Before Dibaonu went west, he carried out large-scale destruction of Helin City, and there was not a single building in the city, and the once prosperous Huihui District basically became a ruin, and the palace where the Great Khan lived in the past was burned, leaving only the ruins that stood still.

In addition, the defense system of the city was almost completely destroyed, the four city gates were all destroyed, the high-rise buildings on the city were demolished, and the four city walls were also opened more than ten openings, the wide ones were five zhang away, and the narrow ones could also accommodate a single person to pass, and the other degrees of damage were even more innumerable.

When Ping'an led his army to Horin, he was at a loss in the face of the devastated Helin City, because most of his subordinates were combatants, lacked engineering and construction personnel, and lacked sufficient materials to build the city.

After thinking about it for a while, Ping'an decided to only carry out simple repairs to Helin City, plugging the gap, and most of his energy was focused on dividing the grassland and pacifying the tribe.

This was fiercely opposed by the overseer Tie Hyun, but unfortunately the opposition was ineffective.

Of course, Ping'an did not ignore Helin Cheng, and he issued an order to the rear to solve the problem in the second batch of large-scale supplies - requiring sufficient engineering personnel and building materials.

It's a pity that the plan can't catch up with the changes, and in order to fight the Chiktu, Ping An had to lead the army to the expedition and handed over the mess to Geng Xuan.

......

Geng Xuan arrived in Helin in early May, after he had supervised the construction of Bell City in Hulunbuir.

After taking over Helin, Geng Xuan immediately issued a new order, prohibiting the Mongols from entering the city of Helin, prohibiting the Mongol guards from leaving their pastures, and prohibiting them from trading in the market east of Helin City, which was fiercely opposed by the Mongols.

Eventually, Geng Xuan promised to send merchants to their pastures on a regular basis to trade, which barely quelled the dispute.

But since then, there have been some rumors circulating in the grasslands, and there are all kinds of things.

For example, some say that the safe expedition took away a large number of troops and resources, and the troops in the city of Helin were insufficient, and the materials were also very scarce, and they were unable to suppress the Mongol tribes, so they had to prohibit the Mongols from approaching - afraid of the Mongols.

Others say that the city has a mountain of supplies, everything, but they are all regarded as private property by Geng Xuan, the brother-in-law of the Ming Emperor, and now, every supply of the Ming army has to be purchased with money, and it is said that the Ming army in the city is as skinny as wood, and the horses are also starving to death, so they can't go out of the city to patrol - because they don't have this ability.

Others say that Geng Xuan is not only incompetent, but also jealous and jealous, just because of his arrival, he squeezed out General Ping'an, although General Ping'an is good at fighting, but belongs to foreign ministers, and does not dare to confront Geng Xuan, and finally had to part ways with Geng Xuan and lead the army west......

In short, there is everything to say.

Of course, these things are not all nonsense, and some corroboration can be found.

First of all, Geng Xuan rarely came forward, except for the leaders of the guards, almost no one had seen his true face, but it was the supervisor Tie Xuan who came forward to resolve disputes many times, which also verified the rumors of Geng Xuan's incompetence and cunning to some extent; Secondly, since Geng Xuan took power, the Ming army out of the city immediately became much less, even if the Ming army occasionally went out of the city, the Mongols were surprised to find that these Ming troops were much shorter and thinner than their peaceful subordinates, and their military discipline was very poor. In the end, the Ming army in the city seems to be building a large number of buildings, and it is said that it is to build a palace for Geng Xuan, the concubine, of course, this matter itself is also a rumor.

......

"Kuangyi, what's going on?"

Geng Xuan put down the binoculars in his hand, frowned, and looked back at Kuang Yi.

"It's-"

Kuang Yi hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "The last general will follow the general's order, and he will not dare to relax for a moment. ”

"The first half of the night was normal, but it rained a little harder."

"In the second half of the night, the rain began to slowly become lighter, and it basically stopped falling now!"

"But just before a stick of incense, countless torches suddenly appeared outside the city, accompanied by the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing, the last general did not dare to autobiography, and immediately reported to the general!"

"Oh,"

Geng Xuan, who was originally in his chest, was also a little nervous, and things were a little unexpected.

The torches outside the city, roughly estimated to be more than fifty thousand, how could there be so many people in the Chiktu?

No, there can't be so many people in the Chiktu!

Geng Xuan shook his head.

But how to explain the torch?

"What do you think? General Kuang? ”

Geng Xuan was silent for a while, then turned his head and asked.

"—the last general thought,"

Kuang Yi was also a little uncertain: "The last general thinks that this is probably a bluff by the Mongols, in order to deter our army from leaving the city!" ”

Deterring our army from leaving the city?

Geng Xuan thought for a moment, then looked at the sky, and said, "No, the Mongols made such a big formation just to prevent our army from leaving the city?" ”

"No, even in the worst-case scenario, it is impossible for our army to leave the city, and now that the enemy situation is unknown, General Ben will not let his sons take risks."

"Then—the last general doesn't understand!"

Kuang Yi thought about it and shook his head.

"No matter what, strengthen your vigilance, don't attack, and wait until dawn!"

"Yes!"

Geng Xuan thought about it for a long time, but didn't understand the enemy's intentions, so he simply didn't want to, and then went back to rest after explaining a few sentences - everything will be said at dawn tomorrow.

Outside the city, the torches lined up in a long line, flickering far and near, shouting and killing, and the sound of horses' hooves was endless.

Kuang Yi naturally didn't dare to rest, he kept holding the telescope all the time, staring at the torch in the distance, but unfortunately the sky was too dark, and he couldn't see whether there was anyone under the torch at all.

I don't know how long it took, Kuang Yi put down the binoculars and said hatefully: "It's a pity that the weather is bad, otherwise the flying team will take off, what can't you see?" ”

......

On a small hillside more than ten miles south of the city, a group of people rode on horses, looking at Helin City from afar.

The man among them is about forty years old, tall, with a high nose and a wide mouth, and deep eye sockets, which is daunting, but the gentle smile at the corner of his mouth makes people feel like a spring breeze, and he is a character who is feared and loved by people from afar, which can be seen from the eyes of everyone around him.

He is the hope of the Mongols - Gulhan Chiktu.

Looking at the torches approaching Helin City little by little, but the torches at the head of the city were not scattered at all, Chiktu secretly sighed in his heart - Ming people are really difficult to deal with!

"Khan, it's almost dawn!"

"Hmm,"

Chiktu looked up at the sky, gritted his teeth, and ordered: "Pass the order, the front army charges, turn back two hundred paces to the city wall, then extinguish the torches, and shout!" ”

"Yes, Great Khan!"

With Chiktu's order, the torches began to gather, and then they were used towards the city wall, getting closer and closer, closer and closer, the Ming army on the city wall became more and more nervous, and their palms were sweating.

When it was two hundred steps away from the city, the torches outside the city were suddenly extinguished in turn, and it was pitch black outside the city, and the Ming army at the head of the city seemed to be shaken, and involuntarily let out a sound of surprise, and the torches were scattered.

Kuang Yi was stunned for a moment, then with an angry look on his face, he raised his hand and ordered: "Fire!" ”

"Yes!"

......

"Boom! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

There were bursts of cannons, and there were bursts of screams from the city!

Kuang Yi had a smile on his face.

Chektu, who was in the distance, changed his face and immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats!" ”

.......

When the sky was bright, there were only more than a dozen corpses under Helin City, and last night's army had disappeared.

Geng Xuan stood at the head of the city, his fists clenched.