Chapter 956: Night attack on Jincheng!
As Esidogan gave the order, another general of the Cuman army, Ahejiang, soon came to the room. Ahejiang originally didn’t know why Esidogan wanted to see him, but when he saw his old rival Ali in the room, he immediately had a bad premonition in his heart...
However, Ahejiang is also an old hand. After hesitating for a moment, he took the initiative to ask Esiduoan:

"Great Khan, is there any movement from the enemy troops in Dagu County?"

Astoan did not answer Ahejiang's question, but instead glanced at Ahejiang with a cold gaze and asked in a deep voice:

"Ahejiang, are there any women from the Great Zhou or any other valuables from the Great Zhou other than gold and silver in your military camp?"

As soon as these words came out, Ahejiang's heart sank suddenly, and he couldn't help but glance at Ali who was standing beside him. He naturally knew that Ali was reporting him, and he suddenly felt resentful in his heart, and he wanted to draw his sword and chop off Ali's head!
Although he was very angry with Ali, Ahejiang also understood that the most important thing at the moment was to deal with the Khan. As for how to take revenge on Ali, that was a matter for later!
Ahejiang thought quickly about countermeasures. His first choice would definitely be to fight back and say that Ali was framing him. Anyway, it was no secret within the Khanate that he and Ali were at odds.

So it would be better to muddy the waters at this time and turn the matter of hoarding the spoils into a conflict between him and Ali!

Thinking of this, Ahejiang made up his mind. However, just as he was about to speak, he heard the cold voice of Esdoan.

“Ahejiang, this is an extraordinary period and we need all Kipchaks to unite and overcome the difficulties together…”

"You should have guessed it. It was Ali who reported you. If this is false, then Ali is destroying unity and shaking the morale of the army! As the Khan, I should chop off his head to calm the army and give an explanation to Ahejiangni!"

Ali was also shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that Esdoan would play such a big game. However, Ali was also a ruthless person. He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:
"Great Khan, you are right. Now is the time for all of us Kipchaks to unite. If anyone at this moment shakes the morale of the army for his own selfish interests and disobeys your order, then he deserves death!"

After saying that, Ali turned around and looked at Ah Hejiang and said in a very frank manner;
"General Ahejiang, please have the Khan's guards search your camp now. If it is me, Ali, who has framed you, please chop off my head to make amends!"

The more Ahejiang listened to what Aisiduoan and Ali said, the more frightened he became. His original plan to bite back at Ali was gradually abandoned. Forced into a corner, Ahejiang weighed the pros and cons, sighed inwardly, then knelt down in front of Aisiduoan and said:
"Great Khan, I admit that I have hidden the spoils of war in my camp!"

Seeing that Ahejiang admitted the matter, Ali couldn't help but be delighted and felt that Ahejiang might not be able to escape this time...
As the Great Khan, Aisidogan felt sad when he saw Ahejiang confessing his guilt. He thought that the Khanate had already gone through such a difficult time, and as the Great Khan, he had been worrying about the fate of the Khanate, while you, as a general of the Khanate, were playing tricks on him for some women of the Great Zhou and spoils of war!
Although Ahejiang had already pleaded guilty at this time, he was still burning with anger when he felt Ali's gloating beside him.

The next second, Ahejiang glared at Ali fiercely, and then shouted to Esiduoan:

"Great Khan, although I have disobeyed your order, I, Ahejiang, also have something to say!"

After saying this, Ahejiang did not wait for Esiduoan to say whether he was allowed to speak, and he began to speak without hesitation:
"Great Khan, you know how much suffering we have endured and how much sin we have committed during this journey south!"

"And the Khanate's rule has always been that whoever grabs the spoils gets them!"

"At your command, Great Khan, the soldiers of the Khanate fought with all their might. How many of them lost their arms and legs? How will they live the rest of their lives? And for those who died, should their families receive compensation?"

"Will their pension khanate give it to us? It will all be taken from the spoils of war from the south. How can the gold, silver and jewels alone be enough?"

“I am the head of the tribe. If I can’t benefit my tribe, how can I convince the people in the future…”

At this point, Ah Jiang gave up and continued loudly:

"Great Khan, you said Ye Mingsheng would come out of the city to fight us, but now so many days have passed. In my opinion, Ye Mingsheng doesn't care about the lives of these two-legged sheep of the Great Zhou. Even if we kill all the two-legged sheep of the Great Zhou, he will just shrink back in his turtle shell!"

"In my opinion, Ye Mingsheng is as timid as a mouse. He doesn't dare to come out and fight us openly. Why should we continue to wait for him here?"

"The Khanate paid too much this time. Now even the rat-like Luobi people dare to covet our Western Erlengqin grassland!"

"The Khan told me that we should just plunder a few more cities of the Great Zhou, and then we can leave and return with a full load! With all the wealth of the Great Zhou, we won't be completely empty-handed this time!"

"Then we can go fight the Luobi people and unify the grassland. This is better than waiting here for Ye Wugui!"

After these words were spoken, Ali, who was originally gloating, became thoughtful, and Esidogan also calmed down. He was keenly aware that what Ahejiang said was not just his idea, but it was very likely the idea of ​​most of the Cuman soldiers in the army!

It seemed that most people had accepted the empty-handed outcome this time, and only wanted to plunder more wealth from the Great Zhou so that they could return to the grassland... Just as Asdogan was lost in thought and the atmosphere in the room seemed very dull, suddenly a guard walked into the room quickly and reported to Asdogan:

"Great Khan, the scouts ahead have sent us news that the Fengwu Army in Dagu County has left the city!"

This statement immediately broke the silence in the room, and Esiduoan's eyes lit up and he asked:
"How many people did the Fengwu Army send? Which direction did they go?"

The guard said without hesitation:
"The Fengwu Army sent more than 10,000 people to Wugang Mountain outside Dagu County!"

Hearing that the Fengwu Army only had more than 10,000 troops, Aisiduoan was a little disappointed, but he immediately checked the map. When he found that Wugang Mountain was only 30 miles north of Dagu County, his disappointment was even greater!

I finally waited for Ye Mingsheng, the turtle, to leave the city, but it turned out that this bastard only sent 10,000 people out of the city, and they were only to Dagu County, thirty miles away. Could it be that I really misjudged Ye Mingsheng, and he really didn't care about the lives of the people of the Great Zhou?

Just when Esidoan was falling into some self-doubt, Ali, who was standing beside him, made some noise, intentionally or unintentionally, waking Esidoan from his thoughts.

Glancing at Ali and Ahejiang, Aisiduoan immediately ordered:
"Take Ah He Jiang down and give him fifty lashes!"

After saying that, Aisiduoan waved his hand and signaled both of them to go out. Seeing this, Ahejiang’s face suddenly looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit, and Ali also had the same ugly face...
Although they knew that it was wartime, Ahejiang was a general and the leader of the tribe, so even if he disobeyed the order, Asdogan, as the Khan, would not kill Ahejiang.

But after all, Ahejiang violated the Khan's order and kept the looted spoils privately.
Therefore, the purpose of Ali's report this time is to make Ahejiang suffer at least a lot of damage if he doesn't die!
But he didn't expect that the Khan only punished Ahejiang with fifty lashes. Although these fifty lashes were very heavy and could tear a person's skin and flesh, Ali knew that Ahejiang had thick skin and flesh, and fifty lashes would at most make him rest for a while, but would not take Ahejiang's life!
And the most crucial point is that the Khan did not mention at all how to deal with the spoils that Ahejiang had hidden away!
Ali didn't believe that the Khan had forgotten this!
He believed that Ahejiang's previous remarks and the current stalemate had shaken the Khan's resolve to continue waiting, so he tacitly agreed that Ahejiang had hidden part of the spoils!
Thinking of this, Ali's face suddenly turned ugly. In order to prevent Ahejiang from catching him, he did not hide any spoils. His subordinates complained a lot about this!
Thinking of this, Ali immediately bowed to Esido to comfort him, then quickly walked out of the room!

Although it might be a little late to look for loot now, but if you look for a little longer you should be able to find some·························

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Yongliang, Jincheng, three o'clock in the morning

Under the cover of the pitch-black night and the whistling wind, the gate of Jincheng suddenly opened a small crack, and then several Cuman soldiers came out of the gate, observing their surroundings vigilantly. Seeing that it was quiet and there were no soldiers of the Fengwu Army, they immediately made a gesture behind them!
With this gesture, hundreds of Cuman soldiers quickly filed out of the city gate and quickly moved towards the camp of the Fengwu Army.

The target of these Cuman soldiers was very clear, which was the artillery position of the Fengwu Army in the northwest. Last night, a batch of 15 heavy artillery pieces were transported to the foot of Jincheng City.

When Bahat, the Cuman elder in charge of Jincheng's defense, learned the news, he immediately planned to blow up this batch of artillery along with other artillery of the Fengwu Army!

Although the Fengwu Army had been attacking the city continuously these days, they were all small-scale exploratory attacks. Although the threat to the defenders in the city was not great, the artillery of the Fengwu Army caused great suffering to the Cumans. Therefore, the Cuman generals in the city kept suggesting to Bahat to launch a night attack to destroy the artillery of the Fengwu Army.

But Bahat never agreed to the action. The reason was not because he did not want to blow up the Fengwu Army’s artillery, nor was it because he cared about the lives of the soldiers and worried that they would not be able to retreat unscathed after the night attack...
As one of the most powerful elders of the Golden Horde, he puts the interests of the Khanate first at this moment. If he can sacrifice the lives of hundreds of soldiers in order to destroy the most threatening artillery of the Fengwu Army, Bahat will do so without hesitation!

Without these heavy artillery, the Fengwu Army would have to pay a higher price to attack the city, and they would be able to hold out in Jincheng for a longer time, so this seemed like a very cost-effective deal to Bahat!

The reason why Bahat didn't do this was because he knew that bombing the artillery position could only be done once!
The Fengwu Army would certainly not make the same mistake twice, and they would never allow their artillery positions to be bombed twice!
The reason why the Fengwu Army has not launched a large-scale siege is because its heavy artillery has not yet arrived and the Fengwu Army is waiting for their artillery!
Therefore, if all the artillery of the Fengwu Army were blown up now, it would be extremely difficult to blow up the other artillery of the Fengwu Army when they are transported here!
Therefore, Bahat had been holding back during the Fengwu Army's artillery bombardment, waiting for the other artillery pieces of the Fengwu Army to be transported up so that he could destroy the entire nest of artillery!
Therefore, when the Fengwu Army's heavy artillery arrived last night, Bahat was ready to take action. However, the moon was bright and the wind was clear last night, and the weather conditions were not very good, so Bahat gave up and waited until today...
This group of hundreds of Cuman suicide squads moved very quickly under the cover of darkness and wind, and soon reached the Fengwu Army camp about a hundred steps away.

However, just as they were about to continue groping forward and trying to sneak into the Fengwu Army camp without being noticed, the secret sentries deployed by the Fengwu Army discovered them!
Following a shrill whistle, the camp of the Fengwu Army immediately became lively. Seeing this, the Cumans realized that the sneak attack failed and immediately changed to a strong attack!
"Warriors of the Khanate! Charge forward and blow up all these Zhou artillery pieces!"

"Kill all these two-legged sheep of Da Zhou!"

"Long live the Golden Horde! God will protect us, we are immortal!"

Amid shouts, the Cumans rushed madly towards the artillery positions of the Fengwu Army. Although the distance of about a hundred steps was enough for the soldiers of the Fengwu Army to complete all preparations before firing their muskets.

The Cumans had only rushed forward fifty steps when a series of gunshots rang out from the Fengwu guns in the hands of the Fengwu soldiers, and all the Cumans in the front were knocked to the ground.

However, the Cumans who followed the charge were also very fearless and continued to move towards the artillery positions. Although their courage and determination were very respectable, the Fengwu Army’s muskets were fired row after row...

(End of this chapter)