In the bamboo forest on Leech Ridge, Liu Jinsuo looked down and could see the Mongolian army at the foot of the mountain to the west preparing to climb the mountain.

The other four team leaders who arrived had already sat down around Li Xia.

Liu Jinsuo quickly squeezed in.

"You smell so bad." Jiang Fan murmured in a low voice.

"I've been running in this mountain for two or three days. Of course it stinks." Liu Jinsuo said, "Shut up and listen to the county captain."

Li Xia glanced at them and spoke.

"This mountain range goes all the way east, and the Erjia River flows eastward along it into the Fu River. After the Mongolian army climbed over the mountain, they first had to cross the river."

As Li Xia spoke, he traced the location of Leech Ridge on the map with his finger, and finally clicked on the upper reaches of Erjia Stream.

"Jiang Fan, take the people and hide the boat in Qinggang Tsui upstream."

Jiang Fan responded: "Strikes halfway across?"

"No." Li Xia said: "Don't wait for the Mongolian army to start crossing the river. The river is too small. You can cross it by floating on horseback. If you attack halfway, you will be surrounded by the Mongolian army. You can take advantage of them when they have just come down the mountain and have not had time to adjust their formation.

Go down the river and shoot arrows at them to attract them to pursue you."

"But it won't kill too many people?"

"We don't ask for casualties, we want to overwhelm them." Li Xia said: "We have secured the wall and cleared the country, so it will be good for us to overwhelm their physical strength and horsepower from the very beginning."

"clear."

"Here at Guoquan Bay, the river has a sharp bend. The speed of the boat will inevitably slow down, and the Mongolian army may catch up."

Li Xia clicked his finger on Guoquan Bay and then on Bandit Ridge, a nearby hill.

"Liu Jinsuo, you lead people to ambush in front of Guoquan Bay, shoot arrows at Bandit Ridge, and shout. You don't want to kill, but you want to slow down the Mongolian army."

"yes!"

Li Xia added: "The Mongolian army was blocked in Bandit's Valley, and they will speed up to pursue Jiang Fan."

He moved his finger forward again and ordered: "Xiong Shan, you set up an ambush in Dabao. Dig a ditch to trap the horse at this location. When the Mongols fall, fire a round of arrows and leave from the mountain."

"yes!"

"Louhu, you prepare cannon stones again at Jianzi Mountain."

"yes!"

"Song He, inform Bao San to meet you at Fujiang..."

"yes!"

Li Xia stood up, put the map away, and said: "Wuliang Hetai is in a hurry to go to Hezhou, and the Mongolian army cannot afford to delay him. Even if they can only lose more than ten cavalry in this ambush, they will lose them again."

If we delay for one more day, we will be one step closer to victory."

"clear!"

Everyone responded with confidence in their eyes.

…

Li Xia arranged his tactics and looked back down the mountain. He saw that the Mongolian army had sent people up the mountain to investigate, and quickly led them down the mountain.

He mounted his horse and prepared to go to Qingfu County to arrange follow-up matters.

As soon as he sat on the horse, his body swayed and he looked very tired.

He didn't come up with all kinds of plans just by patting his head. He had to chase the Mongolian army's horse hoofprints all the way, obtain the results of the shelling of Guitou Mountain, Jianzi Mountain and other places, and deduce the direction of the Mongolian army's crossing the mountain.

In addition, we must observe the terrain and the flow rate of the Erjia River...

Nige rode through the valley, but he chased on the mountain with his feet.

Nige always found some empty villages, where he could sleep when he wanted, eat when he wanted, and march as he pleased. But Li Xia couldn't sleep, because his clothes that were wet with moisture in the mountains were dried by his body, and they became wet again at night.

But in short, these five to six hundred Mongolian troops still entered his clothed pockets.

Most of a day later, Li Xia had already climbed up to the city tower in Qingfu County, looking far to the west at the Erjia River.

~~

That afternoon, by the Erjia River, the sound of galloping horse hooves and shouts kept ringing.

Sudden……

"咴lvlv!"

A Mongolian war horse neighed sadly and crashed into a ditch!

The Meng soldiers on horseback were originally staring at the boat going down the Erjia River, but suddenly they fell down with their horses.

Before he could react, there was already a sharp pain in his body.

With a "pop" sound, a sharp bamboo pole pierced directly through his thigh, pierced his internal organs, and came out straight from his back.

The blood drops condensed into beads in the bamboo tube, but could not penetrate the white bamboo wall and spread out drop by drop.

"ah!"

The screams were extremely frightening.

The next moment, another war horse that could not hold back its momentum fell down, killing the Mongolian soldier in the ditch...

"Hush!"

The Mongolian soldiers in the rear finally reined in their horses, and when they looked up, they saw that the boat in the distance was drifting further and further away, and the Song soldiers who were ambushing nearby had disappeared from sight in the mountains and forests.

…

"Uh-huh!" Nig cursed harshly.

He glanced at the horse trap in front of him with cold eyes. Anger surged in his heart, but he suppressed it again.

Just after they crossed the leech ditch, nearly twenty people died.

He had already discovered that the Song army had fortified its walls and cleared the country, because the villages he encountered in the previous two days were all empty.

The most fearful thing when going out to collect food is that you will encounter such a situation. You will lose your ship, prisoners, and food and grass, and you can't go back directly.

"Stop chasing them, kill and eat these war horses."

~~

Li Xia stood on the city tower and watched Jiang Fan lead the boat down the Duo Erjia River. After a while, he saw Liu Jinsuo and Xiong Shan's team waving flags on the mountains in the distance...

It was almost dusk, and the Mongolian army did not continue to pursue them.

The Mongolian generals were calmer than expected.

Li Xia frowned and ordered: "Send the order so that Bao San and Lu Hu don't have to ambush anymore. Reduce their troops. The Mongolian army will attack the city tomorrow."

"We are attacking the city." Fang Yankai murmured, "Can this earth wall, which is less than two feet tall, be able to defend the Mongolian army?"

"Didn't the landlord ask me to defend the city from the beginning?" Li Xia asked rhetorically.

Fang Yankai sighed after hearing this.

He was sincere and responded: "Feiyu has been able to resist the enemy in the mountains and forests for the past three or four days. Can't he think of another way?"

"It's no longer possible now. The Mongolian army has reached the open area, and the next step is a tough battle."

Li Xia didn't mean to embarrass Fang Yankai, so he said bluntly: "If the landlord can trust me, I should be responsible for the defense of the city."

Fang Yankai turned his head and looked at him, but did not answer immediately.

The setting sun shone over from the west, dragging the shadows of the two people very long on the city wall.

Both of them have been working very hard these past few days, and Li Xia has been running around a lot, but he is not as haggard as Fang Yankai.

"Okay, I, the chief clerk, will fully cooperate with you..."

~~

And on the night before the Mongolian army attacked the city, the fate of many people seemed to be quietly changing...

~~

"Oh, Li Feiyu won the battle? Then how did the Mongolian army attack the city again?!" Zhang Yuanming asked in displeasure.

He is now crowded into the home of Yuan Yutang, a wealthy family member in Qingfu County. Although the living room he lives in is the largest living room, it is still crowded.

The entire Qingfu County was filled with fleeing people, and there were countless people sleeping on the streets. The situation of the Zhang family was considered the best.

But that night, when he heard that the Mongolian army was about to attack the city, Zhang Yuanming's temper was finally ignited.

Standing in front of him at this time were the eldest son Zhang Shifei and the second son Zhang Shizhuo, both of whom looked panicked.

Zhang Shifei was the first to respond: "The man named Li is just bragging. I went to the top of the city and took a look. There are only more than 80 heads in total, but the Mongolian army still has more than 600 people. How can we claim victory?"

Zhang Shizhuo said: "The funny thing is that the Mongolian army came from the west of Fujiang River, and there is not a single Mongolian army east of Fujiang River."

"Not one?" Zhang Yuanming asked in surprise.

"Yes." Zhang Shifei said: "Then Li Feiyu kept claiming to protect me, the Zhang family, and forced us to move into the city. Instead, he put us under the offensive of the Mongolian army."
To be continued...