Jiuquan City.

"What, General Wendu was defeated in Dunhuang City, and our army has been wiped out in Guanxi?" Khordu stood up from his seat and looked at a military attache of the Timurid Empire who was kneeling on one knee in front of him in the dust with a look of disbelief on his face.

Not long ago, Khordu Khan got the battle report that Wen Du had led the army to firmly trap Li Yuntian in the ancient city of Dunhuang, completely controlling the situation of the war, but who would have thought that Wen Du was defeated in the blink of an eye, and it was a complete fiasco.

"Great Khan, the Ming army has reinforced Dunhuang City twice, and our army is on par with the strength of our army, even so our army still has the upper hand, but then I don't know where tens of thousands of Ming cavalry appeared, and our army was caught off guard, so that it was defeated."

The military attache saw that Khordu Khan's face changed greatly, so he explained with annoyance, looking very unwilling, God knows that tens of thousands of elite Ming cavalry will appear at the critical moment of the battle, which makes the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan soldiers who have been exhausted on the battlefield how to resist?

"Tens of thousands of Ming cavalry!" Hordu Khan was stunned when he heard this, his eyes flashed with a puzzled look, he was more clear about the battle situation in Kansai, and he didn't know where those cavalry came from, and then stared at the military attache and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found out the origin of those reinforcements?" ”

"It has been found out, they are the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty, and the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty did not bring reinforcements when he came to Guanxi, but let the reinforcements led by 150,000 Mongolian soldiers go north to Mobei, and now all the departments of Mobei have been attached to the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing this, the military attache hurriedly replied in a deep voice, Wen Du deliberately captured several Mongolian cavalry in order to find out the identity of the Ming cavalry that suddenly appeared, and only then did he know this amazing news, before this, Wen Du had always thought that the reinforcements brought by Li Yuntian were commanded by Zhou Zheng.

"How so?" Hearing that the Northern Yuan's lair in Mobei was swept away by the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty, the expression on Hordu Khan's face suddenly became even more shocked, and he never imagined that Li Yuntian would be so bold and dare to let the Northern Expeditionary Army destroy the Northern Yuan's forces in Mobei under such a severe situation in the Guanxi War.

I have to say that Li Yuntian's trick is really ruthless, which has caused the foundation of Beiyuan to be hit hard, if Tuhuan and others can't rush back to Mobei, then Beiyuan will disappear completely.

"Come on, please take off the Huan Taishi!" After the initial shock, Hordu Khan came back to his senses and gave orders to the attendants on the side, now that such a serious incident had occurred in Kansai, he had to consult with the people of the Northern Yuan.

Although Adai Khan was the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan, Khordu Khan knew very well that the last person to make the decision in the Northern Yuan was Tuhuan, so it was natural to find Tuhuan to discuss countermeasures for this kind of major event.

When Tuhuan received the news from Khordu Khan, he was summoning the senior generals of the Northern Yuan and the Great Horde to discuss the next military operation in the northwest.

Although Zhou Zheng set up a defensive line in Lanzhou, the northwest was too big to completely block the route of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan attack, and the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan would certainly not wait in Jiuquan City in vain, each seized a lot of territory, and fanned out a counter-encirclement of Zhou Zheng's Lanzhou defensive line.

In the eyes of Tuhuan and Khordu Khan, the reason why Zhou Zheng wanted to deploy the Lanzhou defense line was actually an act of avoiding war, and it was obvious that the Ming army under Zhou Zheng was not the opponent of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan soldiers on the battlefield, so they had to stick to a few cities.

Therefore, Tuhuan and Khordu Khan ordered their troops to seize the rest of the city, so as to counter the Zhou expedition, and secondly, to obtain supplies and replenish troops, etc.

Now the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan have successfully occupied the cities outside the Lanzhou defense line of Zhou Zheng, forming a left and right attack on Zhou Zheng's Lanzhou defense line, as long as Wen Du leads the army of Guanxi to attack Zhou Zheng's Lanzhou defense line, even if it is unable to capture Lanzhou City, where Zhou Zheng is located, Lanzhou City can be isolated, and then advance to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

In Tuhuan's view, the situation in front of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan was very good, and they were only one step away from breaking the last obstacle in front of the Ming Dynasty, and then the iron cavalry of the cavalry would gallop freely on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

I didn't feel any surprise at Khordu Khan's invitation, because it was a joint operation between the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, so the two often met for the war situation in the northwest, after all, the interests of both sides need to be coordinated by the two.

"Great Khan, I have good news for you, the envoy of Aqiu has captured Didao City in the south of Lanzhou City, Didao City is not only an important part of the Ming army's Lanzhou defense line, but also the southern gate of Lanzhou City, so that the Ming army's Lanzhou defense line has been missing a corner, and General Wendu can destroy it as soon as he arrives."

After seeing Hordu Khan, Tuohuan smiled and told him a good news, Lu Tianxing concentrated his troops to attack Didao City half a month ago, and finally broke through the heavily guarded Didao City two days ago, which made Tuohuan feel very excited, and I have to say that Ah Qiu is still very good at attacking the city.

"Wen can't come!" Hearing this, the corners of Hordurhan's mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile, and he said helplessly.

"Can't come?" At this time, Tuhuan noticed that there was something wrong with Holdu Khan's mood, and he couldn't help but show a shocked look on his face, he didn't know what was going on, and he didn't know that the battle situation in Kansai had changed dramatically at this time.

"The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Army arrived at the critical moment of the confrontation between Wendu and the Ming Zhongwu King in Dunhuang City, which made Wendu defeated and had retreated to Jiayu Pass, organizing troops to fortify at Jiayu Pass to prevent the Ming army from cutting off our way out of the pass."

Hordu Khan naturally knew that Tuhuan didn't know anything about the outcome of the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang, so he looked at Tuhuan with a serious expression, "Ben Khan invited Taishi to come this time to discuss the matter of retreating, as far as Ben Khan knows, the Ming army's northern expeditionary army has 200,000 people, plus the Ming army in Guanxi, the strength of the Zhongwu King has exceeded 300,000, and we are now suffering from the enemy!" ”

"How...... How so? Hearing this, Tuohuan immediately froze there, his face was full of shock, he never thought that Hordu Khan would give him such a big "surprise", and then looked at Hordu Khan blankly, "Northern Expeditionary Army? Where did the Ming army come from? ”

"As far as Ben Khan knows, the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty did not bring reinforcements when he came to Guanxi, but let the assembled 150,000 troops go north to Mobei!" Holduhan hesitated for a moment, and quietly answered Dehuan's question.

"Go north to Mobei?" Tuhuan was stunned, and then his face turned pale, although Hordu Khan did not say it explicitly, but he knew the meaning of Hordu Khan's words, the Ming army's Northern Expeditionary Army took advantage of the emptiness of Mobei's troops to end his lair.

"Taishi, it is imperative that we get out of the pass as soon as possible, if we are blocked by the Ming army in Guanxi, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us." Holduhan could understand Tuhuan's mood at this time, so he said in a deep voice.

"Great Khan, this Taishi will notify the withdrawal of troops." Tuhuan came back to his senses, he knew that now was not the time to be entangled in the situation in Mobei, so he groaned for a while and said to Holdu Khan with a gloomy face, "There should be carrier pigeons between Qinglong City and Lanzhou City to communicate, so the Zhongguo Gong of Lanzhou City must also know that our army was defeated in Dunhuang City, in order to prevent him from taking the opportunity to make trouble, we should retreat together." ”

"That's exactly what Ben Khan meant!" Hearing this, Khordu Khan nodded solemnly, if Zhou Zheng led his army to chase and kill them when they retreated, it would be a big trouble, not only would it cause a lot of losses to the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, but more importantly, it would slow down the process of their retreat, so the two countries must cooperate closely to get out of the customs smoothly.

At the same time, Lanzhou City, Lanzhou Wei commanded the envoy to the Yamen.

Zhou Zheng paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back and a serious expression, he didn't expect that the Northern Yuan would conquer Didao City so quickly, which made a gap in his Lanzhou defense line, and also made the south of Lanzhou City suffer from the threat of the Northern Yuan.

According to the last intelligence contact with Qinglong City, Lu Minen had already led the army to reinforce Li Yuntian, who was fighting with Wendu in the ancient city of Dunhuang, he did not know what the battle situation in the ancient city of Dunhuang was, if Li Yuntian was defeated, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the Lanzhou defense line could not stop the advance of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army.

"Yu Guogong, the carrier pigeon from Qinglong City is here." Just as Zhou Zheng was worriedly pondering the progress of the battle in the ancient city of Dunhuang, a guard hurriedly walked in and handed him a small piece of paper rolled together.

Zhou Zheng was refreshed when he heard this, and hurriedly took the small note and opened it to check, he knew that the small note must have recorded the results of the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang.

"Good! It's just great! After reading the contents of the note, Zhou Zheng couldn't help but look happy, and couldn't help but slam his fist on the table next to him, knocking down the teacup on the table, causing the tea to flow everywhere on the table.

"Go, bring all the generals in the city, and the public has important things to announce." Afterwards, Zhou Zheng said in a deep voice to the guard who delivered the letter that he wanted to tell the good news to the generals in the city to boost the morale of the army.

"Obedience!" Seeing that Zhou Zheng's mood suddenly became relaxed, the guard knew that there was good news from the Kansai side, and hurriedly bowed to Zhou Zheng and hurriedly left.

"Fusheng really deserves to be the first fierce general of my Ming Dynasty, and he actually took the time of the decisive battle just right, as soon as the Northern Expeditionary Army led by the Duke of Yi Guo arrived, Kansai was my Ming!"

After the guard left, Zhou Zheng couldn't help but praise Li Yuntian, thinking that Li Yuntian had accurately predicted the direction of the battle in Guanxi before going to Guanxi, otherwise the Northern Expeditionary Army would not have arrived in Guanxi so appropriately, and then helped Li Yuntian win the crucial battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang.

"Resurrection" is Li Yuntian's word, and Zhou Zheng is his father-in-law, so he naturally called it so, but the words of calling the prince seem to be angry.

Obviously, with Li Yuntian winning the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang, the Ming army in the northwest will change from strategic defense to strategic offensive, and now it is not the Ming army in the northwest that is a headache for Hordu Khan and Tuhuan, but the Ming army in Guanxi led by Li Yuntian.