On the tenth day of the sixth month of June in the sixth year of Jiajing, just as the Ming army launched a fierce attack on Dunhuang City, the full speed of the Khan who was far away in Anle City, the capital of Turpan, finally received an eight-hundred-mile rush from the front line, and was shocked and angry, this war maniac couldn't help but scold, scolding Xu Jin for being despicable and shameless, saying that he would give ten days to think about it, but he carried out a surprise attack the day after the envoy left, which was despicable and shameless to the extreme, but annoying! But—hate!

Man Suer himself is an out-and-out war maniac, since the end of the Hongzhi Dynasty began to move eastward, these more than ten years have been constantly encroaching on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention, even the sneak attack on Jiayuguan some time ago, and did not greet the Ming Dynasty in advance, right? At this time, it was a bit funny to scold Xu Jin for being despicable.

After all, the strongholds of Chijin Town, Kuyu Valley, Yumen Pass, Yangguan and other strongholds on the front line were captured by the Ming army, and now Guazhou and Dunhuang are besieged, if he does not send a large army to help, then it took him more than ten years to grab the seven guards of Guanxi, and it will be returned to the Ming Kingdom.

As mentioned earlier, the seven guards of Kansai in the Ming Dynasty are: Chijin Mongolian Wei, Shazhou Wei, Handong Wei, Qu Xianwei, Aduanwei, Andingwei and Hamiwei. And now in just a few days, the Ming army has basically recovered the territory where Chijin Mongolian Wei, Shazhou Wei and Handongwei were once located.

In fact, after receiving the reply from the envoy Muhan'er on the seventh day of the sixth month, Man Suer began to gather troops and horses, preparing to face the Ming army, but he was fooled by the "ten-day deadline" thrown by Xu Jin, so he always thought that the time left for his preparation was very sufficient, and he suffered a big loss.

However, from the seventh to the tenth day of the first month, after three days of preparation, Man Su'er had already gathered an army of 80,000 and prepared the first batch of grain and grass.

After Mansuer Khan arrived in Hami, he did not immediately go south to Guazhou, but sent an envoy Muhan'er, carrying a large amount of jewelry and jade, to the Warat military camp to meet Sanhad and Tuluohuo.

It is said that Sanhad and Tuluohuo had "obeyed" Xu Jin's orders before, and led 70,000 Warat troops to approach Hami, and camped fifty miles north of Hami City.

Sanhad and Tuluohuo's little abacus, not only Xu Jin is clear, but Man Su'er is also clear, but he understands in his heart that it is one thing, and it is another thing to do, after all, there are no absolutes, Man Suer is naturally worried that Sanhad and Tuluohuo will fall into the ground, and attack Hami when he goes south to Guazhou, cutting off his own back road, so he adopted the suggestion of Prime Minister Abla, and sent an envoy with jewelry and property to bribe Sanhad and Tuluohuo, hoping that the two could raise their noble hands and lead the troops to retreat for a thousand miles after receiving the money.

It is said that the messenger Muhammad came to the camp of Warat with several carts of gold, silver and jewels, and was received by Sanhad and Turfire. When Muhammad had made his intentions known, Sanhad and Turro laughed at the carts of gold, silver and jewels, and agreed to retreat eight hundred li.

Sanhad and Tuluohuo also talked about credit, and on the day they received the benefits, they pulled out the camp and retreated back for 800 miles, but these two guys also specially sent messengers to Jiayuguan to inform the Ming army that Turpan Mansuer had personally led an army of 80,000 to Hami, and Biri would lead troops south to Guazhou, so that the Ming army was ready to fight.

I have to say that the approach of Sanhad and Tuluohuo is quite chicken thieves, currying favor with both ends, making a lot of gold and silver treasures in vain, and the key is to let the main forces of the Ming army and the Turpan army fight a big battle, and then reap greater profits from the fisherman.

Let's say that after Sanhad and Tuluohuo received the benefits, they immediately led their troops to retreat for 800 miles, and Man Su'er finally put his mind at ease, and reactivated the previously demoted general Yalan, and ordered him to lead 50,000 troops south to aid Guazhou, while he himself had 30,000 troops to temporarily stay in Hami City, one to wait and see what happened, and the other to beware of the Warat people sticking knives in the back.

On June 15, the sixth year of Jiajing, just as the Turpan general Yalan led an army of 50,000 to Guazhou with a murderous head, Xu Jin also received the news sent by Sanhad and Tuluohuo, and learned that Man Suer had arrived in Hami with an army of 80,000 and was preparing to send troops to aid Guazhou.

In the middle of the month, there is a bright moon hanging in the sky, the white moonlight is sprinkled on the endless sand dunes, bright and magnificent, the fierce desert wind blows, the quicksand rolls up one after another, making a rustling sound, this is probably the origin of Mingsha Mountain.

At this moment, the lights in Mingsha Mountain's tent were bright, and all the generals had arrived, and the expression of coach Xu Jin was serious, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

It is said that since the ninth day of the sixth month, the Ming army has attacked Dunhuang for seven consecutive days, and for seven days, it has failed to break through Dunhuang City, and has paid the price of thousands of dead and wounded. The solidity of Dunhuang City and the tenacity of the defenders of Turpan greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

Xu Jinhuan swept over a group of fierce generals whose eyes were bloodshot, although the attack was unfavorable for several days, but he never reprimanded anyone, because he knew that everyone had done their best, and the siege war was like this, most of them had no shortcuts, they could only use human lives to die, and time to die, looking at the historical examples, a siege war fought for several months, or even a year and a half is a common thing.

However, Xu Jin could not spend a few months to fight Dunhuang, there was not much time left for him, at most three days, the main army of Turpan would arrive in Guazhou, if he could not take Dunhuang at that time, he could only give up the Yumen Pass and Yangguan in his hands, and retreat to the front line of Guazhou, so as not to fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy.

"One day, we only have one day, if we can't take Dunhuang before sunset tomorrow, we will withdraw to Guazhou!" Xu Jin said calmly.

Qi Jingtong opened his bloodshot eyes wide, and said in a cruel voice: "Don't worry, Dashuai, I will take Dunhuang City tomorrow, and the last general will take the head guarantee of the master, either the city will be broken or killed!" ”

The fierce generals glanced at each other, and everyone was full of fighting spirit, and shouted in unison with hideous expressions: "Either the city is broken, or the battle is killed!" ”

Just as the generals were expressing their determination murderously, a personal soldier walked in with his tent lifted, followed by a messenger, who snapped a one-knee salute and said loudly: "Report to the commander, the city of Guazhou has been broken!" ”