After Yao Guangxiao's explanation, I learned that although the Hami King Wu Na lost his life, he still had several ministers who were loyal. The courtier named Hama was one of them. Hama believes in the "Heavenly Religion", after Yao Guangxiao entered the Wuna Lost with Buddhism, Hama often regarded Yao Guangxiao as a thorn in the side, always hostile. Although Yao Guangxiao was named a national teacher, Hama was able to master the Wu Na Loss to protect himself and cowardice, and he was a close confidant of the Wu Na Lost Li.

If it weren't for the attack of Warat, the Unashi would need to be guarded by Hama, and the city defense would not fall on Yao Guangxiao's head.

"Monk, you left this king here, do you want to borrow the hand of this king to launch a coup d'état in Hami?" Zhu Di said. "However, the relationship between Nahama and Urnashi has been instigated by you today, and the two of them will definitely have a disagreement from now on. There's no benefit in keeping this king here, right? ”

"Hama is loyal to the Una, and even if he has doubts, he is afraid that Hama will not easily abandon his master." Yao Guangxiao said. "Your Highness is here, and he has always been a wonder soldier. Otherwise, with only this little ability of the poor monks, I am afraid that it will not be possible to take Hami City for the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. ”

"Besides, the next Warat attack is bound to be urgent, and it needs to rely on His Highness's tiger might. Whether you can annex Hami or not, if Hami falls into the hands of Ye Sudieer, my Daming Hexi door will be opened, and this matter is the so-called big thing. ”

"Not bad." Zhu Di nodded, compared to the Hexi Gateway of the Ming Dynasty, the political strife within the land of Hami is just a disease of mustard.

In any case, Hami could not fall into the hands of the Khanate of Yesudiel and Timur.

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On the fifth day of the first month of October, seeing that there was no reply to the letter of surrender handed into the city, and winter was approaching, the people outside the city finally decided to attack the city. The people of Warat sounded their trumpets and gathered together on the east side of the city. At this time, Zhu Di could be regarded as having seen all the military strength of the Warat people coming to Hami City, and saw that the Mengqi was mighty, and the three armies of the horses and feet seemed to be able to cover the sky and the sun. The smoke and dust stretch for more than ten miles and still continue, occasionally the Mongolian cavalry roars from under the city, bends the bow and leads the arrows, shoots the defenders on the city to show off their might, and the Mongolian people outside the city will burst into a noisy shout, as if they can overturn the entire Hami city.

Such a momentum, not to mention more than 100,000 people, Xu is also a soldier under the command of Su Die'er.

"Your Highness, being trapped in a lonely city is still dangerous after all. Our troops are all cavalry, so why should we be imprisoned in the city walls? Seeing that the army under the command of Ye Sudie'er far exceeded expectations, Zhang Yu couldn't help but have a solemn expression on his face. After the "mighty king" Wu Na came to the city wall to take a look, he was so frightened that he was carried back to the palace in the city, and even Yao Guangxiao, who had always been light and breezy, also showed a solemn look on his face at this time. He had already begun to figure out whether the method of taking Hami from the inside was no longer possible. In case in order to keep a Hami, a famous prince of the Ming Dynasty was trapped in it.

For Daming, this is definitely more than worth the loss.

"Your Highness, what General Zhang said is very true." Yao Guangxiao said to Zhu Di. "The enemy army is too numerous, and this is the loss of the poor monks. His Royal Highness, the son of ten thousand golds, it is very unwise to fall here for the sake of a Hami. It is better for the poor monk to open the west gate for His Highness, the army of Warat in the west has not yet completed the siege, His Royal Highness can lead the army to highlight the city defense, and then wait for the opportunity to return to Suzhou through Suzhou......"

Zhu Di didn't answer, but continued to carefully look at the Warat army outside the city with a lookout. After a long time, he put down the lookout and turned to Yao Guangxiao and Zhang Yudao: "You say." ”

"If this king can destroy Naye Sudie'er, he will directly annihilate all of them here...... Then my Ming Northern Xinjiang, will there be no disaster? ”

"Your Highness?" Zhang Yu was stunned, he never expected that Zhu Di would actually make a plan to annihilate the Mongolian army under the city.

The more Zhu Di spoke, the more excited he became. "In the past, the biggest difficulty in fighting with the grassland was that the cavalry on the grassland came and went like the wind, and even if countless grains and grass were spent and searched for several months, it was difficult to find the trace of the main force of the enemy country."

"But now, the army of the country is blatantly placed in front of the king...... Overcoming the biggest hurdle of the Steppe Nation is no longer overcome, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

"If it is annihilated here, the grassland will be ruined from now on. There is no more trouble in northern Xinjiang. Now that the northern Xinjiang is at peace, the millions of elite soldiers stationed on the nine sides will naturally be able to divert to the west...... As long as I, Daming, can free my hands from the nine sides, do I still need to worry about the Timurid Empire opening up the Hexi Corridor? ”

"But Your Highness, that's more than 100,000 people, not more than 100,000 cattle, sheep and livestock...... Even if it was livestock, so many animals stretched their necks for me to wait to cut them, and it would take days and nights to cut them. How can it be so easy to wipe it all out? ”

"And most of the Mongolian people are cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and when they see that the situation is not good, they will naturally scatter and retreat...... With all due respect, this matter is extremely difficult to do, not to mention that the city of Hami is not tall, just how to defend it is a difficult problem......" Zhang Yu said.

Zhu Di didn't answer, but just touched the city wall at hand, knowing in his heart that Zhang Yu's worries were not unreasonable. The Mongolian people have never liked to build cities, and the Hami city at the foot is still a wealth left behind when the Han and Tang dynasties expanded to this in the past. At that time, it took a lot of manpower and material resources to build such a big city, but now it seems that this city wall has long been dilapidated and weathered, and it can only be regarded as barely usable.

An inscription on the city bricks that seemed to be mottled attracted Zhu Di's attention, and he carefully identified it, and could only vaguely see a few words:

"Don ...... Tempo ...... Stop...... Igo ...... Retreat to Tibet...... This...... Captain Igo Military Academy...... Square...... Engraving".

The Western Regions have been reduced to dust for a hundred years, and only the mottled notches on the bricks of this city still exude a bit of the majesty of the Han family.

"The martyrs were stationed in Huchen and expanded their territory, when have they never encountered problems." Zhu Di said. I have already made up my mind. "It doesn't take long to defend the city, just hold it until winter."

"When winter comes, you may not be able to find an opportunity to annihilate this Warat army!"

The drums of war in cowhide were beaten, and the sound of killing in the sky seemed to be overwhelming. Yao Guangxiao commanded the Hami garrison in the city, but his mind couldn't stop passing over the palpitating perseverance on Zhu Di's face. I thought that among His Majesty's several princes, only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a benevolent style, and there were five His Highnesses whose wisdom was as deep as the sea and unfathomable, and the rest of the brothers were just general, at most slightly better than ordinary children.

This Fourth Highness has a reputation for being stubborn, but his reputation is not obvious. The previous attack on the Northern Yuan Emperor was already impressive.

Unexpectedly, when I saw it today, his demeanor and bearing were not weaker than those of the crown prince and the fifth highness.

In terms of the courage of this decision alone, it is even better than that of the Fifth Highness.

"The great Ming Xian kings are out of line." Yao Guangxiao was slightly surprised in his heart.

He even faintly sensed that if he was concerned, this decisive Fourth Highness would be more suitable than the Fifth Highness to entrust him with the "Dragon Slaying Technique" talent of this body.

(End of chapter)