After failing to open the city gate, the Mongolian army did not intend to attack by force, but only sent a small number of Dali soldiers to tentatively attack.
Since the Song army had guarded the city gate, there was no need to worry too much about the fall of Guancheng for the time being. Wu Tong arranged his defenses and entered the side hall of the city tower with Li Xia.
He walked a few steps and said: "Brother Li, I was indeed wrong. I didn't expect the Mongolian army to be able to capture Hengzi's stronghold. Fortunately, we can hold it tonight. But it's not that I don't want to take it back, it's that I can't take it back."
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Li Xia said: "Why can't you take it back?"
Wu Tongtong: "My brother has said that the Mongolian army will be unable to attack Guancheng, so they will send more manpower to defend the mountain stronghold. They are condescending. If they send more troops up, there will be heavy casualties, and they will lose manpower in vain. It is better to go back to defend Junlianzhou City and wait elsewhere.
Troops and horses support.”
"Brother Wu doesn't want to take back the village?"
"It's not that I don't want to, but I really can't." Wu Tongtong said: "This is the first time that the Mongolian army attacks from Dali, and there is little defense in southern Shu. The imperial court is willing to allow the Mongolian army to attack Junlian Prefecture or even Xuzhou. Do you understand?
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This Mongolian army is just a partial force and cannot determine the overall situation. We just need to wait for Zhang Dutong's army to defeat the main force of Wuliang Hetai, and we will still have a great contribution. This patrol of Xiaoxiaoguan City is not important."
Li Xia said: "Brother Wu didn't say that last time."
"This moment, that moment..."
Before Wu finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound, and Li Xia had already grabbed his head and knocked it hard on the case.
"you!"
"Don't move!" Li Xia shouted, a dagger in his hand was placed on Wu Tong's neck.
At the same time, Lou Hu and several river patrolmen also held down several of Wu Tong's confidants with knives.
"Brother Li... what are you doing? The enemy is facing you. Are you trying to use your brother's head to deceive you?"
Li Xia said: "Order as I say."
"Ha, Brother Li, you are a bit addicted to officialdom..."
Halfway through Wu's conversation, the dagger on his neck was pressed down, leaving a bloody mark.
His expression changed and he didn't dare to be verbose anymore...
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Bodongha gritted his teeth and watched the arrow being dug out of his body. He was so painful that he was covered in cold sweat.
After the wound was wrapped, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at the other people in the hall, grinned, and said in jerky Chinese: "They all survived."
Hai Jinliu took a wine bag, bit the plug, took a big sip, and said, "You have done a great job and discovered the enemy soldiers in advance."
After speaking, he handed over the wine bag in his hand and threw it to Mao Yi'er, saying: "That one is Bo Dongha. This one is Mao Yi'er."
Mao Yi'er took the wine bag, thought about it, but didn't drink it. He handed it back and said, "The county captain said you can't drink it during the war."
"Thank you very much." Hai Jinliu said.
Mao Yi'er smiled knowingly, turned around and saw Xu Kui walking in from the door.
The two of them couldn't be said to be very familiar with each other before because they were on different teams, but after tonight's battle, they quickly became familiar with each other.
Xu Kui said: "Inspector Wu and the county captain have ordered that all those with minor injuries should gather at the school grounds immediately."
"The Mongolian army is attacking the city again?" Hai Jinliu asked.
"I don't know." Xu Kui said, "Just follow the order. You are only wounded by arrows, so go over."
Hai Jinliu laughed loudly and said to Mao Yi'er: "Brother, you are too rigid."
Several people walked towards the school grounds and saw that the fighting on the city had stopped.
They stood in separate lines. Mao Yi'er paid special attention and saw that the eighty-eight river patrolmen were lined up neatly, but the two hundred and dozens of village soldiers were standing crookedly.
After a while, Li Xia and Houhu came out, one on the left and the other on the right, with Wu Tong, who was all bandaged.
Wu Tong's face was still a little pale, as if he was seriously injured.
When he spoke, he also lost his usual cheerfulness, and his mood seemed very low. He said that he was injured, and that all the defense of Guancheng was temporarily handed over to Li County Lieutenant. In addition, he ordered the soldiers to be selected by Li County Lieutenant to counterattack Hengzi Village...
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Finally, Wu Tong ordered his men to take out a box of money and divide it among everyone, promising that when the Mongolian army was defeated, everyone would be rewarded heavily.
He was always the most trustworthy and had a high prestige in front of the soldiers. As soon as he made the promise, the soldiers were overjoyed and agreed.
"Thank you for the generous reward from the inspection!"
After Wu Tong finished speaking, Li Xia first sent him to recover from his injuries, and then called Lu Hu, Bao San, Jiang Fan and others to discuss the matter.
Jiang Fan's injury has not yet healed, and he did not show much tonight. When he and Bao San walked into the tower, they were shocked.
I saw that Wu Tong had been tied up by Hu Hu, and Wu Tong's mouth was stuffed. There were several Wu Tong's confidants nearby, who were also tied up and thrown to the ground.
"County Lieutenant, this is..."
At this point, Jiang Fan actually asked again: "Is this Wu Tong...rebellious?"
"Inspector Wu hasn't decided how to fight this battle yet, so I took over." Li Xia said calmly.
Jiang Fan was stunned, and looked at Bao San, as if he had some realization.
Regardless of their reaction, Li Xia said again: "Jiang Fan, come and see Awu for inspection."
"yes."
The confused look on Jiang Fan's face disappeared, he stepped forward, thought for a moment, and hooked Wu Tong's belt with the hook in his hand.
"Woo...Woo..."
Wu Tong looked aggrieved, and his eyes seemed to say that he couldn't run away and didn't need to be hooked. Jiang Fan didn't say a word, and just sat there with a cold face.
"Watch them."
Li Xia gave an order and took Bao San and Lu Hu back to the hall.
"Bao San, do you understand?"
"I understand, I understand. The county captain should have taken command long ago, so that Hengzi Village would not be lost. However, now that we have done it, why not..."
When Bao San finished speaking, a cold light flashed in his single eye, and he made a beheading gesture.
"No need." Li Xia said, "He has money, salt wells, and business roads. We can wait until this battle is over."
"Yes, the villain understands." Bao San responded, "He is rich."
Li Xia said: "Now that I understand, you come to guard Guancheng. Make more noise, and don't let the Mongolian army discover that we are going up the mountain."
"Is the county captain going to personally lead people to recapture Hengzi Mountain Stronghold?"
"Um."
Bao Sandao: "I am willing to go."
"No, I am an officer. Only when I go can I suppress those soldiers..."
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Outside Guancheng, A Shu withdrew his troops, took a deep breath, and suppressed his violent emotions.
He suddenly realized where he had lost in tonight's battle... He had been too smooth in playing tricks in the past few years. He had used too many strategies of sneaking into detours and leaping ahead of masters, and he had been too fond of using cunning strategies.
There were too many fortresses that were successfully conquered, and they gradually became reluctant to attack by force. This time they met a cautious Song general, and finally suffered a loss.
Thinking of this, Ah Shu shook his head and ordered: "Set up camp outside Xunsiguan City and make siege equipment. Then send people to tell Jida that there is no need to rush to attack after occupying Hengzi Mountain Stronghold. Build artillery and start
Chariots, wait for my order and attack together."
Afterwards, another order was given to arrange the arrangements.
The twenty-two-year-old Ah Shu looked at Guancheng in front of him, and seemed to have become much more stable because of tonight's battle...
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It's still dark.
Hai Jinliu is climbing Hengzi Mountain.
For him, this mountain is not difficult to climb. He is a Miao native born and raised in this place.
He had already been hit by two arrows tonight, and he originally did not want to climb the mountain to fight with the Mongolian army. But for the sake of the reward, he still volunteered to stand up.
At this time, he raised his head and saw Li County Lieutenant not far away in front of him, and couldn't help but think to himself: "This Han official is quite good at climbing mountains."
In fact, tonight was also the first time Hai Jinliu encountered the Mongolian army. He was frightened by the way the Mongolian army fought desperately.
This made him feel somewhat frightened and uneasy.
However, seeing that Li Xia was also working hard, his fear and uneasiness were reduced a lot.
As Li Xia said, this is a matter of attitude toward war...