Li Tingzhi's decision, not only Liu Yu can not understand, even his subordinates are also suspicious, at the moment when their whole army enters the Guide Mansion, the attack of the Yuan people is like maggots attached to the bones, they can't get rid of it, the first to bear the brunt is the cavalry led by Xu Wende, they are responsible for the role of the vanguard and reconnaissance cavalry, although they have the blessing of black technology beyond the times, but the Yuan people often suddenly drill out from unexpected places, and leave without delay, bringing their accurate riding and archery skills to the extreme. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Xu Wende arrived with people, there were only a few corpses left on the ground, four of his own people died, and two escaped, not to run for their lives, but to not want those things to fall into the hands of the Yuan people.

"What a fucking bad luck." He took a sip hatefully, looking at the high and low houses, but he was helpless.

"The enemy must be hiding in this village, we are careful enough, we just want to draw water for the horses by the river, we didn't think that the arrows flew over, listening to the sound of the bowstring, there will be no less than twenty people, the leader led people to intercept desperately, so that the two of us escaped back, but they ......"

The words of his subordinates made him even more depressed, this is located outside Suiyang City, about thirty miles away from the city, there is no way to control it, in fact, all the way from Xuzhou, their goal is always one, and even the defenders have not been left along the way. Bianliang can't hold it, this point from Li Tingzhi, the commander-in-chief to the henchmen below, all know it, the temptation to restore the old capital is too huge, and the emptiness of the enemy gives them the impression of being vulnerable, so they will think about going on such a journey, who would have thought that when they returned, it would be so difficult?

Where is the enemy? Xu Wende didn't know, those spies didn't know, only more than 30 miles of road, he had lost nearly 100 horses, you know, the cavalry under his command only had a total of 5,000 horses, and there were only more than 3,000 left in Chuzhou, and before he could replenish it, he immediately marched into Jiangbei, now every one of them is his heart, and the loss will hurt his toothache, but it is obvious that everything is just at the beginning, there are still hundreds of miles to catch up, and there are still many dangers waiting for them.

What is even more puzzling is that the Yuan people in their own territory will actually treat themselves as weakling, using this despicable and despicable means to deal with the Song people they looked down on before, this change makes them both proud and surprised, proud that this is what they achieved with a series of victories, and the surprise is that the Yuan people act like this, there must be a huge conspiracy, and it is just ahead.

When he returned to the Chinese army and reported it to Li Xianggong, the latter also had such an intuition.

"Xu Si, what about your judgment?"

"The last general thinks that it must be near Xuzhou, and there are no less than 120,000 people out of the tower, according to the worst assumption, he will return with the whole army, these 120,000 people are all locals, the terrain is more familiar than ours, and the heads are far away, the most likely is to be scattered and hidden in the four fields and eight towns, with the help of the people, our spies can not get close at all, and many people of the last general are lost in this way."

Xu Wende paused, and shook his head a little angrily: "Although the clairvoyant mirror can reach far, but it can't see through, thinking about it, the last general can only say that they are everywhere, and when we are exhausted, they will be killed." ”

This is equivalent to not saying it, but Li Tingzhi's face did not have too much disappointment, when he made this decision, he vaguely knew that the road back to the division was not easy, but when he really set foot on the way home, he understood how dangerous it was, his eyes swept over the tent of cronies and generals, the faces of these people no longer had the excitement that swept across Jiangbei and went straight down to Bianliang, a few people looked calm, most of them were worried about Zhongzhong, they were all like this, and the morale of the sergeants below could be imagined.

"I know that you all think that the future is dangerous, we have neither geographical advantages nor people's hearts, and there are no comfortable days when everything is in control of the hostile situation in the past, the Yuan people are fierce and ruthless, and they are still cautious and abnormal when they have the advantage, once upon a time, you saw them like this?"

Li Tingzhi's face was filled with pride: "That's because they are afraid, under the city of Jiankang and on the shore of Huaishui, you let these Yuan people know that my Great Song Dynasty still has soldiers who can fight, and there are also divisions of victory, this team, let them go all out and calculate in every possible way to have a chance to win." ”

"Zheng Tuzi."

Zheng Tong, who was called by him, was stunned, looked left and right before standing up and replied with a fist: "The last will be." ”

"If you guard Xuzhou, will you Fushuai abandon it and leave you to fend for yourself?"

"This ......" Zheng Tong wanted to say that our Fushuai would never let him fall into that situation, but the words were still changed: "Naturally not, he will come to help with all his strength, and he will never leave any brother behind." ”

"Neither will it be." Li Tingzhi's words rang loudly, making everyone lift up: "If you abandon Xuzhou today, it will be the turn of Chuzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiankang tomorrow, so how much land do I have to abandon in the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"This battle is not only to tell the 5,000 brothers stationed in Xuzhou that we have not abandoned them, but also to let the Yuan people know that we are not afraid to be with them, anywhere...... Decisive battle! ”

"Fight to the death!"

All the generals shouted in unison, everyone understood that the matter was already like this, and they could only go forward, while the morale of the army was still there, and breaking through the enemy's encirclement and interception in one fell swoop was the way to survive.

When the distance was close enough, they could have direct contact with Xuzhou, and sure enough, the Yuan people only used a small number of men and horses to contain the defenders in the city, and did not attack the city on a large scale, which is self-evident.

For the defender Sun Liangchen, this short ten days was like experiencing a nightmare, almost after the army took Bianliang City, they lost contact at the same time, the Yuan people suddenly appeared in Xuzhou, and more and more people suddenly made him rest the plan to go out of the city to fight.

As a last resort, he could only choose to hold on behind closed doors, but the number of defenders of no more than 5,000, in addition to dealing with the city wall, but also to guard against the situation in the city, ten days of effort, they found and extinguished dozens of conspiracies against the defenders, but compared to the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, their number is so scarce, every day Sun Liangchen is like sitting on pins and needles, sleeping and eating.

What is strange is that although the soldiers and horses of the Yuan people are under the city, they have no intention of attacking, and they are not even like 'encircling three queyi', but they just guard the road out of the city to prevent them from abandoning the city and fleeing.

Of course, the documents to persuade surrender were sent into the city one after another, and the Yuan people didn't seem to care, which made Sun Liangchen's heart go up and down, until Li Xiang's army returned to the division and reconnected with the contact, only to know that they were just bait, and the reason why the Yuan people did not attack was not because they were afraid of casualties, but because it was unnecessary.

In order to find the whereabouts of the main force of the Yuan people, nearly a hundred spies investigated between Suiyang and Xuzhou, before Li Bu marched into Bianliang, these areas were no different from other places in Jiangbei, although they may not support the rule of the Song people, at least on the surface they were obedient, but now, the first thing the spies felt was hostility, any stranger with the wrong accent and wrong image could not approach those villages at all, and the result of the temptation was like Xu Wende's subordinates, who were shot by arrows flying from nowhere, As a result, they had to change their tactics and peek from a distance, focusing on several areas of terrain that were favorable to the enemy.

Mangdang Mountain is such a place, it is roughly located in the middle of Xuzhou and Suiyang, belongs to Yongcheng County, the official road of the two places passes through at the foot of the mountain, the other side of the official road is the Yellow River that has entered the semi-frozen period, the river water flows slowly under the thin layer of ice, showing an unusual docility, but as long as it is spring, it will burst out with the power that contains a long time, forming an astonishing scale of 'Lingxun'.

"What should I do, the Yuan people have blocked all the mountain roads, and we can't get close at all."

In the lens of the clairvoyant, Mangdang Mountain in the distance is like a huge mound of earth, with withered trees and grass, and there is not much sign of life, but their leader obviously does not think so.

"Then it's strange, if there is no anomaly, why are they closing the mountain?"

"Do you suspect that the Yuan people are hiding their army here?"

"It is very likely that there are only more than 30,000 people in Xuzhou, although this road is nearly 300 miles long, but if you really want to hide tens of thousands of troops, you have to scatter them in countless villages, in that case, it will not play a role, and from the perspective of terrain, only here is the most suitable. Li Xiang's army returned to the division, no matter where it went around, it could not avoid these mountains, and when the time came, waiting for the opportunity to kill, it would definitely receive the effect of surprise soldiers. ”

"It's a pity that we can't enter the mountain, and we don't know how many people the Yuan people are hiding here."

"No matter how much, I will inform Li Xiang of this news, it is better to be prepared than not to be prepared."

The head of the spies couldn't help but say, and directly reported their speculation, as for whether people believe it or not, it is not something they can control.

In fact, their speculation is not wrong, as the only mountain group in the Huanghuai Plain, Mangdang Mountain is the best ambush place that Tachu can find, the mountainous area with a radius of more than 40 miles, hiding his army of 80,000, most of them are foot soldiers, and the cavalry is scattered along the line, carrying out uninterrupted raids, for this rumored Song strong army, he does not have a trace of contempt.

Because he knows that Boyan's talent is far above him, that is, Zuo Cheng instigated the capital, and he is also the best among the Yuan people, such people have been defeated in the hands of the other party, so the success of the victory is beyond doubt, for this reason, the moment Ta Chu received an urgent report from Henan and other places, he immediately made the decision to withdraw from the siege and return to the north, and did not even wait for the edict of the Great Khan.

The cavalry army that came out first immediately followed the line from Bianliang to Guide Mansion and stationed in various towns and villages, and under their cover, they almost completely concealed their tracks, at least they could also cover the main army, so that they could calmly enter the pre-set ambush ground, and the actions of the Xuzhou side were completely to hide people's eyes and ears.

"Is this where Han Gaozu slashed the snake?"

The main peak of Mangshan is not more than 100 steps high, in fact, it is a little more than the city wall, but the mountain is the mountain, it can be surprised, it is its biggest effect, at this time has been waiting here for several days Yuan people commander tower out, but also with great interest to visit the monuments.

"Legend is here, Qin Shi Huang often said, 'there is a son of heaven in the southeast', so because of the east travel disgusted, Gaozu is self-doubting, hidden, hidden in the Mangdang Mountain, the stone of leisure, in this mountain to meet the white snake, pull the sword and cut it, so the achievement of great things." A Han secretary pretended to drop his bookbag and explain it to him.

"Good place, sure enough, there is the intention of cutting snakes."

The tower out of the beard and laughed, everyone was suddenly enlightened, the Song army passed, is not the marching array, like a long snake, and they are like a sword out of the sheath, this battle has not yet started has harvested a good omen, naturally they are praised, sycophants do not want money to offer.

"Don't be careless, this snake is not another snake, and if you can't kill it, you will suffer from it."

"The prime minister said very much, we are the master, the Song people work on the expedition, we wait for the work, this is a defeat, the Song people do not know the practice, resist the heavenly soldiers, the day is not there, the second also, thousands of miles apart, the end can not care about each other, we are in danger, the location is advantageous, the third also, the people's will, the people hear the army to, eat the pot pulp, rejoice, this four also, there are these four victories, the enemy is in the palm of your hand, the prime minister is still humble, how not to make us ashamed."

Although it was a sycophant, it also slapped the heart of the tower, but on the surface, he still waved his hand again and again, and he had already completely accepted it in his heart, and what the other party said was everything he thought, in the case of the time, place, and people all occupied, and he didn't dare to be careless, if he still couldn't take the 100,000 Song army...... Of course, this is absolutely impossible, at least Tachu does not believe it.

"Marshal, the reconnaissance cavalry in front has reported that I have seen the dust and smoke of the enemy."

A news that they had been waiting for for a long time finally reached the mountains, and Ta Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that the Song people would not save him when they saw death, so that his plan would be in vain, as long as they came, it would be half the success, but the superficial reserve still needs to be.

"Oh, do you know where they're going from?"

Mangdang Mountain is in the middle, you can take the official road, you can go around the foot of the mountain, Ta Chu asked, just to know the other side, I don't think the Song people will choose another road from the heart, but I didn't expect that the answer of the person who came made him a little surprised.

"From the direction, it seems to be directly ahead of the official road."

For a while, he didn't know whether to say that the enemy was big, or that the art master was bold, the official road was sandwiched between the mountains and the Yellow River, once intercepted by himself, it was an extremely unfavorable situation, although the Yellow River was frozen, but it was not solid, a heavily armed Song foot soldier stepped on it, it must be the end of the fish belly, and the Song people were so anxious to rush back to Xuzhou?

"Each of them returns to the battle, acts according to the plan, and must annihilate them on the bank of the Yellow River, so that one person and one horse can escape!" Since the other party chose the terrain that was most beneficial to him, Ta Chu was also happy to accept this gift, and now his tone was not as cautious as before, but there was a kind of pride of ambition.

...... I came back late, I wrote it a little hurriedly, and there was still a paragraph missing, so I would make up for it later.

He glanced at the expressions of the two of them, and continued: "Our people still have survivors, about a hundred people, all imprisoned in Jinzhou City, the Tartars are busy marching, for a while, there should be no intention to deal with it, if this happens, I think most of them will be taken to Dadu, a few spies have been staying there to investigate, and any news will be reported back." ”

"What about him?" Before the master finished speaking, the pheasant slave asked anxiously, his eyes full of anticipation.

"No news." Zheng Deyan shook his head as expected, and said with a reluctant face: "There are no survivors, and there are no corpses that have been cleaned up, perhaps, they are still down." ”

"I don't care, in short, I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death."

Liu Yu looked at her with a resolute face, and swallowed the words in his mouth, at this time, no matter what he said, it was not appropriate, everything would wait for the results to come out, although he knew in his heart that most of the time it would not be a good result.

With Mr. Zheng taking over the city defense work, Liu Yu was finally liberated and could focus on some specific work, and the pheasant slave and others followed his instructions and returned to the area of Hejian Road, using a semi-forced way to let the local people all concentrate on Jinan City, they became the main force of construction, and the local people who were replaced were fully engaged in the exercise.

"What!" In a hurry back to the governor's office, he thought he had misheard.

“...... When we received the news, the army had already passed Suiyang City, and we were constantly harassed by the Yuan cavalry along the way, and we were understaffed to take care of it everywhere, and Li Xiang's losses were not small. ”

"Pig teammates!" These three words are Liu Yu's only reaction after hearing it, what he is angry about is not that Li Tingzhi does not listen to his own persuasion, but that even if you want to kill yourself, you have to do your best, there are only 120,000 people in total, even if the whole army comes out, there is not as many people as Li Tingzhi, so they will adopt attack tactics, and the main army must be ambushed somewhere, waiting for the other party to collide headlong.

But knowing that the enemy would do this, he actually went with Zhang Shijie, and this time there were 50,000 people less, and the Song people had done countless stupid things like this in history, but they didn't expect him to come, and the result was still the same, how could he not be angry.

"What about Xuzhou?" Li Tingzhi must have a goal on this trip, if Xuzhou has fallen, his actions will lose their meaning, Liu Tyu asked, just to confirm the speculation in his heart.

Sure enough, the person who came shook his head: "The number of Yuan people besieging the city is less than 30,000, and there is almost no siege. ”

Everything is clear, the target of the tower is Li Tingzhi's 100,000 army, Xuzhou is just a pawn, even if it falls, they will make a camouflage to attract Li Bu to the rescue.