Liu Daxia usually only stipulates a general direction in the army. He cannot make arrangements for the specific marching and war. After all, he is still unfamiliar with the 100,000 troops he has. He has no idea which troops to send to Ningxia Town, which troops to guard the Yulin Guard and the surrounding city blockades...

Liu Daxia felt extremely immense. This was mainly because of the lack of helpers around him. Wang Qiong and Zhu Hui could help him in the past, but now that the two of them are not here, he can only bear it alone. He even needs to raise the supply of troops, horses, food and grass on his own. After the various personnel were disrupted, there was a lack of a system. He could only hand over these matters to Zhang Lingcheng, the general of Guyuan Town.

After recapturing Yulin Cangcheng, Liu Daxia only took one day to rest. At this time, he had to prevent the Tatars from returning, so he had to draw troops out of the border and set up a scout net between the Yuxi River and the Great Wall.

Liu Daxia did not dare to be careless at all, and always paid attention to the movements of the Tatar army around Yulin Guard. At this time, Yulin Cialis basically did not have the elements of an important military town. If the Tatar army came, Yulin Cialis could not be defended by the wall. Even if bricks and wood were temporarily reinforced, it was likely that it would enter a cruel street battle shortly after the war was underway.

"Shangshu Liu, now the three sides and the Xuanda line are in panic. There are news of Tatars everywhere, but many of them have been proven to be false. I heard that there were a small number of Tatars around Xuanfu Town, which once blocked communication. Now Xuanfu has lost contact again. At this critical moment, does it need us to go westward? What if the Tatars suddenly attack Xuanfu Town?"

Although Zhang Lingcheng was a military general, he passed the provincial examination in his early years. Unfortunately, he failed the imperial examination twice in Beijing. Only then did he inherit his father's position as commander of the guards. After many years of squad, he finally got the title of general. He was famous for his carefulness and cautiousness in command of the army. He was the kind of person who had a backup plan in every way. Such a person may not be very outstanding in war, but he usually can protect himself after a great defeat.

Zhang Lingcheng's suggestion that the Tatars might launch an attack in Xuanfu was also due to concerns about the war, but this was obviously not what Liu Daxia hoped to hear.

Liu Daxia said: "In theory, before Xuanfu Town, there were two major military towns, Datong and Taiyuan. Recently, there were no reports of Tatar soldiers and horse activities in Taiyuan Town and Datong Town. How could the Tatars bypass the two major border defense areas and go deep into the hinterland of Xuanfu?"

"in this way……"

Zhang Lingcheng said with some uncertainty, "If the Tatar Central Army headed south from Shacheng, Xinghe and so on to seek breakthroughs from Zhangjiakou Fort, is this possible?"

Liu Daxia continued to shake his head: "The Xuanfu was in a uniform army. Even if the Tatars marched south in large numbers, they could still be stationed for more than a hundred days, which is enough to send troops to help Datong, Taiyuan and other places. You are so worried!"

When Zhang Lingcheng heard this, even though he still had doubts in his heart, he did not dare to say more.

No matter what, Liu Daxia is the commander of the central army. He is just a general. He has always been a civil servant in charge of soldiers. He is just a military general. He just needs to follow orders!

"Shangshu Liu, here is a military newspaper from the Shen Junmen Governor of Yansui Shen. Please check it out!" Zhang Lingcheng submitted a military newspaper to Liu Daxia.

After seeing it, Liu Daxia frowned.

This is exactly a military newspaper that Shen Xi wrote before the Tatars attacked by Xuanfu Town, which mentioned that the Tatars could bypass the three sides, Taiyuan Town and Datong Town, attack Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou Fort from the inside, and attacked the Khan tribe from the Dayan tribe and attacked inside and outside.

Chen Xi made a very detailed statement in the military newspaper, including the approximate time of the Tatars' march, but Chen Xi still underestimated the speed of the Tatars' advance, so that Chen Xi himself encountered big trouble.

Moreover, Chen Xi did not count on Liu Daxia's plan to believe that the main Tatars appeared in Ningxia Guards' war reports, and actually led troops westward, which was equivalent to going in the opposite direction and beating the Tatars' plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Seeing Liu Daxia thinking, Zhang Lingcheng said nervously: "Sir Shangshu, many of the things mentioned by Chen Junmen in the military newspaper have been confirmed. In the previous month, the area north of Ningwu Pass was indeed often encountered robbed Tatars, which led to our loss of contact with the capital for a while."

"Although the news has returned to smooth flow for a while, I lost contact with Xuanfu again half a month ago. Now most of the information in the capital is transmitted from Zijing Pass and Guguan. If these people blocking the message are really Tatar scouts as Chen Junmen said, I am afraid that the Tatar soldiers are close to Xuanfu at this time, and then we will advance westward... I am afraid that we will not have time to return to the aid!"

Liu Daxia was not a foolish old minister after all. Although he thought Chen Xi was a little timid in the rear, he at least did not lose the most basic judgment.

After seeing Chen Xi's military newspaper, Liu Daxia believed that what Chen Xi mentioned might still happen. And as Chen Xi said, the Tatars' conspiracy was far more than just plundering the people, animals and property of the Ming border, and was more likely to be involved in Juyong Pass and even the capital.

At that time, the main forces of the Ming Dynasty were all in the northwest, and the defense of the capital was empty. Perhaps they would once again experience the battle of defense of the capital after the Tumu Fort during the reign of Emperor Yingzong, and the situation was in critical condition.

"Sir Shangshu?"

Zhang Lingcheng had never received a reply from Liu Daxia and asked nervously.

Liu Daxia came to his senses and closed Chen Xi's military newspaper, saying: "This matter must not be taken lightly. Chen Xi is brave and resourceful. The previous official letters from the court showed that he had expected the Tatars to attack the border south. If this happened as he expected, there might be danger around the capital."

"This can explain why Chen Xi was stagnant in Juyongguan, perhaps because he was guarding against the situation behind the Tatars surrounding me!"

When Zhang Lingcheng heard this, he felt relieved.

Zhang Lingcheng has no other benefits, and it is very good to be moderate. Although he is not cowardly, he is cautious by nature. Seeing that what Chen Xi said makes sense, he is worried that this will happen.

Now Liu Daxia agrees with his point of view, which means that even if there is really a problem in the rear, Zhang Lingcheng doesn’t have to bear too much responsibility.

After Liu Daxia said this, he suddenly regretted it. At this time, what he thought was: "There is some truth from Chen Xi, but the news blockade of the Tatars cannot be so tight. No information has been heard in Datong Town and Taiyuan Town yet... On the contrary, the enemy situation around Ningxia Town is more accurate. If I stay in Yulin Cangcheng and don't enter, wouldn't I become a timid person?"

"This is necessary to find the exact news about Xuanfu Town in the rear. It is not possible to do it for ten days and half a month. Could it be that it has been staying in Yansui Town during this period?"

Just as Liu Daxia was hesitating, a sudden messenger came in at the door and reported: "Sir, the latest battle report of Ningxia defender has been heard!"

"Report!" Liu Daxia shouted.

"yes."

The messenger took out a battle report filled with bamboo tubes, opened it, and read, "The Huamachi, a rear guard in Ningxia, was captured on September 24, and the northern enemy soldiers were about 30,000. In addition, Poplar Fort was attacked and Anding Fort fell..."

A series of war reports were all about the news that some key passes around Ningxia Town were besieged and lost. The bad news came too fiercely, and the specific numbers of the Tatars were described in detail. There were more than 30,000 troops at one time, and various miscellaneous soldiers. Liu Daxia estimated in his mind that these soldiers and horses together had at least 60,000 to 70,000, even more than the Tatar soldiers he encountered in Yulin Guard, and even more fiercely.

The messenger read out the end and submitted the battle report to Liu Daxia.

Liu Daxia took it in his hand and looked carefully. Then he went to the large three-sided map to compare these narrow geographical locations in detail. Although the Ming Dynasty had certain limitations in map compilation, the general direction and distance could still be calculated. Liu Daxia felt the seriousness of the problem.

Liu Daxia said sternly: "It is urgent and we cannot think about it anymore. Once the Ningxia guards are lost, the Ningxia guards will be hit by a generation. Ningxia Town is in danger. If the troops do not advance at this time, it may cause the city blocks to be damaged. People in the three sides must advance west immediately!"

Zhang Lingcheng hesitated and asked, "That Lord Shangshu, Xuanfu and Shen Junmen..."

Liu Daxia said cautiously: "The main Tatar force is indeed in Ningxia Town now. Even if Taurus cavalry appear around Xuanfu, it must be a small bandit. Ignore it. The most important thing now is to ensure the safety of Ningxia Guards. The main task of our army is to advance west quickly and regain Ningxia Guards!"

Zhang Lingcheng was speechless about Liu Daxia's repeated changes in military use. He actually would rather believe what Shen Xi said, because if it were him, he would also think that the Tatars' entry into Xuanfu would have a higher income than attacking Ningxia Town.

The Tatars attacked Ningxia Town as if they were very clumsy. They put the Xuanfu in the Jiubian granary on the Ming Dynasty and were not attacked, but they were aimed at the barren and remote Ningxia Town. How angry were the Tatars at the fortresses on the three sides of the Ming Dynasty? They had to fight and conquer them all to dissolve them in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts?

But this was Liu Daxia's military order, which made Zhang Lingcheng unable to argue. As the general officer, he must not contradict Liu Daxia, and he also lacked appropriate helpers to convince Liu Daxia to consider Shen Xi's suggestions.

"Does Lord Shangshu think twice before acting?" Zhang Lingcheng finally said in a tentative tone.

Liu Daxia was upset and unwilling to accept the successive failures of the Northwest Battle. At this time, he learned that the existence of the Tatar "main force" could not miss this opportunity to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty?

Liu Daxia said: "The order of this official is the last military order. General Zhang just passes this official military order to the three armies, and no one can violate it!"

Since serving in the army, Zhang Lingcheng has long been accustomed to listening to such unreasonable military orders.

Civil officials always say whatever they say. They don’t have military affairs. After reading a few military books, they can tell why they are good at showing off their power in the army. They only have one word to their disobedient subordinates: get rid of them and get quicker. So Zhang Lingcheng dared not show any dissatisfaction and said respectfully: "Abide by the order!"

Afterwards, Zhang Lingcheng put away his doubts and complaints, and left the government office to arrange a marching towards the Ningxia rear guard.

After Zhang Lingcheng left, Liu Daxia looked at Shen Xi's battle situation and was full of worry, fearing that what Shen Xi mentioned would be confirmed and that the capital would be in danger.
Chapter completed!