If you look at the map carefully, you will see that the locations of various mountain cities in central Sichuan are very particular.
Jiuding City is located in the Minjiang River; Yunding City is located in the Tuojiang River; Lingxiao City is located in the Fujiang River; Dahuo and Qingju City are located in the Jialing River; Hancheng is located in the Qujiang River; Diaoyu City is where the three rivers converge...
Not only did these mountain cities have steep terrain, but more importantly, their geographical location blocked the main water and land routes and formed the entire defense system of the Song Dynasty in Sichuan and Shu.
Unfortunately, after Yu Jie's death, although the mountain city was still standing, it could no longer play its role.
Usually the Song army is self-sufficient in the mountain city, and the Mongolian army swaggers around the mountain city. This is the case with Niulin's southern strategy. He cannot capture Yunding City, but he can send troops to besiege the Song army in the city, seize the opportunity, and capitalize on the two states.
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Li Xia's way of breaking the situation is very simple. He restarts Yu Jie's "point-to-line" defense strategy, revitalizes the Yunding City defenders, and destroys Niulin's plan from the top.
Li Xia is well aware that some historical processes have been changed, which must include the fact that Yunding City did not fall due to Yao Shian's rebellion, and Pu Ze's battle in Chengdu did not suffer heavy losses. When he withdrew from western Sichuan, he added some troops to Yunding City...
This is his chance.
He quietly led his troops northward and ordered his men to climb up the Jintang Gorge to contact the guards Kong Xian and Yi Qing. Afterwards, he decisively launched a sneak attack on the Mongolian Army's Mili Huozhe Division that was besieging Yunding.
Mi Lihuo Zheben complained that Niulin refused to take him south, leaving him without a fight.
In his opinion, besieging Yunding City is a very simple matter. He only needs to station at the foot of the mountain to see if the Song army dares to come down the mountain?
Therefore, he divided his five thousand troops, stationed two thousand in Chengdu, and besieged Yunding with three thousand.
Unexpectedly, a sneak attack caught him off guard, and he fled for dozens of miles overnight. After gathering all his troops, he found that he had lost nearly a thousand people.
Mi Lihuo Zhe quickly calmed down, inquired about the news, and learned that the Song army had quickly taken Jane and invested in the second state.
He rushed to report to Niulin on flying horses, and at the same time raised troops to pursue him.
The reason why he suffered a huge defeat was due to a sneak attack by the Song Army. This time it was a head-on battle on land, and he was confident that he could defeat the Song Army in turn.
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On March 11, the spring rain continued, and the water level of the Tuojiang River began to rise.
The Mi Li Fire Man is marching in the rain.
This was a helpless matter. If the Song army accidentally attacked Marshal Du's baggage, all the blame would be placed on him.
Walking along the river, we gradually arrived at Gooseneck at the junction of Jianzhou and Zizhou.
Looking around, you can see Yandun Mountain. After bypassing Yandun Mountain, you have to march another twenty miles to see the city of Zizhou.
According to the custom of the Mongolian army, sentry horses must be sent out along the way to observe the terrain.
The same is true for Mi Lihuo. He raised his hand to stop the team and shouted: "The sentry horse will go to the top of the mountain first to take a look, and the others will take shelter in the woods to rest!"
He looked through the rain curtain and spat in annoyance.
Of course I was anxious, but the closer I got to Zizhou, the easier it was to be ambushed by the Song army again, so I had to be cautious when marching.
After dismounting and entering the woods, Mi Li Huo Zhe cursed and found a big tree to sit down, wringing his wet boots and cursing the bad weather. He completely forgot that what he was most in awe of was the Everlasting Sky.
"Hurry up, has the sentry horse come back?!"
"Here we come, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Pifeng muttered secretly in his heart.
He was lying in the mud. Looking through the grass in front of him, he saw more than two thousand Mongolian troops resting in the woods.
On the grass blade, a caterpillar was hiding from the rain on the back of the grass blade.
It thought someone was coming, so it shrank in fear, but as time passed, it gradually couldn't feel the warmth and movement of people, so it courageously climbed out and took a bite on the edge of a leaf.
Pifon actually saw the bug, but he didn't move, letting the rain drip on his body, and his body became colder and colder.
He is the guard of Yunding City. He once followed Li Xia to win the rescue battle in Chengdu City, and now he has been promoted to the captain of the team.
During the New Year's Day, Kong Xian and Yi Qing invited a troupe to perform in the mountain city as promised. Pifeng was very happy, but it was a pity that the war broke out before the New Year was over.
Pifon was very angry about this. He was besieged in the mountain city. Day after day, he seemed to be going back to the hard days of defending the city, fearing that he would not see a turnaround.
But this year's turnaround came quickly. The siege lasted only a month. When he was on duty at Jintang Cliff, he encountered Qingfu's army climbing up.
"Li Zhixian has brought troops to defeat the army..."
With this piece of news alone, Pifeng felt confident. Later, after the siege of Yunding was solved, Li Xia even patted him on the shoulder.
"Long time no see. By the way, I'd like to treat you to a wedding candy."
The wedding candy tasted very sweet, and Li Xia also said a lot to the Yunding soldiers.
"I came here on the order of Zhu's appeasement." Li Xia did not show his generals and continued to talk, "We want to defeat the Sichuan Army and regain Chengdu again. Those who have a wife are reunited, and those who don't have a wife, I will give you a wife.
.This is our home, we cannot stay on the mountain forever..."
With these simple words, Yi Qing led two thousand people down the mountain with Li Xia without hesitation.
Because they knew they could win by following Li Xia in the war.
Pifeng's body lying in the rain gradually became ice-cold, but his heart became increasingly hot.
Win the battle, talk about your wife...
Seeing the Mongolian troops dismounting and resting in the woods, he felt that victory was getting closer and closer.
Finally, with a whistle, Pifon jumped up suddenly, holding his spear and shouting.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Mi Lihuo Zhe suddenly heard the killing cry, his body trembled, and the boots in his hands fell to the ground.
In his opinion, the Song army must be going down the Tuojiang River to surprise Niulin. Therefore, he did not expect that the Song army had already ambushed in the woods.
Even the position where he sent his sentry to take a lookout was calculated.
This was a well-planned ambush.
"Uh, Xiute, do you have a grudge against me?! Why do you always attack me?!"
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Mi Lihuo didn't bother to put on his boots, stood up and shouted: "Hurry! Mount your horse! Mount your horse! Fight..."
He quickly ran towards the horse and stepped on a sharp stone with his bare feet, causing blood to flow from the soles of his feet.
"Ehxiute!"
The voices of "E Xiu Te" among the Mongolian army kept coming and going...
This place is called "Gooseneck" because the terrain is long and narrow, with the Tuojiang River to the east and a mountain ridge to the west. The official road sandwiched between it is like a goose's neck, "curving its neck to sing to the sky."
I don't know how long the Song army had been lying in wait in that mountain ridge. Once they killed them, they first blocked the Mongolian army's path on both sides of the official road, forcing the Mongolian army not to charge with their horses, but to fight with each other.
They were all wet, with leaves still on their bodies, but their feet were still tied with straw sandals.
In this rainy weather, the horses' hooves would slip, but the Song army's straw shoes ran the most steadily, and they were already approaching in an instant...
It was not until this moment that the sentinels who went to Yandun Mountain to investigate raised their flags to signal that there was an enemy ambush ahead.
However, the sound of horse hooves has already sounded.
Four hundred cavalry walked around Yandun Mountain, stabbing the Mongolian army in panic like a sharp knife...
There were a total of 600 people going north with Li Xia this time. Song He and Yang Ben led 400 cavalry.
The cavalry is an extremely difficult branch to train. These 400 people have been in the army for less than a year. Their riding skills are average and their horses are not very good. But today they still showed the same momentum as the Mongolian cavalry.
There were another two hundred infantry led by Yu Tian.
Li Xia chose to take Yu Tian with him because he was from the Jiading Army and was familiar with the terrain in western Sichuan.
Three hundred generals led a total of 600 people, and the other 600 people were from the Changning Army led by Zhu Cheng.
When Li Xia went to Lingxiao City and asked Yi Shiying to "train together" with the Changning Army, he was thinking about winning over this army, and Zhu Cheng was the first one he wanted to conquer.
As early as the fourth year of Xingchang, Li Xia had already had this idea in mind when he presented grain and grass to Zhu Cheng. This time, he wanted Zhu Cheng to win with the Qingfu Army.
It's like the Yunding garrison is not under his command in name, but is willing to listen to his dispatches.
In addition, Li Xia once again did not take Liu Jinsuo with him, because Liu Jinsuo was loyal enough, so he was sent to Lingxiao City to train with the Changning Army and follow Yi Shiying's command... There must be a chance to participate in the war.
Because Niulin's army has not suffered too much losses.
For Li Xia, the two sneak attacks on the Milihuo were just a trial. The real horror was Niulin's fifteen thousand people...
Three days later, the rain gradually became lighter.
Yandun Mountain still stood in the mist and rain, and a column of Mongolian troops turned over the mountain ridge from the south and rushed towards the Gooseneck battlefield.
"Quickly, go report to the marshal..."
After a while, Niulin rode up, reined in the reins in front of a big tree, and looked at the naked, headless body tied to the tree.
The legs and feet of the corpse had been bitten by wild dogs and were badly mutilated, but Newlin could recognize that it was the Mi Li Fire Man.
Niulin was so angry that the tendons on his forehead bulged, but he still managed to stay calm and said: "Send out the sentry horses and find this Song army for me."
The light rain was still falling, and blood slowly flowed down from the tree trunks. Some soldiers stepped forward to gather the Mi Li Huo Zhi. The sound of horses neighed, and the Mongolian cavalry rushed out in all directions to find the whereabouts of the Song army...