"You should know that my Ming border has always been harassed by the Northern Yuan, although a few years ago the Ming Dynasty saw the Northern Yuan rush to Mobei, but in the long run this has always been a scourge."

Seeing Ale and Meng suddenly looking at him dumbfounded, Li Yuntian pondered for a moment, and said with a serious expression, "The collusion between the Northern Yuan and the West Chagatai to invade our Ming Dynasty this time is a clear proof of doing a good job, so this king took advantage of the empty army of Mobei to seize it and completely eliminate this hidden danger." ”

"The reason why this king did this was because he was full of confidence in Qinglong City and Jiayuguan, believing that they could hold back the Timurid Empire and the army of the Northern Yuan until the return of the army that had an expedition to Mobei."

As he spoke, Li Yuntian turned around and looked at Ale and Meng Hu quietly, "Two generals, do you know how Jiayu Pass was breached?" ”

"I've heard that a lot of people died." Meng suddenly came back to his senses first, because he did not participate in the attack on Jiayu Pass, so he didn't know the specific things, only knew that the corpses in front of Jiayu Pass were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.

"Lord Yu, the humble post was in Jiayuguan at that time, and the commanders of the Western Chagatai and Northern Yuan were simply crazy, first driving the people to attack the city, and then letting the Western Regions army that surrendered them attack the city, while their army was supervising the battle in the back, and shot on the spot with a slight retreat."

Ale's face showed a complicated look, and after a deep groan, he said with palpitations, "The lowly post is lucky, because it arrived at Jiayuguan relatively late, so when it was the turn of the humiliation to attack the city, the Jiayuguan was broken, and the lowly post was able to escape, and later bribed a cronie of the chief general of the West Chagatai, so that he was able to stay in Guanxi." ”

Ale was a smart man, and from the Jiayuguan incident, he saw that the servant army was used as cannon fodder by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, so he did not hesitate to bribe a high-ranking general of the Timurid Empire, and was sent to Guanxi by him, so as not to become tragic cannon fodder.

It's just that Alwan never expected that he would be captured by the Ming army in the ancient city of Dunhuang, and then fell into Li Yuntian's calculations, and had to have a decisive battle with the upcoming Wendu and others.

"Two generals, since you have already attached yourself to my Daming, then now you are my Daming's allies, and this king will not let you die in vain."

Li Yuntian didn't expect Ale to come back from Jiayuguan, and he couldn't help but think highly of him in his heart, he could anticipate the danger in the future and successfully get out of danger, this Ale was really not simple, he knew that Ale and Menghu were most worried about using them as cannon fodder, so he said to the two with a serious expression, "You will defend the city with my Ming army, regardless of each other!" ”

"Lord Wang, is this true?" Hearing this, Ale's face immediately turned overjoyed, and he looked at Li Yuntian with a concerned expression, which was what he and Meng Hu were most worried about.

"This king's words always count." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, nodded to Ale, and said, "If someone wants to let you die in vain, you can come to this king." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Ah Le and Meng Su glanced at each other, feeling that Li Yuntian didn't seem to be lying, so they bowed to Li Yuntian.

After greeting Ale and Meng Hu for a while, Li Yuntian asked the two to retreat and go back to the camp to appease the panicked soldiers.

"Brother Ale, do you think King Zhongwu is lying to us, the so-called northern expedition to Mobei is a fictitious thing?" Before the breakup, Meng Hu couldn't help but ask Ale in a low voice, he always felt that what Li Yuntian said was too bizarre, making him feel a little ethereal, as if he was in a dream.

"The reason why King Zhongwu wants to stick to the ancient city of Dunhuang is to hold down Wendu and his party, and he will feel that he will not joke with his life to defend a meaningless city." Ah Le groaned for a while, and said with emotion, "King Zhongwu is really powerful, I can't wait for the dust!" ”

Meng suddenly felt that Ale was reasonable, and nodded secretly, if Li Yuntian did not have reinforcements, I am afraid that he would not stick to the ancient city of Dunhuang, if Li Yuntian escaped, Wen Du would not be able to catch up at all, but he did not do so, so the Ming army's reinforcements to the north to Mobei are true.

With the arrival of Ale and Monhu, the captives of the two prisoner-of-war camps finally learned that the rumors were true, and Ale and Monhu fooled the King of Amman and caused them to break with the Timurid Empire once and for all.

Ale and Menghu reassured their soldiers and told them that the Ming reinforcements were coming and that they would win the final victory.

As for the origin of the reinforcements, both Ale and Meng Hu kept it a secret, and it was obvious that it was not yet the time to announce the Ming army's reinforcements to the north, so it was better that only two of them knew about it at present.

In fact, no matter whether Ale and Meng Hu were appeased or not, the soldiers under the two knew that they had no way to retreat, and they had no choice but to follow Da Ming.

At the same time, the prisoners of the two prisoner of war camps were also freed and placed in the large camps in the east and west of the city, respectively, according to Li Yuntian's plan, they would be mixed with the Ming army to defend the ancient city of Dunhuang, so that there would be no situation where they would be used as cannon fodder.

When the Ming army in the ancient city of Dunhuang and the newly attached servant army of the Western Regions were in full swing to prepare for war, at noon the next day, Wen Du led a large army to appear outside the south gate of the ancient city of Dunhuang.

Wen Du rode a white high-headed horse, looking at the soldiers of the Ming army and the Western Regions servant army standing on the city wall expressionlessly, he originally thought that Li Yuntian had already run away, but he never expected that Li Yuntian would still stay in the ancient city of Dunhuang, and put on a stubborn posture.

"General, something is wrong, why didn't the Ming army escape?" Just when Wen Du was secretly guessing Li Yuntian's intention to stay in the ancient city of Dunhuang, a general rode a horse to the front and said with a frown.

Obviously, Li Yuntian, who had been far behind Wen and the others, did not need to stay after resting in the ancient city of Dunhuang, and now the generals of the Timurid Empire already knew that Li Yuntian was powerful, so they were very vigilant against this abnormal situation.

"Is the King of Amman trapped in the city?" Wen Du groaned for a moment when he heard this, turned his head and asked a Timurid military attache on the side, this military attache was sent by the Yumen guard of the Timurid Empire to find Wendu, wanting Wendu to rescue the captured King of Amman.

"General, the King of Amman rested in the city that night, and did not evacuate afterwards." When the Timurid military attache heard this, he bowed to Wen Du and replied in a deep voice.

Therefore, the king of Amman must be in the city, but his life and death are unknown, and it is not known whether he is still alive or not.

After the Ming army captured the ancient city of Dunhuang, both the Yumen Pass and the enemy forces besieging Qinglong City received the news, but they could not do anything about it.

Because neither the enemy army at Yumen Pass nor the enemy army besieging Qinglong City had enough troops to attack the ancient city of Dunhuang, which was guarded by tens of thousands of people, and they were also facing pressure from the Ming army.

There are two famous passes in Dunhuang, one is Yumen Pass, the other is Yangguan, although the army of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty occupied Yumen Pass, but Yangguan is still in the hands of the Ming army, there are 20,000 horses stationed in it, and the Yumen Pass has virtually formed a deterrent.

Although the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army besieging Qinglong City had 100,000 troops, they could not all be used to attack the ancient city of Dungui, otherwise the Ming army in Qinglong City would definitely follow and attack, and they would be attacked by the enemy at that time.

Moreover, the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army besieging Qinglong City were now on the defensive, fearing that Li Yuntian would attack them, in which case they would definitely be attacked from the front and rear.

Therefore, on the border of Kansai, the only person who can save the King of Amman is the army of Wendu.

"Guess if King Chungmu is in the city?" Compared with the life and death of the King of Amman, Wen Du was now more concerned about Li Yuntian's whereabouts, and after a deep groan, he asked the surrounding generals.

With Wendu's understanding of Li Yuntian, as long as the King of Amman did not die in the battle that night, then he must still be alive, because Li Yuntian would not kill him easily, so the situation of the King of Amman was actually safe.

From this point of view, Li Yuntian's whereabouts are very important, and Wen Du wants to find out whether Li Yuntian is in the ancient city of Dunhuang, which is very important for his next plan.

If Li Yuntian was in the ancient city of Dunhuang, then he would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to capture people, and he would definitely go all out to attack the ancient city of Dunhuang.

If Li Yuntian had already left the ancient city of Dunhuang, there would be no need for Wendu to stay here, but to march eastward, gather the troops besieging Qinglong City, and then go to Jiuquan City to join Hordu Khan.

Wen Du did this not because he didn't care about the life and death of the King of Amman, but because he expected that the disadvantaged Ming army would not kill the King of Amman, as long as they defeated the Ming in the future, then the King of Amman would be free.

How did those generals know whether Li Yuntian was in the ancient city of Dunhuang, and they couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, this question was really unanswerable to them.

"Go, tell the people of the city that they are going to see King Chungmu, and ask him to come and see him." Wen Du didn't have any hope for those generals, and after glancing around at the scene, he quietly ordered, "In addition, find some people who know King Zhongwu and identify whether the person who appears is King Zhongwu!" ”

"The general is wise!" Hearing this, the surrounding generals were all dazzled, and they all opened their mouths to pat their ass, I have to say that Wendu's idea is indeed good, as long as King Zhongwu appears, he can know whether he is in the city.

The ancient city of Dunhuang.

"Lord Wang, the commander of the enemy army, Winton, invites the Lord to go to the city to meet him!" When Li Yuntian was gathering the generals in the city to discuss the defense matters, a guard walked into the room quickly and said in a deep voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, go with this king to meet the god of war of the Timurid Empire." Hearing this, the corners of Li Yuntian's mouth showed a subtle smile, and he said in a deep voice to the generals present, how could he not understand Wen Du's intentions and wanted to know if he was still in the city.

However, this is exactly what Li Yuntian needs, he wants to clearly tell Wen Du that he is in the ancient city of Dunhuang, so that Wen Du will inevitably order the army to attack.

In Li Yuntian's opinion, the strength of the ancient city of Dunhuang was sufficient to deal with the offensive of Wendu, and he had to firmly drag the people of Wendu here, so that they could not meet the enemy army entering Jiayu Pass.