The next day, Sunset Valley.

Unlike the lush valleys of the Ming Inland Region, although it is summer, the long Sunset Valley is bare, and the red sand is removed from the rocks, and there is no life at all, and the whole valley is terrifyingly quiet.

There is little rain in the Western Regions, so this peculiar landform of Sunset Valley has been formed, which is very common in the Western Regions, but it is very unusual for the guards from the mainland around Li Yuntian, and it is the first time they have seen this kind of desolate and unique and beautiful scene.

Li Yuntian stood on the top of the highest mountain in Sunset Valley, looking down at the whole Sunset Valley with a serious expression, he knew that tomorrow this quiet and barren place would become a bloody hell on earth, and he didn't know how many people would be buried here.

The long Sunset Valley is not just one road, its main road has several winding branches, forming a vein-like structure of leaves.

In Li Yuntian's view, Sunset Valley is the most suitable place for ambushes, and the long and oblique road will make it impossible for the pursuers of the Timurid Empire to give full play to their advantages, and once trapped in the valley, then the cavalry can only be used as foot soldiers, and the power is greatly reduced.

"Xianggong, do you think those pursuers will come here?" A moment later, Nuo Min, who was dressed in military uniform, came to Li Yuntian's side, glanced around at the whole picture of Sunset Valley, and then asked Li Yuntian.

"If I am the commander of the chasing army, then I will definitely chase over, Turpan City is guarded by the troops of the Northern Yuan, and it is not easy for the Monte Khan to pass, so first destroy the cavalry, and then turn around and attack the blocked Monte Khan with the North Yuan, this is the most reasonable way to play."

Li Yuntian smiled when he heard this, and there was a hint of heaviness in his tone, "Tomorrow's battle will definitely be extremely tragic, I don't know how many soldiers will sleep here!" ”

Because Sunset Valley is now an enemy-occupied area, far away from Kansai, and the weather is hot, the soldiers of the Kansai battalion of the Xiaowu Army who died in battle can only be buried on the spot, and their bones are left in a foreign land.

"Their sacrifice will save the lives of thousands of soldiers, and they will die as they deserve!" Nuo Min knew that Li Yuntian was concerned about the safety of the soldiers of the Guanxi battalion of the Xiaowu Army, so he opened his mouth to comfort him.

It is obvious that once Li Yuntian won the battle of Sunset Valley, then not only could Monte Khan and others pass through the defense area of the Northern Yuan army in Turpan City, but also have a significant impact on the future war situation, so that the generals of the Timurid Empire did not dare to rashly bypass Jiayu Pass and attack Daming before taking Qinglong City in Guanxi, thus ensuring the stability of the Daming region in Guannei.

"One will make ten thousand bones dry!" Li Yuntian couldn't help but show a helpless wry smile on his face when he heard this, if he had a choice, he naturally hoped that the world would never have to fight, but this was impossible, as long as there was an entanglement of interests, there would be a war breaking out, and in order to protect the territory and people of the Ming Dynasty, he had to fight against the enemy.

Nuo Min was silent for a moment, after getting along with Li Yuntian for all these years, she knew that Li Yuntian was actually not willing to fight and kill, if he had a choice, Li Yuntian would definitely go into business and become a successful businessman, but the cruel reality made Li Yuntian have to crawl in the officialdom and fight bravely on the battlefield, so as to gradually promote his reform of the Ming society.

"Hou Ye, Adjutant Li is here!" At this moment, a military attache hurried over and said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice.

"They came just in time." Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this, and said to Nuo Min on the side, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

At the mouth of the sunset valley, a group of panting soldiers of the Ming Western Expeditionary Army hurriedly entered the valley with their tired legs, and the leading general was An Yonghou Bai'an.

Yesterday afternoon, Monte and Bai An and their entourage arrived at a small town more than 100 miles away from Turpan City, where the whole army was stationed to rest.

After nightfall, Bai An quietly left the town with 10,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army and rushed to Sunset Valley, where they would be the killer weapon in Li Yuntian's hands to deal with the pursuing cavalry of the Timurid Empire.

Obviously, Li Yuntian would definitely concentrate the resources at hand to engage the cavalry of the Timurid Empire, and the reason why he chose Sunset Valley was that in addition to being suitable for ambushes, he also successfully limited the advantage of the cavalry, so that the infantry of the Western Expeditionary Army could be used.

Li Yuntian believed that the pursuing commander of the Timurid Empire could not have imagined that he was not trying to avoid the cavalry of the Timurid Empire, but to fight them to the death.

In order to confuse the pursuers of the Timurid Empire, and also for the sake of secrecy, Li Yuntian deliberately asked Li Zixi to secretly lead 10,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army to come to Sunset Valley late at night to rendezvous.

"Meet the prince." When Li Yuntian saw Li Zixi, Li Zixi, who was in the dust, was sweating profusely, and the clothes on his body had already been wet with sweat, and he asked in a deep voice after arching his hand to him, "Lord Wang, I don't know what our task is." ”

"Pass the order, and the whole army will rest." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, "The task given to you by this king is to eat and drink enough, recuperate, and prepare for tomorrow's big battle!" ”

"Obedience!" Li Zixi first bowed his hand to Li Yuntian, and then bowed to Nuo Min, who was standing beside Li Yuntian, and then left quickly to arrange the relevant matters of the 10,000 soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army he brought.

"Xianggong, Adjutant Li can finally take charge on his own now." Looking at Li Zixi's back, Nuo Min said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

Since Nuo Min's current identity is the military attache of the Xiaowu Army, she is no longer Li Yuntian's side concubine in public, and Li Zixi and the others naturally can't salute her.

This time, Li Yuntian asked Li Zixi to lead the army to Sunset Valley, obviously deliberately cultivating Li Zixi, you must know that several generals under An Yonghou Bai An are all highly qualified by Li Zixi, but Li Yuntian still chose Li Zixi.

It is worth mentioning that the 10,000 Western Expeditionary Army brought by Li Zixi this time is the people he brought back from Blue Leaf City with great difficulty, compared with the Western Expeditionary Army that stayed in Beishu Bali City, these 10,000 people can be described as the elite of the Western Expeditionary Army, otherwise Song Hai, the Duke of Wuguo, would let them be responsible for the safety of the artillery camp, and it would be difficult for Li Zixi to deal with the pursuing barbarians.

Because Li Zixi led the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army all the way and successfully withdrew to Beishu Bali City, Li Zixi had a very high prestige among the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army, and everyone was willing to look forward to it, so Li Yuntian asked Li Zixi to be the commander of the army, not for no reason to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

"Xianggong needs a talent like him, so that Xianggong can be more relaxed and not have to work hard." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, Li Zixi had already pacified the Japanese with him, as long as he experienced the battle of the Western Regions, he could release him to serve with peace of mind, presumably Li Zixi would become an excellent general.

"Xianggong, I heard that this pursuit was led by Wen Du, a famous general from West Chagatai, and this person has made great achievements in the southern and northern wars, I wonder if he knows that there is an ambush in Sunset Valley?" Nuo Min knew that Li Yuntian had great expectations for Li Zixi, and asked with some concern after smiling.

The Tanma sent by Li Yuntian already knew that it was Wendu, the famous general of the Timurid Empire, who led the 30,000 Timurid Empire's cavalry to chase after him.

According to the information that Li Yuntian had at hand, Wendu was very good at marching and fighting, and led the two major wars of the Timurid Empire against the Ottoman Empire and Egypt a few years ago, and the armies of the Ottoman Empire and Egypt lost their armor and won the respect of the Great Khan of the Timurid Empire.

Unlike in the early years of Yongle, this time the Timurid Empire did not give the Ottoman Empire and Egypt another chance, but annexed these two great powers like a storm, and then concentrated on attacking the Ming Dynasty, the Great Khan of the Timurid Empire wanted to complete the unfinished business of his grandfather Timur, conquer the Ming Dynasty, an eastern power, and restore the former glory of the Mongol Empire.

In fact, Wen Du had already dealt a heavy blow to Da Ming, causing Song Hai, the Duke of Wuguo, to procure in Blue Leaf City was the culprit of Wen Du, Wen Du planned a plan to lure the enemy into the depths, and gave him a fatal blow when Song Hai and others were lax.

However, Wen Du made a mistake, that is, to let Li Zixi lead the soldiers of the artillery battalion to successfully escape, and the artillery that he originally wanted to capture became a pile of scrap iron, which made him very uncomfortable, so he led the forward troops to Beshi Bali City, preparing to capture or eliminate Li Zixi and others, so that in his opinion, the battle of Blue Leaf City ended successfully.

It was precisely because of this that Li Yuntian and Wen Du, the two military commanders of the Ming and Timurid empires, unexpectedly encountered in advance, and then launched the first battle between the two.

"This person is arrogant and arrogant, and he won the battle in Blue Leaf City, so he still despises Xiang Gong quite subconsciously, thinking that Xiang Guild will run away from the wilderness, and he will definitely not think that Xiang Guild will fight him to the death in Sunset Valley." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and answered Nuo Min confidently.

Before coming to the Western Regions, he had already carefully reviewed all the information he had collected related to the Timurid Empire, especially several high-ranking and powerful ministers of the Timurid Empire, and he had put in great effort to ponder them, including Wendu.

Wendu has never been defeated on the battlefield, is the victorious general of the Timurid Empire, and has the reputation of "God of War", whether it is the Ottoman Empire or Egypt's troops were defeated by the army of the Timurid Empire under his command, and fled, the Battle of Blue Leaf City made his reputation rise to the peak.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, Wen Du must have wanted to capture him very much this time, and he must have thought that he would flee in the face of 30,000 Timurid imperial cavalry, and it was obvious that if he was captured or died here, it would have a very adverse impact on the Ming Dynasty.

It was precisely because of this that Li Yuntian concluded that the conceited Wen Du would never have thought that his purpose was actually to fight to the death with him, so naturally he would not pay attention to the ambush in Sunset Valley, and he would definitely be impatient to continue the pursuit through Sunset Valley, so as not to be run away by himself.

Li Yuntian happened to take advantage of Wendu's psychology to set up an ambush in Sunset Valley, and to wait for labor to catch Wendu off guard, and give him a fatal blow when the pursuers of the Timurid Empire were tired.

Nuo Min's eyes couldn't help but light up when she heard this, she liked Li Yuntian's calmness and self-confidence in grasping the overall situation, with Li Yuntian by her side, although she was in the enemy-occupied area, she never worried, because she knew that Li Yuntian would definitely succeed in taking everyone back to Guanxi Qinglong City.