"It was at that time that Li Zhixian rushed into the Bianliang Palace in Tokyo alone."
"Imperial Palace?!" Many soldiers exclaimed.
Ma Jiu slapped his thigh and the table shook even more, but he said excitedly: "Isn't it the Bianliang Palace? There is a big shot from the north in that palace. His name is Brother Nie, but I can't say it, but it has been passed down from the north for hundreds of years.
The big family served as high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty, Shengping Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty, and now they are high-ranking officials around Meng Tatar Khan.
But he said that this high-ranking official was exactly the person Li Zhixian wanted to see, but there were also masters sent by Mongolian Tatar Khan in the palace, called the "Eighteen Monsters of Jiangbei", all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts.
Li Zhixian fought against these eighteen monsters alone with one man and one sword. The first monster was nicknamed the 'Sky Swallowing Snake', and he used a golden snake spear..."
This little story about Ma Jiu was all told to him by Lin Zi. He couldn't remember it clearly at first, but after chatting with his subordinates for a few times, he completely changed his mind. At this time, he was talking all over the place.
Pifeng was confused by what he heard. He was fascinated by the bloody battle in the Bianliang Palace.
"Li County Lieutenant shouted '唔'! He cut off the head of the sky-swallowing snake with one sword, and then went into the main hall to meet the senior official. The senior official told Li Zhixian that if the Song Dynasty could win more battles, they would go to the north
All the generals will also raise troops to fight against the Mongols and 'together restore the Han people's rivers and mountains'."
At this point, someone asked: "Then there will be no war?"
Ma Jiu was so excited when he said that, his little eyes widened and he said, "Isn't it just that we don't want to fight anymore?"
The broken table under him finally couldn't hold it up and collapsed with a "bang". Ma Jiu fell to the ground, laughing.
Seeing this scene, Pifon was worried at first, but in the end he couldn't help but giggle.
He never thought that a dignified general could have fun with these little pawns.
The final analysis of this matter was that Li Xia, the magistrate of the county, never showed off his prestige, so Ma Jiu did not want to use the reputation of his generals to overwhelm these soldiers who defended the isolated city.
"Keep talking, keep talking, where are you talking..."
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That night, Pifeng tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Sometimes he thought about the general who would invite a troupe after the battle, sometimes about the flash of swords and shadows in the Bianliang Palace, and sometimes about the fact that the Han people in the world would work together and never fight again.
Thinking of the moment when Ma Jiu fell to the ground, he couldn't help but smile.
After staying alone in Yunding City for eight years, the days passed like long nights, and a little bit of expectation became his starlight.
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The next day, Yi Qing transferred more than a thousand people to the army, and together with Wu Xin's army, they formed a force of 3,000 people.
After a small reorganization, these three thousand people were put under the command of Li Xia. Yi Qing led the Yunding garrison of 1,500, and Nie Zhongyou led the Wuxin army of 1,500.
Pifeng was in Yi Qing's army.
He originally thought he was going to support Chengdu, but Yi Qing ordered 1,500 people to climb down the Jintang Gorge from the east.
The Tuojiang River flows endlessly, splitting the deep mountains on both sides of the river in this section, forming cliffs.
It was not difficult to climb down the Jintang Gorge. Although the Mongolian army had mounted sentry scouts, in the narrow terrain between the cliff and the Tuojiang River, it was impossible to mobilize large groups of troops to prevent the Song army from going down the mountain.
But what happens if you go down the mountain? You can't attack the Mongolian army by squeezing by the river. On the contrary, it will be difficult to climb back to Yunding City.
Thinking about it in Pifon, it would be better to go down the mountain from the north.
Even with this thought, he still tied a rope around his waist and climbed down the cliff...
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Mongolian army camp.
Shi Mojian only listened to the report of the sentry knight and asked: "How many people went down?"
"Climb slowly and slowly. It has been a long time and not many people have descended. At the end of the day, it will be difficult for a thousand people to descend to the bottom of the cliff."
Shi Mo pressed and muttered: "Isn't Song Jun's efforts in vain?"
"General, would you like to send troops to kill all these Song troops?"
Shi Mo pressed only shook his head and looked at the map.
The map is very simple. It is a Tuojiang River with mountains on both sides. A circle is drawn on the west to represent Yunding City.
There is only a small gap in Jintang Gorge. In such a small gap, the cavalry cannot move, and they will encounter the cannon stones on the top of the mountain... and there is no need to fight.
"The Song troops who came down can't go anywhere at all. If they dare to come out from the north and south, we will immediately block them. They can only climb back to Yunding Mountain. Or...cross the Tuojiang River?"
Shi Mojian only muttered to this point and nodded to himself, admiring his own reasoning.
The Song army sent a small group of people down to Jintang Gorge only to cross the river.
"What to do?"
Shi Mojian thought for a while and said: "Looking for food. The food and grass in the city were burned. The Song army did not dare to fight us, so they had to send people to find food."
He chuckled, feeling even more proud as he guessed Song Jun's intention.
Shi Mojian only did not stop the Song army from going down Jintang Cliff to cross the river. He could not stop them. He only ordered 500 cavalry to cross the river from the upper reaches.
"After crossing the river, we first defeated the more than a thousand Song troops. They did not have much food and grass, so it was easy to destroy them."
"General, what if the Song army stays in the mountains east of Tuojiang River?"
Shi Mojian only said: "If there is any food in the mountains, they will definitely come out to find it. Otherwise, they will starve to death without you doing anything..."
After making such an arrangement, Shi Mojian no longer had any care for these more than a thousand people.
In his opinion, the Song military commander was really stupid. He dared to divide his troops at this time, so he might as well kill them all down the mountain.
There is obviously not much food and grass on Stonetop City.
A few days later, a general named "Jiang Jinshi" on the mountain secretly sent people down the mountain to ask for surrender. He only agreed with Shi Mojian that on the ninth day of August, he would invite the Mongolian troops to go up the mountain and seize the city gate.
Shi Mo only agreed, but on the night of the ninth day of August, he only sent a dozen people up the mountain.
After going up the mountain, more than ten Mongolian troops hid in the rock crevices for the night. At dawn, they saw the Song troops filing out of the woods.
"The general is right, the Song army indeed has an ambush."
Shi Mojian just laughed and laughed at the Song army for actually trying to use this stupid method to trick him into going up the mountain to fight the siege.
"They have no food and grass. They are surrounded to death, so why attack the city? Just wait, they are the ones who are anxious. Soon, they will come down the mountain and want a decisive battle."
As Shi Mojian had expected, on August 11, the Song army, which had run out of food on the mountain, came down from the mountain.
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At the same time, outside Chengdu, the Mongolian army was preparing to attack the city.
On the battlefield, the Mongolian army built an artillery cart, and large pots were spread out to cook human fat.
Niulin and Abgan Damajinda were sitting in the big tent, with a row of people standing around them, including Zhang Wei.
"After killing Wu Lianghetai, he went to Dali... Duan Xingzhi died... Lingguan Road... Chengdu... Yunding Mountain."
Abgan asked: "So many people are suddenly being tried. What are they going to try?"
"There's a poisonous bee stuck behind the horse's buttocks." Niulin said, "I came from Yunding City and was walking in a hurry. I didn't know clearly that there was such a person hiding here."
"who?"
"Li Xia."
Abgan shook his head and said: "I have never heard of this person."
"It was he who killed Wu Liang Hetai."
"Wasn't Subotai's son killed by Xuzhou Shijun?" Abgan asked.
He had actually seen the battle report from A Shu, but he thought that when Shi Jun defeated Wu Liang Tai He, one of his generals killed Wu Liang He Tai. He did not take Li Xia seriously and did not remember the name.
Niulin was different. After thinking about it, he calculated Li Xia's entire traces and had a rough estimate of his role in the Battle of Chengdu.
He did not answer Abgan, but instead thought about the situation in Yunding City.
"Shi Mojian only faced this person, I'm afraid his brain is not strong enough."
Thinking of this, Nulin called over his son and gave instructions.
"Yesuda'er, go back and press Shi Mo's hair..."
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At the foot of Yunding City, four thousand Song troops came to attack, but Shi Mojian saw that they were in full swing and did not fight with them.
The Mongolian army did not have much luggage when marching. They brought cattle and sheep or killed horses to eat along the way, and they could be scattered and captured every day.
As soon as the cavalry dispersed, there was no camp that the Song army could attack. Four thousand men formed a formation and chased for a while. Seeing that they could not catch up with the Mongolian army, they had to retreat towards Yunding Mountain.
As soon as the Song army withdrew, the Mongolian army turned around and chased after them. They did not need to form a formation. The light cavalry caught up and fired randomly at the Song army. When the Song army turned around and shot arrows, they scattered again...
After doing this several times, the Song army was exhausted.
Shi Mojian was the most proficient in this style of fighting. He laughed loudly and finally ordered his heavy cavalry to charge into the Song army's formation.
The Mongolian army's heavy cavalry formed an array again, but the Song army was already panicking and ran towards Yunding Mountain City.
The mountain road was narrow, and the Song army who was lagging behind obviously had no time to go up the mountain. More than a thousand people panicked and quickly turned around and ran south.
That is another mountain southwest of Yunding City, called "Zhongzui Liangzi" because the mountain ridges are undulating and shaped like a bell's mouth.
Shi Mojian did not hesitate and immediately ordered to pursue the Song army.
After all, Yunding City is difficult to attack, and there is not much food and grass on the mountain anyway, so it is better to annihilate these more than a thousand people first.
Seeing that the heavy cavalry could not reach Zhongzui Liangzi, Shi Mojian immediately ordered a thousand light cavalry to go around the mountain and continue to contain...