It is said that you should take the initiative, but you need to be prepared before launching an attack. You must know that once you win, you must organize your evacuation immediately. How can you not clean up the jars and jars?

The food and grass were quite sufficient, and the marinated horse meat was enough for two or three months. A lot of water was prepared in the past few days. Any place in the city that could hold water was already full, let alone sheepskin bags and water wheels, all of which were filled with bulging and bloated.

As for the refugees, the city is now empty.

The Tatar cavalry did not mean to pursue refugees, but even Chen Xi did not know that these refugees would not return to Juyongguan in a short time. In order to control the leak of the Xuanfu news, the scout team sent by the Tatars were basically killed without mercy, and they were likely to be robbed and killed by Tatar scouts on the way.

Although there are not many Tatar scouts, sometimes more than ten cavalry charges, even hundreds of refugees cannot cope. For those Tatars, killing people is even more different.

Today's Tumu Fort looks like it is very good at soldiers and food.

The officers and soldiers had practical experience, and the horses and sabers seized after defeating Huo Ling in the last battle seemed to be stronger than before. However, the riding skills of the Ming officers and soldiers were really not satisfactory. They rarely contacted horses on weekdays. Now they are temporarily cramming and riding faster horses may fall down, let alone swinging their knives and pulling their bows and shooting.

There is also bad news that during the last war, the Flor cannons destroyed ten, and now there are seventy left. Although it is enough, there are a little lack of shells. When the war is about to start, it is a fantasy to create shells temporarily without craftsmen and tools...

In addition, the number of officers and soldiers in the city has dropped sharply. After the battle, there should be more than 4,900 people left. At this time, the number is less than 4,600 people. I don’t know when more than 300 people will escape... The soldiers were not optimistic about waiting for death in Tumu Fort. At this moment, they would rather take advantage of the night and run back to Juyong Pass with the opportunity of a lifetime of death, than stay in Tumu Fort without life.

"Sir, this situation seems... not very good!"

After the various divisions summarized the number of troops and soldiers, Liu Xu and others who had been in charge of fighting before were stunned.

Chen Xidao: "What have you done long ago? I asked the whole army to prepare for war before. Do you think what I said is like in your ears? There are deserters, and you officials who are the chiefs have not noticed it at all? After discovering it, they did not stop it in time, kill one to warn you. Is it too late to report to me now?"

Liu Xu, Zhu Lie and others all lowered their heads in shame, and Hu Songyue asked: "Sir, otherwise you should just withdraw your troops directly. What do you think?"

Chen Xi sarcastically said with a cold face: "Retreat troops? You can think of such a bad idea! Could it be that you hurriedly leave this Tumu Fort, and when halfway through, the Tatar army chased after us unscrupulously and dispersed our army. Then everyone can go their separate ways?"

Now the generals can't bear to worry about their face because they really think so... The life and death of others is not important, the key is that they can save their lives to return to Juyongguan. As for whether they are punished by the court after returning to Juyongguan, or commit crimes or meritorious deeds, they are not considered.

At night, there were bonfires everywhere. Chen Xi looked up at the sky and ordered: "Everyone went back to prepare first. Reorganize the troops at dawn and attacked at sunrise. Since you are going to fight, you must look like you are going to fight. What do you mean by timidity? I will give another order, and all those who escape in front of the formation will be killed without any reservation!"

Liu Xu asked: "Sir, please think twice!"

Zhang Yong came out from behind Chen Xi and shouted, "What do you think about it? You said to Lord Shen before that you must fight this battle, why, now you have broken your promise?"

"Mr. Shen wants you to use your hands to open a bloody road. How can you do it if you don't work hard? It's all right to Mr. Shen. If anyone is a deserter, don't say that we will go to His Majesty to impeach you after we go back!"

Liu Xu and others looked at each other, feeling that they had fallen into Chen Xi's "brain plan".

Originally, they were not trying hard to fight against the Tatars, but in the central army tent, Chen Xi was transferred to the topic. In the end, everyone thought it was a good choice to attack with Chen Xi, and even volunteered. Now it seems that attacking is simply the most terrifying choice.

If you stay in the city or have to last for ten days and half a month, if you attack, you may even be a problem whether the sun will set tomorrow.

Chen Xi said sternly: "Go back to prepare for the war, and officially attack at sunrise!"

After the military order was over, Hu Songyue, Liu Xu and Zhu Lie had to go back and mobilize their troops, while Chen Xi returned to the central army's tent and planned another attack two or three hours later.

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At this time, on the three sides, Liu Daxia personally led his troops to restore the Yulin Guard.

Liu Daxia led his troops into the south gate of Yulin Weicheng, which means that Yansui Town, which had been lost for two months, finally returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Daxia could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Shangshu Liu, it's a joy to congratulate you. Now you are back, but what is the blessing of the Ming Dynasty!"

Someone congratulated Liu Daxia, but he was not happy at all at this moment. Because he had basically encountered no difficulties in taking down Yulin Cang City, and even no Tatars were seen. After entering the city, people searched the city and found no clues of the Tatars. The entire city seemed like a dead city.

But such an empty city was left empty in the border area by the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty for a month or two and was not occupied by anyone. If Liu Daxia had not learned that the main force of the Tatars appeared around Ningxia Town and led his troops back from Ningwu Pass, he would not have known that the Tatars would have abandoned the city long ago.

Liu Daxia looked cold. He had not seen any Tatar soldiers along the way westward. Even a key pass like Yulin Weicheng was actually an empty city. You can imagine his loss at this time.

"Promote the tent and discuss matters!" Liu Daxia shouted sternly.

The dilapidated Yansui Town Governor's Office in the city is no longer as majestic as before. At this time, the city is messy, with gaps on all sides of the city walls, and basically losing its defensive function.

Liu Daxia was in the same mood as this city. He now wished he could find the main force of the Tatars immediately and fight to the death instead of fighting to the death, even if he was defeated and died on the battlefield in the end, he would feel more at ease than now.

Now Liu Daxia's troops are intricate in terms of the variety of troops under his command. In addition to the three-sided army he led, there are also temporary local inspection officers, as well as the remaining troops gathered along the way, as well as the troops drawn from those undefeated city blocks. Liu Daxia had 100,000 troops at this time and used 100,000 troops to occupy an empty city, which was a bit embarrassing to say it.

The quality of soldiers and horses is complicated, so the generals are even more complicated.

As many troops were disrupted, the remaining troops gathered along the way were from the three sides to the inland city guard station, and there were even temporary strong men arrested by the guard station. These people lacked unified command, and the previous thousand households, hundreds of households and general flags disappeared, so they could only be temporarily selected.

In general, basically all positions have been temporarily raised from one to third level. Perhaps the Qianhu official, a passerby under Liu Daxia, was just a general flag before, but now he has thousands of troops, which is incredible.

Many people came to discuss the matters when the tent was promoted, and most of the participants were promoted. At this moment, they were waiting to follow Liu Daxia to have fun and drink. There was no basic discipline to enter the lobby of the yamen. After meeting, they greeted each other and whispered, but they did not even notice that Liu Daxia stood in front of the case of the yamen central commander.

"shut up!"

Just when the hall was noisy, Liu Daxia shouted and suppressed everyone's voices. Only then did the lobby quiet down. Some people were promoted too quickly. They might have only contacted hundreds of households and thousands of households, but now they attended the meeting as thousands of officials. They didn't know who Liu Daxia was. They were thinking to themselves, this old man looked like a high-ranking official, but why did he neither wear official uniform nor military uniform?

"Shangshu Liu, all the leaders from all walks of life have arrived!"

Liu Daxia's military supervisor was Gu Dayong. As one of the eight tigers in the future, Gu Dayong's ability should not be underestimated and his posture was very strong. He said to Liu Daxia. Some arrogant people immediately realized that this was a eunuch in the palace and could report to the emperor at any time, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

Liu Daxia looked around the generals present, with a cold expression and a very angry heart. Not only because he had been led by the Tatars since the war, but also because the generals of the Ming border army were foolish and incompetent, he was attacking by the Tatars while taking the initiative and gaining the advantage. As Yulin Guard lost the northwest gateway, the Tatars drove straight into the border, causing the Ming Dynasty to smoke.

"Is the governor of Shaanxi, the governor of Yansui here?" Liu Daxia asked.

No one said anything.

Liu Daxia asked this knowingly. The current governor of Shaanxi is Wang Qiong, and there are two governors of Yansui. One is Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo who assisted Liu Daxia in commanding the troops, and the other is Shen Xi, the young governor sent by the court when the Yulin Guard was lost and Zhu Hui's whereabouts were unknown.

Shen Xi is now "difficult" between Juyongguan and Xuanfu. Zhu Hui's whereabouts are unknown and his life and death are uncertain. Wang Qiong and Zhu Hui's situation are the same as Zhu Hui, both of whom have lost their traces in the chaotic army. It is difficult to make the governor of Shaanxi and governor of Yansui come out to respond.

Gu Dayong reminded: "Shangshu Liu, the governors are all not here!"

"Where can the generals of all walks of life be there?" Liu Daxia continued to shout.

The general is a military general and an important general guarding the northwestern border.

Before Liu Daxia led his troops to the expedition, he transferred the nine generals of Gan, Liang, Su, Xi, Ningxia, Yansui, Shendaoling, Xing'an and Guyuan to the command and arrange important matters.

When Liu Daxia went out to pursue the Tatar soldiers, nearly half of these generals followed him to fight, while the rest stayed to guard the rear. However, with the defeat of the army, the city gates under Yansui Town were basically lost, and the nine generals died and fled. Now Liu Daxia only had one Guyuan general Zhang Lingcheng.

Zhang Lingcheng is now an official in the army second only to Liu Daxia, while the other generals are guard commanders, or thousands or hundreds of households. They are temporarily transferred during the war and are promoted when reorganizing the army.

Liu Daxia was a little helpless and waved his hand and said, "General Zhang, you can explain the next battle arrangement!"

"Shangshu Liu, the three armies will now recover the Yulin Guard. After that, the main force of our army will continue to advance westward. The road will restore all the city blocks of Yansui Town. It is expected to arrive at the Ningxia defender in ten days, and arrive at the Ningxia Acropolis where Ningxia Town is located in fifteen days, waiting for an opportunity to fight with the main force of the Tatars!" Zhang Lingcheng said respectfully.

Liu Daxia nodded: "This battle is related to the stability of our country and country in the Ming Dynasty. If anyone is slacking off, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

It was just a simple mobilization to promote the quota before the war, so the meeting seemed particularly short.

The generals present had no idea what happened to the Ming Dynasty. They only knew that they could fight with Liu Daxia, but it was best to leave a life before they could have the opportunity to have a good time after enjoying the joy of promotion.

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