It took a while for Mirsha to finish the whole story about the city of Samarkand. Shang Bing had been listening patiently during this process, even though he had already heard about some things. He waited until he finished the introduction before putting down the clairvoyance in his hand and smiled at Mirsha: "It's hard work, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to understand the situation of the city in such detail." In the future, you should take credit for the capture of Samarkand. ”

"As long as the subordinates can use what they say, it is good, and the subordinates will not be counted if they don't remember the merits." Mirsha said respectfully.

After hearing that Timur was defeated and died and Shang Bing led his troops to the west, after repeated considerations, he finally decided to fully throw himself on the side of the Ming Dynasty. As a force that has just come to the land of the river, the Ming urgently needs the local forces to take refuge, the sooner they can rely on it, the more benefits they can get, and the later they rely on it, the less benefits they can get or even no benefits, and the Ming Dynasty is powerful and the country established by Timur has signs of division, so he decided to fall to the Ming Dynasty. Although the Khitans, oh should now be called Han, are pagans, they are not worth mentioning in the face of great interests.

In order to better seek refuge in the Ming Dynasty, Mirsha searched for deeds about the Han people. From these deeds, he learned that the Han monarch liked the modesty of his subordinates, so he said this at this time.

"Haha, you don't have to do that, Mirsha." Shang Bing laughed: "Just say what you want, don't talk like that." ”

"What my subordinates say is true." Mirsha said again.

Shang Bing smiled again, but didn't say anything, turned his horse's head and returned to the main army. Mirsha leaned in and asked curiously, "Lord, how long does the prince think it will take to capture this city?" The subordinates can also let the clansmen prepare the required food and vegetables in advance. ”

"When the army arrives, three days will be enough to capture this city!" Shang Bing said in a very firm tone.

"Three days?" Mirsha asked incredulously. The city of Samarkand is so strong, how could it be captured in three days?

"It will be taken in three days. As for the sake, it's because ,......"

"Because the morale of the West is too low!" At this time, it was already November 28, the fifteenth day of June in the Hijri calendar, Zhu Hengshi said loudly at the pre-war meeting held by Shang Bing: "Today during the day, I observed the city with clairvoyance, although all the western captives stationed at the city head tried to stand up straight, but the panic on their faces could not be concealed, especially noticed that some people under the city showed a very panicked look after observing the city head, and the person with a bow or crossbow in his hand even wanted to shoot an arrow, completely ignoring such a distance and not shooting at all, It was the low-level generals who led them who found out and stopped them so that their arrows were not wasted. ”

"In addition, there is a shortage of people in the West. Although there were more than 500,000 loyal people to his country around the entire city of Samarkand, and Pilmaha also put all of them into the city, many of them had participated in Timur's expedition, and there were not many strong men in the city, even if the people in their forties and fifteen to twenty years old were counted together, there were only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and our army had 300,000 troops, and the so-called defenders of the city had to have three times as many troops to take it, and our army had nearly four times as many soldiers as the enemy, and even the morale of both sides was generally enough to take the city. ”

"Thirdly, there is also a shortage of defensive equipment in the city. Almost all the artillery in the city of Samarkand was taken away by Timur, and according to the news that the news came out of the meticulous work and risked death, there were not enough arrows, which were far worse than our army. With these three points, the city of Samarkand will be conquered in three days! Zhu Hengshi finally said.

"Commander Zhu is right, and Gu thinks the same, what about Song Xiang?" Shang Bing said. Although Song Sheng is no longer Shang Bing's left minister, he is still habitually called so.

"I think so too." Song Sheng twisted the beard on his chin and said: "But the longer the time drags on, the higher the morale of the Xilu will be, and the more sufficient the equipment to defend the city, the so-called without further ado, it just so happens that all the guards have arrived at the city today, Your Highness, the siege of the city will start from tomorrow?" ”

"As Song Xiang said, the city will be attacked from tomorrow. Zhu Hengshi, tomorrow you will lead your soldiers and the Cypriots assigned to you to attack the west of the city. Shang Bing said.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhu Hengshi hurriedly agreed. The Cypriots are the ethnic group of the Western Regions recorded in the Book of Han, and at this time they used it to refer to the tribes of the land west of Alashankou and east of the Amu Darya River.

"Xu Youde ,......, Sha Micha Gan,...... Shang Bing ordered two people to lead troops to attack the north and south of the city, and finally turned his head to look at Mirsha, and ordered in Chinese: "Mirsha, you lead your subordinates and the Cypriots assigned to you to attack the east of the city!" ”

After listening to the translator's words, Mirsha hurriedly saluted in the appearance of Xu Youde: "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

After the translator translated this sentence into Chinese, Shang Bing nodded slightly. In fact, the generals present more or less knew some Mongolian, but the Central Plains Dynasty had never had a tradition of taking care of foreign guests in language, and the Ming Dynasty was not even willing to take care of foreign guests in tributary exchanges, let alone language, so Shang Bing had to hear the Chinese translation before he could agree.

After everything was ordered, Shang Bing said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is now the end of November, the weather is already very cold, if you delay any longer, it will be even colder, you must capture Samarkand City before the third day of the lunar month!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" The people stood up and bowed down in agreement.

"Let's all go down and prepare for tomorrow's siege."

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"Great Khan, it seems that the Ming army has all arrived under the city, and the siege will begin tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, do you have the certainty of holding the city of Samarkand?" Abuberke stood at the head of the city, looked at the Ming army camp with a little light under the city, and asked Pier Maha beside him.

"Only 20 to 30 percent sure." Pier Mahama said seriously. Zhu Hengshi could see their disadvantages, and he could see it himself, and there was no need to deceive Abuberke, so he answered honestly.

"May the Lord bless his faithful to keep the city." Abberke couldn't help but salute the heavens.

But after speaking, he looked at Pier Mahama: "What will you do if the city is broken?" ”

"I will find a way to retreat and lead the last elite main force to retreat in order to make a comeback." After speaking, Pier Mahama asked rhetorically, "What about you?" ”

"I'm going to stay in the city and kill myself." Abu Berk Road.

"Suicide is a way of dying that is not approved by the Lord, and you will not go to heaven after death." Pier Mahama didn't know what he was thinking, so he said.

"Then I'll let my guards kill me. I will never accept being captured by the Kappafel of the East. Abberke said in a firm tone.