There are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses on Chengdu Fu Road and Tongchuan Fu Road, including all the garrison troops from Yunding, Jiading, Xuzhou, Qingfu, Luzhou, Lingxiaocheng and so on.
More than 10,000 of them have been transferred to Chengdu by Li Xia. They fought successively with Niu Lin and Liu Heima. They were so exhausted that they had to rest and guard Chengdu.
The soldiers in Chengdu are tired and can rest.
However, Li Xia rushed to Luzhou without stopping, taking aim at the nearly 10,000 people who had rested and reorganized...the 8,000 troops left by Zhu Xusun in Luzhou, as well as the Changning Army.
In the name of Zhu Xusun, he began to seize military power.
In early August, the soldiers and horses finally gathered in Divine Arm City.
It seems quite sufficient.
However, there are only 4,000 elite soldiers among them, and the rest are temporary auxiliary soldiers who are brave in the countryside and strong in the people.
As a result, western Sichuan and southern Sichuan are extremely empty...
Moreover, this is the only remaining property in the entire Tongchuanfu Road. Less than ten thousand people have to defend the rear of Chengdu, the upper reaches of Chongqing, and the entire area of two states and fourteen counties.
Once mobilized, any small group of Mongolian troops can march straight in.
Then, if Xu and Lu are captured, Chengdu will become an isolated city and will inevitably fall. As a result, western Sichuan and southern Shu will be destroyed.
Zhu Xusun originally believed that Li Xia's seizure of military power was to consolidate the defense of Syria and Lu, and then consolidate Chengdu's victory.
He did not expect that after Li Xia gathered his troops, he actually proposed to lead his troops to leave.
"Does Feiyu understand the consequences of this? Even Pu Shuai dare not easily mobilize the troops of Xu and Lu. Why? Once Xu and Lu fall, it will be equivalent to giving up the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the situation will only get worse!"
"I understand." Li Xia said: "But please rest assured, Zhu Anzuo, Liu Heima, the current commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army in western Sichuan, will never easily send troops to attack."
"Even though he only has one soldier left, Brother Meng still has more than 100,000 troops. Don't be too arrogant."
"What I mean is that Liu Heima doesn't want to attack."
"What's the reason?"
"It is inconvenient to inform the pacifier."
Li Xia actually dealt with Zhu Susun so straightforwardly and casually.
It's not that he is being mysterious.
Instead, negotiating with Liu Heima and using Kublai Khan's conspiracy to defraud Liu Yuanzhen... these things cannot be made clear to others.
Guiding this trend and frightening Liu Heima, western Sichuan and southern Shu were temporarily stabilized and troops could be gathered in one place.
But what next?
Unless Meng Ge dies, all subsequent plans cannot be implemented.
Of course Li Xia can wait, rest slowly, and accumulate strength...
Wang Jian's killing of the Jin national treasure has been reported through Pu Zezhi's intelligence. The defender has such a determined will, and given the situation of Diaoyu City, he may be able to defend it for a long time.
If Meng Ge will die, Diaoyu City is the most likely place.
This is Li Xia's conjecture based on what later generations knew.
However, once there is a change, all possibilities are possible.
For one thing, Diaoyu City is not without the possibility of being breached.
Its terrain is extremely dangerous. Among Dahuo City, Qingju City, Yunshan City and Daliang City, which one is not dangerous? Wang Jian is determined, but which one among Zhang Shi, Yang Li, Wang Zuo and Duan Yuanjian is not determined?
What if any weak-minded Song general is replaced by Li Xia and stays in Diaoyu City, and cuts off Wang Jian's head with one blow...
Secondly, if Diaoyu City can be defended for a long time, will Brother Meng still die?
Just as Li Xia once said with Yi Shiying, "When Lin'an City is destroyed and the Song Dynasty is destroyed, Lingxiao City may still be there." The same is true for Diaoyu City. It is an extremely important strategic location.
But no matter how important the location is, it doesn't mean it cannot be bypassed. If you bypass Diaoyu City, go to Wanzhou or Kuizhou, you can still go straight down the Yangtze River to Jinghu Lake.
There are too many variables.
…
Li Xia walked up to the top of the Divine Arm City and looked at the mighty Yangtze River.
He looked far into the distance, as if he wanted to find some clues in the torrent of history, but he couldn't find any.
Meng Ge, this is the man who rules the most extensive territory and holds the most power, making everyone in the known world tremble and fear because of his scimitar and iron hooves. Throughout the entire history of mankind, no one can surpass him. However,
Compared with the resounding names in the history books, he seems so unknown. His name is not recorded in history textbooks, and most people in later generations only know Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan.
Wang Jian was the commander of Xingyuan Prefecture and also knew Hezhou. His official position was not big and his status was not high. When all the countries in the world were destroyed by the Mongolian iron hoof, he guarded Diaoyu City alone, killed the envoys to show his determination, and faced the attack.
How majestic was the most powerful soldier in the world? However, there is no separate biography of him in the history books, so few people know about him. Most people in later generations joked that Yang Guo killed the Mongolian Khan, but how many people know Wang Jian's name.
This battle is shrouded in mystery and has not received worthy discussion in the torrent of history.
Li Xia really wanted to see its magnificence through the fog.
Of course, it must have changed because of Li Xia, although I don't know how much.
…
Li Xia didn't know at first that Meng Ge's attack on Shu was advanced by more than half a year.
Because of the death of Wu Liang Hetai.
The news that Meng Ge's closest general died in southern Shu made Meng Ge start preparations to attack the Song Dynasty earlier.
Later, the death of Zong Wang Abgan in Chengdu prompted Meng Ge to decide in advance to conquer the Song Dynasty personally...
This year is the Wuwu Year. It was the sixth year of Xingchang in the Song Dynasty and the eighth year of Mengge Khan.
In August, the Mongolian army had surrounded Diaoyu City for two months.
Meng Ge garrisoned the Shizi Mountain five miles east of Diaoyu City;
Wang Dechen was stationed in the west of Diaoyu City and was responsible for the initial main attack;
Shi Tianze was stationed in the south and deployed his troops along the Jialing River to prevent support from the Song army in Chongqing.
More than 100,000 Mongolian troops surrounded the mountain city.
In the past two months, Meng Ge did not order a strong attack on Diaoyu City. Instead, he first captured the naval dock south of Diaoyutai, blocking the connection between the mountain city and Chongqing, and destroyed and captured hundreds of Song army warships.
After that, the Mongolian army surrounded and rested to avoid the hot summer weather and annoying mosquitoes.
Arriving at Diaoyu City at this time of year has both disadvantages and advantages for the Mongolian army.
The disadvantage was that the northerners were obviously not used to the scorching heat in Chongqing. Malaria was rampant among the troops, and there were a large number of casualties before the war even started.
However, since Meng Ge entered Sichuan, he has won successive victories, which is a time when morale is boosted. The blow of malaria to the morale of the soldiers is not fatal.
It just so happened that after going through a long march and attacking fortresses along the way, the soldiers really needed to rest and recuperate, which could also put pressure on the defenders of Diaoyu City.
Finally, as soon as the hot summer days passed, the weather gradually turned cooler.
Next comes the long autumn and winter, and there is plenty of time for Meng Ge to conquer Shu.
…
August 7th, cloudy day.
The trumpet sounded, and the Mongolian army began to attack Diaoyu City again.
Wang Dechen took the lead in leading troops to attack Zhenxi Gate.
This city gate is built on a mountain. The mountain is extremely steep and there is only one ridge going up the mountain.
The Mongolian army's artillery carts could not be launched up, so they could only carry ladders and try to climb the city on the steep hillside.
The casualties were naturally huge.
From time to time, people fell from the cliffs, and the sky was filled with the shouts of the Mongolian troops...
At the Shizishan camp, Brother Meng sat in the tent, standing still.
Apart from his love of drinking, he is not greedy for pleasure. He is always taciturn, majestic and deep.
"The Great Khan, Liu Heima, sent someone to report the battle situation. He still faced off with the Song army in Chengdu and won several great victories. But when he arrived in Chengdu, Niulin had been killed in the battle. He only had cavalry support and could not attack the city.
Prepare to mobilize more troops from Shaanxi to capture Chengdu for the Great Khan and rush back to Chongqing as soon as possible..."
Whenever he heard about the situation in Chengdu, Meng Ge felt annoyed.
He was not attacking Liu Heima, but Niulin.
Niulin, who was led by Shanzhu, was both wise and brave, and Meng Ge had high hopes for him. However, from last year to this year, this was the third time that he suffered a major defeat, and even lost his life and the warriors under his command.
"Nulin has failed his Khan. Changsheng Heaven will punish him and tell Liu Heima not to let me down again."
"Yes." The messenger stepped back.
But after a while, someone came in from outside the tent and whispered something to Brother Meng. The word "Kublai Khan" could still be faintly heard.
Brother Meng frowned, displeased, and said lightly: "Go on."
Soon, the next messenger crawled at Meng Ge's feet.
He was dusty, but there was a look of fear on his face, and he was trembling under Meng Ge's gaze.
"Great Khan...Zong Wang Tacha'er..."
Brother Meng said in a deep voice: "Tacha'er was defeated again?"
"Yes, King Zong still failed to capture Fancheng..."
After hearing such bad news, Brother Meng was not too angry, at least his face was very calm.
"The descendants of Genghis Khan have become useless." He commented like this and ordered: "Send people back to Kublai Khan to unite all the Mongolians on the left, and the Han army will conquer Jinghu. They will join me at Zhao Songxing in Lin'an next year.
exist."
Following this order, Shizishan Camp became even busier, drafting the Great Khan's edict and sending the fastest horses to the grassland...
Last year, the vigorous Gou Kao in the Central Plains caused Kublai Khan to lose all his authority. However, today, suddenly, Meng Ge decided to use this compatriot brother again.
Many people have no idea why the Great Khan did what he did.
But those who are interested can vaguely feel that there is an undercurrent surging behind this war.
A few days later, Liu Heima received Meng Ge's order and also heard the news that Kublai Khan had returned to command the army.
He broke into a cold sweat.
"What did the Great Khan notice?"
Liu Yuanzhen was also frightened, and after a long time he murmured: "The Great Khan had too many reasons for doing this. Maybe he had a premonition that it would be unfavorable to attack the Song Dynasty, so he had no choice but to use King Monan."
"Perhaps the Great Khan heard that King Monan was about to take action and transferred him away from the grassland."
"No." Liu Yuanzhen shook his head, "Maybe this is King Monan's plan? We guessed it right... We really guessed it right."
"It's too dangerous." Liu Heima murmured.
"No matter what, King Monan has made a comeback." Liu Yuanzhen swallowed.
He was obviously scared because of the fight between Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, but he still believed in his own judgment.
"Have you seen it, father? King Monan has survived the suspicions and tests... Even the Great Khan has to admit that only King Monan can win the hearts of the Central Plains. This time, I believe I must have guessed right."
He was unwilling to give up his conjecture, and was both frightened and excited.
"Believe me, kid, soon it will be time for us to place our bets..."