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Chapter 806 Yellow River Dragon Teng
It has been more than four years since Mengge's death to Kublai Khan's full attack on Long, and Li Xia has been going smoothly.

At least in these years of wars, he has been winning and making great strides in regaining Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Longxi, Dali, and Hexi.

But in this first month of the fourth year of Xianding, Li Xia had already felt the long-lost sense of oppression not long after the war started in full swing...

Although Shi Tianze had the ability to defend the Eastern Front, he was not without offense.

In fact, the Mongolian army's attack on Hancheng was very effective.

If it were an ordinary general commanding a fierce attack regardless of the cost, no matter how many people were killed or injured, the effect might not be as good as Shi Tianze's safe offensive.

You know, Li Xia immediately began to deploy defenses after regaining Guanzhong. For more than two years, many fortifications have been built along the Yellow River. There are countless deep trenches and hidden fortifications outside Hancheng.

Shi Tianze didn't need to think about it to know that apart from these deep trenches and hidden barriers, Li Xia must have other traps.

Just like when he was in Diaoyu City back then, he saw with his own eyes that when the battle with Li Xia was in full swing, Shizishan exploded...

In short, he had a premonition that if the Mongolian army attacked fiercely, they would suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, Shi Tianze's choice was to advance layer by layer, destroying the defense line outside Hancheng layer by layer.

This is only on the surface.

On the surface, Shi Tianze was attacking Hancheng steadily, trying to advance to the west of the Yellow River to fight Li Xia.

Secretly, he was actually preparing to attack the Heyang Camp of the Song Army, not to occupy the West Bank stronghold, but to block Li Xia to death.

The reason is also simple. If Li Xia is attacked fiercely, the Mongolian army will suffer heavy losses under the defense line after line, but after finally advancing to Li Xia, he can still escape to Chang'an.Then we will continue to attack Chang'an, and we don't know when we will fight.

So Shi Tianze relaxed on the surface, pretending to preserve his strength, and then quietly blocked Li Xia's retreat, and then killed Li Xia. Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Sichuan, and Dali could all be calmed down easily, all in one battle.

This is how he plays.

Although others will say that "1 to [-] troops have confronted more than [-] people for more than half a month, and there has been no progress", but ordinary people will never be sure about such things as war.

The battle in Hancheng continued until the twentieth day of the first lunar month in such a steady manner, but the Song army gradually became anxious...

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"Ah Lang, we seem to be thinking wrong."

It was night, and after the whole day's fighting ended, Han Qi'an took a few letters and newspapers to read, and pondered: "Before we said that the longer the war, the better for us, and I hope that Shi Tianze will not come. Attack fiercely, but if we continue like this, I'm afraid the other roads won't be able to hold on."

The letters in his hand were letters asking for help from various places, probably sent a few days ago. Both Tongguan and Wuguan said that their troops were insufficient and needed support.

Li Xia said: "We were right. It is true that the longer the war drags on, the better it is for us. The problem now is that some places cannot be dragged on."

Han Qi'an couldn't help sighing, feeling deeply helpless.

Looking at the entire battlefield, Li Xia has used the least troops to face the strongest Mongolian army.If Shi Tianze attacked violently, it would be very difficult to resist.

"That's right. Just now I was thinking that if I can fight Shi Tianze quickly, I will go to support other directions after victory. But thinking about it again, it is almost impossible to quickly defeat 8 people with more than [-] people."

"Looking at the history books, there are many battles in which fewer people win more battles, and the comparison of numbers is more exaggerated, but the opponents are different."

"Shi Tianze has too few flaws?"

"He's so steady."

Li Xia walked out of the garrison building, stood by the city wall and looked at the Yellow River in the dark night, and said, "I haven't found many loopholes in Shi Tianze these days, but he has already pushed the defense line to the edge of Hancheng."

"Then what should we do with these requests for help?" Han Qi'an stepped out and asked, "Should we transfer troops from Chongqing or Hanzhong?"

"No. If we adjust again, Chongqing and Hanzhong will be completely empty. If they are empty, all kinds of monsters and monsters who didn't dare to take our ideas will appear, and the situation will only get worse... Ask Zhang Jue for help and let him share more Some, more or less dispatch some troops to support me."

"Support Hancheng?"

"Well, transfer 3000 people to Huazhou first, and support Tongguan or Wuguan at any time."

"This……"

Li Xia raised his hand to stop the words behind him, and said, "Mobilize troops. If the other lines of defense fail, it is useless to defend the Yellow River."

But Han Qi'an still said: "Ah Lang thinks deeply, how can such a long line of defense of the Yellow River be defended?"

Li Xia seemed to sigh slightly.

"Then use all our arrangements on the Yellow River in advance."

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Shi Tianze soon discovered that Li Xia had transferred his troops elsewhere.

This is simply a humiliation to him.

Looking at the various Mongolian armies today, the 6 troops in command of Hedan are facing the nearly 2 Song troops in Hexi and the [-] to [-] Song troops in Longxi; Dong Wenbing's [-] people are attacking the nearly [-] Song troops in Jinling Pass and Tongguan...

After all, only Shi Tianze and Li Xia had the biggest difference in strength, five or six times.And Li Xia transferred some of his troops away, and the number of troops on the Yellow River defense line was no more than [-], and the gap had reached eight times.

As Zhang Hongfan reminded at the beginning, if soldiers and horses from other routes get a chance, but Shi Tianze cannot hold back Li Xia with a fierce attack, the battle may change.

Now that Li Xia has transferred his troops to other places, it can be seen that Dong Wenbing, Jidu, Dong Wenwei, or even Yang Dayuan or the Sudan farther away must have pushed into Guanlong. If these troops were lost because Li Xia sent people to support them Even Shi Tianze couldn't afford the opportunity.

Therefore, on the 22nd, the Mongolian army finally launched a fierce attack on the west bank of the Yellow River.

The weather was not good that day, the cold wind was blowing from northeast to southwest.Roll up the snowflakes and throw them on the faces of Song soldiers.

The Mongolian army came on ice from the east bank of the Yellow River.

There were 5 people fighting this time, forming a huge battle, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth, with no end in sight.

With such a force, there is actually no way for every soldier to come into contact with the Song army.After all, the entire Yellow River defense line of the Song army was less than 1 people, and after the Hancheng defenders mobilized more than 3000 people, the maximum number was [-].

Most of the Mongolian army only needs to stand behind.

But it is by no means meaningless, with them standing behind, the Mongolian army in the front will think that this battle must be won, and the Song army will be afraid when they see so many enemies.

Fighting is all about psychology, whoever thinks that their side will lose first, then they will really lose, and someone will immediately surrender.

Just like when Meng Ge conquered Shu, what he asked for was that the Song army could surrender in anticipation of the wind.If it is true that every mountain city is defended like Kuzhu Pass and Diaoyu City, let alone 20 Mongolian troops, even [-] Mongolian troops will not be able to defeat Sichuan and Shu.

Momentum matters...

The horn sounded, and the Mongolian army began to charge.

They are not dense, but spread out.

Because of the experience...

"boom!"

A shell shot out from the top of Hancheng City, piercing through the bodies of four Mongolian soldiers and smashing through the ice of the Yellow River.

Someone screamed and rolled on the river. The Mongolian soldiers stepped forward and stabbed the screaming comrade to death.

They looked at the ice hole again with lingering fear, but the scattered formation made the damage caused by the shells not high.

Only arrived at the west bank, but saw another high ice wall ahead.

The Mongolian soldiers were a little annoyed when they saw the ice wall.

It is these fortifications that are constantly being demolished and built that make it impossible for them to surround Hancheng.

But today was different. Marshal Shi ordered that no troops be withdrawn unless Li Xia was punished.

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"Huh...huh..."

Ge Shun ran at the forefront of the Mongolian army.

He is a soldier under Zhang Hongfan's command, and he loves Zhang Hongfan very much.

Ge Shun always remembered that during the months when Jinan was besieged, he fell ill, and his general came to visit him in person and asked the doctor to treat him carefully with medication.

Only this little thing can make him remember for a lifetime.

He is a lowly man, he has been in the army for so many years, Zhang Hongfan is the general who cares most about him.

What's more, Zhang Hongfan's governance must be rewarded and punished.After Jinan was broken, Zhang Hongfan sent all the coffins of the soldiers who died in battle back to their hometowns. Those who had military merits but were not rewarded, Zhang Hongfan distributed his rewards to the soldiers...

Therefore, Ge Shun was willing to fight to the death for Zhang Hongfan.

But Zhang Hongfan said, "You are not fighting for me, you are fighting for yourselves, for your family, for your career and future."

In the end, Zhang Hongfan hit the hearts of these soldiers with one sentence.

"The one who beheads Li Xia today will be crowned a knight, and will not be hereditary. Instead, he will become a wealthy person."

This was not the first time Ge Shun had attacked Hancheng. Every time he encountered an ice wall in the past, he would smash it open with a cannon cart from a distance.

During the attack a few days ago, the Mongolian army smashed countless ice walls, and the Song army continued to rebuild overnight.

Now the strength of the Song army in Hancheng has been significantly reduced, and the Song army is finally unable to rebuild. Today, they only smashed a few cracks in the ice wall in front of them, and the army ordered to charge.

Ge Shun then carried the knife through the crack in the ice wall, raised his head, and could already see the banner of the Song Army on Hancheng.

The "Li" means that Li Xia is at the head of the city.

As long as he climbed to the top of the city and beheaded the general to capture the flag, he would be the first.

"boom!"

Another shell fell, and it hit Ge Shun not far away.

He quickly got down on the ground, only then did he realize that he had stepped on the west bank of the Yellow River, and the ground was no longer ice, but icicles with sand.

Without thinking about it, the screams sounded, and the flesh and blood splattered all over him like rain.

This rain of blood came from several comrades who were crushed by shells.

Ge Shun got up, surrounded by stumps and viscera, and the fishy smell made people sick.In just a short while, someone has already rushed in front of him, wanting to fight for Li Xia's head and the hereditary title.

There are really too many Mongolian troops, and they have been attacking Hancheng steadily for too long. Everyone knows that the marshal and generals plan to break the city today.

Unwilling to let him down, Ge Shun quickly moved his legs and ran wildly.

He used to be a cavalry soldier, and it was not easy for him to ride a horse when he crossed the Yellow River on ice, and today was a siege battle, and all the soldiers dismounted and fought on foot.

This section of the road is not far away, and the small city wall of Hancheng is already in sight.

There are still many Minzhuang and Qukou carrying ladders around, but it will be their cover.

However, while running, Ge Shun suddenly stopped.

He leaned forward and almost fell to the ground, but not far in front of him, those soldiers, Min Zhuang, and Kekou who were charging all fell into a ditch.

Only the ladders and various siege equipment remained on the trench.

There were screams one after another, and then rockets fired from the top of the city.

Some soldiers who fell into the ditch climbed out, carrying bamboo poles and branches that pierced their bodies, and the fire suddenly burst out of the ditch.

"what!"

Ge Shun stared wide-eyed, and saw distorted faces in front of him.

He was startled, and subconsciously shrank back...

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Shi Tianze raised the jade and amethyst binocular given to him by Ahema to watch the battle, and shook his head.

He turned to Zhang Hongfan who was standing behind him, sighed, and said, "See? This is the result of you persuading me not to 'hesitate'."

Zhang Hongfan bowed, and said: "Shi Shuai is right to worry. Attacking Li Xia by force will indeed cause heavy losses. I would like to lead the army myself and go to the top of the wall first."

He didn't think his proposal was wrong.

There are bound to be heavy casualties in a strong attack, but how can there be no casualties in a war?
If the soldiers are injured or injured, they can be recruited again, but if the opportunity to kill Li Xia is missed, there will be no more.

And Shi Tianze's strategy is not necessarily wrong, there is no right or wrong in the battlefield, only winners and losers.

At this time, facing Zhang Hongfan's challenge, Shi Tianze nodded slowly.

He didn't intend to send Shi Ji or Shi Ge to grab credit.

This battle seemed simple, but Shi Tianze didn't think Li Xia would lose so easily, so why not let Zhang Hongfan take the credit?

Presumably there are still many ambushes along the way from the Yellow River to the city of Hancheng.

Originally, Zhang Hongfan dispatched only ordinary soldiers under his command.At this time, Shi Tianze's order was received, and then began to lead the elite troops to prepare to attack the city.

This timing is good for him.

Sure enough, when the horn sounded, Zhang Hongfan's banner moved forward, and several nearby soldiers and horses saw that Zhang Hongfan wanted to grab the credit, and they all attacked with all their strength.

……

When Ge Shun heard the horn, he turned his head and saw his general leading the troops coming to support him, his morale was greatly boosted.

At this time, the fire in the trench ahead had gradually extinguished.

The soldiers of the Mongolian army began to shovel snow into the trenches, covered the charred corpses, spread wooden planks, and began to ascend the city against the arrow rain of the Song army.

Ge Shun had already kept an eye out, instead of rushing to the front foolishly, he let those Min Zhuang and Ke Kou go to die first.

I don't know how many more trees and stones were smashed down from the top of the city. When layers of corpses piled up, Zhang Hongfan's elite soldiers finally reached the bottom of the city.

Ge Shun couldn't dodge any more, he grabbed the single knife and climbed up the ladder.

This time it was luck beyond his expectation, the wood and rocks that kept being pushed down didn't hit him, the ladder didn't get pushed away, and the golden juice didn't splash on him.

Ge Shun jumped onto the top of the wall amidst the miserable cries of his comrades around him.

He was not the first to climb up, but he was determined to be the first to take down the city...

There are really very few Song troops on the top of the city.

Much less than expected, even the battlements are not full.

The big banner was already more than thirty steps in front of him...

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Zhang Hongfan was rushing to the bottom of the city, and when he looked up, he saw that the soldiers under his command were climbing the city wall with all their strength.

He was a little surprised that it went so smoothly.

But it was foreseeable that only this small city with thousands of people garrisoned could no longer survive the long-term offensive.

No matter how many people die, he will take it down...

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Ge Shun saw Li Xia, who was wearing armor under the big banner, surrounded by the Song army.

Li Xia didn't turn his head to look at Ge Shun, but was looking ahead seriously, raising his hand as if he was directing something.

"Order, one at a time."

Ge Shun rushed forward.

At this moment, he was really close to his career.

As long as he pierces through those layers of Song army and kills Li Xia, he will not only repay General Zhang's great favor, but also be ennobled and rich for generations.

"Kill!"

"puff"

A column of Song soldiers rushed up with their spears and pierced Ge Shun mercilessly.

It seemed that they were a little distracted just now, and when they came back to their senses, they easily pushed him out of the city.

At the moment when he fell off the top of the wall, Ge Shun suddenly heard the loud noise of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking.

The sound was not artillery.

He was already very familiar with the Song Army's artillery, and this time it was even louder.

Blood splashed from Ge Shun's chest, and he turned his head to look at the Yellow River.

The surface of the river has long been turned into a glacier, and there are densely packed Mongolian troops standing on the glacier, hidden in the wind and snow, boundless.

The spectacular scene of the formation of the army had inspired him and given him great confidence that the Mongolian army would surely win.

Just upstream, however, the ice is bursting open.

"boom!"

Numerous fine lines appear instantly.

It looked like a huge dragon was hiding under the Yellow River, and when it was about to turn over at this time, it actually wanted to overturn and smash the entire continuous glacier.

"boom!"

In his dream, Ge Shunru tried to widen his eyes to see what happened.

He seemed to be able to see the giant dragon rising from the Yellow River in the next moment.

"Oh!"

But the next moment, his body had already smashed under the city wall, smashed to pieces...

　Added an update for the leader "Taiyuan Prince Brown Qiu Comes", thank you for the reward, should have added an update earlier, but it was too late to write, so I added it today, sorry.There is also a lord and a silver lord, I will add more when I am not stuck, thank you very much~~
　　
　
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