Chapter 1024: Dilemma
The king of the Eastern Chagatai Khan, don't lose the city of Bali.
The city had been besieged by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army for more than three months, which made the people in the city panic, and there was a tense and oppressive atmosphere in the air.
The residents of the city would never have thought that just half a year ago, the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty was still marching to the Yarkand region to conquer the Timurid Empire army entrenched there in their cheers, but in a blink of an eye, the originally smooth sailing Western Expeditionary Army was defeated in Blue Leaf City, and only more than 10,000 people of more than 200,000 troops escaped by luck, which is really surprising.
Today, the combined strength of the Ming West Expeditionary Army and the East Chagatai Army of Beshi Bali City is only more than 50,000 people, and Beshi Bali City is thousands of miles away from the Kansai region, and it has to pass through the Turpan region that has been controlled by the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so it is even more difficult to withdraw to the Kansai region.
Besides, how to break through the tens of thousands of troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan outside the city is also a big problem, after the defeat of Blue Leaf City, the morale of both the Western Expeditionary Army and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is extremely low, which is a taboo on the battlefield.
Unlike Qinglong City, which blocked the news of the defeat, the defeat of Yang Sanyu, the Marquis of Chengning, had already spread throughout Beishu Bali City, and the residents of the city all knew that Song Hai, the Duke of Wuguo, had been defeated in Blue Leaf City, and the Ming Dynasty no longer had enough troops in the Western Regions to rescue them.
In fact, even in Qinglong City, the news of the fiasco of the Western Expeditionary Army in Heishui City and Blue Leaf City has long been circulated, and it is obvious that the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan sent people to spread it, but it was strictly controlled by Lu Minen, so he caught some spies who "spread rumors".
It is precisely because of this that Li Yuntian directly explained the defeat of the Western Expeditionary Army on the school field, and instead of letting those cavalrymen speculate randomly, it is better to explain the truth to them directly, which can make their will become resolute and save them from thinking nonsense.
The Timurid Empire inherited some of the Mongol Empire's ways, such as Timur's founding Khan, Timur, who had invaded Eurasia with a brutal killing policy against towns that dared to stand in his way.
This made the residents of Beswan Bali uneasy, once the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army attacked Beswan Bali City, it would inevitably be another massacre.
If Timur hadn't learned that the Ming Dynasty had been martyred, and thought that taking advantage of the Ming Dynasty's political instability would be enough to defeat the Ming Dynasty, and then give up the Ottoman Empire that had already been conquered, then Europe and Africa would have faced a disaster.
It is reported that Bursa, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, was massacred by the Timurid Empire, and only a few people survived by crossing the Dardanelles with the help of Greek seamen.
The city is located in a mountainous area, and if the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan alliance break through the city and launch a massacre, no one can help the inhabitants of the city escape the fate of being killed.
Feeling confused about the future, many residents of the city have begun to live a drunken life and want to enjoy themselves before they die, which makes the whole city of Beshin Bali shrouded in pessimism.
Although the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, An Yonghou Bai An repeatedly said that the Ming Dynasty has millions of male soldiers and thousands of generals, and will definitely send troops to the rescue, but far water can not quench the thirst of the near, and the residents know that the Ming Dynasty is far away from the city of Bei Lost Bali, and it is estimated that the Ming army reinforcements have already been broken when they arrive in the city.
After all, the Timurid Empire is the overlord of Central Asia and West Asia, and God knows when the Ming army will be able to rescue Beishi Bali City, so Bai An's words are not taken seriously by anyone who is in the left ear and the right ear is out, and they are not children, so they naturally know that Bai An is stabilizing people's hearts.
What made the situation in the city even worse was that in the face of the great pressure of the city being breached, some civil and military officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate gathered together in private to secretly discuss the surrender to the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Alliance.
In fact, last year, when the soldiers of the Timurid Empire were about to leave the city of Bali, the princes and ministers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had already gone to Turpan City with the Great Khan to take refuge because they had learned the news in advance, and their families and property were not affected by the war, and the Timurid Empire soldiers obtained the city of Beshubali without bloodshed, which had almost become an empty city.
The princes and ministers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate thought that the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty would drive away the army of the Timurid Empire, so after the Western Expeditionary Army recaptured the city of Beshbali from the hands of the Timurid Empire army, they followed the Great Khan with their families and property, who would have thought that the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty fought two major defeats in Heishui City and Luoyecheng one after another, resulting in almost all the annihilation, so that they were blocked in the city by the troops of the Timurid Empire before they could carry them away.
In fact, the Timurid Empire only sent 20,000 troops to Beishu Bali City, and these 20,000 troops did not come to attack the city, and did not carry any engineering equipment.
To tell the truth, the strength of the Timurid Empire was only 20,000, and the strength of the city reached 50,000, and if the army in the city broke through with all its might, the people of the Timurid Empire would not be able to stop it at all, and maybe it would be defeated.
But the two successive defeats have already demoralized the Western Expeditionary Army in the city, and the army in Eastern Chagatai is also panicked, and they dare not go out of the city to fight the morale of the Timurid Empire.
Moreover, the Turpan area has been occupied by the Northern Yuan army, and even if these people in the city of Bali break through the encirclement of the Timurid Empire's troops outside the city, it will be difficult to escape, so they can only stand in the city and wait for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty.
Just like An Yonghou Bai An said, although the Ming Western Expeditionary Army lost 400,000 troops in the two battles of Heishui City and Blue Leaf City, the Ming Dynasty had millions of soldiers and thousands of generals, so it was not difficult for the Ming Dynasty to form a support army again.
Even the mighty Timurid Empire would collapse after losing 400,000 troops, unlike the Ming Dynasty, who was still able to gather enough troops to fight against Warat after losing hundreds of thousands of troops at Tumubao, so that Warat returned north in vain and handed over the captured orthodox emperor.
In the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty is a multi-ethnic country dominated by the Han nationality, and the Timurid Empire is only the conquest of the countries and nationalities within its jurisdiction, and the people of those countries and nationalities are only afraid of the Timurid Empire's military deterrence and have to surrender, once the Timurid Empire is defeated and loses the main force, then the Timurid Empire will be full of wars, and the rulers of the Timurid Empire will be unable to pacify.
Although it will take a long process for the Ming Dynasty to send reinforcements again, and it will not be possible to do it overnight, this is the only hope for the people up and down the city of Don't lose Bali.
Fortunately, there is enough food in the city to last a year and a half, so that the residents of the city will not riot because of the food.
The Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had put up notices in the streets and alleys of the city, telling the residents that reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty would arrive within a year, and hoped that the whole city would unite to tide over the difficulties.
At the beginning of the siege of the Timurid Empire's army, Li Zixi advocated taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Timurid army outside the city to break through the siege, otherwise once the reinforcements of the Timurid Empire arrived, they would be trapped and die in the city of Beshin Bali.
Li Zixi knew very well that the Western Expeditionary Army was the main force of the troops of the Daming Guard, although there were many troops in the Daming Guard, their combat effectiveness was worrying, and they could not fight with the forces of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan on the battlefield, so the first task of the Ming Dynasty was to protect themselves and prevent the troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan from breaking through the Jiayu Pass.
Taking a step back, the Ming Dynasty set up the battlefield of the war with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan in the southwest region, and will definitely fight it in the southwest, because once the army of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty penetrates deep into the interior of the Ming Dynasty, it will bring great disasters to the Ming region.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was unable to send troops to rescue Beishi Bali City in a short period of time, in Li Zixi's view, they can only save themselves now, take advantage of the arrival of Timurid Empire reinforcements to break through the siege, and find a way to evacuate to Guanxi, as long as they reach Guanxi then they will be safe, and they can not only defend Qinglong City, but also retreat to Jiayu Pass.
It is a pity that Li Zixi's suggestion was not accepted by Bai An, the Marquis of An Yong, not because Bai An did not want to break through but because the people of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate could not do so, but because those princes and ministers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate were unwilling to leave.
Obviously, once they lose the protection of Beshbali City, they will encounter the siege and interception of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army on the way, and Besshbali City is thousands of miles away from Kansai, and no one can predict what will happen on the way.
In the final analysis, the princes and ministers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate did not believe that Bai An and others could protect them from reaching Guanxi safely, so they refused to leave Beshbali City.
If the people of East Chagatai do not leave, Bai An will naturally have no way to break through the siege, not to mention the 20,000 demoralized Western Expeditionary Army under his command, not to mention returning to Kansai through many obstacles, even if it is very difficult to break through the siege of the 20,000 Timurid Empire soldiers outside the city, it is not guaranteed to be defeated by the Timurid Empire's army, and there will be no hope at that time.
Seeing that Bai An and the people of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate were unwilling to take risks, Li Zixi had no choice but to give up the idea of breaking through, after all, he was just a military attache with a light speech, and Narsa was still in Bali City, how could he escape alone despite Narsa?
At this moment, don't lose the palace of Bali City.
"Child, you shouldn't come back, Daming is your home." In one of the palaces of the harem, a graceful and luxurious old woman from the Western Regions sat on a chair and said with a smile to Narsa, who was standing behind her and massaging her shoulder.
This old woman from the Western Regions is the biological mother of the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the concubine of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Anali, who is the most respected person in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and has great prestige in the officialdom and the people of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
"Concubine, Narsa is a member of the Khanate, and now that the Khanate is in trouble, Narsa should come back to serve." Narsa smiled slightly when she heard this, and said disapprerovingly, as if she didn't care at all about being besieged in Beshbali City.
"Narsa, you are already the concubine of King Zhongwu of the Ming Dynasty, and you must think more about the Zhongwu Palace's palace in the future, and you can no longer act willfully." Princess Anali smiled, then turned around and said solemnly to Narsa, "Compared to the Great Khan of the Khanate, you have a greater role to the Western Chagatai and the Great Yuan, and if you capture you to threaten the Great Ming, then it will make it very difficult for the Great Ming." ”
"Don't worry, Princess, Narsa will never become a captive." Narsa knew what Concubine Anali meant, and a look of determination flashed in her eyes.
Judging from the current situation, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is just a stepping stone for the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan to invade the Ming Dynasty in the east, the ultimate goal of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan is the Ming Dynasty, and Narsa is the concubine of the high-powered and loyal king of the Ming Dynasty.
Narsa naturally knew these things, she was no longer an ordinary female official of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and she was still the concubine of King Zhongwu of the Ming Dynasty, so she would rather die than become a prisoner.