One of Dong Kuang's soldiers, who was also wearing no armor, was stabbed through the heart from behind and fell to the ground.
The man holding the sword is Wu Ang, who has been pretending to be Gao Nianfeng's lieutenant these days.
Glancing around, Wu Ang saw that he had taken control of the tent, and quickly went outside to get a pair of armor on horseback.
"County Lieutenant, you want the armor."
Li Xia took the armor and said: "Don't shake your hands, don't be anxious. Take a few deep breaths and calm down... You clean up the body first and cover the blood stains on the ground with sand."
After Gao Nianfeng died, two short men dressed as soldiers came out.
It's Gao Mingyue, Asha.
Gao Mingyue's eyes were full of concern, but he didn't say much. He quickly put on the armor for Li Xia; Asha Yu stood aside silently.
Li Xia patted Gao Mingyue's hand, and then said to the few generals who were still finishing their attacks: "Don't act like you are facing a powerful enemy. If you do this, it will make the Dali soldiers in the camp even more panicked.
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Suddenly, shouts came from a distance.
"General? What happened?!"
Wu Ang was startled and was about to raise his knife and fight out.
Li Xia, however, was calm and shouted: "What are you shouting for?! Do you want you to take care of the general's interrogation of prisoners? Go back to your tent and sleep!"
"It's... the general is torturing the prisoners. It's none of your business, so get out of here."
In the distance, someone also shouted: "The general is interrogating the prisoners at night, go back and sleep!"
Everyone in the tent quickly calmed down and began to clean up in an orderly manner...
"How many people are there in this camp?"
Gao Nianfeng said: "This is the south camp of Dali City. There is a force of one thousand households. After deducting free pay, the actual number is more than 400 people."
Li Xia asked again: "Where is Dali City?"
"There are a thousand defenders, and there is a thousand-household residence in the north of the city. The two places combined have nearly a thousand people."
"Dali City is empty of troops."
"The troops are mainly at Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass. There are more than 2,000 people in the two passes."
Li Xia nodded. He and Gao Mingyue had already analyzed the strength of Dali City's troops and judged it to be between three thousand and four, which was not much different.
A country only has this small number of troops. It sounds small, but it is not without reason.
In these years, they first resisted the Mongolian army; after surrendering, they attacked the barbarians and conquered the Qi Kingdom; then they went on an expedition to the Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi; and in addition to the suppression of the rebellion this time, they mobilized the remaining troops.
Of course, there are Longshou Pass, Longwei Pass, and Dali's troops are enough to garrison them. If the city is not lost, even if Li Xia has tens of thousands of troops, he may not be able to capture it.
The problem is, Li Xia has entered Longwei Pass, and Dali City is still completely defenseless...
Compared to fighting, what he is best at is infiltrating in disguise.
Because he has a good attitude.
In her previous life, she often participated in competitions in front of thousands of people. One thing Li Xia is good at is staying calm.
So far, he has never commanded a front-on battle involving more than a thousand men on both sides.
Therefore, he has been trying his best to use guerrilla warfare to achieve strategic goals. It seems dangerous, but in fact he is using his strengths and avoiding weaknesses to avoid storming the dangerous Dragon Head Pass and Dragon Tail Pass.
They now have a total of 1,400 people, 900 Qingfu troops and 500 Gao clan troops.
Seven hundred Qingfu troops secretly disguised themselves as Gao soldiers in the previous battle, while the remaining two hundred became "prisoners."
Gao Nianfeng thought that this force was enough to attack Dali City by surprise.
"Li County Lieutenant, are you planning to open the city gate overnight and take control of Dali City?"
"No." Li Xia said: "What you have to do is to prevent the Mongolian people from doubting Gao Qiong. His identity as a Mongolian prince is the gold medal for us to have unimpeded access in Dali. Don't expose it easily."
"How can this be done?" Gao Nianfeng said: "The young master has told the Meng people that he has annihilated the Qingfu Army, but now..."
"You haven't been exposed yet." Li Xia said: "I will use two hundred prisoners to capture Dali. You can cooperate with me in secret."
"But this... is too dangerous."
Li Xia said: "In your opinion, it is safe to capture Dali City with 1,400 people. But this is temporary safety, and it may cost us all in Dali;
I steal the city with two hundred men, which seems dangerous. But it can protect Gao Qiong from being suspected, and it can also allow you to help me coordinate inside and outside. In the long run, this is a safer way."
Gao Nianfeng was stunned for a moment, seeming to understand but not understanding.
From his standpoint, he saw that Li Xia was conquering the Dali Kingdom and winning small victories one after another. Now it was time to capture Dali City and restore the country.
"Li County Lieutenant, the capital of the country is right in front of us and can be decided in one battle. Why should Young Master Gao bow to the Mongolians again and make a fuss? Why not raise the flag and conquer southern Yunnan? From now on, the Gao family and the Li family will share the country of Dali."
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After defeating several small groups of Dali soldiers, many people under Li Xia and Gao Qiong believed that the Dali army was vulnerable.
This is just like after winning several guerrilla wars, it is inevitable that some people will start clamoring for positional warfare and a head-on battle with the enemy.
But Li Xia was always calm.
He faces things in the world with the mentality of playing a game. He pays attention to "not being arrogant in victory and not discouraged in defeat". The most taboo is to be dazzled by a small victory.
In fact, they had never fought against the large Mongolian army.
The one time we faced the largest number of Mongolian troops was against Ye Xian's thousand-man army. They relied on the terrain and the thousands of men from the Usa tribe to completely annihilate the opponent.
Li Xia said: "If we raise our flag, what if we capture Dali City? We don't have Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass in our hands. The enemy has blocked the passes and defenders from all over the country are swarming. How can we escape?"
Should we hold on? If we hold on for a few months, waiting for Ah Shu to return or more Mongolian reinforcements, can we still hold on? The country of Dali is riddled with holes, what national strength can we rely on? If the world is like chess, chess is
His eyes are not on Dali, but on Song Dynasty."
"yes……"
The reason why he said so much to Gao Nianfeng was that Li Xia wanted him to understand that the most important thing was to conceal his identity, lest he become hotheaded and expose Gao Qiong like Sarimonk and Gao Changshou.
"When I go to Dali City this time, I will only take what I want. You take 1,200 people to Longwei Pass and wait to help me open the city."
"I understand, villain."
Gao Nianfeng agreed. He thought about it for a while, but still persuaded him again.
"The villain just thinks it's too dangerous for Lieutenant Li to steal the city with only two hundred men."
"Don't be afraid of temporary dangers." Li Xia whispered to himself: "If you are lazy or afraid today, the difficulties will only pile up tomorrow, and they will pile up more and more."
This sentence was not said by Li Xia.
It was something he often heard before. Perhaps a large part of his glory and achievements in his previous life came from this...
Now that Li Xia has made a decision, others are accustomed to obeying him.
Only Gao Mingyue asked in a low voice after helping him put on the armor: "Can I come with you this time?"
"Okay." Li Xia said, "I'll take you back to Dali City to see..."
The night is deeper.
"General Dong, there is no need to send them away! You can continue to interrogate the prisoners..."
Gao Nianfeng burped from wine and led the soldiers through the camp. He kept shouting all the way and seemed to be very drunk.
The Dali guards were still resting in their barracks, and the night watch team on the road saw Gao Nianfeng and let him go.
The camp fell silent...
At the third watch, the screams suddenly rang out again.
"The prisoners have escaped! The prisoners have escaped!"
When the Dali soldiers rushed out of the camp, they saw fire everywhere. The prisoners of the Song army had already put on armor and carried swords and guns to kill people everywhere.
The unsuspecting Dali soldiers instantly became a mess.
"Quick! Please ask General Gao to bring his men to annihilate the enemy!"
"General Gao has collapsed! He has collapsed..."
In the chaos, some Dali soldiers turned around and saw Gao Nianfeng leading his troops and horses running south.
The Dali soldier couldn't help but be stunned.
When he thought about it, this Song army could not even defeat the Mongols, but was defeated by the Gao soldiers. The Gao soldiers should be very elite. Unexpectedly, he was the first to escape when there was an incident?
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The generals under Dong Kuang's command watched this incident, and many of them were stunned.
"It's over. The Gao family's soldiers fled so quickly. The blame must be placed on us."
"What happened? How did they escape?"
"Whoosh!"
A sharp arrow shot out and nailed the Dali general who was speaking to the ground.
"Dong Kuang is dead! Those who surrender will not be killed!"
Amidst the roar, the Song army came over to kill them with blood all over the ground.
The spears were thrust out, stabbing to death one after another Dali soldiers who dared to resist. From time to time, they would throw torches into the tent to make the fire burn bigger and bigger...