These two thousand guards are the most elite troops of the Hami Kingdom, and they are also the most loyal to the king, in order to complete the task, in order to protect Her Royal Highness the princess whom they have always admired, each of them is willing to give their lives, so they resist the attack of the Ming army with great perseverance.

Di Linaza took the lead in this battle, wearing a military uniform and an iron helmet, fighting on the front line, it was precisely because of her existence that the Hami soldiers in charge of the broken were brave and fearless, and the Ming army stopped for a while.

Zhu Ao, who was in the back, saw that Wang Huchen in front of him had not made progress, and his heart couldn't help but burst into flames, and he walked to the front line with a war horse and scolded with a tiger face: "Wang Huchen, can you do it?" You can't clean up such a few people now! ”

Wang Huchen saw Zhu Ao coming, and he couldn't help but be nervous, he had just made a great contribution, but he couldn't because the last shrimp soldier and crab general affected his image in the heart of the prince, so he immediately gave a military salute and said: "Your Highness, rest assured, this is the broken soldier of the Hami army, the trapped beast is still fighting, and the last general will take them down immediately!" ”

Zhu Ao ignored Wang Huchen, raised his eyes to look at the formation of the Hami army, and saw at a glance that Di Linaza was their backbone, and immediately did not talk nonsense, and bent his bow and arrow to shoot at Di Linazha's front door.

As Dilinazar was directing the battle, she suddenly felt something, and subconsciously lowered her head, and a sharp arrow swooped down her helmet.

Then, a bloody scene that often appears in TV dramas appeared. Dilinaza's hair fell and covered his blood-stained uniform, revealing an unbeatable countenance.

"Female?" Zhu Ao was stunned for a while, although there are many stories of female generals in China, such as Hua Mulan, Fan Lihua, and Mu Guiying, but Zhu Ao knew that those were all made up, and there was only one female general with a name in the twenty-four histories, that is, Qin Liangyu at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Several soldiers of the Hami Army were the first to react, grabbed Di Linazha, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, you go quickly!" Then he pulled the frightened Dilinazar to the back and protected her to chase Nahuri, the king of Hami.

Dirinaza is their goddess and their dream, and they would rather die than be humiliated in the hands of the enemy.

Wang Huchen had never seen a woman go to the battlefield, and his brain was stunned for a while, and after coming back to his senses, he said to Zhu Ao: "Your Highness, that female leader seems to be gone, can you chase it?" ”

Zhu Ao was stunned, withdrew his gaze from Di Linazha, and said, "Chase." ”

The Ming army began a new round of attack, but the more than 2,000 Hami soldiers in charge of the broken rear did not retreat, and finally all of them died in battle, covering the breakthrough of the main force.

Nahuri, the king of Hami, retreated all the way to Jiayuguan with the remnants of the defeated army. At this time, Jiayuguan is not the later Xiongguan in the world, the Jiayuguan defense system was built in the nineteenth year of Jiajing, and it took one hundred and sixty-eight years from the first construction of the fifth year of Hongwu.

Jiayuguan is responsible for guarding the 15-kilometer-wide river valley, not a gate city that seals all the boundaries of 30 miles at once, the defense system of Jiayuguan is mainly based on Jiayuguan Guancheng, with 66 piers and the Great Wall.

However, this was built later, and Jiayuguan in the early Ming Dynasty was a large fort with more than 200 soldiers, which had been destroyed by the Western Domain soldiers, so they were not worried about their back roads.

On the way to retreat, the Hami army encountered reinforcements led by Qu Neng, and was beaten badly, leaving behind many corpses and prisoners before escaping from the pass.

The battle between Qu Neng and the Sandbank King Aru Ge Li was much simpler. The Western Domain soldiers came to attack more than 60,000 people in total, and claimed to be 70,000 in order to strengthen their courage. King Hami went to fight Zhu Ao and took away 40,000, plus the thousands of people who died during the siege, there were less than 20,000 left.

Although the King of Shazhou had more troops than Zhu Ao, and Qu Neng's troops were less than those of King Hami, Zhu Ao came prepared, and he knew that he was using it as bait, so he defended very tightly. And the king of Shazhou thought until the last moment that he was dealing with the partial division of the Ming army, so he always took it lightly, his defense was very lax, and in addition, the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was not as good as that of the Hami army.

And Qu Neng is also an old fritter, taking advantage of the heart of the king of the sandbank to underestimate the enemy, he just sent a few thousand people to attack in the front, the king of the sandbank saw that there were not many people, and he was even more convinced that this was the partial division of the Ming army, but before he was much happy, the main force of more than 20,000 Ming troops suddenly rushed over from his flank, and suddenly the unprepared sandbank army was scattered.

Geng Bingwen, who was in the city, was very excited to see the reinforcements arrive, while opening artillery to bombard the soldiers of the Shazhou Army, while sending people to open the city to meet the battle, under the two sides of the Ming army, the Shazhou King Alu Ge lost heavy losses, he began to realize that he was deceived by the father and daughter of the King of Hami, and became cannon fodder.

Qu Neng and Geng Bingwen were anxious to save Zhu Ao, so they did not send troops to chase them, and brought all the main forces up to meet Zhu Ao, and they encountered the rout of the Hami Kingdom on the way.

Qu Neng interrogated a few captives to know that Zhu Ao had defeated an enemy army four times his size, and he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, with an obvious look of worship on his face, and said, "Your Highness is really wise and powerful!" ”

Qu Neng and Geng Bingwen continued eastward to find Zhu Hao, and it didn't take long for them to join the newly victorious Ming army led by Zhu Hao. The Ming army led by Zhu Ao defeated the enemy army four times its size with a force of more than 10,000 people, all of them smiling and complacent.

As soon as Qu Neng and Geng Bingwen saw Zhu Ao, they immediately hit their horses to meet them, and then a grunt turned over and dismounted, clasped their fists and saluted in great trepidation, and said: "The last general is too late to save the car, please forgive your highness!" ”

When Zhu Ao saw Geng Bingwen's dusty appearance, he suddenly laughed heartily and said, "The Marquis of Changxing is also here, it seems that the siege of Jiuquan has been lifted." ”

Geng Bingwen is also a bloody soldier who has been in the army all his life, seeing that Zhu Ao was willing to risk his life in order to save him, and then remembered what he had done before, the boss in his heart was not happy, and said to Zhu Ao with a guilty face: "Jiuquan is defended, and the last general will thank His Royal Highness for helping." ”

To tell the truth, Zhu Ao has no bitter hatred for Geng Bingwen, there is no personal grudge between them, but they are their own masters and have different positions, now seeing Geng Bingwen's apologetic expression, Zhu Ao is also very happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "Marquis Changxing don't have to be polite, you and I are both His Majesty's courtiers, and we are robes on the battlefield, so we should rescue each other." Besides, the Marquis of Changxing worked hard for me to guard the border, and he was caught in the sword soldiers, how could this king sit idly by and not save him? ”

No matter how ruthless a person is, his heart is also long, although Geng Bingwen's position on Zhu Yunwen's side will not change, but with Zhu Ao's words, he is still willing to treat Zhu Ao as a friend on the basis of not violating principles, and said: "Your Highness Gaoyi, please enter Jiuquan City quickly, the last general and the soldiers guarding Jiuquan must give His Highness a glass of water and wine." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ao didn't give him face, waved his hand, and refused bluntly: "No, this king won't enter the city first." ”

Geng Bingwen looked confused, he didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhu Ao's gourd, even if he wanted to go back to Zhangye, he would at least have to finish eating before leaving, was it really good to slap his face in public like this, and asked tentatively: "Why doesn't Your Highness go?" ”

Zhu Ao didn't answer Geng Bingwen's words, turned his head to Qu Neng and said, "General Qu, you attacked the King of Shazhou this time and let him suffer heavy losses." ”

Qu Neng's face showed obvious pride, and he said with a smile: "Haha, thanks to His Highness Hongfu, that old boy has at least more than half of the casualties, and in a few years, I'm afraid he won't be able to recover." ”

Zhu Ao nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Qu Neng with a resolute face and said, "Okay, then let's strike while the iron is hot." You choose 20,000 elite soldiers, bring cannons and siege equipment, and follow me to attack the sandbank. The Marquis of Changxing has worked hard, so he will stay in the rear to settle the wounded for the king. ”

Qu Neng and Geng Bingwen looked at each other and asked with puzzled expressions: "Your Highness, our army has just gone through a big battle, and the casualties are not small, shouldn't you rest for a while?" ”

Zhu Ao categorically refused, and said: "We are in difficulty, and the king of the sandbank is even more difficult!" Now they are already frightened birds, brothers can't go hand in hand, father and son can't take care of each other, and Hami, Qu Xian, Chijin Mongolia and other thieves in the Western Domain have just experienced a big defeat, and they definitely don't have the strength to support him. If they had recovered their strength and reunited, it would not be easy to subdue him even if they had an army of 100,000. As for Hami, he doesn't have such a big appetite for the time being, according to the original historical records, Hami at this time is not very powerful, but due to Zhu Ao's crossing, the current Hami is a not small vassal state that occupies the present-day Hami City and Turpan City, with a population of more than 200,000, and the adult men of the ethnic minorities are all soldiers, so Hami can pull out 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers, which is difficult to subdue for a while. Moreover, Hami had his back to the Uighurs, and if it had been pushed to the Uighurs, it would have been even more troublesome.

Qu Neng and Geng Bingwen nodded yes again and again, especially Geng Bingwen deliberately glanced at Zhu Ao with eyes full of deep meaning, he didn't expect this young prince to have such a profound view of the overall situation, he followed that person to fight all his life, and at this moment he seemed to see the shadow of that person.

Qu Neng was enthusiastic by Zhu Ao's words, opening up the territory and making meritorious contributions is the dream in the heart of every general, and he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "The last general is willing to follow the prince, and he will not return if he does not break the sandbank!" ”

The Ming soldiers behind him were deeply infected, and shouted in unison with Qu Neng: "If you don't break the sandbar, you won't pay it back!" If you don't break the sandbar, you won't pay it back! ”

The opportunity cannot be lost, Zhu Ao saw that the morale was available, and the big position was happy, and said to Geng Bingwen: "The rear will be troublesome to Changxinghou." Then He Qu Neng took 20,000 elite soldiers and galloped westward and crossed the pass.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jiayuguan was the westernmost point of the actual control of the imperial court, and the Ming Dynasty spent more than a hundred years to build the Jiayuguan defense system in order to prevent the invasion of the Western Domain, and locked itself firmly.