In fact, as early as when the army arrived in Shangdu, the two sides began to clash.

87,000 cavalry, including 5,000 scouts, fought each other on the 400 miles of grassland between Shangdu and Xilinhot.

Thanks to these scouts, the exploration range of Mo Nan was compressed to about 100 miles, and after receiving the order to open the army, they strengthened the attack, and advanced forward for another 20 miles, entering the limit, and further forward, it was not something that the scouts could do.

The army easily advanced to a place 90 miles away from Xilinhot.

In a hurry, I arrived here in the evening of the next day.

I thought that the Khan Court was going to play the trick of retreating, but I didn't expect to fight a battle to defend the city.

"These Mengwu people are crazy, right, fighting a city defense war with our Han people?" Jia Hui was puzzled.

"Since the capture of the capital, it is the first time that I have fought a siege war with them." Yun Yu didn't know what to say.

Jia Hui looked at the information about Xilinhot and scratched his chin.

"Let's not talk about the walls that are more than a foot high, or rammed earth walls mixed with weeds. The population of Xilinhot alone has been gathered by nearly a million, where does their food and grass come from? ”

"It's just that the cattle are killed first, then the sheep, and finally the people are killed, as long as we can last until our army is exhausted, Mandulu will bring people to help and repel our army, and the materials consumed will be much more cost-effective than running north with people."

Yun Yu pinched his beard and said.

"People?"

"Yes, people, the grassland has always been limited in the number of people that can be accommodated by grazing alone, not to mention, there is not enough rain this year, as you can see, there is not much grass growing.

Dying more, whether victorious or defeated, will make them feel a little better. ”

Yun Yu looked indifferent.

"Most of the time fighting on the grasslands is not a struggle for hegemony, but a struggle for more abundant and warmer pastures, and the consumption of population.

They are not naturally warlike, they can't survive by grazing alone, and we have blocked the grasslands and closed the mutual market, and they can't spend even more money if they have it. If they want to survive and live a better life, they have no choice but to plunder each other and fight each other. ”

"How far will it take to resume the mutual market? Completely collapse the Khan Court? Jia Hui was a little curious.

"Yes, when the Mughal people are more divided, they will be able to reconnect with each other."

The two were chatting about kung fu when the gang leader came.

"Report! Marshal, General, dinner has arrived! The leader of the gang signed up outside the tent, and after receiving permission, he entered the house.

As a high-ranking official, there are still some privileges, and when the army nibbles and eats jerky, the commanders of the various armies can still eat fresh mutton and freshly roasted fire.

Of course, the GIs still have a bowl of broth in their hands.

When the broth was boiling, the large piece of mutton that was cooked by the way was brought to the table, and Jia Hui and Yunyu stopped talking and hurriedly sat down at the table.

The leader of the gang put two silver-clad wooden bowls on the table, opened the wooden barrel full of mutton soup, and saw a faint milky soup, and a fresh smell of mutton came out of the barrel along the heat.

The pungent fragrance caused the two of them to involuntarily poke their heads to look. The gang leader first picked up a bowl, took out a spoonful of meat that the gang leader had cut in advance, sprinkled some green onions, scooped a spoonful of soup and poured it on it, and sprinkled a little pepper, the fragrance was overflowing, and the saliva was about to come down.

The leader of the gang brought the two bowls of soup to the two of them, took out a spoon and chopsticks from the small bag and handed them to the two, and brought out a basket of dough cakes.

Jia Hui took a dough cake, tore the dough into small pieces, carefully put it into the soup, after a while, the cake was full of soup, the soup soaked the cake, used chopsticks to pick up the cake and put it into his mouth, chewed it gently, it was soft and tendony, and the fragrant soup suddenly overflowed the whole mouth. Slightly salty, slightly sweet, slightly spicy, slightly hot.

"Ah......" took a bite of mutton soup, and Yun Yu couldn't help but smile happily.

After a day of rapid marching, the tired body seemed to be healed by the warm mutton soup, and the strength filled the body again.

"Ah, Shutan, the whole army has been divided into a bowl?" Jia Hui drank a bowl in one go, felt the warm mutton soup entering his body along the esophagus, looked at the gang leader and asked.

"General Hui, I killed a total of 10,000 sheep, enough for the brothers to share, at most, there is not enough meat, but it's not that there is still meat jerky, enough to eat." The leader of the gang put down the knife that was helping the two of them cut mutton, and hurriedly replied.

"That's it." Jia Hui nodded and continued to eat.

The night attack is a hard work, and if you can't keep it, you have to chase it all night, and you must ensure that everyone has enough to eat.

Six bowls of soup, three catties of mutton and five dough cakes, Jia Hui put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"Ah, eight points full, comfortable." Jia Hui leaned comfortably on the back of the chair and took out a toothpick to pick her teeth.

Yun Yu also finished eating slowly, he was old and his stomach was not very good, so he naturally had to chew and swallow slowly, besides, he didn't need to go to the front line, just eat almost.

Seeing that the two had finished eating, the leader of the gang hurriedly put away the dishes and chopsticks, carried a wooden bucket and a basket and retreated to the two.

"Alright, boy, go back to your tent and rest, I want you to command it at night." Sleepy, Yun Yu began to drive people away.

"Yes, then he will retire." Jia Hui stood up with his hands on the table, said goodbye to Yun Yu, and turned to leave Yun Yu's handsome tent.

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The map shows that the Khan's army was arranged in the shape of "Hui".

The city of Xilinhot could not accommodate a population of nearly a million, and it was designed to fit in at most 50,000 people.

Therefore, except for a small number of nobles and regular soldiers, the rest of the people were deployed outside the city.

With Xilinhot City as the center, the young and middle-aged people are divided into left and right, and the rear is stationed in the rear, and a small number of cowards and most of the regular soldiers of the Great Khan and the various departments of Huntaiji and Taiji are stationed in the rear.

As for the south of the city, which faced the Qi army, it was the old and weak of the various departments.

They didn't think they could defeat the Qi army in the south at all, they wanted to rely on defending the city to delay the consumption of the Qi army, and naturally they were not willing to consume the precious young and strong population.

On the one hand, it is to grasp the weakness of the Qi army's respect for the elderly and pity for the sick and weak, so that the Qi army's attack becomes hesitant, so that the young and strong soldiers on both sides and in the city can take the opportunity to kill.

On the one hand, as much as possible, let the young and strong soldiers reduce their losses, so that they can escape when they can't resist. As a result, the old and sick of various tribes were put in the south of the city.

On the other hand, even if the conscience of the Qi army has been eaten by dogs, and morality has been abandoned, and when they see that they are all in the prime of life and the south where they are all old and weak, they will choose which side to attack.

Fortunately, most of the horses and antlers were placed in the south.

As for how you see it...

The walking speed of the people in the south of the city was significantly slower than that of other aspects, and when they looked carefully left and right, they could see that the camp tents were set up in an orderly manner. To the north of the city, there is strict discipline, and it is obvious that some of them are wearing iron armor.

The most important thing is that in order to defend against the Qi army, Shangdu also placed this formation.

At the time of Zhengzi, Jia Hui, who had already been fully equipped, rode on his horse to check the map, and finally confirmed whether there was any change in this formation.

After confirming that everything is correct, the minimap is turned off.

The general formation had already been told to the commanders of the various departments as early as daytime, and the specific way to fight would be talked about when the time came.

Behind him stood the equally well-equipped Qi army.

Jia Hui turned his horse's head, and the main general, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly came over, gave a few orders, and after they returned to their respective teams, Jia Hui faced the army.

"Make meritorious contributions, seal your wife and son, just today! Soldiers listen to orders! ”

Jia Hui raised his horse lance and faced the north.

"Let's go!"

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Khan Court.

The moonless night was so irritating, Tumut Huntaiji Ombu Chuhur was awakened by a nightmare, and the day when Bansheng City was slaughtered by the Qi army, it appeared in the dream again and again, and it had become a nightmare for Ombu Chuhuer.

Ombu Chuhur looked out the window and was shocked to find that it was the same moon today as it was then.

The irritable Embu Chuhu Er lay on the bed violently, waking up the Yan Shi who was sleeping soundly on the side, and the Yan Shi looked at the pillow person blankly, but Embu Chu Huer ignored her, closed his eyes and forced himself to fall asleep again.

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The lights were dark, there was not even moonlight, and the scouts did not run far, but only wandered within three miles of the city.

There is no moon today, and Bilig Khan is also afraid that one of these elites will accidentally fall into Lake Dalinor, or fall into some pit and die and be injured, so he didn't let them run too far.

Looking at the Mengwu scouts scattered outside the city like stars in the distance, Jia Hui whispered a military order to the back.

"The title of the man is numerous, and the horse is bound and strangled."

The soldiers behind him also whispered the military orders to the back, and then passed them to the people until the end of the line.

As early as about thirty miles away from Xilinhot, Jia Hui had people extinguish the torches.

The infantry was fine, as long as the people behind grabbed the thin rope tied to the shoulders of the people in front, and the horse army was like Jia Hui on the plateau, holding the rope.

The ropes of the 60,000 horse army were tied forward to their respective commanders, and the commanders were tied to Jia Hui's three direct thousand households, and finally, three ropes were tied to Jia Hui, connecting Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi.

If this is the case and he still falls behind, then Jia Hui has no choice but to wait until dawn to let the people who have fallen behind converge on their own.

Fortunately, about eighteen miles away from Xilinhot, at the right foot of a small hill, I saw a faint fire again.

"The infantry attacked, and the artillery carriages followed." Jia Hui ordered.

The herald immediately went to convey the military order, and now he is still sneaking, and he can't use suona, so he can only notify them one by one.

The infantry who received the military order passed through the horse army, led by Ye Bushu, and walked along the dirt road towards Xilinhot City.

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The five military battalions of the Beijing camp all commanded Xie Yong to ride on a horse and follow the Ye Bushu in front of him.

As the marquis of Qingyang County, Xie Yong naturally became the commander of the infantry army.

For this night attack, Xie Yong was still a little panicked.

No matter what, there were nearly a million troops gathered around Xilinhot, and although he was very confident in the Qi army, the difference of nearly one to ten still made him pinch a cold sweat.

Turning his head and glancing at the fierce man who was eight feet tall, sturdy and wearing heavy armor, Xie Yong's heart was a lot more steady.

Luda was sent by Jia Hui to be the vanguard of the infantry army.

When Xie Yong first saw Luda in heavy armor, he was also shocked by Luda's force. After observing Ruda's strong performance in the troop exercise, he was even more shocked.

"Brother Lu, the next thing to move away from the antlers and reject the horse will be troublesome for you to go to the camp first."

"Don't worry, the frontal breakthrough will be handed over to the Sprinkle family!" The Ruda urn wearing a scarf replied angrily.

"That's good, that's good." Xie Yong was firm, since there was a first-class general like Luda, then he Xie Yong had nothing to worry about.

An army of 100,000 hurried in silence.

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Scout Detective Maunki was yawning and looking around casually.

Dawn was approaching, and he was already sleepy when he stood guard at night.

I thought to myself, why don't I have time to change shifts!

The moonless night is much more difficult than other times, and when there is a moon, at least you can quietly beat a few rabbits and marmots and other beating sacrifices, since the Great Khan summoned all the troops to gather in Xilinhot, the food is getting less and less, and it is getting worse and worse.

But when there is no moon, the black light blinds the fire and can't see anything, there are clouds in the sky that block the starlight, and he can't see the surroundings, only the small piece of land illuminated by the torch in his hand is his domain.

"Huh?" Unqi felt that something was wrong, the wind shouldn't be so dull!

Unqi knocked his horse's belly to cheer up his partner, and cautiously leaned forward.

Pulling the reins, the horse moved to the left, leaving only the right half of the body to move south.

Suddenly, the dull sound stopped, and the torch in Unki's right hand suddenly illuminated the armored beast in front of him, which was more than eight feet tall and could make people frightened just by standing there.

The atmosphere was silent.

This time, Unqi finally remembered what it was.

"Enemy..."Before the words were finished, Ruda had already acted.

Pick up the wolf and blow up Unqi's dog's head!

But Wu Enqi's war horse neighed, and fled frantically towards the north, and was shot into the back of the head by Xie Yong with an arrow, and fell to the ground without a sound.

"Assault of the whole army!"

He had already tried his best to get to the nearest position, and it was expected to be discovered, Xie Yong shouted, drew a few arrows and rushed out, Luda led the infantry to walk quickly, trying to keep the formation moving at a constant speed.

The night guards also caught up with Xie Yong, and also took out their bows and arrows, shooting the scouts outside.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The condor archers standing on the watchtower also spotted the Qi army that was attacking, and hurriedly rang the small bell to gather men for defense.

A group of old Mengwu soldiers who were not yet old were instantly woken up by the sound of the bronze bell, got up and put on their clothes with a curse, drew their waist knives and rushed out of the tent, and rushed towards the south, while the other old and weak people also took up their weapons and rushed towards the Qi army.

"Brother Lu, I'll leave it to you in front!" Xie Yong waited for a while, until Luda led his troops over, gave Luda an order, and rushed towards the watchtower.

Let's see if you're good at archery or mine!

The condor archer saw that the Qi general with good archery skills rushed towards him, and he also had the idea of competing, and then condescendingly fired three arrows at Xie Yong, but Xie Yong dodged two shots, and the last shot was also blocked by Xie Yong's own soldiers with a big shield.

Seeing that Xie Yong was getting closer and closer to him, the condor archer did not panic at all, and once again put the arrow in his hand on the bowstring, aiming at Xie Yong.

Like a spiritual rhino, Xie Yong also pulled out an arrow and aimed at the condor archer.

"Go!" Xie Yong was the first to aim for letting go.

The sharp arrows shot at the Condor Archer, and a little later, the Condor Archer also shot the arrow in his hand.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the arrow shot by the Condor Archer was once again blocked by the pro-soldier and hit the pro-soldier's shield, and the pro-soldier's face turned pale, and he fell off his horse, spitting blood from his mouth.

On the watchtower, the eagle archer clutched the arrow tightly in his chest, and the blood that kept flowing fell to the ground, and his eyes gradually became blank.