The Longquan Mountains lie across the east of Chengdu, dividing the Minjiang and Tuojiang water systems, as well as western and eastern Sichuan.
Over the years, the Song army retreated steadily on the battlefield in Chengdu, and could only rely on the terrain of the Longquan Mountains to contend with the Mongolian army. Li Xia also garrisoned Yunding Mountain and Pengzu Mountain among them.
Unexpectedly, things changed and the situation was completely reversed. Now it was Liu Heima who led his 500 remaining soldiers to retreat into the mountains, taking advantage of the terrain to avoid the Song army's encirclement and suppression.
The situation is very bad.
Liu Heima was sitting in the shade of a tree. He opened his robe and saw that the wounds on his body that had been burned and soaked in river water had begun to rot.
Soldier Liu Yi came forward with a dagger and said: "Commander, are you going to cut me off now?"
"Cut."
Liu Heima's expression remained unchanged, he raised his head and looked at the few bits of sky leaking out between the branches.
After a while, a large amount of sweat poured down from his forehead. He gritted his teeth and remained silent until the end.
Not everyone can be as tenacious as him. In just half a day, more than ten wounded soldiers died in the army.
Liu Heima had just dealt with the injury and immediately stood up and walked over there.
"Commander." Liu Yi stepped forward again, pointed to the corpses on the ground, and whispered: "Roast them?"
With a "pop" sound, Liu Heima slapped him on the face and cursed: "Brothers who live and die together, how can you say such words!"
The dejected soldiers around him turned their heads to look.
Liu Heima's face was as dark as water, and he shouted: "It's my fault that we lost the battle. But all of you are good people. You are all brave men who followed me from the north. You have been burned by the fire and you have never even groaned.
I just swam here from the Minjiang River. If you are still alive, grit your teeth and survive! When you break out of the siege and reach the middle of Sichuan, you can survive for two months and you will still be prosperous and rich in the future!"
He took a few steps and glared at each of the soldiers fiercely.
"But if there is anyone who can't hold on, tell him now, I'll give him a happy life. I can't take you back to your hometown for burial, but I will never eat a piece of your flesh. There are many warriors who can hold on, and they can rob the southerners.
food!"
"The commander-in-chief is right. Go to Sichuan, bring back soldiers and horses, and capture the southerners!"
The sluggish morale improved a bit, so Liu Heima had someone dig a hole and bury the dead man. He then summoned Liu Yi and said, "You are also a warrior. If it were you who died, could I let others eat your flesh?"
Liu Yi was quite ashamed.
But he was a fierce man, and he actually said: "If the villain dies, please ask the commander to cut my flesh and eat it. It's a bit rough, but the commander can live!"
"Dog Hozen..."
As he said this, there was already a sentinel running back over there.
"Commander, the Song people have been discovered..."
Liu Heima's expression remained unchanged and he ordered to set off.
He planned to go south and walk along the mountains. If the Song army dared to pursue him, he could loot the villages along the way after passing Jiading Prefecture.
In fact, the idea of a surprise attack on Xuzhou has gradually taken shape in his mind.
But then, I heard the sentry report: "There are only a few Song people, shouting in each valley, saying that they want to see the commander alone and return the prisoners."
Liu Heima's expression finally changed, and he looked a little surprised.
"Return the prisoners?"
He murmured, turned around and walked towards the col.
After a long time, there was an echo from the valley in the distance.
"Liu Heima... Ma... Ma... Ma... General Bai would like to see you alone..."
Half a day later, Yang Ben walked through the valley alone.
He knew that there was a sentry horse of Meng soldiers on the top of the mountain, watching him to ensure that the Song army did not pursue him.
Finally, several Mongolian soldiers appeared in front. They stepped forward and held Yang Ben down, blindfolded him and led him away for a long time.
When his eyes lit up, he saw Liu Heima sitting on the big rock.
"Another little brat." Seeing that Yang Ben was young, Liu Heima smiled and said, "You are not good at fighting. You haven't been able to catch up with me after so many days."
With Yang Ben's past temper, he would have been angered by this sentence, but at this time, he nodded and admitted it.
"Yes, you, Liu Heima, are old at battles, and I am not as good as you. But I am still young, and sooner or later I will be better at using troops than you."
Liu Heima laughed and said: "I'll kill you with one knife today, let's see if it happens sooner or later."
Yang Ben said: "If you dare to kill me, my Alang will kill your two sons, a wife and brother. How about giving it a try?"
Liu Heima did not take this threat seriously.
He came out of a mountain of swords and a sea of blood. He didn't need to step forward with a knife to scare Yang Ben. He had a murderous aura just sitting there.
His two sentences were just to test Yang Ben's character. After he tested it out, he didn't bother to care about it and said carelessly: "Tell me, what about Li Xianyu?"
Yang Ben did not answer, but asked: "How do you plan to report to Brother Meng for your failure?"
Liu Heima understood immediately after hearing this and said: "He hopes that I will lie about the military situation to prevent the Great Khan from sending troops to attack Chengdu again?"
Yang Ben grinned, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Liu Heima did not reply immediately, and said thoughtfully: "It seems that Li Xia is not willing to share the burden for the Chongqing government... He has selfish motives. Boy, are you Song General, or Li Xia's person?"
"It's not that my Alang doesn't want to share the burden, but he expects Brother Meng to lose."
"Really?" Liu Heima sighed with emotion: "Did you know that no other court can treat generals as kindly as the Great Mongolia, splitting the soil and dividing the land, hereditary officers and titles, providing soldiers, and granting power..."
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"That's because you don't know Li Xia's purpose." Liu Heima said, "It's also because you have too few soldiers."
Yang Ben frowned and was too lazy to think about it, and said: "I just want to say whether I agree to Alang's conditions."
Liu Heima thought for a moment, weighing the merits and demerits of this battle, and speculating on Li Xia's purpose... Looking at Yang Ben's dead face again, he felt that talking to this boy was boring, and said bluntly: "If there are any other conditions, please put them forward.
Bar."
"You need to ask Lizhou to provide food and grass."
"What did Li Xia give me?"
Yang Ben said: "We will not pursue him any more and let Liu Yuanzhen go."
"Only Yuan Zhen is released?" Liu Heima shook his head...
"I see."
Liu Yuanzhen turned his head, his face stained red by the scorching sun dripping with sweat.
He took a few breaths, looked at Liu Jinsuo, and said with a smile: "Li Xia wants to negotiate with my father, right? You showed your flaw. Instead of repairing the city defense, you overhauled the house. It seems that you believed that the Khan would not
Why send another large army to attack Chengdu?"
Liu Jinsuo was about to whip the hard worker when he heard this and his curiosity was aroused.
He has always been very curious and couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
Liu Yuanzhen said: "You and others also need to rest now. Li Xia wants my father to lie about the military situation and conceal the defeat of Chengdu, right?"
As he spoke, he put down the heavy stones in his hands, pondered, and added: "We will not use troops against each other for the time being and just wait and see the situation in eastern Sichuan. This is a condition that is beneficial to both sides."
"Hahaha!" Liu Jinsuo laughed and said, "You still need to use troops against each other? Use your mother. Does your dark horse dad still have troops?"
Liu Yuanzhen was a little helpless. It was tiring to talk to such a reckless man.
"Although my father has no troops, he can stop the Great Khan from sending troops for the time being... He can even give Li Xia food and grass."
"Give me food and grass?" Liu Jinsuo's eyes lit up.
"Not bad." Liu Yuanzhen said: "Only one batch of grain and grass transferred from Lizhou has arrived, and more will be transferred later."
"Can you give it to us?"
"As long as it's settled."
Liu Jinsuo asked: "Just like when we lost the war with Liao and Jin, we had to give money."
"This... is almost the same." Liu Yuanzhen said: "Similar to the principle of annual tribute, this time our side is defeated and we have to pay tribute to you."
Liu Jinsuo suddenly understood, clapped his head and said: "No wonder... I used to say that the imperial court always talks about peace, and how could Liao and Jin agree to it? It turns out that after winning the war, peace talks have such benefits."
"That's right, war resources are wasted..."
Halfway through Liu Yuanzhen's words, he saw Liu Jinsuo's eyes widening, obviously not understanding much, so he changed to a more simple vernacular.
"In short, peace talks are more cost-effective than war. If you and I have something to talk about, it is more cost-effective than continuing to fight. Do you understand?"
"Your grandpa understands." Liu Jinsuo said: "But that dark horse boy can really lie about military information? Hey, you have lost a lot in this battle. Your underwear has been taken off, and your bare buttocks has been on the street, and you can still hide it.
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Liu Yuanzhen didn't mind the words "grandfather and son". He smiled and took Liu Jinsuo a few steps away.
The chains under his feet creaked, and he finally reached the shade of a tree. He breathed a sigh of relief and sat down slowly.
"Brother Liu, listen to me. Lies about military information have been around since ancient times. I won't talk about the distant past, but in the Song Dynasty, during the Huizong period, Prime Minister Wang Fu spent 62 million yuan to buy six empty cities from the Jin people.
, report victory to Song Huizong."
Liu Jinsuo opened his mouth and said in surprise: "Is there such a thing? You hozen, are you trying to trick your grandpa with words?!"
"Well, there has never been such a weird thing in the world." Liu Yuanzhen said with a smile: "I and other Northerners are generous and don't have so many crooked ideas, so we can't even make up such things."
Liu Jinsuo was greatly shocked and couldn't believe it. He felt that it was all fake no matter how he looked at it.
Liu Yuanzhen added: "Also, when the Song and Jin Dynasties destroyed the Liao Dynasty, Tong Guan redeemed Yanjing and other empty cities with a million yuan, saying that 'the Song Dynasty has recovered Yanyun', so he was granted the title of Prince of Guangyang."
"real?"
"Absolutely true."
"Good boy." Liu Jinsuo shook his head.
Liu Yuanzhen laughed again and said: "The current battle in Chengdu only has more than ten thousand troops, and it is a small fight. My father can hide it from the big sweat, and he will be able to do it. If Li Xia has this intention, I can sincerely help him."
"Hey, tell me, what happens next?"
Liu Yuanzhen rubbed his legs and muttered: "Waiting for the news of the war in eastern Sichuan, if the Great Khan wins, Li Xia has only one way to surrender..."
"Fuck you!" Liu Jinsuo slapped him and threw him over, cursing: "You hozen."
"Brother Liu, don't be angry, just listen to what I have to say..."
Liu Yuanzhen is in his thirties, but he is well-maintained and does not look out of place in front of Liu Jinsuo, a rough guy in his twenties.
He ducked away, arranging his hair, and said: "I'm just talking about various possibilities, and this is one of them. If the Great Khan is victorious by then, and Li Xia is willing to submit, he only needs to return the captives, and my father can protect his future for the rest of his life, and both parties will be stable."
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"Dog Hozen, you still say that!"
"Besides, if the Great Khan is defeated," Liu Yuanzhen said calmly, "If the Great Khan is defeated, then everything will be as Li Xia wished. The battle in Chengdu will be nothing, and my father's defeat will also have an excuse. In short, now
A truce would be good for both sides."
"Hahahaha, your bullshit sweats, you will definitely be defeated!"
"Oh? How can Brother Liu be so sure?"
"Because he's about to be stabbed in the butt! Haha, suddenly..." Liu Jin stopped talking midway, kicked Liu Yuanzhen hard, and cursed: "Hone, are you a prisoner or is grandpa a prisoner?! Interrogate grandpa!
?!"
Liu Yuanzhen narrowed his eyes, and then laughed loudly and said: "After saying so much, in one sentence, my father and Li Xia have an opportunity to negotiate. Brother Liu, Mr. Mo, will hit me. I am worth a lot of money and food..."