After listening to Lu Minen's answer, Li Yuntian's brows suddenly frowned slightly, Song Hai, Duke of Wuguo, and Yang Sanyu, Marquis of Chengning, were the main and deputy commanders of the Western Expeditionary Army, and the two died on the battlefield, but fortunately, once they were captured by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, then the Ming Dynasty would not only lose face, but also the morale of the Ming Army in the Western Regions would be frustrated.

"How many enemy troops are besieging Beshin Bali City?" After pondering for a while, Li Yuntian asked Lu Minen quietly.

"According to the latest news from the spies, it is 50,000 Northern Yuan soldiers who are besieging Beshi Bali City." Lu Minen replied in an orderly manner, "The Eastern Chagatai army was recuperating after the first battle in Blue Leaf City, and it seems that although they defeated Wu Guogong, they suffered a lot of losses. ”

"By the way, where did the reinforcements of the Northern Yuan come from during the battle of Blackwater City?" Li Yuntian nodded, no matter how he said that Song Hai led the elite of the Great Ming Guard's army, its combat power should not be underestimated, and it must have brought a lot of trouble to the army of the Timurid Empire, and then he remembered something and couldn't help asking.

Yang Sanyu, Marquis of Chengning, led the Western Expeditionary Army to attack the Northern Yuan soldiers in Heishui City at that time, and was disrupted by the sudden Northern Yuan reinforcements, and then suffered a crushing defeat under the attack of the Northern Yuan reinforcements and the Northern Yuan soldiers of Heishui City, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

For this reason, Li Yuntian was very interested in the reinforcements of the Northern Yuan, he knew that the Northern Yuan was able to gather 200,000 people and did his best, and he had no ability to organize another support army, so this support army must have a lot of origins, otherwise Yang Sanyu would not have been defeated so badly in Heishui City, no matter how he said that he was also a noble who could fight well in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would have become the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army?

"Lord Wang, I sent people to investigate the Northern Yuan army, and found that the reinforcements of the Northern Yuan not only had different banners from the Northern Yuan, but also had a lot of differences in appearance from the Mongols, and there were also a lot of red-haired fans who spoke and drank spirits."

Lu Minen took out a piece of paper from his arms, got up and stepped forward and handed it to Li Yuntian, "This is the sign on the banner of the Northern Yuan reinforcements, according to the investigation after the Beizhi investigation, this is the banner of the Kipchak Khanate, one of the four khanates of the Great Mongolian State. ”

"Kipchak Khanate!" Li Yuntian nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, took the paper handed over by Lu Minen and looked at it carefully, a few years ago, the Northern Yuan Dynasty followed the route of the Mongolian army to the west, and it would definitely have some intersection with the Kipchak Khanate, and the two sides belonged to the Mongol Empire and had no conflict of interests between them, so it was easy to walk together under the temptation of interests.

According to the information under Li Yuntian's control, the Kipchak Khanate, founded by Genghis Khan's grandson Batu, is not in a good situation now, to be precise, the Kipchak Khanate no longer exists.

As early as the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Kipchak Khanate was already divided, and the main body of the Kipchak Khanate was replaced by the White Horde founded by Batu's brother Hanerda.

During the Yongle Dynasty, the White Horde was again divided into three khanates, the main body of which was replaced by one of the three khanates, the Great Horde.

Since the people of the Kipchak Khanate were mainly Turkic, and the dominant Mongols were only a minority, those Mongols were soon assimilated by the Turks and became Turkicized Mongols, like Timur, the founding Khan of the Timurid Empire.

In the early period of the Yongle Dynasty, the Great Khan of the Great Horde led an army to the east against Muscovy in order to consolidate his power, but unfortunately failed to capture Moscow, but Muscovy therefore expressed its continued submission to the Great Horde.

Therefore, this army, which was recognized by Lu Minen as the Kipchak Khanate, should actually be the Great Horde that integrated the mantle of the Kipchak Khanate.

The Great Horde had long since lost the prestige of the Kipchak Khanate, with its territory shrinking dramatically, the countries and tribes conquered by the Mongols separating one after another, and now facing a serious threat of war.

On the map, the Great Horde was sandwiched between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the west, the Nogai State founded by the Caucasian Turks to the north, and the Muscovy to the east, which made the Great Horde at great risk of war.

In Li Yuntian's view, the Northern Yuan's westward expedition not only brought together many tribes and small countries to enhance their military strength, but also made an alliance with the Great Horde.

Since the Great Horde was no longer able to expand its territory, it was desperate to get the help of a reliable ally, and the Northern Yuan just met this, I am afraid that the Great Khan of the Great Horde would never have imagined that the Northern Yuan would go to great lengths to go west, after all, the Great Ming Dynasty was far richer than those countries that went west, and there was no need for the Northern Yuan to go far.

"How many reinforcements are there in the Northern Yuan?" After checking the flag pattern on the paper, Li Yuntian looked up at Lu Minen, if he could know the opponent's troops, he would be able to better make strategic arrangements.

"It should be about 100,000 people." Lu Minen thought about it and told Li Yuntian a number, and said in a deep voice, "The specific number of people is still unknown." ”

"100,000 people!" Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, which meant that the strength of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan alliance was as high as 800,000, and the Ming Dynasty had never encountered such a powerful enemy since the founding of the country.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had three opponents this time, namely the 500,000 troops of the Timurid Empire, the 200,000 troops of the Northern Yuan and the 100,000 horses of the Great Horde.

"Don't lose how many troops are there in Bali City?" With the addition of 100,000 troops of the Great Horde, the situation of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions is undoubtedly more critical, Li Yuntian pondered for a while and looked at Lu Minen with a serious expression, now the top priority is to find a way to rescue the people of Beishi Bali City, otherwise Beishi Bali City will be attacked.

There are not only soldiers of the artillery battalion such as Li Zixi, but also soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army such as Bai An, Marquis of Anyong, as well as the royal family and important civil and military ministers of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

In Li Yuntian's view, the biggest ally of the Ming army in the Western Regions was the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, although the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was mostly occupied by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, but the prestige of the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was still enough to gather an army to resist the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, which was of great benefit to the Ming army.

"There are more than 20,000 troops in the west, and nearly 30,000 soldiers in the east." Lu Minen did not hesitate at all, and then replied in a deep voice, what Li Yuntian asked was the most basic and important information, he naturally knew it as the commander of the Guanxi battalion of the Xiaowu Army, otherwise it would be a dereliction of duty.

"In this way, don't lose the fact that Bali City has 50,000 troops!" Li Yuntian's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this, now what he lacks most in his hands is troops, if he can pocket the 50,000 troops of Don't lose Bali City, the strength of the Ming army in Kansai will be increased a lot.

It was particularly important that the royal family and civil and military officials of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate were able to escape from the city of Beshbali, which would be of great benefit to the future engagement of the Ming army in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

"Bring me the map!" After pondering for a while, Li Yuntian opened his mouth and said to the military attache of the Xiaowu Army standing on the side.

Hearing this, the military attache of the Xiaowu Army bowed to Li Yuntian and quickly brought a map of the Western Regions, which marked the various countries and mountains and rivers in the Western Regions.

This map of the Western Regions, which was drawn up over several years by the staff of the Shogundo Hall, is now in handy, and it is with which Song Hai's Western Expeditionary Army marches and fights in the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

"You go and arrange it quickly, let the cavalry prepare food and water, and cross the Gobi with this king early tomorrow morning, and go to the rescue of Beishi Bali City!" After carefully examining the map, Li Yuntian looked up at Lu Minen and gave an order in a deep voice.

"Lord Wang, do you want to go to Beshi Bali City in person?" Hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but be shocked, Li Yuntian is the soul of the Ming army in Guanxi, once there is any mishap and the consequences are unimaginable, Lu Minen couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian in surprise, and he didn't react for a while, how could the affairs of Kanxi leave Li Yuntian?

Besides, such a thing going deep behind enemy lines should be done by their subordinates, how could Li Yuntian, as the commander of the Ming army, be in danger!

"The Northern Yuan also thought that we would bypass Turpan City from next door anyway, although the road in the Gobi is more difficult to walk, but the road is undoubtedly safe, so that we can avoid the main force of the Northern Yuan army in Turpan City and go directly to Beshi Bali City."

Li Yuntian knew that everyone present was extremely shocked by his proposal, in addition to his being the commander of the Ming army, the harsh environment on the Gobi Desert was also an important reason, but since even Lu Minen and others could not imagine that he would go to the Gobi to lose Bali City, then the Northern Yuan army in Turpan City would not think of this, so he looked around the hall and looked at his generals with stunned expressions and said in a deep voice:

"This move is very important to the situation of our Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions, if we can't rescue the Great Khan and the princes and ministers of the Eastern Chagatai in Beshi Bali City, then our army will not be able to get the support of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the future."

"Lord Wang, Kansai can't do without you, let the humble go to Bali City, don't lose Bali City, and bring the people in the city back." Hearing this, Lu Minen hurriedly got up, and solemnly asked for battle after bowing his hand to Li Yuntian.

Seeing this, the rest of the generals present also stood up with concerned expressions, obviously no one wanted Li Yuntian to take such a big risk.

"When you go, you can avoid the ears and eyes of the Northern Yuan and go to the Gobi, but when you come back, you will definitely alarm the Northern Yuan, and how to choose is particularly important at that time."

Li Yuntian knew everyone's thoughts, so he looked at Lu Minen and the others with a serious expression and said, "It's not easy to bring back the people of Don't lose Bali City, the safety of the Great Khan of Eastern Chagatai will affect the direction of the battle in the Western Regions, this king must bring it back safely, otherwise where is the majesty of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"This king has made up his mind, you don't need to persuade again!" Seeing that Lu Minen, Xue Wu and the others were still going to open their mouths to dissuade them, Li Yuntian waved his hand and said categorically, "What you have to do is to prepare your troops for war and meet the upcoming Western Chagatai and Northern Yuan coalition forces. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, as long as we can survive this winter, then next year will be the time for a counteroffensive, when the invading enemy of Western Chagatai and Northern Yuan will be annihilated in one fell swoop." Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was a little dull, Li Yuntian immediately changed his voice and said loudly, "The emperor and the empress dowager are waiting for our good news in the capital, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are looking forward to our triumph. ”

"Obedience!" Lu Minen, Xue Wu and the others suddenly perked up when they heard this, and bowed to Li Yuntian with a brush, as long as Li Yuntian was in Guanxi, then they felt extremely down-to-earth in their hearts, and they didn't have to worry about how to meet the enemy, as long as they acted according to Li Yuntian's orders.