Three days later, on May 24 of the Ming Dynasty (December 12 of the Muharram calendar), Timur's remaining soldiers rushed to the gates of Yiwu City.
Timur immediately ordered that all fresh vegetables be brought out and a large number of cattle and sheep be killed so that the soldiers could have a hearty meal.
For a moment, everyone knew that the attack on Yiwu City would officially begin tomorrow. Many people looked excited and chatted with their companions over meals about how long it would take to capture Yiwu City and how many people they could kill for the Great Khan and Allah.
Enemies, how many good things can they rob after taking down Yiwu City?
The most excited among them were the surrendered Semu people from the Central Plains. They already knew that Shang Bing ordered the killing of the Semu people who were still in the city. Most of the Semu people were related to each other, so almost everyone had a relative killed, and they were immediately interested in
The Ming Dynasty hated the Qin vassal so much that it held back its energy when it heard that it was going to attack the city tomorrow.
But some people were a little worried. While eating, Nayosa said to Timur: "Great Khan, the siege equipment brought by these soldiers will not be fully assembled tomorrow morning. It will take about half a day. Should we postpone it by one day?"
Time for siege?"
"Great Khan, although they have tentatively attacked the city every day for the past three days, the Ming army's defense has been very strict. The weaknesses of the Ming army's defense have not yet been tested. If we officially attack the city tomorrow, I am afraid that the first batch of soldiers will suffer heavy casualties.
"Jesbu also said.
"I also know these problems, but we must send troops to attack the city tomorrow morning!" Timur said decisively.
Hearing Timur speak like this, they immediately understood that Timur was determined and could not object. Some people wanted to ask, but Timur put down his knife and fork and returned to the back tent. Everyone knew at a glance that Timur did not want to go anymore.
Just communicate with them.
After a while, everyone put down their knives and forks and exited, returning to their respective camps to rest. On the way, Salha couldn't help but ask Jesb: "General Jesb, what is the Khan's plan?"
"The first batch of soldiers who attacked the city probably planned to let the Semu people who took refuge here do it. The Great Khan rescued them from the pagans in the east and let them eat so much food. They should also be the Great Khan.
Worked hard."
"One of the reasons for such a hasty attack on the city should be that January is coming soon, and the weather will get hotter. By then the temperature will reach extremely high, and people will simply not be able to bear it." Jesb replied.
"But it's not just us who are hot when the weather is hot, it's also hot for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't set up tents on top of the city to provide shade," Salha said immediately.
"After all, it will be more disadvantageous for those who attack the city. But you are right, the enemy and we are both enthusiastic. So I think there are other reasons, but I haven't figured it out. I have to think about it again. You should also go back and think about it."
Jesb said.
Salha saw that he said he didn't know, because Jesib had always been very tight-lipped. No matter whether he knew it or not, since he said he didn't know, he couldn't ask anything anymore, so he stopped asking.
Jesb added: "According to the practice of the Great Khan, we must give a speech to the generals and soldiers tomorrow morning, and we generals must be asked to get up very early. It is better to go back early to rest so as not to feel sleepy. After all, tomorrow will be
There won’t be time to catch up on sleep during the day.”
"Yeah." Salha agreed.
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As soon as it dawned on the second day, Timur sent someone to wake up all the soldiers and asked them to have a hasty breakfast and gather around a high platform that had been hastily built yesterday. At the same time, he asked all the generals to stand in front of the high platform.
After the sun completely illuminated the sky, Timur led his guards onto the high platform. He glanced around at the soldiers below. When he saw the main force standing in the front row, they all looked excited and very excited, while the auxiliary soldiers behind him were excited.
Still yawning, she hurriedly covered her mouth when she saw him standing on the stage, but she still couldn't hide the slackness in her eyes.
Timur nodded slightly and shook his head, coughed a few times to clear his throat, and then began to speak.
"My generals, civil servants, soldiers and craftsmen of the Kingdom of Samarkand, as well as the people who have just abandoned the darkness and turned to the light."
"The city in front of you is now the westernmost territory of the Ming Kingdom in the East. However, this city has only been the territory of the Ming Kingdom for four years. Before that, it was occupied by the Tianfang Cultists.
place."
"The Ming Dynasty persecutes us Tianfang believers extremely, does not allow us to have our faith, and slanders the reputation of God and the Prophet. Such things are intolerable to every Tianfang believer!"
"For Allah, for the Prophet, for the Tianfang Religion, and for all the believers in the world, we must defeat the Ming Kingdom, punish them, kill all the Khitans who have persecuted the Tianfang believers, and capture them alive. This order was given to the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom, and he was
Starve to death in a room full of Qurans! Let everyone in the world know that God cannot be blasphemed, and the followers of Heaven cannot be insulted!"
Every time Timur said something, the guards beside him repeated it loudly. His 200,000 main troops can all understand Samarkand, and most of the auxiliary troops can also understand it. As for the local Semu people and
Mongolians, it doesn't matter if they don't understand.
When these people heard this, they all raised their weapons in excitement and shouted loudly: "God cannot be blasphemed, and Tianfang believers cannot be insulted!"
"So for the sake of Allah, the army will attack the city of Hami from today on, knock down the city first, capture Zhu Shangbing, the king of Qin in the Ming Dynasty who ordered the massacre of Eastern believers in the city a few days ago, and execute him with the most cruel punishment!"
"For Allah!" the crowd shouted again.
"Believers of Allah, begin to attack the city."
"Siege the city!"
After shouting this sentence, Timur announced the end of his speech and came down from the high platform. The generals returned to their troops and began to lead the soldiers to prepare for the attack.
And when Tamerlane was giving a speech, one of the two people standing in a tent in the camp listening to the speech suddenly smiled bitterly at the other and said: "You guessed it right."
At the same time, on the top of Yiwu's city wall, Shang Bing also said the same thing: "The officials guessed it right."
