Regarding Liang Yanwu's question, Wang Jin and Gundam were noncommittal, which was tantamount to acquiescence. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And Liang Yanwu obviously expected such an answer, so he just nodded, and then made a gesture of please: "There are many people here, it is not suitable for talking, please move." ”

Although the negotiation place was set up temporarily, but also considering that there was a possibility of controversy during the negotiation, so the stalemate was established, so two other tents were set up at a distance on both sides of the main tent, although they were not large, but they could be discussed in them, and the tents of both sides were guarded by their respective armies, and they did not have to worry about being listened to by anyone to discuss matters with their families.

Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs. For the rich Daming, it is not difficult to arrange this small tent well, the tent has everything in the sand table of the Western Regions and the Xingxing Gorge, and even prepared a large number of pen, ink, paper and inkstones as a backup, just in case.

Of course, this is also limited to the Ming side, the Ministry of Industry and the Ming army are not kind enough to prepare so many things for the opponent, and it is already very good to be able to set up a tent.

It is precisely because of this small tent that Liang Yanwu and the three of them do not need to go back to Xingxing Gorge, just discuss directly in this small tent. As soon as he walked in, Wang Jin said: "The Ming Dynasty has been in a stalemate with the Mongolian Tatars in Hexi for a long time, in the final analysis, it is not because the grain and grass equipment are insufficient, but because the war in the Central Plains has not been calmed. ”

Liang Yanwu and Gao Gao both nodded, one of them is the general of the main army, and the other is the minister in charge of material dispatch in Dunhuang, so they naturally understand the truth here, purely from the perspective of supplementing troops and grain and grass, Daming actually had the capital to fight a decisive battle with Haidu a month or two ago, and even did not need the help of these small tribes, Daming still had the determination to win, but firstly, the reorganization of the Tubo soldiers had not yet been completed, and secondly, the main reason was that the Northern Expedition of the Central Plains had not yet come to an end. Once the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty was defeated, these armies in Hexi not only could not advance westward, but also had to hurry back to defend Guanzhong and even support Heluo.

In this way, even if the Ming Dynasty defeated Haidu, he could only let the Haidu Department retreat, and there was no way to take advantage of this opportunity to rush into the Western Regions. At that time, with Haidu's means and skills, it will naturally be able to stabilize quickly, and reconvene the army and organize defense. In addition, the Ming army did not dare to attack with all its might, and it was difficult to inflict such a heavy blow on the Haidu Department as this one under the condition of reservation, and even made Haidu flee alone.

Therefore, before the definite news came from the Northern Expedition, the Ming army's attack from Xingxing Gorge was more than worth the loss. Because that means that the Ming army is likely to face the cities of the Western Regions that are difficult to conquer. After all, the Western Regions is not a simple large piece of land, the towering snow-capped mountains and desolate deserts make it not a simple matter to march in the Western Regions, let alone fight.

This is also the reason why the Battle of Star Gorge dragged on for so long.

Now that the Battle of Xingxingxia has ended, the Haidu Department is almost wiped out, and the Ming Dynasty will face the previous problem again, if the Ming army does not pursue at this time, it is very likely that the Haidu will recover its vitality in the Western Regions, and it will not be so easy for the Ming army to attack the Western Regions in the future, and the hard work of these months may be in vain.

So when he saw Wang Jin and Gundam, Liang Yanwu guessed their intentions.

Before Wang Jin's words fell, Liang Yanwu had already spoken: "Now that the battle of Xingxingxia is over, Daming has paid such a big price in Hexi, what he did is to one day be able to open up the road from Hexi to the Western Regions, and now this road is already in front of us, and I have no reason to retreat." ”

While speaking, Liang Yanwu stretched out his hand and pointed to the map: "Throughout the ages, there are two roads to attack the Western Regions, one is in the north and the other is in the south, and the Silk Road in the Han and Tang Dynasties also took these two roads, the north road took Shule, the Beiting Protectorate established in the Tang Dynasty was to protect the north road of the Silk Road, and the south road was to take Hotan, which is also the road protected by the famous Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, compared with the North Road, the South Road is far away from the grassland, close to the Tubo area, and it is easier to walk, Therefore, the Tang army came out from Yumen Pass and Yangguan at the beginning, took the lead in clearing the South Road, established the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and then established the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and later the Tang Dynasty shrank its forces and weakened its power, and the first thing to lose was the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate. ”

After a pause, Liang Yanwu said in a deep voice: "So a certain opinion is to open up the south road first, and then expand to the north road, we have Tubo as the backing on the south road, and at the same time, Hotan is also the capital of the Chagatai Khanate in Bara, and now it should also be a place for the sea capital to hide, if you want to really gain a foothold in the Western Regions, you must drive the sea capital out!" ”

"Hetian ・・・・・・" Wang Jin muttered, and gestured at Liang Yanwu's chin, "coincidence!" ”

As a veteran who has been a pillar of the army since the previous dynasties, Gundam can be said to have experienced the last stormy era of the Southern Song Dynasty, and has also experienced the era when civil officials don't know anything about war, but they can command above military generals, so even if the civil and military of the Ming Dynasty are actually equal, Gundam doesn't have much of a good impression of civilian officials, and is generally polite, but he doesn't mean to make friends with them.

After all, in his opinion, it is better for these civilian officials to stay away from the war, because the weakness shown by many civilian officials in the face of war and their level of talking on paper should still stay away from the war, so as not to cower and drag their feet at a critical time.

But today Liang Yanwu made a decision without hesitation, and gave his clear analysis ideas, which really surprised Gouda, and realized that he should now re-examine the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, at least Liang Yanwu as a person.

It is said that Ye Yingwu is a must, and he is extremely sure of seeing Gundam today. Liang Yanwu is indeed a qualified appeasement, even if he was just a down-and-out official in Lin'an a few years ago.

"There is no objection to so-and-so." Gundam said in a deep voice, "Without further ado, this battle is not fierce, and the soldiers can set off after a short rest, otherwise they are not familiar with the terrain of the Western Regions, and it will be difficult to compare with the Haidu Department when they march in, and if they delay the time, I am afraid that they will give Haidu a chance to recover." ”

Liang Yanwu and Wang Jin were both bowed, and the eyes of the three of them fell on the map at the same time.

The life and death of those small tribes no longer mattered, because Da Ming's focus was no longer on them.

It's the entire Western Regions!