Back in the city, Ma Erjin looked at the army behind him, and less than 10,000 people returned to the city, and most of the remaining 50,000 people were annihilated, and many were captured by the Mongols.

From then on, Ma Erjin no longer dared to lead his troops out of the city, so he moved stones and wood in the city, strengthened the city defense, and set up shooting platforms all over the city, installed catapults, etc., to enhance the defense capability. The next day, the Mongol army began to persuade them to surrender.

However, another general in the city, Fifvertun Guri, insisted on resisting the war, and in a fit of rage, he killed the envoys sent by Jochi to persuade him to surrender, and relied on the strong walls and fortifications to close the gates of the city, threatening to fight the Mongols to the end. Despite the advice of his eldest brother Jochi, Chagatai insisted on a strong attack, and he personally led a large army to attack the city.

Because there were no rocks near Yulong Jiechi, Chagatai accepted Borshu's suggestion to use mulberry wood instead of cannon stones, first sawing the trunk of the mulberry tree into wooden blocks, soaking them in water to add weight, and then projecting them out. At the command of Chagatai, the siege began, and the Mongol soldiers shouted loudly and fired projectiles and arrows at the city like hailstones.

Then the Mongol army moved forward to tear down the foundations of the city walls, planted the Mongol banner on the top of the city, and the soldiers climbed up the city to fight the soldiers defending the city. The people of the city also took part in the battle, and they also climbed to the top of the city, using swords, sticks, and bricks, and fought against the Mongol soldiers who climbed up the city, in order to show their will to resist the enemy. From morning to afternoon, with many casualties on both sides, the Mongol army still did not enter the city, but left countless corpses outside the city.

After the defeat returned, the brothers began to quarrel again. Jochi said angrily: "You insisted on the strong attack, what was the result? Not only did you not attack the city, but you also killed and wounded thousands of soldiers, you really failed to steal chickens, but instead lost a handful of rice." ”

Chagatai was also unconvinced, and said: "What is the result of your persistent persuasion to surrender? The lobbyist sent by him was killed by others, but he was scolded instead, which is really a shame." ”

Jochi complained: "You are deliberately going to destroy this Jade Dragon Jie Chicheng, what kind of heart do you have?"

Chagatai said, "How can you win a war if you come to war with selfish motives?"

After listening to the quarrel between the two brothers, the generals were angry and funny, and some people laughed behind their backs: "One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, how can you fight such a quarrel?"

Only Borshu is a veteran who can say a few words to them: "Don't fight anymore, the Great Khan has sent you to attack the city, and you should work together to take the city." Now that seven months have passed, and the Jade Dragon Jiechi has still not been captured by us, once your father Khan is angry and blames him, are you still good-looking?"

Jochi pointed at Chagatai and said, "You see that his motives are not pure, and he can't destroy Yulong Jiechi to the ground at once." ”

Chagatai's personality was originally irritable, and he immediately said angrily: "You say it well, what do you use your fingers? Who is afraid of you? You think you are sorry, but in fact you ...... What are you?"

When Jochi heard this, he was furious and said, "What are you? ”

Chagatai was even more annoyed by this scolding, because the night before, Chagatai had snatched some young women from the surrounding villages and kept them in the camp for his own pleasure, and was discovered by Jochi, who had reprimanded him to his face and asked him to send them to the prisoner camp, but Chagatai did not agree.

At this time, he was very angry when he heard Jochi insult him like this, and he knew that Jochi was most afraid of saying that he was not Genghis Khan's flesh and blood.

Chagatai felt that you were ruthless to me, and I had no choice but to be unrighteous to you, so he scolded loudly: "It doesn't matter if I'm a pervert or a demon, as long as it's not a wild seed or a mongrel, it's fine." ”

When Jochi heard this, he couldn't tolerate it anymore, and immediately reached out to grab Chagatai's collar, and the two immediately scuffled together.

The generals watched around, no one spoke, no one went up to pull them away, only the veteran Borshu walked over, forcibly pulled them away, and persuaded the two: "Since you are brothers, and you are the chief general appointed by the Great Khan, how can you be on the battlefield, in the face of a strong enemy, always noisy, how can we still fight?"

Genghis Khan's comrade-in-arms, who was also a meritorious general of the Mongol Empire, was really a little angry, and he said: "If you continue to make trouble like this, we will automatically withdraw and return to the camp to return to the Great Khan." You forced me to do this, and you brothers will be responsible for all the consequences. ”

In this way, the two sat down separately and did not continue to fight. Borshu saw with his own eyes that the siege had failed, and the army had suffered heavy casualties, and that if he did not report to Genghis Khan in time, he would be suspected of dereliction of duty, so he immediately sent someone to report to the Great Khan: "Yulongjie Chijiu could not be attacked, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, partly because of the discord between Jochi and Chagatai. ”

After Genghis Khan heard these words, he jumped up in anger, stretched out his hand to grab the hat on his head, and threw it on the platform: "Bastard! If you continue to make such a fuss, what kind of war will you fight?"

After scolding, he sat there silently, the sweat on his head flowed down, and after a long time, he said, "Go and call Wokotai!"

Soon Ogedai came, Genghis Khan looked at him and said: "Do you know? Jochi and Chagatai are noisy and noisy outside the city of Yulongjie Chicheng, and they are still fighting, it has been seven months, there is no progress in the siege, the losses of the army are very large, and the corpses of the soldiers are piled up, you go quickly!"

Speaking of which, he looked at this son again and felt that only this third son, Wo Kotai, could be entrusted with a great task and be promising. Thinking of this, Genghis Khan instructed: "After you get there, first reconcile the dispute between the two of them, let them reconcile, and then slowly convince them, I heard that the mood of the army is not good, and discipline is lax, how can you have combat effectiveness? You must be strict with the army, and you must be strict with military regulations." ”

For the sake of prudence, Genghis Khan sent a herald to accompany Ogedei. The herald conveyed the Great Khan's orders to Jochi and Chagatai, and made Ogedei the commander of the whole army, commanding the brothers and the whole army, and commanding the whole army to fight. Known for his resourcefulness, ability and vision, he was gentle with others, especially among brothers, and won the hearts of the people.

Once, when Chagatai told him about Jochi's birth, Ogedai paused for a long time before he slowly said: "When we look at Jochi, we should follow the opinions of our father, Khan, and mother, and we can't rely on emotion. ”

Indeed, he lived up to the trust of his father Khan, and when he came to the army, he was not in a hurry to attack the city, but with a gentle attitude, he mediated between Jochi and Chagatai, and said to the two brothers: "You disregard the feelings of your father Khan, and only want to be angry for a while, quarrel with each other, and cause a very bad influence in the army, and delay the major event of the military aircraft, after my father Khan heard about it, he was so angry that he ......" Speaking of this, Ogedai suddenly stopped, but his eyes were full of tears, crying and crying, and he didn't even say a word.

Jochi and Chagatai immediately stepped forward and asked in unison, "What happened to Father Khan?

The two brothers asked repeatedly, but Wokotai didn't say a word, just cried and choked, and said after a while: "When we were children, the Queen Mother told us many times about the misfortunes of her old man's youth, especially about the suffering experience of her father Khan, these ...... Can't the two brothers forget?"

Wokotai's crying and kind and simple tone deeply touched the two brothers. Jochi and Chagatai couldn't help but bow their heads, feeling remorseful, and seeing that the third brother was still crying, they couldn't help but cry with them, so the three brothers immediately hugged each other and cried very sadly.

Seeing the three brothers like this, Borshu stepped forward and persuaded: "The man doesn't flick if he has tears, the matter has passed, just change it." ”

Wokotai was busy wiping away tears, grabbed the veteran and said: "This general is a witness to the entrepreneurship of our Genghis Khan family. ”

At this point, Ogedai stopped again, looked at the two brothers with begging eyes, and said, "We are no longer young and ignorant naughty children, how can we make my father Khan angry again? ”

Jochi and Chagatai really regretted it, so they said together: "It was our mistake that we regret it now...... It's too late. ”

Borshu comforted the two of them again and said, "It's good to know wrong, it's better to change it, and you have to remember in the future that you can't quarrel like this again." ”

For several days in a row, he talked with his two eldest brothers in a measured and flexible manner, reminisced with them in a gentle and cordial manner, and got along very harmoniously with them. At the same time, Ogedai also adopted a stern attitude to enforce strict discipline in the troops, and seized on a few typical examples of discipline violations that had committed reckless acts and dealt with them in a timely manner, thus reviving morale.

After reconnaissance and analysis, the three brothers and the generals of the whole army decided to adopt the operational policy of combining military attack and disintegration to resume the siege battle.

Beginning the next day, Ogedei, Jochi, and Chagatai led a large Mongol army to the city of Yulongjie Chicheng, and they sent envoys to persuade the people to surrender while circling the city. Jochi again repeated his words to the soldiers and civilians of the city, saying that his father Khan had given the Jade Dragon Jie Chi to himself, and that he wanted the city to remain intact and undamaged, and that he had ordered the protection of the park and suburbs as a sign of his goodwill. After hearing Jochi's admonitions, some in the city advocated surrender.

However, the anti-war faction led by the generals Fifedun Guli and Ma Erjin insisted on fighting the Mongol army to the end, determined to defend Yulong Jiechi to the death. After discussing with Jochi, Chagatai and Ogedei, it was decided to mobilize the officers and men of the whole army to actively prepare siege equipment and seize the time to attack the city.