When the news came, Tachaer was lying shirtless in the big tent, letting several beauties rub his back with ice water to dispel the scorching summer heat.
He has made preparations to besiege Li Xia here for a long time.
At this time, he stood up and pushed the beauties away. He shook his head, woke up from his drunkenness, and said: "Go and call the Wang Xiang."
When Sarges arrived, he saw Tachaer dancing in the tent.
He spread his arms, stepped on the carpet, and danced like an eagle.
"Your Majesty..."
"I'm sobering up." Tacha'er said, jumped around again, and then sat down, saying: "Li Xia didn't break out of the encirclement long ago, and she's only breaking out now. I'm very uneasy."
Although he was a little drunk, he had regained consciousness at this time.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be uneasy. The total strength of the Tang army is less than 10,000. If we mobilize a large army to encircle him, we will not let him break through."
"I don't want to deploy more troops to block Li Xia." Tacha'er said.
Sarges then asked: "What does the king think?"
"I don't want to be led by him like a cow. He Bichi and He Dan both died in the battle, so Li Xia must be outstanding." Tachaer reiterated again: "I won't be like a dog because of him.
You brought some meat to seduce me and I followed you."
Using two metaphors at once, he seemed very vigilant.
This is a man who has experienced many crises in his life but has survived them all safely. His grandfather Temuge rebelled, and his brother-in-law Li Fen rebelled, but they failed to implicate him.
"What I want to do is guard the Loop. I'm here to protect Zhenjin. Killing Li Xia is just a way of doing it, but if he wants to deal with me like playing with Hedan, I won't pay attention to him."
Tachaer's calmness reminded Sajisi, waking up the old wise man from the excitement of besieging and killing Li Xia.
"Your Majesty, I was dealing with some news just now, and I just happened to report it to your Majesty." Sage thought.
"About Dong Wenbing and my young nephew?" Tachaer said: "Finally found where Dong Wenbing went?"
"I only know that King Yan encountered great danger, and Dong Wenbing had to take all the elite soldiers of Heishui City across the desert to rescue him."
Tachaer felt vaguely uneasy.
He led Sarges up to the watchtower, thinking about what to do about the difficult situation in front of him.
suddenly.
Very clearly, a group of red fireworks could be seen blooming on the city of Xingqingfu, which was actually visible even in the daytime.
"what is that?"
Tachaer was shocked and looked at Sarkis.
If it was just their caution that made them sharp before, this sharpness finally led them to make bold guesses.
"Your Majesty, the fireworks of the Tang army must be used to alert soldiers and horses in other places."
Sajisi raised his hand and pointed at Helan Mountain and said: "Only Helan Mountain can be seen clearly. There is probably a Tang army ambushing in Helan Mountain, waiting for the king to send troops to surround and kill Li Xia, and then they will suddenly attack the king."
"It's this method again." Tacha'er said: "Li Xia's method is this again, but he has used it too many times."
At this point, he showed sarcasm and said: "I was looking forward to him coming up with new tactics, but he disappointed me."
Sajisi looked at the lush trees in Helan Mountain and was sure that the Tang army's ambush was hidden among them. After thinking about it for a while, he already had a response.
"Your Majesty, our embankment has been built and we can dig out the Yellow River to release water."
"Just dig the Yellow River like this? The water is not strong enough to collapse the Xingqing Mansion. We can only let it soak in the Yellow River water like Genghis Khan did."
"That's enough. Li Xia pretended to break out in order to attract our troops. We first sent a small force there to make them think we had fallen into the trap. In fact, this small group went to dig up the Yellow River. Wait for the water of the Yellow River to flow.
If they rush to Xingqing Mansion, even if they can't kill Li Xia, they can make his cavalry soak in the water and unable to move freely. But our soldiers and horses can shoot arrows on the embankment to defend themselves."
"Okay! This way, sooner or later he will be trapped to death. In Chinese terms, this is called catching the bastard in the jar."
Sajisi nodded and said: "At this time, the Tang Army's ambush troops hiding in Helan Mountain had no other way to save Li Xia. They panicked and had no choice but to attack the king's camp. They thought we didn't know.
As long as your Majesty is prepared, you can annihilate this Tang army."
"Okay, okay." Tacha'er said, "We should also fight with wisdom. Bravery alone is not enough."
"Your Majesty said it well."
"I will imitate Genghis Khan in this land, and I hope that the Heaven of Immortality, which has always been caring for me, will punish the arrogant Li Xia."
Tachaer followed Sargis's idea and issued the military order. After that, the first thing he did was to summon the shaman to start the practice.
Soon, the sacrificial cattle and sheep were brought.
The barefoot shaman wearing a mask began to dance around the tent.
The drums and chants continued, with a mysterious and solemn color...
Tacha'er firmly believed that his battle with Li Xia was different from every previous sect king's battle with Li Xia. Only he found a way to defeat Li Xia.
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Helan Mountain, Xigou.
This is the only horse-walking route on the high Helan Mountains, and only locals know it.
Yang Ben looked at the cliffs on both sides of the valley with a stern expression. He knew very well that if he was ambushed by the Yuan army in this terrain, the entire army would be annihilated. But he was sure that when Tachaer's army first arrived, it would be impossible to advance in advance.
Got the news.
Fortunately, he finally got out of the valley.
Sure enough, there was no Yuan army.
But at the same time, his feet softened and he almost fell to the ground because of fear.
He then raised his head and looked up at the sky, thinking that if a person is lucky only a few times in his life, maybe he has exhausted his luck by taking risks a few times. From now on, he should be cautious and be kind to others...
"General!"
A soldier climbed up and down, pulled the rope and slid down from the top of the mountain. He rushed to Yang Ben and said, "Fireworks! I saw the fireworks."
Yang Ben was so excited that he climbed up to the top of the mountain by pulling the rope without saying a word, took out the telescope and took a look.
His watch tube fell several times on the march and was cracked.
But fortunately, I can still see clearly.
I saw an army in the southeast of Xingqing City, like an awl, poking outward little by little.
The Yuan army in front of the awl formed a large arc, surrounding the awl.
In fact, the letter Yang Ben handed to Xingqing Mansion said that he could raid the Tachaer camp at any time, just waiting for the fireworks in the city as a signal. Even he did not expect that Li Xia would personally attract the main force of the Yuan army for him.
Of course, this is also the usual way of playing, and they all have enough confidence in their Majesty.
Because I was standing very far away, looking at it this way, the changes in the military situation seemed very slow, like two black clouds, rolling in and out.
Sure enough, Zhuizi gradually adjusted his formation, sometimes to the east, and sometimes to the west to break through, forcing the Yuan army to disperse their forces to encircle them. Even with five times the number of troops, it still seemed insufficient.
This is what the so-called "Ten Encirclements" mean.
Yang Ben turned around and looked at Tachaer's camp at the foot of the mountain, thinking that it was time for Tachaer to send reinforcements.
Sure enough, a Yuan army immediately left the camp and headed southeast.
"Go down with the order! The whole army will rest where they are, eat dry food, feed their horses, and wait for my order to set off to camp!"
"Here!"
The morale of the Tang army was high.
Defeating Dong Wenbing, this battle was enough to make them famous. But facing Tachaer, they felt dissatisfied.
Only when the Yuan army’s camp is captured can it be enough to show off its power...
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There were no clouds in the sky, and the black clouds rolled up on the ground, sprinkling red blood on the ground. To the east was the Yellow River, and to the west a waning sun gradually hung over the Helan Mountains.
The sun sets in the west.
Yang Ben climbed up the cliff again in the red light of the sky, raised the lookout tube and looked.
He scanned the entire world and gradually felt something was wrong.
The Yuan army in the south has slowly retreated to the embankment.
Sudden.
"boom!"
There was a faint shaking sound, and Yang Ben thought it was the defenders on top of Xingqing City firing cannons.
However, looking eastward, he remembered that the Yuan army also had gunpowder, but it was not as powerful as the Tang army.
Looking east again, the sight tube suddenly stopped.
In the cracked lens, the yellow dragon was seen writhing up as if it was suddenly injured.
The river surges and roars like a dragon's roar.
That was when the west bank of the Yellow River was opened up by the Yuan army. The river water immediately rushed towards the low-lying Xingqing Mansion. It quickly filled the Minsheng Canal and Huinong Canal, wading through thousands of acres of wheat waves, swallowing up all the harvest of the year.
.
Yang Ben felt a pain in his heart.
Even a person as cold as him felt sorry for the food.
When he came back to his senses, half of the world in front of him had turned yellow, and it was like splashing ink towards the Tang army who was still outside the city.
Yang Ben immediately clenched his hands, and his whole body froze nervously.
If the emperor and his army were perished in the Yellow River...he could not afford such consequences.
"Don't...don't...don't!"
After saying this, Yang Ben almost yelled out loud, and his eyes were completely split.
He could no longer hear the roar of the Yellow River, only the sound of the wind.
finally,
The water leveled off and submerged the Tang army's lines, but did not submerge them.
"call."
Only then did Yang Ben feel that he was alive, but as he looked at the Yellow River water that was leaking more and more, his face was filled with gloom.
Fell into a trap.
He thought that he had fallen into a trap, but he no longer knew how to save the Xingqing Mansion and His Majesty the Emperor, and his forehead was dripping with sweat.
"Don't panic, the water has not drowned the army. I know that the water of the Yellow River cannot swallow the army and the city wall. Even I know that, and your Majesty must also know... Damn it, what should I do... Wait a minute..."
He frowned, thinking about how he knew.
There is a talkative person who once told the story of Xixia.
What is the story of the Xixia emperor who sacrificed his princess...
Temujin flooded Xingqing Mansion, what happened after that?
An idea flashed in Yang Ben's mind, and he raised his telescope again and turned to Tacha'er's camp...