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Chapter 503
During the First Battle of Jinyun Mountain, Wang Yixin dragged the Mongolian army's ships to the shore with a hook and rope to fight. This is one of the most commonly used methods in river defense warfare today.But the casualties will be greater, and the war will drag on for a long time.

Xu Kui was even crazier. In the icy river, he just cut through Wang Hanchen's warship...

When the stern of the warship slowly sank, those Auru troops with inexperienced battlefields on board were more likely to mess up than the Mongolian veterans.

One thunderbolt failed to be thrown out in time, and it exploded on the cannon carriage, and the iron pieces shot out.

Wang Hanchen quickly put down the boat and ordered to retreat.

This is just a tentative attack, he only intends to take advantage of the Song army's unstable foothold to dampen the morale of the Song army, and there is no need for a deadly battle.

But this noble man, Marshal Aulu of the Mongolian Army, was indeed defeated by Xu Kui, an unknown man.

In Wang Hanchen's view, the defeat was too easy, which can be described as a shame.

He couldn't feel how much courage and determination Xu Kui had spent.

This battle was life and death for more than a hundred soldiers of the Song Army who went down the river to dig ships.

……

The boats rowed desperately, trying to go back to Lizhou.

But it is easy to attack along the river, but difficult to sail against the current.

The Song army chased frantically on the shore, throwing hooks and ropes, and captured Mongolian ships one after another.

On the lower reaches of the river, corpses of soldiers of the Song Army who were so frozen that they lost consciousness floated up, wrapped in the river and drifting downstream...

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"marshal!"

"marshal……"

Wang Hanchen felt that the wind blowing from the river was a bit cold, so he wrapped himself in the battle robe, got out of the boat, entered Lizhou City, and strode up the tower.

His expression was as usual, and he didn't seem to be worried about this small defeat.

On the city tower, Wang Weizheng has come down to greet him.

"It's good that Uncle Wu is safe. I'm here to watch the battle. Seeing that Uncle Wu is about to win a big victory, I don't want the boat to sink into the river by accident. I am very worried about Uncle Wu's safety."

"Commander."

In front of all the soldiers, Wang Hanchen still clasped his fists to Wang Weizheng and saluted, saying: "It's not accidental sinking, it was chiseled by the Song army."

After only saying this, he had already walked to the side of the city tower, watching the ships that came back later.

When he saw the ships with nearly a thousand elite soldiers under his command going up the river and returning to Lizhou Wharf, Wang Hanchen immediately issued a military order.

"Order the forts! Cannonball the Song army's pursuers!"

Wang Weizheng took two steps, stood next to Wang Hanchen, and said in a low voice, "Fifth Uncle, let's fire the cannon stone now, for fear of accidentally injuring the ships behind."

"When it's broken, it's broken. Don't let the Song army catch up. If the war expands, some broken soldiers rush to the city."

"Can……"

Wang Wei was about to say something, but finally choked back.

His fifth uncle's tentative attack lost at least a hundred boats and a thousand civilians... It took less than two hours.

Wang Hanchen turned his head to look at Wang Weizheng, his expression was a little embarrassed, but he spoke earnestly.

"Today's battle, I lost...not pretty."

"Uncle Wu, I don't think so."

"A defeat is a defeat." Wang Hanchen said: "I really underestimated the Song army. I can see that this Song army has good combat power, high morale, and the leader is a capable man... It is not because of defeat that I exaggerate the opponent."

"Soldiers of the Song Army are not afraid of death, and they go into the water to scuttle ships in the severe winter. They are considered a strong army." Wang Weizheng said: "If I lead the troops, I never thought that the warships would be scuttled, and even the troops would not be able to withdraw in time..."

Only then did Wang Hanchen nod his head.

What he was most worried about was that Wang Weizheng was young and vigorous, and when he saw that there were 3 people on his side and only [-] enemy troops, he would go out of the city to fight.

This time he went out of the city to test, although he lost embarrassingly, but fortunately he found out the strength of the Song army, and the next thing is to just defend the city.

"The Chief of the Chengdu Mansion Road Army...Li? Li Xia?"

Wang Hanchen had obviously heard of Li Xia's name.

All the way back to the mansion, he immediately dug out all the battle reports and letters in recent years, trying to get to know Li Xia clearly.

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On the bank of the Jialing River, Lu Dayong squinted his eyes and saw a few soldiers of the Song Army working together to drag a corpse up from the river bank.

"It's the enemy's coach! The enemy's coach is dead!" Liu Jinsuo shouted, cheering endlessly.

"Let me see!" Lu Da tried his best to push forward, but was blocked by the Song army around him and couldn't get close.

"Quick! Give it to the general..."

Lu Dayong watched the soldiers run by, grabbed Liu Jinsuo, and asked, "Did you really kill the enemy's coach? So fast?"

Liu Jinsuo asked back: "Did you see the main ship of the Mongolian Army sink?"

"I saw it."

"That's it. Wang Weizheng is young and energetic, and he insists on watching the battle. I didn't expect Xu Kui to chisel the boat, and he died."

"That's how you took Lizhou?"

"That's not true." Liu Jinsuo said grinningly: "You don't see that the Mongolian Lord died at the hands of my general."

Lu Dayong still felt dazed, and murmured: "A city as small as Zhaohua has fought for more than 20 days..."

"That's the way the battlefield is." Liu Jinsuo laughed and said, "It's all based on your calculations, so what are you going to do? Everyone has an abacus and calculates, this city belongs to you, and that city belongs to me, haha!"

Lu Dayong spat: "Mother, I didn't let you see my Lu Jiajun's capabilities."

After a while, Lin Zi came over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother Lu, my general is calling you over."

Lu Dayong then followed Lin Zi to the big tent, not as proud as when he first came.

……

When I got outside the tent, I heard that Li Xia was discussing with Kong Xian inside.

"Slaying Wang Weizheng today, presumably the city will be destroyed soon?"

"Difficult. Although the defenders in the city have no owner, they have never seen us attack the city, so they may not surrender soon."

"It's only a few days of strong attack..."

"Report! General." Lin Zi shouted: "Lu Da used it."

"come in."

Seeing Lu Dayong, Li Xia gave a rare smile, and said: "At that time, you came to send a letter, and I would have detained you for two days, just to plan the recovery of Lizhou, don't care."

Lu Dayong looked at Li Xia in a daze, and then nodded foolishly for a while.

Li Xia raised his hand, and Lin Zi stepped forward with a box.

"This is Wang Weizheng's head and banner. You quickly bring it back to Lu Shuai, and just say, 'Please delay Brother Mo for another ten days, and great things will be accomplished'."

Only then did Lu Dayong come back to his senses, and said, "General Li, don't worry, I won't tell the commander in chief that you detained me."

"Okay, the military situation is on fire, you must quickly take the Jiameng Pass trail and bypass Bazhong, I will send someone who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way... within three days, you must meet Lu Shuai, is it possible?"

"Okay!" Lu Dayong said loudly, "Don't worry! I used to be a woodcutter! I haven't been in any old forest."

"Good! What a strong man! Go."

Lu Dayong walked away with the box in his hands, took only two steps, then turned his head and said, "General Li, my dagger was taken by your men..."

"It's urgent, I'll pay you back when we meet again."

Although Lu Dayong was a rough man, holding the head of a Mongolian general in his hands, he was full of pride.

"Goodbye, General Li!"

……

Kong Xian watched Lu Da use up his tent and sighed deeply.

"Is this possible?"

"It would be great if Lu Wende could delay the move for a few more days." Li Xia said, "It's no trouble at all."

Kong Xian rubbed his face, looking extremely tired, and said: "The camp is only half set up today. The camp will be safe tomorrow, and the pontoon bridge will be built... The battle has not yet been fought, and three or four days have passed."

Li Xia nodded, the smile on his face had completely dissipated.

Kong Xian said again: "I see Wang Hanchen's arrangement after he retreats, he can fight."

"That's right. If it weren't for Xu Kui's bravery, the outcome of today's battle would be unpredictable."

Kong Xian was even more worried, thinking about it, and said: "If you can't recover Hanzhong, should you take the next best thing and take Lizhou first..."

"Chuanshu without Hanzhong is like a house that should have four walls without one wall."

Li Xia said, added a sentence, and said: "And, there is only one chance."

Kong Xian said: "Why doesn't the general understand? But even if it takes ten more days, Lizhou City..."

"Until the last moment, there will always be a solution." Li Xia said: "General Kong, let me think again."

"it is good."

Although Kong Xian agreed, he still felt that Hanzhong was out of reach, and it was rare to be able to take Lizhou before the Mongolian army reinforced and consolidate the results of the battle.

Li Xia got up and said, "I'm going to see the wounded soldiers..."

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"How are they?"

"I'm telling you, General, that they were severely frostbitten, and they couldn't get off the ground within ten days and half a month."

"No matter what, you must do your best to treat it. If you need any medicinal materials, please come to me directly..."

Xu Kui heard the conversation between Li Xia and the doctor accompanying the army in a daze.

He tried to open his eyes, and murmured: "General...brothers...how long have you lived..."

Li Xia stepped forward, not shying away, and said, "31, but I assure you, I will try my best to save each of these 31."

"They... in order to regain me... my hometown..."

Li Xia could understand what the vague words were trying to say.

He patted Xu Kui, and said: "I know, you have a lot of things on your mind recently, and you are timid about being close to your hometown... It's all like this."

Xu Kui suddenly wanted to cry.

He is a vulgar person, and it was the first time he heard the word "feeling timid near the countryside", he felt a sudden hit on his heart.

"The soldiers are not only trying to recover your hometown, they are also protecting their own hometown."

Li Xia fiddled with the bonfire to make Xu Kui warmer, then changed the topic, and said, "But I interrogated a few prisoners today, do you know what they said?"

"Little man... the last general..."

"Wang Weizheng said that Lizhou is his hometown. His father ruled for ten years and made the people's livelihood in Lizhou happy..."

"No!"

Xu Kui was furious and was about to stand up.

In fact, he didn't know whether the people's livelihood in Lizhou was safe or not, but he just didn't allow Wang Weizheng to say that.

Otherwise, what he did, led more than a hundred brothers into the icy water, and froze the number 87 to death, why?
Li Xia held Xu Kui down.

"I don't know if people's livelihood and well-being are true, but in any case, it is not enough. The elders in your hometown, in front of inferior people, exorcising, untouchables... the happiness of inferior people is far from enough."

"Yes! Not enough!"

"Of course, this truth is hard to explain with words. It's simple, you heal your wounds, go to Lizhou City, and let Wang Weizheng see with his own eyes... Is this his home or your home?"

(End of this chapter)