As the time for the Ming army's ultimatum drew closer, the Timurid soldiers trapped in their houses became more and more nervous.

To tell the truth, these Timurid soldiers were elite and were not afraid of death, but if they were burned to death, it would be too whimsy, and they would be unrecognizable, and no one wanted to be at peace after their death.

At this time, in the hall of the house, a richly dressed middle-aged man paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back and anxious expression.

The middle-aged man's appearance was somewhat similar to that of Khordu Khan, he was the king of Amman of the Timurid Empire, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

According to the information that the King of Amman had in advance, the Ming army in Guanxi was either besieged by the troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, or was pursued by the troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, so he could not have imagined that the Ming army would attack the ancient city of Dunhuang, so that he was unlucky to be trapped here.

"Lord Wang, the time that Ming Jun said is coming, and it is time for Lord Wang to make up his mind." The King of Amman was not the only one in the hall, but also a tall and thin middle-aged man dressed in the official palace of the Timurid Empire stood aside, looking at the King of Amman and said in a deep voice.

"This king is the prince of the khanate, if he surrenders, what is his reputation?" The King of Amman stopped, frowned, and said to the tall, thin middle-aged man, with a lot of concerns in his heart.

"Prince, there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty, called 'stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood', now the Khanate is in the upper hand in the war with the Ming Dynasty, there is no need for the prince to be martyred here, after the capture of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Khan also needs the prince's assistance in handling government affairs."

The thin and tall middle-aged man knew that Amman.com had some scruples in his heart, after all, the reputation of the captives was very unpleasant, and Yu Feng said after a while, "Besides, the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty once defeated the Great Yuan and the Wendu generals, and even the Great Khan was driven away from the ancient city of Dunhuang. ”

"How do you know that the prince in their mouth is the loyal warrior king of the Ming Dynasty?" King Amman couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and looked at the tall and thin middle-aged man in surprise, when Tianyi shouted just now, he just said "Lord Wang" in general, and did not explicitly say that it was Li Yuntian.

The Timurid Empire is different from the Ming Dynasty, which has only had a few kings with different surnames since the founding of the country, and except for Li Yuntian, they are all posthumously crowned, and the princes of the Ming Dynasty have lost their military power and political qualifications since the Yongle Emperor.

And there are many kings with different surnames in the Timurid Empire, and these kings with different surnames are not local heroes who support the army, and there are many generals in the army of the Timurid Empire who followed Khordu Khan's expedition to the east.

Therefore, the King of Amman, who was not clear about the Ming official system, thought that there were also many princes in the Ming army, after all, both sides used a large number of troops this time, so it was impossible to determine the identity of the prince mentioned in Tianyi's mouth.

"Lord Wang, according to previous information, General Wendu is pursuing the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhongwu King once attacked the ancient city of Dunhuang, and now it is not impossible to attack again." The tall, thin middle-aged man explained.

"You mean, the person standing outside the door is the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty?" The King of Amman was stunned for a moment, with an unbelievable look on his face, if he remembered correctly, Li Yuntian was now evading the pursuit of Wendu, and he even had the opportunity to sneak attack the ancient city of Dunhuang again, which really surprised him, you must know that Wendu is not easy to provoke.

"Since you don't surrender, then we set it on fire!" At this moment, the shouts of Tianyi came from outside the courtyard gate.

Immediately, a piece of ignited firewood was thrown in from outside the wall, causing the soldiers of the Timurid Empire who were nervous in the courtyard to dodge, and the situation became a little panicked.

"Lord Wang, please take the idea, if it's too late, it will be too late." Seeing this, the tall and thin middle-aged man hurriedly said to the King of Amman, it was obvious that this burning firewood was just a warning from the Ming army outside, and then the mansion would be engulfed by fire.

At that time, the Timurid Imperial soldiers in the courtyard could only rush out and fight with the Ming army, the Ming army must have prepared crossbowmen, and those Timurid Imperial soldiers could only go to death in vain.

"Okay, this king is willing to surrender!" King Amman's face changed a few times, and finally his expression darkened, and he nodded helplessly to the tall and thin middle-aged man, just as the tall and thin middle-aged man said, it is not a shame to be planted in Li Yuntian's hands, and there are still many important things waiting for him to do in the future.

"Listen to the people outside, we are willing to surrender, don't set fire." Seeing this, the tall and thin middle-aged man immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly rushed to the courtyard, shouting at the Ming army outside the door.

After hearing the sound of surrender coming from the courtyard, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, it seemed that the King of Amman had made the wisest choice.

Soon after, the closed courtyard door slowly opened, and a group of soldiers from the Timurid Empire walked out nervously surrounded by the King of Amman.

"Excuse me, are you the loyal martial king of the Ming Dynasty?" The tall and thin middle-aged man followed behind the King of Amman, glanced at Li Yuntian, who was surrounded by the stars of the Ming army generals in front of the courtyard gate, walked a few steps forward and bowed, and asked Li Yuntian with a look of awe.

"It's the king!" Li Yuntian couldn't help but glance at the tall and thin middle-aged man when he heard this, and nodded quietly, the other party could guess his identity, he must also be a delicate person.

Hearing this, the thin and tall middle-aged man hurriedly stepped aside, his task had been completed, and now that Li Yuntian's identity had been determined, the rest of the matter would be discussed by the King of Amman with Li Yuntian.

"King Zhongwu, this king is willing to surrender to you, but this king hopes that you can promise this king to ensure the safety of these guards under this king."

Knowing that the elegant young Ming army general in front of him was the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty who had suffered a lot in Guanxi, King Amman's eyes showed a look of surprise, he didn't expect Li Yuntian to be so young, and then pressed his right hand on his chest, bowed to Li Yuntian and said.

"As long as they stay honest, then this king can ensure their safety." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and agreed in one bite, he never liked to kill those prisoners, in his opinion, it was better to take those prisoners of war for his own use than to kill those people.

"In addition, the king wants to live in a separate room and be served three meals a day on time." Afterwards, the King of Amman hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly to Li Yuntian, "The two maids of this king have served this king for many years, and I hope to keep them by my king's side. ”

"Just do as you do." Hearing this, a smile suddenly flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he bowed slightly to the King of Amman.

In his opinion, the King of Amman is really interesting, and it has come to this point that he has put forward these conditions that surprise him, and it seems that the King of Amman usually pays great attention to the quality of life.

"Lay down your arms." Seeing that Li Yuntian had agreed to all the conditions, the King of Amman opened his mouth and shouted to the soldiers of the Timurid Empire who looked nervous beside him.

The soldiers of the Timurid Empire looked at each other and threw their weapons on the ground, though he was very reluctant, but he could not disobey the order of the King of Amman.

"King Zhongwu, this is the king's portable sword, and I will hand it over to you now." The King of Amman took off an incomparably fine Damascus scimitar with a scabbard studded with precious stones hanging from his waist, held it in both hands, and stepped forward to hand it to Li Yuntian, indicating that he had given up his resistance and formally surrendered to Li Yuntian.

"This king sees that this courtyard is good, so you can live in it in the future." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand to take the Damascus scimitar, looked up at the mansion behind the King of Amman, and said quietly.

"The King of Amman is the king's honored guest, and you must not lose your courtesy." Subsequently, Li Yuntian said in a deep voice to the Tianyi on the side, the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire was protracted, which was not only a contest of military strength between the two countries, but also a political game.

Therefore, in the face of the big fish of the King of Amman, Li Yuntian naturally has to take good care of him, and he may be able to come in handy in the future.

After the Ming army entered the city, under the order of Li Yuntian, he seized the time to prepare for the defense of the city, because Li Yuntian made up his mind to stick to the ancient city of Dunhuang, so a big battle with Wendu and others was inevitable.

For a city, the weakest part is the city gate, so Li Yuntian ordered to seal the east, west and north gates of the ancient city of Dunhuang with boulders and wood, leaving only the south gate in and out, and he only needed to send troops to guard the south gate at that time.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have counted, although there is not much grain and grass in the city, it is enough for us to eat for half a year." In the evening, when Li Yuntian was checking the map in the room, Lin Xin walked in and said with a smile.

Lin Xin naturally knew that Li Yuntian did not need to persist in the ancient city of Dunhuang for half a year, at most in August, Zhang Hao would lead the reinforcements from the northern expedition to Mobei.

"By the way, what about the servant army?" Li Yuntian turned around when he heard the words and asked.

"More than a thousand casualties, all the others surrendered, very obedient compared to the soldiers of the Timurid Empire." Lin Xin's brows furrowed when she heard this, she didn't look down on those grass-like servant troops on the wall, and after a deep groan, she said, "Lord Wang, they are all a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death, if they are used to assist in defending the city, I am afraid it will backfire!" ”

"Now that our army is weak, we need to unite all the forces that can be united to deal with the enemy army besieging the city, if we can take them for our own use, our power will be greatly enhanced."

Li Yuntian knew that Lin Xin didn't look down on those servant troops, so he smiled and said, "We are defending the city this time, they are better than ordinary people." ”

"Those people have no faith at all, in case they turn against each other......" Lin Xin's brows frowned slightly, and she looked at Li Yuntian worriedly, she knew that what Li Yuntian said was right, but she was still not sure in her heart, these people would not fight with the enemy army outside the city, and there was a chance that they would surrender under the temptation of Wendu.

"Then they'll have to work for us!" Hearing this, a sly smile flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he said meaningfully to Lin Xin.

"Have to give us your life?" Lin Xin was a little puzzled when she heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian suspiciously, a little unclear what he meant, how could those servant soldiers be willing to die for Da Ming?

"Rest assured, this king will definitely make them fight for the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly!" Li Yuntian smiled slightly, looking confident, he had already thought of how to deal with those servant troops who were afraid of death.