At night, Taiyuan City is shrouded in darkness, close to the southwest corner of a house lobby, Mongolian King Han Chijin is in the center, a group of Mongolian generals sit in a daze, some people frown, some eyes straight, the atmosphere in the hall is dull.

Outside the city, the sound of the Song army's artillery kept coming, it was the Song army on the east hill firing artillery into the city, and from time to time there were the sound of houses collapsing and screaming, which made people upset.

And the reason why the generals chose this place is because it is a dead angle for the artillery shooting of the Song army in Dongshan outside the city, and it is safe.

"Liu Heima, Ta Chaer, how many soldiers and horses have been lost, have you counted them?"

Han Chijin finally spoke, but his heart became heavier and heavier.

Having lost Dongshan, the Song army was condescending, and Taiyuan City wanted to defend it, but it was difficult.

"Back to Marshal, the Han army lost more than 30,000 men, and the cavalry was about 25,000."

Sure enough, Tachar reported with a black face, and Han Chijin "chuckled" in his heart.

After the battle of Dongshan, the Mongolian defenders in Taiyuan City had lost half of them.

"Meng Ge, how long can the food in the city last?"

Han Chijin asked the silent nephew, Meng Ge did not respond, Han Chijin raised his voice again and asked, Meng Ge woke up like a dream.

"The food in the city should last for three months, three months."

Meng Ge's reaction was in his eyes, and Han Chijin shook his head secretly. The fierce battle of these two days seems to have destroyed Meng Ge's confidence.

Baitar and Xiao Naitai were both killed, who still has the confidence to continue to defend the city in such a tragic offensive and defensive battle?

"The Song army occupies Dongshan, and if it can't be recaptured, Taiyuan City can only be beaten. It's better to go out of the city while it's dark to recapture Dongshan, otherwise Taiyuan City can't be defended! ”

Tachar frowned and continued.

Tachar, the grandnephew of Borhu, one of the four great Mongol heroes. This fierce general under Wokotai was known to the world in history and the Southern Song Dynasty fierce general Meng Heng destroyed the Jin Kingdom.

"How can it be so easy to recapture Dongshan? The Song army is already good at defending the city, and with firearms, even if the remaining tens of thousands of Han troops in the city are put on board, I am afraid that they will not be able to take it back! ”

Xiao Zhara, the Han army, shook his head and spoke, categorically rejecting Tachar's proposal.

Defending the city, who is the opponent of the Song army in the world? Dongshan is so important, maybe this will, the trench ironclad terrestris bells have been laid, not to mention those heart-pounding firearms.

Xiao Zara continued, completely unaware that Tachar's face had sunk.

"According to me, Taiyuan City is not easy to defend, taking advantage of the fact that the Song army is not besieging the city, go out of the city to break through the siege, and hold on to Yanmen Pass or in the clouds. The firearms of the Song army are fierce, and if the city is besieged, I am afraid it will not be able to defend it...... Yes! ”

Before Xiao Zara finished speaking, he was whipped by Tacha'er, and there was a scar on his face. Xiao Zara was furious, and pulled out his knife with a "squeak" and went straight to Tacha'er.

"Tachar, you dog thief! Lao Tzu chopped you! ”

All the generals were shocked and hurriedly separated the two. Xiao Zara was indignant, and was about to step forward, Han Chijin slapped the table.

"Stop it!"

The generals comforted, Xiao Zha inserted the knife into the sheath, sat down on the side, he stroked the scars on his face, his face was pale, and he hung his head silently.

Tachar glanced coldly at Xiao Zara and sat back.

"Tachar, what are you mad about? Not only did your subordinate cavalry suffer heavy losses, but Xiao Zara's Han army also suffered many casualties. The Song army captured Dongshan, and the Han army killed many people, but they did their best. Be honest with me! ”

Han Chijin spoke, and Ta Cha'er was no longer angry and hung his head silently. Xiao Zara was silent, and did not rise again.

Liu Heima didn't speak, his heart was heavy. More than half of his men were lost, and Dongshan was lost, so he had to retreat into the city.

"The marshal is right! At the moment of the great enemy, we can't fight among ourselves, we still have to be one heart to deal with the Song army outside the city! ”

The king of Gaochang Kingdom, Balshu, hurriedly started a round.

Tachar relied on being a Mongolian nobleman and looked down on Xiao Zhara, a Khitan Han army. But I don't know that now the Mongolian cavalry has lost more than half, and the ones who can defend the city have to be the Han army under the generals Xiao Zha and Liu Heima.

"Balshu is right, everyone has to work together! Although the Song army occupied Dongshan, as long as the city was well prepared, it would be difficult for the Song army to break the city. ”

Han Chijin hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"Let's go down and appease the soldiers and defend the city."

After Han Chijin finished speaking, Xiao Zara stood up, turned his head and left, and the rest of the generals left one after another.

Xiao Zara returned to the barracks, and kept walking up and down the barracks, his face gloomy and roaring angrily.

"What is he crazy about? Lao Tzu is also the three major Han army and ten thousand households personally sealed by the Great Khan of Wokotai, why does he dare to do this to Lao Tzu? Dog day! ”

"Why? Just because he is a Tatar nobleman, you are a Khitan and a Han! ”

Balshu, who had come in, whispered and sat down to his own thoughts.

"Besides, Han Chijin has got justice for you, forget it."

"Balshu, if it's you who humiliates, can you bear it?"

Xiao Zara finally sat down, his face full of anger.

"Lao Tzu charged into battle, born and died, and was humiliated like this, and I felt aggrieved when I thought about it. Tachar, this bastard, I'm bah! ”

"Just bear with the grievances. However, the Song army is attacking the city, and the firearms are so powerful, maybe as soon as tomorrow passes, they will see Lord Yama, and there will be no revenge. ”

Balshu's words made Xiao Zara angry for most of it, and he was silent for a moment before nodding and saying:

"Balshu, that's what I said, but if you can't keep it, you have to keep it! My wife and children are all in Taiyuan City, and there is no way back. ”

He looked at Balshu and smiled.

"Like you Balshu, you are the brother of the Great Khan of Ögedei, and no one dares to mess with you. My brother is still on the prairie. Unlike you, and Gao Changguo, it's really happy! ”

"What bullshit bro? In these years, the young people of Gaochang are about to die. A few days ago, the cavalry rushed into battle, and I had more than 2,000 cavalry in Gaochang, and they were gone. I'm afraid that the cavalry of the Han army under your command has suffered more losses than me. ”

Balshu shook his head and asked rhetorically.

"Liu Heima and I combined, the cavalry lost more than 5,000, and it is almost gone. Half of the 25,000 infantry have been confessed here. If you keep it any longer, you will probably die. ”

Sure enough, Xiao Zhara's expression became gloomy.

Balshu stroked his white beard and frowned.

"Me too. There are still more than 12,000 of my subordinates, and in a few days, it is estimated that all of them will stay in Taiyuan City! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? But what can be done? ”

Xiao Zara nodded, and was about to speak, when a violent explosion came from outside, and Xiao Zara couldn't help frowning.

"What is this sound? How does it seem to be the sound of the Song army's artillery. ”

As Xiao Zara spoke, there were violent explosions outside, which seemed to be flowering bombs from the Song army outside the city.

"This is the Song army in Dongshan, they have started to fire cannonballs into the city again, and they are getting more and more fierce!"

Sure enough, as soon as Balshu finished speaking, the sergeant hurried in and reported to Xiao Zara.

"General, the Song army fired artillery from Dongshan into the city, and the cannonballs could explode, and the city was in chaos!"

Xiao Zara nodded, waved his hand, and the sergeant withdrew.

"Xiao Zara, you have also seen the artillery of the Song army. In addition to flowering shells, there was also a rifled cannon that could shoot five or six miles away. If the Song army pulled the rifled cannon to Dongshan, the entire Taiyuan city could be hit. You wait to see tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be nowhere to hide when you want to. ”

Xiao Zara was stunned for a moment, sat on the chair, and frowned even deeper.

The range of five or six miles is not to cover the entire Taiyuan City!

How can this battle be fought? How can this city be defended?

"Balshu, why don't you go and tell Han Chijin, let's withdraw our troops overnight. Otherwise, it's really too late! ”

Xiao Zara said thoughtfully, his eyes expectant.

"In the middle of the night, even if the army is withdrawn, how many of your tens of thousands of Han troops can survive? How many of my 10,000 Gaochang children can be left? ”

Balshu shook his head secretly. This Xiao Zha is as hard as a stone, and like that Liu Heima, he doesn't care about the safety of the Han army under his command at all, and only thinks about himself.

I don't know why those Han soldiers want to work hard for such a cold-blooded hero.

"Xiao Zara, farewell!"

Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence. Balshu stood up and took his leave. He slept in a daze until midnight, when he was awakened by the fierce sound of artillery outside the city.

"General, the marshal's military order, I want you to order your subordinates to prepare for the withdrawal of the army!"

The sergeant came in to give a report, and Balshu couldn't help but be surprised.

Sure enough, the artillery bombardment of the Song army became more and more ferocious, and in case Taiyuan City was besieged, it seemed that Han Chijin would not be able to bear it.

Balshu came back in a circle and entered his own camp, and his eldest son, Beggar, Main, immediately met him.

"Atta, how's it going? Is it time to withdraw troops? ”

Balshu nodded, sat down, and said thoughtfully:

"Five more broke through and withdrew. I just told Han Chijin that my Gaochang army is willing to serve as a rear army to cover the retreat of the army. ”

"Atta, how can you do this? Song Jun is so powerful, aren't you looking for death by yourself? ”

The beggar Ma Yin suddenly became anxious.

The Song army had many cavalry and fierce firearms, and the palace covered the army to break through, and I was afraid that I would kill myself.

"You're in your twenties, and you're still so breathless."

Balshu looked at the door, beckoned, and waited for his son to get closer, and then said softly:

"If I don't agree to cover the retreat of the army, how can I lead the soldiers to escape? Breakout, do you think it's that good to break through? Are Song Jun all fools? ”

He originally wanted to pull Xiao Zara to join him in the Song army, but finally gave up. These guys are cold-blooded and cruel, so don't risk with these people, lest you sell yourself.

"Atta, it turns out that you have a plan. So you say, what are we going to do next? ”

Beggar Ma Yin relieved himself and continued to ask.

voted for the Song army, and in this way, it was a formal break with Mongolia.

"I, Gaochangguo, am between the back cover of Wokotai and Wohetai, and I am in a dilemma. We voted for the Song army and returned from Shaanxi to Beishi Bali via Hexi. When the time comes, ask Emperor Song to take the Song army with him. In the future, Gao Changguo was under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, and if Wokotai wanted to find trouble, he would just go to the Song army. ”

It seems that Balshu already has a plan.

"If I had known, I would have called me sick and would not have brought troops to Hedong. It's really not worth losing 2,000 children in vain! ”

Balshu secretly regretted it. He still underestimated the strength of the Song army. If he had known the battle situation, he would not have joined in the excitement.

"Atta, you've been cunning, and this is already the best result. The Song army entered Beshi Bali, I'm afraid it won't take a few days, and the fiefdom of Wohetai will be gone! ”

After the beggar Ma finished speaking excitedly, he suddenly hesitated and said:

"Atta, if the Song army goes to Beishi Bali, will my Gaochang Kingdom be gone?"

"I don't know. But now with Han Chijin breaking through, these more than 10,000 Gaochang children, including our father and son, are more than lucky. The Song army has so many cavalry, so many artillery, and the lights are blind outside, how many can escape? ”

10,000 infantry, 2,000 cavalry, the cavalry may be able to escape some, but the infantry will definitely be wiped out.

"Go down and prepare. Now, there is only one step at a time. ”

Balshu sighed faintly.

Song Jun's artillery, he didn't want to taste it, let alone take risks.

As for whether Gao Changguo can be saved, let's escape first.