When the two eunuchs walked away, Chen Xi shook his head, picked up the telescope again and looked carefully in the distance. He found that there was no movement in the Tatar camp, so he sent someone to call Liu Xu to give it a brief explanation, and then got off the high platform and went back to the camp behind... He knew that even if the Tatars wanted to launch the next wave of offensive, they needed to prepare first and would not take action rashly.

Chen Xi walked and thought: "It is natural to win the first battle. The idea of ​​using thick shields and iron armor to resist hot weapons is wrong. The Tatars are best at raids. It seems that they will adopt this old method in the next step!"

Back at the camp, Chen Xi walked into the central army's tent. Before he could sit down, someone lifted the curtain and walked in.

"grown ups!"

Ma Ang came to Chenxi and bowed, "I have sent someone to check it out. Some of the wooden boats on the river have not been burned. They can be used after being fished out and repaired. They can be repaired about four or five boats. If we cooperate with the sheepskin rafts in our army, we can transport one or two hundred people across the river at a time..."

Chen Xi's face turned dark and frowned and asked, "Isn't this just winning a battle? Why do you always want to escape? Tell me, can these small boats transport our artillery and ammunition across the river? If the soldiers do not have a handy firearm and face the assault of the Tartar cavalry, can they save their lives even if they cross the river?"

"Besides, those who crossed the river were safe for a while, but what should the people who stayed behind the palace do? Should they let them be slaughtered by the Tartars? Go and explain the matter to the generals of the army and let them put all their thoughts on resisting the Tartars! As long as we win two or three more battles, the Tatars will admit defeat and withdraw their troops, and reinforcements will be sent in the city to help! At that time, the troops were not better than running away in shame now?"

"Yes, sir!" Ma Ang took the order and left.

Chen Xi was about to sit down and check the information accumulated during the previous command of the war, when Tang Yin walked into the central army tent, looking leisurely.

As soon as Tang Yin arrived, he asked anxiously: "Shangshu Chen, I heard that the burned ships at the ferry can be repaired and carried officers and soldiers across the river. I wonder if this is the case?"

Chen Xi said with a stern face: "Brother Bohu, where did you hear these miserable rumors? I now tell you clearly that there are several boats that have been repaired but cannot satisfy the whole army crossing the river. Now everyone can only focus on their efforts and hurt the Tartars in front of them to have a way out! If Brother Bohu has nothing to do, he can help supervise the fourth and fifth lines of defense!"

Tang Yin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I know nothing about civil engineering. I originally planned to give advice in front of Shen Shangshu, but you... don't seem to have to make any suggestions at all. I'm completely unnecessary in the camp! I'm here to ask Mr. Chen. You said you would send someone back to Yulin Weicheng to invite reinforcements. This is the matter..."

Chen Xi waved his hand: "Let's discuss it later!"

Tang Yin suddenly seemed mysterious and leaned forward and asked in a low voice: "Does Lord Shen know some news in the pass?"

"I don't know."

Chen Xi looked at Tang Yin, who was serious and asked, "Do you know Brother Bo Hu?"

Tang Yin smiled and said, "You really want to tell me right. I happen to know a little... But Yulin Cialis said it was the manager of the trilateral general, but now it seems that this Governor Wang obeys the arrangements of Mr. Xie in everything! Originally, it was natural that Mr. Xie sent reinforcements to the aid, but it seems that Mr. Xie had a certain prejudice against Mr. Chen, so he refused to send troops!"

Chen Xi frowned and asked, "Where do you know these things?"

"Don't worry about this Shangshu Chen, just say I'm right?" Tang Yin seemed unfathomable and asked with a mysterious look on his face.

Chen Xi probably understood that Tang Yin did not hear anything, but had figured out some tricks and deliberately came to test it.

Chen Xi said angrily: "The war in front of me is already overwhelming. How can I still think about who supports the troops in Yulin Cang City and who does not support it? Brother Bohu, if you really care about these things, I will find an opportunity to return to Yulin Cang City and go to the Three-Border General Office to ask, what do you think?"

Tang Yin smiled awkwardly, and then he realized that playing cleverness in front of Shen Xi was simply boring.

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Until dusk, there was no movement in the Tatar army.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty camp was in an orderly manner. The officers and soldiers who had been sleeping in the tent for almost a day were transferred to the front line after a full meal, entered the trenches in batches, and were equipped with war. Other troops and civilians retreated to rest. Generally speaking, the officers and soldiers of the army were full of energy and confident to face the bloody test.

In order to prevent the Tatars from stealing the camp, Chen Xi ordered the frontline officers and soldiers to build more than 20 fires within a mile in front of the position. As long as the Tatars launch a night attack, these fires will be ignited.

A mile in front of the fire, Chenxi sent more than a dozen scouts to dig a shallow pit under the thick shields and armor piles discarded by the Tatars. People hid in and then spread thatch as a disguise.

These scouts could not sleep all night. As long as they found traces of Tartars, they would immediately pull the leads of several nearby landmines and remind Ming officers and soldiers to ignite bonfires to prevent the Tatars from using the night to protect them from approaching.

Before dawn, these scouts will retreat, and they will not be able to move from beginning to end to avoid being discovered by the Tartars.

Seeing that the sun had set below the horizon, Batumonk still had not summoned the generals to meet, as if he had forgotten what he had said that the second battle would be held that day.

Turuborot arrived at the Khan tent and saw Batumonk studying the map. He couldn't help but walk over and ask: "Father Khan, the people outside are anxious to wait. They want to know what the next plan is and how to fight the next battle!"

Batumonk turned around and looked at his eldest son. Turuborot could clearly see the blood in his father's eyes, and he immediately realized that Dayankhan was also experiencing inner suffering at this time.

Batumonk sighed and asked in an uncertain tone: "Turu, do you really think that being a father should persist and you must get rid of Chen Xi to train?"

Tuluborot said: "Father Khan, I don't think there is any reason to withdraw troops! It is rare to create the current situation. Chen Xi's troops have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground. The Ming army in the pass has also given up their rescue. Does Father Khan want to give up halfway?"

When Tuluborot finished saying this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful, after all, he was openly questioning his father.

But Batumonk did not blame his son, shook his head and said, "For my father, I think that many people had fought with Chen Xi before, including the once arrogant Yisimayin and Yibula, but what was their final result? You also fought with Chen Xi. How much advantage do you think you can get in his hands? How much chance of winning this battle is there?"

Tuluborot said: "If the two sides fight evenly, we will indeed not be able to beat him, but now we have an absolute advantage. If we just withdraw our troops like this, what will be the face of the Golden Family? How can Genghis Khan's descendants rule the grassland in the future?"

"Um!"

Batumonk nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but I feel a little uneasy in my father. After all, after years of war, there are only so many elite soldiers that can gather in front of me. If you ruin too many here, it will still be unfavorable to the rule of the Khan tribe."

"But since you said that, then I will decide to fight to the end. If you pay a huge price to capture Chen Xi alive and make him my subordinate... Why worry that the Khan tribe cannot enter the Central Plains?"

"Father Khan, you will not be kind to the enemy, right? How could Chen Xi join the command of Father Khan?" Tuluborot asked in shock.

Batumonk said: "It is up to people. If we want to enter the Central Plains, accepting Chen Xi to surrender is definitely the best choice... I want to persuade him to surrender for my father!"

Tuluborot's eyes were wide open, and he obviously could not understand his father's decision... Even though he had put himself in his shoes, he still felt that Batumonk's thinking was too wild and difficult to succeed.

But when Awulu appeared in front of Tuluborot, he understood what his father was going to do.

A Wulu looked extremely stubborn in her expression. She stood in front of the two most powerful figures on the grassland, without any intention of bowing her head and giving in. She lifted her proud head, and even contained contempt for Batumonk and his son.

"Why did Father Khan bring Zhao envoy here?" Turuborot asked in surprise.

Batumonk said: "She is no longer a Zhaoshi, at most... she is a poor and homeless person, but no matter what, she was a woman for her father and a mother of your younger brother!"

Tuluborot looked at Awulu, and from the perspective of the heir of the grassland, once Batumonk died, the heir would inherit all Batumonk's property, including women who were not Tulu's immediate relatives. This is also the reason why Awulu maintained a arrogant attitude in front of Batumonk's father and son, because her fate was always controlled by the two men in front of her.

A Wulu asked, "Does Khan want me to go to the Ming Dynasty camp to see Chen Xi and persuade him to surrender?"

When Awulu said this, Tuluborot looked unwilling and obviously did not want this woman to go to the Ming army camp, so he directly expressed his own opinion: "Father Khan, this woman is cunning and has betrayed you, why did you still want her to serve on an envoy? Wouldn't this give her a chance to betray you again?"

Batumonk seemed very arrogant: "Even if she wanted to do this, she had to have the courage to do it! Can she become a success by betraying me by betraying me? Don't forget that her child, that is, my son, your younger brother, is in our camp... Does she want her son to be a slave?"

Tuluborot did not question again, while Awulu seemed very angry: "Khan, are you threatening me with your son's future?"

Batumonk said: "You grew up on the land of the Ming Dynasty. You should know that Confucianism emphasizes the importance of high and low. Children born to the untouchables in the Central Plains cannot have the same status as their masters, even if their father is the master. Your situation is similar to them. You are just a female slave I caught!"

A Wulu was full of anger, but he tried his best to suppress his anger and did not attack in the sweat tent.

Batumonk said: "Turu, you send someone to send the letter to the Ming army formation with a hard crossbow and tell Chen Xi that I will send an envoy to visit later, and then you will send someone to send her to the Ming army camp!"

"Father Khan..."

Tuluborot obviously did not want to accept this job. He was always full of doubts about Awulu and did not agree with Batumonk sending this woman full of thorns to the Ming Dynasty camp. He felt that using means such as bribery and wining were not enough to promote the surrender of Chen Xi.

But when Batumonk didn't care about his feelings, he looked at him coldly and turned around and left. Only then did Tuluborot realize that he was not qualified to challenge his father's dignity. Finally, he glared at Awulu and shouted: "What are you still here to do? Come with me!"

Awulu snorted lightly, took a step forward, and walked in front of Tuluborot.

As the heir of the Khan tribe, Turuborot would not hand over his back to this woman, because he was afraid that the other party would be unfavorable to him... The person this woman hated the most was him, because this woman almost went crazy if she wanted her son to be the heir to the grassland. Otherwise, she would not have betrayed Dayan Khan before and chose to cooperate with Yisimayin.

"You'd better be honest, otherwise I'll kill you!" After walking out of the door, Tuluborot made a harsh speech and threatened Awulu, but Awulu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

In Awulu's mind, the only one who can truly be called an opponent is Batumonk. He will not take a fledgling prince in her eyes. Moreover, in her mind, the weak Tuluborot will not last long. Whether it is death from illness or other ways of death, he will die in the end, otherwise her son would not be able to inherit the Khan throne.

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At sunset, news about the Yuxi River battlefield finally reached Yulin Acropolis, Yansui Town.

In the three-sided general yamen, Xie Qian and Wang Qiong were together, waiting anxiously, but they had not received any news from the front line for a long time, which made Xie Qian anxious and came to the window many times to look forward to it.

When Hou Xun personally brought the battle report on the front line of Yuxi River, Xie Qian could not wait to ask about the situation than Wang Qiong.

"Two lords, judging from the information we have obtained so far, the Tartars used an iron armor formation to attack Lord Shen's positions, but in the end they returned in vain!" Hou Xun said.

"call!"

When Xie Qian heard the news, he sighed deeply.

Just after noon, he heard the rumbling of cannons on the north bank of Yuxi River. It was obvious that the war had officially begun, but the results of the war had not been heard, because as the war began, the Tatar cavalry outside the pass increased their disturbances against the border, and the scouts could not get close to Yuxi River through the tight blocking net built by the Tatars.

Wang Qiong asked: "What is the specific result of the battle? The Tatars have just retreated temporarily, or have they withdrawn their troops?"

Hou Xun said: "No more news has been heard, but judging from the current situation, the Tatars have not continued to advance, but have not withdrawn!"

Wang Qiong frowned, obviously worried about the difficulty of obtaining information. He turned to Xie Qian, who was thinking about it, and said, "Gei Xie, don't worry too much. It seems that our Ming army has won temporarily in this war!"

Xie Qian shook his head: "I only said that the Tatars returned without success, but I don't know what the specific casualties between the two sides are. Now I can't send someone to ask about the situation... It's getting dark. Should I use the night to send someone to pass on the imperial edict to the camp in Chenxi on the north bank of the Yuxi River?"

Wang Qiong was very embarrassed and asked with a bitter face: "Gei Master Xie, since he won the first battle, is it necessary to pass on the imperial order? If Shangshu Chen left alone, the troops who lost command of the dragon without a leader would likely be devastated by the destiny of the entire army!"

Xie Qian asked with a stern face: "Since it is your entrusted mandate, I can do everything according to the sacred edict... Besides, this is your duty, isn't it?"

During his words, Xie Qian was very disgusted with Wang Qiong's doubts. His meaning was to obey his arrangements, rather than to act according to the imperial edict.

Wang Qiong did not argue with Xie Qian and said to Hou Xun: "Deputy General Hou, you should send someone to spy on the front line immediately. Even if you lose too much manpower, you cannot even know the specific results of the front line as you are now. You will find someone to pass the imperial orders to the military camp on the north bank of the Yuxi River!"

"Yes, sir!" Hou Xun received the order and retreated, but he was not in a hurry to leave, and he had to wait for Wang Qiong to leave the room and give him instructions alone.

After Hou Xun left the main hall, Wang Qiong said to Xie Qian: "Gei Ge Lao, now the first battle of the Shen Shangshu branch has won. In fact, Yansui Town has the conditions to send troops to help, and the Tatars will also shrink their defense late at night. Our army really doesn't have to worry about defense so much... Taking advantage of the night to cover, we can lead the beach on the south bank of the Yuxi River first to create conditions for the Shen Shangshu to withdraw his troops!"

"Um!?"

Xie Qian looked at Wang Qiong in surprise, as if wondering why Wang Qiong questioned his decision.

Wang Qiong refused to give in: "The Tatars had only a few thousand soldiers on the south bank of Yuxi River. If they sent a large number of soldiers out of the frontier, they would not know the facts of our side in the night. The people deployed by the Tatars on the south bank of Yuxi River were threatened and could only choose to retreat. If the Tatars on the north bank had to cross the river, they had to pass through the upstream. In this way, we would have enough time to occupy the favorable terrain on the south bank, and then send people to Zhamupai and mount floating bridges to welcome the troops to cross the river!"
Chapter completed!