This period was described by Liu Kezhuang as "similar to the battle of the Nine Posts". Indeed, the Battle of Jiuzhongyi also took advantage of the enemy's error in the estimation of the Song army's shape, paralyzing carelessness and highlighting the rash advance, while the Song army boldly went out of the city to set up an ambush, and after the experience of Xiangyang, the combat effectiveness of the Zhenwu army was enhanced, and it was no longer necessary to rely on the vehicle formation as a defense line to blockade and encircle the enemy, but to take the initiative to set up an ambush by using the hidden terrain. But the results of this battle can't be compared with the Nine Posts in any way, and the only topic worth mentioning is that Zhang Shijie, who met Zheng Yunming as a prisoner in the Nine Posts, this time as the vanguard cavalry of the Beiwei Army, captured thirteen enemy soldiers in the first battle.

But Marshal Fenglong Wang Jun was also the number one brave general under Wang Shixian after all, seeing that the vanguard soldiers and horses were all wiped out in the hands of the Song army, he did not recklessly come forward to rescue, but bypassed Maoer Mountain and approached Wuxin City from the east wing of Wuxin City. But here he also encountered an ambush by the Song army. Song generals Meng Ying, Zhang Hanying and Liu De each led an ambush and fought a fierce battle with Wang Jun's troops. Wang Jun was fighting with the Song army on the one hand, and he was still calmly estimating the strength of the Song army, even if there were thousands of troops fighting with him in person, and in the direction of Wuxin City, there was still a faint sight of dust, obviously there were reinforcements of the Song army gathering here, plus Maoershan could gather an army of hundreds of armored cavalry at least about 3,000 people, it was obvious that the Song army gathered near Wuxin City had more than 10,000 people, and this would be after Shukou killed Cao Youwen, The Mongol army encountered the first Song Dynasty army of more than 10,000 people in Shu.

Obviously, this unit was a new unit that was temporarily reinforced to Sichuan by the Song Dynasty's farewell theater. If the Mongols want to continue plundering Sichuan next year, other difficulties will not be mentioned for the time being, and this army must be solved first.

Wang Jun determined his next move in an instant. While continuing to entangle with Meng Ying's army and horses, he divided hundreds of cavalry, and after taking a small road to Meng Ying's side, Meng Ying's troops who were facing a two-sided attack had to retreat slowly. The Mongol army always followed Meng Ying's military horses unhurriedly and performed kraft candy tactics, until Meng Ying's troops retreated to the camp outside Wuxin City, and Wang Jun saw the true face of the Song army outside Wuxin City.

On the periphery of the small city, there are military camps of the Song army for several miles, and the walls of the village are built with thick logs and soil, and there are soldiers guarding them, and the walls in the camp are strict, and it is assumed that there are tall towers, so it is obvious that this army has put a lot of effort into camping.

To be honest, Wang Jun looked down on such an army, the two armies met with courage and sharpness, and he didn't expect to attack first and want to defend, the Jin State took the Yellow River as a trench and Tongguan as the gate, and guarded the iron wall soup pond in general, what can it be, it was broken by the Mongolian army.

But to be honest, it would be difficult to force such a stronghold without 20,000 or 30,000 men. Wang Jun had to monitor the Song army camp with cavalry on the one hand, and send people to report to Wang Shixian on the other hand, such a scale of military strength, such a garrison base, Wang Shixian himself must come to solve it.

But Wang Shixian only glanced at the camp from a distance, and then decisively gave an order: "Ignore what he does, withdraw!" ”

Wang Jun was slightly surprised when he heard the coach's words, and his impression of Wang Shixian was not such a cowardly person who avoided war. Whenever he was fighting, he was the commander in chief who held the spear and rushed forward with the soldiers. Today, the Song army gathered here, it was a good opportunity to annihilate it in one go, why did the commander-in-chief retreat at this time?

Wang Shixian looked at Wang Jun's confused appearance, and scolded fiercely: "After fighting for so many years, I still don't use my brain." If you look at the well-defended army, you can know that it is difficult for us to break through such a tight barrier without losing four or five thousand men. Moreover, the soldiers had been fighting for a winter, and they were already exhausted to the limit, and it was even more difficult to drive them to attack such a well-protected barracks. ”

He drew a circle with the horsewhip in his hand: "Our army retreats first, and at that time, the main general of the Song army will inevitably lead the army to chase after them, surround them in the open field, and defeat them in one fell swoop." ”

This is a common tactic used in the steppe to withdraw troops and return to the grassland, often used to lure the enemy out of the heavily defended area, and when they enter the undefended open area, the army immediately divides into three routes, outflanks them with the left and right flanks, and then the three armies strike together to annihilate the enemy.

So Wang Shixian immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, but left 5,000 well-equipped cavalry to Wang Jun, so that he could monitor the movements of the Song army behind him at any time.

But what caught Wang Shixian off guard was that the Song army behind him was not only immovable, but also moved like the wind. One day after the Mongolian army withdrew, the whole army immediately set out, marched dozens of miles to enter the city of Puzhou before the Mongolian army reacted, and still set up a large camp under the city of Puzhou, erected a camp, and continued to confront the retreating Mongolian army.

Wang Shixian was taken aback by the reaction of the Song army, and he had to re-examine the army in front of him, even Cao Youwen, who he thought was worthy of fighting with him, had never had the ability to march dozens of miles in front of the enemy army in one day without being attacked by the enemy when facing the enemy's surveillance. The chief general of this Song army must be an extraordinary figure.

On the second day, the Mongol army continued to retreat north as usual, but Wang Shixian sent Wang Jun to inform him to change his deployment: "This time I will still give you 5,000 soldiers behind, but you don't have to follow the army back to the north, just stay here and monitor every move of the Song people at any time." When the Song army was dispatched, it was still only following from a distance, and after the Song soldiers were ten miles away, they immediately waved their troops to fight with the Song people, and then sent people to Pegasus to report, and then I personally mentioned the army and the Song people to fight the victory. ”

This is his absolute confidence in the Ganlong cavalry, with the combat effectiveness of the Ganlong cavalry, it is impossible to annihilate them in just two or three hours, even if the battle is unfavorable, they can easily retreat, and the Song army, which is dominated by infantry troops, is helpless against them. When the two armies fought, he led the army to attack on both wings, not to mention the total annihilation of the Song soldiers, at least he could cause great casualties to the Song soldiers.

He deduced this plan, believing that there was no flaw in this plan, and if the commander of the Song army was a famous general, he must have understood that this was just a variant of the trick to lure him into attacking. The best strategy is to hold on to the city and see the Mongol army return north.

And the Song army stationed in Puzhou, as Wang Shixian speculated, did not move all day. It seems that the other party has indeed seen through Wang Shixian's plan to lure the enemy, and is ready to sit back and watch the Mongolian army go north, and then follow behind to recover some unoccupied prefectures and counties as his own credit. Although the failure to annihilate this group of enemies is inevitably the regret of this southern expedition, the result of waiting for next year to sweep again will be the same. At this moment, Wang Shixian's subordinates were leading the donkeys and mules full of capture, driving thousands of people, but they didn't have the heart to really fight with this tens of thousands of troops.

The army returned north along the avenue and arrived near Chengdu in a few days. There is a county name Lingquan near Chengdu, which is most famous for its Lingquan Mountain in its territory. Lingquan Mountain was originally the place where the rich people of Chengdu went out to enjoy the flowers, and it is an excellent scenery near Chengdu. But since Mongolia entered Sichuan, people were killed along the road, the people of Lingquan County died or fled, both sides of the avenue under Longquan Mountain were full of white bones, and crows were loudly croaking in the air, and this place had already turned from a prosperous scene to hell.

Even Wang Shixian, who was accustomed to slaughter and death, couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he walked on this hellish road. And what good is it to occupy Sichuan by slaughtering all the way? Without these people to cultivate food, who will plunder when the army goes south again? Wang Shixian was also very dissatisfied with Kuoduan's order to listen to the false words of divination and order the slaughter of the city. The Mongols had the words to say first, and dared to slaughter the city with one arrow, but in fact, the entire Chengdu could be regarded as almost unharmed, so what is the practical significance of such a beastly slaughter to attract the resentment of the Sichuan people?

However, he often heard people say that the Mongols also slaughtered countless cities when they went west, and it is said that the great country Khorezm has three brilliant and magnificent cities, called Samarkand, called Balasagon and Yulong Chijie, all of which have a population of one million and are prosperous and rich as the Tongdu Dayi in Chengdu. It is said that the Mongols have a saying that the world but land is important, and the foreign people living in the land are redundant, and they kill all the people, and the land is vacated and turned into grassland just for grazing sheep. He didn't know what the Great Khan of Ögedei really thought in his heart, and he Wang Shixian would rather be a rich man with millions of peasants than follow the Great Khan to herd sheep on the grassland.

The army was moving forward, and suddenly the people in front of them shouted and neighed, and there was a noise. Wang Shixian frowned, it was almost dusk at this time, and the light was dim, he should have camped a long time ago, because it was close to Lingquan Pass, so he asked the army to hurry up and camp in Lingquan Pass. At this time, the former army made a fuss, and it was bound to not be a good thing. He urged his horse to rush forward, but he saw a gate in front of him, which was dark and there was no light, and the gate was closed, and it did not look like someone was inside. His second son, Wang Dechen, stood alone in front of the city gate and shouted and cursed.

Wang Dechen was only sixteen years old at this time, but he had already followed his father to experience the first battle, in the battle of Yangping Pass, it was he who rushed into the Song army with a spear in his hand, and rescued Kuduan in distress. But his young man's impatient temperament has not changed at all, standing in front of the city gate and scolding loudly: "Where are the talents in the city going to fight the autumn breeze, the master wants to enter the city, open the city gate and let the master in!" ”

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