The soldiers who came to escort the Beijing camp, led by Song Shu, were all greedy for life and fearful death. On the contrary, when the officials of the Ministry of War heard that Chen Xi was leaving, they started packing without saying a word.n∈n∈,.

The first half of the journey required twenty cannons and supporting shells, and only ten cannons were needed in the second half, which was much less expensive. However, for the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp, they might face the threat of death when they walked out of the city to protect the city. They all seemed righteous when they brag, but when they really went to the battlefield, they were more timid than the other.

As the saying goes, a soldier will be a bear, a bear will be a crane!

Song Shu is not a general who gets up from the bottom, but a hidden official. This kind of official is a superficial article, and has a lot of research on how to use power and relationships to promote, and it is not useful on the battlefield.

But most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were like Song Shu. The professions passed down from ancestors were equivalent to the "top team" in the early days of China's reform and opening up in the future. They were almost considered an iron job. Who can't live with, don't live with your own life.

"If you don't leave, I will report to Your Majesty after returning to Beijing, saying that you will miss the opportunity to fight and will not need to deal with me at that time, and the court will severely punish you."

Chen Xi knew that even if Liu Daxia led his troops to attack, he would not have any great results. After all, the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to capture the main force of the Tatars. At most, it is to boost the morale of the army. The soldiers under him are greedy for life and fear of death. Can Liu Daxia quickly reverse the sluggish morale and combat effectiveness of the Ming army?

This is simply unrealistic!

If he walked slowly, Liu Daxia would retreat unfavorably. Chen Xi felt that he would be kept by Liu Daxia to assist in military affairs... A good Hanlin official was inappropriate, and ran to the frontier to drink the north wind and eat yellow sand. That was a sign of being kicked by a donkey.

But some things are difficult to explain to Song Shu and others. Do you have to tell them that Liu Daxia has led his troops to attack and will soon return without success?

Military operations must not be leaked, nor can they say defeat without a fight, which will damage the morale of the army.

After Song Shu discussed with the officers and soldiers, there were only more than 300 people, but more than 200 people took leave under the pretext of illness, which completely lost all the faces of the Ming soldiers.

Chen Xi was furious: "You can be ill. If you are a person with fifty military sticks, you can stay in Datong Prefecture for recuperation and you won't have to go back to Beijing within three years!"

Song Shu said in surprise: "Mr. Shen does not have such power!"

"Do you have the power? What you say doesn't matter. Your Majesty says it. Could it be that you dare to make trouble for the army?" Chen Xi said angrily and took the military stick with his own hands.

The group of Beijing soldiers under Song Shu did not dare to leave the city, but they all believed that they did not belong to the same system and fought against Chen Xi to the end. A veteran named Youzi was about to come up to argue with Chen Xi, but Chen Xi had already picked up the military stick and greeted the man. Unfortunately, Chen Xi was a weak young scholar after all, and he did not make up.

"Ouch! Lord Shen is beating someone..."

These veterans were so crazy that they were both scattering, and the sticks just touched their bodies slightly, and they didn't even have a red mark on their bodies. The man lay down and started to play tricks with Chen Xi, rolling around on the ground, shouting "Ouch" in his mouth.

At this time, other officers and soldiers surrounded him and wanted to support the beaten soldier, with a fierce look on his face. Seeing this, Zhang Laowu and others quickly stopped in front of Shen Xi and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? Do you dare to commit crimes and attack the imperial envoy?"

"What kind of imperial envoy is sent by the Ministry of War to do it!" a soldier and gangster shouted.

At this time, Song Shu and several Baihu were standing aside to watch the fun... Don’t you have the ability? Then you encourage these people to go to the battlefield with you!

As long as we don’t leave the city, it depends on how you complete the cannon delivery mission.

Chen Xi said angrily: "You want to stay, just stay. I will not bring any of them. Get the carriage ready, let's set off now!"

Chen Xi didn't even look at these officers and soldiers, but took them to set off directly. Song Shu had a sarcastic smile on his face and muttered: "Isn't you going to show off by yourself now?"

"But... sir, it was indeed the court sent us to escort us. If we don't leave the city, will he... sue us with the court?" A hundred household next to him was not as confident as Song Shu, so he quickly asked for instructions.

"He dares not think about his identity, but he is just a small official from the fifth grade..."

Song Shu sneered, and he almost said that this kid had defected to Zhang Heling. If he dared to speak nonsense, how could Zhang Heling let him go?

Another hundred household reminded: "Sir, he is also a Japanese lecturer and a lecturer in the East Palace. He can meet the emperor at any time..."

Now Song Shu's face finally changed a little, but he was still confident: "It's okay, he can't leave the city without us!"

But after all, Song Shu was still disappointed. Even if Chen Xi did not have more than 300 soldiers escorted Song Shu, he would still have to complete the cannon delivery task. For obvious reasons, when encountering the Tatars, the temperament of these greedy and fearful Beijing soldiers under his command was in vain. At present, the Tatars were temporarily withdrawn. As long as they could fight the time difference between Liu Daxia and the army leading the army, even if no one escorted them, they could still send the cannons safely.

Chen Xi had dozens of officials sent by the Ministry of War, most of whom were like Zhang Laowu, who were prepared to stay at the border to continue to teach the officers and soldiers to operate artillery.

When Chen Xi brought people to the gate of Datong Mansion City, Song Shu was a little annoyed. He didn't know how to write the word "death"?

"Sir, you have the Marquis support you, but we don't. If Lord Shen returns to the court to sue me, even if we are the lightest punishment, we will be sent to the border to serve as hard labor... Otherwise, you can stay?"

Song Shu was not shaken, but the three hundred households under his command could not withstand it. Song Shu usually boasted about how strong he had in front of others, but they were only hereditary hundred households in the Beijing camp. This iron-clad job would not be spared if the family was lost because of this mission.

Song Shu suddenly felt that he had no way out, and he was not going to leave or stay. If he became a lonely man, he would not be able to explain to Zhang Heling and the court. At this time, he was thinking that it would not matter to the court, but the most important thing was not to let Shouning Hou disappoint him.

Even that boy Chen Xi can’t subdue it. It would be strange if Shouning Hou didn’t strip him alive!

Thinking of this, Song Shu was discouraged and hurriedly chased Chen Xi's convoy, and took more than 300 brothers from the Beijing camp to continue to help Chen Xi escort the cannons to Yansui.

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At this time, the line on Beiguan was already full of beacons everywhere.

As the Tatars invaded the border again, Liu Daxia personally led 60,000 troops to fight the Tatars as the governor of the three sides temporarily.

It was said to be 60,000, but in fact, there were less than 20,000 troops on the three sides who could be mobilized, and they were shirking and delaying for various reasons. There were only less than 13,000 soldiers who actually followed Liu Daxia to fight. They were divided into three groups, set out from the Yansui Yulin Guard, and marched out of the Great Wall toward the grassland.

The person who served as the logistics grain transport officer was Gao Mingcheng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Let’s talk about how Gaoming City escorted money and grain from the capital and took ten days to arrive at Xuanfu. During this period, he had quietly transported some of the money and grain away.

After staying in Xuanfu for two days, Gaoming City continued to set off on the road. However, before he arrived at Datong, Liu Daxia's military order had been delivered, ordering him not to use grain for border towns along the way, and all of them were used for front-line combat. From now on, he quickly whipped the horse and transported a lot of grain to Yansui.

Gaoming City was so amused and crying. I was so greedy and happy that you asked me to transport all the food over. It was obviously a waste of my life! However, Gaoming City had no choice but to give him a death order, and at the same time he delivered the imperial edict from Emperor Hongzhi, which made him obey Liu Daxia's orders. Gaoming City had to obey Liu Daxia's orders and had to temporarily mobilize money and grain. Although it was less than half of the time when the capital was transported, it went from the inside of the Great Wall, passed through Weiyuanwei, Pingluwei to Baodezhou to cross the Yellow River, and then from Zhenqiang, Berlin Fort to Yulinwei, the food was delivered as soon as possible.

After the winter, the tribes that launched cross-border robbery were still led by the Fire Screening Department. Although the troops used less than 50,000, there were still 20,000 to 30,000. All the troops moved in full swing, and the grain transport team from Gaoming City was discovered in the Hequ area.

There are actually many grain transport troops under Gaoming City, with 3,000 soldiers and horses. They are also veterans of the Beijing camp. The biggest common feature of these people and Song Shu's group of officers and soldiers is that they are greedy for life and fear of death. They are usually brave and fierce, but when they meet the Tatar cavalry, it is really difficult for them to fight hard.

Beiguan was in a row, and there were warning messages everywhere from Xuanfu, Datong to the three sides. In this case, Liu Daxia personally led a soldier of 60,000, but in fact there were only more than 10,000 troops. He went deep into the grassland without logistics supplies or even food and grass.

When Liu Daxia first attacked, he did gain some results.

The Tatars did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would actually have troops heading to the grassland. They went to the Central Plains to plunder. They usually mainly used the cavalry teams of small tribes, and there were not many supplies. One man and two horses were similar to the "grass-killing valley" when the Liao people invaded the Song Dynasty. They were considered to use war to support war.

The first thing Liu Daxia encountered was the armed forces of these small Tatar tribes. No matter how bad the cards Liu Daxia had in his hand were, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses could beat dozens or hundreds of Tatar cavalry, but they could not be wiped out completely, but it was completely possible to repel them.

After several consecutive days, they have made great achievements. The results of various troops reported from each other were said to have killed more than 300 Tatar soldiers.

As for how many of them are killing good people and making achievements, it is unknown, but Liu Daxia is very satisfied with this.

The goal set by Liu Daxia for himself can bring back a thousand heads, and when he returns to the court, he can communicate with Emperor Hongzhi and his morale can be boosted.

Now it has achieved one-third of the goal in just a few days. I believe it will be possible to retire in less than half a month.

At this time, the food and grass in Gaoming City disappeared, which made Liu Daxia very angry. The army had already set out, but the food and grass had not arrived for a long time. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty arrived at the endless grassland and could not fight to support the war, because they had no robbery or raised.

As for the main force of the Fire Screening Department, Liu Daxia did not encounter it. He expected that the Tatars should be inadequate in preparation for the Ming army's active attack this time. They must take advantage of the Tatars gathering powerful counterattack forces to complete the established target and withdraw back to Yansui.

Liu Daxia has his own wishful thinking, and Huo Silk has plans.

Fire Screen is not interested in how many soldiers and horses entered the grassland in the Ming Dynasty. The grassland is so big, you can grab it at will. Fire Screen only knows that there is a guy who is blind and leads his troops to transport money and grain along the inner line of the Great Wall. As long as you grab it back, the tribes have cotton jackets for winter, food, and silver... and everything.

Huo Screen personally led 3,000 elite cavalry and traveled more than 600 miles a long distance, directly blocking the grain transport team in Gaoming City in Hequ area on the east bank of the Yellow River.

The result is conceivable. Gaoming City died in the chaos. Deputy envoy Wang Shouren and a group of generals and generals of the Beijing camp commanded the remnants and retreated. They retreated to the Bietou Pass in advance. Before the Tatars surrounded them, they continued to retreat. With the support of the soldiers of the Pinglu Guard and Jingping Guard, Weiyuan Guard and Yunchuan Guard later, they retreated to Datong before they could turn danger into safety.

Datong Prefecture is in an emergency.

At this time, Chen Xi had already transported artillery from Datong Prefecture to Yansui, and had been departing for three days.

If Chenxi sets out for three days, he will be able to meet with Wang Shouren in Datong Prefecture City.
Chapter completed!