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Chapter 426 Accident
"If you ask my opinion, we will give up Luchuan City."

"Abandoning Luchuan means giving up the estuary of the Tuojiang River and leaving the natural danger of the Yangtze River to Niu Lin."

"This is the significance of the Battle of Luchuan." Li Xia said: "We snatched the Mongolian army's supplies and ships. The Mongolian army that lost their ships will not be able to cross the Yangtze River in a short period of time. The advantage of the cavalry is no longer there, and they are stuck here."

Li Xia clicked on the Minjiang River, Tuojiang River, and Yangtze River on the map, and drew a circle with his fingertips.

"Travel is the key to riding with a foot. The reason why I can arrive faster than Niu Lin is the time difference. The speed of the Tuojiang River is the second. In the same way, the Mongolian army lost its boat and marched after reaching Luchuan City. It's going to be difficult."

Zhu Yusun turned his head and glanced at Yi Shiying, seeing that he was thinking, so he asked: "Can't we take advantage of the momentum of victory and fight Niu Lin to the death?"

"It doesn't make sense." Li Xia said: "The Battle of Luchuan was a battle from the upper reaches to attack the lower reaches, and we won by luck. Now that we live in the lower reaches, we should change our style of play. Because the soldiers are exhausted and there are many wounded, it is not suitable for a decisive battle."

"Since that's the case, let's evacuate." Zhu Husun ​​said, "It takes time to transport the supplies and population, but it's fast to go down the river to God's Arm City."

"Peacemaker, I suggest that only 2000 people sail back to God's Arm City by boat, and the rest of the soldiers and horses go overland to Syria."

Li Xia already knew the strength of the Luzhou Army very well.

Zhang Shiben had an army of [-], and lost more than [-] after the battle with Niu Lin.

At that time, Zhu Yusun could only take the remaining soldiers and horses back to Shenarm City, because Shenarm City was at the lower reaches of the mouth of the Tuojiang River, and it was faster to withdraw there.

In the battle of Luchuan this time, Zhu Yusun led [-] troops to fight, and God's Arm City still left [-] troops.

"I think the strength of God's Arm City is completely sufficient to defend." Li Xia said: "It is unlikely that Niu Lin will forcefully cross the Tuojiang River without a navy to attack God's Arm City, which is defended by sailors on the edge of the Yangtze River."

Yi Shiying opened his mouth, he clicked on the map, and said: "However, from Luchuan to Xuzhou, it is two hundred miles away, and it is very likely that New Lin's cavalry will overtake it."

"I plan to station at Laojun Mountain in front of the two places first to contain the Mongolian army. In this way, Niu Lin can't cross the natural danger of the Yangtze River to the south, and can't attack the city of God's Arms to the east. To the west, we have to face nearly ten thousand of us stationed in the The soldiers and horses of Laojun Mountain..."

Li Xia obviously thought about it early on, and talked about it with eloquence.

This is actually Yu Jie's way of defending Shu with bases back then, using mountains and rivers to drag the Mongolian cavalry into an unfavorable battlefield.

It is a pity that after Yu Jie's death, Yu Hui was incompetent, and now Pu Zezhi is unable to fully mobilize these lines of defense.

First of all, it is reflected in the employment of people. Zhang Shi is good at mountain warfare rather than water warfare. However, Pu Zezhi has only managed Shu for two years and has no prestige to replace Zhang Shi;

Zhu Yu and Sun Wen are too angry and have no experience in commanding in battle; Yi Shiying is only the defender of Lingxiao City, and his duty is to prevent the Mongolian army from attacking from Dali...

The difference between Li Xia and these courtiers of the Song Dynasty is that his ambition is far beyond the corner of Qingfu.

The courtiers of the Song Dynasty could only shrink deep within the border and build a city in Lingxiao Mountain, unable to detect the reality of the Dali Mongolian army.

But to guard against the Dali Mongolian army, how can these compare with Dali people stationed in Weining?

Only by breaking through the shackles of vision can the elite soldiers of the Changning Army be transferred from Lingxiao City, and only then can they see the role of Yunding City outside of their duties... and finally revitalize the defense line to defend Shu.

If you want to be talented and broad-minded, first relax your eyes.

It's a pity that Zhu Yusun and Yi Shiying still felt embarrassed when they heard Li Xia's strategic arrangement.

One is the magistrate of Luzhou, and the other is the guard of Lingxiao City. If they are asked to dispatch their troops to Syria, there must be concerns...

"Feiyu, let the old man think about it for a moment." Zhu Yusun sighed.

"Yes." Li Xia saluted, exited the dilapidated government office, and exhaled in the corridor.

……

After discussing with Yi Shiying, Zhu Yusun agreed to Li Xia's proposal.

Li Xia felt a little relieved.

He also understood the difficulties of these superiors.Originally, Zhang Shi was to blame if he was defeated.As long as Zhu Yusun and Yi Shiying defended God's Arm City and Lingxiao City, at least they would not make major mistakes.

For them to make such a decision, they have put their future lives on the line.

Especially Yi Shiying, who came from the south of Shunan where the war had not yet started, did not have much credit for the victory, and he suffered a lot of guilt for the defeat.

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On March 26, when Niu Lin's troops arrived at Luchuan, they saw that Wanyan Stone Pillar had been defeated, and all the supplies and ships were captured by the Song army...

Luchuan County, the original seat of Luzhou, has become an empty city.

So far, Niu Lin's victory after defeating Zhang Shi has been fully recovered by Li Xia.

But Niu Lin is still confident that he can win. While sending out sentry horses, he has already begun to analyze the movements of the Song army.

"They can only retreat to God's Arm City or Xuzhou City. If they retreat to God's Arm City, they will give up the upper reaches. As long as I capture Syria, I will rob the food and population of southern Sichuan. Therefore, Li Xia must choose Syria. Counting the time, the pawns can't arrive so quickly... in the car! Lead the vanguard, catch up, and hold back the Song army!"

As New Lin expected, the Song Army really only withdrew to Laojun Mountain at the junction of Syria and Luzhou.

It is a pity that there are many mountains around this place, including Yanding, Yangeryan, and steep cliffs, all of which are easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Song army had already set up camp and dug deep trenches on the mountain. The three thousand vanguard soldiers led by Che Li did not dare to launch an offensive immediately.

As far as Che Li was concerned, the order he received was to hold Song Jun back.But now, Song Jun was indeed "dragged" by him in Laojun Mountain.

New Lin received the letter, with a sneer on his face.

"Li Xia is very smart. But if he stays in Laojun Mountain, it means that he will not be able to retreat, and sooner or later he will have a decisive battle with me... in the mountains, he will have a decisive battle with my cavalry."

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Laojun Mountain is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Across the Yangtze River is the well-known Lizhuang Town. It used to be the seat of the ancient Rongzhou state, but now the population has moved to Xuzhou.

Before a thousand soldiers from Syria went to support Zhang Shi, they were ambushed by the Mongolian army here.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to retreat." Yi Shiying looked at the Mongolian cavalry at the foot of the mountain and said.

He had a straight face and a serious smile when he spoke.

It was as if, he wanted to influence Li Xia with his awe-inspiring righteousness and turn him into a dutiful courtier.

"Yes."

Li Xia spread out the map on the rocks, and pressed the four corners of the map with stones calmly, so as not to be blown away by the mountain wind.

"The Mongolian army is in the east, the Yangtze River is in the south, and we can't go to the north. We can only go to the city of Xuzhou in the west, and we must cross the Minjiang River."

"The Mongolian army and horses are fast. Once we cross the river, we will be attacked halfway."

"So, we can only fight Newell."

Yi Shiying asked, "Can we win? We don't have much food."

"It's hard to say, I'm not fully sure..."

Over there Song He came up and reported: "Magistrate, Jiang Fan has arrived, and a Mongolian soldier has been captured."

"What about people?"

"Over there, Comforter Zhu is interrogating..."

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The Song army only brought a small amount of luggage. After camping on the mountain, they lived in Mongolian tents that were looted.

If you look at it from the bottom of the mountain, you might think that some Mongolian army came to the camp here.

This is something that has rarely happened since the Mongols entered Shu, and it is also a shame for Niu Lin.

But Li Xia felt uncomfortable living in these tents.

He and Yi Shiying went down the rugged hillside, and saw Zhu Yusun interrogating the captives outside the tent, and Yang Ben stood aside to translate.

The prisoner was a short Mongolian with a beard all over his face, and he was confessing some important military information.

Zhu Yusun walked a few steps forward, stroked his long beard, and asked another question.

Variation protrusions.

Meng Zu, who was being held on the ground, suddenly broke free from Song Bing's control, and slammed his head against Zhu Yusun's stomach.

"Protect and pacify!"

……

With a loud shout, Yi Shiying has already strode over there.

Li Xia was even faster, jumped down the small slope, a few steps to the front of the Mengzu, raised his foot and kicked the man away, and landed in the grass.

Jiang Fan, who escorted the Mongolian pawn, rushed forward, raised his knife and chopped.

Amidst the screams, Yi Shiying hastily turned and ran towards Zhu Yusun.

He is naturally worried, when the two armies are facing each other now, if the coach has three advantages and two disadvantages...

"Pacifier!"

Before Yi Shiying rushed to the front, Li Xia had helped Zhu Yusun into the tent.

Yi Shiying strode to follow, opened the curtain, and saw that Zhu Yusun had passed out, and Li Xia was bandaging him, the white cloth was stained with blood.

"The pacifier knocked his head off." Li Xia turned his head and said, with worry in his eyes.

Yi Shiying was about to speak when he heard a soldier outside the tent shout.

"Shouchen, the Mongolian army has attacked the mountain."

"I'll take command." Yi Shiying said, "Stop talking about this for now, so as not to disturb the morale of the army."

"Yes, I hope the pacifier can wake up earlier..."

(End of this chapter)