Lu Wende, who was sitting on his back and leaning on the back of the chair, maintaining a strange posture, woke up with a start.
He stood up and felt that his head didn't hurt so much after sleeping, but his back was still itchy.
"Shaobao! The rebel Liu Yuanli is attacking the western defense line, intending to rescue Li Ni and break through."
Lu Wende nodded, his reaction was quite calm, and said, "Quickly order Lu Shi to stay and lead troops to support."
"yes."
"I want to watch the battle."
After a while, Lu Wende had put on his armor and stepped onto the battlefield.
He took the observation tube and scanned the battlefield to the west. He could see that the Longzhong Mountains, like the Han River, extended from west to east.
On the plain between the mountains and the water, the Song army's camps were like white clouds, and the red Song soldiers were like flames.
The rebels' armor is darker, black, like two dirty teeth.
Yes, in Lu Wende's eyes, Liu Yuanli's troops were like the upper teeth of a wolf, with more troops, biting through the Song army camp from the west. The rebels in the east were like the lower teeth...
Turning the lookout tube, he began to look for the flag of the rebel army to the east.
Jade Amethyst pushed the screen closer, and one could see the rebels approaching the banner of the Song Army. After moving a little further east, the rebels' banner finally came into view.
Lu Wende paused for a moment, then became excited.
"Dog Hozen!"
"Hozen," he cursed again, "I finally caught you."
For a moment, it was like going back to the time when Brother Meng first died. The fledgling Li Xia had deceived and kidnapped Hanzhong from him.
Before that, Lu Wende claimed to be the number one general in the Song Dynasty, and he excluded and suppressed any generals who might surpass him.
But just after meeting Li Xia, this young hozen used dishonorable means to seize the credit and prestige that should have been his, and restored Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Longxi... until he proclaimed himself emperor.
If it were him, Lu Wende, he would never proclaim himself emperor.
Li Xia's various achievements in defeating the Mongolian army, he felt that he should be able to do it if he tried hard. But he couldn't do it by proclaiming himself emperor, whether it was out of loyalty to the Song Dynasty or because the timing was wrong.
In short, everything Li Xia should be his, but Li Xia doesn't cherish it, so he will take it back and tell everyone in the Song Dynasty that only he, Lu Wende, is the mainstay and can save the world.
He, Lu Wende, was the savior of the Song Dynasty.
"A certain Huaiyou man was a charcoal man. He was a man of courage, his hair was tied up and he served as a soldier. He guarded the country for thirty years. His reputation was in the enemy's country, and his achievements were noted on three sides..."
Lu Wende murmured to himself. Except for the first sentence, which was his description of his origin, the rest were the praises he received from the world.
For thirty years, the whole world has relied on him.
It would be better if there was no Li Xia.
…
"Give me the order to gather all the soldiers and horses. I will personally surround Li Ni!"
"Woo!"
The melodious horn sounded.
From the north of Longzhong Mountain, the Song army began to march westward in phalanx formations.
There were also trackers who began to pull the Song army's warships upstream.
The soldiers on the warships, with their bows and arrows drawn, stared at the river. They were responsible for preventing Li Ni from escaping from the Han River again, and also blocking the rebel ships from supporting Li Ni.
Since Li Ni wanted to fight on land, they surrounded Li Ni on the shore.
The mobilization of the army was slow, and the key to this battle was that the Song army's defense line in the west could not be penetrated and Liu Yuanli and Li Xia could not be allowed to join together.
Therefore, at the same time, three small groups of troops quickly rushed to the west to provide first support.
Lu Wende fought this battle without reservation and struck with all his strength.
He seemed to have forgotten that there were enemy troops attacking Xiangyang.
He shouldn't have made this mistake...
~~
Longzhong Mountain to the east is still twenty-eight miles away from Xiangyang City.
There is a mountain called Moqi Mountain more than ten miles east of Longzhong Mountain.
It is said that when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty conquered Xiao Mian,
He once hid from enemies in a cave of ten thousand people in the mountains.
However, the battle against Xiao Mian was actually led by Li Xiaogong and Li Jing. This legend may be somewhat untrue. However, it is true that there are ten thousand caves in Moqi Mountain.
The Yuan army was stationed here, so there was no need to hide in a cave with tens of thousands of people.
They stormed the important town of Xiangyang, forcing Lu Wenhuan to dare not open the city gate. Unexpectedly, Lu Wende did not come to support Xiangyang.
"I even doubted whether it was Lu Wende's plan." That day, after hearing the battle report, Bo Luohuan was surprised and asked: "Did he really attack Li Ni like this?"
Baijia Nu said: "How can a battlefield with so many troops be fake?"
He originally thought it wouldn't be so easy.
Originally, in addition to sending people disguised as Tang troops to attack Song troops, he also prepared many other means, including coercion, persuasion, false information, real benefits, and promises. Even if he gave Dengzhou and Tangzhou to Zhao Song, he would do whatever it took.
He wanted to teach Lu Wende to continue fighting with Li Xia.
But he just bribed Chen Yuanbin, Lu Wende's personal official, and got the matter done simply.
"I think Lu Wende also wants to kill Li Xia, just give him a reason."
"Then let's help him."
Baijia Nu laughed, got on his horse, and said, "Let's go, first annihilate Li Xia, and then kill Lu Wende."
Boluo Huandeng's eyes lit up immediately, and he was very satisfied with such a result. Only in Xiangyang could such a result be achieved.
But he still shook his head.
"Don't worry, if you send troops too early, you might scare Lu Wende away. It's better to wait until Lu Wende really annihilates Li Xia."
"That makes sense. Genghis Khan said that you need to have strong endurance."
Finally, after waiting for another hour, a horse came running back from the high mountain to the west.
"Report! The Song army will surround Li Xia soon."
Baijianu and Boluohuan looked at each other.
"Send troops, I can't wait."
"You know? This is my first time entering a woman's tent, and I'm not as anxious as I am now."
"send troops!"
"We also need to prepare envoys and tell Lu Wende that we are here to help him kill Li Xia."
"Yes, let's continue to pretend to cooperate with the Song army. As long as we annihilate this Tang army, we are guaranteed to regain the lost territory."
"Give me the order, the Red Army of Tanma will disperse and watch the battle from a distance. Don't let Li Xia escape!"
"drive!"
"..."
The Yuan army marched faster than the Song army, but it was also much more chaotic.
The scouting horses of the Song Army in front were shocked to see the billowing dust and smoke here, and quickly turned around and ran towards the Longzhongshan camp to report the news...
~~
The battlefield outside Wolong Town was also filled with smoke and dust.
Under a banner with the word "LV" in the character, Lu Wende was riding a horse while giving orders.
"My order is to stop Liu Yuanli at any cost and never allow him to join Li Ni."
"Here."
"Instruct Master Lu to stay. If anyone dares to retreat, he will be killed!"
"Here."
"Lu Shiwang!"
"Father, no, the commander-in-chief... will be here at the end."
"You lead 10,000 troops to bypass Longzhong Mountain and outflank Liu Yuanli's rear formation. If Liu Yuanli and Li Ni join forces, they must not be allowed to break through."
"Here!"
"Lu..."
"Report! Shaobao, Qiu Tongfu wants to see you."
Lu Wende usually valued his son-in-law, a doctor, but today he was impatient. He waved his hand and shouted: "Tell him to get lost! Don't you see that I am at war?!"
The soldier stepped forward and whispered, "I was captured by the rebels and released..."
Lu Wende frowned and glanced around.
His central army was not marching fast, and the front was densely packed with soldiers. It had not yet reached the front line of the battlefield, and the front line was commanded by its own generals.
I barely had a little time to see Qiu Tongfu.
"Get into the chariot and ask him to come over."
However, it was not Qiu Tongfu who arrived first.
Lu Wende just stepped onto the chariot when he saw a wet Xiangyang defender being helped over.
"what happened again?!"
"Shaobao, this is an urgent letter from General Six."
Lu Wende took it and saw that the letter was sealed in leather, so he impatiently scratched it with a dagger.
When I opened it, I couldn't read.
He was notoriously illiterate.
An official scolded him: "A stupid commoner, illiterate, pretending to be an idiot every time, so rude to a scholar-bureaucrat."
The Lu family has been in power for many years, and many people in the family have learned a lot of poetry and calligraphy, but Lu Wende has never thought of learning calligraphy.
Not only did he refuse to learn, he also scolded Confucius for "never taught me how to read." On the surface, he was scolding Confucius, but in fact, he was scolding all those who dared to disrespect him.
Even if he is illiterate, the scholar-bureaucrat should read it to him honestly in front of him.
Because Lu Wende is the support of the Song Dynasty and the people of the world, no one is allowed to disrespect him!
…
"Where's Chen Yuanbin?"
On this day, Lu Wende turned his head on the chariot and found that Chen Yuanbin was not among the civil servants.
Just when he was unhappy, Qiu Tongfu had already arrived.
"My son-in-law pays homage to his father-in-law."
Lu Wende waved to Qiu Tongfu to get in the car, suddenly picked up his collar and cursed angrily: "You idiot! Were you caught by the rebels?"
"My son-in-law is incompetent. I just ask my father-in-law not to get angry, so as not to hurt his body..."
Qiu Tongfu was very filial and still cared about Lu Wende.
Lu Wende, on the other hand, would speak harshly to people he was close to, saying, "If it weren't for your father's sake, I would have killed you, you loser!"
"Father-in-law and son-in-law have met Li Xia. He said that he will win this battle. Some generals in the army have secretly contacted him..."
"Shut up!" Lu Wende was furious, grabbed Qiu Tongfu's throat, and shouted: "Shut up!"
"Well……"
"You stinking scholar knows nothing about fighting. Don't let me hear you trying to seduce the morale of the army again."
"Father-in-law, but Li Xia said he didn't..."
"Shut up!"
Lu Wende had been in battle for a long time, and whether he believed it or not, at least on the surface he did not react at all to Qiu Tongfu's words, and said: "Remember, this is Li Ni's trick, don't talk about it again, and don't mention the fact that you were captured again.
"
"Ahem...father-in-law..."
"Read this letter to me." Lu Wende handed Lu Wenhuan's letter to Qiu Tongfu's hand.
It was rare that Qiu Zhenheng and Chen Yuanbin were not here today. He would rather let someone he trusted read the letter than casually leak the military plane to others.
Qiu Tongfu clearly had something very important to say, but he was so frightened by Lu Wende's anger that he didn't even dare to rub his blue neck. He took the letter and started reading it.
"My eldest brother personally informed me that I asserted that those who attack Xiangyang must be the Yuan army. This is consistent with what I expected in my letter three days ago. I implore my eldest brother to quickly make a truce with Li Xia and wait and see what happens..."
"Wait!"
Lu Wende shouted and asked: "Didn't Lao Liu say three days ago that the Yuan army had withdrawn?"
Qiu Tongfu suddenly knelt down on the chariot shaft and cried: "Father-in-law, please listen to my son-in-law. Li Xiayan did not send troops to land for raids three days ago. My father did not die at the hands of the rebels. This must be because the Yuan army was provoking war."