Kublai Khan used Zongzheng's strategy to occupy Holin, and also subdued Ali Buge's 70,000 elites without bloodshed, however, at a critical juncture, 20,000 Song troops inexplicably poured out of the Broken Intestine Valley.

Of the 20,000 Song troops, there were 5,000 men from the Beggar Gang and Li Jiazhai, and the remaining 15,000 were privately dispatched by Cao Shixiong, Gao Gao, and Xiang Shibi.

Their troops should return to the beginning of Zongzheng's layout.

As early as the Battle of Ezhou, Zong Zheng indirectly reminded Liu Bingzhong to use Jia Nidao as a pawn to destroy the Song Dynasty, and after that, Kublai Khan was openly and secretly assisting Jia Nidao to become bigger all the way, and supported him to eliminate dissidents and strike at the generals who were originally a great threat to Mongolia one by one.

Among them, there were Cao Shixiong, Gao Gao and Xiang Shibi, who had outstanding achievements in the anti-Mongolian war, and even Wang Jian of Hezhou was also excluded.

As the person who started the scheme, Zong Zheng was quite aware of this, and he knew that these people were quite indignant about the situation of the traitors in the Song Dynasty, but the patriotic heart of protecting the Song Dynasty was still hot, although they were squeezed out and hit by the Jia Nidao group, they still did not forget their original intention.

Therefore, Zong Zhengming asked Liu Bingzhong to contact Jia Nidao, and asked Jia Nidao not to send troops to resist Mongolia when Kublai Khan and Ali Buge were fighting inwardly, and secretly laid down this bureau, wrote to Wang Jian, frankly admitting the subtlety of this bureau, Wang Jian learned about Zong Zheng's situation, and appreciated it, he was a soldier, and naturally knew that only 20,000 troops could directly damage the vitality of the Mongolian army, so he begged for help from Cao Shixiong, Gao Gao and Xiang Shibi.

Cao Shixiong, Gao Gao, and Xiang Shibi received a letter that they knew that they had violated the military order, but they were fearless in their hearts, so the three legions privately gathered 15,000 troops and went to the Valley of Broken Intestines to set up an ambush according to the instructions.

Zong Zheng was worried that the strength of the Song army was not enough to suppress Kublai Khan's nearly 10,000 elites, and deliberately anonymously sent a message to Chang Feng and the others to beg for help from the beggar gang and Lijiazhai, and drew up a detailed plan for attacking the valley.

The key to this plan was to grasp the fighters, and only when Ali Buge's army was flooded and lost its combat strength, and most of Kublai Khan's army entered the Broken Intestine Valley to clear the battlefield, they must not wait for any of them, they must withdraw from the Broken Intestine Valley with iron determination.

The leader of the 20,000 Song army was Xiang Shibi, who had made great achievements, and he knew that the people of Lijiazhai were the best at rock climbing and archery, so he ordered the people of Lijiazhai to quickly occupy the highlands of the Broken Intestine Valley, and after occupying the heights, they shot smoke at the dense places of the Mongol army.

Later, he ordered the men and horses of the beggar gang to guard the southern exit, and sent someone to report any emergency in advance.

The men of Lijiazhai soon occupied the high ground in the valley, and they were ordered to shoot smoke arrows at the dense areas of the Mongol army.

Liu Bingzhong and Fa Si Pa knew that the offensive had begun, and it was destined to be a vicious battle, and what he was worried about was not his own army, but Ali Buge's 70,000 elites, who were now powerless and like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

When the smoke cleared, Xiang Shibi led a large army into the Broken Intestine Valley, and when he saw the Mongol army, whether it was Kublai Khan's men or Ali Buge's people, they all cut down directly.

Kublai Khan's army was also an elite division after all, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

Kublai Khan, who received the battle report, was worried, he knew very well that the 20,000 Song troops attacking the Broken Intestine Valley at this moment was undoubtedly a fatal blow to the entire military strength of the Mongol army, and he angrily slammed his fist on the table, the chessboard was shaken away, and the chess pieces were scattered all over the ground.

"General Dong, come with me to support. Kublai Khan put on his battle robe, picked up the sword on the knife stand, and said,

"Yes, Great Khan. ”

Immediately, the two of them led five hundred guards to the southern exit of the Broken Gut Valley.

However, it was defended by thousands of men and horses of the beggar gang, and it was never able to break through.

The two sides are locked in a fierce battle.

The valley of broken intestines is full of shouts and murders,

The whole muddy land was full of blood, and the depression that had been waterlogged was full of blood.

Corpses and swords everywhere.

For a moment, the entire Broken Gut Valley was filled with the smell of blood, attracting several vultures to hover in the sky.

The sun is setting in the west, and the whole valley of broken intestines is gradually darkening,

The battle was temporarily halted by the fall of night.

In the darkness, the moans continued,

You can also hear the nightingale crying and the vultures gnawing at the corpses.

In this battle, the Song army and Kublai Khan's army fell into a fierce battle, but Ali Buge's army suffered too many casualties.

Xiang Shibi knew very well that after dawn the next day, he would be at a disadvantage.

For, after a night's rest, Ali Buge's army would soon regain its strength, and at that time, they would naturally unite in the face of the same foreign enemy.

What's more, once they have been entangled for a long time, reinforcements from Kublai Khan and Lin will also come, and they will be difficult to protect at that time.

The so-called good will be accepted, in this battle, although his side lost half of his troops, it also hit the strength of the Mongolian army.

Therefore, according to the prior agreement and the plan drawn up by Zongzheng, Xiang Shibi took advantage of the darkness of the night to withdraw from the Broken Gut Valley with the remnants of his troops before dawn in the early morning, and withdrew to the periphery with the people of the beggar gang, and they had a more important mission.

After a few hours of rest, Ali Buge's army gradually regained its strength.

Kublai Khan's men were exhausted from the battle of the Song army.

Ali Buge's people had a numerical advantage after recovering their strength, and in addition, the Song army, a foreign enemy, had retreated, so the bloody battle that Kublai Khan and Ali Buge could have avoided turned into a necessary war.

All this is due to the sudden killing of the Song army, even if Fa Siba has careless regrets, but there is nothing to be done.

Seeing that dawn was coming, Liu Bingzhong was also anxious.

Kublai Khan could not attack the southern exit for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, so he had to stop in time and lead the remaining more than 200 troops to hide in the shadows.

Seeing that the Song army withdrew from the Valley of Broken Intestines at dawn, Kublai Khan soon realized the ulterior motives and viciousness of the Song army, and the good situation was ruined, and it was too late to be sad, so Kublai Khan turned to think about how to remedy it.

He carefully estimated the time and analyzed the situation in front of him.

According to the agreement, after Helin was captured, in addition to leaving half of the troops to defend the city, the remaining half must be non-stop to the Broken Intestine Valley to help, counting the time, the reinforcements should arrive before noon, if all the existing forces in the valley are withdrawn, all efforts to block the southern exit, if they can hold on to the main force of Helin to help, then besiege Ali Buge's 70,000 troops, they can also surrender without a fight.

However, the whereabouts of the withdrawn Song army are still unknown, and it is uncertain whether its intention is limited to avoiding a flank attack between the two armies after dawn. If this group of Song troops attacked from outside the valley again while they were struggling to defend the exit, then they would be in a state of being attacked on both sides.

Thinking of this, Kublai Khan hesitated and was terrified.

I finally understood the more secret thoughts of the Song army to withdraw from the Broken Intestine Valley at dawn,

It is like a thorn on the back and a fish bone in the throat, which makes people sleepless and worried.

Either give up the opportunity to subdue Ali Buge's 70,000 elites without blood, then this is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, and he will only shed more blood in the battle for sweat.

Either concentrate your forces and resist the two-sided attack of Ali Buge in the valley and the Song army outside the valley, and support the arrival of the main force of the Helin reinforcements, but in this way, it is likely to sacrifice your own 10,000 troops.

The dawn is about to break, and he must decide immediately, otherwise, when the interruption continues, he will suffer from the chaos.

As Zongzheng had predicted, Kublai Khan chose the latter, and he promptly led more than 200 guards to seal the southern exit and blow the horn.

When Fa Sipa and Liu Bingzhong heard the sound of Kublai Khan's trumpet, their hearts were immediately clear, so they summoned the remaining soldiers and horses to carefully withdraw to the south valley mouth while the sky was still dark.

After the Song army, which was dormant and resting on the periphery, heard the Mongolian horn, he soon received a reply from the spies, and when Xiang Shibi heard the news from the spies, he couldn't help but sigh that Zongzheng had a careful plan and knew things like a god.

After Liu Bingzhong and Fa Sipa saw Kublai Khan, they immediately asked Kublai Khan's intentions, and Kublai Khan told him the truth about his intentions, Liu Bingzhong and Fa Siba were wise people and knew the pros and cons of this method, but in their hearts, the two also agreed with the latter.

The two knew very well in their hearts that what would happen was an even more fierce battle, and they immediately ordered everyone to seize the time to rest.

The three of them sat in a circle and discussed the method of arranging troops.

Liu Bingzhong said: " The valley is full of Ali Buge's cavalry, although a big flood will scatter their war horses, but, in the end, those horses are still in the valley, if you want to break through our defense in a short time, I think, Ali Buge will definitely send people to break through with a cavalry charge, so, I suggest taking advantage of Taniguchi's narrowness, take the lead in arranging dark piles and triphorse ropes in front of Taniguchi, forcing Ali Buge to withdraw the cavalry play, our crossbowmen and a small number of shield soldiers as a pressure formation, will be able to stabilize the position, and the outside of Taniguchi is open, I think, the Song army's attack will be more fierce, and their tactics are more flexible, so, I suggest that the main force face the Song army。 ”

"I agree with Lord Xingtai's strategy, I suggest, while the Song army on the periphery has not yet besieged it, quickly arrange the formation, there is a pass in front of it, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, we should first send a strong force to block the opening. Fasspa proposed,

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid, such an important pass, the Song army has long ordered people to guard it. Kublai Khan reminded,

Fa Sipa also reminded Kublai Khan: "Great Khan, didn't you notice that my ** guard didn't follow?"

"The national teacher means" Kublai Khan looked at Fa Sipa.

Fa Si Pa nodded in response,

For some reason, Kublai Khan saw Fa Sipa's response, and suddenly had more courage and confidence, "Okay, immediately dispatch two brigades to hold that pass." ”

The valley to the south was instantly filled with Kublai Khan's thousands of men and horses, and they were in full array, ready for the fierce battle that would come after dawn.

Xiang Shibi's army was about to go south to the valley again, but before he could set out, he heard the report of the defeat of the pathfinders.

The pass leading to the southern exit was ambushed and recaptured by Kublai Khan.

It turned out that Fa Si Pa had already left a hand, and he saw the danger of this pass at a glance, so when the army blocked the southern exit, he ordered his guards to hide in the tunnels that had been buried in advance, waiting for orders to act.

It's just a precautionary move, but it doesn't come in handy at a critical moment.

Under the internal and external attacks, the pass soon fell into the hands of Kublai Khan's army, and the leader of the two brigades was the brave and warlike Dong Wenbing.

He was quickly prepared for the battle that was to come.