The second direction of the Perak Army to contain the Mongolian Army was in the two states of Wei and Mao. Although these two states are mixed areas of Han and Tibetan rule ruled by native officials, the Tibetan people are deeply influenced by the Han, and there are also a large number of Han people. In fact, Songzhou, four hundred miles further north from Maozhou, was the border town between Tang and Tubo. After the Perak Army occupied Guankou Village, although it blocked the entrance from the western Sichuan Plain to the two states, there was still a small number of Mongolian cavalry that could sneak through. Later, after the Perak Army established checkpoints to the two states, there were still Mongolian officials and envoys who ventured to the two states. They led to the two states through mountain trails in Pengzhou, Hanzhou, Mianzhou and other places. Although these mountain trails are extremely difficult and dangerous, travelers can pass through them sporadically if they have local hunters and herb collectors as guides.
During this time, the Perak Army's trade between the two states was tepid. This is not because both parties have no deepening willingness to buy and sell, but because the Mongols are obstructing it. In fact, the Pili Army sold a lot of daily necessities, but did not buy much. As a result, the trade with the two states was seriously in excess. Although the caravan obtained a lot of gold and silver, these items were of little use to the Perak Army. What the Perak Army wanted were horses, fire and saltpeter and other items, but these items could not pass the Mongolian checkpoints at all.
Since the Pili Army strengthened the defense system of Guankou Village, the two states of Wei and Mao have cut off contact with the Mongolian army. However, there are still Mongolian officials and a hundred-man cavalry team stationed in these two states. They dare not stop normal business exchanges because this will interrupt the local livelihood and make the local officials and people directly turn against each other. However, they are firm and do not allow the sale of horses, copper, Nitrate and other supplies were given to the Perak Army. The officials and people of the two states have nothing to do about this. Of course, they can make more money by selling these things, but it is not cost-effective to lose their heads for money. After all, the cruelty of the Mongolian army is well known. If they capture Guankou Village and then liquidate it in the future, the two states of Wei and Mao will not be able to stop them.
Since the two states of Wei and Mao were afraid of being enemies of the Mongols, Ouyang Xuan sent the reconnaissance battalion of the Internal Guard Brigade to address the concerns of the locals and attract Mongolian troops. The first to take action was the cavalry company of the reconnaissance battalion. They used Guankou Village as their stronghold and frequently attacked within twenty miles of the surrounding area. They not only used small artillery to harass the Mongolian army's strongholds and then ran away, but also surrounded and annihilated small groups of Mongolian troops. This forced the Mongolian army to transfer new auxiliary troops from other places to strengthen this line of defense, and also sent hundreds of cavalry. The cavalry company of the Perak Army did not engage in direct combat with the Mongolian cavalry at all, and adopted the tactic of "the enemy advances, we retreat, and the enemy is tired, we attack". The Mongolian cavalry was forced to retreat to Guankou Village. The Mongolian army did not dare to approach Guankou Village at all. As long as they entered within two miles, they would be greeted by dense artillery shells.
The cavalry company's guerrilla attack in Guankou Village was just to attract the attention of the Mongolian army and disturb the enemy's hearing and hearing. Ouyang Xuan's real target was the Mongolian officials and the Mongolian army's hundred-man cavalry team in the two states of Wei and Mao. As long as these Mongols are dealt with, we can escape from the control of the Mongols. Of course, Ouyang Xuan did not want the two states to return to the Song Dynasty, but suggested that the two states surrender to the Mongols. This can not only deepen trade exchanges and buy the supplies that the Perak Army urgently needs; it can also appease the pro-Mongolian forces in the two states and prevent them from angering the Mongols and causing them to launch a massive attack. The Perak Army is of course indestructible in Guankou Village, but the Mongolian Army can start from the grassland and attack Wei and Mao Prefectures from the direction of Songzhou.
The other two companies of the reconnaissance battalion were responsible for clearing the Mongolians in Wei and Mao prefectures. These two companies mixed into the caravan in batches and had already lurked in the two states. The Mongols focused their surveillance on horse trading, and the questioning of personnel and the search of goods were not strict. They stood on the high tower next to the trade road, watching the caravan below. As long as there were not many horses accompanying them, they would not go down to inspect it themselves, but would let the soldiers go down to inspect it. The local soldiers were very willing to do this job, because when the caravan passed by, in order to avoid being picked on, they would often secretly stuff some money into them. Over time, these native soldiers were also well fed by the Perak Army caravan.
That day, a Mongolian official who was drinking in Maozhou City received a report from a Qiang soldier that a caravan had clashed with the Mongolian troops at the outpost outside the city. The Mongolian officer at the outpost sent him back to ask for troops to support him. The Mongolian cavalry in Wei and Mao Prefectures was only stationed in Maozhou City and the sentry posts five miles north of the city. Maozhou City is small but extremely strong, and the sentry post five miles north of the city is an important pass from two states and even Songzhou and other Tibetan areas to the plains of western Sichuan. The Mongolian army stationed 30 people here. There is a stone watchtower more than 20 meters high next to this guard post. The Mongols using this watchtower as a base can easily block the road with bows and arrows. These thirty Mongolian archers plus dozens of local soldiers, let alone hundreds of soldiers, could not easily capture the caravan. Apart from obediently paying the money, the caravans passing by on weekdays never dared to have any disputes, let alone the need to send troops for reinforcements. Seeing that the Mongolian official looked suspicious, the Qiang soldier added that the caravan was from the grasslands north of Songzhou and was accompanied by hundreds of horses in addition to yaks.
Hearing this, a group of drinking Mongolian officials did not dare to be careless, and immediately led seventy cavalrymen in the city to the sentry post, and ordered the local soldiers in the city to follow on foot. These grassland farmers have violent personalities and are accustomed to using force to solve problems. Although they also submitted to the Mongols, they did not submit to governance. Now they came from hundreds of miles away, apparently to exchange for tea and other supplies that were urgently needed in the grassland. When the guards saw that they were carrying horses, they would definitely not let them pass. This would obviously anger these peasants, and it would be inevitable to break through the border with force.
The Mongolian officials hurried to the guard post with the cavalry. After running for a while, they found that the soldiers did not follow them. They just said that the soldiers could not follow on foot. When we arrived at the guard post, we saw that the gate of the guard post was wide open, and we could see a large number of yaks and horses in front of us in the distance. However, the gate of the watchtower next to the road was closed tightly, and you could still faintly smell the smell of blood in the air. This abnormal situation made the leading Mongolian official realize that something was not good. Just when he was about to order a U-turn and retreat to Maozhou City, a series of huge roars suddenly came to his ears. The stinging and dizziness brought about a light and unreal feeling. . The last thought in his mind was how he could be flying in the air.
As soon as the smoke of gunfire passed, Wu Qing, deputy brigade commander and reconnaissance battalion commander of the Perak Army's Internal Guard Brigade, ordered the battlefield to be cleared. This operation was extremely difficult, so Ouyang Xuan agreed to let him take command. In fact, it is not difficult to use two reconnaissance companies to eliminate more than a hundred Mongolian cavalry in this deep mountain canyon area. What is difficult is to prevent the Mongols from escaping to report the news. Because once the news is leaked, the two states of Wei and Mao will surely be retaliated against. Therefore, Wu Qing used the tactic of ambush and money to clear the way this time, and used a huge amount of money to bribe the local soldiers in Maozhou City and the sentry. As for the Qiang soldier who reported the news, he was originally a Qiang soldier in the reconnaissance camp. According to Ouyang Xuan's idea of meritocracy and eclectic employment, there were many foreign soldiers from Yi, Tibetan, Qiang and other ethnic groups in the Perak Army, and there were even Khitan, Xixia and Jurchen soldiers who had taken refuge.
The local soldiers used mead mixed with Mongolian sweat medicine to knock down all the Mongolian soldiers on guard. This method worked well for the special battalion in rescuing hostages in Meizhou, so it was borrowed by the reconnaissance battalion. But this time, another procedure was added - to touch up the wounds one by one. The soldiers were afraid that the Mongolian soldiers were not completely dead, so they stabbed them several times. Although strong Mongolian slaves can be sold to the grasslands of Tibetan areas for a large amount of money, to the soldiers, Mongolians who will not leak the information are good Mongolians, and the only way to prevent them from leaking the information is to let them Go to another world. The more than seventy Mongolians who were lured out of the city also suffered heavy casualties due to the bombing of landmines and grenades. When it comes to last-hitting, those native soldiers are little experts. With their skillful skills, no Mongolian soldier can get out of the Perak Army's ambush alive.
