Chapter 721: Prelude to the Counteroffensive

Keyimen, the aftermath of the war mixed with dry sand wafted in the air.

The corpses of the soldiers stretched from halfway up the hill to the flat beach by the riverbed. The occasional wail of the dying rang out in the silence of the battlefield, but as time passed, the sound slowly fell silent.

"Are these Mongolian barbarians so cruel to their own people?" , Turgan stood on the side wall of the Kyi Gate, looked at the Mongolian military camp in the distance, and said loudly.

Since the military confrontation between Meng Yuan and Yuan in Keyimun, the two sides have been back and forth and have fought more than a dozen battles. Among them, there were eight battles of more than 10,000 people. Originally, there was a small town outside the Keyi Gate that was congregated for commerce, but now there is not even a single log to be found.

Because the Yuan army was on the defensive side, the losses of the Yuan army were much lighter than those of the Mongol army.

But this is only relative, and now in the closed city, two camps and nine camps have been built to house the wounded.

On the side of the Mongolian army, although there is no exact information about their losses, looking at the corpses scattered all over the battlefield, it is definitely several times that of the Yuan army.

But they didn't have any wounded!

Because the wounded are waiting to die on the battlefield.

Such a ruthless method of handling made the soldiers of the Yuan army inevitably feel compassion.

"The Mongols are all beasts! And these dead people are not all Mongols. Jirasiyi pointed to a corpse under the city that was not even wearing armor. The other party has a unique Han bun, which is obviously the surrender of the Jin State.

In fact, in the last few major wars, almost all of the people who fought against the Yuan army were Mongol surrenders. The real Mongols were all in the rear.

From this, the purpose of the Mongols seems to be coming out.

"This is a tired tactic!" , Zhou Yanhan walked to Turgan's side and said. Because of Tuergan's recommendation, Zhou Yanhan successfully became a member of the Yuan army. It is also now that the Gansu Army has suffered battle losses, and the conditions for recruiting soldiers will be relaxed.

Otherwise, Zhou Yanhan would not have joined the army so smoothly.

At this time, the big bull who had just walked over from another beacon tower shook his head and said, "No, these thieves are too strange. ”。

"Strange?" , Gilass said suspiciously.

"You're not pretending, are you?" , some soldiers doubted.

"The war is important, don't talk nonsense." , Turgan reminded in a somewhat serious tone.

Da Niu usually likes to rely on his age, and always brags that he has eaten more salt than they have eaten. So as to make a look of knowing everything.

But most of them are actually just pretending to be thirteen.

"Hey! I really didn't pretend this time. You think, if the thief is a tired man, he will only make a noise. But they really put human lives on the line. And after fighting so many times, our Yuan army did almost fall into their way. But the thief has been shrinking his head like a turtle, letting the new annex do it. ”。

This sounds like it's reasonable.

But if you think about it, you can't think of a reason.

"Could it be that the thieves want to borrow our hands to wipe out the new annexed army?" , Zhou Yanhan said suspiciously.

"Impossible!"

"Yes! If they wanted to kill, they should have done it a long time ago, so why wait until now. ”,

The soldiers said, but most of them did not believe.

So, what is the real intention of the Mongolian army?

Not only are Turgan people speculating, but the top brass of the Yuan army is also thinking about this issue.

In the military fort, Li Chengye and his generals were analyzing the recent abnormal behavior of the Mongolian army.

Suddenly, a signal corpsman came to report that the National Security Division had received an urgent secret report from the headquarters.

"Something won't go wrong in the capital, right?" , The generals present chuckled in their hearts and couldn't help but speculate. Now that the war in the east is tightening, if something goes wrong in the capital, it will affect the morale of the army.

Li Chengye was also a little apprehensive in his heart, but with many years of understanding of Li Chengji. With Malu in charge, there shouldn't be any big mess.

Under the gaze of everyone, he solemnly opened the secret report.

"How?" ,

"It's going to be fine, right?" , Seeing that Li Chengye didn't speak for a while, everyone talked about it.

"Hahaha······ Good thing! What a great thing! Li Chengye suddenly slapped the table heavily, and said with great joy: "There will be no general attack of the Mongolian army!" There will be no general attack. ”。

In the past few days, the Mongolian army has always refused to press all its strength. Therefore, the Yuan army is worried about when the Mongolian army will launch a general offensive.

As a result, in the past few days, the slightest movement of the Mongolian army, the Yuan army had to go all out. Such a passive situation of constant vigilance made the Yuan army very passive.

"According to the news from the National Security Division, the high-level officials of the Mongolian army are all addicted to the drugs of Shenxian San. Their general attack is gone! Li Chengye saw that everyone was still Mo Min's wonder, and explained while asking people to pass the secret report to see.

"The National Security Department has said so, so it is very likely that this matter is true."

"That's great! has been blocked by thieves in Guancheng for so long, and he can finally go out and kill happily. Because the Mongol army is the best at tricks to lure the enemy, the Yuan army has always been cautious. Mainly defensive, basically do not go out to face the battle.

Anyway, the Yuan army is not in a hurry! The grain and grass seized from the Xia State were also enough for the Yuan army to support for a long time.

However, the Mongolian army, this time to attack the Xia Kingdom, prepared in a hurry. In terms of grain and grass, there is definitely not much reserve of the Yuan army.

So the Yuan army has time to spend in Keyimen!

But tactically it's one thing, and it's another thing in the military's mind.

Staying in the castle all the time can easily undermine morale. In particular, the style of the Yuan army on the battlefield has always held the concept of 'offense is the best defense'.

Now relying on the city wall to avoid the battle with the Mongolian army, the soldiers can be suffocated.

Li Chengye also knew that everyone was eager to make meritorious contributions, so he didn't pretend to be profound: "Let's go down and prepare!" Tonight, let the thief know how powerful Da Yuan is!".

"Dayuan is mighty!"

"Dayuan will win!" , the generals shouted in unison, and the heart of killing the enemy was high.

While he was talking, another soldier entered the tent and said. The Mongol army sent an envoy to negotiate peace with Dayuan.

In fact, when the Mongol army first entered the Xia Kingdom, Dayuan sent an envoy to contact the Mongol army.

It's just that at that time, Dayuan was reluctant to have more branches, so when the peace talks were made, it was inevitable that he would be in a weak position. The Mongolian army deliberately dragged it out, and there was no way to talk about peace talks.

Later, as the Mongol army failed to attack several times, Dayuan's attitude gradually hardened. However, from the conditions of peace talks that Dayuan hoped for, the Mongolian army was still reluctant to accept it.

Until today, it is the ninth time that the Mongolian army has sent an envoy here.

"If it's still the same as before, let him go back!" , Li Chengye was impatient.

"The envoy said they accepted our terms." , said the messenger.

"Huh?" , Li Chengye had some meaning, and then understood it again. He did not stop and agreed to meet with the Mongolian envoy. At the same time, I also took this opportunity to explore the reality of the Mongolian army.

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