Sitting back on the chair, holding Nuomin in his arms, Zhu Jinghong asked, "Who?" ”

Nomin replied, "I told you not to be angry! ”

So Zhu Jinghong was even more curious, how could he be angry with a beauty, did this girl have a fever?

So he reached out to Nomin's forehead and said, "You girl, what nonsense is this!" ”

"Beauty is like jade, I have always loved it, how can I be angry with them!"

"It's my sister who wants to see you!"

Hearing the word "sister", Zhu Jinghong was a little down for a while, and after a few breaths, he guessed who it might be.

"It's Kikige!" Nomin hurriedly explained.

Seeing that what he expected was not bad, Zhu Jinghong asked, "She wants to see me?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Just now she sent a messenger, saying that she has arrived near Hami City and has something to discuss with the Thirteenth Master!"

When Nuo Min explained, Zhu Jinghong's thoughts couldn't help but fly back to two years ago, and his last memory of Qiqige was still the situation of "pinching" her.

Seeing Zhu Jinghong's look of nostalgia, Nuo Min was also quite emotional for a while, and those thoughts that had come up again.

It turned out that the Thirteenth Master had been missing his sister all along, but he buried this heart in the bottom of his heart......

"Thirteenth Master, do you want to see her?" Nomin asked.

Kikige, a weak woman, and also in private, shows that she did not come from negotiations, at least not on behalf of the Dzungar authorities.

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinghong also felt strange.

Previously, the Dzungar front was defeated, and even its young master was captured alive, and the Dzungar people were stunned and did not send anyone to negotiate, as if they didn't care about the life and death of Zero at all, and were bent on deciding with the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jinghong was thinking, and Nuo Min was also looking at her, making up the entanglements of her imagination.

"Thirteenth master, let's see each other, I think I miss Qiqige very much!"

Nuo Min's sudden words made Zhu Jinghong cry and laugh, this girl is too naïve.

Speaking of Qiqige, although Zhu Jinghong has little contact with her, he knows that she is an assertive person.

Zhu Jinghong replied with a smile: "She only has hatred for me, where does she miss anything!" ”

Just as Nuo Min wanted to persuade again, he heard Zhu Jinghong say: "Forget it...... Since you intercede with her, meet her! ”

In fact, it's not all about Nuo Min's face, because Zhu Jinghong is also very curious about what Qiqige's trip is all about.

Is it for summing? Or is it to save my brother? Or is it for some other reason?

Thinking of this, Zhu Jinghong looked forward to it more and more.

"You bring her here, only let her come alone!"

"Yes...... I'll go! Nomin replied, and it was obvious that she was pleased.

Nuo Min jumped away, and Zhu Jinghong was the only one left on the high platform, and he suddenly felt lonely after drinking two glasses alone.

Listening to the laughter and laughter coming from the surrounding camps, Zhu Jinghong felt more and more lonely in his heart, so he drank two more glasses of wine.

"I'm so pretentious!"

After laughing at himself, Zhu Jinghong thought about the next thing, and time passed much faster.

Soon two quarters of time passed, and the sound of inquiry from under the high stage pulled Zhu Jinghong out of reality.

After repeated interrogation, the two were let in by the guards.

At this moment, Kikige was wearing a cloak, and her whole person was covered in it, but she could still see through the gap in her hoodie, and her eyes were slightly red, largely because she had just cried.

Along the way, she was not idle, she kept looking at the surrounding situation and observing the garrison of the Ming army.

In the past, her heart was higher than the sky, and she always felt that Dzungaria was first-class and powerful, but now her concept is completely shattered, and the strength of the Ming army makes her heart like ashes.

And the upheaval of the family made her heartbroken.

Coming to the bottom of the high platform, Kikige was inevitably questioned again, and no matter how Normin explained it, the guards did not let him go.

"Let them come up!"

As Zhu Jinghong's words came from the high platform, the guards below made way and let the two Qiqige pass.

The two went up to the high platform together, and Zhu Jinghong was still sitting on the chair at this time, looking at Qiqige calmly after a long absence.

They are really affectionate...... Nomin's eyes were a different scene, and he sighed in his heart.

Taking off his shirt and hat, Qiqige and Zhu Jinghong looked at each other at the same time, and saluted: "Meet the Thirteenth Master!" ”

"What are you looking for me?"

"The courtiers are willing to help the Thirteenth Master and take Hami City!"

Zhu Jinghong was fully prepared, and he would deal with any temptation and temptation properly, but he didn't expect Qiqige to come to such a sentence.

After a few breaths, Zhu Jinghong asked, "You want to betray your own family?" ”

"Why?"

Kikige untied the cloak, let it slip to his feet, and then walked forward and said, "It was Dzungar who betrayed my father and brother!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong was even more curious, but he didn't rush to ask, just waited for Qiqige to continue.

"The brother who was defeated in front was captured, and my father already had the heart to agree, so he secretly summoned his henchmen to discuss!"

"After the imperial army won successive battles, now the front of the army is directed at Hami, a few days ago my father convened important ministers, and formally proposed a strategy for negotiation......"

Zhu Jinghong's face still did not change, in his opinion, this is the thinking of normal people, if this battle continues, Dzungaria will inevitably be defeated, and then Qiqige's family will have to be liquidated.

It is very necessary to strike the troops in a timely manner, even if it is just to delay time.

"However, on the afternoon of the ceremony, my father died violently in the palace, and the princes of the various tribes immediately elected a new Great Khan!"

Good guys, it's even more exciting.

What puzzled Zhu Jinghong was that it stands to reason that Jinyiwei would report such a major news, but he did not receive the news.

So Zhu Jinghong asked: "With such a change, there is no news coming out?" ”

"The incident was seven days ago, and since then, the news has been strictly sealed inside and outside Yili, and all the traffic arteries have been blocked, so the matter has not yet spread!"

"Why did you escape from the city when it was tightly sealed? And let you escape to our army! ”

Faced with questioning, Kikige replied: "There are always some loyal ministers in my family, and when they see that I am lonely, they help me!" ”

Zhu Jinghong didn't ask any more, he planned to let someone investigate this matter, the truth would be clearly revealed then, and he was actually more concerned about another matter at the moment.

"You said to help me take Hami City, how can you help me?"

Kikige replied: "I am willing to go to the front of the battle in person, expose the Ili rebellion, and advise the defenders to surrender!" ”

"What conditions do you have?" Zhu Jinghong asked directly.

At this time, Kikige had already come to him, lifted the wine jug and poured the wine while saying, "I only want to help the imperial court, put down the rebellion, and avenge my family!" ”

Holding up the wine glass with both hands, Qiqige knelt in front of Zhu Jinghong, and begged: "Please also ask the thirteenth master to be fulfilled!" ”

After staring at Qiqige for a few seconds, Zhu Jinghong took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Then it depends on your performance!" ”

Zhu Jinghong can guarantee that he has absolutely no other meaning in what he says, but just hopes that Qiqige will persuade him to surrender tomorrow and behave well.

couldn't stop Qiqige from thinking too much, only to see her get up and tear off her hairpin, and then lie down in Zhu Jinghong's arms.

"As long as the Thirteenth Master is willing to help me take revenge, let me do anything!"

Zhu Jinghong was stunned for a moment, and Nuo Min on the side was also shocked to the spot, secretly saying that Qiqige was really uninhibited, and actually grabbed a man in front of him.

I saw Nuo Min come close and said, "Sister, the Thirteenth Master is not such a person!" ”

Where did Qiqige still have the kung fu to pay attention to other things, so she kept staring at Zhu Jinghong and feeling the changes in a certain part of his body.

After a few breaths of silence at the scene, I heard Zhu Jinghong say: "Persuade me to surrender tomorrow, you should behave well!" ”

"Nomin, you take her down to rest, and then come to me, I have something to tell you!"

"Yes!" Nomin answered, then leaned over to help Kikig up.

Orthodox twelfth year, September 25, early in the morning.

In the cold wind, all units of the Ming army were ready for battle and could cover the city with fire at any time.

At present, the artillery of the North Fourth Guard has an effective firing range of about 600 meters, and in order to improve accuracy and coverage, their position has reached a position of 300 meters.

This distance is outside the range of bows and arrows, and although there are artillery on the defending side, they are all old cannons, which are not a big threat.

The most important thing is that these cannons on the city wall of Hami will become the key targets for a while, and it is best to reimburse them in one lump sum according to the battle plan.

Let's say that before the battle, under the strict protection of the big shield, Liu Fang led Qiqige all the way forward.

As they approached, the men on the walls paid attention to them.

Tiebull was not on the tower at this time, but in a very ordinary battlement, and it was clear that he knew that it was not safe to stay in the tower.

"General, just bombard those people to death!" Someone next to Tieble proposed.

The previous two wars had already made the two sides have formed a mortal enmity, and it is obvious that this general had relatives killed by the Ming army, so he was so radical at this time.

"Let's see what tricks they play!" Tiebur said in a deep voice.

In fact, he could probably guess the intentions of the Ming army, but Tiebul still didn't let go of the arrow, because he subconsciously wanted to delay the war.

The repeated defeats cast a shadow on Tie Boer's heart, and marked the ideological steel seal of defeat in this battle.

It's just this fact, which Tiebble will never admit.

Let's say that under the city wall, about twenty zhang away from the city wall, Liu Fang and his party stopped, and the shouting could be heard clearly at this distance.

Under the protection of the big shield, Liu Fang cleared his throat, and then shouted: "Listen, the people in the city tower, I am Liu Fang, the deputy governor of the Northwest Governor's Office of the Ming Dynasty, and I was ordered to come over today to show you a way out!" ”

"Now that you have been surrounded, there is only one way to die if you resist stubbornly, as long as you are willing to surrender, Daming can forgive you for your crimes!"

"Now, it is your chance to survive, and I hope you will make a wise choice and become His Majesty's courtiers again!"

Every word Liu Fang shouted was shouted by an interpreter who could hear the nearby Dzungar soldiers, who then spread the news.

The atmosphere on the city wall was already pessimistic, and when he heard this, he gradually became agitated, which affected the morale of the army to a certain extent.

"You Mingren, who killed so many of our brothers, and now you still want to trick us into surrendering, so that we can lay down our arms and let you slaughter, you Mingren are simply vicious......"

"Brothers, surrender is a dead end, there is only a dead end......"

Tiebur took the lead in shouting, and the other Dzungar officers also followed to calm the morale of the army, equating surrender directly with death.

Soldiers may be able to live if they surrender, but if the generals surrender, their families will die, so they are determined to wrap their soldiers into the war.

"Warriors of Dzungaria, I am Qiqige, the daughter of the Great Han, and I am now here to convey the order of the Great Khan, asking you to immediately lay down your arms and surrender to the imperial court......"

After Liu Fang's shouting was fruitless, Qiqige finally appeared in front of everyone.

Twenty feet away, although it was not too big to see the human face clearly, Tiebul had already heard Kikige's voice.

Not only him, but most of the other generals on the city wall also recognized Kikige.

It was the soldiers who were in a commotion just now, and even the generals are in a commotion at this moment.

To a certain extent, Kikige can represent his father, and now he is "heralded".

The generals of the Ming Dynasty can ignore the threats, but should the orders of the Great Khan be carried out?

But will the Great Khan really come to light? Since the Ming Dynasty is descending, why don't you send someone to pass the order? Why did you send your own daughter?

So the generals began to suspect that they could not make tens of thousands of soldiers lay down their arms and be slaughtered because of a few words from a woman.

At this time, Qiqige did not dare to speak out about the coup d'état in Ili, because then these front-line soldiers, worried about the safety of their families, would still serve the new Great Khan, but would not follow her persuasion to surrender.

The city of Hami was very important, and the Ili side also knew about it, so on the day of the coup, they sent an envoy to convey the military order to hold on.

However, due to the large number of scouts of the Ming army, this group of messengers was forced to hide in Tibet, but arrived a day later than Qiqige.

Coincidentally, these people had entered the city from the northern city of Hami, and had rushed to the southern city at this time.

"Kikige and his brother Battle, intending to usurp the throne and murder the Great Khan, escaped from Ili after the defeat, and now the Great Khan is ordering someone to arrest him!" The herald shouted loudly.

Good guys, this news is even more exciting, and at the same time makes the situation extremely unfavorable for Kikige.

"Is there such a thing? He's okay with the Great Khan, right? Tibur asked after finding the messenger and confirming his identity.

The messenger replied: "The Great Khan is seriously wounded, and now Ili is the chief of His Highness Narisong!" ”

Narisong is the brother of Alabutan, and it stands to reason that the Khan should be his, but it is a pity that his father did the act of abolishing the elder and the young.

"Ladies and gentlemen, these things are all masterminded by the Ming people, they want to exterminate our people, so we must not surrender!"

"Reinforcements are on the way, and there is also the army of the Rakshasa Kingdom to help, as long as you hold on for a few days, the siege of Hami can be solved!"

The messenger's words were very loud, so they were also heard by the interpreter outside the city, and then relayed them to Liu Fang.

"Let's go!"

Liu Fang was very decisive, because he had realized that the possibility of persuasion was infinitely equal to zero.

Before leaving, Liu Fang couldn't help but look at Qiqige more, and secretly said that this woman is really not simple.

Regardless of whether he murdered his father or not, but he was involved in these incidents, it was very powerful that he could get out of the way, the key is that he dared to persuade him to surrender in front of the battle.

"Shoot her!" The messenger shouted loudly, coercing Tiebul to give the order quickly.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Kikige immediately turned the horse's head and galloped into the distance at a fast speed, she also knew that she was very dangerous at the moment.

"Shoot the ......"

The horse galloped and quickly ran a distance of more than ten feet, so that Kikige was already out of range, so that a wave of arrows could not hurt her.

"Prepare for the enemy!" Tiebull shouted.

In less than three minutes, Liu Fang returned to the Chinese army camp and had no choice but to return to Zhu Jinghong.

At this time, Zhu Jinghong sat on the chair very casually, and after listening to Liu Fang's report, he immediately said: "Then order all departments to fire according to the predetermined plan!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Fang responded.

At his behalf, orders began to be delivered, and the nearest Yulin Left Guard was the first to reload, and then lit the fuse and began the bombardment.

The first shell was fired, but unfortunately it did not concentrate the target artillery, but hit the city walls.

And this is already a good effect, and then the cannon can be hit on the city wall by simply raising the muzzle slightly.

Each guard has 100 artillery pieces, and the north four guards add up to 400 artillery, and firing the cannons together is really a very beautiful scene.

The smoke from the muzzle of the cannon bloomed like a flower over the field.

Bang...... Bang...... Bang......

Listening to the constant roar, Zhu Jinghong picked up the telescope and began to observe the situation on the front line.

"Yulin's right guard has done a good job, the section of the city wall they are responsible for has almost half of its garrison artillery destroyed, and their gunners should be rewarded!"

This sentence was recorded by the staff officers, and after the war, it will be used as the original material for approving military exploits.

"How did the Yulin Left Guard fight? What do you say to the city tower, you want to hit his first-line defensive position! Zhu Jinghong's tone was stern.

The battle plan was clearly formulated, but Yulin Left Guard did not strictly implement it, which made Zhu Jinghong particularly dissatisfied.

Turning around, Zhu Jinghong said in a stern tone: "Ziying, you immediately go to the front and take a look and ask what's going on!" ”

"Yes!"

(End of chapter)