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Chapter 803
The Mongolian army is strong, it should be only a small city, it is destined to be unable to defend, and it can only be used to delay the offensive of the Mongolian army. At present, the situation is at most a few more days, and it is necessary to arrange the retreat of infantry and civilians in advance To the south of the city.

But how to do it under the watchful eyes of the Mongolian army is also a problem.

Before the military meeting, Li Zengbo had some calculations in his mind, pointing to the map to make arrangements.

Lu Xiaoyou was ordered to go first with Min Zhuang who was rescued today, Li Zeyi was ordered to lead the army to support, and Li Zengbo planned to continue to guard Yingli County to stop the Mongolian army...

All the generals took their orders, but Li Zeyi dared to ask Li Zengbo to support the troops retreating south, and let him guard the city and break the rear.

The reason is also very good. After withdrawing to the city in the south, Li Zengbo still needs to build a defense line.

The matter was settled in this way, Li Zeyi grabbed the most difficult and most meritorious job, and she was full of ambition.

……

Yingli City faces the Yellow River to the west, the vast desert to the east, Xingqing Mansion to the north, and Lanzhou to the south.

Of course, the Mongolian army can bypass it and walk directly across the Yellow River to Longxi on ice.

However, if the Song army's stronghold in Hexi is not pulled out, and there are a large number of cavalry, they can harass the Mongolian army's rear at any time. The Mongolian army cannot ignore the Song army in Hexi.

In the next few days, the Mongolian army continued to storm Yingli City, conscripted a large amount of labor from Xingqing Mansion, made artillery vehicles, and continuously bombarded the city wall.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of the Lantern Festival, Li Zeyi saw that she was about to be unable to hold on, so she finally ordered to retreat.

However, the cavalry had only been out of the city for more than [-] miles, and there were fast horses ahead, but the artillery team was stuck in the desert, moving slowly, hoping that Li Zeyi would stop the Mongolian army for a while.

The voice on this side has just fallen, and the dust and smoke are billowing in the north, and the Mongolian army has already caught up.

The battle begins at the junction of the oasis and the desert.

The more than [-] Song troops first faced the more than [-] Mongolian troops who had outflanked them, and Li Zeyi immediately ordered to fight.

The two sides fought fiercely for a whole day, and each had many casualties. The Song army gained the upper hand with the help of thunderbolt cannons, crossbows, cotton armor and other weapons.

However, before they could defeat the Mongolian army, more and more Mongolian troops were rushing everywhere.

Li Zeyi looked from afar, and even saw the banner of the Mongolian King Hedan, and he couldn't help but tremble.

"Breakthrough!"

This was not the time to show off, so Li Zeyi rode away first, using the flag to lead the troops to retreat.

He has already completed the task of covering the main force, and has also used Yingli City to delay the Mongolian army for half a month.

But on this field battlefield, the advantages of the Mongolian army's numbers and proficiency in riding and shooting finally emerged. Soon, a group of cavalry surrounded the Song army's retreat route and opened a line of defense.

"Kill it out!"

The cavalry collided with the cavalry, and the cavalry fell heavily to the ground amidst the wailing of the horses.

……

Li Bing was in this army, and gradually realized that he had fallen into a desperate situation unknowingly.

If he hadn't suddenly decided to join the army that night outside Lanzhou, he might be warming himself by a fire in a safe place.

But strangely he has no regrets.

At this moment, there was no time for him to think about these things at all. He raised his spear clumsily and charged forward, remembering the main points of the usual training in his mind.

Twenty steps, urging the horse to run at full speed, the spear is steady, and the other hand holds the rein tightly.

Getting closer……

With a sudden movement of the spear, it was sent into the body of an enemy soldier. Li Bing failed to hold the spear, and the spear fell to the ground. At the same time, the reins were tightened. Killed out of the gap.

"Those who broke through, let's go!"

"Bah..."

More and more Song troops came out of the encirclement, gathered spontaneously, and pulled out the formation again.

Li Bing looked back and saw that Li Zeyi's banner was still standing surrounded by the enemy soldiers.

"The main general is surrounded by the Mongolian army..."

"go!"

Li Bing didn't want to leave, and thought that the deputy commander and the two commanders should lead the troops back to rescue Li Zeyi.

But no, the command flag in the encirclement waved, signaling to split up and break through.

This reminded Li Bing of the slap he received at the gate of the city on the day he rescued the captive, which made him dare not disobey his orders.

They rode their horses and galloped south from the edge of the vast desert, and the shouts of killing behind them became farther and farther away.

Li Bing looked back again, and saw that the big flag was still standing there...

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"Damn it, I saw three banners of ten thousand households..."

Li Zeyi, who was surrounded, watched more and more enemies encircling her, and she didn't know whether it was despair or pride.

In today's fight, he has already seen a Mongolian king who is in charge of three thousand households, and the number of thousands of households is uncountable.

With this kind of force, there is no way to escape. On the contrary, he felt that he was able to block the tens of thousands of Mongolian troops with Li Zengbo for so many days, which is really a bit remarkable.

When Wang Shixian surrendered to Mongolia, what he faced was just such a force.

Surrender is possible, and it's not like Li Zeyi didn't think about it... But there is no such atmosphere in the army. The army is proud of resolute resistance, and the brothers Pao Ze all look down on those who bow and kneel.

Li Zeyi couldn't help thinking that she died because she couldn't bear the shame, she was panicked.But if you firmly believe that the county king can accomplish things, even if you die in battle today, you will still be able to keep your family safe and wealthy, and you will not lose money.

Compared with the third uncle who was identified and died by Wang Zhongchen, it is much better...

Her mind was in a mess for a moment, and Li Zeyi had already slashed on a pawn's leather armor.

His long weapon had been shot down a long time ago, and he was holding a steel knife made in Hanzhong. Every knife could slice through the leather armor, but only now did he realize that the blade was curled up.

Looking down, the tiger's mouth was already dripping with blood.

"puff."

At this moment of distraction, a general of the Mongolian army came on horseback, cut Li Zeyi with a scimitar, and killed Li Zeyi under the horse.

In fact, there are not many Song soldiers left in the siege, only the blood flowing all over the ground...

~~
Sudden thrust out and carried Li Zeyi's head all the way to Hedan.

"King Zong, you have captured Yingli City and wiped out this Song army."

He Dan nodded, and said a few words of encouragement.

"There are fewer and fewer truly brave warriors on the grassland. You are very brave. When your uncle withdrew from Liangzhou, you were the only one who could set fire to Liangzhou City. This time, you were the first to make a military exploit... "

Having said that, He Dan just glanced at Li Zeyi's head and didn't care too much.

He looked to the south, waiting for another cavalry to come back and grab the thunderous firearm of the Song Army.

This is the difference between Hedan and Tiebillie.Tie Bilie will only run away when encountering artillery, but He Dan can think of taking it for himself, so he is the commander in chief.

However, after a long time, a general came to report back, saying: "King Baozong, we failed to intercept those Song soldiers, and let them retreat into the Suohanbao in the south with their luggage."

He Dan was furious, and ordered: "Continue to attack, and capture Suohanbao for me. I want these Song troops running around like mice in Hexi to stop my footsteps..."

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Lock Hamburg.

Lu Xiaoyou walked down from the cannon, scolding the Mongolian army.

Since he came back from Lin'an, he has been stuck in this long battle, which seems to be endless.Even his mother delayed talking about his daughter-in-law for him...

Thinking about this, he saw Li Zeyi's troops entering the city to meet him.

"Where are you Li Tongzhi?"

"The control was surrounded by the Mongolian army, and he died in battle..."

Lu Xiaoyou was in a daze for a moment, feeling a sense of unreality.

He has always known that the battlefield is dangerous, and anyone may die in the next moment, but he never thought it would be Li Zeyi, because cavalry generals are the most lacking, and because Li Zeyi's words are ugly.

People who speak badly should not die so easily, the scourge will last for thousands of years.

All night long, Lu Xiaoyou couldn't recover from this trance.

Until dawn, there was a sound of "bang", and the Mongolian army's catapults smashed the stones, and the gravel flew around.

Lu Xiaoyou then responded with artillery.

The cannon blared like thunder, as if his heart was roaring, even though his face was sinking like water.

The small fortress was guarded by artillery for several days, after which Li Zengbo issued another military order.

"Destroy the artillery and withdraw."

Lu Xiaoyou didn't want to, but he could only pull the cannon to the Yellow River, cut through the ice, and watched it sink.

When doing this, he felt very complicated...

At the beginning of the war, all of them had their hearts higher than the sky. They said, "No matter how many Mongolian captives come, they will never return." , the name lasts through the ages."

Everyone wants to be Huo Qubing.

But for thousands of years, there have been several Huo Qubing.

Fighting and fighting, morale gradually declined, and firearms were gradually used up, but the strength and background of the Mongolian army began to show, which finally made the battle more and more difficult.

Lu Xiaoyou looked at his feet, the hole in the ice was gradually freezing again, the winter was still long, and the Yellow River was far from thawing.

Suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder.

"Cry if you want to cry." Li Zengbo sighed in an old voice: "In the eyes of the old man, you are still a baby, and there is no shame in crying."

"Master, I didn't think..."

Lu Xiaoyou still wanted to deny it, but in the end he wiped his eyes.

Li Zengbo said: "It's okay to cry. After crying, go on. When a difficult battle is fought, it depends on who is more tenacious. Don't let go of your anger."

……

In another two days, Li Zengbo had abandoned the Yellow River defense line and withdrew westward to Liangzhou, allowing the Mongolian army to occupy Gaolan County and separate him from Lian Xixian.

The defense lines of Hexi and Longxi were finally cut off by Hedan.

Li Zengbo and Lian Xixian had no choice. Their troops were too small, so they could only defend the city and were passive.

But even though they retreated, they made a strong resistance before every step back, trying their best to make every step of the Mongolian army more difficult.

It was still snowing heavily in Liangzhou, and in the snowstorm, Li Zengbo turned gray with worry.

Under his command, the defense on the western front will not fall apart, but after all, the strength is limited, and it has been retreating steadily...

(End of this chapter)