Chapter 56 Decision
"The distress is certain, the army of 200,000 people, people eat horses and chew, and there should not be much food in the army, but Kublai Khan is very comparable, and the prince needs to be careful."
"Don't worry about this, although there are few people, but relying on the huge Funiu Mountain Range, it is not easy for him to catch me, but I hope that he can be angry, regardless of a qiē to send troops to attack, the plain battle, the Mongolian iron cavalry can be called unparalleled in the world, but if you talk about mountain warfare, the cavalry may not be as powerful as an infantry, if he really dares to come, he will suffer a big loss."
"Now I'm worried about the safety of Xiangyang." In the end, Li Xuan sighed and said: "If I am Kublai Khan, if the back road is cut off, I will definitely take advantage of the fact that the army's heart is not in turmoil, and I will break Xiangyang at any cost, because the enemy is in food!" ”
"If Xiangyang City is broken, I'm afraid all the preparations made before will be in vain." Li Xuan looked at Huang Rong, who was silent, with Huang Rong's wisdom, it was obvious that the other party had similar thoughts in his heart, so he was not so surprised, and asked slowly: "Mrs. Guo, I want to know the specific situation of Xiangyang City, including armament and military heart, under the onslaught of the Mongols' 200,000 army, whether it can hold out until the other party is in chaos due to the exhaustion of food and grass." ”
"I'm afraid it's hard." Huang Rong looked at Li Xuan calmly: "Although the beggar gang has recalled the elites from all over the country, and even called on the heroes of the martial arts to gather in Xiangyang to help defend the city, but these people have different minds, and they are untrained, even if they are good, they are a rabble after all, and the Xiangyang army is ......"
Speaking of this, Huang Rong smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Although Lu Taishou relies on the clumsy man very much, he looks very closely on the power of the soldiers, and he will listen to the clumsy man in wartime, but in ordinary times, the clumsy man wants to train the soldiers, and he will be rejected for various reasons." ”
Li Xuan nodded. No wonder the defenders of Xiangyang City will be bigger and weaker, Li Xuan was a little curious before, no matter what Guo Jing said, he was also a figure who had been the marshal of the Mongolian army, not to mention martial arts for the time being, just a Wu Mu suicide note. Coupled with Huang Rong's assistance and guidance from the side, he can definitely be regarded as a famous general, Xiangyang has 50,000 defenders, which is not a small amount, if you can train seriously, with the geographical location of Xiangyang, often clash with the Mongols, it should not be difficult to train an elite army, although the Mongols invaded the Southern Song Dynasty is the general trend. Locally, however, the war potential of Xiangyang was far from being in line with Guo Jing's ability to command the three Mongol armies.
But it's not difficult to understand when you think about it, how Lu Wenhuan said that he was also a famous general of the Great Song Dynasty, maybe the army was slightly inferior to the combination of Guo Jing and Huang Rong, but when it came to the twists and turns in the officialdom, I am afraid that ten Guo Jing are not Lu Wenhuan's opponents, with the urine of the Great Song Dynasty officials, how could they really delegate military power to a man in the rivers and lakes. No matter how prestigious the other party is, for these people. I'm afraid it's just a martial artist.
"It's a pity that there is still not enough time!" Li Xuan shook his head, although the system generously gave him a year to prepare for his identity this time, but in the past year, it has taken him most of his time just to train the army and dredge up his contacts. For the rest of the time, it was too difficult to find someone as capable as Huang Yaoshi, and if he could get Huang Yaoshi's help a month or two before the arrival of the Mongol army, he would not be so passive now. At this moment, I am afraid that the Mongolian camp has turned into a country.
"It's here, it's time for the little girl to return to Xiangyang." Looking at the battle situation that had gradually calmed down in the distance, Tang Jun had already begun to lead people to clean up the battlefield and put the finishing touches on it at this moment, but he was a little worried about the situation in Xiangyang, now that the Mongolian grain route was cut off by Li Xuan, Li Xuan's speculation was very likely to come true, if this was the case, it would be difficult to return to the city in two days.
"Don't worry, wait a while, I'll explain and go back with you." Li Xuan waved his hand and stopped.
"If the Xiangyang army can't be integrated to resist the foreign enemy, I'm afraid it may not be able to stop the Mongol offensive, then it is my territory, and it's time to go back and see." A cold glint flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, but the situation in Xiangyang was even more erosive than he imagined.
Huang Rong nodded, she could probably understand Li Xuan's thoughts, and then Liu Mei frowned slightly: "But I don't know how many people and horses the prince is going to bring into the city this time?" ”
"A hundred guards, enough." Li Xuan stood up and said loudly, although he is not prepared to use force too much in this world, but with his current strength, even if he is surrounded by a large army, if he wants to break through alone, it is not difficult, and a hundred guards are indeed enough.
The battlefield was quickly cleaned up, the war horses were confiscated, this year, the war horses for the Song army, there is absolutely no market saturation, no matter when, which army, war horses are scarce.
As for the large amount of grain and grass, even if it is moved away at this moment, there is no place to send it, so it can only be burned, although it is a little distressing, but at the moment after all, when he doesn't care about this, Li Xuan can't let the soldiers he has worked hard to train gamble his life to fight with the Mongols for a batch of grain and grass, it is not worth it, with the network he has established within the Song Dynasty in the past year and the business name he has secretly established, at least his army will not have problems in the supply of grain and grass, and naturally there is no need to be angry like Tang Jun to worry about a batch of grain and grass.
"War horses can be kept, but the looted grain and grass, except for the necessary three-day rations, will be burned for me, not a single one is allowed to stay, try not to use cavalry, this Funiu Mountain is our base camp, there is no need to compete with others for riding skills, it can't be compared." Before leaving, Li Xuan called Tang Jun and Poison Island Ranzi and asked him carefully, but this time, he was ready to enter the city alone, and even Poison Island Rinzi was left by him to take care of Tang Jun, after all, this guy still has some small peasant thoughts in his bones, even if he has his own entrustment, it is difficult to ensure that he gives up his advantages to fight with others for a little grain and grass, in Li Xuan's opinion, this is the least worthless.
"Be smart, there are only these 10,000 horses here, there are no reinforcements, people have 200,000, even if ten fight one, people can consume us to death, give me a little cleverness, if you want to die, kill me enough Tartars for me first and then die!"
"Don't worry, my lord, I know what to do." Tang Jun straightened his chest and roared.
It is impossible to rest assured, but at the moment, Li Xuan is not ready to wait any longer, leaving Tang Jun and Poison Island Xianzi to be responsible for controlling the grain road in this area of Funiu Mountain, Li Xuan stayed in the battalion of one hundred guards, escorted Huang Rong's master and apprentice, and marched in the direction of Xiangyang.
At the same time, in the Mongolian camp, the commander in charge of receiving the grain team frowned and looked at the sky, it was not early, in the past, the grain team should have arrived, but why did it not arrive today? I felt a little bad in my heart, and my mood became irritable.
"Look, sir!" A sharp-eyed ten-captain pointed in the direction of Funiu Mountain in the distance, where a thick smoke rose into the sky, and even from a long distance, you could see the faint fire in the smoke.
"Oh no, something happened, follow me!" The commander's face changed, and after leaving the next sentence, he galloped away without looking back in the direction where the smoke rose.
At the foot of Funiu Mountain, Tang Jun, who sent Li Xuan and his party away, did not leave immediately, but began to command the soldiers to rearrange the trap, Li Xuan said when he left, this grain and grass will definitely alarm the Mongols not far away, and the other party will definitely send people to detect.
Whether to go or stay, Li Xuan didn't say, it was all up to Tang Jun, but Tang Jun felt that he understood Li Xuan's meaning, since he had predicted the other party's movements, no matter what the chance, as long as there was this possibility, it was worth a try.
The trap didn't need to be too complicated, the trap was undoubtedly the most effective and vicious way to deal with the Mongol cavalry, and the soldiers began to dig fist-sized holes in front of them, and before they even had time to cover up too much, the soldiers in charge of the guard in front had already sent a warning message.
"It's a pity that there aren't many bulls left, otherwise you can give him another fire bull array!" A little dissatisfied looked at the area full of trapped horse pits, at this width, there would not be too many knights who could be trapped.
"Yo, it looks like a whole team of 1,000 people has been dispatched!" Lying in the grass, looking at the smoke and dust gradually rising in the distance, Tang Jun pursed his lips a little helplessly, turned back to the two people beside him and said, "The idea is piercing, withdraw first!" ”
Li Xuan brought into the Funiu Mountain, there are 10,000 people, but they are all broken into zero, just like the military exercise, divided into a small group of troops in the Funiu Mountain, specifically picking the Mongolian grain team to start, although Li Xuan left, it is logical to become the first commander, but the troops do not dare to move, stay around, there are only four teams of men and horses, against a Mongolian thousand people, even if there is a calculation or not, can not touch, the Mongolian soldiers he has learned not once or twice, want to defeat the strong with the weak, exterminate the enemy five times his own, But it's a little delusional.
The group quietly retreated into the mountain road, as long as they entered Funiu Mountain and fought in the mountains, it was their world.
"Rhythm of the Season~"
As soon as he exited not far away, he heard the sound of the Holy Queen's heavy object falling to the ground, and couldn't help but look back, at least a dozen Mongolian knights broke their horses and hooves because they rushed too hard, and the people also flew out, screaming non-stop.
"Bastard!" The commander looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, and with his superb equestrian skills, his beloved mount did not rush directly into the trap like others, and after a beautiful maneuver, he stopped outside the trap, but his eyes did not pay attention to the wailing subordinates, but stared at the grain cart that was still burning in the distance, and his face was gloomy and terrible.
can achieve the position of a thousand-commander, naturally he will not be the kind of stunned young man who only knows how to shout and kill, and naturally he knows what the situation in front of him represents.
It's a big deal! (To be continued......)