Pan Luohuan fled out of the south gate on horseback alone, followed by a group of Mongolian cavalry who were also chasing after him. Although his riding skills are not bad, they are not as good as those of the Mongols.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and soon they are only a stone's throw away. Once within the range of the bow and arrow, the Mongols began to bend their bows and fire arrows. They didn't care whether they were alive or not!
Pan Luohuan was frightened half to death by the rain of arrows behind him, and the Mongolian horse underneath him was not obeying the command. In panic, with a shake of the reins, he rode the horse into the rice fields beside the official road.
He had driven the people to cultivate these rice fields not long ago, and several people died from exhaustion. It's midsummer, and these rice fields look flat and green at first glance, but the fields are full of water and silt, and horses can't move when they're stuck in it.
Pan Luohuan saw that the situation was not good and cried loudly for mercy. The Mongolian cavalry were not willing to listen to his call, and they fired their bows one after another. In an instant, Pan Luohuan was covered with arrows and transformed into a hedgehog.
Naturally, the Mongols would not let the Thunderbolt Army go. However, the Mongols focused their attacks on state capitals and important financial and taxation areas such as Qiongzhou, Meizhou, and Huojing, and repeatedly competed with the Jiading Yuxing tribe for Baizhang County in Yazhou, Jingyan County in Longzhou, and Pengshan County in Meizhou. The Thunderbolt Army in the mountains is not their main target yet.
Moreover, the Hengyuan Fort has been built, so the Mongolian cavalry who are not good at attacking cities will naturally not invade rashly. The last disastrous defeat of Yelu Maizhu's cavalry and Dayi's new auxiliary army at Wanjiabao was still fresh in their memories.
The Mongols' strategy for dealing with the Perak Army was to station a cavalry force of 100 troops each in Chongqing Fucheng, Dayi and Yongkang City. The surrendered traitor troops and Minzhuang would defend the city, while the Mongolian cavalry took turns raiding and seizing the Hengyuan Fort. The Perak Army established settlements in various settlements in the piedmont plains.
Cao Ergou asked Ouyang Xuan several times to attack the three cities and recapture the settlement points, but they were all rejected. Ouyang Xuan's order is simple: stay and stand by.
In Ouyang Xuan's view, it is easy to capture Chongqing Mansion, Yongkang, and Dayi, but it is extremely difficult to defend them during the subsequent Mongolian counterattack.
After the Mongolian army defeated Yu Xing and completely drove his army out of western Sichuan, they turned around and attacked the Perak Army. It was too difficult to defend these three cities, and even if they defended, the cost would be too high for the Perak Army to bear.
At present, the Perak Army has not suffered any losses in this wave of Mongolian attacks. On the contrary, it has gained a lot and gained a lot.
The naval camps in Huaguoshan and Huangjiadang were extremely secretive and were not discovered by the Mongols. Of course, even if the naval camp is discovered, the Mongols can take advantage of the familiar terrain and let the Mongols wander around in the Wugen Mountains and reed swamps, making them return without success.
The same goes for Meihua Village and other mountain strongholds behind Yongkang City. Let alone whether the Mongolian cavalry No. 100 dares to enter the mountain. Even if they can enter the mountain to attack the stronghold, the villagers only need to hold on and they will be able to defeat the Mongolian cavalry who have no offensive weapons. The village sighed.
As for the crop fields occupied by the Mongols, Ouyang Xuan didn't even care. There are still two months left in autumn. Let's let the Mongols occupy it first. It won't be too late for the Perak Army to take it back during the harvest season.
The gain of the Pili Army was the surrender of the Chongqing Prefecture Navy and the surrender of Xinjin City. This increased the navy battalion's elite combat strength by 600, and the number of personnel increased to nearly 1,000. It also allowed the Pili Army to gain a foothold in the hinterland of the plain. Fortified city.
After acquiring Xinjin City, Ouyang Xuan ordered people to transport artillery and a large amount of cement, wood, iron and other building materials. Also accompanying the ship were fortification technicians and military instructors.
The configuration of artillery and reinforced city defenses greatly improved the combat power of Xinjin City. Currently, Huang Dagen personally leads 800 people to garrison Xinjin City, while the Huaguoshan and Huangjiadang camps in the Shuijun Camp are each garrisoned with 100 people.
Since the Mongols did not have a navy in Chongqing Prefecture, the control of the river was completely controlled by the Pili Army. Without warships, the Mongols could not attack Xinjin City, which was surrounded by water on three sides.
Another harvest of the Pili Army was in Qianjiazhai. After the Mongolian army occupied Qiongzhou and Huojing, two important salt and iron financial and taxation areas, they first sent people to recruit Qianjiazhai. After Qian Laoer refused, the Mongols did not send troops to attack. Instead, they sent troops to attack Baizhang County in Yazhou.
Baizhang County is located at the junction of the western Sichuan plain and the western mountainous area. The location of the county seat is also called Baizhang Pass, which is the throat of Jiading Prefecture, Yazhou and Fan District into the western Sichuan Plain.
It was not the Yazhou Xiang army that fought against the Mongolian army at Baizhang Pass, but the elite under Yu Xing. On the one hand, this is because the combat power of the Yazhou army is far inferior to that of Yu Xing's troops. On the other hand, when Yazhou officials see that the prefectures and counties in western Sichuan have surrendered to the Mongols, they have already adopted a fence-sitting mentality and are unwilling to fight to the death.
The fall of Qiongzhou and the repeated tug-of-war between the Mongolian army and the Yu Xing tribe here caused the people to flee to avoid the war. Qianjiazhai, located in the deep mountainous area, also accepted more than 800 refugees, and the houses left vacant after the Qian clan moved away It was packed to the brim, including several salt merchants who brought large quantities of salt.
When Qian Laoer attended the wedding of Cao Ergou and his daughter in Wanjiaping, Ouyang Xuan told him face to face that if the Mongols besieged Qianjiazhai, he would only need to hold on for half a year before things would turn around. At that time, the Perak Army would send troops to relieve Qian. Jiazhai and the armed caravan going south.
At present, Qianjiazhai has a company of troops plus 400 people, a high wall, plenty of food, and artillery. Qian Laoer is confident that there will be no problem if he holds on for half a year.
However, after the Mongols defeated the remnant army of Yu Xing's tribe, they did not come to attack, which disappointed everyone in Qianjiazhai who had already made full preparations.
In fact, in the eyes of the Mongols, these forts in the mountains are not worth the effort to attack. They only need to gradually use political and economic means to control them in the plains.
Compared with the above gains, Ouyang is even more pleased with the inflow of talents. The number of refugees who poured into the Perak Army this time was large, and there were also many talented people among them.
Among the people who surrendered to the rule of the Perak Army, there were many experts in military, cultural, medical and other fields that the Perak Army urgently needed.
On the one hand, all of western Sichuan fell this time, and more people did not want to be slaves under the Mongols' whips and fled.
Different from the previous invasions of Shu by the Mongolian army, this time the Mongolian army adopted Liu Heima's strategy of equal emphasis on force and political offensive. It did not adopt a scorched earth policy, but prepared to occupy it permanently.
However, although the Mongols no longer blindly burned, killed and raped, and appointed many Song army generals to help manage the place, they also brought the Mongols' barbaric and rough governance methods to Shu.
These Mongolians would take whatever they saw, and if there was any obstruction, they would kill them with a knife, and even force them to do so.
"Right of the first night", the daughter-in-law of a family must let the Mongolians sleep on the first night, otherwise the whole family will be exterminated.
This rule not only led to the subjugation of the country but also the genocide, and also promoted the flight of large numbers of Han people. On the other hand, it is because of the reputation of Pili Army and Ouyang Xuan.
Compared with the government, which suffered repeated defeats and even fled or surrendered without a fight, the Perak Army was obviously more popular.
Not only refugees from western Sichuan but also people with lofty ideals from far away came to seek refuge after going through untold hardships. Most of these people were soldiers who had experienced many battles or talented people with special skills.
Among them was Tang Shun, a famous doctor in Chengdu Prefecture, who was also the direct descendant of Tang Shenwei. This Tang Shenwei was a native of Chongqing Prefecture and a famous medical master. In 1082 AD, he compiled the medical masterpiece "Jingshi Zheng Lei Materia Medica". This book was highly valued by later generations. Li Shizhen wrote the "Compendium of Materia Medica" It is also based on this book.
Under Ouyang Xuan's rule, he also vigorously promoted medical knowledge such as large-scale disinfection (alcohol, quicklime), isolation, and deep burial, which broke the
"After a military disaster, there must be a plague", but his public health knowledge can only be used for prevention, but there is no treatment for those who are sick.
The arrival of Tang Shun made up for this shortcoming and greatly improved the medical level of the Pili Army.
