He didn't expect that Li Xia would dare to guard Kedu Pass. In his opinion, this was simply ridiculous.
But he only brought a thousand-man team, and he still had to drive out the servant army when he stormed the walled city.
On the eighth day of April, the three thousand Dali soldiers behind him finally arrived. He first planned to attack Kedu Pass, but saw that the dust was flying again to the south.
However, Yang Yuan finally arrived with three thousand people, and Agudamu arrived with more than a thousand people.
He also whipped Yang Yuan immediately.
Duan Shi originally asked Yang Yuan to be responsible for annihilating this small Song army. As a result, Yang Yuan chased him from Dajianshan all the way to Yunnan City, and then detoured back to Tongyicheng, making a big circle.
Now that the Song army was almost escaping from Dali, what was the use?
The eight thousand troops who were used to quell the rebellion of the Sarimonks were gathered together.
Ye Xian was in trouble because he had lost most of his baggage. It was too much to lead an army of eight thousand to attack a small pass.
The reason for such omissions is naturally because Duan Shi is too incompetent.
Fortunately, this small problem can be easily solved. After annihilating the Song army, all we need to do is go to the Usa tribe and plunder it.
He also immediately ordered troops to attack Guancheng...
If you look down at Kedu Pass, you will see an east-west mountain range running across it.
There is a north-south path running through the mountains, which is the Wuchi Road. This section is called Kedu Pass Post Road.
Therefore, the terrain and the pass can be crossed, so it is called "the key to Yunnan and Guizhou".
But this mountain range is not very high, less than 800 feet.
Some of the Dali soldiers attacked Guancheng along the post road, while more began to cross the mountains and ridges in an attempt to surround the Song army.
As Guancheng occupies a terrain that does not require many troops, the Song army only has 200 people guarding the pass. The remaining 600 people and 100 village soldiers guard the hills on both sides, constantly attacking the Dali soldiers with cannons and rocks.
This kind of upward attack was very cruel to the Dali soldiers, and some people were constantly hit by wood and rocks falling from the mountain.
This is the case in a mountain attack. Unless a sneak attack is successful, the first two days are nothing more than exchanging human lives for the defenders' wood, rocks and arrows. When the defenders' supplies are exhausted, they can then capture the mountain in one fell swoop.
At that time, it will be time to massacre the Song army.
In the evening of the ninth day of April, the Dali army finally stopped attacking the mountain. The defenders on the top of the mountain were all panting from exhaustion.
The Dali soldiers who were crushed to death died immediately, but they had been moving wood and rocks for two consecutive days and their physical strength was exhausted.
Yang Ben was lying on his back on the top of the mountain when he suddenly heard someone muttering.
"You said, the county captain won't escape, right?"
Yang Ben turned around and saw that the person speaking was a recruit who had just joined the army at the beginning of the year.
"No." Someone responded.
"The county lieutenant came to Dali and rescued his wife and brother-in-law. He won't leave us behind. Did he escape on his own?"
"Shut up, the county captain won't escape."
"..."
After a few words of conversation, Hong Ah Liu came over and the people who were talking quickly fell silent.
Yang Ben felt slightly amused, secretly thinking that the Qingfu Army was not regular officers and soldiers, and it all depended on Li Xia's personal prestige, so the new recruits had such concerns.
But why he stayed in such a private army, Yang Ben couldn't figure it out. He just wanted to see if Li Xia acted like he really escaped.
In short, I fought two battles in Dali this time and killed many Dali soldiers who were vassalized by the Mongols. They were worthy of the military pay they received. When they returned to Qingfu County, it was time to report the news about Li Yong to Lieutenant Lu.
Just as I was thinking about this, a messenger came and shouted: "Is General Xiong Bai here?!"
Then I saw Xiong Shan chatting with the other party for a few words, and then left for Ke Ferry.
Yang Ben couldn't help but think that Li Xia was not here, and the Qingfu Army and these hundreds of generals were just peasants, so what else could be discussed.
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When Xiong Shan arrived at Keduguan City, he saw hundreds of other generals arriving, all with blood stains on their bodies, gathering together and pointing at the map.
Bao San raised his head, narrowed his one eye, and asked Xiong Shan: "How are you doing there?"
"No one was allowed to attack the mountain, but most of the arrows were used. If we hold on for another day, they will be gone. The brothers are also very tired."
Yu Tian said: "There are too many enemy soldiers. If this continues, we will soon be unable to defend without reinforcements."
Several men looked at each other for a while.
Li Xia was not here, and Bao San was the one who could convince everyone the most, saying: "Wu Ang, you tell me."
He finally figured out that among these hundreds of generals, Wu Ang was the smartest.
Wu Ang said: "We must continue to guard, and we cannot let our brothers rest at night. We must repair the city again, continue to prepare wood and stones, and the traps should also be rearranged."
"anything else?"
Wu Ang said: "It's time to send someone to Sanjiazhai to find the county captain and report the battle situation."
"Okay." Bao San said: "Let brothers work harder, and when the county captain comes with reinforcements, we will fight hard here and win a big fucking victory!"
"Okay! Give him a big victory!"
Among the eight hundred generals, only Yu Tian and Li Xia had the shortest time. Although they responded loudly, they still had no idea in their hearts. Can the county captain really bring reinforcements? How can those old barbarians in the mountains say that?
Come as soon as you come?
This deserted and abandoned pass far away from the provincial capital is really impossible to hold without reinforcements.
Houhu also asked: "Can the county captain invite those barbarians?"
"Pay attention, the county captain has said that from now on we will not be called 'barbarians', but 'mountain people'. From now on, we will all be brothers who work together to fight against the Mongols."
"Whatever the name is, they don't understand."
Bao San clicked his tongue and cursed: "I said Huhu, you are a Yi yourself, you are more enthusiastic than anyone else, right?"
"Hey, I am familiar with Yi, can it be the same? Brother Xiong, do you think so?"
Xiong Shan understands quite well. He is a mature seedling and has a lot of contact with the seedling seedlings. He usually has a lot of small conflicts. He is scolded by the seedling seedlings from time to time. Occasionally, he gets angry and scolds the seedling seedlings for being stubborn.
Luhu was raised by the Han people since he was a child. He was often bullied by the Yi people in the mountains, and he has a straight temper, so he is like this.
"Okay, just listen to the county captain's orders."
The next moment, someone outside suddenly shouted: "The county captain is back!"
All the generals cheered up and went to Guancheng to greet him with great joy.
However, under the moonlight, those figures coming up from the winding post road in the north were only about a hundred people, and they were the hundred village soldiers that Li Xia took away.
"I'm just saying, those barbarians... the mountain people are not willing to come easily." Luhu said.
"If you don't come, don't come." Bao Sandao said, "The county captain always has a way."
"Yes, the county lieutenant always has a way." Mao Yi'er was the most junior, and he only said this now, but it was nonsense.
While they were talking, the gate to the north of Guancheng opened, and several hundred generals greeted Li Xia.
"County Captain."
Li Xia glanced at the few generals and said: "Get ready, we will withdraw overnight and cross the river at night."
Bao San was stunned, thinking, didn't the county captain say that this was the Song Dynasty and would not allow the Mongolian army to advance?
At dawn, he was woken up first by his centurion Agudamu.
"General, the Song people have escaped!"
"Escaped?" He scratched his beard first and became irritated.
He was really annoyed by Dali, a place with many mountains and rivers. Previously, he followed Wu Lianghetai to fight against some local barbarians, and it went smoothly. However, when a Song general came who was a little good at fighting, the opponent began to use the mountains to escape.
They all thought at first that Li Xia must be guarding the Kedu Pass, building a pontoon bridge on the Kedu River behind the pass, and then pretending to be defending the city, crossing the river at night, and then demolishing the pontoon bridge.
"Pass on the message and chase after me!"
He also quickly mobilized his troops and horses to catch up and cross the pass, but the city was empty.
When we chased him to Kedu River, sure enough, the bridge over the river had been destroyed.
Let the Dali soldiers quickly build a pontoon bridge and continue chasing forward.
After passing Kedu Pass and Kedu River, the terrain ahead suddenly became clear...
The place Li Xia called "Weining" was called "Nan Zhuti County" in ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Jisi Prefecture and "Baozhou". From the Five Dynasties onwards, it was the territory of the Wusa tribe.
Weining is surrounded by criss-crossing peaks and ravines, with crisscrossing mountains surrounding the open and gentle area in the middle.
Li Xia led Qingfu's army and two hundred village soldiers out of the mountains, and after walking for sixty or seventy miles, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance behind him.
Bao San lay on the ground and listened for a while, then shouted: "County Lieutenant, the Mongolian army is catching up."
"Retreat to the mountains..."
"General, we saw the Song people! They're right in front!"
At first, he only led two thousand cavalry to catch up, half of which were Tanma Red Army and half were Dali Horse Army.
After chasing for most of the day, in the afternoon, I finally saw the Song army in front, with two hundred cavalry and eight hundred infantry fleeing into the mountains and forests to the north.
He also immediately ordered the cavalry to catch up.
"Quick! Don't let them escape into the mountains again..."
The Mongolian cavalry marched like the wind and finally caught up with the Song army before they entered the valley.
Arrows flew away, and the soldiers of Song Dynasty who were running at the end screamed and fell to the ground.
The soldiers of Song Dynasty who were running in front panicked and fled faster, and fled into the valley one after another.
He also saw this situation first, hesitated for a moment, and thought that the Song people in this area could not have reinforcements, so he shouted: "Chase! Kill them all..."