Chapter 199: Great Yuan Reinforcements Arrive, the Northern Frontier Falls (Please Subscribe to All Chapters)
Jiayu Pass, one of Ming's eight great passes, was a Northern Frontier stronghold and a vital barrier against the Great Yuan Dynasty.
A month earlier, the Great Yuan Dynasty and the Great Qing Dynasty to the east had attacked Ming simultaneously.
But unlike Shanhai Pass, which had quickly fallen, Jiayu Pass was commanded by Li Chengliang. He had guarded the Northern Frontier for over thirty years without a single mishap, never allowing foreign tribes to set so much as half a step into Ming. He was a mountain-steady pillar of the Great Ming Dynasty.
Fifty thousand armored cavalry from the Great Yuan Dynasty and over a hundred thousand allied troops from Beyond the Borders had descended together. They had fought several major battles against Li Chengliang, yet their prolonged assaults had failed, leaving them blocked outside Jiayu Pass.
Now the weather was turning cold. Great Yuan had suffered devastating casualties, supplies were running short, and morale was low. They had already begun considering retreat.
Outside Jiayu Pass.
Snow-clad mountains stretched across the northwest. Dusk blanketed everything in sight, and traces of battle lay everywhere. Bare trees stood in the cold wind, giving off mournful howls.
Snow-white tents dotted this desolate land, with densely packed Mongolian soldiers visible among them. Campfires burned throughout the encampment, bringing a little warmth to the tents.
This was where the Mongolian army was stationed.
Inside the royal tent at the center, above which flew a battle flag bearing the character for "prince," a burly, middle-aged Mongolian man in heavy armor sat on the throne. His face was covered in stubble, his expression dark.
He was none other than the Mongolian commander of this invasion of Ming: Chaghan Temür, Prince Ruyang