Ma Rong touched his lips, and before he knew it, there was another crack.

After coming out of Hami, the desert and the Gobi became more visible to the naked eye.

For them, hunger is not too much of a problem, because they bring a lot of dried sweet potatoes, but the lack of water is not good.

It is true that the degree of hardship of fighting here is not the same as that of the mainland.

Historically, after the loss of Hami, the Ming court wanted to rely on the original Hui people and wait for a few tribes to recover, but after these people moved to Gansu, they were so happy that they thought they had gone to heaven.

Gansu is a place where the natural conditions are not too good, which shows the harshness of the northwest.

But no matter how bad it is, the rise and fall of various forces in this land has never stopped.

According to Zhou Shangwen's deployment, the Ming army did not divide its troops, and did not take the initiative to attack, so it gradually approached the gateway of Turpan and a small castle at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in search of water sources and continuous hurrying, which the Ming people called a must be disabled.

This place connects the Hami Basin and the Turpan Basin.

In such a place full of mountains and deserts, it is a dead end to march out of these oasis basins, so even if the march route is completely exposed, it must enter the Tulupan Basin through here.

The Ming army's actions this time made Man Suer feel bad. Such an elite and large army braved the scorching heat from Hami to Turpan, which he had never seen in his life.

He walked in front and took the lead in returning to the remnants, and at the same time ordered people to quickly strengthen the city, and organized the evacuation of the materials and old people and children in the city.

On the other hand, he sent envoys.

His courtiers said that the Ming people had spent such a great price and would never agree to negotiate peace.

But Mansuer is not a simple-minded person, what he needs is time.

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"General!"

Ma Rong took his finger off his lips and turned to look for the voice that shouted to him, "How is it?" ”

The soldiers who came to report to him also had chapped lips, and he tore all his cuffs open, revealing all his arms, it was too hot here, "The front troops have already seen the castle, it's not big, at most three thousand people." ”

Ma Rong took out the map from his arms, pointed to it and said, "It should be here, it used to be Tulupan City." ”

"General, someone from the city has been sent out."

Ma Rong raised his head, "What person?" ”

"He claims to be an envoy of Mansuer, and he wants to see the general."

Ma Rong smashed his mouth twice, and his eyes couldn't open in the sun, "They have already attacked us, do you still want to negotiate peace?" ”

"Will it be a surrender?"

"Then you think too simply, he has more than 20,000 troops, and the battle hasn't been fought yet, how can he be willing to surrender?"

"Then do you want to report to the general?"

Ma Rong thought about it for a while, but nodded, "Yes." Let's see how the general decides. ”

"And what about this little castle?"

"March separately in units of thousands of households and surround it for Lao Tzu. The north side does not have to be enclosed. ”

To the north is the Tien Shan. The terrain is steep, and to go in is to die. It's not that you're going to fall to your death, it's that you're going to die.

They are the former army along the way,

In fact, it is not far from Zhou Shangwen, only seven or eight miles away.

Ride on a horse and you'll be there quickly.

Two hours later, Zhou Shangwen met Mansour's envoy.

This is a person who goes to the meeting alone, neither humble nor arrogant, at least very courageous.

"Who's coming?"

"Turpan is full of speed, and the ministers under the tent of Sutan are farewell, and they have seen the Ming Dynasty."

"What happened?"

"On the order of Man Suer Sutan, I will present wine, cattle and sheep to the suzerain, hoping that the general of the kingdom can withdraw his troops so that we can rebuild our two sides."

"Dreaming!"

At this time, there is no need for the main general to speak in person, and the generals under the Ming army can reprimand him, especially Ling Weifeng, the commander of Hamiwei, "Since the general will enter Hami, can there be a book to repair at full speed, talking about repairs?" How did he dispose of it? Secretly support Baiya, that is, start civil strife in Hami City, kill my soldiers, and humiliate my people. Is his face embarrassed? ”

Ma Sheng followed, "That is, he can fight if he wants, and he can make peace when he wants, when we are Ming." You hurry back and tell him that he doesn't even think about it unless he dismisses his soldiers and horses, binds his own hands, and goes to Beijing to ask our emperor for his guilt! ”

That is, with a calm expression, he looked at Zhou Shangwen, "General, we Sutan have already sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, and we have been sending envoys to pay tribute all these years, and we have said many times that we are willing to accept the canonization of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Although there have been some unpleasant situations in the past, there are actually frequent fights between each other on the grassland. After rebuilding in Hao, Hami returned to the Ming Dynasty, and Turpan also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, isn't this good? ”

"General!" Ling Weifeng was anxious, "Man Suer is an ambitious person, I can't listen to his words." ”

Zhou Shangwen waved his hand, he was very calm and flipped out a note from his desktop, "The meaning of full speed and speed, General Ben understands." For these things of you, the Ming Dynasty and the opposition are also arguing fiercely. I am the general of the Ming Dynasty, and I am on the orders of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, do you want to know how His Majesty our Emperor responded to the recent controversy? ”

Beijing is too far away, that is, don't know it at all," the foreign minister would like to listen to the general. ”

"Okay." Zhou Shangwen sat upright, unfolded the recital, and read: "In the first month of the ninth year of Chenghua, the first Sutan of the country of Turpan, Ali suddenly committed Hami and seized the golden seal given by the court of King Zhongshun;

In the sixth month of the tenth year of Chenghua, His Majesty Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty sent envoys to mediate the occupation of Hami, but he was coldly treated by Sutan Ali and detained for more than three months;

In the twelfth year of Chenghua, the tribute envoy Chiermi sent a letter to the chief military officer of Gansu, claiming that as long as the Ming envoys went to Turpan to proclaim, they were willing to return the city of Hami and the golden seal, but afterwards they reversed.

In the thirteenth year of Chenghua, Sutan Ali entered Koujiayuguan and plundered Suzhou;

In the first year of Hongzhi, the last Sutan Amahei booby-trapped my Ming Dynasty Zhongshun Wang Hanshen, and then captured Hami City;

Trapped by the tributary sanctions of Emperor Xiaozong, Hongzhi sent envoys to pay tribute in the fourth year of Hongzhi and returned Hami, just succeeded, and attacked Hami in the sixth year of Hongzhi, and captured the king of Zhongshun Shaanba.

In May of the eighth year of Hongzhi, the general army guarding Gansu reported that Shazhou and other places were repeatedly robbed and killed by Turpan Amai;

In the current Mansuer, the country is as arrogant as ever, and in the ninth year of Zhengde, it still looted Suzhou and captured the Chijin Wei ......"

After reading Zhou Shangwen's words, the more he read Ling Weifeng and other generals, the more angry they became, and the more they lacked confidence.

"At this time, you and Ben will come to negotiate peace? How to negotiate? Said that you would no longer raise troops to invade Hami, and replace you, do you believe it? Or, do you think that the word 'Jingyu' is sealed in vain? ”

That is, don't just admit defeat, he stubbornly said, "Please General Zhou think twice, if the two armies fight, it is inevitable that there will be casualties among each other, is this what General Zhou wants to see?" ”

"That's it!" Zhou Shangwen slapped the table heavily, "We Han people have always done things in the right name, you are unkind first, and we are naturally unrighteous last." General Ben won't kill you, let you go back with a word. Just tell him that the Han people are back! ”

Huang Yang understood what the commander meant, "General, give the order!" ”

Yes, Zhou Shangwen issued a military order in front of this envoy, "Pass the order to Ma Rong, I will give him three days, and after three days, he will be crippled!" ”

That is, don't listen to the chaos in his heart, he hurriedly ran back to deliver the message in a panic, and accidentally fell in front of the curtain, which provoked the Ming generals to laugh.