Pu Lei came quickly and whispered something in Li Xia's ear.
"The sentry horse detected that the Mongolian army was more than ten miles away."
Li Xia nodded calmly and walked towards Kong Xian.
It is true that they are storming Jianmen Pass, but the road is too narrow, and only the vanguard can fight up the south slope. The Song army behind is responsible for releasing arrows, rescuing the wounded, and transporting supplies.
On the Chinese side, rows of soldiers could only raise their heads and wait to enter the border.
Kong Xian was shouting to encourage morale.
He has guarded Yunding Mountain City for many years and knows that attacking such a dangerous place is much more effective than attacking the city.
"Have you heard this, soldiers?! The surprise troops from the north have arrived, and soon we will take back Jianmen... Let's all shout, to scare the courage of those Meng Tatars!"
"Tell them! Their Tartar lord is dead!"
"Our General Li killed him!"
The Song troops cheered loudly.
But there was also a general who came close to Kong Xian and said: "General, make up a song. Can you scare those Mongolian troops by shouting like this?"
Before Kong Xian could speak, there was another roar from the soldiers behind him.
Li Xia is here.
Returning to Chengdu with the news of killing Meng Ge, his prestige in the army has reached its peak.
Everyone wanted to hear what happened in the battle of Diaoyu City, but Li Xia had no time to talk to them. He kept marching and marching.
The more than 700 elites he brought back were also very tired. Most of them no longer had the physical strength to enter Jianmen Pass, including Nie Zhongyu, who was injured and was left to guard Chengdu.
Only Lin Zi and dozens of others could continue to accompany the expedition, and various deeds were spread through their mouths. However, there were no details, which made all the soldiers feel itchy.
Everyone is looking forward to capturing Jianmen Pass and Lizhou to celebrate their victory.
Every time Li Xia took a step, the Song soldiers on both sides straightened their backs, and the sound of the friction of armor leather "swish, swish, swish" made people excited.
Kong Xian turned around, clasped his fists and said, "General Li."
In terms of official positions, as the commander of the right army in front of the imperial court and the commander of Tongchuan Prefecture and Road, he was more powerful than Li Xia and knew Junlianzhou.
In the past, Li Xia would discuss matters with Kong Xian and ask him what to do; now, although Li Xia has not yet been promoted, Kong Xian only intends to follow orders.
A simple manifestation is that Li Xia no longer needs to explain that "the Mongolian army is coming" and only asks Kong Xian to command and continue to attack the city.
"Don't worry, General Li!"
Kong Xian took the order flag and said again: "But if you have an order, General Li can just send someone to convey the order!"
The command of this army has obviously become more efficient.
Li Xia turned around and walked towards the rear army again.
"Yu Tian, Song He! Each leads a thousand men, follow me!"
"yes!"
There was the sound of footsteps again, the soldiers on both sides of the road were still forming formations to attack the city, and the soldiers in the middle of the road were striding in the other direction.
The queue is neat and beautiful...
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All the way to the mountain forest at the entrance of the pavilion road, Yu Tian and Song He received instructions and began to climb to both sides of the cliff.
Yu Tian's heart was burning.
He was also captured by the Song army during the Battle of Mahujiang. He was rescued by Li Xia in Qingfu. From then on, he followed Li Xia and experienced various battles in Dali and Chengdu.
The hundred generals, who only led a hundred men, did not stand out in these battles. It was more like they were pulled up by Li Xia little by little and grew up slowly.
Until now, Yu Tian felt an impulse in his heart to do something bigger.
The defenders of Diaoyu City can fight an unprecedented battle, and their old troops who first followed Li Xia should win a great victory.
Full of enthusiasm, he came to Jianmen Pass to fight, but he was blocked in this pavilion passage, with only two thousand people guarding the army. It was not the turn of Yu Tian and others in the back to kill.
Fortunately, a large number of Mongolian troops arrived.
This is a strange idea...
"Don't squat, your feet will be sore. Lie down for me, cover your helmet with leaves, and keep it low."
Yu Tian is already very familiar with how to ambush.
This is their best style of play.
He arranged his troops, prepared the firecrackers, lined up the porcelain tribulus fireballs in front of him, and cursed: "What are you looking at? Do you want to see it? I will see whether the Mongolian army has arrived. Lie down and squint, don't sleep.
It’s over.”
"Pass the orders over one by one, let half of the Mongolian troops pass, and wait for me to call."
"Pass it over, half of the Mongolian troops will go over, wait for him to shout..."
After a while, the mountain forest returned to calm.
~~
After a long time, there was the sound of horse hooves and bursts of dust and smoke.
The first to arrive was a probing Red Army, heading towards Jianmen Pass.
There was no time for the Mongolian army to climb up and take a long view.
Li Xia climbed up and looked up, but did not order an attack immediately. He planned to wait for a large group of Mongolian troops to enter the pavilion road, block the intersection, and cut off the Mongolian troops.
The plan was a bit risky, and it was necessary to ensure that Yang Ben's surprise troops could defeat the defenders on the pass before the Mongolian army reached Jianmen Pass.
But he dared to take this risk. He had confidence in the morale of his soldiers, and he also knew that the Mongol army that entered Sichuan after Meng Ge's death was not very motivated to fight.
More than a thousand Mongolian troops entered the valley.
Suddenly, the smoke and dust raised by the Mongolian army in the distance were no longer advancing, and the flags were swaying.
Li Xia could understand the flag language of the Mongolian army and knew that it meant that the army would camp on the spot.
He frowned and ordered decisively.
"Do it!"
"Bang!"
Fireballs began to fall, and the Song army rushed out of the mountains and forests.
…
But Li Xia was a little disappointed.
Didn't the Mongolian army fall into the trap?
Why?
Was the ambush discovered?
No, the Mongolian army never expected that there would be nearly ten thousand Song troops attacking Jianguanmen. Now they should be desperate to recapture Guancheng.
No, it wasn't the Mongolian army who saw it.
But the situation has changed...
The more than 50,000 Mongolian troops were there, switching from attack to defense. Li Xia asked himself in his mind, is there any way to defeat them?
No.
He will only use the mountains and rivers of Sichuan and Sichuan to maneuver quickly to attract the vigorous Mongolian army to enter the preset battlefield, ambush and sneak attack; he will use the strong city fortress to stalemate the Mongolian army, use all means to sneak into the enemy army, kill the generals and flags...
These tactics have allowed him to win battles time and time again.
But now, it doesn't work.
The art of war is unique.
The righteous way of war ultimately requires strength, a large number of troops, and strong combat power; Qidao just divides the large battlefield into small battlefields, so that one's own strength on the small battlefields can overwhelm the enemy.
Once Meng Ge dies, the Mongolian army will no longer be able to enter an ambush as easily as during a strategic attack.
A large battlefield cannot be divided into small battlefields. If you are not strong enough, you will not be able to adapt to the current battlefield situation.
In fact, the era of guarding Shu with mountain fortresses may be over.
If Kublai Khan used a large number of Han troops in the future, he would inevitably change the original grassland tactics.
As the Han army becomes the main force, perhaps there will be more large-scale confrontations on the battlefield between Song and Mongolia.
This is exactly the style of play that Li Xia is far from mature enough and has been trying his best to avoid.
Not only is he not good at it, looking at the entire Song Dynasty, there has been no handsome talent since the death of Meng Gong.
…
The small group of fighting at the bottom of the mountain continues.
Li Xia, however, felt unsatisfied and fearful, the fear of retreating if he did not advance.
It's like on the way to becoming a champion, you may be overtaken by others every second.
He must grow up faster and become a handsome man...
~~
Brother Mo led the army to arrive more than ten miles away from Jianmen Pass. Seeing that the pavilion road ahead was more than ten miles long, he immediately ordered the army to stop.
Not as much as Li Xia thought.
He thought simply... he didn't want to fight.
If it were a small group of Song troops, they would of course take back Jianmen Pass immediately.
However, if this Song army could attack Jianmen Pass so quickly, its leader must be a capable person.
Without knowing the strength of the opponent's troops, entering the narrow pavilion rashly... isn't it because the immortal god didn't give him any brains?
In the past, when the Mongolian army swept across Sichuan and Sichuan, there might have been generals who rushed in. That was because they were eager to achieve success.
Now, who should I show my meritorious deeds to? The great Khan has already reached the Heaven of Immortality.
Wang Zhongchen was worried about Lizhou, so he was inclined to go to Jianmen Pass immediately, and even rode his horse to Brother Mo to try to persuade him.
Before anyone arrived, I could only hear loud shouts of killing in front of me.
"Report! The red army exploring the horse in front was ambushed and intercepted by the Song people... please support the king!"
Wang Zhongchen wanted to step forward to ask for orders, but he heard Brother Mo shouting: "Ming Jin! Retreat the troops!"
Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gold ringing.
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"Prince Zong."
"I know what you are going to say, but I will never go there until I find out how many Song people there are in this terrible valley!"
Brother Mo still didn't say anything.
"I'm not that stupid brother who has to kowtow in Diaoyu City."
Wang Zhongchen was silent for a while and gradually calmed down.
He cares about Lizhou very much. After all, his brother Wang Dechen has worked hard for more than ten years. This is true. But in fact, the foundation of the Wang family is in Gongchang.
For example, Zhang Rou guarded Bozhou and Shi Tianze managed Kaifeng, but they were always the "Shuntian Zhang family" and the "Zhending historian".
At present, safely evacuating Sichuan and Shu and helping Kublai Khan succeed to the throne is the fundamental way to ensure the interests of the Wang family in Gongchang.
Of course, Jianmen Pass cannot be lost just as easily.
After Wang Zhongchen calmed down, he immediately sent sentries to investigate.
Until it got dark, while Wang Zhongchen was inquiring about the battle situation, Jianmen Pass had fallen into the hands of the Song army...