Li Sanlang used the Mongolian language he had just learned to command his cavalry troops: "Hurry up, let them hurry up!" ”

The people living in the Hami Oasis, regardless of race or tribe, were forcibly relocated.

Of the eight cities of Hami, only Hami King City, Lamu City and Kunmo City remained, and the remaining five cities could be directly abandoned. All the people were moved to these five cities, and the imperial court provided food and improvised weapons to defend the cities.

The military rations brought from Guannai finally arrived, and they were jointly transported by the three Jin merchants.

They transported grain to Hami, and they could obtain salt from Wang Yuan, which was the "open system" practiced by the Ming Dynasty.

Some merchants directly sold the grain produced directly to the troops in the frontier tuntian, and at the same time they could also obtain salt introduction, which was the combination of Shangtun and Kaizhong.

Unfortunately, with political corruption, both the Kaizhong system and the Shangtun system gradually declined.

The decline of the Kaizhong system stems from the chaos caused by salt, and you only need to bribe the powerful to take salt to lead, so why bother to transport grain? The decline of the merchant system stemmed from the fact that the nobles and civil officials controlled the right to collect military rations, which led to merchants selling grain near the frontier at a loss.

In order to get military rations this time, Wang Yuan directly used the tea and horse trade rights in the Western Regions as bait to attract Jin merchants to come to Kaizhong. As long as they brought the grain, those Jin merchants could not only obtain salt introductions, but also obtain the qualifications for the tea and horse trade in the Western Regions for the next few years.

After half a year, the military rations were finally sent to Hami by the Jin merchants!

"General, some people don't want to leave their homes." A Mongol cavalryman came to report it.

Zhang Zigao sneered: "Since you don't want to leave, let's kill it." ”

Li Ying exclaimed: "These are our own people!" ”

Zhang Zigao shook his head and said: "If they don't move into the city, they will definitely be taken captive by Turpan, and then become coolies and siege troops sent to death." General Li will not kill them now, but will kill them in a few days while defending the city. ”

Li Sanlang was silent, carefully weighed the gains and losses, and then ordered: "Ci is not in charge of the army, it can only be like this." The people who did not want to move into the city were all killed, and not a single one was left! ”

Under the urging of the butcher's knife, the relocation efficiency was rapidly improved.

Li Ying led Wang Yuan's disciples, as well as the firecrackers who rushed to Hami, as well as the original Hami defenders, who were ordered to garrison the Hami royal city.

Zhu Ying commanded 500 Mongolian miscellaneous cavalry, gathered the people to defend the city, and was ordered to garrison Lamu City.

Zhang Wei commanded 500 Mongolian miscellaneous cavalry, gathered the people to defend the city, and was ordered to garrison Kunmo City.

Due to the repeated raids in Turpan, the population of the eight cities of Hami and its surroundings has decreased sharply, and all of them have been moved to the three cities, which are not crowded at all.

A section of the collapsed wall of Lamu City has also been simply repaired to prevent the Turpan soldiers from rushing in.

When Man Su'er led more than 12,000 horsemen to Hami, his heart suddenly became cold!

Whether it is pasture or farmland, it is all deserted. In particular, some of the farmland has already been planted with wheat, and some of it is only half-planted, and it is left there untended.

Grab a fart, you can only dig the sprouted wheat seedlings from the ground!

Man Su'er continued to march and finally came to a city, only to come back and report: "Sutan, the city is empty, and not a grain of grain has been found." The enemy has also blocked the qanats, and if we want to get water, we must first repair the qanats. ”

Full Speed was depressed, and continued to advance with his troops.

It was still desolate, not even a ghost shadow could be seen, and there was an empty city in front of me.

Man Su'er was about to go crazy, so he could only order: "Tonight, in the army city, repair the karez here first!" ”

After tossing for four days, the Turpan army finally came to the outside of Lamu City.

This city, much larger than Chiting City, was established by Yihe Duwei in the Han Dynasty and was managed by Yiwu Sima, whose main responsibilities were tuntian, horse breeding, and warfare.

The walls were not high, made of sand, but they were unattainable for a pure cavalry unit.

What to do?

Full speed is big.

He used to fight in Hami, and in order to ensure the speed of the march, he did not bring any foot soldiers. Directly plunder the local herdsmen and farmers, use these people as cannon fodder, and make improvised siege equipment.

If the city is well defended, then simply go around the city and continue to plunder.

But Wang Yuan didn't play cards according to the routine, and in April and May, regardless of production activities, he actually played a strong wall Qingye.

Looking at the dense defenders on the city wall, although they were all civilians with improvised weapons, Man Su'er still didn't have any confidence that he could take it.

"Sutan, do you want to go back to Turpan and bring foot soldiers to attack the city?" The Horse Sticker suggested.

"Ma Tie" is "Mu Tiyi", which means "obedient". The "Ma Heima" that was beheaded by Wang Yuan before should actually be translated as "Muhammad", and you will know what the name is when you hear it.

Man Su'er shook his head and said, "Go directly to Hami King City!" ”

The foot soldiers of Turpan are not strong, they are all young and strong who are left of the cavalry. Let them defend the city is barely enough, pull it out and attack the city and catch it blind, and the number is too small to consume during the siege.

Another rush, full speed to Hami City. After only a brief observation, he ran around the city to the east, he didn't believe that the seven guards of Kansai were all strong and clear!

It turned out that Wang Yuan was more ruthless than Man Su'er imagined.

The people of Handong Zuowei and Shazhouwei have all withdrawn into Shazhou City, and Man Su'er also can't find any opportunity.

The reason why Wang Yuan's order to clear the field was able to be implemented smoothly was thanks to the brutality of Turpan over the years. They used to play robbery, but they almost wiped out Qu Xianwei, Andingwei was not far from extermination, and the population of the rest of the guards also decreased sharply.

Most of the young and strong of these tribes were dragged by Wang Yuan to fight, and the remaining old, weak, sick and disabled people had no ability to resist, so they were naturally easily taken into the city to avoid the military disaster.

When the battle came to this point, it was no longer that Wang Yuan was worried that the Mongolian tribes under his command would not cooperate.

It was the Mongol tribes under his command, who were worried that Wang Yuan would leave with the army. If Wang Yuan hadn't gathered an army, the Seven Guards of Kansai would have turned into a plate of loose sand again, and Man Su'er had been completely enraged, so wait for Man Su'er's crazy revenge at that time!

Just like the various departments in Turpan, they were forced to unite around Man Su'er.

The Mongolian tribes in the land of Kansai were also forced to follow Wang Yuan, and whoever gave up halfway would be wiped out.

What to do?

Full Speed didn't want to continue east, and there must be a clear field over there.

The walls of the sandbar are not high, and the defenders are only two or three thousand, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. Full Speed gave an order in anger: "Make a ladder and dismount to attack the city!" ”

There were no tall trees near the sandbar, and the only ones had been cut down in advance.

Man Su'er couldn't even make siege equipment, so he could only let the soldiers carry the earth and boulders and transport them to the city to form a slope.

Only a few young men defended the city, leading old men, women, and children to throw stones, wood, and gold juice at the bottom of the city. These tribes had limited supplies, and all the iron arrows were taken away by the cavalry, and the old and weak women and children could only shoot bone arrows sporadically.

It took two days and nearly a thousand casualties to pay, and at full speed, he finally rushed to the low sandbar wall.

There was not much money to be grabbed at all, and there was only a little grain left in the city, and the number of livestock was a little considerable. Such a shabby trophy, but it was exchanged for the lives of nearly a thousand elite cavalrymen, and Man Su'er's heart was dripping blood!

Man Su'er didn't dare to play the massacre, but took two thousand old and weak women and children to attack the nearby Guazhou City as cannon fodder.

The city of Guazhou was shorter, with fewer defenders and less booty.

After capturing Shazhou and Guazhou, Man Suer did not dare to continue eastward. Because according to the report of Tanma, the Han army in Suzhou City is likely to have moved to Chijin Fort, and there are also the old, weak, sick and disabled of Han Dongwei and Chijin Wei to cooperate in defending the city.

What's even more terrifying is that the cavalry led by Wang Yuan did not show up from beginning to end.

In case Full Speed Er led the troops to attack too deep and was flanked by the front and rear outside Chijin Fort, then wait for the whole army to be annihilated.

Escorting nearly 3,000 old and weak women and children, full speed re-entered the city of Hami.

These innocent people, who served as cannon fodder, were forced to attack the city with a scimitar, and suddenly knelt down collectively halfway through.

"Raise the hot air balloon!"

At the sound of Li Sanlang's order, two hot air balloons rose from the city wall and were tied there with ropes to serve as lookouts.

"Allah is above!"

The cavalry under the command of Full Speed dismounted one after another and bowed down towards the two hot air balloons.

Full Speed anxiously shouted: "That's not Allah, that's Setani (the devil), it's Ibris (the devil)!" ”

The devil defends the city, and it is not easy to attack.

Shouted at full speed, the cavalry no longer bowed, but they did not dare to attack the city again.

Man Su'er gritted his teeth and said, "Kill the old man and take the women, children and livestock back to Turpan!" ”

The Turpan cavalry was just outside the city of Hami, raised their butcher knives at the unarmed, and then retreated with a small amount of booty.

From the moment the enemy was spotted in the clear field, the marching speed of Full Speed was very slow. He even deliberately exposed his flaws to lure Wang Yuan's cavalry to attack, as long as he ate Wang Yuan's thousands of cavalry, the entire land of Guanxi would be left to him, and all cities in Guanxi would even take the initiative to surrender.

But from beginning to end, Wang Yuan's cavalry never appeared. This made Man Su'er feel like a punch on the cotton, and the grievance in his heart was so angry that he wanted to hit the wall.

During the retreat, Man Su'er also marched slowly, looking forward to Wang Yuan leading troops to fight him, whether it was an ambush or a night attack, it was acceptable, as long as he could fight with him with real swords and guns.

Hell yes, there's not a single enemy to be found in the wilderness!

Li Ying stood on the city wall of Hami, watched the Turpan army retreat westward, and muttered to himself: "I only hope that if Brother Xuxu can succeed, otherwise the land of Guanxi will be wasted." ”

It is easy to say that it is hard to clear the wilderness, but in essence, it is a huge harm to one's own side.

If it weren't for Turpan's looting and slaughtering of the Seven Guards of Guanxi several times, there would not be much population left, and Wang Yuan would not have been able to clear the wilderness at all. Even so, this year's production activities were almost over, and Wang Yuan promised that the Ming court would send relief food.

What the hell the court's finances were, the Mongols in the Western Regions didn't know, but Wang Yuan himself knew.

There is definitely relief food, but it can't feed the Kansai Seven Guards.

Wang Yuan could only loot Turpan, empty the treasury of the nobles, and buy grain from the merchants of the Ming Dynasty with the goods!