"Winter!"

"Dongdong!"

The rumbling war drums sounded at the head of the city, however, the Ming army at the head of the city was extremely nervous, everyone's eyes were full of despair, and the endless prairie outside the city was covered with firelight, which stretched for dozens of miles, forming a sea of torches, and everyone understood that the main force of Warat was coming.

Slowly, the Warats surrounded the forest, forming an incomparably huge ring of fire.

The Warat people did not attack the city, but set up camp around Helin, and tens of thousands of tents appeared outside the city in an instant, densely besieging the entire Helin like an iron bucket.

Wang Ziteng looked at the huge Warat army outside the city, a sense of powerlessness rose in his heart, originally because of the joy of more than 10,000 defenders was also swept away, and the city wall is built with loess slabs, the city is about one zhang high, there is no urn city, these two days Wang Ziteng while requisitioning the Tatar people in the city to strengthen the city wall, while training the 10,000 new army, but also all the food in the city is concentrated, except for those Tatar nobles, all the people are distributed food according to the head every day, and help the army to defend the city, you can give additional food.

In the past two days, there were also generals who proposed to break through, but they were rejected by him and Baoling Hou Shi Nai, because no one knew how many Warat people were waiting for them outside the city in addition to the Warat pioneers, and the most important thing was that they didn't know which direction to break through, so, thinking about it, only the most secure defense of the city, there were 30,000 Ming troops in the city, and 20,000 Tatar young and strong people were requisitioned, not too much food, but there were a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, although the city was not high, but there were no forests within a radius of thirty miles, and the Warat people could not build large-scale siege equipment, Why abandon the city and flee?

Thinking of this, Wang Ziteng's heart rose with infinite ambition and contemplative reverie, the main force of the Ming army led by Niu Jizong must be about to arrive, and he will definitely be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and he may be able to become famous in a battle, completely gain a firm foothold in the Ming military, and restore the prestige of the Wang family in the army.

At this moment, the deputy general walked over, looking hesitant, and was caught by Wang Ziteng at a glance.

Wang Ziteng: "What's the matter?" ”

Adjutant General: "Yu Dashuai, a few long arrows with letters were shot from the south gate, and the letters were clearly written in Chinese characters, Warat had broken through the Tatar royal court, and all the relatives of Bayan Khan had become captives of the Warats, and in addition, the captured Tatar nobles and the three tribes of Duoyan had been surrendered to Warat..... They said that Wara did not want to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, but just wanted to achieve the unification of the grassland, as long as we surrendered in Kaicheng, they would guarantee our safety, as long as the imperial court signed an alliance with them, they would let us return to the Ming Dynasty, in order to show their sincerity, they would not force us to lay down our arms. ”

Hearing this, Wang Ziteng not only did not get angry, but laughed out loud, "Okay, good." With this letter, we must stick to it even more. ”

A thought flashed through the adjutant general's mind like lightning, "Reinforcements are coming!" ”

Wang Ziteng took the letter, suddenly trembled, and hurriedly asked, "There won't be a letter that has fallen into the hands of the Tatars, right?" ”

The adjutant general was stunned for a moment, "This is not clear, but even if they pick it up, they don't recognize the words on it....."

"Nonsense!"

"How do you know that none of them know Chinese characters, and if they pick up something written in Tatar?" ”

The adjutant general replied in a low voice: "The last general is derelict in his duties." ”

Wang Ziteng nodded, and then walked back and forth quickly, "No, there are not many of us, if the Tatar nobles take the opportunity to make trouble...... There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves. We can't send people to watch them, if so, we don't have to fight, we will be dragged down. ”

Adjutant General: "Marshal, these Tatar nobles have a lot of private guards in their homes, and they don't look like much, but if they stab us in the back at a critical moment, it will be enough for us to stand it." As the old saying goes, 'If you are not of my race, your heart will be different!' There are so many lessons to be learned from all dynasties! ”

The prince suddenly came to his senses, and then gritted his teeth, "That's right! Interracial is not credible! However, there is still a lot of pressure on us to defend the city with just one of us..... By the way, yesterday didn't say that the Tatar people in the northern city were dissatisfied with the exploitation and oppression of the Tatar nobles, since they wanted to resist, let's give them this opportunity, pick two obedient ones, and tell them to kill all the nobles in the western city, and all the property belongs to them, but all the weapons and food must be handed over, no, half of the food is given to them, in addition, as long as they are willing to help us defend the city, you can distribute weapons and even armor to them, as long as they show enough loyalty. ”

The adjutant general was stunned for a moment, and then said: "You can tell them the news of the fall of the Tatar royal court, and promise that after the war, the Ming Dynasty will canonize them as the new Tatar nobles." ”

Wang Ziteng smiled, "Okay, this matter will be left to you, be careful!" ”

...........

Zhu Houze's royal tent is located in the northeast of Helin, this is a higher hill, standing in front of the big tent, you can clearly see the Helin in front of you, at this time, Zhu Houze squinted at the former Dayuan capital in front of him, if it was a day ago, he would directly order the army to attack the city, and then in less than two watches last night, he received two bad news, one is from Lingbei, where it was attacked by unknown people, several tribes were slaughtered, and two water sources were polluted, which made him worried, Could it be that the Ming army crossed the Tanglu Ridge?

Another news is from Balzinjinong, the main force of the Ming army did not stop as expected, but desperately marched to Helin, for which a part of the grain was discarded, and the cavalry of the Ming army frequently broke away from the army to pursue the trailing Wara Division, such a crazy move is really difficult to fathom, the main force of the Ming army has crossed the Arukhon River, less than twenty miles away from here, and may appear under their noses at any time.

At this time, a guard beside him interrupted Zhu Houze's thoughts, "King Khan, urgent battle report!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Houze nodded and ordered, "Let them come over." ”

In a moment, several Warat messengers were brought over by the escort, and the leading officer knelt down on one knee and reported loudly: "King Qiyu Khan, since the fourth watch last night, the main force of the Ming army has stopped and set up a large camp at a lake. ”

Zhu Houze: "Oh? What's going on? ”

The officer: "The situation is still being investigated, and in addition, Balzin Jinong also sent the captured batch of military rations of the Ming army to the king of Khan, all of which are the best rice produced in Huguang." ”

"Go back and tell Barzin Jinong, and say that the king has a heart."

Zhu Houze smiled, and then ordered: "Within an hour, the true intentions of the Qingming army will be found out to this king, and the wind and grass within a radius of fifty miles will be firmly controlled." ”

As he spoke, Zhu Houze glanced at He Lin and waved his hand, "Go!" ”

...........

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Niu Jizong sat on the handsome seat in the middle.

The battalion commanders of the Royal Forest Army will sit on both sides, all bowing their heads and remaining silent.

Niu Jizong first glanced at the commander of the Twelfth Regiment Battalion present, and then said: "We will not be able to confirm whether it is a plague until tomorrow at the earliest." ”

Xie Qiong and the others immediately sat up straight.

Niu Jizong continued: "However, the accompanying military doctor said that the plague is not very likely, because the outbreak was too sudden, and these soldiers only had abdominal pain, diarrhea, high fever and sweating, and there were no other symptoms. What do you think? ”

Let's get off the book

There was silence in the tent.

Niu Jizong looked at Li Wenzhong, the deputy commander of the Imperial Forest Army, "General Li, what do you think?" ”

Li Wenzhong didn't know what to do for a while, this time it was not one or two battalions of soldiers who were recruited, even his own people and horses also showed symptoms, and he believed Niu Jizong's words, the possibility of the army being infected with the plague was very small, so he had to respond to all changes according to the same thing, and replied to Niu Jizong's words: "Since the marshal said so, I will wait for the order." ”

The generals nodded.

Niu Jizong: "Okay. Then you will obey my commands. Xie Qiong, Shi Ding! ”

"The end will be."

Xie Qiong and Shi Ding stood up.

Niu Jizong: "The two of you led 40,000 soldiers and horses from the Xianwu and Liwei battalions to camp in three miles, as the vanguard of the army, and strictly guard against the Warat people in the direction of Helin. ”

"No!"

The two replied loudly.

Niu Jizong: "Gaoping, Qin Lu!" ”

"Yes."

"You two will immediately lead your headquarters to the northwest and set up a large camp on the hill two miles away to ensure the safety of the army's water source."

"No!"

Li Wenzhong and other generals silently waited for Niu Jizong's military orders.

Niu Jizong waved his hand, "You all go back and stand by." ”

Wang Yang, the commander of the Yangwei battalion, and Zhao Sheng, the commander of the Zhenwei battalion, were anxious, and the two glanced at each other, none of the soldiers and horses of the four battalions who had just been transferred out of the battalion were infected, and similarly, the men and horses under their command were not infected, but Niu Jizong did not let them camp alone, they didn't dare to bet.

Wang Yang stood up, "Commander, no soldiers in the Yangwei Battalion have been infected. ”

Zhao Sheng also stood up, "Dashuai, can the Zhenwu camp camp be set up alone?" ”

Li Wenzhong's face sank, "You want to disobey?" ”

Zhao Sheng was stunned, and only after a long time did he say: "I am also thinking about the 20,000 soldiers of the Zhenwu Battalion..... Don't miss ....."

Wang Yang's eyes kept flashing, and then he said with a smile: "Yes, this kind of thing would rather be believed, otherwise something really goes wrong, and we are sinners!" ”

Xie Qiong patted her eyes and stood up, "You dare to question the commander's military order?" ”

Wang Yang: "General Xie said that he laughed, I said, this kind of thing would rather be believed, and please take the overall situation first." ”

The whole tent was silent.

Xie Qiong's eyes burst into flames.

Niu Jizong smiled, "Where are you going to set up camp?" ”

Zhao Sheng raised his head, "I am listening to the military orders of the marshal." ”

Niu Jizong: "Then don't move." ”

Li Wenzhong and the others were stunned, and looked at Wang Yang one by one.

Wang Yangya Gang bitten, "We set up camp in the southeast direction to cut off the road for the Wara Biao Division to meet with Zhu Houze's main force. ”

After being silent for a while, Niu Jizong spoke, "There is no joke in the army!" Then he said loudly: "You two will lead your troops and horses to the southeast and set up camp to prevent the meeting between the Warats, and if anything goes wrong, come to see you!" ”

Zhao Sheng and Wang Yang glanced at each other, and had to reply, "Yes." ”

Niu Jizong nodded, "You all go back." ”

Xie Qiong and the others had no choice but to walk out stupidly.

Li Wenzhong turned around and walked back, and said, "The marshal shouldn't agree to their request!" ”

Niu Jizong smiled and handed over a letter from Shuai Yu that was pressed under the account book, "An urgent letter from Uncle Zhongwu." ”

Li Wenzhong read the letter, his eyes kept flashing, and then he laughed, "No wonder the big marshal ordered people to throw away all those rices, so that's the case." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then asked, "Then, these soldiers?" ”

Niu Jizong: "The military doctor has examined the rice, and there is no big problem, but it is just to make the army temporarily lose its combat strength, take a few doses of medicine, and it will be fine in a day or two." ”

Li Wenzhong: "Oh? ”

Niu Jizong smiled secretly, "Let me tell you, a part of the rice was sent to Helin, hehe, this kind of good thing will definitely not be distributed to the low-level soldiers....."

Li Wenzhong sat down, "That Wang Yang and Zhao Sheng? ”

Niu Jizong sneered, "It's been checked until now, it's either Wang Yang or Zhao Sheng, it's not wrong." ”

Li Wenzhong was stunned, and only after a while did he say: "Is this implicating too many people.....

Niu Jizong's eyes flashed with cold light, "If you go outside, you must first settle inside." For the sake of the overall situation, no matter how many people are involved! ”

.............

God bless the 13th of September in the 41st year, deep in the savannah, and in the forest.

Helin, once the capital of the Mongol Empire, was the center of the world in the middle of the thirteenth century, but at this time, the entire city was over, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and countless Tatars and Duoyan were attacking the city.

Half an hour ago, Zhu Houze got the information that there was a plague in the Ming army camp, which made him very excited, and immediately ordered the army to launch the first siege, led by Atak The Duoyan Sanbu and the surrendered Tatars carried out a tentative attack, although this was only a tentative attack, but the overwhelming flow of people still caused a great visual impact and psychological pressure on the Ming army defending the city.

"Hurry up and release the arrows!"

"Quick! Misluck the arrows ......"

Looking at the enemy troops swarming up, the adjutant shouted in a hoarse voice: "Throw stones!" Bastard! Throwing ..... into the crowd"

The first temptation attack is divided into multiple waves, countless herdsmen rushed forward wave after wave, the real threat to the Ming army is mixed in the wooden ladder of the Wara people, the three-meter earthen wall is not high, the entire Helin has been attacked, the number of the Ming army is not too much, it is easy to be seized by the Wara people, less than an hour of siege, the dead bodies under the city wall quickly piled up, the blood flowed like a river, as time went by, the corpses piled up higher and higher, seeing that the enemy attack was getting smoother and smoother, Wang Ziteng ordered the collected wine and vegetable oil to be returned to the crowd, and in a matter of moments, the raging fire repelled the besieging enemy army.

"When! While! While! ”

As the Warat camp rang the bell for retreating, the Tatars and Duoyan people who were besieging the city retreated like a tide, leaving only countless corpses burning in the fire, the Ming army finally repelled the first tentative attack of the Warats, the adjutant general lay on the ground, he sat weakly on the head of the city, looking at the endless Warat camp outside the city, sighed deeply, he couldn't hold it at all, maybe the next wave of attacks was when the city was broken.

"General, look!"

A Ming soldier pointed to the distance and said in alarm.

The adjutant general's face turned white, and he saw a large number of soldiers pouring out of the large camp of Warat, they were arranged into six phalanxes, each phalanx had at least 2,000 people, and several wooden ladders, sweat flowed down the forehead of the adjutant, and the Warat people were going to attack the city in person.

"Whew-"

The low sound of the horn resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the Warats began to slowly kill towards Helin Dongcheng.

The adjutant turned around and shouted, "Quick, go and report to the commander and ask for support!" ”