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Chapter 502

Lizhou, later known as Guangyuan, Sichuan, is located in the northern part of the Sichuan Basin and the upper reaches of the Jialing River.

It does not belong to Hanzhong at all, and the entire Daba Mountains are separated from Hanzhong.

But Lizhou is to the north of Jianmen Pass, and the terrain is not as steep as Jianmen Pass.

In other words, if the Song army only guarded Jianmen Pass, Lizhou would be isolated from Sichuan and Shu.

Although it is known as the "Gateway of Northern Sichuan", it is indeed more suitable as the "frontier for attacking Shu" of the Mongolian army.

The last time the Song Army came to Lizhou was ten years ago. Yu Jie led the Northern Expedition, won three battles and three victories, and fought all the way along Jinniu Road to Hanzhong, where he was repelled by Wang Dechen.

After that, it was Wang Dechen who managed Lizhou.

When Kublai Khan marched into Dali, he met Wang Dechen once.

It was this meeting that made the Mongolian army in Lizhou sweep away the brutal style as when Kuo Duan slaughtered Shu.

Kublai Khan allowed Wang Dechen to set up the household department and Caosi, exempt from corvee, reduce taxes, make paper money, distribute salt, communicate with traders, transport grain, and recruit exiled people to return home to farm.

As a result, Lizhou's water and land transportation is smooth, business travel is common, farming is effective, military pay is abundant year by year, and there are more than enough reserves.

For Wang Weizheng, Lizhou is his father's hard work, and it is also his homeland.

must be held.

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Many of Li Xia's subordinates fled from Hanzhong and Lizhou to Shunan back then.

For example, Mao Yier was from Xingyuanfu in Hanzhong, and Xu Kui was from Lizhou.

This time going north, Xu Kui was extremely restless.

When he left home from Qingfu County, he didn't tell his mother and wife that he wanted to attack Lizhou. At that time, he only thought that he wanted to defend Luzhou.

Later, Chengdu was counterattacked, and the garrison began for more than half a year.

Xu Kui also divided up the fields in Chengdu. Seeing that a year is about to pass, he thought about taking his wife and children to Chengdu next year... Unexpectedly, Li Xia came back from Diaoyu City and took them straight to Jianmen Pass.

At that time, Xu Kui's heart was in a mess, and he couldn't say a word during the military meeting.

In the battle of Jianmen Pass, he, Liu Jinsuo and Mao Yi'er attacked head-on, but they tried their best but failed to attack. In the end, Yang Ben led people around and took the pass.

Xu Kui held his breath in his heart and scolded himself for being useless.

During the Battle of Zhaohua City, he led people to shout every day under the city, urging those fellow villagers to surrender, and finally Pi Feng led people to dig tunnels to attack the city.

Xu Kui felt even more uncomfortable. He always felt that something should be done, but fighting is not just about being excited.

For example, Yang Ben was brave and resourceful to lead the army alone, and Pi Feng was the best at cutting mountains and digging roads after guarding Yunding City for many years... Xu Kui used to be a farmer, but after becoming a general, he would only obey orders.

He really wanted to stand up and talk about how to fight a war.

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"Lizhou City is based on mountains and waters. At the end of the day, we will talk about mountains first. To the northeast of Lizhou, Motianling and Micang Mountains lie across; to the west is Longmen Mountain; to the south is Jianmen Mountain; and to the southeast is surrounded by Dalan Mountain, which can be called mountains. surround."

"Let's talk about water. Lizhou City is located in the upper reaches of the Jialing River, where it meets the Nanhe River. Our army's strength cannot be deployed between mountains and rivers, and it is not easy to attack the city."

"The last is the military strength, including the heavy soldiers, servants, and sailors. Lizhou has at least 8000 capable fighters. Our army has only [-] people and more than [-] prisoners..."

Kong Xian pointed at the map and talked eloquently.

Xu Kui didn't understand how they knew these place names.As a native of Lizhou, Xu Kui has never heard of the names of these mountains. He only knows some small mountains called Qingdingzi and Baiyanzi.

Li Xia asked, "Can you bypass Lizhou City?"

Kong Xiandao: "Soldiers and horses can't go around, Lizhou is the only way to pass through on the Jinniu Road. Even outside Lizhou City, Wang Dechen also built a large number of forts and artillery stones. If we don't attack the city, our army can't move forward. "

He took two steps forward, pointing at the map with his hand.

"What's more, even after bypassing Lizhou, there are dangerous passes such as Chaotian Gorge, Jianjiu Pass, Wuding Pass and so on to the north..."

"Xu Kui, you are from Lizhou, what do you think?"

"This……"

Xu Kui was called by Li Xia. He was shocked at first, and immediately clasped his fists and straightened his waist, but he didn't know what to say for a long time.

"General, Lizhou City has changed a lot... The villain is a bit unrecognizable..."

Lin Zi reminded in a low voice: "Floating bridges, boats, be careful of the Mongolian army's sneak attack."

Xu Kui still didn't understand what it meant.

In the end, he still couldn't even blow a fart...

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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After a military discussion, Xu Kui felt that he was worthless, and worked hard to build a defense camp. Holding a big hammer in his hand, he hammered a wooden stake into the soil hard.

"Hundred generals." A soldier came forward and called out.

"What is it called a hundred generals? The general said that after the war, we have to discuss meritorious service. Our hundred generals have to be promoted to thousand generals..."

Xu Kui didn't respond, and knocked twice more, before he remembered to turn his head and ask them what they were calling him for.

"What's the matter?"

"Mao Bai is coming..."

Mao Yi'er stepped forward and told the soldiers to go down.

He picked up a big wooden stake, erected it on the ground, supported it with both hands, and let Xu Kui smash it.

"Be careful, don't hit my hand."

"Boom!"

While smashing, Xu Kui asked, "Have you set up camp? Come to me."

"Let's discuss and discuss. How to fight this Lizhou? Give the general an idea. Are you unfavorable to the people of the state?"

"You are from Hanzhong, where did you go when you fled?"

"Forget, mountains and rivers are not all the same." Mao Yi'er said with a bitter face, "I'm starving to death, why don't you still manage?"

"You said... why can't we understand the terrain?" Xu Kui panted, and said: "Before... I knew how to see if the land is fat or not... I never thought about whether it is easy to fight or not. I am in Lizhou People, I didn't even know that this was the only way...the North Sichuan Gateway."

"I said, Xu Dali, do you want to take back Lizhou?"

Xu Kui stared, and it took him a long time to say in a hoarse voice, "Why don't you want to?"

He raised his hand and pointed to the mountains to the west.

"The ancestors...the ancestors are all here!"

With just a few words, Mao Yi'er already felt that Xu Kui's heart was full.

"In front of your ancestors, you should come up with a way! It's good to point to a small road that can attack the city!"

"It's changed a lot!" Xu Kui roared, "It's been more than ten years! It's been more than ten years since I left home! It's all fields, bridges, and city walls...all of which are not what they used to be!"

He smashed the big hammer in his hand and took a step forward, his eyes were already red.

"I can't think of a way to do it, so I just stab it with a spear!"

Sudden.

Ming Dy sound!

"The Mongolian army is attacking! Stop camping..."

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"Dong dong dong..."

As the drums sounded, the Mongolian ships gathered on the Jialing River, weighed anchor, and headed downstream.

Lizhou City is on the east bank of the Jialing River, and there is a cliff facing the river from the city.

Only at the river bay seven miles downstream, there is a large open space on the west bank, where the Song army was stationed.

At this time, Wang Hanchen saw that the Song army's foothold was not stable, so he immediately brought water troops to attack along the river.

"anchor!"

Big iron anchors were thrown into the river one by one, and the boat stopped.

"Fire arrows!"

As soon as the banner was swung, the arrows attacked the Song army without mercy...

Wang Hanchen served as the marshal of Mongolia's Aulu soldiers and horses. "Oulu" simply means family members and supplies.Wang Hanchen was in charge of Lizhou's logistics.

There are not many elite soldiers under his command, and more are civilians, but they have enough armor and weapons.

Relying on Li Tingwang's more than [-] days of resisting the Song army in Zhaohua City, Wang Hanchen has simply organized these folks.

Today, he led more than a thousand soldiers, three thousand civilians and sailors to fight, not only to give the Song army a head-on blow, but also for training.

Wang Hanchen is very clear about his combat strength, and his purpose is also very clear.

"Pass down the order! The boat shoots arrows and repels the Song army on the shore!"

"The warship stabilized the hull, ready to fire the cannon, and shelled the Song Army flag!"

Most of these ships were used to transport luggage, and only three warships carried gun carriages.

The rattling sound of the gun rod pulling sounded, and the Mongolian army began to adjust the range.

A cannonball hit not far in front of Li Xia's big tent.

"Thunderbolt!"

"ignition!"

Of course, the Mongolian army also has firearms, including thunderbolts and flying muskets.

It's just that when Meng Ge attacked Shu, the Song army surrendered in anticipation along the way, and the cavalry marched very fast without bringing too much.Coupled with the terrain of Diaoyu City, Thunderbolt couldn't be thrown up, so it wouldn't do much.

Hong Tianlei is similar to Song Jun's porcelain caltrop fireball. After being ignited, the cannon shoots out, explodes, and hurts people with iron pieces.

"Oh!"

A thunderbolt fell on the Song army formation, exploded, and pieces of iron flew randomly...

Wang Hanchen squinted his eyes, still dissatisfied.

Because the warship was swaying in the river, it was difficult to accurately throw the Thunderbolt into the banner of the Song Army...

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Li Xia stood on a small hill watching the situation on the battlefield.

He was not confused by the firearms of the Mongolian army.

Slowly turning the binoculars in his hand, he locked onto Wang Hanchen's warship...

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Hearing the sound of war drums, Xu Kui quickly turned his head to look at Dazhu.

Soon, he saw the direction Ling Qi was pointing at.

"Shieldman!"

Clinking, Song Jun raised his shield high.

"Where's the awl?! Give me the awl...it can water! Let me kill it!"

Xu Kui was already taking off his armor. Most of the more than two hundred people under his command were Qingfu river patrollers back then, and they were quite good at swimming.

After removing their armor, more than a hundred people rushed forward under the cover of shield bearers and jumped into the Jialing River.

"puff!"

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the river water is icy cold.

Xu Kui was so stiff from the cold that he swam desperately to the main battleship of the Mongolian army.

……

In this chaotic world, it's hard to live.Xu Kui has seen too many officers and soldiers sacrificed in the past, the court can't pay pensions, and the family lives in a very miserable situation. Starving to death is a small one, and death is clean.

Xu Kui is different now, even if he dies in battle, the old mother, wife and children can live comfortably.

In the words of the general, it means "let everyone have no worries".

With these in mind, Xu Kui glanced over from the river, only to see that the arrows on the warship ahead had shot over again.

"Puff puff……"

The blood splashed on the surface of the river.

Xu Kui took a deep breath and dived again.

All the hustle and bustle seemed to stop.

The bottom of the river is cold but quiet.

Xu Kui tried his best to goug the Mongolian warship.

once, twice...

This time he came to recover Lizhou, which was his hometown. He was in a complicated mood, and he couldn't come up with a way, so he could only fight desperately.

(End of this chapter)