After Alan Da'er led his troops to the west, Liu Yuanzhen rested his troops and prepared to counterattack Jieting Pass, and at the same time sent scouts to Chang'an to warn Lian Xixian and Shang Ting to be cautious.
In the next three days, he looked to the south of Qianhe River Valley again and again, waiting for news from Guanzhong.
No news.
Lian Xixian and Shang Ting only sent one piece of information. After that, they neither sent a letter asking for help nor reported victory.
How many Song troops did Jingzhao Mansion encounter? There was no follow-up news.
Liu Yuanzhen had an idea in his mind that he could no longer suppress.
"Second uncle, Jingzhao Mansion won't be lost, right?"
Jia Hou was in a daze. When he came to his senses, he asked, "What did Dalang say?"
"There is no reply from Jingzhao Mansion. Isn't it lost?"
"I don't believe that Li Xia can capture Chang'an City from Ziwu Valley." Jia Hou said slowly, "With Lian Gong and Shang Gong here, it is impossible to lose it so quickly."
Liu Yuanzhen asked again: "Has my second uncle noticed it? For two days in a row, some of the scouts who went south have never come back."
"Dalang is saying that the road back to Guanzhong is blocked?"
"It's possible." Liu Yuanzhen said: "Li Xia doesn't want us to rush to rescue him. He is buying time."
"Hey, let's talk about regaining Jieting Pass..."
The two stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the battlefield ahead.
After a moment of silence, Liu Yuanzhen spoke again.
"What was the second uncle thinking just now?"
Jia Hou sighed and murmured: "Li Xia said that he wanted to clear up the emperor's universe and help the living beings... I'm thinking, is he crazy? Or does he really think so?"
"He doesn't have this strength, he's far from it."
Liu Yuanzhen made a comment, his eyes darkened a little, and then said: "I have to admit that he is better than me...much better than me, but his strength is far from being able to compete in the world."
"Do you think Dalang is crazy?"
"He is arrogant." Liu Yuanzhen sighed in a low voice: "He is arrogant. He is not crazy, but I am about to go crazy... missing Chang'an makes people sad."
It was difficult for them to focus on Jieting Pass.
Counting time, the decisive battle in Lintao has ended. If our side wins, the Mongolian troops on the pass will not be a concern; but if they lose, then Hunduhai can enter the pass. Everything is over, so what else should we consider?
Finally, there was the sound of horse hooves in the distance and shouts came.
"Hunduhai, Alan Da'er has been defeated!"
"..."
Liu Yuanzhen's eyes turned red immediately.
"It's not easy to win the main battlefield."
If it weren't for Li Xia, he would be overjoyed now.
~~
After regaining the Jieting Pass, Liu Heima looked around the battlefield.
Wherever he looked, he saw that Liu Yuanzhen's troops and horses had suffered heavy casualties.
Feeling sad, he coughed a few times.
"Cough cough cough! Cough cough..."
"Father!"
"It doesn't matter, how is the war in Jingzhao Mansion?"
"The news is broken."
"broken?"
Liu Heima looked to the southeast and murmured: "The road was blocked by Li Xia... Is it Dashan Pass?"
"Very likely."
"Sichuan and Shu have so many troops?"
Liu Yuanzhen said: "If all the garrison troops and horses are included, Li Xia can also have tens of thousands of troops. However, he can only mobilize more than 10,000 troops to go north."
Of course Liu Heima knew that he didn't need his eldest son to explain everything so clearly.
"Ahem... I'm asking, how many troops are attacking Jingzhao Mansion?"
"I don't know, but Li Xia needs at least 20,000 elite troops to attack the city." Liu Yuanzhen had thought about it carefully and said: "And now, he intercepts the Qianhe River Valley and may even have captured Fengxiang Mansion, so he must mobilize garrisons from all over Hanzhong.
"
"He's so brave."
"Father, I'm thinking about Hanzhong..."
Liu Heima raised his hand and stopped Liu Yuanzhen's chatter.
He strode forward with his sword in hand, summoned two generals, and gave orders.
"You lead two thousand-man troops as the vanguard and go to the front to explore first!"
"yes!"
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Double zenith.
This mountain is located at the southern end of the Qianhe River Valley, and to the southeast is Fengxiang Mansion.
To the south of Fengxiang Mansion is the Qinling Mountains, facing Dashan Pass on Chencang Road.
As early as after Li Xia regained Hanzhong, one of the first things he did was to occupy the Shu Pass.
Among them, Yang Ben was stationed at Ziwu Pass, Song He was stationed at Xieguguan, and Xu Kui was stationed at Dashan Pass.
Now that there is a war in Longxi, Yang Ben is bluffing near Chang'an City.
Song He then led a small group of cavalry to attack Fengxiang Mansion, frightening the city defenders into closing the city gates tightly.
At the same time, Lin Zi had led the Hanzhong garrison to Dashan Pass and separated from Xu Kui out of Qianhe and Weihe River valleys.
When the two Mongolian armies were fighting in full swing in Longxi, they did not encounter enemy attacks and did not attack any cities. Their main job was to transport supplies.
Linzi went to the Weihe River Valley.
Xu Kui chose the double zenith in Qianhe River Valley.
He led his people to transport the baggage to the mountains in the valley, built camps, garrisoned them, dug trenches, set up ambushes, and fired artillery.
When doing this, there are many big temptations... For example, if six thousand people attack Fengxiang Mansion, which is empty of troops, they may be able to capture it.
Of course, I can't keep it.
This time, the first article of Li Xia’s military order is——
"No wild war! No wild war! No wild war!"
When Xu Kui wakes up every day, he first recites these words three times.
The infantry will conscientiously do what infantry should do, block the road, set up lookout points, dig the ditch, scatter the iron calamus and pears, set up the artillery carriage, prepare the wood, stone and thunderbolts, and prepare the crossbow.
A good ambush...
When an enemy messenger comes, he will be shot off his horse with a crossbow arrow.
Do not allow news exchange between Longxi and Guanzhong.
Xu Kui didn't think about the situation at all. He only knew that his mission was to wait for the main force of the Mongolian army to turn back and blockade the opponent for ten days.
The baggage, armaments, and wood and rocks he brought could only blockade the area for more than ten days.
Finally, on the second day of April, I looked north with a telescope and saw two thousand cavalry rushing towards me.
Xu Kui waved his hand violently.
"put!"
Flag waving.
The fuse on the Sky Cannon was ignited.
The artillery cart threw the cannon and fell towards the trench.
The terrain of the Double Zenith is not dangerous, but it is condescending, so you are prepared to attack but unprepared.
"boom!"
"boom……"
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Liu Heima frowned when he heard the movement ahead.
There is one in Zhentian Lei Fengxiang Mansion. The key is to throw it with a cannon cart or on the city wall.
Although Li Xia's sky-shaking thunder was much louder than what he had seen before, it was not unusual.
The problem is that the advantageous terrain is occupied, and it will take a lot of effort to cross the Qianhe River Valley.
bother.
I guessed wrong, that kid didn't want to come up and stab two big men while they were fighting.
But he had just finished beating another big man, and when he was weak, the door of the room was slammed shut by the annoying child.
"I won't let you go home, I won't let you go home, just slightly."
Just kick it in, what else can you do...
"Send the order! Take the prisoners and consume the Song army!"
Liu Heima gave the order, and Liu Yuanzhen came over again.
"Father."
"Yeah." Liu Heima responded calmly.
"Father, don't worry. Since the Song army intercepted our army, Jingzhao Mansion should not be lost. With Lian Gong and Shang Gong in charge, even if Li Xia has a clever plan, he will not capture Jingzhao Mansion too quickly. He is just buying time.
.”
"I know."
Liu Yuanzhen said again: "Looking at this situation, Hanzhong must be empty..."
"Cough cough cough!"
Liu Yuanzhen patted Liu Heima's back gently and said: "My child thought that we were tricked by Li Xia before and completely misjudged his plan. We can't let him lead us away anymore."
"How are you doing?"
"We should no longer follow Li Xia's thinking." Liu Yuanzhen said: "This time we have broken through the blockade, and we will still be tricked by him on the way back to Jingzhao Mansion. It is better to escape from the chessboard and beat him.
I hit mine."
Liu Heima sighed.
Liu Yuanzhen further advised: "Li Xia has already made a plan, and the calculation is too deep. He can actually judge that I will judge him to take the Qishan Road. Don't fall into his tricks again. Don't allow him to be in Hanzhong anymore. It's better to get rid of him as soon as possible!"
"
Liu Heima suddenly asked slowly: "Do you think... he is really capable of competing for supremacy in the world?"
"At least, he will definitely take the Jingzhao Mansion."
Liu Heima nodded, convinced of this.
Li Xia has shown his determination to win.
Liu Yuanzhen added: "It is impossible for Li Xia to calculate the situation of our battle with Hunduhai, so he is also betting that he is too risky."
At this point, Liu Yuanzhen repeated it again.
"Li Xia acted and took risks again and again. He couldn't determine the situation in Longxi, but he still dared to bet... Hanzhong was empty... We might as well finish the battle in one battle and go straight to Hanzhong!"
Liu Heima asked: "Have you ever thought about what would happen if you went straight to Hanzhong and fell into the trap again?"
"Won't."
Liu Yuanzhen has become confident again.
He pointed to the south and said: "The attack on Hanzhong was what I suddenly thought of. This was not Li Xia's plan. Li Xia's arrangement gave us no reason to attack Hanzhong. Therefore, this is the only way not to be plotted by him...
…”
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"I'm not calculating their thoughts at all."
On Qishan Road, Li Xia was still discussing with Lu Xiufu and said: "I have never thought about what they would guess when we go out to Qishan Road or Ziwu Road. They are all false soldiers anyway. No matter how they guess, they will guess wrong.
Everyone will feel that they have fallen into my scheme."
"I understand, it's actually very simple." Lu Xiufu said: "All the arrangements are just telling them two things. First, Commander Ji is bound to win Guanzhong; second, Hanzhong is empty."
"Yes, the key is that I only have this chance. They have just finished the battle and are at their weakest."
Lu Xiufu said: "That's why Jieshuai wants to make him aware of the emptiness in Hanzhong at this time."
"Yes, this is the only opportunity I have to attack Hanzhong, and I also made them think that this is the only opportunity to attack Hanzhong."
Lu Xiufu was filled with emotion.
All in all, the whole plan is really simple.
Use the battle to weaken the enemy, then attract the weakened enemy to enter the predetermined battlefield, and finally use superior terrain and tactics to annihilate the main enemy force and capture Guanzhong.
"The idea is really simple. But the complicated ones are just a cover-up, to prevent the enemy from seeing the key point."
Li Xia asked: "If it were you, would you come?"
"meeting."
Lu Xiufu thought for a while and nodded vigorously.
"If it were me, I wouldn't be able to refuse such an opportunity."
Li Xia feels much more at ease.
"Yeah, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to help it. People's hearts are always greedy. I have to look back to Shu..."
Having said this, I am still not sure.
It is true that the human heart is greedy, but it is also the most difficult to calculate.
~~
Qianhe River Valley.
Liu Heima coughed again, raised his head again, waved his hands and murmured: "That's all."
"That's all?" Liu Yuanzhen was stunned, "Father, why?!"
"There is no reason." Liu Heima murmured: "It's too far... around the Qishan Road to attack Hanzhong, I don't know how long the war will stop."
"Is it too far?" Liu Yuanzhen was confused and asked again: "Then we can annihilate the Song army in front, attack the scattered army, and use Chencang Road..."
"Annihilate? Won't they withdraw from Da San Pass? Fight while advancing. Won't Hanzhong mobilize troops from Lizhou and Chongqing?"
Liu Yuanzhen said: "Therefore, I thought we should attack by surprise from Qishan Road."
"You've come around again. My father said...not to attack Hanzhong."
"Father!" Liu Yuanzhen said in disbelief, "Such a great opportunity! In half a year, only half a year, we can decide the southwest in one battle!"
"As a father, I can't explain why... I just don't want to go."
Liu Heima murmured, raised his eyes to the south, and said: "Break through the Song army in front and return to Jingzhao Mansion. That's it."
Liu Yuanzhen was still unwilling to give in and wanted to persuade him again, but was pulled back by Jia Hou.
"Da Lang, stop talking."
"Second uncle, don't you think this is a great thing..."
"Brother-in-law is injured." Jia Hou reminded in a low voice.
Liu Yuanzhen was stunned.
He looked at Liu Heima's back and suddenly realized that his father had lost his temper.
Perhaps it was because the battle in Longxi was successful and there were no more expectations; perhaps it was because seeing the heavy casualties suffered by his subordinates, he felt pity and intolerance; perhaps it was because of injuries and illnesses; perhaps it was because he was tired from being tortured by Li Xia; perhaps he was just tired of it
…
People's hearts can't explain why.
Liu Yuanzhen couldn't help but feel disappointed...
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