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Chapter 759 Strategic Advantages and Disadvantages
Chengdu.

Zhang Hongdao walked into Liu's mansion, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a big "Dian" character.

Liu Heima has been buried, but the Liu brothers are still kneeling in the mourning hall.

Liu Yuanzhen's expression was sluggish, his eyes were red and swollen, he raised his head, saw Zhang Hongdao seemed to have something to say after the worship, so he got up and asked him to speak in the courtyard.

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"A letter from the north. The state affairs are urgent now. I hope you don't have to keep your filial piety and rush to Tongguan as soon as possible."

As Zhang Hongdao said, his face was also a bit embarrassed.

But he still had to convey what should be conveyed.

"After the recovery of Jindouguan, the king of the county intends to lead his troops to Longxi immediately, and there must be someone in the east of Guandong."

Liu Yuanzhen nodded and said, "I understand. My father also said before he was alive that state affairs must be the most important thing. I will set off tomorrow."

"Brother Zhong Ju can be considerate." Zhang Hongdao also expressed emotion.

"But I don't know what the situation is now, and I'm afraid I might miss something."

"After defending the east, we have to defend the west. Fortunately, Li Fen and Song Ting have restrained many Mongolian troops at the moment, and they can spare some troops to support Guanlong."

"Time difference." Liu Yuanzhen muttered.

Because Li Xia is good at beating the time difference, he has also suffered a disadvantage.

Although Liu Yuanzhen was not going to Longxi to meet the enemy this time, but the opponent was Ashu, he felt a headache even thinking about it.

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Fengxiang Mansion.

Lian Xixian looked at the map and deduced it, and he was sure that Ah Shu was going to attack Gongchang Mansion.

There are only two or three ways to pass through Guanzhong vertically and enter Guanzhong, and they must pass through Fengxiang Mansion.

Only by him guarding Fengxiang Mansion can Ah Shu not be able to enter Guanzhong directly.

But it couldn't prevent Ashu from crossing Guanshan horizontally.

This is a large range of movement. No matter how many troops our side has, it is impossible to completely block so many ancient Guanshan roads.

Unless Ashu can be ambushed on a certain dangerous road.

But in terms of grand strategy, it is not possible for the time being, because the cavalry led by A Shu is highly maneuverable and holds the initiative to attack, so there are too many choices at the moment.

Need to wait for the battlefield to shrink again.

Lian Xixian then compared this battle with the battle of Longxi.

Ashu attacked Long from the north, which can be compared to Hunduhai; Lian Xixian, who was in Fengxiang, could be compared to Liu Heima; Li Zengbo, who was in Gongchang, could be compared to Wang Liangchen.

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First, it is always the people who suffer, and always have been.

When Alan Da'er went to join Liupan Mountain and Hunduhai, he burned, killed and looted in Guanzhong all the way, causing some of the people in Guanzhong to flee to Hanzhong.

Kublai Khan didn't blame him back then, Lian Xixian felt uneasy in his heart; now it's different, the palace he works for cares about these things very much, and the pressure is even greater.

However, it cannot be avoided.

strategically passive.

Although the Mongolian army could pull out a maximum of 5000 troops in Liangzhou, A Shu only led [-] people to attack, and had no plans to annex Guanlong in a decisive battle.

Counting the garrison troops, the Song army had more than [-] troops in Longxi, distributed in Lintao Mansion, Gongchang Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, and the entire Longshan defense line.

It seems to have an advantage in terms of strength.

But Ashu's ability to use troops is far better than that of Hunduhai, and he is also much more flexible.

Hunduhai was hesitant, and finally chose the worst strategy to attack Guanlong, and the army went directly to find the main force of Guanlong for a decisive battle.

Ashu sneaks out of the middle way and intersperses in a roundabout way.

Detours will expand the battlefield, and interspersed will expand the damage. He has 5000 soldiers at each front, and the Song army cannot concentrate its forces.

First harass and destroy, and break the Song army's defense line more and more.After waiting for Li Fen to be pacified, there will be more reinforcements before annexing Guanlong.

Ashu's main attack all the way, there must be a general whose ability is not weaker than his defense.In the Guanlong area, there are roughly five to six directions of attack, which is equivalent to five to six Ashu to keep one Ashu out, and three to five times as many troops.

This is the strategic advantage of the Mongolian cavalry. They can always find the weakness of the defense line and attack the enemy's weakness by going round and round.

The Mongolian cavalry swept the world in 60 years, annihilating Xixia and Jin, more than [-] countries and more than [-] ethnic groups.

Only in places where rivers and lakes such as Lianghuai and Jinghu in the Song Dynasty could not be detoured, and in places with high mountains and precipitous mountains such as Sichuan and Shu could only face fortified cities, Mengqi's advantages could not be brought into play.

Longxi is different, unlike Guanzhong and Hanzhong, which are surrounded by fortresses, and it is not like Sichuan and Shu that can move the city to a high mountain.

Although the current situation is bad, they have used their strategic vision to make up for the strategic disadvantage of defending the Mongolian cavalry.

No matter how Ashu went around, he still had to attack Gongchang Mansion, at least he couldn't enter Guanzhong and Hanzhong.

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What Lian Xixian has to do now is to determine whether Li Zengbo can hold A Shu in Gongchang Mansion.

If he can, he can surround the past and surround A Shu, and this battle will be victorious.

If he couldn't, he had no choice but to try his best to defend Fengxiang Mansion and prevent Ashu from entering Guanzhong, which would be considered a half loss.

But there are worse cases.

Ashu's march, the route is difficult to calculate, once it is not delayed...

Lian Xixian even believes that it is possible that Ashu suddenly entered Chengdu from the deserted Yinping Ancient Road.

This is the most annoying point.

"It's hard to sleep and eat..."

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To the west of Gongchang, Shuangquan Town.

"I don't really want to attack Gongchang Mansion."

A Shu casually threw away a woman's body, wiped the bloody scimitar on his leg, and said with a thoughtful look in his eyes, "I still want to enter Guanzhong and circle around like an eagle." circle, come back after catching prey.”

"But Bruhague's dog son is blocking Guanshan, you can't kill Guanzhong."

It was Kuo Duan's son, Tie Bilie, who answered.

After Tie Bilie finished speaking, he was afraid of offending Ah Shu, so he added a sentence, "It's not that we can't kill Guanzhong, but it's better to attack Gongchang Mansion."

A Shu said: "It would be great if I could find a way to fight to Hanzhong."

"Hanzhong?"

Ashu sneered and said, "Go to Hanzhong, kill Li Xia's family, and then enter Guanzhong."

Tie Bilie had to remind: "No matter which road you take to Hanzhong, if you don't take down Gongchang, Li Zengbo can block your asshole."

"Gongchang's defenses are strong, and Li Zengbo has a large army in command. It's pointless to bite him hard, and it will be troublesome if he is dragged back."

Ashu was only 28 years old at the time, and his face was already full of prestige.

He is no longer the son of Marshal Du, but the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army of the Great Mongolian Kingdom who once fought through the Song Dynasty.

In addition to the majesty, the sharp killing intent in his eyes also makes people shudder.

But with such a ferocious appearance, what he said was very cautious.

"A cavalryman can go wherever he wants, but he cannot be held back."

Tie Bilie still said the same thing, "The problem is that the road to the south is blocked, and you can't go anywhere without hitting Gongchang."

"Damn Li Zengbo!"

Ashu spat displeasedly, got on the horse, and said: "Then kill Li Zengbo first, let's go..."

This time they led a team of cavalry to bypass Gongchang, and came to the west to burn, kill and loot in a small way, making news that the Mongolian army was everywhere, causing panic in the Song army, and disrupting Li Zengbo's deployment.

After killing a whole town, the cavalry headed east to join the main force.

Dust and smoke whizzed by all the way.

Half a day later, Ah Shu saw his main force, marching towards Gongchang.

The first thing that catches the eye are the many captives, that is, the arrow feed.

The Mongolian army organized them into groups of ten, and each group was escorted by a Mongolian soldier.

"too slow."

Ashu reined in the reins, and watched Kekou walking around, quite impatiently.

"The march is too slow, I really want to kill them all."

Tie Bilie was startled and said: "If you want to use up the Song army, how can you kill them all now? What? You don't want to attack Gongchang anymore?"

Although Ah Shu was irritable, his eyes were always full of thinking, and finally said: "It's okay to attack once, at least attract the troops of the Song Army first, and see where the troops are empty."

He seems to be subconsciously weighing whether the next march is dangerous, sensitive and fickle.

Tie Bilie didn't know Ashu very well, he just felt that he was too casual in fighting.

One idea after another, changing one's mind all the time, making people wonder.

It is this fickleness that makes people feel inexplicably dangerous.

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Li Bing, one of the arrow fodder, was being driven away.

His basket had been lost, along with his hope of living.

He also wanted to resist, but it was impossible for him to resist the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops wearing armor, swords and cavalry bows as he was unarmed.

When a fire broke out in Tongwei County and countless corpses piled up into a mountain of corpses and burned, he knew that his mother and sister must not have survived.

The pain was too much for him to bear.

Gradually, I didn't dare to think about anything, and my heart was ashamed.

After two days, Li Bing seemed a little numb.

So he could only be driven like a dog, staggering along.

Ahead, a beam of smoke rises.

Li Bing looked up and saw Gongchang City...

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"Enemy attack!"

Above Gongchangcheng, Lu Xiaoyou raised his binoculars and watched the Mongolian flag gradually approaching, his face became more serious.

The anger in his eyes was getting heavier, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and touched the cannon beside him.

There are only [-] artillery pieces in the whole of Sichuan and Shaanxi, so they are not placed in places like Tongguan and Jindouguan that can be defended.Instead, it is placed in an important town that is difficult to defend.

Looking at the people who were driven here, Lu Xiaoyou wished he could smash the Mongolian general under the banner with one cannonball.

"Master."

"Master."

Calls sounded from around, Lu Xiaoyou turned his head and saw Li Zengbo walking up to the top of the wall.

"Ashu is here... so many people have been captured, and it's all my fault."

There was deep helplessness in Li Zengbo's old eyes, and he stood there muttering to himself.

The old marshal looked a little crazy at this time.

"But Ashu can come and fight me. The front is not blocked, but the back is still blocked. It's not the worst. Fight me..."

(End of this chapter)