King Bileg, who fled all the way to Fengjie City, still doesn't understand how he lost.
Tens of thousands of troops were deployed along the river, controlling all the ferries, and a large number of ships were patrolling the river.
The defense line that was supposed to be a flawless moat was actually destroyed in one night.
He was sleeping and having sweet dreams in his camp, and then he was dragged up by the Golden Sword Guards in a daze, put on the horse and ran all the way.
The impression left in my mind is that of flames everywhere and broken soldiers all over the mountains and plains.
After that, they fled all the way until they reached Fengjie City.
"How did you lose?"
Night attack, special terrain, and no defense.
The army in the cold weapon era was most afraid of night attacks.
Not to mention them, even a certain beautiful country was once shaken to pieces by a night attack.
Night raids have a heavy blow to morale and can easily cause chaos.
The terrain along the river is also very unfriendly, with mountains and rivers on one side, so you can only head towards your own camp.
All the Mongolian troops were like Bileg, not believing that the troops on the other side could cross the river unless they came flying.
Then he really crossed the river, and was hit with a heavy punch and was stunned on the spot.
After that, it was like rolling back a bead curtain, driving the Mongolian troops in one camp after another to break up, and destroyed their own camp.
After dozens of miles of impact, all the Mongolian troops collapsed.
The dizzy Bilege was still thinking about how he lost after escaping into Fengjie City.
Then the guards came to report, "The Song army has arrived at the city!"
They still habitually call Li Yunze Song Jun because he hasn't hurt yet from the beating.
"How could the Song army be so fast?" Bileg didn't believe it, because in his impression the Song army was mainly infantry and did not have such strong mobility at all.
While he was still wondering how the Song army came so quickly, he heard a rumble from outside, followed by a roar like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
"The Song Army has entered the city~~~"
When he rushed out under the protection of the Golden Sword Guards, the streets he saw were filled with Song troops galloping on horseback.
A large group of cavalry swarmed through and swept the entire street.
After they left, Bileg was lying among dozens of guards, twitching and vomiting blood. The last thought in his mind was.
'Now Dameng is being chased and beaten, how could this happen?'
Meng Yuan had always been chasing and beating others everywhere, but now he was being chased and beaten by Li Yunze.
The changes were so rapid that it was really hard for him to understand.
Inside and outside Fengjie City, the Chongqing Prefectural Government Office, there are all kinds of grain, grass and military supplies everywhere.
Even livestock are everywhere in the mountains and valleys.
There is no doubt that this is another great victory.
Not only are the losses small, but the gains are huge.
"King Chuang." Huang Lingshen, who was in a slightly excited mood, seriously suggested, "It is better to stay on Kuizhou Road. The terrain here is complicated and the Mongolian army cannot attack it."
"So you can only be a general, not a commander."
Li Yunze stood on the city wall with his hands behind his hands, his expression calm, "You can only see Kuizhou Road, but not the world."
"The size of Meng Yuan is more than a hundred times that of Kuizhou Road. There is no difference between staying here and staying in Yunxiao City. They will both end up being consumed by life and death."
"They can mobilize a hundred times the manpower and material resources to consume. If they stay, they will be dead. They must move and mobilize the Mongolian army. Only by taking the strategic initiative can they continue to consume the strength of the Mongolian Yuan."
Raising his hand and patting Huang Lingshen's shoulder, he tried to comfort him, "You can lead your troops to stay here, recruit the people around you, and organize the food and supplies. When I return from western Sichuan, we will go down the river together."
Li Yunze left all the people who accompanied the army behind in Chongqing Mansion. The Mongolian army, which suffered heavy losses in a short period of time, could not gather a large number of troops to attack.
And he himself led more than ten thousand mounted infantry, one person and three horses, out of Chongqing Prefecture and headed straight for western Sichuan.
The defenders on the Chengdu Prefecture side had been dispatched to the defense line along the river by Bileg early, and there were no soldiers and horses capable of fighting on the western Sichuan side.
Li Yunze's actions here were very smooth. In more than a month, he almost swept through all parts of western Sichuan, and finally pushed his momentum to its peak after breaking through Chengdu Prefecture.
Most of the local people, such as the soldiers and civilians who surrendered in Kaicheng such as Diaoyu City, Tianzi City, Yunding City, etc., poured into the army and followed Li Yunze in the battle.
The people of Shu had a blood feud with Meng Yuanna.
After all, everyone wants to be a human being and not be treated like an animal.
His actions also greatly affected Meng Yuan's mobilization.
The urgently mobilized troops and horses of the Meng Yuan Dynasty had to give up their plan to attack Chongqing Prefecture and turned around and rushed to Lizhou Road, fearing that Li Yunze would go north and break through the Qinling Mountains directly into Guanzhong.
However, Li Yunze had no plans to go north at this time. After wiping out the Mongolian troops in various places and collecting supplies and people, he chose to return the same way.
Many people don't understand and are unwilling to follow.
Li Yunze didn't talk nonsense, distributed them food, grass and military supplies, and told them to hide in the mountains and forests as much as possible to avoid Meng Yuan's revenge.
After that, he led his troops to escort the people all the way back to Chongqing.
When I left, there were only more than 10,000 people, but when I came back, I brought more than 200,000 people.
Coupled with the hundreds of thousands of people recruited by Huang Lingshen on Kuizhou Road, they already had the prototype of a large group of rogue bandits.
When leaving Kuizhou Road, there were still many people, soldiers and civilians who were unwilling to leave. They were also given food, grass and military supplies, and were told to go into the mountains and forests to avoid the Meng Yuan's revenge, and then they went directly down the river.
At this time, the main force of the Mongolian army in the south of the Yangtze River had already gone to Guangnan East Road to attack Song Tingxing. The urgently dispatched reinforcements had gone to Lizhou Road and were still cautiously recovering Chengdu Prefecture.
They did not believe that Li Yunze would abandon Kuizhou Road, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so there was no defense at all along the way.
Without any surprise, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians marched south along the river and captured Jiangling Mansion easily.
Because of the previous surrender of Kaicheng, Jiangling Mansion did not suffer any military disasters, but instead showed a hint of prosperity.
After clearing out the Meng Yuan troops, Li Yunze sent people around to collect information and find out who had colluded with the Meng Yuan inside and outside the city.
He used Li Zicheng's tactics, but he couldn't really kill everything along the way like Li Zicheng.
But the income from capturing Jiangling Mansion is not much, so we have to find ways to supplement it.
This kind of thing is very clear once you investigate it. After all, whether they are gentry or wealthy businessmen, they are usually the first ones to kneel down when a country is destroyed and a family is destroyed.
Sure enough, for example, the daughter of a gentry married Daru Huachi as a concubine, a wealthy businessman sold people and goods on behalf of the Mongols, the landlord of a certain village dedicated how many acres of land to a Mongolian, and so on.
Regarding these, Li Yunze's responses are very formulaic.
They ransacked their homes, arrested people, and chose a place with beautiful scenery to bury them.
Compared with the Mongolian soldiers who were directly dumped in mass graves, these people had a little more dignity, at least they were buried.
Then came the distribution of grain and goods, especially the public distribution of fields to landless people.
Originally, most of the local people looked on coldly at this so-called intruder army because they had surrendered and did not want to fight again.
But when Li Yunze actually distributed food supplies and even fields to them for free, his attitude immediately changed 180 degrees.
For the Chinese people, land is their lifeblood, and they are willing to risk their lives for it.
Unfortunately, this joy did not last long. After more than half a month of repairs, Chuangjun was leaving.
The local people were naturally trying to persuade him to stay, but it was at this time that Li Yunze showed his true attitude.
"If you are afraid that Meng will come back for revenge, you can come with me. You have the land deed with you, and I will definitely recognize it!"
Forcibly coercing someone will only lead to disunity. There will be no morale and no fighting capacity at all.
Only those who follow voluntarily are truly needed.
In the end, only a few thousand people were willing to follow the Chuang Army.
But it didn't matter, Li Yunze knew very well that after they encountered the retaliatory looting by the Mongolian army, they would all be his own when they came back.
Before departure, Li Yunze met Gundam again.
He came here as an envoy from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
"Meet the Imperial Master." Returning to the Jiangling Mansion that he once guarded, Gundam was also a little emotional.
"Don't call me the Imperial Master." Li Yunze shook his head calmly, "I haven't been the Imperial Master for many days."
"The Great Emperor has said that whenever the Imperial Preceptor goes to Dadu, he will be waiting for you." Gao Gao said sincerely, "The foreign minister came this time to inform the Imperial Preceptor that Song Tingxing is gone."
After hearing the news, Li Yunze's expression did not waver at all.
This is an inevitable result, and of course there is no need to get excited.
A slightly unwilling Gundam explained "Marshal Batudu" seriously
"Isn't it just Zhang Hongfan?" Li Yunze sneered, "You shave your head and change your name, do you really think you are a fool? A dog will always be a dog."
Hearing this, Gundam was not angry at all.
After all, this verbal humiliation means nothing to a person who has already bowed down.
He responded with a smile, "Yes, it was Marshal Zhang Hongfan who went south again and defeated the main force of the Song army in Shaozhou. After that, wherever the soldiers went, it was like spring melting snow."
After some bragging, the final result was that "Song Ting was defeated and fled to sea again, hundreds of ships escaped from the sea, and they were at a loss."
"You have a message for Kublai Khan." Li Yunze raised his little finger and picked his ears, "I will definitely go to Dadu. I will take millions of tigers with me when the time comes. Please don't run away."
"Also, give Zhang Hongfan a message."
Li Yunze laughed and said, "I'm going to find him now."
Zhang Hongfan, who had been defeated by Li Yunze in consecutive battles, still gained the trust of Kublai Khan after his escape.
Not only did he replenish a large number of soldiers and horses, but he also added Doctor Yinqing Ronglu.
This is naturally trust and grace.
But at the same time, this is also urging.
If he were defeated again, then Zhang Hongfan would really have no choice but to die in repayment to the great emperor.
So when he went south again, he fought extremely resolutely.
He really beat Song Ting, who had just taken a breath, until he vomited blood and died, forcing him to escape by sea.
His face, which had been always sullen in recent times, finally regained some of its smile and rosiness.
Until that day, he received an urgent letter from Gundam.
When he saw the words 'I'm here to find you', Zhang Hongfan's hands softened and the letter fell to the ground leisurely.