On the tenth day of the fourth month, the 20,000 troops led by Ali Hague successfully arrived in Haizhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before entering the city, Ali Hague sent scouts, quickly returned to Xuancheng, and reported the news of the army's successful arrival in Haizhou Prefecture to the marshal Ashu, Ali Hague particularly emphasized that the army did not find any traces of the Song army along the way.

When marching all the way, Ali Hague's heart was also holding a breath, Ashu's thousands of instructions, as well as the reminder of Xia Gui, the general of the Great Song Dynasty, made Ali Hague very angry, could it be that he was experienced in a hundred battles, didn't he understand anything, and now the former army successfully arrived in Haizhou Prefecture, which proved that Ali Hague's judgment was correct, such news, of course, should be reported to the marshal Ashu as soon as possible.

In order to prove his ability, Ali Hague will not let go of any opportunity.

As for Xia Gui, Ali Hague was unwilling to see it during the march, so he arranged it in the Chinese army, and after arriving in Haizhou Prefecture, Ali Hague would definitely ask and reproach Xia Gui in person.

The surroundings of Haizhou City are also very quiet, and there is no abnormal situation.

Entering the state city, Ali Hague immediately divided the army into two, most of them were arranged in the military camp outside the state city, and a small number entered the state city to guard, and when the Chinese army arrived in the state city, Ali Hague would adjust the sergeants who were sticking to the state city again.

The 60,000 soldiers led by Cai Siwei set out from outside Siyang County and adopted a marching strategy of day and night.

According to Wu Shaogang's requirements, 60,000 soldiers must march secretly and not be able to expose their traces, which is a very difficult matter, if it is on weekdays, it is almost impossible to do, but fortunately, there are already rumors in Haizhou, a large number of people have fled, and the gentry and wealthy families have also chosen to move away from the local area before the danger comes, which makes the matter of the army's secret whereabouts much smoother.

Siyang County is less than 200 miles away from Jincheng Town under the jurisdiction of Lianshui County, and 60,000 soldiers have four days to march, an average of about 50 miles per day.

The longer the army marched, the easier it was to expose its whereabouts, so Cai Siwei chose the way of marching quickly, choosing the best place to hide when the army arrived in Jincheng.

Two days after the 60,000 soldiers led by Cai Siwei set off, the 40,000 troops led by Wu Shaogang also set off from Siyang County.

Relatively speaking, the army led by Wu Shaogang marched much more calmly, and they were responsible for blocking the road for the withdrawal of the Mongolian army, but they were very demanding in terms of time, and they could only be fully dispatched after the Mongolian army had passed through Lianshui County.

The 100,000-strong army marched towards Haizhou, and a thrilling battle had begun.

Xia Gui marched with the Chinese army, which was commanded by a Mongolian deputy marshal.

Xia Gui, who has nothing to do, actually has an indifferent mentality, when he set off from Xuancheng, out of kindness, Xia Gui reminded Ali Hague that it is necessary to send scouts to reconnoiter along the road, and that the front army and the Chinese army should not be too far apart, etc., these are common sense on the march, I didn't expect that it was precisely because of such a reminder that Ali Hague had a great opinion, and Xia Gui, who was supposed to follow Ali Hague's side to march, was placed in the Chinese army.

Although Ah Shu's attitude towards Xia Gui is good, it is difficult to say about the other Mongolian army officers.

The Mongols originally looked down on the Han people, and when they slaughtered the city in Ezhou, those Mongols would not blink their eyes, making the originally prosperous and rich Ezhou a ghost city.

Xia Gui's position in the Chinese army can be imagined.

Xia Gui was very uncomfortable in his heart, what was the situation of his family in the capital, he didn't know at all, it turned out that the 20,000 soldiers under his command who rushed to aid Ezhou, after returning to the Mongolian army, nearly 1,000 people were killed, most of them because of disobedience and escape, etc., which made Xia Gui very faceless, and also caused great damage to his image in Ah Shu's mind.

According to Xia Gui's merits, he should have followed Ah Shu's side, not to mention participating in the battle, at least he could get some credit, Lu Wende and Lu Wenhuan still stayed in Xuancheng, and they would participate in the battle against Lin'an Mansion City next.

Xia Gui has long passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, has experienced a lot of things, and can also see the clues, as time goes by, he faintly regrets his original move, but unfortunately there is no regret medicine in the world.

During the march, Xia Gui tried to keep a low profile as much as possible, not showing mountains and water, and he would not speak on weekdays.

Xia Gui still has a certain impression of Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, in the battle of Huaibei that year, under extremely difficult circumstances, the Song army led by Wu Shaogang was able to defeat the encircled Mongolian army, kill out of Huaibei, and return to Lianghuai, which is not simple.

Maybe Ali Hague has never fought with Wu Shaogang, and it is more likely that Ali Hague looks down on the Song army at all, after all, after the Battle of Xiangyang, the army of Southern Mongolia is like a bamboo, and many Song troops on Jinghu North Road and Jinghu South Road are all looking at the wind.

The Chinese army was almost unguarded, marching calmly, that is, no scouts were sent to reconnoiter along the road, and there was no carefully prepared camping place, which was contrary to the basic common sense of the march.

Xia Gui saw it in his eyes, but he wouldn't speak, for him, silence was the best choice.

After more than ten consecutive days of marching, the army has entered Lianshui County, which is about to enter Haizhou.

The road was indeed calm, nothing happened, and the shadow of the Song army did not appear, as if the crisis in Shandong did not exist at all.

Even Xia Gui felt strange, supposedly, such a situation should not exist.

On 15 April, 30,000 Chinese troops arrived at Lianshui County.

It is only more than 200 miles away from Haizhou Prefecture, and five days is enough.

The deputy marshal of Mongolia, who commanded the march of the Chinese army, seemed a little excited, and when he was temporarily stationed in the military camp outside Lianshui County, he gave an order, and then took a rapid march to reach the city of Haizhou Prefecture within four days, that is, the sergeant needed to march more than 50 miles a day.

The Chinese army escorted a lot of grain and grass, in Lianshui County also to replenish part of the grain and grass, the vast majority of the sergeants, are relying on the legs to march, fifteen days of continuous marching, many sergeants have been very tired, do need time to rest, the next day more than fifty miles, for four days, for the sergeants who have not yet been able to recover their physical strength, this challenge is very great.

When the order is given, it must be carried out, and many sergeants can only prepare everything in the camp, and after the march begins, many details cannot be considered.

Xia Gui almost made a suggestion again, all the way was calm, and there was nothing abnormal in Lianshui County, which showed that the Song army had not yet launched an attack on Haizhou, in this case, there was no need to march in a hurry, try to let the sergeants rest, and rush to Haizhou City at the scheduled time.

But Xia Gui won't speak, at this time, even if he opens his mouth to suggest, it will have no effect, on the contrary, he will be bored.

On 16 April, 30,000 sergeants set out from the barracks in the direction of Haizhou Prefecture.

After fifteen days of marching, many of the sergeants only rested for half a day before the final rapid march began.

Xia Gui, who was riding a horse, felt tired, not to mention the sergeant who relied on his legs to march.

Five miles north of Jincheng Town, under the village.

There was no one to be seen in the village, not even the elderly, the weak, the women and the children.

On the left and right sides of the lower village, there are a few hills, and the official road passes through the middle of the hills, so if you don't look closely, you won't notice these hills at all.

Cai Siwei's expression was very grim, his temporary Chinese military tent was set up in the hills, and the ambush of the 60,000 troops was also in these hills.

60,000 soldiers, already familiar with fighting on a variety of terrain, many places in Sichuan are mountainous areas, many places in Henan are plains, and the grassland in Monan is an endless grassland.

It has been three days since 60,000 soldiers arrived in Jincheng City, and they were on high alert every day, waiting left and right, and the news finally came, and the 30,000 soldiers of the Mongolian army arrived in Lianshui County on April 15, which means that the battle will start the next day.

In the early summer season, the weather was pleasant, and before dawn, all the soldiers were ready.

Looking at Chang Mingquan and Zhang Jue beside him, Cai Siwei didn't speak immediately, he was waiting for news from the scouts.

The 60,000 army will be divided into three ways to attack the Mongolian army that is about to reach Jincheng, Cai Siwei personally led the 30,000 army to attack from the front, Chang Mingquan led 15,000 soldiers to attack from the left flank, and Zhang Jue led 15,000 soldiers to attack from the right flank.

The only thing left for the 30,000 Mongolian soldiers to evacuate was to return to the official road to Lianshui County.

Cai Siwei did not leave a reserve, all 60,000 soldiers participated in the fight, 60,000 against 30,000, cavalry against infantry, this is a battle that can absolutely guarantee victory, it can be said that the 30,000 Chinese army of the Mongolian army has no chance.

If there is no accident, these 30,000 Mongolian troops will be annihilated, and the 40,000 soldiers led by Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, have already arrived in Lianshui County, and have formed a comprehensive encirclement of the Mongolian army.

Finally, the scout came galloping on horseback.

"Report, the Mongolian army of 30,000 people set off from the military camp outside Lianshui County and is heading towards Jincheng Town."

Cai Siwei's mood suddenly became excited.

"Chang Mingquan, Zhang Jue, act according to the predetermined plan, you remember, you must annihilate the Mongolian army and not let anyone escape...

The sky was already bright, and the surroundings could be seen very clearly, Cai Siwei on horseback, his face was slightly red. Chang Mingquan and Zhang Jue on the left and right flanks were already ready for everything, and they were waiting for the 30,000 army led by him to attack.

Cai Siwei remembers very well that when he set off from Siyang County, His Royal Highness the King of Wei specially emphasized that Lianshui's siege of the 30,000 Chinese troops of the Mongolian army was a comprehensive rollout of a major battle, and it was he Cai Siwei who undertook the task of the first battle.