At the end of May, a dusty army appeared under the city of Guazhou, and the defenders in the city of Guazhou obediently opened the city gate and surrendered when they saw that the other side was outnumbered.

"Greetings to the prince." Sange, the city lord of Guazhou City, hurriedly came to the city gate to greet Li Yuntian, who had not seen Li Yuntian for nearly two months, had tanned a lot, but his spirit was very good.

In the past few days, Li Yuntian led the pursuing Wen Du and others to circle around the Gobi Desert and the mountainous areas, and also seized the opportunity to win two battles during this period.

With the arrival of the Northern Yuan reinforcements, Wendu's men had 150,000 horses, although they had an advantage in troops, but he felt a great headache in the face of Li Yuntian, who slipped faster than a rabbit.

Originally, Wen Du thought that Li Yuntian would fight with him in a dignified manner, but Li Yuntian was not a fool, how could he fight hard with Wen Du, who had an absolute advantage in troops, and his task was to stop the enemy rather than destroy the enemy.

In order to catch Li Yuntian, Wen divided the troops in his hands into three parts to intercept them, in his opinion, Li Yuntian was only 40,000 or 50,000 troops, although he separated his troops but did not suffer a loss in terms of troops.

Unexpectedly, Wen didn't block Li Yuntian, but let Li Yuntian seize the fighter plane and fight two beautiful ambush battles, destroying nearly 20,000 enemies, making his gains outweigh his losses.

Wen Du had to gather his forces and change the three-way pursuers to two-way, so that not only did he have an advantage in terms of troops, but also the two pursuers were like two fists clenched together, they could support each other, and as long as they bit Li Yuntian, they would definitely not let go.

Just when Wendu was looking for Li Yuntian all over the world in the northern foothills of Qilian Mountain in the south of Guazhou, Li Yuntian quietly jumped out of the encirclement of Wendu and returned to Guazhou to rest.

Overall, Li Yuntian's trip to Guazhou has achieved his goal and successfully dragged Wen's 150,000 troops here.

Li Yuntian was sure that the enemy forces that came to pursue him this time were all from the troops besieging Qinglong City, because neither Tuhuan nor Adai Khan would send the troops at hand to do such drudgery, and they also needed troops to protect them.

In this way, the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan troops trapped in Qinglong City have 100,000 troops left, and there are also 100,000 Ming troops in Qinglong City, Li Yuntian believes that Lu Minen can drag the 100,000 enemy troops besieging the city, after all, he has lived in Kansai for so many years, and has a geographical and human advantage in fighting in Kansai.

And once Wendu's pursuers and the enemy army in Qinglong City were dragged down, then in Li Yuntian's opinion, he had successfully relieved Zhou Zheng's pressure, even if Tuhuan and Holdu Khan led their more than 100,000 troops eastward to Jiayuguan, then Zhou Zheng would have a way to deal with it.

To be precise, Li Yuntian dragged 300,000 people from the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Guanxi, and in addition to the pursuing troops in Wendu and the enemy troops in Qinglong City, Bai An and Dehuan Timur also attracted 50,000 enemy troops, and in Li Yuntian's opinion, he had successfully completed the set goal.

"Lord Wang, where are we going next?" In the evening, the cool breeze caressed slightly, Li Yuntian sat leisurely in the courtyard of the Guazhou City Lord's Mansion to take advantage of the cold, Lin Xin brought him a cup of herbal tea and asked.

"Dunhuang Ancient City!" Li Yuntian heard the words and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and after taking a sip of herbal tea, he said slowly.

"The ancient city of Dunhuang?" Lin Xin's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, Li Yuntian not only wanted to kill a horse gun this time, but from the perspective of time, it was time for the Ming army to launch a counterattack in Guanxi, and now everything is ready, only Zhang Hao's east wind is missing.

According to the agreement between Li Yuntian and Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao will arrive in Guanxi in June to participate in the war, and it cannot be more than August at the latest, Lin Xin believes that Zhang Hao will definitely abide by this agreement with Li Yuntian and lead the army to Kanxi in June.

The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to capture the ancient city of Dunhuang was precisely to welcome Zhang Hao's arrival, he wanted to lead all the troops of Wendu to the ancient city of Dunhuang, and annihilate them in one fell swoop when Zhang Hao arrived.

Although the ancient city of Dunhuang lost the deterrence of city defense in the face of the explosives of the Ming army, it was still a fortified city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack for the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan Dynasty without explosives, which was an important reason why Li Yuntian chose it.

"Tell them to go down and send people north to meet the righteous princes, and tell them of the king's plans." Li Yuntian knew that Lin Xin had guessed what was on his mind, so he said with a smile.

That's right, Li Yuntian really wanted to launch a counterattack against the enemy army in Guanxi, he led Wen Du and others to march in the vast Gobi and desolate mountains for nearly two months, and now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and no longer have to be chased by Wen Du like a rabbit all over the world.

"My subordinates understand." Lin Xin saw that she had guessed Li Yuntian's plan correctly, and couldn't help but smile, and she no longer had to live a frightened life.

"Guazhou City Lord Sange is here to see." At this time, a guard came over and bowed down to report.

"Let him in." Hearing this, Li Yuntian put down the teacup in his hand and nodded to the guard, Sange was recruited by him this time.

"The lower official knocks on the prince." Sanger was led by the guards to Li Yuntian, and knelt on the ground with both knees and made a big salute.

"Sanger City Lord, this king has something he wants to hand over to you, I wonder if you can handle it?" Li Yuntian glanced at Sange and asked quietly.

"If the prince has something to say, although he commands, as long as the officials can do it, they must go all out." Hearing this, Sanger's heart couldn't help but sink, and he replied nervously, secretly guessing Li Yuntian's intentions.

"After the enemy army arrives in Guazhou City, you tell their commander Wen Du that this king has no heart to play with him, and he is waiting for him in Lanzhou City." After a deep groan, Li Yuntian looked at Sange expressionlessly.

"Don't worry, the lower officials will definitely bring the words of the prince. Sange, who was nervous, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he thought it was a big deal, but it turned out that it was just a message, and he hurriedly agreed.

Looking at Sange, whose face was soothed, the corners of Lin Xin's mouth, who was standing aside, couldn't help but flash a subtle smile, Li Yuntian deliberately gave Wen Du a trace of the old cloth, which would definitely make Wen Du think that Li Yuntian's move was to get rid of the pursuing soldiers, and he would definitely find out the true movements of the Ming army, and then he would besiege the ancient city of Dunhuang without any scruples.

Two days later, Wen Du led the pursuers into Guazhou City in a hurry, and Li Yuntian had already left at this time, making Wen Du, who was one step slower, pounce on him.

Wen Du wanted to continue the pursuit, but the soldiers under his command were exhausted from chasing and intercepting Li Yuntian after this period, and he had to temporarily rest in Guazhou City and determine the direction of Li Yuntian's escape.

"General, the city lord of Guazhou City came to pay a visit and said that he had something important to report." In the evening, just as Wen Du was frowning in front of the map and judging the direction of Li Yuntian's march with several senior generals, a guard came in and reported loudly.

Wen Du didn't have a good impression of Sanger, he hated this kind of wall grass that was greedy for life and afraid of death, and fell with the wind, but since Sanger had something important to report, he groaned and bowed slightly to the guard, wondering what Sanger was here for tonight.

In fact, Li Yuntian admired Sange, what he admired was not Sange's character on the wall, but Sange's ability to sit firmly on the throne of the lord of Guazhou City in this troubled era, and it also made Guazhou City not be plundered by the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army, as well as the servant army, which means that he has strong communication skills.

In layman's terms, that is, Sanger mixed very well in Kansai, and then was able to protect himself in the war, this kind of long-sleeved and good dancing ability is not something anyone can do.

"Xiaguan Sange meets the general." Sanger was ushered into the room by one of the guards and bowed to Wendu in a proper manner.

Wendu is different from Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and Wendu, although he is high and powerful, is only a general of the Timurid Empire, so Sange kneels to Li Yuntian and bows to Wendu.

Otherwise, Wendu will be suspected of trespassing, after all, there are many rules and doorways in officialdom, and kneeling is not something that anyone can easily enjoy, for those who don't understand the rules and want to pat the horse's ass, they will be slapped on the horse's leg if they are not careful.

"What are you looking for General Ben?" Wendu glanced at Sanger and asked expressionlessly.

"General Yu, when the Zhongwu King of the Ming Dynasty left, he called the lower official and asked the lower official to pass a few words to the general." Sanger could clearly feel Wen Du's contempt and coldness towards him, which was very different from Li Yuntian's gentleness, he naturally couldn't show his dissatisfaction, and bowed down to answer with a smile on his face.

"Oh?" Wen Du couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then looked at Sange quietly, "What does he want you to pass on?" ”

"General, King Zhongwu said that he didn't have the heart to play with you, and he is waiting for you in Lanzhou City!" Sanger then bowed down and repeated Li Yuntian's words to Wendu.

"Lanzhou City?" Wen Du's brows suddenly frowned when he heard this, and he was quite surprised by Li Yuntian's move, could it be that Li Yuntian wanted to escape through Jiayu Pass and return to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty to join Zhou Zheng and other Ming troops?

"General, King Zhongwu is too arrogant, as long as we send someone to Jiayuguan to warn, then we will definitely be able to block them in front of Jiayuguan!" At this time, a stout senior general on the side was angered by Li Yuntian's arrogance, and couldn't help but say to Wen Du angrily.

If Li Yuntian quietly attacked Jiayuguan, he might be able to break through Jiayuguan and enter the northwest of the Ming Dynasty when the defenders of Jiayuguan were in a panic, after all, Jiayuguan's city defense capability was greatly reduced after the previous fierce siege battle.

But if the defenders of Jiayuguan get the news of Li Yuntian's arrival in advance, then they will definitely defend strictly, as long as they can drag Li Yuntian in Jiayuguan for two days, then Wen Du can lead the army to arrive, flank it back and forth, and will definitely be able to defeat Li Yuntian and others in one fell swoop.

Even if the defenders of Jiayuguan could only hold out for one day, then Li Yuntian would be in trouble after entering the pass, because the Timurid Empire and the Northern Yuan army stationed in Jiuquan City would definitely do their best to intercept it.

"General, give the order to pursue, as long as we capture the Zhongwu King, we will be able to free up our hands to deal with the Ming army in Lanzhou with all our might." The rest of the generals agreed with the stout general's proposal, and they all wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seize Li Yuntian.

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you ever wondered why such a shrewd person as King Zhongwu would reveal his whereabouts?" Wen Du glanced around at the generals on the scene, frowned and asked quietly, "We have been dealing with King Zhongwu since last year, is he really an arrogant person?" ”

The generals in the room were speechless when they heard this, and looked at each other, it was obvious that Li Yuntian, who was acting calmly, had no need to do this at all, could it be that there was an unknown secret here?