Chapter 1048 The final battle - I can't think of a way to defeat the enemy
"Dear Your Majesty, as I write this letter, I am so excited that I can't help myself. I am eager to see the Ming Emperor appear in the Ming Army camp opposite to command the Ming Army and Samarkand under the command of Timur*
The * team fought, even though in the end the outcome was unfavorable to the kingdom: Tamerlane was defeated."
"Even after Timur himself learned about this incident, although he was worried that the morale of the Ming army would be greatly increased because of the arrival of his emperor, he also said: 'I hope Zhu Yunxi can come to Hami as soon as possible to command the Ming army and
The army under my command fought. My only regret is that this emperor is not Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.'"
"May the Lord bless you, my lord."
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The thirteenth day of the seventh month in the Ming calendar, the 30th day of the first month in the Hijri calendar, and the 30th day of July in the Western calendar.
Yunxi never expected that this was the first thing he heard about after arriving at the military camp in Yiwu Basin.
"You said that Xilu has a very strange army recently?" Yunxi sat on the main seat and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu was sitting in the second position on his right hand and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, there are sentries sent out every night these days who die inexplicably, and the death is very strange, unlike
It is like being killed by a man or being shot to death by an arrow, but it is like being bitten to death by a wild beast.”
"I was very surprised, so I ordered my soldiers to capture several people during the daytime fight with the soldiers of the Westerners. After interrogation, I learned that the reinforcements from the Westerners brought an army of ferocious beasts, with hundreds of people raising animals.
Killed more than a thousand wild beasts."
"This beast is very big. It can reach up to three feet when standing on four legs. It weighs nearly two hundred kilograms. It looks a bit like a lion, but it is smaller than a lion."
"It is said that this beast has the most sensitive nose and is good at fighting. Those sentries should have been bitten to death by this beast."
"What on earth is this beast?" Yunxi asked. At the same time, he thought in his mind: 'It looks like a lion, but its weight of 200 kilograms is much smaller than that of a lion. An adult male lion can weigh more than 500 kilograms.
A female lion can weigh three hundred kilograms, but it is impossible to bring only cubs. Are there any other animals in the West that look like lions? I have never heard of them. Could it be that they have been extinct in later generations?'
"Your Majesty, we don't know about the soldiers of the Western captives who were captured alive. Some people say they are a special kind of lion, others say they are a special kind of bear, and some people say they are a kind of dog." Xu Huizu said.
"It's nonsense to say it's a dog." Ji Xi, who was sitting in the first position on the left, laughed and said, "Guan Jia, it's not necessarily impossible to say that there are one or two such big dogs in the world, but how can there be a thousand
How many dogs that big?”
Yunxi didn't expect what kind of animal it was, so he put the matter aside for the time being and asked: "Xu Qing, is this kind of beast very harmful to the army?"
"Your Majesty." Xu Huizu replied: "After I heard about this, I sent more sentries at night and strengthened the camp. In the past few days, I heard that there were fewer incidents of sentries being attacked at night. It should be that the Western captives were not sure of the situation.
I am not willing to send such wild beasts to attack the sentries. It does hinder the night guarding, but the impact is not big."
What Xu Huizu said was half true and half false. If such a beast attacks the sentry in the middle of the night, the actual damage caused is indeed not great, but it will have a great impact on the people who are sent as sentries at night.
Since all the people attacked by wild beasts so far have died, the sentries are panicking. Except for the slight peace of mind standing on the arrow tower, everyone else is very worried. These sentries can accept being killed by the enemy's attack on the camp, but
Being bitten to death by wild beasts is still hard to accept. Many people showed obvious resistance when they were sent as sentries. Although there is no open disobedience yet, if things continue like this, it will not be safe.
For this reason, Xu Huizu had already planned to withdraw his troops and return to Yiwu City, completely dragging Timur down with him. Fortunately, the enemy troops reduced their activities.
Yunxi didn't know what he said was half true. Hearing this, he said, "In that case, it doesn't matter if we step up our defenses at night. What's the current situation of the battle?"
"Your Majesty, the war situation is currently at a stalemate. Tamerlane has not missed any loopholes. He only sends troops to fight with the troops sent by me every day, causing damage to each other. I don't dare to rush forward, so I can only confront him like this.
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"You haven't come up with any good strategies to defeat the enemy?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, my strategy failed and I didn't come up with it. Please punish me," Xu Huizu replied.
"There is nothing to punish." Yunxi smiled and said: "A stalemate is better than rushing forward and being defeated. Besides, I just heard that when it comes to the number of soldiers lost in the current battle, our army still has a slight advantage. The one who is anxious is Tie.
Mu'er is right. If you can't think of any good strategy, it's better to just remain in a stalemate."
Of course, Yunxi didn't want so many elite soldiers to die in the war of attrition with the Xilu, but Timur should indeed be more anxious. If most of the Ming soldiers here were killed in the northwest, although it is not a good thing, but
Yunxi could still maintain his rule; but all the elite men under Timur were dead, the country was full of wars, and the huge khanate would collapse in an instant.
"The only thing to worry about is, if Timur discovers that fighting like this is not good for him in the next few days, what will he do if he hangs the war-free card?" Yunxi worried. If Timur didn't accompany him to play like this, he wouldn't dare to
After ordering a storm, the war turned into a pure consumption of logistics. He didn't know how much food the Xilu had. What if he couldn't consume it during the Great Ming Dynasty?
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Timur will never refuse to fight, no matter how few people he sends, he will not refuse to fight," Xu Huizu said.
"Why?"
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"Great Khan, we can't continue fighting like this." In Timur's camp, Jesbu stood below and said loudly: "Although there are not many soldiers killed or injured every day these days, there are still two to three thousand people, a month.
Even the 70,000 to 80,000 troops would be exhausted within a few months. Although most of those who died these days were auxiliary soldiers and those who had surrendered, they were all dead, and only the elite main force of the Great Khan could not defeat the Ming Dynasty.
military."
"Then you say, can you refuse to fight now?" Timur sat on the bed, raised his head and glanced at him.
Jesb was speechless. Of course he knew that he could not refuse to fight now. Timur's reputation in the past was too high, and he had been put on a high pedestal, although the generals and soldiers knew that their great khan would use conspiracy every time they fought in the past.
It's a trick, but you will never back down when provoked head on. If you back down now, it will destroy the morale of the soldiers. Such a result is absolutely unacceptable.
"We can only reduce the number and frequency of soldiers fighting every day." Jesb finally said.
"That's all we can do now. In addition, we are searching for doctors from the captured Khitan people. I heard that the Ming Dynasty has sent military doctors to every guard post. Although there are not many military doctors in border areas, there are at least two or three in each guard post.
Personally, although Eastern medicine is mysterious, it is still medicine. Regardless of whether the theory is correct or not, it can definitely cure diseases. Find out and treat the injuries of our soldiers." Timur added.
The two of them talked for a few more words, and then Jesb bowed and left.
After he left, Timur stood up and walked around the camp in frustration. He was even more anxious than Jesb, trying to figure out a way to defeat the Ming army. Even if the number of battles and the number of soldiers were reduced, thousands of soldiers would be killed every day.
Personal casualties are unavoidable, thirty thousand in one month, three hundred thousand in ten months. No, the total number of soldiers who do not need to be consumed reaches that many. Before that, the soldiers will feel that something is not good, and the military morale will fluctuate. Although the opposite side
Something like this would also happen to the Ming army, but he couldn't pin his hopes on the Ming army collapsing first.
