On the seventh day of the lunar month, the snow finally stopped and the sky finally cleared up.
The camp of 50,000 people and more than 100,000 horses stretched over a radius of six to seven miles, with tents everywhere. If this were summer and autumn, this could be called a grand Naadam Conference.
Li Xia felt like she was going to become a nomad.
He hasn't seen a house for months and years, and he keeps a bonfire every night. He always smells like horse manure. The only food he has is cheese and dried meat. Even the concubines around him are Mongolians.
In the early morning, he carried Duo Siman on his horse. "Your Majesty, I don't want to go to Eji's place."
"I agreed to let you go. I have some considerations." Li Xia said: "The people around your mother have more experience in taking care of children. Her camp is larger and safer. Also, if she loses this battle, she still has a choice.
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"You will not be defeated." Duo Siman hugged Li Xia's neck and refused to let go, saying: "Remember when you snatched the bride? You rushed towards me on horseback, and no one could stop you. You are
A hero descended from the eternal sky."
"Then just trust me and wait for me to pick you up." "You will definitely come, right?" "Definitely."
"Okay. So are you angry with Eji? She negotiated terms with you, taking advantage of the time when you need her help the most."
Li Xia shook his head and said: "I'm not angry. After all, she still helped me. I just saw her choice. She chose to be my ally instead of my family."
"Are they just allies?" Duo Siman asked again. "Allies are already very good."
"Eji has always been like that. I think she is unreasonable." "She is a sober politician. People treat me as a politician, and I treat others as a politician, and that's it."
Li Xia got on his horse and went all the way to Ulughunai's tent. An iron pot was set on the bonfire outside the tent. From a distance, he could see a woman covered in felt blanket stirring the milk in the pot with a long ladle.
As I got closer, I realized that it was Uluru Hunai himself who was making milk tea.
"Would you like a drink?"
"The war is about to begin, do you still have the leisure to do so?" Ulu Hunai twitched the hair beside his ear and said, "Cook something to calm your mind. I am a woman after all."
"Maybe this is the time." Li Xia said, "Take good care of Duo Siman." "Don't worry, she is my daughter."
Li Xia nodded, settled Duo Siman, got on his horse and left in Yutai to gather some people, drank some water heartworms, and got on his horse in Xichuan.
Wu Luhu looked at his back and didn't look away for a long time. Then she murmured.
"If he has the strength to occupy the Ili River Basin in the future, I'm afraid he won't worry about this little friendship anymore."
"It's too stupid for you to negotiate terms at this time." Duo Si said arrogantly. "Someone once said so." "Who?"
"Your biological father." Uluru said calmly. Duosi was stunned.
Uluru Hunai said: "He said, "As long as you stay, Ben Khan can give you everything, but you are negotiating terms at this time. It's so stupid." I answered him, "Everything you give is just what you give. I
What he wanted was what truly belonged to me, so he lent me troops and I recovered the Khanate."
"What about me? Because he gave me to you, so you don't want it." "Yes."
"If you have the ability, never ask for it." Uluru was silent.
She avoided Duo Siman's words and still looked at Li Xia's back, saying, "You say I'm stupid. But I don't rely on any man, no matter how powerful he is, I only cooperate with them."
"But don't forget, you are a woman." Duo Siman was not as afraid of her mother as before. He stepped forward and whispered in her ear: "Your strength has not brought benefits to the Khanate, and as long as you continue
By being gentler, you could have saved your herdsmen from bad luck."
"Really? That's your choice, not mine." The sound of horse hooves from the south interrupted the mother and daughter's conversation. "Ketun, look over there!"
Wu Lu suddenly raised his lookout tube and saw a plume of thick smoke rising into the sky in the distance.
That was her agreement with Kublai Khan. If Kublai Khan wanted to send troops to the east to intercept Li Xia, he would send such a signal.
"Send troops." Uluru Hunai ordered.
She tried to deceive Kublai Khan's attack focus to the east, and took the opportunity to support Li Zengbo at Mount Hatu in the southwest.
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Brother Sui stood astride his horse and looked to the north in the snow. Because the sun was shining brightly on the snow, he covered his eyes with his palms from time to time.
Finally, a flag slowly appeared, followed by a group of more than a thousand cavalry approaching.
An Tong, who was behind Sui Gedu, waved his hand, and the soldiers of Xue Xue galloped forward one after another, raised their bows and set arrows. When the opponent was close, they shouted: "Are you accurate?!" Whose interest is in leaving us?
?!
"According to the order of Ke Dun, I will return the brother to you!"
Brother Sui quickly raised his lookout tube. He usually did not lead troops in battles, so the lookout tube in his hand was temporarily given by Kublai Khan.
In the screen, I finally saw the face of Mao Geza, and even No Rihan.
"Very good."
Brother Sui drove his horse forward and wanted to pick up Brother Mangqi personally. However, An Tong stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment."
Then I heard the timid Xue soldiers in front shout: "Please let King Anxi come over."
"What are the conditions you agreed to? We have no fodder and food in the army. Today we must at least give us what we need in exchange."
"Let King Anxi come over first, and the Great Khan will give you the reward you want."
The cavalry on the opposite side was obviously not in a hurry to let go first. What surprised Brother Sui was that those timid Xue soldiers were not in a hurry either.
Finally he couldn't hold it any longer, so he galloped forward and shouted, "Where's your Keton?"
They were far away and the other party couldn't hear what he was shouting.
And at this moment when Brother Sui was stepping forward, cavalry rushed back to the opposite team from the east and west directions. "The Yuan people have an ambush! Get out!" "Stop them!" An Tong shouted.
At this moment, an arrow was shot from the opposite side and landed in front of Sui Gedu, frightening the Mongolian king.
"Don't shoot the arrow, don't shoot the arrow, if you have something to say, please speak it..."
No one paid any attention to Sui Gedu. An Tong spurred his war horse and rushed forward like an arrow from the string. At the same time, he kept shouting: "Shoot their horses! Don't kill King Anxi."
If it were a normal battle, both sides would deliberately avoid killing or injuring horses, because they were also trophies.
That is to say, today, in order to rescue Mang Ge La, An Tong no longer cares about this.
At the same time, two cavalrymen had already moved up from both wings, trying to surround Uluru Hunai's soldiers and horses on the opposite side.
It can be seen from this that Kublai Khan did not believe in Uluru Hunai at all.~~
Another plume of smoke rose.
On Hatu Mountain, Li Zengbo tried his best to look in the direction of the smoke to see what was happening, but unfortunately it was too far.
"Give me the order to get our soldiers ready." "Commander, what happened?" "I have a feeling there will be a battle today." Pang Pei immediately became excited.
Although the old wounds on his body were not healed and new ones were added, he still wanted to fight happily instead of being trapped in this mountain, watching the food and medicines run out and the wounded soldiers died one by one.
"Brothers, the leader is going to attack the mountain today, so cheer up!" Immediately, a general pointed to the ground and shouted: "This is the fishing city today!"
"Haha, little party member, do you still know Diaoyu City?" "Don't touch me, I'm the one who shot Kublai Khan today." "Stop talking nonsense! Everyone squat down and put up the shield for me."
Li Zengbo kept looking at the north. Finally, he saw a huge army coming this way. There were two big flags in the army. One side read "Chagatai Khanate" in Mongolian, and the other side read "Chagatai Khanate" in Mongolian.
"Tang" character.
That's reinforcements.
Li Zengbo's expression became cautious instead, and he began to scan all directions. First of all, he could see that Tachaer's soldiers and horses had formed a square formation and were heading north to meet him.
Judging from the formations of these two soldiers and horses, they probably have more than 10,000 people, which is about the same strength.
Li Zengbo turned around and looked south again, frowning. "Quick! Light up the smoke!"
It's not easy, one
Thick smoke rose into the sky. This was the third smoke rising today.
Li Zengbo looked north again, hoping that the commander-in-chief of his allies could understand what he meant.
——The Yuan army is still increasing its troops, so don’t come to rescue them.
Uluru Hunai stood in the camp, listening to the reports of horse exploration from all sides. When he raised his head again, he saw the wolf smoke in the distance.
Her first reaction was to sneer. "Look, Kublai Khan really doesn't believe me."
This was the reason why she still chose to support Li Xia as soon as Li Xia agreed to her conditions. Kublai Khan was much more cunning than Li Xia, and he gave her too little trust.
"Give me another order! The entire army must break camp and head toward Mount Hattu in the southwest!"
At the same time, Li Xia was also riding his horse among the 20,000 soldiers and horses he had just recruited, boosting morale.
Every time he shouted, a soldier would pass on his words. "You are too afraid of Kublai Khan! But in my opinion, he is just a lucky man who inherited the legacy of his ancestors. He needs someone to nurse him and has not grown up yet."
Children! You don’t believe it? Then today I will take you to win a victory and let you see who is the most powerful hero in the world today!"
"Battle! Battle!"
Because Li Xia shouted his words once in Chinese and again in Mongolian, the army sergeant began to shout his last word.
Although they may not be shouting sincerely at first, once the sound is heard, their brains get excited.
It was in this deafening environment that morale was forcibly raised.
"Battle!" "Battle!" "Battle..."~~
The shock caused by a horse is very small.
Ten horses running can cause the surrounding snow to collapse. The Tang army and its allies went into battle with one man and two horses, and a hundred thousand horses galloped, and the earth trembled.
The entire wilderness for more than ten miles was filled with rumbling sounds and a dark crowd of people and horses.
The speed is not fast, but the scene of all troops dispatched is still very spectacular. In this kind of war of 50,000 people against 70,000 people, tactics and strategies are of little use. For example, Kublai Khan tried to drive a wedge between Li Xia and Wu.
Lu Hu Nai and Wu Lu Hu Nai, for example, want to attack the east and attack the west, but the effect is very limited.
Therefore, Li Xia's plan was very simple. In the first battle of the head-on battle, he would charge all his troops without saying a word.
Generally speaking, in this kind of large-scale battlefield, both sides are very cautious, and they often have to test the enemy's combat power when they first come into contact.
But Li Xia doesn't.
He had no experience in commanding so many soldiers and horses. In short, when he saw Kublai Khan, he greeted him with a punch without even saying hello.
What can you get?
The result was very small, at most it was the few hundred people who rescued Li Zengbo. The result was small, so Kublai Khan must not have used all his strength. It was like a child meeting a strong man. The first reaction of the strong man was to stretch out his hand and hold it down.
The child's head. But this time, the child had already raised the sword and stabbed it. "Pfft."
As soon as the fighting started, some soldiers fell down on their backs and kicked up the snow...