Minjiang River is formed by the confluence of two rivers.
The first is the Jinma River, which is the main source of the Minjiang River and flows directly from Dujiangyan in the northwest; the second is the Fuhe River, which is a tributary of the Minjiang River. After being diverted by the Dujiangyan, it first flows through Chengdu and then merges into the Minjiang River.
Jinma River and Fu River converge at the foot of Pengzu Mountain.
This place is called Jiangkou, which is the place where silver was sunk at the mouth of Zhang Xianzhong in later generations.
Now Li Xia is stationed on Pengzu Mountain.
He made deductions and believed that Niulin would never defend Chengdu, and defending the city was not the Mongolian way of playing.
Even if the Song army was three times larger than the Mongolian army, Niulin would definitely dare to lead the army to attack and fight a field battle while the Song army was not yet stable.
The Mongolian cavalry always takes the initiative on the battlefield and cannot suffer any losses in field battles.
Therefore, Li Xia considered the location of his camp every day when he marched.
Sure enough, the Mongolian army's rafts soon appeared on the Fujiang River.
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It was nearly dusk.
Sha Bao stood on the mountainside and looked far into the distance, only to see firewood piled on the rafts going down the river.
There was a flash of fire, lighting the firewood and rushing downstream.
"Damn, luckily Li Zhizhou ordered the ships to be unloaded."
Sha Bao whispered, convinced of Li Xia.
To be honest, he didn't like Li Xia very much at first. He felt that he didn't drink or brag, so he couldn't get along with warriors like them.
Yi Shiying is also old-fashioned, but she is older. Older age brings prestige...
Just as I was thinking about all this, I heard someone shouting from the top of the mountain: "The Mongolian army is coming!"
Sha Bao squinted his eyes and saw smoke billowing in the distance, and then, a Mongolian army appeared on the other side of the Fujiang River.
"Hahaha."
Sha Bao laughed loudly.
"Swim over here! You bastards, grandpa is waiting for you on the other side!"
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Niulin looked up and saw that on Pengzu Mountain under the setting sun, the Song army's camp and defense were in order.
He originally thought that this attack would be a surprise attack into the marching Song army, but he did not expect to encounter such a heavily defended formation.
"Is that the character '李'?"
Niurin rode forward, pointed his riding whip at the big flag on the top of the mountain, and asked the interpreter.
"yes."
A cold light flashed in Niulin's eyes, and he turned his horse back to the army.
Previously on the Xu and Lu battlefields, the Song army had always hung the flag of the Tongchuanfu Road pacifier.
On the contrary, it was now replaced by Xiao Qi, which made him even more afraid.
Nulin carefully observed Li Xia's arrangement and knew that it would be impossible to defeat the opponent easily.
Obviously, Li Xia intends to fight steadily and advance slowly in this battle.
Generally speaking, there is no need for too many ingenuity on the battlefield. Often only the weaker side needs to use surprise to win.
In every previous confrontation, Li Xia was at a disadvantage and had to find ways to reverse the situation.
Now, it's Nulin's turn to face adversity.
"We haven't lost yet. We are cavalry and we are not afraid of how many people he will come."
That night, Niulin pointed at the map and said to the deputy general: "This is still a hundred miles away from Chengdu. To get to Chengdu, the Song army must cross the Fujiang River and march on flat ground. We can defeat them at any time."
Asked in the car: "But what if they are camping and marching at the same time?"
"The Great Khan's reinforcements can arrive in time." Niulin said: "Remember, the advantage is still with us. Even if Chengdu is lost, it doesn't matter. As long as we cut off the Song army's food route, we can drag them to death sooner or later.
All the cattle, sheep and horses were driven out of the city and carried with the army."
In the car, I understood the advantage Nulin mentioned.
Less baggage troubles, faster marching speed, and stronger field combat capability. These are enough to make the Mongolian army invincible.
To put it simply, even if they retreat and give up Chengdu to the Song Army, what will the Song Army do to maintain it? The supply line from Xuzhou to Chengdu is so long.
"But... the Great Khan will blame us, right?"
Nulin was silent.
This was the biggest pressure he faced against Li Xia.
The Great Khan is unstoppable, but he is the only one who has failed along the way. If he loses Chengdu again...
After frowning and thinking for a long time, Niulin finally shouted: "Do you think Li Xia has no pressure? The Great Khan will soon capture Shu. At this time, Li Xia will not lead his troops to save Chongqing, but will attack Chengdu instead. As long as he makes progress
If it doesn’t go your way, you will be punished immediately!”
Niulin kicked the table with some mania and grinned widely.
"In the car, you reminded me. Li Xia can't afford to be held back or lose more than I can. How did the lamb-like Emperor Zhao Song treat his soldiers?"
He took a few steps and then said: "Just watch, at the end of the fight, the one who abandons his armor and runs away will be Li Xia."
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Li Xia pointed to the plain below the mountain in the night.
"Commenders, please look, this is the land of Chengdu, the fertile land of the Land of Abundance."
Li Xia then arranged the defense and immediately summoned his generals.
He wanted to mobilize before the war, but instead of analyzing the pros and cons of the enemy and ourselves, he talked about these irrelevant things.
"Last year, I followed Pu Shuai to regain Chengdu. At that time, we came with the intention of returning to our hometown, but Chengdu was no longer what it was like. There were many bones and no people from our hometown. But this time is different. We came to rebuild.
Homeland.”
Li Xia is not good at motivating morale with lengthy speeches.
He cannot be like Pu Zezhi, who can cheer up the three armies by saying "We were born in Sichuan and Shu".
He could only use the plainest language to describe his plan to the generals.
"Shuai Pu and Envoy Zhu made a big plan. He ordered us to regain Chengdu and block Jianmen Pass. In this way, Meng Ge was blocked between the mountains and rivers of our Shu region.
Summer is coming soon, and the Mongols cannot bear the heat of the south. We will attack the Mongolian army from behind and beat the dogs behind closed doors. This time, Marshal Pu is absolutely confident that he can kill the Mongolian Khan..."
When the words came to this, the generals were in an uproar.
"Really?!"
"this……"
Li Xia turned his back to them and stood straight, saying: "We have defeated Niulin's tens of thousands of troops once. Have you ever thought about this before? I am not afraid to tell you that the imperial court has sent Lu Wende to reinforce Sichuan and Shu.
This is a plan.”
When Pu Wei heard this, he was completely stunned.
He looked at Li Xia in disbelief, never expecting that Li Xia would make up such a big lie.
Liu Jinsuo glanced at the generals of the Luzhou Army and Jiading Army and laughed.
"Okay! Cooperate with Pu Shuai and destroy the Mongolian Lord!"
Li Xia said it over, and then said: "This is confidential military information. Don't let it leak out. But you can rest assured and promise the soldiers that after recapturing Chengdu this time, we will never lose it again."
We want to divide the fertile land in this land of abundance and ask tenants to farm it for you. The more enemies you kill, the wider the acres will be. When your soldiers retire, you can sit on this fertile land and have a beautiful house..."
Although Li Xia is not good at depicting these, these soldiers can add various details to this prospect.
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"We really want to drive Meng Tatar out of Shu?!"
There were no candles lit in the barracks. Wang Datou sat there cross-legged, looking at his subordinates, his eyes widened, and he said: "Is there still a lie?!"
After a while, he smiled, patted his knees and said: "This is Chengdu Prefecture. I will divide my house in Chengdu City, and there will be hundreds of acres of fertile land outside the city. When my little boy grows up, he will no longer fight. Here.
He said that his wife would rely on the harvest in the fields to help him study and become a Jinshi..."
"Hey, I don't have such big ambitions. How much money will it cost to raise a Jinshi son? I won't be able to earn it in a few lifetimes. Now that I have a field, I can grow my own crops. If I don't fight, I just need to eat enough.
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"No, Dutou. If the fields in Chengdu are really divided, the Mongols will not come again?"
"Zhizhou also said that it would be safer to capture Hanzhong as well." Wang Datou said: "Zhizhou wants to be the commander-in-chief of Shu. Do you know that Yu Du is the commander-in-chief? He will take back Hanzhong that year."
"If that little man has a field, can he divert the canal?"
"Are you stupid? Have you seen the Fujiang River at the foot of the mountain? That is the water used to irrigate the fields. Do you understand Dujiangyan?"
"don't know."
"Idiot, let me tell you, the fields in Chengdu are the best, and the water from Dujiangyan... Tsk, you don't have to worry about it anyway."
"We are no longer fighting. When there is a harvest one year, I will give my mother another big coat. I told her not to be reluctant to wear it. The tenants grew it for us, hahaha."
"Come on." Wang Datou cursed and said, "Go back and tell the soldiers to fight hard... Damn, your feet really stink."
"I didn't take off my shoes. If I took them off, I would feel dizzy."
"roll roll roll."
Wang Datou cursed, but felt his heart was boiling.
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The next day, the Mongolian army withdrew twenty miles and only sent out sentries to watch the Song army's movements, hoping to engage in a field battle with the Song army.
To Niulin's expectation, Li Xia did not march in a hurry. Instead, he overhauled trenches on the other side of the Fu River and set up defensive horses before slowly advancing.
In the whole day, we only traveled five miles.
Niulin was furious and secretly scolded Li Xia for marching so slowly that it would take another twenty days to reach Chengdu.
"I don't believe you can really afford it..."
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At the same time, Zhu Xusun returned to Xuzhou City again.
He went down the Yangtze River and almost reached Chongqing Prefecture before turning back to Divine Arm City, but he hurried back to Xuzhou because he had something extremely important to do.
"Tell me honestly, where did the soldiers and horses go?"
There were a few beads of sweat on Jiang Chun's forehead, and he said, "Comfort envoy, I really don't know. Ever since Pu Shuai sent someone here, Feiyu has left with his troops."
"You mean, it was Marshal Pu who transferred the troops?" Zhu Susun asked with a straight face.
"I don't know..."
Zhu Xusun's face became darker and darker.
There was something in his mind that he hesitated to ask.
After thinking for a long time, he still asked: "When I was injured, who took my official seal, the tiger talisman?"
Jiang Chun was shocked and stunned for a moment.
"Envoy Zhu Anping, your official seal...has been lost?"
Jiang Chun took two steps anxiously and murmured: "Then everything before, including defeating Niulin and defending Xulu, were not the orders of the pacifier?"
Zhu Xusun was silent for a moment, then waved his sleeves and said, "No."
After thinking for a while, he added.
"The official seal is not lost."
Jiang Chun breathed a long sigh of relief, stroked his chest and said, "That's good, that's good."
Neither of them were stupid, so they were silent for a long time.
After a long time, Zhu Susun compromised first, waved his hand, and ordered Jiang Chun to come over.
"Send someone to tell Li Feiyu that no matter what happened before, I will let it go...but that's it for now. Bring the soldiers and horses back and return the objects. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Jiang Chun trembled but did not move.
Zhu Susun suppressed his anger and said: "Immediately. Don't wait for me to report to the court and kill you and others. It will be too late to regret."