed Urus?"

"It's me, it's me... I sent someone to tell Yibula in advance, so that he could know that Urus is now Jinon, a 30,000 households on the right wing, and he wanted to replace Yibula. He also told Yibula to choose to cooperate with the Ming people as long as he killed Urus, he could continue to be the leader of Yongshebu's tribe."

"But, I never thought that Yibula was so cowardly and could not even escape. He was still caught up by the Khan and led his troops to the end. But no matter what, he escaped, so the Khan's revenge for killing his son was not avenged... It would be better for the Khan to kill me, so that the Khan could take revenge!" Awulu looked at Batumonk, as if crazy.

Batumonk was very angry, but he tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

He did not have an attack because he did not believe what A Wulu said, nor did he feel that A Wulu was capable of planning such a conspiracy that led to the death of his second son.

"If you should seek revenge, you will find whoever you should seek. I am a person with a clear distinction between gratitude and grudge. Yibula should die, and Chenxi should die... I learned from the captives under Yibula that it was Chenxi who gave Yibula the idea that he gave Yibula, and asked Yibula to take Urus' head as a prerequisite for surrendering to the Ming Dynasty. Yibula was used by the Ming people. Now his defeat has lost value. The reason why he has today is because he cannot tell the situation and does not know who he should be loyal to." Batumonk said with a dark face.

A Wulu shook his head repeatedly: "The Khan said it was wrong."

Batumonk shouted: "Where am I wrong?"

A Wulu said proudly: "It was the Khan who did not see the situation clearly... Why did Chen Xi dare to lead troops to the grassland? It was because the Khan wanted to flatten the tribes on the grassland and destroy the foundation of these tribes for thousands of years. Even if the Khan did not kill them, he still deprived their tribes of the tribe of the continued inheritance. Why should others obey the Khan's wishes and completely abandon their power?"
To be continued...