Dunhuang is about 800 miles away from Jiayuguan, nearly 300 miles away from Guazhou, located in the westernmost part of the Hexi Corridor, is the node city of the ancient Silk Road, and has also been extremely prosperous, and the Buddhist culture is prosperous, such as the famous Mogao Caves Thousand Buddha Caves is the representative of Buddhist culture.

However, Dunhuang in the Ming Dynasty was no longer prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, especially after Turpan occupied Dunhuang, the Ming Dynasty had to move the population of Guanxi to Jiayu Pass, so that the Dunhuang area was even more population withered, and the trade route was cut off, so that it became a desert of "wind sowing buildings and willows for thousands of miles, and the moon shines on the quicksand for another day".

In addition, because Turpan Mansuer Khan believed in Islam, Buddhism was excluded, a large number of temples were destroyed, and even those who believed in Buddhism were forced to change their faith, so many locals who were unwilling to change could only flee to the pass to hide, further causing the local population of Dunhuang to decline.

There are two very famous poems in the Tang Dynasty, one of which is called "Weicheng Song", the whole poem: Weicheng is crying in the rain and light dust, and the guest house is green and willow-colored. Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no reason to go out of Yangguan in the west.

The other poem is called "Liangzhou Ci", the whole poem: The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains. Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate.

Yangguan and Yumen Pass mentioned in these two poems are in Dunhuang, Yumen Pass is located in the northwest of Dunhuang, Yangguan is located in the southwest of Dunhuang, two passes one south and one north arch guard the ancient city of Dunhuang, the ancient Silk Road is divided into two lines from here to the north and south, from Yumen Pass to the west to Loulan, from Yangguan to the south to the Yarkand Khanate.

Now Turpan has stationed soldiers and horses in Yangguan and Yumen Pass, and there are quite a few people, 3,000 troops each, and 25,000 troops are stationed in Dunhuang City, adding up to more than 30,000 men and horses, which is really not to be underestimated.

At this moment, the main general of Turpan who is presiding over the overall situation in Dunhuang City is none other than Hu Li Na who appeared in the previous chapters!

It is said that Yalan and Huli Na Er are both generals under the command of Man Suer Khan, before Ya Lan led an army of 30,000 to attack Suzhou and failed, he was demoted to a centurion, and Hu Li Na Er took his original position.

Huli Na'er was about thirty-five or sixteen years old, the prime of life, and he was quite alert, and after being reminded by the messenger Muhammad, he began to strengthen the city defenses and store food and water in the city.

Originally, Hu Li Na'er also planned to transfer back the garrison at the front-line checkpoint, shrink the defensive line, and concentrate on the attack of the Ming army, but unfortunately he reacted late, or he didn't expect that the Ming people, who have always flaunted benevolence and morality, would break their word and fatten themselves, obviously saying that they would give ten days to think about it, but they launched an attack on the third day.

It was already about ten o'clock in the evening, the night was dark and dark, but the hall was brightly lit.

Just now, Huli Na'er received a request for help from Guazhou City, and the Ming army has already arrived at Guazhou City, that is to say, the four thousand defenders of Chijin Town and Kuyu Valley are estimated to be more auspicious.

The strategic location of Guazhou City is quite important, connecting Hami in the north and Dunhuang in the south, but most of the supplies of Guazhou and Dunhuang are transported from Hami, if Guazhou falls, then Dunhuang's grain road is equivalent to being cut off, so Guazhou can not help but save.

Hu Li Na'er weighed for a moment, and shouted in a deep voice: "Turdi, this general ordered you to lead 5,000 cavalry to rush to the aid of Guazhou overnight, there must be no mistake." ”

A sturdy man with a two-handed, bent beard stood up, shouted for orders, turned around and walked out of the hall, ordered five thousand cavalry, and went out of the city overnight, galloping in the direction of Guazhou.

There were originally 5,000 defenders in Guazhou City, so in Huli Na'er's opinion, sending another 5,000 people to support and gathering enough 10,000 horses should be able to defend the city. Ten days and eight days are enough time for the Great Khan to gather the main army to help, and then the defense will be the attack, and the Ming army will be taught a hard lesson.

Dunhuang is about 300 miles away from Guazhou, and it is said that after the Turpan general Turdi led 5,000 horsemen to leave Dunhuang City, he held torches for lighting and hurried to Guazhou overnight, and after about an hour, he rushed to the outside of Yumen Pass.

Yumen Pass City is also called Xiaofangpan City, the area is not very large, but the city wall is as high as ten meters, the foundation is five meters thick, the city head is also three meters wide, there are 3,000 Turpan garrisons here.

After greeting the defenders at the head of the city, Turdi ordered his cavalry to rest and drink water under the city walls, and recuperate by the way.

"General Turdi, do you want to come into the city for a drink to warm up before you go?" One of the leaders of the garrison at the head of the city shouted flatteringly.

"No, I'm going to have to go on my way with half a burn of incense, but you can throw the wine down." Turdi looked up.

"Okay!" The leader of the defenders at the head of the city threw down a wine sac.

Turdi raised his hand to catch it, pulled out the stopper and poured a big mouthful, and raised the wine bag in his hand and said, "Thank you, what's the name of my brother?" ”

"General Turdi, his subordinates are called Maihemuti!" The leader of the defenders replied with joy.

"Okay, Ben will remember, and if there is a chance in the future, I will transfer you to Ben General's command." Turdi said as he poured a few more sips of wine.

"Thank you General Turdi for your kindness, I wish the general a victory, and kill the bullshit and piss." The leader of the defenders at the head of the city was clearly a sycophant.

Who doesn't like to listen to flattering auspicious words? Turdi laughed and said, "That's inevitable, brothers, let's go!" ”

Turdi galloped out as soon as he clamped his horse's belly, and the five thousand cavalry marched again, passed around the city, and rolled north on the yellow sand.

Although it is the height of summer in June, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert area is large, the temperature in the early morning is very low, and the whining desert wind blows through the sand dunes one after another, whining, like a midnight ghost crying.

At this moment, under a huge sand dune about fifty miles north of Yumen Pass, an iron horse is standing silently in the wind and sand shrouded in the night, and five or six thousand men and horses are like stone sculptures, except for the occasional snort of the war horse, no noise can be heard.

Camp Divine Machine!

That's right, the iron cavalry standing in the wind and sand at this moment is the Shenji Battalion, they have obviously been dormant here for a long time, like a fierce beast waiting for the prey to approach, the silent murderous aura is like substance, as if even the passing desert wind is frightened to blow around.

On the top of the nearby sand dunes, dozens of scouts from the Shenji Battalion were wide-eyed, scanning all directions like falcons.

Suddenly, a flash of fire appeared in the darkness to the southwest......