Bao San, who is currently Gansu Defense Envoy and Commander of the Dingxi Army Capital, turned his head and saw a fast horse galloping in front of his tent. Bao San only arrived yesterday evening.
He led nearly 10,000 infantrymen stationed in the Longxi area. He got up early today and wanted to get familiar with the terrain, but instead he heard the constant sound of bugles in the camp.
"What's the matter?"
"Kublai Khan's great banner has been moved, and the generals speculate that the Yuan army will march westward to attack your majesty. If you want to bring cavalry to support, please ask General Bao to set up the camp for defense. The situation is urgent, and I ask General Bao to be considerate."
Bao San was taken aback and hurried to the watchtower high up. At the same time, he called the messenger and said as he walked, "I have just arrived to the west of Helan Mountain and I am not familiar with the situation. Please tell me in detail."
"According to Tan Ma, the Yuan army has nearly 80,000 troops. Our entire camp now has more than 20,000 troops, and we can increase the number to more than 50,000 troops within three to five days."
While talking, Bao San climbed up to the high building, put the telescope against his one eye and looked out. To the west, he saw smoke and dust billowing. It was Song He, Hu Legen and other cavalry generals who had left the camp.
"Mr. Lian hasn't come yet, and I can't do anything to you brats." He sighed, took out a map from his pocket and began to think about it, scratching his beard with his fingers from time to time.
After a while, Bao San seemed to have something to worry about and asked: "Did Song He arrange for someone to pick them up before leaving?" "Report to the general, things happened in a hurry, not yet."
"Damn, it's so urgent." Bao San asked: "How many cavalry are there in the camp?" "There are also two thousand people from General Desuamu."
"Let him come to see me. Have I sent a messenger to see Mr. Lian? Go and deliver the message quickly." "Yes."
Bao San recruited his generals again and began to issue orders.
He glanced into the distance from time to time, and gradually became nervous, secretly cursing that Song He could lead the cavalry, but he could only stay in this camp.
They were all following Li Xia's old troops from Qingfu County. At this juncture, the further away from the battlefield and the more they stayed in a peaceful place, the more uneasy they felt.
~2
"Look! The Yuan army is there!"
Hu Legen's eyesight was very good. He looked up while running wildly and saw Yuan troops setting up defenses on a low barren mountain in the northeast.
The hill stretches from south to north. The Yuan army deployed its defenses here, which could block the Tang army's east-west road. "General, would you like to go around?!"
Hu Legen turned his head and looked to the other side, and saw Song He's flag pointing in the direction of the hill from a distance. "Kill over!"
Now the snow on the ground has melted, and there are more than 5,000 Tang army cavalry out of the camp, one man with two horses, and thousands of horses are galloping, raising gray smoke all over the sky.
The Yuan army on the hill soon discovered it. "What is that?"
"Tang Jun has come to take over. Please report to your Majesty quickly."
Immediately, some Red Army scouts got on their horses and ran westward. They ran for more than thirty miles before finding Tacha'er at a place called Zaohuogou.
"Report to the king, there are Tang troops about thirty miles east." "Exiute."
Tachaer was about to go west to help Bala to surround Li Xia. After receiving the information, he turned to look at Sargis and asked, "You came to pick up Li Xia so soon? How did they contact him?"
Sajith said: "It may be that these Tang army generals are able to seize the opportunity to fight, or maybe there are some tricks in the army. The most important thing now is not to allow them to join together."
"what should we do?"
"Of course, Your Majesty, you have more merit in defeating Li Xia." "The Prime Minister is right."
Tachaer then sent a letter horse to report the news to the north, and quickly rushed to the west.
More than thirty miles to the west of him, the Tang army was trying to break through Bala's defense line.
Pang Pei saw that the cavalry in front were fighting hard, but could not rush out, and he couldn't help but become anxious. When he turned around, he saw that he had taken advantage of the situation and rode his horse to Li Zengbo's side.
"Commander, the last general has a damaging move, I wonder if it can be done?" Li Zengbo didn't expect that Pang Pei was a wise general, so he said, "Tell me."
"As long as the commander gives those prisoners to the general, the general may be able to rush out."
Li Zengbo followed what Pang Pei was pointing at and saw that he was referring to a group of prisoners, headed by Kublai Khan's son, Mang Gelu.
Others would have doubted that the general wanted to take Pang Pei to surrender, but Li Zengbo had no such doubts about Pang Pei. He only said: "Your Majesty said that Kublai Khan's sons are to be released.
Going back will only increase the internal fighting in Yuan Ting. It doesn't matter if we lose it, the lives of our soldiers are more important."
Pang Pei was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said: "Hey, the last general has to die. Suddenly, an eagle chirped in the sky.
On the battlefield, a cavalry force suddenly rushed out from the flank of the Tang army and crashed directly into the Yuan army's heavily guarded defense line in the south. "Get ready to fire arrows!"
At the same time as the sound of the bowstring sounded, someone shouted: "Brother Ma is stabbing here!" "Brother Ma is stabbing here, and his princess is also here."
The Yuan army general narrowed his eyes and saw that all the Tang army cavalry on the opposite side were holding a tied prisoner in front of them. He didn't know how to respond for a moment, whether to fire arrows or not.
"General? Shoot an arrow?"
"Don't shoot the arrow! Where is your noose? Quickly save King Anxi!" "Swish, swish, swish!"
The Tang army had already fired arrows and accelerated their horses.
The wind roared by, and Mang Gelu, who was tied to the horse, opened his eyes angrily, watching the Yuan army's front line getting closer and closer to him.
He saw warriors waving nooses and urging horses, as if they wanted to save themselves with superb skills. But this only made him feel dangerous.
He was so hungry that he felt weak and didn't know what to do. Finally.
"Bang!"
Pang Pei rode his horse into the Yuan army's formation.
A few bold soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty wanted to save Brother Ci and jumped out of their saddles in an instant. "Poof."
The Tang army in the rear thrust out their spears and pierced them. Blood splattered on Brother Mang's face. The fighting began.
Brother Mung stabbed it into a shield and a military talisman, and asked the Tang army to hold him and march forward in the Yuan army's formation. "Cut off the horse's leg!"
Finally, with a horse's neighing, Mang Ge La fell to the ground, causing chaos among the surrounding Yuan troops. But this was not the most intense place on the battlefield.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Uluru Hunai had already concentrated his troops, looking for the weakest point when the Yuan army's formation changed, and finally penetrated it.
"Let's go!"
"You guys go."
Pang Pei had fallen off his horse and had to fight on foot with his sword.
He looked around and couldn't find Maunge La, and was a little sad that he had lost this prisoner. Fortunately, listening to the noise in front, he knew that the main force had been killed, and he felt relieved.
"You guys go."
"Pang Pei!" Suddenly, someone shouted Pang Pei's name in a strange tone.
There was another killing cry from the front, but a Tang army that had broken out came from the other side to kill.
It’s Babucha, the man who was brought back from the Volga River thousands of miles away by Meng Ge’s Western Expeditionary Army. “Get on your horse and let’s go!”
Bapuqia rode his horse and rushed to Pang Pei's side, beheaded a Yuan soldier with one blow, and stretched out a bloody hand to pull him up. Both of these two people are despicable, but despotic fates sometimes appear to be extremely tough.
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After a long time, the shouts were left behind, and finally the wind blew in front of us. "Breaking through?"
"Breakout! Breakout"
In fact, out of 50,000 soldiers and horses, less than 20,000 broke out.
They flowed toward the east like water, with hunger and sleepiness rushing up. From time to time, some people fell under their horses while running. In this direction, rising dust and smoke could gradually be seen.
They can break through, but every time they break through, the Yuan army can still organize the next siege until they are completely beaten to death.
Gradually, a large flag appeared between heaven and earth. "Tachaer!"
"Kill it!"
This time, even generals like Pang Pei felt desperate.
He had the will, but after more than twenty days of siege, he stayed up all night and galloped wildly.
The old injury recurred and my physical strength could no longer support it.
"I'll break it off, you go!"
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The first thing Li Xia looked at was the north.
He had always known Tacha'er's position and expected that if he ran here, Tacha'er would intercept him from the east.
But what worried him most was the arrival of Kublai Khan's cowardly Xue army. After all, it was the most powerful force among the Yuan army. It was still a fresh force after the battle, and now it was able to crush everything.
when.
If you want to escape this coward, you have to flee further south. But the south is already a desert, and these people who go in without their baggage will definitely not survive.
The best way was to kill Tachaer as quickly as possible. This time, in order to boost morale, he personally carried the gun and charged forward. Huo Xiaolian quickly led the selection battalion to follow.
But at the moment before riding his horse, Li Zengbo rushed to Huo Xiaolian and said, "General Huo, if the war goes unfavorably, you will escort His Majesty southward."
"Um."
Huo Xiaolian didn't say much, she just drove her horse and charged forward. "Follow your majesty to kill the enemy!"
"Follow your majesty to kill the enemy." Li Zengbo also shouted: "Tachaer, he is just a defeated general who was defeated by me several times!"~~
As expected, he was afraid of whatever might come his way.
When Li Xia charged, he took one last glance to the north and saw the dust and smoke.
But what was worse than he expected was that a puff of dust and smoke actually rose to the east of Tachaer's soldiers and horses.
The Yuan army should not have troops and horses in the east. If so, it means that his judgment was wrong and his army has not yet reached the west of Helan Mountain.
At this moment, Li Xia suddenly felt like he had missed a step.
No matter how calmly and carefully you walk on the edge of a cliff, you will inevitably fall down sometimes.
However, when he took a closer look, he found that Tacha'er's command flag was waved to guard against the troops from the east. "Coming?" Li Xia felt a tremor in his heart.
It was like stepping on a rock that was shaking and about to fall on a cliff, but then stepped on it again the next moment.
There was lingering fear in his heart, but then a sense of security came over him, so secure that he even felt close to Tachaer's flag when he looked at it.