After the news of the loss of Liangzhou Wei came, Shi Lei's army, which was originally marching rapidly, was completely disrupted by the plan, and had to temporarily stop in Lanzhou Mansion, waiting for the next move after analysis.

You know, originally, Shi Lei and others planned to take advantage of the Liangzhou Wei still in their hands, with the Liangzhou Wei as the center, and then gather heavy troops, hoping to annihilate the 50,000 invading Turpan soldiers in one fell swoop, and now when the Liangzhou Wei is lost, then the enemy's target has changed from a Liangzhou Wei to more, you know, whether it is Suzhou Wei, or Liangzhou Wei and other guards, the location of these guards is in a very narrow place between Qilian Mountain and the Great Wall.

This was originally the road for the Central Plains Dynasty to communicate with the Western Regions, therefore, since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after the Central Plains Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu, it completely fell into the hands of the Central Plains Dynasty, except for a very few times, most of the time, even in difficulties, the Central Plains Dynasty will not give up this passage, just like the Wei State during the Three Kingdoms, although there are still two countries in the south, but Cao Cao and other Wei emperors still deployed a huge number of troops here to guard the Silk Road.

It's just that all this ended at the end of the Song Dynasty, with the rise of the Mongol Empire, whether it was the Western Regions or other countries, all of them were destroyed by the powerful Mongolian cavalry, and later the Mongol Empire also collapsed, but the originally prosperous Western Regions countries were completely wiped out, and returning to the land of China ruled by the Han people was not as important as it was for this road to be seen as much as those previous dynasties, but even so, the Ming court still established many guards here, in addition to defending the frontier, It's more about spying on those aliens around you.

Therefore, it can be said that as long as these guards are stationed here, then no matter what enemy wants to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains through here, they will have to pay a huge price, in addition, more importantly, in this process, it will also allow the Central Plains Dynasty to get enough time to react, so as to mobilize troops and prepare, so as not to be in a hurry and don't know how to do it.

I didn't expect that even with such strict measures, there were still mistakes up to now, neither Shi Lei nor anyone else thought that at this time, there was such a powerful force in Turpan on the grassland, and more importantly, they were unaware of the invasion of Turpan, which led to the complete loss of effect of these original exquisite arrangements.

"Let's talk about it, what should we do now, you know, if it's just 50,000 Turpan cavalry, forget it, they don't have anything, but you all heard what Zhou Dabao said just now, these Turpan people are simply not people, but a group of evil beasts, they not only occupy the city, but also kill people when they see them, if they really let them into our hinterland, even if we finally wipe them out, it will cause us great harm, especially those unprepared people, If they are harmed, it will be a shame for the official and all of you, so we must first find a way to contain these people so that they have no way to separate, and as for the matter of eliminating them, it depends on the specific situation. Sitting in the yamen of Lanzhou Mansion, Shi Lei said with a heavy face.

After listening to Shi Lei's words, the room full of officials and generals did not speak, you know, there are a lot of generals who followed Shi Lei on the expedition this time, except for Li Yan who needs to be stationed in Henan, Liang Zhendong who needs to sit in Shanxi, the rest of the generals, such as Fang Junchi, Feng Laohu, Dong Qi and some other old people who followed Shi Lei, such as Liu Zongmin, Gao Ligong and other people who took refuge in Shaanxi came out together, but for these people, if they were to confront the Turpan army face-to-face, they could have countless ways to deal with them, But now it is not a face-to-face battle, but how to contain them so that they cannot disperse, it is a great test of everyone's experience and wisdom, and more importantly, there are many people who do not understand the battle on the grassland, so for a while, the scene is actually a little cold.

After seeing that everyone was silent, a general standing at the back of the team showed a trace of anxiety on his face, this person was none other than Zhou Dabao, the original Liangzhou guard general. Zhou Dabao is nearly forty years old this year, from joining the army at the age of sixteen to now achieving the status of the Liangzhou Guard, it is very good to say, but for Zhou Dabao, he is very dissatisfied, you know, if it is during the Taiping years, he can rise to this position, that is, the ancestral grave is smoking, after all, it is not easy to climb from a grassroots to the present.

But when is it now, the world is in turmoil, there are soldiers is the era of the grass king, looking at many hairy boys who are not as good as him at all, after getting ahead by chance, his heart has long been at ease, but unfortunately, fate made Zhou Dabao unable to resist, in the last years of Chongzhen, when the world was in turmoil, Liangzhou Wei, which should have been in constant turmoil, became a peach blossom source, and then, first the Ming army was defeated, Shaanxi fell into the hands of the powerful Dashun army, Zhou Dabao had no choice but to surrender to the Dashun army, and after the Dashun army left, but there was another Shi Lei, Zhou Dabao, who didn't know it at the time, saw that Shi Lei and others had even defeated the powerful Dashun army, and there was no resistance to surrender, but, when he later learned that Shi Lei and others were just paper tigers, it was too late to regret it, and at that time, after integration, Shaanxi no longer had the opportunity to let Zhou Dabao launch a rebellion.

Since the providence is so, although Zhou Dabao is unwilling, but still reluctant to appoint, originally he thought that the days would pass in such a muddy way, but he did not expect that the Turpan people suddenly appeared, and, quickly broke the front of the Suzhou guard, in the face of the powerful Turpan army, Zhou Dabao, who had only 3,000 people in his hands, did not choose to flee or surrender, but carried out stubborn resistance, years of experience on the battlefield allowed him to quickly stop the progress of the Turpan army, although in the end had to retreat, But he still brought back more than 1,000 people, it was this kind of record that made him not only not punished after he came back, but was praised by Shi Lei, Shi Lei's praise made Zhou Dabao, who was already dead, see hope again, and at the same time he also realized that when the Turpan army invaded, it was the time when he got ahead, and it was with this idea that although Zhou Dabao already had a plan in his heart to delay the Turpan army, he was worried that if he rashly stood up, it would make others jealous of him. For this reason, he can only be secretly anxious somewhere.

Although, there are a lot of people in the hall, but Shi Lei has seen everyone's expressions in his eyes, for Shi Lei, this is also a way to test everyone, originally looking at everyone's confused expressions, Shi Lei's heart is still very low, but when he saw Zhou Dabao with an anxious look on his face, his eyes leaked a trace of surprise.

"General Zhou Bing, you know those Turpan soldiers best here, tell me what we should do to delay them and prevent them from scattering." Shi Lei suddenly asked when everyone had no choice.

Hearing Shi Lei's question, not only the people next to him felt strange, but even Zhou Dabao was stunned, he never thought that Shi Lei would actually let him say, you know, here, his official position is the lowest, just standing in the door frame, now Shi Lei didn't ask those big guys, but asked him, which made him surprised, his heart was also full of apprehension, fortunately, the mentality that has been trained on the battlefield over the years is still good, although he is nervous, But the plan in my heart is still very clear.

After seeing Zhou Dabao stand up, he first bowed to Shi Lei and saluted, and then said, "My lord, although the lower officials had the most contact with the Turpan army, but the military situation was urgent at that time, and they didn't know much about their other situations. ”

Hearing Zhou Dabao's words, not only Shi Lei, but also some people with ideas in their hearts next to him couldn't help grinning, and thought at the same time in their hearts, it seems that this Zhou Dabao is indeed a scheming person, of course, for this situation, Shi Lei not only did not feel uncomfortable, but was a little surprised, you know, since ancient times, it has been easy to find a thousand troops, why, it is because there are too many people who charge into battle, and there are too few commanders who can strategize and defeat the enemy with thousands of troops. The most basic thing to distinguish between soldiers and generals is whether they have a careful mind, and only thoughtful people can think about those more complicated things.

Now the situation in Shaanxi is like this, with the change of training methods, it is not difficult to train a group of rabble into a qualified soldier, but there are too few qualified generals who can lead these soldiers to win the battle, which is why Shi Lei entrusted a large number of surrendered generals with important tasks.

"If you have something to say, Lord Zhou has been stationed at the border for a long time, and he may not know much about this official and others, if he has been in contact for a long time in the future, you will understand that our people are different from those bureaucrats in the past, okay, although you can rest assured that all your thoughts will be said, as long as your methods are useful, this official will definitely be rewarded, and at the same time, he will also play the imperial court, and he will entrust you with important tasks, under the command of this official, as long as you have the ability, then the high-ranking officials are at your disposal." After understanding Zhou Dabao's thoughts, Shi Lei said such words very simply, which was almost naked, the reason for this is also Shi Lei's summing up experience, everything in the army is crisp and resolute, that kind of procrastination, that is a means to deal with official oils and some people who think they are clean.

After hearing Shi Lei's such explicit words, Zhou Dabao not only did not feel the slightest fear, but his heart beat wildly, and all the scruples in his heart were left behind by him under the temptation of high-ranking officials.

"My lord, after hearing my lord's words just now, Xia Guan thinks that there is a method that is the most suitable, if this method is implemented, it will definitely be able to attract all the Turpan soldiers together, so as to create a great situation for us to annihilate them." Zhou Dabao said.

"Oh, what's the solution, tell me about it." Hearing that Zhou Dabao really had a way, all of a sudden, everyone in the hall became interested.

"My lord, when the lower officials fought with the Turpan army in Liangzhouwei, they once captured some Turpan soldiers, although many of these people were ordinary soldiers, but there were still a few big people, among them there was a centurion after being caught, after strict interrogation, he said a lot of things about Turpan, the reason why they will attack us with a large army at this time is because they were bewitched by some merchants who came to trade with them, Those merchants explained to them in detail all the general situation in China, and told them that now was a good time to attack China, and it was precisely for this reason that the newly unified Turpan Kingdom, under the leadership of King Amer Khan, invaded us, and according to the situation they described, the lower officials estimated that the merchants who went to them should be Manchus. Zhou Dabao said.

Hearing Zhou Dabao's explanation, everyone understood the cause and effect of this incident, and everyone never thought that when the Manchu Qing Dynasty had no energy to deal with Shaanxi, they would actually come up with such a trick to kill people with a knife, although they understood, but everyone had no way except to curse a few words in their mouths, after all, the two sides were hostile, no matter what they did, it was understandable.

"Does this have anything to do with your plans?" Although he understood the cause and effect of this, Shi Lei still asked with some curiosity.

Hearing Shi Lei's question, Zhou Dabao arched his hand again, and then said, "My lord, my subordinates also said just now, the people of Turpan who came to attack us have just been unified, and their king is called Amer Khan, who also relied on force to unify the Turpan country, think about it, he has just unified the country, and he led troops to attack us, isn't he afraid of a fire in the backyard of his hometown?" He must be afraid, therefore, what he wants most is to annihilate our living forces as soon as possible, so as to occupy more territory, so as to obtain great benefits, instead of attacking one city after another as before, if that is really the case, with their 50,000 people, let alone doing anything else, I am afraid that one or two cities will be killed and wounded, and in this way, our opportunity has come. ”

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