The night has reached its deepest point, with only about an hour left before dawn, and not a single star can be seen in the sky.
Ai Buhua hurried to the north of the city, mobilized a small group of soldiers and horses from the Wang Gu tribe, and then rushed back. He didn't spend too much time in total, so he naturally thought that Na Muhan was still holding on.
Therefore, when he saw Tang soldiers appearing in the south of the palace, he thought that they were coming from the city gate to the south to attack the palace, so he immediately ordered a charge to break the siege of the palace.
The two sides soon clashed in front of the palace gate.
After fighting for a while, some soldiers looked up and saw torches lighting up the palace walls, and at the same time soldiers and horses rushed out of the city gate.
Ai Buhua couldn't help but cheer up and shouted: "Reinforcements are coming, attack the Tang army from a flank!"
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The fire became brighter and brighter, but to his surprise, the soldiers and horses rushing out of the palace actually fired a hail of arrows in his direction.
That turned out to be Tang Jun.
But how could the Tang army rush out of the palace city? Could it be that they had already penetrated the palace city?
What about Muhan?
When Ai Buhua had these thoughts in his mind, the Tang army was already trying to outflank him. Seeing that there was no hope of entering the palace for support, he issued an order to retreat.
When the whistle sounded, the cavalrymen pulled on the strings and turned around.
However, there was a light of fire in the southwest direction, and another Tang army arrived.
Although this capital city has not yet been completely built, it is a well-planned city after all. The cavalry cannot rush around as freely as they can in the wild, so it is easy to be blocked by the infantry.
"Kill it!"
Ai Buhua raised his flag and pointed to the west, deciding to fight his way out of Dadu and turn back to the north of Yinshan Mountain.
He brought more than 20,000 cavalry to help out, and was full of expectations to marry Princess Dayuan and become a core member of the Golden Family. However, it turned out that even returning to the fiefdom with hundreds of remnant soldiers became a luxury.
Let’s talk about the sadness of leaving the Central Plains.
It was too late. The horses turned around and caused a chaos. The Tang army that rushed over had already arranged a neat array and set up shields and spears.
Ai Buhua knew that the cavalry must not lose mobility and kept urging the soldiers to charge. Unfortunately, the speed of the entire army gradually slowed down.
They were surrounded.
"Breakout! Tsukinoai, you..."
Ai Buhua yelled out of habit, and then he realized that Yue Nohe was dead. He looked back and said, "Ma Runzeng, you are responsible for breaking out."
Ma Runzeng was actually a member of the Wanggu tribe and was the son of Yue Naihe. Because Yue Naihe's father, Sirikis, had served as a military judge in the Kingdom of Jin, he changed his surname to Ma and was called the Ma family of Jingzhou.
At this time, Ma Run was ordered to clasp his fists and lead his troops forward to fight fiercely with the Tang army.
However, the Tang Army formation in front erupted into a roar, the sound was overwhelming. "Kill the captives!"
"kill!"
The Yuan army originally wanted to break through, but instead retreated a few steps.
If he was still unconvinced by the defeat at Helan Mountain, he thought Li Xia was just lucky. But tonight, seeing the Tang army chasing after him fiercely, he felt a despair of being unable to resist.
The enemy in front of him was so powerful that he lost confidence in victory.
What's ridiculous is that before this moment, he was still blindly worshiping the Golden Family and was deeply immersed in the myth that the Mongolian cavalry was invincible.
Ai Buhua suddenly thought of Liu Bingzhong's words to persuade him. "If you don't obey God's will, it will be too late to regret it."
But even though it has only been less than two hours, there is a huge difference between surrendering now and surrendering just now. Surrendering after being surrounded, what is the difference between surrendering and being a prisoner in the future?
He closed his eyes, and the past scenes of his life flashed through his mind, all of which were the upbringing and teachings given to him by Asashibeji.
"You are my son, the grandson of Genghis Khan, guarding the hinterland of the Great Mongolia, and the most honorable among the Golden Family..."
Na Muhan can escape, but he will not surrender even if he loves her. "Fight to the death!"
Love doesn't cost much, it's like wielding a sword or driving a horse, its eyes are full of determination.
There was a sound of "dang", but someone rushed to him on horseback.
Next to him, he hit his hand hard with the handle of the knife, knocking the scimitar in his hand to the ground.
Ai Buhua turned back when the noose fell, tied his arms, and pulled him forward suddenly, pulling him under the horse.
"Quick, tie him up."
Immediately two soldiers came forward, held him down and began to tie him up. "Let me go! What are you doing?"
Ai Buhua raised his head in surprise and saw someone riding a horse with a torch in front of him. "Ma Runzeng? Are you betraying me? Betraying Wang Gubu?!"
"The king is wrong." Ma Run once said: "It is for the sake of the people that we do this."
"Traitor! You traitor!"
"You are the traitor. The Wanggu tribe is not your property alone, let alone the king's betrothal gift. If the tribesmen want to survive, they can only follow the trend."
Ai Buhua was furious and wanted to scold him again. Ma Runzeng got off his horse and turned around to walk towards the front of the Tang army's formation.
"take away!"
"Surrender! We are willing to sacrifice the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and surrender..."
With these shouts, the sound of fighting gradually stopped, and a banging sound came from the front, which was when the Yuan troops began to take off their weapons and armor.
Ai Buhua was tied up with five flowers and was led forward by someone, like a led sheep.
"Ma Runzeng, please kill me...kill me."
Ma Runzeng, who was walking in front, only took off his armor and spread out his braided hair, turning a deaf ear to Ai Buhua's shouts.
When they arrived in front of the Tang army, they saw a tall general wearing silver armor standing with a spear across his head, majestic.
"General Liu, the guilty general has brought Ai Buhua. General, please surrender."
Ma Runzeng put his foot on the crook of Ai Buhua's knee and forced him to kneel on the ground.
"Let me go!" Ai Buhua struggled and said, "Where did that bastard come from in front of you? He is not worthy of me to kneel down and worship you!"
"I'm not worthy of you kneeling down, then stand up if you can."
The Tang general had already stepped forward, raised his foot and stepped on Ai Buhua's shoulder, making him unable to get up. He stared at him curiously with his big copper bell-like eyes and said, "I can come over here if you like."
Monk Liu said that he would not surrender if he tried to persuade you to do so. Then I would be surprised. Either you are a fool, or Princess Yue Lie is so beautiful that she is as beautiful as a fairy and fell in love with you?"
"Bah, you lowly people!" Ai Buhua scolded, "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan."
The Tang general was not annoyed, but looked serious and said, "As long as you have the ambition to be a great bird, I'm going to see if Princess Yue Lie is beautiful."
"How dare you?!" Ai Buhua yelled angrily, "I will never let you go! But the other party ignored him and let the soldiers drag him down.
Ai Buhua continued to roar until a Tang soldier got annoyed and forced a piece of bloody wound dressing into his mouth.
The fishy smell rushed into the nose. "Woo! Woo!"
He was then thrown into a dead end and tied up with several other prisoners without any preferential treatment.
He finally realized that once Wang Gu's people surrendered, he was no longer of use to Li Xia. If he didn't die tonight, he would probably have to live like this for the rest of his life, watching helplessly how much he had lost because of his wrong choices.
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Ai Buhua thought about this over and over in her heart, and finally decided that it would be easier if she died.
He swallowed, stared at the alley wall for a long time, and then slammed into it.
"Boom."
With a sound, he fell into the snow, but there was no blood on his head. After all, he couldn't bear to die.
He couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.
"Secretary Cong, I want to see Secretary Cong! Please, let me see Secretary Cong again and give me a chance..."
The snow was still falling, and the sky gradually became brighter before I knew it. A flag of the Tang Army was planted at the top of the city of Dadu.
More and more Yuan troops began to withdraw from Dadu and headed south.
It would still be beneficial for Namuhan to withdraw from the city in time even though he knew that he was defeated by Zhang Jue.
He wanted to support Kublai Khan with a large army instead of rushing into battle with a defeated army. Tuanhe.
With Tang Junjun
The soldiers who had been fighting all night felt the movement behind them, turned around and looked to the north, and saw cavalry figures emerging from the wind and snow.
When they got closer, the flag appeared, and the soldiers of the Yuan army cheered. Soon, the entire Yuan army array burst into cheers.
"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming!"
The cry reached the Tang army formation, and many soldiers began to worry.
This has a huge impact on morale. If it were an inexperienced army, it might start to collapse at this time.
However, most of the Tang army are veterans who have fought for many years. Even the new recruits are well-trained by veterans and can deal with them calmly for the time being.
"The most troublesome place is here. It is difficult for the Tang army to be defeated."
Under a banner embroidered with a cross, Naiyan looked at the battlefield in the distance with a gloomy face and said: "Throughout the night, the southerners, who are intolerant of the cold, were able to maintain their morale. Seeing that we had reinforcements, they actually refused to retreat.
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Ma Xueliji thought: "Strange, then why is the Song army so weak?"
"I also find it strange why such a weak Song army became so difficult to defeat in the hands of Li Xia."
"This damn tenacity."
After watching the battle all night, missionary Maserikis also lost his patience and couldn't hold it back, so he cursed in a low voice.
After a while, Xin Ma came and conveyed Kublai Khan's order. "The Great Khan conveyed the order to attack with all strength and defeat the Tang army as soon as possible!"
At the same time, war drums were beating and roaring in the Yuan army formations in all directions.
Even Naiyan was infected by this atmosphere and ordered the drums to be beaten and the prepared soldiers and horses to be sent to the battlefield.
Naturally, not everyone will be on the battlefield hacking and killing until dawn during a whole night of fighting. A seasoned general will make reasonable arrangements to allow the soldiers to take turns to rest.
Therefore, when there is not much difference in the combat power of the soldiers on both sides, the general's ability will also have a crucial impact.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."
Amidst the sound of war drums, more Yuan troops rushed to the battlefield, making the battle line longer and longer, and the Tang army's line became thinner and thinner.
Seeing this situation, Naiyan became more confident and said, "Maybe we can defeat the Tang army before noon."
"The Great Khan has suffered a great loss."
"Yes." Naiyan said, "The frontal battlefield is much more intense than our right wing."
"By the way, why did Muhan come to support now? Did he repel Zhang Jue?"
Suddenly hearing this question, Naiyan thought for a moment and found that he couldn't answer it.
He frowned, thought carefully, and murmured: "Yes, how can we mobilize so many troops to come to support?"
Naiyan couldn't figure out the answer for a long time and was a little unwilling to admit that Na Muhan was better than him.
"Your Majesty."
Another scouting horse rushed to watch the carriage and reported: "Another troop is coming from the north."
"Namuhan actually still has troops? How many people?" "Still inquiring."
Naiyan raised his telescope and looked north, trying hard to see through the wind and snow what was going on.
Maseriki thought for a while and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it can't be... A possibility has emerged in their minds.
But this might be too hard to believe.
Although the capital city is not well built, at least the city walls have been built and there are a lot of troops in the city.
"Report!"
A fast horse came galloping from the north, much faster than the exploration horse just now, and it was running wildly and shouting, looking very panicked.
Naiyan put down the telescope. Although he hadn't heard the battle report yet, his eyes already showed shock.
"No way? So fast? How could Kublai Khan still order me to attack with all my strength? How could he have the nerve to do this?"
With such thoughts lingering in his mind, Naiyan looked at Tan Ma who rushed in front of him and watched his lips open and close.
As a result, I guessed it right.
"Your Majesty, it's not good! A large group of Tang troops appeared in the north. They are infantry... Zhang Jue, it's Zhang Jue."
Jue has arrived on the battlefield! The capital city seems... seems to have been lost!"