"Lord Huiyu, it is Liu Wei's department, and he belongs to the same unit as me, and they are all under the command of Peng Shouxin, the commander of the East Road of the Zhijun." Weiss, the commander of the direct army who was captured yesterday, heard Timur's question, and immediately stepped forward and said.

Yesterday, after some "enlightenment" by the "monks", Weiss has now completely surrendered to Timur's Mongol army, and has been promoted to the commander of the direct army, commanding all the soldiers and horses that have surrendered from the direct army.

"How's the combat power?" Timur asked nonchalantly.

Seeing this, Wei Si, who had just been promoted to the commander of the direct army, smiled confidently, and said cautiously with his fists, "Liu Wei has always been not good at field warfare, so he did not go out of the city to pursue yesterday, but the task of pursuing will be the last general, but Liu Wei has a high prestige in his army, and the city of Chengde is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the last general feels that we can lead the defenders in the city out......"

"Draw it out?" However, before Timur's words could be finished, he was mercilessly interrupted by Pang Bing, the commander of the Feng army. Pang Bing, the commander of the Feng army, thought that he was the representative of the Feng army, looked down on Timur and these Mongols, and did not want to show his superiority as the Feng army all the time.

But now that he is being pressed by Timur, Pang Bing can still use the other party's large number of people as an excuse to provide psychological comfort. And for the direct army, there is no good feeling, because the direct Feng line has done a fight before, although Pang Bing was defeated by the direct army, it is also because Rehe Du Ji Jin Chun in the early war of Zhifeng, the military action was slow, and before he had time to act, he was naked by the retreating rebel army, and had to withdraw from Rehe. The 28th Division led by him collapsed on its own due to the leaderlessness of the dragons, not because of its combat strength.

Of course, even if the combat power is not as good as the direct army, which Feng general do you think will admit it?

"My lord! -- Liu Wei, the general of Chengde, was born in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, his ancestor was a general of the Qing court, and belonged to the family of generals who had been born for generations. Moreover, Wei Siwei led two thousand direct troops out of the city to pursue, and he didn't even report back all night, and this Liu Wei never went out of the city to investigate, what does this mean? This shows that he has become suspicious of Weiswei. In other words, when the situation outside the city is unknown, no matter what happens outside the city, he will not lead his army out of the city! ”

The generals looked at each other when they heard this, and even Wei Si bowed his head and was silent, this Liu Wei is indeed as Pang Bing said, cautious by nature, and belongs to the kind of person who takes one step and looks at two steps, and has to look back one step.

Seeing that everyone began to focus their inquiring eyes on him, Wei Si raised his head in surprise and asked Pang Bing, "How does Commander Pang Bing know about this Liu Wei's temperament?" ”

Pang Bing smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Knowing yourself and knowing that you are invincible in a hundred battles, our division headquarters has the resumes of most of your generals, but it's a pity that we were still driven out of Chengde by you." ”

"Who told your division commander to be naked by the rebel army!" Timur opened his eyes at this time and glanced at Pang Bing, although these Feng generals were defeated by the direct army, but after receiving the help of the Mongol army, they pulled back more than half of the 28th Division that had been scattered.

With confidence, they thought that the Mongol army was just doing chores for the Feng army, and they were still arrogant, and they were sent by Timur to clean up last night. Although now they are already members of the Timurid legion, they often knock and knock, and it is easy to kick their noses and eyes. In the Mongol army, Timur, who has always had a clear position, is talking to Weiss as the commander-in-chief, and it is not the turn of Pang Bing, a subordinate, to interject.

"Tell me, what hobbies, or weaknesses, this guy has!" Timur ignored the shock of all his men and continued to ask Weiss.

"Yes, yes......" Weiss saw Pang Bing deflated, although he was happy in his heart, but in the face of this moody Lord Timur, he was still sweating profusely, and subconsciously swallowed saliva.

This will not be in the direct army, but belongs to the Mongolian army, which is still under the rule of the Mongol princes, and in terms of social process, it still belongs to the feudal society, which is a generation worse than the Chinese system. After sorting out his thoughts, Wei Si said, "This Liu Wei originally served in the Praetorian Guard of the old general Feng Guozhang, and the Praetorian Guard was only transferred to our division after it was split. ”

"Afraid of my wife!?" Among the people attending the meeting, some people muttered quietly, just saw Pang Bing interjecting, which made Timur unhappy, and now everyone does not dare to speak at will.

Wei Si glanced at Timur and saw that the other party was still waiting for the next step, so he continued, "Liu Wei was born in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, so their family has already ordered a doll for him, and the other party is a Gege. ”

"Gege!" Now Timur was finally moved, you must know that even in the later period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, intermarriage between Manchus and Han was still a great thing, and it can be said that such marriages still rarely happen.

Wei Si said, "It is a Gege, but not the emperor or the daughter of the prince's family, but the eldest daughter of a down-and-out Gushan Beizi family, this Gushan Beizi family has two sons, and she is really too poor to have children, so she agreed to this family business." "The Manchu royal titles are like this: Prince Heshuo, King Dorojun, Dorobele, Gushan Beizi. Gushan Beizi is a fourth-class royal title, referred to as Beizi.

"Oh!" This explanation makes sense, and everyone no longer dwells on this issue. After discussing it for a while, I found that this Liu Wei really has no other major problems except for this innocuous problem, he doesn't even smoke or drink, and he is a general who is suitable for guarding the turtle shell.

Timur stood up and waved his sleeves, "Forget it, we are talking about it on paper, and war still relies on fists." If you don't fight, how do you know if Liu Wei is good to deal with. Commander Wei, since this Liu Wei is your direct line, then I will let you go and open the city gate to avoid the swords and soldiers within your direct line. If it doesn't work, I'll lead a large army to attack the city. ”

"Thank you, sir!" Weiss also knew that if he stormed the fortified city of Chengde, no matter which soldiers were defending the city, his brother would definitely suffer heavy casualties, after all, the siege at this time was not twice as many as the number of defenders, that is, to deliver food.

"Hmm......" Timur nodded slightly when he heard this, looked at the distant Chengde City, frowned and said, "Zhijun...... Are you really the only ones here?"

"Huh?" Weiss was stunned, and followed Timur's line of sight into the distance, and behind the horizon was Chengde!

"Commander, the front is Chengde." Tang Feiyun, deputy commander of the Mongolian direct army, reported to Weiss.

"Hmm!" With a question, Weiss, the commander of the Mongol army, rode over on horseback.

Weiss has dark skin, looks like he is thirty or forty years old, but his belly is slightly bulging, he already has a beer belly, and he obviously suffered a lot when he was young, but he has been pampered all these years.

Standing under the city of Chengde, Weiss's expression was indifferent, and at this moment his heart was still a little bumpy, or tangled.

After all, he would never have thought that he had attacked Chengde as a victor two days earlier, but had been captured by the Mongol cavalry a day earlier, and now he had to lead more than 2,000 direct troops under his command back to Chengde, and they would be able to enter the city in half an hour.

In such a short period of time, several changes in identity made Weiss feel so unreal. Where do you go from here?

"Go and shout to open the gates!" Seeing his team appear outside the city, but the gate of Chengde City was still closed, Wei Si's heart palpitated, this Liu Wei was really cautious.

"Piercing!" When a herald heard this, he gave a military salute and immediately slapped his horse forward. Since Weiss and the others were captured and surrendered, the direct army is now not the military salute of Beiyang but "retro", and the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty is practiced. Originally, they wanted to perform the Mongolian military salute, but Mongolia had been enslaved by the Manchu Qing for hundreds of years, and Genghis Khan's Mongolian military salute had long been broken, although many Mongolian tribes claimed to be descendants of Genghis Khan, but there was not much left in the era of Genghis Khan. The predecessor of the direct army was the new army of the Qing army, so Weiss simply restored the old system and performed the military salute of the Qing army. Timur was also noncommittal about this, anyway, Zhao Yun did not enforce it, so they let them go.

The heralds went straight to the east gate of Chengde City and shouted loudly, while Weiss and his 2,000 soldiers and horses, as well as more than 1,000 Fengxian soldiers pretending to be prisoners, stopped a mile outside the city.

Not long after, a wave of people dressed as military officers appeared at the head of the city, and after observing them with binoculars, they shouted, "Please come forward and answer the head of the regiment." ”

Weiss knew that this was Liu Wei who had not returned all night, and had not sent someone to report the news in time, so he became suspicious, and now he wanted to see if he had been kidnapped.

Weiss waved his whip and prepared to beat his horse forward. Deputy Commander Tang Feiyun stopped him,

He licked his lips and said, "Commander! Well! Commander-in-Chief, are you going to go alone? ”

"That's nature!" Weiss nodded and continued walking towards the city gate.

Deputy Commander Tang Feiyun was stunned, subconsciously stopped in front of Wei Si, and asked in astonishment, "Does Lord Commander want to negotiate with that Liu Wei in person?" ”

"Or else?"

"If you are discovered, then your life is in danger, Lord Commander!" Tang Feiyun followed Weiss in his early years, and his friendship was not ordinarily good.

Looking at Tang Feiyun's worried gaze, Wei Si frowned slightly and said, "You think I want to go?" You also know that the city is full of our direct army brothers, and a few days ago, we called them brothers and sisters, and I couldn't do anything about them! But if we can't subdue them, then the Mongol general will definitely order a storm. At that time, do you think that Liu Wei's two or three thousand men will be able to withstand the attack of tens of thousands of Mongols. Not to mention, that Mongol general would definitely let our brothers go to the moat as the vanguard. ”

Tang Feiyun gritted his teeth and looked behind him, where he couldn't see it, there was a Mongolian army of tens of thousands of people staring at him. With a sigh, Tang Feiyun silently stepped aside.