In early July of the fifth year of Shenwu, Cao Bianjiao and Sun Yingyuan led an army into Suzhou City.

A banquet has been prepared in the city long ago, just waiting for the arrival of the army.

The temporary governor Li Yan greeted the two princes outside the Commander's Mansion. When he saw Cao Bianjiao and Sun Yingyuan arriving on horseback, Li Yan held his hands and said:

"Two princes, I have prepared a banquet and invite the generals to the banquet!"

Cao Bianjiao and Sun Yingyuan smiled slightly:

"Okay, thank you Mr. Li!"

The generals had banquets in the commander's mansion, and the army feasted on meat and fish in the barracks. All officers and men were prohibited from drinking alcohol.

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After the banquet, the soldiers began to rest. The army came from afar and had to rest for three days before going out to fight.

Everyone else is resting, but Cao Bianjiao, Sun Yingyuan and their generals cannot rest for the time being. They have to study the upcoming battle plan.

Before the meeting, Sun Yingyuan took out the military map of the Western Regions given to him by Emperor Shenwu.

This map clearly depicts the terrain outside the pass, and even provides hints on the opponent's military deployment. Each battalion commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and Longteng Army has one map.

System production is certainly not something that the generals in the late Ming Dynasty could imagine.

After Li Yan saw this military map, he was overjoyed:

"This... this map is so amazing. Let someone draw another one according to this map..."

Sun Yingyuan smiled slightly:

"Don't be anxious, Your Majesty. Your Majesty will give us many cards, one for each general and scout."

Li Yan happily spread out the map:

"Great, this map will save our Ming army a lot of trouble. Your Majesty is truly a god!"

Cao Bianjiao chuckled and said:

"Qin Guogong, you will be the commander-in-chief of the battle in the Western Regions."

Sun Yingyuan shook his head repeatedly:

"Don't be polite, Duke Xiang. You and I are at the same level. How can Sun command the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry? It's better for you to be the commander-in-chief."

Hearing this, Cao Bianjiao hurriedly said seriously:

"Two hundred thousand troops have left the border. We can't fight on our own. My brother is not good at military deployment. You are the most suitable commander-in-chief!"

Cao Bianjiao was not being polite, he was speaking from his heart.

When Li Yan heard this, he secretly gave Cao Bianjiao a thumbs up in his heart. He knew that Cao Bianjiao's move was based on the overall situation. Of course, he himself had the ability to command operations. Seeing the two of them passing the buck, he hurriedly laughed and said:

"You two, don't shirk your duties. You are both suitable to be the commander-in-chief. Since Duke Xiang has recommended Duke Qin to be the commander-in-chief, Duke Qin should not shirk your responsibilities. The lower officials also think it is appropriate."

At the insistence of Cao Bianjiao and Li Yan, Sun Yingyuan finally agreed to take over the command of the Western Region War.

He said to the two of them:

"Okay, thank you for your consideration. If there are any omissions, please give me more suggestions!"

"Everyone, let's study the battle plan. The Seven Guards of Guanxi outside Jiayuguan Pass were originally an important gateway for our Ming Dynasty to defend against enemies. Now they are all controlled by the Yarkand Khanate. Instead, they have become a stumbling block for the Ming Army. The Ming Army must quickly capture them.

Get rid of them..."

Sun Yingyuan explained his tactics to the generals present, and then asked:

"Mr. Xiangguo, do you think it's suitable?"

Cao Bianjiao nodded.

"Very good, let's fight according to Qin Guogong's tactics..."

…

It took three hours to finally formulate a battle plan to capture the Seven Guards of Kansai.

In order to maximize the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, Cao Bianjiao and Sun Yingyuan decided to combine the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry with the Longteng Army.

Cao Bianjiao led the mixed army into four groups, detoured and suddenly attacked the last four guards.

Sun Yingyuan led his army and divided his troops into two groups to attack the three guards outside Jiayuguan.

The next day, the Ming army went out all night, preparing to knock out all the Yarkand Khanate's scouting horses, so that they would temporarily lose their source of intelligence.

…

The Yarkand Khanate army, under the command of Haas, will soon be stationed in the Seven Guards of Kansai within five days. Before that, many Yarkand Khanate scouts were wandering outside the pass...

A twenty-man Yarkand Khanate scout met a caravan of more than thirty people thirty miles outside Jiayuguan Pass.

Seeing a caravan appear, the Yarkand Khanate cavalry rushed over immediately. No caravan appeared for a long time, and they all wanted to take the opportunity to rob.

When the caravan saw the Yarkand cavalry coming, they immediately abandoned their shops and urged their horses to disperse, but they did not run far.

For the purpose of robbery, the Yarkand cavalry did not care about the merchants who ran away, and went directly to the pile of shops on the ground...

Arriving next to the shops stacked on the ground, the Yarkand Khanate cavalry immediately jumped off their horses and started looting. They didn't even notice that merchants not far away had quietly surrounded them.

When Scout Yerqiang saw that the sacks on the ground were filled with clods of soil and dead grass, he immediately screamed angrily:

"Asshole, kill all these bright dogs..."

"shot!"

Before they could mount their horses, a burst of gunfire suddenly sounded from all around:

"Bang bang bang..."

This was the first time the Yarkand people encountered firearms. They had no time to react. More than a dozen people fell down in an instant, and the legs of the remaining few were weak from fear.

Before they could react, more than thirty war horses rushed up quickly, cold light flashed through, and several heads rolled to the ground...

The area outside Guan is sparsely populated. Apart from the Yerkang scouts and the Ming army who stayed at night, it was difficult to see other people. Whenever you saw foreign cavalry, they were basically Yerkang scouts.

More than a thousand Ming troops stayed at night and used the general flag as a unit to wildly kill Yarkand Khanate scouts outside the pass.

The cavalry of the Yarkand Khanate were attacked by the Ming army's artillery, and there was basically no possibility of escape. It was difficult to see their cavalry within a hundred kilometers range...

In two days, the Yarkand Khanate scouts were cleared out by the Ming army at night...

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After the Yarkand Khanate occupied the Seven Guards of Kansai, the Ming Dynasty made little response, and this has been the case for so many years.

Although Marshal Haas asked to be more vigilant, those under him did not take it seriously at all. They did not believe that the Ming army would attack them.

the next day

Cao Bianjiao, Sun Yingyuan, Li Yan and others stood around the Jiayuguan Gate Tower and looked around. They were greatly amazed by the scene in front of them.

The Hexi Corridor is an important section of China's famous Silk Road.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this narrow and far-reaching territory has been embraced by the Chinese nation together with the Longshou Mountain, Heli Mountain, and Mazong Mountain in the north, the Qilian Mountain in the south, and the vast area in the west.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, General Feng Sheng made a triumphant expedition to the west and established a city at Jiayuguan to protect the fruits of victory and better compete with the minority from the northwest.

National threat.

In most people's minds, the Ming Dynasty only knew about defense. In fact, this was not the case. The Ming Empire still put a lot of effort into strengthening border defense.

As early as the Zhu Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Empire set up a series of military defense systems along the Great Wall and military fortresses.

And the Great Wall was rebuilt with great fanfare. This time the Great Wall was rebuilt with an unprecedented momentum.

Great Walls built by various countries during the Warring States Period, such as the Zhao Great Wall, Qi Great Wall, Yan Great Wall, and then the Qin Great Wall built by Qin Shihuang, and even the Han Great Wall later.

Compared with the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, these Great Walls are child's play. They are just building courtyard walls and setting up fences at best. Compared with the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, they are almost useless.

The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty set many records in the construction of Great Walls in the past dynasties of China.

No matter in terms of length, height, sturdiness or beauty, no Great Wall in the past dynasties can compare with it.

The majestic and beautiful brick-clad city walls we see today are all masterpieces of the Ming Dynasty.

Don't think that the Great Wall is only 13,000 miles long. In fact, in addition to the outer Great Wall of 13,000 miles, the Ming Great Wall also has numerous inner Great Walls, which are connected inside and outside, and cooperate with each other to play a very good defensive role.

Cao Bianjiao and Sun Yingyuan didn't know before that the Great Wall was built from the capital back to the distant Western Regions. How could they not be amazed!

On the third day, all the Ye Bushou sent out came back safely, and they killed all the Yarkand Khanate detective horses they met along the way.

After receiving the information, Sun Yingyuan sent an order that before dark, the whole army would start eating. After eating and drinking, they were ready to go out to kill the enemy.

After the soldiers of the Ming army had a good meal, the army left Jiayuguan after dark.

Zhang Huangyan, Zhang Jiayu, Mao Yuanyi, Yang Bao, Tong Dingguo, Chen De and Li Daniu each led an army to attack Handong Wei.

Because the young generals of the National Protectorate grew up very quickly, half of the generals were transferred to garrison or were training new troops. This expedition was basically dominated by young generals.

To say that the youngest and most promising generals of the National Defense Army are none other than Li Shouting and Zhang Shuting. They are currently training in Taiwan. Of course, there are also Man Yi, Zhang Jiayu, etc.!

Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Jiayu are very familiar to readers. After all, they are famous historical figures, and they have now become leaders of the younger generation.

Yang Bao has been a member of the National Defense Army for many years and has come from behind through hard work.
To be continued...