Time has arrived in the autumn harvest season, and the mountains and forests are still green. The plain land is golden, to be precise, it is golden under the rule of the Perak Army. The golden color comes from the rice that is about to be harvested. On the other hand, the area occupied by the Mongolian army in western Sichuan, although it is also yellow, is mostly covered with withered and yellow weeds. In the non-contiguous grain fields, soybeans account for the majority, and rice accounts for a small proportion, so the dazzling golden color is missing. Although soybeans are rich in nutrients and resistant to drought, their yields are much lower than those of rice. As for why high-yield rice is not grown in the areas occupied by the Mongolian army, it is because rice has higher requirements for irrigation and planting. Liu Heima, who was in charge of western Sichuan, was not a Mongolian general who only knew about looting, but he had no interest in constructing water conservancy projects that were slow to produce results. Lack of water conservancy and irrigation, the Mongolian army's small rice production can be imagined.
There are more than 10 million acres of fertile land in the western Sichuan plain, of which the Mongolian army occupied more than two-thirds, and the Perak army only occupied 3 million acres, less than one-third. Thanks to intensive farming and a spiderweb of irrigation ditches, as well as man-made floods that bring nutrient-rich silt, the Perak Army will have a bumper harvest this fall. When the Mongolian army on the other side of the Jinma River saw it, they were naturally greedy and wanted to grab food. However, after the Battle of Pengshan River, the Mongolian navy had been crippled and there were not even enough boats to cross the river. How could they cross the river? They had no choice but to try to break through from Guankou Village.
As long as the Mongolian army captured Guankou Village, they could not only open up the Wei-Mao Road, but also bypass the trail on the mountain behind the village to Yongkang City. However, Guankou Village has been upgraded to a cement bastion, and heavy fortress cannons have also been added. In addition, Shi Zhongshu, who was responsible for guarding Guankou Village, was extremely cautious. Several sneak attacks by the Mongolian army did not even get close to the wall of the village and were blown up by artillery and landmines. After Yu Zhu became the head of Liuqiu Company, Zeng Yong, the garrison brigade teaching battalion commander, was promoted to brigade commander and also served as the teaching battalion commander. Shi Zhongshu is the deputy brigade commander and also the guard battalion commander. When the military and political meeting was discussing candidates, they took a fancy to Shi Zhongshu's calm style and entrusted him with the important task of Guankou Village.
The Mongolian army tested the Perak Army's defense line several times, but suffered heavy casualties. It can be said that stealing chickens and losing rice. It's just that the Mongolian army was plundering, and they could restrain their desire to plunder when they saw the food everywhere in the fields. Liu Heima knew that there was no gap to take advantage of, so he adjusted the direction of the robbery. Since the Perak Army is difficult to deal with, they will head towards Jiading. Although the grain output there is not as good as that of western Sichuan, it is worse than the vast area. And unlike the repeated defeats by the Perak Army, the Mongolian Army had a huge psychological advantage over the Jiading Army. After all, the Jiading Army had never won a field battle against the Mongolian Army.
Liu Heima wanted to grab food from Jiading, but he didn't know that Yu Xing also wanted to go north to grab food. After the Battle of Diaoyu City, the Mongolian army retreated to the north. Although there were many Mongolian troops stationed in Sichuan at this time, most of them were new auxiliary troops with weak combat capabilities. Their own troops were even smaller than before Meng Ge entered Sichuan. Yu Xing is currently working hard to succeed Lu Wende's Sichuan system envoy, and needs a big victory to increase his bargaining chips. His target was Longzhou and Jingyan County, which were captured by the Mongolian army in the last battle of Jiading. These two places are not far from Jiading, especially Jingyan County, which is only a hundred miles away from Jiading Prefecture and connected by waterways, making it a must-win goal for Yu Xing.
Since the Perak Army in Pengshan City firmly blocked the waterway for the Mongolian army from Chengdu to go south to Jiading, Yu Xing, who had no worries about his future, led 3,000 elite troops to attack Jingyan along the waterway. The Mongolian army guarding Jingyan consisted of 200 cavalry and 1,500 new auxiliary troops. They were quickly defeated by the Jiading army's water and land attack. The two hundred Mongolian cavalry relied on the speed of their horses and escaped unscathed. Most of the newly attached troops fled in all directions, and the rest were taken prisoners. Yu Xingzhi, who had easily succeeded, was satisfied and sent a thousand men to continue the pursuit in the direction of Longzhou. He himself eliminated Jingyan's spies and then marched into Longzhou.
The so-called elimination of spies is just a means for Yu Xing to search for wealth. Jingyan, like Qiongzhou, is rich in well salt. It has always been an important place for finance and taxation. Naturally, there are many wealthy households in the county. The standard for spies set by Yu Xing is whether they have paid a certain amount of salt tax to the Mongols. If according to his standards, most of the salt merchants in Jingyan County are spies. Of course, spies do not have to be beheaded or have their property confiscated. They only need to pay "atonement money" to be freed. Most of the money will naturally fall into the pockets of Yu Xing and his minions, which is why he is not in a hurry to go to Longzhou.
Just when Yu Xing was interrogating the "Mongolian spies" with great enthusiasm, news of defeat came from the front - the pursuing Qian Ding Army had been defeated. He was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately cursed, how could a thousand elite troops be defeated by a defeated army? As the defeated soldiers fled back one after another, the situation gradually became clearer. It turned out that the defeat of the thousand Jiading troops was not unjust, because they encountered two thousand Mongolian cavalry. In a field battle, a thousand infantry troops were obviously unable to fight against two thousand cavalry troops, not to mention the Jiading Army, not even the Pili Army field brigade led by Cao Ergou.
Both Liu Heima and Yu Xing tried to take advantage of the autumn harvest to sneak attack and seize food, but found that the other party had the same idea. In Yu Xing's opinion, the Mongolian army should go grab the food of the Perak Army, which is closer. And just a few days ago, the Perak Army sent a large number of elites to Ezhou. When the fleet passed Jiading, Yu Xing ordered someone to count it. It was found that there were more than 200 large and small ships with nearly 2,000 personnel. It was said that the military strength had been weakened. Quite a few. Moreover, the spies in Jiading also learned that the Mongolian army has frequently attacked the Perak Army's defense lines recently and is gathering troops again. It seems that there will be big moves. Only then did he decide to take advantage of the opportunity to send troops.
In Liu Heima's view, Yu Xing was really bold. Not only did he take the initiative to attack, he actually dared to attack Longzhou with only a thousand men. Fortunately, I was already prepared to go south, otherwise he might have succeeded. At that moment, he sent cavalry to reinforce Longzhou. Under the impact of the Mongolian cavalry, the Jiading army that pursued Longzhou collapsed at the first touch. Fortunately, there are many hills and low mountains around Longzhou City. Many Jiading troops fled to the mountains and were lucky enough to save their lives. However, these thousand people suffered heavy casualties despite being chased by the Mongolian cavalry, and only about 600 people escaped back to Jingyan.
The Mongolian cavalry pursued them all the way to Jingyan City, but they could not attack the city without siege equipment, so they had to wait for the arrival of new auxiliary troops. Although Yu Xing has a poor character, he is a strong soldier, so he naturally refuses to retreat easily. At present, the Jiading army is defending the city, and there are navy troops to help, and the food roads are smooth, so they are not afraid of the Mongolian army at all. In Yu Xing's opinion, Jingyan is an important financial and taxation area and cannot be given up easily. If you really can't fight, you can also return to Jiading by water. More importantly, the "Atonement Silver" has not yet been collected. It is said that in just a few days, he has gained thousands of taels of silver, and his cronies have also made a lot of money, and they are willing to retreat easily.
After the arrival of the new auxiliary army, the Mongolian army began to build siege equipment. And Yu Xing was not idle either. He first sent people back to Jiading to transport siege equipment, and then sent people to Chongqing Mansion. On the one hand, he asked Ouyang Xuan to send troops to attack the Mongolian army to contain the Mongolian army. On the other hand, the Lion Army He opened his mouth and asked the Perak Army to provide artillery, muskets, grenades, landmines... After Ouyang Xuan received the letter, he sent special forces in small teams to attack the Mongolian army using guerrilla warfare. The warships bombarded the Mongolian targets along the river, reminding the Mongolians to remember the advantages of the Perak Army and the Navy. As for Yu Xing's request for firearms, he sent someone to send 500 old-fashioned grenades to deal with the problem.
There were not many troops on both sides of the offense and defense, but they were all elite, and they were unable to do anything to the other side for a while. The Mongolian army consisted of 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 new auxiliary troops, while the Jiading army consisted of 4,000 men - Yu Xing transferred another 1,500 men from Jiading. Because both sides were determined to win Jingyan, and the autumn grain had just been harvested, they had the foundation for a protracted war, so the war situation became stalemate.
