The Mongol army led by Wang Dechen finally broke through the interception of Ouyang Yan and the people of Peach Blossom Valley, and after paying a heavy price, he was able to return from the battle, Meng Ge ordered him to build Yichang City in Guangyuan, Sichuan, giving him a lot of power.

At this time, Kublai Khan's army had already left Lintao and summoned Wang Dechen on the front line and asked Wang Dechen to report on the construction of Yichang. After listening to Wang Dechen's report, Kublai Khan praised it greatly, believing that this was a great plan to attack Shu, and Wang Dechen took the opportunity to ask for exemption from conscription, reduction of taxes and grain, and military and civilian tuntian to enrich the reserves of Guangyuan and prepare for a protracted military confrontation. Kublai Khan agreed, and ordered the establishment of a special institution for the management of financial endowments, the establishment of a Cao Division, the making of paper money, and the search for ways to trade with merchants and real military reserves. He also ordered Marshal Lintao Zhao Agopan and others to help Wang Dechen build the city.

Wang Dechen took advantage of Kublai Khan's happiness and invited his brother Wang Zhongchen to lead the affairs of the commander-in-chief's palace and manage his commander-in-chief's mansion. He also recommended his younger brother Wang Liangchen as the commander of the Gongchang garrison, leading the troops to reclaim the south of the Jialing River as Yichang's outer guard, and at the same time stationed an army in Baishuiguan. Kublai Khan agreed, and gave a series of policy facilitation. In this way, he himself did not have to worry about inside and outside, and was able to concentrate on the construction of Yichang City.

Guangyuan was originally an important frontier of the Song Dynasty, and in the past, the Sichuan Preparation Division was once set up here, which was the throat of Gansu, Shaanxi and Shuzhong, and this important place was lost because it could not stop the Mongolian iron horse. Now the Mongols built a city here, which caused the Song court to be frightened, and ordered Yu Yu to try his best to stop it, but Yu Yu had no other way but to send troops to attack and harass from time to time. Although Wang Dechen built a fortified city in Yichang, it was difficult to obtain materials, and there was little backup, which was very difficult, and he was also faced with the assassination and assassination of Bashu martial arts figures, and he was afraid day and night.

Finally got to Yichang City to be built, and he should have taken a breath, but he forgot Ouyang Yan's warning and did not give up his harassment and attack on the Great Song Dynasty. coincided with the great drought in Shuzhong, the water level of the Jialing River dropped, and it was very difficult for people to walk at the door, coupled with the strong hostility of the Minjiang Boat Gang to the Mongols, so that Wang Decheng's military rations were always unable to be helped, and he often ran out of cooking, and the generals suggested that they abandon Yichang City and retreat north to eat. Wang Dechen didn't say a word, killed his beloved war horse, distributed the salaries of the soldiers, and encouraged the soldiers to say: "The country entrusts us with such a military important place, which is the foundation of the future breakthrough of Shu, we will die, and we will die in Yichang, how can we give up lightly?" The next actions are mainly to grab grain. In the entire era of cold weapons, the so-called food is enough to gather soldiers, and the soldiers are scattered when the food is exhausted, and without food, there will be no army.

In order to solve the rations and boost morale, Wang Dechen led his troops to attack Jiachuan, captured 2,000 stone of military rations, and occupied the two passes of Yinping and Zhangming. The Yunding guard of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Da, led 5,000 elite soldiers to intercept the attack, but was captured alive by Wang Decheng, and more than 1,000 of his subordinates were also killed and wounded, and the rest were scattered, leaving 5,000 stone of military rations. Later, the water level of the Jialing River rebounded, traffic was restored, grain and grass from the north were transported to Yichang one after another, and the fields reclaimed by the army also had a good harvest. The supply gradually became abundant, and the morale of the army stabilized.

Wang Dechen was influenced by Kublai Khan's gentle pacifying thoughts, and always tried to refrain from killing and try to stabilize people's hearts. Due to the impact of the war, the people went into exile, and Wang Dechen summoned the exiles, appeased the people to go home to farm, and ensured the passage of business and travel, and Yichang City became a veritable consolidated strategic base.

As soon as Yichang was consolidated, this guy started the idea of Kuzhu again, launched a surprise attack, arrested Song Kuzhu and put Cui Zhong under his jurisdiction, and asked Cui Zhong to recruit the Kuzhu guard general Nanqing, and all those who surrendered were willing to go home to pay the passage fee and distribute the land. Since then, the name of the Mongolian commander Wang Dechen has spread all over northern Sichuan, and those who were sent home after surrendering and shared the land were even more grateful to him, and some of the green forest cottages that were not in the martial arts alliance also surrendered one after another, and the hearts of the people of Bashu were actually towards Wang Dechen.

This made Yu Jue very anxious, and he had to send Gan Run, the commander of the lawsuit, to lead tens of thousands of soldiers to build a city in the Purple Mountain, which was far away from Yichang City and restrained its imperial court. Wang Dechen did not allow his efforts to be in vain, took advantage of the Ganrun disease, selected elite soldiers, horses picked up the title of Lingluan, marched overnight, attacked the Purple Mountain, broke the Ganrun camp, and made it impossible for the Song army to build the city.

The two armies on the Bashu front fought in full swing, because they were both small-scale border contact battles, the northern martial arts did not intervene obviously, and the state camp of the Great Song Dynasty also did not move. When Kublai Khan conquered Dali and returned to the grassland in the north, Wuliang Hetai waved his army to advance into Hunan on the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and the bigwigs of the rivers and lakes gathered in Tanzhou to assist Li Fu in dealing with the attack of Wuliang Hetai. On the other hand, Xiaoyao Valley is still in full swing and stepping up preparations for the top 100 competition.

After Bai Xiaoxiang turned around outside, he heard the news of the Mongolian army's attack, and quickly returned to Tanzhou, and organized the embroidery girls to go to the city to fight side by side with the soldiers and civilians defending the city. Although Li Fu, the envoy of Hunan Zhenfu, is a literati, but very decisive, since presiding over the Hunan military, a large number of fortresses have been built on the border between Hunan and Guizhou, even if the Mongolian army breaks through Sichuan, to break through these fortified areas, there will be countless casualties and heavy costs. However, he did not calculate that the Mongolian army came from Yunnan on a bypass, and the ancient tea horse road was narrow and rugged, which was not suitable for the army to pass through, but the men and horses of Wuliang Hetai had swept Dali under the guidance of Duan Xingzhi and went out to the Xiangjiang River Valley. Li Fu heard the news, immediately from Hengzhou to Tanzhou all the way to deploy, especially Tanzhou arranged iron buckets in general, three steps on the city wall a sergeant with a bow and arrows, each pass has rattan players and rolling wood thunder stones, the protruding part of the city wall has a stone throwing car, can attack the crowded point outside the city from a distance. In the streets and alleys of the city, men and women in the prime of life are organized, six steps and one person, and they are tightly guarded. Even if Wuliang Hetai breaks the city of Tanzhou, when he arrives in this city, he has to pay a heavy price for every step forward.

The martial arts people formed a powerful mobile defense group, ready to deal with emergencies, and became the most elite part of the reserve of the Tanzhou defenders.

The war was not very tight, and they were concentrated in Baibu Street, so Yang Yaoming and Jiang Xia had the opportunity to get close to Bai Xiaoxiang. Although Bai Xiaoxiang's disguise technique was very good, the more Yang Yaoming looked at it, the more he felt that her figure was like Mu Lan, and his heart was full of doubts. He hesitated to step forward and talk to Bai Xiaoxiang, and said, "Master Bai, I want to ask you about someone." ”

Bai Xiaoxiang smiled politely and said, "Who does Yang Xiangtang want to inquire?" There are many people who come and go in Tanzhou City, but Xiaoxiang Embroidery Building is a group of embroidered women, and they don't have much contact with martial arts. ”

Yang Yaoming said: "Our Snow Mountain Sect has a pillar in charge of the Golden Needle Hall, called Mu Lan, has the owner of the White Mansion ever known?"

Bai Xiaoxiang smiled lightly and said, "I've heard of this snow-capped mountain character, how do you know it? What if you don't know it?"

Yang Yaoming said: "Since the Mutang Hall left the Snow Mountain, the old head was very sad and personally practiced the Shenyu Hall, wanting to make up for the loss of the Golden Needle Hall. The gods have trained a lot, but the sesame seeds are not worth the soybean account, and the gods are not the Golden Needle Hall after all. ”

Bai Xiaoxiang pursed his lips and said a little disappreciatively: "Oh, it turns out that the old boss is looking for someone, and Yang Zhangtang himself actually has no intention of looking for it." ”

"No!no!no!" Yang Yaomin hurriedly denied Bai Xiaoxiang's judgment, glanced at Jiang Xia again, and said, "Muzhangtang and I grew up together in the Snow Mountain since childhood, so we are naturally eager to find his whereabouts. ”

Bai Xiaoxiang squinted at Yang Yaoming and said, "I heard that Mu Lan has been away from the Snow Mountain for more than ten years, and it seems that you can't live with other people's houses at the beginning, Yang Zhangtang has been busy marrying wives and having children for more than ten years, why do you think of beating people now? What if you find her?"

Yang Yaoming said: "When I find her, I want to take the blame and ask him to go back to the snow mountain as soon as possible." ”

Bai Xiaoxiang said: "I'm afraid it's impossible, even if you find her, the possibility of going back is very slim." ”

"Do you know Mo Lan?" Yang Yaoming asked suddenly.

"I don't know any Mulan. Bai Xiaoxiang reluctantly responded, looking a little flustered.

Yang Yaoming said: "The lord of the white mansion must know that the flying needle lead technique of your embroidery of the hundred birds towards the phoenix is very similar to Mu Lan's golden needle acupoint. ”

"It's just a look. Bai Xiaoxiang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said: "There are too many specious kung fu in the world to count, and a few points seem to be just a coincidence." ”

Yang Yaoming smiled and asked, "Where is the master of the White Building?"

This question stopped Bai Xiaoxiang, and quickly prevaricated and said: "The secret of the master is not allowed to be passed on." ”

Yang Yaomin pretended to have a sudden realization and said: "It's so self-secret and obscure, it's a bit like Peach Blossom Valley." ”

Bai Xiaoxiang was shocked when he heard it, their kung fu is inextricably linked with Peach Blossom Valley, but this is the secret of their Xiaoxiang Embroidery Building, this information is never passed on, and it is inconvenient to discuss it with others. Bai Xiaoxiang said: "The martial arts in the world is a family, if there was no Bodhidharma ancestor crossing the river with a reed, and facing the wall for ten years, there would be no Chinese martial arts." ”

"That's the reason. Yang Yaoming said: "But for hundreds of years, there have been many sects in the martial arts, and there is almost no one in the martial arts who does not have a teacher. ”

Bai Xiaoxiang responded: "Each teacher has its own rules, some are afraid that people will not know, some will be afraid that others will know, some will be public, and some will be secret. This door does not like publicity. ”

Yang Yaoming was a little embarrassed, and said self-deprecatingly: "It's our Snow Mountain that loves publicity." ”

Bai Xiaoxiang shook his hand and said, "I didn't mean that, the leader of the Snow Mountain Sect, the southwest, bravely resisted foreign enemies, I respect it very much." ”

Maybe Yang Yaoming didn't notice that when he said this, Bai Xiaoxiang's eyes flashed with a trace of uncertain light, as if he had some kind of regret.

Jiang Xia on the side, with the sensitivity unique to women, had already noticed that Bai Xiaoxiang was different, and then interjected: "Why doesn't the owner of the white mansion show his true face?"

Bai Xiaoxiang was startled, but his face quickly regained his calm, and he said leisurely: "There are unspeakable hidden things, and there are many inconveniences. ”

Jiang Xia said with a smile: "I feel more and more that the Lord of the White Mansion is like an old man of mine, but unfortunately I can't see the true face." ”

Yang Yaoming didn't react yet, pulled Jiang Xia's sleeve, and said lightly: "Cutting people is a taboo in the rivers and lakes. ”

Jiang Xia glanced at him, and said with a little jealousy: "You always want to find your Lan sister, can you find it without digging the roots?"

Yang Yaoming was speechless for a while, and Bai Xiaoxiang suddenly looked a little shy, if he wasn't wearing a mask, he was afraid that his face would have turned a little red in an instant.