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"The strikers are also infantry!" The first to speak was Baiyin Taiji, who said with anger and some disbelief: "I have scattered sentry horses all the way, although their lancers and sentry horses have driven them away, and they have brought back a lot of useful news. My sentry said that their infantry did not wear armor, heavy armor and other things were pulled by carts, the infantry only carried weapons with them, and hundreds or thousands of people walked like a long snake, only making a rustling sound, and marched with speed under the guidance of the military flag. We all know that the Ming army may not walk twenty miles a day, this merchant army walked forty miles in a morning, and I saw that before dark, their army would surround Qingcheng! ”

Xi Lingse swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, "North, who knows the situation in the north?" ”

Baiyin Taiji said coldly: "The three Khans of Mobei have no intention of sending troops here, Jinong, you can die." ”

"I mean the way out." Xi Lingse said: "Are there any soldiers and horses with Yusheng in the north?" ”

"Yes," Baiyin Taiji said: "The cavalry of He Yusheng has long been discovered in the area from Shenshan to Chi'er Mountain, and after the death of the old Taiji in battle, the Wulu tribe in the north should not be counted on, and their people have lost everything, either dead or captured." ”

The battle at the mouth of the river can be regarded as the power of the five divisions of Tumut, which is divided into twelve divisions, and now Xi Lingse says that he has mastered all the left and right posts, and now the total strength is only less than 40,000 ding, among which there are still a considerable number of old and weak.

"The set, the set doesn't know if it will come......" Xi Lingse is like a drowning person now, eager to take any hope as a life-saving straw.

Karaqin and Mobei will definitely not come, and now all Xi Lingse's hopes are on Huo Luochi of the set and Jinong, the Echen of Ordos.

A Taiji sat in the corner and said faintly: "If the Great Khan is still there, Karaqin will definitely send troops, Mobei will also send troops, and Huoluo Chi Khan and Eluchen will not sit idly by!" ”

Another Taiji sneered: "Back then, Pullik Khan went westward, Huoluo Chi Khan led more than 100,000 people to follow, Pullik Khan was bent on expanding his territory in the west, and as a result, Surang Taiji competed with him for the throne, causing a lot of trouble in the rear, and the three ladies were friendly with Daming, and Daming was worried about the safety of the western territory, and instigated the three ladies to make trouble in the rear. After that, the sleeve no longer listens to the command of our Khan Court, this time the catastrophe is coming, and I expect people to save my life, how difficult! ”

That's exactly what I said. Baihong Dataiji and Bu Shitu Khan are also close friends, Tushetu Khan has always fully supported Bu Shitu Khan, but the Great Khan died, and of course these two families ignored our affairs. ”

"Hmph, the Great Khan's seat is so easy to sit in? If you don't have this ability, you just kill everyone. ”

Xi Lingse's face was said by the Taiji for a burst of red and white, now there are tens of thousands of people in the city, there are nearly forty people in Taiji, each of whom has his own armor soldiers and herdsmen, no one obeys Xi Lingse, this Jinong, and it is okay to say unobedient words to his face, I am afraid that people will not accept it in their hearts, once it reaches the point of fire, then everything will be over.

"Alright." Batu Taiji listened to the disagreeable words, and defended Xi Lingse: "Jinong has never thought of sitting in the position of the Great Khan. It was Ah Cheng Taiji's damn thing that killed the Great Khan, he was fine, and now he is dead, but he leaves this mess for us to clean up. ”

These words really succeeded in diverting the firepower, Ah Cheng had already been ruined, and later gathered a lot of defeated soldiers in the north to recover his strength, but he was suddenly assassinated by Tucker, this time he was trampled in the mud, and he stepped on 10,000 horse legs, and he could no longer turn over.

People began to curse Ah Cheng, and the hall did not look like a serious court meeting, but like a group of lama tigers opening the incense hall, which was chaotic.

Several powerful Taiji were all frowning, very dissatisfied with the scene in front of them.

Xi Lingse is bent on waiting for rescue, and he is reluctant to Qingcheng's family, and everyone is also reluctant, so he has not fled north or westward, and now the Yusheng army is coming, and it is unrealistic to run again, defending the city is the only choice, fortunately, everyone relies on Qingcheng when it was built without sparing the cost of work, the city wall is tall and strong, and because the Mongols are not enough financial and manpower and material resources after all, even if it is the Altan Khan generation of male lords, the lack of national strength is also a disadvantage that he has no way to solve, there are eight high-rise buildings in the naturalized city, and the silver palace for deliberations and residences, There are also many Buddhist temples, but the circumference is not more than six miles, and there are only two gates in the north and south, and there are not four gates or even more gates like the Han city.

The inhabitants of the city are also nobles and their servants and herdsmen, lamas, Han merchants and other people with status, there may be twenty or thirty thousand people living in the city at the peak, and there are not many people who live in the city in ordinary times, after all, each Taiji has its own pasture station, it is difficult to live in Qingcheng all year round, even if this city is the greatest pride of the Mongolians, it is also the most prosperous territory of the entire right-wing Mongolia.

Since the wind became tighter, the pastures of each Taiji were harassed by the cavalry of Heyusheng, and everyone hid in Qingcheng, the small city was stuffed with people, everywhere were herdsmen wearing leather jackets in the summer, as well as armor soldiers wearing simple leather armor or cotton armor, plus the original residents and lamas, walking on the street was crowded with people.

There are many people, and their courage is also strong, and each Taiji has no selfishness in the matter of defending the city, and they dare not keep their hands, they all pick out the strongest armored soldiers and brave herdsmen, and take turns to guard the city.

There are also those firearms of the Ming army captured by Altan Khan at the height of his heyday, and he found some people who could fiddle with them, and he had to shoot a few cannons in the air, which could be regarded as emboldening his own people. Coupled with some crossbow arrows, the Mongols could condescendingly release arrows in the city this time, saying that these 40,000 people could not defend the city, but each Taiji did not think so.

There is also a lot of grain in the city, and the grain harvest of the Pansheng Land over the years is harvested in Qingcheng, and there are wells in the city, as long as there are rescuers outside, each Taiji is confident that it can be guarded for a year and a half, but if the magnates in the city are fighting among themselves, then don't mention anything.

"Forget it, don't argue anymore." Batu Taiji said: "No matter what, we have to guard Qingcheng first, this is our foundation." ”

"I'll talk about Jinong's affairs later," Baiyin Taiji also said: "Now we have to work together, last year we defended the fort with Yusheng, and we didn't have a temper to defend it, and this year we will use the words of the Han people to catch the medicine according to the prescription, and give them a return." ”

"Yes." A Taiji puffed up his excitement and said: "We are afraid of them in the field, and we may not be able to defend the city." The sons and daughters fired thousands of arrows, and the person who disciplined him to dare to climb the city immediately turned into a hedgehog. ”

"We are not afraid of his cannon, Qingcheng is very strong."

"Jinong!" A Taiji turned to Xi Lingse and said loudly: "At this moment, you have to cheer up, the snake can't be headless, but you are also the person in charge recognized by everyone." ”

Xi Lingse reluctantly stood up and said: "In this case, from today onwards, all Taiji need to lead the elite armor to the city, and I will personally command in the center, and the two Taiji of Baiyin and Batu will guard the north and south gates respectively. ”

There is a look of disappointment in the eyes of each Taiji, Su Nang's father and son have been fighting for the throne for many years, Su Nang is still a calculating, courageous Taiji, his son is very bad, at this time I dare not say that he is in command of the city, but he pushes the responsibility to the Taiji below, which is really disappointing.

After Zhongtaiji went out, someone suddenly said: "The sons of the Great Khan, Ombuhong is the oldest, he has passed ten years old, and he doesn't know where he is now. ”

"I've heard people say that Omu Buhong seems to be on the side of Heyusheng, and Zhang Han raised him with his sons and nephews."

"Hehe, I'm afraid this Zhang Han is uneasy and kind."

Some sneered, while others showed a pensive look on their faces.

In any case, Ombuhong is the eldest son of the late Great Khan, and he is a well-deserved heir to the throne of the Great Khan in terms of blood, and Xi Lingse's performance is so bad, it is inevitable that people will think differently.

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In the evening, the Mongolian Taiji, who had their own concerns, agreed to go to the city at a time, and Xi Lingse also came out of the Khan's palace and went to the Buddhist temple near the city gate to wait for news.

Although people feel that the situation is urgent, and even that a major war is imminent, they lack real vigilance and a real sense of being on the battlefield due to their years of casual life. Even to be fair, whether the current Mongols are nobles or armored people, or ordinary herdsmen, they fundamentally no longer know what war is about, and they don't know how the war is fought, they are a group of civilians in armor or not in armor, and the only difference between the Han civilians is that the Han civilians farm the land, and the Mongolian herdsmen herdsmen herd sheep and horses and can shoot arrows, which is just a little more nomadic bonus.

In contrast, the Taobu in the west often fought with the Ming Dynasty, and the Mongolian tribes in the east fought with the Ming Dynasty for many years, and now they are at war with the Jurchens, and their combat experience is much richer than that of the right-wing Mongols.

Although the mutual market between Altan Khan and the Ming Dynasty saved the tribes from conquest, the result was that the upper and lower levels lost the desire and blood to fight, which was also the fundamental reason why after Lin Dan Khan moved westward, the right-wing Mongols were unable to form an army and were not opponents at all.

When Huang Taiji conquered Lin Dan Khan, the Jurchens only cared about the main force of a few thousand soldiers, but they were able to gallop thousands of miles from east to west without opponents, and the combat effectiveness of the right-wing Mongols was low, which can be imagined.

The guards on the head of the city are also half of the soldiers and the herdsmen, at this time it is the scene of dinner, the city is very noisy, the herdsmen and the soldiers are talking and laughing, while nibbling on all kinds of food they bring to the city.

Even at such times, due to traditional habits and accumulated habits, these herdsmen and armoured soldiers who defended the city were not provided with food, and the Mongols had never had the tradition of paying and providing meals, and each cavalry carried his own horse, or even drove his own herd to fight thousands of miles, and the reward was that he could plunder the wealth of the defeated side as he pleased, whether it was gold, silver, money, silk, cattle, sheep, and people, as long as he could rob it. Even if Meng Yuan won the world, the Daru Huachi sent to all parties was rewarded for his merits, and he could treat the people of the territory as cattle, sheep, dogs and horses, and squeeze them to their heart's content.