When Zhao Ming heard that he found the battlefield where the two armies of the Ming and Zhou dynasties were fighting in Anding, he hurriedly shouted, "Po slave, you take a team of men and horses to investigate in person, and you must find out where Li Yuanyin and Wang Chaoxian are now." ”Li Ponu took the order and left, Zhao Ming walked two parts in the big tent, and then ordered the army to rest for the night, and then set up camp to the west early tomorrow morning.At noon the next day, when the army was marching, the scouts reported and found the Ming army left behind by the dynasty in the west of stability.Zhao Ming then learned about the situation of the battle of Anding, Li Yuanyin and Xia Guoxiang were in Anding, and after Wu Sangui's army arrived in Anding, they launched a fierce attack on Li Yuanyin.At this time, Meng Qiaofang led an army of 30,000 from Tianshui through the northwest of Longxi to join the war group, although Li Yuanyin had a dynasty to come to reinforcements first, but he was still a step late and failed to block Wu Sangui's attack.In this battle, Wu Sangui wore gold armor and charged on the front line, and after a fierce battle, the Mongols on the side of the Ming army were defeated first, and Li Yuanyin could only lead the army to retreat west.Wu Sangui led the army and pursued all the way, preventing Li Yuanyin from re-establishing the defensive line.Wang Chao was first worried that Li Yuanyin would be killed by Wu Sangui, and was afraid that Zhao Ming would not know the situation, so he left a team of men and horses to wait near Tianshui, and then led the army to follow.Zhao Ming listened to the report, left a group of men and horses, cleaned up the battlefield, buried the corpses, and led the army to quickly march west.Along the way, traces of fighting can be found from time to time, and there are corpses on the official road that have not had time to be cleaned up, as well as scattered carts and weapons.Two days later, Zhao Ming led the army to Lanzhou, and at this time Li Ponu came to report, Li Yuanyin regained his foothold in Wuwei, and Wu Sangui was desperately breaking through.Zhao Ming was overjoyed when he got the news, and immediately led the army to advance to Liangzhou.However, when Zhao Mingsuo led the soldiers and horses, mainly the infantry army, arrived in Wuwei territory, it was already August 16.In the northwest, it is arid and barren, cloudless, and the sun is in the sky.Zhao Ming led the army to march forward, and Li Ponu led hundreds of horsemen to gallop in front as the vanguard of the whole army, which was already the boundary of Wuwei.During the Three Kingdoms period, this place was called Liangzhou, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry of Ma Chao, Ma Teng, Han Sui and others came from here.Because of the war and the barren land, almost all the villages along the way where Zhao Ming's army passed were empty.When Zhao Ming was fighting in the Central Plains and Hebei, even if the place was dilapidated, some villages and towns were more or less old and remnants.But now, there are ten rooms and ten empty rooms, and there is not a single ghost."
Your Highness, the population here should have been taken away by Wu Sangui in advance."
Zhang Jiayu said in a deep voice.Zhao Ming nodded, "It seems that Wu Sangui decided to give up Guan Long a long time ago.This guy is very hidden, I don't know when he will have such a mind. ”Zhang Jiayu said: "The minister guesses that it should be after the Battle of Xingyang!"
”Zhao Ming shook his head, "The widow thought it was after recovering Sichuan. ”The army left a deserted town and continued to walk west for more than ten miles, but in the wilderness, there was still no human figure, and the army seemed to have entered a place of panic.At this time, Li Ponu, who was galloping in front, suddenly grabbed the reins of his horse, raised his head, and looked at the sky to the west, where a group of vultures were flying and hovering in the air.The mountain wind blew, and a smell of blood came from the air, and Li Ponu suddenly pulled out his horse and roared: "Over there!"
”The cavalry galloped away and disappeared between the rolling hills.Not long after, Li Ponu galloped back and came to Zhao Ming, "Your Highness, the situation has been discovered earlier." ”Zhao Ming also saw the vultures in the sky, and smelled the bloody gas mixed with the mountain wind.As a famous general in a hundred battles, Zhao Ming naturally knew that there should be a huge battlefield ahead, and he didn't hear the sound of gunfire, which meant that the battle was over.Zhao Ming's face sank, urged the war horse, and under the guidance of the scout, galloped forward.When Zhao Ming led the cavalry to climb a raised high ground, an extremely shocking post-war picture appeared in front of him.Everyone rode horses and stood on the high ground, looking around, there were human corpses and horse corpses, and the whole land was full of corpses of soldiers of the two armies in Mingzhou, as well as scattered weapons, and war horses with no owner screaming.Judging from Zhao Ming's experience, there are at least more than 40,000 corpses in this area, which means that Wu Sangui has most likely broken through the barrier again.Seeing this, Zhao Ming slowed down his horse, slowly entered the battlefield, then turned over and dismounted, checked the corpse, and said in a heavy tone: "The corpse is stiff, the blood is black, and it has been a long time. ”Zhao Ming turned around and said loudly: "Spread out and check, is there a banner of Li Yuanyin and Wang Chaoxian!"
”Hearing the order, the soldiers of the Ming army hurriedly dispersed to search for the corpses, and at this moment, a team of cavalry appeared, on the edge of the battlefield.The cavalry stood on horseback and observed from a distance for a while before galloping towards Zhao Ming and the others."
Your Highness, look!"
A soldier pointed out.The Ming sergeant immediately raised his vigilance, Li Ponu turned on his horse, led hundreds of scouts to meet him directly, and galloped back with a general after a while."
Your Highness!"
The general hurried, turned over and dismounted, and fell to one knee.Zhao Ming had already seen it clearly, it was Wang Chaoxian, and seeing that he was in disarray, he helped him up first, and then asked, "What's the matter?"
”Wang Chao first hurriedly explained to Zhao Ming that Li Yuanyin blocked Wu Sangui's way again after Wuwei stabilized his position.This caused Wu Sangui's frantic attack, but the Zhou army attacked several times, but failed to break Li Yuanyin.At this time, the dynasty came from behind, entered the rear of the Zhou army, and defeated Meng Qiaofang, which put the Zhou army in a desperate situation.The Zhou army in the Western Regions suddenly appeared in the rear of the Ming army, causing Li Yuanyin to be defeated, and Wu Sangui also took advantage of the situation to break through the Ming army's blockade.Zhao Ming asked anxiously: "What about Li Yuanyin?"
”Wang Chao said first: "Your Highness, don't worry, Li Yuanyin is fine, when the Zhou army appeared in the rear of the army, he got out of the way."
Wu Sangui was anxious to flee for his life, and did not pursue, but continued to flee westward.The minister and Li Yuanyin joined forces, and after a little team, they continued to follow and kill.However, Wu Sangui still couldn't stay. ”When Zhao Ming heard that Li Yuanyin was fine, he was relieved and asked, "Where did Wu Sangui flee now?"
”Wang Chao said first: "Wu Sangui went all the way to the west, and now he should have left Jiayu Pass."
Meng Qiaofang couldn't escape, so he was surrounded by us in Suzhou. ”Zhao Ming's cheeks twitched, but he didn't expect to let Wu Sangui run away."
Let's go, go to Suzhou!"
Zhao Ming pulled the reins of the horse and shouted in a deep voice.When the next group of people pulled their horses to the west, Suzhou ran away.At this time, outside Jiayu Pass, in the vast Gobi, an army bowed its head and marched mightily.Wu Sangui rode on a horse, covering the wound on his arm with one hand, his face was full of hatred, "Zhao Zamao, the widow will definitely come back and seek revenge on you!"
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