I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

The siege of Zhenbei Pass has lasted for more than ten days.

There was a lot of dissatisfaction among the Mobei army, and they believed that Igena was timid and did not dare to attack head-on, showing weakness to the Yan army.

After all, they formed an alliance in order to go south to plunder supplies.

They had previously captured five cities, but when they reached this pass, they surrounded it without attacking.

The Mobei Army is composed of various tribal forces. Now the leaders of other tribes are dissatisfied with Igna. In the previous combat meeting, some even said that they wanted to leave Igna's alliance.

It seems that without victory as a guarantee, this alliance will be like a pile of loose sand.

"Igna, when will we attack the city?"

Someone asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, the enemy's food and supplies will soon be exhausted, and we can attack in no time."

Whenever someone asked about this, Iger always answered like this.

"What day is that?"

Everyone in the Mobei Army has lost their patience.

"How much food and fodder is left in the army?"

Igna asked back.

"It can only last three days at most!"

Everyone looked worried.

Not only did they fail to encircle the Yan army in the city, but they were about to run out of food and supplies.

"Three days..."

Igna also began to become worried.

Moreover, Igna has spent a lot of money to please the group of Eastern Tatars. Although he has the secret support of Zhang Li and other Yan people, he can't hold on for long.

"Don't worry, three days is enough."

Igna gritted his teeth.

"You said there was no food in the city, but now you have surplus food and are throwing it out to humiliate us. Igna, is your judgment correct?"

Someone questioned.

"Jiangzuo has always been full of tricks. The food and grass thrown out of the city are just a lie. There is definitely no surplus food in Zhenbei Pass."

Igna guessed.

He had already calculated that the food and grass in Zhenbei Pass would definitely not be able to sustain tens of thousands of people for such a long time.

"I guess the morale inside Zhenbei Pass is low now. As long as we launch an offensive, the enemy will definitely be thrown into chaos!"

"Launch a sneak attack tonight!"

Someone said impatiently.

"That's right, tonight! The swords in the hands of the brothers have long been thirsty for food!"

This statement immediately attracted a lot of attention.

If they don't attack again, I'm afraid their Mobei Army will collapse first.

Iger couldn't go against everyone's wishes, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "All troops, prepare to launch a general attack after dark!"

It's getting dark.

From afar, a faint fire was lit on the Zhenbei Pass city wall.

Tens of thousands of Mobei troops were already ready to attack Zhenbei Pass from two directions at the same time.

When the time came, the Mobei Army swarmed towards Zhenbei Pass like locusts.

But when the northern barbarians approached the pass, they saw fire suddenly burst out on the city wall, illuminating the night sky.

This time, the Mobei Army no longer had any chance of launching a sneak attack and had to resort to direct assault.

The Yan army had anticipated their sneak attack!

In an instant, there was a loud cheer.

The musket fire was like a violent storm.

The cannons fired in unison, like thunder, deafening.

This terrible weapon again!

Many people in the Mobei Army have witnessed the power of the Anding Cannon.

After half an hour of bloody fighting, not a single barbarian was able to climb onto the city wall.

"Great Khan, our army suffered heavy casualties and failed to break into Zhenbei Pass!"

In the rear, Igna received the battle report and was immediately filled with anger.

"Keep on attacking!"

He's already in a frenzy.

But only after a while, riots broke out among the Mobei army.

Because the power of the guns was so amazing, the Mobei Army became timid and dared not move forward at all. They fled before the battle, and the Mobei Army's formation was in chaos.

Seeing this, Igna hurriedly shouted, "Stop attacking and return to the camp to rest!"

This time, the Mobei Army's sneak attack ended in complete defeat.

They still couldn't capture the city in front of them which was guarded by Jiang Zuo.

After this defeat, the army was immediately filled with negative emotions.

The fighting stopped.

In the Mobei Army camp, all parties were still arguing.

"I have already said that we cannot be impatient now. Now it is good, and it will boost the morale of the enemy."

Igna complained.

If most of the troops had not been urging him, there was no way he would have led the army to launch a surprise attack on Zhenbei Pass.

"The failure of this battle has a lot to do with your command, Igna."

"If you hadn't been so indecisive, giving the Yan army in the city time to prepare, we wouldn't have been defeated like this."

Faced with the repeated accusations from various tribes, Igna could only sigh helplessly.

It is late at night and the wind is howling.

Suddenly, bursts of singing were heard.

Everyone in the Mobei Army was stunned.

The singing seemed to come from the direction of Zhenbei Pass.

"The wind blows west, the grassland, the cows and sheep, and my beloved girl..."

This song is obviously a folk song from Mobei.

The folk songs from Zhenbei Guanzhong still carry their Mobei accent.

This group of Mobei warriors have been away from home for a long time, and now they are overwhelmed by homesickness.

The killing power of this song is stronger than any weapon.

"Fuck it, I quit, I want to go home!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

In an instant, there was a commotion.

"Asshole! Jiang Zuo's move is really too vicious!"

Ignat cursed.

He understood very well that many people in the Mobei Army were homesick and had no desire to fight anymore.

"Anyone who dares to escape will be executed on the spot!"

Igna rode his horse and rushed among the camps, trying to stabilize the situation.

The Beige troops coming from all directions threw the Mobei Army into chaos.

After most of the night, Igna finally got the situation under control and prevented the army from dispersing.

In the morning, Igna was still resting when he suddenly received a piece of news.

"Reporting to the Khan, our territory was attacked by Di Zhen!"

Igna hurriedly

"Di Zhen again?!"

Iger's rough face became extremely angry and ferocious.

Igna was not completely unprepared. There were still several thousand people stationed in his base camp.

Moreover, before this, he had already reached a temporary peace talks with Di Zhen, but he didn't expect this guy to go back on his word!

It is absurd that people from Mobei kill each other.

"Not only Di Zhen, I heard that other tribes have also been mobilizing troops and are ready to take action."

The subordinate said again.

Not all tribes participated in this southward migration, and some were still sitting on the fence and watching.

Iger's face was solemn as he made a decision.

"Withdraw troops and return to the grassland immediately!"

He announced to the crowd.

The five cities that were captured earlier were not intended to be defended, but only to besiege Zhenbei Pass. Now that Zhenbei Pass is difficult to capture, there is no need to stay.

"Great! I can finally go home."

Some people were very happy.

"Retreat? Why do you want to retreat suddenly? It's just a defeat."

But some people don’t understand.

Ige said excitedly: "Di Zhen is crazy, he said he wants to unify Mobei!"

"If we don't go back, our home will be robbed!"