Pier Maha immediately panicked. At this time, although he had seventy or eighty thousand soldiers in his hands, there were only twenty thousand troops that he could trust, and the rest were conscripted auxiliary soldiers of nearby tribes. Although the attacking Ming army has different accounts, they are all more than 100,000.

And there are many other factors that work against him. Second, the generals who could fight were all transferred by Timur, and the people in the city were mediocre at this time; Third, the soldiers of the Ming army had just defeated the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Timur himself, and their morale was high, and they all knew that Timur's soldiers were defeated and died, and their morale was low; Fourth,......。 Therefore, he did not have the certainty of holding the city.

But he did not dare or could not abandon the city and flee. Samarkand has long been the center of the country's rule, and even if he could give up it, his ministers and soldiers would not be willing to give up their belongings, let alone his family.

Moreover, Piermahama knew that many people were not convinced by their position as prince, Shaharu and Abuberk followed Timur's expedition to the east, in which Shaharu did not know whether Shaharu was alive or dead, Abuberk did not have to worry because he was stationed in Urumqi City when he was defeated and successfully escaped back into his hands, but there were also Haril, Umar and others stationed in various places, if they lost Samarkand City, they would definitely not recognize their position as Great Khan, and even kill him. So Pier Mahama could only choose to defend the city.

Pier Mahama immediately called up the people of the city to prepare to defend the city. But it didn't take long for an army from the north to come to Samarkand.

Although he knew that most of this army was the Ming army, he still held on to the hope of what happened and asked the shopkeeper what the banner they were flying.

Of course, Pu Bing's words completely extinguished the flame of his hope: "Qi Qi Great Khan, they have several flags, the two largest of which are the national flag of the Ming Kingdom in the east, and the other is the banner of the Chinese character 'Qin'. ”

"I see, you stand down." Pier Maha said weakly.

The soldiers saluted and retreated. When he stepped back, Pier Maha sat down in his chair dejectedly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, a man pushed open the door and walked in, and Pilmahama said, "I didn't give an order, and no one should be allowed to come in without my permission. ”

"Big brother, the army that is about to arrive in the north of the city is the army of the Ming Kingdom?" Abberke, who was also dressed in animal skin, asked.

"Yes, it is the vanguard of the Ming army, and it also played the banner of the Chinese character 'Qin', and it is possible that Zhu Shangbing personally led the troops."

"Zhu Shangbing personally led the troops? He is very bold, is he not afraid that there are enough troops in the city of Samarkand to defeat these 30,000 people? ”

"Zhu Shangbing must have sent someone to reconnoiter in advance and learned that there were not enough troops in the city. He forcibly recruited the men of countless tribes north of Samarkand to fight, and it was easy to send a few people to reconnoiter in advance. Moreover, he led cavalry, so he could easily retreat if there was a mistake in the reconnaissance. ”

"These tribes to the north are really! Don't they know that the Ming Kingdom strictly forbids the Heavenly Fang Sect in the country! If Zhu Shangbing captures the city of Samarkand, will they be under the rule of the Ming Kingdom after that? Abberke said resentfully.

"They may or may not know, but even if they do, they won't care. If the believers will help the believers, then why did Grandpa carry out the massacre in Damascus back then? Pier Mahama, still sitting in a soft chair, said.

"Pier Mahama!" Abberk suddenly reached out and grabbed Pier Mahama's shirt and shouted to him: "How can you keep growing the enemy's ambition to destroy your own prestige!" ”

"But it's all true."

"Even if it's all the truth, you can't say it!" Abuberke said: "You are now the backbone of the entire city, if you don't have the confidence to defend the city, how can you let others have confidence in holding the city!" ”

"But," Piermaha could not finish his sentence when he was interrupted by Abberke: "The most important thing now is to hold this city, as long as you hold this city, you will be able to become the Great Khan of the country, even Haril or Umar can no longer deny your status, but can only submit to you!" ”

"To tell you the truth, I am very unhappy with your appointment as Great Khan, but now that I am trapped in the city of Samarkand, I can only support you as Great Khan! After all, even if you don't like me anymore, you won't kill me easily, but in the hands of the Ming people, even if I don't die, I will live a life that is worse than death. ”

"Since I support you as the Great Khan in order to defend the city of Samarkand, you must show the majesty of the Great Khan and give everyone the confidence to defend this city!" Abuberke's last words were almost always shouted.

Hearing Abberke's words, Pier Mahama slowly recovered his spirits and said: "You are right, even if I am not sure, I have to pretend to be completely sure, otherwise there was a 30% chance of defending the city, and in the end there will only be 10% left." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, straightened his clothes, and beckoned his servants to come in and serve him.

Seeing that he had cheered up, Abberke turned and was about to leave. But he was stopped by Pier Mahama. Abuberke turned his head again, and heard him say in a language that no one could understand: "If you can defend the city of Samarkand this time, I will let you live and let you go to your own brother." ”

"Thank you." Abberke arched his hand.

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"Samarkand looks sturdy!" Three miles north of this city, Shang Bing took hundreds of guards and held clairvoyance in his hands to carefully observe the city of Samarkand in front of him.

He looked around again. "The land here is also fertile!" Shang Bing sighed.

"My lord, Samarkand is not only a transportation artery, but also a very suitable place for the development of plantation. Sama means 'fertile' in Khorezm and 'Erhan' means 'land' in Khorezm, which together means fertile land. Because of the unique location and environment of this place, Timur must have been with it. ”

The man who said this was a man about fifty years old. This man does not look strong because he is not young, but if someone wants to despise him, if he notices his eyes, he will stop despising him.

The man's name was Mirsha, and he was the patriarch of a large clan near Tashkent. Shang Bing led the troops to fight there and sent people to recruit soldiers, and the general tribe sent a few people to deal with it, only he led half of the adult men of the tribe to follow the expedition, and actively made suggestions along the way to introduce what he knew.

He continued, in the Mongolian dialect in which he was not proficient: "After the rise of Timur, he swept through many countries, and brought all the treasures of these countries to the city of Samarkand, and the skilled craftsmen of all countries brought with them, so that they could build this very strong city. ”