Shang Bing gave a few more instructions. It was almost dark. The general named Liu Zheng who was guarding the city said respectfully: "Your Highness, it's getting late. I have prepared a banquet for Your Highness, and I would like to ask Your Highness to show your favor."
"Now that we are preparing for war, we must not be extravagant and wasteful." Shang Bing said immediately.
"Your Highness, the banquet prepared by me is just beef and mutton, which are available everywhere here. It is not considered extravagant. It just adds some vegetables." Liu Zheng replied.
Of course Shang Bing knows that vegetables are more precious than beef and mutton here, and using vegetables is already a luxury. But he has long been tired of eating meat every day, so he doesn't bother and wants to eat with him.
But at this moment, dense torches were suddenly lit in the north of the city, and the firelight illuminated half of the sky very brightly; and because the sky was not completely dark yet, thick smoke was ignited.
Shang Bing was stunned for a moment, and then stood on the spot with cold hands and feet. This was a signal when a powerful enemy was coming. At this time, the only powerful enemy of the Qin Dynasty was the Kingdom of Samarkand, so the only way to light such a signal at this time was
One possibility is that Timur led his troops to fight!
"Escort His Highness out of the city quickly!" One of Shang Bing's guards shouted loudly after being stunned for a moment. At this time, only the north of the city was lit with torches, indicating that the enemy troops had not yet surrounded the entire city. It was almost dark at this time and the enemy troops would not be there.
They can move around freely outside the city, so there is still hope of escaping from the east side of the city.
After shouting this sentence, he ordered several other guards: "Go to the inn quickly, wake up all the sleeping people, and prepare the horses."
Then he said to Shang Bing: "Your Highness, please leave the city quickly!"
Shang Bing came to his senses and said to Liu Zheng: "I order you to hold on to this city. I will send troops to rescue you immediately after returning to Hami." At this time, the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom can come to Turpan. The only possibility is that the enemy cavalry does not have it.
Waiting for the infantry behind, take advantage of the unprepared Urumqi defenders to break into the city and drive straight to Turpan. If you only face the cavalry, although the city has not been completely repaired, it can still resist; the number of enemy troops will not be large, and reinforcements will be sent to fight back.
It is possible to repel.
Liu Zheng's face was pale at this time, and he was dripping with cold sweat. He wanted to run away, but he didn't dare. His whole family was in Yiwu City, and if he disobeyed King Qin's order, he would be punished by being executed. He could only bow down.
He saluted and said, "I will definitely defend Turpan!" Then he went up to the city wall to set up defense.
Shang Bing took his guards to the east city gate, waited for the guards to arrive, and then returned to Hami. One of the guards brought a pancake from somewhere and said to Shang Bing: "Your Highness, you have not been here since you left the inn in the morning.
After eating, we have to travel all night. Even though the pancakes are made from whole grains and are not delicious, we still need to make a cushion first."
Shang Bing took the pancakes over and ate them. He couldn't care less about whether they tasted good or not. While eating, he thought pessimistically: 'Although most of the enemy troops will never come over at this time.
But the city of Urumqi must have been lost, and Turpan became the border. Although Turpan is geographically important, it is not as good as Urumqi because it is sandwiched between two mountains. The enemy can leave a small number of troops to guard it, and the army can advance eastward towards Hami.'
'At this time, there are only 30,000 soldiers in Hami City. I don't know how many troops Samarkand will send, but the total of the main elite soldiers and auxiliary troops will not be less than 300,000 at least. And a large army that can come to the rescue before the enemy forces siege the city
There won't be many. I'm afraid Hami City can't be defended.'
Thinking of this, Shang Bing almost cried. If Hami city was destroyed, he might escape with his family, but all the accumulation he had accumulated in the past five years would be destroyed.
But he immediately stopped the tears that were about to fall. He is the backbone of the entire Qin Dynasty, and it’s okay to stay in his palace. If he cries here, the whole city will probably collapse. Fortunately, it’s very dark now, and others can’t see clearly.
His expression.
After waiting for a while, Shang Bing finished the pancakes in his hand, and all the guards rushed over. Although he was worried in his heart, it didn't show on his face at all. He gave the order to get on his horse and return to Hami.
But at this moment, Liu Zheng, who was stationed in Turpan City, suddenly came galloping on horseback and kept shouting: "Your Highness, stay! Your Highness, stay!"
"What's the matter?" Shang Bing stopped his horse and turned around and asked.
"Your Highness," Liu Zheng stopped his horse about five feet in front of Shang Bing, took two deep breaths loudly, and said, "the people who were notified by the alarm just now are not the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom, but the troops from Yili.
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"Yi Li's men and horses?" Shang Bing breathed a sigh of relief and was a little surprised: "Why do their men and horses appear here at this time? To allow the sentries to light fireworks as big as just now, there must be at least tens of thousands of men and horses."
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"Your Highness, Yili Khan Shami Chagan is also here. He has already entered the city at this time. I heard that Your Highness will immediately request to see His Highness." Liu Zheng continued.
"Take Gu to see him quickly!" Shang Bing immediately decided to meet Sha Mi Chagan. He eagerly wanted to know what Sha Mi Chagan was here for; besides, he also wanted to coordinate the cooperation between the two armies with him, so that
Let Urumqi hold on for a few more days.
Not long after, Shang Bing came to a small room under the north city wall where the patrolling soldiers were resting. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Shame Chagan and two attendants stamping anxiously inside the room. He turned his head when he heard the door.
, seeing it was Shang Bing, he immediately rushed forward and said, "Thank God, brother Shang Bing, you are in Turpan."
Shang Bing hugged him, and before he could speak, Shamichagan said again: "Brother Shang Bing, you also know that Timur sent troops in advance, right? This should be to arrange the defense of Turpan City.
.In this case, I am relieved.”
"I'm here first to arrange the defense of Turpan City, and secondly to find brother Shamechagan if I have something to do." Shang Bing sat down and said to him: "On the first day of April, the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom broke through Alashankou, and from the east of here
As far as Urumqi, there is no place to defend, and the enemy can march straight in to the city of Urumqi. However, the city has not yet been completed."
"In order to delay our two families for more time, brother, you have to lead all the soldiers of your headquarters to deal with the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom in the Gurbantunggut Basin. Brother, I don't ask you to destroy many enemy troops, I just want to delay time.
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When Shang Bing first came to the northwest, he thought that Yilibaoli was not weak, but after careful investigation, he found that its real strength was not as good as that of Wala, and it was just relying on the empty airs of the descendants of the Huangjin family to bluff people. So he would not count on it.
How many people from Samarkand could Shamechagan kill with his troops?
Shang Bing thought his requirements were low enough, but he didn't want Shamichagan to show his embarrassment. He hesitated and said, "Brother Shang Bing, I'm afraid I won't be able to delay Timur for many days."
"Why?" Such a task cannot be completed?
"Brother Shang Bing," Shamechagan said with difficulty, "I have ordered that all the tribesmen in the Gurbantunggut Basin should go south through Urumqi, some of them will go to Turpan, and most of them will go to Jueluotage.
We are stationed in Korla, south of Iron Gate Pass, near Bosten Lake." Seeing Shang Bing's face darken immediately, he said hurriedly: "But I also left 20,000 troops behind to delay Timur's advance."
"This, this, this," Shang Bing said for a long time, not knowing what to say. If Shami Chagan was one of his subordinates, he would have immediately ordered Shami Chagan to be dragged out and beheaded immediately, with his head hanging on the
No one was allowed to take it off from the top of the city, and at the same time, everyone in the Shami Chagan family was beheaded.
Although the land in the river where the Samarkand Kingdom is located has not been restored to its original state after being ravaged by the Mongols - there were about 30 million people in Central Asia before Temujin started his army, and there are only more than 10 million at this time - but horses will not
If there is a shortage of cavalry, there will never be a shortage of cavalry. What is the use of the 20,000 people left behind? Not to mention the gap in combat effectiveness that will definitely exist. It is estimated that 10,000 Samarkand cavalry will be enough to drive away the 20,000 soldiers left by Shamichagan.
With tens of thousands of troops, the delay can only last a few days.
Shang Bing wanted to ask him: "Don't you know that if I lose, you won't get any benefits! At this time, you still want to preserve your strength and take advantage of it? I'm afraid those people under you are worse than clams."
Not on!' But I finally retained a trace of clarity and had no exit.
In fact, he was a little unjust, and Samizhagan had no choice but to do so. When Baihu, who had escaped from Alashankou, passed through Urumqi, his younger brother Mahama happened to be in the city. Samichagan knew that after this battle
Turpan could no longer be defended and would inevitably be controlled by the Qin vassal, but Urumqi could not be completely occupied by Shang Bing, so people were left to garrison the city.
Mahama originally didn't know what the man from Baihu was doing when he came back from Alashankou, and didn't care about it. But when he was drinking with Zhou Yang, the general who was guarding the city, he saw Zhou Yang's frightened expression and became suspicious. He sent someone to inquire in the backyard and found out.
for the sake of things.
Mahama knew that the matter was of great importance, so he returned to Beslopali early the next morning and told Shami Chagan about the matter.
After learning about it, Shamechagan called the leaders of various ministries to come and ordered the young and old to evacuate with most of the cattle and horses. At the same time, he wanted to leave a hundred thousand young men and strong men to deal with the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom and delay the time.