Lu Wende chased Brother Mo with the intention of driving the Mongolian army out of Sichuan and Shu.
On this day, the sentry horse reported that the Mongolian army could not enter the Jianmen Pass and had already set up camp in the stronghold for strict defense. Lu Wende guessed it as soon as he heard it.
The Mongolian army was in front of them, but they could not close the Jianmen Pass. This could only be because there was a Song army in front, and they had even captured the Jianmen Pass.
It is not difficult to guess the general of the Song Army who has such strength and can appear here.
Lu Wende can also deduce the next situation.
When Li Xia was still attacking Jianmen Pass, Brother Mo refused to fight through. Once the pass was conquered, Brother Mo would definitely be even less willing to attack it, and would definitely turn around and take Micang Road.
Can you let the Mongolian army go?
Originally it was possible.
Originally, Lu Wende thought that this battle could only be fought like this, that was enough.
But now Li Xia has blocked one end, and he, Lu Wende, has personally led an army to come over, but cannot block the other end. Where is his face?
He just entered Shu and was appointed commander, and he was so embarrassed. Where is the majesty of Jiedushi?
Lu Wende's face turned gloomy again.
Not only is he jealous and greedy for money, he is also face-saving and domineering.
Speaking of his body's faults, he has too many.
But I really am not afraid of death or afraid of fighting.
From a woodcutter, he became the temperance envoy of two towns from a sea of blood with a sword and a gun, from the southwest to Jinghu, and from Jinghu to Bashu. When did he escape?
Simply put in one sentence.
"I am the number one general in the Song Dynasty! I can fight any enemy you can! But after the battle, the credit belongs to me! If you dare to argue with me about credit, I will kill you!"
He is just such a rough person, illiterate, and does not follow the Confucius etiquette.
The decision was made, that is, he could not be compared with Li Xia and had to fight with Brother Mo.
But this battle... is too difficult to fight.
To block the rice warehouse road, we must first regain Bazhong.
The Mongolian army is cavalry, and the infantry will definitely not be able to arrive before the Mongolian army.
Then we can only divide our forces. The large army will first block the Mongolian army, and then send a small force to seize the chin.
There were heavy casualties during the siege, so Xiang Shibi, Liu Zheng and the hozens were sent to attack... He was able to capture the city, and the credit goes to him, Lu Wende. If he couldn't defeat it, he should be dealt with according to the military law.
With such a division of troops, only 25,000 people were left out of 30,000. If they were to stop the 50,000 Mongols in a field battle, they would definitely not be able to defeat them.
Then let Li Xia lead his troops out and attack from both front and back.
Whether you can win or not is another matter, let’s fight for it first.
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Now that Lu Wende had a strategy in mind, he immediately sent sentries to bypass the Mongolian army and go to Jianmen Pass to deliver the message.
While waiting for Li Xia's reply, he immediately began to set up defenses on both sides of the Jialing River to cut off the road from Moge east to Bazhong.
This kind of big battle involving tens of thousands of people is completely different from the fighting of thousands of people. The first priority is to seize important places and garrison troops.
Although it was his first time to enter Shu, Lu Wende had a good grasp of the terrain, so he first sent troops to occupy the Langzhong area near Dahuo City.
Lu Jun's family is called the "Black Charcoal Regiment", and its generals are basically Lu Wende's relatives, as well as woodcutter and charcoal farmers from his hometown.
These people have always been with him and received generous salaries. They followed Lu Wende and fought in all directions, even in the poor and harsh mountains and rivers of Bozhou and Luo's ghost country, and they never complained about hardship and tiredness. They were indeed a master of hundreds of battles.
"Brothers! I am not joking this time. If you have made meritorious deeds, all of them will be promoted to official positions. Anyone who dares to undermine my prestige will be buried as charcoal in Shu..."
Commander Lu Wende gave an order, and the Lu army marched all night, and actually opened up the defense line overnight.
For the time being, in today's Song Dynasty, he is really the only one with such strength and ability...
Jianmen Pass.
That night, the sentry sent by Li Xia brought back Lu Wende's messenger.
The visitor's surname was also Lu, and his name was "Lu Dayong". He was a burly man. Because he was from the same town two villages away from Lu Wende, he also looked carefree in front of Li Xia.
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"General Li asked what he was doing. The commander asked you to fight, so just fight!"
"Didn't General Yi Shiying, General Wang Jian, and General Zhang Jue bring their troops?"
"Hey!" Lu Dayong said a little impatiently: "Bring all the troops out, who will defend the rear? Who will transport the food and grass? If General Li doesn't know how to fight, just listen to the commander-in-chief!"
"Pu Shuai..."
"As we said, Pu Zezhi resigned from office and went to Lin'an."
Lu Dayong glared at Li Xia and said: "General Li, you are not afraid of Meng Tatar, are you? There is nothing to be afraid of. The Lu family's army fought from south to north, from east to west, and they fought countless times.
The battle is won!"
Li Xia then also looked at Lu Dayong.
His eyes were cold and cold, making the man tremble at the sight.
"What are you doing? I told you that General Li has been promoted. Haha, come and receive the promotion in front of the Marshal."
"Liu Jinsuo."
"exist!"
"Take this strong man to rest. It's a good time to celebrate the victory of recovering Jianmen today. Treat him well."
"Okay!"
Liu Jinsuo and Lin Zi stepped forward, pressed Lu Dayong and left.
After a while, Liu Jinsuo's enthusiastic laughter came.
"Hey, brother, your dagger is very beautiful, can you give it to me?"
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Kong Xian looked on and felt the Lu Jiajun's domineering attitude.
But being domineering is one thing, and the overall situation is another.
He had just expressed his eagerness to regain Lizhou not long ago, but now he hesitated.
"Congratulations to General Li on his promotion..."
Li Xia didn't care about this. After thinking deeply, he said to Kong Xian: "There is no need to rush to make a decision about the next war. How about we first investigate the situation in Lizhou?"
"That's exactly what it means."
That night, Yang Ben was sitting there chatting with the soldiers, which was a post-war summary of today's battle to recover the sword and close the gate.
As they were talking, Song He came over without saying hello, said something to Yang Ben, turned around and walked away.
"This is a good fight, I have some skills."
Yang Ben couldn't help but laugh.
At that time in Dali, Yu Ping died in battle and Yang Ben replaced him as a general. Song He praised him for the first time.
Smiling, Yang Ben looked up and saw Li Xia waving at the top of the city and hurriedly ran up to the top of the city.
"Is it possible that Alang is made of iron? He should take a break."
Li Xia waved his hand, motioning for him to come forward, and asked, "Tell me about your time in the Lu Family Army?"
When Yang Ben heard this, he was inexplicably nervous.
"Alang, I didn't..."
"It's okay, I just want to know about Lu Jiajun."
Only then did Yang Ben relax.
"Back then, I killed someone and was assassinated and sent into the army... I heard that Lu Wende was good at fighting and had a general named Xia Gui under his command. This man was also convicted and had two flags stabbed on his face. He was called 'Xia Qier' because of his military exploits.
After being promoted by Lu Wende, he tried every means to transfer him to the Lu family army."
He squinted his eyes, his eyes filled with memories.
"The Lu family's army is indeed capable of fighting, and all of them are brave and brave people. But greed is also true. Jinghu originally had 200,000 troops. In the third year of prosperity, Lu Wende learned about Ezhou, cut down more than 100,000 troops, and set the quota of military pay.
It was his own, and everyone in the court knew about it, but he was proud of it and claimed that the Lu family's army of 30,000 people defeated 300,000 troops.
Furthermore, the Lu family army is xenophobic. Anyone who is not a relative of the Lu family, a fellow countryman, a woodcutter, or a charcoal cutter will never be promoted no matter how hard he works. I have been through life and death, two years in Jinghu and two years in Bozhou, and I can't even be the leader of a team.
No. Later I found out that Xia Guineng was promoted not only because of his bravery, but also because he was from Lu Wende's hometown."
Li Xia asked: "Have you met Lu Wende?"
"Never. I am under the command of his son-in-law Fan Wenhu. Oh, I only play polo in the army all day long. Only those who play with him can get promoted."
When Yang Ben said this, his dissatisfaction became more and more obvious, and he spat: "What kind of soldiers, what kind of generals. A group of fierce men and madmen, arrogant and indulgent warriors."
"Lu Wende invited us to fight the Mongolian army together. What do you think?"
Yang Ben thought for a while and said: "If Alang's troops leave Jianmen Pass, the Mongolian army will turn around and attack us. Lu Wende will only let us fight to the death. He will defend the Jialing River and wait for the opportunity to fight."
"If there is a chance to fight, can he fight?"
"able."
Although he was dissatisfied, Yang Ben had to admit this.
"The Lu family's army is not afraid of fighting... However, when it comes to merit after the war, it is all the credit of the Lu family's army."
Li Xia nodded, having a general understanding.
Yang Ben was silent for a moment, clasped his fists and said: "If you ask the general, I really don't want Alang to follow Lu Wende in sending troops. But the overall situation comes first. If the Lu family's army is defeated, the good situation in Sichuan and Sichuan will be destroyed... The two are in a dilemma, please make a decision with Alang
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"Then why doesn't Lu Wende retreat? Just let the Mongolian army take the rice warehouse road."
"I don't know what he thinks."
Li Xia patted the battlements and said, "Lu Wende has determined that I must listen to him."
He pondered and murmured two more words.
"Shuai Shu..."
Over there, the Lu family's army rushed to Cangxi and set up defenses in Langzhong. But in Lu Wende's camp, Liu Zheng heard the order, but he had some objections.
"Commander Lu, I don't think it's necessary to take Bazhong." Liu Zheng did not take the military order, but cupped his fists and said: "The general can lead his troops over the mountains and forests, ambush on the Mi Cang Road, and severely defeat the Mongolian army..."
"Fuck your mother!"
Lu Wende was furious.
"If the mountains are so easy to plow, why build a rice warehouse road? You just think that attacking the city is a waste of troops. You guest troops are going to Sichuan and Sichuan to help, and all you think about is preserving your strength?! No wonder you failed at Jiantan Crossing
That way..."
"Commander Lu has learned a lesson! After the defeat of Jiantandu, the troops that Pu chose to give to the last general were not enough..."
"I know what the heck, I don't care about you?! I asked you to bring down Bazhong. There are so many military orders, do you accept it or not?!"
No matter how Liu Zheng looked at it, he thought his strategy was much better than Lu Wende's.
But Lu Wende was suppressed by Lu Wende in his official position, so there was nothing he could do.
But he also had a bad temper. He stepped forward with a cold face, took the order with one hand, turned around and left.
Seeing this, Lu Wende shouted angrily: "Yu Xing, take a thousand people with them!"
His general Yu Xing understood, grinned, and responded loudly and deliberately: "Don't worry, Commander, no one dares to disobey the Commander-in-Chief's orders! It's useless to be self-righteous anymore!"
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In fact, Lu Wende also realized that Liu Zheng's playing style was better.
But there are also risks. Taking Bazhong will only cause greater losses, and it is not the loss of the Lu family army anyway.
The most important thing is that it is up to him, Lu Wende, to decide how the war should be fought.