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Chapter 423
On March [-], the spring rains continued, and the Tuojiang River entered the flood season.

The sound of the waves came into the tent, but Newrin's murderous eyes were still staring at the map.

He thought that when Ye Su Daer met a wolf on the grassland when he was ten years old, Ye Su Daer killed it alone, dragged the wolf carcass back home, and when he saw him, he threw himself into his arms and cried loudly.

Unexpectedly, when he came to the south, Ye Suo'er met a wolf again, but this time, the child could not come back, and went to Longevity Heaven...

While thinking about this, someone walked into the tent.

"Tell me, where did Li Xia go?" Niu Lin asked.

He didn't turn around, his tone was like the cold rain outside the tent.

In the car, I couldn't help feeling a little chilly, and reported: "Looking at the whereabouts of the Song army, it seems that they have retreated to Yunding City."

"I don't listen to 'like', are you sure?"

"I'm sure, the sentry horse has checked the footprints along the way, the Song Army must have gone to Yunding City..."

Newell was not surprised.

He made many assumptions. The Song army did not dare to fight a large group of Mongolian troops, and they could not match the speed of marching. After ambushing the Milihuo Zhe, they could only retreat northward.

Because you will encounter most of the Mongolian army in the south; crossing the Tuojiang River in the east and crossing the Longquan Mountains in the west are too risky.

Li Xia didn't have many choices, defend Jianzhou, attack Chengdu, or retreat to Yunding City.

And returning to Genting City is indeed the best choice, which can throw the problem back to New Lin.

"Are you going to go on to Nan Lue Xu and Lu? I'm on Yunding City, and I will kill you at any time; divide your troops to surround me? Try, Ye Sudaer didn't stop me last year; or you can attack Yunding first , I defend with 4000 people, you attack with 1 people, it's fair..."

Niu Lin seemed to be able to hear Li Xia's yelling, and Niu Lin frowned in thought.

5000 troops is not much at all, and now that nearly [-] troops have been lost, it is no longer appropriate to divide the troops again.Even if [-] men are added to encircle Yunding, it may not be able to encircle Li Xia, and if the troops going south are insufficient to destroy the Xu and Lushui divisions, it is meaningless.

After thinking about it, Niu Lin ordered: "Send a fast horse to tell Wanyan Shizhu about the situation, and order him to stick to Luchuan County and not be attacked by the Song army. After I take down Yunding City, I will send troops south..."

He didn't attack Yunding City before, not because he couldn't attack it, but because it was unnecessary.

Even if a mountain city can be self-sufficient, if it is besieged for a year or two, the defenders on the mountain will naturally be unable to bear it, and when Chongqing falls, some people will inevitably surrender to the city.Therefore, it was not worthwhile to storm Genting City at that time.

It's different now, since Song Jun may go down the mountain at any time to disrupt his strategic deployment, he must take down this nail at any cost...

~~
On March [-]th, when the spring rains stopped, Niu Lin had assembled his troops at the foot of Yunding Mountain, overhauled the artillery vehicles, and prepared to attack the mountain.

It is true that Yunding City is difficult to attack, but Yao Shian's rebellion last year and the Mongolian army's fierce offensive have consumed more than half of the food, grass and supplies on the mountain city.

When Pu Zezhi withdrew from Chengdu, he only added Yunding troops to more than [-] people, precisely because he knew that the grain grown on the mountain city could at most support these troops.

Once the Mongolian army attacked the city at any cost, at least they could destroy the spring plowing of the defenders on the mountain. The soldiers of the Song army were not stupid. They knew very well that they would not be able to grow food in the spring, and they would not be able to survive this autumn. They would feel desperate.

At the same time, Zhang Shi's big defeat will also bring them a sense of oppression...

The Mongolian army is very good at psychological warfare. For example, slaughtering cities is a powerful psychological deterrent. During the period of Genghis Khan, countless cities that were captured and plundered surrendered without a fight.

Niu Lin ordered people to drive the people of the Song Dynasty from all over the place, force them up to the mountains, and consume the siege trees and rolling stones that defended the city.

If the civilians who were seriously injured did not die for a while, they were driven under Yunding City, mourning all day long, and continued to put pressure on the defenders.

Learning from the failure of attacking Genting for the first time, he stopped advancing rashly.

He knew very well that the most important thing for a general like Li Xia, who was quite talented in war, was not to make mistakes.If you don't make a mistake, you can overwhelm it with your strength, and don't give speculators a chance to come back.

"Don't be in a hurry." Niu Lin told the car again and again, "To attack such a dangerous place, you have to take it slowly."

In fact, the car was not in a hurry, but felt that Niu Lin looked calm on the surface, but in fact he still had selfish intentions to avenge his son.

There are so many reasons for attacking Yunding City, but the most fundamental reason is not because Li Xia is on the mountain.

But Niu Lin still seemed very cautious, analyzing over and over again.

"Last year, I was too anxious. I just wanted to defeat Pu Zezhi first. I was impatient to spend a long time in Yunding City. I summoned Yao Shi'an and sent Dushi to climb the mountain to sneak attack at night. Instead, I showed my weakness and let Li Xia catch it. This time It’s different, we have time, there is an old saying in the Song Dynasty, it’s called ‘Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains’, if you level Yunding Mountain, you will also wipe out these Song troops.”

The car quickly responded: "Marshal Du is right, these Song people are also strange, Zhang Shi, who is in charge of the army, is a big idiot, on the contrary, he is a small county magistrate. Every time we ruin our plan, we should get rid of him first."

Niu Lin was too lazy to listen to these flattery, and his gaze fell to the towering mountain in front of him again.

The weather was good today, and the sun finally came out. The Mongolian army's gun carts threw fireballs of corpse oil, hit the forest, ignited the damp trees, and billowed thick smoke.

This kind of siege method cannot break the city immediately, but it is invincible.

Niu Lin thought about it carefully, it is impossible for Li Xia to defeat herself...

Then, a sentinel horse galloped from the south in the distance.

"Marshal Baodu!"

Niu Lin turned his head, his eyes gradually darkened.

He had a vague premonition that there would be bad news again...but it shouldn't be.

"Marshal Baodu, Zizhou...Zizhou has been captured by the Song army again!"

"What did you say?!" The car caught up and asked, "What do you mean Zizhou has been captured? Where did the Song army come from?"

"A Song army rushed out from the west, killed the defenders of Zizhou, robbed the ships and supplies, and went down the river."

There was still confusion in the car.

"West? That's a forest, how many people are there in the Song Army..."

"Snapped!"

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and Niu Lin had already knocked the car to the ground with a slap!
"Ersha! How dare you ask where Song Jun came from?!"

New Lin finally couldn't restrain his anger, grabbed a whip and whipped it at the car.

"I asked you to track down the Song army, and you just perfunctory me like this? Let my warriors be walked around like roe deer!"

"Marshal Du...Marshal Du...I really found the Song Army's trace, they did escape to Yunding City..."

Niu Lin was even more angry, and the whip in his hand made a "shoo", beating the face in the car to pieces.

"Don't you understand?! Li Xia is not in Yunding City at all!"

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The cowhide raft is floating on the Tuojiang River, being beaten by the river water.

Li Xia's eyes were squinted by the wind of the river, and he glanced at the four hundred cavalrymen running along the bank, and then his eyes fell on the Tuojiang River.

After ambushing Mili Huo Zhe, he did let Yiqing return to Yunding City with 2000 men and captured armored horses, and forged traces, making it look like all Song troops had withdrawn to Yunding City.

And he withdrew more than a thousand people from Qingfu Army and Changning Army into Shanliangzi to the west.

They took advantage of the rain to hide their tracks, did not dare to set up a camp, did not dare to make a fire to make food, and only dared to hide in the woods and caves and chew the cold, rain-soaked food.

Some people died of illness, some were too seriously injured to get medical treatment...but no one deserted.

In the rain, after the Mongolian sentry horses discovered the traces of the Song army retreating to Yunding City, they never became suspicious again.

Bad weather can make lazy, careless people more dull.

Li Xia was sure that the Mongolian army was not good at defending the city, and would not leave too many troops to guard the dilapidated city of Zizhou. After all, no Song army was found around Zizhou.

And there are ships in Zizhou City.Not much, enough to carry him.

Li Xia was completely imitating Niu Lin's style of fighting. Four hundred cavalry rode horses along the river, and nearly eight hundred soldiers sailed down the boat.

He still did not dare to fight Newell.His goal is Wanyan Stone Pillar.

……

"I said I wanted to defeat the Mongolian navy and destroy its ships, but Feiyu said that the Niulin cavalry were going to turn around and come back, and it was true."

"So, let's attack Milihuo first and bypass Niu Lin." Li Xia said, "Now, we can defeat the Mongolian navy and destroy their ships."

Zhu Cheng laughed against the Jiangfeng, and said: "Every time, avoid the strong and attack the weak, and pick the easy ones to fight. Sooner or later, Niu Lin will be dragged down."

He didn't care at all that there were only a thousand people on his side, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

"Come to think of it, Yi Shouchen is about to leave..."

~~
Under Lingxiao City, beside the Changning River.

Yi Shiying strode forward with her saber in hand.Liu Jinsuo, Xu Kui, Mao Yi'er and other generals of the Qing Fu Army also followed behind him.

Liu Jinsuo seemed to have just been taught a lesson, with a sleepy expression and lowered his head.

At the beginning of the new year, he led his troops to Lingxiao City to train with the Changning Army, which really benefited a lot.

But after receiving the news of Zhang Shi's defeat, he also followed Li Xia's instructions and handed Yi Shiying a secret letter.

"Yi Shouchen, the magistrate of my family said that the current situation is such that her husband should protect the country regardless of his own safety... Well, I can't remember clearly, anyway, the specific strategy is in the letter."

At that time, after reading the secret letter in his hand, Yi Shiying was furious immediately, and lashed out angrily.

"Li Feiyu is so courageous! The old man must read a book from him, but he is a county magistrate!"

"..."

Liu Jinsuo was sprayed with saliva, so he didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of Yi Shiying anymore, he just felt aggrieved.

But in just one day, Yi Shiying had ordered troops and ships to reinforce Luzhou.

……

Two thousand elite soldiers rushed down Lingxiao Mountain quickly, Yi Shiying's face was still sinking like water.

He strode onto the boat, glanced at the soldiers, said nothing more, and only spoke two words.

"Open up!"

~~
Luzhou God Arm City.

Zhu Yusun stared at the messenger in front of him, and asked slowly, "Is this what Yi Shouchen meant?"

"Yes, the shouchen said that 'a husband should protect the country without regard for himself'. When the defense line of the Yangtze River is in danger, he does not want to be trapped in an isolated city, but please fight to the death."

Zhu Yusun glanced around at the general's platform, even though he still felt that the Luzhou Army's new calendar was defeated and their morale was low, they still made up their minds.

"Give me an order to prepare to counterattack Luchuan County and retake the entrance to the river..."

(End of this chapter)