On October 30th of the first year of Zhenyou's reign, Yang An'er and Liu Anzu formed an alliance at Moqi Mountain in Juzhou. Then they sent out troops, claiming to have 200,000 troops.
Yang An'er returned to Shandong at the beginning of the year. After that, the imperial court changed its reign and emperors, and the central capital suffered military disasters and Mongolian invaders, but no major measures were taken. Many people at that time believed that Yang An'er was weak and timid and did not dare to confront the majesty of the imperial court.
In fact, Yang An'er is a veteran after all, and his actions are justified. In the past six months, he seems to be dormant, but in fact he has been sharpening his claws in order to fight against the great waves again.
Although there have been endless rebellions in Shandong, Yang An'er and Liu Erzu have always been the backbone of the rebels. This time, Yang An'er suddenly launched an attack and united with Liu Erzu, Li Quan and other powerful figures. The momentum was like a thunderous explosion in Shandong, and then it was vigorous and vigorous, and the lingering sound lasted for a long time!
Countless heroes gathered from all directions, put on bright blood-red coats, and went out to attack according to Yang An'er's instructions.
On the first day of November, Juzhou fell and the governor Hengsi died in battle. On the third day of November, Haizhou fell, and many officials died. Only Jia Chenjia, who knew the military and state affairs skills, escaped from the sea. On the fourth day of November, Mizhou fell. Zou Gu, a veteran who had served as the military governor of Dinghai and Taining armies, united his clan to resist, and his whole family was burned.
In the next few days, many Jurchen defense army villages or Meng'an Mooke's forts on Shandong East Road were also surrounded. In the past few decades, the Han people, who had suffered from the imperial court's humiliation and revenge, rose up to attack.
Countless timid and humble farmers broke into the Jurchens' camp with the crudest weapons and poured out their anger. When they returned from the camp, they became warriors who had seen blood, and they all joined Yang An'er's recruitment banner.
Yang An'er's troops and horses were heading towards Muling Pass along the mountain road.
This woodland in the rolling hills was set on fire by the imperial court about four or five years ago. At that time, the imperial court believed that this could reduce the space for the rebels to move in the mountains and destroy the many small villages and camps they had established in the forest.
A few years later, this place still feels like a mountain of green mountains. There are withered yellow grass and iron-gray rocks everywhere, but there are almost no tall trees. Only Shu Shui is sandwiched between the rolling mountains, shining like a silver belt.
Thousands of infantry and cavalry, as well as cattle, horses, donkeys and mules transporting food, heavy armor and equipment, formed a long line in the mountains. The long line twists and turns with the mountain, appearing and disappearing. The four hooves of the animals step on the hard mountain road, making a chaotic and dull roar.
There are also some war horses that are shoed according to the habits of the grassland tribes, and they make a crisper sound, like the impact of armor blades.
This is just the rear group of the army. The front group of the army carries no baggage at all. Each person only carries the food and water for the day. They move forward lightly and have arrived at Muling Pass.
West of Mulinguan Pass.
This pass in Daxian Mountain was once part of the Great Wall built by Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period. Guan Zhong once said that the territory of Qi extends to the sea in the east, the river in the west, Muling in the south, and Wudi in the north. This Muling Pass is an important stronghold in the south of Qi State. During the Wuhu rebellion in China, Murongde established Nanyan, also using Mulingguan as its throat. Liu Yu attacked Nanyan and reached Daxian Mountain. Seeing the danger and being unprepared, he raised his finger to the sky and declared with great joy that the captives were in my hands.
However, because in recent hundreds of years, few separate Shandong provinces have achieved great success, so the ancient Guancheng site on the south side of Daxian Mountain has now become a prosperous commercial town.
In the early years when the Jiaoxi Forging Market in Mizhou was still in existence, many of the tea, spices and medicinal materials obtained from the Forging Market were directly supplied to Yidu through Muling Town, while some of the silk fabrics shipped from Yidu to the Jiaoxi Forging Market were also Part of it is in Muling Town.
The military function of this important pass was mostly transferred to the second city wall at the west exit of the Daxian Mountain Valley, which was called "Daguan".
When the Mongolian army invaded Shandong before, Wanyan Sala placed several more powerful Jurchens in Linqu to guard it. Later, Li Quan led his troops to bypass Yidu and storm Linqu. Seeing that Li was in great difficulty, several Meng'an took the initiative to retreat from Linqu to Muling Pass in the mountains.
Li Quan continued to pursue his troops, so thousands of Jurchen troops had to defend the pass and fought fiercely with Li Quan's troops for several days.
For Li Quan, whether he could break through Muling Pass and welcome Yang An'er and Liu Erzu's troops was the key to the success or failure of his plan. Therefore, they urged the troops and horses for several days and attacked fiercely day and night.
On the top of Daben Mountain outside Daguan, flames shot into the sky and black smoke filled the sky. The sound of killing was loud, and blood and flesh could be seen flying everywhere. Thousands of people were fighting, as if there were ten thousand people in the tragedy.
These Jurchens' Qianhu Department, also known as the field army, was by no means elite. But they were all people who had been stationed in Shandong for several generations, and they knew that east of Muling Pass was the place where Yang An'er and Liu Erzu were extremely powerful. At this point, the army and the people had no way to retreat, and life and death were at stake. Therefore, everyone is brave enough to fight against trapped beasts.
Over the next few days, both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Li Quan held the iron spear for which he was famous in his hand and pointed forward from time to time.
Almost all of his fierce generals Chen Zhi, Tian Si, Zheng Yande and others were injured, but they all fought with great vigor. When Li Quan gave the order, a group of men and horses attacked in the direction pointed by Li Quan under the rain of arrows.
After five consecutive days of fighting and fighting, the rammed earth wall on the right side of the pass collapsed, and this area became the focus. Li Quan sent six teams of troops to this place in succession, and they attacked repeatedly like bloodthirsty beasts.
Li Quan's right-hand man, Yu Man'er, was stabbed in the face and half of his face was chopped off. He was lying on the ground rolling and groaning. Zheng Yande, the next batch of men who came up, didn't care at all. Yu Man'er's eyes were gradually becoming dull and he continued to fight. .
Li Quan was a little anxious.
He suddenly raised an army. Although the momentum was great, there were not enough capable men available, so he bypassed many important towns and went straight to Muling Pass. But if Muling Pass cannot be taken...who knows whether Wanyan Sala will dispatch troops to follow him regardless? Who knows if Yidu Zhang Lin has any other ideas?
He pulled up the iron gun weighing twenty kilograms from the ground and held a gun in his hand: "Let Liu Qingfu lead the headquarters to attack again! If there is no result this time, I will go into battle myself!"
Li Quan's order came out, and Liu Qingfu's troops, who had been recuperating and serving as scouts, gathered from all directions. Flags were erected, and a soldier wearing a brand-new red coat strode forward.
At this moment, a group of soldiers who were fighting with the Jurchens' partial divisions on the top of Daben Mountain suddenly made a fierce noise. The various tribes who were fighting fiercely up and down Guancheng paused briefly because of the noise. Many people were inexplicable and asked each other.
Those fighting on the top of the mountain were led by Li Quan's cousin Li Fu. Li Quan knew that his cousin had extraordinary talents, so he placed him on Mount Daben where it was difficult to expand the front. Hearing the noise, Li Quan was a little worried and hurriedly said to the attendant beside him: "Go and ask what's going on!"
Before the attendants set off, the noise on the mountain had turned into cheers. A soldier ran down from the mountain and stood in front of Li Quan panting: "Marshal! From the direction of Muling Town, the troops of Marshals Yang An'er and Liu Erzu have arrived! There are so many people and horses, I don’t know how many there are!”
"Hahaha! Okay!" Li Quan was overjoyed.
He had always pinned his hopes on the actions of Yang An'er and Liu Erzu, but how could he be completely sure whether these two rebel leaders would really raise troops to respond? At this time, the whole army was anxious about the war situation. He was actually more anxious and worried than the soldiers.
Fortunately, this worry no longer exists. Yang An'er and Liu Erzu are here!
"No need to delay it any longer! The enemy troops are attacked from the front and back, so they will definitely panic. Send an order to all the troops to board the city and attack together. I will personally go into battle and fight decisively!"
Just when Li Quan's troops were furiously attacking, Guo Ning led a small group of cavalry and reined in Li Quan's stronghold, Changyi City.
He looked up at the city and saw that there were not many defenders. There were a few archers on the city tower. They shouted several times and asked Guo Ning's whereabouts, but received no answer. They immediately panicked, hurriedly set up their bows and arrows, and shot over.
The two sides were still far apart, and even if the arrows were fired from top to bottom, they would have little lethality. Moreover, the archer's aim was problematic, and the arrows he fired clattered and landed several feet in front of the horse, posing no threat at all.
Wang Shixian squinted at the movements of the archers and shook his head: "Li Tiejian is really ruthless... He brought all the men who could fight to the direction of Mulinguan."
And Yi La Chucai said to the knights around him: "Don't worry about them. You follow Commander Wang and continue on your way. Tomorrow night, you have to go to Boxing and hand over the tow mine to the Mongolian army. Set off back immediately, the faster the better." good."
Wang Shixian was a little confused: "The sooner the better?"
"Hmm..." Yi Lai Chucai said: "After the Mongolian army welcomes Tuo Lei back, they will definitely take some measures to dilute the failure in Laizhou. In the next few days, Shandong will be in chaos again. I guess they will We may not dare to go deeper, because the unlucky one is either Wanyan Sala or Huang Slap Wudian."
He pointed at the top of the city: "Li Quan is a smart man. If he dared to do this, he probably expected that Wanyan Salara and others would be unable to escape."
Wang Shixian quickly shook the reins and set off: "Then why are you delaying? Let's go quickly."
The cavalry set off again. He moved his horse to stand by the road, stabbing Chu Cai. In a blink of an eye, he saw Tuo Lei riding his horse past with one hand.
Yizai Chucai turned around and saw that Guo Ning was still paying attention to the city of Changyi, so he bowed slightly and said with a smile: "The fourth prince has had a hard time on this trip. Have a safe journey back!"
The hard work is really hard enough.
The arrow wound on Tuo Lei's shoulder kept hurting, and his ribs also hurt. The horses bucked together, causing twitching around the bones, making the pain even worse.
When Tuo Lei was a boy, Genghis Khan's great career had already been accomplished, so he really had never suffered such hardship, and he really didn't have the energy to say anything about it.
He didn't even squint his eyes, and he beat the horse in a reserved manner, as if the assassination of Chu Cai didn't exist, let alone the abominable Guo Ning.
The centurion Naminfu who followed Tuo Lei had traveled between Dezhou and Laizhou several times recently. Tuo Lei appreciated his loyalty and appointed him to accompany him on the return journey. Seeing Tuo Lei's serious face, Na Minfu puffed up his chest and snorted coldly. The hound he raised was very smart and barked twice.
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