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"So the time for more than 100,000 of them to gather under the city is running out." Zheng Yunming said: "Either retreat the army to Dengzhou and Tangzhou to wait for grain and grass, or adopt last year's strategy to besiege Xiangyang with one group, and the rest of the people will plunder downstream along the Han River." ”

"This year, the northern states and counties have been barren, and even if they retreat to Tangzhou and Dengzhou, they will not be able to raise enough food." Zheng Yunming twisted his short beard under his chin, although his appearance was similar to that of the generals in Xiangyang, but in Bai Yijie's opinion, it was always a little funny. "They will definitely wait for Henan's grain to arrive before attacking."

"As for what I'm worried about, it is Suizhou, Fuzhou, Yingzhou, Huangzhou, these lower prefectures and counties, although Xiangyang is their fence, but on the other hand, these prefectures and counties are the same as Xiangyang's wings, if these prefectures and counties are attacked by the Mongols, the lonely Xiangyang city will lose the meaning of defending." Zheng Yunming shook his head, last year he intercepted Tasi's attack in Shatou City, and this time who would stop the brutal nomadic army in Xiangyang?

But at the same time, Bai Yijie was worried about something else.

After besieging Xiangyang City for ten days, the Mongol army still roughly built an outlying offensive for attacking Xiangyang, despite the shortage of manpower and materials. Although such a siege of fortifications did little to attack the city walls, it could ensure that the army in the city could not easily attack out of the city, and that the soldiers and civilians could not escape along the way. At this stage, it is enough for the Mongol army to do this, and they can only do this.

The army's food stocks were almost at the bottom, and the Mongols had to start collecting food and servants, while waiting for the husbands and grain from the Northland to arrive. The army had been guarding Xiangyang City in vain for too long, and it was time for the event to be active.

The soldiers who were watching from the head of Xiangyang City were pleasantly surprised, and the Mongol troops gathered under the city began to withdraw in large numbers. The number of Mongol tents in the distance has been greatly reduced compared to before. While the soldiers and civilians in the city breathed a sigh of relief, the generals defending the city also began to hold a banquet to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the defense of the city. But in the banquet, Zhao Kui did not see Zheng Yunming.

Zheng Yunming was standing on the east gate at the moment, watching a boatload of Mongolian soldiers sail downstream on the boat, and on the 6th was an endless cavalry brigade. They were following the usual pattern of nomadic attacks on the Central Plains for thousands of years, bypassing fortified cities first, and wantonly plundering the places that could be plundered. When the states and counties behind Xiangyang are turned into a blank field, Xiangyang will not be attacked.

"I knew it was so. *Words*Love**" He said to Bai Yijie: "Is it a better choice for me to take the initiative to apply to be stationed in Ezhou?" Xiangyang City is so strong, even if I don't guard here, and use Zhao to make it commanded, Wandu is known as the general, and Xiangyang City will probably not be in any danger. And I will sit in Ezhou, support the city of Xiangyang from the rear, and at the same time be able to intercept the Mongol army moving south. Isn't it much better to form a shì than to sit in a lonely city now? ”

"How the enemy attacks is the attitude of the enemy, but whether it is to sit and defend the lonely city? It depends on your attitude. Bai Yijie smiled: "Are you really going to sit back and watch the Mongolian soldiers easily plunder the hinterland of Jinghu with an army of 60,000?" ”

"We must not sit in the lonely city and wait for the enemy brigade to leave Xiangyang. We have to take the initiative. Zheng Yunming said categorically: "Even if it is not for the sake of the friendly forces in the hinterland, even if it is for ourselves, for the sake of the brothers who are guarding those fortresses in the suburbs, we must take the initiative to attack. ”

"That's what I'm worried about." Bai Yijie said: "The Mongols are not just doing soil work in Xiangyang. They were also preparing for an attack on the outer fortresses of Xiangyang, even if the enemy group had left, the remaining enemy would still attack these fortresses with all their might, clearing the way for the attack on Xiangyang City when the brigade returned. ”

Bai Yijie's fears were confirmed that night.

Someone shouted under the southern city wall, and the defenders put down the hanging basket and hung two Song soldiers covered in blood.

"The Ten Thousand Mountains Fortress has fallen!" A flag-headed colonel gasped and said, "The enemy army of about 2,000 people is attacking us!" Our army had only one hundred and fifty men, but they fought very bravely, and held off the enemy for a whole day and a night! The next day, the enemy climbed the city wall with rope ladders and breached the city wall from three sides, and all but 20 of us escaped through the secret passages, the rest of our troops were wiped out! “

Zheng Yunming nodded, straightened his waist and beckoned the medical officer to hurry up to treat the two. He turned around and shouted, "Get the topographic map!" ”

Soon, a soldier from Beiwei took the topographic map, and Zheng Yunming hung the topographic map in the south gate tower, holding an oil lamp in his hand to study it.

After a while, the generals and staff of the Jing'e Capital Division arrived together, and everyone stood in a circle around Zheng Yunming, and Bai Yijie opened his mouth and asked, "What is the news from the periphery?" ”

"Wanshan Fort is lost." Zheng Yunming looked at the map without looking back, and replied simply: "This is the first stronghold confirmed to be lost on the periphery." Where should the enemy's next target? ”

"It must be Luluo Ridge." Wang Deng, Yang Luo and Bai Yijie responded in unison.

Lucamel Ridge is in the south of Wanshan, is the south's Da Xian Mountain system extends to the west of the very end, and Wanshan is only three miles apart, because the whole mountain is shaped like a dromedary camel looking back cross-legged, so it is named Lucamel Ridge.

Wanshan is one of the outermost fortresses located in Xiangyang, close to Tanxi on one side, and it is more convenient for the enemy to attack. Therefore, the Upper Song army only built a small fortress, and the defenders equipped with it were only outposts. But the position of the camel ridge is completely different, the right side of the camel ridge is close to Luqi Mountain, behind it is the two important highlands of the Song army, Chu Mountain and Hutou Mountain, if this place is occupied by the Mongol army, you can go straight to the Hutou Mountain fortress along the high ridge, and then detour back to the back of the Niujiao Fort, the Niujiao Fort will be uprooted in one fell swoop, then the Chushan fortress and the Da Xian Mountain fortress will be self-defeating.

Zhao Kui was also aware of the importance of the location for guarding the entire periphery of Xiangyang, and built a large castle here, placing double and four artillery carts. and heavy garrison weapons such as three-bow bed crossbows, and a lieutenant general with 500 defenders was placed to garrison here.

"That's not enough!" Zheng Yunming shouted, "Send another five hundred people!" ”

"The problem doesn't end there." Yang Luo looked helpless: "Deputy General Wang, who is in charge of guarding Lutuoling, has abandoned the city and fled, and his current whereabouts are unknown. ”

Although his tone was ordinary, it was like a thunderbolt ringing in Zheng Yunming's ears, and he subconsciously raised his voice: "What's the matter?" Who reported the news? Have all the defenders of the Camel Ridge fled? ”

Vice Admiral Wang was personally named and appointed by Zhao Kui, and Zheng Yunming also heard that this person was quite famous in Jinghu, and he dared to be the first to face the battle on weekdays. I didn't want to independently command the defense of a castle this time, but I flinched. It doesn't matter if he runs, he directly exposed the fatal point of the entire fortress system on the periphery of Xiangyang to the Mongolian army.

"The defenders of the castle did not disperse, they are now still holding the city wall under the command of a banner head, the flag head is called Tian Sui, when the deputy general led a few personal soldiers to escape, he took the initiative to assume the responsibility of command, not only calmed the morale of the army, but also sent two people in time to secretly bypass the blockade of the Mongols to report the news."

"This person is available! When the war is over, if he is still alive, find a way to poach him to come to the Jingchu army! Zheng Yunming asked again: "The blockade outside the city has been leaked to this point, and even someone can't sneak over the defense line?" ”

Wang Deng replied casually: "The army outside the city has been evacuated for 6 consecutive years, and I have roughly estimated the remaining soldiers and horses, which should be between 20,000 and 30,000 horses, and some of them will be used to monitor Fancheng." If thousands more cavalry were to attack the fortresses on the outskirts of Xiangyang, the cavalry curtain used to monitor and blockade the city would be thin. ”

He said to Zheng Yunming: "Now is a good opportunity to use soldiers. ”

Bai Yijie reminded: "Lutuo Ridge is extraordinary, and it needs a tiger to guard it. I can't be careless. ”

Zheng Yunming nodded and said, "That's natural, we must send the number one in our army to guard it, but it's a pity that Qin Wu is not there." ”

He shouted loudly: "Call Liu Quan to come!" ”

Before the time had passed, Liu Quan had already led 500 soldiers to stand in the parade hall outside the Yamen of the Deputy Commander. The speed with which these back-mounted sergeants were assembled and how swift they were in action, even Wang Deng was surprised. Since Bai Yijie entered the Zheng Yunming shogunate, he mentioned to Zheng Yunming that he wanted to personally train the back army. Zheng Yunming did not object, but in fact, the generals were dissatisfied, and the Beiwei army was one of the armies, and when they were fighting, they were either the vanguard or used to save the crisis. Although Bai Yijie has to be respected by Zheng Yunming, since he entered the scene, in addition to making a big fuss about the operation of the Hanyeping mining and metallurgical system, there is no particularly prominent appearance. The generals of economic affairs know very little, if the officials of the transfer envoy department are shocked by Bai Yijie, then Zheng Yunming has heard more than once in the mouths of the generals and generals that they are more famous than the real military advisor.

But tonight, just looking at the assembly of the Beiwei Army, Wang Deng re-evaluated the ability of this military division in his heart, the Beiwei Army is known as the elite, and Zheng Yunming personally presides over the training on weekdays, and he also needs the assistance of Ge Huai and 6 Xunzhi, two commander-level generals. It was already quite good, but a month or two after the White Army Division took over, the result of the reorganization was even more unusual than in the past.

Liu Cheng is going to take these unusual soldiers to start a thrilling battle time.

Zheng Yunming looked at Liu Quan's excited appearance, this guy has always been happy when he sees hunting, there has not been a battle in the past ten days, and when he heard the call of the deputy capital, his eyes were shining. I hope that this difficult task will be able to restrain his belligerent mood and do his best to defend the camel ridge. Because the existence of the fortresses in Nanshan is too important for the survival of Xiangyang. [End of Chapter]