Hami.

Smoke and dust rose in the distance, and a large group of cavalry galloped in.

"It's really elite!"

Ankh Timur thought so.

"It's finally here!"

Fang Bin said silently, secretly relieved in his heart.

Not long after, the forward cavalry arrived at the city, and not far behind them, a banner embroidered with the word "king" was hunting in the wind.

"Lord Fang, the end will be late, I hope to forgive my sins!"

Wang Zhonghui jumped off the horse and bowed to Fang Bin, Fang Bin hurriedly took two steps forward and took Wang Zhonghui's hand: "General Wang, you are here!" It's good that you're here, and the official will rest assured! ”

"Come, come, come, this official will introduce you!"

"This is His Royal Highness the King of Chungshun......"

"This is ......"

"I've seen Your Highness!"

"Haha, General Wang is very polite! Come, come into the city, the king has set up a banquet in the palace......"

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie Fang!"

......

Wang Zhonghui rode a horse, looking around with some curiosity, and he found that there were many people standing on both sides of the street, constantly waving and cheering, and some of them were holding flags of unknown colors, which made the already narrow streets of Hami City even narrower.

"What's going on, Lord Fang?"

Wang Zhonghui was a little puzzled, and couldn't help but pull the reins lightly and asked in a low voice.

"Alas,"

Hearing Wang Zhonghui's question, Fang Bin sighed slightly, glanced at the loyal Shun Wang Anke Timur and his nephew Totokh beside him, and said in a low voice: "Since General Zhang left, Hami has been shocked several times a day, and people's hearts are unstable, fortunately, you arrived in time today, otherwise Hami will definitely have chaos." ”

"Is it that serious?"

"You'll find out in a moment!"

......

After entering the city, Wang Zhonghui did not go directly to the Zhongshun palace to attend the banquet, but on the grounds of the urgency of the military situation, he first went to Hamiwei to command the yamen to settle down, Anke Timur was very interested, and returned to the palace with his nephew, Wang Zhonghui promised to go to the banquet on time after he was busy.

Ha Miwei commanded the yamen to be located on the east side of the palace, and the commander was the Maha horseman, but at this moment, the yamen was cold, and the number was scarce, only two or three big cats and dogs.

It turned out that after Zhang Fu arrived in Hami, he immediately requisitioned the Yamen of the Hami Guard, and when he left Hami, most of the Hami Guards were requisitioned by him, and the Maha Hemp was also among them.

After Fang Bin's narration, Wang Zhonghui understood the sinister situation in the city.

On October 4, Zhang Fu decided to attack the West Sea and began to recruit the soldiers of the Hami Guards and the grain and grass in the city.

On the morning of October 6, Zhang Fu led his army to the West Sea.

After Zhang Fu left, the affairs of Hami City were under Fang Bin's control, but the power in his hands was very limited, and Zhang Fu only left him 2,000 soldiers, of which 1,000 were Hami Guards.

However, the army in the city was not only Fang Bin's men, but also the guards of the Zhongshun Palace.

The number of guards in the palace of Zhongshun is 600 people, but there are more than 1,000 people in the upper and lower parts of the palace, and the king of Zhongshun has a reputation in the city of Hami.

Speaking from the heart, Fang Bin was very scared.

However, he had to work hard to keep his spirits up, making daily rounds of the city, and at the same time going to the palace to appease the loyal king Ankh Timur.

To tell the truth, Ankh Timur was really not a man of great talent, and the fear of Warat should have penetrated into his bone marrow.

Since Zhang Fu left, Fang Bin could clearly feel the mood changes of Anke Timur, he often went to the city to inspect, and at the same time sent the guards of the palace to the city to inquire about the military situation outside the city, lest he receive the bad news of Zhang Fu's defeat, and he was ready to run away at any time.

So these days, Fang Bin is living like a year, scolding Zhang Fu in private, which has become a habit for him to vent his emotions.

Fortunately, Wang Zhonghui arrived in time.

......

Hami Palace, back house.

Ankh Timur lay on the bed, snoring like thunder.

The eldest concubine Chasuna propped up her arms and looked at her husband with a complicated expression, then sighed slightly, got up and dressed, and walked out of the bedroom.

"Chengge, how are things going?"

"Concubine, it's almost time to investigate! Entering the city today is Wang Zhonghui, the secretary of the Gansu capital of the Ming Kingdom, with a strength of about 5,000 people, neat and well-equipped. ”

"Alas!"

Cha Suna raised her hand and gently pressed her forehead, shook her head and said, "It seems that we don't have a chance!" ”

"Yes! I didn't expect the Ming army to come so quickly! ”

Cha Suna thought for a while and said, "Chengge, you order Qi Muge, let him get rid of Sange and avoid future troubles, and everyone else stops acting and waits for my order!" ”

"Yes, Concubine!"

"Go ahead!"

......

At night, Hamiwei commanded the yamen.

Although he was going to the banquet, Wang Zhonghui didn't drink much, and Fang Bin's words made him very alert, so when he returned to the yamen, he continued to read the recent military records.

"Count thousands of households, what's going on with this military newspaper?"

Hearing Wang Zhonghui's question, Qianhu Ji Yunzhen took the military report and glanced at it, and then said: "These three people, who should be spies in the city, were killed on the spot by the patrol Xiaoqi Xingzhen. ”

"Oh, so where did these spies come from?"

"This, my subordinates don't know!"

"Well, Sange Chito, what do you think?"

Wang Zhonghui frowned and turned to the other Qianhu standing next to him.

"Your Excellency,"

Sanger hesitated for a moment, then arched his hand and said, "My subordinates feel that there must be someone in the city who is colluding with Warat to send the news. ”

"Well, Sanger Chito, you're right, so, who do you think it will be?"

"I ...... I don't know! ”

......

That night, Wang Zhonghui asked people to count similar incidents that had occurred in the last ten days, and found that there were four incidents, a total of 10 people, of which eight were killed and two escaped, but they were not caught.

Seeing this result, Wang Zhonghui was furious and scolded the two of them bloody.

......

Following.

Wang Zhonghui stood at the head of Hami City, looking at the west, and his heart was extremely depressed.

Zhang Fu led an expedition of 20,000 troops, and his life and death were uncertain, but he couldn't help anything, because Zhang Fu didn't leave him a word, he didn't know Zhang Fu's marching route at all, of course, he could also understand that this was for the sake of secrecy, and the situation in Hami was indeed too complicated.

In the morning, Wang Zhonghui had just received the news that Qianhu Sange had been killed in the street, and it was said that he had gone to a tavern to drink after leaving, and then died somehow......

There are two ways to expedition to the West Sea.

One is the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, more than 700 miles to the west, to Huozhou (Turpan), then to the southwest, and then more than 400 miles to reach the West Sea;

The other is to walk the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, along the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert, through Pu, to Luntai, and then cross the Tianshan Mountains to the south, and then walk four or five hundred miles to reach the West Sea.

There are pros and cons to both paths.

The southern road is closer, and the terrain is flat, but it is also the most heavily defended place in Warat, according to intelligence, Warat has 3,000 cavalry in Huozhou, if Zhang Fu takes this line, once there is an accident, then the sneak attack will be in vain.

The north road is farther, the terrain is rugged, and the climate is colder than the south road, of course, the north road also has the advantage, that is, it can be taken by surprise.

In addition, there is another advantage to choosing the North Road, that is, the Wara headquarters sometimes spends the winter around Luntai, which may make Zhang Fu catch the .....

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Pass the order down, increase patrols in the west of the city, and not a single fly will be spared, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

"Yes!"

"Zhang Fu, that's all I can do, I hope you can succeed immediately!"

Wang Zhonghui said secretly.