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Gundam and Huo Liang glanced at each other, and they both saw the same deep expressions on each other's faces. is also a person who fights on the battlefield, of course they understand Zhang Jue's thoughts, and they can even be said to understand them very well. The Ming Dynasty has never been a barbarian country, and the army of the Ming Dynasty is not a barbarian army, this newly rising dynasty has inherited the style of the Han and Tang dynasties, and will go higher and more brilliant.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty respected their opponents as long as they behaved like true warriors.

The final assault of these Mongolian cavalry in front of them always reminds people of the Ming cavalry who also launched such an attack on that snowy night in Xingxing Gorge, resolute, resolute, and indomitable. It's just that obviously they can't wait for their own reinforcements, leaving them with only a dead end. Although they respect in their hearts, the Ming soldiers will never show mercy, and these Mongolian cavalry will never lay down their arms.

The Ming soldiers had their own glory in the north and south, and the Mongolian cavalry also had the pride of their horses and rivers.

The sword flashed, and the last of the Mongol cavalry fell to the ground. A trickle of blood stained the earth red.

"Let's go, it's over." Gundam muttered.

Huo Liang and Zhang Jue nodded. They knew very well that what Gundam said was over, not only here, but also the entire Hexi War, which had actually ended at this moment. The Tianxiong army did not clean up the battlefield, and the infantry of the brigade continued to move forward tirelessly, but unlike before, hidden in the darkness, one torch after another was lit, beating like elves in the darkness.

Countless torches were linked together, and soon turned into a sea of flames, illuminating the entire Gobi Desert.

The Mongolian cavalry who came later, seeing the flames and lights suddenly emerging from the skyline, reined in their horses, and then countless flames of light followed closely in front of them and appeared on the undulating sand dunes, in the firelight, not only the flags, but even the people and horses were rendered red. The fiery red wave swept across the sky, completely illuminating the entire dark night, and the bright moon in the sky had lost its due brilliance at this moment.

The cavalry of the Ming army has been separated in this red sea, like flowing magma, moving quickly along both sides of the dunes, and a large number of Ming infantry soldiers are also desperately moving, as long as the cavalry pierces into the enemy's formation, these infantry soldiers can even ensure that they can directly press on the next moment.

The flexible figures of the Sichuan and Shu soldiers were vividly displayed at this time, and the figures ran up and down the sand dunes, as flexible as monkeys. Because of this change, the red sea rolling forward looks like a phoenix bathing in fire, freeing itself from the eternal war, tempered by the red lotus karmic fire, Nirvana is reborn, and pride dances in this wasteland desert, and all the darkness that is intended to be blocked will be swallowed by endless flames.

Standing on the sand dunes, the Mongolian cavalry looked at the scene in front of them in a daze. They had never seen such a vast and unscrupulous march in their lives, but soon the Ming cavalry had already rushed in front of them, and these Mongol cavalry were completely strangled before they could resist.

And just below this hill, the Mongol camps in the east and north of the city have also been completely thrown into chaos, and the Mongol soldiers fled in all directions in a panic, and at this moment any order and rules have been burned out by the flames of light that suddenly fell from the sky. These Mongol foot soldiers were far less combative than the Mongol cavalry, especially now that defeat was assured, and it was a fool's dream to expect them to resist.

The Heavenly Heroes seemed to fall from the sky and pour down the galaxy, and it seemed to emerge from the ground to roll countless raging fires. On all sides were roaring Ming soldiers, who had unconsciously replaced the howling wind. The mountains are full of galloping Ming army foot riders, swords and guns in their hands flashing with fire, looking more vicious than the legendary Yaksha.

The drums sounded, and the baggage convoy after the Tianxiong army was broken finally arrived. The artillery and thunderbolts had finally found their wreaking havoc, and countless arcs cut across the sky, and shells and explosives were poured down in the camps below the hills.

The earth-shattering explosion tore through the darkness completely.

A moment later, the drums of Dunhuang City also sounded, and the drums outside the city echoed the sound of the city, the four gates of Dunhuang were all opened, and the soldiers of the Shence Army, who had been aggrieved for too long, poured out of the city gate like a tide, killed the city wall where they had shed too much blood, crossed the trench that had been filled in by the Mongol Tartars, and crossed the ladder carts that had become black charcoal because of the burning of the fire, and continued to move forward.

Tang Zhen had already taken people out of the city.

And Liang Yanwu stretched out his hand to support the battlements, looking at the rare scene in his life, he couldn't help but mutter: "It's over, it's finally over." ”

Ding Zhuang and the soldiers who stayed behind him were already cheering, and many people were crying unconsciously.

In the five-day bloody battle, nearly 10,000 people of the Shence army were buried, and the city was about to run out of food and water.

However, it was on this day that the Tianxiong army arrived.

Dunhuang was relieved.

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Wang Jin leaned on the soft couch specially prepared for him, and there was no blood on his face at all.

But that didn't stop him from sitting there, taking in the admiring gaze of every general who walked in. Even Gao Gao and Zhang Jue, two generals who were actually at the same level as him, walked in and bowed their hands to Wang Jin respectfully.

Not because Wang Jin is a hero of the dragon and a classmate of Ye Yingwu today, but because the battle of Xingxing Gorge really played the bloody nature of the Ming soldiers. Sending troops to Xingxing Gorge, any general could see that this was tantamount to death, but Wang Jin still led the team to set off without the slightest hesitation.

The Battle of Xingxing Gorge was a bit abrupt in the eyes of many people, and even said that it was not good to say that the Shence Army paid senseless sacrifices and did not really control Xingxing Gorge, but weakened its own strength after this battle.

But the real people in the army understand that this kind of remarks circulating in private in the government and the opposition are simply ridiculous. The Ming Dynasty and the opposition have become accustomed to the fact that the army will inevitably occupy the new city and land when the army attacks, and the battle of Xingxing Gorge seems that the cavalry of the Shence Army directly killed Xingxing Gorge, but in the end they retreated to Dunhuang, which is equivalent to returning to the original point, and nothing has been achieved, but thousands of cavalry have been sacrificed. However, the benefits obtained by the Ming Dynasty behind the Battle of Xingxing Gorge are irreplaceable.

The Battle of Xingxingxia completely shattered the already weak alliance between Kublai Khan's Ministry and Haidu Department, and both sides clearly saw the other's purpose of finding their own alliance. The hypocritical alliance is just to push the other party to the front when the Ming Dynasty is really fighting, so that he can benefit from the fishermen in the back, especially the cavalry of Kublai Khan's army actually watched the Ming cavalry cross the Hongliu River and go straight to the Xingxing Gorge, which caused a huge shock at the top of the Haidu Department.

Originally, many generals from Haidu still had certain expectations for Kublai Khan, but Kublai Khan's troops themselves burned this expectation in the Battle of Xingxing Gorge. Regardless of whether this was Kublai Khan's own opinion or not, this approach was able to fully reflect the ideas of most of Kublai Khan's generals. So even if Kublai Khan had any different opinions, he had to consider the reactions of his subordinates.

It can be said that after the Battle of Xingxingxia, the two Mongolian tribes had no possibility of uniting at all, which further led to a tragic confrontation between the two tribes in winter.

If there was no battle of Xingxingxia, Kublai Khan and Haidu would not have had a series of wars in winter to grab grain, grass, cattle and horses, and would not have lost their troops, so that now Kublai Khan's troops no longer have enough strength to capture Dunhuang City in a battle. Even if there was no battle of Xingxing Gorge, it might be that Dunhuang City would not only face an enemy of Kublai Khan, but also that the sea capital would send troops to help.

However, the current situation is that in the entire battle of Dunhuang, the soldiers and horses under Haidu are watching the fire from the other side. However, this kind of tranquility obviously can't last long, and the information that Jinyiwei just sent was that just yesterday, the first general under Haidu, Ba Ra, had already marched to the northeast with his army, and the spearhead was the flank of the Mongolian Kublai Khan.

So even if there was no earth-shattering battle last night, I am afraid that the Mongol Tartars would have to prepare to retreat. After all, now Kublai Khan's rear is very empty, and it can even be said that it has fallen into a vacuum, and the army of Bara can almost be said to be in a no-man's land, so if the Mongol army does not retreat, it is equivalent to giving up its rear to others.

It can be said that the battle of Dunhuang can have today's situation because of the battle of Xingxingxia, and the battle of Xingxingxia was able to achieve a disastrous victory in the end, thanks to this pale-faced man sitting on the soft couch.

Compared with before, Wang Jin has lost a lot of weight, but this also makes it look a little sharper, after the big waves and sand, horse leather shroud, his gaze has completely receded from the green, who meets that pair of eyes, can't imagine how much this is just a young man in his twenties should have, the deep killing intent and high fighting spirit are perfectly integrated, and all the people who provoke him will be burned by the flames hidden behind his eyes.

When Zhang Jue and Gao Gao looked at Wang Jin, they both showed a slightly surprised expression. Because they had seen this gaze before, Yu Jue, who was the commander of Chuanzhong, had such a look. And Zhang Jue and Gao Da knew very well why Yu Jue's eyes came from. Only those who have experienced the battle of life and death and personally struggled back from the brink of nine deaths have such a deep and powerful gaze.

Liang Yanwu slowly walked over to Wang Jin and sat down, while Tang Zhen made a gesture of please at Gundam. As the general of the Great Tomorrow Army, Gundam should naturally sit with Wang Jin. At that moment, a smile appeared on the corner of Gundam's mouth, and he nodded, but he didn't refuse. As the only remaining veteran general of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally understands what he should do and what position he should sit in.

A huge map was opened all of a sudden, Tang Zhen strode forward, stretched out his hand and pointed at the map, and said in a deep voice: "The Mongolian Tartars were severely damaged in the first battle last night, and the Tianxiong army pressed from the east and north of the city, so that the Mongolian Tartars can only retreat to the northwest now. However, in the northwest direction is the direction of Hongliuhe and Xingxing Gorge, and under the persuasion of Jinyiwei, Ba Ra, a subordinate of the Haidu Division, led the army to take the northwest road and go straight to the flank and rear of the Mongolian Kublai Khan, which means that the two sides are likely to collide in the northeast of Xingxing Gorge, and a major battle is inevitable. ”

Zhang Jue raised his eyebrows and looked at the forces of the two sides marked on the map: "There is a deep grudge between the two Mongolian Tatars, and Bara has always insisted on fighting with Kublai Khan's army, this time we will definitely not show mercy to our subordinates, and the defeated Kublai Khan's army, even if it is carefully arranged, it will be difficult to defeat Bala." ”

"Eight people have courage and no strategy, which Jinyiwei can ensure." Yang Feng, who was standing in the shadows, said slowly. Although the voice was not high, it was enough for the entire council hall to hear it clearly, "But the army on the grassland, as long as it depends on the number and morale of both sides, the vast grassland is not a good place to set up an ambush. Therefore, even if he relied on brute force, Bara was able to defeat Kublai Khan's troops and kill them into the depths of the steppe. ”

Yang Feng spoke very lightly, but no one dared to underestimate him, and Gao nodded his head: "For the Ming Dynasty, it is a good thing that the Kublai Khan Department and the Haidu Department continue to fight." Even if it is not good, a big war will break out between the two parts, so that even if one party annexes the other, it will not be the opponent of Da Ming at all because of the great damage to the vitality. Now, if Bara can turn Kublai Khan's side upside down as the vanguard, the Ming Dynasty will probably have to face a powerful and tricky Haidu Division. ”

"The Haidu Department is composed of alliances, and the so-called alliances will inevitably have contradictions and conflicts from top to bottom. This time, it was clear that Bara's dispatch of troops was only in the interests of the Chagatai Khanate, not in the interests of Haidu and Mongolia as a whole, so it is conceivable that Bara did not get permission from Haidu. It is even very likely that Haidu will directly use troops against Yara next. Yang Feng stepped out of the shadows, the sun shone on the old man's body, the old man straightened his waist, without the slightest old age, "However, the Khanate of Bara and Chagatai was one of the four khanates divided by Genghis Khan after all, and the background is still there." Moreover, Haidu wants to crusade against the Chagatai Khanate, and the rest of the tribal khanates below will inevitably have opinions. What's more, Haidu also had to face the threat of the Ilkhanate to the south, so at most it was only a warning to Bara. ”

"In other words, this battle between Bara and Kublai Khan is inevitable?" Gundam said in a deep voice.

The hall fell silent all of a sudden, and everyone subconsciously looked at Yang Feng. Yang Feng coughed lightly and nodded solemnly: "Jin Yiwei is confident that he can make such an affirmation." ”

Tang Zhen, Liang Yanwu, and Wang Jin glanced at each other and took a breath gently.

Yang Feng and Jinyiwei they still trust, after all, Jinyiwei and Liumen contributed a lot to the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the Quartet Campaign, it can be said that without these two internal and external intelligence departments, the Ming Dynasty may be far from the current glory.

But Jin Yiwei came to such a certain conclusion, which means that a difficult problem is in front of Daming. Obviously, it was not in the proper interest of the Ming to defeat the Mongol Kublai Khan at all, so the Ming had to react to prevent this from becoming a reality. And now the Ming Dynasty can go into battle nearby, only the Shence Army and the Tianxiong Army, not to mention that the rest of the main army is too far away, the entire Northern Expedition and the Northern Defense Line still need people to defend, so these two main forces must support the Ming Dynasty in the sky west of the river.

"It is necessary to reverse the advantage of the Eight Rak over Kublai Khan." Wang Jin, who had been silent, finally spoke.

"Sending troops?" Tang Zhen raised his eyebrows. What the Ming wanted to see was a war between the Mongol Tatars, so it was absolutely impossible to send envoys to mediate among them, but if they still wanted to make Bara and Kublai Khan lose both, then the only remaining option was to send troops.

Wang Jin coughed lightly, stretched out his hand to cover his chest, and said lightly: "If you don't send troops, is there any better choice?" ”

Gundam slowly stood up and raised his head to look at Yutu: "We must send troops, but we are short of food, grass and equipment now, and we must wait for the follow-up baggage team to come over." I'm afraid that there won't be much time left for us, and it can even be said that when we arrived, Ba Ra had already entered the grassland. ”

"Snipe and clam fight, in fact, there is no need to be the profitable fisherman," Wang Jin's voice was still a little weak, but with a hint of killing intent, "There is another choice in front of Da Ming." ”

All eyes of the people in the council hall were focused on him.

Wang Jin exhaled lightly, stretched out his hand and pointed at the map: "Cross the Star Gorge and go straight to the Western Regions!" ”

Once the Ming Dynasty captures Xingxing Gorge, it will be equivalent to cutting off the return route of Ba Ra, and then Ba Ra will definitely do his best to return to the army to attack Xingxing Gorge. The initiative of the entire battlefield is in our hands. Zhang Jue's voice raised slightly, obviously agreeing with this decision.

"Attack Star Gorge, and the sea will not sit idly by." Gundam shook his head immediately.

"But what if it's just a bluff?" Wang Jin asked rhetorically without hesitation. (To be continued.) )

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