This is in the south of Yingpan Mountain. The location seems inconspicuous. In fact, it is located at the northern end of Sanguankou Post Road, and can also guard the exit of Suyukou Mountain Road. Once the Yuan army captures Sanguankou, the Suyukou mountain trail will become
The Tang Army's only retreat; conversely, if the Tang Army's subsequent forces break through the blockade of the three passes, they will have to pass through here to support Yingpan Mountain.
Therefore, although Kublai Khan wanted to gather his troops to attack Li Xia, he still ordered Hu Tsai Hu'er to lead his troops to seize this position, and at the same time form an offensive against Yingpan Mountain from the south.
Li Xia was also on guard and ordered Kong Xian to take advantage of the situation in advance. The two sides faced off and had been fighting here for several days.
The snow on the top of Helan Mountain melted and turned into a river, flowing westward, forming a river that sometimes fills and sometimes dries up. The locals call it Taishui.
Along Taishui, Kong Xian laid out the defense line widely, spread out for more than ten miles, and occupied various roads and passes with small groups of troops, using the terrain of mountains and water to defend.
This is the method used by Yu Zhen when he was guarding Shu, "Keep a point, not a line, but connect the dots to form a line." It may seem ordinary, but it is actually very difficult to break through.
In other words, this Tang army was reborn from the Song army that defended Shu. The soldiers were still the same, but they had replaced the fatuous and weak imperial court above.
And this Yuan army is no longer the Mongolian army that attacked Shu. Hu Xihu'er felt that he had tried his best, but he still couldn't even manage to defeat even one person.
Even a small stronghold with more than a thousand people could not be captured.
He could only look at the big flag with the word "Kong" on the opposite side and complain. "Did you listen to Zhang Yi? This Kong Xian was originally a general of Sichuan. Kuoduan, Hulagu and the others penetrated Sichuan and occupied it.
Chengdu has been unable to break through Yunding City for so many years."
Having said this, Hu Qi Hu'er rarely humbled himself and waved his hand. "I still can't compare to Kuo Duan and Xu Liewu. Even they couldn't defeat Kong Xian, let alone me!"
Mang Gudai couldn't help but be surprised, thinking that Kong Xian was such a famous general.
Who would have thought that the story of the Eight Pillar War in Sichuan would become an iron-blooded legend from the mouths of these nobles of the Golden Family. But if Yao Shian succeeded in his rebellion that year and killed Kong Xian to present the city, Genting
The city's iron-blooded legend must have been discovered and no one knows about it.
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"Kong Xian does know how to fight." Manggu said, "But the Great Khan sent someone to urge us today to break the formation as soon as possible."
Hu Ji Hu'er was used to being arrogant, but when he heard this, he asked: "What if we can't break the formation?"
"At least we must contain Kong Xian and not let him allocate his troops to support Li Xia."
"Yes." Hu Cihu'er picked up the wine bag and took a swig. He nodded deeply and said, "Otherwise, I will be embarrassed."
"Also, we have to prevent Li Xia from escaping this way. We can't let him break through our line of defense." Mang Gudai added.
"Li Xia is running away?"
"Maybe. The Great Khan is riding an elephant to supervise the battle. How dare the kings not try their best? It is possible that Li Xia will not be able to hold on in the next two days. The only way out is
It’s through Su Yukou from our defensive line.”
Hu Cihu'er finally put down his wine bag and asked: "We have already worked so hard, how can we fight?"
At this moment, someone hurried into the tent and said, "Shi Tianze has sent someone..."
Hu Ci Hu'er and Mang Gudai looked at each other, stood up quickly, and ordered his soldiers to attack Kong Xian's defense line without stopping.
This was the most desperate method they could come up with. While they sent fast horses to report the battle to Kublai Khan, they also climbed high and looked into the distance more frequently, looking for trends in the southeast.
Two days later.
Dust and smoke billowed on the Sanguankou Post Road, and a large flag gradually appeared in the sky.
"Shi Tianze is back!"
For a moment, Mang Gudai didn't know whether to be happy or surprised, and asked doubtfully: "How could he come back?"
"Isn't this trash driven here by the Tang army?" Hu Ji Hu'er asked worriedly.
"No, the day before yesterday
According to the news sent, Zhang Hongfan has captured Hongjinggou and is attacking Li Zengbo from both sides. In this way, it is enough for Zhang Hongfan to guard the three passes, and Shi Tianze should be the one to defend."
At this point, someone in the army shouted.
The two men turned around and saw a line of smoke rising from the top of the hill where the Tang army was stationed.
It was Kong Xian who also saw Chen Yan and alerted Li Xia.
On the main battlefield of Yingpan Mountain that day, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty could already feel the
Under the wrath of Kublai Khan.
Because Kublai Khan actually sent his main force of Qixue to the battlefield. With the entire Tang Army camp surrounded, Qixue's army was no longer afraid of Li Xia's surprise attack on Kublai Khan and could launch a strong attack without any distractions.
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Tens of thousands of troops attacked together, and the sound of the war drums became more and more fierce. With every beat, people felt that their chests were vibrating together.
On the battlefield, the roar of elephants could occasionally be heard, adding to the momentum of the Yuan army.
On the battlefield of the Tang army, Li Xia had no more troops to mobilize and could only watch the Yuan army approaching step by step.
Uluru suddenly became uneasy again.
After she and Li Xia experienced a near-death escape, her attitude was not as tough as last time, but seeing that the Tang army was about to be defeated, she couldn't help but ask: "Where are your entire country's troops? How about your switch from defense to offense?"
"Don't be anxious," Li Xia said, "I've been waiting for ten years to switch from defense to offense. Can I still wait at this little time?"
Uluru was surprised by the calmness in his tone. When he turned around, he saw that he was still meditating on the map.
"Do you have information? Your reinforcements have arrived?"
"Not sure yet." Li Xia said, "I only know that Kong Xian lit the smoke." "What does that mean?"
"The battle at the Three Passes may have been won or lost." "If I say it, I haven't said it. It's all nonsense."
"It's not nonsense." Li Xia said: "This is clearly telling us that the moment of decisive victory has arrived."
On the cockcomb beam, a messenger hurried over and shouted: "General Kong, Mr. Lian has sent someone!"
Kong Xian turned around and asked urgently: "You came from Su Yukou?" "Yes."
"Quick! What does Mr. Lian say?"
"General Kong...here, this is a letter from Duke Lian... Now Yang Wen'an has surrounded Pingqiang Fort, so some of the troops cannot go through the three passes and can only take the Suyukou trail."
Kong Xian opened the letter in his hand, and the first thing he saw was a map. When he looked at it carefully, he saw a small arrow marked on the mountain road of Suyukou.
He understood instantly and asked: "When will we arrive?" "You should try your best to catch up behind me, but I'm afraid it won't be too fast. It's a foot soldier." "Bu Yi?" A few soldiers?
Kong Xian murmured, frowned in thought, gritted his teeth for the last time, and shouted: "The opportunity is fleeting... go to war!"
Wolf smoke was still billowing on the hilltop, and horns sounded loudly. On this day, the Kongxian tribe of the Tang Army suddenly launched a counterattack against the Hu La Hu Er headquarters. Amid the sound of war drums, groups of infantry were fully armed and holding spears.
Pushed towards the Yuan army's cavalry formation.
Seeing the Tang army coming to kill him, Huzahuer was quite puzzled.
"Shi Tianze's troops are almost here, how come the Tang army dares to attack them?"
Without thinking about it, Mang Gudai said, "Maybe they saw Shi Tianze coming and thought that Shi Tianze had retreated from San Pass."
"Isn't it true that the Tang army has already won the third pass?"
Shocked and panicked, "I'm just going to say that Shi Tianze has different intentions."
"Probably not." Mang Gu led: "Shi Tianze's formation is in order, it doesn't look like he has been defeated..."
"quick!"
On the rugged mountain road in Suyukou, a group of infantry was marching at full speed. Sweat kept flowing down Xu Kui's face, blurring his eyes. He looked ahead and finally could see the cockscomb beam at the exit of the valley.
"We're here... we're here... sort out the queue and regain your strength." Xu Kui ordered breathlessly.
One day and night, he led his team to march for more than a hundred miles, and finally managed to cross Helan Mountain on foot from Pingqiang Fort.
"Huh...huh..." "General, General Xu..."
…”
Breathing heavily, Xu Kui felt someone pat him and raised his head, showing his dark and thin face.
"Say quickly." "There's a war ahead." "Let's go and take a look."
The mountains in this area were not easy to climb. Xu Po took off his armor and climbed to the top of the mountain like a nimble monkey. He took out the lookout and saw that the battle formations were arranged under the cockcomb beam in front, and soldiers and horses from both sides were fighting fiercely.
He took two deep breaths and without saying a word, he grabbed the climbing rope and started climbing down the mountain.
"Soldiers, have you rested enough? The battlefield is ahead, let's kill the prisoners!"
There are no inspiring words, Xu Kui’s method to boost morale
Just run at the front.
He still remembered that more than ten years ago, when he first joined the Qingfu Army, he ran like this every day during training. Several times, he and the county lieutenant ran to the designated place the fastest, sometimes hugging the tiger.
At that time, on the Immortal Stone by the Fu River, the county captain said, "You have good physical strength," which gave his frustrated and depressed life something to be proud of.
Now he wants to drive away the barbarians, relying on his good physical strength. "Kill the barbarians!"
Following this shout, a flag of the Tang army was carried out of the valley and fell into the eyes of the Yuan soldiers.
This was the time when the fighting between the two sides was most intense.
On the Yuan army's side, Mang Gudai had personally stepped forward to supervise the battle, while Hu Ci Hu'er was immediately on the top of the mountain, observing the formation.
He first looked to the south and saw that Shi Tianze's troops had not gathered together, but were arrayed on the spot by a small river three miles away, seemingly to face the troops coming from the south.
"Eh Xiute, what is he doing?" Suddenly, Hu Jihu'er's eyes changed. He saw the dust and smoke billowing from the south. "That's Tang Jun?!"
He exclaimed, quickly took two steps back, and shouted: "Shi Tianze is indeed defeated! The Tang army is coming. Hurry! Let Mang Gu be brought back!"
"Your Majesty, please look over there..."
"I saw it!" Hu Xihu'er pointed at the sharp smoke to the south and roared: "Do you think I'm blind?!"
"Your Majesty, over there..."
Hu Ji Hu'er finally turned his head, and then the whole person stood there in a daze.
I saw a steady stream of Tang troops pouring out of the mountain road at Suyukou and heading towards this place.
The shouts were getting closer and closer to him.
"Then...is that an infantry? How could it be so fast?" Suddenly he looked to the south again, and what he saw was the sky full of dust and smoke shrouding Shi Tianze's military formation three miles away. "The Tang army is coming! Two sides.
There are all of them!" "Kill the captives!"
The arriving Tang army quickly joined Kong Xian's tribe, converging like a mountain torrent, and then rolled over...
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"General Kong, look, General Xu's troops have arrived!" Kong Xian already knew about this, but when he saw those friendly troops arriving on the battlefield to fight side by side, he still felt extremely at ease and full of confidence.
"Did you see it? The banner of the Mongolian King is right there! Tell Xu Kui... kill him!"
The flag was raised high and swayed.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty cheered even when they saw the command flag. "General Xu! General Kong asked you to kill there!"
Xu Kui had forgotten the fatigue of running all the way, and stared at the flickering flag with wide eyes...
When pacifying Qiang Fort, Lian Xixian made a circle with his finger, and the name on the flag was circled.
"This is the most useless enemy on all battlefields. Defeat him to open up the situation!"