Lin'an Mansion, the general of the Yuan army who went south from Zhongshu Province looked at the fleet on the Qiantang River with fierce eyes, and there were three or five soldiers and an official of Lin'an Mansion standing next to him, it seemed that the defense was extremely lax, but under the city wall was densely packed with Yuan troops wearing armor and holding sharp blades, and behind the city gate on the river bank, thousands of cavalry were ready to go, as long as he gave an order, these cavalry would rush out of the city gate as quickly as possible, and kill the Song army who dared to go ashore. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"As long as those southern barbarians dare to go ashore this time, they will definitely have no return." Ali Hague, who was sent to the south by Kublai Khan, was not the kind of general who could only defend the city, he not only wanted to hold Lin'anfu, but also wanted to give the Song army a heavy blow.

"What the marshal said is extremely true, these southern barbarians have always only dared to use bows and crossbows to face the enemy from a distance, if you talk about cavalry charging and killing, how can I be the opponent of the Great Yuan warriors." The officials of Lin'an Mansion smiled flatteringly and complimented Ali Hague, in his opinion, as long as the Song army dared to go ashore, it was definitely not the opponent of the Mengyuan cavalry.

Ali Hague also thinks deeply of this, he has been on the battlefield for many years and rarely encountered the Song army that can compete with him on the frontal battlefield, and the contempt for the Song army can be said to be engraved in the bones, and even with the instigation of tens of thousands of mourners, how incompetent generals should be to lose to the Song people in the battle?

"The defenders in the city seem to be smaller than the last time we came? Did the Mongol Tartars not have a foothold or did they have other plans? Zheng He looked at the city from the bow of the ship.

"It's too late, there has long been news that the generals of Mengyuan Ali Hague and Ah Shu have led their troops south to defend the coastal areas, and it is time for Ali Hague to go to Lin'an Mansion in the future, but now there are only these soldiers on the city, and I don't believe what you say." Li You said with a smile, if there is really only such a small number of troops, why are the defenders at the head of the city still so calm?

"Presumably, this Ali Hague has already laid an ambush in the city, and is waiting for us to go ashore." Zhang Shijie also sensed that something was wrong, "Jun Shigong, since Yuan Yu has taken precautions, let's continue to go north to the sea and go to Songjiang Mansion to have a look." ”

"If you leave like this, you will always be a little unwilling." Li You took out the binoculars and carefully looked at the situation on the city, trying to find the loopholes of the Yuan army, "I don't know if there is any way to plan and frustrate the sharp spirit of the Yuan Army?" ”

Ali Hague wanted to tempt Li You to lead a large group of men to go ashore, and Li You didn't want to lure the ambush soldiers in the city to attack and annihilate them, and the two commanders on the battlefield had their own thoughts.

"Ali Hague is a famous general of Mengyuan, who once followed and followed Ashu to attack Xiangyang, it was he who said that he surrendered Xiangyang defender Lu Wenhuan, Xiangyang fell into the hands of Meng Yuan, and once Xiangyang was lost, there was no longer a strong city that could stop Meng Yuan, Boyan and Ashu led the troops eastward, and soon attacked Jiangsu and Zhejiang." As soon as he thought of the past, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"So if you can kill Ali Hague, then it will be a major blow to the Yuanyu?" These words not only did not scare Li You, but aroused the fighting spirit in his heart, Ali Hague's reputation among the Yuan army far exceeded that of Instigation, and it was much more cost-effective to kill him than to kill Instigation.

"But now that Ali Hague occupies a strong city, and there are many elite soldiers under his command, it is not easy to kill him." Zhang Shijie hesitated slightly, the long-term war example made these generals of the Great Song Dynasty full of fear of fighting directly with the Mengyuan army, even if they annihilated the instigated capital army outside Quanzhou City, they could not immediately reverse this idea.

"If Ali Hague can't hold it, I don't have much to do. But looking at his appearance, I'm afraid he doesn't just want to defend the city, right? At that time, there will be cavalry out of the city to raid, and I heard that this Ali Hague likes to take the lead, and when he attacked Ezhou, he bravely climbed first, and was wounded by a stray arrow. "This is an advantage for a general, but a disadvantage for a commander," I think if we show a flaw, then Ali Hague will personally lead the attack, and this is not an opportunity. ”

Li You has already made a decision, Zheng He, Zhang Shijie, Yang Liangjie and others are no longer persuading, everyone has made a plan, the fleet slowly approached the shore, put down countless small boats from the big boat, carrying soldiers on land, the big ship also put down the gangplank, the soldiers rushed out, and some of the cannons were transported from the ship to the land, and the Song army put on a strong attack.

"Okay, the southern barbarians really hit the plan, pass the order, the defenders under the city must not be moved lightly, and wait for the marshal to give the order before going to the city in batches." Ali Hague was overjoyed, and he was afraid of scaring away the Song army, so he ordered the ambush soldiers under the city to be patient for the time being.

When the Song army reached a distance of two miles outside the city, not far from the river bank, they stopped and began to build a camp, as if preparing for a long siege, until two hours later, they fired a few cannons from a distance to test it.

This move was somewhat unexpected by Ali Hague, he thought that the Song army would attack on a large scale as soon as he got off the ship, so he changed the order, "The cavalry will go back and rest for the time being, it seems that the Song army is not going to attack the city today." ”

Looking at the Song military camp, Ali Hague pondered other methods, the construction of the Song army camp was slightly rough, and there was a lack of fortifications to block the impact of cavalry such as horses and trenches, so maybe try a night raid?

After nightfall, the Song army did not begin to rest, but lit a bonfire, making a posture of all-night carnival, which strengthened Ali Hague's confidence, since the other party was so careless, then give them a lesson, if this battle can capture Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie, then the end of the Song State has come.

The Song army tossed until the time before it quieted down, Ali Hague waited for another hour, did not see any movement of the Song army before coming down from the city wall, organized three thousand cavalry men to wrap their horses and hooves, and slowly came to the back of the city gate, he personally led the army, ordered people to quietly open the city gate, and ordered the rest of the subordinates to prepare to go out of the city to face the battle, as long as the Song army bombarded the camp, the defenders in the city would all be dispatched, and all the Song troops must be left here.

The city gate slowly opened, and the three thousand cavalry immediately rode their horses and galloped, and the two-mile distance would arrive in an instant under the full speed of the war horses.

"Boom!" Suddenly there was a bang, a huge explosion sounded in the middle of the team, and more than ten cavalrymen were sent to the sky, and then the torches of the Song army camp suddenly lit up, and a general appeared at the height of the watchtower, "Haha, Ali Hague, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" (To be continued.) )