The territory of the Jin Kingdom is very long, like a double-headed eagle, looking at the Western Regions on one side, Guanzhong on the other, and like a giant python in front of it.

If the Ming army can take Yongliang, it will be equivalent to dividing the Jin country into two, and the Jin army in Guanzhong and Longxi will not be able to flee westward.

If you can annihilate all the main forces of the Jin Kingdom, then you can avoid the appearance of a powerful Xijin on the western border of the Ming Kingdom.

A few years earlier, the Ming Dynasty began to operate the southern part of Qinghai and re-establish the relationship with Wusizang, with the aim of putting a dagger in the abdomen of the Jin State, and strategically forming a situation of encirclement of the Guanlong region against the waist of the Jin State.

Wang Deren's responsibility was to outflank Guan Long, and he led 20,000 horses and horses north from southern Qinghai, raided Xining Province, killed the Jin army by surprise, and then quickly attacked Liangzhou in the north.

It's just that I don't want Yu Yin, the head minister of the Jin Kingdom, to be in Liangzhou City, and Wang Deren has been attacking for more than ten days, but he has never broken the city.

Since the failure of the struggle between the two kings of Tang and Lu, the king of Tang was imprisoned in a high wall, and the king of Lu left for Nanyang, the generals of the Tang and Lu families have actually been unsatisfactory in recent years and have become victims of political struggle.

Because of the collapse of the central and backstage of the DPRK, Wang Deren's life was not easy, and he was arranged to be stationed in southern Qinghai, which was equivalent to the edge. is equivalent to exile.

Due to the lack of roads, the lack of materials, and the barrenness of the place, it is definitely not a comfortable thing to be stationed in Qinghai, and it is not even as comfortable as the bitter cold outside the Guan.

This time, he became the Fifth Route Army of Vajin, and he was responsible for the task of a surprise soldier, which was definitely an opportunity for Wang Deren to turn over.

After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang tycoon Jin Shenghuan died, only Li Yuanyin, who was the first to take refuge in Wang Yan and had been communicating with Wang Yan, mixed well, and the other Tang veterans were all ordinary, either excluded, or not promoted, and lost their political future.

This time, he was able to get the task of outflanking the Jin army, not because no one wanted to take care of him, but because he happened to be stationed in the bitter place of Qinghai, so it fell on his head.

Wang Deren realized that this was an opportunity for him, and if he could complete the task this time, it would be regarded as a great achievement, and he might be able to go further, get the reuse of the imperial court from the new, and avoid being transferred to the border for the rest of his life.

Because of this, Wang Deren was very attentive to this battle and was ready to show his skills, but food became his mantra.

Due to the geographical location, the road between Qinghai and Sichuan is not smooth, there are mountains to block, so the transportation is very inconvenient, the supply of the Ming army in Qinghai mainly comes from the southern area of Qinghai controlled by the Ming army, as well as the Wusi Tibetan Division.

Neither of these places was wealthy, and Wang Deren only brought enough cattle and sheep to eat for a month, and marched north.

Originally, he was thinking of using war to feed the war, thinking that he could get a sum of grain and grass from the Jin State, but after conquering Xining, he found that the treasury of the Jin State was already empty, and he was even poorer than him.

Now his food is only enough for more than ten days, and he doesn't know when the main force of the Ming army will come, so he can only take Liangzhou as soon as possible to solve the problem of grain and grass, and at the same time completely cut off the connection between the Jin State and the Western Regions, and complete the task of sending troops.

At present, Liangzhou City, although it is not easy to fight, but it is not without good news, there are a number of cattle and sheep transported from the Western Regions and Mongolia in Liangzhou City.

At this time, the morning sun gradually rose from the east, and the sunlight sprinkled on the city of Liangzhou, embroidering a gold border for the outline of the city, awakening the entire battlefield.

The camp of the Ming army outside the city also began to be lively, the cries of cattle and sheep and the sound of soldiers talking filled the camp, and the soldiers walked out of the camp tent, and the camp gradually woke up from its slumber.

Seeing that the sun had risen, Wang Deren looked at Liangzhou City in the distance, and then turned back to the big tent.

Not long after, the drums of the Chinese army gathered to sound, and several Ming generals and the accompanying leaders of Guiyi hurriedly ate a little food and went to the tent.

At this time, at the head of Liangzhou City, Yu Yin was observing the Ming army camp outside the city, and the attacks for several days had made it a little difficult for the defenders in the city to deal with.

At present, the situation in Liangzhou is already very critical, but compared with the situation in Liangzhou, Yu Yin is more worried about the outcome of the battle in Guanzhong.

In recent days, new news has come that the Ming army has entered Guanzhong, and the main force of the Jin State is going to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army.

"Xianggong, the thieves are attacking the city again!" A general of the Jin Army pointed to the outside of the city and suddenly said.

Yu Yin looked outside the city, and sure enough, he saw a group of Ming troops, carrying ladders and pushing siege rams, slowly walking out of the camp and beginning to battle under the city.

There are only more than 5,000 defenders in Liangzhou City, most of them are tun troops, and they are not elite, but the Ming army does not have large siege equipment such as artillery, so it has not been defeated for more than ten days.

This time, the Ming army launched a lot of goose carts and trebuchets, and the attack would obviously be more fierce than before, Yu Yin's face couldn't help but sink, and his expression became serious, "Quickly let the soldiers strengthen the defense, and let the young man transport the fire oil to the city." ”

When the sword rattling in Nancheng was tense, and the war was about to break out, a messenger with a flag on his back galloped to the outside of Dongcheng and shouted: "Guanzhong is urgent!" ”

The soldiers did not dare to open the door, but lowered the rope and hoisted the messenger up to the city.

Outside the west city, the Ming soldiers are arrayed, more than 5,000 soldiers are lined up into several phalanxes, in front of them are sword and shield soldiers carrying ladders, and behind them are fire guns holding ladders, goose carts, and shield carts, and the flags in the formation are fluttering, and the murderous atmosphere is soaring.

20,000 Ming troops attacked Xining Mansion first, Wang Deren left 7,000 men and horses to defend the town, and then led 13,000 soldiers and horses to take Liangzhou, the troops were not very sufficient, and they could not besiege the city, so the main attack was on one side.

Although restricted by grain and grass, the Ming army could not dispatch too many soldiers and horses, but the defenders of Liangzhou had very poor combat effectiveness, only Yu Yin and his guards could still fight, and the others were not the opponents of the Ming army.

The strength of the Ming army was only a little more than twice that of the city, but the elite of the Ming army surpassed that of the Jin army, and Wang Deren was still confident in taking Liangzhou, and the problem he was worried about was only time.

Yu Yin stood at the head of the city, holding his hands on the head of the city and looking at the city, and saw the murderous spirit of the Ming army, a Ming general was galloping in front of the battle, whipping and shouting, constantly cheering up the soldiers, and the Ming soldiers also shouted, and the morale was gradually mobilized, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

And at this moment, the messenger who entered the city from the east gate was taken to the south city, came to Yu Yin, suddenly knelt down on one knee, and then held a cloth silk in his hand, sweating profusely, and said in a sweaty voice: "Qi Yu Xianggong, Guanzhong urgent report!" ”

Yu Yin's body trembled when he heard this, and he hurriedly turned around, grabbed the cloth silk, and unfolded it to see that it was Han Chaoxuan who sent it quickly.

A few days ago, the Jin army was defeated in Lintong, and at present, Han Chaoxuan, together with Wu Sangui, is retreating to Longxi, so that he can prepare supplies to respond, send men and horses to guard the dangerous points, and help the defeated troops stabilize their positions, so as not to prevent the Ming army from rushing into Longxi.

The letter also mentioned that Haoge should flee north, and he would walk into Longxi with Meng Qiaofang, or go northwest to Yinzhou, so that he could pay more attention and prepare grain and grass for help.

After reading it, Yu Yin couldn't help but take a few steps back, leaning against the city wall, his face was pale for a while, he raised his head, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, after all, he was defeated.

But Liangzhou will not be guaranteed, how can he deal with the defeated army? Although he had asked Sun Kewang to send reinforcements, after Sun Kewang defeated the Rakshasas, the situation in the Western Regions was very good, and he was busy integrating the forces of various ethnic groups and managing his territory, but the promised reinforcements never came.

(End of chapter)