Outside the city of Guazhou, the remnant sunset covered the surface of the Shule River, which was half a river and half a red river, and Jing Dachu's mood at the moment was like the water of the Shule River, half anxious and half sad.

It is said that Jing Dachu led more than 10,000 Xuanfu troops to rush to the outside of Guazhou City at dusk yesterday, and after resting for a night, he launched an attack with high morale this morning, but he fought from morning to noon, and from noon to evening, but failed to break the city, and nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded, and the morale of the army was greatly damaged.

In addition, two pieces of news were received in the morning and afternoon of this day, the first was that the Shenji Battalion ambushed the 5,000 Turpan cavalry sent by Dunhuang to support Guazhou in the second half of last night, and also took advantage of the situation to capture Yumen Pass; The second piece of news was that Xie Sangun, the general soldier of Jizhou, led 5,000 cavalry deep behind enemy lines and took Yangguan in one fell swoop.

Seeing the frequent good news of others, Yu Manzi, Pei Lao Ruffian, Xie Sangun, and the Shenji Battalion all completed the task of the commander beautifully, only the Xuanfu Army's attack on Guazhou was frustrated, can Jing Dachu not be anxious, can he not worry?

Under the setting sun, I saw Jing Dachu looking at Guazhou City in front of him, frowning, helpless!

Although the defenders in Guazhou City are not much, only 5,000, they are better than the high walls and thick cities, and the four city gates are blocked, so they are not afraid of your artillery bombardment, and for such a strong city, if you don't take several times the lives to fill it, the possibility of breaking the city is very slim, unless everyone fights to consume and starve the defenders in the city to death of hunger and thirst.

Jing Dachu didn't know how much grain was stored in Guazhou City, but there would be no shortage of water, after all, the Shule River passed outside the city, and water could be dug out by digging a well in the city.

Jing Dachu suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, his eyes stared excitedly at the sparkling Shule River in the distance, and blurted out: "Water can carry a boat and overturn a boat, and water can quench your thirst...... You can also flood the city, hehe, this plan is feasible! ”

Jing Dachu had a brilliant idea, and immediately summoned all the military attaches under his command to give a few orders, and soon, the soldiers of the Xuanfu Army formed an excavation team, ran to the Shule River and worked hard to dig, even after dark, they still lit torches and started work overnight.

The unusual behavior of the Ming army naturally aroused the alarm of the Turpan defenders at the head of the city, and they quickly reported the news to the defender Avan Maimat, who hurriedly climbed to the top of the city to observe.

Standing at the head of Guazhou City, I saw that the Shule River on the west side of the city was brightly lit, and the Ming army was working hotly, and it seemed that it was digging a ditch, and it had been dug more than ten meters long.

Avan Maimat frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly his face changed, and he blurted out: "It's not good, the Ming army is going to divert the river water to soak the foot of our city wall." ”

Although the walls of Guazhou City are high and thick, the foundation is only rammed earth, and there is no stone underneath, if it is blistered for a long time, the foundation may collapse and sink.

Indeed, Avan Maimaiti guessed correctly, Jing Dachu did plan to divert the water of the Shule River to soak the foot of the city wall of Guazhou City, although this method is time-consuming and laborious, but it is better than taking human lives to fill it, and the efficiency is higher than the simple siege of the city.

In addition, because the defenders in the city blocked the four city gate holes, there was no need to worry that they would suddenly come out and make trouble, so the Ming army could calmly dig ditches to divert water, digging in three shifts overnight, and it was estimated that it would not take three days to divert the water of the Shule River to the city of Guazhou.

"General, what now?" The soldiers looked at the guard general Avamaimaiti with solemn expressions.

This time it was Avamaimaiti's turn to be at a loss, he sent someone to Dunhuang last night to ask for help, but the reinforcements have not arrived, it is estimated that there will be no more reinforcements from Dunhuang, and now we can only count on Hami to send troops to relieve the siege.

Avan Mamat glanced at the frightened soldiers and said with relief: "You don't have to panic, the Ming army wants to dig a ditch to divert water, it will take two or three days, and the wall of Guazhou City is not easy to be soaked, if it is soaked for ten days and eight days, the Great Khan has already mobilized the army to come." ”

All the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

Anyway, the Ming army was digging a ditch outside the city, and they in the city were beyond their reach, so they could only wait for the Ming army to dig near the city wall and then obstruct it, and now they only need to send people to keep an eye on the progress of the Ming army.

The movement on the head of the city naturally also attracted Jing Dachu's attention, in fact, when Avamaimat led the soldiers to stand on the head of the city to observe, Jing Dachu was also holding clairvoyance to observe the city, until Avan Mamat left the city, Jing Dachu put away the clairvoyance, and his face showed a thoughtful look.

"Song Qianhu, come here!" Jing Dachu beckoned with a strange expression, and a thousand households under his command hurriedly ran over.

This Qianhu's name is Song Jiang, which naturally has nothing to do with the timely rain Song Jiang in "Water Margin", but it just happens to have the same name and surname.

Song Jiang trotted to Jing Dachu's side, and after giving a salute, he asked respectfully, "What do you command?" ”

Jing Dachu leaned into Song Jiang's ear and whispered a few words, the latter's eyes flashed, and he nodded and said, "My subordinates understand." ”

Jing Dachu waved his hand and said: "Go, pay attention to concealment, if it happens, this general soldier will give you the first credit." ”

This Song Qianhu ran away with a happy face when he heard this!

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Not to mention how Jing Dachu attacked Guazhou, let's hand over the camera to Xu Jin, the grandfather of Jingdao.

It is said that on the afternoon of the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, Xu Jin led the main force of the army to arrive at Kuyu Valley and stationed, and on the second afternoon, he received the good news of Xie Erjian and Xie Sangun respectively, and Yumen Pass and Yangguan had been successfully taken.

So, Xu Jin gave an order, the army immediately pulled out from the Kuyu Valley, and killed Dunhuang City in a mighty way, on the afternoon of the eighth day of the first month of June, the army finally arrived outside the Yumen Pass, Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong led the Shenji battalion out of the city to greet each other.

Xu Jin entered the Yumen Pass surrounded by the generals and ascended to the top of the city.

In the evening, when the sun was setting, Xu Jin put his hands on the female wall at the head of the city, looked at the lonely smoke of the desert in the west, and couldn't help but sigh with a lot of feelings: "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. Yumen Pass, Yumen Pass, when will the bright moon shine on me? ”

Cen Lan sneered and teased: "A good poem by the handsome!" ”

Xue Bingxin next to her glanced at Xu Jin with burning eyes, although the two ancient poems mixed together seemed a bit nondescript, but Bing Niu'er was particularly able to understand the mood of her own man at this time, and she was also very excited, a sense of pride from the bottom of her heart arose, and the jade gate was closed-returned!

Huang Dacan obviously also sighed a lot, his face was slightly red due to excitement, and he pointed westward: "From this westward journey is Gu Loulan, Loulan, Loulan, if you don't break Loulan, you won't return it!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but laugh dumbly and said, "Brother Shaoyun is a good poem!" ”

Huang Dacan laughed: "I learned from Brother Ziqian, this is called learning and applying!" ”

Xu Jin took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Yangguan is already in hand, and when Dunhuang is taken, Brother Shaoyun can go west out of Yangguan and go to the Yarkand Khanate as an envoy." ”

Huang Dacan pointed to his big sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "When the time comes, I hope that Brother Ziqian will earn a poem and be strong!" ”

Xu Jin smiled bitterly: "There is a scene in front of me, Wang Wei has a poem on it, so don't be ugly." ”

Huang Dacan smiled, but he didn't continue to force it, after all, a poem "Weicheng Song" by Wang Wei, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote Yangguan famous, and the fame has been passed down through the ages, even with Ziqian's literary talent, I am afraid it will be difficult to write a poem beyond "Weicheng Song", since this is the case, it is indeed better not to write.