"There is only one Changning army south of the Yangtze River in Shu."
Fang Yankai traced his fingers on the map, tracing eastward along the Yangtze River.
"The closest military fortress is Luzhou City in Shenju Mountain."
Li Xia narrowed his eyes, held a candle and leaned over, saying: "It's also north of the Yangtze River."
"Yes." Fang Yankai sighed: "As long as we talk about the Sichuan-Sichuan strategy, we can't avoid Commander Yu. Since he 'built a base on the mountains and set up dangers to defend Shu', the defense north of the Shu River was as solid as iron. The Mongolian army
It is difficult to conquer. Unfortunately, Yu Hui is incompetent, and the strategic layout of southern Shu is at least three years behind the Mongolian army."
"I understand." Li Xia pointed at Divine Arm City, then pointed at Xuzhou and Jiading, and said: "This is a complete defense line in the west of Chongqing, with dots leading to lines, blocking the Mongolian army from attacking from the north of the Yangtze River.
The possibility of Chongqing.”
"Yes, if the Mongolian army attacks from the north, the cities along the Yangtze River will be at arm's length with each other, and the Changning army will support them in the south of the Yangtze River, so they can deal with it calmly."
"But Wulianghetai is attacking from the south, so the Changning army's strength is stretched thin."
Fang Yankai sighed, looking a little tired, and said: "The Changning Army cannot defend such a large area in southern Sichuan, and we have to send troops to respond to the Divine Arm City, so there won't be many troops to support us."
"Um."
"Feiyu, please withdraw the river patrol officers into the county seat. We must at least defend the county seat."
Li Xia shook his head and looked at a map of Qingfu County.
Fang Yankai added: "This matter must be done as soon as possible... It's time to seal the city gate. There is no time for the remaining people and supplies to move into the city."
"No, keep moving." Li Xia said.
"The Mongolian army is coming soon."
"I fought the Mongolian army along the river and held them back."
"You! How can you fight the Mongolian army if your river patrolmen are not well trained?"
"We can only fight." Li Xia said: "The rammed earth wall in Qingfu County, which is less than two feet tall, can defend the mountain bandits, but it cannot defend the Mongolian army. Moreover, the open terrain outside the county is not conducive to fighting cavalry. It is too passive."
Fang Yankai said: "You are just fooling around..."
Li Xia interrupted rather forcefully and said: "The war is at my command. I will resist the enemy. The landlord, please seize the time and move the people into the city."
"Have you ever thought about it, if you take the initiative to attack, you will not be able to supply food, grass, and arrows. Once the new soldiers are blocked by the Mongolian army in the mountains or valleys, there will be no reinforcements in the county to respond, and they will collapse immediately. Zhang Dutong learned from the past..."
"The landlord doesn't have to waste any time talking, just hurry up."
Li Xia had folded the map and put it in his arms and walked down the tower.
Fang Yankai looked at his back, shook his head, and sighed, thinking that Li Xia and Zhang Shi were doing exactly the same thing, and felt deeply worried...
Li Xia walked to the top of the city, saw a ball of fire in the distance, and frowned.
"County Lieutenant, don't be alarmed." Wu Ang pressed his knife and stepped forward, saying: "There was a conflict when the people were moving. Someone in Tianjing Village set fire to his house, and the fire fighters have already rushed over."
Li Xia took a long breath and murmured: "War."
As the war spreads, a few people kill the enemy and destroy the peaceful life completely... This is the face of war.
~~
Nige rode his horse along the path to the west of Fujiang River. In front of the team was the captured tracker.
Three ships sailed upstream.
"When we grab the grain, load it on the boat and sail down the river, we won't need these trackers anymore." Centurion Xiri stepped forward and said, "We are almost reaching Qingfu County. Do we want to kill all these trackers first?"
"First break the city and rob it," Nig said.
The military regulations of the Mongolian army can be summarized in the simplest eight words: "Those who disobey orders will be killed, and those who attack the city will be robbed." At this time, as soon as the word "rob" came out, the Mongolian soldiers around them laughed.
"Unlike northern Shu, the city in southern Shu is built on a mountain. The city walls are short and easy to fight."
Nige's face was very grim and he said, "Have you noticed? There are two villages along the way that are empty."
Xiri said: "It seems that Qingfu County has received the news, so fast..."
The Fu River meanders southward, and ten miles north of Qingfu County, the river suddenly narrows.
Nige looked up and saw that there were high mountains on each cliff of the river, clamping the Fujiang River and making the water flow rapidly.
The roads along the river have also become narrow.
Seeing this kind of terrain, Nige frowned. He called over a captive tracker and asked, "What are these two mountains?"
"The mountain to the west is called 'Palu Mountain', and to the east is 'Zhaizhuding'..."
~~
At the top of Balu Mountain, Li Xia was looking at the formation of the Mongolian army.
"Why did they stop?" Xiong Shan asked.
"The Mongolian army attaches great importance to reconnaissance. In this kind of terrain, people must be sent up the mountain to observe first." Li Xia said.
He looked for a while and saw a group of Mongolian soldiers walking around to the foot of the mountain in the north and starting to climb.
Li Xia originally had a good plan. He planned to wait for the Mongolian army to reach the path between Balu Mountain and Fujiang, drop rocks, cut off their heads and tails, and hit them hard.
Later, I realized that an ambush was not so easy to set up.
In this kind of terrain, anyone who comes here will suspect an ambush and will conduct reconnaissance in advance.
Therefore, if you want to ambush, you need to lure the enemy, and you need to send people to feign defeat and lure the Mongolian army over.
But Li Xia's troops could not lure the enemy.
There are many reasons. The new recruits cannot feign defeat at all. They are attacked by the Mongolian army's arrows. Once they retreat, it is likely to become a real rout. Their riding skills are also too poor. It will not take long for the Mongolian army to catch up.
How about luring the enemy?
Qimou is not something you can use just when you want, you need to have enough strength.
This is also the reason why Fang Yankai opposed Li Xia going out of the city to intercept the Mongolian army.
Just like Zhang Shi's battle with Mahujiang...
~~
Zana is climbing up Balu Mountain step by step.
A few days ago, Zana led people to collect food, and eight people died. Therefore, he only had three Mongolian soldiers and more than ten Dali servants.
Climbing to the mountainside, I looked back and saw that the Mongolian army had stopped in front of Balu Mountain and would not easily enter the narrow road along the river.
Climbing a little further up the mountain, you can already see Qingfu County in the south.
In the small county town between Fujiang and Erjiahe, the city wall is low, the city gate is wide open, and groups of people are pouring into the city.
Although he could only see black dots from a distance, Zana seemed to be able to see the women, food, grass, and money in the team...
"The city gate is not closed yet! They are still moving people! Go and tell the general."
"Sir, we have to climb to the top of the mountain to see if there is any ambush."
Zana stood on the top of the mountain, looked up to the east, and saw the lush greenery on the top of the mountain. He spat and said, "Let's go, take your bow and arrows."
The group continued to climb up, and when they almost reached the top of the mountain, Zana raised his hand and drove the Dali servants ahead.
He and three Mongolian soldiers were last.
Looking through the woods, I vaguely seemed to see a wooden frame.
"That's not a gun carriage, is it?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded from the tree crown.
"look here."
Zana didn't understand, but subconsciously raised his head.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp arrow shot straight down and pierced through Zana's eye!
"ah!"
As the screams began, Xiong Shan jumped down from the tree crown and plunged his knife into Zana's neck.
"Kill..."
~~
When the sound of fighting started, Li Xia turned his head and glanced at the forest at his feet, and decisively ordered: "Throw rocks!"
It is a pity that the Mongolian army did not enter the narrow road along the river.
"Stone throwing!"
On the cannon cart, the rocks had already been loaded. More than a hundred river patrolmen shouted in unison, and when they pulled the cannon tip hard, the boulders suddenly bounced up and fell towards the Mongolian army in the north...
~~
Xiri raised her head and watched the black dot flying from the top of the mountain pierce the sky, getting bigger and bigger.
"Falling rocks...there's an ambush!"
"Quick! Disperse!"
The horses neighed, and the Mongolian army array quickly dispersed.
"Bang!"
"Ei Lulu..."
The huge boulder fell down, and a Mongolian soldier and his horse were smashed into mud.
Nige was furious and shouted: "Xiri, take your hundred men and two hundred servants to attack the mountain."
"Kill him!"
The situation was not too bad for the Mongolian army. Although the terrain was not as good as that of their opponent, they did not enter the narrow road and could still spread out to the north of Balu Mountain.
Soon, Xiri led the people to attack Balu Mountain...
~~
"Smash them!" Li Xia ordered.
More than a hundred river patrolmen began to load small stones and pulled the cannon cart to smash them down the mountain.
For a moment, flying rocks were like locusts, falling down on the Mongolian troops attacking the mountain.
~~
Negro rode his horse to watch the offensive on the mountain, then turned to observe the terrain.
Balu Mountain is not an isolated mountain, but a mountain range running across the east-west direction.
He immediately ordered: "Gardi, lead your hundred men to turn over from the west and attack this Song army from a flank."
"yes."
"Tumen Baoyin, lead your hundred men to climb over with Galdi and seize the Qingfu City Gate."
"yes……"
~~
On the top of Qingfu City, Fang Yankai looked at the mountains to the north, his eyes even more worried.
What he was most worried about was that Li Xia was too conceited and tried to take advantage of the terrain to ambush the Mongolian army, but underestimated the experience and marching ability of the Mongolian army.
According to Fang Yankai's strategy, the migration of people should have been stopped and the city gates should have been closed as soon as possible.
But at this time, there were still people with their families at the city gate. If Li Xia couldn't stop the Mongolian army, the consequences would be terrible...