Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2307 Dou Xian is blocked, Ma Yuan takes risks

A large number of Yuan Mongolian troops were concentrated in front of Yumen Pass, and Dou Xian could not allow the Yuan Mongolian troops to attack Yumen Pass unscrupulously.

If Yumen Pass is lost, the least consequence will be that Su Dingfang's troops in Xizhou will be completely annihilated, and the entire Xizhou will fall into the hands of the Yuan Mongols.

If the situation gets more serious, the battle situation in Liangzhou will collapse, and the Yuan and Mongolian troops will rush into Siyong. If it really develops to this extent, it will really shake the foundation of the Jin army. The good situation will be lost overnight.

It can be said that Dunhuang can be lost and all of them can die, but they must find ways to hold on to Yumen Pass so that the war situation does not fall to the worst.

Therefore, Dou Xian used the same trick again, hoping to rely on the Golden Fire Cavalry to constantly interfere with Gaisuwen and Mahamu. Just like when he faced Tuolei, there was no need to fight with real swords and guns. As long as the traces of this army appeared nearby, the other side had to be on guard against them.

However, this time, under Maodun's arrangement, Tolui was indeed fully prepared. Within dozens of miles centered on Yumen Pass, there were Yuan Mongolian light cavalry scouts everywhere, plus those eagle trainers. Dou Xian's golden fire cavalry had just appeared, and it wasn't long before Tolui led the scouts and red soldiers to appear nearby.

Dou Xian was not willing to use the Golden Fire Cavalry. He had to continue to fight the enemy head-on with these precious troops. After all, he only had 6,000 Golden Fire Cavalry left.

  Moreover, this golden fire cavalry was painstakingly built by Meng Tian, ​​the Grand Commander of Liangzhou, over many years. If it were all lost here, what would he say to Meng Tian?

On the contrary, Tolui was eager for a battle. Although the Tanma Red Soldiers were also elite troops of the Yuan Mongols, there were very few pure Mongolians in this army. A small part was composed of Mongolized Xianbei people, supplemented by most of the conquered people of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and a small part of the Han people.

To put it bluntly, Tolui was able to be ruthless.

  Moreover, for the Yuan Mongols, if they could capture Xizhou and Liangzhou, what would the loss of a Tanma Red Army matter?

Compared with the final profit, this loss is not worth mentioning!

Therefore, even though they knew that if the two armies met again, it would be a brutal battle like the previous one, and both sides would most likely suffer heavy losses. Even if they defeated the other side, their losses would be almost enough.

However, Tolui still wanted to fight a life-and-death battle with the Golden Fire Cavalry.

If the Golden Fire Cavalry were not constantly patrolling the periphery, they could put all their efforts and attack Yumen Pass with peace of mind.

One didn't want to fight, but the other did. When they were about to approach Yumen Pass, Tolui led the Tanma Red Army to surround them from the flank. Dou Xian didn't even think about it and directly took the Golden Fire Cavalry to evacuate via a detour.

For Dou Xian, there was no point in fighting this battle. Apart from increasing casualties, it would not achieve any strategic or even tactical goals.

Tolui originally wanted to hold on to the Golden Fire Cavalry, but when he was about to push them a certain distance away, his deputy general Touman stopped him.

Touman is Maodun's father. In this life, he is still Maodun's father. However, the relationship between father and son is not good. There is even a sense of hostility between them.

The reason why Touman was also sent here was actually to check and balance Maodun.

However, Maodun was the commander here after all, so he simply decided to out of sight and out of mind, and sent away the two people he didn't want to see.

According to Maodun's order, in order to ensure that the Yuan and Mongolian troops at Yumen Pass could fully attack Yumen Pass, they could only passively move within 50 miles of Yumen Pass. Once Dou Xian's golden fire cavalry left here, they must not continue to push forward to prevent the enemy from luring the tiger away from the mountain.

Although Maodun's actions were somewhat passive, the stability was directly improved.

Even though the relationship between Touman and Maodun was not good, as an old father, he still had a certain understanding of his son.

He knew his son's ruthlessness and cruelty, and if he really disobeyed his orders, Tolui, as a prince of the Yuan Dynasty, would certainly not be in danger of his life. However, Maodun would definitely use this as an excuse to deprive him of his military power and send him to Temujin.

The key is disobeying the general's orders. No matter where it happens, in the world, or under the control of any prince, once such a thing is done, the party will definitely be in the wrong.

Moreover, Maodun might not dare to harm Tolui, the Yuan Mongolian prince, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't deal with him.

Toumanke would never believe that because of the blood relationship between them, Maodun would be merciful when he wanted to attack him.

If he had known that he would give birth to such a bastard, he should have strangled him to death the moment he was born.

It was precisely because of Touman's timely interception that Tolui stopped his pursuit. It was not for any other reason, but just because he did not want Maodun to find an opportunity to attack him and did not want to be criticized.

After that, Dou Xian tried to repeat the same trick again and again, but was stopped by the scouts every time.

Dou Xian was helpless in the face of such strict defense.

  However, it was impossible for him to fight a battle. It was meaningless to fight the Tanma Red Army and both sides would suffer losses. It would not solve the crisis at Yumen Pass. On the contrary, if they fought and both sides suffered losses, what hope would there be at Yumen Pass?

After receiving the information about the Golden Fire Cavalry, Ma Yuan, Meng Ao and Han Qi became more anxious than the other.

It was already a great honor for Ju Yi to use a strong bow and crossbow to save Gai Suwen's face. He couldn't keep doing this. This tactic consumed too many arrows. If all the crossbow arrows in the city were used up, the more fun they had in the early stage, the more miserable they would be in the later stage.

Therefore, afterwards, Gai Suwen used his absolute military advantage to continuously suppress Ju Yi.

  Ma Yuan, Meng Ao, and Han Qi, how could these three people not be anxious?

Now, even the Golden Fire Cavalry were forced to be unable to approach the battlefield easily. At this time, the only troops that could really be used might be those in their Dunhuang City.

As for Su Dingfang of Xizhou, it is not known how long he will have to wait for his support to arrive.

Therefore, they must take action.

They had to act with the determination to die. Even if all of them died, they had to leave a glimmer of hope for Yumen Pass.