Just as Timur was thinking, a voice suddenly came from outside the tent: "Great Khan, the generals want to report the current situation to the Great Khan."
"Let them come in." Timur replied when he heard this and returned to the bed to sit down.
His generals then filed in and bowed to him: "May Allah grant peace to the Khan."
"May Allah grant peace to you." Timur replied. After the generals agreed again, they began to report.
The previous reports were all routine, and there was nothing new. It wasn't until a short, ordinary-looking man stepped forward and started reporting that something new came to mind.
"Great Khan, the beast team attacked again last night, killing more than ten Ming army sentries and capturing one alive. Not a single beast died," the man said.
"Gilji, now that the tent is full of our own people, there is no need to talk about wild beasts, it's just a few dogs." Salha said with a smile. Everyone also laughed.
The man called Gilji was not annoyed and said: "Although they are indeed dogs, they are not ordinary dogs. They are more powerful than wolves. They cannot be regarded as ordinary dogs."
Salha wanted to say something more, but Timur waved his hands unhappily and said: "We are talking about business, we will talk about the joke later. Gilgi, please continue."
Salha suddenly didn't dare to speak. Gilji continued: "Usually, people bitten by dogs will contract rabid disease and die soon, but this man did not die, so I interrogated him.
"
"I learned that the sentries of the Ming army were always being bitten to death by unknown beasts during these days. They were so panic-stricken that they were unwilling to go on duty anymore. They just had to obey the military orders. But the resentment in their hearts was also great, especially for those who were still young.
Those who are young and have no sons are already disobedient."
"Oh," Timur smiled after hearing this. Finally, there was a happy thing. Even if it was not a big blow to the Ming army, it still caused them some losses.
After that, we listened to reports from other generals. The big mullah in the military camp said: "Great Khan, in the past few days, there may be heavy rains, thunder and lightning but no rain. We should tell the soldiers to pay attention to rain protection."
and lightning protection.”
"When you go back, please tell your soldiers not to leave the tent when it rains or hears thunder, and not to touch anything made of metal in the tent." Timur ordered smoothly. Everyone hurriedly agreed.
After all the generals reported the situation of their soldiers, Timur said to them: "Dear generals, you all know the current situation."
"The Ming army relies on more troops than we do. It sends soldiers out of camp every day to provoke, and I have to fight. Although the losses on both sides in the past 20 days are about the same, our army only had 500,000 people at the beginning, and
The Ming army had only 600,000 troops here at the beginning, and if it continues to be used up like this, even if Ming is defeated in the end, the losses will be huge."
"I don't want all my soldiers to die in the war with the Ming Dynasty, but I haven't thought of a good solution yet. I want to ask you, do you have any good solutions?"
Timur finally decided to tell the truth when facing these generals he trusted most. These generals were not stupid. Even though they trusted his commanding ability, the current situation was that the commander-in-chief of the Ming army on the opposite side used the "Jie Hard Stronghold"
, the war was fought in the mode of "fighting stupidly", there was no flaw at all, and Timur's commanding ability was useless.
Although the Samarkand Kingdom is not certain to be defeated if the stalemate continues, they will no longer have the strength to attack the Ming Kingdom's mainland, so now Timur hopes to come up with a way to defeat the Ming Army on the opposite side.
It’s not like they haven’t thought about this issue these days. At this time, they all put forward their own suggestions. However, they were all rejected by Timur.
Just when Timur began to feel anxious again, Salha said: "Great Khan, I just heard from the great mullah that it is likely to rain in the next few days. Why not send troops to sneak attack the Ming army's camp on rainy nights?"
"In the past few days, I have seen the battles between our army and the Ming army. The Ming army relies heavily on firearms. Although the cannons are not often fired, grenades, muskets and other things are endless. Most of the damage to our army is caused by the Ming army's firearms.
When fighting on a rainy day, the Ming army's firearms could not be used, so they lost one of their sharp weapons."
"Also, the horses of the Ming army are not as majestic as our horses. The cavalry of the Ming army all use Mongolian horses. We also have Mongolian horses. The characteristics of these horses are that they are good at long-distance running and have strong endurance, but they are too small.
It is smaller than our big food horse, and its impact force is also weaker."
"If we send cavalry to attack the Ming army's cavalry camp at night when it's dark and scatter their horses, then the Ming army will lose its mobility and the initiative in the war will be in our army's hands."
Timur heard that this strategy did make some sense. But he still said: "Sarha, what you said certainly makes sense. If you can disperse the Ming army's horses, you will definitely gain the initiative in the war. But the strategy is almost impossible to succeed.
."
"You know the truth, and the Ming army generals opposite also know that defense must be very careful at night, especially on rainy nights. Although it is inconvenient for the Ming army to move when it rains, it is also inconvenient for our army to move, even if there is only one sentry.
If a signal is sent before being killed, the Ming army will immediately organize a defense, and the attack on the camp will fail. I can't bet on the small probability that all the sentries did not send a signal before being killed during the attack.
"
But as soon as Timur finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and said to Gilgi: "Girgi, did you just tell me that all the sentries in the army are reluctant to go on duty?"
"Yes, Khan."
"Send all the fierce dogs under your command to attack the Ming army's sentries in the middle of the night. Make sure they are all bitten to death. Don't be afraid that some of the fierce dogs will be killed. Even if their bodies are not brought back, the Ming army will discover the secret of the beasts.
do not mind."
As a general, Gilgi was certainly not stupid. He heard what Timur meant, but he hesitated and said: "The Ming army has recently strengthened its defense at night. There are at least two people on duty at every sentry place. It may not be possible to stop them.
Beat them all to death."
"How many can you kill?" Timur said, "Do your best."
"Yes, Khan." Although Gilgi was still reluctant, he could only agree.
