Shenyang.
"Attack! Attack again!"
At this moment, an endless army of Tatars was fiercely attacking Shenyang City.
But no matter how they attacked, Shenyang City remained exceptionally secure.
They also wanted to capture the surrounding Southern Dynasty citizens and force them to attack the city.
But after searching around, they found that all the surrounding villages were empty.
Not a single person, not a single grain of food was left for them.
Meanwhile, the Tatar Khan, Lingdan Batur, sat in the middle of his army on a simple wooden platform, watching the result of another failed siege.
His face gradually darkened.
Then he said to those around him:
"Go and summon some more tribal chiefs, and have them lead their people to continue the siege."
After he finished speaking, his subordinate coughed and said:
"Great Khan, after continuous sieges, the attacking tribes have suffered considerable losses."
Moreover, we are not good at attacking cities.
Many tribes are no longer willing to continue their sieges.
They even said, "..."
"say what?"
The Tatar Khan, Lingdan Batur, spoke loudly to his subordinates.
After being yelled at, his subordinate continued:
"They said that they obeyed the Great Khan's call and united under his banner in order to take advantage of the chaos in the Southern Dynasty to seize some money, grain, and slaves."
They didn't come here to fight head-on. Due to the Southern Dynasty's scorched-earth policy, they didn't get anything, but lost many warriors.
Some even said that the Great Khan had been ordering them to lead their tribes to attack the city.
However, he never used his own troops, precisely to weaken the strength of these tribes and make the Khan's position more secure.
If the Khan continues to order them to fight to the death to besiege the city, they will take their tribes back to the grasslands.
"asshole."
After listening to him finish speaking, the Tatar Khan Lingdan Batur gripped his sword tightly.
He desperately wanted to kill them.
But he knew he couldn't do that; if he did, he wouldn't even have time to wait for the Southern Dynasty's army.
They started fighting amongst themselves.
He was very clear that the reason he was the Great Khan of the Tatars was not only because he inherited the title, but also because he had the strongest military force.
His tribe was the most powerful among the many Tatar tribes.
Otherwise, even if he inherited the Khanate of the Tatars, he would still be in trouble.
Without the support of military force, he would end up like Zhu Qizhen, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty.
Even worse than him.
Therefore, when he was fighting the Southern Dynasty, he was constantly calculating, weighing the gains and losses.
Sometimes, even if victory would bring great wealth, he would not fight a desperate battle if the potential losses were too great.
So what they were saying was that he wanted to preserve his own territory and weaken the other tribes, allowing the Southern Dynasty to deplete their strength.
I do have this thought.
Looking at the distant city of Shenyang, he wanted to send his own troops on the spot, but he was also reluctant to do so.
After all, those were the foundation upon which he made his living on the grasslands.
These leaders who obeyed him now will become his potential enemies once they return to the grasslands.
Finally, he gave an order to the people next to him:
"Order someone to go into the city and see if they can persuade the Southern Dynasty general guarding the city to surrender."
"Yes, Great Khan."
The Tatar Khan, Lingdan Batur, looked at Shenyang City in the distance, but in the end, he did not send out his own troops.
Let's try persuading them to surrender first; if that succeeds, that would be the best outcome.
Meanwhile, during this time, he also sent people to check if there were any Southern Dynasty people in the surrounding small towns.
If you have the resources, go and attack those small towns first, and harvest some grain and slaves.
I wonder what the situation is like in Jinzhou.
Western Liaoning.
Li Qin led his army through Shanhaiguan and was on the road to Jinzhou.
He had just received a letter from his younger brother, Li Wenqi.
His younger brother and Wei Xiaokuan, the deputy general he had assigned to him, were actually stationed separately to guard Jinzhou and Liaodong.
He guarded Jinzhou, while Wei Xiaokuan guarded Liaodong.
Upon seeing this layout, Li Qin immediately ordered the army to continue its rapid march.
Get to Jinzhou as soon as possible.
My stupid younger brother, he actually left Liaodong.
Liaodong is now extremely vulnerable, yet he actually left Liaodong.
He had placed this family member there to keep an eye on the remaining generals in Liaodong.
Liaodong is now vulnerable, with the Tatar army pressing in, and there isn't a single one of our own people stationed there.
All of them are generals from other clans. What if they can't hold out and surrender to the Tatars?
So after receiving Li Wenqi's letter, he immediately ordered his troops to speed up their march.
We must break through western Liaoning as quickly as possible and reach eastern Liaoning to give the generals and officials there hope.
Otherwise, he couldn't guarantee the loyalty of these bureaucrats.
Under Li Qin's orders, and with many officers and soldiers in the army being from Liaodong, the army was formed.
This time, they all knew very well that they were going to save their hometown.
Therefore, they all desperately sped up their march.
Because the families of the soldiers had been brought to and settled outside the capital by Li Qin's orders.
Moreover, Liaodong was only invaded, not captured.
So although they were also anxious to rescue their hometown, they were not as hasty as the Jizhou army after learning that their hometown had been lost and their wives, children and parents had fallen into enemy hands.
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