After daybreak, Wu Lianghetai led his troops to find a way south.
This place is mountainous and the road is not easy to walk. Wu Lianghetai found a road along the mountain and reached a land called "Leidaishi" in the evening.
Suddenly, there were several "boom" sounds, and a thunderous sound exploded.
"咴lvlv!"
Several war horses were frightened and suddenly raised their front hooves.
"I stepped on thistles! There is an ambush!"
At the same time, there were several more horse neighs, and a Mongolian soldier fell into the ditch ahead.
Arrows rained from the mountains and forests on both sides, and some Mongolian soldiers fell to the ground.
"Walk!"
Wu Lianghetai could understand Chinese and heard the shouts in the mountains and forests.
"Yi Shiying, the commander of Changning Army, is here. You are surrounded, why don't you surrender quickly?"
This sounded silly, and in his opinion, it felt like a Song Dynasty civil servant was self-righteous.
Of course surrender was impossible, but he was still secretly frightened.
Because it was a new defeat, the morale of his soldiers was not high, and he did not know that the enemy army was outnumbered. He did not dare to fight hard and decisively led his troops to retreat.
After retreating to an open place, Wu Lianghe Tai felt a little at ease, but at the same time he also felt strange.
Xuzhou had been besieged for so long. It was obviously impossible for the Changning Army to contact Shi Jun, let alone predict that they would retreat from here. How could they set up an ambush in advance?
It was difficult to figure out the matter for a while, so Wu Lianghetai had no choice but to send detectives to observe the terrain and enemy situation from a high place, looking for opportunities to break out...
Indeed, no Changning army came. Li Xia used 500 men to fake the momentum and temporarily blocked Wulianghetai in the ravine.
But it can't be delayed for long, let alone defeat the opponent.
Seeing that Meng Qi had adjusted his position, Fang Yankai was quite worried and said, "I told you that even if we catch up with Wu Liang Hetai, we can't defeat him. Now we should send people quickly to ask Shi Zhizhou for reinforcements."
"We should ask for help, but not from Shi Zhizhou, who has few troops. We should ask for help from the Changning Army," Li Xia said.
Fang Yankai muttered: "I'm afraid it's too late and it won't be delayed until then."
"I have gained a lot of insights from Sun Tzu's Art of War, which the landlord told me. 'So show what you can't do when you can, show when you don't use it, show how far you are when you are close, and show how close you are when you are far.'"
Fang Yankai shook his head and said: "I understand Feiyu's thinking, which is nothing more than avoiding the enemy when he is strong, scratching him when he is angry, and working hard in vain. But he is a cavalryman and you are an infantryman. How can the infantry defeat the cavalryman?"
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"Unless...you can predict where Wulianghetai is going."
"what for?"
Li Xia said: "What if we can block in front of Wulianghetai every time?"
"How...how do you calculate this?"
"How will you know if you don't try?" Li Xia said, "If he wants to return to Dali, where will he go?"
"There are many mountains in southern Sichuan, and the safest road is often along the river."
"How many rivers are there?"
"The Jinsha River, Guanhe River, and Fujiang River are all near Xuzhou, and the Mongolian army dare not go further." Fang Yankai pondered: "That is, along the Changning River, to the territory of Yixi, and then back to Dali?"
Li Xia nodded and said, "I think so too."
Fang Yankai pondered and said, "Tonight we barely managed to stop him for a day, but tomorrow he will come to visit the camp, knowing that we are short of troops."
"Then just retreat." Li Xia said: "Only a few people will be left to bluff again. We will rush to the Changning River overnight to set up another ambush."
Fang Yankai sighed and said, "The soldiers are too tired."
"It's better to be tired than to die."
Li Xia said this and began to give orders: "Song He, take twenty people and light as many bonfires as possible to create the appearance of three thousand troops stationed here."
"yes."
"Yu Bing, take people to report to the Changning Army and ask them to quickly lead troops to intercept it."
"yes."
"Xiong Shan, you take the people to go first, let Ma You'er lead the way, let the villagers along the way disperse into the mountains, and then go to Guhe Town to ask for some dry food."
"yes……"
At night, some Mongolian soldiers climbed up the mountain and looked out and saw only dots of fire in the mountains and forests in front of them.
He shook his head in frustration and went down the mountain to report to Wu Lianghetai: "Marshal Du, I am afraid that the Song army has three thousand people."
"Fart!" Wu Lianghetai yelled, "Shi Jun only has three thousand men in total, and the Changning Army doesn't even have that many people!"
Hai Rigu said: "That means... Shi Jun joined forces with the Changning Army?"
Wu Liang was silent at the stage, and finally he began to think, and finally said: "It is very likely that a small number of people are spreading suspicion."
"Then let's rush over?"
"Afraid of an ambush, I will send someone to explore the road at night and take another road tomorrow..."
The next day, Wulianghetai circled eastward for a while, and finally emerged from the mountains surrounded by the Yangtze River.
He decisively headed towards the Changning River.
The Changning River also flows into the Yangtze River from south to north and originates from Guilaizhou.
Gui Lai Prefecture is a state of Jisu, where the Bo people live together, at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan. The Song Dynasty set up Changning Army in the south of Gui Lai Prefecture, not so much to resist Mongolia, but to prevent Bo people from chaos... In Wulianghetai
This was the case before the battle against Shu.
After this battle, the situation will definitely change in the future.
Therefore, Wu Lianghetai feels that his victory is also a victory, and his defeat is also a victory.
He was not worried about passing by the Changning Army garrison in Anning County. He was sure that Ashu would be waiting for him there.
Marching like the wind, they reached Guhe Town on the west bank of the Changning River before noon.
Looking from a distance, I saw a group of people crossing a wooden bridge.
"Follow me!"
More than thirty cavalrymen chased out first, frightening the common people who fled quickly.
Several Mongolian soldiers drove their horses onto the wooden bridge. Suddenly, they heard a loud "bang" sound, the wooden bridge was blown apart, and they were blown into the river.
Instead, many porcelain tribulus fireballs were tied to the bridge, dragged along a long lead, and ignited by a Song army wearing leather armor.
Wulianghetai is a little annoyed by such petty fights.
He did not need to cross the river, and did not order a pursuit. He sent a detective horse into Guhe Town to find out if there was nothing unusual, and then led his troops in to rest.
He is a man who has experienced battles for a long time. He will not ambush in such terrain. After plundering, he will continue to lead his army and rush forward.
After running for seven or eight miles, I suddenly heard a horse neighing, and a war horse's hoof gave way and it fell to the ground.
A Mongolian soldier fell to the ground, got up again, and saw his horse lying there limply.
"What's wrong?!"
"Mara's belly..."
Soon, many more horses had the same reaction.
"Marshal, there are too many horses in your belly."
Wu Lianghetai looked around and saw that almost all the horses were suffering from diarrhea, but the severity may vary.
He soon understood what was going on.
"Song people are despicable! They mixed croton powder into the forage."
It is not enough for a war horse to just eat grass. It also needs high-quality feed and salt to grow fat, so it also needs wheat bran and beans as fodder. And it is December now, there is no grass, so hay needs to be stored in winter.
It happened that there was a posthouse in Guhe Town, and some fodder was prepared in the stables, which must have been provided for the Changning Army when they marched.
Of course they robbed it.
Whether there was poison in the well water or whether there was an ambush in the town, Wu Lianghetai was on guard, but he did not expect that the Song army would only attack the war horses.
"Despicable, villain. You only have 500 infantry, and you want to hold me back from joining Ah Shu? You're useless."
Wu Lianghetai murmured again, he had completely seen what kind of villain was surrounding him like a small fight.
Although he hasn't met Li Xia yet, he already knows Li Xia's troop strength, route, and purpose...
"Hai Rigu, select a hundred war horses that can still run. You first take people to Anning County ahead and tell Ah Shu to send someone to meet me."
"yes."
"Be careful on the road, don't be ambushed by the Song army."
Hai Rigu agreed, ordered the men and horses and left.
Wu Lianghetai sent people to find herbs to treat horses. A little croton was not enough to stop him, but it would take time.
The reason why he didn't leave on horseback first was because he wasn't sure whether Ah Shu would be in Anning County or whether there was an ambush ahead...