Take every time to walk, and there must be no delays along the way... This is the rule set by Chen Xi when he set out from Datong Prefecture.

From the capital to Datong Prefecture, you can walk an average of fifty or sixty miles a day, and in the second half, you have to walk ten miles a day. You will set off before dawn. When it gets dark, you will find a place to set up camp.

If you stay, you don’t need to find a station because it will be very troublesome to register and check in. If you want to rest, camp in the mountains. This is more convenient. You don’t have to be rushing to the station or missing the station.

Zhang Laowu and others expressed absolute support for Chen Xi's decision. But Song Shu and other Beijing soldiers wished that they could peel Chen Xi's skin and bones... This kid is so sincere!

It's dangerous, you can stay in Datong Prefecture and wait until the Tatars retreated before going to Yansui. Now that you are in such a hurry to travel, you are really not afraid of suddenly a team of Tatar cavalry suddenly coming out!

Song Shu and others were worried for a few days, but did not encounter any danger. Many post stations were looted on the official roads along the way, and some post stations were even burned. Depending on the situation, it happened in the first few days. This made the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp feel like a sword hanging on their heads and did not dare to take it lightly.

"Mr. Shen, look at how dangerous it is along the way. Maybe when will you meet the Tatars head-on. It is better to withdraw Datong as soon as possible before making a decision."

Chen Xi felt more and more that the only meaning of Song Shu being around him was to keep pulling him back, and if he had nothing to do, he would run away and say something that had lost his fighting spirit.

Chen Xi said coldly: "Now they have left the Datong territory and are already in the territory of Taiyuan Town. Going westward is the Yellow River. When you go back at this time, aren't you afraid of being held accountable by the court?"

Song Shu thought to himself that pursuing responsibility is better than losing his life.

"Actually, when we go back at this time, the possibility of meeting the Tatars is higher. We will continue to go west. As long as we enter Yansui Town, even if our mission is completed, even if we stay in Yansui for a year or two, the court will not hold us accountable for not completing the official business."

Song Shu was always eaten tightly in front of Shen Xi and felt unable to deal with it. The only thing he could hope for at the moment was that the Tatars would not come. If he could enter the Yulinwei, the resident of Yansui Town, was safe and safe.

This journey is very unusual.

From Datong Prefecture to Yansui, Chenxi chose to take the southern route, that is, detours by Shuozhou and Ningwusuo, enter Taiyuan Prefecture, and then head southwest to Xingxian, and cross the Yellow River from Heiyu Ferry.

It is better in Taiyuan Prefecture. After passing Ningwu Pass, people can be seen from time to time along the way due to the protection of the Great Wall. However, after crossing the Yellow River, it is impossible to enter the jurisdiction of Yansui Town, Shaanxi. I can't even see my personal shadow after walking on the official road for a few days. The only thing I can see is the corpses that fell dead next to the official road. Most of these corpses have been pecked by birds and beasts, and they look extremely creepy.

The villages along the official road were dilapidated, some of which were obviously abandoned for a long time, and there was no smoke in the evening, let alone chickens crowing and dogs barking.

Although it is said to be an official road, due to the long-term no one left and the wild grass is growing, Yansui Town has basically no merchants to deal with each other. After being repeatedly robbed by the Tatars, it is almost uninhabited for thousands of miles.

"It's so miserable that the Tatars are still coming to rob. Is it really a fool who is not a man in the Ming Dynasty?" Song Shu complained when he was gathering with the soldiers to cook the fire at night, and he didn't realize that if he faced the Tatars, his only response would probably be to run away.

At this time, the Ming army looked down on the border army, and the border army looked down on the Beijing camp. It only took fifty steps and a hundred steps to laugh. When they met the Tatars, they were brothers and brothers. Even if it was good to be able to defend the city, they could still expect them to come out to fight a beast?

The closer the twelfth lunar month, the colder the weather, and I spent the night in the wilderness at night, and the conditions were extremely difficult. Chen Xi has been "spoiled" in recent years. Suddenly, when he encountered such a harsh environment, his body could not bear this kind of suffering. Every day, his bones were dispersed, and he could only grit his teeth and struggle to hold on.

However, the team that sent the cannons was entirely up to him to cheer and encourage him. He could not complain, otherwise the officers and soldiers below would definitely rebel.

After ten days of hard work, the convoy finally arrived at the Qiang Inn in the Great Wall, which was the seat of Shenmu County in later generations, but now it is just a large military fortress. Although a large convoy came outside the city gate, the defenders had no intention of opening the city gate. Chen Xi sent someone to ask, saying that he was worried that the Tatars would attack the city, and the fort gate had been blocked from the inside, so he could only throw down the cannon luggage and the personnel could only enter in a hanging basket.

In this case, the convoy did not enter the Zhenqiang Institute to rest, and could only continue to move along the official road inside the Great Wall to the southwest.

At this time, there was still two days left before Yulin Guard, where Yansui Town was located. Seeing that he could not rest, the soldiers below complained.

"Hurry up and arrive in one day and one night!" Chen Xi issued an order while the food was dry at noon.

Song Shu sneered: "Mr. Shen is so comfortable. He sits in the carriage all day long, ignoring the suffering of us soldiers. This time we say nothing will leave!"

Before, these officers and soldiers were afraid of the Tatars, so they were obedient along the way, saying that they would hurry up and hurry up, but after walking for ten days, they did not notice the Tatars. They discussed in private that they felt that the Tatars would not be full and robbed in the middle of winter, and there was nothing to rob now, so after the Tatars caught a vote in Datong Prefecture, they should have withdrawn to the grassland now.

Such a group of greedy and fearful officers and soldiers originally traveled nine hundred miles in ten days based on their fear of the Tatars. Now, as the destination is about to arrive, a lazy feeling has begun to spread across the team.

Chen Xi was about to scold him and tried to wake up the soldiers. This time, even Zhang Laowu came over to explain: "Sir, why don't you take a break? No matter how much you rest, we can arrive at Yulin Guard the day after tomorrow."

Since Zhang Laowu arrived in the capital, he can be said to be like a young hero who could not be beaten to death. Seeing that he was so weak, Chen Xi could only nod.

In the afternoon of that day, he had only advanced for more than twenty miles. Before the sun set, the group found a cave for Tibetan soldiers in the Great Wall to rest and set off the next day.

The next day, he still didn't move very fast. When dusk was dusk again, he arrived at Shuangshan Fort, which was only 30 miles away from Yulin Guard. Shuangshan Fort was like the city blocks passing along the way, and the fort gate was closed and no matter how the officers and soldiers shouted, they would not open the door.

Chen Xi's original plan was... Since it was only thirty miles away, he simply rushed to Yulin Guard to rest. As a result, a group of bad soldiers from the Beijing camp became emotional. Even if they couldn't go to the fort to rest, they had to find a place nearby to camp and rest, and wait until the next day to set off.

Chenxi has no choice because Yulinwei is located between the two Great Walls in the north and south. If you want to reach Yulinwei as soon as possible, you have to leave the inner Great Wall at Shuangshan Fort, and then often Lebao to Yulinwei. Otherwise, you can only take a detour to Guide Fort and take more than 30 miles. At this time, the Tatars had destroyed the outer Great Wall pass and came and went freely. Although the safety factor of marching at night is similar to that during the day, it can bring people a sense of security during the day.

However, Chen Xi didn't feel that it was wonderful.

Logically speaking, if Liu Daxia achieved certain results, there would definitely be a fast horse that would report to the capital. But not to mention a fast horse, he didn't even see a border sergeant. Moreover, the fortresses along the way were closed and they were strictly guarded. It would be very dangerous to see the situation.

A hidden military cave on the inside of the Great Wall near Shuangshan Fort. Just as Chen Xi was approaching the bonfire and thinking about the possible actions of the Tatars on the map, Song Shu walked into the cave. He was upset when he saw Chen Xi's deep look, and he grabbed the map from Chen Xi's hand and threw it into the fire.

Chen Xi stood up suddenly and glared at Song Shu.

Song Shu curled his lips and sneered: "Forgive me, Lord Shen, I just shook my hands."

Seeing Yulin Wei, Song Shu became arrogant again.

"I will enter Yansui Town tomorrow. I would like to remind Lord Shen that after returning to Beijing, I will impeach Lord Shen and abuse the officers and soldiers with the court and the marquis. Don't talk about my mercy at that time."

Song Shu was still a little polite before, but at this time he was already arrogant and domineering.

Chen Xi asked: "Has Song Qianhu observed the fortresses along the way?"

"What's wrong with those fortresses?" Song Shu didn't understand why.

Chenxidao: "Since we fought the Yellow River, we have been able to defend ourselves along the inner Great Wall, and there are more than 20 cities and fortresses that have been used to garrison troops. But how many of them have seen along the way? How do they perform?"

Song Shu frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Maybe... some of them were demolished by the Tatars this year..."

"Why is it not rebuilt?" Chen Xi continued to ask.

Song Shu sneered disdainfully: "Mr. Shen should worry about himself. He has worked so hard for the brothers. After entering the city, the brothers will have no restrictions on completing the task. It may not be..."

"It may not be what?"

Chen Xi snorted coldly, are you threatening me? It means you want to retaliate against me after entering the city? You don’t even secretly, you really dare to attack the Eastern Palace lecturer and the Japanese lecturer in front of an emperor?

The next day, just dawn, Chen Xi was suddenly awakened by a palpitations, and an unusual sense of crisis made him almost breathless.

"Sir, sir!" Zhang Laowu's voice came from outside.

Chen Xi came out of the Tibetan camp and saw Zhang Laowu and Yu Niang escorting a person dressed in the costume of an ordinary Ming Dynasty but had a problem at first glance.

"This man was sneaking around outside the camp. We caught him!" Zhang Laowu said excitedly. In his opinion, he should have caught the Tatars this time.

"Who are you?"

Chen Xi asked, and the captured prisoner felt relieved when he heard Chen Xi's official words, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Sir, the villain is a butcher nearby."

"Butterfighter? They are clearly Tatars!" Zhang Laowu picked up the long knife, put it on the captain's neck, and shouted angrily.

The prisoner cried and shouted to his mother: "The villain is really not, sir, you heard from the villain..."

"Are you a deserter?"

Chen Xi suddenly asked, obviously the Tatars were used to being arrogant and would not be so weak, and this person's words and actions were completely the style of the Ming Dynasty's promotion to fight against the common people.

The man cried and said, "The villain was indeed a butcher in the Qiang Site in the former, but he was captured by the court at the beginning of last year. He was stationed in Gushan Fort in Fugu County... About ten days ago, a bloody battle occurred on the other side of the Yellow River. The Tatars defeated the Ming Dynasty's army escorts and seized a large amount of money and grain. Later, the Tatars' cavalry circled outside Datong City and immediately returned to the west to cross the Yellow River in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Seven or eight days ago, the troops surrounded Gushan Fort."

"The Tartars attacked the city for three or four consecutive days, and our people became fewer and fewer. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lord Qianhu decided to abandon the fort and go south to Yulin to report the news. As a result, we just rushed out of the fort, we were noticed by the Tatars. The Tatars sent a large group of cavalry to chase them, and our main force was quickly defeated by the Tatars."

"The villain luckily broke out a bloody road and wanted to continue to report to Yulin Guard. As a result, he encountered Tatars' rides many times along the way, and fled everywhere in a panic. When he arrived nearby, the war horses died of exhaustion."

Chen Xi nodded, thinking about everything. At this time, Song Shu walked over and said, "How can you believe such a person's words easily?"

Chen Xi asked back, "Why don't you believe it when you speak clearly?"

"Sir, please spare me. The young man is not a deserter, but a defeat on the battlefield. If he can reach Yulin Guard safely, he will definitely join the army safely..."

The deserters caught on the battlefield were to beheaded according to the Ming military law, no wonder this person was so scared.

But Chen Xi did not mean to kill people, because he now knew the exact news that Liu Daxia had indeed led the army to fight, and if nothing unexpected happened, he encountered a great crisis... At this moment, the main Tatars had hijacked the Ming army rations, and the next step was to go around to the flanks of Liu Daxia and wait for an opportunity to annihilate Liu Daxia's main force.

"Send the order, pack your luggage and set off immediately. You are not allowed to rest halfway. Arrive at Yulin Guard as soon as possible." Chen Xi shouted to Song Shu.

Song Shu asked disdainfully: "Mr. Shen, you don't believe this detailed nonsense, right?"

Chen Xi asked back: "What are the benefits of him lying?"

Song Shu thought about it and found that if this person was really a Tatar man, it would be meaningless to say that these things would be strengthened, but instead it would make the Ming army more vigilant and lose the effect of a surprising victory.

When Song Shu went to pass the order, the soldiers scolded him again, and they didn't even have to eat breakfast, so they ate dry food and started back on the road.

However, after less than half an hour after leaving the Great Wall, the soldiers went from being depressed at the beginning, and turned into trotting all the way. They could still hear various urgings: "Run quickly, run quickly, if you are slow, you won't get into the city!"

After approaching Yulin Guard, more and more fast horses were sent to the official road. The fast horses reported came from behind the team escorting artillery. After Chen Xi asked, he found out that there was a team of about 1,000 Tatar cavalry coming from the direction of Zhenqiang, Gaojia Fort, and Shuangshan Fort where they passed, and the target was Yulin Guard.

Once foreign enemies invade, Yulin Guards must close the city gates, which means they must enter the city before the Tatars arrive, otherwise they will be a dead end.

These officers and soldiers who were shirking their responsibilities along the way finally didn't care about being lazy or gossiping, and just hated that their parents had fewer legs and ran all the way.

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ps: The second update is here!

The first time I broke the appointment today was mainly because the emperor needed to check information. There was no room for carelessness about the terrain of the Ming Beiguan, the arrangement of troops, etc.

The plot should be more intense and exciting. When the emperor straightens the plot, he can speed up the pace! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!