There were only two city gates in the north of Yuan Dynasty. The one in the west was called "Jiande Gate" and the one in the east was called "Anzhen Gate".
According to Zhang Rou, after the Anzhenmen section of the city wall was built, it encountered heavy rains, and the rammed earth had not yet dried out and was easily washed away and collapsed by the rain. So they ordered people to harvest reeds and make them into reed mats to cover the wall.
It is jokingly called "City covered with coir raincoat".
In order to prevent the water from soaking the city wall, they dug a moat and dug canals to divert the water to the north.
At this time, Meng Xi led the people to crawl slowly in this dry ditch. He moved very slowly, for fear of shaking the snow on his body to the ground.
Finally, they arrived at the moat.
The river was frozen, but there was no cover.
Meng Xi looked up and saw several Yuan army guards gathering together and laughing near the fire at the top of the city, but did not notice the city below.
He said hello to Gou Fu who was not far away, indicating that Gou Fu and his men would stay here to assist him. Then he whispered to the soldiers behind him: "Pass it down and rush to the city wall without making any noise."
Afterwards, Meng Xi rested his hand on the snow, adjusted it slightly, flexibly and lightly jumped forward, and quickly shrank under the city roots.
Soon three soldiers followed.
I opened the reed mats under the city and found some small holes that had not been filled in yet.
Meng Xi then made a gesture, indicating to the soldiers coming from behind to stuff explosives here. They took their own explosives and moved towards the west side of the city wall.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the top of the city.
"who?!"
A torch was thrown down.
Meng Xi turned around and saw his soldier Gao Cai rushing across the moat. "Hurry!"
"Swish swish swish"
A volley of arrows was fired from the city head, instantly knocking Gao Cai down on the ice of the moat. "Blow up the city!"
Meng Xi shouted loudly and immediately rushed forward, uncovered the reed mat and stuffed the explosives beside the city gate. "?
A big stone fell from the top of the city, knocking another soldier not far away to the ground.
Meng Xi hurried over and took out the explosive from his arms. He didn't have time to find a place to stuff it, so he stuffed it by the city gate. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw other people taking their positions, and he quickly shouted: "It's done!"
At this time, Gou Fu's team was firing arrows at the city, temporarily suppressing the Yuan army from taking the lead. Meng Xi's remaining men were able to successfully light the fire.
"Let's go!" "Pfft."
Another person was shot down. Meng Xi quickly went over to light his explosives, and shouted again: "Let's go!" He quickly ran out, and at the same time helped a wounded person on the ground.
"Leave me alone" "I told you to leave!"
The next moment, Meng Xi was hit by an arrow in the crook of his leg and fell to the ice. He looked up and could hear Gou Fu shouting at him.
"Come here!"
"Boom!"
The shouts around him suddenly fell silent, leaving only the loud noise. Meng Xi felt a scorching heat behind him, and finally felt a little warmer.
A huge thrust slammed into his back, lifting him up hard and hitting the snow in front of him. His eyes blackened and he fainted.
"Occupy the city cave!"
Gou Fu looked around with wide eyes, and saw that the city gate in front of him had been blown to pieces in an instant, and even the large beams on the gate had collapsed, leaving only a triangular hole in the square gate.
He was the first to rush over again.
At this time, the defenders on the top of the city were also frightened and forgot to release their arrows.
When Gou Fu pounced forward and rolled into the city cave, the wood fell heavily. "Quick! Seal the city gate!" the defenders on the city shouted.
However, Gou Fu had already taken out a grenade and lit it. He rushed into the city and threw it at the Yuan soldiers who had not yet reacted. He then stuffed the explosive into the pile of stones on the side and ignited it. He then pulled over a row of rebel horses.
Then he returned to the cave in the city.
"Boom" "Hold the cave!"
Pifon felt like he was freezing.
Finally, he heard a loud noise from ahead, stood up quickly, took out a firework from his arms, and lit it.
With a "whoosh" sound, red clouds bloomed in the sky.
Pifon yelled: "Come on!"
"Kill!"
With great difficulty, his stiff legs were able to move forward, and more than a thousand Tang troops rushed towards Anzhen Gate. However, there were also soldiers who lay on the snow and did not get up again.
Snowflakes were falling all over the sky.
There were soldiers from the Tang Dynasty pulling back the wounded who were covered in blood, and some people had already rushed into Anzhen Gate. At this time, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the city.
Because most of the people on top of the city were Han troops, and the Mongolian cavalry in the city were on standby and had already surged to the north following the explosion.
Pifeng ignored this and rushed to the top of the city. He slashed with his sword and killed the Yuan army defending the city first.
"Kill! Dogs can also defend the city? I only need to attack once to break the city!" "Break the city! Break the city!"
~~
At the same time, east of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty.
Hu Legen raised his head, saw the red clouds in the sky, and immediately ordered: "Go to Anzhenmen!" "Drive!"
Immediately, five thousand Tang Army cavalry began to turn north.
However, more cavalry were still stationed in the southeast of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty under the command of Zhang Hongdao and did not move. The Yuan army on the east city wall could not distinguish these. They could only hear the sound of horse hooves passing under the city and hurriedly reported the news.
"Quick! A large group of cavalry from the Tang Army is heading north, please report to the Marshal!" Not long after, we saw brighter and brighter lights in the direction of the Tang Army's camp in the east of the city.
The defenders on the top of the city looked intently and gradually understood that it was Zhang Jue who was also leading his army to move north. The Tang army was determined to capture Anzhen Gate.
Tuanhe, Tang Army camp.
A soldier stood on the lookout, looked up and saw the red clouds on the horizon, and immediately reported it to Li Xia in the tent. Li Xia then picked up a war chess piece and placed it at the location of Anzhen Gate on the map.
Zhang Rou stroked her long beard and said: "Sure enough, the Yuan people are still not good at defending the city."
"Sooner or later, Kublai Khan will realize that his best solution is to go out of the city and fight to the death with me." Li Xia said, and suddenly shook his head, as if he was a little unsure.
Zhang Rou pondered: "Your Majesty, do you think Kublai Khan might return to the grassland?"
"Retreat to the grassland?" Lu Xiufu was a little surprised, "There are still 150,000 or 60,000 Yuan troops. How can they retreat so easily?"
"Perhaps retreating is the wisest way for Kublai Khan. Without giving His Majesty the opportunity to annihilate him in one go, and return to the grassland to recuperate, he can turn his passivity into an initiative. From now on, going south to harvest grass and valleys every year, isn't it better than in Yan?
A decisive battle in Beijing is safer."
"But the Yuan army has retreated again and again, and in the end they didn't even defend Yanjing?"
"Because they are robbers." Li Xia said: "When robbers enter other people's homes, they need to be strong and have weapons. Once they meet the equally strong owner of the house, the owner can fight desperately, but can the robbers?"
Lu Xiufu said: "Then what if we let Kublai Khan withdraw?" "We can't let him withdraw."
Li Xia could predict that if Kublai Khan was allowed to lead his army back to the grassland, he would probably continue to struggle with him for the next ten or twenty years.
This is a consequence he never wants to accept.
In order to ensure that such a thing would not happen, he had sent a messenger to Feihuxing to deliver the order to Liu Yuanli.
At the same time as the general attack of the army, he wanted the Western Front Army to also storm Juyong Pass, catching Kublai Khan off guard and not even giving him a way to retreat.
So far, the situation is very simple. Kublai Khan has three choices.
If they continue to defend the city, the Tang army will soon enter the city and fight in the streets; or simply go out of the city to fight Li Xia; but they may also escape, and then they can only go to Juyongguan with the army, and Li Xia will just catch up again, and in the
The decisive battle at Juyongguan.
After carefully checking the route on the map, Li Xia felt a little relieved and said to himself: "It's up to you, I won't give you a second chance to escape."
~~Dadu City.
The atmosphere in the sweat tent was very solemn.
"Great Khan, the Tang army has breached Anzhenmen"
Before Kublai Khan could speak, Brother Yixiang shouted: "Why don't you order people to guard it?!"
"Thousands of households have already rushed over, but the Tang army has been increasing its troops. From more than a thousand to five thousand, to fifty to fifty thousand."
Namuhan immediately asked Kublai Khan for orders: "Father Khan, I am willing to lead my troops to the north of the city to defeat Zhang Jue." "Great Khan."
Brother Yixiang quickly interrupted Namuhan and said: "Now we can no longer stop more and more Tang troops from entering the city. If we send a large army to defend, we will fight with Tang troops in the streets."
"It's not a street fight." Namuhan said; "The terrain in the city is open and we can set up a battle array."
"No matter how open it is, it can't be more open than the grassland." Brother Yixiang said; "The city is only fourteen miles wide, and the cavalry cannot move back. If they circle back, the Tang army can scare the horses by throwing thunder cannons. Do you want the warriors to dismount and fight on foot?
"
"Then let's go out of the city for a decisive battle!"
Namuhan strode to the map, raised his hand and pointed, saying: "Zhang Hongdao, Zhang Jue's two armies have now moved to the north. We simply go out of the city to fight Li Xia. Li Xia is stationed in Tuanhe, and the soldiers and horses
It only takes 30,000 to 50,000 people to annihilate him, and we will have a great victory."
"Yes, this is like the Battle of Yehuling. Wanyan Chengyu divided his troops in various places, and Genghis Khan gathered his troops to attack his central army."
Brother Yixiang frowned and said, "Have you ever thought about it, this will become the fight to the death on November 3rd that Li Xia said."
"Then let's fight to the death!" Namuhan said: "We are the descendants of Genghis Khan, how can we still be afraid on the battlefield?!"
Brother Yixiang did not want to quarrel with Namuhan, but turned to Kublai Khan and said: "Great Khan, the capital of the Great Mongolia is in Hara and Forest."
Naiyan immediately asked: "What does this mean, King Shifting Brother?" "It means that returning to the grassland now is the safest way."
When Kublai Khan who was sitting there heard these words, he finally turned his head and looked at the sect kings in the sweat tent. He saw Brother Yixiang, Zhudu, Wu Gudai and others all getting up one after another.
"That's what you all mean?" Kublai Khan asked.
"Dahan, even if we go back to Kaiping," Zhudu said, "once we reach the grassland, we will be much more flexible in fighting."
"No wonder." Kublai Khan sneered and said, "No wonder the powerful Mongolian cavalry were defeated all the way here, because that's what you think. The enemy is in front of you, but you are still thinking about retreating to the grassland."
"This is because·"
"Because you are all cowards!"
Kublai Khan suddenly stood up, took out a battle report from his arms, and threw it on the ground.
"I'll tell you the truth, you can't go back because Juyong Pass has been lost! If we want to survive, we can only fight to the death with the Tang army. We have no choice but to fight like a warrior to defend the last of the Golden Family.
glory."
Everyone looked at the battle report, and they were all stunned.
Kublai Khan had already drawn his sword, walked to the tent, stared at Brother Yixiang, and said: "You are wrong, this is the capital of this Khan, and this Khan is the emperor of the Central Plains."
There were only two city gates in the north of Yuan Dynasty. The one in the west was called "Jiande Gate" and the one in the east was called "Anzhen Gate".
According to Zhang Rou, after the Anzhenmen section of the city wall was built, it encountered heavy rains, and the rammed earth had not yet dried out and was easily washed away and collapsed by the rain. So they ordered people to harvest reeds and make them into reed mats to cover the wall.
It is jokingly called "City covered with coir raincoat".
In order to prevent the water from soaking the city wall, they dug a moat and dug canals to divert the water to the north.
At this time, Meng Xi led the people to crawl slowly in this dry ditch. He moved very slowly, for fear of shaking the snow on his body to the ground.
Finally, they arrived at the moat.
The river was frozen, but there was no cover.
Meng Xi looked up and saw several Yuan army guards gathering together and laughing near the fire at the top of the city, but did not notice the city below.
He said hello to Gou Fu who was not far away, indicating that Gou Fu and his men would stay here to assist him. Then he whispered to the soldiers behind him: "Pass it down and rush to the city wall without making any noise."
Afterwards, Meng Xi rested his hand on the snow, adjusted it slightly, flexibly and lightly jumped forward, and quickly shrank under the city roots.
Soon three soldiers followed.
I opened the reed mats under the city and found some small holes that had not been filled in yet.
Meng Xi then made a gesture, indicating to the soldiers coming from behind to stuff explosives here. They took their own explosives and moved towards the west side of the city wall.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the top of the city.
"who?!"
A torch was thrown down.
Meng Xi turned around and saw his soldier Gao Cai rushing across the moat. "Hurry!"
"Swish swish swish"
A volley of arrows was fired from the city head, instantly knocking Gao Cai down on the ice of the moat. "Blow up the city!"
Meng Xi shouted loudly and immediately rushed forward, uncovered the reed mat and stuffed the explosives beside the city gate. "?
A big stone fell from the top of the city, knocking another soldier not far away to the ground.
Meng Xi hurried over and took out the explosive from his arms. He didn't have time to find a place to stuff it, so he stuffed it by the city gate. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw other people taking their positions, and he quickly shouted: "It's done!"
At this time, Gou Fu's team was firing arrows at the city, temporarily suppressing the Yuan army from taking the lead. Meng Xi's remaining men were able to successfully light the fire.
"Let's go!" "Pfft."
Another person was shot down. Meng Xi quickly went over to light his explosives, and shouted again: "Let's go!" He quickly ran out, and at the same time helped a wounded person on the ground.
"Leave me alone" "I told you to leave!"
The next moment, Meng Xi was hit by an arrow in the crook of his leg and fell to the ice. He looked up and could hear Gou Fu shouting at him.
"Come here!"
"Boom!"
The shouts around him suddenly fell silent, leaving only the loud noise. Meng Xi felt a scorching heat behind him, and finally felt a little warmer.
A huge thrust slammed into his back, lifting him up hard and hitting the snow in front of him. His eyes blackened and he fainted.
"Occupy the city cave!"
Gou Fu looked around with wide eyes, and saw that the city gate in front of him had been blown to pieces in an instant, and even the large beams on the gate had collapsed, leaving only a triangular hole in the square gate.
He was the first to rush over again.
At this time, the defenders on the top of the city were also frightened and forgot to release their arrows.
When Gou Fu pounced forward and rolled into the city cave, the wood fell heavily. "Quick! Seal the city gate!" the defenders on the city shouted.
However, Gou Fu had already taken out a grenade and lit it. He rushed into the city and threw it at the Yuan soldiers who had not yet reacted. He then stuffed the explosive into the pile of stones on the side and ignited it. He then pulled over a row of rebel horses.
Then he returned to the cave in the city.
"Boom" "Hold the cave!"
Pifon felt like he was freezing.
Finally, he heard a loud noise from ahead, stood up quickly, took out a firework from his arms, and lit it.
With a "whoosh" sound, red clouds bloomed in the sky.
Pifon yelled: "Come on!"
"Kill!"
With great difficulty, his stiff legs were able to move forward, and more than a thousand Tang troops rushed towards Anzhen Gate. However, there were also soldiers who lay on the snow and did not get up again.
Snowflakes were falling all over the sky.
There were soldiers from the Tang Dynasty pulling back the wounded who were covered in blood, and some people had already rushed into Anzhen Gate. At this time, the sound of horse hooves could be heard in the city.
Because most of the people on top of the city were Han troops, and the Mongolian cavalry in the city were on standby and had already surged to the north following the explosion.
Pifeng ignored this and rushed to the top of the city. He slashed with his sword and killed the Yuan army defending the city first.
"Kill! Dogs can also defend the city? I only need to attack once to break the city!" "Break the city! Break the city!"
~~
At the same time, east of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty.
Hu Legen raised his head, saw the red clouds in the sky, and immediately ordered: "Go to Anzhenmen!" "Drive!"
Immediately, five thousand Tang Army cavalry began to turn north.
However, more cavalry were still stationed in the southeast of Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty under the command of Zhang Hongdao and did not move. The Yuan army on the east city wall could not distinguish these. They could only hear the sound of horse hooves passing under the city and hurriedly reported the news.
"Quick! A large group of cavalry from the Tang Army is heading north, please report to the Marshal!" Not long after, we saw brighter and brighter lights in the direction of the Tang Army's camp in the east of the city.
The defenders on the top of the city looked intently and gradually understood that it was Zhang Jue who was also leading his army to move north. The Tang army was determined to capture Anzhen Gate.
Tuanhe, Tang Army camp.
A soldier stood on the lookout, looked up and saw the red clouds on the horizon, and immediately reported it to Li Xia in the tent. Li Xia then picked up a war chess piece and placed it at the location of Anzhen Gate on the map.
Zhang Rou stroked her long beard and said: "Sure enough, the Yuan people are still not good at defending the city."
"Sooner or later, Kublai Khan will realize that his best solution is to go out of the city and fight to the death with me." Li Xia said, and suddenly shook his head, as if he was a little unsure.
Zhang Rou pondered: "Your Majesty, do you think Kublai Khan might return to the grassland?"
"Retreat to the grassland?" Lu Xiufu was a little surprised, "There are still 150,000 or 60,000 Yuan troops. How can they retreat so easily?"
"Perhaps retreating is the wisest way for Kublai Khan. Without giving His Majesty the opportunity to annihilate him in one go, and return to the grassland to recuperate, he can turn his passivity into an initiative. From now on, going south to harvest grass and valleys every year, isn't it better than in Yan?
A decisive battle in Beijing is safer."
"But the Yuan army has retreated again and again, and in the end they didn't even defend Yanjing?"
"Because they are robbers." Li Xia said: "When robbers enter other people's homes, they need to be strong and have weapons. Once they meet the equally strong owner of the house, the owner can fight desperately, but can the robbers?"
Lu Xiufu said: "Then what if we let Kublai Khan withdraw?" "We can't let him withdraw."
Li Xia could predict that if Kublai Khan was allowed to lead his army back to the grassland, he would probably continue to struggle with him for the next ten or twenty years.
This is a consequence he never wants to accept.
In order to ensure that such a thing would not happen, he had sent a messenger to Feihuxing to deliver the order to Liu Yuanli.
At the same time as the general attack of the army, he wanted the Western Front Army to also storm Juyong Pass, catching Kublai Khan off guard and not even giving him a way to retreat.
So far, the situation is very simple. Kublai Khan has three choices.
If they continue to defend the city, the Tang army will soon enter the city and fight on the streets; or simply go out of the city to fight Li Xia; but they may also escape, and then they can only go to Juyongguan with the army, and Li Xia will just catch up again.
The decisive battle at Juyongguan.
After carefully checking the route on the map, Li Xia felt a little relieved and said to himself: "It's up to you, I won't give you a second chance to escape."
~~Dadu City.
The atmosphere in the sweat tent was very solemn.
"Great Khan, the Tang army has breached Anzhenmen"
Before Kublai Khan could speak, Brother Yixiang shouted: "Why don't you order people to guard it?!"
"Thousands of households have already rushed over, but the Tang army has been increasing its troops. From more than a thousand to five thousand, to fifty to fifty thousand."
Namuhan immediately asked Kublai Khan for orders: "Father Khan, I am willing to lead my troops to the north of the city to defeat Zhang Jue." "Great Khan."
Brother Yixiang quickly interrupted Namuhan and said: "Now we can no longer stop more and more Tang troops from entering the city. If we send a large army to defend, we will fight with Tang troops in the streets."
"It's not a street fight." Namuhan said; "The terrain in the city is open and we can set up a battle array."
"No matter how open it is, it can't be more open than the grassland." Brother Yixiang said; "The city is only fourteen miles wide, and the cavalry cannot move back. If they circle back, the Tang army can scare the horses by throwing thunder cannons. Do you want the warriors to dismount and fight on foot?
"
"Then let's go out of the city for a decisive battle!"
Namuhan strode to the map, raised his hand and pointed, saying: "Zhang Hongdao, Zhang Jue's two armies have now moved to the north. We simply go out of the city to fight Li Xia. Li Xia is stationed in Tuanhe, and the soldiers and horses
It only takes 30,000 to 50,000 people to annihilate him, and we will have a great victory."
"Yes, this is like the Battle of Yehuling. Wanyan Chengyu divided his troops in various places, and Genghis Khan gathered his troops to attack his central army."
Brother Yixiang frowned and said, "Have you ever thought about it, this will become the fight to the death on November 3rd that Li Xia said."
"Then let's fight to the death!" Namuhan said: "We are the descendants of Genghis Khan, how can we still be afraid on the battlefield?!"
Brother Yixiang did not want to quarrel with Namuhan, but turned to Kublai Khan and said: "Great Khan, the capital of the Great Mongolia is in Hara and Forest."
Naiyan immediately asked: "What does this mean, King Shifting Brother?" "It means that returning to the grassland now is the safest way."
When Kublai Khan who was sitting there heard these words, he finally turned his head and looked at the sect kings in the sweat tent. He saw Brother Yixiang, Zhudu, Wu Gudai and others all getting up one after another.
"That's what you all mean?" Kublai Khan asked.
"Dahan, even if we go back to Kaiping," Zhudu said, "once we reach the grassland, we will be much more flexible in fighting."
"No wonder." Kublai Khan sneered and said, "No wonder the powerful Mongolian cavalry were defeated all the way here, because that's what you think. The enemy is in front of you, but you are still thinking about retreating to the grassland."
"This is because·"
"Because you are all cowards!"
Kublai Khan suddenly stood up, took out a battle report from his arms, and threw it on the ground.
"I'll tell you the truth, you can't go back because Juyong Pass has been lost! If we want to survive, we can only fight to the death with the Tang army. We have no choice but to fight like a warrior to defend the last of the Golden Family.
glory."
Everyone looked at the battle report, and they were all stunned.
Kublai Khan had already drawn his sword, walked to the tent, stared at Brother Yixiang, and said: "You are wrong, this is the capital of this Khan, and this Khan is the emperor of the Central Plains."