Zhuomala's tribe was already very close to Sanduozhai, less than half a day's distance, Li Xiang asked Agoura and Zhuomala to help arrange rest, and only then did he find a few heads. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"My lord, do you really want to fight?" Liang Wu, who was still holding his feet and chirping just now, almost didn't jump up: "Boss, why didn't you say it earlier, if the big man knew that he was coming to fight, he wouldn't say a word if he was killed, no matter what, this time the big man must play the striker." ”

Liang Wu followed Li Xiang, his mind was full of militaristic thoughts, as long as there was a battle, he was happier than eating meat.

"Don't fight? Why didn't I bring you here? Li Xiang glared at him, who are they? War is not child's play, it will die: "You give me serious, the tartar is not dirt, you can pinch it as much as you like?" Don't forget the Battle of Golden Sands. ”

In the Battle of Golden Beach, 3,000 elites ambushed the remnants of the Mongolian naval division, with more than half of the casualties, and most of the opponents were still Mongolian Han troops?

Seeing Liang Wu bow his head in embarrassment, Li Xiang smiled and said, "But don't think too much about the Mongolian Tartars, no matter how powerful the Tartars are, they are not wiped out by us in the Golden Beach, remember, sometimes strategy is far more important than force." ”

Liang Wu scratched his head and said: "What the adults say is what they say, I will go east when I am told to go east, and I dare not go east if I am told to go west." ”

"you," Li Xiang scolded with a smile, except for the Zhao brothers, Liang Wu should be regarded as his absolute cronies: "Everyone go back and tell the brothers well, don't ruin the reputation of our special battalion, this time we have to make a splash, if anyone loses, don't come back to see people." ”

"If anyone is afraid of death, it's still too late to go back."

Li Ji first expressed his position and said: "My lord, according to Agoura and others, the Mongols should also want to ask for help from Agoura, and they don't often go out recently, even if they go out, they are swarming, and my special battalion only has 300 people, if it is a flat battle, I am afraid it is not an opponent." ”

"That is, how did the Tartar drill the tortoise shell?" Lü Wu was furious, and cursed a few damned Mongols, he had not yet fought with the Mongols, and he was not afraid in his heart, and the ignorant were fearless.

In the end, Li Xiang was also a little worried, most of the three hundred special battalions that had not yet undergone formal training were facing a powerful opponent, the hundred-household Mongolian Tatar cavalry, and he would not be too anxious.

The reason why the Mongols did not dare to go out of Sanduozhai at will was not only because they escaped Agoura, but more importantly, the number of Mongolians was too small, you must know that the number of tribes within a radius of 100 miles of Sanduozhai was at least tens of thousands, and the Tubo people were not easy to mess with.

However, the current Tubo people are too disunited, divided into more than a dozen larger tribes, and there are often wars between tribes in order to fight for orthodoxy, even within the tribes are not united, and the leaders often draw their swords to meet each other for a trivial matter.

What's more, most of the Tibetan tribes live in the mountains and valleys, which are extremely scattered, even if the tribal patriarch convenes a meeting of the heads of the tribe, it needs to be notified half a month or even a month in advance, and when the order is completed, the daylily is cold.

This gave the Mongols an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and the surrender of the Sasgar took the lead in defecting to the Mongols, which also gave other tribes a bad head, anyway, the Tibetans thought that whether they were Han Chinese or changed to Mongols, their freedom would not be affected.

But I didn't expect that the Mongols were completely different, you have to know why the Mongols want to fight? In addition to expanding the territory, it was more important to satisfy the growing thirst for gold, silver and jewelry, which were more important to the Mongols than any land. Because for him, all the possessions of the Khanate that had been swept away by the Mongol iron cavalry had been swept away, and only the prosperous and heartbreaking Great Song Dynasty, the accumulation of gold, silver and jewels made him drool.

It was precisely because the attack on the Great Song Dynasty consumed the limited strength of the Mongol Empire, the weak Mongol and Han armies could not adapt to the cold north, and the heroic Mongol soldiers were stranded in the south, that the khanates finally became independent.

Liang Wu suggested: "It has been a while since Agula left Sanduozhai, and the situation of the Mongols is not very good. ”

This is a sound suggestion. Li Xiang also agreed, so he consulted Agula about the situation of Sanduozhai, took Li Ji and Lu Wu with him, and prepared to explore Sanduozhai at night.

Why him again? Experience, who let him do this job is the most experienced.

Sanduozhai is built on a half-mountainside, and there is only one path in and out, so it is obviously impossible to storm it. Sanduozhai was the beacon tower built by the Great Song Dynasty in that year, but later Sanduozhai became the place where the Agoura tribe lived. The Agula tribe numbered only a few hundred, but it had a high status among the many tribes in Tibet. After the Agula tribe settled in Sanduozhai, they became a good intermediary with the Great Song Dynasty, and the horses, jewelry, and furs from the Tubo tribe exchanged fine ceramics, ironware, and tea with the Han Chinese.

Every year, more than 3,000 horses from Sanduozhai, more than 3,000 catties of tea, jewelry, fur, porcelain, and ironware are not a few, the Great Song Dynasty Tea and Horse Division set up an agency in Sanduozhai, and garrisoned 300 people to ensure the safety of the market.

The Great Song Dynasty has always adopted a carrot policy for the surrounding ethnic minorities, and there has never been a big stick, from the Sichuan Gorge to Guangxi, it is at the border of contact with the ethnic minorities, setting up mutual markets, exchanging tea for war horses, and it is okay in peacetime, but it will not work when it comes to war.

The commander of the garrison of the Tea and Horse Division did not retreat without a fight, but he did not expect that the Mongolian cavalry was too fast, the garrison was backward and had not been replaced for decades, the soldiers were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they had been scattered by the rapid cavalry of the Tartars before they really made contact, and they had no choice but to flee back to Lizhou Road in disgrace, waiting for the orders of the appeased adults.

This is about territorial gains and losses, and Lizhou Road Zhaofu was also the first time to write to the imperial court, but the imperial court has now been exhausted by Sichuan's energy, in case of opening a second front, if the Tubo, who has nominally taken refuge in Mongolia, is angered, where is there so much money to fill this rotten hole?

simply pretended to be confused, Lizhou Road Zhaofu did not dare to move without the order of the imperial court, and the fighting power of the Mongols was there, seeing that the imperial court was silent, he also pretended to be confused, where would he think of Li Xiang from Shaoxi Mansion, but he did not play cards according to common sense.

The moon is dark and the wind is high.

"My lord," although Lu Wu had good skills, he had never done such a thing to climb over the wall, and he was a little nervous in his heart: "Is this okay?" ”

"Be quiet." Li Xiang lowered his voice and said, the walls of Sanduozhai are very high, and they are all built with huge stones, and the Great Song Dynasty has invested a lot of money for the safety of the tea and horse market, and I don't know what kind of battle the garrison commander is fighting, even if he sticks to Sanduozhai and waits for help, he will not be left in the desert and flee?