Dali City is not that easy to attack, otherwise Kublai Khan would have captured it long ago.
It was precisely because it was difficult to fight that he decided to start with the easier ones and then the harder ones.
In the former Tang Dynasty, there were also hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, who were invincible along the way.
The reason why the army was defeated in the end was because Longshou Pass could never be attacked.
The terrain of Longshou Pass is extremely dangerous. It is located on a narrow and gentle slope between the foothills of Yunnong Peak in Diancang Mountain and the mountains and sea at the northern end of Erhai Lake. The city wall is at least five feet long.
It is about sixty miles away from the ancient city of Dali and has always been a pass fortress at the northern end of Dali Bazi.
Guancheng was originally called Longkou. It was named Longshou Pass because it "leans on the elk of Yunong Peak on Cangshan Mountain, clamps the entrance of Erhai Lake, connects the mountains and rivers, and stands proudly, like the cocked head of a swimming dragon."
Kublai Khan's sinister eyes looked at everything in front of him, and his livid face turned into the color of pig liver.
With a bang, a delicate tea cup was smashed to pieces by him.
In front of Longshou Pass, there were almost a thousand corpses of barbarians. He had never been so depressed before.
Kublai Khan roared viciously: "Take those southern barbarians from Dali and chop off their heads to avenge the warriors."
We have been attacking Longshou Pass for three days and three nights, but we have achieved nothing except leaving behind thousands of barbarian warriors every day.
"Master, calm down." Yao Shu's aide suddenly came out at this time and said with a deep bow.
Kublai Khan continued to roar: "The blood of the warriors cannot be shed in vain. These southern barbarians must be made to pay the price."
"Master, besides venting your hatred, what else do you do?" Yao Shu replied calmly and politely as before.
Kublai Khan glared at Yao Shu dissatisfied: "Send an order to Dali. If they don't surrender, their people will be killed."
"Master, it's hard for these tribesmen to play a key role!" Yao Shu said with a leisurely bow.
Kublai Khan glared at him fiercely and couldn't help but mock: "It doesn't work, these are the clansmen of the Dali royal family and the prime minister."
"Master, they are members of the royal family of Dali and the Prime Minister. Why are they not in Dali City?" Yao Shu bowed his hands and asked slowly.
Kublai Khan stroked his beard and laughed very proudly: "That's because they were too careless and were caught off guard by the Khanate. Now look, who is more important, the Dali Kingdom or their people?"
"Master, if you are an important member of their tribe, why are you not in Dali City, but in their hometown?" Yao Shu still bowed his hands and answered calmly.
"This," Kublai Khan seemed to have been poured cold water on him, and his proud smile suddenly became dull.
He glared at him with dissatisfaction and hatred, "What can you do, otherwise they will only have the souls of the blood sacrifice warriors."
"Master, no matter how steep Dian Cang Mountain is, it is not as steep as Huashan Mountain. Since there are people who can climb Huashan Mountain, why can't Dian Cang Mountain be climbed?" Yao Shu looked at Cangshan Mountain, bowed his hands, and answered calmly.
Upon hearing this, Kublai Khan's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but look at Cangshan Mountain carefully.
He nodded and looked at Cangshan appreciatively, with a treacherous smile on his face.
A captain of three thousand Hu men named Jie Hu led three thousand Hu men up the mountain from the other side of Diancang Mountain.
From Longshou Pass to Dali City, there is the Erhai Lake between them, and Diancang Mountain, which serves as a shield, has a total of 19 peaks.
These nineteen peaks are called Yunong Peak, Canglang Peak, Wutai Peak, etc. The last one is Xieyang Peak.
These nineteen peaks have always guarded the Erhai Lake, and there is a river between each peak.
There is not only snow on the top of the mountain, but also strong winds, making it extremely dangerous.
This river, including Yangnan River, has a total of eighteen creeks, which eventually flow into Erhai Lake.
The topography of Dali City is indeed unique and has been taken care of by God.
Dali City borders Erhai Lake to the east, Dian Cang Mountain to the west, and is protected by the Dragon Head and Dragon Tail Passes in the north and south.
It is not only surrounded by mountains hundreds of feet high, but also has the Erhai Lake that nurtures and nourishes it, as well as a dam area that is thousands of miles in radius.
Between Erhai Lake and Diancang Mountain is a fan-shaped impact flat dam with a radius of hundreds of miles. The fields here are fertile and the villages are connected.
Even if the Hu people blockade Longshou Pass and Longwei Pass, it can still rely on the dam area to support itself.
Jie Hu and a group of his men finally climbed to the top of Yunnong Peak after a lot of effort.
The Hu people come from the northern grasslands and are not good at climbing. The mountains here are very steep, and 30% of them unfortunately fell to their death.
Jie Hu was very satisfied with the result. He thought he had lost most of it, but he didn't expect that he only lost 30%.
When he reached the top of the mountain, he couldn't help but lie down on the mountain immediately.
Unexpectedly, it was as warm as spring at the foot of the mountain and the warm wind was intoxicating. It was a completely different world on the mountain.
No wonder, there are no Dali soldiers defending here, because there is no need to defend at all.
Suddenly, strong winds blew at the top of the mountain. He could not stand steadily and was about to fall.
The ground was full of snow that had not melted for many years. He suddenly slipped and fell down the mountain.
Fortunately, there happened to be a cedar tree nearby, and he caught it.
Jie Hu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but he didn't have time to wipe the cold sweat from his back.
He asked the soldiers to count the number of people and almost collapsed.
Just now such a gust of wind blew, and another third of his men were lost.
This was good, as he lost most of his three thousand troops, leaving only one thousand soldiers and horses.
Jie Hu is about to cry but has no tears, but he knows that he is the key. If he is sad, it will definitely have a huge blow to morale.
He tightened his leather armor and felt a little warmer.
He lay on the top of the mountain and looked at the bottom of the mountain. After going up the mountain, he had to go down.
The soldier grabbed a wintersweet tree and rapped his teeth up and down in the cold: "General, what should I do?"
"Go down the mountain, otherwise you will die of cold here. We didn't bring anything to keep out the cold." Jie Hu said as he tried to cut through the ice with a knife.
After a cup of tea, Jiehu's cold sweat turned into hot sweat.
But this thousand-year-old ice block is so hard that it can't be broken much, and it's not even as thick as a finger.
The soldier rolled his eyes a few times and couldn't help but said: "It would be nice if I had an axe."
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go down the mountain now." A strong wind blew, and his body swayed a few times.
The ice was so slippery that he almost slid down the mountain again.
What's even more frightening is that little Lin Junhua couldn't bear his stress and made a squeaking sound.
He gritted his teeth and had no choice but to let go of the cedar tree and put the scimitar into its sheath.
Jie Hu scratched the ice with his knife and supported his body. He grabbed the thousand-year-old ice with his hands and climbed down the mountain carefully.
His soldiers also imitated him, taking out their knives and scratching the ice, grabbing the ice with their hands, and slowly climbed down the mountain.
The soldiers still use knives, but those below the height do not have knives.
They only need to use big knives instead of small knives, and carefully climb down the mountain through the ice.
The strong wind roared, and hundreds of barbarians fell from the top of the mountain, all of them shattered to pieces.
Finally we reached the cliff under the ice, and there was already grass here.
Jiehu counted the number of people, and could no longer bear the pain in his heart, so he cried loudly and sadly.
His current number of soldiers and horses has changed from 3,000 to less than 500, and almost everyone is injured.
In other words, in half a day, he changed from a captain of three thousand to a captain of five hundred.
Jie Hu wiped away his tears and shouted to a group of his men: "Although we only have five hundred people, we are still a surprise force. The Dali Kingdom did not expect that the warriors of the Khanate would cross Cangshan Mountain. Warriors, rush into Dali City and capture the dogs alive." Emperor, a thousand taels of gold.”
"Enter Dali City, capture the Dog Emperor alive, and get a thousand taels of gold." The barbarian's blood suddenly boiled, and he shouted, and his morale suddenly rose.
Now this is a mountain and there are strong winds.
No matter how loud they sounded, no one would notice them, so they roared with confidence.
The soldier came over panting at this time: "General, we found a way down the mountain."
"Let's go, warriors, go down the mountain and fight into Dali City." Jie Hu couldn't help laughing and waved his hand at a group of his men.
When the other Hu people heard that they had found a way down the mountain, their morale was even higher.
They ate dry food and walked down the mountain.
From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, which is almost ten miles, they walked about two miles.
The road was not a road at all in the beginning, but now that there are human footprints, this is the real road.
Seeing the real road, the Hu people's morale increased, and it seemed that they were about to rush into Dali City, capture the Dali Emperor alive, and achieve immortal feats.
Woof, woof, woof, suddenly several dog barks broke the silence on the mountain.
Why, there are actually people and dogs here, could they be wild dogs?
A barbarian took out his bow, stretched his bow and shot an arrow at the dog.
When the dog saw the barbarian man with his bow and arrow ready, he immediately ran away, barking continuously as he ran away.
Jie Hu felt something was wrong. Why were there dogs barking here?
He took out his bow and shouted, "Kill this dog."
When the other Hu people heard this, they immediately took out their bows, opened their bows and nocked arrows, and shot at the dogs one after another.
If there is only a curved bow, the dog can still escape.
Dozens of arrows were shot together, and the dog could no longer dodge. It whined a few last times and finally died.
Jiehu saw the dog finally die,
"The Hu people are indeed here." Suddenly a Han voice came from the road ahead.
Immediately afterwards, the road where the Hu people were located suddenly exploded with rumbles.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, the soil on this road was suddenly lifted up, causing a series of more than ten explosions.
Rubbles flew out from the ground, and black smoke enveloped some barbarians.
Some felt that their lower bodies were suddenly hit by stones, and screamed in agony.
Jie Hu dodged quickly and hid behind a cypress tree.
Even so, his hand was slightly injured and blood was flowing from his arm.
He opened his mouth and spit out black smoke and mud.
Jie Hu seemed to have run out of the stove, his face dark.
He wiped his dark face and shouted loudly: "Warriors, be careful on the road, there are Han people ambushing you, and they also have firearms."
In fact, without his instructions, the other Hu people were so frightened that they hid on both sides of the road and no longer dared to walk on the mountain road.
Tan Jian and Tan Chuan lurked on both sides of the road, not daring to show their anger.
The two brothers were both people from Zhaojiazhuang stationed in Dali City, specializing in spying on Hu people on one of the roads.
The little sage said that the barbarians could not attack Longshou Pass by force and would most likely attack by crossing the mountains and ridges from Diancang Mountain.
After hearing this, many people in Xizuozhen still couldn't believe it.
After all, Diancang Mountain is extremely high, almost a thousand feet high from Erhai Lake.
There are not only strong winds on the mountain, but also snow that has not melted for thousands of years.
In fact, not only did they not believe it, but everyone in Dali did not believe it either.
The former Tang Dynasty sent an army of 100,000 to attack Longshou Pass, but was defeated and defeated. They did not expect to climb over the snowy and windy mountain top.
Dali didn't believe that the barbarians would climb over the windy and snow-covered mountain tops to attack, so they had to make careful arrangements themselves.
However, Yunnan, the commander of the formation, and Nanyun, the chief of the formation, did not dare to be careless, and immediately arranged their men to stop the barbarians who were attacking over the mountains and ridges.
But Cangshan Mountain is so big, it’s almost sixty miles from Longshou Pass to Dali City. Where did the barbarians cross over?
After their reconnaissance, they found that the terrain of Yunong Peak is relatively flat and is most suitable for climbing.
But Yunong Peak is three miles in radius, and the barbarians can't find where to go.
Yunnan could only divide his men into fifty batches, almost in groups of two or three, and ambush people wherever the Hu people might go down the mountain.
After discovering the barbarians, they will work together to stop them.
This risk is extremely high, but it is the only effective method.
Fortunately, each group has a dog that can know the movements of barbarians.
The detailed formation also lays mines on every mountain road, which can stop the barbarians and report them.
However, landmines are limited. It is impossible for the entire mountain road to be affected by earthquakes. Only one section can be buried.
It was Tan Jian who detonated all the landmines just now, shocking the Hu people.
But the landmines only killed and injured dozens of Hu people, and most of the Hu people were fine.
You know, there were almost five hundred Hu people who crossed the mountains and ridges.
The two thought of this. Although they found the Hu people, the number of the Hu people was far greater than them.
If the two of them fight out, they will definitely die.
Thinking of this, the two of them broke into a cold sweat.
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