"The thief army is out of gunpowder? Can only hold on and dare not fight in the field? Xiang Mango heard Wang Wei's secret report, did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent Wang Wei to the main camp of the king of Yunnan.

The next day, Wang Wei met Timur, the king of Yunnan.

"Hahaha, Li Luo has no gunpowder, no wonder he doesn't dare to fight like a cowardly turtle. His powerful firearms can't be used anymore, and he can't compete with my 100,000 iron horsemen! The king of Yunnan laughed.

"Wang Wei, you are a good minion, do it well, this king will not lose your credit."

Wang Wei knelt down with a plop and said excitedly: "Slave King Xie is lifted!" The slave must be loyal to the king, loyal to the Yuan, liver and brain, and meritorious service! ”

Li Ting and Bo Luohuan had long heard that the rebels' firearms were very sharp and posed a great threat to the cavalry, so they had scruples. However, when he learned that the rebels were short of gunpowder, he was happy and a little suspicious.

But they repeatedly questioned and tested Wang Wei, and they also determined that Wang Wei did not surrender by fraud, but really surrendered. Wang Wei is a general who commands 5,000 people, which is equivalent to 10,000 deputy households, and his level is not low, so the news he inquired about should not be wrong.

However, both of them are wise generals, and they are old and serious, and they dare not conclude that the rebels must have run out of gunpowder.

Wang Wei said flatteringly: "King, the reason why Li Luo's firearms are powerful is because gunpowder and Dayuan gunpowder are different. I heard that Li Luo's gunpowder is not easy to make, and the output is not high. The thief had secretly accumulated gunpowder for several years, and had used it up in the first few battles. For a while, he couldn't save up gunpowder at all. ”

This is also the reason why he did not expand his territory after occupying the southeast. If he had gunpowder, with powerful firearms, he would have already made a move against Xiao Thief and Zhao Thief, how could he still form an alliance? ”

Of course, these words were deliberately leaked to him by someone with a heart, and he lived in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and he was convinced.

After listening to Wang Wei's words, even Li Ting and Bo Luohuan couldn't help nodding this time.

Yes, a traitorous and ambitious wolf like Li Luo, who had defeated Zhedu, Zhang Hongfan, and Hudu Timur before, no one dared to attack him for a while.

Under such arrogance, he did not take the opportunity to annex Xiao Thief and Zhao Thief, but curled up in the southeast and closed his door. This is simply a sign of low confidence.

He occupied the southeast and his army increased greatly, so why did he lack confidence? Isn't that weird?

It turned out that the root cause was that he ran out of gunpowder.

It's no wonder that the two misjudged. Because they couldn't imagine that Li Luo was a descendant, and he had a strong sense of nationality in his heart, and he would not take the initiative to fight against the two kingdoms of Song and Liang, who were also anti-Yuan rebels.

I didn't expect Li Luo to be so sympathetic to the people, and he didn't dare to expand his territory just because of the lack of relief food.

If it's them, where will they care so much? He had already taken advantage of the power of the great victory and the weakness of Song Liang to unify the Three Kingdoms. How is it possible to watch the two countries recuperate? How is it possible for the two countries to block the path of expansion to the east and south?

Isn't that stupid? Li Luo can't be stupid, then he can only be weak: there is no gunpowder.

The idea of Li Luo, the youth of the nation in later generations, is simply beyond the scope of their cognition.

"Great King, the rebels have no gunpowder, firearms cannot be used, and they dare not fight with the Dayuan Iron Cavalry. But they have not been able to hold out, and our army is also a headache. Li Ting said.

Bo Luohuan also said: "Although the rebels are scattered, they can occupy various cities and passes, and our army will not be able to destroy them in one battle. It's snowy now, and the barbarian army from the south is afraid of the cold, and it won't be possible if the days are long. Simply, capture Yuxian in one go, break the rebel defense line, and go straight to Jiangxi! ”

The king of Yunnan said: "Since Li Luo's troops are scattered, we will also divide our troops." Order, and then send another 20,000 soldiers and horses to Xiang Mango, so that he can capture Yuxian within five days! ”

"Order, transfer another 30,000 soldiers and horses to Ye Sudie'er, let him capture Baoqing as soon as possible and go straight to Tanzhou! In this way, Li Luo will definitely be defeated! ”

Li Ting and Bo Luohuan nodded together. As long as Baoqing and Yuxian were captured, the rebels lost all their geographical advantages and were trapped and died in Hengyang. However, the Dayuan Iron Cavalry was able to drive straight in, disrupt Li Luo and Xiao Liang's lair, and recover Liangjiang and Huguang.

Then the rebels in Hengzhou are the waterless fish trapped in the city of sorrow, and they will be defeated sooner or later.

"Report! The king, General Lu Wenhuan defeated Xiao Yin in Guizhou (Zigui) and killed tens of thousands of thieves! Xiao Thief retreated to Jiangling, and General Lu Wenhuan had already chased him to Jiangling! "Suddenly, I visited the Malay newspaper.

"Good! Lu Wenhuan did a good job! Timur laughed first, "When Lu Wenhuan takes Jiangling, the Xiao Liang thieves in Hengyang will be in turmoil, and it will be easier to deal with!" ”

"Send an order to Lu Wenhuan, let him immediately lead the army to the east and attack Jiangxi after capturing Jiangling!"

"Wow!"

However, the king of Yunnan was not finished with joy, and in the afternoon another good news came.

"Report to the king, General Tian Jinxian defeated the 100,000-strong army of the puppet Song Lin Guifang in Nanhai County, and has besieged Guangzhou City!"

The king of Yunnan laughed again: "What a Tian Jinxian, this barbarian did not disappoint this king!" Send an order to Tian Jinxian and tell him not to attack the city of Guangzhou! The puppet Song is no longer worried, let them go directly to the east and attack the Fujian of Li Luo's rebels! ”

"Wow! Minions take orders! ”

The king of Yunnan said to Bo Luohuan and Li Ting: "Do you think that what this king did was wrong? ”

Bo Luohuan and Li Ting nodded together, "The king did the right thing. It takes a lot of effort to capture Guangzhou, so it is better to directly attack Fujian and take Li Luo's lair. ”

Fujian is Li Luo's territory, once the barbarians of more than a dozen Tusi invade Fujian, Li Luo's backyard catches fire, and he will fall immediately.

Although the king of Yunnan is young, he is also a rare general. Many of his decisions, neither of them can find any major faults, at most they can modify and improve.

…………

Li Luo in Hengzhou also got information.

The good news is that Timur believed in the widow's plan to show weakness, and he had already divided his army again. In his large battalion, only 150,000 soldiers and horses remained. Next, our army can carry out a joint encirclement counterattack, and each strategy to break through. ”

Li Luo frowned as he spoke, not happy, "But bad news... It's really worrying. He looked at Xiao Yan and Luo Yan, "I just got the news that Liang Jun is in Zi... After the defeat in Guizhou, Lu Wenhuan was already attacking Jiangling. ”

"What!" Xiao Yan was shocked, his father was defeated?

Heck, he had already persuaded his father not to fight with Lu Wenhuan in person, as long as he held on to the city, but why didn't his father listen!

Knowing his father Mo Ruozi, where does he not know his father's military strategic talent? That's a plan that can't compare to the famous general Lu Wenhuan, and it's strange to be undefeated.

However, my father is very confident now, the more stubborn he is, and he hopes to defeat Lu Wenhuan in person, and it is useless to persuade anyone.

"King Zhao, don't panic!" Li Luo comforted, "Although Lu Wenhuan is a famous general, Jiangling is strong and can hold on for a while. Wu Yan, the general of the widowed army, has personally led 50,000 soldiers and horses to the rescue. ”

He still didn't say a word, Xiao Yin was defeated very badly in the first battle of Zigui, 100,000 troops died, scattered, and surrendered, and only 20,000 or 30,000 people fled back to Jiangling. And Lu Wenhuan's troops did not decrease but increased, and after the surrender, there were already 1230,000 troops, and the soldiers were very sharp.

The situation is already dangerous.

Once Lü Wenhuan occupies the north of Huguang, he can attack from the east into the southeast where the defense is empty.

It is hoped that Xiao Yin can hold the military stronghold of Jiangling before Wu Yan arrives. As long as Jiangling is here, Lu Wenhuan will not dare to bypass Jiangling to attack the southeast, it is too dangerous to do so.

Xiao Yan heard that there were already 50,000 Tang troops to reinforce him, so he was a little relieved. Now that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, he believes that Li Luo will not die at this juncture.

"Don't worry, general, I will keep this matter secret and not let the soldiers of the Liang army know." Xiao Yan said.

Li Luo nodded, Xiao Yan was not confused, this was also what he wanted to advise.

There are more than 100,000 Liang troops in Hengyang, and the morale of the army cannot be chaotic.

Li Luo looked at Luo Tan again, "General Luo, I also tell you bad news, Lin Guifang blocked Tian Jinxian in the South China Sea and was defeated by the Tusi cavalry......"

Luo Yan's expression changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Then Guangzhou is in danger!" ”

Li Luo shook his head, "Tanma said, Guangzhou is safe for the time being. Because Timur also ordered that all the coalition troops of more than a dozen Tusi should attack Fujian and give up attacking Guangzhou. ”

"The king is at ease." Wen Tianxiang said, "Fujian is defended by Zha Yinnan, monk Zhu and others, as well as 50,000 soldiers and horses, plus Luo Yu's more than 10,000 sailors, so there is no danger for the time being." Although the Tusi coalition army numbered more than 100,000 people, they also had to take into account the Song army in Guangzhou to flank them. ”

Li Luo pondered for a while and said, "Now that the West Road and the South Road have been defeated, our army has no strength to continue to consume the sharp energy of the Yuan Army. Follow the plan now! ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "That's right! As long as Timur is destroyed, the overall situation is still in the hands of our army! ”

Xiao Yan and Luo Yan also stood up suddenly, "Then destroy Timur first!" ”

After that, an encrypted military order was transmitted to all the coalition garrisons within a radius of 100 miles through the previously set route.

Taking advantage of the bold division of troops by Timur, the coalition forces in various places were ready to send troops at the same time, and they surrounded Timur, who had already been stationed in Qiyang.

Li Luo's plan was to mobilize 300,000 troops to encircle while the Yuan army was divided and there were only 150,000 soldiers and horses around him, and the remaining 100,000 troops were used to block the Yuan army from Yuxian and Baoqing.

Then, first concentrate the main force to annihilate Timur first, and then turn back to solve the Yuan army in Yuxian, and finally solve the Yuan army attacking Baoqing.

When Timur decided that he did not dare to go out of the city for a decisive battle, he suddenly took the initiative to fight a decisive battle!

This is the essence of the great man's sports warfare.

On the night after the order was given, Li Luo locked himself in his room, lit an oil lamp, and then found a lighter and a cigarette case from inside his clothes.

The lighter is beautiful, it is a unique thing in this world, and he has never been willing to use it. It is a masterpiece of the industrial era of later generations, and even later generations are luxuries.

He opened the cigarette case, and there were only five cigarettes left.

This is a limited edition box of Yellow Crane Tower, and when he came to this era, he never smoked one again.

He was reluctant.

But now, the man stretched out his slender fingers, carefully pulled out a cigarette, looked carefully under the oil lamp, and sniffed softly.

It smells so good.

Although it has been left for too long, this smoke has also been moistened by time, and it has a fragrance that was not there before, reminiscent of the sunset after autumn in childhood.

Li Luo's eyes slowly flashed with a trace of long-lost infatuation.

In the past few years, he has met many important enemies and fought many battles. Facing Hojo Tokimune, Chen Rilian, Zhang Hongfan... He didn't smoke even one.

But tonight, he wanted to smoke one.

Because, the next enemy is too strong, and this battle is too important.

If he loses, his dream of restoring the Central Plains will be shattered, and he will even be defeated and killed. If he wins, his dream will come true.

Li Luo took a deep breath, calmed down his tide-like mood, and lit the lighter with a "snap".

This lighter is good, it can be ignited all at once without using it for so long.

Li Luo lit a cigarette and took a greedy puff, and some old smoke suddenly choked the man.

"Ahem," Li Luo laughed as he coughed.

The cigarette is old, and I haven't smoked for a long time, which is a bit unbearable.

Li Luo was wearing a suit of armor and smoking the Yellow Crane Tower, and it seemed that he had returned to the days when he was a thief.

At that time, he felt like a cozy, yet fearful mouse, swimming between light and darkness.

Li Luo recalled some trance-like past events in the smoke, and those people and events seemed to slowly turn to ashes as the smoke slowly turned into ashes, becoming more illusory.

The only person who still makes him feel real in later generations is... Xiuning.

The man was a little reluctant to snuff out the cigarette butt that he could no longer smoke and crumple it. Then, he picked up a pen and paper and wrote: "Dear Officer Xiuning, see the letter like a face..."

There is a contingency in everything, not to mention a decisive battle that is a matter of life and death. He had to make some arrangements to give his beloved wife an explanation.

In case he is defeated and dies, this is a suicide note.

…………

On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the defense battle of Yuxian County has been carried out for five days, and the defense of Baoqing has been carried out for four days.

The two places were in full swing, but the Yuan army still did not capture the city.

When the battle situation on the local battlefield was stalemate, the coalition troops suddenly stationed in the passes of various cities and cities were all dispatched in the middle of the night, and the targets were all stationed in Qiyang, and the headquarters of Timur was stationed.

At the same time, Li Luo personally led the army of Hengzhou City and went straight to Qiyang!

Even Zhu Hao, who was stationed in the Hengshan camp, led an army of 30,000 to the south in the starry night!

Chen Shuzhen, Yang Xu, Xiao Bei, Yang Qingque, Du Lie, Hugu and other generals from all walks of life have moved closer to Li Luo, like a stream gathering, Tang Army, Liang Army, Song Army, a total of 300,000 troops, quickly merging!

Immediately afterwards, 20,000 allied troops occupied Yuecheng Pass, cutting off the way for the Baoqing Yuan army to return to help. The other 20,000 allied troops occupied Huoshan and cut off the way for the Yuan army to return to the county.

The 20,000 allied troops stationed in Changning directly attacked the Moxie Pass on the Xiaohe Ancient Road, blocking the back road of the Yuan army's retreat into Yongzhou.

Everything went smoothly and according to plan.

In order to make the cumbersome ten-pound cannon move quickly, Li Luo used the only elephants in the Tang Army and used the elephants to pull the cannons and gallop.

This has been prepared for a long time. The Tang army was originally good at rapid marching, and it was the main force of the coalition army, so the coalition army marched nearly 100 miles overnight, which can be called a god speed.

The arrogant Timur never expected that the enemy army, who had no gunpowder and was afraid of the Great Yuan Iron Cavalry, would suddenly pour out of the nest and take the initiative to fight a decisive battle!

By the time he reacted, the 300,000 allied troops had quickly gathered together and rushed towards him, less than forty miles away.

In fact, the nearly 400,000 yuan army had been divided into three divisions under Li Luo's inducement, and the connection between the three divisions was severed.

If Timur had left his infantry and baggage behind at this time and led 100,000 cavalry to retreat, he would not have given Li Luo a chance. But the question is, how could he retreat.

"It's good to come!" The king of Yunnan was not only not afraid, but his fighting spirit was boiling, "Since they dare to come out and fight hard, then kill them at once!" ”

Any man with 100,000 iron horsemen will not be afraid of the enemy. Even if the enemy army is twice or three times as much as your own.

"Li Luo, it should be that he learned that the Liang thief and the Zhao thief were defeated, he didn't dare to defend it anymore, and he couldn't defend it anymore, so he could only fight desperately!" Timur also judged.

This judgment is also reasonable. In the case of Lu Wenhuan and Tian Jinxian's victory, Li Luo really had no way to retreat, so he could only fight to the death.

Li Luo's timing was just right, and it looked like he was forced into a desperate decisive battle. Even the two veterans, Bo Luohuan and Li Ting, didn't realize that all this was a trap for Li Luo to induce them to divide their troops.

Speaking of which, I'm still too confident.

"Then wait for Li Luo to come, and finish the battle!"

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, the coalition army of 300,000 gathered confronted the 150,000 yuan army in the field outside Qiyang City.

The two armies were separated by only ten miles.

The king of Yunnan chose to camp here, of course, because it was empty and flat enough, which was conducive to the galloping of cavalry.

Now, this place is full of flags and people, and there seems to be no end.

The Yuan army was all out of the camp, although there were only 150,000 soldiers, but there were still a large number of slaves, war horses, elephants, and the formation was even stronger than that of the coalition army.

The armies of both sides discharged a radius of twenty miles, which was incomparably magnificent and picturesque.

Even the nearby mountains and castles seemed to be small in the face of the majestic military force of the sea.

The sound of people on both sides shouting and neighing filled the sky, dry up the sky, and shook the earth downward, filling the entire space.

The Mongol cavalry, Dali cavalry, and Tusi cavalry in the Yuan army did not get on their horses, but wiped the horses' bodies with snow and fed the horses with bean cake and forage.

The coalition forces, on the other hand, are arrayed. Li Luo's strongest Tang army was all placed on the periphery, forming three large formations in the shape of a zigzag, each of which was divided into nine small formations of 10,000 people.

Each large array is spaced two miles apart, and each small array is spaced ten zhang apart.

The 35,000 cavalry of the Tang Army were all equipped in Li Luo's central array. The left front array is commanded by Wen Tianxiang, and the right front array is commanded by Chen Shuzhen. Li Luo's central formation is at the back of the center.

A large number of military slaves in the coalition army are also tense and encamped and obstacles are arranged, especially digging horse trenches in the rear of the coalition army.

Why did the cavalry of the Yuan army give the coalition army a chance to calmly arrange?

Because the Yuan army also had a large number of infantry and slaves, and the coalition army also had cavalry. Moreover, the ranks of the coalition army on the march were very tight, and they always maintained a certain formation.

What's more, due to the suddenness of the coalition army, it was also unexpected by the Yuan army, and the Yuan army itself was not prepared.

Among the Chinese troops of the Yuan army, Timur was also dressed in white armor, and a tall blue wolf battle flag and a black horsetail Sulu ingot were erected behind him.

The chanting of the lamas, as well as the sound of the shamans' bells, rang together to pray for the blessing of the Yuan army.

Timur also looked at the huge formation of the coalition army, his face was pale, the corners of his mouth were pursed tightly, and his wolf-like eyes were full of killing intent.

The rebels and rebels are already so powerful. If you don't destroy them this time, then you still have to do it?

Duan Qing and Duan Zheng of the Dali Army, father and son, couldn't help but feel chills in their hearts when they saw the might of the coalition army.

However, they still firmly believe that it must be their own Yuan army that wins in the end.

Because there are 100,000 cavalry here, and there are 20,000 heavy cavalry alone.

How can a rebel army without gunpowder contend with it?

Although this battle is not easy to fight, there is no suspense.

Until now, they still firmly believe in the information brought by Wang Wei. Especially after seeing a large number of stone cannons, bed crossbows and shield carts arranged in front of the coalition army, they were even more convinced that the Tang army had no gunpowder.

Otherwise, what are you doing with such a stone cannon, bed crossbow, and shield car?

How did they know that the firearms of the Tang army were hidden in the military formation, disguised as grain and grass?

Even the Yuan army probed the horses, and did not find that the Tang army brought artillery.

The rebels didn't even have artillery, of course, no gunpowder.

Around the coalition array, there are jackal-like Yuan army exploration horses, and the sky above is the hovering Hai Dongqing.

It didn't take long for Timur and others to finally figure out the approximate number of coalition forces.

Li Ting said: "The thief army's character horn formation is a commonly used defensive formation, which shows that Li Luo is indeed lacking in confidence. Although this formation is good, it also has the disadvantage of idle troops. ”

"Although there are more thieves than our army, there are far fewer cavalry than us, and they have no gunpowder, so we will use the old way in this battle!" Yunnan Wang said.

"On both flanks, in front, in the rear, each faction of light cavalry besieged and peeled off, and the heavy cavalry and infantry slowly pressed up. Wait until the thief army is out of array, and then use heavy cavalry to break the formation! ”

Li Ting said: "The thief army has three large formations, which are horns for each other, which one will our army attack first?" No matter which large array is attacked, the other two large formations will close together and compress our cavalry. ”

Bo Luohuan also said: "That's right, so you can't besiege one of the formations from all sides, but three formations to attack together, only attacking one side of each formation, so that the three formations can't fight separately and can't support each other." ”

The king of Yunnan suddenly understood, and felt that his thoughts were simpler.

"Good! Then one army will attack the central rear of the thief army, one army will attack the front of the left army, and one army will attack the right side of the right army! ”

Bo Luo laughed and said: "The king plays like this, making it difficult for the thief army to take care of the head and tail, and it is difficult to support each other, which is very good!" ”

Li Ting added: "When the light cavalry is entangled in the thief army, the elephant will be used to assault, and the heavy cavalry will follow the elephant to break the formation." The thieves also have some elephants, but they are pack elephants that pull heavy baggage, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

The Yuan army brought hundreds of war elephants this time, but the effect of war elephants used to break the formation was actually not good, because the big elephant was timid and did not dare to attack the shield cart covered with spears. They tend to be blocked by shield carts and scared away by rockets fired by the guards behind them.

The traitor Li Luo once conquered Guoannan and repeatedly broke the elephant soldiers, it is impossible for him not to know this. With so many shield carts with the thief army, it will be difficult for the war elephants to break through the formation.

However, if the enemy formation is disorganized under the attack of light cavalry, the war elephants can take the opportunity to charge into battle, and then the heavy cavalry will press on them.

So it's foolproof. The thief army had no way to crack it, so it could only passively defend in array until it collapsed.

The three of them discussed it and decided on this strategy. In all fairness, this style of play is indeed the best, which can give full play to the advantages of cavalry and use war elephants to break the formation, while the coalition forces, although they have many troops, it is difficult to fight back forcefully.

Because many of the coalition soldiers couldn't get in touch with the Yuan army at all, they could only stay in the middle of the formation, watching the soldiers on the periphery fighting hard, they just wanted to help, but they couldn't hit the Yuan army.

It is equivalent to saying that almost all the soldiers of the Yuan army can output strikes, while most of the non-commissioned soldiers of the coalition army are in an idle state, and they have the advantage of strength.

The problem is that this is what Li Luo wanted. He discussed with Wen Tianxiang and others for a long time before he thought of deliberately putting up this formation to induce the Yuan army to adopt this tactic.

Why?

Because it allows the Yuan army to press the attack power to the maximum. The more soldiers and horses the Yuan army pressed at one time, the heavier the first blow he inflicted on the Yuan army. By the time the Yuan army found out that he had a large amount of gunpowder, he had already been severely damaged.

The powerful intelligence capabilities of the Special Investigation Bureau, coupled with Li Luo's own treacherous character, were enough for him to send several famous generals of the Yuan Army into a well-planned strategic and tactical trap.

But what made Li Luo anxious was that although he was waiting for the net, the Yuan army did not attack.

"Don't worry, the king doesn't worry, the Yuan army relies on 100,000 iron horsemen, arrogant and arrogant, and will definitely attack." Wen Tianxiang said, pointing to the ground, "It's that the snow is a little deep now, and the Yuan army should wait for the snow to melt before fighting." ”

If the snow is too deep, it will affect the cavalry speed.

Wen Tianxiang didn't guess wrong, although the Yuan army had formulated its tactics and was eager to attack immediately, it still wanted to wait for the sky to clear and the snow melted. As a rule of thumb, the sunny days are these two days.

Li Luo had no choice, because the Yuan army was dominated by cavalry and had the initiative to attack. If the Yuan army does not attack, it is not easy for him to attack.

Sure enough, by dusk, the Yuan army simply withdrew into the large camp in the rear.

Li Luo could only order to withdraw to the rear camp.

In the evening, a fast horse suddenly came to the coalition camp and brought Cui Xiuning's handwritten letter.

"The king, the queen has personally led 50,000 villagers to Lin'an." Someone to report.

What the? Xiuning led 50,000 villagers back to Lin'an?

He had already learned in the previous letter that Cui Xiuning was training Xiangyong hard, but he couldn't imagine that Cui Xiuning would directly lead Xiangyong to Lin'an.

She should be uneasy, afraid that there will not be enough troops.

Li Luo opened Cui Xiuning's letter and saw Cui Xiuning's suspicions, and the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became.

Xiuning said that she thought it was strange for Nayan and other troops to levy grain in Henan.

According to the Mongol army's expedition and dietary habits, for the sake of mobility, they generally did not carry grain, they mainly carried sheep and cattle.

The Saiwai race was originally an excellent shepherd, and they drove the sheep and cattle to the road, just like the Han peasants cultivated the land, and they were not afraid of the herd escaping.

According to historical records, the Mongol army took a flock of millions of sheep with a westward expedition, which could eat up the grass for dozens of miles. In addition to using cattle and sheep for food, the Mongol army also drove herds behind the palace to block the pursuit of the enemy when necessary.

The herd was the food that the Mongol army would move, and the milk and meat were all solved. Why did a soldier and horse, composed purely of non-Cypriot races, travel long distances carrying food?

They already brought a lot of herds, didn't they just kill and eat?

Ms. Cui said she felt strange. However, she couldn't come to a conclusion and didn't know why.

When Li Luo saw this, his heart suddenly jumped, and a cold sweat came out.

He had previously ignored the details in Li Yang's intelligence. But Cui Xiuning found a suspicious point, but he couldn't come to a conclusion. Li Luo did not find any suspicions, but he was able to draw conclusions based on the doubts found by Cui Xiuning.

Because, his knowledge of historiography far surpasses Cui Xiuning!

"Please come Mr. Wen!" Li Luo said that although he had reached a conclusion, he did not dare to make a conclusion, so he could only ask Wen Tianxiang to take a closer look.

Waiting for Wen Tianxiang to come in, Li Luo said this suspicion again, "The widow thought of a possibility, I want to hear if Mr. thinks so too." ”

Wen Tianxiang thought for a while, and his face changed, "What the king thought of was the old thing when Kublai Khan crossed the river to destroy Dali?" The king was worried that Kublai Khan would use this trick to cross the Yangtze River again? ”

Li Luo nodded, "That's what the widow is worried about. Sir, is it possible? ”

Both he and Wen Tianxiang thought of the conclusion, but he still felt that Kublai Khan's move was too bold.

When Kublai Khan destroyed Dali, he had to cross the Jinsha River without a boat. Kublai Khan ordered the 100,000 yuan army to slaughter cattle and sheep, peel off the skin and blow it into a big air bag, so that the 100,000 army crossed the Jinsha River at once and attacked the city of Yang Tho by surprise.

In fact, not many people know about this matter, and more than 30 years have passed, and not many people will know about it.

Wen Tianxiang said: "The Yangtze River is not as good as the Jinsha River." Although Chen has never been to the Jinsha River, he also knows that the Jinsha River is far less wide than the Yangtze River. However, the Yangtze River is not as turbulent as the Jinsha River. It is not impossible to say that Ge Sang crossed the Yangtze River. Chen believes that although this move is very risky, it is not impossible to achieve. ”

"King, although the Yangtze River is blocked by our army, it is easy for the sailors to deal with enemy ships, but it is not easy to deal with people floating in the water."

There are 20,000 or 30,000 Tang army sailors on the Yangtze River, led by Han Shaotong, and there are thousands of large and small warships.

The Yuan army had a small boat, and it was difficult to cross the river.

But the problem is that after all, there is still a gap of more than a mile, and if the Yuan army "crosses the river with leather bags" again, the naval warships may not be able to intercept it.

Don't forget, the hundreds of thousands of cavalry going south, many of them are fishing and hunting peoples such as water dada and bone ghosts, and there are very few real Mongolian soldiers.

These tribes live in Heilongjiang, Songhua River, Yalu River, Xilamulun River and other areas, and they are really "like otters in the water".

And they came out of the bitter cold, so they are not afraid of the cold at all. Swimming in the Yangtze River in this weather is not a test at all.

Didn't the great man of later generations swim across the Yangtze River at the age of seventy?

What's more, these people also use leather bags?

Li Luo looked at the map, "Even if you cross the river again, what about the war horse?" Although horses are born to swim, they can swim a limited distance, at most only one mile, and they can't swim at all. ”

Horses swim with strong cardiorespiratory fitness. Because horses are denser than humans, they sink into the water and swim in the water. They can get enough oxygen into the water at one time, but they can only last for a maximum of ten minutes. At this time, it is impossible to swim across the Yangtze River.

Later, there was a horse named RR in Australia who could swim in the sea for an hour, but that was an exception after all. The vast majority of horses simply can't do it.

Wen Tianxiang said: "What if the horse also uses leather bags? Then you can cross the river. It is said that Gaozong of the Great Song Dynasty was a horse that swam across the Yangtze River. ”

King Mud Horse Crossing Kang!

Li Luo's eyelids jumped, and a picture suddenly appeared in front of his eyes: on the wide Yangtze River, tens of thousands of barbarians rode horses in the upper reaches of the river, with two leather bags tied on both sides of the horse, only the horse's head was exposed. As on land, they also rode on horseback and bent bows and arrows to shoot the Tang sailors on board.

Isn't this scene ridiculous?

However, didn't the Dali monarchs and ministers of that year feel ridiculous when they heard the news that the Mongolian army crossed the river?

However, the kingdom of Dali perished.

However, why didn't Kublai Khan use this trick when he conquered the Song Dynasty? Why didn't Jin Guonanzheng use this trick either?

Li Luo understands now. The reason why the Song Dynasty did not use this trick was because the Song army arranged a large number of military towns along the river bank, and there were hundreds of thousands of defenders on the river bank. Even if the northern army successfully crossed the river, it would not be able to land, and would be blocked in the river by the defenders on the shore.

On the bank of the Jinsha River, there was no heavy defense by the Dali Army back then. If there were, the Mongol army would have been killed in the water by the Dali army on the shore.

Crossing the river with leather bags is just a helpless move after losing the sailor.

"It seems that this should be the case." Li Luo said with a gloomy face, "Kublai Khan chose a good time, he knew that our army was going south for a decisive battle, the south bank of the Yangtze River was empty, and there was no land division to defend it, so he took the risk." ”

When Li Luo said this, he hurriedly wrote a letter and handed it to a guard, "Six hundred miles urgently, send it to Lin'an to the queen!" ”

"No!" The guards galloped out of the camp and left the camp.

Wen Tianxiang also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the letter being sent, "Fortunately, the queen was careful and found something strange. Otherwise, it is dangerous. No wonder Naiyan wants to collect grain, because the cattle and sheep he brings can't be killed in advance, and they can only eat grain. ”

slaughtering a large number of cattle and sheep in advance, the suspicion is too obvious, and it is easy for Tang Guo to think of it. However, when it comes to requisitioning grain, this suspicion is very unobvious.

"Hopefully, it's still too late." Li Luo said, "Wu Yan's 50,000 soldiers and horses went to Huguang to block Lu Wenhuan. Jiangnan is very empty, with only 20,000 soldiers and horses left, and it is still very scattered. It mainly depends on the queen's 50,000 townsmen. ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Now that the two armies are facing each other, our army cannot withdraw its troops back to Jiangnan. Even if you can't send a biased teacher, it's too late. ”

Why can't you send a partial division to rescue Jiangnan? Because on the opposite side is the main cavalry of the Yuan army. Any Tang army that retreats from the battlefield will be pursued by the cavalry of the Yuan army.

It's hard to ride a tiger!

"The king can rest assured, the queen is a heroine among women, and after receiving the letter, she can at least make preparations to prevent Jiangnan from being attacked by surprise. When Timur is defeated, he will send cavalry back to help. The worst result is nothing more than Jiangnan falling into the flames of war. With the queen here, it is impossible for Naiyan to capture Lin'an. ”

Li Luo nodded, now it can only be like this.

Daughter-in-law, you must be careful, even if Jiangnan is lost, you can't be fine.

He made it very clear in the letter that if he found a large number of Yuan troops crossing the river, he would decisively take his children and important personnel to the sea when he could not do anything, and not stick to the south of the Yangtze River.

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