Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 622: Despicable Ming Dynasty

The spring breeze is gentle and the warm sun shines on the northwest land, but outside Hami City, the sky is filled with yellow sand, blocking out the sun.

The black crowd was like a dense swarm of ants, crawling outside the city of Hami.

The Turpan people guarding the city above kept throwing various stones, horse manure, etc. towards the bottom of the city.

Screams rang out one after another. The Mongolian coalition forces climbed up as if they were risking their lives, without any fear of death.

The siege lasted all morning. In the afternoon, one Mongol finally climbed onto the city wall, followed by the second, the third...

Countless Mongols attacked the top of the city wall one after another.

Soon the city gate was opened.

This hard-won victory in capturing the city came at the cost of the lives of nearly 20,000 Mongols.

Generally speaking, as long as the death rate on an ancient battlefield exceeds 5%, the war will no longer be waged and the battle will be declared a failure. There will be more sieges, but the death rate will generally not exceed 10%.

The Mongols had conquered more than 20% of the city this time, but they still did not give up. They fought like crazy and finally broke through the Hami city gate.

More than 80,000 Mongolian cavalry rushed into the city.

The people of Turpan did not expect that the Mongols would be so persistent. The King of Turpan anxiously asked where the reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty had arrived.

His attendants told him that Ming reinforcements had already departed from Gansu and should arrive in an hour or two at most.

The King of Turpan gritted his teeth and said, "Kill!"

Since they will arrive in an hour or two, as long as they can hold off the Mongolian attacks for one or two hours, once the Ming reinforcements arrive, they will be able to completely defeat this Mongolian coalition force.

If the Mongolian coalition is defeated, they will be the only one on the grassland and can almost dominate the grassland. At that time, they will have the bargaining chips to negotiate interests with the Ming Dynasty!

However, this war was destined not to go as he had expected. As the war progressed, it lasted from the afternoon to the evening. The people of Turpan had lost almost half of their men, and the main force of the Ming Dynasty still had not arrived.

The King of Turpan finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled, "Didn't they say it would take two hours to get there? It's already been three hours! Where are the Ming troops?"

A soldier hurriedly said, "Someone from the Ming side said that there are only ten miles left to go, so the king must hold on!"

The Turpan King gritted his teeth and said, "Then hold on! Keep killing!"

"How many Mongols are there? Why can't we kill them all?"

The eyes of the King of Turpan were red, and he personally commanded his soldiers to continue fighting.

Seeing his soldiers falling in a pool of blood one by one, the King of Turpan's heart was bleeding!

The city was filled with shouts of killing, and the two sides continued to engage in fierce fighting. Corpses were everywhere, and there were dead bodies everywhere.

"Why haven't they arrived yet? Why haven't the Ming reinforcements arrived yet?"

The King of Turpan was almost going crazy. Why was the journey so slow? Why hadn’t he arrived yet?
"How many of us have died?"

The soldier in charge of statistics made a rough estimate that at least 30,000 people died.

Upon hearing this astonishing data, the King of Turpan was almost vomiting blood. His elite troops in Hami only had 50,000 men, and more than half of them were dead. If the situation dragged on until all his soldiers were killed, what would happen to them in the future?
At first he didn't know such terrifying statistics, and now he feels scared when he thinks about it!
We don’t know how long we will have to wait for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty... No, this is not right!
The King of Turpan finally realized that something was wrong.

It seemed like he had been plotted against by the Ming Dynasty. As long as they continued to defend the city here, they would continue to consume their military strength. Once their military strength was exhausted, they would have no value at all in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty!

"Retreat! Withdraw! Go back to Turpan!" The King of Turpan was frightened and immediately ordered the entire army to retreat.

He could no longer act like a fool and help the Ming Dynasty defend the city.

No wonder the general of the Ming Dynasty evacuated all the people of Hami, leaving him with an empty city to guard.

This is not about defending the city, this is clearly about letting them die in Hami!
The Turpan army immediately began a frantic withdrawal.

Outside Hami City, Yang Yiqing and Fu Yuan, standing in the distant valley, kept their eyes on the situation inside Hami City.

Yang Yiqing said with relief: "The people of Turpan have finally reacted. They are not stupid."

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "That's enough. I estimate that they have lost more than half of their troops. We should be able to deal with some of them with the Ming soldiers ambushed on the road to Turpan."

"The Oirat people will definitely pursue us relentlessly. Once we eliminate a portion of them, the Turpan people will basically have no chance of causing any trouble!"

"Sir, send another 10,000-man force to chase them."

Yang Yiqing looked puzzled and asked, "Why? Isn't this clearly letting the people of Turpan know that we have schemed against them?"

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "We have to put on a complete show. The troops we sent out are not to kill them, but to rescue them."

"After we rescue them, there won't be many of them left. In this way, they can still be grateful to the Ming Dynasty. We can then speak some righteous words to make the people of Turpan hate the Upper Wala people completely."

"Even if they can rise again in the future, I'm afraid the first people they will deal with will be the Wala people."

Yang Yiqing was stunned for a moment, his face twitched, and he said, "You are really good at calculating! If you were here to guard the Northern Frontier, I'm afraid it would have been peaceful a long time ago!"

Fu Yuan did not appreciate Yang Yiqing's praise. He said helplessly, "I can't do it. If he comes, I'm afraid he will do better than me."

"Chen Ce?"

Fu Yuan nodded: "Chen Chunjian!"

Yang Yiqing asked: "Is he really that powerful?"

Fu Yuan said: "He is much better than me. He pushed you to your current position because he thinks you have the ability. If you are not capable, he would not push you to the stage."

"Even though you impeached him before, he still didn't get angry with you because he knew you were a capable person. I'm different. If someone treats me like this, I might kill him, regardless of whether he has the ability or not."

"This is the difference between Chen Ce and me. Chen Ce has a broad mind, like a saint. At least I think no one in the world can compare to him!"

Yang Yiqing: "I really want to meet Chen Ce."

Fu Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "We'll talk about it when we have a chance. We can enter Hami City now."

"The Mongolian coalition army probably knows they have been tricked now. If we don't go, they will escape."

Yang Yiqing narrowed his eyes and immediately waved his hand, saying, "Charge! Enter Hami! Leave no one behind!"

In Hami City, the little prince was going to carry out a brutal massacre on the Han people in retaliation after breaking into the city, but he encountered resistance from the Turpan people.

After a bloody battle with the Turpan people, who knew that Hami was now an empty city? !

(End of this chapter)