"Good!" Yun Xi said. Xu Huizu's suggestions and opinions are not very perfect, but after thinking about it, he thinks that the general direction is right, and he can't help but praise it.

"Your Majesty has praised it." Xu Huizu immediately said again.

"Hey, your thinking is not bad, you don't have to be so modest." Yun Xi said.

"But your third point comes from the fourth-class system when the Mongols ruled the Central Plains?" He asked again.

"The minister did think from the fourth-class people when the Mongols ruled the Central Plains. Because of the small number of Mongols, Yuan Shizu used the Semu people to balance the Han people, and divided the Han people into two classes according to the north and south, which was the idea of dividing and conquering. His Royal Highness the King of Qin can follow suit in the river. Xu Huizu explained.

Yun Xi talked to him for a few words, thought carefully for a while, and said, "You go back and think about this plan more, supplement and improve the plan, and present it to me in a few days." I will call the generals to discuss with the King of Qin and others on a certain day. ”

"This matter needs to be kept secret now, your most trusted staff can know about it, but it must not be passed on!" And he commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu bowed down and agreed, and suddenly seemed to have made up his mind, and said: "Your Majesty, at this time, most of the soldiers do not know that Your Majesty is inspired by the Buddha and the Taoist Ancestor to know in advance that Timur intends to go east to conquer the Ming Dynasty. ”

Xu Huizu felt very strange after learning the rumor that 'Yun Xi was inspired by the Buddha and the Taoist ancestor to learn in advance that Timur intended to invade the east'. When he was just sent to the northwest by Yun Xi, Yun Xi told him that he was preparing for the Eastern Expedition to eliminate Yili Jiangli, so he didn't doubt it too much. But after hearing this rumor, he carefully recalled the preparations he had made in the past few years, and some of them were indeed not like preparations for offense, but like preparations for defense; And the scale of the preparation is also too large, and it is not necessary to attack Yili at all.

So even if Xu Huizu didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, he was half-convinced about this matter. But he immediately ordered all the Ming soldiers who knew about it not to say anything to the outside world, and asked how to deal with it.

"The Buddha's manifestation to protect Master Fangzheng from lightning can be known to all soldiers, but I was inspired by the Buddha and the Taoist Ancestor to know in advance that Timur's intention to invade the east should not let everyone know. You can tell the king of Qin, but tell him not to tell anyone else before sending troops to the west, and to talk about it after sending troops. This last point I personally told King Qin. Yun Xi thought about it carefully and made the following decision.

The Han people have always been half-believers in gods and Buddhas, and most of the intellectuals among them do not believe in them, and it is better to hide it from the fact that he exaggerates religion too much in China and is not beneficial to maintaining national stability.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu bowed down again and agreed, and then retreated.

A few days later, Xu Huizu drafted the entire plan he had perfected and brought it to Yun Xi to see. Yun Xi looked at it and said, "Yes, yes, it's already very complete." He then raised his head and looked at the day, and said, "It's better to pick up the day than to hit the sun, and it just so happens that I have nothing to do today, so I ......."

He was just about to say, 'I will gather all the generals to discuss with King Qin and others', when suddenly a bulletin came from the door: "Your Majesty, a report from Urumqi." ”

"Quick!" Yun Xi said immediately.

A shopkeeper with a lot of dust on his clothes walked in, knelt down and said, "The villain has seen Your Majesty. ”

"Three days ago, on the tenth day of the eighth month, Vice General Zhang led his soldiers to break through the Western captives in Urumqi, annihilating more than 93,000 Western captives, capturing more than 56,000 Western captives, and the rest of the Western captives scattered and fled."

"In accordance with His Majesty's will, Vice General Zhang has executed all the captured Western captives, leaving only thirty-six people to prepare for the prisoners after returning to Beijing."

"Now Vice General Zhang is leading the soldiers to return, and they will be able to return here on August 20."

"Good, good, good!" Yun Xi praised again and again. After this battle, the 200,000 elite main forces used by Timur for this eastern expedition were completely wiped out. It is easier to realize Xu Huizu's plan.

Moreover, the soldiers pursued by the Ming Dynasty were not much more than those of the Western Prisoners, and the Western Prisoners were all cavalry, so it was not easy to achieve such a complete victory.

He couldn't help but ask, "What happened to this battle?" What are the casualties of our army? Also, how many people did the government army lose on the left and right guards? When asked the last question, Yun Xi's voice trembled slightly.

"Your Majesty, this is how this battle went." The auxiliary soldier began to introduce the battle.

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"Commander Song, the city has been completely searched, and all the Western captives have been killed or captured, and nothing has been missed." Liu Yi reported to Song Sheng.

Song Xuan glanced around the entire city, saw the dilapidated houses burned on all sides, saw the blood stains on the ground that had not dried up, and finally looked at the captives who were standing together, and ordered: "Can this city be repaired?" ”

"Commander Song, this city was not completed in the first place, and he didn't repair it much after it was captured by Timur with his troops, the city wall facing west is fine, and the city wall facing east is difficult to repair at all." Liu Yi said.

At this time, the cavalry infantry of the left and right guards of the government army under the command of Song Xuan was in the city of Urumqi, which had been captured by the Xiyu before.

After defeating the Western captives on the afternoon of the first day of the eighth month and capturing Timur, Yunxi began to think about eliminating the fleeing soldiers of Samarkand. There were 150,000 of these soldiers, and he didn't want them to escape back.

But according to the normal method, it is impossible to completely annihilate this cavalry. The mobility of the cavalry is too strong, and the entire area of Yili is dominated by plains, can't they run if they can't beat it?

Yun Xi and the generals repeatedly studied the map, and finally Song Sheng said: "Your Majesty, if you want to completely annihilate this Xilu, you can only send an army that can ride at a very fast speed and is good at dismounting and foot combat to take another road into the gorge before the Xilu, seize Urumqi, and block the retreat of the Xilu with this place." ”

"Your Majesty, please see, Urumqi City is located at the northern foot of the junction of the East and West Tianshan Mountains. The southeastern margin of the Gurbantunggut Basin. There is Lingying Mountain in the west of this place, there is Red Mountain in the northwest, the two mountains are sandwiched, the middle is hundreds of miles of gorge road, straight to the northwest. It is the throat of the north-south traffic of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

"Controlling this place can not only block a retreat route for the Xiyu, but also because the gorge to the southeast of the city is hundreds of miles long, and Vice General Zhang led the pursuers to pursue behind, so that even if they want to turn their horses' heads and find another way to escape, they can't. Therefore, if you want to completely annihilate the soldiers of the Western Captives, you can only send troops to occupy this place in advance. ”

"But," Song Sheng continued, "the Xilu found that the retreat was blocked, and there were pursuers behind him, so he would surely attack the blocking soldiers with the fiercest offensive, and the blocking army would surely suffer heavy losses, and even if there were fewer men sent, the whole army might be wiped out. ”

Everyone present thought about it and spoke out in support of Song Sheng's opinion. There are three difficulties in carrying out this task: first, you must be good at horseback riding, be able to enter the gorge before you enter the gorge, and not be detected by the Xilu; secondly, they must be good at foot warfare and city defense warfare, and they must be in the defense of the city without much defensive equipment; Third, they must be able to withstand extremely high casualties and be willing to carry out the task.

The hardest part is the third point. Armies that fit the first two points are relatively easy to find, but there are very few armies willing to carry out this task. There is no need for any tactical literacy, and the most ordinary person who has never even been on the battlefield can see at a glance that this is a life-and-death task. The soldiers are not NPCs, they will do whatever you ask them to do, and if they are forced to do it, they may even mutiny.

There have been similar examples in history. After the Third Battle of Changsha, if Xue Yue could arrange a division to penetrate behind the Japanese army in advance, it would be possible to completely annihilate the Eleventh Army commanded by Anan Weiji, but he just couldn't find an army that could carry out this task, so he could only watch the Eleventh Army withdraw.

Yun Xi also stood at the table and didn't answer for a long time. After a long time, he said: "Cao Xing, the commander of the left guard of the government army, and Song Xuan, the commander of the right guard of the government army, came. ”

"Your Majesty!" Yang Feng immediately shouted.

Yun Xi glanced at him, and then said to the guards, "Go and send the two of them here." ”

The guard agreed, bowed and retreated.

After a while, Cao Xing and Song Xuan walked in and saluted Yun Xi and the generals: "Minister Cao Xing/Song Xuan has seen Your Majesty, and his subordinates have seen General Xu, General Lan, General Song, General Geng, General Wu, ,......."

"What is the current situation of the left and right guards of the government army?" Yoon-hee asked.

Although Cao Xing was a little puzzled by the sudden call of the two of them, he didn't think much about it, and said after hearing the words: "After a night's rest, the left and right guards of the government army have now rested and can go out at any time. ”

"That's good." Yun Xi lowered his head and pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said to Cao Xing: "I have an extremely important task entrusted to the left and right guards of the government army. ”

"Your Majesty, please."

"Stop the Xiyu!"