The Qingfu Army had two hundred-man cavalry troops, and the hundred generals were Yu Bing and Song He.
However, the formation of the army was short, and the riding skills were not exquisite enough. The two hundred cavalry could not fight alone and could not give full play to the advantages of cavalry. On the way into Dali, they mostly explored the road first and carried the wounded and supplies.
This time, Li Xia attacked Yunnan City and Pindian Qianhu Residence, leaving behind Yu Shangguan while reconnoitring the movements of the three thousand Dali troops behind him;
When attacking Qianhu Station in Pindian, more than 50 Mongolian troops saw that the situation was not good and fled on horseback. Li Xia sent Song He to pursue them and explore the way to the north and west at the same time.
March 21st.
Song He rushed back after a long journey and reported: "County Lieutenant, the villain chased those Meng Tatars and beheaded only...five of them. The rest have fled into Dali City and Taihe City. The villain failed to catch up. Please ask the county."
Wei punishes the crime."
"It's not your fault." Li Xia said calmly: "With your riding skills, it's normal that you can't catch up with the Mongolian army. Are Dali and Taihe cities on guard now?"
"Yes." Song He said: "I climbed the mountain last night and looked at Dali City. Xiaguan in the south of Dali City was heavily guarded, with at least a thousand defenders."
Li Xia nodded, turned to Gao Mingyue and asked: "There are a thousand defenders in Xiaguan, how many people will there be in Dali City?"
Gao Mingyue carefully drew a map for Li Xia.
"Dali City is bounded by Erhai Lake to the east and Cangshan Mountain to the west, and the city is sandwiched between them. There is Longshou Pass to the north and Xiaguan Pass to the south, each with a thousand troops stationed..."
Li Xia picked up his pen and marked it, and said in a low voice: "It is almost impossible to capture Dali City."
He turned to Song He and asked, "What's the situation in Taihe City north of Pindian City?"
Song He recruited a cavalry general named "Cui Shen". He was a horseman for the county government and had good riding skills. It was he who went to the north to explore the road last night.
"Reporting to the county captain, Taihe City is similar to Pindian, with five hundred troops stationed there, including a Mongolian army of 100 troops, plus more than ten Mongolian Tatars who escaped last night."
Li Xia nodded and marked "Taihe City" eighty miles north of Pindian City on the map with "five hundred troops, one hundred Mongolian troops."
After a while, Yu Bing also rushed back.
"County Lieutenant, the Dali Army was found in Mupang Mountains, sixty miles southeast. The villain captured one of their detective horses last night. Does the County Lieutenant want to interrogate him?"
Li Xia nodded and said, "Bring it here..."
After interrogating the prisoners, Li Xia noted "Yang Yuan, three thousand troops" on the map at "Mupang Ridge" sixty miles southeast of Pindian City;
"Tongya City", one hundred and eighty miles due east of Pindian City, is marked with "Duan Shi, two thousand troops";
The "Zhao Yu Qianhu Office" eighty miles due south is marked with "five hundred troops, one hundred Mongolian troops."
At this point, Li Xia has written down the approximate strength of the enemy's troops on the four sides and five directions of Pindian City.
Gao Mingyue stood beside him and watched for a while.
She already has some understanding of Li Xia's fighting style...
In Xiaolongqing Valley, 800 people ambushed Duan Shi's 1,000 Dali soldiers. They occupied an absolute position and did not hesitate to use up all their arrows and firearms. As soon as the enemy reinforcements arrived, they immediately retreated to the mountain;
At Dajianshan, more than a thousand Dali soldiers broke out from the south and occupied the terrain. They first divided a thousand Dali soldiers from the south into two and then defeated them one by one. Once the enemy army was defeated, they broke through immediately without harming the enemy;
After the sneak attack on Yunnan City, they attracted 200 people out of Pindian's 500 defenders, and then attacked Pindian.
In short, Li Xia does not fight hard or fight, and has been doing his best to avoid casualties.
After understanding his thoughts, Gao Mingyue looked at the map and whispered: "We can go north and approach the Jinsha River. Taihe City has few troops and cannot pursue us."
Li Xia shook his head and said: "No, we have too little food and grass to walk along the Lingguan Road; without boats, we can't walk across the Jinsha River. Moreover, Yang Yuan is chasing too closely and will not give us time to cross the river or build a boat. In addition, too much
Hecheng has been fortified, and people will definitely be sent to block the road and ask for reinforcements."
Gao Mingyue said "hmm" and then suggested: "Then let's go south and attack Zhao Yu's Qianhu Station?"
Li Xia asked: "How about going east and returning to Tongyacheng?"
"Um?"
"The food and grass we have are only enough for us to walk back five feet."
Li Xia clicked on the map and said: "Look, we didn't come directly from Tongyacheng. We walked nearly a hundred miles south before coming from the southeast, from Weichu to Dali
official way."
As he said this, he drew a triangle on the map.
"Yang Yuan's three thousand people are chasing us all the way, and they are coming from the southeast... Next, we only need to walk due east, and we can pass directly under Tongya City and walk five feet. But what we can worry about is,
There is also a Mongolian army in Shanchan Mansion."
Gao Mingyue's eyes lit up and she said, "If we can pass Tongya City, I can find a way to avoid having to go through Shanchan Mansion."
Li Xia asked: "Isn't Shanchan Mansion a must-visit place?"
"You can walk through the forest to the north of Shanchan Mansion."
Li Xia looked at the map and muttered: "There are high mountains in that area and there are no cities. I'm afraid it's difficult to walk and there won't be enough food and grass."
Gao Mingyue said: "There are three tribes in this area, the Guan tribe, the Zhangjiu tribe, and the Luo Po tribe. They all belong to the thirty-seven tribes in eastern Yunnan. They have old friends with my Gao family. I am confident that they can lead us across the border and borrow some food."
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"Okay." Li Xia said, "We can try to supplement this plan..."
As he spoke, he turned around and saw Gao Mingyue's crystal eyes, and said, "Fortunately, I have you."
"It's you who came to save me. It's my fault...I'm lucky to have you."
Li Xia smiled, continued to look at the map, and said casually: "We are getting married soon, so there is no need to be so polite."
Gao Mingyue blinked, her expression was shy but happy, and she became more and more beautiful.
The next day, Li Xia quickly marched eastward and entered the Daimaoshan Valley, fifty miles east of Yunnan City.
This is a road heading due east and west, leading to Tongya City. There is a small river flowing from west to east, and merges into the Yupao River at the mouth of Chahe River.
After entering the valley and walking for thirty miles, a Qingfu Army soldier ran down the mountain and reported: "County Lieutenant, there are more than a thousand soldiers and horses in front of us. They are marching very fast, and they are only more than ten miles away from us."
Li Xia frowned, this was an unexpected change.
"Yu Bing, where are Yang Yuan's three thousand men marching?"
"I left the Mupangling Valley two hours ago and advanced to Yunnan City an hour ago. I must have been chasing him by now."
Li Xia pondered: "There are more than a thousand people in front and three thousand people behind..."
Agudamu led a hundred men and Duan Shi sent his thousand men westward towards Yunnan City.
This road is the official road from Tongyacheng to Dali, heading due east and west. The Lianhe River flows from east to west and merges into the Yupao River at the mouth of Chahe River.
He knew that Yang Yuancong led 3,000 men to pursue the Song army from the southeast.
When the time came, four thousand men gathered together, which seemed like a lot, but in order to surround the Song army and prevent them from escaping and causing chaos in Dali, this force was necessary.
Agudamu set out two days later than Yang Yuan, but his march was much faster than Yang Yuan's.
Not only because it is easier to march with a thousand men than three thousand men, but also because there are Mongolian cavalry in charge, if the Dali soldiers dare to move slower, they will be severely whipped.
On March 22, Agudamu left the Daimaoshan Valley.
I saw the dust flying in front of me, it was Yang Yuan's three thousand Dali soldiers.
When the two sides met, Agudamu asked: "Where is the Song army?"
Yang Yuan asked: "Didn't the centurion encounter the Song army in the valley?"
"No."
"Then General Song must be heading north to attack Taihe City..."
A small river flows eastward, and the other Lianhe River flows westward. The two rivers merge into the Yupao River at the "Chahekou", forming a "┴" shape.
The Yupao River is also the junction of Tongya Prefecture and Dali Prefecture.
"Huh...huh..."
More than ten miles north of Chahekou, the soldiers of Qingfu Army were sitting on the ground gasping for breath.
They ran like crazy and kept running for more than twenty miles before finally turning into the Yupao River Canyon before encountering the enemy.
Two hundred horses carried wounded men, women and children. The wounds of the wounded were stretched and bleeding, and the women and children were all in shock.
And everyone who ran over was sweating profusely.
Most of the Gao clan's old tribe were mountain people from the Bai and Yi ethnic groups. They usually traveled in the mountains, and they couldn't help but admire Qingfu's soldiers.
This is not an easy thing to do and requires iron will and discipline.
But during training, Li Xia would take them running further every evening.
These Qingfu soldiers may not be good at fighting, but they are best at running like this.
They didn't understand the significance of such training before, but only today did they understand the meaning of what Li Xia often said.
"Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war."
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Li Xia also panted and walked among the soldiers, praising them without hesitation.
"Well done, none of you have lost your temper. There has been no blood today, but your will and discipline have won another battle..."
He smiled, took out the sweat-soaked map from his pocket, crossed out the "two" in "Duan Shi, Two Thousand Troops" on the map next to Tongya City, and changed the pen to a "one".
Now, there are only a thousand people left in Tongyacheng...