Time flies, the fifth of May.

Sudi, Jiayuguan.

The beacon fire outside the gate has burned to the extreme, and every second is an interweaving of blood and fire.

The sounds of fighting, shouting, and fighting filled every inch of the air.

At a glance, not only the corpses under Jiayuguan are piled up.

Even above Jiayu Pass, there were corpses in the pass, so that Geng Bingwen had to order the formation of a special carrying team to move away the piled corpses, so as not to hinder the defense of other soldiers.

Geng Bingwen's eyes were already dark, and after a little calculation, he hadn't slept deeply for more than half a month.

This veteran, who is nearly seventy years old, has been guarding this city pass almost day and night, and he does not dare to relax for a minute.

"Old General."

Zhu Ao was also very tired, and at this time he came to Geng Bingwen's side and let out a long breath.

"The enemy's offensive is finally showing signs of slowing down."

Look at the vanguard army of Timur who are constantly rushing and killing outside this pass.

Since last night, it has been clearly felt that the offensive is weakening.

"Hmm."

Geng Bingwen nodded.

Even Zhu Ao can detect this, and Geng Bingwen is certainly clear.

I was also a little relieved in my heart, and the dawn finally came.

At the moment, there is just the word 'boil'.

If this last time can be passed, then this round of offensive and defensive battles will end in victory, and then the army can be repaired for a while and breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as he can breathe a sigh of relief, Geng Bingwen is sure that he will last another ten days and a half months.

Geng Bingwen swept the soldiers on the city pass, and the soldiers stained their armor with blood one by one, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

Don't look at the spirit of these soldiers, but in fact, they are all holding that breath, if this breath is dispersed, it is estimated that they will fall.

Now Geng Bingwen can only hope that this tone can hold on, at least until the enemy's offensive fades.

Winter! Winter! Winter, winter, winter!

Woooooooo

At this moment, there was the beating of drums and the sound of high bells.

"What's going on?"

Zhu Ao, who was originally sleepy, suddenly woke up, and subconsciously looked into the distance, and his face turned pale in an instant.

Geng Bingwen, who was beside him, also saw the situation in the distance clearly, and his wrinkled face became more and more wrinkled.

As far as the eye can see, there is no end.

The main army of Timur arrived.

Geng Bingwen's enthusiasm was cold.

What are his pounds, of course Geng Bingwen knows.

He asked himself if there was no one in the world to defend the city, but the premise was that it was within a certain range, not such an exaggerated gap at the moment.

"Zhu Di's second line of defense can be completed."

Geng Bingwen asked in a condensed voice.

If the pass is broken, the only option is to retreat to the second line of defense with the remnants.

But only if this second line of defense is built.

"It should take about three days."

Zhu Ao didn't even think about it, and replied directly.

He just got the news that the Jingying army that conquered the southern border only arrived in Qin last night, and the army of more than 200,000 people, no matter how much Zhu Di worked overtime, it was impossible to get it done overnight.

"Pass the order down, stick to it for three days, and create time for Zhu Di."

Geng Bingwen took a deep breath and slowly pulled out the sword at his waist.

Zhu Ao, who was beside him, saw Geng Bingwen draw his sword, and his heart also fell to the bottom.

Geng Bingwen drew his sword, which means that when it comes to life and death, he can only defend the front line.

I saw that outside Jiayu Pass, the enemy army that was originally rushing through the pass was fading back like a tide at this moment, but this was not a decrease in the offensive, but a replacement for the main army.

Among the main forces of Timur.

An extremely luxurious canopy chariot drawn by eight black horses.

is obese, with a full face, and a bewitching beauty on the left and right, quite Dong Zhuo's style.

This person is Bhutan of the Timurid Empire, Timur is lame.

"Your Majesty, the main force of our army has launched an attack."

A sturdy white-haired old man riding a black horse came to the side of the car.

He is the commander of this million-strong army, the Black Tower.

What he said was a variant of Mongolian, which the Han people could not understand.

"Hmm."

The lame man nodded, his gaze swept over Jiayuguan in front of him, and there was a look of contempt in his eyes.

On one side of the carriage, there was also a carriage, with six white horses, delicate and magnificent, although not as luxurious as the lame, but also extremely noble, on which sat a very beautiful blue-eyed woman with long wavy curly hair, and her dress was even more gorgeous.

As for the figure, it can only be described in eight words: choppy and ravines.

The woman looked at Jiayuguan in front of her with a pair of blue eyes, and her expression was not wavering.

Behind the woman's chariot there was a large special procession, all of them dressed in robes and riding white horses.

"The national teacher thinks that this city needs an army of mages."

The lame man looked at the blue-eyed woman and asked tentatively.

It can be seen from the tone that this Timur lame man has great respect for this national teacher.

"It's all at Your Majesty's will."

The woman said a word, and she didn't even look at the lame man.

Timur smiled smugly, but did not say anything more.

Over the years, he has been invincible in a very short period of time, crisscrossing Central Asia, most of the reasons are because of the existence of this woman, whenever he encounters a city that cannot be attacked, as long as this woman makes a move, it will definitely be a matter of course.

But the cripple also understands in his heart.

This woman is a knife by her side.

You can cut others, or you can cut yourself.

Therefore, in recent years, as the capital in his hands has become more and more abundant, as long as he can not let this woman make a move, the lame man will not let him make a move.

His eyes swept over the Jiayu Pass in front of him again, and the lame man thought for a moment, but still gave up the idea of asking this woman to make a move, after all, he brought 1.5 million people with him.

Such a huge army, even if one person stepped on it, it could level the city in front of him.

"Your Majesty."

At this moment, a tall thin man in battle armor came to the lame.

This person is the commander of the lame vanguard army, and for more than half a month, he has been attacking Jiayuguan.

"For more than half a month, I haven't captured this first city, and I know what to do."

The cripple glanced coldly at the tall and thin man, and his tone was cold.

The thin and tall man also gritted his teeth, he also called a grievance in his heart, he never thought that a small Jiayu Pass was so difficult to attack, with the blessing of the mysterious power, the whole army attacked for more than half a month and still did not take it.

"The minister knows."

With that, the tall and thin man suddenly drew his sword.

Without hesitation, he slashed at his left arm.

The pain hit, and the tall thin man was covered in cold sweat, but he couldn't hold back his voice.

"Hmm."

The cripple waved his hand.

The tall and thin man saluted again and retreated.

"Spread my will, within one day, capture Jiayu Pass."

The lame man opened his mouth.

There was contempt in his tone.

In his opinion, this first battle to swallow up the Ming Dynasty must be fought with great momentum.

The blonde-haired and blue-eyed woman next to her was looking at Jiayuguan in front of her with indifferent eyes, she was thinking about something.

Her junior brother, whose hands did he die, and how did he die?

……………………

Qindi, boundary line.

If Timur's lame army breaks through the Jiayu Pass, Sudi will be occupied without any suspense.

In the next step, the purpose of Timur's army will not be to Qingdi, which is separated on the right, but will choose to slope straight down to Qindi.

As long as you take Qindi, you can drive all the way to Yingtian Zhili.

Zhu Di's brows were tightly locked, he had just finished inspecting the garrisons of various armies, and he had just received a battle report from Jiayuguan.

Zhu Laosi is what kind of person, and his analysis and prediction of the battle situation can definitely be included in the top five today.

Therefore, when he learned that Timur's million-strong army had arrived outside Jiayu Pass, he knew that it was only a matter of time before the city of Jiayu Pass was broken.

Even Geng Bingwen could not hold on for a long time in such a situation of disparity in troops.

And once the city of Jiayu Pass is broken, the only option left for Geng Bingwen is to lead the remnants of the army to gather to the second line of defense he has constructed.

If the second line of defense is not completed before the Jiayuguan City is broken, then everyone will finish playing together.

"Father."

Zhu Gaochi walked quickly to Zhu Laosi's side, panting heavily.

"Gao Chi, occasionally still have to exercise."

Zhu Laosi glanced at his fat son who would grow meat when he drank water, and obviously he didn't run a few hundred meters, and he was panting like this, which was too exaggerated.

"Yes, yes, father."

Zhu Gaochi relieved his breath with difficulty, and waited until he had calmed down before continuing.

"Father, the 250,000 troops in the Beijing camp have been preliminarily settled, but it will take about three or five days to build a defensive line."

"Hmm."

Zhu Di nodded.

It's understandable, after all, this army has just finished the conquest in the south, and it was sent to the north with almost no repairs, so there will be some morale problems.

'Three to five days. ’

Zhu Di's brows furrowed.

Even though Jiayuguan is garrisoned by Geng Bingwen, a master of defense, who can withstand it for three or five days in the face of the attack of an army of 1.5 million?

"The order goes down, and within two days, the battalions must complete the established deployment."

"Those who are not finished, be the camp leader, behead."

Zhu Di said in a condensed voice.

Zhu Gaochi was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said yes.

"Gao Chi, you have to take care of your second and third brothers on behalf of your father."

"Don't let them be rude to Changmao and his son."

Zhu Di said again.

Zhu Laosi knew very well in his heart that although he was the coach of this second line of defense.

But according to the holy scroll, this Chang Mao father and son are the first favorite generals of His Majesty the Emperor today, not to mention that the Chang family is the mother family of His Majesty the Emperor, just look at that Chang Tianci, the age of his teens, and only a few months, he has been given the title of Champion Hou.

"Yes, child."

Zhu Gaochi nodded in a condensed voice, he naturally knew this.

"By the way, father, the child has one more thing."

Zhu Gaochi paused for a moment, and then said out loud.

"What's the matter?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, what else could he do at the moment besides resisting Timur's army.

"There is a Malay newspaper that said that Wang Baobao's traces were found near Tongguan."

'Wang Baobao? ’

Zhu Di was slightly stunned, thinking that this Wang Baobao had already surrendered, and was currently being ordered by the emperor to surrender and rectify the tribes in Mobei? Why did you go to Tongguan to wander around, you have nothing to do if you eat too much?

"According to the description of the horse, Wang Baobao only brought a dozen horses, and he looked very embarrassed, as if he had been ambushed, so the child was worried that the tribes in Mobei would take the opportunity to make a move, and whether we should have some remaining troops to garrison."

In order to build this second line of defense, Zhu Di transferred all the troops in the north, and even the former major towns did not leave any troops.

After all, theoretically, the Northern Yuan has surrendered, so there is no need for these important towns to defend the Northern Yuan Dynasty to hoard heavy troops.

Zhu Di was silent for a long time and shook his head.

"No, you don't."

If you want to defend against these grassland tribes in Mobei, it is useless to defend only one place, after all, if you defend one place, the other party can enter the customs from another.

Either you don't keep it, or you don't keep it.

And if you want to defend it all, the number of troops required will start at least 200,000, and it will take a lot of energy and time to deploy.

Right now, there's no time.

Moreover, the second line of defense that Zhu Di is building now, the total strength is less than 400,000, let him divide half of it, then this second line of defense does not need to be built, and he directly announced that the game is over.

"The Northern Yuan surrendered, and the various departments of the grassland could not be ordered in a unified manner, even if there was a raid, it was only a small area, and it would not cause any major disasters, and when the war situation in the northwest was calmed down, we could focus on these grassland tribes."

Zhu Di's words, in fact, are the most correct from the overall strategic level.

If it is a scattered grassland tribe, there are only a few thousand people in each tribe, and there are tens of thousands of people in the sky.

However, the truth is not the same as Zhu Di expected.

At this time, in the Mobei grassland, extremely cruel and bloody killings were going on.

The slaughter was not limited to just one or two tribes, but a dozen, dozens of them.

It has been started since more than half a month ago.

On the shore of the small sea in Mobei, there is a flourishing grassland, with countless cattle and sheep grazing on it, and the three large tribes on the grassland are grazing sheep in this grassland.

Suddenly, the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves sounded from afar.

Like thunder, it exploded in this meadow.

The herdsmen of the three tribes who were shepherding the sheep were all panicked, and subconsciously looked at it, it was a group of wild people dressed in animal skins.

Zhu Quan rode his horse in the savage army, and his eyes had a bloodthirsty glow of Ru Mao drinking blood.

For more than half a month, he has only done one thing.

That is, crazy generally swept the entire Mobei grassland, and all the grassland tribes encountered were dry, and the method was extremely simple and direct.

All the women and children were guarded collectively, and the husbands of these women, the fathers of the children, were told that if they wanted to live, they had to serve him Zhu Quan.

It's not so much a surrender as it is coercion.

In this way, in more than half a month, Zhu Quan forcibly put together an army of 100,000 people.

And it's growing at a breakneck pace.

And Zhu Quan has already sent spies into Daming, and he has already mastered the current situation in the northwest.

In Zhu Quan's view, when the Jiayu Pass is broken and the Timurid army is fully attacking the second line of defense of the Ming Dynasty, it is the day when he breaks through the pass and attacks Yingtian.

"Zhu Xiongying, wait for this king!"

"New hatred and old hatred, this king will ask you for it one by one."

Zhu Quan looked at the south, and there was a fierce light in the eyes of the upside-down snake.