After receiving Zhou Zheng's summons, the generals of the Ming army in Lanzhou City rushed to the Yamen of Lanzhou Wei Command Envoy one after another, and chatted in the living room about the current battle situation in the northwest, and the atmosphere seemed a little dull and depressing.

As the senior generals of the Ming army, they already knew the news of the loss of Didao City, and they never expected that the Northern Yuan would be able to capture Didao City, which was guarded by tens of thousands of defenders, in such a short period of time, making the southern gateway of Lanzhou City wide open.

To tell the truth, the Ming army in the northwest faced the fierce Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army, and only held on to the city for self-protection, and had no ability to fight it in the field.

Therefore, the generals of the Ming army in the northwest were all looking forward to the reinforcements of the Xiaowu army, but they did not see any reinforcements left and right, and Zhou Zheng did not mention this matter, which made them quite depressed.

Although these generals did not want to admit it, after the defeat of the Western Expeditionary Army, only the Xiaowu Army of the Ming Dynasty could compete with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army on the battlefield, and the troops of the local guard were really unable to resist head-on on the battlefield.

"You say, did something happen to King Zhongwu's reinforcements?" In the midst of everyone's discussions, a general couldn't help but say worriedly, now all the hopes of the Ming Army in the northwest are pinned on the reinforcements led by Li Yuntian, but now the reinforcements are not even a shadow, and this cannot but make people feel worried and anxious under the current difficult situation in the northwest battlefield.

"Will King Zhongwu let those reinforcements go outside the pass?" Hearing this, another general tentatively asked, according to common sense, it is impossible for Li Yuntian's reinforcements not to come to Guanxi, since those reinforcements did not appear in the northwest, then the only explanation is that the reinforcements went outside the border and arrived in Guanxi through the grassland.

The so-called Guanwai here refers to the area north of the Outer Great Wall, and although this road is more difficult to walk, it has very good concealment.

"You say, will King Zhongwu send troops to take the Northern Yuan's lair in Mobei?" Without waiting for the generals to answer, a tall and thin general hesitated and made a bold guess.

The speculation of the thin and tall general is not unreasonable, the reinforcements that Li Yuntian should have brought have not been traced, if he had gone outside the pass, it stands to reason that he should have gone to Kansai to participate in the war, but there was no news of the arrival of reinforcements in Kansai, so he guessed whether the reinforcements would take advantage of the emptiness of Mobei's troops to sweep the foundation of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and contact the northern border of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

"Others may not do this, but the use of troops by King Zhongwu is very speculative, otherwise why is there no news of reinforcements now?" The speculation of the thin and tall general immediately aroused the approval of a burly general, who also believed that Li Yuntian was very likely to send reinforcements to attack the lair of Mobei Beiyuan.

"No wonder I can't see reinforcements, I went to Mobei!"

"King Zhongwu uses soldiers like a god, and we are really ashamed."

"Except for King Zhongwu, I'm afraid no one dares to make this risky move?"

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The remarks of the two immediately resonated with the generals on the scene, and they all talked about it, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why Li Yuntian's reinforcements had not yet been found.

"Loyal to the country!" Just when the generals were talking, the loud voice of the guards came from the door, and Zhou Zheng walked in.

"Grandpa Guo!" Seeing this, the generals in the room all stood up and saluted.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time my father has summoned everyone to come here, and there is good news to tell you!"

After taking the first seat in the living room, Zhou Zheng glanced around at the people who were looking at him at the scene, and after a deep groan, he said loudly, "King Zhongwu won the important Battle of Dunhuang in Guanxi with the assistance of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Guanxi is now controlled by our Ming army!" ”

Hearing this, there was a dead silence in the living room, and everyone was stunned by this sudden bombshell news, and they couldn't help but look at each other, and they didn't react to what happened for a while.

Seeing this, a smile suddenly flashed at the corner of Zhou Zheng's mouth, the news of the victory in the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang was undoubtedly an incredible victory for the generals who did not know the existence of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who would have thought that Li Yuntian, who had been at a disadvantage in Guanxi, would be able to turn against the guest overnight and take the land of Guanxi into his pocket.

"Grandpa Guo, when did the imperial court form the Northern Expeditionary Army?" After a while, there was a commotion in the living room, and the generals present all became excited and excited, and one of the generals asked Zhou Zheng excitedly, they had never heard of the Northern Expeditionary Army before.

"The Northern Expeditionary Army is the reinforcements formed by the King of Zhongwu, the King of Zhongwu believes that although the situation of the Battle of Guanxi is critical, the official army of Guanxi and the northwest is enough to deal with it, and the biggest enemy of my Ming Dynasty is none other than the Northern Yuan, and now the Northern Yuan Xingshi has moved the people to attack my Ming, and the King of Zhongwu in order to solve the Northern Yuan once and for all, so he let the Northern Expeditionary Army secretly go north and swept the nest of the Northern Yuan in Mobei."

Under the suspicious gaze of everyone, Zhou Zheng smiled slightly and said in high spirits, "As long as our army exterminates the enemy who is attacking this time, then the Northern Yuan will become yesterday's yellow flower and no longer exist!" ”

"Grandpa Guo, as long as you give an order, the lowly people will swear to drag the enemy in the northwest to the death, and when the Zhongwu King leads the army into the pass, they will become turtles in the urn, and there is no escape!"

Zhou Zheng's words suddenly raised everyone's interest again, and a senior general sitting at the bottom left of him bowed to him and said in a deep voice.

Obviously, the Ming army in Guanxi has the strength to compete with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan coalition army on the battlefield, as long as Li Yuntian leads the army into Jiayu Pass, then the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army will be attacked by the enemy in the face of the Ming army with absolute superiority, and the Ming army in the northwest will also have a place to use under the cover of the Ming army in Guanxi.

"Grandpa Guo, please give an order!" When the rest of the generals heard this, they bowed to Zhou Zheng in unison and said that if the people of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were allowed to escape, then the Ming army in the northwest would lose their adults and lose face.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, we have made a great contribution to holding the enemy army in the northwest for such a long time." Zhou Zheng knew the thoughts of the generals, so he said with a smile, "King Zhongwu thinks that the soldiers have worked very hard after days of fighting, and now that the victory of the Ming Dynasty is imminent, there is no need to fight hard with the enemy, so he decided to let him go out of the pass, and then concentrate his forces to destroy the remnants of the Northern Yuan!" ”

"Our mission is to restore order in the occupied areas as soon as possible after the enemy has fled, as well as to garrison Jiayuguan." As he spoke, Zhou Zheng Yufeng turned around and said, "In addition, our army will send troops to assist the officers and troops in Guanxi to intercept the Northern Yuan, and we must annihilate the remnants of the Northern Yuan!" ”

Knowing that the Ming army in the northwest will also join the war in Kansai, and it is also an important battle to eliminate the remnants of the Northern Yuan, the generals on the scene have a bright eye, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to establish meritorious deeds, and it is likely to be the only time to make meritorious contributions, so everyone wants to go to Kansai to participate in the war, so they looked at Zhou Zheng's eyes were full of hot looks.

"This duke has decided that the task of this battle will be handed over to the soldiers who are guarding Jiayu Pass." Zhou Zheng knew very well in his heart that assisting Li Yuntian in encircling and suppressing the Northern Yuan army this time was basically the last battle in which the Ming army in the northwest participated, so he quietly announced it after glancing around at the generals present.

In Zhou Zheng's view, the Ming army that fought bloodily in Jiayuguan paid a lot, so this honor should belong to them and enjoy the joy of annihilating the Northern Yuan.

The generals bowed their heads when they heard this, although the generals who were defeated felt lost in their hearts, but Zhou Zheng's approach was understandable, the defenders of Jiayuguan were the most casualties in the Ming army in the northwest, and no one was qualified to compete with them.

A day later, the city of Didau.

Di Dao City is the seat of Shaanxi Province's political envoy Si Lintao Mansion, so taking Di Dao City not only has important military value, but also has great political significance.

The army stationed in Lintao was 30,000 Northern Yuan soldiers and 20,000 soldiers of the Great Horde Khanate and 20,000 servants of the Western Regions.

It was Lu Tianxing's idea to capture Didao City, and Ade didn't have hope at the beginning, after all, there were 50,000 Ming troops stationed in Didao City, which was more than enough to defend the city.

However, if Ade is a good hand in a head-to-head confrontation on the battlefield, then Lu Tianxing is good at attacking cities, and as a result, it only took ten days under his command to break through Di Dao City, and forcibly tore open the gap in the Lanzhou defense line laid by Zhou Zheng.

In the next step, Ade and Lu Tianxing discussed, preparing to clean up the Ming army cities around Lanzhou City, as long as they were broken one by one, then Lanzhou City would become an ancient city, and there was nothing to fear.

"Report, Master Taishi is in a hurry!" On this morning, just as Ade and Lu Tianxing were convening the generals in the army to discuss the next main city, a guard hurriedly broke into the room and knelt down on one knee in front of Ade, "General, this urgent matter is urgent!" ”

Seeing this situation, everyone at the scene looked curiously at the urgent mail held by the guard, and they didn't know what would happen to Tuohuan at this time, so they used 100,000 urgent express mail, even if Ade was in the latrine, they had to deliver the urgent mail to him.

Lu Tianxing's brows furrowed slightly, it was obvious that it was definitely not a good thing for Dehuan to send a letter to Ade in a hurry with 100,000 at this time, could it be that something happened in Kansai? Other than that, he really couldn't think of anything that could so alarming Dehuan.

"Rubbish!" Under the gaze of everyone, Ade, who was checking the urgent item, gradually turned pale, and finally slapped the urgent item in his hand on the table, and couldn't help but scold, "What god of war, it's completely a waste of dim sum, so many people didn't even take a small Dunhuang City, but in the end, they waited for the reinforcements of the Ming army to wipe out the whole army, it's really a waste!" ”

Hearing this, the generals on the scene were in a commotion, no one thought that Wen Du would be defeated in Kansai, before that, Wen Du had formed an overwhelming advantage over Li Yuntian in Kansai, chasing Li Yuntian all over the world, but in a blink of an eye, he was defeated by Li Yuntian, which was really shocking.

Lu Tianxing's fists were clenched together, and the expression on his face became extremely ugly, this news was extremely bad for him, he never imagined that Wen Du was so unbearable that he did not take Li Yuntian, and then put the troops of the Northwest Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan in a dangerous situation.