It was the third day after the war. The generals of the Song Army gathered at the General Mansion in Diaoyu City.
They totally hurt everyone.
"The Mongolian army was divided into three groups to withdraw. Shi Tianze and Wang Zhongchen respectively led the Han army. It was time to retreat from Micang Road and Jinniu Road. After Mo Ge ran through the old city of Hezhou overnight, he took Yang Dayuan's troops and caught up with Wang Zhongchen. Both sides joined forces. .”
Li Xia pointed at the map and said: "In this way, more than 20,000 Mongolian troops will take the Micang Road; more than 50,000 people will take the Jinniu Road."
Wang Jian was lying on a soft chair, and he had a clear understanding of the situation in Sichuan and Sichuan without getting up to look at the map.
"It seems that it is not appropriate to pursue him."
Zhang Jue glanced at Li Xia.
Because he felt that Li Xia would advocate continuing the pursuit again, he analyzed the reasons one by one.
"Although the Mongolian army suffered a major defeat, their strength is too strong. Now that the impact of Meng Ge's death on the morale of the army has gradually weakened, they will never collapse as easily as they did at night;
The Mongolian troops are all cavalry, and all the mountain cities and strongholds along the way have surrendered to Mongolia. In terms of marching speed and geographical location, they are not on our side... What's more, the soldiers in the city are exhausted, the troops are small, and they are only infantry. It is really difficult to continue fighting with the Mongols. "Military Field Battle"
In fact, even if Zhang Jue didn't say anything, Li Xia also understood.
In the final analysis, Brother Meng died suddenly on the battlefield, which was the reason why the Song army was able to win a great victory.
Opportunities like this are rare. The Mongolian army has regained its composure. If it tries to fight again, it will inevitably be defeated.
The strength of the Diaoyu City is indeed insufficient. In the past two days, they have only been busy cleaning up the battlefield and burying corpses, and they are unable to pursue...
Li Xia typed on the map, thought about it for a long time, and finally spoke the truth.
They were all Paoze who had lived and died together, and he could already trust the soldiers of Diaoyu City.
"I plan to rush back to Chengdu first and lead the Chengdu garrison to surprise Lizhou."
After hearing this sentence, Zhang Jue raised his head, a little surprised.
Wang Jian was slightly surprised and asked: "Has the Commander-in-Chief agreed to this matter?"
Between the two, Zhang Jue is more lively, while Wang Jian is more rigid.
Li Xia said: "I have accepted Pu Shuai's order."
He only mentioned this matter to Pu Zhezhi. But based on the situation at the time, it was obviously impossible for Pu Shuaizhi to order Li Xia to recover Hanzhong.
This is no joke.
Chongqing's troops and horses were already stretched thin, and there was not even a spare manpower.
As for the 10,000 defenders of Chengdu, abandoning the important town on the upper reaches of the river and running to counterattack Hanzhong is simply child's play.
No one could have imagined that the Mongolian army could be defeated so miserably this time...
Wang Jian and Zhang Jue both knew that Li Xia could not have received the military order, but he said this with a magnanimous face.
It must be that he has such a thick skin that he can disguise himself again and again and chat and laugh with his enemies.
Wang Jian didn't want to expose Li Xia, so he had no choice but to respond silently.
Li Xia did not plan to go to Chongqing again to discuss with Pu Zezhi.
How can I put it... The Sichuan, Shu and Song armies only have such a small amount, and it is not enough to defend them in various places. Why can't anyone else mobilize troops? Li Xianneng? Intelligence.
Li Xia ran diligently and had a thorough understanding of the situation. He knew the march of the Mongolian army and was able to mobilize troops from places where the Mongolian army would not attack for the time being.
This is very about timing. Opportunities only appear in a very short period of time and must be as fast as lightning.
If we go to Chongqing again, it will take more than ten days to go back and forth, so we can't afford to delay it.
In short... when the Chengdu defenders were tired from fighting, Li Xia ran to lead the Luzhou defenders; when the Luzhou defenders were tired from fighting, he ran to lead the Diaoyu City defenders; now that the Diaoyu City defenders were tired, he had to go back to lead them Chengdu garrison.
"I will lead the Chengdu garrison first, while Wang Yixin rushes back to Chongqing, leads the Luzhou Army and Changning Army up the Jialing River as support. When the time comes, I will also ask the Diaoyu City garrison to support me."
As Li Xia talked, a rough plan was placed in front of Wang Jian and Zhang Jue.
It's still rough and contains too many uncertainties.
"Fei Yu should know that this matter is not something Jun Yu and I agreed to... Ahem... Can Pu Shuai send troops and supply military supplies? Does Jinghu need support from the Chongqing government? Even... Can Pu Shuai still make the decision?
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At this point, Wang Jian said: "It's too urgent and too dangerous."
"Yes, it's too urgent." Li Xia knew very well that this plan was inappropriate, but he still said: "I just ask General Wang, is General Zhang willing to do his best?"
"Feiyu, why don't you take back all the mountain cities in Sichuan first? Figure it out slowly."
"In a house, the door to resist robbers should be outside the house, not against the tables and chairs inside. If every time a robber comes, we can only repair the tables and chairs and never block the door, wouldn't it mean that we will always have to
Being robbed by robbers until you had nothing?"
Li Xia said: "If this half of Sichuan and Shu, excluding Hanzhong, is a house, the door should be in the Daba Mountains. If the whole of Sichuan and Shu is a house, the door should be in the Qinling Mountains... If we want to defend the entire land of China, we have to fight to the Yinshan Mountains
Chile River."
Some crude metaphors cannot be said to be very heroic.
Yinshan Chilechuan is a place too far away for Wang Jian and Zhang Jue.
They felt that Li Xiazhi's ambition was far greater than theirs.
The two looked at each other and thought for a long time.
They were not afraid for themselves, but they were unwilling to agree easily but couldn't do it, which cost Li Xia and the soldiers their lives.
It is not easy to mobilize troops without orders.
Li Xia smiled and said, "I was really ordered by Commander Pu to regain Hanzhong."
This is no joke, this is his determination not to be thwarted.
Wang Jian and Zhang Jue finally nodded.
"good!"
To put it bluntly, Li Xia was only a small "quanzhijunlianzhou", but it seemed natural that he would command tens of thousands of troops in Sichuan and Shu.
It was as if these soldiers should obey his orders.
In fact, with his achievements in recent years and his strong backing, he will definitely be promoted.
It's just that Lin'an is too far away, and the speed of message transmission cannot keep up with the speed of his meritorious deeds.
The soldiers are not stupid either. They can intuitively feel that whoever they follow will have a bright future.
For example, the soldiers of Diaoyu City discovered that after the great victory, Li Xia never said a word about his own merit-based rewards and had no expectations for it.
Li Xia was more concerned about how to reward his soldiers, and promised to reward them with food and grass from Lizhou after he captured them.
On the one hand, he did not ask for an official position or nobility; on the other hand, he only asked what he could do for the soldiers, and never asked the soldiers to seek his own selfish interests.
A man with great personal charm, who led the Shu people to defend their homeland, defeated more than 100,000 Mongolian troops in one battle, and killed the Mongol Khan... His official position seemed not to be important to him.
At least, after listening to this military discussion, Aji has decided that regardless of whether Wang Jian and Zhang Jue go north, she will lead the horse army to support them.
On the same day, Wang Yixin took a boat down to Chongqing and asked Pu Zezhi to send troops.
Li Xia led his horse and left Diaoyu City.
When he came, he brought more than a thousand people with him. The wounded soldiers stayed in Diaoyu City temporarily, and there were only 700 people who could follow him to Chengdu.
"There is no need to send you off any more, officers and men. I believe we will meet again soon."
Under the setting sun, Wang Jian raised his injured arm and cupped his fist.
"When we meet again in Hanzhong, we will have a drink with Feiyu."
Although Li Xia doesn't like drinking, he still smiled and said, "It's a deal."
"It's a deal."
Seven hundred horsemen swept towards the west.
However, Wang Jian and others remained stationed on the hillside for a long time.
"The ambition of youth makes me feel much younger."
"General, you are not old. I have been waiting in this small mountain town for too long. It is time for me to have new ambitions."
"Hanzhong?" Wang Jian murmured, his eyes gradually filled with hope.
"more than."
Zhang Jue did not forget Li Xia's words and looked north.
"Yinshan Chilechuan."
At the same time, Baozhou.
"The generous ballads will never be spread, and the songs in Qionglu are natural. The eternal heroic spirit of Zhongzhou also reaches the Chile River of Yinshan Mountain."
Hao Jing recited this and said with emotion: "The poem Yishan is so good. If we talk about the eternal heroic spirit of Zhongzhou, who do you think has it in the world today?"
Zhang Rou already understood.
He came closer and asked quietly: "Made in Han Dynasty?"
"Made in Han Dynasty." Hao Jing pointed to the sky and whispered: "I agree."
"Not only that." His eyes lit up, and he added: "Zhong Qian asked King Monan to attack the Song Dynasty this time to punish the sins and save the people.
The purpose is not to be bloodthirsty. Commander, does he know how King Monan responded?"
"how?"
"I will keep this promise for you and others."
"True unparalleled enlightened master."
Both of them smiled, and after understanding, they avoided the matter and stopped talking about it.
At this time, they were among Kublai Khan's army.
Kublai's army received orders from Meng Ge, and the 50,000-strong army set off from Kaiping and must reach Jinghu before the spring of next year.
Zhang Rou is on the way to join the expedition and just arrived at the army today.
After meeting Kublai Khan, he couldn't wait to see Hao Jing again and asked about the matters that were of great concern to him.
Obviously, this was Kublai Khan's tacit approval.
Hao Jing was originally a subordinate of Zhang Rou, and he entered the Jinlianchuan shogunate after his introduction.
The two haven't seen each other for a long time. They exchanged letters about major matters, but they haven't discussed many small matters in detail.
"Jian Zhang was killed by the Song people?" After gossiping, Hao Jing inevitably mentioned Qiao Ju.
Qiao Ju was his student. He followed him to the Zhang family and gained Zhang Rou's respect.
"Yes." Zhang Rou nodded, but for a moment she didn't know where to start.
"Li Xia?"
"Mr. Lingchuan also knows this son's name?"
"It's not just me." Hao Jing said, "Even King Monan knows his name. First, a few days ago, the Quanzhen Sect kept saying that this son made their leader angry to death."
Zhang Rou no longer cares about the Quanzhen Sect.
In the debate between Buddhism and Taoism, the Quanzhen Sect has completely lost.
Obviously, the Khan's court now cares more about winning over Tibet.
"Except Quanzhen Sect..."
"There are also the deaths of Wuliang Hetai, Atar, and the Zong King Abgan."
Zhang Rou asked again: "How does King Monan evaluate this son?"
"Those who are as safe as Li Xia will use it."
Zhang Rou looked confused, patted her knees, sighed, and murmured with some regret: "I underestimated the majesty of King Monan."
Hao Jing also sighed. ;
The student was killed. He had a grudge against Li Xia and could not be as broad-minded as Kublai Khan.
"Commander, tell me about Li Xia?"
"Where to start... He killed the people in China and wrote a poem about you, Hao Lingchuan, on the wall, 'It is common nowadays for a king to conquer others.' I have been deeply touched by this sentence recently."
Hao Jing squinted his eyes, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.
His poem was written with emotion about the death of Jin.
The Jin destroyed Zhao, bullied the Song, and finally the Mongols came to kill them. The Jin Kingdom was even worse than the Liao and Song Dynasties.
But scholars will only talk about it in the end, but Li Xia, that kid, kills people and writes poems in blood, and he is fierce when he is just starting out.
At the end of the matter, Hao Jing asked: "How does the commander plan to deal with this son?"
"What's the point of talking?" Zhang Rou was silent for a moment and said, "Maybe, he has died under the scimitar of the army that defeated Shu."
"yes."
Zhang Rou shook her head, suppressed some worries in her heart, stood up and said, "Okay, I'm still busy with military affairs."
"Yes, capturing the entire Han Dynasty is the most important thing."
The news from Sichuan and Shu is too far away and has not yet arrived.
And Kublai Khan's army is still moving south non-stop, trying to penetrate into the Song Dynasty's defensive hinterland...