The servant army of the ancient city of Dunhuang came from two small countries in the Western Regions, and the generals who led the army were one named Ale and the other was called Menghu.

Of the 15,000 men of the servant army, 8,000 were under Ale's command and 7,000 under Monhu, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Li Yuntian locked Ale's people in the prisoner of war camp in Xicheng, and Menghu's people in the prisoner of war camp in Dongcheng, and learned that the person who led the army to capture the ancient city of Dunhuang this time was the famous queen of Zhongwu in the Ming army, and the prisoners of the two prisoner of war camps were extremely docile, and they did not even have the slightest desire to stir up trouble.

Although Ah Le and Meng Hu met Li Yuntian for the first time, Li Yuntian's prestige had already spread throughout Kansai, making them very afraid of him.

Originally, Ale and Menghu thought that they would have to live a miserable life of starvation in the prisoner of war camp, and usually in order to prevent the prisoners from escaping and making trouble, they would not be fed, to be exact, they would not starve to death, who would be willing to give food to those prisoners?

To their surprise, the Ming army not only gave them enough food, but also gave them new grain, not the coarse grain they often ate that was about to become moldy.

In the final analysis, the food and grass of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were also very tight, so the military rations were naturally divided into three, six, nine and so on, among which the best grain was given to the main army, like the servant army could only eat the worst grain, in the eyes of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, they were just dogs they raised to bite people.

"Meet the prince!" Three days later, Li Yuntian summoned the anxious Ale and Meng Hu to his study, and the two did not know Li Yuntian's intentions, so they bowed respectfully after seeing Li Yuntian.

"This king wants to tell you a good news, according to the Malay report, Wen Du led the army has approached the ancient city of Dunhuang, and it should arrive tomorrow." Li Yuntian put down the official document in his hand, raised his head and looked at Ale and Meng Hu quietly, "Your reinforcements are here." ”

"The prince laughed, we were all forced to be enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and we have nothing to do with Xichagatai and Dayuan." Hearing this, Aler and Meng's eyes lit up at first, and then a cool breath rose up on their backs, and after the two glanced at each other, Aler said with a smile.

The arrival of Wendu was indeed good news for Ah Le and Meng Hu, but when these words came out of Li Yuntian's mouth, they changed their taste, which made the two shudder, thinking that Li Yuntian had killed them, and it was obvious that leaving the prisoners to the enemy was a foolish act to let the tiger go back to the mountain.

"Your affairs are very clear to the king, and now the king wants you to do something, and when this matter is done, you can leave." Li Yuntian saw that Ale and Meng Hu's faces turned pale, and knew that the two of them were frightened by what he had just said, so he smiled and said, "This king is not the kind of person who loves to kill, I hope you can do it well in the future." ”

"Lord Wang, what do you need us to do?" Hearing this, Ah Le and Meng Hu suddenly showed surprised looks, and were very surprised that Li Yuntian let them go, and after hesitating for a while, Meng Hu asked.

"It's very simple, this king has prepared some wine and food, I hope the two of you will send it to the king of Amman, and you can be regarded as a master and servant, and now that you are leaving, you will naturally go to say goodbye."

At this time, Lin Xin walked in with a food box, Li Yuntian glanced at the food box, and said to Ale and Meng Hu slowly, "In addition, when you see Wendu, tell him that the King of Amman is good in the hands of this king, and this king has heard that Khordu Khan and the King of Amman have a deep brotherhood, and if there is no accident, this king will always be courteous to him." ”

Although Li Yuntian said it very tactfully, Ale and Menghu immediately understood the meaning of his words, and it was obvious that Li Yuntian was using the King of Amman to threaten Wendu, making him scruple when attacking the city.

"Two generals!" Lin Xin walked up to Ah Le and Meng Hu, and quietly sent the food box in her hand to the two of them.

Ah Le stretched out his hand to take the food box, bowed to Li Yuntian, and then left briskly with Meng Hu, and went to meet the King of Amman in a hurry, this task assigned by Li Yuntian was not difficult for them in the slightest, and it was rumored that Li Yuntian was a man of his word, so they felt inexplicably excited at the thought of being about to be freed.

"Lord Wang, your trick is really high, when they come back, you will drive them, and they will not leave." Looking at the brisk backs of Ale and Meng Hu, Lin Xin couldn't help laughing, these two unlucky people didn't realize that they had fallen into the trap laid by Li Yuntian.

"In order to defend the ancient city of Dunhuang, this king has no choice but to do this." Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, and then his expression became serious, "Wen Du has been walking around Kansai with his nose for so long, he must want to catch this king in his heart, a big battle is inevitable, and I don't know how many soldiers will be buried in other places." ”

"Lord Wang, their sacrifice is worth it, it is their dedication to the people of the Ming Dynasty that can live a stable life." Lin Xin had also smelled the strong smell of gunpowder when the war was approaching, and said in a coquettish voice, thinking that these soldiers had died as they deserved.

Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, it was definitely an extremely painful thing for the families of those who died in battle.

The King of Amman has lived a leisurely life in the past few days, although he is confined in that courtyard, but he has the right to move freely, and the Ming soldiers in charge of guarding him will not interfere too much.

Li Yuntian treated the King of Amman very favorably, not only allowing the two personal maids around the King of Amman to serve his diet and daily life, but also letting the soldiers of the Timurid Empire go to the small courtyard to clean every day, and the King of Amman's state of mind gradually calmed down, and he was able to sit down and read with peace of mind and wait for the progress of the war in Kansai.

The King of Amman knew very well that Li Yuntian would not kill him easily, it was obvious that he was an important bargaining chip in Li Yuntian's hands against the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, how could he easily discard it?

"See the prince for his humble duties." When Ale and Menghu arrived at the house where the King of Amman lived, the Ming soldiers guarding the gate of the courtyard had received orders in advance, so they let them in, and when they entered the house, they saw the Queen of Amman bowing and saluting while reading.

"Why are the two generals here?" The King of Amman was very surprised by the arrival of Ale and Monhu, and then noticed the food box that Ale was carrying, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why, you two are here to deliver food to this king today?" ”

"Lord Wang, the two of them are about to leave Dunhuang City, so prepare some wine and food to bid farewell to the prince." Al put the food box on the table in the room, bowed quietly and said to the King of Amman, "I hope the prince takes care." ”

"The two generals have a heart, if they can meet again in the future, this king must remember the friendship between the two today!" The King of Amman didn't expect that Ale and Menghu would think of resigning for themselves, and they immediately looked at each other differently, and said with emotion.

Since Ale did not say why he and Menghu had left the ancient city of Dunhuang, the king of Amman naturally thought that Li Yuntian was going to send them somewhere else, and the ancient city of Dunhuang was not safe and would be attacked by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army at any time.

Ah Le and Meng Hu naturally did not dare to reveal to the King of Amman that the two were going to be released by Li Yuntian, otherwise once they angered Li Yuntian, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Lord Wang, it is inconvenient for the two of them to stay for a long time, now that they have seen the prince, then I will leave, please take care of the prince." After exchanging a few words with the King of Amman, Ale and Menghu bowed down and retired, since the two had made sure that the King of Amman was safe and sound, it would be good to explain when they met Wendu.

"Send two generals." Hearing this, the King of Amman nodded to a maid beside him, which was already a great courtesy to Al and Menghu, who were usually hard to see in front of the King of Amman, let alone be seen off by the maid.

"The two generals stayed." Leaving the house where the King of Amman lived, Ale and Menghu were expecting to leave the war-torn ancient city of Dunhuang when a figure blocked their way.

"General Tianyi, what do you need the two of us to serve?" After seeing the appearance of the person blocking the way, Ale hurriedly bowed and saluted, and asked with some curiosity.

Although Tianyi is only a hundred households, under Li Yuntian's subordinates, he has gradually become a guerrilla general because of his military merits, and it can be expected that after the war, he will definitely be able to be promoted to the rank of a thousand households and even the commander of the guard.

"The two generals will know in a moment." Tianyi stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and led Ale and Meng Hu to the shade of the courtyard wall on the side, and did not speak, but stood there quietly.

Seeing this, Ah Le and Meng suddenly felt puzzled in their hearts, they didn't know why Tianyi did this, and they couldn't ask, so they could only wait there with anxiety.

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang, what's wrong with you?" About half a pillar of incense had passed, and a woman's exclamation suddenly came to mind in the courtyard where the king of Amman lived, which immediately attracted the attention of Ale and Mon outside the door, and they listened with their ears to the movement inside, wanting to know what was happening.

A moment later, just as Ale and Menghu craned their heads to listen, the closed courtyard door was slammed open, and a Ming soldier who was on duty inside hurriedly walked out.

"What happened?" Seeing this, Tianyi greeted him and asked quietly.

"General Yu, there is still poison in the dishes they sent, and the king of Amman was poisoned after eating it, vomiting blood from his mouth, and falling unconscious." The soldier stretched out his hand and pointed at Ale and Menghu, and said in a deep voice.

"Poisonous?" Hearing this, Ale and Meng Hu were immediately dumbfounded, staring at each other with wide eyes, never expecting such a thing to happen.

"Go see the doctor." Tianyi glanced at the two of them when he heard this, and then nodded at the soldier.

The soldier bowed to the sky wing and hurried back to the courtyard, after which a soldier rushed out of the courtyard with his head hunched on his shoulder, and blood was spitting from his mouth, and hurried to the doctor surrounded by several soldiers.

"General Tianyi, what the hell is going on?" Aal stared at the departing King of Amman in amazement, and then looked at Tianyi blankly, not knowing why the King of Amman was poisoned, let alone why the dish was poisoned.

"Obviously, the king of Amman was killed by the two of you." Tianyi walked to the courtyard gate, looked at the two maids sitting on the floor of the hall crying, and replied lightly.

"What?" Ale and Meng froze there, the two of them didn't react for a while, their minds were blank, and they couldn't imagine that they would encounter such a bizarre thing.