Dingjun Mountain is located in the southwest of Hanzhong, at the exit of Jinniu Road.
It belongs to the Daba Mountains. Its mountain range has twelve peaks, known as the "Twelve Peaks". It surrounds a natural depression and can garrison more than 10,000 troops.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei defeated Cao Jun here, and Hanzhong rose to prominence.
Zhuge Liang laid out eight formations, and Huang Zhong's formation killed Xia Houyuan, all of which are here.
Therefore, some people occasionally say, "If you conquer Mount Jun, you will conquer Hanzhong; if you conquer Hanzhong, you will conquer the world."
Of course, it's just talk.
Li Xia has garrisoned troops at Dingjun Mountain, but there is no sign of conquering Hanzhong or the world.
At least the 80,000 Mongolian troops on the battlefield in Hanzhong are still invincible in the field...
After Li Xia captured Lizhou, more than 20,000 servants surrendered, but he did not bring them out.
Because these troops really don't have much combat power, it's okay to defend the city by throwing wood and rocks, but pursuing the Mongolian army on the Golden Ox Road will become a drag.
And I can't carry that much luggage.
Li Xia brought only 6,000 infantry and attacked Wang Hanchen's rear army all the way.
On this rugged plank road where the ladders and stone stacks are connected, the advantages of the Mongolian cavalry cannot be used at all. As long as a war horse is frightened, it will run rampant and knock the Mongolian army in front off the cliff...
In addition, Wang Hanchen's fighting spirit was not firm and he just wanted to go to Hanzhong.
But in the plains, Li Xia's 6,000 troops were not enough to change the situation. Today, they mainly played a role in motivating the defenders in Hanzhong City.
Just looking at the distribution of troops, the Song army obviously does not have the strength to occupy Hanzhong...
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Li Xia did not set up a tent, but stood in the mountains and looked up at the sky.
It was the end of the first lunar month, and the moonlight was dim.
But after looking for a long time, Li Xia finally saw a crescent moon emerging from the clouds... Then he felt more at ease and walked towards the soldiers in the forest.
"Have you all rested?"
"alright!"
Li Xia nodded and looked at Mao Yi'er, who was dressed in black, and the dozen or so elite men behind him.
"Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Mao Yi'er grinned and said: "If you can fight to the death in your hometown, the fallen leaves will return to their roots, and you will die without regrets in the end."
I don’t know from whom he learned the idiom.
Li Xia said: "You are not allowed to die, you must deliver my letter."
"yes!"
"Go ahead."
The dozen or so people left quickly.
Li Xia continued to walk forward, his eyes roaming over the rows of soldiers.
"The Mongolian army thought that we occupied Dingjun Mountain and wanted to set up camp. But we didn't. We slept in the mountains and forests, exposed to wind and rain. Do you think it's hard?"
“It’s not hard work!”
"It's a lie that we don't have to work hard." Li Xia said, "But the Mongols can't imagine how much hardship and fatigue we can endure, so we will win."
"Must win!"
"Set off."
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In Hanzhong City, at the top of Wangjiang Gate, Zhang Jue was standing in the night looking at the upper reaches of the Han River.
He believed that Li Xia would definitely send someone to contact him.
This is a tacit understanding.
Until the third watch, there was a flash of fire on the river. Zhang Jue squinted for a long time and finally saw a vague black shadow floating down the river.
"Silence."
Zhang Jue was overjoyed and lowered his voice and ordered: "Quick, put down the hanging basket, quick."
However.
"Discover Song Jun!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Hearing shouts from the other side, a Mongolian ambush army came out of the woods and fired arrows at the sheepskin raft on the river bank.
There were also many smart people among the Mongolian generals who actually guessed that the Song army would send people into the city at night.
Soon, torches were lit on the other side of the river, and columns of cavalry rushed to intercept the river.
Zhang Jue also shouted: "Fire arrows! Cannon stones!"
…
"puff!"
"puff……"
"Baijiang, leave quickly... uh..."
"Plop!"
"Shoot them to death! Uh-hut..."
"Quick! Cover!"
"Pull them up..."
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Not far downstream of the Han River, Yang Wen'an was sitting astride a war horse, looking at the corpses floating on the river.
"Pull over here." He commanded.
After a while, Mongolian and Han soldiers strode over.
"Report to the general that every corpse has been found."
Yang Wen'an was stunned and said: "Give it to me..."
~~
Hanzhong City.
Beside the bonfire, Zhang Jue was guarding Mao Yi'er, who had been hit by two arrows.
"General Zhang... I am very stupid... The general was afraid that I could not convey it clearly... so he wrote a letter..."
Zhang Jue quickly took it and first helped Mao Yi'er lie down again.
"Okay, okay. You recuperate first...I'll take a look."
It was a cowhide package. When I opened it, the letter paper inside was a little wet, but the writing was still there.
Zhang Jue moved closer to the fire and squinted his eyes.
"Brother Jun Yu and Zhu Paoze met each other as if they had met each other. You have recovered Hanzhong, your achievements are immortal, and your reputation will last forever. But you are not talented enough to kill the enemies outside the city immediately. But please rest assured, I have contacted Mongolian brother Alibu.
He sincerely admires the majesty of our Han family, loves peace, and is willing to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty. This important matter awaits your Majesty's decision.
Brother Alibu also said that the person who instigated Meng Ge to invade the Song Dynasty was Kublai Khan. Because of his wolfish ambition, all life in Sichuan and Shu was ruined, and Meng Ge also died at the hands of our Song Dynasty soldiers. In view of this, General Liupanshan has been ordered
In the Hundu Sea, Shaanxi Province Zuocheng Alan Daer wiped out Kublai Khan's associates..."
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Also by the campfire, Yang Wen'an was holding the letter found from Song Jun's corpse and reading it sentence by sentence.
Someone translated it for Brother Mo and others.
"..."
"To put it bluntly, dog bites dog. Fortunately, Commander Lu has blocked the Shu Road in Daba Mountain to prevent the Mongolian army from going south. As long as the Hundu navy arrives in Chang'an and blocks the Shu Road in the Qinling Mountains, then the Mongolian army in Hanzhong will be like a turtle in a urn and will surely die.
place.
You only need to defend the city for a few more days, and the Mongolian army will retreat. If you don't retreat, you will have to die, and the fault will come soon. On the road to the underworld, 20,000 heroic souls are waiting for the turtle in the 80,000 jars of the Mongolian army. Is it worth it? Is it worth it?
A man deserves his death... Li Xia pays homage to him."
"Ehxiute!"
"Ehxiute!"
"Prince Zong, Li Xia deliberately let us see this letter, don't be fooled by him! This treacherous villain has been spurned by Changshengtian!"
"enough!"
Brother Mo was furious and yelled: "I know he did it on purpose! But who can tell me why he knew that Hunduhai and Alan Da'er were Ali Bu's people?!"
"Prince Zong, please calm down... Alan Da'er's Goukao incident has made people panic. He, he, he... everyone knows that he is at odds with the Monan King, and Hunduhai stationed troops in Liupan Mountain, originally to give Ah Lunda
Lan Da'er supports...this matter..."
"Prince Zong, Li Xia is a person with a fine background and has been to Henan several times..."
All of a sudden, Mongolian and Chinese were buzzing in the big tent, and the interpreter was already there in a daze.
"Ehxiute!"
"Prince Zong, please calm down. In my opinion, Li Xia is deliberately trying to scare us, but it shows that he has a guilty conscience. He only needs to use thunder to annihilate these Hanzhong Song troops before leaving the Qinling Mountains... What are you doing in a daze? Give me
Translate it for the king!"
suddenly,
"Report! Song Army's night attack..."
Brother Mo was stunned and thought he heard wrongly.
He turned around and looked around the tent, as if to see who could explain why Li Xia's meager troops dared to attack his camp of tens of thousands at night.
However, the sentry horse ran nearby and shouted: "Report! Urgent report at Yangping Pass, Song Army sneak attack on the pass, asking for support..."
Before he finished speaking, another sentry horse came running.
"Report! Ji Touguan has been lost!"
Brother Mo opened his mouth and turned to look at the map.
Yangping Pass, the fortress leading to Chencang Road;
Jitou Pass, the pass leading to Baoxie Road.
This is the road for the Mongolian army to retreat north.
…
Why was Wang Liangchen able to gather his troops after losing Hanzhong City?
Because he transferred almost all the troops in Hanzhong...
No Mongolian general has ever thought that the Song army would go to the Qinling Mountains and the Shu Road, and even Hanzhong would not be able to stand. Why go to Guanlong?
For the time being, there is really no need for the Song army to go north.
However, the Mongolian army has.
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Li Xia's letter was indeed intended for Zhang Jue, but he was not afraid that the letter would be seen by the Mongolian army.
Otherwise, there is no need to risk people's death, just pass the message to the Mongolian army directly.
But Li Xia didn't need to pass the message to the Mongolian army, because even if Alan Dal'er ignored Li Xia in Hunduhai, he was Kublai Khan's life and death enemy.
This is not provocation, it is enough that the news of Meng Ge's death is sent.
What Li Xia did was already a conspiracy.
"Do you think it's too late to capture Hanzhong and then deal with Hunduhai? Well, if I block Chencang Road and Baoxie Road, will you still have time?"
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At dawn, Hanzhong City.
Zhang Jue is already confident of winning.
He copied dozens of copies of Li Xia's letter, posted them all over the city, and hired someone to read them out loud.
"Soldiers, listen! In this battle, either we take Hanzhong, or we drag the Mongolian army to death! In short, two words... we must win!"
"Must win!"
"Must win!"
…
Lai Abachi listened to the voice coming from the top of Hanzhong City.
He was no longer sure how many days it would take to capture Hanzhong City.
And after capturing Hanzhong City, how many days will it take to capture Yangping Pass?
He closed his eyes, thought for a long time, and finally walked towards Brother Mo.
"Prince Zong."
"Eh Xiute, tell me!"
"Prince Zong should know that these troops belong to King Monan and are used to fight for the throne... they must be brought back as soon as possible."
Brother Mo looked depressed.
The injury he sustained on Shizi Mountain has not healed yet.
Meng Ge's battle against Shu has lasted for a year, and everyone has become exhausted.
Even the warlike Mongols were tired of being chased and intercepted in the mountains after the death of the Great Khan.
After a long time, Brother Mo said: "Send a messenger... to see Li Xia."
~~
Afterwards, messengers exchanged between Yangpingguan and the Mongolian army camp for several days.
On the third day of February, Mo Ge took 40,000 people north to Ziwu Road and headed for Chang'an.
On the sixth day of February, Li Xia led his troops to release Yangping Pass and return to Dingjun Mountain.
That night, the Wang brothers couldn't wait to lead their troops westward to Chencang Road, rushing to Longxi.
It was embarrassing to say that the army was scared back by a mere 6,000 people, but they had no regrets, only fear.
If it were one step too late, the situation in Longxi would have deteriorated.
Because on the fifth day of the second lunar month, news came from Beijing that Alan Da'er had led his troops out of Chang'an City and headed straight for Liupan Mountain, hoping to join forces with Hunduhai.
…
In any case, more than ten years after Cao Youwen's death, the Mongolian army finally left Hanzhong.
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"The Han industry was established in Hanzhong. I wonder if this place is right or wrong?"
"I want to point my sword at the Three Qin Dynasties, and the king will be proud of himself and return east after a battle."
"The pursuit of death is no longer seen today, but the mountains and rivers are full of tears and stained clothes."
"The setting sun has not broken off the dust, the west wind is strong and the sky is empty..."
Zhang Jue, who was covered in wounds, stood sideways at the gate of Hanzhong City. He couldn't help but sing Jiaxuan poems as he stood.
Suddenly I saw a flag fluttering ahead.
Song Jun cheered, covering up the voice of the lyrics.
…
Li Xia looked up at the majestic city and rode into Hanzhong City...
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