In the winter of the first year of Baoyi in Western Xia, on November 18, there was heavy snowfall, and the east bank of the Yellow River.

The Yellow River froze, and the Mongolian armies of the east and west finally gathered in one place and settled in the south of Lingzhou City. The white yurt camp is boundless, and the tiger skin gold tent on the giant cart is the place where Genghis Khan, the emperor of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, handled political affairs.

The cold wind was biting, the snow was falling, and outside Genghis Khan's tiger skin tent, the warriors of the Xue army were fierce and fierce, guarding their Mongolian Khan, who had great martial arts and soldiers in the world.

The Xue Army, which was also Genghis Khan's Praetorian Guard, was mainly composed of the meritorious sons of Mongolian nobles. Each soldier of the Cowardly Xue Army had the salary and rank of an ordinary general, and their commander was the "Four Heroes" of Genghis Khan's outstanding martial arts: Mu Huali, Chilaowen, Borhu, and Borshu, also known as the "Four Cowardly Xue".

The discipline of the Cowardly Xue Army was strict, the treatment was extraordinary, and the status of an ordinary Cowardly Xue Army soldier was even higher than that of a thousand household officials, and the Cowardly Xue Army maintained the rule of Genghis Khan and also built the foundation of the Mongol Empire.

It's just that the beauty is twilight and the hero is aging. Genghis Khan's "Four Heroes" among the remaining Borshu was also on the way to conquer Western Xia and had just died of illness.

The "Four Heroes" are all dead, and the "Four Dogs" have also lost three of the four, and the eight famous generals who fought the world with Genghis Khan have all fallen and withered, leaving only one of the youngest Mongolian No. 1 fierce generals, Subutai, who is still charging into battle, accompanying Genghis Khan.

In the big tent, the charcoal fire was blazing, and the old man lying on the felt collapsed had a long beard, a scorched face, and a white beard.

"The greatest pleasure of a man is to subdue the rebels, to defeat the enemy, to take all that he has, to ride his horse, and to take his beautiful wives and concubines."

Genghis Khan, a generation of heavenly pride, is over 65 years old. Even if he destroyed countless countries, it was a nightmare for countless countries in Europe and Asia, and he was feared, surrendered and hated by countless people, but no one could match the years and injuries.

The tent is full of fierce generals who have conquered the world and made all the countries of the Quartet fearful, but in front of this sick old man, everyone is respectful and respectful, and they dare not make a sound.

"Abu, how are you?"

The bald middle-aged majestic man who greeted him was Genghis Khan's third son, Wokotai. He knelt in front of Genghis Khan's bed, his concern overflowing.

"Abu, do you want to call Lang Zhong over? Why don't you retire? ”

In addition, a sturdy man in his early thirties who was kneeling was full of anger and anxious eyes. This is Genghis Khan's fourth son, Torre, and he is also a famous fierce general in the Mongol army.

Genghis Khan's wife, Sonthe, had four sons: the eldest son Jochi, the second son Chagatai, the third son Wokotai, and the fourth son Tuolei. The four sons accompanied Genghis Khan to the east and west, and made great contributions. The eldest son, Jochi, has died; The second son, Chagatai, was in charge of the law, erudite and talented, and stayed in Mobei.

And this time with Genghis Khan, the third son in charge of the government, Ogedei, is also the potential heir of the next Mongol Great Khan; and the four sons of Tuolei, the elite eighty percent of the unified army, the most loved by his father Genghis Khan.

"It's okay, help me up!"

Genghis Khan pushed the hands of his two sons away and struggled to sit up on his own. Although he is still domineering, his cloudy gaze is no longer as fierce as it used to be.

"Didn't the little emperor of the Jin Kingdom send troops to reinforce the Tang Wuti people?"

Taking a sip of hot milk tea, Genghis Khan asked softly.

And his favorite concubine with the army knelt behind Genghis Khan and gently beat him on the shoulder.

As a result, Genghis Khan's favorite concubine, his father and her husband were killed by Genghis Khan, and together with his sister, they became Genghis Khan's concubines.

"Polu and Shi Tianze used troops in Hebei and Shanxi, near Bianliang City. The Jin people were too tired to move. Maybe in a few days, the Jin people will send an envoy to make peace. My Mongolian iron cavalry dominates the world, and not everyone dares to die by himself like Tang Wuti. ”

Wokotai was cautious and tried to say some words of relief.

With Genghis Khan's extremely competitive character, he can't say anything about the golden man, otherwise Genghis Khan will be angry again, and his health will be even worse.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Wo Kotai finished speaking, the fierce general couldn't help but have a seizure.

"The emperor of the Jin people, didn't he want to send some princess of Wenguo to vote for peace, why is there no movement at all now? Don't you want to live anymore? ”

Wokotai frowned secretly. He belittled the Jin State, and originally wanted Genghis Khan to calm down and recuperate, but was interrupted by these rough generals, and it came to naught.

The Jin people are also the new emperor ascending the throne, lying on the salary to taste the courage, once the Mongolian army comes to attack, the siege of the city, the Jin people will definitely bow their heads.

The new emperor of the Jin people ascended the throne and did not send the women of the clan to make peace, which is unusual, there must be something wrong there.

"These dog thieves of the Wanyan family, when the Tang Wuti Kingdom is destroyed, they will cut gold by the way. Speed up, when you go, you must kill the golden dog corpses all over the field. Isn't there only Henan and Shaanxi left in the Golden Dog? Let's talk about Shaanxi first! ”

At the mention of the feud Jin Guo, the golden cup in Genghis Khan's hand was slammed on the table next to him, his face was full of anger, and he coughed violently.

"Great Khan rest assured! I will definitely let the blood of the golden dog flow all over the Wei River! ”

Su Butai was overjoyed and immediately received the order.

Destroyed the Western Xia, cut gold by the way, and killed two birds with one stone.

"Abu, don't be angry!"

"Great Khan, rest."

Wokotai and the favorite concubine were also frightened, and persuaded one after the other.

Genghis Khan's health is not as good as before, and he must not be angry again, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.

"Yelu Chucai, you give the Great Khan a divination, when will Lingzhou City surrender?"

Wokotai looked at the bearded man kneeling in the corner of the big tent and urged him.

Yelu Chucai, born in the Khitan aristocracy, is the ninth grandson of Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji, and his father is the son of Ye Lulu, the right secretary of the Jin Dynasty.

Ten years earlier, when the Mongol army had captured Yanjing and Yelu Chucai had been captured, Genghis Khan had learned of his talent and wealth, and asked him about his plans for governing the country and appointed him Bijachi.

As Bi Yanchi, who was in charge of the army's Chinese books, Yelü Chucai was valued by Genghis Khan because he was good at divination and astrology and proficient in legal medicine. When Genghis Khan went west, Yelu Chucai went out with the army to predict good luck for Genghis Khan and the Mongol army.

"Great Khan, let me do the math."

Yelu Chucai glanced at the angry Mongolian generals in the tent and hesitated.

These arrogant soldiers only know that they take pleasure in slaughtering and plundering, but they don't know that Genghis Khan's illness is unexpected, and if they don't cultivate, they are likely to have little time.

But if he didn't predict accurately, wouldn't he be in a catastrophe if Genghis Khan was furious, or if the Mongol kings settled accounts after the fall?

"What do these things ask him to do? Could it be that you can't even capture the small Lingzhou City? ”

Genghis Khan was noncommittal, his thinking returned to the war in Lingzhou City, and his white eyebrows trembled.

"The Tang Wuti army in Lingzhou City is not planning to surrender yet?"

In the ice and snow, 100,000 soldiers eat horses and chew horses, and the number of sick people is increasing day by day, this is not a long-term solution.

What he didn't know was that the army had been out fighting for a year, and the epidemic had begun to spread among the army, but no one dared to report it to him.

"The Great Khan, Li Deren, the defender of Lingzhou City, is the former deposed prince of Tang Wuti, and has a high prestige in Lingzhou. Lingzhou is also the southern barrier of Zhongxingfu, the capital of the Tang Wuti Kingdom, and if Lingzhou is lost, the Tang Wuti will die. In my opinion, Lingzhou may not surrender easily. ”

Subutai's analysis was reasonable, and everyone nodded.

"Tang Wuti Emperor...... On the side of Zhongxing Mansion, haven't you sent reinforcements yet? ”

Genghis Khan's face sank, and he asked in a hateful voice.

The Mongol army approached the city of Lingzhou, but Genghis Khan did not immediately attack the city, but chose to encircle the point to send reinforcements, wanting to attract the help of the Xia people of Zhongxing Mansion to come and defeat them in one fell swoop.

Although the Mongol army was victorious in successive battles, the losses were not small and had to be repaired. The city wall of Zhongxingfu, the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom, is tall and sturdy, easy to defend and difficult to attack. And the siege of the city is the shortcoming of the Mongols.

Encircling and sending reinforcements can not only consume the living forces of Zhongxingfu, but also avoid casualties of the Mongol army, and successfully conquer Zhongxingfu.

As for the small city of Lingzhou in front of him, Genghis Khan did not take it to heart.

So many important towns in Western Xia were conquered by the Mongol army, and Lingzhou was not the strongest, and the garrison was not the largest. It may only take a few days to conquer Lingzhou.

"Abu, not yet. I don't know what the hell these guys are doing, maybe something is wrong with Zhongxingfu, maybe there are no soldiers to send. ”

Wokotai "chuckled" in his heart and hurriedly replied.

The Xia army of Zhongxingfu did not reinforce Lingzhou as expected, making the Mongolian army wait for more than a month in vain, and also disgraced Genghis Khan, who claimed to be a god of soldiers, in front of the generals.

First the eldest son Jochi died of illness, and then Muhuali returned to heaven, Genghis Khan's health before the expedition was not as good as before, and now Borshu died of illness in the army, and the Tangut people did not reinforce Lingzhou as expected, and under the anger and shame, Genghis Khan's health plummeted, which is worrying.

"Yelu Chucai, what do you think? Tang Wutiguo, how long can it survive? ”

Genghis Khan's cloudy gaze once again turned to the bearded Yelu Chucai in the corner of the big tent.

Yelu Chucai was good at divination of astrological signs, and was loved by the Mongol generals in the army and the nobles of the steppe.

"Great Khan, sending troops is also defeated, maybe the Tang Wuti people themselves gave up Lingzhou. I divined it, the emperor star of the Tang Wuti Kingdom is weak, and I am afraid that it will not last long. ”

Yelu Chucai spoke softly, and his heart was beating.

Before setting out for Western Xia, Genghis Khan was frightened when hunting, fell down, and was in a coma and fever. I thought there was nothing going on, but who knew that after nearly a year of fighting, Genghis Khan's illness would be so serious that it is now.

Since the expedition to Western Xia, it was Ogedai and Torre and other generals who attacked the city and charged, Genghis Khan almost did not trek with the army, trying to avoid fatigue, who knows that Genghis Khan's body is still getting worse and worse.

Heroes are in the twilight, and no one can bear the years. If you don't retire from the army and cultivate, I'm afraid something big will happen.