At this moment, there was a cry from the military tent behind him: "Put down your weapons, don't hurt the prince." When Da Kui turned to look, he saw a delicate-looking woman rushing out of the camp in disheveled clothes. Although it was a weak woman who rushed out of the tent, the Yuan soldiers surrounding the Ming army actually abandoned their weapons and took a few steps back.

Seeing this, Da Kui was not only curious, but asked, "Who are you?"

The woman stretched out her hand and stroked her hair in front of her forehead, then raised her head and said, "I am the county lord of Xining, the sister of King Wenqi Jin Zhu'er, and the princess of Yuantan." As he spoke, he said, "As long as you let go of the prince, I will wait for the wish to surrender." ”

"Well, seeing that you are quite knowledgeable, it is not difficult for this official to be for you. Saying that, Da Kui ordered: "Come on, collect weapons, money, grain, and horses, and escort them back to Lanzhou with the prisoners." Yang Xiaohu received the order, and then arranged for the soldiers of the Ming army to do it one by one.

All the carts in the city were mobilized, and all that could be pulled away were loaded into the carts, and the weapons, armor, grain and grass alone were loaded with a full hundred carts, and those that could not be pulled away were all summed up in the city and set on fire. All the captives were tied in strings with ropes, and they lined up in a long line and were escorted out of the city by the soldiers of the Ming army to the west.

The Ming army escorted the prisoners and a large number of captured supplies, and arrived at the place where they had landed at noon the next day. Da Kui ordered 500 Ming troops to cross the river, and only then did the Yuan army prisoners load the supplies onto the ship. Less than 100 small boats made more than a dozen trips back and forth to transport the supplies and prisoners to the other side of the river, and by the time Da Kui crossed the river with 500 soldiers, it was already dusk.

Da Kui was born in a peasant family, so he was naturally very frugal. All the materials were reluctant to be discarded, and there were not enough cars and horses, so I had to go to Matan Town to requisition a large car, and it took three days to return to Lanzhou. Zhang Wenxue seemed to know that Dakui had returned victorious, and suddenly felt ashamed and came to the door to ask for guilt. Da Kui was also generous, and at the celebration banquet, he claimed that each person would be fined three glasses of wine.

Zhang Wen and Xue Xian were overjoyed, but who knew that the wine glass that Da Kui asked someone to bring was bigger, but he wanted to use the wine bottle in a wooden basin as a wine glass.

Zhang Wen looked at the wooden basin in front of him with a bitter face, and said to him: "My lord said that he laughed, this is a wooden basin." Don't say three pots, even if you drink one pot, you have to be drunk and dream to death. Xue Xian nodded again and again on the side. As a military general, he is not afraid of fighting on this battlefield, but the pain of drunkenness is worse than death.

Da Kui's face turned pale, and he pretended to be annoyed and said: "This official is a civilian and fights on his own, and at that time, the two generals did everything possible to obstruct and look embarrassed. It is not difficult for the official to die for nine lives, but the two of you drink some wine but push back and hold back?" said and slapped the table and said: "This is a family banquet, not a military army, and the two of you must listen to the official's dispatch." ”

Xue Xian sighed and said: "Even if the adults insist on this, the two of us will obey our fate, but we will hope to fall less." ”

Da Kui looked at Zhang Wen and Xue Xian with a cold face for a long time, and then laughed and said: "The two generals are serious, hahahaha, this official is just joking." As he spoke, he instructed the guards in the palace to carry two large urns, pointed to the large urns and said: "This is the milk wine of the Mongolian people, which the official drank in the early years, and it is not strong but extremely fragrant." Tonight with the two generals, don't be afraid!"

Zhang Wen and Xue Xian were relieved when they heard this, and that night the Dakui Mansion was lit up, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Early the next morning, Lanzhou sent two messengers, one of the Ming soldiers and the other of the Yuan soldiers. The soldiers of the Ming army rode fast horses and detoured to Shen Eryu to report to Marshal Xu Da, but the soldiers of the Yuan army rode a mule and went straight to Shen Eryu. This was Zhang Wen's idea. As long as the messenger of the Yuan army saw Timur and reported that the stone city of Donggang had been broken and the grain and grass in the city were lost, Timur could not sit still.

At this time, the confrontation between the Yuan and Ming armies at Shen Eryu had been for three months, and nearly 400,000 troops on both sides fought every day, and the battle was very fierce. It was only at this time that Marshal Xu Da saw the strength of the generals under the command of Timur. In the past few months, Tang He, Lan Yu, Deng Yu and his generals in the Ming army took turns to fight, and after each battle, there was a charge and melee of the brigade.

Timur's fierce generals are like clouds, and well-known and unknown emerge in endlessly. There was even one person who fought with Tang He for more than 100 rounds without winning or losing, and later learned that this person was Mao Feng, the brother-in-law of Timur.

After receiving the Lanzhou military report, Marshal Xu Da was very determined, so he personally led the generals to climb the heights and look at the opposite hillside. Seeing that there was no chaos in the Yuan army's barracks, Tang He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, so he stepped forward and asked: "Lanzhou has come to report that Donggang Stone City and Baita Mountain have been cleared by our army, how can Timur be indifferent if he knows this letter?"

Xu Da smiled slightly and said: "Sun Tzu said: Soldiers, treacherous." Therefore, it can be shown but cannot be used, it is not used to show it, it is near and it is far away, and it is far away and it is shown to be near. Profit and temptation, chaos and take, real and prepared, strong and avoid, angry and scratch, humble and arrogant, hard work, kiss and leave, attack its unpreparedness, surprise. The victory of this soldier cannot be passed on first. ”

Tang He groaned: "Judging from the appearance of the Yuan army's camp, it seems that there is little change. ”

Xu Da said: "What we see is only a drop in the sea of the Yuan army camp, let me ask if our army camp is virtual and the real Yuan army can see it?"

Tang He couldn't help but say: "The military camp is blocked by a hillside, how can you let the Yuan army snoop at will." After a pause, Tang He continued: "Just from the appearance, it is not yet possible to conclude whether the Yuan army has withdrawn any signs. ”

Xu Da sighed: "Fight for one day and the two armies will stop for the time being, but our army can't deal with it safely, we must be ready to attack the whole army, if the Yuan army camp changes, it can be decided in a battle." After that, he ordered: "Pass on my general's order, and the three armies will step up their efforts to bury the pot and make rice." The soldier does not disarm the armor and the horse does not leave the saddle, and is on call at any time. Behind him, all the generals bowed down in unison and led the order, and each returned to the camp to make arrangements.

The Chinese military tent was brightly lit, Xu Da was sitting in the tent with a diagonal python robe on the outside of his body, and five armor soldiers were waiting on each side, and Xu Da was waiting for the return of the horse. After months of hard fighting, Xu Da has been sending capable soldiers every day to inquire about the military situation, and there should be good news tonight.

When the moon was in the sky, a young man dressed as a woodcutter went all the way to the camp and went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army. Along the way, there were patrol soldiers to intercept, and this man only showed a waist card to get unimpeded. The waist card is held exclusively by the Chinese military sentinels, and each Chinese military sentry is a carefully selected elite soldier in the army.

The man ran to the tent and shouted: "Subordinate Wang Heng is here to report." Xu Da's voice came from inside the tent: "Hurry up." ”

Only then did Wang Heng enter the tent and salute Xu Dashi: "My subordinates have found out that the messenger of the Yuan army from Lanzhou has arrived in the camp of Timur in Kuangko. ”

Xu Da not only asked: "Lanzhou is only a hundred miles away, but why is it so slow?"

Wang Heng said truthfully: "That messenger is a soldier of the Yuan soldiers captured by the defenders of Lanzhou, but this time Shen Eryu only rode a mule. ”

Xu Da nodded when he heard this and said, "You go and rest." ”