"Taiji is in bad shape. The tiger-character banner army is less than twenty miles away from Qingcheng." Mo Rigen quickly ran into the Khan Palace.
Today's Khan Palace and the fortune-telling rabbit have almost become two different appearances.
When Bu Shitu lived in Qingcheng, Mongolian warriors were everywhere inside and outside the Khan Palace. But now in the Khan Palace, only a group of Mongolian warriors led by Mumuzha remained to guard the Khan Palace as Omubuhong guards. The defense of the Khan Palace Almost nothing.
Kankantada stood up from behind the low table and said with a frown: "Did you read that correctly? Are you sure it's the army with the Tiger Flag?"
"My subordinates can clearly see that the Tiger Flag army will be able to arrive at Qingcheng in two hours at most." Mo Rigen said with a sure expression on his face.
The Tiger-Character Banner army has captured Bansheng City, and Qingcheng's sentries have been sent near Bansheng City early to monitor the Tiger-Character Banner army.
"Old Taiji!" Ombuhong looked at Kankantada in a panic.
He is just a teenage Mongolian boy. It is no problem for him to ride a horse and shoot arrows and hunt. He can even draw a bow and shoot an arrow within twenty or thirty steps with perfect accuracy. But fighting with such a large army is a blur for him. What? They don't understand. Everything can only be done by experienced old Taiji like Kankantada.
"Old Taiji, the Mongols and Han people in the city have been recruited by my people. I think we will arrange for them to go up the city wall now." Temulun looked at Kankantada and said.
Kankantada nodded and said: "Go and do it as soon as possible, and prepare the wood-gold juice and other things for defending the city. If the wood-rolling stones are not enough, we will demolish the house. In short, there is only one requirement, which is to use the tiger character Get everything ready before the banner army arrives.”
"Okay, I'll take people to prepare." Temulun agreed, turned around and walked outside the Khan's Palace.
Kankantada looked at Mo Rigen again and said: "Mo Rigen, take all the sentries in Qingcheng to monitor the movements of the Tiger Flag army. Remember, you must report at any time."
"I obey my orders." Mo Rigen agreed, turned and left.
Kankantada then looked at Mumuzha behind Ombuhong and said: "Mumuzha, you are the personal guard next to the Great Khan, so I give you a task. Immediately lead people to urge reinforcements from various ministries. Come to Qingcheng for rescue."
"The task given to me by the Great Khan is to protect Omubu Hongtaiji." Mumuzha frowned.
Kankantada said: "Don't worry, as long as Qingcheng is not lost, Omubuhong will be fine. If the reinforcements cannot come in time and Qingcheng falls, even if you take people to stay in Qingcheng, you still can't protect Omubuhong." Buhon’s safety.”
Mumuzha looked hesitant after hearing this.
In his heart, he agreed with Kankantada's words, but he stayed in Qingcheng under the orders of the Great Khan and made a special trip to protect Ombuhong's safety. If he left like this, he would inevitably be blamed by the Great Khan in the future.
"Mumuzha, you can go, I will be safe if I stay with Lao Taiji and nothing will happen." Omubuhong said to Mumuzha.
Although he didn't know how to lead troops to fight, at this time, he knew that he couldn't cause trouble, and he also trusted Kankantada, the powerful old Taiji of Tumote.
"Mumuzha takes the order." Mumuzha bowed and saluted Omubuhong.
With Omubuhong's consent, he had an excuse to leave.
Soon, there were not many people left in the Khan Palace.
Kankantada said to Ombuhun: "The eagle nesting in its nest will not grow up. Ombuhun, put on your armor and come with me to the city wall."
Ombuhong was still young, wearing only leather armor and a leather hat. A scimitar inlaid with many gems hung on his waist. He had a quiver on his shoulder and held his riding bow in his hand.
Riding a horse, Ombuhun left the Khan Palace with Kankantada and walked on the street to the city wall.
Mumuzha did not take away all the people, but left some people in the Khan Palace to act as guards for Ombuhong and protect Ombuhong's safety.
Kancantada was also accompanied by many personal guards from his tent.
The guards brought by the two men totaled at least thirty or forty people, and they marched all the way to the city wall.
Many Mongolians and Han people living in Qingcheng, whether they were willing or not, were all driven to the city wall by Temulun.
Several large pots were set up on the top of the city. Steam was gurgling inside, and a pungent and unpleasant smell permeated the surroundings.
"What smells so bad?" Ombuhong, who had just stepped onto the city wall, covered his nose with his hand.
Kancantada glanced at the large iron pot that was boiling gold juice not far away, and introduced: "This thing is gold juice, and it contains all kinds of feces and stolen goods. It is used to defend the city."
"So this is gold juice." Ombuhong suddenly realized, and because he knew that this thing could defend the city, he felt that the smell was not so unpleasant.
Kankantada said: "This thing was first used by the Han people. Since we Mongolians left the Central Plains and returned to the grasslands, we rarely use this thing."
"The Han people are really powerful. They actually thought of using this thing to defend the city." Ombuhong praised.
Kankantada said in a deep voice: "Ombuhong, you must remember that defending the city is not our Mongolians' strength. Our Mongolians' abilities are all on horseback. If reinforcements from various ministries can arrive in time, we Mongolians will be Those who want to go out of the city and fight with the Tiger-Character Banner army outside."
"Don't worry, Lao Taiji, I've remembered all of this." Ombuhong nodded like a good boy.
Temulun, who was busy on the city wall, saw Ombuhong and others climbing up the city wall, so he walked towards them.
"How are the preparations going?" When Temulun approached, Kankantada was the first to ask.
Temulun said: "All the preparations that can be done have been made. Unfortunately, there are still a few people guarding the city. It would be nice if there were thousands more."
When Bu Shitu left Qingcheng, a group of people in the city fled Qingcheng together. Later, many Mongolians living in Qingcheng fled intermittently, making there even fewer people in Qingcheng.
"Use as many people as you have first." Regarding the shortage of manpower, Kankantada had no better solution. If he wanted to blame him, he could only blame the fortune-telling rabbit for not abandoning the city and fleeing.
"That's all we can do." Temulun nodded helplessly.
Each tribe in the grassland has its own pasture, and they usually live in their own pasture. However, this time the Tiger Banner's attack was too sudden. The entire Tumut tribe was not prepared for the battle at all, and reinforcements from each tribe were unable to come over at the moment.
Kancantada added: "Where are the catapults? Why didn't I see any catapults?"
As he spoke, he looked left and right.
"All the catapults are in Bansheng City. Qingcheng did not prepare catapults. Even the rolling logs prepared on the city wall were made by demolishing the houses in the city." Temulun explained.
Kankantada’s brows knitted together.
The Tiger Banner has cannons, but the Mongols have no means of long-range attack, so they will be at a disadvantage in defending the city.
