Bahat's failure to lead his army to Dunhuang on time made the situation in Dunhuang quietly change, which not only worried Mangui, but also Jabbar.

Once Tumol orders the siege of the city, then things will happen towards the scene he least wants to see, and it is impossible for him to rebel against Tumol without the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army, otherwise not only Tumor's army, but also the local forces of Hami will attack him en masse.

After all, now that the Hami region is under the control of Abdullah, the leaders of the local forces in Hami are fed up and follow Jabbar to oppose Tumol.

"King Khan, we are going to attack the city tomorrow, are we really going to attack Dunhuang?"

In the tent, Batur said to Jabbar with a worried expression, "The artillery of the Ming army is very powerful, once they use it, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties!" ”

"Ben Khan doesn't know about this, but if the Ming army reinforcements don't arrive, we can't resist Tumol's order at all." Abdul-Jabbar suddenly sighed when he heard this, he knew that this time the matter was not so simple, and now there was indeed trouble.

"King Khan, this battle must not be fought, if the war starts, then it is not so simple to stop, then both sides will be red-eyed, and it will be a situation of non-death."

Batur looked at Jabbar worriedly, "If our soldiers run out, then they will become lambs to the slaughter, mermaids to be slaughtered." ”

"Tomorrow is the day of the attack set by Tumer, so it's hard for us to delay." Abdul-Jabbar stretched out his hand and slapped his forehead, he couldn't think of any good countermeasures for a while because of this matter.

"King Khan, the minister has a way, but I don't know if King Khan agrees." Seeing this, Batur hesitated for a moment and then spoke cautiously.

"It's time to burn your eyebrows, just say what you have to say." Abdul-Jabbar pounded his forehead and said that as long as he could preserve his strength, he would take any risk.

"King Khan, if you believe that Li Taibao of the Ming Dynasty, then the reinforcements of the Ming army should arrive within a day or two, we just need to find a way to delay it for a day or two."

Batule then groaned for a moment and whispered to Jabbar, "In my opinion, if we set a fire in Tumer's camp, then Tumol will definitely not let us attack the city tomorrow after this night's commotion." ”

"That's a way to do it!" Abdul-Jabbar's brow furrowed slightly when he heard this, and then slowly stretched, and it seemed that this was the only way to do it at the moment, otherwise he would not be able to stop Tumor from letting them attack the city tomorrow.

"King Khan, leave this matter to the minister, and the minister will find someone to do it." Batule bowed to Jabbar, then walked out briskly to arrange the arson for the night.

"My lord, a fire broke out in the enemy camp outside the city, and the situation is chaotic now." At the beginning of the morning, Li Hongyu, who was asleep, was woken up by the guards outside the window.

"Fire?" The sleepy-eyed Li Hongyu felt strange, it was a very important thing to prevent fire after the army was encamped, how could Tumol make such a low-level mistake.

"Could it be ......" Then, Li Hongyu realized something, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed to the city gate.

"My lord, the place where the fire broke out seems to be Tumer's barracks, and according to the soldiers on duty in the city, the fire seems to have ignited from the place where the baggage was stored."

Man Gui had already arrived at the city gate tower one step in advance, and when he saw Li Hongyu coming, he pointed to a military camp outside the city and reported in a deep voice, at this time, the military camp outside the city had gradually boiled with the fire, and the figures of rescuing soldiers could be seen everywhere.

"It seems that Abdul-Jabbar doesn't want to fight us, so it's okay to delay it for a day or two." Looking at the raging fire in the distance, Li Hongyu smiled slightly and said to Man Gui.

"Your Excellency, you mean that this fire was set by Jabbar?" Man Gui was taken aback when he heard this, he thought that it was because of the dry weather and accidentally caused the fire house, so he didn't think about it at all.

"Tumur wanted Jabbar's men to die during the siege, but Jabbar was a smart man and naturally didn't want to fall for Tumer, so he made this decision in the hope of postponing the siege."

Li Hongyu looked at the fire in the distance and said with a smile, "Abdul-Jabbar not only saved himself this time, but I'm afraid he also relieved us, and in a day or two, Bahat will definitely be able to arrive." ”

"I hope so!"

Man Gui bowed slightly when he heard this, thinking that Li Hongyu's analysis was reasonable, otherwise the barracks would not be on fire for no reason, so that the key to the matter would fall on Bahat, if Bahat could not arrive in time, Jabbar would have to let his men attack Dunhuang City.

"Okay, let's all go back to sleep, and we can deal with tomorrow's things when we have enough energy." Li Hongyu yawned and beckoned Man Gui and the others, who were watching the excitement from the city gate tower, to leave.

Of course, he is not interested in sneaking up on the enemy troops outside the city now, Tumol has been on the battlefield for many years, and he will definitely guard against the sneak attack of the Ming army, and if he goes out of the city now, he will definitely fall into a bitter battle, which can be said to be worth the loss.

Because the fire was so fierce that the flames were not extinguished until early in the morning, the scene was covered with smoke, and many of the soldiers who had been rescued were blackened.

Tumol was furious about this, and shouted the general who was on duty in the camp last night in front of him and scolded him for quickly investigating the Ming army spies who set the fire.

Obviously, Tumol did not connect the fire with Jabbar at all, and the first thing that came to mind was the Western Expeditionary Army in Guanxi, thinking that the people of the Western Expeditionary Army set the fire in order to relieve the siege of the Ming army in Dunhuang City.

The general on duty is suffering words, he has arranged the defense of the camp well enough, God knows that the spies of the Ming army can still get in, so he can only suffer this dumb loss.

Knowing that Tumor suspected that the fire was set by the Ming army, Jabbar, who had always been worried, breathed a sigh of relief and secretly felt lucky.

As Abdul-Jabbar had thought, Tumol had to postpone the attack on Dunhuang City due to the fire, and decided to rest first, so that the soldiers who had been tossing all night could recover their strength and morale, and then launch an offensive two days later.

Anyway, the Ming army did not have any reinforcements in Kansai, and as for the Khalkha Mongol army that was fighting against the Warats, Tumol did not think that they would fight hard for the western expeditionary army.

Besides, the Khalkha Mongol army and the Warat people are now inseparable, once the troops are divided to save the western expeditionary army in Dunhuang, then it is bound to be captured by the Warat people, and no one will do this kind of stupid thing.

However, in the afternoon of the next day, just as Tumol summoned Jabbar and other leaders of the Hami local forces involved in the siege to make a final assignment, a general hurriedly broke into his tent.

"My lord, something is wrong, according to the spies, the Khalkha people appeared in the northeast of Dunhuang, about 20,000 cavalry, and set up camp ten miles away from us."

Under Tumol's disgruntled gaze, the general bowed to him and reported urgently.

"What?" Hearing this, the scene suddenly burst into a commotion, and everyone was shocked by this, never expecting that the Khalkha Mongols would really come to save the Ming army in Dunhuang.

"Is the news true?"

Tumol came back to his senses after being stunned, looked at the general in disbelief and asked, in his opinion, this is simply an unbelievable thing, don't the Khalkha know that their participation in the war will lead to a large number of casualties, don't they want to defeat the Warats?

"My lord, this is what the spies saw with their own eyes, and they can't be wrong." The general nodded repeatedly, and two groups of spies had already returned to report the incident, so it must have been true.

"Twenty thousand cavalry? I think they're crazy, how do those who stay fight against the Warats? Hearing this, Tumol's brows suddenly furrowed, and he couldn't help muttering to himself.

The cavalry of the Western Expeditionary Army led by the Khalkha Mongols was only 20,000 or 30,000, and now 20,000 people have come at once, how can the remaining cavalry confront the Warats, you must know that the Warats also have a lot of cavalry, so the remaining Khalkha Mongols are in a passive situation.

"My lord, since the Ming army has reinforcements, it will definitely launch a counterattack, and then it will attack us back and forth with the Khalkhas."

At this time, one of the generals under Tumol said with a serious expression, "According to the villain, we should take advantage of the fact that the people in the city do not know about this and concentrate our forces to destroy the Khalkhas, then the Ming army in Dunhuang City will be much easier to deal with." ”

Hearing this, everyone at the scene bowed their heads in agreement, rather than fighting on two fronts, it was better to defeat the reinforced Khalkha first, because the Khalkha people came this time are all cavalry, so the threat is much greater than the western expeditionary army in the city.

If the cavalry of the Khalkha broke through the defensive line of the Tumol army and joined up with the Ming army that was out of the city, then the morale of both sides would have been greatly increased, and the battle would have been difficult to fight.

"Tell me to go down, rest well tonight, and go with the commander tomorrow morning to defeat the Khalkhas."

Tumol knew what the general was saying, so he nodded and gave him an order in a deep voice, the best option now was to defeat the reinforced Khalkha before the Ming army in the city reacted, and then turn back and besiege Dunhuang again.

"Jabal Khan, the siege of the city will be handed over to you, let's attack at the same time and take them by surprise!" Then, Tumour looked at Abdul-Jabbar and said quietly.

"Don't worry, my lord, we will definitely capture Dunhuang City and live up to your trust." Abdul-Jabbar was overjoyed when he heard this, and in this way he would be much more convenient, so he bowed to Tumor quietly.

"Nikun, you stay and assist Jabal Khan." However, Tumol could not easily trust Abdul-Jabbar, and then turned to one of his generals and opened his mouth to admonish.

Jabbar immediately sneered when he heard this, he naturally knew that Tumol was doing this to let Nikun monitor their siege, but Tumol's wishful thinking was wrong, how could Nikun stop him from taking refuge in Daming?

(End of chapter)