Yunliu and Xier waited until dawn the next day. They thought they could go out of the city and return to Beijing to report to Yu Niang, but they never thought that before they could walk out of the official office gate, Li Pin came to visit again.

Li Pin was full of anxiety and asked the two to sit down at the back hall of the official post. He immediately took out a letter and said, "This is a letter sent by Lord Shen to Juyongguan last night to ask for troops to be transferred. The two of you are the ones who are in charge of asking for instructions!"

Seeing this situation, Yunliu couldn't help but become cautious. He picked up the letter and saw that it was not a formal order for the Ministry of War to transfer troops, but a order written by Chen Xi himself.

In the name of the Governor of Yansui, Chen Xi asked Li Pin to dispatch two thousand troops to Tumu Fortress, and at the same time brought a batch of weapons and combat supplies to the site.

As the governor of Yansui, Chen Xi had no authority to mobilize the soldiers and horses around Juyongguan, but in the sequence of generals in the Northwest war arranged by the court, the three-sided governor was the top leader, which was no longer a matter of simply adjusting the three-sided sides. As the Minister of War, Liu Daxia could mobilize the entire Beiguan defense line.

As for Liu Daxia's nominal deputy, he was not Governor Xuanda, but Governor Yansui. According to common sense, Liu Daxia was in charge of military dispatch, while Chen Xi was responsible for food and grass and logistics supply, so Chen Xi was the second person to lead the Northwest War.

Now Shen Xi and Liu Daxia are in the east and the other are in the west. The two of them are carrying their own troops and horses, and they cannot form a response to each other, so they are already fighting each other.

Chen Xi mobilized Juyongguan's troops to support as the governor of Yansui. From Li Pin's perspective, he could have three choices.

The first choice is also the most common choice, that is, non-compliance, because Chen Xi does not have the power to directly dispatch the troops of Juyongguan. Once unpredictable things happen after the dispatch, Li Pin will also bear certain responsibilities;

The second choice is to follow.

After all, Chen Xi was a second-rank civil servant in the court, and was also the "deputy commander" in the war in the northwest. The "deputy commander" dispatched troops on the grounds that Xuanfu was in danger, and it was not the time to take the time for the Longqing guards. Chen Xi's move was reasonable. If Li Pin refused to accept it and something happened, Li Pin still needed to take responsibility;

The third choice is the safest but also the most cowardly, that is, asking the court for instructions, but it takes a few days to go back and forth, and it is very easy to miss the fighter, which leads to the overall collapse of the frontline situation, but the advantage is that you basically don’t have to be responsible.

Judging from Li Pin's always cautiousness, he would rather choose the third option, which was to ask the court for instructions, but he was a little undecided. In addition to wasting time when sending a letter back to the capital, the court would also feel that he was stupid and incompetent, so he came to ask the envoy sent by the Dongchang. In any case, in Li Pin's opinion, as long as someone could take the blame.

After reading the command to transfer troops, Yunliu looked nervous because Chen Xi did not mention more details of the war.

Why Chen Xi only mobilized troops without explaining the current situation? Not only did Li Pin not understand, but even Yun Liu could not figure it out. Yun Liu could only think that the battle situation in Xuanfu had deteriorated to a certain extent, which made Chen Xi feel that there was no need to tell the specific situation, or Chen Xi himself was not clear, and it turned out that the court still knew nothing about the changes in Xuanfu.

The real reason is that Chen Xi did not want to write it, but Chen Xi was afraid that after he could write down the current situation, Li Pin refused to send troops to help. No matter who knows that the current situation of Tumu Fort will not send troops to rescue him. What is the most obvious thing is that with the loss of Zhangjiakou Fort, Xuanfu is about to be destroyed, and Tumu Fort has lost its previous strategic support role.

As long as Juyong Pass and Zijing Pass are stable, Tumubao can be given up.

Chen Xi believed that even if Zhu Youcheng knew his situation, he would choose to ignore him.

Yunliu was a little nervous: "Is General Li ready to comply with Lord Shen's order?"

Li Pin's face was full of embarrassment. He looked at Yunliu, then looked at Xier, and shook his head slightly, "It is better to report this matter to the court as soon as possible. Lord Shen did not explain the matter in Xuanfu in detail. If I rashly send troops to aid, it may cause Juyongguan to fall into trouble..."

Xier whispered: "You are greedy for life and fear death!"

Although Xier's voice was very small, she couldn't hide things in her heart, and this was inevitably heard by Li Pin and Yun Liu. Li Pin did not care about her. After all, this was from the East Factory. Although Li Pin felt that these two men were a little sissy, she did not think that they were actually women and just thought that they were eunuchs in the palace.

It is normal for a man to look sissy without such words. Because of this, Li Pin dared not offend Yun Liu and Xier.

If it were a man with a strong spirit, Li Pin would not have accepted it so easily, mainly because Yun Liu and Xier's sissy voices could not be disguised.

Yunliu quickly took over the conversation: "General Li, the main force of the Xuanfu may have invaded the Northern Invaders. If the troops cannot be sent in time, it will be contrary to Lord Shen's strategic deployment. Can you afford this responsibility afterwards?"

Li Pin frowned: "But what if it's a false name..."

Yun Liu said: "I don't know if this matter is fabricated. I just believe in Lord Shen. As the youngest top scholar in the Ming Dynasty, Lord Shen has become a second-rank chief official in just a few years. Now he is calling for the wind and rain in the court. Your Majesty has a lot of trust... I dare to ask Lord Shen what reason is to joke about his future and destiny and speak falsely?"

"If General Li thinks that Lord Shen is trying to make a mistake in the dispatch of troops, it will be even more impossible. How old is Lord Shen? How dare you ask General Li, Lord Shen is at the point where he can covet the authority of the court?"

Li Pin was about to say that Chen Xi was planning a ill-behaving assumption, but after hearing Yun Liu's analysis, he couldn't help but hesitate.

Yunliu analyzed it well and explained some key points.

Chen Xi is now a celebrity in the court. Everyone knows that Chen Xi's promotion is like a rocket. The Chinese ministers in the court may be full of jealousy and confusion, but the generals in the northwest know exactly what is going on. Chen Xi Guang made military achievements in Yuxi River. In the eyes of many generals, he can be granted the title of marquis, just because this is the Ming Dynasty rather than the Han Dynasty. Many things need to be discussed in terms of seniority rather than merit.

However, in Li Pin's opinion, the promotion of Chen Xi's official position was not the result of the emperor's favor with the treacherous and slanderous. On the contrary, Li Pin admired Chen Xi's ability very much, and the possibility of Chen Xi's false statements was not high.

As for the purpose of Chen Xi's dispatch of troops was to make ill-behavior, the general meaning was that Chen Xi wanted to rebel, and this assumption was even more absurd and unruly.

If Chen Xi's rapid improvement may breed ambition, Li Pin believed it, but it would be unreliable to say that Chen Xi wanted to be the emperor himself. Chen Xi, a 17-year-old boy, was only a great minister, and even if he wanted to be the emperor, the world would not be convinced.

Li Pin had a thorough talk with Chen Xi before, and even wanted to surrender to Chen Xi to obey the order. Now that Shen Xi is in trouble, he wants to use Juyongguan's troops. Li Pin hesitated for a moment. If it weren't for the order issued by Chen Xi, he would not have to hesitate at all, and just refuse to follow the order.

Li Link: "What do you mean by the two of you? Is it going to send troops to help Lord Shen?"

Yun Liu knew that she shouldn't say such words, because according to her identity, she could only investigate some information and was not qualified to point fingers at the generals to make orders to dispatch troops. Even the staff officers and suggestions were a kind of usurpation. But in order to help Chen Xi and to allow herself to accept it for Chen Xi, Yun Liu nodded: "This is exactly what I mean!"

Li Pin breathed a little relieved when he heard this.

He had thought before that he would not care about this matter and let Chen Xi solve it himself, or ask the court to submit it to him and ask the court to issue military orders. After all, the decision was not up to him.

But the problem is that now he really wants to help Chen Xi establish his contributions and gain some money smoothly. Yun Liu and Xier, as envoys sent by the Dongchang, also agree with this view, he is much more confident.

Seeing that Li Pin did not speak for a long time, Yun Liu asked, "Have General Li made a decision?"

After hesitating, Li Pin said: "It is impossible to send troops to the last general. After all, Lord Shen is the governor of Yansui. The war ahead has changed. It is impossible to recruit troops temporarily, but... the last general has no suitable candidate to lead troops. It is inappropriate to send a thousand households to command troops to the aid!"

Li Pin agreed to transfer troops, but did not agree to mobilize the troops of Longqingwei under his command. He planned to combine the troops transferred from Arieskou and Bohai into one thousand households, and then mobilize the inspectors who were transferred from Changping, Huairou, Shunyi and others to gather up to two thousand and send them to Chenxi.

Even if he wanted to curry favor with Chen Xi, he could not ignore his own comfort. Li Pin also knew the importance of Juyongguan in the defense of the capital.

Yunliu said: "General Li just sends people to the frontier to reinforce Lord Shen. We will follow the army and do our best to send troops!"

This is exactly what Li Pin thought.

If these two "eunuchs" in the East Factory can be allowed to act as military supervisors, then sending troops will be much more legitimate. In fact, Chen Xi is the first to dispatch troops. He has to act according to the orders when considering the overall situation, and if there is a problem, he will have nothing to do with him. As for Chen Xi's victory and great contributions, he will naturally have his own share.

"You two are in trouble. As for the letter from the capital, after you have finished writing, you will send someone back to the court!" Li Pin's face was full of a happy smile.

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