The night is vast, more than 30 miles south of Chuzhou City, south of Baishui Guan, Xi'an Mountain.

Xi'an Mountain runs along the north-south direction of the Jialing River in the west, and a post road between the two branches at Baishui Pass, far leading to Chengzhou in the northwest, and Xianrenguan in the northeast, and then to Fengzhou, which is an important place extending in all directions.

In the valley road in the mountains and forests, countless Song troops are winding in the dark, the war horses are on the halters, thick cloth hooves, but no one rides, except for the rustling footsteps, the silence is terrifying.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the Song army finally stopped and rested on the spot.

"Lu Wende, there won't be anything going to happen in Chuzhou City, right? Subutai is the first fierce general in the Tatar army, with an army of 20,000, but it is not easy to deal with. ”

In the dark, Zhang Du, the commander of Chengzhou, leaned against the tree and asked Lu Wende softly on the side.

Zhang Du, like Lu Wende and others, were all students who graduated from the first phase of Jinling Lecture and Martial Arts Hall, and served as the commander of Chengzhou, one of the three passes and five prefectures on Lizhou West Road.

"No matter what bullshit he is, if he wants to capture the city of Chuzhou, he doesn't have a year and a half, don't even think about it!"

Lu Wende wiped the sweat from his face, picked up the kettle and poured a few sips.

After graduating from Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, he was pampered and carried heavy cross-country marches, and his physical strength was really unbearable.

As for the Mongol army, it was led by Subutai, and it also captured a few Mongolian rangers, so it was learned. As for Subutai's No. 1 Mongolian general, he didn't care about it at all.

Ever since a vicious battle with the Mongolian army outside the city of Xihezhou, he has scoffed at the invincibility of the Mongolian army. When a cannon goes down, it is not still a blur of flesh and blood, and the army cannot be defeated.

The disastrous victory outside the city of Xihezhou was just his lack of experience and lack of sophistication. At the very least, he thinks he can make a draw with the other side.

"Lu Wende, then why don't we go to the rescue of Chuzhou City directly, but instead go to the ambush halfway?"

Zhang Du is still a little ignorant.

Lu Wende transferred half of the men and horses from the Tianshui Army and Chengzhou, plus a thousand soldiers from Xihe Prefecture, a total of 4,000 soldiers, detoured from the north of Qifang Pass, and went south along Xi'an Mountain, day and night.

"There are too many Tatar cavalry, our army is too small in number, and there is no chance of victory in the field. If you want to seriously injure the other party, you have to take it by surprise. If the Tatar army withdrew to the north, it would pass through the post road next to the Jialing River. ”

Lu Wende's words made Zhang Du slightly stunned and blurted out.

"General, if the Tatars retreat, they will inevitably send scouts to investigate, if they cross the river and withdraw their troops to the west, won't we fall short?"

There are many craftsmen in the Mongolian army, and it is no easier to cross the river on a raft.

Although Lu Wende is young, he is the commander of the system, and Chengzhou and Tianshui Pass are all at his disposal, and Zhang Du subconsciously changed his title.

"Lao Zhang, you think too much. In the event of a Tatar retreat and no time to cross the river, won't we come in handy? ”

Lu Wende whispered, and said in the dark:

"The Tatars have won too many battles, and they are too arrogant, and they want to be presumptuous in my Song Realm. In any case, they cannot be easily let go. ”

The terrain of Lizhou West Road is complex, the mountains are steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, these Mongolian troops are so powerful, too arrogant, they have to find ways to beat it well.

"That's what the general said. But IMHO, it doesn't necessarily work to wait for the rabbit like this. ”

Zhang Du still has some doubts about Lu Wende's decision.

"Lao Zhang, everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted. Our army will not be better prepared for a rainy day than doing nothing. Besides......"

Lu Wende smiled coldly and spoke softly.

"Your Majesty has been planning for so long, and the battle in Chuzhou is so fierce, can he be indifferent?"

He had a hunch that Zhao Hong would definitely lead his troops to come, and there would be a hearty battle outside the city of Chuzhou.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, this vision is not an ordinary poison!"

Zhang Du also sighed in a low voice.

"Lao Zhang, I want to ask you, when you come to the northwest, haven't you thought about making meritorious contributions?"

Lu Wende whispered, Zhang Du understood, and smiled.

Under the command of the emperor, the students of Jinling Lecture Martial Arts Hall, who doesn't want to make contributions?

"General, you said Your Majesty, will you take the imperial expedition in person?"

Zhang Du said quietly, as if he remembered the years of study in Jinling Lecture Wutang.

"Who is Your Majesty? As soon as he said it, of course, he would drive it in person. Don't forget, there are still 10,000 brothers in Western Xia, waiting for the army to rescue! ”

"The Tatars are tyrannical and murderous, strong and strong, and I don't know, how many brothers are left now?"

Zhang Du sighed with emotion, and suddenly asked:

"General, Your Majesty is driving a personal expedition, and it must be tens of thousands of troops. Tens of thousands of troops going north, not just for the sake of 20,000 Tatar troops, right? ”

Zhang Du's words made Lu Wende speechless for a while, and in the dark, both of them fell into deep thought.

The royal drive is in person, and it may be sixty or seventy thousand elite border troops, so it shouldn't just be to resist the Subutai Army.

"General, Commander Ma asked if he could hurry? If we don't speed up the march, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the place before dawn. ”

The sergeant came over and whispered, and Lu Wende nodded.

"Pass the order, the brothers continue to march, and they must rush to the place before dawn!"

The area of Qifang Pass and Baishui Pass was originally the scope of Ma Zhong's garrison. Lu Wende summoned him together, in addition to wanting Ma Zhong to make meritorious contributions, but also because he was familiar with the terrain of Xi'an Mountain.

In the darkness, the soldiers of the Song army stood up one after another and continued to the south.

Lu Wende patted his ass lightly, walked on his long legs that were a little sore, and joined the torrent of marching.

Another day the morning sun rose, the Mongolian army in the trumpet sounded constantly, the drum thundered, countless Mongolian troops out of the camp, murderous, to the city wall of Chuzhou.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and both sides avoided the midday heat, and the Mongol army attacked the city earlier and earlier, and Mingjin withdrew its troops later and later.

Su Butai stood on the high slope, looking at the fierce battle at the head of the city, with a black face, much haggard.

After more than ten days of bloody battles, more than 3,000 foot soldiers were lost, and the light cavalry who dismounted and attacked the city also suffered considerable losses. Coupled with the more than 2,000 horsemen lost by Chawuer and others before, the losses in the Southern Song Dynasty have reached eight or nine thousand.

If he can't take the city in front of him, he will be the first fierce general in Mongolia, but he will be laughed off. And the myth of the invincibility of the Mongol army must also be broken, and the body is incomplete.

"Order the whole army, the first to board the city of Chuzhou, 1,000 taels of gold, 1,000 cattle and sheep, 200 slaves, and 10 maidservants!"

Subutai passed the military order, the herald flew and rode to the whole army, the drums were like thunder, and the bloody battle at the head of the city became more intense.

"Commander, the Tartars are going to play with their lives!"

On the city wall of Chuzhou, Zhao Xi stabbed down a Meng soldier who had climbed to the top of the city, and said loudly to Wang Jian next to him.

As the border army of the former Lizhou West Road, the new army trained by the imperial court, he experienced the Song and Jin wars, and he was not afraid of the siege of the Mongol army.

"Afraid of a ball! Just these guys, Lao Tzu doesn't pay attention to them! ”

Wang Jian's shield blocked the iron rod of the Meng soldiers on the opposite side, and slashed down fiercely, and the Meng soldiers dodged Wang Jian's chopping knife, but were stabbed into the ribs by the spears of the other two Song soldiers, one left and one right, and were pushed down the city.

"These guys, that is, horseback archery are okay. When it comes to siege white-knuckle warfare, it's not that good! ”

While speaking, Zhao Xian and a few other pikemen stabbed several Mongolian soldiers down to the city, and the Mongolian soldiers screamed, and the spearheads were dripping with blood.

After these days of bloody fighting, about half of the soldiers and militia at the head of the city were killed or wounded. Above and below the city walls, there were corpses and wounded everywhere, and blood smeared the city's head.

However, although there were many casualties, the morale of the Song army was still there. The generals and officers sacrificed their lives and forgot to die, the city had plenty of food and grass, and the Mongol army suffered huge losses, and the soldiers were accustomed to this kind of killing.

"Grenadier, prepare! Pikemen, let them in! ”

Seeing that the Mongolian army's offensive would not retreat, Cao Youwen shouted loudly and passed down the military order. The pikemen retreated, gave way to the battlements, and hundreds of Mongolian soldiers climbed up to the top of the city like ants.

The Mongolian troops outside the city shouted and screamed, and they all rushed to the city wall, and more cloud ladders were erected, and there was a surging crowd of people under the city wall.

"The city is going to be broken!"

Seeing countless Mongol troops climbing into the city wall, Chagur shouted excitedly.

"Wait a while, you must kill the Song dog and the chicken dog will not stay!"

The other commander, Elden, blushed and said hatefully.

Su Butai was silent, but the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

Suddenly, the banner of the city head was waved, and countless smoking iron bumps fell from the city head and fell around the base of the city wall.

"Ahh

Tari subconsciously exclaimed.

Subutai's black face sank like a piece of cold black iron.

After fighting for so long, why does the Song army still have so many firearms and ammunition?

It seems that it is necessary to capture the city of Chuzhou and plunder the craftsmen who make firearms, and go to the trouble of the Great Mongolian State.

"All of them!"

The earth-shattering thunder continued to explode under the city wall, the air was filled with the choking smell of gunpowder smoke and blood, the fragments produced by the rupture of the earth-shaking thunder flew wantonly, and the Mongolian army was shrouded in rumbling smoke and dust, and the miserable cry came from inside, which made people shudder.

"Thorn!"

As the shouts of the generals of the Song army sounded, countless spearheads continued to stab out, and the city head was about 200 meters wide and 10 meters deep, and there were tragic battles.

The feather arrows roared, the sky was dark, the rain of arrows sprinkled on the head of the city, the Song army fell one after another, the offensive was stagnant, and even the Mongolian troops on the city wall of many cities were also affected and fell one after another.

It seems that under the heavy casualties, the Mongolian army was annoyed and angry, and in order to shoot the Song army, they even ignored the casualties of their own soldiers.

"Subutai, you...... See! ”

Tari suddenly pointed to the east of the city and exclaimed.

Su Butai raised his eyelids, and when he looked carefully, he saw the smoke and dust billowing from the east of the city of Chuzhou, and the Mongolian cavalry in a mess was rushing north.

"Isn't this Sukh them? How did they come back? ”

Elden, the head of a thousand households, said in surprise with sharp eyes.

Su Butai was shocked, and watched with his eyes, and sure enough, he entered from the Song-Tibet border and went straight to the Mongolian cavalry behind the Song army.

Seeing that Su He and the others were frightened and fled with their lives, were they sniped by the Song army and defeated?