"Mullah Michal, what is the reason for their wounds to festering so quickly?" Bermu stood in the tent prepared for the wounded and asked the man in front of him.

The man, Michal, was taking a closer look at the twenty-odd wounds. Samarkand does not have a special military doctor, but there are mullahs (imams) who are familiar with the Guran, and these mullahs are not only proficient in the Guran, but also know some scientific knowledge, and Michal knows how to heal.

He looked at it for a long time before turning to Bermu and saying, "General, they must have been poisoned." ”

"Poisoned? What poison? ”

"I don't know. I had never been to the East before, and I had never seen this poison used by the Khitans, and there was no way to detoxify it. But I can take someone around the neighborhood tomorrow to see if there are any medicinal plants, maybe the poison used by the Khitans is near here. But if they had used poison brought from further east, I would have been able to save their lives, but it would have been impossible to unravel the poison in a short time. Michal replied.

Hearing this, Bermu first breathed a sigh of relief, but then frowned. Mullah Michal proved that these soldiers were poisoned, which shows that the evil gods of Buddhism did not bless the evil Khitans, and he could rest assured, although he did not believe much in this matter from the beginning, but he was not proven to be sure.

But if the poison of these people cannot be unraveled, how can the soldiers believe that they have been poisoned and not attacked by evil gods?

Birmu didn't think of a way for a while, and instructed Michal to use the existing medicinal herbs to diagnose and treat them, at least not to let them die, and he immediately left the tent.

At this time, the rain was still very heavy, and the attendants put on a coat for him and escorted him all the way to the Chinese army camp.

As soon as Bermu entered his tent and took off his cloak and hung it aside, he heard someone ask, "General, what is the matter with those people?" ”

Bermu turned his head, glanced at Kule and the others who were in the tent at this time, and said, "Mullah Michal has proven that they were poisoned and not attacked by evil gods. ”

Hearing this, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and Kule was especially relaxed, and said with a smile: "When the poison of these people is resolved, the morale of the soldiers can be re-boosted and they can attack the city." ”

"I'm afraid it's not easy." Bermu poured a basin of cold water on them: "Mullah Michal said that he had never seen this poison and that it was difficult to detoxify. ”

"What should I do?" They immediately thought of the same question as Bermu: if they couldn't unravel the poison of these people, how could they convince the soldiers that they had been poisoned and not attacked by an evil god?

Everyone didn't think of a good way for a while. Although this strategy is simple, it can't fool them, but most of their soldiers are herdsmen in the area of Lake Balkhash, and they have never followed the army to fight in the west before, and they are all dirt buns, so such a simple strategy can deceive these soil buns, and they have nothing to do.

Hakan pondered for a while, then spoke: "General, in this way, replace these people, and do not leave the camp at will, and send other people's subordinates to attack the city." ”

Bermu shook his head and was about to speak, but he heard a cacophony of rain outside. Bermu immediately shouted to his attendants: "Go out at once and see what is going on!" ”

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"Kill!" Hundreds of Ming soldiers shouted loudly and killed with the Xiyu.

Wang Cheng held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and rushed to the front. He slashed the man in front of him with one sword, and dodged another by the moonlight, and the shield in his left hand reached forward and slammed into the man, causing him to fall to the ground unsteadily. Wang Cheng stepped forward and took him as a result.

At this time, he suddenly felt the wind behind his head, and rolled on the ground, only to see a cold light flash in the air, and a knife slashed through his original position.

Wang Cheng had already stood up again at this time, and picked up a knife while holding the shield with his left hand, and at this time he threw the knife in his hand with his right hand to the position just now, only to hear a muffled snort that the man was already dead. Then the right hand took the knife from the left hand and continued to fight.

After fighting for a while, the fighting spirit of these Western captives in front of them was very low, seeing that there were fewer and fewer people and the Khitans didn't know how many, some people couldn't bear the strange screams and began to flee. Then, as if it was a contagious disease, everyone turned around and fled.

Wang Cheng chased forward, met Qin Shoushan on the way, and couldn't help but say to him: "Lord Qianhu is really clever. ”

"It's nothing." Qin Shoushan said with a smile.

After Qin Shoushan took a bath in his residence, he saw that the rain outside not only did not stop, but became heavier and heavier, and he immediately thought about it. The soldiers of the Western Capture all believe in ghosts and gods, and the poison he used just now to make the wounds of more than 20 people festered quickly, which must have made them very suspicious, and he used the poison that came from Qinghai, and it was impossible for the Western Prisoners to unravel it tonight, and the morale of the soldiers would definitely be lowered when they saw this.

It happened to be raining heavily tonight, and his subordinates were also miraculously cured after coming to the Western Regions, and they could attack the military camp at night.

He had already made up his mind, and immediately went out of his residence to find the soldiers, and when he met Wang Cheng on the road, he immediately asked him to gather his own hundred households, and brought another two hundred households, totaling nearly 300 people, to attack the military camp of Xilu at night.

Because it was the Kule Department that attacked the city during the day, they also witnessed the wounds of the people who were hit by the arrows festering, and the morale must be the lowest, and it happened that Wang Cheng saw through the clairvoyance that the camp of the Kule Department was on the periphery, so the first one they came to attack was the Kule Department. It was a great success.

"Kule is not in his camp at this time, so our army can defeat them so smoothly." Qin Shoushan said another sentence and said, "Hurry up and lead the troops to attack the Chinese army camp." As long as the Chinese army camp is captured, even if Bermu cannot be captured or killed, as long as his camp is moved, the entire military camp will collapse, and we will win this battle! ”

"Yes!" Wang Cheng agreed loudly, and led his hundred households to attack the Chinese army camp along with the defeated army.

Qin Shoushan ordered another hundred households to lead troops to attack the camp with Wang Cheng, but he led the remaining hundred households towards the ordnance camp.

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"General, the Ming army has entered the camp and has already defeated the Kule officer's headquarters, and the defeated troops are scattered and fled, and many of them are coming towards the Chinese army camp. There were also some Ming troops chasing after them. The squire said to Bermu.

"I am not strict in governing the army, please punish the general." Kule said immediately.

"I'll talk about punishing you later!" Bermu immediately decided: "Order the archers to go to the camp, and shoot those who are close to the Chinese army camp no matter what language they speak or what style of clothes they wear!" ”

"Inform the camps that you cannot leave the camp without my orders, and just guard the camp gates. Violators will be dealt with in accordance with military law. Those who went to the battalions did not have to come back immediately, but rested for the night in the other camps and came back early tomorrow morning. ”

He turned to the officers in front of him except Kule, and said, "You will immediately lead the guards back to your camp." I'm worried that the Ming army will not succeed in attacking the Chinese army's camp, and will attack your camp again. If you weren't there, they would have stormed the camp. Even if the Ming army is driven away in the end, the losses will not be small. So go back quickly. ”

"Yes, General." They all said yes, put on their robes and went out.

After that, Bermu stood and walked around the tent with some nervousness. After a while, the sky was already white, and several attendants returned to report: "General, the Ming army has retreated, and the Chinese army camp is safe and sound. However, there was a loud shout of killing from the ordnance camp in the northwest, and I don't know if it was broken by the Ming army. ”

"Stand down." Bermu said.

After a while, the day was completely light, the rain had stopped, and the officers of the various armies returned to his tent to report the situation.

The other officers reported normally, only the person in charge of the ordnance camp said, "General, our ordnance camp was invaded by the Ming army last night. Several of the guns brought were damaged to varying degrees and needed to be repaired, about three days to repair. Fortunately, it rained last night, and they couldn't light a fire, so they had to grab a box of arrows each and escape. ”

Kule also stood up and said: "General, more than 700 of my subordinates have been killed, and the remaining 900 people have fled, and now more than 600 people have been reclaimed, and the rest are being recovered. ”

Bermu breathed a sigh of relief. Listening to the reports of the battalions, plus the losses of the Chinese army camps under his direct jurisdiction, the losses were not large, and only more than 1,200 people died in total, many of whom were trampled to death by their own people. The total number of troops under his command exceeded 10,000, and the losses of more than 1,000 people were bearable. The loss of ordnance was also not significant.

But then he became angry again. Although he was not yet forty years old, he had followed Timur in the southern and northern wars for twenty years, and he had never suffered such a loss.

Furious, Bermu was anxious to find his way back, barely suppressed his desire to order the siege immediately, and commanded loudly: "The officers of all armies should reorganize the soldiers in their headquarters, reorganize their morale, and after the ordnance battalion repairs the cannons, press the siege with all their might!" Be sure to knock down the Iron Gate! ”

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"Qianhu, there is really you. In total, only a few people died, thousands of Western captives were killed, and so many things were recovered. Wang Cheng held a box of arrows in his hand and said happily. Then he sighed softly: "It's just that I couldn't break into the Chinese army camp in Xilu last night." ”

"Okay, the commander of the Western Captives, Bermu, is very capable, and he knows that our total strength is less than a thousand now, and there will not be many people who can come out to attack the camp, and they will definitely not run away, but stick to the camp, and it is good to achieve such a result."

"Yes. Especially if you get back so many arrows, it will be much easier to defend the city in the future. Wang Cheng said with a smile.

"You're wrong. In the future, it will be more difficult to defend the city. Qin Shoushan said.

"Why?"

"For the Silu will surely besiege the city more violently."