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Chapter 666 Countermeasures
Today's Tongguan is the Guancheng of Tang Dynasty, which is located by the Yellow River.

To the south of Guancheng is Qizhiyuan, which is an insurmountable plateau. There is a forbidden ditch between Qizhiyuan and Fengyiyuan in the west.

In order to prevent the enemy from bypassing Qizhiyuan from the east, there are twelve cities in the forbidden ditch, forming a whole line of defense with Tongguan.

Therefore, the danger of Tongguan is one in Jingou, the other in Qizhiyuan, the third in Jindouguan, and the fourth in the Yellow River...

Liu Yuanli's attack from the west was able to cut off the connection between Tongguan and Shierliancheng.

If Shang Ting wanted to transport grain to the Twelve City, he could only bypass the Qizhiyuan from the east, but the road was difficult and he was unable to provide long-term support at all.

Liu Yuanli only needed to wait for the rations in the Twelve Company City to run out and occupy the forbidden ditch, then he could go around to the east of Tongguan, block the road to the east of Guancheng, and wait for the rations in Guancheng to run out.

He is in no hurry.

We will not fight Henan for the time being, and occupy Tongguan to defend the pass. Of course, there is no rush.

Tongguan was originally used to guard against the offensive from the east. Before Shang Ting retreated to Tongguan, the autumn grain had not been harvested, and a large amount of money and grain was sent to the north, so there was not enough food and grass.

Liu Yuanli's steady and steady strategy has basically no possibility of defeat.

This is why Lian Xixian ambushed his troops in Huashan.

He didn't have many choices, and the great thing was that he created a chance that "seemed" to kill Li Xia when he had no choice.

Li Xia did indeed come in person, leading 500 people to guard the rear for Liu Yuanli.

On the ninth day of August, Lin Zi reported a piece of news.

"Marshal, I sent people to investigate nearby, and found that Lian Xixian drove all the Taoist priests from Mount Hua in order to occupy the Taoist temple and store food, and now the Taoist priests live in Yuquanyuan at the foot of the mountain..."

"There is a female crown on the lotus screen?"

"Yes! Do you want to see the handsome?"

Seeing Li Xia nodding, Lin Zi waved his hand and ordered someone to invite him.

Afterwards, he said again: "I also asked a few Taoists, and they said that the enemy soldiers had nearly 400 people, and they brought a lot of food. Including the food stored in the Taoist temple, it might last for a year... In addition, I finally found woodcutters. My husband found out that Huashan not only has a road up the mountain, but also there is a giant tree in the sky in the east, which can climb up the back of Qinglong and reach Canglong Ridge."

Li Xia's expression became calmer, and he asked, "Is it reliable?"

"Reliable, do you want to send a sentry to look at the enemy's situation?"

"Alright, but be careful."

"Yes."

In the afternoon, more than ten Taoist priestesses from Lianping Temple were brought to the camp, looking timid and cowering.

Li Xia went out of the tent to have a look, and casually pointed to one of them.

"Let's ask questions one by one, you come in first."

At this sentence, they have already cried out.

"General... please don't, General... I am a monk..."

"It's not what you think, I swear in the name of Shu Shuai of the Great Song Dynasty, I really only ask a few words..."

~~
Throughout the afternoon, Li Xia had inquired about the news of Lianping Guan, and the seventeen female Taoist priests said the same thing with minor differences, and there was no flaw.

"Indeed, there was a female layman and her maid who were sent to Lianping Temple by Mrs. Shang, saying that she was a noble person who wanted to live in Huashan temporarily..."

"I heard Mrs. Shang call her a niece, and the temple master called her 'Miss Zhang'..."

"It's probably the beginning of July, the Ghost Festival? It must be many days before the Ghost Festival..."

"Well, Pindao is definitely before the Ghost Festival, it should be the ninth day of July..."

"I went up the mountain on the ninth day of the lunar new year. Although the lay woman was dressed in men's clothes, she looked very pretty. She usually lived in the small courtyard. The temple master personally watched her, as if she was not allowed to go down the mountain..."

"The officers and soldiers went up the mountain and drove us down, saying that there was going to be a war, and they were afraid of hurting innocent people. The female layman was still guarded by the temple master in the lotus screen temple..."

"The leader of the officers and soldiers has three long beards and looks extraordinary. I heard people call him 'Lian Xiang', that's all I know..."

After asking one by one, Li Xia sent someone to send these female Taoist priests back, with occasional doubts in his eyes, waiting for news from Lin Zi.

~~
The next afternoon.

Lin Zi hurried over again.

"Commander, send some good men up the mountain to look through the binoculars. The Mongolian army is ambushing at Yukou of Huashan, with more than [-] men."

"Understood, what about the Lotus Screen View?"

"Looking at it from a distance, there are people guarding outside, and I saw a female Taoist priest delivering food to several women."

"Ah."

Lin Zi waited for a while, but seeing no new order from Li Xia, he couldn't help but said, "Commander, I have an idea."

"Say."

"How about sending a surprise soldier to go up the mountain on Qinglong's back, rescue the girl from the Zhang family, and then sneak attack Beifeng to cut off the enemy's food and grass?"

Li Xia asked back, "Don't you think Lian Xixian is trying to lure us up the mountain?"

"Probably not." Lin Zi said: "We have carefully examined those Taoist priests and women's crowns, and what they say does not seem to be fake. The time when the girl from the Zhang family went up the mountain was also before the Weihe World War I. It must not be Lian Xixian who faked it."

Li Xia didn't answer, just paced a few steps.

Lin Zi continued: "What's more, at the location of Canglong Ridge, you can't see Yukou without a lookout. Lian Xixian didn't know that we had a lookout, so he didn't even count it. Besides, he couldn't predict the commander-in-chief. I will be able to come, and I will find those Taoist priests who were driven down the mountain..."

Li Xia asked again: "Are you sure this is not a trick?"

"If it's a scheme, it's too delicate. From the marshal's remnant letter to today's interrogation of the female crown, step by step..."

"No, Lian Xixian doesn't need to figure it out step by step. He just needs to arrange someone to assassinate me. If he succeeds, he can wait for me to capture him. Whether it's Hu Zhiyu or Yelu Youshang, he can tell me. These news... and the reason why I came here is not only because of those news, but also because Chang'an is unstable and there are constant assassinations, I need to clear up the spies as soon as possible. Lian Xixian tried every means to design me."

"This……"

But Li Xia asked again: "Is the news you found out today true or false?"

Lin Zi thought for a while, and replied: "What you saw through the watch tube is true. Those female crowns we tried are also true."

Li Xia thought for a while, and said, "Well, then, send some good men to Lianping Temple to rescue the woman. Then arrange three hundred warriors to sneak around to Qinglong's back at night, and then..."

~~
Come down at night.

Now Liu Yuanli has led his troops to the city of Tongguan, and sent troops to guard the forbidden ditch to take the twelve cities.

The camp at the foot of Mount Hua was only guarded by Li Xia's five hundred personal guards.

But on this night, although there were still 500 people in the camp, 300 people had already quietly left the camp at nightfall.

The Mongolian army didn't have a lookout tube, so obviously they couldn't see this situation.

In the big tent, Li Xia was sitting there wearing armor, resting his eyes with his long spear resting on his knees.

As Lin Zi said, Lian Xixian shouldn't have expected that he would surprise Huashan with a surprise attack.

Finding Taoist priests for interrogation, stealing on the back of Qinglong, looking at Yukou with a telescope, and deciding to send troops...too many chances.

"Wow!"

There was a sound of dysprosium, and someone attacked the camp.

Li Xia held the long lance and got up.

I continued to think in my heart that Lian Xixian had figured himself out thoroughly, even if there were too many chances, the most important point was that this was Li Xia's behavior style.

The tricks that Li Xia liked to use in the past have been thoroughly understood by these enemies in the north.

"Then let's fight."

Li Xia muttered something, held the spear out of the tent, and got on the horse.

"Generals!"

"exist!"

A row of Song soldiers had rushed out of the camp, all of them were armored and sharpened, and they were not asleep.

"The enemy really attacked the camp, follow me to kill the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy!"

There were only 200 Song troops in the camp, and they had not yet assembled, and there were only more than [-] people around Li Xia.

Among them, there are no more than [-] horses, and they are the elite under Yang Ben's command.

Li Xia had already driven his horse and rushed towards the camp.

He hadn't fought such a small-scale battle for a long time, and Changzhao hadn't practiced proficiently either.

The horseshoes accelerated slowly, bypassing the bonfires one by one.

Ahead, you can already see the Mongolian and Han troops approaching, with different armors, including the elite from Longxi under Wang Zhichen's command, the Chang'an garrison, and the dead soldiers around Lian Xixian...

These people did not line up, their goal was to seize the commander and kill Li Xia.

"The others will beat the Yatou!"

The Mongol and Han troops had dispersed and entered the camp from all directions.

They didn't even recognize Li Xia.

Li Xia had already arrived in front of them.

Long lance straight stabs, Li Xia still uses stabs, he has been practicing for too long, and he is best at stabs, but he has ridden horses and changed to long weapons, he needs to cooperate with equestrian skills, and he must have stronger arm strength, and he needs to use his body to clamp Live in Changsha.

"puff!"

Piercing like lightning, the long lance pierced through a soldier.

Li Xia received the lance, and reined in the reins with the other hand, the horse turned and rushed to both sides, and at the same time raised the lance.

"puff."

Side stab, kill one person.

The blood was splashed on the horse's belly, the horse was still moving forward, and the long lance stabbed again.

"puff……"

With long weapons and fast movement speed, Li Xia killed three people in a row as soon as he met the enemy soldiers.

This is not the roundabout and harassing riding and shooting style of the Mongolian cavalry, but the style of the assault cavalry.

The cavalry soldiers of the Han and Tang Dynasties "went down to Yuguan with gold and drums, and jingled among the stones", what they paid attention to was the word "quick".

This was unexpected by the Mongol and Han troops who came to kill Li Xia with knives. They should have rushed into the camp to kill Li Xia, but they did not expect to encounter such cavalry.

Behind Li Xia, the pawns had already lined up to kill.

"Kill!"

Finally, someone in the Mongol-Han army yelled, "That's Li Xia! Kill him!"

The Mongolian Han army began to gather here...

Li Xia was not afraid, kicked the horse's belly, and continued to move to avoid being shot in the face by the arrow.

The horse became his pace, keeping him in rhythm.

Then one lance after another stabbed out.

"Li Xia! Die!"

A general from the Mongolian Han Military Academy rushed forward, shouting.

Li Xia ignored him, and rode his horse around, as if mobilizing the enemy soldiers. Beside him, the Song Army's spears rushed up, stabbing the enemy school general who was chasing him into mud.

"Kill Li Xia!"

Finally, nearly [-] Mongol and Han troops and nearly [-] Song troops in the camp have gathered more and more densely...

The horn sounded again.

"Kill!"

Footsteps sounded, and in the darkness of night, Lin Zi had already led three hundred Song troops into formation, slowly encircling them from the south...

Li Xia didn't really let them attack Huashan.

no need.

Before he captured Tongguan, Lian Xixian would definitely go down the mountain to sneak attack, it was destined, Li Xia didn't need to sneak attack at all.

Ever since Wang Liangchen trespassed on Qishan Road and was ambushed, many things were already preordained...

~~
As the night darkened, the Song army had completed the siege.

Li Xia was sweating profusely, but it seemed like he was taking this little battle as a practice.

More than fifty riders had gathered around him.

"Kill them!"

The cavalry rushed to the enemy without hesitation.

It was in the night, the Mongol-Han army's front line was not dense, and they came rushing from Huashan Mountain. They did not carry too many heavy weapons and were surrounded. The soldiers in the chaos wanted to flee in different directions.

More than fifty cavalry crashed into the enemy's formation, long spears and long spears stabbed out, and blood splattered.

If the long vertebra breaks through the bag, they directly separate the Mongolian Han army's formation...

Although this battle was small, it was rare for the Song Army to defeat the Mongolian infantry with cavalry.

Things always seem absurd sometimes.

Finally, with the siege of the Song army, the Mongolian Han army was scattered.

~~
A Mongol-Han army of more than [-] men broke out of the encirclement, but they did not dare to face the [-] Song army encircling from the south. They had no choice but to flee to the northeast corner of the camp.

Li Xia personally led the cavalry around the tents, standing in front of these defeated troops, and surrounded them.

"Lian Xixian! Are you willing to surrender me?!"

Following Li Xia's questioning, Song Jun's killing did not stop.

The dozens of Mongolian and Han troops were desperate, and some people had lit tents with bonfires in an attempt to create chaos and break out.

After a long time, someone in the enemy army shouted.

"Li Xia! Although I failed to kill you, I have tried my best to restore Guan Long's defeat, and I am worthy of Your Majesty!"

"Catch him alive!"

Li Xia looked around and found the figure of the person shouting, rushing towards the blazing tent.

"Li Xia! Zhang Rou's daughter died at your hands! I have put an end to the possibility of you colluding with Mrs. Zhang, and this is enough to atone for my crime!"

Li Xia was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell, and he saw that Lian Xixian had rushed into the flames.

He didn't ask anyone to stop him, he just watched silently as the fire engulfed Lian Xixian bit by bit...

~~
"Do not believe."

After a long time, Li Xia shook his head and whispered something to himself.

He didn't believe that Zhang Wenjing was in Lianping Guan at all.

Half of Zhang Hongdao's letter was burned... But there is no need to burn the letter at all, there are too many other ways to send out the letter in its entirety, unless Zhang Hongdao's letter mentioned Zhang Wenjing's real route.

Moreover, if Zhang Wenjing was in the hands of Lian Xixian, then Lian Xixian shouldn't be used like this.

Li Xia kept saying it was a fake, saying that Lian Xixian only had that letter.

He also said that he was very sober and pursued this clue not only to track down Zhang Wenjing, but also to counter Lian Xixian.

Both Liu Yuanzhen and Lin Zi refused to believe Li Xia's words, but Li Xia did firmly believe in his own judgment.

Sober so he can win.

……

"Marshal, I found the girl from the Zhang family."

At night, Lin Zi came forward to report, and said: "There was a fire in Lianpingguan, our people went up the mountain and just rescued the girl from the Zhang family."

"Fire?"

Although Li Xia didn't believe it in his heart, he still strode out of the camp.

In the distance, there was a woman walking towards here surrounded by maidservants.

For a moment, Li Xia was looking forward to it, but in the end, he just shook his head.

really.

"Who is that?"

"Isn't it Zhang's girl?"

Li Xia sighed, and said, "I've already told you, Lian Xixian only has that letter..."

(End of this chapter)