"Really...... Good horse! Putting down the binoculars, Khan Kublai Khan couldn't help but sigh.

Tall physique, well-proportioned figure, if only these would not make the Mongol Great Khan sigh so much. When the Great Song cavalry in the telescope used the binoculars to check the surrounding situation, the war horses did not have a nervous posture at all, they stood there calmly, looking down and smelling the grass on the ground. When the Song cavalry determined the retreat route, they just shook the reins, and those war horses began to gallop calmly.

The horses switch between movement and stillness very easily. Compared with the Song cavalry on horseback, the Song cavalry is still tender!

"Great Khan, do you want to chase it?" Ali Hague asked.

Kublai Khan, the Great Khan, drove his mount up a hill. Seeing the good horse on the opposite side, even if Kublai Khan's war horse was also a BMW, Kublai Khan, a great expert, could still feel the gap between the two in some places.

Looking condescendingly, I saw that the Mongolian cavalry trying to surround the Song army was chasing after them at a gallop, and the 'little short legs' of those Mongolian horses were fast. In comparison, the 'long legs' of the Song army's war horses did not pulsate as fast as the Mongolian horses. As a cavalry expert, Kublai Khan shook his head slightly. He could see that the strength of the Mongolian horse was about to run out, and the Song army's war horse still had a long remaining strength.

Sure enough, as Kublai Khan expected, the Mongol horse slowed down after a while. However, the speed of those Song army horses did not decrease, and the cavalry was not caught up by the Mongol cavalry in the first place, and now they have widened the distance.

"Great Khan, the cavalry of the Song army is so courageless! What a loss to their horses. The guard next to him couldn't help but say indignantly.

"I only know that the beast that rushes forward dies the fastest. Song Jun can jump out of the trap we have laid, at least he is a cunning wolf cub. Kublai Khan sighed. After a moment of silence, the Mongol Khan couldn't help but add, "The young wolf is the ......one who will grow up."

When the guards heard this, they felt that this was a little unlucky, and the young wolf grew up to be a fierce wolf. Did the Great Khan mean that these Song troops, who only knew how to scout and flee for their lives, would grow into an army comparable to the Mongol cavalry? Just looking at the Song army war horses in the distance that were still strong after galloping out for more than ten miles, the guards felt a little worried.

Kublai Khan did not say anything more. After his arrival in Huaxian, he also engaged in several skirmishes with the Song army. The Song army's musketeers were indeed as sharp as Ali Hague described, and the Song army's artillery was as powerful as it was in the old days. There was an infantry battle of 3,000 against 3,000 on both sides, and the Mongol army was routed.

After that, the Great Khan attacked the small number of cavalry of the Song army, and the cavalry of the Song army only appeared in the hills and plains with a wide field of vision, and immediately ran away when they saw that the situation was not right. So that the Mongol army could not knock out the reconnaissance boundary line of the Song army. So the Mongol Khan was disappointed. Looking through a telescope on the dirt slope, you can see that some of the faint military stations are located in the south of Huaxian County, where the Song army is the main camp. The previous infantry battle with the Song army was far from those stations, and Kublai Khan had no interest in letting his army storm the fortifications.

A few miles behind the station was a soil extraction plant. Inside the dump, many prisoners dressed in Mongol uniforms were working. The overseer shouted, "Keep right!" Keep right! Keep right along the line! ”

The excavation procession, made up of Mongol prisoners, maintained order, and although everyone was tired and gasping, at least they did so obediently. The overseers, the guards all had muskets. Every time he saw the musket, Song Tieniu, who was a prisoner, felt uncomfortable. He fought with the Song army with these Mongol robes, and everyone tried their best, but they were still defeated by the Song army's muskets. The firing of the flying locusts knocked down the Mongol army in pieces, and the screams still linger in Song Tieniu's ears.

With a numb leg movement, Song Tieniu and the same group of robes finally lifted a large basket of soil up the high dirt slope. There was a table in this place, and those who were in charge of guarding would give Song Tieniu a slip every time they looked at the poured soil.

"How many strips do you have?" The guard asked after giving Song Tieniu a note this time.

"I don't know." Song Tieniu replied honestly. If the head of the Mongolian army talks like this, it is asking for something. Now Song Tieniu still has some money in his pocket, and these old men have not devoted themselves to Song Tieniu.

"Take them out and count them, and if they are enough, let you go." The warden said.

Song Tieniu took out a large collection of wet pieces of paper and notes from his arms, he had been digging for ten days under the hot May sun, and his clothes were dry and wet. The guards exchanged the slips of paper for scraps of paper, counted them, and said with a smile: "This brother, dig four more baskets of soil, and you will be enough." You can go back. ”

"Where are you going?" Song Tieniu didn't understand for a while.

The warden replied, "Of course we are going home, we said that you have done enough work to release you." ”

"Sir. I am from Baoding, and my home is far away from here. I didn't eat or drink, how do I get home? Song Tieniu replied pitifully.

The guard pointed to the north, "Not far to the north is the Mongolian army camp, we will give you food and drink, you can go to the Mongolian army camp." ”

I don't know if what the guard said is true or not, at least the guard said that Song Tieniu still has four baskets of soil, and the robe that carried the soil with him is six baskets. The two felt that Song Jun must be uneasy and kind, but they also came up with a reason why Song Jun deceived them. So the two agreed to dig six more baskets of soil and walked together. Walking down the dirt slope, Song Tieniu suddenly remembered, "Let's dig five more baskets together." I'll give you a strip, and you'll have enough for six. ”

Pao Ze thought for a while, and then folded his fingers for a while. Suddenly, he suddenly realized, and he said in a loud voice: "Yes, yes, yes! If you give me one, I'll make up six. ”

Knowing that they could carry one less basket of soil, both of them felt that they had taken advantage. He hurriedly got up to work, and as soon as he filled the earth, he heard someone not far away exclaiming, "There is a stone man buried here!" ”

"Look at what, go to work!" The guards were already scolding impatiently.

Song Tieniu and the others were in a hurry to finish, so they didn't go to join in the fun. But the hard work of these ten days is almost exhausted by the physical strength of the two of them, even if they are excited because they have a goal. However, when they reached the last basket, they were still so tired that they sat on the ground and gasped for breath when they reached the edge of the slope. Looking down condescendingly, more and more people gathered in that place, and they also set up shelves. When the two of them rested, they carried the last basket of soil with difficulty. Looking down from the high slope, I saw a stone man much larger than a human being dug out of the ground. The stone figures are covered with dirt, and I can't see exactly what they look like.

Song Jun did not make things difficult for Song Tieniu, collected all the pieces of paper on him and his robe, and gave them a new piece of paper with words printed on them, and someone took them away. Far away from the excavation site, I saw that the Song army was building a barracks, and the soil should have been taken from the dirt field. There were already many Mongolian prisoners gathered in the open space here, and judging from their expressions, the Mongolian soldiers looked excited and careful.

Song Tieniu: After they came in, they were brought to give them food. Steamed buns, pickles, and porridge, the two of them devoured them and ate them. Not long after, a few more people came, and Song Tieniu had already finished eating this small amount of food, so he talked to them, "Brother, you have also finished your work?" ”

"Are these two brothers too?" The latter two asked.

Song Tieniu sighed and replied in a low voice: "Although people said that they would release us, I don't know if they really want to release us." ”

"If we don't, shouldn't we be left there to continue digging?" The two looked very confident.

Waiting for the two of them to finish eating, Song Jun gathered them and took them out of the camp. After walking a little north, Song Jun continued to point to the north and said: "Continue to the north along this road, you can reach the Mongolian camp in half a day at most, you should be careful on the road." With that, the Song army turned around and left, leaving a group of Mongol prisoners outside.

Looking around, Song Tieniu looked at Song Jun's distant back, and asked suspiciously, "Stump, this will let us go?" ”

The robe that was in a group with Song Tieniu didn't speak, just pulled Song Tieniu and began to walk north. Song Tieniu didn't say much, just followed. Sure enough, as the Song army said, when he walked out for more than ten miles, he saw a cavalry coming with the banner of the Mongolian army, and when he saw Song Tieniu and other people wearing tattered Mongolian military uniforms, they stepped forward to stop and asked: "Are you waiting for the Bianliang defenders?" ”

fell into the hands of the Song army for more than a month, and thought he was dead. Seeing the Mongolian army at this time, knowing that he had escaped and ascended to heaven, Song Tieniu burst into tears with excitement, and he choked up and replied: "We are the defenders of Bianliang." ”

Kublai Khan's Great Khan was somewhat puzzled by the Song army's release of prisoners for several days in a row. True, the captives were already exhausted from digging in the earth, and they were also unarmed and were already useless waste in the short term. But this is not a reason for the Song army to release the prisoners.

After the analysis and judgment of Ali Hague and others, the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan made a judgment that the Song army wanted to use prisoners to shake the military spirit of the Mongolian army. Let the Mongol army see the pitiful appearance of the captives, and the Mongol army will be afraid of the Song army. Regarding the treacherous plan of the Song army, Kublai Khan ordered, "When Ah Shu arrives with his troops, I will leave a part of the soldiers and horses to contain the Song army, and the brigade will cross the river from the upper reaches and recapture Bianliang!" ”

Mobile warfare is the tactic of Mongolia, in order not to attack the well-guarded Sichuan cities of the Song army, the Mongols even returned to Dali in a big detour, and launched an attack on the hinterland of the Song State from Yunnan after taking Dali. Although the Yellow River was annoying, it was not enough to completely stop the Mongol offensive. If they were willing to run farther, the Mongol army would still be able to reach Luoyang. There are many boats over there, making it easier to cross the river. Marshal Ashu has already sent someone to deliver the message, and judging from the location brought by the envoy, Marshal Ashu will be able to arrive here in only six or seven days.

The Song army continued to release the Mongol prisoners, and the news that the last group of captives brought back became very fantastic, they said that a one-eyed stone man was dug up in the ground, and the words on the back of the stone man were also engraved, "Mo Dao stone man has one eye, inciting the Yellow River to rebel in the world."