"It was getting dark yesterday and our soldiers were tired. Li Xia thought there was still a chance of victory in the decisive battle."
Mang Gela looked up and said: "As for today, it's still early and we have a whole day to complete the siege. How dare he attack? What a bull."
"He knew that King Tuohu was coming soon," Yuxi Timur said, "so he wanted to fight quickly."
"This man has a strong gambling habit." Madge said: "I heard that people in the Song Dynasty like to gamble, bet on insects, bet on grass, bet on balls, and bet on dice. The emperor and the prime minister gambled in the main hall."
At this time, the Tang army and the Yuan army had already fought, but they still had time to chat like this.
When Yuxi Timur began to dispatch troops and horses, the busy brother turned his head and whispered to Li Dehui: "Last night, a message arrived. Tuohu is already a hundred miles to the west. I have sent someone to tell him. Directly
Come to Tolgoi... although it’s not necessary.”
"Your Highness, it's necessary. Everything should be done just in case."
"I knew Wang Xianghui would say that, so I didn't ask you all night, so as not to disturb your rest. Today's battle will last all day."
Li Dehui stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "Did King Tuohu tell me where Lian Xixian is?"
"We had stopped chasing him. When we passed Gaochang, we were bitten by the Uighur man. Tuohu had no choice but to stop and fight with him twice. Lian Xixian immediately led his troops to escape. So Tuohu
You can catch up so quickly."
"That's good." Li Dehui thought for a while and whispered: "If nothing happens, I can congratulate His Highness in advance for your great contribution to annihilating Li Xia."
Mang Ge La calmly looked directly into Li Dehui's eyes and asked, "What does this mean?"
"It's time for the Great Yuan Dynasty to establish the foundation of the country."
After hearing this answer, Brother Ma felt numb from his fingers to his heart.
He was really lucky this year. First, Zhenjin died, and then Li Xia suddenly ran up to him and let him annihilate him. It was as if Chang Sheng Tian had arranged for him to inherit the throne.
Maybe this is what the words "Sign of Destiny" mean...
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The camp of the Yuan army had no fences and no deer antlers were placed. I don’t know whether it was out of habit or because it was already dark when they set up camp last night.
Without the time to set up camp, the Tang army got up to eat in the early morning, and after preparing, they came to fight. The Yuan army had just gotten up, and most of them didn't bother to eat.
There are no fancy tactics. In today's battle, the Tang army just attacked in the direction of the banner of the Yuan army commander.
The less tactics and the more hand-to-hand combat, the greater the casualties on both sides.
Gradually, more than a thousand corpses were piled up at the battle line.
Even if the injured soldiers fell to the ground and survived, they would be trampled in the snow and turned into corpses.
Although the Tang army showed stronger combat power, Li Xia was still dissatisfied.
What he wanted was not to kill more Yuan troops, because even if he could cause twice the casualty ratio, based on the strength of the two sides, the Tang army would be defeated in the end.
To defeat more with less, what he wanted was to directly defeat the Yuan army on this side before more Yuan troops came to support, or to kill the generals and seize the flag, so that the Yuan army's defenses would collapse and form a great rout.
This time, Yang Ben was still commanding the troops to attack from the west, while Li Xia was watching the battle from high in the camp.
The thundering sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. It was from the east, north, and south that the Yuan army was approaching the camp.
"Here we go, let's go into battle." Li Xia said.
He put away his telescope and mounted his horse.
Duo Siman rode his horse and rushed to his side, his eyes were red from crying, and said: "You are injured, please don't go into battle again, okay?"
"What should we do? The enemies are already surrounding us."
"I can kill enemies, I am a descendant of Genghis Khan." Duo Siman was only worried about Li Xia, and blurted out the last sentence habitually.
Li Xia joked casually: "Genghis Khan was also injured when he was injured. God blessed him, and maybe he will also bless me."
"I protect you."
The Mongolian woman had a strong spirit, and without further persuasion, she climbed onto the horse's back as soon as she stepped on the stirrup.
"Set off."
As soon as Huo Xiaolian heard the order, she rushed out ahead of Li Xia, thinking that how could a bean sprout-like woman protect His Majesty? She still had to rely on herself, the general of the selected front camp.
"Avoid the horse trap!"
They knew exactly where the horse trap was arranged, and the team formed a long snake formation and galloped through the snow.
Li Xia, however, did not rush in the direction of Yang Ben.
Of course the cavalry has a cavalry style of play.
The three hundred horsemen ran westward for a while, then suddenly turned south and once again broke out of the encirclement of the Yuan army.
If yesterday it was Li Xia who fled eastward first to implicate the Yuan army and help Yang Ben break through the encirclement, today it is the other way around.
If a tactic is used repeatedly, the tacit understanding can be used to win over the Yuan army.
The Yuan army was gathering in the direction of the commander-in-chief, making it inevitable that there would be holes in the defense line. At the same time, he really did not expect that Li Xia would leave the battlefield directly. After all, this would be a huge blow to the morale of the Tang army.
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"Li Xia didn't leave!"
While Yuxi Timur commanded a thousand-man troop to pursue Li Xia from a distance, he quickly glanced at the Tang army's line. He found that the Tang army had no obvious change in morale because the dragon flag left the battlefield.
"He's going to sneak out of the battlefield and attack us from behind! It's the same move he did yesterday!"
The busy brother sneered: "It's ridiculous for him to fight."
Only Li Dehui looked worried and thought to himself: "But what Li Xia used was the Mongolian cavalry's fighting style."
What worried him was that after watching the battle for two consecutive days, in his opinion, Li Xia's tactics were more like Mongolian cavalry. Instead, two young men, Mang Ge La and Yu Xi Timur, started fighting and approached each other step by step.
It seems a bit dull... This is due to lack of experience. In short, it is not like the Mongolian cavalry.
How did the Mongolian cavalry fight? The cavalry spread out widely and weakened patiently. When the battle came, they gathered or dispersed, went out or disappeared, and took turns attacking the weak points of the enemy's formation.
Although the Tang army's riding and archery skills were not as good as those of the Mongolian cavalry, they wore cotton armor and carried a small number of throwing firearms, making them more capable of charging than the Mongolian cavalry.
"Li Xia will come from behind." Li Dehui had to remind him in Mongolian.
"I know!" Yuxi Timur shouted in displeasure, no longer as calm as when the war first started.
He is only twenty-four years old. Although he is very talented and brave, he has not fought in such battles many times. It is not easy to mobilize an army of 50,000.
The Tang army was small in number, and Li Xia and Yang Ben had a tacit understanding. His unconstrained tactics and rapid execution of interspersed coordination disrupted his position. It was often only orders that were passed to the army. The Tang army had already changed its tactics.
Yuxi Timur was still deploying troops to supplement the defense.
In the wind and snow to the west, a small group of cavalry had already sprung out.
"Ehxiute!"
Yuxi Timur finally cursed loudly.
"Isn't this hyena afraid of death? Such a small number of people dare to hit us... block it and kill Li Xia!"
"quick!"
It must be said that the Yuan army was a little panicked.
Because to the west of the watchtower are tents, including cattle, sheep, baggage, and women accompanying the army.
Of course there are guards, and they are far more than 300 people.
But when Li Xia's dragon flag rolled towards them, they felt panicked for the first time.
"Li Xia is here! Warriors, kill him quickly!"
"Fire arrows..."
Even the cattle holding the king's tent howled uneasily.
Ye Rihan opened the curtain and walked out.
Her face was flushed because she had been warming herself by the fire in the tent.
Last night, she heard Ma Ge La say that the annihilation of Li Xia had been accomplished in the past few days, and the Khan position would definitely not be able to escape, which inevitably made people feel very good.
However, bad moods can come on quickly.
The nearby soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty rushed westward like a tide, shouting to kill Li Xia. However, screams soon rang out.
A tent has caught fire in the camp.
She was so frightened that she didn't even bother to put on her robe and ran towards the lookout where her husband was...
"咴lvlv!"
A horse neighed behind him, and then the sound of horse hooves became louder and louder.
Ye Rihan looked back and saw a Tang army breaking through the Yuan army's defense line in a terrifying manner and crashing towards the watchtower.
"ah!"
She screamed, turned around and ran in the other direction.
Tang Jun ignored her and quickly rushed past where she was just now.
"Fire the arrow!"
On the observation deck, Yuxi Timur shouted loudly.
More than a thousand Yuan troops finally adjusted their formations, prepared themselves at all levels, and fired arrows at the Tang army.
However, when this small Tang army was still more than a hundred steps away from this line, they suddenly reined in their horses, turned around, and ran westward out of the battlefield.
"Exiute."
Maunge La watched the dragon flag go away again and couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it!"
"Catch up! Kill Li Xia!" Yu Xi Tie Yu'er ordered again.
Li Dehui shook his head slightly helplessly, feeling more and more that Li Xia looked more like a Mongolian cavalry.
It's a pity that he can't help with this kind of scheduling on the battlefield.
Suddenly there was a cry from the east.
"Stop him!"
"Kill!"
I saw that the Yuan army finally arrived and completely surrounded thousands of Tang troops.
However, this Tang army had already reached a place only a hundred steps away from Mang Ge La, and even the banner with the word "Yang" was moving forward.
Yang Ben had already given up command and took the lead in killing them.
In the cold winter of Mobei, sweat was already flowing down Yuxi Timur's forehead.
He didn't understand how he could direct this battle like this.
But he knew very well that the battle turned out like this simply because his command was not as good as that of Li Xia and Yang Ben.
"Warriors! Protect your king! We have surrounded the Tang army..."
"Moo!"
The long trumpet blast interrupted the shouts from the Yuan army's watchtower.
Li Xia returned with the vanguard battalion and once again launched a charge against the Yuan army's commander-in-chief's banner from behind.
The goal of this small Tang army was not to kill many enemies at all, but to disrupt the Yuan army's command.
Yuxi Timur no longer needed to take command, because there was already a melee under the observation deck.
He suddenly turned his head and said to Brother Mang: "Your Majesty, let's go down."
"Why? If I get off the lookout, the warriors will think I'm running away." Mang Gelu took a deep breath and said, "I'm not afraid of staying here. I'm a descendant of Genghis Khan."
At this point, the Yuan army had completely surrounded the Tang army. As long as the commander's flag still stood there, it would be difficult for the Tang army to win.
But if something unexpected happened here, the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty thought that something happened to the commander-in-chief, so they might be defeated first.
So I am willing to stand here for everyone to see.
"Has Your Highness forgotten Emperor Xianzong?" Li Dehui had already asked, and then said: "The Tang army must have left firearms to protect His Highness!"
Before he could react, the elite warriors hurriedly escorted him down from the observation deck.
The Tang army was still more than a hundred paces away. Occasionally, arrows fell, but they were blocked by the cowards with their shields.
Yuxi Timur covered the wounds on his body with his hands and walked down the observation deck. Looking around, he felt an atmosphere of panic.
"Put some armor on me," he said.
They were still wearing armor here, and what Li Dehui was worried about still happened.
"Bang!"
As expected, the Tang army still had thunder cannons left, which exploded in the densely populated areas of the Yuan army, causing screams.
Someone shouted in Mongolian, "Brother Ma is dead! Kublai Khan's son is dead!"
Looking up, I saw a Tang Dynasty dragon flag swaying not far away.
"go to hell."
Yuxi Timur cursed, fastened his armor, and got on his horse.
With just this movement, the wounds on his body had already split open.
But all he could think of was the story about Borshu and Genghis Khan, a heroic story.
Today is the day of heavy snow and wilderness. Of course he will become a hero like his grandfather...
At the same time, Yang Ben was also fighting forward with all his strength.
His loyalty and bravery are not because he wants to imitate...