Zheng Yunming had no choice but to continue to adhere to the tactics of step-by-step, on the first day he covered with a military formation, advanced five miles, and then re-established the fence, Wang Shixian's subordinates charged and intercepted, but although the Ganlong cavalry was brave, after all, it was still inferior to the elite army that was curled, not only did not defeat the three-fold formation of the Zhenwu army, but was bombarded by General Huozhu, and lost a lot of men and horses. And the Ganlong cavalry saw that the firearms were so sharp, and they didn't dare to charge again.

On the second day, the Song army marched forward five miles from camp, and the Mongols simply gave up harassment, but only sent a few hundred people to monitor the periphery from afar.

On the third day, Zheng Yunming sensed that something was wrong, and he said to Chen Guang, the commander of the Youyi army: "Things are not right, this Wang Shixian will never wait for me to oppress him so helplessly." Hurry up with three hundred men and try to engage them to see what they want. ”

Chen Guang promised and immediately ordered 300 members of the Youyi army to go to the sentry. After a long time, I saw a sergeant panting and flying horses to report: "It's a plan, Wang Shixian's military village is just a pretense, and there is no one in the village for a long time!" ”

Zheng Yunming was surprised and angry, surprised that the strategy he used before actually made Wang Shixian's old tricks repeat, he didn't even notice it, angry that this was originally an excellent opportunity, because his own planning was proper, he had already squeezed Wang Shixian and his cavalry into an embarrassing corner, he didn't think that he had enough strength to annihilate Wang Shixian's troops, but as long as he was given a heavy blow, the Wang family would lose part of their vitality, which would reduce their role in the Mongolian army and the future war of resistance in Sichuan. Of course, he understood that the three generations of the Wang family were the most vicious enemies of the Song army in Sichuan, and this was a good opportunity to eradicate the threat of the next few decades in one fell swoop, but it was lost because of his temporary paralysis.

He led dozens of his entourage to the front to carefully observe the camp left by Wang Shixian as a trick to lure the enemy, the resourceful old fox Wang Shixian engaged in these tricks to be much more elaborate than Zheng Yunming, a novice on the battlefield, for example, he did not dig three feet into the ground like Zheng Yunming and buried the fence, but just used floating soil to stabilize the fence, and set up many tents in the camp, and a few straw men were placed outside the tent at random, although it just seemed to be casual, but it looked far more realistic to outsiders than Zheng Yunming's honest pile of straw men, This is the experience gained from years of intrigue on the battlefield, and it is impossible for Zheng Yunming to learn it for a while.

Zheng Yunming also admired Wang Shixian's courage very much, all the cloth and silk jewelry that was too late to be transported away, all were discarded, if it wasn't for the black smoke that would ignite by burning Zheng Yunming's suspicion, he would have burned all these things in a fire. In the same way, because he was worried that the screams caused by the killing would arouse Zheng Yunming's suspicions, he also decisively gave up killing all the people who were captured with the army. Fortunately, Zheng Yunming chased after him closely, otherwise these people might be killed by Wang Shixian's subordinates as a burden on the side of the road at any time.

The matter is already very obvious, Wang Shixian took advantage of the opportunity of confronting Zheng Yunming in the past few days, looking for a way to bypass Lingquan Pass everywhere. Although Lingquan Pass is known as a pass, there are actually several roads nearby that can lead to the pass. Wang Shixian walked away with the rank of a large army, and at this time, it is estimated that he would have already crossed the hill next to Lingquan Pass and fled to the north.

Wang Deng, who knew that he had a plan, also rushed to see it, and said angrily: "Please order me to lead 3,000 people to pursue, and I must give Wang Shixian a little bit of power!" ”

Zheng Yunming replied with a wry smile: "Then you still need to say it?" Now the only thing we can do is to chase after Wang Shixian and put a little pressure on him to get back early, now I will hand over all the 2,500 cavalry led by Yao Zhong to you, plus your own 3,000 horse infantry, to form a pursuing force, immediately catch up, and harass Wang Shixian's military horses on the road until he is driven out of Shukou! ”

After a pause, he turned his head to Xu Yuanjie and said, "Xu Jiyi should arrange it immediately, our army can't stay here, and we must continue to pursue the enemy." There was no time to deal with these treasures and grains, so they were immediately distributed to the rescued people, so that they could go south along the Jialing River to Chongqing for a while. Remember, send someone to sue Wang Kui, now that I am in Sichuan, I cannot allow him to kill innocent people, if I hear that there are Jiading officers and soldiers who kill the people and seize property, ask him to come and give the people who are killed! ”

Xu Yuanjie was puzzled: "These captured goods were obtained by the soldiers who worked hard to march and fight, and now they are scattered to the people, and they have not been treated like this in the army since ancient times." Divide them among the armies, and the points should be. ”

Zheng Yunming waved his hand and said: "It's not like this, now this batch of food and wealth is for the people to live, for us for the time being, we can't use it for the time being, long-distance pursuit, what is needed is to maintain the hunger for the prey, once there is a feeling of fullness, the pace of involuntary pursuit will slow down, the tension will be lost, and the tense nerves will become paralyzed, for a hunter, this is the most dangerous thing, we must continue to pursue until the enemy is driven out of Sichuan." ”

He instructed the 6 Xunzhi behind him: "6 Weng, gather the men and horses, move forward, let's chase Wang Shixian!" ”

Since Wang Shixian was annexed to Mongolia, he claimed that there was only one Cao Youwen in the Southern Dynasty, and after annihilating Cao Youwen, he could no longer find a rival opponent in the Southern Dynasty. But this time, he was sturdy, and he was made a wolf by this Song general, who didn't even know his name. Wang Deng spread his forces into several ways to attack the enemy from different directions, once Wang Shixian fell to the position to counterattack, and immediately galloped away, Wang Shixian had the intention to pursue, and soon Zheng Yunming's army chased after Wang Deng, he was unwilling to engage Zheng Yunming in a large-scale battle. After two or three such meaningless harassment battles, he finally made up his mind to engage Zheng Yunming at Baitou Mountain near Langzhong, and as a result, Zheng Yunming's troops held the high ground of Baitou Mountain, and the fire bolts and arrows and the bamboo generals shot in one go, and the huge roar and pungent black smoke frightened the mounts of Wang Shixian's subordinates, making it difficult for them to get close to the Song army's formation.

Wang Shixian's troops then fled in defeat, discarding countless golden drums, armor and weapons along the way, and the wolf bèi escaped from Jianmen Pass and ran all the way to the north.

Zheng Yunming's victory actually has no practical significance, and in the face of an unfavorable situation, Wang Shixian's retreat is simply astonishing. Even if Zheng Yunming was able to not lose to Wang Shixian when he was holding his position, he was powerless to pursue and annihilate after all, except for picking up Wang Shixian's scattered golden drum equipment along the road, the living force killed and injured was almost nothing.

However, for the entire Sichuan war situation, Zheng Yunming's victory played an important political role. Breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Mongol army has little significance for Zheng Yunming, but it is quite important for the military and civilians of Sichuan. Since the breakthrough of Shukou, the whole Sichuan has been shaken, Chengdu and the states and counties of the western Sichuan Plain, there is almost no place that has not been broken or swept away, the states and counties that have been breached, the defenders have either died or fled, and the defenders of the states and counties that have not been breached are also thinking about whether they should surrender to the Mongols, if the Mongols' attacks are a little more fierce, maybe many states and counties will choose differently. All in all, Sichuan at this time is in a delicate situation, and the change of a weight at any time may cause a change in the ownership of Shu.

At this time, the Song Dynasty invested a weight that affected the overall situation, and Zheng Yunming's strong response to Wang Shixian along the way from Jiading to Sichuan gave a clear signal to the prefectures and counties in central Sichuan that although the elite of Shu was gone, Sichuan once again had a strong force that could compete with the Mongols. With this army and horse, Sichuan will have the backbone, and it will not let the Mongolian cavalry go out so wantonly.

It was not until a few years later that this significance was slowly realized by the imperial court and the bureaucracy throughout Sichuan.

At this time, Zheng Yunming only cared about urging the army to chase forward, and after Wang Shixian rushed out of Yangping Pass, the degree of marching was significantly accelerated, and it only took three days to get rid of the pursuit of Wang Deng's department, and quickly retreated to the territory of the Mongols. Zheng Yunming, who sighed in vain, had no choice but to order Wang Deng to stop at Yangping Pass and wait for the main force to arrive.

Near the Cockscomb Mountain, there are piles of white bones and scattered armor and ordnance everywhere, and the fierce battle on the rainy night can be imagined. On a mountain pass a few miles away from Jiguan Mountain, Jing Chujun found Cao Youwen's bones, which were still holding a war knife tightly in his hand, and it was difficult to snatch the war knife from his hand even with great strength.

He did not find this battle flag by his side, and it was thought that it should have been brought back to the north as a trophy by the Mongol soldiers.

The Jing Chu army stayed on the relics of this tragic battlefield for seven days, and they buried the bones of all their comrades in Jilong Mountain with the most solemn ceremony, and the whole team held a grand memorial ceremony.

Zheng Yunming's speech at the memorial ceremony was recorded by Liu Kezhuang in the "Zhongxing Miscellaneous Stories", which recorded Zheng Yunming's original words in the vernacular language.

"The bones they buried today are the cornerstone of our expulsion of the Tartars in the coming day, and their heroic souls echoing in the Shu Mountains are his guidance to us to reorganize the mountains and rivers! The husband died for the country, and he died a well-deserved death! The sky can be learned, Zheng can get this good fruit on a different day, worthy of the parents of heaven and earth, worthy of His Majesty and the country! ”

His words were heroic, but his next actions did not seem to be at all like recovering rivers and mountains for the country. Zheng Yunming sent 6 Xunzhi to lead the army to return south, and on the other hand, he sent people around to inform the generals from all over the country to go to Chongqing to hold a meeting to discuss strategy, but Zheng Yunming himself took a small number of relatives and risked being intercepted by the enemy's rangers before leaving Yangping Pass. There are still remnants of the last resistance of the Song army.

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