When the Prime Minister of Xia arrived in Ningxia, he was one step late. The 60,000 Ming and Mongolian coalition forces had already broken through the wall and rushed towards Lanzhou and Liangzhou.

The Prime Minister of Xia quickly led his army to chase after him. Yu Jingyuan County caught up with a unit of the Mongolian army. The Zhou army won first and then lost. After the battle, the troops suffered heavy losses.

The Ming and Mongolian coalition forces had a large number of troops, and the Prime Minister of Xia did not dare to continue pursuing them. He retreated fifty miles and told Chang'an to the Pegasus.

When the Ming army detoured through Hetao and raided Gansu, Zhao Ming had already returned from Chenyang to the pass.

Beijing, the old capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the military camps outside the city were densely packed, Zhao Ming's Red Dragon King flag was flying high, and the Ming army and civil and military gathered in the tent.

In the tent were seated by Xie Qian, Wang Yi, Wang Chaoxian, Ruan Mei, Dang Shousu and other generals, as well as high-ranking officials such as Du Yinxi, Yan Qiheng, Zhang Jiayu and his confidant high-ranking officials.

"Regent, ten days ago, Governor Li sent a message that the army had collected Hetao. Calculate the way, if everything goes well, Governor Li should have already attacked Yong and Liang." Zhang Jiayu said in a deep voice.

After Zhao Ming learned that Wu Sangui was about to escape, he immediately mobilized 30,000 elite cavalry and conquered 40,000 Mongolian vassal soldiers to go to the rear of Duan Zhou army.

At the same time, the troops in the pass were quickly mobilized and prepared to launch a general attack, attacking Li Yuanyin from the east and west, and destroying the Zhou Kingdom.

Zhao Ming nodded slightly: "If Li Yuanyin attacks Yongliang and Wu Sangui hears the news, he will be shocked and will definitely be able to break through Yongliang at all costs. Li Yuanyin has few soldiers and is also a cavalry, which is not conducive to defense and has limited food and supplies. I should set up a large army and send troops into the pass."

"The Regent, except for Sichuan and the All-Road, who were unable to send troops due to the burning of the plank road, the rest of the troops were ready," said Zhang Jiayu.

After capturing Sichuan, the situation between Ming and Zhou dynasties was clear. Zhao Ming originally wanted to wait for Sichuan to repair the plank road and attack Zhou from multiple directions at the same time.

However, the restoration of the plank road cannot be completed in a short period of time, and Li Yuanyin went deep into the Zhou territory, and Zhao Ming could no longer wait.

Zhao Ming pondered: "The plank road can not be repaired in a short while, and it will be no longer waiting for Sichuan."

After saying that, Zhao Ming stood up and shouted loudly: "I will order all troops to build troops today to eliminate Wu Sangui."

In mid-July, after Zhao Ming arrived in Beijing, he immediately deployed the general offensive against Zhou.

In this battle, Zhao Ming mobilized an army of 400,000, and led 60,000 troops with Li Yuanyin to encircle Yongliang; Xie Qian led 50,000 troops to attack Huguan and seize Taiyuan; Chen Youlong led 40,000 troops to attack Juyongguan and seize Xuanda; Gao Yigong led 50,000 troops to go out to Yunyang and attack Hanzhong.

In the end, Zhao Ming general led an army of 200,000 to capture Luoyang, break Tongguan, and directly seize Xi'an.

The army of 400,000, claimed to be 800,000. Five groups destroyed Zhou, and the world was shaking for a moment.

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Shanxi is located in the east by Taihang Mountain, in the west by Luliang Mountain, in the south by the Yellow River, in the north by the Great Wall, in the north by the mountains and rivers.

The land of Shanxi is like Sichuan, surrounded by mountains and rivers, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Taiyuan Basin in the central region has fertile land and was once the place where the former Zhao and Tang dynasties emerged.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the world has been in turmoil and bandits have been rampant, and production in the north has suffered extremely serious damage. However, Shanxi's terrain is closed, and the damage is relatively lighter than that in Henan, Hebei and Shandong.

Because of the light damage, after the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, it became the main source of taxation for the Qing Dynasty for a long time.

After the fall of the Western Qing Dynasty, Shanxi fell into Jiang Xiang's hands. Under Jiang Xiang's management, Shanxi was further restored, with its economy and population surpassing the northern provinces, and it was even worse than Jiangnan.

Jiang Xiang's ancestors were all Ming generals, and his family was in Shanxi and had a lot of power. Now Jiang Xiang has been in control of Shanxi for more than ten years, and has been deeply cultivated and meticulous. In addition, Shanxi is peaceful, the people are rich and the support of the military and civilians, Jiang Xiang has already managed Shanxi like an iron poke.

However, at this time, Zhao Ming attacked Zhou in five directions, and the war finally reached the head of Shanxi, which had been peaceful for a long time, pushing Jiang Xiang to the forefront.

Zhao Ming launched a army to attack Zhou and launched a war of unification, which shocked Jiang Xiang. He hurriedly ordered the Jin army to defend the pass. Before the Ming army arrived, Zhao Ming's proclamation first arrived in Shanxi.

In fact, after the Battle of Xingyang, the Jiang family felt that Wu Sangui was no longer able to do so and began to have secret contact with the Ming and dynasties. After Sichuan fell, the secret contact made substantial progress and directly entered the negotiation stage.

However, the reason why we were able to enter the negotiations was not because of the Ming Dynasty's compromise, but because the Jiang family made concessions.

The negotiations are still in progress, but Jiang Xiang did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would suddenly change its face and send troops to attack directly.

In Taiyuan City, Jiang Xiang looked at the manifesto that could not be issued in the name of Zhao Ming and ordered him to surrender within half a month, otherwise he would behead him when the city was broken.

This made Jiang Xiang feel very uncomfortable, and Zhao Ming didn't take him seriously.

In the study, Jiang Xiang was wearing a dragon robe, a winged crown on his head, and a jade belt on his waist. He was in his fifties, with a mighty appearance and drooping temples. He was holding Zhao Ming's manifesto in his hand and frowned and stood in front of the map.

Zhao Zamao was tough and sent a direct edict, and he couldn't even give a private message, which made Jiang Xiang feel humiliated.

However, he did not dare to take the words in the manifesto as a wind in his ears.

After all, this is what Zhao Zamao said! There are not many people in the world who can take Zhao Zamao seriously.

However, as a local emperor who owns Hedong and Luoyang and controls one side, it is obviously impossible for Jiang Xiang to surrender to Zhao Zamao just because of a manifesto.

Jiang Xiang's face was gloomy and suddenly cursed: "Damn, even if Zhao Zamao is going to seize the king's king's territory, it is not easy."

Jiang Xiang punched the table and made up his mind, but before he made up his mind, he still needed someone's response.

"Come!" Jiang Xiang shouted loudly, and a guard pushed the door and came in.

"Prince!" The guard knelt on one knee.

Jiang Xiang handed a letter to his confidant guard and said in a deep voice: "You go to Guanzhong immediately and meet Wu Sangui, and ask him to give me an explanation."

The guard took the letter, put it in his arms, bowed and said, "Here!"

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Chang'an, Guanzhong.

In the palace of the King of Zhou, Wu Sangui was discussing major events with his ministers.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister of Xia State reported that the enemy general Li Yuanyin led an army of 60,000 to defeat the Wuwei." Han Chaoxuan said solemnly: "In addition, news came from Guandong that Zhao Ming sent four armies to attack our Great Zhou, and the front lines asked for help."

Wu Sangui's face was gloomy. He originally planned to collect the last season of food and leave.

Unexpectedly, because of this little food, I am now trapped in Guanzhong.

Now Zhao Ming has launched five troops, sent 400,000 troops, claiming to be 800,000 to attack Zhou, which has put him in a dilemma.

The current situation seemed to be back to the Battle of Xingyang. The same situation appeared again, which made Wu Sangui a little crazy.
Chapter completed!