The more next year.

The Ming Dynasty changed the yuan.

It is the first year of Yongsheng.

The new yuan of the empire is celebrated by the whole world. In the hometown of the Western Regions, thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, there are arrays of soldiers, banners waving, war horses neighing, artillery rumbling, and armor sharpening knives.

Out of Jiayu Pass, it can be regarded as the Western Regions, which has been out of the control of the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

Then out of Yumen Pass and Yangguan, you can chant a poem of the ages of people who have no reason to go out of Yangguan in the west.

The Ming Dynasty gathered 200,000 elite divisions, and finally for the first time, they opened the Seven Guards of Guanxi and set foot in this ancient but still infinite vitality of the Gobi land.

Thousands of miles of Gobi, desert flying sand.

On the distant skyline are the Tianshan mountain range, covered with snow all year round, dividing the Western Regions into north and south.

On the southeast side of Tianshan Mountain, the old Gaochang Ancient City, which has been eroded by wind and sand, stands weakly under the Flame Mountain.

Neither the Turks nor the Mongols know how to control the sand.

The Kumtag Desert, not far from the east of the ancient city of Gaochang, has been constantly encroaching towards the west over the years.

If it weren't for the Baiyang River, the Harganzi Gol River, and the Karang Gol River, which are nourished by the glacier and snowmelt rivers that originate in the Tianshan Mountains, I am afraid that the entire Turpan area would have been swallowed up by wind and sand.

It was sunrise.

The sun rises slowly from the east, and the morning sun is like fire, which is thoroughly sprinkled on the Gobi Desert and oases, and is also imprinted on the Tianshan Mountains in the distance.

The entire Flaming Mountain, from east to west, is cut by three ravines.

And in the Heigou valley, which is closest to the ancient city of Gaochang and is located on the westernmost side of the Flaming Mountain.

There was an army of armored horses, silently stepping on the sand that was blown into the valley by the wind, and slowly pressing in the direction of the ancient city of Gaochang.

As the army moved slowly, the sun began to shine on the silent soldiers.

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen are wearing soft armor, and their heads and faces are also covered by face armor, and the eyes of the black hole are full of seeping evil aura.

After the cavalry, there was the headquarters of the Chinese army, and the soldiers of the infantry battalion, artillery battalion, spear battalion, and bow battalion stepped on the ground in silence, walking from the dividing line of the rising sun to the sun in the valley.

In the ravine in the middle of the Flaming Mountain, another large army was advancing in an orderly manner, preparing to join the Chinese army in the direction of the ancient city of Gaochang.

Several teams of scouts, already unaware, climbed to the top of the Flame Mountain, holding binoculars and looking around.

As soon as there is any wind or grass, these scouts send a signal to the sky.

On the north side of the Flaming Mountain, a huge hot air balloon was also rapidly inflating, and then slowly rose into the air.

Hundreds of ironclad steam wagons were heading to the northwest side of the Flame Mountain, preparing to control the area of the Karanggol River between the Flame Mountain and the Tianshan Mountains, preventing the enemy from going around from this direction and attacking the rear of the army.

The army passed through the eastern side of the Flame Mountain in an orderly manner and began to approach Turpan.

And in the other direction.

An equally large army had already poured out in groups in the large camp in the direction of the old city of Jiaohe.

The number of this army was far greater than that of the Ming army that came out from the direction of the Flame Mountain.

There are no less than 300,000 people.

However, the army of more than 300,000 people is a little more chaotic.

The flags of various colors are different in height and size.

The soldiers under each banner also wore different uniforms and held different weapons.

Even soldiers under the same banner can wear different uniforms and hold different weapons.

It seems to be a large army integrated from all sides.

But in the middle of this great army, there was an elite cavalry numbering up to 30,000.

These cavalrymen have the scarce iron armor of the Western Regions, and even the front half of the war horses under these soldiers are also covered with armor.

An army of 300,000 men poured out of the camp and soon divided into three great formations.

The middle formation went straight towards the Ming army east of Turpan City, and the left flank was advancing in the direction of the Karang Gol River, preparing to cut off the rear of the Ming army.

On the right flank, it was dominated by a cavalry composed of all sides, which seemed to be preparing to disrupt the Ming army's formation from the flank after the subsequent war began.

Both sides are clear about each other's formation and focus, as well as what the other's strategic intentions are.

And both sides also maintained the silence before the war, each making its final preparations.

The sun is rising.

The two armies have been able to reach their respective visible ranges.

The Ming army stopped first.

The cavalry began to run in front of the formation, as if to strengthen the army, but it raised a cloud of dust on the battlefield.

In the direction of the army formation dominated by Timur's army, it is no longer possible to see what the military formation after the cavalry of the Ming army looks like.

And in front of the Ming army, behind the dust raised by the cavalry.

A cannon was pulled to a fixed position by a war horse.

A thousand pieces of artillery formed a zigzag in the formation, defending the army in three directions in front of the Flaming Mountain.

Boxes of shells were transported to the artillery positions by the soldiers of the logistics battalion.

Until noon.

All the procedures before the war between the two sides were prepared.

The soldiers on both sides, who had filled their stomachs early, did not prepare to eat at this time.

Everything will not be settled until the end of the war.

Wind.

Blowing from the desert Gobi in the south, mixed with endless sand, blowing on people's faces.

The wind and sand blew from the masks of the Ming soldiers, and there was a loud sound, but in addition to the sound of the wind and sand, there was only the neighing of the war horses.

The horn sounded.

The drums beat loudly.

Each drum sound, in a form visible to the naked eye, brings ripples from the surrounding wind and sand, floating in mid-air.

War.

With Timur's army being the first to move, it began.

The arrow feathers that covered the sky and the sun leaped up from Timur's army and flew through the air.

And behind the bow and arrow, there were groups of cavalry that had long been ready to attack.

Timur's intentions are obvious.

first used bows and arrows to disturb the rhythm and formation of the Ming cavalry, and then used his own pride to dominate the cavalry of the entire Central and Eastern Regions, and rushed straight to the Ming army's large array.

Cooperate with the cavalry of the coalition forces on the south side to attack from the flank, completely disrupting the Ming army's array, and finally it is time to strangle the Ming army.

However.

The next moment the change came suddenly.

The cavalry in front of the Ming army suddenly withdrew to the north and south, and when Timur's arrow feathers fell to the ground, the Ming cavalry had already evacuated from this place.

When the smoke and dust brought up by the cavalry slowly fell.

The muzzle of the black hole in that gate appeared directly in front of the Timurid cavalry who had already launched a charge.

Stop it.

It's become impossible.

Either they moved forward bravely and fought for the last glimmer of life and results, or they were torn apart and crushed by the artillery of the Ming army.

It's just that.

Under the Tien Shan Mountains, in front of the Flame Mountain.

Zhu Yunxi, the crown prince of the Ming Empire, was wearing heavy armor and holding a long knife.

He slowly lowered the visor from his helmet.

The long knife was raised high, then slowly pressed forward.

"Fire!"

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