In a large city in eastern Mongol Yuan, morale was low.
They had never imagined they would be caught in a pincer attack by Great Ming and Great Liao, leaving the city he now guarded isolated and without aid.
"My lord, have the reinforcements still not arrived? If they don't come soon, we won't be able to hold this city either."
In just three days, seven cities in eastern Mongol Yuan had fallen, and they had retreated hundreds of li.
The main reason was that Mongol Yuan's cities were almost impossible to defend. There were no natural barriers, no mountains, rivers, or forests-just a lone city on an endless grassland, easily surrounded by the enemy.
Even more terrifying were Great Ming's new firearms: black balls that exploded.
Never mind their tents-even city walls built of stone could not withstand them.
Once Great Ming's troops entered a city, the Mongol Yuan soldiers' fighting strength plummeted. They were only fierce, battle-hardened warriors on horseback.
But when those black balls exploded, few could control their panicked warhorses, and in close combat, their curved sabers could not stop the Ming soldiers' long spears.
It had always been Mongol Yuan attacking others. Now the tables had turned.
"Don't panic. The Prince of Ruyang won't abandon us. Reinforcements will certainly come, or at least some experts."
If experts could hold off the generals commanding Great Ming and Great Liao's troops, they would not have been routed. They might even have a chance to counterattack.
If the Prince of Ruyang still refused to send reinforcements, he would retreat with his people. Great Ming and Great Liao's men would never catch them, though they would lose a great deal of property, including cattle, sheep, and horses. Life afterward would be difficult.
He had brought his entire tribe into