As the saying goes, the shadow of a person's famous tree, when he learned that the person who captured the ancient city of Dunhuang was the famous Ming Zhongwu King, the prisoners of the three prisoner of war camps in the city suddenly became honest, and no one wanted to provoke Li Yuntian, which made the prisoner of war camp orderly.

Li Yuntian did not stay long in the ancient city of Dunhuang, and after resting for three days, he led his army to leave and advance to Guazhou in the northeast.

Before leaving, Li Yuntian ordered the grain and grass hoarded in the ancient city of Dunhuang to be burned, but left ten days' rations for the prisoners in the prisoner of war camp.

The day after Li Yuntian and his entourage left, Wen Du, who received the news, personally led 100,000 reinforcements from the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty to the ancient city of Dunhuang, but they were greeted by burned grain and grass and the prisoners who were waiting in the prisoners of war.

To Wendu's surprise, although the Ming army had left, the prisoners in the prisoner of war camp did not leave the prisoner of war camp, and it was lunch time when the reinforcements arrived, and many prisoners were lazily lying on the ground basking in the sun after eating their stomachs.

It was not that the prisoners did not want to leave the prisoner of war camp, but they had to stay in the camp because Li Yuntian transported all the food and grass they needed to the prisoner of war camp and selected personnel to manage it.

The grain in the ancient city of Dunhuang has been burned by Li Yuntian, and since the prisoners have food and drink, whoever is full of food and supports them will leave the prisoner of war camp, in case they encounter the lives of the Ming soldiers who stayed to monitor them.

In fact, there is another important reason why those prisoners do not leave the camp, that is, Wendu came too quickly, and there was not enough time for those prisoners to leave the camp at all.

Compared with the meek prisoners of war in the ancient city of Dunhuang where grain and grass were burned and the prisoner of war camp, what shocked Wen Du even more was that the chief general of the Ming army who led the army to capture the ancient city of Dunhuang turned out to be Li Yuntian.

Wen Du thought at first that this was just the external propaganda of the Ming army that captured the ancient city of Dunhuang and wanted to confuse his vision, but some Northern Yuan generals and soldiers in the prisoner of war camp swore that the person who led the Ming army to capture the ancient city of Dunhuang was the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty, which made his mind blank, and he couldn't react to what happened for a while.

Yumen Pass.

After leaving the ancient city of Dunhuang, the armies of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty withdrew to Yumen Pass, which not only had a strong city defense, but more importantly, hoarded grain and grass, enough for the army to consume for a while.

At this moment, in a courtyard in the Yumen Pass, Tuhuan was pacing back and forth restlessly.

Since coming to Yumen Pass, Tuhuan has been paying attention to the movements of the ancient city of Dunhuang, because he and Khordu Khan do not dare to act rashly because they do not know the situation of the ancient city of Dunhuang, and the scouts sent to investigate have not moved for a long time.

Compared with Khordu Khan, Tuhuan knew more information, and he suspected that the Ming army attacking the ancient city of Dunhuang this time was the Ming army reinforcement that disappeared without a trace last year and should have come to the Western Regions with Li Yuntian.

Although Tuhuan sent many people to investigate, there is still no whereabouts of the reinforcements, as if they have evaporated from others.

Now, the ancient city of Dunhuang was suddenly attacked by the Ming army, so except for the group of Ming army reinforcements whose whereabouts are unknown, he really can't think of which Ming army dares to do this.

It is worth mentioning that to this day, Khordu Khan still does not know about the disappearance of the Ming reinforcements, and Tuhuan has no intention of telling him at all, after all, the Northern Yuan and the Timurid Empire are both collaborators and competitors.

"See Taishi." Just when Tuhuan was secretly guessing the identity of the Ming army who had attacked the ancient city of Dunhuang, a Northern Yuan general suddenly hurriedly walked in and bowed to him.

A young Mongolian woman followed behind the Northern Yuan general with her head bowed, and knelt on the ground when she saw Tuohuan.

"How did you get here? What happened to Blue Dragon City? Tuhuan was taken aback when he saw the Northern Yuan general, and hurriedly asked.

This Northern Yuan general was his confidant, and he was sent to Qinglong City to monitor Taiping, but he didn't expect to appear at Yumen Pass.

"Taishi, General Wendu learned that the ancient city of Dunhuang was captured by the Ming army and led the army to clear it, and the humble post also went with him, but the Ming army had already fled when the humble rank and others arrived, and it was confirmed by the humble post that the Ming army who attacked the ancient city of Dunhuang would be the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty." The Northern Yuan general bowed slightly to Tuhuan and said in a deep voice with an expressionless face.

"What, the commander of the Ming army who attacked the ancient city of Dunhuang will be the loyal king of the Ming Dynasty?"

Tuohuan was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help muttering to himself, his face was full of shock, looking unbelievable, in his impression, Li Yuntian has always been in Qinglong City, could it not be the ancient city of Dunhuang that flew with wings.

"Taishi, I didn't believe it at first, but some soldiers who participated in the war in Liaodong recognized King Zhongwu, and it is certain that it was indeed him!"

The corner of the Northern Yuan general's mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile when he heard this, who would have thought that Li Yuntian had already left Qinglong City, so that Wen Du led more than 200,000 troops to stay outside the city stupidly.

"Grain and grass! Has the food and grass in the city been saved? After the initial shock, Tuohuan suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but ask the Northern Yuan general, the grain and grass in the ancient city of Dunhuang are very important, and it is related to whether they can cross the east and enter Jiayu Pass.

To tell the truth, the grain and grass of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty have been able to last until now, which is completely beyond Li Yuntian's imagination, and it seems that both the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan have carefully prepared for the grain and grass.

However, there is one thing that neither the Timurid Empire nor the Northern Yuan can change, that is, raising grain in the Kansai and Western Regions is a painful matter, so grain and grass are very important to both the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan.

Once the grain and grass in the ancient city of Dunhuang had an accident, then the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army in Guanxi would be seriously affected, it is obvious that the Ming army would adopt the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness north of Lanzhou and not leaving them a grain of grain, and no grain and grass would be very unfavorable to the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, after all, there were still hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

"The grain and grass were burned by King Zhongwu!" Hearing that Tuhuan mentioned grain and grass, a wry smile suddenly appeared on the face of the Northern Yuan general.

"This bastard!" Hearing this, Tuohuan immediately punched his leg, and said with a pale face, In this way, the army of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty will face a shortage of food and grass.

"Taishi, don't we still have a batch of grain and grass reserves in Hami City, and transferring them is enough to make up for the shortage of grain." Seeing that Tuhuan was angry, the Northern Yuan general said tentatively.

The Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty mainly hoarded grain and grass in Guanxi in two places, one place is the ancient city of Dunhuang east of Yumen Pass, and the other place is Hami City west of Yumen Pass.

"It seems that this is the only way." Tuhuan's face was cloudy for a while, and then he said hatefully, there is no good way to do it now, only to use the grain and grass in Hami City, otherwise they will lose their efforts.

But in this way, the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty will have no way to retreat, once they are defeated in this war with the Ming Dynasty, then there will be no chance to retreat.

No, to be exact, the Timurid Empire's army is over, without the support of grain and grass, they can't return to the country at all, in order to fight with the Ming army, the countries in the Western Regions have been plundered by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, where is there any surplus food to provide them.

The Northern Yuan were different, they could go north and retreat to the grassland, the grassland was their territory, and they could get supplies from it, and as long as they reached Mobei, they would be saved.

"Who are you?" Thinking of this, Tuhuan's mood gradually became calmer, and his eyes fell on the Mongolian woman kneeling there.

"Taishi!" When the Mongolian woman heard this, she looked at Tuhuan pitifully.

"Are you alright?" When he saw the Mongolian woman's appearance clearly, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.

Although this Mongolian woman is just a maid by Tuhuan's side, she is actually undoubtedly with her concubine, and she is deeply favored by Tuhuan, if it weren't for the fact that she was not with Tuhuan when the ancient city of Dunhuang was captured, Tuhuan would definitely take her away.

"Taishi, the slave maid thought that she would never see Taishi again." The Mongolian woman fell into her arms, sobbing and saying, looking weak and delicate.

"Now it's all over, it's all over." Tuhuan hugged the Mongolian woman and comforted her softly, showing that she was very fond of her.

"Taishi, the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty is really too arrogant, he even said in public that he let you run away last time, and this time he will definitely catch you and bring you to justice." After sobbing for a while, the Mongolian woman looked up and said to Tuhuan.

"Hmph, don't be ashamed to say it, this Taishi will definitely make him regret it." Hearing this, Tuohuan's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and then he said with a sneer.

Now that Li Yuntian has left Qinglong City, he will definitely become the prey of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, as long as Li Yuntian is caught, then the morale of the Ming army will definitely plummet, and the Lanzhou defense line of Zhou Zheng alone will not be able to resist the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Army.

"By the way, Taishi, the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty also said that he wants to give you a gift, and you will receive it after a while." The Mongolian woman breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, it seemed that she was not afraid of Li Yuntian, and then remembered an incident.

"Gifts?" Tuhuan's brows suddenly furrowed, he didn't think that Li Yuntian was going to give him a gift, so he asked the Mongolian woman quietly, "Did he say what kind of gift it was?" ”

The Mongolian woman shook her head when she heard this, which made Tuhuan's heart sink suddenly, it was obvious that Li Yuntian's "gift" was definitely not a good thing for him, God knows what Li Yuntian was calculating.

"Do you know where King Chungmu fled?" After appeasing the Mongolian woman, Tuhuan asked her to retreat, and then asked the Northern Yuan general who came to report the news with a serious expression.

"I went to Guazhou, and General Wendu has already led his troops to pursue, wanting to take down King Zhongwu." The Northern Yuan general bowed down and replied in a deep voice.

"Guazhou!" Tuhuan's brows furrowed, and then he said coldly to the Northern Yuan general, "You go and tell the Taiping Privy Envoy and ask him to divide 50,000 troops to assist General Wendu in encircling and suppressing King Zhongwu!" ”

In Tuhuan's view, this is an excellent opportunity to seize Li Yuntian, and it must not be wasted, as for the Ming army in Qinglong City, the remaining 100,000 Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army are enough to deal with it.

Obviously, Li Yuntian had taken away the most elite troops in Qinglong City, and the rest were difficult to compete with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army in the field.

With Li Yuntian's departure, the strategic position and value of Qinglong City in Tuhuan and others have plummeted.