The Hexi Corridor is about 1,000 kilometers long, ranging in width from several kilometers to 200 kilometers, sandwiched between the Qilian Mountains, Heli Mountains and Longshou Mountains.

The Hexi Corridor is a long and narrow plain, and the most amazing thing is that it is right between the Mongolian Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, so it has become the throat of Shaanxi to Xinjiang.

Jiayuguan is the westernmost pass of the Great Wall, after leaving the pass, all the way to the west, the terrain gradually becomes open, about 150 kilometers away is Chijin Town, where 2,000 Turpan soldiers are stationed.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of Jiajing, when the earth was still shrouded in pre-dawn darkness, most of the Turpan soldiers in the town were still sleeping in the barracks.

Although the envoy Muhan'er who returned a few days ago warned the Yelufan generals here to beware of the attack of the Ming army, it is estimated that the comfortable days have passed for a long time, and the cognition of the defenders of Turpan has not yet been able to turn around, and in their subconscious, the Ming army is a turtle with a shrunken head, and it will only shrink in the city, and it is impossible to take the initiative to attack.

It is precisely this kind of erroneous perception that Chizhen Jin's two thousand Turpan garrisons are doomed to tragedy, because just as they are still sleeping, the two thousand cavalry of the Yu army have quietly approached.

I saw that in the darkness before dawn, the two thousand cavalry of the Yulin Army bit their waist knives, one by one, they pouted their buttocks, and held the reins of the horses in their hands, slowly approaching Chijin Town.

It was getting closer and closer, and at this time the eastern sky had already revealed the white of the fish's belly, and in the faint morning light, the barracks of the Tufanlu army could be faintly seen in the distance. The two Qianhu of the Yulin Guards glanced at each other, took off the biting waist knife with each other's understanding, and then turned over and got on the horse.

"Kill!" The two thousand households swung their swords forward, and shouted a word murderously, and the two thousand cavalry of the Yulin Army immediately took their swords and got on their horses, and rushed to the camp of the Turpan garrison with a pat on the horse's buttocks.

At this time, the Turpan sentry on the watchtower woke up like a dream, and hurriedly sounded the gong, dangdang, bang......

The Turpan sentry had time to strike the gong twice, and a gunshot rang out, and the sentry immediately fell down from the high watchtower with the gong, making a muffled sound, and the gong fell heavily to the ground.

"Enemy-Attack!" The terrible shouts sounded in the camp, and the sleeping Turpan soldiers woke up one after another, grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the barracks in a hurry.

At this time, the 2,000 cavalry of the Yulin Army had already rushed to the front of the camp, and the antlers and horses were cleared one after another. A group of Turpan patrols, who were the first to react, drew their knives and tried to pounce to stop them, but a row of lead bullets was fired head-on, and they all fell in a pool of blood on the spot.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The sturdy camp gate was blown to pieces by more than a dozen grenades, and then hit by several healthy horses, and was torn apart on the spot, and the two thousand cavalry of the Yulin Army immediately broke into the camp like a tide, and the musketeers shot when they saw people, and the knife men cut down when they saw people, and the Turpan soldiers who had just woken up from their dreams became guns and ghosts before they could react.

Whoosh ......

The smoking grenades were thrown directly into the barracks, exploding in all directions, screaming and screaming, and some Turpan soldiers escaped from the barracks naked, covered in blood, pitted and miserable.

"Kill!" The two thousand cavalry of the Yulin Army crisscrossed the camp, raising and falling with knives in their hands, no different from chopping melons and vegetables, and when the sun fully rose, the situation was already under complete control.

At this time, Pei Lao ruffian, the chief soldier of Yulin, finally arrived with the main force of the infantry, and more than 10,000 men and horses surrounded Chijin Town to prevent any fish from escaping.

"His grandmother's, these Turpan melons really don't need to be beaten, and Lao Tzu hasn't warmed up yet, so it's almost over!" Pei Lao Ruffian spat on the ground unhappily.

At this time, the direction behind him was billowing smoke and dust, a cavalry was galloping, and the battle flag was clearly embroidered with the word "Yu", Pei Lao was happy, and waved his hand at the galloping cavalry and shouted: "Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu, what are you anxious about?" It's not too late to accompany my brother to Kuyu Valley after breakfast! ”

This time he personally led 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard to attack Kuyu Valley, and the main force of the Datong Army was handed over to the deputy commander-in-chief Zhou Hao to lead.

I saw Yu Linsheng riding a horse and stopped in front of Pei Lao Ruffian, pouted and sneered: "Pei Lao Ruffian, breakfast is free, Lao Tzu sees that you haven't completely taken Chijin Town, do you want to help?" It doesn't take much time! ”

"Hehe, no need, Yu Manzi, you better take it easy by yourself, don't be able to take Kuyu Valley when you arrive, just ask our Yulin Army for help!" Pei Lao ruffian sneered.

"Phew, what kind of ability is a sneak attack, look at how Lao Tzu dignified and dignified the Kuyu Valley, drive!" Yu Linsheng whipped a horsewhip violently, and the war horse galloped again, probably deliberately, the horse's butt was in the direction of Pei Lao's ruffian, and his hind hooves kicked up a large piece of dust.

"Phew! Grass your uncle's Yu barbarian! Pei Lao ruffian choked out a mouthful of sand and couldn't help but scold.

"Hahaha, Pei Lao ruffian, just eat ashes for Lao Tzu!"

Yu Linsheng's playful laughter came back from afar, so angry that Pei Lao Yu almost gave him an arrow in the back.

"Pass the order, cut all the Turpan melons in the town, and rush to Kuyu Valley to see the excitement as soon as you finish cutting!" Pei Lao ruffian shouted hatefully.

The Yulin army immediately launched a more fierce attack on Chijin Town, and the 2,000 Turpan garrisons in the town were already slaughtered, but they were surrounded and suppressed by several times the number of troops, and the whole army was wiped out in less than half an hour.

Pei Lao ruffian is also ruthless enough, and he used his own way to govern his body, and ordered people to build a Jingguan with the heads of more than 2,000 Turpan soldiers to comfort the spirits of the defenders of Jiayuguan.

Let's say that Yu Linsheng led 3,000 cavalry to gallop 80 miles and rushed to Kuyu Valley, which was once the garrison of Shazhou Wei, and now there are 2,000 Turpan defenders stationed here.

At this time, it was already the boss of the day, and the visibility was very high, and it was impossible for the Datong army to launch a sneak attack like the Yulin army, in fact, when Yu Linsheng and others appeared ten miles away, they had already been discovered by the Turpan defenders. So when Yu Linsheng led 3,000 cavalry to the front of Kuyu Valley, they were greeted by the Turpan cavalry, which was waiting for the battle.

If you want to go to Guazhou, you must take Kuyu Valley, as the so-called narrow road meets the warriors to win, there is nothing to say, Yu Linsheng waved his sword, and shouted fiercely: "Brothers, kill!" ”

In the roaring sound of horses' hooves, the three thousand cavalry of the Datong Army slapped forward like a stormy wave, the war knife reflected the fierce cold in the sun, and the strong murderous aura made the two thousand Turpan cavalry on the opposite side change color.

The thousand-legged commander of the Turpan defenders jumped suddenly, in his cognition, the Ming army was hiding in the city to shoot arrows and throw stones, which was completely different from the Ming cavalry in front of him, and the momentum of the Ming cavalry in front of him was too terrifying.

Hey, can it not be scary? Yu Linsheng and his soldiers started from Jiangxi, and followed Xu Jinnan to fight in the north, second only to the Shenji Battalion in terms of combat power and courage, plus this year's Northern Expedition, all the way forward, sweeping away the Tatars, and subduing the Warats, it is the morale that is as high as a rainbow, all of them are looking down on the world, Lao Tzu's mentality of being the first in the world, and everyone is not afraid of death when they rush to kill, and they are unstoppable.

"Kill!" The commander of the Turpan garrison took out his scimitar and shouted, leading two thousand horsemen to meet the Datong army.

Rumble......

The two armies fought each other in close combat, and the blades swept by quickly, and in an instant, waves of blood rolled, and stumps and flesh flew up all over the sky. After the two cavalry ran out of kinetic energy, it turned into a melee, and the battle line was staggered, but when they saw the sword light and sword shadow, they killed in the dark.

I have to say that the combat power of the Turpan cavalry is also quite not weak, although the number is less than that of Datong by a thousand, but it is still barely able to defeat the Datong army, but as time goes by, the balance of victory finally tilts in favor of the Datong army.

The two sides fought fiercely for about half an hour, and Zhou Hao, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Datong Army, finally arrived with the main force of the infantry.

Yu Linsheng was able to kill, and led the cavalry to chase for nearly a hundred miles in one go, only then did he wake up Xu Jin's order, and ordered to stop the pursuit, withdraw to the Kuyu Valley to guard, and wait for the arrival of the main army of the marshal.

About an hour after the Datong army took Kuyu Valley, Jing Dachu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, led more than 10,000 Datong troops to arrive late, and because they carried a large number of siege equipment, the marching speed was very slow.

Yu Linsheng couldn't help frowning when he saw this, at this speed, it was almost sunset when the Xuanfu army arrived in Guazhou, alas, Lao Jing, this guy always does things slowly, not at all.

Yu Linsheng rode his horse to Jing Dachu, arched his hand and said, "General Jing, do you want to help?" ”

Jing Dachu waved his hand and said, "No need, Guazhou City belongs to our Xuanfu Army, and General Yu will wait for good news!" ”

Yu Linsheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, then I wish General Jing a victory!" ”

"Promise your good words!" Jing Dachu turned around and shouted: "Brothers, work hard, rush to Guazhou before sunset, since the marshal ordered our Xuanfu army to attack Guazhou, it is a recognition of the combat strength of our Xuanfu army, and the trust of our Xuanfu army, we can't embarrass the marshal, Wan Sheng!" ”

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The Xuanfu army shouted through the Kuyu Valley and marched murderously in the direction of Guazhou.

"Boss Yu, Jing Dachu still has two brushes to defend the city, but he is attacking the city, his subordinates are not optimistic about him, I don't know why the marshal sent him to attack Guazhou?" Zhou Hao, deputy commander-in-chief of the Datong Army, said in a low voice.

Yu Linsheng spread his hands and said: "How do I know, but the marshal has always used soldiers to deceive, so this arrangement must make sense." ”

Zhou Han nodded when he heard this: "That's what I said!" ”

About half an hour later, the sun was slanting to the west, and the east of Kuyu saw the dust flying, and a cavalry of about five or six thousand people came at a gallop, and the banner was the Shenji Battalion, and the leaders were Xie Erjian and Qi Jingtong.

Xie Qi and the others led the Shenji Battalion to the front of Kuyu Valley, but they just arched their hands at Yu Linsheng from afar, and then went straight through the valley, and they didn't know where they were going.

Yu Linsheng patted his head and said: "Yes, the big handsome even sent out the Shenji Battalion, it is estimated that there is a big move, and Guazhou is stable!" ”

As soon as Yu Linsheng finished speaking, he saw a cavalry galloping over, but he saw a flag with the word "Xie", plus a wolf's head flag, which was the combination of Xie Sangun and Yisana.

Xie Sangun and Yisana did not stop, and led 5,000 cavalry straight through the valley, but unlike the Shenji Battalion, the Shenji Battalion went to the direction of Guazhou, while Xie Sangun and Isana went to the southwest, where Dunhuang is located.

When the sun set, a handsome flag with the word "Xu" hunted in the wind and sand, and the mighty army passed through Chijin Town and came to the front of Kuyu Valley.

Yu Linsheng and Pei Lao Ruffian had been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw Xu Jin's handsome banner from a distance, they immediately rode forward to greet them, turned over and saluted on one knee: "The last general will see the handsome!" ”

Xu Jin nodded: "Mr. Yu, Mr. Pei, get up!" ”

The two stood up, and Pei Lao Ruffian couldn't hide his smugness and said loudly: "Report to the commander, the last general has successfully taken Chijin Town, killed 2,000 defenders of Turpan, captured 526 war horses, 30 camels, killed 53 people, and injured more than 200 people!" ”

"Report to the commander, the last general has successfully taken the Kuyu Valley, killed 818 Tulu cavalry, captured 350 war horses, a number of camels, killed 137 people, and wounded more than 500 people!" Yu Linsheng reported a little depressed.

In the final analysis, it was the Yulin Army that took advantage of the sneak attack, not only completely annihilating the Turpan defenders, but even the capture was almost twice that of the Datong Army, and the casualties were also more than half less than that of the Datong Army.

Xu Jin did not favor one over the other, commended both of them, and after telling them to do a good job in the treatment of the bereavement of the dead and wounded soldiers, he ordered to camp on the spot.

Let's say that the Xuanfu army, as Yu Linsheng expected, when Jing Dachu led more than 10,000 Xuanfu troops to rush outside Guazhou City, twilight had already fallen, but Jing Dachu was not in a hurry, and ordered to camp and bury the pot to cook, while building simple fortifications, obviously planning to rest for one night and launch an attack tomorrow.

It is said that there are more than 5,000 defenders of Turpan in Guazhou City, and the defender's name is Avan Maimat, because the remnants of Kuyu Valley have fled to Guazhou City, so Avan Maimat has learned that Kuyu Valley has been lost, and it is obvious that the Ming army did not launch an attack in advance according to the agreement of the 10th.

"Is it reasonable to say that ten days are given? The people of the Ming Kingdom are really despicable! Avan Mamat stood at the head of the city, staring angrily at the Ming army camp outside the city.

"General, this Ming army is estimated to have more than 10,000 troops, and it also carries a large number of siege equipment, I am afraid that there will be reinforcements from the Ming army one after another tomorrow, I am afraid that this little force in our city will not be able to resist, or hurry up to Dunhuang for help!" A junior general said in a deep voice.

Avan Mamat nodded, and immediately sent several messengers to leave from the West Gate of Youdu, and rushed to Dunhuang overnight to ask for help according to different routes.