Although Li Yan was ready to die for his country, Timur didn't seem to want to give him this opportunity at all.

Compared to the rumors in the city of Broken Leaves, Timur's side was extremely quiet. Not only was the team orderly, not even loud, but it was so quietly stationed on the other side of the river, without the slightest intention of crossing the line.

This made Li Yan completely blind, and after three days of stalemate, he finally couldn't help but send an envoy to the other side of the river.

"Li Ben, you are my family, this matter can only be entrusted to you."

"No matter what the other party's intentions are, you will drag it to me, as long as it can be dragged until General Lan and his father and their troops come to the rescue, and when I go home, I will tell you two daughters-in-law, plus send you a two-entry house.

Although Li Ben is also surnamed Li, he and Li Yan have long been out of the five suits, and they are just distant relatives who barely climbed up.

In fact, in the army, he is responsible for taking care of Li Yan's diet and daily life, and he is the one who gives Li Yan a hand.

Now hearing Li Yan's promise, Li Ben, who is honest, is suddenly dishonest.

"Young Master, what you said is true?"

"Of course!"

"How can I say that I am also the son of a dignified duke, how can I not speak without words?"

"Medium!"

"The villain is not greedy, you marry the little cherry in the powder alley to us!"

When Li Yan heard this, he was not happy on the spot.

"Li Ben, you usually seem to be quite honest and responsible, why do you still go to that kind of place to hang out?"

Li Ben immediately explained when he heard this.

"Young Master, you misunderstood!"

"I don't have any spare money to go to Fan Hutong for recreation, but Xiao Cherry was our neighbor when I was a child, and I grew up with Xiaoxiao, and I once promised to marry us as a daughter-in-law when I grew up."

"But my family was poor and couldn't afford to marry a daughter-in-law, so his ruthless uncle sold her to a brothel and became a prostitute......"

Li Yan didn't expect his entourage to have such a love history, and he didn't know for a while whether to sigh at the affection of this product, or feel the bitterness of this product's life.

"Li Ben, you deserve sympathy for this matter, but there is something we have to remind you."

"If you can come back alive, there is a high probability that you will be able to earn military merits, and you can't say for sure that you will become an officer in the future."

"What kind of peach of your childhood sweetheart, although she is an old acquaintance with you, but after all, she is from a lowly background, which is not conducive to your future promotion."

Li Ben never thought that he could still be an official, he originally thought that it was a great fortune to be able to follow the master's family to have food and clothing in this life, how dare he dare to expect that he could be an official?

"Young master, aren't you coaxing me, can I be an official like this?"

"Yes!"

"The army will arrive in a few days, as long as the army arrives, we can all make a great achievement!"

"Great work!"

Li Ben never thought that he could be associated with credit, but now he wants to make great contributions very much.

Because you can become a big official if you make a great contribution, and when you become a big official to redeem the little cherry, the old bustard doesn't dare to open his mouth!

Li Ben still wants to marry his childhood sweetheart, even if she has fallen into the dust.

"You take this letter, be sure to give it to the other party's commander!"

"Medium!"

"What are you doing after delivering the letter?"

Li Yan didn't know what to do, so he said casually.

"Look at it, do whatever you want!"

"Medium!"

Li Ben received Li Yan's instructions, took the letter and went down from the city wall, carrying a small white flag to Timur's camp.

Timur was inspecting the high platform erected by the soldiers, when he suddenly saw a man and a horse coming from the other side of the river, and exclaimed on the spot.

"The strength of the Ming Dynasty soldiers is rare in the world, I garrison 100,000 troops here, the other party is not afraid, dare to break into my camp alone, what a warrior!"

Timur praised the other party as a warrior, and the others naturally echoed in unison.

"Your Majesty has a point!"

"The Ming soldiers are indeed strong and have the wind of a great country."

Hao Haida wanted to see that the monarchs and ministers of the Timurid Empire praised the Ming army so much, and also praised the Ming army's will to fight.

"The strength of the Ming army is rare in the world!"

"Even if there is only one person left, they dare to charge!"

This is a typical nonsense, but the people of the Timurid Empire really ate this set.

"Is the Ming army really so strong?"

"Your Majesty, if the Ming soldiers are really so strong, let's retreat!"

It was Ali Muyad who said this, he was not a military general, he was not good at fighting, and when he saw that the Ming Dynasty was so strong, he immediately retreated.

Timur glared at Ali Muyad in displeasure when he heard this, he praised the Ming army, not to increase the morale of others and destroy his own prestige, but to let his generals pay attention when they fight, and not to underestimate the enemy.

"Bring this Ming army here, I will personally interrogate it!"

"Yes!"

After a short time, Li Ben was searched from top to bottom, and all the iron products were confiscated, even the letter was touched and licked by several people, and then it was respectfully sent to Timur.

Timur did not know the Ming script, but there was never a shortage of talent around him.

"Haohai Dayu, you should know the Ming script, right?"

"Back to Your Majesty Sudan, Weichen naturally knows!"

"Then tell me this letter!"

"Yes!"

"Respected Timurid Empire General, I am Li Yan, the commander of the Ming Empire's direct guard!"

"You and I have never met, and we don't know each other."

"Now that you are attacking my Ming for no reason, I am also responsible for defending the land."

"In order to avoid unnecessary damage on both sides, I propose that we line up outside the city in five days......"

Timur laughed when he heard this, this strategy is too clumsy, the so-called covenant war, just to delay time, right?

"No need to read it, I already know what the little general on the other side means, hehe!"

Hao Haida wanted to know it, because before they came, they had already done a comprehensive investigation of Shattered Leaf City, and knew that there were only more than 3,000 defenders in the city, and no matter what, they couldn't stop the 100,000 army they brought this time.

"Your Majesty Su Dan Shengming, the trick of the other party's young general is indeed a bit clumsy."

"What should we do now, do we take this city in one go, as a bridgehead to attack the Ming Dynasty, or ......?"

Timur waved his hand.

"No hurry!"

"I'll talk to this messenger first, and you can translate it for me."

"Yes!"

"This messenger, how many troops do you have in Broken Leaf City, and how long will the military rations be enough to eat?"

Timur asked with a joking mentality, because he was sure that the other party could not tell him the truth.

However, Li Ben has always been an honest and responsible person, and there is no concept of lying in his head.

"Old man, are you talking to me?"

Hao Haida wanted to hurry up and translate.

"Shut up, this is His Majesty the Emperor of the Timurid Empire, which is equivalent to Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, you have to be respectful to him!"

"Oh, you're the emperor of that country."

"If there's anything you want to ask, just ask me!"

Timur naturally didn't answer Li Ben, but just glanced at Haohai Dayu, and the latter automatically asked for him.

"His Majesty the Emperor asks you, how many troops do you still have in Broken Leaf City, and how long is there enough food to eat."

"And three thousand and forty-five...... No, there are only forty-four people left, and a coward ran away two days ago. ”

"Food......

"There is really no shortage of this, as far as we are concerned, it will not be a problem to eat for two or three years."

From the very beginning, Blue Jade used Broken Leaf City as a grain depot, and hoarded a lot of grain here.

However, for the sake of insurance, he did not hoard too much food here, but only put 30,000 stones.

But from here in the direction of Hamiwei, he had stored a lot of grain along the way, but it was hidden in a more secret way.

Hao Haida wanted to hear Li Ben's answer, and immediately translated it to Timur.

Timur did not know the Ming script, but he could understand the Ming language, and when Li Ben answered, he understood the general meaning.

It's just that he has never shown his ability, and intends to observe the knowledge and loyalty of the officials under him.

Hao Haida wanted to translate well, not only the words were beautiful, but the content was not bad at all, which made Timur very pleased, and felt that he had finally read the wrong person.

"How long will it take for your reinforcements to arrive?"

Hao Haida wanted to hear Timur ask like this, and his face was strange.

"Your Majesty Su Dan, is it necessary to ask so bluntly?"

Timur smiled confidently.

"You can translate it truthfully, I have my own opinions."

Hao Haida wanted to see Timur's insistence, so he could only ask this question head-on.

To Haohaida's surprise, Li Ben not only did not get angry, but replied without thinking.

"Five days to ......"

However, this is not the most surprising, then Li Ben seemed to feel that this was not enough, and started to supplement it on his own.

"It will take five days at the earliest, and it will be six or seven days......

Timur didn't wait for Hao Haida to translate, he looked up to the sky and laughed.

Hao Haida wanted to see Timur laughing like this, the expression on his face was stunned, and then he secretly cursed the old fox in his heart.

Timur laughed and asked another question.

"Daming warriors, do you think we can beat thousands of people in the city?"

Li Ben looked at Timur's army and shook his head, then nodded again.

"It's hard to say!"

This time, without waiting for Timur to ask, Hao Haida wanted to ask first.

"Why can't you say it?"

"If it's just cavalry, you can't even touch our walls."

"Our General Lan has renovated Broken Leaf City, and all the big stones used in it are and very magical cement."

"Don't talk about your bows and arrows, even ordinary return cannons can't hit the city wall!"

"But if you have tens of thousands of infantry, and you are not afraid of death in the open, then Broken Leaf City will definitely not be able to hold it."

"After all, there are too few of us, and if we can take care of the east, we can't take care of the west......"

Seeing that Li Ben was so honest, Timur happily rewarded him with a meal of wine and meat, and then ordered his guards to take him to rest.

After Li Ben left, Hao Haida wanted to admonish immediately.

"Your Majesty Su Dan, let's send troops!"

"Now that the Ming reinforcements have not arrived, let's take advantage of the emptiness of Broken Leaf City to knock down this city in advance!"

When the other generals saw Timur's words, they chimed in.

"Hao Haida is right, we should seize this opportunity to destroy Shattered Leaf City in the fastest time, and then line up against the water."

Hearing this, Timur shook his head and rejected everyone's proposals.

"No, you don't!"

"The 3,000 people in front of you, even if they are all wiped out, they won't change the overall situation."

"Once we make the first move, Da Ming is beating us, and we will occupy the name of this righteousness."

"Although we steppe people don't care much about things like righteousness and fame, we still need to take care of things between empires and empires."

"Pass the order, the whole army will be stationed in place, and wait for the blue jade army to arrive and fight again!"

When everyone saw Timur say this, they did not dare to persuade them, so they could only go back to their respective camps to reorganize their teams.

After everyone left, Haohaida wanted to persuade him unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, if you miss this opportunity now, we won't have a chance to conquer Shattered Leaf City again!"

Timur's face sank when he heard this, and he did not like to listen to such depressing words.

What does it mean that there will never be a chance again, isn't this a curse that your empire will be defeated!

"Hao Hai Da Desire, please pay attention to your identity."

"You are a general of the defeated army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, where did you get the face to point fingers in front of me?"

Hao Haida wanted to hear this, his face was full of disbelief.

"Your Majesty Su Dan, is this what you think of Wei Chen?"

"Could it be that in your eyes, Weichen is just a defeated general?"

Timur also realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he didn't want to apologize to Haohaida, so he could only continue to say arrogantly.

"Isn't it?"

Hao Haida wanted to hear the words of frustration.

"The foreign minister understands, and the foreign minister will go to the Golden Horde to join his son and continue to be loyal to the Great Yuan!"

Timur saw that Hao Haida was about to lose his soul and go down the stage, and immediately stopped him.

"Stop!"

"The reason why I don't send troops now is that there is no danger to defend this city, and second, it will give the Ming army an excuse to attack us......"

"The third point, once we cross the river, we will have a fight against the water."

"I didn't think about a decisive battle with Daming, even if it did, it shouldn't be here!"

"This ......"

Hao Haida wanted to hear this, and immediately realized that he was wrong to blame Timur, and at the same time understood that this was Timur apologizing to himself in disguise.

"Your Majesty, do you really think so?"

Timur said confidently.

"Of course!"

"Although the Ming Dynasty is strong, I am not afraid!"

"As long as I drag this battle for three or two years, Daming can surrender without a fight!"

Hao Haida's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this.

"Weichen understands, Your Majesty wants to wait for work, and then implement the clear field of the fortified wall, and drag Daming to death with a long supply line!"

Timur smiled slightly.

"Yes!"

"But don't tell outsiders about this, as soon as Lan Yu's army arrives, we still have to have a symbolic fight, see the strength of the Ming army, and then decide what means to hinder the Ming Dynasty in the future."

Hao Haida wanted to hear the words and complimented him from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Weichen has shallow knowledge, and he almost ruined His Majesty's major affairs, and please ask Your Majesty to cure Weichen's crimes!"

Timur naturally would not cure the sin of Haohai Da Desire, and he still counted on keeping Hao Hai Da Desire and secretly swallowing the inheritance of the Northern Yuan.

"Dinner with me in a moment!"

"Huh?"

Hao Haida wanted to hear this, and his face subconsciously showed a flattered expression.

He was really frightened, because he didn't like to accompany Timur to dinner.

The Timurid Empire believed in pearls, prayed before eating, thanked this, thanked that, and made him very disgusted.

In his opinion, this is clearly food created by his own labor, so why should he thank others?

(End of chapter)