"Wendu has an army of more than 200,000 people, how can he be defeated!"

"Reinforcements! Where did the Ming army in Kansai come from? ”

"If Kansai is lost, won't we fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy!"

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After a short silence, the generals on the scene suddenly exploded, in addition to the shock of the defeat of Wendu, more importantly, with the defeat of Wendu, the situation of the Timurid Empire in the northwest and the army of the Northern Yuan suddenly became bad.

Lu Tianxing stepped forward and picked up the urgent report that was slapped on the table by Ade, opened it and looked at it, the look on his face suddenly became more ugly, and then crumpled it into a ball and pinched it in his hand, because the content of the emergency report could not be shown to others, otherwise the army would be in turmoil.

In this urgent report from Tuhuan to Ade, he not only pointed out the origin of the Ming Northern Expeditionary Army, but also specifically pointed out that the Ming Army had swept Mobei, and the situation in the Northern Yuan Dynasty was extremely critical.

If the generals on the scene know that Mobei is already the territory of the Ming Dynasty, then the people will definitely be panicked, and I am afraid that they will collapse without a fight.

The reason why Tuhuan wanted to tell Ade the news of the loss of Mobei was because he was worried that the arrogant Ade would ignore it and continue to wage war in the northwest after learning that Kansai was occupied by the Ming army.

After all, Ade is now in high spirits and wants to make a big move, and there must be some resistance to the withdrawal of troops in his heart, and now Beiyuan has no time to waste, and he must withdraw from Jiayuguan as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

"General, according to this officer's opinion, our current decisive battle target is the Ming army in Guanxi, as long as it is eliminated by the Ming Dynasty, we will no longer be able to stop the pace of our army's eastward advance."

Lu Tianxing naturally knew the seriousness of the situation, and in order to avoid causing panic among the generals, he groaned for a while and said quietly, "Now that Taishi and Khordu Khan have mobilized troops to go to Jiayu Pass, our army should rush to support immediately." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming army in Guanxi is the main force of the Ming army, and after the battle with Wendu, it is the best time for our army to annihilate it, I hope you can work together to defeat the last reliance of the Ming army's stubborn resistance."

Ade knew that Lu Tianxing was stabilizing the morale of the army, how could Li Yuntian be so easy to deal with? Moreover, the Northern Yuan did not have the heart to spend with the Ming army in Guanxi, and the top priority for them was to rush back to Mobei as soon as possible to recover the territory captured by the Ming army, so he said with a gloomy face to Lu Tianxing's words, "The military strength of Xichagatai has been weakened with the defeat of Wendu, and the benefits obtained by our army in the Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty will increase significantly, and you will have endless glory and wealth at that time!" ”

Up to now, Ade can only use the wealth of Jiangnan to boost the morale of the generals, as long as the Northern Yuan and Timurid empires can easily enter the Central Plains and Jiangnan region of the Ming Dynasty after breaking through the Lanzhou defense line of Zhou Zheng, which is a huge temptation for the generals.

Sure enough, after listening to Ade's demagogic words, the generals on the scene showed excited looks, didn't they wait so long just to one day plunder the wealth of Daming Jiangnan?

After the discussion, Ade left expressionlessly, Lu Tianxing smiled and greeted the generals for a while before leaving, and went to see Ade with a cold expression.

After all, it is not an easy thing to withdraw troops, and now the defense line of the Ming army and the Northern Yuan and Timurid imperial armies is intertwined, and the Ming army must also know the result of the battle of the ancient city of Dunhuang, and the Northern Yuan army will be pursued and killed by it if there is a slight change.

For the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, the most important thing for them at present is to withdraw from Jiayu Pass, so as not to cause Li Yuntian to lead the army into the pass to close the door and fight the troops of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the northwest, so where can they have the energy to deal with the pursuit and killing of the Ming army under the command of Zhou Zheng.

When Lu Tianxing arrived at the study where Ade was, Ade was crackling and smashing things in the room, and he seemed to be sulking, and he waved his hand to a few guards guarding the door, and those guards left in a funny way.

"Privy Counsellor, what are we going to do next?" The inside of the room had been smashed by Ade, and when he saw Lu Tianxing coming, he couldn't help but ask, and then gritted his teeth and smashed his fist against the wall, "I didn't expect Wen Du to be so useless, ruining our big deal!" ”

"King Zhongwu is insidious and cunning, and he is scheming, if Wen Du were his opponent, he wouldn't have suffered a big loss in Sunset Valley last year!"

Lu Tianxing's face flashed with a look of loss when he heard this, he thought that Wenton could rely on his superior forces to maneuver with Li Yuntian in Guanxi, and drag Li Yuntian in Guanxi, but he never expected that Wendu was in a hurry to be led by Li Yuntian by the nose to wander around Guanxi, and then the whole army was wiped out in the ancient city of Dunhuang, so that the northwest Tuhuan and Khordu Khan were implicated, and had to turn from attack to retreat.

"General, according to this official, we must evacuate the northwest as soon as possible, the Ming army's Northern Expeditionary Army was uninjured in the Battle of Dunhuang, and once they enter the customs to fight, the situation of our army will be worrying."

Saying that, Lu Tianxing's expression became solemn, no wonder he and Gu Chen's intelligence network in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty did not find any trace of the reinforcements brought by Li Yuntian, it turned out that they quietly went north to Mobei, which was really unexpected by him, and he greatly admired Li Yuntian's move, and it also meant that Li Yuntian was confident about the war in Guanxi, otherwise he would never have made such a bold decision.

"I'm worried that those Ming troops will take the opportunity to chase and kill, and if they get entangled, we will be in trouble." Ard bowed slightly when he heard this, and then looked at Lu Tianxing worriedly.

His worries were not unreasonable, in the northwest battlefield, the troops led by Ade and Lu Tianxing advanced the most fiercely, and after capturing Didao City, they were in a state of facing the enemy on three sides.

Originally, because the Ming army in the northwest adopted a strategy of holding on to various cities, Ade and Lu Tianxing did not bear much military pressure, and now with the defeat of Wendu, the Ming army in the northwest will inevitably take action, and they are likely to suffer a fierce attack by the Ming army at that time.

"General, you lead the troops to take the first step, I will come to the palace, if the Ming army really attacks, I will have a good deal with them." Lu Tianxing groaned for a moment when he heard this, and quickly made up his mind, compared with Ade, he knew more about the tactics of the Ming army, and he was more suitable for this kind of maneuver.

"Privy Counsellor, thank you for your hard work." Ade knew that now was not the time to shirk humility, so he agreed without much thought, and said solemnly to Lu Tianxing, to be honest, no one is more suitable for the queen than Lu Tianxing.

After discussing the withdrawal with Ade, Lu Tianxing hurried back to the mansion where he lived, he had a lot of things to do.

"Your Excellency, this is a pair of jade Buddhas from the ancestral family of the lower officials, and the lower officials feel that they are not blessed, so they will be dedicated to the lords." When Lu Tianxing arrived home, a middle-aged man wearing a Ming five-grade official robe was already waiting in the living room, sitting there drinking tea, and when he saw Lu Tianxing, he hurriedly got up to greet him, bowed down and said with a flattering face.

As he spoke, the middle-aged man waved his hand to the two servants standing on the side, and the two servants came to Lu Tianxing with the two crystal clear red Buddha statues on the table next to him.

"Lord Zhao, I'm bothering you." Although the two red jade Buddhas were priceless, Lu Tianxing had the heart to appreciate them at this time, and after glancing at them, he smiled and said to the middle-aged man, if he didn't guess wrong, the two jade Buddhas were forcibly taken by the middle-aged man from the rich families in the city, and their purpose must be to curry favor with him.

This middle-aged man wearing a five-grade official robe is Zhao Youde, the same governor of Lintao Mansion, after the Northern Yuan Dynasty captured Didao City, the prefect of Lintao Mansion and the general who guarded Didao City and others were imprisoned for refusing to surrender.

Zhao Youde believed that the Northern Yuan and Timurid Empire had defeated the Ming army in Guanxi, and the Ming army in the northwest was also in danger, so he chose to defect to the Northern Yuan, and in the future, the combined forces of the Northern Yuan and Timurid Empire could have a good future after conquering the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Maybe others don't know Lu Tianxing's identity, but Zhao Youde knows that this privy envoy of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who is alias Ah Qiu is the second son of Duke Wei Guogong back then, so he tried his best to find a backer, and the future will be just around the corner.

"This is what the lower officials should do, and I hope that the privy envoy will give more support in the future." Seeing that Lu Tianxing accepted the two jade Buddhas, Zhao Youde couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on his face.

"Lord Zhao, in order to break through the Ming army's Lanzhou defense line as soon as possible, General Ade is ready to lead the army to attack the Ming army's cities around Lanzhou City and cut off the wings of Lanzhou City."

Lu Tianxing motioned for Zhao Youde to sit down, and then said quietly, "Di Dao City is very important as General Ade's rear, and this privy envoy hopes that Lord Zhao can help manage the government affairs of Di Dao City." ”

"The privy counsellor reassures your lord that the lower officials will do their best and live up to your trust." Zhao Youde was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

In his opinion, the sharper the offensive of the Northern Yuan, the happier he became, since he took refuge in the Northern Yuan, Zhao Youde knew that there was no way out, unless the Northern Yuan could win this war, otherwise the imperial court would definitely punish him severely.

In addition, Zhao Youde was full of joy that Lu Tianxing asked him to assist in the governance of Didao City's government affairs, so that he could not only get close to Lu Tianxing, but also be reused by Lu Tianxing, and could take advantage of this opportunity to gradually integrate into the officialdom of the Northern Yuan.

Seeing the joy on Zhao Youde's face, a subtle sneer flashed at the corner of Lu Tianxing's mouth, Zhao Youde couldn't have imagined that he was just a pawn to be used, and he didn't have a good impression of Zhao Youde, a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and a traitor for glory, and didn't care about Zhao Youde's life or death at all.

Zhao Youde naturally did not know that the battle situation had undergone major changes, and he felt good about Lu Tianxing's "reuse" of him, and immediately after returning to the Northern Yuan, he summoned the officials who surrendered to the Northern Yuan to arrange relevant matters, and seized the time to prepare a grand farewell ceremony to send off Ade to lead the army to "go on the march".

After Ade left, there were only 10,000 Northern Yuan soldiers and 20,000 Ming soldiers left in Didao City, after all, there were people who were greedy for life and afraid of death in every dynasty and generation who betrayed the country and defected to the enemy, and the reason why Mongolia and Manchu Qing were able to enter the Central Plains was to rely on those Han people who surrendered.

In the eyes of Zhao Youde and other surrender officials, this time is an excellent time to wait for the high-level leaders of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, especially Ye Xian, who is Tuhuan's favorite son, and their future careers can all rely on Ye Xian and Lu Tianxing.

After Ade led the army to leave Didao City, he immediately rushed to Jiayuguan to meet with Tuhuan and others, Tuhuan and Khordu Khan had led the army to Jiayuguan to support in order to prevent the Ming army from seizing Jiayuguan, and the sky over Jiayuguan was already covered with war clouds at this time, shrouded in the oppressive atmosphere of a big war.