The Mongols marched south, and they could not hunt grass and grain outside the Great Wall, so they could only carry their own military rations, and the military rations of Jungar were tens of thousands of cattle and sheep that accompanied the army.

These cattle and sheep were kept in captivity by the Mongols in the valley as food for the army, and now they have been slaughtered, then Jungar is really retreating, there is no doubt about it.

Even if they lure the soldiers and horses of the Jin State out of the pass, and then ambush them successfully, if they still can't break through the Jiayu Pass, what should they do?

The cattle and sheep were slaughtered, and the Junggar Department was obviously in a hurry, and it seemed that their judgment was correct, and it was possible that the Qing army had really acted.

Han Chaoxuan saw that the entire valley was covered with the corpses of cattle and sheep, and he was afraid that there were tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and he felt extremely sorry in his heart. In Guanzhong, a cow was a great fortune, but now it was all trampled by Jungger.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Dolgon has really sent troops, and he has already moved the roots of Zungar, otherwise Batur Hun would not have left in such a hurry, and even killed cattle and sheep! You must know that the people on the grassland pay the most attention to cattle and sheep! Han Chaoxuan looked at the scene in front of him and said to Hauge.

Haoge saw this scene, Jungger even discarded the cattle and sheep with the army, the situation in the Mobei grassland must have been very critical, Haoge suddenly increased his confidence, Jungger forced him to almost call the minister to seek peace, now that he wants to leave after the fight, how can it be so easy.

Thinking of this, as soon as Hauge pulled out the reins of his horse, he hurriedly shouted: "Return to the pass, immediately mobilize the elite cavalry, and prepare to pursue!" ”

Hao Ge pulled his horse and left, Han Chaoxuan looked at the cattle and sheep all over the ground, but ordered an official behind him: "Go to Chang'an quickly, ask the Confucian Pavilion Department to transfer a batch of salt, pickle these cattle and sheep, and use them as grain storage for the army in the future, or sell them to the people!" ”

These tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, fur, flesh and bones are all good things, and it is impossible for the Mongols to poison them.

As soon as Hauge returned to Guanzhong, he immediately sent an order: "Order, all the general soldiers will immediately come to the line to discuss the matter!" ”

In Guazhou City, the fierce fighting continued, the flesh and blood were fighting outside the city, and the life-and-death struggle between the two armies continued.

Chechnya tried all means and used all the equipment they could use to dig down the walls of Guazhou, but they still could not tear through the defense line of the Jin army.

The earth-shattering thunder produced in the city caused a lot of damage to the Mongol army, and at every critical moment, the crisis could always be resolved.

After a month of fighting, Chechnya counted more than 15,000 people killed in battle, not counting the wounded.

The firearms of the Jin Kingdom had a huge advantage in range and power, and the Hui Tebu and other small tribes were already dissatisfied and showed signs of being passive and afraid of war.

The Mongol soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city, seeing that the wall was about to be breached, but when they gathered together, they swarmed into the gap, and there was a swish above their heads, and something flew over, and then there was a thunderstorm on the ground, and the Mongol soldiers who were crowded together were either killed or overturned, and this battle was really difficult to fight.

Batur Hui limited Chechnya to join the main force in Jiayuguan within ten days, and now it has been delayed for more than 20 days, Chechen was so angry that he killed two small tribal leaders who retreated first, and vowed that as long as he took Guazhou and captured Sun Kewang, he would screw off his head with his own hands!

The Mongol army suffered huge losses, and the Jin army in the city also suffered heavy casualties, and the collapse of the city wall caused huge defensive pressure on the Jin army, and the gunpowder in the city was limited, and the Jin army's biggest reliance on the earth-shaking thunder was about to run out.

After another day of attack, Yu Yin led the officials of the Hexi Division, accompanied by Sun Kewang, to inspect the city defense.

The Mongols besieged it for more than a month, and the city of Guazhou was still standing, which made Yu Yin relatively happy.

Guazhou is equivalent to dragging 60,000 Mongolian soldiers for Guanzhong, such a credit, Yu Yin is very likely to enter the cabinet to pay respects.

The political envoy of Hexi Bu was obviously in a very good mood, and as he walked up the castle tower, he asked, "Your Highness, how are the casualties of the defenders?" ”

"More than 5,000 people were killed, and the wounded have not yet been counted, but it is estimated that half of them were wounded!" Sun Kewang said in a deep voice.

Yu Yin was a little surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect it to be so serious, he groaned for a while, and bowed his head slightly: "Your Highness, rest assured, for the heroic souls who died in the battle for Dajin, this official will report to the court for compensation." If you have merit, the official will also help His Highness to play and ask for rewards! ”

Although Sun Kewang was named the King of Guiyi by Haoge, he was not very valuable, not to mention that compared with Wu Sangui, even compared with Meng Qiaofang, the king of Yongping, he was also thousands of miles away.

If he is in Guanzhong, a seven-rank petty official can look down on him, because he is an outsider, has no foundation, and has been an enemy of the Jin State, as long as he shows a little dissatisfaction, or someone wants to rectify him, it will be easy, so Sun Kewang is unwilling to stay in Guanzhong, and readily accepts the appointment to Hexi.

In Hexi, although he is the nominal king of Jinguo, supervising the military and political affairs of Hexi, but in fact his status is not too high, Liu Jinzhong is a general soldier, he can not dump him, Yu Yin can ignore him even more, for the bureaucracy of Jinguo, Sun Kewang is always an outsider, Yu Yin is a person in the system.

Sun Kewang nominally supervised the military and political affairs of Hexi, but his excerpts actually did not play much role, and they were not as effective as Yu Yin's words.

"This king has thanked Yu Fantai on behalf of the soldiers!" Sun Kewang walked as he walked.

A group of people came up to the city, and saw the Jin army at the head of the city, under the command of the military academy, repairing the city wall in an orderly manner and rectifying the equipment, Yu Yin couldn't help but admire it in his heart, the Jin army casualties were also heavy, the city was still so orderly, no soldiers sat on the ground, Yu Yin had confidence again, and at the same time was not surprised and admired: "Your Highness is really good at governing the army!" ”

Although Sun Kewang followed Zhang Xianzhong to fight very early and fought on the battlefield for nearly 20 years, he was actually good at government affairs, not military affairs, otherwise he would not have lost battles all the time.

The main reason why the Jin army in Guazhou City can have such combat power and the organization of the army is so strong is because he brought out more than 1,000 old Western soldiers, these people are all veterans, and they lead more than 10 Jin soldiers alone, which makes the officers of Guazhou City particularly effective.

Sun Kewang shook his head when he heard this: "The feudal platform is falsely praised, this is all the credit of the general." This time to defend Guazhou, if you talk about merit, Zhang Shengke is the first to take credit, the defense of the northern city is mainly commanded by him, followed by Jiang Jianxun, he commanded the artillery team, and the siege tower of the Mongols was greatly restrained! ”

Sun Kewang knew very well in his heart that he was now the county king of the Jin Kingdom, and he didn't have a chance to rise if he wanted to, so it was better to pass the credit to his subordinates, as the commander-in-chief, he won the battle, and naturally a credit would be credited to his head, and he didn't need to earn credit with his subordinates.

Zhang Sheng and Jiang Jianxun were behind the two of them, and when they heard Sun Kewang's words, they were very comfortable, and they couldn't help but straighten their chests, waiting for Yu Fantai to praise a few words, but Yu Yin glanced back, just nodded and turned his head back, and when it came to the civil officials of the Hexi Divisions next to him, he skimmed the two of them for a while, and said in his heart how these two people were not modest at all.

At this time, a group of people stood by a section of the city wall, looked out of the city by the city, and saw the Mongols' camp densely packed, countless figures shuttled between them, and the equipment that was emptied a few days ago was erected one by one, obviously the Mongols did not give up, and they had to fight again.

When Yu Yin saw this scene, he remembered the casualty figure that Sun Kewang said, his face leaked with melancholy, and he said in a low voice: "I don't know how the Guanzhong side is fighting?" ”

Sun Kewang also had a sad face, if Guanzhong did not win, his persistence in Hexi would be meaningless.

Just a group of people, looking at the golden camp, the soldiers on the east side of the city suddenly exclaimed, the whole Guazhou City was in a commotion, a variegated carpet appeared in the north of the city, Baturhui who withdrew from Jiayu Pass, led less than 70,000 cavalry, rolling over, the yellow dust splashed by the war horses, like a sandstorm.

Sun Kewang, Yu Yin and others followed the prestige, and their faces suddenly turned pale.

(It's finally three watches, and then brag about it, continue tomorrow, and make up for Sanlang's reward!) ）