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"According to the information sent by the front-line sentinels, Bara has already penetrated into the grassland at this time, and the cavalry is directly pointing at the Helin where the Mongolian Great Khan's tent is located, and with the current distance from Baila to us, it is basically impossible to come back within ten days." Tang Zhen, the superintendent of the Divine Ce Army, looked at Jiang Hao, the general of the Divine Ce Army, and Gundam, the general of the Tianxiong Army, who were standing in front.

And Zhang Jue, the superintendent of the Tianxiong Army, also looked up at the huge map, and without waiting for Wang Jin and Gao Gao to speak, he said: "We have been facing off with Haidu in this area for nearly two months, and in the past two months, Haidu has attacked Xingxing Gorge on a large scale three times, and the last time they took the camp on the east side of the pass, but fortunately, they had no way to rely on the camp to defend, so only that time they attacked the main pass of Xingxing Gorge, and now they have retreated back to the original camp. ”

After a pause, Zhang Jue then said unhurriedly: "Although the camp on the east side has been destroyed by the Mongol Tatars when they retreated, there are still a large number of items and equipment in the pass that can be used to defend the city, and more importantly, after the Ba Ra leaves, the Xingxing Gorge only needs to face the threat of Haidu, which is far less stressful than the original, if we have been holding on now, it can definitely support more than a year, after all, there is no trace of the Mongol Tatars from Dunhuang to the Hongliu River, There is no need to worry that the Mongol Tatars will return from Helin at this time. ”

"This is only the most conservative method, but for the Shence Army and the Tianxiong Army, in the past few months, they have almost replenished the originally lacking troops, and those Tubo troops have been reorganized." Tang Zhen then said, "The defenders of Xingxing Gorge, as well as the grain, grass, equipment, etc., are enough to support the army and the Haidu Department for a decisive battle, and more importantly, there seem to be many strange things in the three sieges of the Haidu Division, which I haven't noticed before, but combined with what Ma Tingyou Ma Xianggong said, it can be understood." ”

Wang Jin and Gao Gao also nodded, this point does not need to be said by Tang Zhen, they also noticed in the previous defensive battle, the Mongolian army outside the Star Gorge is not all one, at least those small tribes attached to Haidu, they did not take much care when attacking, the most obvious is that after breaking through the Ming army's camp on the east side of the Star Gorge, the main force of the Haidu Department continued to attack the city of Xingxing Gorge Pass, and these small tribes were responsible for covering the flanks, when Wang Jin personally led the Ming cavalry from the west side of the camp to support, These small tribes, which are quite numerous, and all of them have the strength to fight, symbolically resisted and scattered, so that Haidu had to urgently gather the army under the shock, and even at the cost of thousands of cavalry under his command being surrounded by the Ming army, it was only at the cost of fighting a bloody road.

On the contrary, the Ming army did not embarrass the retreating small tribal army too much, but only recognized the crazy assault of the army of Haidu headquarters, and even in the end, the cavalry of Haidu had to throw away the military flag that they regarded as honor and symbol, and retreated together with the miscellaneous armies of those small tribes, and finally withdrew from the Xingxing Gorge Canyon, which was like a dead place.

It is precisely for this reason that the third attack of the Haidu Department seems to advance the farthest, but in fact it should be regarded as an out-and-out defeat, the contradictions between those small tribes and the Haidu Department have been clearly revealed, and the army of the Haidu Department has also been severely weakened in this battle, and even the number of troops has been about the same as the army of these small tribes, and a large number of wounded have been added.

What's more, the heavy equipment that Haidu could bring to attack the city was also thrown under the city, and was concentrated by the Ming army and pushed into the camp on the west side, obviously without the slightest intention of letting Haidu use it again. And it was in this battle that the Haidu Department and the small tribes were actually about to become a fire and water, and even the Ming army could see the deep contradictions between them from the deliberate release of the small tribal army.

And Wang Jin, Gao Da and the others thought about the process of plotting against the Cyriji Department that Ma Tingyou said at that time, and immediately understood that this was definitely the Cyriji tribe behind the scenes, and these small tribes who were originally sheltered by Haidu decided to give up the intention of continuing to follow Haidu when they found out that Haidu was actually very weak, and they found that Cyriji actually had a lot of potential, and they were even able to realize who was standing behind Cyrijibe.

In fact, after the results of the Battle of Youyan and the Battle of Qinshui came out, these small tribes who were originally wall-to-wall grass already knew how they should stand in the future to ensure the continuation of the tribe. If Kublai Khan led the Mongols to victory in these two wars, then everything is easy to say, because after this the Ming army in Hexi will inevitably retreat, and the world presents a three-legged situation of the Ming Dynasty, Kublai Khan's Mongolian and Haidu Divisions, even among these three forces, the Haidu Department looks the weakest, but after all, the Haidu Department has been in the Western Regions for a long time and has absolute self-protection ability, even if it can't be beaten, it is not so easy for the Ming army or Kublai Khan's troops to attack this side.

What's more, even if the Ming Dynasty and Kublai Khan's troops wanted to attack the Haidu subordinates at that time, they would have to consider the plan of the enemy on the other side. Moreover, with the fact that these small tribes thought that they knew about the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia and the absolute advantage of the Mongolian side of Kublai Khan's personal attack, they all thought that the Ming Dynasty would at most have a draw with the Mongols, and both sides would be defeated, and even the possibility of defeat was greater. So they all watched the show with peace of mind, anyway, this result made them not have to change their doors in a hurry.

However, the results of the battle of Qinshui and the battle of Youyan made all the small tribal chieftains who were waiting to see the excitement blow up, the Ming first annihilated the Mongolian defenders of Youyan, and then counterattacked in one fell swoop with this good news, forcing the majestic Mongolian main army to flee with its tail between its legs, and now it is even surrounded in Yanmen Pass, and without Youyan and Kublai Khan's main Mongolian main force, even Ba Ra dares to rush to Helin to prepare to make a profit, not to mention that Da Ming will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue.

This battle has been doomed to the decline of the Mongolian Kublai Khan, and it is doomed that the three-point world envisioned by these small tribal chieftains watching the fire from the other side is impossible, and in the face of the victory of the Northern Expedition, it can really be said that the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, they naturally understand how to choose, and they don't even need to go out to lobby in front of Xiliji, these chieftains will inevitably choose to release water on the Ming cavalry in the third attack that determines the strength of both sides of the Xingxing Gorge offensive and defensive battle.

After all, they have already prepared to stand with Daming, and the Haidu Department will inevitably react, and the weaker the strength of the Haidu Department at that time, the more beneficial it will be to these small tribes. And it was at this time that Cyriji, who had vaguely become the leader of the leaders of various small tribes, sent people to contact these chiefs who wanted to change their courts, and these chiefs were still afraid and wary in the face of the army that actually had a great deterrent power in Haidu, plus the Ming side had not taken the initiative to send people to contact, once the war started, the chiefs and leaders could not guarantee that the Ming army would understand their intentions.

If the Ming army "treats them equally" with the Haidu Department at that time, it will be tragic. The powerful firearms of the Ming army, a salvo may only bite off some of Haidu's soldiers, but it is very likely to directly wipe out a small tribe. When all the leaders thought of such a risk, they would inevitably gasp.

And at this time, Cyrigi, who took the initiative to stand up again, naturally became their lifeline. What's more, although the envoy sent by the Cyriji Department did not say it explicitly, the meaning revealed in the words was naturally understood by the leaders and chiefs who were used to being the grass on the wall.

Nine times out of ten, the Cyriji Department has already connected with the Ming Dynasty, and it is better to follow the Cyriji Department than to follow the Haidu Department and wait for the dead!

This is also why at the beginning of the Xingxing Gorge Pass, when the Xiliji tribe took the lead in retreating, the rest of the small tribes also retreated in unison, opening the way for the Ming cavalry.

"If we don't take action all the time, I'm afraid the sea won't let us 'friends' go." Gundam said in a deep voice, "Without further ado, now that the army has almost been reorganized, and the food and grass are still sufficient, even if you don't attack into the depths of the Western Regions, you should give Haidu a little color." Being blocked by him at home for so long is not the style of the Shence Army and the Tianxiong Army! ”

"Agreed!" Wang Jin said without hesitation.

"Agreed!" Zhang Jue and Tang Zhen also took a step forward.

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"Leader Sirigi, you're finally here!" Several chiefs couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as they watched the figure striding in with one hand open the curtain of the tent. The whole tent was filled with a chill, and even the coal-fired brazier in the middle was devoid of fire, for most of the chiefs and chiefs had beads of sweat on their foreheads.

Cyriji exhaled softly, and standing in front of him were almost all the chiefs and chieftains who had made up their minds to stand on the side of the Cyriji tribe, and there were thirty or thirty men, which was definitely not a number to ignore, because behind them, there were symbols of an army of as little as five or six hundred, as many as two or three thousand, and always even close to twenty thousand.

And these small tribes are basically cavalry teams, more than 10,000 cavalry, for any side of the force, it is definitely not possible to make up in a short time, even for the Ming Dynasty, which now sits in the land of Hexi and has a strong national strength.

Although compared to these small tribes, the Haidu Department still has about 20,000 cavalry and more foot soldiers in its hands, and controls the remaining part of the siege equipment and a large number of people, but everyone knows that what can affect or even dominate the success or failure of the war in this wilderness is the number of cavalry, and the Haidu Department has been damaged after several major battles, and the number of cavalry and the number of cavalry of these small tribes are not much different from each other, even if these small tribes are still difficult to defeat the Haidu Department, But there is still the ability to compete with it and even be invincible and protect itself.

But if so many people fight on their own, it will be a mess after all, so these chiefs and chiefs are relieved to see Cyrij walk in, because this is their chosen leader, and these tribes will follow Cyriji to protect themselves in this melee.

"Chief, Haidu has sent someone to invite us to his tent to discuss the war." One of the leaders did not wait for Cyriji to sit down, but said worriedly.

"This is clearly to take us down in one fell swoop, and we must not pass!" The other chief spoke without hesitation, and before he could finish speaking, the rest of the leaders and chiefs nodded. If they can achieve this position, they must be outstanding people in the tribe, and they naturally have enough judgment ability in such things.

In the third attack, everyone was actually willing or unwilling to show their attitudes, and Haidu was naturally not stupid, and inviting them over at this time was probably going to have a Hongmen banquet. And taking advantage of this opportunity to capture the thief and capture the king, you can solve the trend of rebellion of these small tribes as quickly as possible.

Cyriji nodded, and then turned his gaze around everyone: "What are the other actions of the Haidu Division?" ”

A leader stepped forward and said: "There is no sign of the Haidu Division, but it is the two lackeys who bark most happily at the foot of Haidu on weekdays, and now there is a great posture to go to the dark with Haidu, but we can't beat Haidu, and we won't be afraid of their two small tribes, and now our brothers have surrounded their two tribes, and it is estimated that their leaders will come to meet the big leader in a short time." ”

Before he could finish speaking, the curtain was lifted again, and two guys who were pressed by the guards walked in, and when they saw Cyriji, they scolded: "Cyriji, you eat inside and out, not a thing!" Haidu Khan treats you well, why do you want to do such a bastard thing, why don't you quickly let go of the two of us, and then go to Haidu Khan to make amends?! Otherwise, Haidu Khan will definitely teach you a good lesson! ”

Cyriji was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that what the leader said just now was indeed good, but their army not only surrounded these two small tribes, but also directly captured people. In the face of an enemy several times their size, these two small tribes numbered in the hundreds, and the incident happened suddenly, so naturally they did not have much resistance. It had been in the position of the leader for a while, and Cyrigi was no longer the person who looked forward and walked on thin ice, and immediately a chill flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the leader just now, who bowed his head slightly, obviously apologizing for his lying behavior and unauthorized actions.

But now is the time to employ people, Cyriji didn't blame much, and looked at the two leaders with straight waists with cold eyes: "Let the two of them kneel!" ”

"Why, you Cyriji are the leader, and so are we, you have no right to ・・・・・・," the two leaders suddenly shouted, but several chiefs and leaders who were eager to show themselves stepped forward quickly and kicked them on the knee, and the two of them fell to their knees screaming in pain.

When they felt the pain, the two of them realized that Cyriji and these companions around them were not joking, and their hands on the saber could pull out the knife and ask for the head of the two of them!

Suddenly, the two shivered, and their voices were far less arrogant than just now: "Cyriji, and ・・・・・・ and you, what are you going to do?" ”

And Cyriji Huoran stood up, pulled out the knife in his hand and pointed at the two guys below who had actually become prisoners: "You don't want to ask what so-and-so is doing?" Then so-and-so will tell you that from now on, we will be reversed, change our flag, and become the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

All the surrounding leaders and chieftains had a look of surprise in their eyes, obviously they had not guessed wrong, it was Da Ming standing behind Cyriji. It's no wonder that he was able to grow from a cowardly small tribal leader to such a leader in such a short period of time, and no wonder he would disobey Haidu's orders, and even be the first to get out of the way in the crucial third battle!

And the faces of the two leaders were already pale.

It's just that Cyriji sneered and put away the saber in his hand: "Killing you two guys has defiled a certain big tent, now let you go back to report the news, and tell Haidu clearly, a certain Siriji and all the leaders and chiefs are waiting for him here, if you want to kill us, directly send troops to attack, and don't play tricks like Hongmen Banquet anymore!" ”

The two leaders felt drenched in sweat, and when Cyriji's guards stepped forward to untie the ropes from their bodies, they stood there dazed, bewildered. It wasn't until the surrounding chiefs and chiefs burst into laughter that they ran desperately outside, and even fell to the ground several times in a hurry. And to see them off was more laughter.

"Let's get ready for battle!" Cyrigi didn't smile, but had a solemn look on his face.

Before the Ming army heard the news and killed him, he had to withstand Haidu's attack.

"Yes!" The chiefs and chiefs roared.