Lord Moyu was forced to open

Soon, the Northern Turks king tent.

The Northern Turkic Khan Mulligan, who was delighted with the large amount of supplies plundered from the Western Regions, suddenly received a message from Tira.

After reading the contents of the letter, Dangzhi asked the attendant beside him doubtfully.

"What is this Tatar tribe? It can actually gather 50 troops."

His attendant was a king from the Western Regions who had recently been captured by the Turkic army.

He was kept by his side specifically as a servant to humiliate him.

In order to survive, Momoxi was willing to be humiliated. It was better than being beheaded like other captured kings, right?
Listening to Morrigan’s inquiry, Momosi hurriedly replied: “Great Khan, these Tatars are a race living on the northwest grasslands of the Western Regions.

Together with the Huns, the entire prairie was divided into two parts, one part was the Tatar grassland, and the other part was the Huns grassland. "

But a few years ago, these Tatars took refuge with the Song people in the Central Plains and became their lackeys.

That's it!

After listening to Momosi's story, Morrigan finally had an idea of ​​the Tatars, but then he sneered with disdain:

"These Huns are really useless. They don't even have a unified grassland. No wonder they were driven to the northern part of the grassland by those Song people.

I remember that when we Turks were on the grassland, they dominated the entire grassland. Wherever there were Tatar grasslands and Xiongnu grasslands, they were all Turkic grasslands.

Humph, it seems that this Tira is just a good guy. He was frightened by a mere Tatar, and he actually asked if he wanted to withdraw his troops?
What a joke! "

Morigan smiled disdainfully. In his opinion, Tila was too weak. They were just a Tatar. They finally took down the entire Western Region.

He had just seen countless supplies being transported back to the tribe. Now the Huns actually said they wanted to withdraw their troops. How could he agree?

There are only 500,000 people, who doesn’t have anyone yet?
Immediately he sent a letter to the Huns.

When Xiongnu Shanyu Tila received the letter and opened it, his frown gradually relaxed.

Immediately, he ordered the recruitment of various tribes and prepared to go to the Western Regions!

In his letter, Mulligan proposed that both sides send troops to support the Western Regions and have a good encounter with the Tatars to see if they have the ability to stop them.

It's just 500,000 people. Each of their clans has 300,000, which is 600,000 soldiers. Isn't it easy to defeat a small Tatar?
Tira was obviously moved.

In just three days, he recruited 30 people and marched toward the Western Regions.

On the Turks side, Morigan also mobilized troops early, but unlike the 300,000 people agreed, Morigan mobilized a full 400,000 people, which was already more than half of the Northern Turks' troops.

Only he knew what Mulligan was thinking.

After knowing the current situation of the Huns and Tatars, he not only wanted the Western Regions.

He also took a fancy to the Tatar steppe.

The entire grassland is the most attractive to them Turks!

Just as millions of troops were mobilized towards Ankang City, Ankang City was also in a mess at this moment.

While Ashnadu was waiting for the order, he was not idle. He sent all his troops to attack the city. He wanted to see if he could capture Ankang City before the Tatars arrived.

But obviously, the willpower of the defenders in Ankang City exceeded his imagination.

Five days!

He led tens of thousands of people to attack continuously for five days!
There are corpses everywhere outside Ankang City!

But they just didn’t capture Ankang City!

This is not right! Something is wrong!
Aren't there more than 1000 people inside? How can you hold on?
But what Asnadu didn't know was that there were more than a thousand people in Ankang City at this time.

After the Hungarian-Turkish coalition invaded the Western Region, small countries continued to be destroyed by the coalition forces. Not all of these small countries were killed.

Many people had no choice but to flee after their country was ruined and their families were destroyed.

The destination of most people is the Western Region Protectorate.

So when the Hungarian-Turkish coalition forces reached the Western Region Protectorate, the Western Region Protectorate had already gathered all the remaining forces in the entire Western Region.

At this time, the population of Ankang City was not only more than a thousand, but 13,000!

Among them, 1,500 are the garrison who retreated here, and 3,000 are the aborigines in Ankang City.

The remaining more than 8,000 people are all remnants of the countries in the Western Regions that have fled one after another during this period.

After the Hungarian-Turkish coalition attacked the city, Ban Chao organized everyone to defend the city, and then Ankang City was defended.

However, the strong attacks by the Hungarian-Turkish coalition forces these days have also caused suffering in the city.

Outside the city, dead bodies of the Hungarian-Turkish coalition forces lay scattered across the field.

Inside the city, the remaining defeated generals from the Western Region countries also suffered heavy casualties. There were originally more than 13,000 people, but now there are less than 7,000 left.

There are still four city gates to guard, and the troops can be said to be stretched thin.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Ankang City originally did not prepare much food.

With the addition of the remnants of these countries, the number of troops defending the city has increased.

But similarly, for the entire Ankang City, food consumption has also intensified.

After the hunting, the food left in the city is only enough to feed the people in the city for up to seven days.

This is something that can only be achieved after cutting down on food and clothing.

If there is no replenishment of food and grass after this, even if the Hungarian-Turkish coalition cannot attack Ankang City, they themselves will all starve to death in the city.

Ban Chao now has a headache every day and can't sleep because of food issues.

While Ban Chao was quickly handling official duties and arranging the city defense for tomorrow.

The door to the study room was pushed open.

Li Nian'an walked in quickly with blood on his face. He was not polite. After he came in, he moved a chair and sat on the opposite side of Ke Banchao, looking at him quietly.

Seeing him come in, Ban Chao sighed, put down his pen and raised his head and asked:
"Why did Lord Li come here?"

"How long until reinforcements arrive?"

Li Nianan asked, staring at Ban Chao.

"do not know."

"have no idea!?"

Li Nian'an's voice suddenly rose, and he stood up excitedly.

"Ban Chao! Do you know how much we have to pay every day now!

Those are all human lives! Everyone has persevered until now because of your words of waiting for reinforcements!
But until now, we don't even know how long it will take for reinforcements to arrive! So what's the point of everyone's death?
Do you know how fierce the offensive of the Turks and Huns is outside?
Do you know how many of us died today? !

you……"

Ban Chao replied in a calm voice:

"I know that one thousand and fifty-eight people died today, the oldest was already fifty-eight, and the youngest was only fifteen years old.

In addition, 136 people were seriously injured and 1,000 were slightly injured. "

Li Nianan's words stopped abruptly and he stared at the calm-looking man in front of him.

After a long time, he sat back dejectedly.

The voice choked with sobs: "One thousand and fifty-eight people!
That’s one thousand,058 lives!

The father of so many children! He is the husband of so many women and the son of so many mothers!
today! They are all dead! Dead!
However, we don't even know when reinforcements will arrive.

There is no hope, no hope, class protector! ! ! "

"Reinforcements will definitely come."

Ban Chao affirmed firmly.

"Huh...what guarantee do you have?"

"Just because His Majesty is the prince of the past! The prince will never turn a blind eye to us!"

"Which emperor killed my uncle just to bury the body?"

"Master Li! Be careful what you say!"

Li Nian'an stood up suddenly, stared at Ban Chao coldly and said:
"Three days! Three more days at most! If the reinforcements don't arrive in three days, I will break out with the remaining people of our Shebi Tuo.

Just stay here by yourself and wait for the reinforcements sent by your Emperor! "

After saying that, Li Nianan slammed the door and left.

The door creaked and swayed.

Looking at the creaking door, Ban Chao sighed slowly, then picked up the pen in his hand and quickly reviewed the official documents.

The night wind became more and more noisy, and the candles in the study that blew through the wide-open door flickered on and off.

……

(End of this chapter)