In the middle of March 2018 in the spring of 2018 in the Heavenly Continent calendar, Lin Song recruited 30,000 strong men in Dunhuang City to help defend the city, and Fufeng Taishou Ma Teng led more than 10,000 soldiers to help the wind and the second son Ma Xiu, the third son Ma Tie, nephew Ma Dai, daughter Ma Yunlu and others entered the city.

The Western Regions Coalition Army lost troops and generals in three days, and the East Gate He Yunlong Department suffered heavy casualties, seeing that there was nothing to do, Xiao Tianzuo ordered the soldiers to retreat temporarily, and only trained soldiers and horses in the village, strengthened the camp gate, and slowed down the offensive.

One army is in the camp, and the other is in the city, facing each other,

In late March, Zhou Zijin, the general of the Great Yongping West, Yang Wei, the Duke of Anyuan, and the soldiers and horses of Guanzhong, totaling more than 250,000 arrived in Dunhuang City, stationed in Shazhou and other small cities in the west of Dunhuang City, and sent soldiers and horses to guard various dangerous passes in Dunhuang, and regained the right of scouts to enter and exit.

Dunhuang Dayong soldiers nearly 350,000, plus the Xiliang people are fierce, everyone practices martial arts, now it is a national disaster, the people are enthusiastic to sign up, 30,000 new soldiers, a total of nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, and there is the invincible Xiliang iron cavalry in the world, and no longer afraid of the Western Regions coalition army, divide the troops and scatter the grain to escort the people in the city out of Dunhuang City, so as not to take care of the war together.

Zhou Zijin, one of the 12 Yong Armies selected by Emperor Yongqi when he conquered the Western Regions in his later years, is called the Purple Armor Proud Army, wise and brave, making a hundred refining swords, brave and brave.

There are famous generals and marshals gathered together in Dunhuang City, Lin Song is the general of Zhenxi, the deputy marshal of Western Xinjiang, sitting in the first place;

The generals of the unified army who came to help the war were ranked as the generals of Pingxi, and Zhou Zijin, the governor of the capital, and Yang Wei, the old general, sat in the deputy seat, two rows on the left and right, like Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, Ji Wei, Cangci, etc., and the commanders of the capital, the generals of Guanzhong were all listed in front, Ma Jiayunlu, dressed in military uniform, heroic and cool, but had no official position, so he had to stand on Ma Teng's side.

Lin Song glanced at everyone, and finally looked at Ma Chao, and nodded approvingly: "A few days ago, if it wasn't for Meng Qi's timely reinforcement, the East Gate would be in danger, and after Meng Qi became General Ma Teng, he would have had unparalleled bravery, and this marshal would canonize you as my general in Western Xinjiang today!" ”

Ma Chao was a young man, with a lion armor and beast armor, and he hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "Thank you Lin Shuai for your promotion, Ma Chao will live up to expectations, and this battle will inevitably make the thieves in the Western Regions have no return!" ”

Lin Song looked relieved and praised: "It is rumored all over the world that the five parties are young, so that Meng Qi is on a par with Gongsun Zan of Northern Xinjiang, Central Plains Yu, Sun Ce of Eastern Xinjiang, and Jiang Wei of Southern Xinjiang, but in the opinion of Ben Shuai, in addition to the ability of Gongsun Zan of the White Horse and Jiang Boyo of Youlin to command the army, he may be able to compete with Meng Qi, if it comes to brave charges, these four people are far inferior to Meng Qi, today, I am afraid that only Zhang Jiao and Zhao Yun can compete with Meng Qi!" ”

Lin Song is a Confucian Confucian, since he was a child, he studied and read military books, practiced martial arts, fought on the battlefield for more than 20 years, made many achievements, experienced countless battles, and was well-informed.

Rao is Ma Chao, and he was also stunned when he got Lin Song's evaluation, he thought that he was not weaker than Zhang Jiao Zhao Yun, but he thought it was one thing, and it was another thing to be recognized.

Sun Jiabo symbolized that he was invincible in Jiangdong, and Wen Jiaciqian once fought with him against Lily, but he only lost half a move.

The white horse general Gongsun Zan with three thousand white horses under his command, commanded the north, invincible, the southern Xinjiang young Lin Jiang Boyo, one of the four major generals in southern Xinjiang, was awarded the northern Zhonglang general, both civil and military, won many battles, and became famous all over the world, but in Lin Song's view, it was only the ability to command the army to compete with himself, and only the invincible North Zhang and Nanzhao could be compared with himself.

"Lin Shuai praised it falsely, but it was only a small school before, and An dared to compare the two of them."

Although Ma Chao had Lin Song's trust, he still said modestly.

Lin Song waved his hand, and said: "The thieves in the Western Regions, they have not changed their teachings, and they have deceived me that Xiliang lacks soldiers and food, and this week the general led the imperial army to come, and the supply of grain and grass is endless, that is, it is already over but I have no worries, I hope you will work together to bury this group of thieves in Dunhuang!" ”

"I am willing to listen to Lin Shuai's dispatch!"

"Good! At the beginning, the thieves in the Western Regions deceived our soldiers and major generals, occupied my Xiping Pass, seized my two counties of Jiuquan in Guangxia, attacked my Dunhuang City, burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, this time it was time to fight back! ”

After Lin Song finished speaking, he looked at Ma Teng and Zhang Xiu and said: "Shoucheng Weiyou, tomorrow you two will each lead 20,000 steps out of the city, Shoucheng will take Guangxia, Weiyou will take Jiuquan, the two counties are not inhabited, and they are far away from Dunhuang, and there should not be many soldiers and horses in the Western Regions in the city." ”

Zhou Zijin, who had been watching coldly, spoke: "Lin Shuai immediately knows that the second county of Jiuquan in Guangxia is far away from Dunhuang City, and it cannot form a horn trend, why do you have to divide troops to take it?" It is better to let General Ma enter Shacheng, and General Zhang will divide his troops into the village and directly fight with the thieves in the Western Regions. ”

"Huh."

Lin Song chuckled, looked at Zhou Zijin and said with a smile: "The commander of the proud army was the right-hand man of the same commander as the commander of the thousand armies, and then he guarded the Ziyou Pass for many years without a war, so he couldn't even see this?" ”

Zhou Zijin squinted his eyes, flashed a sharp mang, and said in a deep voice: "Lin Shuai's chess game is a little bigger!" 500,000 soldiers and horses in the Western Regions are still in front of him, and Lin Shuai began to think about Xiping Pass, which is a bit too arrogant! ”

"Not bad!"

Lin Song said in an unquestionable tone: "I look at 500,000 people in the Western Regions, but it's just a mustard!" If the adjustment is done properly, the thieves in the Western Regions can be wiped out! The Tianyong Forbidden Army used to be trained by Lin Jiaotou, and later there were thousands of army commanders who organized drills, and the commander was not worried, but the Guanzhong Army under the command of the proud army, don't let the commander down when the time comes! ”

Zhou Zijin's voice became cold: "Lin Song, I don't call me the Purple Armor Proud Army anymore, please call me Zhou Zijin, General of Dayong Pingxi, and Zhou Zijin, the general of Ziyouguan!"

As for the combat effectiveness of our Guanzhong Army, you can rest assured, as long as you dare to go up, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front, our Guanzhong Army will not take a step back! ”

"Good! The majesty of the commander of the proud army has not diminished back then, with the full help of the commander of the proud army, the thieves in the Western Regions will be defeated, no need for any good strategy, three days later, in April, we will directly fight with one of them openly, so that those thieves who invade my Xiliang territory will die without a place to be buried! ”

On the same day, the two sides decided to fight outside the south gate of Dunhuang City, and the victory was decided.

Under the command of Lin Song, a team of soldiers and horses continued to go out of the city and return to the city, assembled and scattered, in and out of the small city near Dunhuang, hundreds of thousands of troops, how can it be huge, the two armies clashed, the first element of victory or defeat is the commander's command ability.

Both sides have a deep blood feud with each other, and they do not back down, and they are quietly waiting for the arrival of April.