"If you die, if you run away, where can you find me?"
"General Nie, the third commander of the Wu Xin Army, is still here. Quick, follow him..."
On both sides of the Fujiang River, after the Song troops crossing the river were scattered and defeated, small groups of troops finally began to gather.
They looked around and saw that Liu Zheng's banner was getting further and further away. Only Wu Xinjun was preparing to plant Nie Zhongyou's banner at the foot of Wolong Mountain to the west of Fujiang River, so they rushed there...
In this battle, Niulin beheaded more than 2,700 people, and the Song soldiers were swept by the river, killing countless people.
After the defeat, Nie Zhongyou gathered more than 1,500 defeated troops and quickly led the defeated troops west to Chengdu.
Niulin occupied Jiantandu, sent troops to cross the river, controlled both sides of the Fujiang River, and quickly led his troops to Chengdu.
The Mongolian cavalry advanced rapidly, so Nie Zhongyou had no choice but to avoid the road and march through the mountains and forests, first to Yunding Mountain City.
Pu Zezhiben was still arranging troops in an orderly manner to divide the remnants of Atahu's Mongolian army. However, the east door was wide open, and Niulin drove straight in and quickly joined the Mongolian army in Chengdu.
The situation of the war changed drastically, and the Mongolian army reversed its decline in one fell swoop.
July 10th.
"Abgan", a Mongolian clan member who escaped from Chengdu, got off his horse, stepped forward to hug Niulin, and patted him hard on the back.
"Okay! Okay! Thanks for coming to save me."
Niulin said quickly: "Fortunately, I was able to make it in time. Just hope the king is fine. Where is the marshal?"
Abgan let out a long sigh and said: "The Song army sneaked into Chengdu, and Atahu died in the battle. Fortunately, they escorted me all the way out of the forest belt."
After hearing this, Niulin turned to look at the forest belt behind Abgan, with a look of contemplation in his eyes.
Abgan knew Niulin's intentions. After Atahu's death, there would naturally be a new marshal of the capital. Tuolindai took advantage of the chaos to rescue him, and although his contribution was great, it was far less than Niulin's achievement in defeating Liu Zheng.
Abgan then looked at Tuolin belt and said: "Pu Zhe is abominable. He keeps forcing us to kill us. It is unstoppable. This place is too far from Hara and Lin. It is too late to wait for the Khan to decide on the candidate for the commander-in-chief. It is better to push Niu.
Lin is the commander-in-chief and can order the generals to defeat the enemy."
This is another big difference between the Mongolian army and the Song army.
Once the leader of the Song Army died in battle, they could only wait for the court to appoint a new leader.
The Mongols did not have these many rules, and those who led the troops in battle were mostly descendants of the Genghis Khan family, or the children of the generals who were close to them, and they knew each other well.
For example, last year when Wu Liang died in battle at Hetai, the generals immediately promoted Ashu as their commander.
At this time, as soon as Abgan opened his mouth, Tuolindai immediately expressed his willingness to serve Niulin as his commander.
The selection of the new capital marshal was certain, and the morale of the Sichuan army was boosted, and they soon got out of the shadow of Atahu's death in battle.
Niulin is fully qualified to serve as marshal of the capital.
His grandfather's name was "Bolo Dai", a close guard of Genghis Khan, who followed Ogedai Khan to destroy the Jin Dynasty; his father's name was "Taitaer", he followed Meng Ge in the conquest of Asu, Kipchak and other countries, and was worshiped as the marshal of the capital.
In addition to his extraordinary family background, Niulin himself has also made great achievements many times. He is extremely tall, has a heroic appearance, is far more intelligent and strategic than Atahu, and is the most convincing person.
In the next few days, Nulin did not immediately fight Pu Zezhi.
He first sent cavalry to collect the remnants of the Sichuan Army.
Liu Zheng was defeated so quickly that Pu Zezhi was unable to annihilate too many Mongolian troops. Soon, the strength of Niulin's troops reached nearly 20,000.
Pu Zezhi had no choice but to gather his troops and go to Chengdu to prepare for a decisive battle with Niulin.
However, Niulin did not engage in a decisive battle with Pu Zezhi. Instead, he turned around and attacked Lingquan Mountain again.
This time, Pu Zezhi was completely caught off guard.
Duan Yuanjian, the commander of the Song Army, led 5,000 troops to garrison Lingquan Mountain, originally to help Liu Zheng defend Jiantandu, but Liu Zheng was defeated in one day. Duan Yuanjian was unable to prevent Niulin from joining the Sichuan army, so he had to continue
Stationed in Lingquan Mountain, I hope to be able to compete with Jianmen Pass.
In the "close the door and beat the dog" strategy, the two dogs in the house have already joined together, and now they can only hope to guard the Jianmen Pass to prevent them from joining the dogs outside.
Duan Yuanjian did not expect that Niulin would attack Lingquan Mountain first.
Once Lingquan Mountain is lost, Jianmen Pass will be left alone and cannot be defended. The "close the door and beat the dog" strategy became the Mongolian army besieged Pu Zezhi in western Sichuan and beat him...
On July 18, Pu Zhezhi received the news that Niulin troops were approaching Lingquan Mountain.
Pu Zezhi had only two choices before him, either to reinforce Lingquan Mountain and Jianmen Pass; or to abandon Chengdu, go down the Min River, and return to Chongqing along the Yangtze River.
Reinforcing Lingquan Mountain must be Zhongniulin's plan. The army was exhausted and was attracted to the wild for a decisive battle. However, abandoning Chengdu meant completely abandoning western Sichuan and abandoning tens of thousands of soldiers. From then on, the Sichuan-Shu army was demoralized.
After thinking about it, Pu Zezhi realized that he could only fight decisively. As the commander of Shu, he had no reason to flee before fighting...
The middle reaches of Minjiang River, near Pengzu Mountain.
This place belongs to Meizhou, Fulu, Chengdu.
Meizhou is the hometown of Su Dongpo. Before Duanping, it had a registered population of more than 70,000 households and a population of more than 400,000.
However, Meizhou has been abandoned for a long time now, with a vast land and sparsely populated areas...
In half a month, Li Xia and Zhu Susun recruited more than 100,000 refugees and led the troops down the Minjiang River.
Including the Qingfu Army, they had a total strength of more than 3,000 people. Li Xia originally worried that this small force would not be able to command more than 100,000 people, but these people who were afraid of the Mongolian army massacred the city were actually very obedient and worked hard along the way.
Although it is not easy to say this, they give people the impression that they can be driven away as easily as cattle and sheep.
On July 21st, Li Xia was ordered to gather more than 5,000 people nearby and return to the valley. However, he saw Bao San coming forward and said: "County magistrate, we have captured several Mongolian soldiers exploring horses."
"How to catch it?"
"They were looking around on the mountain on the other side, and Huhu happened to be watching from the top of the mountain. He shot down their commander-in-chief with one arrow and captured the two of them," Bao San said.
"Bring it here and let me examine it."
These two Mongolian soldiers were not afraid of death and refused to speak easily. In addition to torture, Li Xia also separated the two men for careful examination, and finally made a judgment on the situation.
After he thought deeply, he hurriedly went to see Zhu Xusun.
"As Zhu Fu said, Liu Zheng is probably defeated."
Zhu Xusun was shocked.
He said he could not trust Liu Zheng, but in his heart he may not have wanted to see Liu Zheng make great achievements. He did not expect that Liu Zheng was really defeated and defeated so quickly.
"This... Pu Shuai hasn't sent the order yet."
Before he finished speaking, the personal guards around Zhu Susun rushed forward.
"Appeasement envoy, Pu Shuai has an urgent message."
Zhu Xusun quickly took the letter and looked at it, his expression changed again.
He handed the letter to Li Xia, walked around and pondered.
After reading the letter, Li Xia also felt more and more worried and said: "Just looking at this news, we can see that our army is far less flexible than the Mongolian army. They are all cavalry. After breaking through the Fujiang defense line, they went straight to the Chengdu Reunion and promoted Niulin as commander.
, and then headed east again to Lingquan Mountain, but we have already arranged our scouting horses to observe Pu Shuai’s movements.”
"what for?"
Li Xia said: "Niulin is unwilling to let Pushuai's army return to Chongqing. If Pushuai goes down the Minjiang River, Niulin will immediately fight back to western Sichuan and attack Pushuai's army in the wild."
And just looking at the content of Pu Zezhi's letter, Li Xia could vaguely see that Pu Zezhi was unwilling to flee south, rather than seeing through Niulin's arrangement.
From this point of view, Niulin's keen strategic sense is superior to that of Pu Zezhi.
Zhu Xusun asked: "Since the Mongolian army has seen us leading the people south, will they turn around and rob us?"
"Isn't it possible?" Li Xia said: "No matter how you look at it, Niulin's intention is to force Pu Shuai to fight in the field, or to wait for him to open the sword gate and besiege Chengdu. What I'm worried about is... Pu Shuai's way out has been blocked.
"
This is the advantage of the Mongolian cavalry. They can march quickly. It would be a hundred times more difficult for Pu Zhezhi to deal with Niulin.
Zhu Susun walked a few more steps and murmured: "We should send the people to Xuzhou as soon as possible, and then bring ships and reinforcements to meet Pu Shuai. Let's do this. I will write a reply to Chengdu."
Today, Liu Zheng was defeated and the Song army had lost everything. Li Xia had no other choice and nodded.
But when he stepped out of the cabin, his mind changed, and he suddenly turned around and asked, "How about sending me to deliver the letter, the pacifier?"
Zhu Xusun was surprised and asked: "Chengdu is in danger, Feiyu wants to return to Chengdu?"
Li Xia didn't explain too much, but solemnly handed over his hand...