Gan Chao gathered 200,000 main forces in Hebei and prepared to collect the land in Hedong.

After Gao Huan arrived in Peiping, he quickly discussed the strategy with his ministers, divided his troops into two groups, attacked Xuanda one by one, cut off the Qing army’s retreat, and attacked Jingxing one by one, and attacked Taiyuan City one by one.

As the emperor, Gao Huan naturally led the central army and the task of attacking Xuanda was handed over to Gao Mingheng and Yuan Shizhong.

In addition, Sun Chuanting was ready to march from southern Shanxi into Hedong at any time and cut off the Tang army's retreat.

This time, Gao Huan not only wanted to recover Hedong, but also wanted to destroy the Qing army in Hedong, and even destroy Li Jiyu's Tang army.

After Sun Chuanting came to Beiping from Henan, Gao Huan asked him about Li Jiyu's situation and knew that the reform of the Tang Dynasty was in full swing.

Li Jiyu actually followed Qin State, engaged in farming wars and pioneering military politics, which made Gao Huan more vigilant.

According to Sun Chuanting, Li Jiyu's reform in Guanzhong has been completed, and the Tang army's fighting spirit has increased.

Since ancient times, the Qin army has been resistant to hard fighting. Sun Chuanting trained a Qin army in a very short time and immediately swept away the bandits. Li Jiyu did not have the ability of Sun Chuanting, but he should not be underestimated.

Therefore, Gao Huan really wanted to use the Battle of Hedong to severely damage the Tang army, destroy the morale of the Tang army, and cause the failure of the Tang Dynasty's reform.

However, it is not certain whether Li Jiyu will save Taiyuan or not.

What the army now has to consider is the Qing army in Hedong. Although the Qing army was unwilling to manage Hedong, it did not give up its defense against Hedong.

Taiyuan has Ajige in charge, and Xuanda was also accepted by Tumot Mongolia. They were unable to make progress, but the defense was fine.

After all, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also a key area on the nine borders, Xuanfu, Datong and Taiyuan are all hard cities.

Although the Gan Army has the advantage of military strength, it will probably take some effort to win it down.

On June 1, the second year of Longwu, the various units of the Gan Army began to act according to the plan, and the battle to recover Hedong was officially launched.

First, in order to confuse the Qing army, Gao Huan flew into a flick of the fire, and took a few soldiers and his own ceremonial war to Shanhaiguan and went forward to Ningyuan Fort to inspect.

This is to create the illusion that the Qing army would collect outside the pass and put pressure on the Qing army in the direction of Jinzhou.

When the Qing army in Hedong saw Gao Huan appearing in Shanhaiguan, it was impossible for him to decisively give up Hedong.

Because for the Qing court, the greatest significance of Hedong is to restrain Gao Huan from sending troops outside the pass. Once the army attacks Jinzhou, the Qing army in Hedong can go out to the eight passes of Taihang to raid Hebei, and Gao Huan can only withdraw his troops from Jinzhou.

While Gao Huan was firing a shot, Gao Mingheng and Yuan Shizhong had already led 30,000 people to sacrifice flags to fight, and the army went out of Juyongguan to march towards Xuanda.

After a fake shot in Ningyuan, Gao Huan left the emperor's ceremonial guard at Shanhaiguan and secretly went to the Ganjun camp of Zhending Prefecture.

At this time, when Gao Huan gathered troops in Zhending, Gao Mingheng and Yuan Shizhong's army arrived in Bao'anzhou and were blocked by the Qing army.

Xuanda is mountainous and the terrain is not conducive to cavalry fighting. Yuan Shizhong maintained his true nature and led his white-robed army to attack. In less than two hours, he defeated the Mongolian cavalry blocking the road.

Gao Mingheng then led his army to cover up the killing. The army rushed to thirty miles southeast of Xuanhua City. He was blocked by Mongolian cavalry again, but was defeated by Yuan Shizhong's three drums again.

The Gan army advanced rapidly. When they arrived at Xuanhua City, the Mongolian vassal soldiers had abandoned the city and fled. The Gan army recovered Xuanda at a very small price.

Gao Mingheng immediately left five thousand soldiers to guard Xuanhua, and led a 25,000 army to continue to advance towards Datong.

Datong is an important town on the nine borders. It was called Yunzhong and Pingcheng in ancient times. It is located in the north of Shanxi, and is the center of the Datong Basin. It is the barrier of the entire Jin Dynasty and the gateway to the north.

After the front army entered Datong Prefecture, the mountains and forests were undulating, and the terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"Supervisor, 50 miles ahead, it's Datong!" Yuan Shizhong rode his horse and introduced to Gao Mingheng: "Datong is an important northern town. For hundreds of years, the Central Plains dynasty and the northern nomads have fought here for countless rounds. In the Ming Dynasty, in order to resist the attack of the Mongols, this Datong City was built extremely strongly, and it is probably a waste of effort to defeat it."

Datong was an important northern town. Jiang Xiang relied on this city to resist the siege of the Qing army for eight months. It was not until the ammunition and food were exhausted and he was betrayed by a traitor that the Qing army invaded Datong.

Gao Mingheng nodded, "This Datong was guarded by Jiang Xiang before, but now Jiang Xiang has been transferred to North Korea. The Mongols who replaced him may not be able to play the role of Datong."

Previously, the Military Information Department had contacted the Hedong Han generals, and Jiang Xiang was one of them. Unfortunately, before the two sides had reached an agreement, Jiang Xiang was transferred to Korea by the Qing court. Otherwise, Jiang Xiang would have been the only one who would be the enemy, and it would be easy to take over Datong.

At this time, the army continued to advance, and soon after, the scout brought several local people.

These people are old and young, their clothes are dirty and torn, all with disheveled heads and faces, and their expressions are miserable.

These people have never left Datong in their entire lives, and they are not very familiar with the situation outside. They don’t know which troops they came, and after they are brought back, they are very frightened.

At this time, a man led them to kneel on the ground, trembling, begging for mercy, "June Jun, there are still old people in the family to bed, June June let us go!"

Gao Mingheng frowned and smiled and said, "All fellow villagers, stand up and talk."

But the common people didn't move, and the timids almost buried their heads in their crotch, and the braver kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Yuan Shizhong saw this and shouted: "Don't be afraid, we are the Qian Dynasty army, the Han army! Today, the troops are facing Datong, and we are to recover the Han area and liberate you from the hands of the Tatars!"

"Qian Dynasty, Han Army?" After hearing Yuan Shizhong's words, many people calmed down, but no one spoke.

At this time, Gao Mingheng turned over and dismounted, smiled and said in a kind tone: "My fellow villagers, do you know the situation in Datong City?"

The people still didn't dare to answer, so Gao Mingheng said to his personal guards, "Give the dry food to the fellow villagers!"

Several soldiers stuffed the food bags on their bodies into their hands, but the people did not dare to ask for it. The soldiers glared at them, "The supervisor asked you to take it, you will take it!"

Then a man said, "Reporting to the Lord, thirty miles west is Datong, now it is occupied by the Tartars. The beasts occupied the city and came out to hunt grass valley every day. The people and military households couldn't survive, so they all ran away."

Gao Mingheng asked, "Do you know how many Mongolian Tartars are there?"

The man shook his head, "Sir, how can you understand these things if you are young?"

Gao Mingheng nodded slightly when he heard this, then waved his hand and said, "You can leave. When the imperial army recovers Datong, everyone's life will be better, and you don't have to escape."

After saying that, Gao Mingheng urged his horse to advance, and several fellow villagers watched the mighty army heading west.

An old man couldn't help but ask: "Han army, why isn't it the Ming army?"

"Dad, the Ming Dynasty has long been destroyed. This should be the army in the south!" the man guessed.

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