Chapter 1108: Reinforcements Arrive
The battle in Qinglong City did not end until the afternoon of the next day, and the Northern Yuan military camp and the Timurid imperial soldier military camp were conquered by the Ming army one after another.
Taiping led more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated army to retreat in the direction of the ancient city of Dunhuang, from the fierce offensive of the Ming army, he had realized that the Ming army seemed to know that the Timurid Empire's military camp was empty, so he concentrated his forces to attack the Northern Yuan military camp, which made him feel extremely shocked.
In the face of the fleeing Taiping, although Lu Minen was unwilling but helpless, because Taiping had no intention of fighting at all, and he did not have enough troops to surround him.
In this battle, the Ming army of Qinglong City won a complete victory, except for the fleeing Taiping and others, the rest were captured by death, and nearly 40,000 enemies were annihilated, which was the biggest victory of the Ming Dynasty in Guanxi.
Although he achieved a great victory, Lu Minen had no time to celebrate, because the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang was the most important one in Guanxi, so after a night of correction, he personally led 50,000 horses to run in the direction of the ancient city of Dunhuang, ready to gallop to the aid of Li Yuntian, who was fighting alone in the ancient city of Dunhuang.
At the same time, outside the south gate of the ancient city of Dunhuang, the soldiers of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty gathered in the dark, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing, and they only waited for Wen Du to launch an attack on the ancient city of Dunhuang.
The reinforcements sent by the Taiping arrived in the ancient city of Dunhuang yesterday afternoon, which made Wendu have sufficient troops in his hands, and he was ready to conquer the ancient city of Dunhuang in one go and capture Li Yuntian alive.
At this moment, Wen Du stood on a hill surrounded by all the generals, looking at the soldiers of the Ming army and the soldiers of the Western Regions who were waiting on the wall of the ancient city of Dunhuang, and his face was extremely serious.
To be honest, Wen Du never thought that those soldiers of the Western Regions Servant Army, who were originally as timid as mice, would cause trouble to the soldiers besieging the city, they fought desperately like crazy, and they didn't know what benefits Li Yuntian gave them.
If it weren't for those Western Regions servants, I'm afraid that the ancient city of Dunhuang would have fallen, and it was the addition of those Western Regions servants that made the soldiers under Wendu only stop at the city wall every time and couldn't take a step forward.
Li Yuntian stood on the gate tower of the southern city, frowning slightly and looking at the dense Timurid Empire and Northern Yuan soldiers under the city, compared with the previous few days, the number of troops under Wen Du has increased a lot, it seems that he has transferred some troops besieging Qinglong City, in addition to this, the Timurid Empire and Northern Yuan have no place to transfer troops to him in Guanxi.
With the arrival of those reinforcements, Li Yuntian knew that the most difficult moment of the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang was coming, and if he could not withstand the impact of the army under the city, then the ancient city of Dunhuang would be broken.
Li Yuntian also has reinforcements, that is, the troops led by Zhang Hao, who was sent by him to the north to conquer Mobei, this force is the main force that Li Yuntian used to deal with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, and now it is almost mid-July They have not yet arrived in Guanxi, and they don't know when they will arrive, if it is too late, he will not be able to delay Wendu, and then Zhou Zheng's Lanzhou defense line will be in jeopardy.
"Kill!" Just when Li Yuntian was secretly wondering when Zhang Hao and the others would be able to arrive, Wen Du stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the ancient city of Dunhuang, and the soldiers in front of the city rushed to the city wall with ladders and other siege equipment.
Li Yuntian couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this, judging from the posture that Wen Du put on, he didn't know how many people were going to die in this ancient city of Dunhuang.
As Wendu's opponent, Li Yuntian knew very well that Wendu, who had spent a lot of time in Guanxi, had no way to retreat at this time, and only by concentrating on capturing the ancient city of Dunhuang could he surrender to Khordu Khan and restore his former reputation.
Afterwards, Li Yuntian got up and left the city gate tower and returned to his residence in the city, secretly waiting for the progress of the war.
Li Yuntian could not hold on to the ancient city of Dunhuang, so it didn't make any sense to him, his task was to hold Wendu, and now it seems that the goal has been successfully achieved, Wendu not only postponed the time to go to Jiuquan City to join Khordu Khan, but also lost a lot of troops when attacking the ancient city of Dunhuang.
Therefore, Li Yuntian had to think about the way back, for which he had secretly removed the obstacles at the west gate of the ancient city of Dunhuang, in case the situation in the ancient city of Dunhuang was critical, he could lead the army to withdraw from the city and go to Yangguan in the west, where there was not only a strong city defense but also 20,000 Ming troops, which was enough to make Wen Du retreat in vain.
What is particularly important is that the distance between Yangguan and the ancient city of Dunhuang is not too far, and Li Yuntian has enough opportunities to enter Yangguan before Wendu's pursuers catch up.
"Lord Wang, the enemy army has attacked the wall of Nancheng, and our army has fought fiercely with it, and it has reached a stalemate!" At noon, when Li Yuntian was slowly flipping through an ancient book in his hand in his room, a guard hurriedly came to pay his respects.
Li Yuntian bowed slightly, signaling that he knew, he already knew from the sound of battle from the outside, that the troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty had rushed to the southern city wall, and a fierce battle was inevitable.
"Lord Lord, an enemy army of about 30,000 people appeared in the west of the city, blocked in front of the gate of the West City, and set up a defensive formation." Soon after the guard retreated, Lin Xin walked into the room quickly and said in a coquettish voice.
"What?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and then his brows furrowed tightly, this situation was really unexpected by him, it seemed that Wen Du had already guessed that he was going to Yangguan, so he made preparations in advance and blocked his way to Yangguan.
"I didn't expect him to even transfer the defenders of Yumen Pass." After the initial stunned, Li Yuntian groaned and said to Lin Xin with a wry smile, "It seems that we are in trouble this time." ”
"Lord Wang, the soldiers are coming to block, the water is coming to cover the earth, and I don't believe that those defenders of Yumen Pass can block the progress of our army." Seeing that Li Yuntian's expression became solemn, Lin Xin couldn't help but say proudly, as long as Li Yuntian can be sent out safely, then it will be a victory for her and the Ming army in the city.
Li Yuntian's heart suddenly warmed when he heard this, he knew what Lin Xin meant, and wanted to escort him out of a bloody road, but this was not what he wanted to see.
From the current situation, Li Yuntian realized that he had despised Wen Du before, so he gave Wen Du the opportunity to transfer troops from Yumen Pass to participate in the war.
"Actually, we still have reinforcements all the way, if they can arrive in time, we can say goodbye to the current predicament." To be honest, Li Yuntian didn't have any good ways now, so he said to Lin Xin after a deep groan.
"And a road of reinforcements?" Lin Xin's eyes suddenly showed a look of surprise when she heard this, she didn't know what the reinforcements in Li Yuntian's mouth meant, could it be that Li Yuntian had any killer features that she didn't know.
Li Yuntian did not tell Lin Xin the identity of the reinforcements along the way in his mouth, but frowned and fell into deep thought, as if he was thinking about something, Lin Xin retreated when he saw this, so as not to disturb Li Yuntian's thoughts, and secretly guessed in his heart who the reinforcements in Li Yuntian's mouth were referring to.
At this time, in a shady place outside the gate of the southern city, Wen Du looked at the Ming army and the soldiers of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty fighting together on the city wall with a serious expression.
To Wen Du's relief, because his soldiers continued to climb the city wall through ladders, the soldiers of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty on the city wall gradually gained a foothold, which was good news for him to celebrate, which meant that the Ming army would not be able to fight back, and once they took possession of the city wall, it would be equivalent to breaking the city.
"General, our army has a firm foothold on the city wall, and it seems that this Dunhuang City is already in our pocket." Looking at the fierce battle on the city wall, a general of the Timurid Empire standing beside Wendu couldn't help but smile and said.
"The loyal warrior king of the Ming Dynasty is insidious and cunning, we can't take it lightly before we capture Dunhuang City." Unlike that general, Wen Du looked cautious, shook his head and said, In front of Li Yuntian, he somehow has a kind of suppression of your words.
"The general has already laid a net from heaven and earth, and King Zhongwu will not be able to escape this time, unless the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty fall from the sky!" Another general of the Timurid Empire smiled disapprovingly when he heard this, he felt that Wen Du was too cautious, and he was already a little different from the high-spirited Timurid Empire God of War back then.
"Haha......" The surrounding generals immediately laughed when they heard this, it is obvious that there are no Ming reinforcements in the Kansai region, as for the people of Qinglong City, even if they want to come to the rescue, they must first pass the Taiping pass, they don't think that the Ming army who has been hiding in Qinglong City dares to rashly provoke the Taiping and others outside the city.
"Kill!" Just when those generals were laughing unscrupulously, there was a dull shouting of killing in the southwest behind them, and the ground trembled slightly, as if countless people and horses were rushing towards this side, which made the laughter of those generals stop abruptly, and they all turned their heads curiously to look in the direction where the sound came from.
Wen Du's face suddenly changed greatly, and it was obvious that these people who came from the southwest were not from the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, because he did not transfer other troops.
Therefore, there is only one possibility, those who came were the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty, but now that Guanxi is under the control of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty really fell from the world?
At the same time, inside the ancient city of Dunhuang.
"I finally know who the reinforcements are that the prince said, the Ming army in Guanxi in addition to the prince also has Bai Hou Ye and Zhongyi Wang are dealing with the enemy, it is reported that there are 50,000 enemy troops chasing them, the strength of both sides is equal, Bai Hou Ye and Zhongyi King should be able to deal with it easily."
Lin Xin, who frowned slightly, thought of the identity of the reinforcements that Li Yuntian said, and couldn't help but slap the table and do it, she just went through all the characters in Guanxi, and remembered Bai An and Timur Tuhuan and others, she almost forgot about this matter when she was busy with official business recently.
"If the White Marquis and the King of Zhongyi can come back in time, the battle situation in Dunhuang City will change dramatically." Yun Na, who was sitting opposite Lin Xin with her hands on her cheeks and thinking about her thoughts, turned overjoyed when she heard this, and couldn't help but speak.
"The prince has made an agreement with them to come back in July at the latest, presumably Marquis Bai and King Zhongyi are now on their way back, as long as we hold on for a few more days, maybe they will arrive, and then they will be able to pick up the prince and leave!" Lin Xin's face couldn't help but flash a look of excitement, Bai An has an army of 50,000, and he will definitely be able to fight a bloody way to rescue Li Yuntian, as long as Li Yuntian is okay, she will be at ease.