Li Xia looked at the map and did not make a decision immediately.
He reached out and took the pen from Gao Mingyue's hand. When doing this, their hands touched slightly, and Gao Mingyue lowered her head, looking very gentle.
Even though he was a man with rich experience and a firm mind, Li Xia was slightly stunned.
He quickly focused on the map again and marked several place names that he was more familiar with.
There are probably three paths at the moment.
First, go south, then east, pass Weichu City, Shanchan City, and then go north to Wumeng Division. Li Xia wrote three place names: "Chuxiong, Kunming, Zhaotong". This is the shortest road, but Weichu has
Heavily guarded, Shanchan must have been recaptured by the Mongolian army. There are a total of six to seven thousand troops in the two places, including one thousand Mongolian troops. Before, the Mongolian army was still attacking the city. It was easy to rush over when it was unprepared, but now it is difficult to go back.
It’s difficult;
The second is, first go south, then west, pass Yunnan City, Dali City, and then go north to the Jinsha River. Li Xia wrote down the two place names "Xiangyun Dali". But will he be able to find a ship that can carry more than a thousand people?
It's hard to say, and the current in Jinsha River is very fast. If you sail in a hurry, if you are attacked, you may be stuck in the dangerous shoals;
Third, after arriving in Dali, cross the Jinsha River, take the Lingguan Road to Yazhou, and then go down the Min River back to Xuzhou. Yazhou is known as "Ya'an" and belongs to the western Sichuan area, close to Chengdu, and is now under the rule of Mongolia.
This route is circuitous for thousands of miles and goes deep into enemy territory that is even more dangerous than Dali. It seems to be the most dangerous...
"Taking the Lingguan Road is too crazy." Gao Changshou looked at the map, shook his head, and murmured: "Instead of taking the Lingguan Road to western Sichuan, it is better to fight with the Duan family."
Li Xia said: "Bao San, one of the hundred generals under my command, is familiar with the terrain of the Minjiang River. As long as he bypasses the Mongolian garrison through the mountains, he may not be unable to return."
"It's impossible." Gao Changshou shook his head.
On this matter, Gao Changshou obviously had different views from Bao San, Xiong Shan and others.
Gao Changshou was from Dali and was more familiar with Dali. The choice in the dilemma was to die in Dali. Bao San, Xiong Shan and others were better at crossing mountains and ridges. They would rather take a long way around and die in Shu.
"There are only two land routes and one water route." Li Xia said: "The best option is of course to go five feet eastward, but the trouble is that the rebels are too powerful and have alerted the Dali army."
Without this incident, it would have been easy for Li Xia to hide behind his troops, just like the Mongolian army had passed through the Song Dynasty when they attacked Dali.
However, war broke out, and the Mongolian and Dali troops from various places blocked the city and blocked the pass.
Gao Changshou thought for a moment and said in deep thought: "If I had to choose, walking along the Jinsha River would be the safest option."
Li Xia said: "We are surrounded now. We cannot let the enemy guess our way. The important thing is to be 'flexible' and not be in a hurry to choose a path."
He raised his hand and clicked on the map, and then said: "These three roads are unchanged, but the enemy troops blocking the roads are alive. The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and we can mobilize their troops.
Disrupt their defenses, then find the most advantageous path, wait for them to reveal their flaws, and then jump out of trouble..."
Gao Mingyue quickly understood what Li Xia meant. She looked at his face and took aim, then her mind shifted away from strategy.
She used to see his serious look. At that time, she always told herself "I don't like him, I don't like him." But once she admitted it, she felt... she liked him too much.
After Li Xia finished speaking, he seemed to feel Gao Mingyue's gaze and looked back at her. The look in his eyes seemed to tell her, "Don't worry, we will be safe and we will get married..."
Just looking at his determined eyes, Gao Mingyue couldn't help but blush.
"Ahem..." Gao Changshou coughed a few times, looking sluggish.
He was not reminding Li Xia and Gao Mingyue to pay attention, but it really affected the injury.
This thing is strange. Gao Changshou was seriously injured two days ago, but he was still able to hold on. On the contrary, when Li Xia came today, he was so angry that he couldn't hold on.
When Gao Changshou was talking about the plan just now, he felt very dizzy. After talking, he entrusted his subordinates to Li Xia. He lost his will and finally fainted.
Li Xia checked Gao Changshou's injuries and said to Asha, "Give him some anesthetic, is there any more?"
Asaya agreed, took out a piece of cloth and pressed it between Gao Changshou's mouth and nose.
Gao Changshou was still mumbling a little, rolled his eyes, and completely fainted, so Li Xia treated his wounds again.
After finishing his work, Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief and said to Gao Mingyue: "They are all flesh injuries, so they are not life-threatening."
Only then did Gao Mingyue feel relieved. She felt sorry for Li Xia's tiredness and said, "I will arrange a house for you... There are few houses in the village. You and your second brother can live together. I will let my sister-in-law live in my house."
Li Xia shook his head and said, "No need, the soldiers and I can camp outside."
Gao Mingyue sent him out, thinking all the way that if the house was not arranged well, Asha would have to follow him again...
Then she blamed herself for always thinking about these things... "Gao Mingyue, in such a critical time, the second brother is seriously injured, and he has so many things to worry about, you are so petty to think of such a small thing.
Already."
She was muttering to herself in confusion, and when Li Xia was about to walk out of the village gate, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
I felt a little reluctant to part with them, even though it was only one night, they were not far apart.
Li Xia stopped, hugged her, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead, and whispered: "You have been too tired recently, take a good rest, don't worry about anything..."
There were only more than a hundred young men and more than two hundred women and children left in Gao Changshou's old department. Li Xia reorganized them.
After another day of rest, the soldiers recovered their physical strength, and they planned to move.
We can only move because the food is almost gone...
Yang Yuan led three thousand Dali troops to surround him again.
He did not attack the mountain immediately because he did not know the strength of the Song army and was worried that they had more firearms, so he ordered to block the mountain road.
Yang Yuan expected that there was not much food and grass on the mountain, and knew that as long as he defended them, he could trap them to death.
But there are three mountain roads in Dajianshan, so Yang Yuan had to divide his troops to guard them.
In addition, there is a deep valley to the west, which is also guarded by a small number of Dali soldiers.
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March 18th, late at night.
Huhu, Xiong Shan led two hundred people to quietly climb down the deep valley to the west and launch a surprise attack on Yang Yuan's camp in the north.
At the same time, there was a loud killing sound on the mountain, and it seemed that the Song army was planning to attack Yang Yuan's camp from both sides.
So, the 500 Dali troops from the south circled to the west and tried to attack the two hundred Song troops from behind.
But at this time, Li Xia had led his troops to fight down the mountain road in the south. Taking advantage of the numerical advantage and the condescending terrain, he quickly defeated the remaining 500 Dali troops in the south.
Afterwards, Huhu and Xiongshan immediately turned around and attacked with Li Xia to support the Dali army in the north.
By the time Yang Yuan reacted, Li Xia had calmly retreated to the southward road...