There is a small mountain to the west of Helan Mountain called Yingpan Mountain. According to legend, Banchao, the Marquis of Dingyuan in the Han Dynasty, once stationed here, so this place is also called "Dingyuan Camp".
On the top of the mountain, Song He was still observing the formation when he suddenly heard someone say: "General, Secretary Lin is here!"
Song He turned around and took a look, then strode towards the mountain road to meet him.
"Have you found His Majesty?!" Lin Zi asked before he even got close.
"Not yet, but soon." Song He handed over the telescope in his hand and said, "Take a look."
Linzi raised his telescope and looked northwest, and saw the nine-blade white silk stick at the farthest end of his sight.
It has become a small dot.
"It is indeed Kublai Khan's camp. How many troops are there?"
"Tan Ma is still exploring, saying that several camps have been spread out and tents have been set up for more than ten miles."
"With so many troops, His Majesty must be over there!"
"It must be so. We all know that Kublai Khan turned northwest and must be heading towards His Majesty. Then His Majesty must be nearby. We need to find the direction now."
"You haven't contacted His Majesty yet?"
Song He nodded and looked at Hu Legen.
Hu Legen's face was as wrinkled as orange peel, and he said with a sad face: "The Yuan army was too defensive. In the past two days, we tried to break out from these two directions, and nearly a hundred people died. After that, we sent
People went around from the north and west, but were driven into the desert by the Yuan army's cavalry."
"Can I see His Majesty by going around the desert?"
"Maybe, but it will take about three days."
"It's too long." Lin Zi frowned and said, "How far apart is it? Can't we send people to break through?"
"Generally speaking, when the two armies are facing each other, the camps are sixty miles apart. The vanguard troops are more than ten miles apart in order to be able to fight at any time. We are more than ten miles away from Kublai Khan, and the Yuan army's camp covers an area of more than ten miles, so Your Majesty will
It's a hundred miles away. It may be closer, but if you want to break through, you have to run at least fifty miles, and you will be attacked by the Yuan army along the way."
"Then kill him."
"The infantry and baggage are still on the way. If we attack rashly with our small force, we will be surrounded and unable to support us. If Camp Mountain is captured and the troops and horses in the rear lose their ground, this battle will really be fought.
No more winning."
Song He pointed to the northwest again and said: "This is the first time I have seen a formation of hundreds of thousands of people on both sides fighting on the plains. It is too far away and the formation can't be seen at a glance. Even if we fight with the Yuan army, Your Majesty will not
You can’t see one beacon for ten miles, but the Yuan army’s camp is more than ten miles away.”
Lin Zi took a few steps and said, "I will first contact the agents in Yuanying and ask them to find a way to report to Your Majesty."
Song He asked: "How long will it take?"
"It's not clear yet. I first need to know where the generals of the Yuan army are stationed."
"Okay, Tanma has been investigating this matter for the past two days, and we will know soon."
"Where is Mr. Lian? How long will it take to gather all the troops?"
Song He pointed at the map and said: "The Yuan army Yang Wen'an retreated to Xingqing Mansion, blocked several passages in Helan Mountain, and attacked our baggage line from time to time. Lian Gong was still confronting him. In another five or six days, the first batch
Only when our troops are gathered together and Helankou is captured can we dare to fight the Yuan army."
"But we don't know whether His Majesty's situation is critical."
"Therefore, the more it is like this, the less likely it is to cause chaos. Mr. Lian has repeatedly warned us not to miss the chance to fight because of impatience."
While several people were still discussing, another soldier stepped forward and reported: "General, the Suzhou Army has arrived!"
This time it was Desu Amu who arrived, leading five thousand cavalry into the Tang army's camp, and at the same time began to expand the camp.
When Desuamu saw Song He, Lin Zi, Hu Legen and others, he immediately asked: "Have you contacted His Majesty?"
"not yet."
"Lian Gong asked me to say something. Don't panic. As our troops increase, the Yuan army will inevitably make adjustments. Your Majesty can see that the best and surest way to relieve your Majesty and win is to hold the camp.
, gather troops until we have the strength to confront the Yuan army head-on."
Li Xia looked at the camp opposite, then put down the telescope,
He looked up at the sky and murmured: "Shi Tianze is late today."
"Your Majesty, Ketun is here."
Li Xia turned around and saw Uluru Hunai ascending the observation deck and walking towards him.
"It's been a while since dawn, and Shi Tianze hasn't started his offensive yet." Li Xia said, "This is even more terrifying. We must attack fiercely next."
"Aren't you afraid that I'm here to take your head?" Uluru said, "I'm ready to surrender to Kublai Khan."
Li Xia smiled bitterly and did not answer.
Uluru Hunai said: "I really planned that last night, but when we were negotiating the terms, I found out that Kublai Khan wanted to kill me."
"Really?" Li Xia's eyes moved and he muttered: "It can be seen that Kublai Khan is panicking. My judgment is good. My troops will arrive soon."
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
"If you are afraid that you can help me win, you can." Li Xia responded casually, still thinking in his heart, "So Shi Tianze is late today? Was he called over to teach him a lesson?"
"Madman, these little signs can't prove anything at all."
At this time, the horn sounded in front, and the Yuan army's offensive began again.
Wu Luhu closed his eyes and shook his head, feeling that he really couldn't hold on any longer.
But suppressing the extremely painful feeling, she still asked: "Can I believe you?"
"You just have to trust me."
Wu Luhu cursed something in a low voice and asked Li Xia:
"What about you? Do you just believe me that much?"
"I have no choice." Li Xia said, "So I can only believe you."
The wind blew from Kublai Khan's camp from the east.
It reminds people of the past on the grassland.
Temujin and his Andazamuhe used to trust each other so much when they were young, but in the end, Zamuhe was executed by Temujin.
Uluru sighed and said, "It seems that the reason why our covenant is strong is because we are both weak."
"Maybe."
"If I can't see your troops and horses with my own eyes for three days, I won't help you anymore."
Wulu Hunai dropped these words, hurriedly came down from the observation tower, and rushed to the south to defend her defense line.
Li Xia looked at her background, thought for a while, then returned to his tent, took out his pen and ink, and tore off a piece of white paper from the battle report.
He held the pen with his left hand and scrawled a few words.
"The army has arrived at Helan Mountain and will come to relieve the siege soon."
Carrying this piece of paper and walking out of the tent, Li Xia's footsteps paused for a moment, but that's all.
Not far away, in the tent belonging to Uncle Shu Zhen, the nobleman from the Mongolian grassland still refused to participate in the war and sincerely worshiped the Buddha.
In fact, this is fine. Regardless of whether Li Xia or Kublai Khan wins in the end, they probably won't kill Uncle Shu Zhen.
I raised my head and looked at the high pole in front of me, and I saw that Mang Gelu was still hanging there, as thin as if he was about to be dried, and he looked very pitiful.
Li Xia stood on a fighting platform, raised his lookout tube, and found that today's Yuan troops did not use soil to fill the trap dug last night, but drove cattle and sheep up.
"Moo!"
The cattle and sheep were driven into the ditch, and the Yuan soldiers at the rear threw down their shields and stepped on them towards the small low earth wall.
"madman."
"prick!"
The Tang army thrust out their spears, and while the Yuan army was still on the other side of the earth wall and wanted to jump up, they knocked down the Yuan soldiers who jumped up.
There were also Yuan soldiers who jumped onto the small earthen wall and slashed at the Tang soldiers with their swords.
In the past, Yuan soldiers often occupied high places like this, but it was usually in the afternoon, and there were no more troops to replace them. At that time, the strategic purpose of the Yuan army was more to consume the morale of the Tang army and make tens of thousands of people surrender.
, defeated, instead of killing them all or fighting from a formation of tens of thousands to Li Xia.
Today is different. Today’s offensive is completely different.
Considering the casualties, it is even more violent.
Li Xia then ordered: "Choose the front camp and make up for the defense."
"Your Majesty." Huo Xiaolian raised objections when Li Xia gave the order for the first time, saying: "There are too many soldiers in this camp. They don't dare to build the vanguard camp next to Your Majesty."
"Go and replenish your defenses," Li Xia said.
"Here!"
"And this, please return it to me after the war."
Soon, hundreds of elites rushed onto the battlefield.
Li Xia stood there alone, with soldiers running past him from time to time, all of them newly surrendered troops.
After half an hour, a Yuan army general near the low wall in front realized that the elite men replenishing the defense were Li Xia's personal guards, and immediately shouted.
"Warriors on the grassland! Kill Li Xia and join the real Khan!"
This sound was not noticeable at first, after all, the huge battlefield was full of sounds of fighting.
But gradually, more and more Yuan troops started shouting.
"If you kill Li Xia, you will get a lot of rewards."
When this shout came from the front line to the vicinity of the battle platform, from time to time, the newly attached soldiers turned their heads to look at Li Xia.
Li Xia met their gaze calmly.
In December last year, he subdued these soldiers and horses, distributed food and grass to them, defeated Wang Chen once, and rescued Li Zengbo. He marched here and was besieged until the 23rd day. He was neither familiar with these people nor strangers.
It has been very difficult these days since we were besieged.
From the perspective of Shu Zhenbo, Uluru Hunai, and many others, Li Xia was very bad to them. Those who wanted to escape or rebel were all killed mercilessly.
He was selfish, cold-blooded, and crazy. He used their lives to drag down the Yuan army in order to realize his revenge.
But in the world, sometimes good things happen as well as bad things happen. So, outside the perspective of Shu Zhenbo, Uluru Khunai and others, what is the specific experience of these newly attached soldiers?
On the battlefield, Li Zengbo, Yang Ben, Pang Pei and other Tang army generals of different ranks also looked at the soldiers, as if they were really afraid that they would kill Li Xia.