In the desert one hundred and thirty miles away from Jiuyuan City, there is a large cowhide tent decorated with gold, which is magnificent. Surrounding the golden tent, there are many large and small yurts.
Lele chariots surrounded the outer walls of the city. Rangers on horseback were patrolling all around.
This is a large camp with tens of thousands of people.
Because there is a small river here, flowing clear and shallow, providing a water source. Therefore, this place became the temporary golden tent of the Mongolian army.
A huge Persian carpet was spread in the golden tent. Gushi Khan sat in the middle of the main room, Junggar, Turgut, Durbot, Turmut headquarters, Qinghai Turmut, Yongxie Bubu, Guan
The leaders of the Xiqi tribe, Alxa tribe and other tribes were sitting on both sides, with a small kang table in front of them, with wine and meat on it.
In addition to the Oirat and the Seven tribes of Guanxi, the Tumut, Qinghai Tumut, Yongxiebu, and Alxa tribes were all annihilated by Yang Fan's army. Either they were remnants of the defeated generals, or they were newly arrived from their own tribes.
of reinforcements.
Although Dasa Huang Taiji was previously elected as a Jinong of the Tumote Tribe, he could no longer stand up to his successive failures.
At this time, he was sitting on the left hand side of Gushi Khan with a flattering look on his face.
Although he is the master of this land, Tumut's troops now have less than 10,000 soldiers, so he can't say anything. He can only rely on people from Mongolia in the desert.
He is still counting on the powerful Heshuo Special Forces to help him snatch the front condom back. It would be great if Ordos could be snatched away for him.
In order to please Gushi Khan, he had sent over a dozen beauties during this period.
However, after the Oirat people arrived, their faces had been gloomy. They were not as high-spirited as he had imagined.
Oirat is a notoriously evil person in Central Asia. He bullies various city-states and other nomadic peoples, just like drinking water and eating. Moreover, they have always despised the Ming Dynasty. In addition to being somewhat awe-inspiring for the emperor of the Rakshasa Kingdom, they are extremely unruly.
Not going well.
The army has been working hard these days to make siege weapons. The big khan and the little khan are feasting in the golden tent and watching singing and dancing. Although everyone is flattering, the Oirat people always have a bad face, as if they owe the Oirats money.
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The people of Oirat have kept the matter of the burning of Linhe City a secret. They cannot afford to lose face.
If someone found out about their activities on the grassland, and they were beaten like this by a boat from the Beijing camp, it would greatly shake the deterrent power they had finally accumulated.
At this time, a shaky knight was riding on a mottled flower horse.
He staggered into the camp gate. Then he fell to the ground with a thud.
He immediately attracted the attention of the Mongols, and several people ran over.
The man who fell to the ground was wearing exquisite clothes embroidered with gold thread. But the clothes were very damaged and stained with blood.
He had several injuries on his body, but they were simply bandaged. His lips were chapped, which was caused by thirst after coming here from the wilderness.
"Give me some water, I want water." The man muttered with blurred eyes.
Centurion Ulji came over and leaned down to look at it carefully.
This man looks like a noble man. His temperament is not comparable to that of ordinary officers.
He felt that he could not be neglected, so he immediately took off the wine bottle and poured him some kumiss.
After the man's chapped lips came into contact with the kumis, he grabbed the wine bag and drank heavily. It seemed that he was thirsty in the desert.
"Who are you from Oirat?" the man asked weakly.
"I am a member of Gushi Khan of the Heshuote tribe. My name is Ulji. Dear noble man, where are you from and why are you in such a mess?" Ulji asked with his hand on his chest.
The man smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you surround Jiuyuan City? I thought I would find you outside Jiuyuan City. Why did you retreat so far?"
Ulji said: "The Ming people have cut off several creeks. The water on the Yellow River cannot pass through, and transporting water is too laborious. The Great Khan asked us to move back a little first and prepare the siege machinery before going to attack the city.
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The man forced himself to stand up and said: "Hold me, go to Gushi Khan, and ask for an audience with Aqimusuli Tang from Turpan of the Yarkand Khanate."
Ulji was horrified. Suli Tang was the commander-in-chief of the Yarkand army and should be in Henan at this moment. Why did he come here alone, riding a broken horse, and walking through the desert with injuries?
So, he asked people to go to the Golden Tent to report it quickly, and he took the people with him and walked towards the Golden Tent with Su Litang on his back.
When Su Litang walked into the golden tent, he saw that there was no sound inside, and everyone looked at him in surprise.
Without saying a word, he found an empty table and sat down at the back.
Then he ate hungrily and drank the kumiss in big gulps.
No one spoke. After a long while, Gushi Khan saw that he had almost eaten. He asked: "Suli Tang Aqimu, how did you end up like this? Where is your army?"
"The army, the army is gone." Su Litang smiled uglier than crying.
He threw the gnawed leg of mutton on the table and said: "Three days ago, the Beijing camp took advantage of the first night we arrived to raid our camp in the early morning. Thirty thousand Yarkand troops
,completely annihilated."
With a bang, the entire tent exploded.
These are 30,000 people. If we say they will be annihilated, they will be annihilated.
Yang Fan was so courageous, and as the army was about to attack, he actually took a break from his busy schedule and crossed the Yellow River to defeat the Yerkang army.
"He gave me a horse and a bag of water, and asked me to run in this direction to find you and bring you a message."
Gushihan frowned and asked, "What does he want to say to me?"
"He asked you to withdraw from Houtao and Alxa and return to the Western Regions. Don't meddle in other people's business. From now on, don't appear east of Hamiwei again. Otherwise, it can't be said to be unforeseen."
At this moment, all the Taijis exploded.
Now that their army is pressing down on the border, they are at an absolute advantage. Uncle Dingyuan of the Ming Dynasty has less than a quarter of their troops. Infantry is still the main force.
If he hadn't had a fortified city, they would have torn it into pieces long ago. He still dares to speak so brazenly here.
Only by winning the battle can you be qualified to propose conditions.
Now that their destruction is imminent, they actually dare to propose such outrageous conditions. They must have lost their minds and gone crazy.
Dasha Jinong rolled his gray-yellow eyes and carefully observed the Taijis who were shouting curses.
He was surprised to find that no one scolded the four great Khans of Oirat. They all had sullen faces and said nothing.
Hami Guard, this was a guard station established in the early Ming Dynasty. It was the westernmost land controlled by the Ming Dynasty. However, it was abolished within a few decades. It sounds like a long time ago.
Gushi Khan was silent. He had dealt with the legendary Uncle Dingyuan.
That is not a master who likes to make false threats.
If he doesn't have any confidence, he won't make people laugh at him.
Gushi Khan looked around, and Dalai Tush also happened to look over, with a deep look of wariness in their eyes.
But will they be frightened into retreating by just one sentence?
Absolutely no such possibility.
The Mongolians understand very well that there is no turning back when the bow is fired.
If they don't take down this strong city, it will shake the deterrence they have established in the Western Regions over hundreds of years.
Those city-states will have the idea of subverting the situation. There are also powerful Kazakhs and Seljuk Turks, who are all watching covetously.