Chapter 837: Siege
Rushing in the middle of the night, even if Mo Xiaobao was worried about Ye Qing's safety, he also knew the truth that if he wanted to hurry, he would not be able to reach it, so he had to order the five thousand people behind him who had not rested all night to rest in place after the sky lit up and the fish belly was white.
The 5,000 soldiers composed of the Flower Planter Army and the Tatars have now improved their combat effectiveness again after a period of disrupted, reorganized, and running-in.
The army of the flower family and the Tatars can not only cooperate seamlessly, but also be able to compete with each other on the battlefield to kill the enemy, especially in the attack camp last night, the five thousand people under the command of Mo Xiaobao can be described as like wolves and tigers, although they only participated in the attack on the camp for less than an hour, but the lethality and destructive power they brought to the Khorezmian camp can be described as huge, and even became the soldiers scattered and fleeing in the Khorezmian camp, the most unwilling to face a group of people.
But even so, people are flesh and blood after all, and they need to rest and replenish, not to mention that after a night of rushing and running, Mo Xiaobao didn't want to take the lead in alarming the defenders of Keman City before getting in touch with Ye Qing.
Without Ye Qing's order to him, and without the Zhong silkworm who fought with him on the grassland back then, Mo Xiaobao now has to learn how to lead five thousand people to fight alone, and it is precisely because of this that Mo Xiaobao has to frown tightly at this moment.
Not only is he worried about Ye Qing's safety, but he is imagining how Ye Qing in front of Keman City will act, whether he will guess that he will come to help, and more importantly, now Mo Xiaobao must be responsible for the five thousand people behind him alone and for the victory of this battle.
Mo Xiaobao sat in the center alone, surrounded by several old Beiwei soldiers, with less than an hour to go from Keman City, how should they approach Keman City, how should they respond to and find Ye Qing and Mu Huali after approaching, and then how should they face the pursuit of the defenders of Keman City, be able to retreat safely and orderly, and then be able to turn the passivity of retreat into an active one, and form an effective containment and confrontation situation with the pursuing army.
On the road leading to Keman City, a large number of scouts have been scattered by Mo Xiaobao, and it can even be said that Mo Xiaobao is now desperate, and all the scouts have been scattered by him, just to answer Ye Qing this time.
The first rays of sunlight rose, and after a short rest, Mo Xiaobao took the lead and got on horseback, slowed down his march and continued in the direction of Keman City.
The defeated army of the few Khorezmians that Zhong Silkworm deliberately let go last night was also under their surveillance, and once they entered Keman City, Mo Xiaobao would also get the news as soon as possible.
At this time, Ye Qing and Mu Huali, like devout believers, put on the new white robe they bought yesterday, and they also had a white headscarf wrapped around their heads, in addition to making themselves more like a qualified pious disciple, naturally they were also in order not to completely expose their faces that were different from those around them.
The mechanics followed the tide of believers through the streets, getting closer and closer to the place where the Zoroastrian sun god had stayed yesterday, but even so, they were not sure that they would have the opportunity to approach the sun god again today, as they had in the city of Ifah.
As the sun gradually rose, the slight coolness of the early morning was replaced by a heat wave, especially among the crowd in white robes.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden commotion at the gate of the city, and what followed was like a whirlwind, sweeping in the direction of Ye Qing and the others, and the entire city instantly faintly exuded a faint smell of blood.
I saw about seven or eight Khorezm soldiers, covered in blood and untidy armor, rushing towards the white crowd.
Although he didn't know what he was shouting, after passing through the city gate, he sped up and sped towards the center of the city.
Ye Qing and Mu Huali, who were about to follow the crowd into the place where the sun god was staying, had already faintly felt the commotion and uneasiness coming from behind them at this time, and looked back from time to time, but what they could see now was still a white head, and they couldn't see what was happening in the distance.
"Let's go in first." Ye Qing whispered to Mu Huali.
Then, unlike the other believers, they either stopped and looked behind them, or they began to move towards both sides of the street, while Ye Qing and Mu Huali took this opportunity to start squeezing forward quickly.
The guards in front had already begun to evacuate the crowd, and the believers who had time to enter in the future were also blocked by the guards outside the gate at this time, and were not allowed to enter again, but Ye Qing and Mu Huali took advantage of the temporary chaos of the crowd and squeezed into the gate from the guards.
Almost as soon as they squeezed through the gate, the white crowd behind them had already begun to hide in unison, making way for the sound of horses' hooves behind them.
Ye Qing and Mu Huali turned around to look, only to see that not far from the guards in front, in the passage that was let out, the three cavalry were rushing in their direction without slowing down.
Mu Huali and Ye Qing glanced at each other, looking at the cavalry gradually approaching them in the distance, the blood on that body, and the aura of defeat on their bodies that only experts can smell, they could already guess that the camp of the Khorezm people happened to be attacked by Temujin last night.
"Great Khan, they succeeded." Mu Huali said in a low voice, while Ye Qing next to him had already turned his gaze to the building behind him.
Ignoring Mu Huali's whispers, when both the believers outside the gate and inside the gate stopped to look at the seven or eight horsemen who were in front of them, Ye Qing and Mu Huali moved forward abruptly again.
Everyone's eyes were attracted by the sudden situation in front of them, even the guards at the gate had to raise the spear and shield in their hands at this time, and the bow and crossbow in their hands, just in case they stopped the panicked seven or eight iron horsemen.
I don't understand what they're saying, but you don't have to think about it to guess that it must be related to the war on the other side of the camp.
"How...... What to do? Mu Huali asked with some frustration.
They hadn't found the location of the sun god Fars yet, if the situation became more chaotic, or if Fars immediately led troops to rescue their camp, he and Ye Qing would have no chance to get close to Fars.
"Rest easy." Compared to Mu Huali's frustration, Ye Qing was a little excited at this time, he believed that as long as the defeat of these remnants would bring back not the news of victory, but the news of defeat, then they would definitely have a chance to get close to Fars.
And even if you can't get close to Fars, then the words of the defeated generals and guards in front of you, as well as the uneasiness of the crowd at this moment, can find a suitable opportunity.
Although they couldn't understand the words between the guards and the remnants of the defeated army, the bare eyes of the believers in front of them and behind them, the anger, incredulity, disbelief, and the exclamations that followed, were enough to explain something.
The two of them talked in a whisper, only to see the two remnants of the defeated soldiers pointed at the guard, and then dragged the tired pace to follow the guard inside.
Ye Qing and Mu Huali immediately squeezed forward in the crowd, although no one made a passage for them, but when the crowd made way for the guards and the soldiers who reported the news, there would still be some commotion.
When they finally squeezed to the door that could enter the room in front of them, the spear in the hand of the guard at the door stopped the two of them without hesitation, and they could only watch the other guards and soldiers hurriedly enter the room.
The scouts replied to the news one by one, and almost all the surroundings of Keman City had been searched by the scouts scattered by Mo Xiaobao, except for the two groups of Liao merchants, Ye Qing and Mu Huali were not found.
For a while, Mo Xiaobao was a little undecided, whether he should expand the scope of his search, or the reality that he was most unwilling to face, that is, Ye Qing and Mu Huali did not take the opportunity to go out of the city to join them, but still stayed in Keman City, ready to wait for the opportunity.
Biting the dry dead skin on his lip, Mo Xiaobao, who was a little undecided, looked at the faint city on the horizon in the distance with worry, he didn't know if it would be able to bring some help to Ye Qing if he attacked the city in front of him with five thousand people, but he was sure that once he led five thousand people to attack the city, then it was very likely that Ye Qing would be completely in trouble.
If they can't break in, Ye Qing and Mu Huali will be really dangerous, and only God knows if they can live or not.
But if he didn't attack the city and didn't attack, he couldn't guess for a while what Ye Qing and Mu Huali, who should be in Keman City at the moment, what their purpose was.
"It can't be that you really want to assassinate that so-called god and the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, my lord, such a plan is too crazy." Mo Xiaobao looked at the brown city in the distance, and muttered to himself.
The war horse was spinning around in place restlessly, just like Mo Xiaobao at this moment, not knowing which direction to go.
"The more I think about it, the more chaotic it becomes, I think, it's better to cut through the mess quickly, and forget it all the way to the end. Although Temujin did not order us to attack the city, he did not forbid us to attack the city, but only let us join Lord Ye. So at this moment, it seems that Lord Ye is in that city, and if he doesn't attack the city, how can we meet with Lord Ye? An old back-to-back soldier walked up to Mo Xiaobao and said.
Mo Xiaobao's gaze gradually shifted from the old Beiwei Jun's body to the long wooden box on horseback, which was the rifle that Ye Qing left him for safekeeping, and now looking at it, it made Mo Xiaobao hesitate a little.
Now that the soldiers are in the city, he is not afraid of how many of the five thousand people behind him will be injured and killed, as long as he can let Lord Ye join them intact and be able to completely get out of Keman City, even if it is the price of everyone's death, they will not lose this battle, it will be worth it.
It's just that he wasn't sure if he acted like this, whether he would drag Ye Qing down and make Ye Qing fall into a more passive situation.
"When the judgment is constantly against the chaos, order...... Break the city! Mo Xiaobao hatefully spit out the grass bitten in his mouth to the ground, slapped the long wooden box with one hand and said: "There is no need to hide the traces anymore, withdraw all the scouts, and start the siege after a stick of incense." ”