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Chapter 751 Seeing Arrow Tandu Again

With a loud bang, a figure in heavy armor was hit by a head hammer and flew out.

However, a horse's head had been cut off abruptly.

Daluhua Chibagen of the Mongolian army just swung his head hammer vigorously, and fell off his horse in a blink of an eye.

The dead horse was still spraying blood recklessly, Ba Gen was splashed all over as soon as he landed, as if he was drowned in a river of blood.

The scene is horrific.

The Mongolian army in the back was indeed frightened, because they did not expect such a fierce Song people...

Ba Gen was very proud just a moment ago. After all, he used his riding skills to interrupt the Song Army's defense line. He was about to lead the army to rush out, but he didn't expect to be cut off by such a knife.

What matters is momentum.

"Bah..."

Some horses were frightened, neighing and slowing down.

"Stop them!" Soldiers of the Song army were encouraged by their leader, and blocked them with shields and spears.

"Give me a horse!" Bargen yelled.

It took only a moment for everything to happen before he struggled to get up from the ground, and with a "poof", blood sprayed out from his back.

It was a flying ax that mercilessly smashed into Bagen's back...

But Ba Gen didn't die immediately, he only felt the weight on his back, and the rapid loss of blood made him dazed, thinking that Liu Zheng had escaped first.

Afterwards, he fell to the ground without making a sound.

Only Zhang Jue's personal soldiers rushed forward to block the line of defense.

"Stop!"

The soldiers of the Song army could feel Zhang Jue's reluctance to let the Mongolian army go.

Zhang Jue had already charged around with the big ax himself, as if he had gone mad.

He didn't forget to command recklessly, but deliberately pushed the commander-in-chief flag to the middle of the Mongolian army, attracting the Mongolian army to surround and kill him, the commander-in-chief, in order to achieve the purpose of killing as many enemy soldiers as possible.

What's hateful is that Liu Zheng is so determined to withdraw, and the Mongolian general who just wanted to take the opportunity to break out.

suddenly.

"Marshal! Another Mongolian army has broken through from the north!"

"Cavalry! Sound the horn and let the cavalry block it! The cavalry block it..."

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There are mainly three types of cavalry generals in Sichuan and Shaanxi: Liu Yuanzhen, Liu Yuanli and other former Guanlong princes; Li Zeyi and Hu Legen and other generals of Guiyi camp;

There is not a clear distinction between them, but the integration of military sources, and strive to ensure that the soldiers will not conflict and can help each other learn, so they are still reorganizing.

Today, most of the Sichuan-Shanxi cavalry are on the Longxi defense line.And Yang Ben, Li Zeyi, and Hu Legen had all been taken away by Li Xia, and the main cavalry general in Guanzhong was Song He.

Song He, as the first cavalry general trained by Li Xia, has not led the cavalry to many victories.

During the battle of recovering Guanzhong, he was only the guard of Xiegu Pass, and he could only lead his troops to bluff in the Guanzhong Plain.

It's not that his personal riding skills are not good, but that there were insufficient horses and soldiers suitable for cavalry at that time, including insufficient money, food and hay.

These problems were solved in the past two years, which made the cavalry under his command take shape rapidly.

Song He is not as good at fighting as Yang Ben, but his personality is calmer.

Among the 8000 people Zhang Jue brought today, [-] cavalry were led by him, and they were scouring the battlefield at this time, shooting the Mongolian army with crossbows, and at the same time preventing the enemy from breaking out.

At this moment, when the trumpets sounded, Song He had already seen the Mongolian army breaking out of the siege, so he led his troops to catch up.

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"E Xiute, the dog will leave first."

Because Hu Richa saw Zhang Jue coming in alone, he was commanding soldiers to besiege and kill Zhang Jue. When he looked back, he found that Liu Zheng took the opportunity to take the opportunity to retreat by building a pontoon bridge, so he couldn't help cursing.

He drove his horse back from the front line, observed for a while, and caught a flaw in the Song army's defense line.

"Go over there!"

With the sound of the whistle, the cavalry quickly broke through to the north.

They shot arrows on horseback and rushed across Haiyuan Temple decisively.

With Song Jun coming up from the side, Hu Richa hurriedly bent down.

"Oh!"

A thunderbolt cannon exploded in front, and a Mongolian rider fell to the ground, while Hu Richa had already covered the horse's ears and galloped past.

Soon, more than ten riders followed, carrying his banner, and let more Mongolian riders break through.

For these cavalry, as long as they can break through, the Song army will not be able to catch up.Then, it is also possible to penetrate Guanzhong like Ashu penetrated the Song Dynasty.

This is Mongolia's long-standing tactic. Several groups of troops are divided and interspersed, and then the troops are combined to capture the big city all the way.

Suddenly there was a sound of hooves.

Hu Richa thought it was the soldiers and horses under his command rushing over, but when he looked back, he saw a group of Song army cavalry galloping like sharp arrows.

"Erxiu..."

"Pfft! Pfft!"

More than [-] crossbows have been fired, and only two of them have shot into Hu Richa's face...

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Amidst the heavy bang of "boom", the floating bridge has been blown up by the Song army.

Beiluoshui screamed incessantly, and a pool of blood sprang up in an instant.

The two sides fought fiercely until the end of the day. Seeing that Zhang Jue could not completely wipe out the Mongolian army within a day, he finally let go of the northern exit and let the remaining [-] Mongolian troops escape to the loess plateau in the north.

He had already set up an ambush among those platforms, and ordered Song He to lead his troops to chase after them, so it would not be possible for these Mongolian riders to escape.

After a fierce battle that day, nearly [-] Mongolian troops were killed, while our own casualties were less than [-], which can be called a victory.

The reason for the victory was that Liu Zheng was the first to cross the pontoon bridge and retreat, and the remaining Mongolian households fought on their own... This is simply another battle of Jiantan crossing.

Liu Zheng withdrew first. During the fighting, he continued to build the pontoon bridge. After that, he led three thousand-man troops across the Beiluo River, and broke through the defense line guarded by the [-]-man Pucheng garrison on the west side of the river.

What Zhang Jue was most afraid of was Liu Zheng's decisive retreat.

It shouldn't be like this, leading an army of [-], before the battle started, and when there was no damage, he decided to withdraw, even if the gecko lost its tail, what kind of heart is this?
Therefore, in the battle of Jiantandu, even Pu Zezhi did not expect that Liu Zheng would be defeated like that.

Zhang Jue didn't expect it today either.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng's withdrawal was not too many, so Zhang Jue led the troops to continue the pursuit.

For him, the problem is not only to catch up and wipe out Liu Zheng's remnant army.

But Yan'an was in a hurry, and at the same time, [-] Mongolian troops were attacking Tongguan.

The troops in Zhang Jue's hands included the casualties and the garrison in Pucheng, and Song He's men and horses who were chasing the Mongolian deserters in the north, but there were only more than [-] people left.

Chasing Liu Zheng, guarding Tongguan, and supporting Yan'an Mansion...it seems stretched.

This was the problem they wanted to solve from the very beginning. The strategic purpose was to annihilate Liu Zheng first, and then deal with Yang Dayuan with all their strength.

It cannot be said to be a failure now, but it is indeed not fully achieved.

This is a very real problem.

When Guan Long was facing such an attack from all sides, and Zhang Jue had insufficient troops, he could only do this, and there was no other better way.

Why is it so hard?

Yu Jie is even more difficult.

It was precisely because of the strength of the enemy and ourselves that Yu Jie had to move all the cities in Shu to mountain cities.

In retrospect, the situation was truly hopeless.

It was only when Zhang Jue thought of this that he felt that the anxiety that made his scalp tingle had dissipated a little.

Right now at least we can find a way to remedy it... It is still possible to support Yan'an and Tongguan with a small amount of troops first, which is also the significance of this battle.

Next, just wipe out Liu Zheng before Yan'an and Tongguan can't hold on.

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In the next few days, Zhang Jue personally led his troops to pursue Liu Zheng's trail, calculated his marching route, and mobilized troops from various places with fast horses, and he almost bit Liu Zheng in the flat Guanzhong Plain.

But time is also running out.

"Zhang Shuai, this is an urgent letter from Longxi."

Lin Zi looked very solemn when he spoke. This time he did not wipe out Liu Zheng in a single battle, but he admired Zhang Jue even more.

Because the situation was at this point, Lin Zi understood instead that if Zhang Jue hadn't defeated Liu Zheng with great courage, it would be really difficult to deal with the strong attack of seven thousand Mongolian cavalry.

"Ashu pretended to attack Gongchang's mansion, but the Jingqi bypassed Longshan, intending to go through the Lingtai ancient road and enter Fengxiang. Fortunately, Mr. Li realized something was wrong and took precautions in advance. Today, Mr. Lian has rushed to Fengxiang and sent someone to invite Liu Dalang back. ...But, in this way, in order to guard against A Shu, Longxi's defense line will have to be stretched by half..."

"The ancient path to Lingtai?"

Zhang Jue was not familiar with the terrain of Longxi, so he glanced at the map and couldn't help cursing, "Ah Shu, that bastard, is too easy to get around!"

He is in no mood to care about others.

Because Lin Zi quickly handed over another message.

"I suspect that Liu Zheng is trying to contain our troops, so that Liu Yuan can capture Tongguan...According to Tongguan news, Dong Wenbing has also sent troops."

"Dong Wenbing still has troops? Didn't the county king draw Dong's troops from Nanyang?"

"Not many, there are only more than a thousand people testing at Jindou Pass for the time being."

Zhang Jue became more and more embarrassed, staring at the map and thinking about whether he could transfer troops from Weinan and Huazhou to support Tongguan, and also thought that the troops in Lantian area had been taken away by Li Xia.

In this way, if Liu Zheng kills Lantian, opens Wuguan from the back, and Dong Wen pinches Li Xia back and forth, the consequences will be disastrous...

Suddenly, Lin Zi walked out of the tent and took an urgent letter.

"Look Shuai Zhang! Here we come..."

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Liu Zheng's purpose was indeed to hold back Zhang Jue's troops, and to create an opportunity for Liu Yuan's [-] descendants to capture Tongguan from the west.

To keep these descendants alive, Tongguan must be conquered.

Then, it would be a good deal for him to contain Zhang Jue's troops with the [-] Tan Ma Red Army.

Zhang Jue's infantry chasing cavalry requires several times his strength...

This is exactly what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, "He who is good at fighting will be able to harm others but not others." Li Xia's mobilization of the Dong family's troops is exactly the same art of war.

There are only a few tactics in the art of war, just keep them in mind when you use them.

What makes Liu Zheng so powerful is that as soon as he entered the pass, he intuitively asked the eldest son to lead his descendants to Tongguan.

The attack on Chang'an seems to be a great achievement, but in fact, the Song army must save it, which is an adventure.

Sure enough, he was killed by that idiot Yi Shu'an.

Now that the main force in Guanzhong is still there, where does Li Xia fight Shi Tianze in Nanyang?

Wuguan?Shangzhou?This is the closest place.

In other words, is the Southern Song army empty in Chang'an?

Thinking of this, Liu Zheng thought he could continue to Chang'an.

For one thing, approaching Chang'an will cause tremors in the Guanzhong, which will surely attract the support of defenders from all over the country, which will help Liu Yuan break through Tongguan;
Second, if the south of Chang'an is really empty of troops, they can go out of Wuguan, save their lives, and even make great contributions;
Three, Chang'an is the most affluent place in Guanzhong, which can be plundered, and if A Shu and Yang Dayuan have already invaded Guanzhong, they can take the first place...

He no longer intends to attack Chang'an with 3000 men, but if he dares to bring 12 men to take Xinyang, he is really not afraid to take [-] cavalry to wander around Guanzhong.

With the idea set, Liu Zheng quickly came up with a strategy.

He was surrounded by Zhang Jue around Luchi, first he pretended to go east, pretending to capture Pujin Ferry, and then quickly made a detour, bypassed Luchi, escaped Zhang Jue's encirclement, and went straight to Gaoling County.

Because [-] miles south of Gaoling County is Dongwei Bridge.

After crossing the East Wei Bridge and destroying the bridge, you can calmly detour south of the Wei River to find fighters.

They ran wildly for more than a hundred miles in half a day, and at night, although Liu Zheng's army had not reached Gaoling County, it had reached a river north of Gaoling County.

The name of the river is Qinghe, and there are several villages and towns beside the river, Qinghe Town in the east, Hekou Town in the middle, and Fenglin Town in the west.

Without saying a word, the three thousand Mongolian troops split up and headed towards the three towns...

(End of this chapter)