Last year, Yang Dayuan followed Pu Zhezhi to conquer Jianmen Pass, and then defended Guancheng until the Song army was defeated at Jiantandu and Lingquan Pass. He was unable to defend Jianmen Pass anymore, so he withdrew to Dahuo City.
In that battle, among the generals assigned by Pu Zezhi, such as Liu Zheng, Duan Yuanjian, Yang Dayuan and others, Yang Dayuan was the one who fought best.
But now that Pu Wei mentions this name again, he feels deep contempt for it.
"At that time, Yang Dayuan killed Wang Zhong, and my uncle praised his loyalty. Unexpectedly... ha."
Li Xia said: "I think at that moment, Yang Dayuan still wanted to live and die with Dahuo City. Is he afraid that later on, he really couldn't hold it anymore?"
"The specific situation can no longer be found..." Pu Wei shook his head and said: "Except for his eldest brother Yang Daquan who died for his country on the battlefield of Xulu in his early years, the Yang Dayuan family is all in Dahuo City, presumably to protect the family. In short, Meng
It is an ironclad fact that the army has surrendered Dahuo City, and now the army has entered Qingju City, showing off its power all the way."
"Such a general's surrender would have a very bad impact on the situation."
"Very."
Pu Wei took a deep breath and said slowly: "Yang Dayuan successively served as the commander-in-chief of the Kuizhou Road Horse Infantry Army. He was also in charge of advising farmers and camps to control farm affairs, garrisoning the army and setting up envoys, pacifying envoys on the East Road, and commanding the capital of Jinzhou. He also knew Langzhou.
When Commander Yu was there, he ordered Yang Dayuan to build Pengzhou Yunshan City and General Wang Jian to build Dahuo City. Later, he felt that Dahuo City and Diaoyu City were an important fortress in Shu, so he moved General Wang Jian to guard Diaoyu City and Yang Dayuan to guard Dahuo City.
Capture the city.
Diaoyu City in Hezhou is the barrier of Chongqing Prefecture, and Dahuo City in Cangxi is the "Shu Kou", which is an important passage to defend the Mongolian army from north to south Sichuan and to Dongchuan.
It can be said that among the eight pillars in central Sichuan, Dahuo City is only as important as Diaoyu City. Once Yang Dayuan surrenders, he will first completely collapse the Jialing River defense line, and then affect the Qujiang defense line... The consequences will be unimaginable. Uncle found out the news
Later, he said, 'The defense in Shu may be destroyed by the hands of the Great Yuan'."
Pu Wei really wanted to tell Li Xia what kind of difficult situation Pu Zezhi was facing.
However, language has never been able to vividly express Pu Zezhi's internal and external difficulties. He was jealous of the imperial court and betrayed by his generals. Externally, the Mongol Khan personally brought a hundred thousand troops to kill him. Internally, he had been emptied of military power and could not freely deploy his military power.
Li Xia closed his eyes and seemed to be able to see the old man supporting his sick body with all his strength.
It is not that he has no choice. He only needs to accept the post of Minister of Rites in the middle of the court and not take over the hot potato of Sichuan.
After Pu Wei talked about it, his hatred for Yang Dayuan became even stronger.
"My father is now guarding Daliang City alone, blocking the Qujiang defense line. Due to Yang Dayuan's surrender, it is already difficult to support a single tree. If...if my father dies in the battle, then Yang Dayuan will be my sworn enemy, and I will kill him sooner or later."
Li Xia nodded and looked at the map again.
In short, in front of the important town of Chongqing is Hezhou Diaoyu City. Several of the most important barriers of Diaoyu City have been almost broken by Meng Ge.
Qingju City guarded by Duan Yuanjian probably cannot be defended. It only depends on whether Pu Yuangui can hold Daliang City and block the Mongolian army from the northeast for Diaoyu City.
"Then let's go."
Li Xia stood up and said, "Brother Pu, would you like to come with me to Jiading Mansion?"
Pu Wei was stunned.
He actually didn't quite understand why Pu Zezhi sent him to find Li Xia at this time.
Just to tell this little magistrate the latest war situation?
What's the use of telling me?
But since Pu Zezhi suggested that Li Xia find a way to be transferred to Jiading Prefecture, he must have a deep meaning.
Pu Wei then asked: "But your place of responsibility is in Junlian..."
"Brother Pu, don't worry, I've asked Ambassador Zhu for instructions." Li Xia said, "He has handed over the military talisman to me..."
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Jiading Prefecture is the area around Meishan and Leshan. It is located to the north of Xuzhou, on the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, and borders Chengdu Prefecture.
This is one of the most ravaged places during the more than 20 years of the Mongolian-Song War.
The first fall of Jiading Prefecture was when 1.4 million people were massacred in Chengdu. In that year, seventy-eight out of ten people in western Sichuan died under the butcher's knife.
After that, the Mongolian and Song Dynasties fought in Chengdu, and Jiading Prefecture, as the main battlefield in western Sichuan, was even worse.
The former hometown of Su Dongpo, "the city of poetry and books for thousands of years, the first state of humanities", has become almost a ghost land.
Only the two mountain cities of Sangui and Jiuding strangle the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, relying on them as the gateway to Xuzhou.
Last year, Pu Zhe was lucky enough to avoid a major defeat. When he withdrew from Chengdu, he stationed additional troops in Sangui and Jiuding City in order to slightly ease the situation in western Sichuan.
There are not many troops, there are only more than a thousand people in the two mountain cities combined.
Li Xia's strategic purpose was simple: to integrate the forces of Qingfu, Xuzhou, Luzhou, Jiading, and Yunding to regain Chengdu again.
He was unwilling to go to the main battlefield in Hezhou from the beginning, where there were countless high-ranking officials and generals who could easily take away his military power.
Instead, taking advantage of the opportunity of Niulin's defeat of Zhang Shi, the Song army in western Sichuan was leaderless, allowing Li Xia to take the opportunity to consolidate the troops stationed in various places.
He was like a cautious thief, watching Meng Ge's army attack the hinterland of Sichuan and Sichuan, and then went around from the edge.
Once Chengdu is recaptured, the Min and Tuo river basins can be controlled from the upper reaches, and troops can be sent to sneak attack Meng Ge's rear at any time, or directly penetrate into Hanzhong.
Relying on the isolation of the Tuojiang River and the Longquan Mountains, it was difficult for the Mongolian army to recapture western Sichuan.
…
More than twenty days of rest is not enough. In addition to restoring the strength of the soldiers and recuperating their injuries, Li Xia also needs to find ways to better control the Xi and Lu troops so that they can command them like an arm.
This is difficult.
Privately, Li Xia missed Gao Mingyue a little, and wanted to go back to Qingfu to take a look, but he was too busy with official duties.
And as bad news continued to come from the battlefield in eastern Sichuan, there was no time to prepare for Li Xia.
On May 27th, the troops marched north to the Minjiang River and headed north to Chengdu...
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Trackers towed boats on the Minjiang River, and soldiers marched along the river.
A Luzhou Army commander stopped, glanced at the team, and called Wang Datou.
"Did you ask?"
Wang Datou was stunned and said: "The commander wants me to ask Brother Liu about Li Zhizhou?"
"Nonsense, which state do you know?"
"Brother Liu said he didn't know how to pronounce those words either."
Sha Bao casually slapped Wang Datou's armor and cursed: "You idiot, you just have such a big head."
"Commander Sha, what are you thinking about?"
"Damn it, I think there's something wrong with the transfer order."
"No, didn't the commander see the military talisman?"
"Yes." Sha Bao said, "There are transfer orders and military symbols, but I don't understand which official Li Zhizhou is."
As he spoke, he took out the transfer order from his armor with great difficulty.
Wang Datou asked curiously: "Hey, aren't you illiterate, Commander?"
"I asked Erdai to read it, but he didn't recognize these words either."
Sha Bao looked at the "Quan Zhi Jun Lian Ji Suizhou Matters" on the transfer order, and frowned in embarrassment, saying: "Er Dai only recognizes the word 'Lian', but where this Lianzhou is, the brothers don't know."
."
"I see the way Li Zhizhou is talking to Judge Jiang Tong. Isn't Li Zhizhou's official much older than Judge Jiang Tong?"
"Nonsense. Of course the magistrate is greater than the magistrate."
"Commander, you are still thinking about it. We have the transfer orders and the military symbols. Li Zhizhou awards rewards quickly and abundantly. Isn't it good to just listen to him and win the battle?"
Sha Bao said: "You know nothing. In the past, generals were appointed to serve as defense commanders. I didn't hear these words this time. There is no such thing as a general."
Wang Datou smiled and said: "It turns out that the commander wants to be promoted."
"roll."
Sha Bao cursed again, kicked Wang Da's head away, and began to think alone.
It is true that he is a rough and uncivilized warrior, but as a high-ranking general, he is still familiar with the process of leading troops.
A magistrate of a county...or a magistrate of a state who is under twenty years old suddenly leads an army to recapture Chengdu, which is problematic no matter how you think about it.
After thinking about it for two days, the troops and horses had left Meishan.
Sha Bao couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, and finally decided to ask Li Xia for clarification...
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Pu Wei also planned to ask Li Xia for clarification.
Because Li Xia took away the three turtles of Jiading Prefecture and the remaining thousand soldiers of Jiuding City, and he did so in the name of Zhu Susun.
The news of Pu Zezhi's dismissal has not spread yet. The Jiading garrison was originally sent by Pu Zhezhi. Some of them recognized Pu Wei and did not doubt the lie. They obeyed Li Xia honestly.
But Pu Wei felt that Li Xia's transfer order was probably false.
At first, I only said "go to Jiading Prefecture", but now no matter how I look at it, I want to attack Chengdu.
How could Zhu Xusun have such courage to make independent decisions?
But Pu Wei then thought about it, does Li Xia have the courage? It is definitely a serious crime to mobilize troops without authorization...
The army was still marching that day, and Pu Wei rushed towards Li Xia's army, when he saw Sha Bao striding towards this side.
"General Sha also wants to see Li Zhixian."
"Yes, Kuro-kun too?"
…
Over there, Li Xia was still riding his horse. He turned to look at the two men and said loudly: "You two, come over together."
Sha Bao, who was more straightforward, strode forward, cupped his hands and said, "Li Zhizhou, may I ask..."
"I know what you want to ask." Li Xia said directly: "Fight with peace of mind, Niulin only defeated more than 3,000 remaining soldiers. Let's recover Chengdu. If we win, all the soldiers will have great achievements. If we lose, Yi Ying will not be held accountable.
On your heads."
In one word, Sha Bao was filled with doubts and couldn't even ask questions. He felt very uncomfortable standing there.
He is a military commander, and he really doesn't know what else to say in front of civilian officials.
"Ha, it's okay then..."
The next moment, I saw a scout horse running back from ahead.
"Report! We saw the Mongolian army's sentry horse! Just in front... The Mongolian army has discovered us!"
Before Pu Lei could speak over there, Li Xia had already moved his horse to the mountain city beside the road and shouted: "Give me the order, the ships will stop moving immediately, unload the baggage on the spot, and set up camp!"
"yes!"
"Yang Ben, Song He, chase and kill the Mongolian army sentries!"
"yes!"
"Liu Jinsuo and Yu Tian, guard the road to the north and cover the army's encampment; Xu Kui and Mao Yi'er, lead the people to occupy the commanding heights. Sha Bao, lead everyone down to the stronghold..."
Sha Bao was still in a daze, but when he looked up again, he saw that Li Xia had arranged various generals.
He couldn't care too much anymore and hurriedly ran towards his team.
At this point, I still don’t care about the order, I will seize Chengdu first...
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This place is already in the territory of Chengdu Prefecture. In the distance, in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, Mongolian sentry horses are running very fast, and the sharp sound of dysprosium can be heard everywhere.
Soon, there was smoke rising from the top of the mountain.
…
On top of the Chengdu city, Niulin was still thinking about how to save the situation and report the defeat to Meng Ge.
Unexpectedly, the Song army counterattacked so quickly.
In a situation like that in eastern Sichuan, instead of saving Chongqing, the Song army actually came to Chengdu?
"Quickly, ask the Great Khan for help!"
“咴咴咴……”
The horse's hooves immediately raised gray smoke, bypassed the Longquan Mountains to the north, turned southeast, and galloped away.
Niulin drew out his machete and shouted: "The Mongols will never be trapped in the city, follow me to defeat the Song army."
One by one, the Mongolian soldiers ran across the school grounds and led their horses to meet south of the city.
Even though there were only more than 3,000 remaining soldiers, Niulin still did not intend to passively defend, but decided to make a surprise attack while the Song army was not yet stable.
For him, Chengdu is not important, only flexible tactics can defeat the Song army...