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By the time Barth rode his horse back to the Mongol camp of the allied army, it was already three o'clock in the evening.

After autumn, the days are short and the nights are long, and it is getting dark at this time, but the offensive and defensive battles outside Jiezhou City still have no signs of stopping, and the sound of tragic fighting from the direction of Jiezhou City can be heard from a distance.

Balth was not surprised.

During this period of time, the Mongol coalition army has always attacked the city at dawn and the stars and moon will rise into the sky before withdrawing troops.

At this time, the Mongolian camp was full of oppressive and tragic atmosphere, full of wounded soldiers and corpses, screams and screams in each camp were endless, and the rich smell of blood and herbs mixed together made people's stomach juice surge.

Obviously, during this time, the strong attack on Jiezhou City, regardless of casualties, caused the Mongol coalition army to suffer heavy casualties!

But Balth didn't care about the miserable situation of his comrades in the past at this time, and only wanted to report the news to Bargan as soon as possible.

After galloping all the way to the tent, Balth shouted to several guards outside the tent, "Lord Bagan is here?" I have an urgent military intelligence report to Lord Bagan! ”

Seeing Balth's urgent appearance, several guards outside the tent did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly explained: "Lord Bagen did not stay in the camp today, and is now personally supervising the army outside Jiezhou City......

"Damn! Lost time! I should have known that I should have gone directly to the outside of Jiezhou City to find Lord Bagan to report! ”

After scolding, without waiting for the guards outside the tent to finish speaking, Bals turned his horse's head again and rode his horse in the direction of Jiezhou City again!

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At this time, it was the most fierce time of the battle in Jiezhou City, in the drums and horns, the sound of fighting, shouting, and screaming were endless, the sky was full of stones and crossbow arrows, and the dense rain of arrows was overwhelming like locusts crossing the border, and teams of Mongolian warriors rushed towards Jiezhou City, and the soldiers of the two armies on the city wall and the cloud ladder continued to fall, and the battlefield was full of corpses......

At this time, Bagen sat on his horse, watching the battle situation in Jiezhou City from afar, his eyes flashed with a fierce light like a wolf, and his body exuded a strong murderous aura, which made several Mongolian coalition leaders around him a little frightened.

As the commander of the Mongolian coalition army, Bagen knew very well in his heart that after losing the Zhenning Acropolis, the Mongolian coalition army had fallen into passivity, not only did there have problems with logistics and grass, but the morale of the army was also greatly shaken! If the city of Jiezhou cannot be broken as soon as possible, the morale of the Mongol coalition army will be exhausted, and the grain and grass will not last long, and if the Han army can spy on the flaws and attack in groups, the nearly 60,000 Mongolian soldiers who invaded the territory of the Han people this time may be greatly injured, or even annihilated!

But Bagen deserves to be one of the best generals in the Dzungar Khanate, and under such a crisis, not only did he not retreat timidly, but on the contrary, he stimulated a ruthlessness in his heart!

During this period of time, Bagan personally commanded the main force of the Mongol coalition army to storm the city of Jiezhou, sparing no effort and regardless of casualties, almost day and night, like madness!

Three days earlier, because the servant army of the Kazakh tribe had left some strength to attack the city, Bagen had personally killed the Kazakh leader Abai. Haidar, and also buried alive more than 60 Kazakh leaders, completely ignoring the pleas of the leaders of the Mongol coalition!

After seeing Bagan's firm determination, the tribal armies within the Mongol coalition army did not dare to have the idea of preserving their strength, even Sigmu, who had always had a bad deal with Bagan, was also frightened and easily did not dare to disobey Bagan's orders!

It has to be said that Bagan's determination has paid off.

Under the fierce offensive of the Mongol coalition army, the defenders of Jiezhou City are naturally under great pressure, the military strength is getting weaker and weaker, the casualties are getting heavier day by day, and the morale and fighting spirit are gradually declining.

At this time, looking at the offensive and defensive battles of Jiezhou City from afar, Bagen was keenly aware that the resistance of the defenders of Jiezhou City was gradually showing signs of weakening - in fact, most of the defenders of Jiezhou City were reinforcements from the forbidden army, and their fighting spirit was originally insufficient, and now under the crazy offensive of the Mongolian coalition army wave after wave, it may collapse at any time!

Of course, the war had reached this point, and the situation of the Mongol coalition was not much better.

As far as Bagen knows, at present, the armies of all ethnic groups have killed more than 3,000 people, and more than 4,000 soldiers have been wounded, plus the casualties on the Acropolis of Zhenning, the strength of the Mongol coalition army has been lost by nearly 30%!

Such casualties are not disastrous, but if they can finally break through Jiezhou City, no matter how heavy the casualties are, they will be worth it.

Bagen firmly believes that according to the current trend, Jiezhou City will definitely not last too long! As long as the Mongol coalition army is given another ten days, the city of Jiezhou will fall!

Of course, the premise of all this is that the city of Jiezhou is isolated, and the Han army in Shaanxi and Gansu is still standing by as before!

"Just because of the city of Jiezhou in front of them, the Mongolian warriors suffered such heavy casualties...... When the city is broken, I will order a bloody sweep of Jiezhou City and slaughter all the Han people in Jiezhou City! …… By the way, there is He Zhang! If it weren't for his sneak attack on the Acropolis of Zhenning, I wouldn't have fallen into today's passivity, and I don't know if Gugan had broken through the Acropolis of Zhenning now! After I catch He Zhang, I must also cut him with a thousand knives to vent the hatred in my heart! ”

Bargan gritted his teeth and thought to himself.

And at this time, someone suddenly rode a horse to Bagan's side and reported: "Lord Bagen, Tanma Balth has returned, saying that there is an urgent military intelligence report!" ”

After hearing the report, a bad premonition suddenly rose in Bagan's heart, and he said with a solemn expression: "Balth? Balth, who was in charge of the scouts to the east? Could it be that the Han army has moved? Let him come to me! ”

Moments later, Balth hurried to Bargan's side.

All the way here, Bals was already exhausted, but he still didn't dare to delay, turned over and knelt in front of Bagen, and said urgently: "Lord Bagen, something is wrong!" Seventy miles east of Jiezhou City, a large-scale Han army suddenly appeared, and the villain roughly estimated that there were at least thirty or fifty thousand people, and now this Han army is rushing in the direction of the Zhenning Acropolis! ”

As Balth's words fell, not only the faces of several leaders of the Mongolian coalition beside Bagen changed drastically, but even Bagan, who had always had a tough and ruthless personality, suddenly turned pale!

The reason why the Mongol coalition forces stormed the city of Jiezhou in such a desperate attempt and regardless of casualties was because they were convinced that the Han border armies everywhere did not dare to move, and now that a large-scale Han army suddenly joined the war, everyone knew what it meant!

This means that the Mongol coalition forces may not have a chance to break through Jiezhou City! The heavy casualties of the storming of Jiezhou City in the past few days are probably going to be wasted!

Losing troops, returning empty-handed, etc., is still the best situation! If this Han army cut off the retreat of the Mongol coalition army, maybe most of the Mongol coalition army will not be able to return to the steppe safely!

Without waiting for Bagen to speak, Siegmu preemptively confirmed to Balth: "Is there really as many as 350,000 people? Are you sure? ”

Balth hurriedly replied: "The Han army is huge and quite vigilant, and the villain does not dare to get too close, but after estimating the number of their military flags and the smoke and dust of the cavalry, there will be no mistake!" This Han army also has at least 30,000 horses, including 10,000 cavalry! ”

"No way! If the Han Chinese had dispatched so many men, how could I have not received any news at all! Thirty or fifty thousand horses, it must be the Guyuan military town poured out, maybe there is also the support of the Yulin military town and the Huamachi camp, the Han people will never have such courage and determination! What's more, the Han border army has always lacked war horses, and the four major military towns on the three sides of Shaanxi and Gansu are united, and the number of cavalry is only about 20,000 or 30,000, even if all the cavalry of Guyuan Military Town, Yulin Military Town and Huamachi Camp are combined, it is impossible to dispatch 10,000 cavalry in one go! No way! No way! ”

On the other side, Wang Quan retorted loudly with a pale face!

Wang Quan has always been responsible for exploring the movements of the Han army in Shaanxi and Gansu for Bagen, and now a large-scale Han army suddenly appeared, but Wang Quan did not realize it at all, this can be described as the most serious dereliction of duty, which will inevitably attract Bagen's anger and punishment, Wang Quan naturally dare not admit it!

However, what Wang Quan didn't expect at all was that Bagen's anger and punishment were far more serious than he imagined!

After hearing Wang Quan's rebuttal, Bagen turned his head to look at Wang Quan, his eyes were full of gloom, and said in a cold voice: "Mr. Wang Quan, didn't you always swear to me before, can you detect the movements of the Han army in various places in time?" He also repeatedly guaranteed that the main force of the Han people's border army would never dare to interfere in the war in Jiezhou City, why is it that now not only the Han army suddenly appeared, but you were completely unaware of the news? …… Mr. Wang Quan, you must have deliberately designed all this, right? ”

After seeing Bagen's attitude, Wang Quan's face became more and more pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lord Bagen, villains have always been loyal to you!" These days, the villain has been serving the Mongolian coalition wholeheartedly, offering advice and dedication...... You, can't you doubt me! ”

Wang Quan originally thought that even if he didn't detect the movements of the main force of the Han border army in time, Bagen thought that he was not doing well at most, but he didn't expect that Bagen directly doubted his position and loyalty!

Before that, Bagen had always trusted Wang Quan, and he was simply regarded as a confidant! And Wang Quan has always been complacent because of this, believing that he has become one of the core figures of the Mongol coalition army, and he will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the Dzungar Khanate in the future, and even gradually forget his Han identity!

But now, just because of an omission, Bagan's attitude has changed drastically, and without any hesitation at all, he pointed his suspicion at Wang Quan!

As the saying goes, "those who are not of my race will have different hearts", but Wang Quan forgot that no matter how loyal he was to Bagen, after all, he was born in Han, and after all, he was separated from Bagen! Bargan's trust in him is like a castle on the beach, no matter how large and exquisite, it can't withstand a gentle wave.

This is the fate of the vast majority of traitors in the world!

After hearing Wang Quan's explanation, the coldness in Bagen's eyes did not melt, and he just said: "Don't blame me, Mr. Bagen, the current situation is not good, I don't want any more accidents!" Someone is coming, put Wang Quan down and interrogate him severely! In addition, all the Han troops from Wang Ying down to the army were also imprisoned! ”

As Bagen's words fell, several Mongolian warriors suddenly came to Wang Quan, Wang Ying and others and were about to escort them away.

Seeing this situation, Wang Ying's face was bitter, but he didn't resist, but Wang Quan shouted repeatedly: "Lord Bagen! I'm faithful to you! I'm faithful to you! You can't doubt me! You can't doubt me! ”

However, where would the Mongol warriors heed Wang Quan's cries?

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