"Shi Feiyu has arrived." Gao Changshou said, "In this situation, Shi Feiyu has arrived."
Gao Mingyue didn't answer. She lowered her head, prepared her weapons, and stuffed another dagger into her little man's boots.
"Second brother, I have to lead someone to break out and rescue him."
"There are still rebels at the foot of the mountain, it's too dangerous..."
"I have to go see him." Gao Mingyue said.
Her voice was not loud, but she was very determined. She didn't say anything more and just said, "Second brother, you are injured. Please sit on the top of the mountain."
Gao Changshou raised his head, his eyes still a little worried, but Gao Mingyue turned around and walked away to choose the young and strong women of the Yi village who could still go down the mountain to break out...
A month ago, Gao Mingyue heard that Li Xia was coming. She was looking forward to it and very happy.
But in the past two days, she actually hoped that he would stop coming here. The war broke out and Duan led his troops to Tongyicheng. It was no longer the time for Li Xia to come here again.
She asked the Buddha to bless him and keep him safe. For her, it was enough that Li Xia was safe.
However, Li Xia still came, and she knew it must be him. He always appeared when she was in the most critical situation, like the hero she was destined to be.
She believed this, but she was not satisfied with it.
She must tell him the current situation as soon as possible, guide him on the terrain, and prevent him from being ambushed or encountering more known and unknowable dangers.
In short, Gao Mingyue didn't want to be just like a burden, waiting for Li Xia to come to her to save her every time.
Li Xia has already walked through the mountains and rivers. For the rest of the journey, she feels that it is up to her to walk towards him and try her best to protect him in her territory.
Besides... I also want to see him sooner...
Li Xia was looking at the fleeing banner with the character "Duan" and ordered: "Catch up."
As soon as the command flag was waved, the eight hundred people rushed towards the fleeing Dali soldiers in front and killed them.
In fact, Li Xia didn't know who his opponent was.
This was an encounter that took place in the valley south of Tongya Castle.
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Li Xia originally planned to deploy his troops at the border of Dali to meet them, and only took the caravan and goods to hide in Dali.
But when they arrived in Dali, they found out about the Sari Sangha's uprising. After all, the uprising became very popular as soon as it was launched, and there were many responders from various tribes in eastern Yunnan.
Li Xia then made a decision. Instead, he left the caravan and goods at the border and only brought 800 people into Dali. He wanted to see Gao Changshou as soon as possible to learn the details.
Shanchan is the only way to go from Wuchidao to Tongya City. There are two pass cities on the road, "Gaoji Pass" in the east and "Jinma Pass" in the west.
When Li Xia arrived, Gaojiao Pass was still in the hands of the rebels, but these rebels were also preparing to withdraw into the mountains and did not obstruct the Song army's passage.
After leaving Gaojiao Pass, the scouts climbed up to investigate and found that the Mongolian army was in Shanchan City. There were probably more than a thousand Mongolian troops and more than 3,000 Dali soldiers.
Shanchan City is already crumbling and will soon be recaptured by the Mongolian army.
Li Xia judged that Jinmaguan must be in the hands of the Mongolian army, so he attacked the Mongolian camp at night, dispersed the Dali soldiers' servants, and took advantage of the chaos to disguise himself as a defeated Dali army and storm out of Jinmaguan.
He ignored the Mongolian army behind him and the rebel army in Shanchan City.
The purpose of his trip was to contact Gao Changshou and open up the smuggling trade route. The first thing he wanted to ensure was that Gao Changshou was a confirmed ally, rather than the rebels who were not sure to be his allies.
And at this point, his eight hundred men were completely unable to restore the rebel army's defeat.
From Jinmaguan to Tongyacheng, Li Xia ran almost without sleep, running as fast as possible.
He rushed to the outside of Tongya City, climbed up and took a look, and found that the city gate was locked. He knew that Tongya City would no longer be under the command of Gao Qiong.
Li Xia did not dare to send someone to contact Gao Qiong rashly, but immediately went south to the mountains to look for Gao Changshou in Guanyinqing.
Bai Nongchuan told him the location, and he was led by a captured Dali prisoner.
Advancing along the valley, he soon encountered a small group of Dali soldiers probing the horses. Li Xia killed them and became more and more worried.
As they walked to a place called "Xiaolongqing", Li Xia felt more and more wrong, so he sent scouts to take a closer look, and sure enough he found a large number of Dali soldiers ahead.
Immediately afterwards, some scouts rolled and ran down the mountain.
"Report, county captain, there are more than a thousand people coming along the valley behind, under the banner of 'Mongolian Pioneer General Duan'..."
Duan Shi led more than 8,000 elite troops from Dali City eastward to Tongshi, and after defeating the Sarimonk, he divided his troops with 3,000 troops and sent them to Ye to recover Shanchan first, and then sent 3,000 troops to encircle and suppress Guanyinqing, and then eliminate the casualties.
There were only about 1,600 people left to guard Tongya City.
On this day, some soldiers reported that they saw a small group of soldiers coming from the east of Tongshi City on the city tower. They turned south before approaching the city.
Duan Shi was shocked and suspicious, so he sent someone to investigate and found that the guards posted on the official road had been removed and their clothes and armor had been stripped off.
Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately ordered a thousand men to pursue him in the valley.
In Duan Shi's opinion, these troops must be the rebels of the Sari monks, or the tribe following the Gao family. They must be rushing to Dajianshan to rescue Gao Changshou.
He then ordered to advance at full speed to surround and flank the troops before the opponent reached Dajianshan.
However, when they arrived at Xiaolongqing, arrows poured down from both sides of the valley.
"Kill!"
Duan Shi secretly cursed "Damn it" and immediately sent people to rush to the front to report the news, so that a large number of troops could come to encircle and suppress him.
At this point, he was not panicking, but admitted that he had underestimated this enemy force of less than a thousand men.
He originally thought that the other party would rush to Dajianshan to relieve the siege, but he did not expect that the other party would ambush in the valley first and launch a sneak attack.
It is a very simple thing to climb up and look at the terrain, but ordinary tribal chiefs simply cannot do this when fighting.
Setting up an ambush in a hurry is very simple, but soldiers who have not been trained and do not comply with the orders and prohibitions cannot do it. Sariṇa's rebels definitely do not have such strength.
Duan Shi came to a new judgment almost instantly.
"It was the Song Army contacted by the Gao family! But why? It shouldn't be, the Song Army shouldn't be able to arrive so soon..."
In fact, when the Mongols attacked Dali, Dali's request for help was sent to the Song Dynasty countless times, but the Sichuan army obviously could not provide support rashly.
By the time the news reached Lin'an, the Dali Kingdom had been destroyed.
Therefore, even if Duan Shi learned from Gao Junjin that Gao Qiong had contact with the Song Army, he never thought that the Song Army would actually appear in Dali.
This is his only mistake these days...
"boom."
Ahead, something exploded on the ground, and immediately after, several soldiers covered their faces and screamed.
"Tribulus fireball?" Duan Shi frowned.
This fireball is not very powerful, but once it explodes, the shards of iron inside will burst out in random directions, which can injure people quite a lot.
"Raise your shield! Hold on!" Duan Shi shouted: "As long as they finish throwing their arrows and fireballs, our army will arrive soon..."
"boom."
"ah!"
Before Duan Zhen finished speaking, his left eye hurt, and there was only a bloody red patch in front of his eyes...
"My eyes...my eyes...ah!"
"General!"
"My eyes..."
Severe pain came, and Duan Shi fell into madness for an instant. He couldn't believe that he had injured one eye so easily.
But the fact had happened, and blood kept flowing down his left eye socket.
The iron piece was extremely hot, making every nerve in his body twitch with pain.
"咴lvlv!"
The war horse seemed to have been stabbed by the iron piece. It raised its front hooves and overturned Duan Shi.
He couldn't think about anything anymore. He only felt confused. There was only one thought in his mind: "Am I blind? Will I die?"
"Ah! Ah!"
"General...general..."
"Don't even touch me...ah! My eyes..."
For a long time, Duan Shi was hugged by others, and the soldiers hugged him tightly and kept comforting him.
Tears mixed with blood flowed down, and the pain was so painful that he was dying.
Finally, he stretched out his trembling hand and covered his injured left eye. With a groan of pain, he opened his right eye and scanned it.
The scene in front of him seemed to be distorted. He saw Dali soldiers being chopped down to the ground by Song soldiers one after another.
"Take me away! Quick! Take me away... I want to treat my eyes..." Duan Shi yelled, "My eyes..."
What he felt was intense hatred and pain.
He is a famous general in Dali and should not have been injured here, but Buddha did not bless him, so he was very unlucky today.
"Pfft! This kid must be so lucky." Bao San cursed bitterly.
He just led his troops to rush down from the hillside further north, intending to block the retreat of the Dali soldiers and annihilate them all. Unexpectedly, the opponent's commander retreated too quickly and did not wait for him to block the retreat.
"Mom, don't run away if you can."
Another order sounded, and Bao San looked back and shouted: "The county captain has an order, catch up with me! Don't let them escape..."
"Kill..."
"Is it accurate?"
Yang Ben rushed down the hillside with his spear, and at the same time asked Hong Aliu lightly.
The fireball of caltrops that hit near the Dali military commander was thrown by him.
"Accurate! Good boy, hahaha! I'll give you a big credit." Hong Ah Liu sincerely admired Yang Ben. With his arm strength and accuracy, at least he couldn't do it.
Yang Ben sneered and without saying much, followed the same people and rushed down the mountain.
"Stab!" Hong Ah Liu yelled.
The spear poked out, and there was blood again.
The Dali soldiers who were hit by spears fell to the ground, and more of them turned around and fled...