Xining is the largest city in Liangzhou, and it is also the richest and most populous prefecture.

Xining City is magnificent in scale, rigorous in layout, symmetrical in structure, and neatly arranged. There are three gates on each side of the outer city, and the six main streets that run through the twelve gates are the main traffic arteries of the city.

Although the Meng Yuan army captured the west gate of Xining City, it was only the west gate of the outer city, and the other three city gates and the inner city were still firmly controlled by the Xiliang defenders.

In addition, the Meng Yuan army was good at field warfare and was not very proficient in street warfare, so it relied on the advantage of being outnumbered and nailed it to the West City Gate like a nail to prevent the Xining defenders from taking it back.

However, Princess Yongning Bo Yalun got the news of the poisoning of Xiliang Gongzhonggang, and had already arranged for the cavalry to rush to Tanggu County, urging the imperial brother Meng Ke to quickly lead the army to come to the round.

It's hard to create such a good opportunity, if you don't grasp it well, you don't know when you will be able to attack Xining City next time.

In the palace of the Mengyuan army outside Tanggu County, Zuo Xiang Yelu Zijin and several other commanders were discussing how to send troops after receiving a quick horse report from Princess Bo Yalun of Yongning.

Tachar is a rare neutral commander in the Mengyuan Empire, usually not close to the Zuo Xian King, nor close to the Right Xian King, if the Great Khan Meng Ke did not have a summoning order, he will hide in his own one acre and three points of land, be a leisurely lord, not very involved in court politics.

"Since Princess Yongning has created such a good opportunity, what else is there to say? Hurry up and send reinforcements. ”

Po Lu sneered, "Send troops to reinforce, what you said is light, although we attacked Tanggu County, but we were also burned by the Liangzhou army. Our men will be wounded heavily, and even the Great Khan is unconscious, so should we leave the Great Khan and the wounded soldiers alone? ”

Polu was a person from King Zuoxian, and when he came, he had already received a secret order from Uluchi, and he could not easily let Meng Ke take Xining City. If Munch was sober, many orders could only be carried out in disobedience, and he did not dare to refuse the orders of the Great Khan openly.

But now that Da Khan is unconscious, Polu will naturally not be so obedient. And according to the news he got, the Great Khan Munch was unconscious this time, and it is estimated that it has a lot to do with the Zuoxian King Uluchi, and the situation that he finally created, how can he let Princess Yongning pull it back?

Tachar said angrily: "Then what do you mean, just miss the opportunity? ”

Polu smiled and said, "How can you call a missed opportunity? Now who knows what's going on over there in Xining City, what if it's a trick of the Xiliang Army? You must know that Zhong Gang is not easy to deal with, now that he has withdrawn to Xining, how can he seize the West City Gate so easily? Don't forget the burning of the city in Tanggu County. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present changed, and they originally thought that they had captured Tanggu County and were sharing the cake, but who knew that they fell into the conspiracy of the Liangzhou army.

Under the fire, more than 8,000 cavalrymen were killed and countless were wounded.

In the end, Zuo Xiang couldn't stand it, and clapped his hands and decided: "The whole army is heading towards Xining City, meet with Princess Yongning first, and discuss other matters later." ”

Yeluzi became the left minister of the Mengyuan Empire, and he was closer to the Great Khan Meng Ke on weekdays, but he was more concerned about the empire. It's not as selfish as the two virtuous kings on the left and right. He was more concerned with the children of the empire.

This time, Meng Ke sent troops to Xiliang, ostensibly to ask for an explanation for Meng Yuan and his relatives, but in fact, he still wanted to fight the grass valley and plunder the property of Xiliang to help the Moxi grassland survive this locust plague.

Therefore, he will never allow the good opportunity to be missed, and at the same time, he does not dare to leave the Great Khan Munch alone in the palace, who knows if there will be any ill-intentioned people who will kill him while the Great Khan is still awake.

The best way to do this is to take Munch with him to Xining City.

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Outside Xining, Mengyuan military camp.

Boyaren was entertaining Nomin's mother and son, and on the simple table was a few cheese products, roasted lamb, and a bowl of mare's milk wine.

Bo Yalun smiled apologetically: "Imperial aunt, the conditions in the army are poor, and I neglected you and my cousin, and when I capture Xining City, I will celebrate again." ”

Nomin smiled, grabbed a piece of cheese and put it in his mouth, chewed it for a moment, and his face showed a look of remembrance, "I haven't tasted such authentic cheese in many years, and I have to thank you for being the one you are." ”

Midsummer took a sip of mare's milk wine, and a strange sour and spicy smell came to his mouth, which made him quite uncomfortable, and he had the heart to put it down and not drink it, but when he saw his cousin Bo Yalun looking at him enthusiastically, he had to endure the discomfort, close his eyes and drink it all.

Bo Yalun smiled: "My cousin drinks mare's milk wine for the first time, he must not be used to this taste, and when you get used to drinking it a few more times, you will definitely like it." ”

Midsummer smiled awkwardly, picked up a piece of roast mutton with chopsticks and put it to his mouth, wanting to dilute the sour and spicy taste of wine, but the smell of mutton was more stimulating and his stomach was uncomfortable, and he couldn't help frowning, which looked quite funny.

Bo Yalun picked up the big bowl and said to Nuo Min: "I was able to capture the West City Gate today, thanks to the help of the imperial aunt, and my niece is here to give the imperial aunt a cup." After the arrival of the imperial brother, he will take Xining City, and he will definitely give the imperial aunt the first credit! ”

Nuo Min also picked up the wine bowl, took a heroic sip, stretched out the back of his white hand to wipe the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, "This is what you should do as a child of the Golden Family, so I have not been able to serve the empire for so many years, and I am already guilty and uneasy, as long as the Great Khan does not blame me, I will be satisfied, and how dare I be greedy." ”

"Well, that's not what I said." Bo Yalun raised his hand to stop her words, "It wasn't your fault for that incident at the beginning, how can I blame you." This time, you have made such a great contribution, and you must be rewarded heavily. The imperial army can attack all the way to Xining, all relying on the information provided by the imperial aunt, and you can't run away from this first achievement. ”

When Nuo Min heard this, she couldn't help but show a smug smile on her face, and she had a little more expectation in her heart for returning to Meng Yuan.

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Zhong Gang left the mansion, took a few personal soldiers, and hurried towards the west city gate. What he had to do now was to block the path of their advance before the Meng Yuan army had completely taken the outer city.

Even if you can't completely repel them, you have to delay them for a few days, so that Qinghan and the others can evacuate from Xining City.

Along the way, he had already seen the commotion in the city, and many large families had begun to pack up and prepare to flee, but he did not say anything to stop this. The current situation is obvious, with the loss of the West City Gate, only more than 30,000 defenders cannot stop more than five times the enemy army.

What's more, he was highly poisoned in his body, and he relied on a strong internal force just now to prevent the poison, but he was not sure how long he could last.

Zhong Gang sighed faintly in his heart, if he couldn't prevent the fall of Xining City, he would at least buy time for the people in the city to evacuate.