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Chapter 1238 Counterattack
Baozhou.

Li Xia read the information mysteriously handed over by the Military Intelligence Department, and handed it to several confidant ministers.

"This is an opportunity?"

"Our plan worked, Brother Phase Shift is finally willing to fight."

"What does Marshal Zhang think?"

Now Zhang Rou took Zhang Liulang to Taihang Mountain. As for Zhang Erlang, who had been reclusive since he was rescued, only Zhang Hongdao was in front of the imperial court.

Zhang Hongdao stared at the strategic map sent out from Yuanying for a long time, and said: "If we are really retreating, Brother Phase Shift's sneak attack can just cut into our army neatly. But since we got it in advance Intelligence, in fact, can turn around and ambush him."

He walked to the big sand table in the hall and set up a few war chess pieces.

"Your Majesty, please see, we only need to set up an ambush on the north side of the camp in the north of the city, and send a surprise soldier along the Taihang Mountains to go around behind Brother Yixiang's defense line, so that we can take the opportunity to destroy his camp..."

Dong Wenyong nodded after hearing these strategies, but then asked: "Is this news credible?"

Lin Zi replied: "Hao Jing passed it on."

Zhang Hongdao then cupped his hands to Li Xia and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Hao is my husband, and I know him very well. Although he is also an official of Mengyuan, it is definitely not for his personal future. He is actually looking forward to restoring the Han family dynasty." , he not only felt sorry for Jin, he also felt sorry for Song who couldn’t keep the Central Plains, you only need to read his early poems to know.”

After all, Zhang Hongdao immediately recited two poems by Hao Jing.

"The Jin people dare not stay in Youyan, and Liu Yu still ordered the emperor for eight years. If Bianliang maintains peace and fights, half of Guanhe can still be whole."

"Shaokang went south as soon as he traveled, and he was given to the heroes to survive. Zong Zeyun died and Li Gang died, and he went to the Central Plains without any clothes."

Dong Wenyong also said: "I can also trust Mr. Lingchuan."

Li Xia thought for a while, then turned to Shi Jun.

Shi Jun had already nodded secretly, but when he saw Li Xia's gaze, he was stunned for a moment, and after a while he realized, "It's not that he doesn't believe in Mr. Lingchuan, it's just that the truth is true and false on the battlefield. The difficulty is not to collect information, but to distinguish Intelligence. Now we will follow the plan and pretend to retreat. Will the Anzhi Yuan army also follow the plan and pretend to pursue it?"

Zhang Hongdao was a little strange, and said: "Brother Yixiang is a rough man, An Neng saw through His Majesty's strategy and tricked Mr. Hao into delivering false information?"

Shi Jun had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "It's not that I don't believe in Mr. Lingchuan. But this matter is precisely because Mr. Lingchuan sent back the information, so it can be considered that the Yuan army is setting up a trap..."

~~
Two days later.

Brother Phase Shift personally boarded Langya Mountain in the northwest of Baozhou City.

The line of sight is very good, and you can see far to the southeast.

"My lord, if the Tang army wants to go north along the Taihang Mountains to attack our camp, that is the only way to go."

"Han people are smart." Brother Yixiang said: "You said that this Liu Bingzhong first designed to attack the morale of the Tang army, and then came up with such an idea, no wonder he was able to help Da Khan win the position of Khan."

"But I heard that his hometown has been captured, and his brothers have surrendered. How can the Great Khan trust him?"

"There is nothing to believe or not. The person who holds the knife knows whether he stabs someone or himself with a knife."

Brother Phase Shift said so, with calm and confidence in his eyes.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement of the Tang army coming, and the ambush soldiers of the Yuan army guarding the foot of the mountain were already a little tired.

"My lord, is Tang Jun not coming?"

Brother Yixiang also frowned, remembering that Liu Bingzhong said that Tang Jun might not come.

This time the main thing is to test, first to test whether Hao Jing has surrendered to Li Xia, and second to test whether Li Xia really wants to retreat.

For example, if Hao Jing had not surrendered, of course he would not have sent out the information.

Brother Yixiang believed that Hao Jing was a traitor, and as long as Li Xia received the information, even if he planned to retreat, he would probably use this information to fight back first.So he has always been sure that Tang Jun will come.

"Keep waiting."

So the ambush soldiers didn't move, so they stayed overnight in the mountain and waited.

At dawn the next day, finally, a scout horse from the Yuan army came running here from afar.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Brother Xiangyi was sleeping in a small tent in the forest, when someone pushed him, he woke up immediately, and got out of the tent without saying a word.

"Tang Jun is here, ambush them for me."

"Your Majesty, there is no Tang Jun. He Renjie from the East Road sent scouts over."

He Renjie was the soldier sent by Brother Yixiang to attack the Tang army's northern camp in Baozhou City. Brother Yixiang had already prepared him to be ambushed by the Tang army.

"How is it? Tang Jun ambushed He Renjie?"

"No."

"What?" Brother Phase Shift was surprised and said, "No?"

The scout finally stepped forward and reported: "The camps of the Tang Army outside Baozhou City are all empty. Except that there are less than 5 people in Baozhou City, the main force of the other Tang Army is no longer in Baozhou..."

Brother Phase Shift was very surprised, and said to himself: "Really retreat?"

"Also, Li Xia has once again sent envoys to Yanjing to negotiate peace with the Great Khan, saying that Baigou is the boundary..."

"Khan never thought of negotiating peace with him, just to delay the time." Brother Xiang said: "Now that the Song army has attacked, Li Xia is in a hurry to send troops back to Sichuan and Shu, and still wants to negotiate peace?"

Only then did he realize that he was a little too cautious.

"Pass down the king's order to mobilize troops and horses to surround Baozhou City."

Brother Phase Shift gave the order, stood on the top of the mountain himself, and shouted: "Warriors! The counterattack has begun!"

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

~~
"Dong dong dong."

The knocking of the hammer continued, and a huge return gun was dismantled from the high platform.

Because the range of the returning artillery is inferior to that of the Tang army's artillery, in order to make up for this, Phase Shifter built a high platform regardless of the cost.Now that it was to be dismantled, the militiamen had no choice but to build a slope next to the high platform, put wheels on the cannon, and slowly transport it down.

"Slow down, slow down! Hey! Be careful, be careful..."

The whole process was extremely laborious.

And this is the beginning. It is a hundred miles from the Yuan army camp to Baozhou City. They have to push the giant cannons to leave the earth walls and deep trenches they have worked so hard to build.

The Mongolian cavalry did not rush to Baozhou first, but followed them leisurely on horseback.

The cavalry said that it was spring, and it was time for the horses to fatten up, and they wanted to feed the horses first.

The militiamen looked at these cavalrymen enviously, imagining that they could be promoted to cavalrymen with horses and armor after making contributions on the battlefield.

All the way is the sound of wooden wheels.

The wooden wheel rolled across the potholed land, and the militiamen supported it with their hands. The constantly shaking wood scratched their palms, and at the same time the wood was rounded and smooth by their palms.

Finally, after the [-]-mile journey was over, Baozhou City appeared ahead.

It is impressive to see the flag of the Tang Dynasty hanging on the top of the city.

"Defeat the enemy and defend the homeland!"

The horn sounded, and the militiamen, urged by the cavalry, marched towards the city with return guns.

Every step forward has sweat falling, finally.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise like thunder in front, and the two iron balls landed more than fifty steps in front of them, crashing directly into the ground, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Many militiamen fell to the ground in fright.

The cavalry began to urge loudly.

"The range of the artillery is there! Go ahead and build the platform, install the return cannon and blast the city!"

The terrified militiamen had no choice but to move on, pushing the heavy cannon with difficulty.

Those responsible for transporting stones followed behind, walking heavily.

Not fifty paces yet.

"boom!"

There was another loud noise ahead, and a fire bomb hit heavily, smashing a huge return cannon.

"Oh!"

Sawdust flew, the cannon cart split apart, and the pieces of wood fell on the heads of the militiamen.

They rushed back with their heads in their hands, only to find that several people had already been crushed to pieces.

"what……"

"Don't run!" The warlord's cavalry drew out their scimitars to meet them, and drove the militiamen to continue the siege.

"Right here, set up the cannon carriage!"

"..."

After another two days, the frightened militiamen set up the remaining Huihui cannons from a distance.

With a "boom", the stone bullet was thrown towards the city wall, crossed a beautiful arc, and hit the moat, causing high water splashes.

"Not enough! Build the high platform!"

~~
Looking at this scene on the top of Baozhou City, Jing Jie felt worried, turned around and went down the top of the city to the Lianchi courtyard.

When he got there, he bowed his hands to the guards, and before he could speak, he saw Zhang Hongdao coming out from inside.

"Go in, His Majesty also plans to summon you."

Jing Jie was stunned for a moment, puzzled.

"Goro, what about Mr. Hao?"

"You heard that too?"

"Jing Gong told me, Hao Gong will be fine, right?"

Zhang Hongdao patted Jingjie's arm and said, "It's normal for Fan Hanchen to be suspicious in Meng Yuan, especially when Duke Hao has met His Majesty. That's exactly the case. The news he sent back was most likely intentional by Yuan Meng." , Your Majesty ignores it for the sake of protecting Mr. Hao, don't worry."

"understood."

"Go."

Jing Jie was relieved and went all the way to the main hall, only to see Li Xia still sitting there.

"Meet Your Majesty."

"I expected that when the Yuan army began to attack the city, you local people from Baozhou should come to see you." Li Xia said, "Let's talk about another thing first. I think Jing Xuan and Zhao Fu have also told you. I am in a hurry now. There is a lack of officials to govern Henan and Hebei, so you may be willing to become officials and be my servants, not Zhang's subordinates."

He can also put it more beautifully, such as replacing the phrase "be my subject" with "the official of the parents of the people in the Central Plains", but he wants to say it more directly.

Jing Jie hesitated for a moment and realized that he had no choice.

Zhang Rou and Zhang Liulang went to Taihang Mountain to recruit bandits, but they were not in the city, perhaps it was some kind of statement.

Li Xia's desire to cut the power of the Marquis is much more ruthless than Kublai Khan.

"I...willing to do my best for His Majesty."

"Okay." Li Xia asked: "The Yuan army has attacked Baozhou, are you flustered?"

"I really don't understand." Jingjie asked: "Before Aoluchi led the army to the south, His Majesty ordered the commander to attack, and did not give the Yuan army a chance to approach Baozhou. Why did Brother Yixiang attack the city this time?"

"Before Zhang Rou didn't return, people in Baozhou were uneasy, but now...it's a little bit better."

"I still don't understand, our army clearly still has strength, why deliberately retreat and allow brother Xiang to attack the city?"

"How do you think this battle will be fought?"

Jing Jie shivered slightly, and said: "I am incompetent, I dare not teach His Majesty, it's just..."

"It's just that you are worried about Baozhou City." Li Xia got up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Yes, I am indeed using Baozhou City to contain the main force of the Yuan army, waiting for a result. This is for the overall situation. You see When I come out, I will inevitably be worried. But I am here, and I promise with my life that Baozhou will not fall."

(End of this chapter)