"Cut off all their heads and hang them on the city!" Salha pointed to dozens of Ming soldiers who had been captured alive and commanded loudly.

"Yes, General." As soon as the soldiers agreed, they dragged the men to the edge of the wall, drew their swords, and tried to cut off their heads.

These Ming soldiers couldn't understand the Khorezm language, so they didn't know what the soldiers of the Timurid Khanate were going to do at first, but when they were pushed to the edge of the city wall, and saw them take out their swords, even the stupidest people knew what they were going to do, and immediately resisted fiercely.

But they were all tied, and they were much smaller in number, and they were all hacked to death with knives in hand, and their heads were cut off and hung high.

After Salha gave the order, he put the matter aside, picked up the kettle and took a sip of water, and was about to take his soldiers to pursue the Ming army.

"Kill all these heretics!" He shouted.

"Kill all the infidels!" His soldiers echoed loudly.

But before he could rush to the city, he heard a voice from behind: "General Salha, General Salha." ”

Samarkand stopped and turned to look, and saw that it was a guard beside the Great Khan, and hurriedly asked, "Suke, what's the matter?" ”

Suke ran to his side, took a breath and said, "The Great Khan ordered, suspend the pursuit. ”

"Why? If you don't chase it, it's too late. Samarkand said anxiously.

"Just look at it." After Suke said this, he stopped talking and stood aside.

Samarkand thought about it, but still ordered to suspend the pursuit. The Great Khan's orders could not be disobeyed.

He waited for a while, saw two men with torches approaching, looked around cautiously, and then threw the torches somewhere.

A scene that surprised the country of Samarkand was very much surprised. In an instant, the torch seemed to be thrown into a pan of oil, and the flames burst through the roof of the house and ignited three or four feet high.

What surprised him even more was that, as if the flames were finding their way, they burned out of the house, burning most of the street, and all the grass and trees on the street were reduced to ashes in the raging fire. He heard screams as if he were nothing.

"What's going on?" Samarkand asked, turning his head.

"The generals of the Ming Kingdom regard the Great Khan as a fool, and the Great Khan will naturally not be soft." Suker understated.

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"I was wrong. Timur suffered such a big loss, how could he be defenseless against this? It's okay to waste some hay and oil, but these loyal soldiers, alas, I plead with Your Highness. Song Sheng stood on the wall of the inner city, looked at the burnt outer city in front of him, and said to the surrounding generals.

His plan to set fire to the soldiers of Samarkand who had entered the city was discovered by Timur, and not only that, but Timur took advantage of it in turn. This fire burned, and the more than 100 soldiers who Song Sheng arranged for in the city to prepare to set fire could only retreat in advance even if they were not burned to death, and his preparation was completely in vain.

What's more, Timur took this opportunity to make the fire in the city even more intense, most of the houses would be burned down, and the city would suddenly become much empty, so that he could gather his soldiers and start the siege. Most of the artillery in the hands of the Ming army failed to drag back to the inner city, and the threat to the assembled Samarkand troops was greatly reduced. The inner city is even more difficult to defend.

"Song Xiang, is this your fault? When we heard about the plan of the Prime Minister Zuo, we all thought that this was a clever plan, and we did not expect that Timur would plan it. If we want to ask Your Highness for sin, we should ask for guilt together. A general said.

"Yes, Song Xiang, why is this your fault alone?" "We are all at fault, if we want to ask Your Highness for our guilt, we will go together." Everyone also said.

When Song Sheng heard these words, he was about to speak, when he heard a voice from behind him: "What do you want to ask Gu for?" ”

"I've seen Your Highness!" Song Sheng knew who it was when he heard the voice, not to mention that he claimed to be, so he immediately turned his head and bowed. The crowd followed suit.

"Your Highness, the plan arranged by the minister was seen through by Timur, and not only failed to kill a few soldiers of Samarkand, but was also calculated by his generals and suffered losses. The minister pleaded guilty to His Highness. Song Sheng said after saluting.

"Hey, even if this plan doesn't work, it's not a big deal, Song Xiang doesn't have to ask Lonely." Shang Bing said immediately. Although he regretted that his strategy was discovered, he would never blame Song Sheng for this.

Song Sheng was about to speak again, but Shang Bing no longer talked about this topic, but raised his head, and looked at the houses that were still burning outside the city by the last bit of light from the sun that was about to set, and said after a while: "Although this plan is not a big deal, but you soldiers, there is a great shortage of defenders in the city now, and the personnel of the guards are not complete, and they cannot be replenished for a while. However, according to the letter from Xingxing Gorge yesterday, the reinforcements will not be able to reach Yiwu City within a few days. ”

"Lone, please all the soldiers for the sake of the court, for the sake of Lone, for the soldiers who died, for the sake of the people who were killed by the soldiers of Samarkand, for the sake of the people in the city, to defend the city until the reinforcements come." At the end, Shang Bing bent down and bowed.

"This is unacceptable! Your Highness's daughter's body, how can you salute your ministers! Song Sheng was taken aback, but immediately Fanyin came over, hurriedly avoided it, and shouted loudly.

Shang Bing wanted to say something more, but Song Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will never relax in the slightest, and they will definitely stick to the city until reinforcements arrive." ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will never relax in the slightest, and they will definitely stick to the city until reinforcements arrive." The other generals repeated it again.

"Please, soldiers."

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At the same time, Timur also stood in his tent and said to all the generals who had followed him: "Although our army has suffered heavy casualties these days, it is worth it, and the battle has greatly depleted the defense forces in the city, so that they are unable to defend the entire outer city, and can only retreat to the inner city. Now is the time when Hami City is at its weakest, and tomorrow we will launch a final onslaught and completely defeat Yiwu City! Capture Zhu Shangbing alive! ”

"I will definitely take the city of Igo completely with the blessing of Allah!"