When the Shanxi Governor Imperial History vigorously investigated the case of Nuo Min in Taiyuan City, Li Yuntian and Nuo Min had already embarked on the road to Guanxi and galloped non-stop.

Nuo Min sneaked out to the Western Regions this time to see the unique customs and customs of the Western Regions, secondly, he was worried about the safety of Narsa, the relationship between the two was the best in the Zhongwu Palace, and thirdly, he wanted to fight side by side with Li Yuntian like Lei Ting.

Since Nuomin has already come, Li Yuntian can't drive her back, with Nuomin's character, he will never go home obediently, and it will be even more troublesome if she secretly runs to the Western Regions to find Narsa.

According to the information that Li Yuntian had, since the Timurid Empire immediately moved eastward after defeating the Western Expeditionary Army in Blue Leaf City, Narsa and a number of high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate were likely to be trapped in Beshbali City, so it was very dangerous for Nuomin to go there.

Although Lei Ting did not go to the Western Regions, she sent Lin Xin to Li Yuntian's side, responsible for Li Yuntian's daily affairs such as food, clothing, and daily life, and assisted Li Yuntian in handling the official documents at hand.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Xin did not go to the Western Regions with Li Yuntian, but rushed to Xi'an City, where the Shaanxi Political Envoy Division, the Shaanxi Envoy Division and the Shaanxi Metropolitan Department were located, and secretly went to meet the chief officials of the Shaanxi Third Division, the governor of Shaanxi, and the imperial history of Shaanxi.

The Shaanxi Political Envoy can be said to be the closest direct jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty to the Western Regions, so the war in the Western Regions must be indispensable to the assistance of the Shaanxi Political Envoy, and at the same time, the army of the Shaanxi Political Envoy will also shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding Jiayu Pass.

When Li Yuntian and his entourage rushed to Xi'an City, the political envoys from Shaanxi to the left and right, the envoys from Shaanxi Province, the commanders of Shaanxi Prefecture, the Shaanxi Governor and the Shaanxi Governor all went to meet Li Yuntian's residence.

In order to avoid leaking the news, Li Yuntian did not live in the yamen or the inn, but asked Lin Xin to find a residence, otherwise the appearance of these high-ranking and powerful people in Xi'an City would definitely attract the attention of the outside world.

Because the Western Regions are far away from the border of Shaanxi and communication is inconvenient, the officials of the Third Division of Shaanxi did not know about the fiasco of the Western Expeditionary Army in the Western Regions at this time, and they felt panicked and uneasy about Li Yuntian's cold coming to Xi'an City.

When Li Yuntian explained his intention to the anxious Shaanxi officials, everyone was taken aback, and no one could have imagined that the Western Expeditionary Army, which had won successive victories some time ago, would disappear in an instant, so that Li Yuntian had to rush to Guanxi to take charge of the town and resist the eastward advance of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Alliance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is an extraordinary time, and this king hopes that all of you will perform your duties, tide over the difficulties together, share the worries of the emperor, and seek benefits for the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Yuntian knew that the news of the defeat of the Western Expeditionary Army had a great impact on the psychology of all the officers in Shaanxi, once the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan coalition army went south, then the only thing that Shaanxi could use to resist its troops was Jiayuguan, and if Jiayuguan was breached, then there would be no military force in Shaanxi that could stop its iron cavalry from moving forward, so he said with a serious expression:

"Whoever dares to leave his post without permission and violate the law and discipline will be severely punished by this king!"

"Don't worry, I will do our best!" When all the adults in Shaanxi heard this, they first glanced at each other, and then bowed down and said in unison.

The day before Li Yuntian's arrival, they received an official letter from the Ministry of Rites in the capital, and they already knew that Li Yuntian had been appointed as the "imperial envoy", and that those below the third rank could be dismissed on the spot, and those below the fifth rank could be cut off first and then played.

From this point of view, in addition to the commander of the Shaanxi Prefecture, other officials in the Shaanxi Prefecture can be dismissed by Li Yuntian, and this is a huge deterrent to the officials of Shaanxi officialdom, large and small.

Obviously, once Li Yuntian is dismissed from his official position, even if he can escape the catastrophe, his career will be ruined, and this is not just who dares to use the person who has been dismissed from his official post by Li Yuntian, but the position in the officialdom is a radish and a pit, and once he leaves his post, he will be taken over by other officials immediately, and he can only become an alternate official and helplessly wait for the transfer of the officials.

Due to the urgency of the military situation, Li Yuntian only stayed in Xi'an City for one day, and arranged their respective tasks to the chief officers of the three divisions of Shaanxi, for the Ming soldiers fighting in the Western Regions, Shaanxi is their rear, so logistics matters are very important, and at the same time, it is necessary to strengthen military defense forces.

For this reason, Li Yuntian had already drawn 10,000 troops from the neighboring Henan Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture and Sichuan Prefecture to come to Shaanxi on the grounds of strengthening the logistics and transportation route of the Western Expeditionary Army through the military cabinet, although these 30,000 soldiers could not fight the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army head-on on the battlefield, but it was a good choice to defend Jiayu Pass.

Li Yuntian also had no choice, and all the military forces at hand were to be placed in the Guanxi region to fight a decisive battle with the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan coalition army, so the strengthening of the defense of Jiayuguan depended on the transfer of troops from the local guards.

In order to avoid arousing local suspicion, Li Yuntian only transferred 10,000 people from the Henan Metropolitan Division, the Sichuan Metropolitan Division, and the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, and under the banner of strengthening the security of the transportation routes of the Western Expeditionary Army, no one would doubt this.

After all, in the propaganda of the imperial court, the Western Expeditionary Army continued to advance westward in the Western Regions, and the battle line was bound to be very long, so it was necessary to strengthen the military strength at this time to ensure the safety of the logistics and transportation routes.

In fact, just as Li Yuntian expected, the Shanxi Metropolitan Division, the Henan Metropolitan Division, and the Sichuan Metropolitan Division did not have the slightest suspicion of the Military Pavilion's intention to transfer troops after receiving the military cabinet's order to transfer troops.

Everyone knows that the food and welfare of the Western Expeditionary Army refer to the Xiaowu Army, and they are only responsible for the safety of the logistics line and do not need to go into battle to fight, and they can also earn military merits, so why not.

However, the military pavilion has strict requirements for recruiting soldiers this time, as long as the young and middle-aged are not old, weak, sick and disabled, after all, the environment in the Western Regions is relatively harsh, and those weak soldiers cannot withstand the wind and sand.

In Li Yuntian's plan, Jiayuguan and Qinglong City in Guanxi were the two most important military strongholds in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, as long as these two places could be held, then the armies of the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty would not be able to enter the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Ming army of Qinglong City would cut off his supply route and attack it back and forth.

A few years ago, when Li Yuntian invested heavily in setting up the Xiaowu Army Guanxi Camp in Guanxi, he received a lot of criticism, thinking that he was doing this too much, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even the kings of all dynasties and dynasties did not invest too much energy in the Western Regions, and that desolate place was not only far away but also of no value at all.

But now Qinglong City, the base of the Guanxi camp of the Xiaowu Army, has become a military center for the Ming Dynasty to resist the Timurid Empire and the eastward advance of the Northern Yuan, which makes Zhang Fu and Yang Shiqi have to admire Li Yuntian's long-term vision, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

On the second day of Li Yuntian's departure, Xi'an City once again welcomed an important guest, Zhou Zheng, a member of the military cabinet and a loyal prince, was also a light car, and only came with a dozen entourages.

The purpose of Zhou Zheng's trip was to sit in Jiayuguan, and now the war situation in the Western Regions had endangered the safety of the Ming Dynasty, so the Empress Dowager Zhang decided to send the most capable nobles in the court to Li Yuntian for dispatch.

In addition to Zhou Zheng, Zhang Hao, the Duke of Yiguo, and Niu Shihao, the Marquis of Anping, will also participate in the battle in the Western Regions, but the two did not come directly to the Guanxi region, but led the Mongolian soldiers, Jurchen soldiers and 150,000 horses of the Datong battalion of the Xiaowu Army to the north, preparing to take advantage of the main force of the Northern Yuan to gather in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate to wave the army to Mobei, destroy the old nest of the Northern Yuan, and then go south into the Guanxi region to meet Li Yuntian.

For a long time, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty entrenched in Mobei have been Li Yuntian's troubles, and now that the Northern Yuan has taken the initiative to invade the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian naturally wants to take this opportunity to sweep the nest of the remnants of the Northern Yuan in Mobei, and then recover Mobei.

After learning that Mobei was attacked by the Ming army, the Northern Yuan would undoubtedly make two choices, one was to return to the division to rescue, which would reduce the pressure on the Ming army in the Western Regions, and the other was to sit back and ignore the war in the Western Regions, so that Zhang Hao and Niu Shihao could successfully clear the remnants of the Northern Yuan in Mobei.

In Li Yuntian's view, no matter which choice the Northern Yuan made was quite beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty was on the defensive in the Western Regions and had a strong city defense to rely on, and the Northern Yuan troops staying in the Western Regions would only gradually lose their troops.

Li Yuntian's hand of "encircling Wei to save Zhao" can be described as thrilling in the eyes of Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng, originally the Ming army had few troops in the Western Regions, and Li Yuntian went the opposite way to attack the lair of the Northern Yuan, which was really unexpected by everyone.

In fact, the reason why Li Yuntian did this was done after careful consideration, not on a whim, first, he was full of confidence in the Ming army to defend Qinglong City and Jiayuguan.

Second, it is because the Hala Helin area, the Hetao area and the Uliangha area absorbed a lot of Mobei Mongols in those years, and the vulture Polo Shang, one of the three major leaders of Mobei Warat, moved his Huite Department from Mobei to Monan a few years ago, but there are still some people left in Mobei, which can be said to be very familiar with the environment of Mobei, which is convenient for the Ming army to clear and suppress.

Moreover, the main force to recover Mobei this time is the Mongol soldiers, so the resistance encountered in Mobei will be much smaller, which will make those small and medium-sized tribes in Mobei choose to surrender instead of confrontation.

Li Yuntian now not only has to consider the situation in the Western Regions, but also has an eye on the future, taking the opportunity to recover the Mobei region where the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are entrenched in one fell swoop, so as to eliminate the hidden dangers that have plagued the northern Ming Dynasty for many years.

To tell the truth, even Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng did not expect that Li Yuntian's strategy for the Western Regions not only has passive defense but also active attack, I am afraid that no one in the Ming Dynasty dares to do this except Li Yuntian, in case the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan coalition army capture Jiayu Pass, then the southwest region of the Ming Dynasty will fall into the hands of the enemy, and the entire Ming Dynasty will fall into a panic and chaos, and no one can afford this responsibility.

But then again, the reason why Li Yuntian dared to do this was because he knew the battle situation in the Western Regions well, otherwise he would never have taken such a big risk to divide his troops and march into Mobei.