Xu Fengnian stationed troops at Yumen Pass, and when Wang Yanzhang, Han Sui, and Ma Chao returned to Yumen Pass, Xu Fengnian's face was gloomy.

Wang Yanzhang fought bloodily and was hit by two arrows in his body, but his injuries were not serious, and it is estimated that he will recover soon.

Hexi Corridor, I didn't expect Temujin's target to be the Hexi Corridor.

Xu Fengnian happened to be stuck in an important position between the Western Regions and Guanlong, once the Yumen Pass was lost......

"Then the next one to lose is the Western Regions, and then, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liaodong will all face a crisis, and they may be attacked on all fronts at any time......"

Xu Fengnian had already imagined what would happen.

Temujin's strategy was practically the same as that of many powerful nomadic civilizations. The Xiongnu did not dare to attack the Han Empire head-on, and often attacked the Western Regions first. The Western Regions can produce good horses, and it can also produce servant armies to attack Guanlong. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would try his best to attack Hetao and Mobei to relieve the threat of the Xiongnu.

"With our strength alone, we cannot defend the main force of the Mongol Empire, and the Mongol cavalry attacking Dunhuang County is about 100,000 ......"

Ma Teng, who has been elevated by Xu Fengnian, has a certain amount of power, because Xu Fengnian needs to use Ma Jiajun.

Ma Teng's Ma Jiajun has a lot of talents, in addition to Ma Chao, there are also Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, Ma Yunlu and others.

Ma Teng knew that Xu Fengnian wanted to take refuge in the general Chutian, so he didn't have the idea of seizing power with Xu Fengnian, anyway, he would be someone else's courtier in the future.

Ma Teng's ambition to compete in the Central Plains, speaking of which, is not necessarily as ambitious as his son Ma Chao.

The top priority is to defend the Yumen Pass.

"It seems that we can only issue an order to order the soldiers and horses of the world to gather in Jiuquan County to assist in the defense of the Yumen Pass."

Xu Fengnian faced Temujin alone, and he really couldn't defend.

The Mongol Empire was no longer a Mongol empire with only cavalry, and there was a group of craftsmen.

The loss of Dunhuang County meant that Temujin could recruit servant troops from Dunhuang County, and use these servant armies to attack the Western Regions or capture Yumen Pass.

Soon, Xu Fengnian issued a request for help to the princes of the world, asking the princes of the world to send soldiers and horses to Jiuquan County to help defend Yumen Pass.

The price paid by Wang Yanzhang was not without value, Temujin's movements were detected by Wang Yanzhang in advance, and the princes of the whole world knew that Temujin and the cowardly Xue army had arrived in the Hexi Corridor and had the potential to sweep the Hexi Corridor!

The Hexi Corridor is not only the fate of Xu Fengnian, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, but also the national fortune of the entire empire.

With the loss of the Hexi Corridor, it is likely that the Western Regions will be wiped out of the empire.

Huo An's Western Regions Protectorate was under the pressure of two khanates and a Subutai army, if Temujin captured the Hexi Corridor, and then stationed troops at Yumen Pass, blocked the reinforcements of the Han Empire, and personally attacked the Western Regions, the Western Regions would fall!

"The Western Regions can't hold it...... At least I have to keep the Hexi Corridor so that I can break the game......"

Huo An hurriedly asked the princes of Guannai for help.

He may be able to struggle under the offensive of the two khanates and the Subutai army, but if he adds Temujin's cowardly Xue army, even if there are Huo Quzhi, Chen Tang, Li Siye and others, it is estimated that he will not be able to solve the embattled situation.

There was a great earthquake in the Guannai, and the first princes involved in it were Lao Qin.

The Hexi Corridor is lost, the second one may be the Western Regions, and the third one may be Guanlong.

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

In the barracks of Chang'an City, two veterans of the Han Empire were desperately training soldiers and horses.

Lao Qin took Lu Bu and Yang Dayan, two fierce generals, to find these two veterans of the Han Empire in person.

His generals are not necessarily enough, and he must squeeze the ability of two Han Empire veterans.

After a few years, Lu Zhi, the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty, passed away, leaving only Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun were the last commanders of the Eastern Han Empire, and when the old Qin came to them, they knew that it was time for them to fight to the death for the Han Empire.

"The Three Rivers Cavalry began recruiting and training a few years ago, and all of them were divisions of a hundred battles that had followed me for many years. The five schools of the Northern Army, although most of them are recruits recruited this year, there are also a group of veterans who have served the empire since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and their average rank may already be 70. ”

The old Qin handed over the last elite of the Eastern Han Empire to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun.

The Five Colonels of the Northern Army and the Three Rivers Cavalry were the last elites recruited by the Han Empire, and they fought in all directions during the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Later, Dong Zhuo incorporated these two troops, and later, Lao Qin managed to kill Dong Zhuo and inherit Dong Zhuo's legions, and these two elites fell into the hands of Lao Qin, helping Lao Qin to lay the early territory.

Now, out of the need to deal with the Mongol Empire, he handed over the division of a hundred battles to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, and asked them to go out of Yumen Pass.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun looked at the old Qin, they really couldn't see through the old Qin, whether he was supporting the Han family, or like Dong Zhuo, he planned to usurp the throne.

"I'm loyal to this land, not to some empire. Please be sure to guard the Jade Gate. ”

Old Qin took his hand and looked in the direction of Yumen Pass.

In June of the eighth year of the lord calendar, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun of the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty were ordered by the empire to visit the northern generals and the Anbei generals, and led 30,000 northern army five schools, 10,000 Sanhe cavalry, and 60,000 low-level troops of various departments, a total of 100,000 troops, to the north to reinforce Yumen Pass.

The battle flag of the Han Empire was unfurled, and two gray-haired veterans went out to say goodbye to the hundred officials outside Chang'an City.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are already the last famous generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The princes of the south were in a mess and had no time to take care of themselves.

A little girl climbs onto the battlements of the city wall, her hands outstretched, and she seems to be entertaining herself.

"Lu'er!"

The majestic voice sounded, and the little girl was startled, and almost fell from the city wall, but was held by a strong big hand, as if in the air.

Ma Teng put his daughter down and scolded: "Don't be so reckless in the future." ”

The young Ma Yunlu stuck out his tongue: "Daddy, I don't dare." ”

Ma Teng couldn't help but have a headache.

Xiliang's sons and daughters, brave and warlike, their daughter, is not willing to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at all, but likes to fight and kill, how dare ordinary daughters walk on the edge of the city wall several zhang high.

"The big war is about to start, send them to Guannai, and if we die in battle, it will be regarded as a continuation of the incense."

Xu Fengnian and Han Sui arrived, and they began to send their offspring to the relative safety of Guannai.

The location of the Yumen Pass is too important, if you want to defend the Yumen Pass, then you must be prepared to die in battle.

Ma Tie, Ma Xiu, and Ma Yunlu, who have not yet grown up, have no help in holding the Yumen Pass, so it is better to send them to the rear, so as not to cause Ma Teng to be distracted when defending the city.

Ma Teng agreed with Xu Fengnian's idea.

In order to attract a group of generals to stick to the Yumen Pass, the old Qin has given Ma Teng, Han Sui and others all official positions, and now Ma Teng is a Han general, and the order of the imperial court is to defend the Yumen Pass.

You can hold as long as you can, and wait for the three fronts of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Liangzhou to break through.

This big war is not just a matter of which state and which princes, but all the northern princes need to cooperate with each other on all fronts!

If the cooperation is not tacit enough, one front may fail, resulting in the collapse of the second and third fronts.

For example, if Guanlong is lost, and the main force of the Mongol Empire carries Guanlong's troops to attack the Central Plains, the Chutian forces will be attacked by the enemy and fall into passivity.

"I'm going to be with Daddy."

Ma Yunlu seemed to realize something and hugged Ma Teng's trouser legs.

Ma Teng lifted Ma Yunlu up and handed it to Xu Fengnian.

At the moment of the great enemy, now is not the time for children to grow up: "Lu'er will be handed over to you, where do you plan to send them for refuge?" ”

Xu Fengnian replied: "The summer city of Xuzhou is located on the shore of the Yellow Sea, far from the front line, and you can take refuge. ”

Xu Fengnian sent his own children, as well as the children of Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, to Xiacheng.

Xia Cheng became a refuge for the families of the Xiliang soldiers.

Moreover, Chu Tian was considered Xu Fengnian's ally.

In Dunhuang County, the Dunhuang garrison was surrounded by more than 100,000 Mongolian cavalry, and the number of Mongolian cavalry may be more than 100,000.

The Mongol Empire's Great Khan Temujin came in person, and Dunhuang County was under tremendous pressure, and Dunhuang County, which was abandoned by Xu Fengnian, was breached in less than three days.

The Hexi Corridor is too long and narrow, and Xu Fengnian, who has a limited number of troops, cannot fully defend it, so he can only hold the key passes in it.

Temujin entered Dunhuang, requisitioned the civilians of Dunhuang County, entered the barracks, transferred to the servant army and auxiliary soldiers transporting grain, built siege equipment, and attacked Yumen Pass in a big way.

The strategy of the Mongol Empire basically relied on fighting to feed the war, and it was necessary to capture one place as soon as possible in order to make up for the losses and obtain grain and grass. Until all enemies are destroyed.

One of the generals was summoned by Temujin, who was a general obtained by Temujin in the Third National War and conquered the main city in the north.

In order to keep his whereabouts secret, Temujin had been living in tents, guarded by a trustworthy cowardly Xue army, making it difficult for the scouts of the Han Empire to deliver news in a timely manner.

"I alone am enough to break through the Yumen Pass, you go to the Western Regions, assist Wokotai, Chagatai and Subutai, defeat the Western Regions Protector Huo'an, and dedicate his head."

"Yes."

This general was ordered by Temujin to lead a cavalry group to the Western Regions.

Dunhuang County was occupied by Temujin, in fact, the Hexi Corridor had been cut off, and Huo An was trapped in the Western Regions alone, which in Temujin's eyes was undoubtedly a battle of trapped beasts.

He also had to attack Yumen Pass and garrison Yumen Pass in order to block the continuous reinforcements of the Han Empire.

Otherwise, as soon as he walked on the front foot, Xu Fengnian's army on the back foot could easily recover Dunhuang and reopen the passage to the Western Regions.

This is also the importance of Yumen Pass.

There is a pass, which is equivalent to grasping the strategic initiative, which can be attacked and defended when advancing.

Temujin's maneuver was detected by scouts placed among the Mongol cavalry by the Han princes.

A cavalry took advantage of the teleportation array in Dunhuang County and went to other places.

"The Yumen is in the hands of the Han Empire, so it is very likely that this cavalry will go to the Western Regions or return to Mobei!"

This scout was a pawn of Ho Anbu, and he judged Temujin's intentions according to the situation.

The number of cavalry mobilized by Temujin was small, only a few hundred.

Generally speaking, the arrival of a few hundred cavalry in the Western Regions will not change much in the battle situation in the Western Regions.

Unless, Temujin thought that the generals who led the team had the ability to turn the tide of the battle......

The scout immediately used the player's system to warn Huo An in Dunhuang County.

The capital of the Western Regions, Huo An asked Mu Ke to return to Nanzhong County in Yizhou and bear the pressure alone.

Xu Fengnian still had reinforcements from Guan Long to rely on, but Huo An could only rely on himself.

Dunhuang County was lost, the Western Regions Protectorate was actually isolated, and Huo An was facing the offensive of a group of emperor-level and king-level commanders.

The Mongol Empire's offensive against the Western Regions Protectorate was a wolf pack tactic, using many commanders and soldiers from all walks of life to encircle the Western Regions Protectorate.

However, Hoan sent thousands of scouts to the Mongol Empire to gain as much insight as possible from the Mongol Empire.

"Who will Temujin send to the Western Regions?"

Hoan fell silent.

Under Huo An, Huo Quzhi, Chen Tang, Li Siye, Gao Xianzhi, Wang Xuance and other foreign war-type generals were silent.

The pressure on the Western Regions Protectorate is too great.

The Tibetan lords in the south also had their own enemies and were too busy to take care of themselves.

"Shrink the defense line with all your might, Wang Xuance, you strengthen your control over the thirty-six countries, but all the kings or nobles who have opposing intentions will be executed. We will survive with the Protectorate of the Western Regions! ”

Hoan was careful.

This time was the biggest crisis he faced.

The person who presided over the raid on the Western Regions was the king of the field, Subutai.

Subutai was also one of the few generals in the Mongol Empire who fought with Huo Qubing in the field.

Temujin's two sons, Ögedai and Chagatai, were not as skilled in military affairs as Subutai.

A military general came to the camp in Subutai.

"Sooner or later, the Western Regions Protectorate will be in our pocket, and Huo An is just dying. The Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia, Chagatai seems to be in trouble, and at the same time is threatened by the combined forces of the Seljuk Empire and the Khorezm Kingdom, and cannot attack the Western Regions Protectorate from the west, you go to the Chagatai Khanate to help Chagatai destroy the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm. With your talents, it shouldn't be a problem. ”

Unexpectedly, Subutai did not intend to go all out to eliminate the Western Regions Protectorate, but transferred this military general to Central Asia to pacify the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm.

"Yes."

This military general left the north of the Tianshan Mountains with several hundred soldiers and horses and headed for the Chagatai Khanate.

In the Chagatai Khanate, Temujin's second son, Chagatai was having a headache over the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm.

The Seljuk Empire and Khorezm were Central Asian civilizations, and Central Asian players knew that they could not be conquered by the Chagatai Khanate, so they chose to join forces.

The Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Khorezm, which were once the overlords of Central Asia in history, joined forces, and the cavalry sent by Chagatai to conquer Khorezm was defeated.

If the Chagatai Khanate could not conquer the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm, then it would not be able to join forces with the Ögedai Khanate and Subutai to attack the Western Regions Protectorate.

The Chagatai Khanate existed to conquer Central Asia.

At this time, the military generals dispatched by Subutai arrived, and Chagatai couldn't help but be moved.

"If we could annex the Seljuk Empire and Khorezm, we would have two powerful servant armies."