After entering September, the temperature of the Mobei grassland has dropped significantly, the temperature at night has been close to freezing, and the grassland has been a withered yellow in the far distance at the head of the forest, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, it is a scene of decay, just like the declining Mongol Empire today.

"Alas!" Erbock stood on the wall, looked at his distant son Benjamli, and let out a slight sigh.

"What's wrong? Sweat? Regretted it? ”

Hearing this slightly lazy complaint, Erleboke immediately turned his head, hugged his concubine Hong Gaowa in his arms, gently tapped the other party's Qiong nose, and smiled: "How come? It's good for Benjamin to go out for a while, he has been a little unseemly lately, and even Ben Khan dares to contradict it. ”

In addition, Ugqi's behavior this time was a bit strange, for the sake of a mere pasture for the winter, he sent Eseku to lead the troops, and Ben Khan had to be cautious. In addition, although Tengger is good at fighting, he is short-tempered and impulsive, and it is not good if he gets to meet each other. ”

"The Great Khan is the Great Khan of all Mongolia, will Ugqi still rebel?"

"This shouldn't be enough, now the Warat cavalry is only 50,000, which is not an advantage compared to the Great Khan's headquarters, and Ben Khan can recall the soldiers of the Eastern Crusade at any time, Ugqi He doesn't dare!"

"Then let's go back, I'm kind of missing little Barack."

"Well, well!" Speaking of his youngest son, Erlebek smiled on his face and walked towards the palace with Hong Gaowa in his arms, followed by a group of palace maids and guards.

……

Benjamin galloped like the wind, as if only a forgetful gallop could dispel the resentment in his heart, and the damned woman, since her uncle was captured, threw herself into her father's arms. It didn't take long for his father to snub all the concubines and spoil her alone. And this Hong Gaowa is pampered and arrogant, even the eldest concubine ----- her own mother dare not pay attention to it, she went to her father in anger, but was reprimanded by her father, and then ordered to leave Helin and be responsible for dealing with the grassland dispute with the Warat people......

I don't know how long it took, but the commander of the guard, Zana, finally caught up with Benjamin, grabbed him by the reins, and shouted: "Your Highness the Prince, we are going in the wrong direction, the Great Khan has ordered us to go west, and we are now heading south!" ”

"You have to turn quickly, or you won't be able to find a place to stay at night, it's getting dark!"

"Oh," said Benjamin, looking at the sky, shaking his head, "or let's go back to Horin, and set off again tomorrow." ”

"No, Your Highness, if you go back like this, I'm afraid that someone will slander Your Highness for violating the Great Khan's military orders, and it will be difficult to do!"

"Who dares? I'm the Prince! Who dares to chew the root of the tongue? Benjamin was furious, and swung his whip at Zana.

Zhana was so frightened that he hurriedly rolled off the horse: "Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is angry, and the last general will lose his words!" The last will be lost! ”

After Benjamin whipped a few whips, he came to his senses and saw Zhana, who was open and fleshy, and regretted it a little, but he didn't show it, he just said: "Zhana, your loyalty, this prince will not forget, get up, let's go." ”

As if he hadn't heard, Zhana turned his head to look at the south, his expression changed greatly, and he shouted: "Your Highness, go quickly, it's the Ming army, the Ming army is coming." ”

In fact, there was no need for him to say, everyone saw it, and countless black-armored cavalry appeared on the southern horizon, rushing towards this place like a tide, the sound of neat horses' hooves shook the earth, and the snow-bright sabers shone in the light of the setting sun.

"Jeddah! You take two hundred men to stop the enemy and cover Your Highness, understand? ”

"Yes!"

After sending out the soldiers to stop the attack, Zhana mounted his horse, hugged Benjamin, and shouted: "Your Highness, let's go quickly, they are going to attack Horin, let's go and report the news." ”

"No, Helin only has five thousand Royal Forest Army now, and it's useless for us to go back!" Benjamin shook his head.

"What then?" Zana was a little stunned.

Seeing this, Benjamin shook his head slightly, Zhana was brave and loyal, but he was not resourceful. He pointed his whip at a knight and said, "Sire, you lead your team and rush back to Helin immediately, and report to the Great Khan that the Ming army is coming!" ”

"Yes!"

"Zhana, let's go find Tengger and ask him to return to help Helin quickly!"

"But ......"

Zana wanted to speak, but found that Benjamin had already galloped westward, and had no choice but to lead his troops to follow.

Jeddah's two hundred cavalry did not even stir up a single wave, and they were drowned by the black wave.

The black tide split up hundreds of people to chase down Benjamin, and most of them still went straight to Horin.

"General, there are thirty miles ahead to Helin, we have to speed up, if it's fast, we can arrive before dark!"

"Well, this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I didn't expect Kazulin to be so empty! Soldiers, kill! The commander of the Second Guards Cavalry Corps, Long Kai, shouted: "Kill Helin, capture Elebok!" ”

"Kill Helin, capture Elebak!"

The cheers shook the four fields, and although the cavalry on a long journey was tired, they were extremely excited, and they beat their horses one after another, and rushed to the forest.

A man dressed as a herdsman beside Long Kai was also extremely excited, he was the hundred households of the Intelligence Department stationed in Helin, Su Rige, who was originally a member of a small tribe not far from Helin. Since the second year of Jianwen, the Ming Dynasty allowed merchants to trade with the Mongols, except for iron and tea, which were forbidden to go out of the fortress, there were no other restrictions. The caravan was generally divided into two parts, one departed from Beijing and led to Helin and Bear Lake; The other departs from Suiyuan and heads to Warat. Agents from the Intelligence Division were mixed in with these businessmen, and a number of intelligence agents were gradually developed. This Surig is one of the best, he belongs to a relatively alternative Mongolian, likes to read, especially Han books, horseback riding and archery, etc., these Mongolians' basic life skills are very poor, and they are so poor that they are about to starve to death.

But the arrival of the Han caravan gave him a new opportunity, because he spoke Chinese, so the Han caravan had a natural affinity for him. Slowly, he became an important figure in the tribe's trade, and his quality of life improved greatly. But this made him yearn for the life of the Han people even more, because although his life was good, the eyes of the people around him still looked at him with contempt, and he couldn't pursue the woman he loved, so he was developed by the officials of the Intelligence Department in the caravan and became the hundred households of the Intelligence Department.

For people like Su Rige, the Intelligence Department has developed a lot, which is also an important reason why Xu Huizu's march has been so smooth. In recent years, the Intelligence Department has put a lot of effort into the Mongolian steppe, not only drawing a large number of precise maps, developing many secret agents, but also hiding some supplies on some secret trade routes to facilitate the temporary supply of the army.

and Lin.

The melodious sound of the piano echoed in the main hall, and Hong Gaowa, dressed in a red dance costume, was performing her ancestral dance. Looking at his graceful body, his face as pure as an angel, and his thin lips shining with ruddy luster, Erlebok was full of smiles, and occasionally beat to the beat, as if he was fully engaged in the song and dance of his beloved woman; The concubine beside her looked at all this and was furious, this witch, she would destroy the Mongol Empire sooner or later!

At this moment, a terrible sound of trumpets woke up the men and women in the main hall, and the music and dancing stopped. Before Elberk could react, a figure rushed in with the guards and shouted, "Great Khan, the Ming army is coming!" ”

Yes! In the main hall, the pianists and dancers scattered like birds and beasts, and they all ran and fled in a mess, and even Hong Gaowa was stunned and at a loss.

"Kill them all!" Elebak was furious.

The guards rose in response, their knives fell, three times and five divided by two, and the violinist and dancer screamed one after another, falling in a pool of blood.

But Erlebok didn't seem to hear it, his eagle-like eyes stared at the general who broke in, and said sharply: "Attartai, what the hell is going on? How could the Ming army suddenly come here? How many people came? ”

"There are at least tens of thousands of people in the black press, and they have already surrounded Helin City."

"What?"

Elberk was shocked: "Hurry up, Ben Khan wants to go to the city to have a look!" ”

"Yes!"

Erlebok glanced at Hong Gaowa deeply, then glanced back at the concubine, signaled slightly, and the concubine also nodded slightly.

Alta led the way, and Erlebak hurried out of the main hall, and immediately heard thunderous explosions on all sides, followed by thunderous horses' hooves and shouts of killing at the western, southern, and northern gates

Helin is a small city, built with hard clods of earth, with a circumference of no more than four kilometers, a height of less than two feet, and a moat outside the city that has not been repaired for many years. Therefore, after the arrival of the Ming army, they immediately launched a siege.

The special operations battalion attacked the city gate and the city wall at the same time, and some of the men rushed under the city gate and blew it open with explosives packs; Some of them attacked the defenders at the head of the city with grenades, and at the same time climbed the city with specially climbed iron ropes in hand-to-hand combat.

However, the efficiency of the explosives package is higher, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the west gate, the south gate, and the north gate were broken one after another, and there were some problems with the lead of the explosives package in the northeast, which led to a failure, which made Xu Zengshou, who was in charge of the siege of the east gate, furious, and ordered the special operations battalion to explode quickly, otherwise the military law would be engaged!

Listening to the shouts of several other city gates, Xu Zengshou was afraid that he would not get the credit, so he couldn't help but feel anxious, like an ant on a hot pot, he couldn't help but scold, provoking everyone next to him to look sideways and hide far away.

But at this moment, Xu Zengshou suddenly shouted: "The city gate is open, quickly, quickly, kill it, you can't let anyone go!" As he spoke, he was about to rush up with a single knife, but the guard next to him was frightened and hurriedly grabbed him: "General, you command here, let's go up, let's go up!" ”

It was Erleboke and his subordinates who broke through from the east gate, and after finding that the city was broken, Erlebok couldn't take care of anything, and immediately led people to break through from the east gate, but he bumped into Xu Zengshou, who was ready to go.

The Mongol army is the elite of thousands of choices, desperate to survive, and extremely brave; The Ming army went on an expedition of thousands of miles, and victory was just around the corner, shaking up their spirits and fighting to the death with the Mongol army.

However, fighting in a small area at the city gate, the Mongol army was no match at all, and the Ming army was more than superior to them in armor, weapons, and battle formations. The special operations battalions that came back to their senses threw grenades at the Mongols' battle formation, and in the explosion of "boom, boom, boom", the Mongol army quickly collapsed, abandoned their swords and surrendered, and almost no one escaped, and Elberk was no exception.

After hearing that Erleboke was captured, Xu Zengshou was overjoyed, Shi Shiran walked up to Erleboke, looked carefully at Erleboke with a blue face for a while, and then let out a burst of irrepressible laughter......