Lei Dayan was defeated, and the Mongolian army lost more than 200 people. Although Du La killed Shi Mojianzhi, he could not lead the Mongolian army into the ambush point planned by the Song army. Therefore, although the Mongolian army was defeated,
But not too many were wiped out.
Just two days later, Yesuda'er collected the defeated troops and regrouped 1,600 people.
From this aspect, Yesuda'er foiled Li Xia's plan to ambush the Mongolian army and avoided possible destruction.
Just because the time of taking over was too short, Du La's betrayal could not be seen through. Fortunately, this little trick could not kill a large number of Mongolian troops.
Yesuda'er also discovered one thing, that is, Li Xia's fighting methods were actually the same as those of the Mongolian army.
The Mongolian army here was unwilling to attack Yunding City, which attracted the Song army to harass the fields. On the other side, Li Xia was unwilling to fight with the Mongolian army, so it attracted the Mongolian army to various mountain cols and canyons;
The Mongolian army here surrendered Yao Shi'an, and over there Li Xia surrendered Du Ya...
Since ancient times, wars have been nothing more than strategies, only about their application, and Li Xia used them well. It is obvious that this seventeen-year-old young man has just entered the battlefield and is learning quickly.
What is ridiculous is that since the Mongolian army started the war, every time Song generals surrendered to Mongolia, few Mongolian generals surrendered to the Song Dynasty. This matter is unbelievable to both Mongolians and Song people, as if the Mongolians would never surrender.
Almost no Song people tried to recruit and surrender Mongolian generals, only Li Xia. Although the methods were extremely despicable, Li Xia succeeded.
This incident became a thorn in Yesuda'er's heart.
"Only the cowardly Song people will rebel and surrender. This is an eternal truth. We must not allow any Song people to dare to instigate the Mongolian people to rebel. We can't even think about it... Only the Song people must be despicable, greedy for life and afraid of death."
Yesuda'er kept repeating this in his heart, wanting to kill Li Xia more and more.
In comparison, having his face disfigured was less of a concern. What Ye Suda'er hated even more was the arrogance in Li Xia's bones. He had the confidence to force others to betray him. The more he thought about it, the more he felt Li Xia's arrogance.
"Let me catch you and I will break your backbone..."
Luodai Town.
From the Qin Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Luodai Town has always been an important post station on the post road. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, there was a prosperous street market. When Zhuge Liang established the market, it was renamed "Wanjing Street", but now, the town is deserted.
On August 15th, another Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xia led his army to Luodai Town.
Lines of soldiers passed through the deserted Wanjing Street, their footsteps quick but orderly.
Li Xia chose a dilapidated inn on Wanjing Street as a temporary command post, and after settling in, he laid out the maps one by one.
"Grain and grass should not be transported into the town, but should be left on Gunlongpo in the east and transported every three days; sentries were immediately set up; and post roads were dug immediately, and the horse ditch must be dug to the reed marsh in the west...
"
Li Xia clicked his finger on the map, pointing to a small lake to the west of Luodai Town. Luodai Town has no city walls, and this lake is one of their most important defenses to the west.
As for the south, there is a Yudai River.
"Someone needs to build a dike to intercept the water at Yudai Lake upstream of the Yudai River. If the Mongolian army attacks from the south, we will release water to flood them. Yi Qing, please send someone to do it."
Moving his finger to the north of Luodai Town, Li Xia pondered for a moment and said: "There is no terrain to rely on in the north, so it is the most difficult place to defend. I believe that soon, Ye Suda'er will rest and fight again..."
Yi Qing listened to this without saying a word. He had become accustomed to obeying Li Xia's orders.
On the contrary, although Nie Zhongyou and Li Xia were old acquaintances, he always maintained independent thinking and asked: "Will Yesuda'er lead the remaining soldiers to join Niulin first?"
"Probably not." Li Xia said: "When he gathers his troops and detours to Chengdu, we have already built fortifications. He is a man who is used to fighting and will not allow us to gain a foothold in Luodai. What's more, he is still a young man.
, there is always arrogance.”
Nie Zhongyou glanced at Li Xia, his eyes falling on the delicate and smooth skin on the young man's face. He couldn't help but think that Li Xia's tone of voice when commenting on the youth of others was a bit strange.
"From the west of Luodai Town to Chengdu, there is no terrain to rely on. The next step is to face the enemy head-on, and the only option is to fight to the death. We can no longer take chances."
"clear."
"I know today is the Mid-Autumn Festival." Li Xia said, "But we still have to let the soldiers build defenses overnight. Let's do this. The three of us will take the lead tonight, each responsible for the east, south, and north sides."
"Okay." Yi Qing said: "I will tell the soldiers that we will defeat the Mongolian army in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, and we will live a peaceful Mid-Autumn Festival every year in the future."
Li Xia was silent for a moment and said: "There is no need to make such a promise that is impossible to fulfill. The war will last for a long time..."
"oh."
Yi Qing scratched his head. He used to treat his soldiers harshly, but now he wanted to treat his soldiers leniently, but he didn't know how to do it.:.
Nie Zhongyou patted Yi Qing on the back and said: "Let's go..."
Chengdu.
Because it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the food in the city was gradually running out, the morale of the besieged Song army became increasingly low.
Pu Zezhi wanted to reward the soldiers and boost their morale, but as the war became increasingly tense, he was obviously unable to do so.
That night, he could only visit the soldiers in each camp in person.
"Shuai Pu, are we guarding Chengdu waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court?" A general of the team saw Pu Zezhi coming. Although he was grateful, he still asked about his doubts.
"Reinforcements will come, Xu, Lu will send troops and horses to respond..."
Pu Ze stopped mid-sentence. With his position, he did not need to explain more to these soldiers. The reason why he subconsciously said more was simply because he himself did not have the confidence.
There are not many troops in Xuzhou and Luzhou. How can they go upstream from the Min River to support them?
Sometimes even Pu Zezhi himself felt discouraged, but this was not his fault alone. He had to cheer up as he shouldered the heavy burden of the country.
The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed by, and Lin'an City may still be full of flowers, but the southwest is deep in war, and the festive atmosphere has long since disappeared.
On August 16, before dawn, the Mongolian army's horns sounded again, and another round of siege began.
The city tower had been burned down, and the Song army built another high platform in the east city overnight to climb up to see from afar and command before the battle. The soldiers brought twelve military drums, horns, and various colorful flags to the high platform and placed them on the wooden beams.
It made a squeaking sound.
"Shuai Pu, the battle stage is unstable, are you..."
"Sichuan and Sichuan are also unstable. We are here to stabilize the crisis. Why should we be afraid of a small wooden platform?"
Pu Zezhi interrupted the dissuasion of his soldiers and strode up to the platform. He stood upright and stood there like a divine needle fixing the sea.
Looking into the distance, I saw in the thin morning light, rows of phalanxes of Han troops attacking the city coming from the east.
Due to the large number of people, it took a long time for both sides to line up, and the sky gradually became brighter...
Fortunately, more than 100,000 people in western Sichuan have been relocated, and the Mongolian army could not capture too many people and attack the city. Otherwise, Chengdu would have fallen a few days ago.
Even so, the Mongolian cavalry went out to search for tens of thousands of people from various villages and drove them to attack the city. These people carried cloud chairs and pushed artillery carts at the front, forming a loose formation, like a colony of ants.
Behind them are the Mongolian and Han soldiers, with twelve square formations in a dense formation, driving away the people who are attacking the city. Finally, there are Niulin's cavalry, plus the elite cavalry sent by Wang Dechen to support them, making up more than 20,000 people.
The more than 20,000 people were divided into light cavalry and heavy cavalry.
The Qingqi were the Mongolian Army's Tanma Red Army. Their formations were dispersed. They spread out in all directions with the sound of horns and wandered around Chengdu, looking for weaknesses in the defense. From time to time they shouted orders for the Mongolian and Han soldiers to drive the people to attack;
The heavy cavalry guarded most of the central army in Niulin, forming an array, with clanging armor and swords. They did not take any action, but waited for the Song army to retreat before charging, defeating the Song army in one fell swoop...
In comparison, the Song Army's momentum was much weaker, with less than 30,000 casualties in recent days.
The Mongolian army could concentrate its forces to attack only one point, but the Song army had to defend the four walls of the city, and the people who defended the city and killed and wounded were the people who were driven in. However, the Han soldiers and the Mongolian army attacked more and more.
Under this situation, the morale of the Song army became increasingly low...
During such intensive preparations, the two parties gradually came into contact.
During yesterday's siege, a section of the city wall on the east side of Chengdu collapsed. Today this will be the main attack point of the Mongolian army...
In Nulin's expectation, Pu Zezhi should have been defeated earlier.
In the battle of Jiantandu, it can be said that the overall situation has been decided. However, Pu Zezhi still had to fight to the death, relocate the population from western Sichuan, and reinforce Yunding City... which allowed the Song army to breathe a sigh of relief.
This breath should be cut off.
"Today is the decisive moment. The Song army cannot defend Chengdu and will most likely escape from the city. Wait for my order to overwhelm them..." To provide you with the fastest update of the end of the Song Dynasty, Chapter 347 Luodai Town is free to read.:.