Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1665 Untitled!

Seeing Xing Tong's tearful face, Ye Mingsheng suddenly wanted to tease the child, and immediately said:
"Xingtong, that Habib is not sixty years old, he is only in his forties!"

"I won't get married even if I'm over 40. Dad, please don't let me go, okay? I will be good in the future and won't make you and mother angry. Please don't let me marry to the Golden Horde!"

"Xingtong, listen to what Dad said. Habib doesn't want to marry you. He wants his son Asuka to marry you. Asuka is about your age, at most a few years older than you!"

Seeing that her father seemed to want her to marry, the ten-year-old Ye Xingtong became even more sad. She was already in tears, and now she was crying breathlessly. Seeing that the child seemed to be really sad, Ye Mingsheng smiled and took his daughter into his arms and said:
"Dad is just kidding you. How could I bear to marry you to the Golden Horde? I know what the Golden Horde is. How could I push you into this fire pit?"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Xing Tong seemed to be relieved, and then she wiped her tears and said angrily:
"Dad, you are the worst! Why did you scare me? I thought you really didn't care about me!"

"Xingtong's father never told you that I wanted to marry you to the Golden Horde. I just told you about Habib and Asuka's ages and their thoughts. Xingtong, you thought too much. Can you blame me for this?"

Ye Xingtong, who was only ten years old, did not react when he heard what Ye Mingsheng said, and did not know how to answer for a moment. However, this child was also stubborn, and when he saw that he could not refute, he directly took action and began to pinch Ye Mingsheng's arm.

Even though Ye Xingtong is only ten years old and still a little girl, her pinching is very painful. She pinched Ye Mingsheng so hard that he grimaced. Seeing this, Ye Xingtong calmed down and started to chuckle...

Ye Mingsheng originally wanted to chat with Ye Xingtong again. Recently, he has been extremely busy with official duties and has even had less time to accompany Jingren and Jingxuan, let alone other people. So since he was rushed here today, Ye Mingsheng also intended to play with the child for a while longer and chat more!
Although Ye Mingsheng had such an idea, happy times are always short. After not chatting for long, Zhang Yufeng appeared at the door. Seeing Zhang Yufeng's appearance, Xing Tong immediately glanced away with disgust, as if she was still dissatisfied with Zhang Yufeng for throwing her out just now!
When Ye Mingsheng saw Zhang Yufeng appear, he also asked:
"what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Minister Cui, Minister Zhang and others are here!"

Ye Mingsheng was a little surprised when he heard this and asked:
"What time is it now?"

"Your Majesty, it is now noon!"

Ye Mingsheng shook his head when he heard this. Time passed by so quickly. Although he wanted to talk to his daughter more, reason told him that he should go to work now!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng pinched Xingtong's little face and said with a smile:

"Xingtong, go back to your mother. Don't have any more ideas after you go back. Dad will not let you marry into the Golden Horde!"

Ye Xingtong was still a little worried when he heard this and stretched out his little finger and said:
"Dad, pinky promise!"

Seeing his daughter's serious look, Ye Mingsheng also stretched out his finger and started pulling Xingtong.

"We've made a promise to each other for a hundred years and we won't change our minds! Whoever changes his mind will be a puppy!"

After making the promise, Xing Tong was completely relieved. She kissed Ye Mingsheng on the cheek and then left the imperial study under the guidance of the palace maid.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng's expression became gentle. However, when Xing Tong left, Ye Mingsheng also instructed Zhang Yufeng:

"Get me a wet towel!"

"Yes!"

After taking the wet towel from Zhang Yufeng, Ye Mingsheng wiped his face and looked more energetic. Then he instructed Zhang Yufeng:
"Order Jingcheng to kneel in the ancestral temple for half a day! After he kneels, make him write a self-criticism!"

"Yes!"

After giving this order, Ye Mingsheng left the side room and walked towards the imperial study to listen to the financial reports from Cui Shao and Zhang Juning.

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Erlunqin Grassland, Turte Grassland

It was already the 15th hour of the evening, and the sun was setting and preparing to go home, but the two sides were still fighting hard. The battle was already intense, and countless Kipchak soldiers had rushed into the gate of Daqian's camp, wanting to tear the Daqian and Luobi soldiers in the camp into pieces. But the Daqian and Luobi soldiers were also very brave. Although the enemy had an advantage in numbers and morale, they did not give up at all. Under the command of the commanders of both sides, they firmly guarded the second line of defense of the camp, preventing the Kipchak soldiers from crossing the line!
As time passed, the sun set and the sky became darker. The Cuman soldiers, who had failed to break through the camp, were preparing to launch a final charge today under the orders of their respective leaders.

Seeing that the Cumans were determined to fight to the death, the coalition forces were also on high alert. Under the cover of a burst of muskets and bows and arrows, the Cumans also launched a charge with the howling of ghosts and wolves.

Xun Ke, who was standing in the rear observing the results of the battle, looked at the soldiers on his side who were shot and fell, his eyes full of helplessness.

In past battles, whether fighting against the Luobi people, the Cumans, or the Luoan Jin March, Daqian was always the side with the advantage in firearms. Daqian has always used firearms to suppress others, bombard others and blow others up!
But now, because almost all the firearms in the hands of the Third Army were lost in the previous Turte grassland, and the firearms for reinforcement were delayed due to the long journey, the more than 20,000 soldiers under Xun Ke’s command are now almost all fighting with cold weapons. Everyone is holding a sword or a spear, ready to chop and stab each other with the Cumans!
This resulted in the Golden Horde being the one that now had the advantage in firearms. The Daqian army was passively beaten every day. It was under the cover of enemy artillery and firearms that the first line of defense of the coalition camp was lost, and now they can only defend the second line of defense...
Xun Ke had never encountered a situation like today, but unfortunately, no matter whether Xun Ke and the Daqian soldiers were willing or not, it was the Golden Horde that possessed the firearms.

As the shooting of muskets and bows ended, the Cumans also rushed to the front. Seeing this, the coalition forces, who were full of anger, also fought hard with the enemy.

Xun Ke and Urgen Bayar looked at each other, and the two of them began to make anxious arrangements. They knew very well that they had no way out now. This simple camp was their death house. Once the camp was breached, not only would the Luobi clan be exterminated, but they would also completely disappear from the grassland!

Xun Ke himself had no chance of survival either. Right now, the Third Army had suffered nearly 30% casualties. If he couldn't defend Damao Mountain, Xun Ke's fame would be ruined. He would even be engraved on the pillar of shame in Daqian because of this defeat!

Xun Ke was also a man who cared about his reputation. If Damao Mountain could not be defended, even if he retreated safely, Ye Mingsheng would not let him go easily unless he killed him. So instead of suffering the punishment of Ye Mingsheng, it would be better for him to fight the Cumans to the end and die on the battlefield!
Here, Xun Ke and Urgenbayar were ready to die in battle. On the watchtower of the Cuman army camp, Habib was also extremely anxious. Ever since he realized that Ye Mingsheng wanted to attack Wei to save Zhao, Habib felt that he was not Pang Juan, and Ye Mingsheng was not the wise Sun Bin!
Habib wanted to race against time with Daqian to see whether you could capture Lesa first or he could capture Damao Mountain first. To this end, Habib blocked the news of the attack on Lesa City from the army, and at the same time, like a gambler who had lost his temper, he launched an all-in attack on Damao Mountain!

Under the attacks in the past few days, Habib could feel that Daqian's camp was like a small boat in the waves under his side's violent offensive, and it might capsize at any time!

But no matter how violently Habib launched his offensive, the camp always resisted, forcing the Cuman soldiers to return empty-handed!

Seeing that his side was unable to win, Khabib began to get anxious...

The last time he heard news about Lesa was seven days ago. Although Habib said that he did not believe that the Second Army had a large number of cavalry, he was actually panicked. After all, if he really guessed wrong, then the city of Lesa would be in real trouble!
Calculating the distance and time, Habib felt that the defenders of Lesa City had already started fighting with the Second Army. Habib was both concerned and worried about the outcome of the battle between the two sides!
Although Habib blocked the news in the army, he only blocked the news from ordinary soldiers in the army. His confidants like Makhachev, Umar, and Usman all knew about the attack on the city of Lesa!
These Cuman generals, who were usually extremely ferocious, indifferent to human life and took pleasure in killing, now began to worry like ordinary people when their parents, wives, daughters and private property might be damaged, and hoped to be able to withdraw!
But Khabib knew very well that if he retreated now, all his previous efforts would be wasted, and he would hand over the good situation that he had worked so hard to obtain to others!
So Khabib ignored the opposition of his men and insisted on continuing to fight here until he won!
At the beginning, under Habib's prestige, those Cuman generals had no choice but to obey orders. But as the war was not going well, the Cuman generals began to gossip, which made Habib even more anxious!
Amid the shouts and cries of killing, the sky turned completely black. The Cuman army was restricted by their sight and had to withdraw like a tide...
Seeing the Cuman soldiers retreat, the equally exhausted coalition forces on the mountain finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to encourage the soldiers, Xun Ke immediately cheered loudly, as if this was not just about repelling the enemy, but also winning the war. Hearing Xun Ke's laughter, everyone was a little at a loss. The Daqian soldiers also laughed along because Xun Ke was their general, while the Luobi people looked at Xun Ke with confusion!
But soon Urgenbayar also started laughing. Led by this old Luobi general, one Luobi soldier after another started laughing. For a while, the whole Damao Mountain was filled with laughter!
Although the laughter of the coalition soldiers did not sound very natural and even a little stiff, in the eyes of Habib at the foot of the mountain, the laughter on the mountain seemed triumphant and full of ridicule towards him and the Cumans.

Habib's face turned pale, and he stared at the coalition camp on the mountain. He believed that if it was not night, he would have ordered the Cuman soldiers to strike back and launch another attack on Damao Mountain.

After staring for half an hour, Habib turned around and walked back to his tent.

Habib returned to the tent and before he had time to eat dinner, he received a letter sent by his confidant from Lesa.

Habib was worried about Lessa's situation, so when he heard that the letter was from Lessa, he immediately took it.

The letter was sent by Habib's confidant, Diyar, the garrison general of Raisa City...

Diyar told Habib that they found that the Daqian cavalry heading north were not as many as 10,000 people, but as many as 5,000 to 6,000 people, and the leader was actually the Daqian Marquis, the commander of the Second Army, Guo Zhiping!

In order to reach the city of Lesa quickly, this group of Daqian cavalry did not carry a large amount of baggage, and everyone traveled light. Diyar was very surprised by the sudden appearance of this group of Daqian cavalry, but after getting the news, he immediately closed the city gates and began to be on guard!

Guo Zhiping originally wanted to launch a surprise attack on the city of Lesa, but Diar's cleverness made Guo Zhiping's surprise attack plan fail!

Because he did not carry any baggage, Guo Zhiping, who failed in the surprise attack, did not attack the city of Lesa by force. Instead, he turned his guns around and began to attack the farms and horse farms around the city of Lesa, turning the area around the city of Lesa upside down.

Guo Zhiping did not attack Lesa by force, which made Diar feel relieved. However, his peace of mind did not last long. He immediately learned through spies that the main force of the Second Army, more than 30,000 infantry, were carrying supplies and marching towards the city of Lesa.

Upon learning the news, Diyar immediately wrote a letter to Khabib, hoping that Khabib would return to help as soon as possible.

Seeing the letter from Diyar at this time, Khabib's heart became even more conflicted. The current battle situation has reached a stalemate. Before the fight, he was confident of defeating the Robe and Daqian people, but after countless rounds of fighting in these days, Khabib's heart began to waver!

It’s not that Habib hadn’t thought about sending a detachment back for support, but when he thought about the size of the Second Army, he knew that a detachment of a few thousand people would not be of much use. If he really wanted to save the city of Lesa, he would need to withdraw the main force...