Outside Jiuyuan City, at Nanhaizi Pier, a loud roar suddenly sounded.
"Cross the river! Cross the river!"
The sound of the Yellow River is as angry as thunder, and the roar of the general is also like angry thunder.
Zhang Jue has crossed the Yellow River, and when he looks up he can see Yin Mountain and... the Great Wall on Yin Mountain.
That is the Guyang Qin Great Wall, which stretches endlessly with the ups and downs of the mountains, facing each other from east to west, with no beginning or end, and is magnificent.
It was Zhang Jue’s first time to visit Yinshan Mountain, and it was also his first time to see the Great Wall of Qin.
But just at this glance, his eyes turned red and he yelled, "Damn!"
When he looked at the Great Wall of Qin, he knew that this was the territory that belonged to the men of the Han family, built with the blood and sweat of his ancestors.
But after living for most of his life, this was the first time he saw the Great Wall that belonged to him. His ancestors had probably not seen the Great Wall for hundreds of years.
He raised his head and tried hard not to let the tears in his eyes stay. He thought again of what he had said to Li Xia and Wang Jian many years ago at the foot of Diaoyu City.
"If we want to defend the entire land of China, we have to fight as far as Yinshan Chilechuan."
The Yangtze River is not the gateway, the Huaihe River, Xiangfan, Sichuan and Shu are not the gateway, and Hanzhong is not the gateway.
Yinshan Chilechuan is the gateway, otherwise why did Qin Shihuang build the Great Wall here?
This is what Li Xia said at that time, and this is the reason why they have been crazy trying to regain the Hetao in recent years.
Zhang Jue suddenly wanted Wang Jian to take a look at the Great Wall.
But when I opened my eyes, I only saw the blue sky high above.
Then a surge of anger rushed up in his heart, and he roared angrily.
"Cross the river! Cross the river!"
He was urging the soldiers, but also seemed to be asking Wang Jian if the spirit in the sky had seen it, or even asking Yue Fei and Zong Ze if he had seen it.
Thinking of Zongze, Zhang Jue felt very proud again, because he had to cross the river to regain far more than just Kaifeng.
…
After conquering Ansai City, Zhang Jue did not encounter Yang Wen'an's obstruction again.
Yang Wen'an withdrew north to Qinzhou to join Yang Wenzhong, and then broke out directly to the east, perhaps to retreat to Shanxi, perhaps to ambush the Tang army's baggage, or even to attack Yan'an Mansion... But it is not important, Guanzhong is guarded by Liu Yuanli.
Zhang Jue's current goal was only the Loop. He followed the Qinzhi Road northward to the Yellow River with lightning speed, so fast that even the defenders on the dock had not reacted.
This was exactly the route that King Wuling of Zhao took to attack Xianyang of Qin during the Warring States Period, which was called the Jiuyuan surprise attack. But now the direction of the Tang army was reversed.
They occupied the pier, grabbed the boats, and crossed the river. At the same time, Zhang Jue was not idle. He immediately sent out his scouting horses and occupied the highest point on the Yinshan Great Wall to observe the enemy's situation.
On the second day after crossing the river, a scout horse reported important military information.
"Come back so soon?!" Even Zhang Jue was surprised. After all, his scouting horse was not familiar with the terrain of the Hetao.
"Commander, there is a large group of cavalry coming more than two hundred miles to the west! There are at least 50,000 people and more than 100,000 horses..."
Zhang Jue's face became serious, but it was not that he was surprised, but rather a seriousness that he had expected but needed to be dealt with carefully.
"Send the order and ask those who have not yet crossed the river to hurry up and cross the river!"
First, he gave an order like this, and then summoned his generals.
When the generals arrived, they saw Zhang Jue stroking his two axes.
Since becoming the commander-in-chief of one side, Zhang Jue has been more centrally commanding. The two axes have not seen blood for a long time. At this time, he looked at the ax carefully for a while but then slowly put it down and turned to the people.
Will.
"According to the news that Tanma found in Yinshan Mountain, most of the Yuan army has been defeated by the Ningxia army and is escaping hastily back to Jiuyuan City. However, our army has not completely crossed the river. This opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again. Who among you will dare
Lead a surprise force to attack the Yuan army camp at night and give them a shock first?"
"Me!" Liu Jinsuo shouted.
However, there was someone who was faster than him. Before Zhang Jue could finish his words, he stepped forward, cupped his fists and said, "I will go there in the end!"
Liu Jin locked eyes and saw that it was Wang Li.
Wang Li is only seventeen years old this year, but he has grown very tall and has been promoted to commander based on his military exploits.
But Liu Jinsuo still thought that Wang Li was too young, so he said: "It is more suitable to go to the end of the year!"
At this time, all the generals also requested orders.
Zhang Jue took a look and said, "You told me what you would do if you went there?"
"Of course, we have to march quickly to storm the general's camp at night, and send a signal for the Ningxia army to attack from both front and rear!" Liu Jinsuo said loudly.
Zhang Jue looked at Wang Li again and asked, "What about you?"
Although Wang Li was young, he seemed very calm at this time and said: "There is a pasture between the east mountain range of Yinshan Mountain and the Yellow River. The grass quality is excellent. It has been the grazing land of the Xiongnu since ancient times."
He walked to the map and pointed at it, and then said: "Commander, please look, this is the narrowest point between Yinshan Mountain and the Yellow River, and this is the best ambush point. I will rush here, hide my troops in Yinshan Mountain, and ambush
Yuan Army."
Zhang Jue nodded, picked up the military order and said: "Wang Li listened to the order and ordered Qian to lead the Ax Battalion to surprise the Yuan army!"
"The last general takes command!"
Seeing this scene, Liu Jinsuo was greatly surprised. He thought that Zhang Jue was employing people for nepotism and would harm the boy Wang Li. If he had the intention to say anything, Zhang Jue had already raised his hand and said: "I have confidence in Wang Li."
"But he is too young..."
Zhang Jue said calmly: "Fighting also depends on talent."
Faced with this sentence, Liu Jinsuo opened his mouth, but was speechless.
"Don't worry, we have arrived at the Loop. There are many tough battles to be fought." Zhang Jue patted Liu Jinsuo on the shoulder, turned to the Yellow River, and continued to shout: "Hurry up and cross the river!"
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The Yellow River surges.
Li Xia rode his horse and looked at Yinshan Mountain in the east, and suddenly thought of a poem.
"The tragic song of generosity will never be passed down, the song of Qionglu is natural. The eternal heroic spirit of Zhongzhou also reaches the Chile River of Yinshan Mountain."
This is a poem written by Yuan Haowen that he heard from the scholars in the north when he assassinated Qiao Ju in Bozhou.
He didn't think anything of it at the time, but later Li Xia thought that even Yuan Haowen, a man who had never wanted to be an official all his life, had to admit Kublai Khan's heroism in his later years.
But now, he went to Chilechuan in Yinshan Mountain, but he wanted to bring another meaning to this poem.
The meaning is simple. The eternal heroic spirit of Zhongzhou has arrived in the Chile River of Yinshan Mountain.
Recently, Li Xia has always thought of those people in the past ten years of fighting against Mongolia, including those from the south and those from the north.
Maybe you are gradually feeling that the southerners and northerners are about to be merged into one country?
Before nightfall, he set up camp near Wuliang Suhai, less than fifty miles away from the Yuan army.
The Yuan army camped at the narrowest point between Yinshan Mountain and the Yellow River to the east.
After the camp was set up, Li Xia was still discussing matters with Yang Ben, and he rushed to the big tent as fast as he could when he heard the news.
"Your Majesty, we have received news about the Yan'an Army."
The monarch and his ministers in the tent looked at each other with some joy.
The right time, right place and right people, this time it really comes together...
~~
Chang'an.
Zhang Wenjing and Gao Mingyue were sitting opposite each other in front of the candlelight, reading the letter from Li Xia over and over again. At the end, she still said in disbelief: "Is this true?"
"If everything goes well, it should be possible, right? You know the terrain in the north better than I do."
"After occupying the Hetao, the Yuan army set off from Mobei and headed south. There would be no place to supply supplies on the way, and the Yuan army in the Western Regions would not be able to come back. It was equivalent to cutting off two legs of the Yuan army. If they could capture Yanjing again...
…”
Zhang Wenjing pondered for a while, then spoke again: "My father will definitely surrender! Once Yanjing is captured, Kublai Khan can no longer threaten Baozhou, and my father will no longer have any worries, so he will definitely surrender. Then Shanxi, Shandong, Henan,
The princes of Hebei will soon be shaken."
Her eyes were bright, and they had changed from surprise to expectation and surprise.
"With just this one move, we can avoid attacking all four sides of the Central Plains."
Gao Mingyue nodded with a smile and said: "This is also the reason why His Majesty insisted on the expedition himself. In his words, 'This battle is a lever that can use the smallest force to leverage the general trend of the world.' He also said that he had never thought of doing so in the past.
Unifying the world before the age of thirty, but if there is this shortcut, there may be hope."
There was a smile in Zhang Wenjing's eyes, but she deliberately flattened her mouth and smiled: "He never told me."
"It's just that I'm worried that if things don't work out, I'll let you down. No matter how you look at it at the time, it's going to be very difficult to succeed."
"Looks like it's almost done now?"
"I can only say that I am somewhat certain. Because I have to let you write a letter home before I can tell you. If it doesn't work, don't be disappointed."
"Okay, I believe that your Majesty will unify the country sooner or later, a few years sooner or later."
Zhang Wenjing spread out her paper and ink and wanted to write, but for a moment she didn't know how to greet her father whom she hadn't seen for many years.
"Sister said how should I write?"
"Just read it and write it. Don't worry, you can give it to me in two days. Mr. Han said that the news from the Military Intelligence Department in Henan is not going well recently, so you can give it to me in two days."
Gao Mingyue stood up and suddenly said something in a low voice.
"He left Beijing in May, and it's already late autumn in September, and we've been apart for less than half a year. I'm more looking forward to his safe return than this imperial hegemony..."
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The night is deeper, and the scenery in the north and south is completely different, but it is shrouded in the same night sky.
At the foot of Yinshan Mountain and on the bank of the Yellow River, the Yuan army camp was in chaos as killing cries rang out.
"Under attack! Under attack!"
"..."
"King Zhao, King Zhao, let's go!"
In the chaos, before she could react, Aibuka was pushed onto the horse by Tsukino Kai herself.
"I'm not defeated yet!" Ai Buhua shouted.
"Let's go." Yue Naihe said: "We are all warriors on the grassland. If we are separated, we can still find the tribe. If we continue to fight, there will be more casualties... Let's protect King Zhao and go north!"
"Where's Tachar?"
"The king escaped first."
Ai Buhua turned around and looked around. He couldn't see Tachaer's banner in the night, but from the noise, he knew that Tachaer did not go east to defend Jiuyuan City, but fled north.
This made him feel that Tachar deserved to die.
In terms of bloodline, Tachaer is the golden family, but it is far less dedicated to Dayuan than him.
"Don't just protect me, Tsukinohe." Aibuhua calmed down and said: "Gather our warriors as much as possible, but we still have to find a way to defeat the Tang army. Jiuyuan City cannot be lost. To the north is to escape, and to the east is to escape.
That’s when we withdraw our troops.”
Frankly speaking, he is indeed both civilized and martial, and he is considered a very outstanding person.
However, these are troubled times, and there are too many people who are more talented and have more battle experience than him...
"Where will the captive go?!"
Suddenly a loud roar rang out, and Ai Buhua turned around and saw flames rising into the sky from the east. A group of Tang Army cavalry roared in, setting fire to the tents and killing the people, like dragons entering the sea.
"The general is there!"
"Take your life!"
Judging from the voice, the leading Tang Army general was extremely young. When he rushed closer and showed his appearance in the firelight, he was indeed extremely young.
The two sides only had one shot, so they took no time in setting up their bows and shot an arrow at the other side.
As soon as he loosened the string, the horse in front of him disappeared immediately, as if he had shot him with an arrow.
But the next moment, the young Tang Army general suddenly sat back on his horse. It turned out that he was hanging sideways on the horse and shooting arrows.
"clatter."
The crossbow was triggered and an arrow was fired. A servant in front of Ai Buhua fell down in response.
"King Zhao, let's go!"
Everyone was shocked and quickly gathered around Ai Buhua and fled.
At this time, escaping is more important than Jiuyuan City.
There was no danger of life in the past few days, and Ai Buhua felt that Yang Ben was not worthy of fighting with him. Tonight, he just met an unknown, fledgling young general, but one encounter had frightened him into panic.
He is not timid, but he is still responsible for the members of the Wanggu tribe, and has yet to repay his mother's nurturing kindness, and he also wants to marry Princess Yuelie... In short, he must not die on the battlefield.
"Chase!"
The young general behind him refused to let him go and pursued him relentlessly.
After running for a few more miles, another killing cry came from the west.
"Kill!"
"The captives will leave, your Grandpa Wang is here..."
"Let's go!"
Ai Buhua quickly turned northeast and ran along the Yinshan Mountains.
He felt that he was going to die in Yinshan tonight.
However, suddenly the sound of ringing gold was heard piercing the night sky.
War drums sounded in the front.
"Boom!"
It was an extremely loud drum sound that made people's chests resonate with it.
"Boom!"
Aibuhua, who had just come back to her senses, raised her head and looked, and found that dawn had broken at some point, and the sky was slightly brighter.
And on the Yinshan Mountain in the distance, something stood.
Nine-pink white paper.
The huge Jiu Bai Bao was bigger than any I had ever seen before.
It seems that this represents the most authentic Great Mongol Khan...