Timur, the king of loyalty, watched coldly from the debate where the senior generals of the Seven Guards of Kansai took the lead, and it is not difficult to see from the attitude of those generals that some people wanted to take refuge in the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, while others chose the Ming Dynasty.

The generals who chose to take refuge in the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan came from the Aduanwei and Qu Xianwei, who intersected with the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the Chijin Mongol Wei, who intersected with the Northern Yuan boundary, and stayed away from the Ming Dynasty on the territory.

It is worth mentioning that although Shazhou Wei also intersected with the boundary of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which was far away from the Ming Dynasty, because the Qinglong Camp of the Xiaowu Army in Guanxi was in Dunhuang of Shazhou Wei, the connection between Shazhou Wei and the Ming Dynasty became increasingly close, and the senior generals of Shazhou Wei naturally stood on the side of the Ming Dynasty for their own interests.

Andingwei has always been close to Shazhou Wei Guanxi, and has also obtained a lot of benefits from the Qinglong camp of the Xiaowu Army Guanxi, although its geographical location is closer to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but driven by interests, it also chose the Ming Dynasty.

As for Han Dongwei, it is connected to the Ming Dynasty, and it is the largest of the seven guards in Kansai under the influence of the Ming Dynasty, so it is necessary to choose the Ming Dynasty from both economic and military point of view, otherwise it will be a piece of cake for the Ming Dynasty to repair it.

Although it is located at the northwest end of the Guanxi Seven Guards and the Turpan region of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and is separated from the Jiayu Pass of the Ming Dynasty by Handongwei and Shazhou Wei Chijin Mongol Wei, it is closer to the Ming Dynasty.

The reason for this is that Hami and Turpan have been in a state of hostility for more than half a century in order to compete for territory, and the two sides have attacked each other.

Although Hami's strength is not as good as that of Turpan, Hami has been attached to the Ming Dynasty, although it is only the nominal territory of the Ming Dynasty, but this is enough to make Turpan jealous, once a forced large-scale attack will easily cause a diplomatic dispute between the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Ming Dynasty.

Although Turpan's power is increasing day by day, it is still subject to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, after all, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate also strives to maintain a strong military force in the headquarters, and the Yarkand region is also subject to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which makes Turpan dare not act rashly.

It is precisely because of the special geographical location and situation of Hami that it is difficult for Hami's Zhongshun King and Zhongyi King to make a choice, from the current situation, the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan have the upper hand, the Ming Dynasty will be on the defensive in Guanxi, and the Guanxi region will soon be captured by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, and if the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan are not surrendered, Hami will suffer a catastrophe.

This is also what the Kansai Qiwei is worried about, at that time, the Kansai region will become the world of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty except for the Qinglong City, and if the Guanxi Qiwei does not surrender, they can only fight guerrillas as Li Yuntian said, evade the pursuit of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, and wait for the Ming Dynasty to gather troops to counterattack.

Whether to choose the Ming Dynasty or the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan coalition naturally depends on who on both sides can win the battle of Kansai.

If the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan won this war, then no matter whether the Ming Dynasty can win the victory in the end, after experiencing the war with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, I am afraid that they will no longer be able to take care of the Kansai region, and they will definitely shrink the Jiayu Pass, and the Kansai region will fall under the control of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, and it will be difficult for the Kansai Qiwei generals who chose the Ming Dynasty to return to the Kansai from now on.

If the Ming Dynasty won the Battle of Kansai, then it would definitely drive away the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan after the reinforcements arrived, and then recover the lost territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which would not only strengthen its rule over Kansai, but also have a huge impact on the Western Regions.

Now, the Ming Dynasty is on the side of absolute disadvantage in Guanxi, if it were not for the existence of Qinglong City, the armies of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan would have directly arrived at Jiayu Pass, or bypassed Jiayu Pass to attack Daming.

Although the high walls of Qinglong City are thick and easy to defend and difficult to attack, coupled with the 100,000 Ming troops led by the Zhongwu King, who ranked first among the Ming nobles, the Ming army was still too weak in the face of the 600,000 menacing Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan coalition army.

Once the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan adopted a strategy of besieging but not attacking Qinglong City, but concentrating their forces to attack Jiayu Pass, then Qinglong City would become a useless isolated city of the Ming Dynasty in Guanxi.

The only good news is that Zhou Zheng, the father-in-law of King Zhongwu and the Duke of Zhongguo of the Ming Dynasty, has led reinforcements to Jiayuguan, and is in full swing to arrange the defense of Jiayuguan, and the defenders of Jiayuguan have soared from 10,000 to 180,000.

In order to hold Jiayu Pass, Zhou Zheng withdrew 30,000 from the original few defenders in the capital when he left the capital, and vigorously extracted the young and middle-aged children of the military households of Shanxi Dusi, Henan Dusi, Sichuan Dusi, Shaanxi Dusi and Shaanxi Xingdu Si along the way to the Western Regions, which almost made these five Dusi and Xingdu Si lose their combat effectiveness.

After all, the Western Expeditionary Army had already withdrawn a lot of troops from the Shanxi Division, Henan Division, Sichuan Division, Shaanxi Division, and Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and now they were "looted" by Zhou Zheng again The young and middle-aged children who had not yet served in the military household were "looted" again, resulting in almost all the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers left behind by the local guards.

Zhou Zheng can't do anything about this, he naturally hopes that his subordinates will have elite soldiers to guard Jiayu Pass, and under the premise that the main forces of the Shanxi Capital Division and the Shanxi Capital Division and the Xingdu Division have been transferred by the Western Expeditionary Army, he can only call those young and middle-aged children to practice day and night.

Fortunately, Zhou Zheng only held Jiayu Pass this time, and did not need to clash with the enemy head-on on the battlefield, which prevented those recruits from collapsing on the battlefield, and then attracted a bloody massacre, and also gave Zhou Zheng time to reorganize and train them.

To tell the truth, the biggest advantage in Zhou Zheng's hands is that he has enough food and grass, so that the soldiers can eat and drink enough every day, so that those recruits can be motivated to practice.

And in order to boost morale, Zhou Zheng has released the rumor, all those who fight bravely and bravely kill the enemy will be transferred to the Xiaowu Army, which is a huge temptation for the soldiers, and now the military households of the Daming Guard Army who do not want to become the military households of the Xiaowu Army, not only are they well treated but their families can also live a life of abundant food and clothing, but there is no chance.

Although Zhou Zheng couldn't manage the Xiaowu Army, he was Li Yuntian's father-in-law, and the soldiers naturally believed his words, so they were full of enthusiasm and wanted to take this opportunity to join the Xiaowu Army.

In fact, when Zhou Zheng left Beijing, he specially asked the orthodox emperor for a holy decree, and all the soldiers who fought bravely in Guanxi could move their family members from the local capital to the name of the Xiaowu army, which meant that even if they died in battle, their families would benefit.

Although it is said to be this holy decree of the orthodox emperor, but the nodding is naturally the Empress Dowager Zhang, the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family only knew that the Xiaowu army could fight well, and only after Zhou Zheng invited this holy decree did she realize the huge influence of the Xiaowu army in the Ming army, I am afraid that it has become the spiritual pillar of the Ming army, as long as the Xiaowu army is undefeated, then the Ming soldiers will be full of confidence in defeating the enemy.

It is worth mentioning that although the Xiaowu Army is in the hands of Li Yuntian, the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family is not worried that Li Yuntian will do things that are harmful to the interests of the royal family, not only because there are many sons of the royal family and nobles in the Xiaowu Army who serve as middle-level and grass-roots military attachés, but more importantly, the Xiaowu Army has always put the emperor's holy decree in the first place.

Take the incident when Emperor Xuande was bewitched and wanted to kill Li Yuntian, Emperor Xuande used the holy decree to transfer the Xiaowu Army Firearms Battalion to Juyong Pass very smoothly, but Li Yuntian knew nothing about this matter, which is enough to show that the Xiaowu Army is loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager Zhang also knew that Li Yuntian had been deliberately controlling the size of the Xiaowu Army, and Emperor Xuande actually wanted Li Yuntian to vigorously develop the Xiaowu Army after the defeat of the Northern Expedition to Mongolia, after all, the combat effectiveness of the Weisho troops made him quite disappointed, but Li Yuntian persuaded Emperor Xuande, so the guards of the Shanbei Military Region and the Liaodong Military Region were reorganized, and their strength was more than twice that of the local Xiaowu Army battalion.

In addition, several large battalions of the Xiaowu Army are far away from the capital, and the only suburban camp in the capital is still outside the capital, which cannot pose a threat to the capital at all, so the Empress Dowager Zhang is very relieved of Li Yuntian, she believes that no one in the Ming Dynasty is more suitable than Li Yuntian to control the Xiaowu Army and the martial arts hall.

In the view of Timur, the king of loyalty, whether Zhou Zheng can successfully hold Jiayu Pass is very important, otherwise if Jiayu Pass is broken by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, then Qinglong City will lose its role in Guanxi, and Li Yuntian will either be trapped to death or forced to lead his army out of the city to fight against the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan.

Moreover, because Qinglong City was surrounded by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan, when Li Yuntian knew the news that Jiayuguan had been breached, I was afraid that the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army had already reached Beizhili, and it was too late for him to rescue.

Therefore, whether Jiayuguan can be held is the key to the battle of Guanxi, which is why Zhou Zheng did not lead the army to Mobei to sweep the nest of the Northern Yuan Dynasty but went to Jiayuguan.

"What do you think of this, King Zhongyi?" Soon, a general present broke the silence of the scene, and asked Timur in a deep voice, except for Ha Miwei, the other six guards of the seven guards in Kansai have already expressed their attitudes, and now it depends on Ha Miwei's choice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king asks you, do you believe in the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty, or do you believe in the Taishi of the Great Yuan?" Timur groaned for a while, raised his head and glanced at the generals on the scene who were looking at him with a serious expression, and asked quietly.

As soon as these words came out, the scene fell into silence again, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and their faces showed a solemn look.

Timur had expected this to be the case, so he slowly took a large bright red grape from the fruit bowl on the side, threw it into his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

He knew very well in his heart that Beiyuan privately sent someone to contact the Kansai Qiwei to try to win over the Kansai Qiwei, although the Kansai Qiwei was nominally the Ming Dynasty's guard, but the outside world never looked at it that way, everyone knew that this was just an expedient measure by the Kansai Qiwei in order to protect themselves, and the Ming Dynasty's sphere of influence in the southwest was in the area east of Jiayu Pass, and Kansai was the world of the Kansai Qiwei.

Hamiwei was naturally the focus of the Northern Yuan's wooing, and the Northern Yuan envoys made a lot of promises to the King of Zhongshun and the King of Zhongyi, the most important of which was to help Hamiwei deal with Turpan and seize the land in the east of Turpan for Hamiwei.

If it had been changed in the past, the Northern Yuan would not have spared no effort to buy the Guanxi Seven Guards, although the Guanxi Seven Guards had 100,000 horses but they were distributed throughout the Guanxi region, and few of them were united, and it was not difficult for the Northern Yuan to capture them one by one, and there was also the army of the Timurid Empire to assist on the side.

However, now the person guarding the Qinglong City in Guanxi is Li Yuntian, so Beiyuan has to pay attention to the Guanxi Qiwei, in case the soldiers and horses of the Guanxi Qiwei are used by Li Yuntian, then it will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the future war, so he vigorously wooed the Guanxi Qiwei.

Not only that, in order to show sincerity, Beiyuan also sent a lot of valuable gifts to the seven guards of Kansai, among which the gifts to Hamiwei were the most valuable, followed by Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei and Chijin Mongolian Wei, and finally Shazhou Wei, Andingwei and Handongwei.

It was precisely because of this that the generals of Aduanwei, Qu Xianwei and Chijin Mongol Wei were inclined to defect to the Northern Yuan, and it was clear that the Northern Yuan would be able to secure their interests once the Ming Dynasty was defeated in Guanxi.

What Timu said just now can be said to be the crux of the current situation of the Kansai Qiwei, that is, whether the Northern Yuan will fulfill its promise at that time, don't look at what the Northern Yuan is saying now, if they regret the annexation of the Guanxi Qiwei, they will want to cry without tears.