Outside Juyong Pass, the troops led by Chen Xi were slowly advancing.

Chen Xi was not in a hurry at all, because he had never thought about stationing in Xuanfu City. After calmly judging the situation, all he had to do was to make the Tatars focus on their reinforcements and disperse the Tatars' forces to besiege Xuanfu City and surrounding passes and city barriers.

Chen Xi's plan was to withdraw troops halfway through the journey back to Juyongguan, and use the troops that Xie Qian and Liu Daxia had won for him to fight against the Tatars in the buffer zone between the Great Wall inside and outside.

In Shen Xi's view, the Tumu Fort's change was tragic. The Ming Emperor's troops who were personally exterminated were almost wiped out. Even the emperor was imprisoned and had to temporarily replace the emperor. In the end, the Ming Dynasty still won the victory in the battle to defend the capital.

Perhaps it was due to the contributions of famous officials such as Yu Qian, but we have to mention the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. It was precisely because of the strong foundation of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years and the people in the grassland were not good at siege cities that the Ming Dynasty eventually won the war.

The current situation is that although the northwest suffered a crushing defeat, the situation will never be more severe than the Ming Dynasty after the Tumu Fort change. Chen Xi felt that the Tatars would have no reason to succeed.

So Chen Xi was very confident in sending troops this time. He brought eighty cannons not to cause heavy damage to the Tatars, or to turn the tide on the battlefield, because he had no intention of being the first to be a leader, but just to strengthen his momentum and deal with some sudden situations at the same time.

As he grew older, Chen Xi became more and more crafty and prepared to withdraw his troops when he sent troops.

But Chen Xi also knew that changes might occur at any time on the battlefield, so he was still prepared for hard fighting. So during the march, he gathered more than 100 gunners drawn from Juyongguan for training so that he could skillfully fire artillery by pulling onto the battlefield. At the same time, Chen Xi also selected 500 people from nearly 6,000 officers and soldiers with experience in fire guns, so that they could master the skills of using Folangji muskets.

Finally, Chen Xi also drew 200 bullets from more than 2,000 civilians who had craftsmanship experience and produced the Folang Ji muskets according to his guidance. Although the output was astonishingly low, it was better than temporary guns and no cannons available.

Naturally, there is no way to produce during the march, so camping is very early every day, which is also an important reason for the slow march.

But Shen Xi thought that the hard battle would not happen. At worst, the troops would be withdrawn before entering Xuanfu. Don’t worry about whether the Tatars come or not, just withdraw first.

Chen Xi can be said to have thought of all aspects of the situation, but this time he was still very wrong because many things would not be carried out according to his ideas. On the battlefield, any plan may not be able to keep up with the rapid change, otherwise there would be no such thing as "talking about war on paper".

Chen Xi is a meticulous person. He was afraid that the information he conveyed could not be delivered to the capital or Liu Daxia in time. He had already issued an emergency report two days before leaving Juyongguan, and several copies were issued at a time, indicating the seriousness of the matter.

Chen Xi even wrote to Xie Qian in his private name, making Xie Qian realize the importance of this matter.

As for Liu Daxia, Chen Xi, as the governor of Yansui, was not qualified to send the three-sided governor to cooperate with him in his work. He just made his own judgment. If the main force of the Tatar Central Army disappeared in the northwest for a long time, he must send troops back to defend Datong, cooperate with the governor of Xuanda to defend Xuanfu, and prevent the Xuanfu from becoming a breakthrough for the Tatar troops to move south.

After Chen Xi issued a warning, he thought he could just wait for reinforcements, so he went around Xuanfu City to retreat. When the Tatars started pursuing and pulled the front line to Juyong Pass, the war would turn from a sneak attack by the Tatars to a stalemate...

Unfortunately, now that the Emperor Hongzhi in the capital, Zhu Youzhang, is seriously ill again, the court officials and generals are unanimously stanced in this war, so it is best that the Tatars can retreat by themselves. If the Tatars do not retreat, just wait for him to retreat, as long as the Tatars do not provoke.

Because Xuanfu Town is not under the jurisdiction of the three-sided governor, and now he is in charge of "the admiral Xuanfu, Datong, Pitou, Ningwu, Yanmen, and other officials who are all obedient to the rule", which is also known as the governor of Xuanda, Shi Lin, who is old and stupid and has a moderate personality, and does not have the same subordinates as Liu Daxia.

Liu Daxia withdrew his troops to Ningwu Pass under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Town. In fact, he had already had a conflict with Shi Lin's postgraduate student. Liu Daxia did not want to cause trouble and fought against Shi Lin.

When Chen Xi slowly advanced, Xie Qian from the capital was the first to receive a private message from Chen Xi.

As a foreign minister like the governor of Yansui, Chen Xi wrote a letter to the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet in the capital, which was illegal, but Chen Xi was forced to explain the situation to Xie Qian because of helplessness.

The letter was sent directly to Xie Qian's mansion. Xie Qian was busy these days, but he did not see Chen Xi's previous memorial on the movements of the Tatars in the northwest. As for whether the memorial was drafted by Liu Jian or Li Dongyang and sent to the Silijian after being stamped out, Xie Qian didn't know at all. He only realized that this was the case after seeing Chen Xi's letter.

"This kid, I will cause trouble for me. The northwest is peaceful. I have to say that the Tatars are going to attack Xuanfu, and it will not be so serious! This matter is of great importance. If the Tatars really intend to attack Xuanfu, why is it not the report of Xuanfu Town, but his advice? Could it be that this kid found clues in other information?"

After reading the letter, Xie Qian felt a lot of confusion in his heart. It was not that he did not trust Chen Xi's judgment, but that he really didn't want to cause trouble for himself recently.

Emperor Hongzhi was seriously ill again and had not attended court for many days. At this moment, the Tatars cooperated very well. No war reports came from the northwest. Xie Qian heard from the eunuch Xiao Jing, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Sili Supervisor, that on weekdays, he only needed to report to Zhu Youzhang whether there was anything in the northwest. Zhu Youzhang would not care, nor would he touch the following memorials, so that all the Zhu comments were completed independently by the Sili Supervisor. Even if Zhu Youzhang was not here, the Ming Dynasty court was not in chaos. This was something that made Xie Qian feel very pleased.

"Do you want to report this matter to Your Majesty?" Xie Qian was hesitant. He was thinking about a question. If something happened to Xuanfu Town as Chen Xi had imagined, the Tatars would probably threaten Juyongguan and then threaten the capital. If he knew about it, he would never forgive himself for his life.

But Xie Qian changed his mind and thought: "The child of Chenxi is completely a subjective assumption that is out of nothing. If I report it, I will prove that there is no such thing as this, which is to cause trouble and then be hated by His Majesty and lose prestige in the court. Even if the Tatars really take Xuanfu as the main direction, and Xuanfu Town will inevitably report to the court after the war. If I don't talk about this, no one will know that Chenxi's child had predicted this."

"Besides, since Chen Xi is just his speculation, this kind of thing cannot be correct, and the memorial has not been passed by me. Whether the Silijian and His Majesty adopted it has nothing to do with me. I just need to keep my duty. Wouldn't it be great? Why should I ask for trouble?"

After suffering several losses, Xie Qian was smart and conservative. Even if he knew what Chen Xi said might become a fact, he was not going to go to trouble. He was still extremely confident about the defense around the Gyeonggi area.

In Xie Qian's view, as long as the capital is still under martial law and all relevant passes are strictly guarded, the Tatars will not be able to get in, so the capital will not be threatened.

The fall of Xuanfu Town was not a disaster. After the Tumu Fort Incident, all the Great Walls were destroyed hundreds of miles, but in the end the Ming Dynasty was still safe and sound?

Although Xie Qian made a decision that he would not ask, he tried to go to the cabinet to find Chen Xi’s memorial to the public for caution.

He wanted to take a closer look at what Chen Xi mentioned in the memorial so that he would finally decide whether to report Chen Xi's prophecy to the emperor. Unfortunately, he did not find any memorials from Chen Xi in the cabinet, and even asked the Tongzheng and Envoy Department, but there was no memorial.

Xie Qian was even more puzzled: "Is this kid doing something wrong in desperation, but he did not come out of the memorial, but instead sent my private message? If this letter fell into the hands of someone else, I might as well arrange my relationship with this kid. By then, I would be even more unclearable in front of the emperor and the ministers."

Xie Qian was still wondering whether Chen Xi had really written a memorial to warn the court. Liu Daxia, who had just withdrawn to Ningwu Pass, finally knew that the person sent by the emperor to replace Zhu Huiyansui was not someone else, but Chen Xi, who had been asking the emperor for his previous request.

When talking about Chen Xi, Liu Daxia felt a little unhappy. After all, for the issue of Chen Xi's stay or leave, he had a long-time old friend Xie Qian. In the end, Chen Xi stayed in the capital and was idle. Zhu Hui, who was temporarily charged, made a big mistake, resulting in the loss of Yulin Cang City. However, in the time of crisis, the emperor finally sent Chen Xi and personally led "50,000 troops" to support, but in Liu Daxia's view, it was useless.

Although it is known to have 50,000 soldiers, Liu Daxia knew that it was the court that could have 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the northwest was in chaos. Although the contact between Ningwu Pass and Datong and Xuanfu has been restored, he had never heard of Chen Xi's troops.

Even Chen Xi's letter to Liu Daxia was intercepted or lost halfway through, so Liu Daxia had no chance to see Chen Xi's judgment on the war.

"It is somewhat of a good thing to do when Chenxi reaches the northwest, at least it means that the court did not give up on the soldiers on the three sides."

Liu Daxia felt a little sad, "The current trend of the Tatars is unknown. The most important thing for the three armies is to find the main force of the Tatars and use the convenience of defense to annihilate the Tatars' central army in one fell swoop, so as to lay the foundation for the battle situation in the northwest!"

After Liu Daxia was stationed in Ningwu Pass, the most important thing was to find the movements of the Tatars from various war reports.

God pays off on those who are determined, and Liu Daxia really found it.

From the news from Ningxia Guards, the Tatars appeared on the front line of the Ningxia Right Guards, with about 50,000 cavalrymen. The surrounding guards and the city gates of Ningxia were in full swing, and the local official letter requesting reinforcements came to Liu Daxia.

After Liu Daxia saw it, he confirmed that Ningxia Town was not deceiving this time, because he had sent sent sent detectives to Jingle and Lan County to investigate, but there was no trace of the Tatars. At present, the detectives were entering Yongningzhou and Wubao, and the news he received was safe and sound.

In this way, there is only one situation, that is, the Tatars were capturing the county town of Lan County, which made the Ming Dynasty mistakenly think that the main Tatars would take the opportunity to go north to invade Ningwu Pass, and then advance to Datong and Xuanfu, and wait for an opportunity to invade Zijing Pass and Juyong Pass. But in fact, they made a fuss, turned around and advanced westward, invaded Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town and Gansu Town, and then invaded the Guanzhong Plain.

Liu Daxia's first reaction was that there was hope of recovering Yulin Wei.

In Liu Daxia's view, the city blocks lost from his own hands must be recaptured by himself. Only in this way can we protect our evening and not be engraved on the pillar of shame in history forever.

So when he learned that the Tatars "main force of the central army" appeared near Ningxia Town, he immediately made up his mind to complete the task entrusted to him by the emperor, defend the city block, and wait for an opportunity to attack the Tatars. No matter how many people were lost, as long as the king's flag was still there and the city was in hand, the Ming Dynasty would not lose this war.

Liu Daxia immediately summoned the three armies and even wrote to the Governor of Xuanda Shi Lin, asking Shi Lin to allocate some troops while ensuring the defense of Xuanfu Town and Datong Town, to work with him to advance westward and fight against the main Tatars! (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!