At dawn, the morning mist in the mountains is still filling the air, and the long and low sound of the horn is already echoing in the valleys.
The Tatar soldiers and horses began to be restless, and soon the formations began to move. Two teams of Tatar soldiers and horses quickly occupied the hillsides on both sides, and the entire Tatar army slowly spread out, covering the mountains and fields outside the north city gate.
It was dark last night, and the scale of the Tatars could not be seen. Now in the morning light, tens of thousands of Tatars were spread all over the hillsides and valleys, so densely packed that it looked numb.
The little Tatar prince Batu Meng stood on the hillside riding a tall black horse, his face as gloomy as the haze in the mountains. Yesterday afternoon he led 3,000 bodyguards and cavalry and arrived non-stop from outside Yutai Ridge.
North of Dushi City. After joining the eight thousand infantry waiting here, they immediately launched an attack.
He knew that the time left for him to catch the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was actually very tight. Although the army on the west side broke through the Ming Dynasty's defense line and attacked deeply, the purpose was naturally to attract a large number of Ming troops for rescue. However, in fact, after the reinforcements of the Ming army, they went to the west road
The attacking troops and horses must be evacuated in time. Because the strength of the Ming army exceeds the attacking troops and horses on the Upper West Road, if a head-on battle occurs, the outcome is unpredictable.
Those 40,000 cavalry are Batu Meng's capital, and all the elites of Chahar's headquarters are there. With these elites, he can intimidate the various tribes in Monan and make them surrender to him. Batu Meng never wants to see this tomorrow.
He would use up his elite strength in the fierce battle of the army. In that case, even if he captured the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it would not be worth it.
Therefore, he must take advantage of the short period of empty troops when the opponent's troops are attracted to the Upper West Road to complete the capture of the Ming Dynasty's little emperor. When the opponent's main army arrives on the Upper West Road, the 40,000 cavalry will retreat, and the opponent's cavalry will retreat.
The army will also receive the request for help from Dushi City and rush to the rescue. This period of time is the window period. It should be about ten days. If the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty cannot be caught, then the plan will completely fail and there will be no choice.
Return with success.
In order to ensure that he could achieve his goal, Batu Meng not only made a plan to feign an attack on the West Road to divert the tiger away from the mountain, but also divided his troops into two groups during the attack on the North Road. On the one side, he led more than 10,000 infantrymen to attack Dushi City head-on.
Along the way, Asbasi, the general manager of ten thousand households on Duoyan Road, led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Longmen Station from the east and break through Chicheng.
In this way, a pocket-tying blockade was formed. Asbas's soldiers and horses were the ropes that tied the mouth of the pocket tightly, tightly trapping the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty in Monolith City.
After breaking through Xifengkou yesterday, it was already dark. When the troops came to Dushi City, Batu Munch was not in a hurry to attack. Although the time window was not long, Batu Munch still hoped to wait until Asbasi's troops arrived.
After arriving, he concentrated his superior forces to attack. Therefore, he ordered his troops to camp and rest in the valley to the north of the city.
What was never expected was that the Ming army in Dushi City actually launched an attack last night. Although the damage caused was not large, this behavior was extremely insulting. Everyone originally thought that the Ming army in Dushi City
They must be trembling with fear now. As a result, not only did they not show the slightest respect for the Tatar army approaching the city, but they boldly came to attack the camp.
How could Batu Munch tolerate this kind of behavior? So, he made a decision. On the one hand, he sent a message to Aisbath with flying feathers, ordering them to speed up their journey north and must reach Monolith City within two days. On the other hand,
, Batumengk decided to launch an attack on Monolith City to punish the Ming army for their boldness. Even if the opponent had strong city defenses, his own strength was three or four times that of the opponent. If he really attacked by force, he would not have no chance of winning.
However, before attacking the city, Batu Munch needed to confirm whether the little Tatar emperor was still in the Monolithic City. At the same time, he also had to try his luck by persuading and intimidating him to surrender.
A dozen Tatar cavalry galloped up the hillside and arrived at the ramp outside the north gate of the monolithic city. When they were still a hundred steps away from the city wall, they stopped and lined up.
"People in the city, listen, I, the Great Yuan Dayan Khan, want to say a few words to your little emperor. Don't tell us that your little emperor is not in the city, we know that he is. My Great Khan is compassionate and willing to give you the last
If you have the opportunity, go quickly and ask your little emperor to speak." The Tatar cavalry shouted loudly towards the city.
Zhang Yin stood at the top of the city and laughed loudly: "What bullshit Dayan? Your Great Yuan has been destroyed long ago. Otherwise, you wouldn't be hiding in the desert grasslands now. What bullshit Dayan Khan can even carry my shoes?"
Not worthy."
The soldiers at the top of the city laughed.
Batu Munch was so angry that he shouted loudly: "Don't you people in the Central Plains like to say 'courtesy first, then attack'? This is the etiquette of this Khan. I didn't expect you to be so ignorant of etiquette."
Zhang Yin sneered, reached out and picked up a bow and arrow from the hands of the captain beside him, bent the bow and set the arrow and shouted: "Etiquette? Are you talking about etiquette with you Tatars? Then I will give you a gift."
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The bowstring buzzed, and the arrows shot down like meteors chasing the moon, heading straight for Batu Munch a hundred steps away. Batu Munch sneered, and like lightning, he drew out the scimitar from his waist and slashed his head. There was a sound of the canopy.
, the arrow was split in half from the arrowhead to the shaft and fell to the ground.
The Ming soldiers on the city stared in shock and were speechless for a long time. This move was simply astonishing. It was unbelievable that this little Tatar prince had such skill. The Tatar soldiers cheered loudly and cheered endlessly.
Batu Mengke has been diligently practicing bow and horse martial arts since he was a child, and has excellent martial arts skills. Now he is in his prime, with sharp eyesight and agile skills. In addition, he knows that the strength and speed of bows and arrows a hundred steps away have reached the end of the crossbow. More importantly,
He was wearing a set of fine iron chain armor. Let alone a bow and arrow a hundred steps away, it was difficult to pierce it with a sharp blade even in close combat, so he didn't worry about being shot at all. So he swung his knife to split the arrow, revealing
A hand.
It doesn't matter if it doesn't succeed. If it succeeds, it will boost morale and deter the enemy. He pretended to be extremely perfect in this move.
Zhang Yin was extremely angry. He took out the arrow and prepared to shoot another arrow. But he heard someone shouting loudly: "The Emperor is here!"
Zhang Yin turned around and saw Zhu Houzhao, accompanied by Zhang Yanling, Liu Jin and others, wearing a full set of exquisite white bright silver armor, ascending to the top of the city.
"I respectfully welcome the Emperor!"
Zhang Yin and all the soldiers knelt down to greet him.
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "No need to be polite. Has the enemy attacked?"
Zhang Yin said: "It hasn't started yet. But it will be soon. They are cutting down trees to make engineering equipment."
Zhang Yanling squinted at the dozen Tatars riding horses outside the city and asked, "What are they doing? Who are they?"
Zhang Yin said: "The man on the black horse in the middle claimed to be the little Tatar prince and wanted to talk to the emperor. I just shot him an arrow, but I didn't expect that this guy was agile and cut off my arrow with a knife. Look at him, he was so proud.
He looks like that. Mr. Hou, how about we use that thing to give him a chill?"
Zhang Yanling squinted his eyes carefully and shook his head and said: "No need to waste your efforts. He has a shield and is wearing iron armor. You can't kill him at this distance."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Is that the little Tatar prince? Does he want to talk to me? What does he want to say?"
Zhang Yanling said: "It's nothing more than persuasion to surrender. Does the emperor want to pay attention to him?"
Zhu Houzhao said: "It's okay for me to say a few words to him."
Zhang Yanling originally wanted to stop him, but the other party was just making sure that the emperor was in the city, but then he thought that the Tatars had already seen the movement in the city, so there was no need to hide. Even if the emperor did not show up, this battle would still be fought.
.So it’s just a convenience.
"Who in the city wants to see me? Tell me your name." Zhu Houzhao shouted loudly.
Batu Mengke laughed, stroked his chest and saluted: "I, Dayan Khan Batu Mengke of the Great Yuan Dynasty, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I am polite."
Zhu Houzhao said: "Are you the little Tatar prince? Why did you appear in our territory of the Ming Dynasty? Are you here to accompany me on hunting?"
Batu Meng laughed loudly and said: "Your Majesty, how can this Khan be as leisurely and relaxed as you? I am not interested in hunting, but I am very interested in you. I have long heard that you changed the emperor in the Ming Dynasty, and
I heard that the little emperor came to the border to patrol the border. No, when Ben Khan heard the news, he immediately came to see him, wanting to see the demeanor of the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Hahaha."
Zhu Houzhao said coldly: "You want to see me? Then you have already seen me, why don't you get off your horse and kneel down to worship me?"
Batu Mengke laughed and said: "Little emperor, are you crazy? It's you who should kneel down. You Ming Dynasty took away my land of Dayuan. In our opinion, you are rebels of Dayuan. See this Khan
, you should kneel down and greet me humbly."
Zhu Houzhao shouted: "Princes, big and small, don't be arrogant. Your ancestors seized the land of the Central Plains and were later driven out by the Ming Dynasty. Now you descendants of the Yuan Dynasty should learn a lesson and keep yourselves. I advise you not to disturb life anymore."
Otherwise, in the end, you will not even have a place to stay. After I ascend the throne, I will not allow you Tatars to cause trouble anymore."
Batu Munch laughed loudly and said: "Little emperor, you are so tough-talking, but you don't even look at the situation in front of you. Do you think you can defend this small city? I guess you are still thinking of holding on and waiting for help.
Well, I might as well tell you that you should give up on this idea. My army already attacked Xuanyuan three days ago.
Fuzhen, now all the soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town have rushed to the rescue. But what they don’t know is that it is you who this Khan wants to capture. So the people you sent out to ask for help can’t bring back even a single soldier. Wait for them
When I came back to rescue you, you were already my prisoner. Hahaha, I didn’t expect that.”
As soon as Batu Meng said this, Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yanling and everyone in the city were stunned and stunned.