Yang Yuan was planning to return to Dali City, but he received some strange messages.
All the soldiers of Momi Qianhu came to report that the Song army had captured Momi Qianhu.
In addition, news came that many temples had been robbed, including Dharmajie Temple, Haihui Temple, Guling Temple, Guilong Temple between Shanchan City and Momi Qianhushu...
Sometimes in one day, four or five temples were robbed one after another.
On this day, more than ten monks were brought to Shanchan City by the local defenders. Yang Yuan could not help but frown deeper.
"Are you saying that General Xian led his men to rob the temple?"
"Yes, General Ye Xian also asked a poor monk to come to Shanchan to tell General Yang that he wanted to collect food and grass to prepare for a counterattack against the Usa tribe."
"Nonsense!" Yang Yuan shouted: "How could General Yexian do such a thing?!"
The monks looked at each other.
What's so strange about the Mongols looting temples?
Yang Yuan said: "Tell me, what does General Ye Xian look like?"
"He is tall and strong, with shaved hair in the middle, and a beard on both sides. He has three old scars on his face, his eyebrows are very long, and his eyes are very thin. He looks at people very fiercely and likes to scold people.
Xiute'... I know how to draw, so why not draw one?"
"You draw."
After a while, the monk finished painting the portrait. Yang Yuan squinted his eyes and wondered who this person was first.
"this……"
He opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.
At that time, he and Ye first pursued the Song army to the Kedu River. He was responsible for building a pontoon bridge. After it was built, he led the cavalry to pursue them far away. He led the infantry in the rear.
After that, thousands of people from the Usa tribe came to fight, and Yang Yuan led his troops to retreat. In the chaos, it seemed that he heard someone say that he was captured first, but he didn't know whether it was true or not.
These days, he stayed in Shanchan just waiting for the follow-up news.
But this kind of thing... is very troublesome.
Ashu went east to conquer Jiaozhi, leaving him to guard Dali first. Yang Yuan could not explain this change clearly.
When Ah Shu comes back, he won't care about anything else. He will only ask Yang Yuan why he didn't save him first?
You can't say "I rushed too fast first, what can I do?" If Duan Shi was still there, Duan Shi could still be responsible for it, but Duan Shi was gone.
Yang Yuan speculated on what happened recently and believed that Ye Xian was probably captured and used by the Song army to attack the Momi Qianhu Residence. Song Qie went around robbing temples in the name of Ye Xian.
Of course he knew that these temples were not the first to be robbed.
If the monks wanted to rob him, they would definitely kill all the monks. How could he only take food and not kill people or burn the temple? It's too polite.
But the words "General Ye Xian was captured, and it was the Song people who took him to rob you of your food" were in his throat, but Yang Yuan didn't know whether he should say it or not.
As soon as the words are spoken, no matter whether they are true or false, they may disrupt the morale of the army and cause rebellion in Dali. And he must bear the blame no matter what.
Besides, what's there to say to a group of monks?
Yang Yuan waved his hand and asked people to take these monks down, close their eyes and meditate.
Why did the Song Army do this?
After finally escaping from Dali, what are you going to do again?
There is only one most reasonable explanation... The Song people wanted to help the Gao family gain a foothold in the Usa tribe, so they went to Dali to rob and kidnap him.
What happened in Momi Qianhu also supports this point. Tan Ma found out that Momi Qianhu was completely demolished, and all the materials, wood and stone in the city were transported away.
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After understanding why, what Yang Yuan had to consider was how to do it.
After much thought, he thought the best way was to defeat the Song army and rescue him first.
Although he no longer wanted to continue running, Yang Yuan still ordered his troops and horses to march towards Momi Qianhu's residence.
Now he has nearly 6,000 troops under his command...
Between Shanchan City and Qujing, there is a valley called Yezhuqing.
Li Xia is stationed here now.
He had already formally said goodbye to Gao Changshou, and only led the Qingfu Army out.
At the beginning, he brought eight centurions south, and Xu Kui brought another centurion, making a total of nine centurions.
Of course there were casualties along the way, so some good soldiers were transferred from the Gao clan soldiers.
Such small casualties would replace one new soldier every two to three thousand people, which is equivalent to one new soldier for twenty or thirty people. It does not affect Li Xia's command very much, and there is no need to say anything else.
At night, Yu Bing returned from searching for information on his horse...
After listening to the information, Li Xia thought for a while and felt that compared to Duan Shihe, it was a mediocre general like Yang Yuan who was harder to fight.
To be honest, although Duan Shi is known as a "famous general", he is just a promiscuous prince and grandson with average skills. He was very powerful in fighting first, but he took advantage of his arrogance and deceived him into the valley to be surrounded by Usa's tribe.
Yang Yuan was different, he didn't ask for credit, he fought steadily every time, he didn't divide his troops, and he didn't rush to advance.
"Bao San, what do you think?"
Now Li Xia seems to be cultivating Bao San's strategic vision and often asks him for his opinions.
Bao San pondered and said: "I'm afraid we can't eat these 6,000 people. There are too many of them. Moreover, Yang Yuan suffered a loss in our hands once, so it's not easy to ambush. Shall we bypass him?"
"Where do you think it's better to go around?"
"You can go from the south." Bao San raised his finger and pointed at the map and said: "After passing through the territories of the Luoxiong Tribe, the Maitreya Tribe, the Situo Tribe, and the Simo Tribe, these tribes seem to be less loyal to Mongolia. They were not so loyal to Mongolia last time.
Send troops to surround us."
"What do you think about going north and passing through the Luo Po tribe's territory?"
"The Mongols have just established the Luo Po Wanhu Mansion here, and I'm afraid they will definitely surround us."
Li Xia said: "But we have it first."
"However, the news that Ye Xian was captured has been known to the Dali people..."
"The Luo Po tribe is located in the deep mountains and will not get the news so quickly. Instead, they will really know the news if we wait until we go around to the south and pass through so many tribes."
Bao San was stunned and nodded.
Li Xia had already pointed on the map and said: "Look, the defenders of Shanchan City have been taken away by us. Once we pass through the Luo Po tribe's territory and make a gesture of attacking Shanchan, we can attract the troops from the central part of Dali Kingdom.
The defenders supported Shan Chan, leaving a void in the center of the army that could not be reached by taking a detour from the south."
"Yes, I understand..."
Li Xia and Gao Mingyue looked at each other.
He thinks Bao San doesn't quite understand it yet, because he still has one bargaining chip he hasn't mentioned yet...Gao Qiong.
Gao Qiong is in Tongya Prefecture, and you can meet him just by passing through Luo Po Division.
This is the reason why Li Xia decided to take a detour to the north.
When the central part of Dali Kingdom is empty, Gao Qiong can also cooperate to mobilize the defenders in the northwest of Dali Kingdom.
Of course, Li Xia also had a way to prevent Gao Qiong from being suspected.
After pretending to be defeated, Gao Qiong rescued him first, and allowed him to make another contribution, killing two birds with one stone...