He looked at Zhang Shi's completely distorted face, and could still feel the intense pain his body had endured as he was being pulled by the horses before his death.
"You are so ridiculous." Nulin murmured, "How dare you deceive the Great Khan... How dare you deceive the Great Khan..."
Zhang Shi did not answer.
The unwillingness to be defeated after repeated battles, the shame of being captured in a trap, and the courage to defend the mountain city all turned into expressions of struggle.
What Niulin had to admit was that Zhang Shi was not good at water fighting, but he was very good at defending the mountain city. Under Meng Gehan's offensive, he and Yang Li relied on hundreds of soldiers and horses, leaving the 100,000-strong army almost helpless.
In the end, Shi Shu personally led dozens of elites, climbed across the abyss with ropes, and made a sneak attack at night. Zhao Zhongwu, the general of Kuzhu Pass, was so frightened that he thought the city had been breached and surrendered...
The Kuzhu defenders only had a few hundred people. Facing an army of 100,000, the only thing they relied on was the high mountain terrain. Once the Mongolian army entered the mountain city, it was inevitable that some would collapse instantly.
But in this battle, it took many dangers to break the Kuzhu Pass.
New Lin also found out that after the war, Meng Ge asked his wife Yesuer to personally serve wine to Shi Shu.
Since the founding of Mongolia, no one has ever given wine to his ministers. Shi Shu received this honor, which shows not only Mongolia's trust in the historian, but also his anger towards Zhang Shi...
Nu Lin thought about this, and cold sweat gradually broke out on his forehead.
He should have defeated the Song army in Xu and Lu and sailed to Chongqing, but now the Great Khan has entered Shu. He is watching others making great achievements one by one, but he is still here to confront a small magistrate?
"Send the order, troops are sent to Laojun Mountain, I will personally attack the mountain..."
On Laojun Mountain, the flag was flying.
War drums and trumpets sound.
The armors of Li Xia and Yi Shiying were both stained with blood, which was the blood of some generals of the Luzhou Army.
On the verge of war, Yi Shiying had to take action to eradicate his comrades, so Yi Shiying was naturally in a bad mood.
What's more, the food and grass are almost gone.
Li Xia didn't mind this. What he was worried about was that Niulin was too stable in fighting. If this battle continued, it would be very detrimental to the Song army.
"what is that?"
Yi Shiying suddenly stopped and squinted in one direction for a long time. Finally, he shook his head and said, "Feiyu, look, I can't see clearly anymore."
Li Xia had good eyesight and said thoughtfully: "Like...a person?"
Soon, there were screams from the bottom of the mountain, and then a soldier ran up and shouted: "It's Zhang Dutong!"
"The Mongolian army killed Zhang Dutong! Heaven, five horses divided him into pieces!"
The sound of mourning burst out, and the Luzhou army howled. Because in the past three years, the Luzhou army has been trained by Zhang Shi himself, and he has been very kind to many soldiers.
"Zhang Dutong!"
"..."
Yi Shiying and Li Xia both breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately Zhang Shi did not surrender."
They didn't say this out loud, but they all thought so in their hearts.
A majestic commander in chief of an army could fall into the Mongols' despicable tricks. Who could save him?
If it surrenders, it will definitely encourage many people to rebel.
Even if it's just his corpse today...if it can still be called a corpse, even if it's just him hanging out, the morale of the Luzhou Army will be in chaos.
The Mongolian army's horn sounded, and while the Song army was in chaos, they began to attack the mountain.
They still used arrow rain to suppress the enemy, then pushed earthen carts to fill the trenches dug by the Song army, and then the artillery carts threw fireballs to ignite the mountains and forests.
The fire ignited the trees, and thick smoke rose into the sky...
Nulin raised her head and stared at the mountains and forests in front of her, her eyes full of expectation.
He never relied on expectations when fighting in the past, he was always confident that he could win.
But today was different. It was difficult for him to explain to Meng Gehan why he had suffered a setback at the hands of a small magistrate, so he hoped that things would go smoothly.
Unfortunately, the shock that Zhang Shi's death brought to the Luzhou Army was far from what he expected.
There was indeed a moment of confusion among the Luzhou Army, but it quickly subsided. As the battle progressed, there was a faint aura of mourning for the soldiers.
"It's impossible." Nulin said to herself.
He didn't look at the specific arrows, projectiles, and charges.
At the level of Marshal Du, what he mainly cares about is the military strength of both sides.
"You can't make all the generals in the army dissatisfied. If the general dies tragically, there will always be some people who are confused. Just like Zhao Zhongwu sacrificed Kuzhu Pass and surrendered. But why hasn't there been any problem in the defense line so far? How did you do it?"
Niulin clamped the horse's belly and rode around Laojun Mountain. His eyes roamed every road to attack the mountain, looking for weaknesses in the Song army.
No.
He doesn't understand more and more...
"Fortunately, we integrated the Luzhou Army in advance." Yi Shiying directed the defense and said to Li Xia abruptly.
"Yes, fortunately, the Changning Army and the Qingfu Army have just killed a group of generals who were cowering in battle. This is the time when the soldiers are most afraid of military law."
Li Xia answered and looked at Wang Datou who was putting out the fire not far away.
Just now, a fireball hit two miles in front of Yi Shiying's command platform, frightening the surrounding Song soldiers to death.
But Yi Shiying and Li Xia continued to direct without changing their expressions.
Wang Datou was still mourning for Zhang Shi at that time. Wiping his tears, he led his soldiers to cut down the burning trees and put out the fire with sand.
Sometimes the war is not about fighting with swords and guns every moment, but about constant work, moving rocks, wood, and carts... When one side is exhausted, killing will follow.
In this battle, the Luzhou Army was mostly arranged to do these things in the rear. Otherwise, how could they fight wholeheartedly when they saw the body of their coach being dismembered by five horses hanging there?
This is Yi Shiying's experience.
It is also his public spirit that sends his people to the most dangerous places.
Li Xia knew that the more such battles were fought, the more cohesive the ten thousand people guarding the mountain would become...
The clouds in the sky gradually became filled with a golden halo, and Nulin gradually felt the pressure.
He fought well in the mountain attack that day.
After consuming the physical strength of the Song army, as well as a large amount of wood, stone, and sand, three trenches at the bottom of the mountain were filled, and two levels of the Juma were destroyed.
But not enough.
Brother Meng didn't urge Niulin to say a word, but Zhang Shi's body was full of pieces and said a lot.
"The Song soldiers you captured are all useless. He made a fool of you."
"Shi Shu fought hard and crossed the abyss to capture such a dangerous mountain city as Kuzhu Pass."
"Laojun Mountain is more dangerous than Kuzhu Pass? Li Xia is more difficult to deal with than Yang Li, a descendant of Yang Zaixing, and more difficult to deal with than Zhang Shi, a Tutong leader?"
"You, a marshal of the Mongolian capital, are not as good as Shi Shu, a Han army with ten thousand households?"
"The Great Khan led the Sixth Army down to the Jialing River. Do you want the army to wait for you in Chongqing Mansion?"
"..."
Newborn has a lot of time.
Now he is wasting his time in the land of Sanjiang.
From the bottom of his heart, he begged Changshengtian not to let the sun set and to make today's victory greater.
Changshengtian did not hear his prayer.
The last rays of the setting sun were gone, forcing him to withdraw his troops...
"Send the order, gather all the soldiers and horses, and continue to attack Laojun Mountain tomorrow." Niulin thought for a long time and finally issued the order.
The people in the car couldn't help but ask: "Marshal Du, the soldiers and horses guarding the Tuojiang River have also been withdrawn?"
The reason why I ask is because this is the defense line that Niulin deployed at the beginning of the siege of Laojun Mountain.
In order to prevent the Song army from Yunding City from coming down the mountain to attack again, Niulin sent part of his troops to disperse in the middle and upper reaches of the Tuojiang River, cutting off the communication between the Yunding defenders and Laojun Mountain.
"But if the Genting garrison comes to support..."
"Not afraid." Niulin obviously thought about it carefully and said slowly: "I have thought about it. If Kong Xian dares to send someone here, it will be an opportunity for us."
He clicked on the map with a harsh tone.
"If the Yunding garrison arrives, we will turn around and surround them first. We will force the Song army in Laojun Mountain to fight us decisively."
The car agrees with this strategy.
The original style of play was more stable and was Niulin's consistent style.
There is nothing wrong with this strategy at the moment. It takes a little risk, but the Mongolian cavalry has always been invincible on land, so they are not afraid of this risk.
Laojun Mountain, the camp of the Song Army.
"Our food and grass can last for five more days at most." Yi Shiying said, "Feiyu really has a strategy to defeat the enemy?"
"Yes, but Niulin is too good at fighting. I can't guarantee that it will be successful." Li Xia said: "I didn't say it a few days ago because I haven't seen the possibility of implementation, but now it is possible."
He leaned into Yi Shiying's ear and whispered a few words.
Yi Shiying was stunned for a moment, dumbfounded and thoughtful, and then smiled bitterly.
"I hope it can happen. I never thought that you could hand over the key to success to others."
"Why did General Yi say that?"
"You're such a jerk, you only believe in yourself in everything, don't you?"
Li Xia thought for a while and said, "I also believe in our Song Dynasty soldiers."
Hearing a rare word of loyalty, Yi Shiying felt a little relieved, nodded and said: "That's good. Our officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty abandoned the bad habits of the Five Dynasties, guarded the land and the people, and brought peace and stability to the people. This is unprecedented."
"It may be unprecedented, but the more important thing is the future. I hope Shengli will be more stable in the future."
"Yes, when the Tartars are defeated." Yi Shiying murmured, his eyes fell on the map again, and said: "In the next few days, the war will become increasingly difficult. You and I must stabilize the morale of the Luzhou Army. Tomorrow
In the future, when they calm down from the news of Zhang Dutong's death, they can use the power of mourning troops."
"I think so too." Li Xia said: "I plan to start motivating the soldiers tonight. They are tired of guarding the mountain, so I will not call them out. I will take people to the camps one by one to comfort them."
"Okay, the defense line needs to be repaired overnight..."
The two were talking. After a while, Li Xia looked up from the map and found that Yi Shiying had fallen asleep sitting down.
He sighed slightly, wondering when he would be able to express his ambition to Yi Shiying, and whether that day would ever come...
As Yi Shiying said, the battle to defend the mountain became increasingly difficult in the next few days.
Niulin apparently suddenly became ruthless and gathered all his men to start a strong attack.
The Song army defended from a high position. Although there were not many casualties for the time being, arrows, wood, stone, and even gold juice were gradually running out.
And once the method of defeating the enemy mentioned by Li Xia is not realized and the food and grass are exhausted, the morale that has been stabilized with great difficulty is likely to collapse in an instant.
That is to say, the army is defeated like a mountain.
One day, two days... As time gradually reached the five-day period, Yi Shiying began to only receive half a day of food and grass, and she was so worried that half of her hair was gray.
Li Xia still looks very confident on the surface, and few young people are as tenacious as him.
But he also began to look at the Yangtze River to the south from time to time.
"Zhixian, if we lose, I won't be able to swim in the Yangtze River." Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and said.
"Then let's establish ourselves in Jiangbei..." To provide you with the fastest update of the Final Song Dynasty, Chapter 423 Pressure is free to read.