In the evening, in a magnificent mansion in Qinglong City, the senior generals of the Seven Guards of Kansai gathered together to discuss how to deal with the military orders given to them by Li Yuntian.

According to Li Yuntian's military order, in order to ensure that the forces were put into the counterattack in the coming year, Li Yuntian asked the main force of the Guanxi Seven Guards to avoid the menacing Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army, and to use the advantage of familiar geographical advantages to use guerrilla warfare to deal with it.

What is particularly important is that Li Yuntian asked the Naxi family to move into Qinglong City for refuge in the name of protecting the families of the senior generals of the Guanxi Qiwei, which made the generals of the Guanxi Qiwei feel a little embarrassed, and it was obvious that Li Yuntian was taking their family members hostage.

Since Li Yuntian was the supreme commander of the Ming Army in Guanxi, and the Seven Guards of the Guanxi Province were to be under his control, the generals of the Seven Guards of the Guanxi Province had no reason to refuse Li Yuntian's reasonable order.

Li Yuntian was also quite helpless to make this decision, the Guanxi Qiwei has been between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Northern Yuan and other military powers in the Western Regions, this battle of the Guanxi is extremely important, in order to make the Guanxi Qiwei make up his mind to follow the Ming Dynasty, he had to adopt this method.

In fact, when Li Yuntian first arrived in Qinglong City, he had already ordered the senior generals of the Guanxi Qiwei in the name of the Western Expeditionary Army, asking them to move their families to Qinglong City or Jiayu Pass to temporarily avoid military disasters, but to this day, none of the senior generals of the Guanxi Qiwei have moved their families here.

Therefore, Li Yuntian personally ordered this time to dispel the luck psychology of the Kansai Seven Guards, and at the same time, it was also a solid step in resolving the complicated situation in the Kansai region.

The so-called Seven Guards of Guanxi refers to the seven guards set up by the Ming Dynasty in the west of Jiayu Pass, also known as the "Northwest Seven Guards" and "Mongolian Seven Guards".

The reason why it is called "Mongolian Seven Guards" is because the leaders of the Seven Guards are all Mongolian nobles, namely Andingwei, Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei, Handongwei, Shazhouwei, Chijin Mongolian Guards and Hamiwei Seven Guards.

In fact, in addition to nominally returning to the Ming Dynasty, the Seven Guards of Kansai are actually seven countries in the Western Regions, the most powerful of which is Hamiwei, also known as Hami.

Among the seven guards in Guanxi, Andingwei, Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei, Handongwei and Shazhou Wei were under the jurisdiction of Xining Wei, the capital of Shaanxi Xingdu of the Ming Dynasty, and Shazhou Wei, Chijin Mongolian Wei and Hamiwei were under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Wei, the capital of Shaanxi Xingdu of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the Handongwei and Shazhouwei, which were originally nomadic in the northern part of Qinghai Lake, the Andingwei, Aduanwei, Shazhouwei, Qu Xianwei and Hamiwei distributed in the land of Saliwuer, the western part of Hexi, Hami and other places were all transformed from the nobles of the Chagatai Khanate.

Therefore, the Kansai Seven Guards are related to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate by blood, but it is strange that the Kansai Seven Guards took refuge in the Ming Dynasty instead of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the reason for this was to prevent being annexed by the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

However, in recent years, with the rise of the Turpan tribal power, it was the Turpan people who really posed a threat to the Seven Guards of Guanxi, and the control of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate over the Turpan region became weaker and weaker.

The reason why the generals of the Seven Guards of Kansai gathered together to discuss was naturally because they didn't want to send their family members to Qinglong City, everyone knew that in that case, those family members would become hostages in Li Yuntian's hands.

As a local force sandwiched between the three great powers of the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the left and right sources are naturally the way of survival of the Guanxi Qiwei, in order to avoid being annexed by the three countries, they can only keep a certain distance from them, and this time Li Yuntian made it clear that he wanted them to make a choice.

"King Zhongyi, this time King Zhongwu made it clear that he wanted to pull us to the Ming army as a backing, so that we could fight with the people of Xichagatai and Dayuan on the battlefield, we must not be fooled."

"King Zhongyi, we can't send our family here, otherwise we won't be led by King Zhongwu in the future."

"King Zhongyi, you Hami is the strongest in Kansai, you have an idea, what should we do."

"In my opinion, none of us should bring our family members here, and it will be perfunctory to find an excuse."

"Now that Xichagatai and Dayuan have gathered nearly a million troops to the east, although the Ming Dynasty is strong, it is not necessarily an opponent, so we can't act rashly."

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The people in the room gossiped and said to Timur, the loyal and righteous king of Hamiwei, that among the seven guards in Kansai, not only the strength of Hamiwei is the strongest, but also the status of its leader, and he was successively crowned two princes by the Ming Dynasty, one is the loyal king of Timur, and the other is the loyal and obedient king Bu Da Li.

Among them, the prince of Zhongshun in Bu Ta lost is the main title of the imperial court to Ha Miwei canonization, hereditary replacement, as for the loyal king Tuhuan Timur, because Bu Ta lost Li when he succeeded to the throne too young to sort out the national accident and the Ming canonized him as the king of loyalty to perform state affairs, is a lifetime of the king.

The so-called Mingzhe self-preservation, the Kansai Seven Guards did not want to intervene in the unprecedented scale of the war between the Timurid Empire, the Northern Yuan and the Ming Dynasty, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but only wanted to preserve their strength to protect themselves.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, don't be impatient!" Seeing that the senior generals of the Seven Guards of Kansai were emotional, Timur, the king of loyalty, pressed down with both hands and said loudly.

When everyone at the scene heard this, they suddenly quieted down, and they all looked at Timur waiting for him to come up with an idea, they didn't want to be cannon fodder in this war in the Western Regions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this war in the Western Regions is different from the past, even if we can perfunctory the Ming Dynasty, then the Western Chagatai and the Great Yuan will force us to attack the Ming Dynasty, they will not be as polite as the Ming Dynasty, then we are afraid that we will have to fight to the death for them."

After glancing around at the scene, Timur, the king of loyalty, said with a solemn expression, "Therefore, now we must make a choice, whether to stand on the side of the Ming in this war." ”

The senior generals of the Guanxi Seven Guards couldn't help but glance at each other, and the meaning of Timur was obvious, the Seven Guards of Kansai could not escape the war between the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Timurid Empire, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so they let everyone choose a side, that is to say, they were more optimistic about who could win the war in the Western Regions.

"More than 400,000 Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty have been defeated, relying on the surprise attack of King Zhongwu to barely get back a game, and now there are only 100,000 Ming troops in Qinglong City in Kansai, and the combined army of West Chagatai and Dayuan has reached 600,000, and King Zhongwu will not be able to win the battle of Kansai even if he can fight again!"

Soon, a tall general groaned for a while, and said to everyone present, "In my opinion, it is better for us to take refuge in Xichagatai and the Northern Yuan, so as not to follow the Ming army to die in vain." ”

The people in the room heard the rumors and bowed their heads, the two defeats of the Ming Western Expeditionary Army in Heishui City and Blue Leaf City buried the main force of the Ming army, and the Guanxi Qiwei had entered the North Zhili from the Fallen Horse Pass, and had an understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Ming Guard's troops, so they did not think that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty could withstand the Timurid Empire and the army of the Northern Yuan.

What is particularly important is that the Great War of Kansai is imminent, Li Yuntian only has 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and has to retreat to Qinglong City, and once the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan break through the Qinglong City, then not only the Kansai will become the world of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, but the Ming Dynasty will also lose the most powerful protective barrier in the southwest.

This is extremely bad for the Ming Dynasty, the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan can choose to storm Jiayuguan to attack the Ming Dynasty, or they can choose to bypass Jiayuguan to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will be completely passive at that time.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, the Ming Dynasty has a very small chance of winning in the Battle of Kansai.

"I don't think so, Qinglong City has thick walls and plenty of grain and grass, and if the Ming army holds the city, it will be enough to hold out until next year."

Just when everyone was moved by the tall general's words, another stout general opened his mouth to express a different opinion, and said loudly, "As King Zhongmu said, the expedition of the Western Chagatai and the Great Yuan Labor Division, once the Ming Dynasty delays the battle of Kansai until next year, then their grain and grass will be unsustainable, and the situation of the war will change at that time." ”

"I heard that the Ming Dynasty has mobilized hundreds of thousands of reinforcements to reinforce Jiayuguan, including the most elite Xiaowu army, if this is the case, then it is not known who will die in the battle of Guanxi." As soon as the stout general's words fell, a bearded general said that his position was on the side of Daming.

The bearded general's words made the generals present commotion, and whispered to each other, although the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty was defeated, but the most elite Xiaowu Army was still there.

"I'm afraid that King Zhongwu just said that, if Daming really has so many reinforcements, at least a batch of reinforcements should have arrived by now, but after such a long time, Daming's reinforcements are still nowhere to be seen, so it can be seen that this may be King Zhongwu is bluffing."

An emaciated general with gray hair put down the teacup in his hand, cleared his throat and said, "Now that the Ming Dynasty has suffered a fiasco in the Western Regions, and the troops of the Ming Dynasty Jinggi have been transferred to the Western Expeditionary Army, resulting in an empty army, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely transfer the Xiaowu army to defend the capital, how can they be sent to Guanxi to participate in the war?" ”

"It is also said that the Western Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty has almost exhausted the troops of the Gyeonggi Governor's Office, the Shanbei Military Region and the Liaodong Military Region, and if the Western Chagatai and Dayuan go through the grassland to attack the Ming Jinggi, then the capital of the Ming Dynasty will be in danger."

Hearing this, the generals in the room felt that it made sense, thinking that the orthodox emperor would not dare to send the Xiaowu army out in this situation, after all, the north of the Ming Dynasty Gyeonggi is only two Great Wall defense lines, once it is breached, the capital will be in a siege dilemma, and the orthodox emperor will naturally keep the Xiaowu army to protect himself.

As for the combat effectiveness of the Daming Guard's army, the generals of the Guanxi Seven Guards have already been taught, and they really dare not compliment, not to mention the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, even the Kansai Seven Guards can also kill the Ming Guard's army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, King Zhongwu is a generation of famous generals, since he dares to come to Kansai, he must have already had a proper response, and there are powerful firearms to help, it is not easy for Xichagatai and Dayuan to capture Qinglong City, and if it falls into a stalemate, it will be extremely unfavorable to Xichagatai and Dayuan."

At this time, a general who looked a little elegant spoke up and reminded the generals present in a deep voice, "Everyone, once the West Chagatai and Dayuan are short of food and grass, then they will definitely set troops to loot in Guanxi, how can you and I stop it at that time?" If they want us to attack Blue Dragon City, how will we respond? ”

With the words of this elegant general, the scene suddenly fell silent, if it were them, they would definitely let the soldiers of the Seven Guards of Kanxi use them as cannon fodder to attack Qinglong City, and they would also let their soldiers loot and raise grain and grass in Kansai, and if the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan did this, they would not be able to prevent this from happening.