The sky in the east finally revealed the white of the fish's belly, and the Shule River flowed quietly, making a bend in the north of Yumen Pass, and then flowing in the direction of Guazhou. At this time, the banner of the Ming Dynasty had been planted on the north of the Yumen Pass, and there were chaotic gunshots in the city from time to time, and the breeze was full of gunpowder and the smell of blood.

When a round of red sun jumped on the horizon and radiated ten thousand rays of light, the gunfire and fighting in the city gradually subsided, and at this point, the entire Yumen Pass City had completely fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Xie Erjian held his waist knife in his hand, his whole body was steaming, and he strode up to the south of Yumen Pass, and met Qi Jingtong who was surrounded by all the relatives and soldiers, who was carrying a big gun upside down, and the blood stains on the tip of the gun had not yet dried.

I saw Lao Qi grinning and laughing: "Xiao Xie, our work is done, I hope the kid with the three guns doesn't drop the chain." ”

Xie Erjian put the waist knife back into the sheath and said firmly: "Yangguan has no strong city to defend, it is difficult to fall three shots, we can't worry about it, let's let the brothers seize the time to rest and recover their strength, Dunhuang is afraid that the Dunhuang side will counterattack, before the arrival of the marshal, we must hold the Yumen Pass." ”

Qi Jingtong said disappreciably: "I bet, what's that...... Huli Na'er would never dare to send troops to counterattack. ”

"Whether to counterattack or not is his business, whether he can hold it is our business, there are still 20,000 Turpan troops in Dunhuang City, only a hundred miles away from here, we want to close the door and fight the dogs, we can't help but beware of the other party's dogs jumping over the wall." Xie Erjian said lightly.

Qi Jingtong teased: "As the saying goes, the older the rivers and lakes, the more timid they become, Xiao Xie, the more you kid really live, the more you go back." ”

Xie Erjian said indifferently: "In the past, one person fed the whole family without worrying, but now that he has a wife and children, how can he spare his life, it is said that Lao Tzu has not seen the children in the family until now." ”

Qi Jingtong spread his hands when he heard this: "Hearing you say this, I woke up that my family Guang'er is almost six years old this year, and I haven't seen him for several years, I guess I don't know him anymore, but I heard Lingzun (Xie Qing) say that Guang'er is smart and studious, and he is still a good material for martial arts." Xiao Xie, how about turning around and letting Guang'er worship you as a teacher? This kid won't disgrace you, hehe! ”

Qi Jingtong said and laughed proudly, secretly thinking that he was cheeky enough to ask the handsome girl for a concubine, but Die'er was really a good child, and gave birth to a big fat boy for herself the next year.

Xie Erjian shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's a mule or a horse, you have to pull it out first, and I have to personally inspect the goods before making a decision, if it doesn't reach the level, even if your old relatives blow it all over the sky, Lao Tzu will resolutely refuse to accept it." ”

Qi Jingtong was upset: "Xiao Xie, look at what you said, you can't believe me, can't you still believe Ling Zun, Ling Zun has personally praised Guang'er, and you were also present at the time." ”

Xie Erjian said lightly: "Maybe the old man is dizzy and looks away, or he can't pull his head and say it casually, but your old relatives will take it seriously." ”

Qi Jingtong was choked and rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Yes, go back and let Guang'er worship Lao Xie as a teacher, and then you have to call me a junior brother, your son calls my son uncle, and during the New Year's holidays, maybe you have to kowtow to my son to say hello." ”

The relatives and soldiers immediately burst into laughter, this time it was Xie Erjian's turn to be choked up, and he laughed and scolded after a while: "Old Qi, if you are ruthless, I will accept Qi Jiguang's kid, and when the time comes, discipline him, don't be damn distressed." ”

Qi Jingtong said with a smile: "Eat hard, you are a master, although Lao Tzu is a rough man, but this truth is still understood, although you pick up that kid in my family, as long as you don't kill and mutilate." ”

"Okay, you said it yourself!" Xie Erjian patted Qi Jingtong's shoulder "fiercely": "When we get to Turpan, the handsome is estimated to be triumphant, let's be quick with our hands and feet, maybe we can go back to Beijing for the New Year, and then we will do the apprenticeship ceremony." ”

Qi Jingtong laughed and said, "That's a must!" ”

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Yumen Pass is located in the northwest of Dunhuang City more than 100 miles, and Yangguan is located in the southwest of Dunhuang City about 140 miles, these two passes are a south and a north arch guarding Dunhuang City, is the node of the ancient Silk Road.

Yangguan was originally built with a city, Yangguan in the Han Dynasty was located in an oasis area, with sufficient water sources, but with the passage of time, it became increasingly desertified here, and the water source was exhausted, and it was completely abandoned in the Sui and Tang dynasties, leaving only a peak flint standing alone in the desert.

Now, the Turpan people have built a camp on the site of Yangguan and stationed an army of 3,000 people, but this army is not on guard against the Ming army, but the Yarkand Khanate in the south, which can be seen from the characteristics of the camp's fortifications.

At present, there is still about a stick of incense before dawn, and in the darkness before dawn, a cavalry is quietly approaching the direction of Yangguan from east to west, and the leader is the combination of Xie Sanshu and Yisana.

It is said that the reason why Xu Jin sent Jing Dachu, who is not good at attacking, to attack Guazhou was just a trick, but his real target was Dunhuang City!

Xu Jin expected that when Guazhou was attacked, the possibility of Dunhuang sending troops to help was extremely high, so he secretly sent the most elite Shenji battalion to ambush between Guazhou and Yumen Pass, and when Dunhuang sent troops to aid Guazhou, he would eat it halfway, and then take advantage of the victory to capture Yumen Pass. At the same time, Xu Jin also sent Xie Sangun and Yisana to lead 5,000 cavalry to the southwest of Dunhuang to attack Yangguan.

Once Yumen Pass and Yangguan Pass were taken, Dunhuang City became an isolated city, completely cut off the way of retreat, and the tens of thousands of Turpan troops in the city also became turtles in the urn.

Therefore, Xu Jinming's attack on Guazhou is actually a siege of the city to send reinforcements, and then take advantage of the situation to close the door and fight the dog, the real target is actually Dunhuang, as for Guazhou, when Dunhuang is taken, it is not too late to go back and clean up.

Getting back to the point, and said that Xie Sangun and Isana led five thousand cavalry, taking advantage of the cover of the night before dawn, and quietly touched the east of Yangguan.

In the period before dawn, most people tend to sleep deeply, and the soldiers on duty patrol are also the most sleepy, and the Turpan garrison in the Yangguan camp is no exception, only the snoring in the barracks can be heard one after another, as if thunder.

Since the defense of Yangguan was focused on the Yarkand Khanate in the south, most of the arrow towers in the camp were built on the southwest side, while there was only one arrow tower in the northeast.

At this moment, there is a lantern hanging on the arrow tower in the northeast of the camp, and in the dim light, you can see two Turpan soldiers sentry, two people are sitting next to the pillar in the center of the arrow tower, chatting in a low voice, yawning and yawning, but they don't know that in the darkness less than 30 meters outside the camp, there are two pairs of eyes staring coldly at their every move.

The two pairs of eyes watched in the dark for a few moments, and one of them slowly retreated, then disappeared into the darkness entirely.

Under a sand dune about six or seven miles east of Yangguan, Xie Sangun couldn't help but smile after listening to the scout's report: "It seems that these Turpan people never thought that our Ming army would come to attack Yangguan at all. ”

Isana pursed her lips and said: "Yangguan is backed by Dunhuang, nearly eight hundred miles away from Jiayu Pass, I'm afraid no one would have thought that the Ming army would come all the way to sneak attack." ”

Guo Heizi next to him said with a smile: "So the handsome man uses soldiers like a god, and never plays cards according to common sense, which is unpredictable and powerful!" ”

Yisana snorted dissatisfiedly and said: "Awesome fart, he is like a god with soldiers, but we have become a deep lone army, there are more than 20,000 Turpan troops stationed in Dunhuang City behind us, once the back road is cut off, we may be exhausted at any time." ”

Guo Heizi's face froze, and he was speechless!

Xie Sangun frowned and said, "Nana, don't talk nonsense. ”

Isana pouted and said: "Brother Three Guns, are they wrong, Xu Jin only cares about the use of soldiers, but he doesn't care about the life and death of the soldiers!" ”

Xie Sangun's face sank, and he reprimanded: "Shut up, as the so-called mercy is not in charge of the army, as the commander of the three armies, if you think about life and death everywhere, the benevolence of a woman, how to lead everyone to win the battle, besides, as soldiers, we would have long since lived and died to the limit." Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, why do you need to return the body of the horse leather?

What's more, since the marshal ordered us to attack Yangguan, he will naturally have detailed arrangements, and he will definitely not rashly let us go deep alone, and if we retreat 10,000 steps, we are full cavalry, even if something happens, it is not easy to retreat. Nana, don't say anything disrespectful to the handsome man in the future, I don't like to hear it! ”

Yisana's face turned red, and she hurriedly grabbed Xie Sangun's hand, and said carefully: "Brother Sangun, I won't say anything in the future, don't be angry, okay!" ”

Guo Heizi retreated very interestingly!

Xie Sangun's expression was slightly dark, and he said in a slow tone: "Nana, I know that you have prejudices against Dashuai, and I also understand your position, but marrying a husband and following a husband is the tradition of our Ming Dynasty, since you have decided to follow me in the future, then you have to let go of your identity as a Tatar princess, if you can't do it, let's make a decision as soon as possible, so as not to end up badly with each other in the future." ”

Isana's face turned white, and she said with red eyes: "Brother Sangun, can't you give up your identity as a Ming country for me?" If you wish, I can even make you the Great Khan of Tatars. ”

Xie Sangun shook his head and said: "This is impossible, I, Xie Sangun, am the general of the Ming Dynasty in life, and the loyal soul of the Ming Dynasty in death, or not, since we have different positions, we will not be happy if we are barely together, so let's break it!" ”

"Don't!" Isana hugged Xie Sangun's waist and said sadly: "I don't want to break, okay, let's not talk about this again, okay?" ”

Xie Sangun sighed and said: "Nana, escaping can't solve the problem, have you ever thought about whether our future children will be Ming people or Tatars?" ”

Isana trembled and closed her eyes in pain, although she was not smart enough, she was not stupid, although Xu Jin defeated me in the name of helping her sister and brother restore the country, but all kinds of signs showed that Xu Jin was categorically impossible to return the Tatar land to his sister and brother, and it could be seen from the fact that he had been making excuses and not allowing Mentu to return to Tatar to inherit the throne, so she was extremely dissatisfied with Xu Jin, and she would say the words that provoked the soldiers just now.