Not far in front of Wuliang Hetai, on a hill called "Lishan", Li Xia's men were ambushing.
"Why haven't the Changning troops come yet?" Fang Yankai muttered, looking south.
He finally gained some confidence in stopping Wu Liang He Tai.
At first, I felt that it was impossible to defeat the cavalry with infantry. But now that the cavalry's horses can't run for the time being, as long as the Changning army can come and besiege, it may not be impossible to intercept and kill Wu Lianghetai.
"How long can it be delayed?" Li Xia asked.
"Four or five hours... It's hard to say. Meng people are good at raising horses. There may be a way to make the horses recover faster." Fang Yankai said.
He felt that Li Xia was not completely crazy, at least he did not rush to attack the 800 Mongolian cavalry with 500 new soldiers.
"The landlord thinks, where is Ah Shu at this time?"
"As long as it's not nearby." After Fang Yankai finished speaking, he was stunned and asked, "What do Feiyu think?"
"I'm afraid he's just south of us."
Fang Yankai said: "If this is the case, I'm afraid we will fall short..."
"County Lieutenant, Yu Bing is back..."
Yu Bing climbed up the mountain, still breathing hard.
Li Xia watched this scene silently, then turned to the south and glanced in the direction of Anning County, only to see that the road was empty.
Fang Yankai had already stepped forward to greet Yu Bing and asked, "Where is the Changning army? Didn't they send anyone?"
"Anning County is besieged by the Mongolian army."
"What?" Fang Yankai was surprised.
"The Mongolian army has five thousand cavalry and has surrounded the city. The villain can't get in." Yu Bing gasped and said: "The villain has inquired and found that the Changning army only has more than a thousand garrison troops and Xiangyong guarding the city. Yi is commanding the reinforcements.
Jiang is safe. I'm afraid I won't be able to send anyone to support."
Fang Yankai sighed dejectedly.
"A'shu has arrived in Anning County?"
In the current situation, Shi Jun and Zhang Shi will be reorganizing the recaptured navy; Yi Shiying will also receive news of reinforcements. The main force of the Song Army will arrive within two or three days.
As far as Ashu is concerned, he must retreat south within two or three days.
However, the father and son A Shu and Wu Liang Hetai were only thirty miles apart, and there were only five hundred people like Li Xia between them.
Not to mention whether 500 people can win against 800 people, once A Shu gets the news or Wu Liang Hetai's war horses recover, these 500 people are still in danger of being annihilated.
…
"Feiyu, don't go crazy, be sensible." Fang Yankai reminded in a low voice.
Li Xia frowned, seeming to be deep in thought.
He didn't think he was crazy. He always followed the principle of "win first and then fight". While harassing Wu Lianghetai, he created conditions for Changning Army and Xuzhou Army to catch up and encircle him.
But on the battlefield, it is impossible to achieve the most ideal combat environment every time.
Ah Shu is not weak either, and he has rushed to meet Wu Liang Hetai as soon as possible.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "County Captain! You Meng is riding over!"
Li Xia turned his head and looked north, and saw nearly a hundred Mongolian troops rushing towards this direction.
"They are going to ask A'shu for help." Fang Yankai said, "Wuliang Hetai also guessed that A'shu is in front."
"Yes, they have a tacit understanding."
"No chance, forget it."
Bao San asked: "Why don't we annihilate these hundred-horse Mongolian army and not let them deliver the message?"
"This is the cavalry. How can we annihilate them all? If one escapes, Ashu will send troops to come. Can the five hundred of us defeat Wu Liang Hetai in an hour or two?"
"County Lieutenant, do you want to take action?"
Li Xia said: "Let them pass."
Fang Yankai breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little regretful... Fortunately, Li Feiyu didn't act impulsively, but it was a pity that after chasing for two days, he failed in the end.
"It's a blessing to be able to defeat the navy, but it's still impossible to kill the general... You and I can go back and apologize to Zhizhou."
Li Xia squinted his eyes, watching the hundreds of Mongolian troops galloping past at the bottom of the mountain, and said: "Let's go..."
"Let's go." Fang Yankai nodded.
Then I heard the second half of Li Xia's words.
"Let's go, let's kill Wu Liang Hetai."
"Marshal Du, the Song army is coming to kill us."
Wulianghetai looked very peaceful.
He had counted the number of people and sent out people to call for help and search for herbs, but he only had 672 people left with him.
Most of the war horses were paralyzed, and only thirty-five horses could stand up and run.
Since his expedition to Dali, the Mongolian soldiers under his command have been suffering casualties, but they have not received many replacements. There are only twelve teams of Tanma Red Army left in this expedition to Shu.
This time I was defeated by Shi Jun, and half of them were lost again.
Until now, he was finally trapped in this dangerous situation.
At this time, there were two choices, either to escape with more than thirty cavalry, or to fight.
He didn't hesitate.
"Fight!"
"Hold your shield and be careful of the Mongolian arrows!"
"Archers prepare!"
With the orders given, five hundred river patrolmen formed an array and charged towards the array at Wulianghetai.
Although Fang Yankai was a civil servant, he still ran among the array with a knife.
It's not like he never tried to dissuade Li Xia, but he couldn't stop it...
"Think clearly, how are you, five hundred new recruits, going to fight against the veterans of hundreds of battles who have joined forces with Wu Liang?!"
"I think clearly and think we can win."
"Huh? Can you win?"
"Yes. The Mongolian army was newly defeated and fled in a hurry. Their horses fell to the ground and their morale was low. But we pursued the victory and rested here in advance, so our morale was high;
The Mongolian army is trapped alone, and they don't know that Ashu is in front. They can't fight for a long time and must think about escaping. We are all locals and want to protect our homes and country;
We were condescending and looked at their formations first to know ourselves and the enemy; while the Mongolian army stopped hastily in the middle of their march, not knowing our actual situation and feeling timid..."
"No, it's too risky no matter how you look at it. Let me tell you, even Shi Zhizhou has never thought of killing Wu Liang Hetai."
"Housekeeper, you teach me the art of war. But not every time I can take advantage of it and fight like in the art of war. I won't encounter Uliang Hetai again and lose his mount, and fight us on foot with only 700 people."
…The opportunity only comes once and it is fleeting.”
"But what if we fail?"
"Is it difficult to always win a war? The Mongolian army also has victories and defeats, but if we let him go this time, how much price will he have to pay to create an opportunity like today if he leads troops to fight next time?"
"Feiyu, you can't convince me..."
"Then shut up. The decisions I make are not perfect, and there are never perfect choices. There are dilemmas in the world, and you have to make a choice."
Fang Yankai didn't try to persuade her anymore. When Li Xiama decided to fight, he stopped trying to persuade her and started to challenge her.
At least one thing Li Xia said was right, he was protecting his family and country...
"Fire the arrow!"
Arrows rained down from both sides.
"Kill it!"
The soldiers started running.
Ma Youer held the spear and looked at the Mongolian army in front, feeling a little scared and a little excited.
He had never been to Wuchi Road. He only heard old people who had been to Wuchi Road say that "the Mongolian army's infantry fighting was just like that."
The Mongolian army was defeated.
Coupled with this great victory in the Yangtze River Water Battle, Ma Youer felt like he was always winning, and his mind was filled with thoughts of winning the battle and receiving reward money.
In fact, Ma You'er had never fought against the Mongolian army at close range, and he was not very good at fighting.
But his chief officer Hong Ah Liu once said, "War is not about fighting. Fighting is when you are told to charge, and when you are told to thrust out the spear, thrust out. Just obey. It's very simple..."
"It's very simple." Ma Youer thought to herself and strode forward.
Arrows fell on the shield above his head like rain.
"First row, stab!"
Suddenly there was a shout, and Ma You'er trembled, but it was not his turn to stab yet. When he looked around, he could only see his comrade in front of him.
The screams suddenly sounded, and he became panicked.
The next moment, he suddenly thought that Anning County was next to him, his mother's home, and his grandfather still lived there...
Outside Anning County.
Ah Shu had already heard the sound of horse hooves and said: "It's Abu coming to meet up."
"The marshal is here?"
Someone looked at it from a distance, and after a while, they shouted with great joy: "It's Hai Rigu! The marshal is really here!"
After a while, Hai Rigu rushed to the front of the Mongolian army's formation. Suddenly there was another horse's neigh, and the front hooves of the war horse he stepped off softened and fell down.
Youmeng rode up to catch him and brought him to A'shu.
"What's going on? Where is I, Abu?"
"It's just thirty miles to the north." Hai Rigu said: "The horses ate the croton-laced fodder and all had diarrhea."
"Damn it, the Song army wants to ambush him." Ah Shu pulled the reins and shouted: "Sire, you continue to attack the city! Meng Gen, take your thousand-man team with me to meet Abu..."
The Meng cavalry moved very quickly. In a short while, two thousand-man troops were pulled out of the battlefield, turned their horses and ran towards the north.
"Drive! Let's see which Song people dare to chase us, and we'll kill them all!"