Dong Wenbing has captured Jindou Pass and has been storming Tongguan for several days. This night, he is welcoming the messenger coming from Yanjing.
"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry. If Li Xia is trying to force us to withdraw through Alibu, he has made a wrong calculation. The people of the Song Dynasty regard Hara and Lin as the 'capital', but they don't know that the grassland people who live in grass never care about the capital. This time
Li Xia will be destroyed."
"I will obey the Holy Order."
"Brother Yan Ming, I want to tell you privately that you must capture Tongguan as soon as possible. For a whole month, you have not broken through Li Xia's defense line all the way. Although Your Majesty said you are not in a hurry, how much time do you have to allow you to waste it like this?"
"minister……"
"Don't surrender. You and I have been friends for many years. This is what I told you privately. However, how long will it take to break through Tongguan and capture Sichuan and Shaanxi? Your Majesty needs to listen to your words."
Dong Wenbing raised his hand unconsciously and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"I would like to issue a military order and Tongguan will be broken within one month."
"You want another month?"
"Zhongshi, you should know that among all the roads, Tongguan is the most difficult one..."
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Yan'an Prefecture.
Looking north from Mount Taihe, one can see the light of torches on Yan'an City on the bank of the Yan River.
The Qinzhi Road is still intact after thousands of years of wind and rain, and the bridge piers across the river still exist. Although there are weeds on the roadside, the rammed soil is strong.
Hao Tianyi looked at the distant fire in the night with cold eyes.
After crossing the Yellow River from the upper reaches of Longmen Ferry on ice, he indeed lost his way for a time.
It's not that he is incompetent. In fact, getting lost is the most common thing during the march...
But Hao Tianyi actually quickly captured some locals. When he learned that there was a path to the back of Yan'an Mansion, he suddenly realized that the real credit was to attack Zhang Jue from behind.
After nearly a month of arduous trek, they are finally ready. Just waiting for Yang Dayuan to fight Zhang Jue, he will take Zhang Jue by surprise and deliver a fatal blow to Zhang Jue's troops...
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Southeast of Liangzhou, Bingcaotai.
Yeluzhu stayed up all night, sitting by the campfire and playing the piano.
Although his movements were graceful, all he was thinking about was killing.
The sound of the piano is lingering.
Yelu Xiliang sat aside solemnly, listening to the music of his father's piano.
On the other side of the bonfire, lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, was the Mongolian general Haran Shu, and Haran Shu's nephew suddenly appeared.
The uncle and nephew failed to defend Liangzhou City at that time. Haran Shu led the remaining soldiers and fled to Xingqing Mansion. Suddenly, he set a fire in Liangzhou City and then led a small number of cavalry through it.
After crossing the desert, we also arrived in Xingqing.
Being able to cross the desert shows that it is not easy to stab out suddenly.
In fact, he is still the consort of the Golden Family, and he is married to Princess Manggetai Zhisiman, the daughter of the clan king Moge.
They came to this barren mountain to garrison troops and slept by the campfire at night. Naturally, they did not come to enjoy a picnic with Yelu Zhu.
The purpose was to bury the Song army.
According to Yelu Zhu's plan, Zong Wang Hedan has led his army to pretend to withdraw and is slowly retreating towards Xingqing Mansion.
The looted baggage was put at the end to attract the Song army to pursue it.
The Song Army has a young cavalry, which was recently formed. The generals are also very young. Their fighting style has always been very vigorous. This is not the first time they have gone out of the city to seize supplies and supplies.
This time, I decided to use my strategy and follow Li Zengbo's tactics to set up an ambush. I didn't have to worry about the Song army not falling into the ambush.
Of course, without such a strategy, Yelu Zhu was confident that he could capture Guanlong.
After all, Mongolia's national strength is accumulated over decades. It has money, food, armor, weapons, horses and other material resources, and its vast territory can quickly recruit manpower. Strategically, it is always on the offensive. If it can keep attacking, it will definitely win.
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For example, a group of Song troops from Sichuan and Longxi could defend Hexi for a month or two, but they could not defend for half a year. They would not be able to supplement or replace their troops, and the morale of the army would inevitably collapse.
The question is, can it last for half a year?
For the time being, we may not care about Ali Bu Ge taking back Hala and Lin, but this will not last as long as half a year.
According to the original plan, Hedan should be sitting in Chang'an at this time, discussing with Habichi and Shi Tianze to send troops all the way to sweep Sichuan and Shu, instead of returning all the way to Peiping... instead of still confronting the Song army in Hexi.
So you have to use calculations.
Yelvzhu had confidence and could still play the harp here calmly.
The sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, disturbing the sound of the piano, so the fingers on the string plucked the string for the last time, and the string trembled with the last sound of the piano and stopped.
"Report!"
The Meng soldiers got off their horses and ran to the bonfire, covered with snow foam.
"Prime Minister, all the Song cavalry have left Liangzhou City..."
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A map was placed beside the campfire, and Li Xia marked the situation on each road while looking at the information.
Although he was unable to visit every line of defense in person, some news was delivered back every day, allowing him to understand the entire battle situation.
It can be noticed that the offensives of various Mongolian armies are beginning to become fierce.
Li Xia judged that Kublai Khan did not turn around in a hurry because Ali was not his brother, but at least he would be anxious.
Just as he said to Li Zengbo at the beginning of the war, he wanted to fight this battle not out of emotion, but because he believed that Kublai Khan could not handle him.
Of course, the prerequisite is to hold on. Hold until the Mongolian army becomes discouraged and loses confidence in a quick victory.
We want to make the Mongolian army feel that they have been kicked on an iron plate and cannot enter Guanlong. They are tired and afraid of fighting.
This strategic goal was very far away at first.
Now when the Mongolian army's offensive began to become fierce, Li Xia believed that the strategic target was close. But it was also more dangerous. A certain line of defense could be breached at any time.
It's like a wild beast blocking the door of a house gets angry and starts to pounce and slam into the door. At this time, the person holding the door must be able to resist it until it turns around and walks away, or cannot resist and is bitten to death by it.
It was difficult, as if my strength was almost exhausted.
If I were to say which road is the most dangerous at the moment, it might be the Blue Pass. But I would say yes, because the battlefield is always treacherous and unpredictable.
It is also very likely that Languan was defended, but Tongguan was lost due to an accident.
What accident?
Maybe one person among ten thousand people will open the city gate and surrender, but no one can guarantee that there is no one in ten thousand chance, or even one in a thousand or one hundred percent.
Can't stand a little accident...
But no matter what, Li Xia still trusted all the generals and could only trust them.
What he can do here is to use his hands to support various parties as soon as possible.
After cleaning up the situation in the Battle of Hancheng, Li Xia rushed to Heyang Camp.
On the night of the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, according to his order, He Tai, Zhang Shun, and Zhang Gui all gathered their troops.
There was still wind and snow this night, and the ice surface of the Yellow River in the Heyang section was still solid.
Li Xia walked toward the Yellow River holding his sword.
Lin Zi was a little worried, so he stepped forward and whispered: "How about the last general leading the troops?"
"Are you afraid that the information may be wrong?"
"Yes, if the weasel is..."
"You can trust me." Li Xia said, "The wolf is already in a hurry. We must give it a hard whip."
After saying this, he raised his hand to tell Lin Zi not to speak anymore, and strode up to the generals. Without saying anything, he just pulled out his sword and pointed it at the east bank of the Yellow River.
Only six days after the Battle of Hancheng, Li Xia replaced a group of fresh troops and attacked the Mongolian army from the Heyang section again.
He secretly called this sneak attack Operation Weasel...
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