Dunhuang City, the north gate of the city gatehouse.

Li Hongyu stood in front of the city wall, looking at the army below with a serious expression, including the soldiers of the Ming army and the leaders of the Hami people, and rushed to the northeast.

Naturally, these soldiers rushed to outflank Tumor's rear road, and with the submission of the leaders in the Hami region, Li Hongyu sent a total of 40,000 people to attack Tumor this time, striving to annihilate the enemy in one battle.

At the same time, Li Hongyu had 3,000 Ming troops and 2,000 Jabbar soldiers attack Yumen Pass, blocking Tumer's army and making it impossible for him to escape.

The leaders of the Mangui, Jabbar, and Hami regions stood behind Li Hongyu, chatting and laughing as they watched the marching army.

As far as the leaders are concerned, now that they have made their decision, they can wait for the result in peace, and in order to defeat Tumor, they have given up this time and sent all their forces out.

Unlike Tumol, Li Hongyu will not let them be cannon fodder in vain, and sent 10,000 Ming troops to act with them, the fewer people who die now, the more beneficial it will be for the Ming Dynasty to govern Hami in the future, you must know that those soldiers are out-and-out strong labor after returning to their hometowns.

Jabbar now admires Li Hongyu very much, he has understood what happened to those leaders, thinking of Li Hongyu's previous calmness, he can't help but suspect that the strong leader has defected to Li Hongyu before he took the lead, and deliberately staged such a good show to capture and indulge in the old people, so that those leaders obediently surrendered to the Ming army.

Although it cannot be confirmed, the subsequent fate of the strong leader invisibly confirmed Jabbar's suspicions, and the strong leader was later reused by Li Hongyu, and his family gradually became a major clan in the Hami region that rivaled the Jabbar family.

Tumol had no idea what had happened in the military camp outside Dunhuang after he left, and all his energy was focused on dealing with Bahat.

In recent years, Bahat has fought all the way from the left wing of the southern Mongols to the territory of the western Mongols of the desert, forcing the Warat tribes to fight together, and it is obvious that he is not an idle person, which makes Tumor dare not underestimate the enemy.

After learning that Tumol was coming, Bahat ordered his cavalry to form up and wait for him, despite the fact that Tumol had more troops than him, but he was not afraid of Tumol at all.

The 20,000 cavalry that Bahat brought this time were the elite of the Mongol Western Expeditionary Army, and many of them followed him all the way from Monan, so he was confident that he would defeat Tumol.

That's why Tumor came out of the nest, Bahat was a difficult opponent to deal with, so he didn't dare to take it lightly and took all his men with him.

If it weren't for the fear that the Ming army in Dunhuang City would attack out of the city, Tumol would have concentrated all his forces to kill Bahat first, so that the Ming army in Dunhuang City would be easy to deal with.

On the vast Gobi Desert, the cavalry wearing Yarkand military uniforms and Mongolian military uniforms were pressed in black, and the two sides confronted each other in the air, which made the atmosphere at the scene tense to the extreme, and made people feel a kind of suffocating urgency.

Surrounded by many of his men, Tumor rode on a hill and looked expressionlessly at the Khalkha Mongolian cavalry waiting for the enemy in the distance, his brows furrowed slightly.

Don't look at Tumer's strength is nearly twice that of Bahat, but it is the cavalry units of both sides that really determine the direction of the battlefield, and the cavalry under his command is only two or three thousand more than Bahat, and he does not have much advantage.

"Destroy them, the enemy will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!" During the confrontation, Tumor raised his right hand and waved it forward, shouting loudly to the soldiers around him.

One hundred taels of silver in Hami was already a huge fortune, and Tumor offered a reward with a large amount of money this time, hoping to boost morale and defeat the Mongol cavalry of Bahat in one fell swoop.

"Kill!" At this gesture of Tumor, the cavalry around him immediately grabbed the belly of the horse with their legs, brandished their sabers and bows and arrows in their hands, and rushed towards the Mongol cavalry opposite.

"Kill!" Bahat looked at the Yarkand cavalry rushing towards him, and a cold word burst out of his mouth, so that he would not retreat because of the superiority of Tumol's forces.

In addition to trusting his soldiers, Bahat knew that Li Hongyu of Dunhuang City would definitely not be idle, and would definitely attack Tumol from behind.

As early as the Battle of Tieling, Bahat had already seen Li Hongyu's outstanding military attainments, and was greatly influenced, and his current military command style is subordinate to Li Hongyu, often using surprise attacks to catch the opponent off guard and be embarrassed.

After all these years of conquest, Bahat's military experience has become more and more abundant, and as long as he can defeat the Yarkand cavalry, then the battle is a foregone conclusion.

"Kill!"

Under Bahat's order, the Mongol cavalry, which was in full formation, rushed towards the oncoming Yarkand cavalry, and the two sides collided together like two torrents, screaming and blood splashing, and many wounded soldiers rolled off their horses.

At this time, falling off the horse was the most feared thing for the cavalry, and even if the injuries were not fatal, they would be trampled to death by the horses galloping behind.

However, war does not depend on human will, and although the cavalry tried to avoid falling off their horses during the charge, many of them fell from their horses and died after being attacked by the enemy.

The Yarkand cavalry was subordinate to the Mongol cavalry, after all, the territory of the Yarkand Khanate was formerly the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which was one of the four khanates of the Mongol Empire.

Even the founding Khan of the Yarkand Khanate was a Turkic nobleman with Mongol blood, which made the Yarkand cavalry mainly cavalry and archery, and only fought in short quarters as a last resort.

At that time, the Mongolian cavalry swept across the Eurasian continent with mounted archery on horseback, but later the Mongolian cavalry gradually declined due to various reasons, and Bahat carried forward the cavalry of the Mongolian cavalry.

It is worth mentioning that the bow used by the Mongol cavalry was a new bow, which borrowed the advantages of the Jurchen compound bow, and was specially improved and manufactured by Li Hongyu by the craftsmen under the jurisdiction of the Customs Department, so the bow and arrows fired were not only accurate but also had a long range.

Last year, all the Mongol soldiers under Bahat's command were equipped with the new type of bows and arrows provided by Li Hongyu, and because they were in a confrontation with the Warats, they were not used on a large scale on the battlefield.

Now, the Yarkand cavalry has also tried to be powerful, and suffered a lot of losses in the confrontation with the Mongolian cavalry, and many Yarkand cavalry were shot at a long distance, and then fell off their horses screaming.

It was the first time that Tumor had fought with the Mongol cavalry of Bahat, and although the Ming army was also equipped with this new type of composite bow, it was not used on the battlefield because Tumol had been driven back to Hami.

Seeing this, Tumor immediately ordered the cavalry to rush forward and engage the Mongols in close combat, avoiding long-range cavalry fire, and at the same time allowing the infantry to attack to assist the cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry was not stupid enough to engage the Yarkand in hand-to-hand combat, and while dodging the rushing Yarkand cavalry, they shot arrows at them, and the Mongol cavalry relied on this classic cavalry tactic to defeat their opponents and eventually collapse.

"Kill!"

Tumor had hoped that the infantry would be able to intercept the Mongol cavalry that was attacking and create an opportunity for the pursuing Yarkand cavalry, but before the Yarkand infantry could approach the battlefield, a deafening shout of killing and the roar of thousands of galloping horses suddenly came from behind him.

"What's going on?" Tumor was stunned for a moment, and then looked behind him in astonishment, only to see a large number of cavalry on the hill in the distance, and after crossing the hill, they rushed towards his rear formation, which seemed to be a bad comer.

"Oops!" Later, after the initial stunned Tumol came back to his senses and realized that Jabbar and the others had surrendered to the Ming army, because he saw many cavalry wearing the costumes of the local forces of Hami.

"Quick, stop them!" Tumor's cold sweat immediately ran down his cheeks, and the army formation behind him was full of infantry, and he would soon be crushed in the face of the charge of those cavalry, so he hurriedly mobilized the cavalry to intercept it.

It's a pity that the cavalry of Yarkand are entangled with the Mongol cavalry on the battlefield in front, how can they be mobilized so quickly for a while.

Therefore, under the iron-faced gaze of Tumor, the Hami cavalry quickly rushed into the formation of the Yarkand infantry behind him, and immediately smashed the formation to pieces.

In the face of the onslaught of the Hami cavalry, the Yarkand infantry lost the will to fight after a little resistance, and under the drive of the cavalry, the wolves rushed and scurried, and they were full of food and support on the battlefield to shake the cavalry, and the horses alone could kick them to death.

Looking at the Yarkand infantry fleeing in all directions, as well as the Hami army and the Ming army that kept coming, Tumol's face was as white as paper, without the slightest blood, he didn't know when those local forces in Hami colluded with the Ming army.

"Retreat!"

However, the current situation did not allow Tumol to consider the hidden situation, he had been on the battlefield for many years, and knew that the Yarkand cavalry engaged the Mongol cavalry would be affected by the defeated infantry, so he gritted his teeth and gave the order to retreat.

Obviously, there is no way to continue this battle, otherwise it will turn into a one-sided massacre of the Yarkand troops by the Ming army.

Although Tumor wanted to retreat, the situation on the battlefield was complicated, and the Yarkand cavalry and the Mongol cavalry were intertwined, and it was not easy to break away from the battlefield.

At this time, Tumol couldn't take care of much, and led the guards around him to take the lead in fleeing in the direction of Yumen Pass, and now they can only escape from the pursuit of the Ming army when they get out of Yumen Pass, otherwise they will be trapped and die in Yumen Pass.

The reason why Yumen Pass was an important pass in ancient times was because of the special terrain around it, to be precise, the special topography of the Hexi Corridor.

The Hexi Corridor is the main road leading to the Western Regions in ancient China, a long and narrow accumulation plain in the northwest of the Shaanxi-Gansu region, located east of the Qilian Mountains, west of the Heli Mountains, north of the Wusheling Mountains, and south of the border between Gansu and Xinjiang.

Yumen Pass is the westernmost section of the Hexi Corridor, and it is also a cover of the Hexi Corridor in the west, if you don't go through the Yumen Pass, you will have to climb over the surrounding steep and continuous mountains, and those mountains are not conducive to marching, maybe you will be trapped in it.

Therefore, if Tumor wants to escape for his life, he must go through the Jade Gate Pass, otherwise he will be forced into the mountains, and if he is not caught up by the pursuers, he will starve to death in the mountains.

As soon as Tumor fled like this, it immediately had a huge impact on the soldiers of Yarkand, and the main generals ran away who still had the heart to fight, so the Yarkand infantry and cavalry left the battlefield and chased Tumol one after another.

This turned what was originally a frontal encounter into a pursuit battle, with the Ming, Mongol cavalry, and Hami troops trailing behind the fleeing Yarkand forces in a massive pursuit.

At dusk, Tumer and his party rushed to the Yumen Pass, and when they saw the Ming flag planted on the gate of the Yumen Pass, his eyes were black and he almost fell off his horse.

At this time, Tumor had no other choice but to drive the Yarkand soldiers who had fled for their lives after a long journey to attack the Yumen Pass, hoping to capture the gate before the pursuers arrived, and then flee back to Hami.

With the cooperation of Jabbar's 2,000 Hami troops, the 3,000 Ming army recaptured the Yumen Pass without much effort, and now the defenders of the pass have reached 5,000 people, and it is not easy to break through it.

Besides, where did the exhausted Yarkand soldiers still have the energy to attack the city, and the Yarkand soldiers who were facing the tough defense of the Ming army and the Hami army at the gate and the siege of the city were quickly defeated, and no matter how the officers shouted and scolded them, they would no longer launch an offensive, and no one was willing to die in vain.

Just when Tumor was in a hurry to attack Yumen Pass, the Ming army, the Mongol army, and the Hami army who were following and killing had already arrived, and a big battle broke out in front of Yumen Pass at night.

At noon the next day, Dunhuang City.

"Your Excellency, our army has annihilated most of the Yarkand army, and now the chief general of the Yarkand army, Tumol, has led more than 100 cavalry soldiers to break through to the west, and General Bahat has sent hundreds of elite cavalry to pursue."

When Li Hongyu was entertaining Jabbar and other Hami leaders at the General's Mansion, a sergeant hurriedly entered the banquet hall and knelt down on one knee in front of him to report loudly.

"Very well, tell General Bahat that the Taipo will hold a celebration banquet in the city in the evening, and everyone will rest as soon as they get drunk."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu put down the wine glass in his hand and said to the sergeant with a smile, so it seems that Bahat and the others have won a big victory this time and won a big victory.

Hearing this, Jabbar and other local leaders of Hami couldn't help but glance at each other, and their eyes showed a look of relief, and they were extremely pleased with the correct choice they had made to join the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, since this morning, Jabbar and others have received battle reports one after another, knowing that Tumer, who was besieged in Yumen Pass, would definitely be defeated this time.

In addition, Jabbar and others also learned an important news, that is, the Mongol cavalry of Bahat used a long-range bow and arrow, and firmly crushed the Yarkand cavalry on the battlefield.

If they hadn't chosen to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty yesterday and attacked Dunhuang City, then the Ming army in Dunhuang City, which was also equipped with that kind of new bow and arrow, would have caused them a large number of casualties, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Jabbar and others knew very well that with the defeat of Tumol in Kansai, the sky changed, and the Ming army used this battle to consolidate its position in Kansai and became the new ruler of the Kansai region.

(End of chapter)