"The enemy has retreated!"
"The enemy has retreated!"
"The enemy has retreated!"
In an instant, countless soldiers from the Imperial Guard were shouting excitedly in the area around the North City Wall and East City Wall.
They once again successfully repelled the Mongolian and Yuan thieves.
Troubled times.
The initial attack on Xixia was also a bloody battle, but those battles were not very hard.
When they blocked the Meng Yuan cavalry at Hengduan Mountain, the enemy did not want to start a war with Dagan at that time, so the battle was not intense.
When Daqian got the land of Xixia, they followed the general Han Shizhong to guard the Anxi Protectorate, the original land of Xixia, and the Hetao area.
The place is considered a good place. Although there is a desert in the north, it is still green because it is close to the Yellow River. After planting willow trees, it will look much better.
Life was not bad at first. I stayed at the pasture and had mutton soup for a few days. The food was much better than before.
Moreover, their Longwu Army has more and more cavalry teams, and their sense of security is naturally getting stronger and stronger.
In addition, the border troops originally stationed in Jincheng County and other places were also organized into the Dragon Guard Army. The entire Longwu Army stationed in the Anxi Protectorate has reached 100,000 people.
This is an organized army of 100,000 people. In addition, there are naturally militia, auxiliary troops, and local Xiang troops.
Therefore, the entire Anxi Protectorate has about 200,000 guards.
This time, the Fan cavalry performed very well in resisting the Mongolian and Yuan thieves, because they occupied Xingqing Mansion and reorganized it into the Anxi Protectorate. Just when he started public opinion propaganda, he intentionally or unintentionally blamed the fall of Xixia on Temujin of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty for sowing discord. Li Qianshun was stupid and incompetent and listened to Temujin's nonsense.
In short, Temujin was a barbarian from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, an ambitious man. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty would only bring endless war, oppression, exploitation, humiliation, killing, burning, looting, death, and sorrow.
Daqian brings harmony, tranquility, and peace, as well as benevolent government, justice, legality, and fairness.
Brought prosperity.
When one person's words sound like they just go in one ear and out the other, ten people's words are somewhat credible, and ten thousand people's words naturally make a lot of sense.
The Anxi Protectorate has never been short of obedient people. If the money and benefits are in place, they must be obedient and cooperate with Daqian's publicity.
When the benefits are relatively large, some people will fight for it, and they must cooperate with officials to publicize public opinion and appease people's hearts.
And once this kind of trend is formed, it will create a spontaneous sense of inferiority in people, and from then on, there will be an endless stream of people who are ungrateful.
Within a year, the Dangxiang people, Uighurs, Xi people, etc. in the Anxi Protectorate all began to yearn for the prosperity and tranquility brought to them by Daqian, and hated the war and invasion brought by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
At the general's residence in the Anxi Protectorate, Han Shizhong simply removed his armor and held a meeting.
"Kublai Khan should not continue to attack the city. The capital of Anxi Protectorate is an isolated city. The city walls are tall and strong. If we defend it, even if they come six more times, it will probably be in vain."
The deputy general was overjoyed and also breathed a sigh of relief.
Just don't attack the city.
It’s better if we don’t attack the city!
"but……."
Han Shizhong looked solemn and spoke slowly, saying two words.
The air suddenly became stagnant.
The lieutenants were relaxed at first, but when they heard Han Shizhong utter these two words, their hearts suddenly rose to their throats.
They all looked at Han Shizhong and listened to his next words.
"However, Kublai Khan will definitely besiege the Anxi Protectorate, and then send cavalry south to invade the southern part of the Anxi Protectorate, and may even go directly to Longyou Road."
"At that time, the people in Guanzhong will be burned, killed, looted and devastated by the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry."
"Among them, your relatives and your family members may also suffer unreasonable disasters."
The lieutenants quickly looked at the map.
Following Han Shizhong's guidance, Meng Yuan might go around from the northwest of the Anxi Protectorate to reach Jincheng County, or he could break through the pass between the Anxi Protectorate and Yanzhou from the east of the Anxi Protectorate and enter the pass.
If the Meng Yuan cavalry really bypassed the Anxi Protectorate and entered the pass... you can imagine what kind of scene there will be in the pass, and what kind of humiliation and torture their relatives and families will suffer.
Party Xiangfanqi Wanhuwei Mingzhangli said: "General, what do we do?"
"I listen to you, we must not let the Meng Yuan cavalry enter the pass!"
He knew that Han Shizhong would definitely find a way.
He firmly believes this.
Because the prince who oversees the country in Daqian has not yet conquered the country in person.
The fact that he did not go on an expedition shows that Meng Yuan was not a great threat to Da Qian.
Because it was impossible for the prince who was overseeing the country to give up the Anxi Protectorate.
Han Shizhong raised his head, glanced around at the lieutenants standing here, and said solemnly: "The only solution for now is to fight to the death."
…
Before sending troops, Yue Hongling was summoned alone by Xiao Yi and informed of the next layout plan.
Artillery may not be used until the number of Mongolian and Yuan cavalry reaches 100,000.
In other words, artillery must be used in the final decisive battle.
Because there are not many artillery, if they are used at the beginning, regardless of the effect, Meng Yuan will definitely be on guard after being seriously injured.
If Meng Yuan retreats to the grasslands of the North because of this, and Daqian wants to take this opportunity to severely damage Meng Yuan and force them to recover every hundred years, then this battle will be meaningless.
The advantages of artillery cannot be shown. They must take advantage of the opportunity of artillery appearing on the battlefield for the first time to directly swallow hundreds of thousands of Mongolian cavalry.
For this reason, Daqian must persevere even if he fights with the largest battle losses in history.
This battle.
Yue Hongling brought eight artillery pieces to support the Anxi Protectorate and block the Mongolian Yuan army of Kublai Khan.
Xiao Yi took ten artillery pieces to Jinyang.
It's all the same.
In the beginning, absolutely no artillery will be used.
Only when the real decisive battle comes, can artillery be installed in the army, using the unexpected innate advantage to catch Meng Yuan by surprise.
"Commander."
"General Han sent a battle report. Kublai Khan has withdrawn his troops. However, it is very likely that the Meng Yuan cavalry will bypass the Anxi Protectorate and break through the border from the east."
Yue Hongling looked at the map and immediately ordered: "Wang Yan, you immediately lead 10,000 troops to the east pass to stop the Meng Yuan cavalry."
Wang Yan came out of the queue and cupped his hands: "Here!"
Yue Hongling raised her head and looked around, then slowly said: "Send troops immediately to the Anxi Protectorate. General Han should leave the city and take the initiative to attack Kublai Khan. We will go to support immediately!"
…
"too slow."
After listening to the scout's report, Di Qing learned that Hugerimai was pursuing him from behind, but now he was forty or fifty miles away. He immediately shook his head in disdain.
When he evacuated the Anbei Protectorate, he made a lot of noise just to tell Hugelimai that they were retreating in a hurry.
Of course, the Dagan Forbidden Army looked chaotic and panicked, but in fact they were still under guard and kept an eye on Hugelimai's movements, lest Hugurimai did not do what he suspected and directly led his troops to attack. He is also always ready to challenge.
Therefore, this depends on the performance capabilities of the various lieutenants, captains, and Dagan Forbidden Army soldiers.
It looks chaotic, but in fact, if Hugerimai comes to attack, they can quickly form a battle formation, calmly face the enemy, and retreat while fighting.
But.
Hugelimai and Di Qing were just as expected, and slowly pursued from behind.
In other words, Meng Yuan was indeed cutting off their escape route.
Thus.
Di Qing was sure to take advantage of this Mongolian cavalry.
Temujin came, but it was not easy.
…
Chahar, Tenggeda asked the scout: "Are the Imperial Guards coming?"
The scout replied: "Wanhu, here we come."
Tenggeda asked again: "When will you get here?"
"It should be before dusk. It's still more than sixty miles away from here."
"Um."
"Send the order, start lighting the fire now. After eating, I will have enough strength to have a good fight!"
The lieutenant beside him said: "I obey."
He went north from Shuozhou and arrived at Chahar quietly.
The purpose was to stop the Dagan Imperial Guards' garrison of the Anbei Protectorate, which consisted of almost 50,000 troops.
This will be a great achievement.
He is under Meng Ge's account.
In today's Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, as Temujin is getting older, a candidate is needed to be the next leader of the country.
Therefore, internal competition is actually quite fierce.
They are mainly headed by Meng Ge, Kublai Khan and Haidu. Meng Ge and Kublai Khan are both Temujin's grandsons and the sons of Tore.
Torre was killed on the battlefield by Yue Shan during the battle that year.
Meng Ge and Kublai Khan were brave and intelligent since childhood. After Torre's death in battle, Meng Ge, as Torre's eldest son, inherited Torre's tribe and followed Temujin. This man was also tall and good at shooting. , was appreciated by Temujin, and already has the qualifications to become the next leader of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Kublai Khan was also very good and managed his tribe very well. Because he tolerated people from other races and governed his tribe according to the culture and system of the Central Plains, it slowly developed and grew.
Haidu is the representative of the nobility of Ulan Batu in the northern Mongolian region. He is the chief of the largest tribe in Ulan Batu in the northern region. This man is the same. He is tall, fierce and powerful, good at shooting, riding, and intentional. Fight for the position of king.
Naturally, Tenggeda wanted to use this battle to build momentum for Meng Ge.
He was determined to take advantage of the 50,000-strong imperial army of the Anbei Protectorate. He must take the first step ahead of Hugeri. He was determined to achieve military success.
Even if Kublai Khan comes, it won't be easy.
…
"Why do we come to attack Lingqiu Pass?"
Ao Bai pointed to the location of the Great Wall around Baoding Pass on the map, drew a circle along the route of the Great Wall at Baoding Pass, and finally landed at Lingqiu Pass.
"We tested the Baoding Pass with 10,000 horses and found that the Baoding Pass was stronger than before. Daqian must have spent a lot of manpower and material resources on the Baoding Pass to make the Baoding Pass stronger than a capital city. .”
"If we forcefully attack Baoding Pass, even if we bring another 50,000 troops, it will probably be difficult for us to move south."
"The person guarding this Baoding Pass is Bai Qi, the leader of the Black Cloud Banner of the Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun. I believe you all know this person's ability."
"A Baoding Pass that is stronger than a strong capital city, and a famous general who is good at defending and attacking."
"In this way, people and relationships become one."
"But we don't have to enter through Baoding Pass. Daqian is very big, and the Great Wall is also very long."
"And Lingqiu Pass is close to Datong Pass."
"It seems that there is a Liao king over there in Datong, but now the Meng Yuan Dynasty is also attacking Shuozhou and the western part of Datong Pass."
"We can take him by surprise from here, break through Lingqiu Pass, go south to Zhending Mansion, and go around to the back of Bai Qi."
"If we can capture their Zhending Mansion, which is Xiao Zheng's fiefdom and the royal city, no matter how strong the Baoding Pass is, it will be useless."
This was the last plan that Obai came up with based on the scouts' investigation.
Baoding Pass is really too strong.
In order to prevent Northern Yan from moving south, Daqian built the Great Wall from the seaside of Cangzhou to Datongguan, Shuozhou, Yulin, and Jincheng County, stretching for hundreds of thousands of miles.
However, these hundreds of thousands of miles of defense lines are not everywhere like Baoding Pass, so strong that they cannot break through.
Obai's plan was approved by the lieutenants.
Afterwards, he reported directly to Murong Yin in a letter.
Baoding Pass will also be beaten, but it will not be him who will fight, but someone else will fight, and he will still fight hard.
Let the enemy not know their intentions and think that they still choose to enter Baoding Pass.
This letter soon arrived on Murong Yin's desk.
After reading Obai's plan, Murong Yin immediately went to the map and looked at it.
Ao Bai had already lost more than 20,000 men at Baoding Pass, but he didn't even touch the wall of Baoding Pass.
If it continues, it will indeed affect the situation of the battle.
The Meng Yuan side has already begun to divide its troops into three groups to attack Anxi Duhufu, Jinyang, and Datong Pass at the same time.
On Beiyan's side, they are just stuck at Baoding Pass, and they are indeed unable to keep up with the progress.
At this time, it is naturally impossible to conserve strength and let Meng Yuan fight first.
If the Prince Supervisor hadn't appeared in Daqian, Murong Yin and Meng Yuan would definitely not have such a tacit understanding together.
It was precisely because of the appearance of the prince who was overseeing the country in Daqian that he eliminated traitors, rehabilitated traitors, and destroyed Xixia. He had become a very powerful enemy.
If we don't go south immediately at this time, we don't attack with all our strength.
Once the crown prince of Da Qian is given a few more years to govern Da Qian, he will surely be like Xiao Di back then, reviving Da Qian and creating a prosperous age.
At that time, let alone going south, they might have to face the same danger of national subjugation that Xiao Di faced during his Northern Expedition.
"Immediately summon Daishan, Mang Gurtai, Dorgon, Haoge, and Fan Wencheng to discuss matters!"
Murong Yin said in a deep voice.
After a while, five people came in a hurry.
Murong Yin directly told what Obai had discovered and what Obai had planned.
Dorgon immediately said: "Your Majesty, I kindly ask Duduo to lead troops to Baoding Pass and take over the attack on Baoding Pass."
Murong Yin looked at Dorgon, and Daishan next to him quietly glanced at Dorgon beside him.
What's the idea in this man's mind?
The two of them couldn't be more clear.
Duduo is Dorgon's younger brother and the owner of the Zhengbai Banner. He wants to take credit for his Zhengbai Banner.
However, Baoding Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is hard to say whether Baoding Pass can be captured.
Murong Yin looked at Daishan and Mang Gurtai again. These two were also banner leaders, but they were unmoved.
Finally he looked at Fan Wencheng.
As for Hauge, he is Murong Yin's son and is now the leader of the Xianghuang Banner, but he is definitely not qualified to attack Baoding Pass.
Fan Wencheng nodded slightly.
Daishan and Mang Gurtai were unwilling to fight, and Dorgon took the initiative to ask for help. At this time, naturally they could not pretend to be others.
Murong Yin had no choice but to say to Dorgon: "Well, Duduo is loyal and brave, so it is natural for him to lead the troops to attack Baoding Pass."
"If you can break through the barrier, I will be rewarded heavily."
Dorgon accepted the order happily.
After another discussion on how to attack Daqian and how to send troops, the five people withdrew after deciding on a strategy.
after awhile.
Haug is back.
"Father, Duduo is indeed loyal and brave, but Baoding Pass is so strong and difficult to attack that even Obai is helpless. What can he do?"
Murong Yin took a sip of tea, slowly looked up at Hauge, and said slowly: "Then who do you think should be allowed to fight?"
Hauge immediately said: "Heshuoda Baylor."
Heshuoda Beile, Daishan and Murong Yin's brother, was supposed to be the heir to the throne of the Northern Yan Dynasty. However, because of his mistakes, he was convicted by the late emperor and lost his position as the head of the country.
This man is indeed good at fighting. He followed the late emperor in the army and made many military exploits.
The reason why Murong Yin wanted to personally conquer the Kingdom of Jin was to gain military glory so that he, the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner, could establish prestige among the Eight Banners.
Otherwise, the most capable warrior among the Eight Banners would always be Daishan.
Murong Yin stared at Hauge with unkind eyes, her heart full of disappointment. Her son was brave and useless.
"Heshuo is indeed Dayan Guying Baturu. If he sends troops to Baoding Pass, he can indeed put a lot of pressure on Bai Qi. Maybe he really has a chance to win Baoding Pass."
"Your proposal is indeed a good one."
"But that's so stupid!"
Murong Yin's voice was not loud, but Hauge was stunned for a moment. Then he blushed and did not dare to look at Murong Yin again, like a child who had done something wrong.
Seeing this, Murong Yin shook his head.
He waved his hand and asked Hauge to exit.
Out of sight out of mind.
…
"How many days has it been since the last time the Yan thieves attacked?"
Bai Qi looked outside Baoding Pass.
It's early winter now, with a cold wind blowing and a cool feeling.
There are dark clouds in the sky.
Depending on the weather, it might snow soon.
It has been some time since the last time Yan Thief launched an attack on Baoding Pass.
Bai Qi always felt that the other party might be holding back his bad intentions.
"It's been five days since I got back to you, Marshal."
"Five days?!"
Bai Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, frowned and thought for a moment, then thought of something.
"It seems that Thief Yan has been replaced."
…
Lingqiu Pass.
The horn sounded.
"Report! Thief Yan appears ten miles away!"
The scout came in a hurry, panting, and reported quickly.
"Send my order and prepare the entire army for war...!"
"Report! Thief Yan appears five miles away!"
The guard general of Lingqiu Pass was sitting in the tower, calm and relaxed, not at all panicked when the Yan thieves came to seize the pass.
finally come.
It's been two days since he arrived here.
The Yan thief finally came over.
Bai Qi was really good at predicting things. Just because Yan Thief didn't attack Baoding Pass for a few days, he thought that the opponent might bypass Baoding Pass.
He was immediately sent to guard Lingqiu, which was closest to Datong Pass. The area from Hengshan Mountain to the south was already heavily guarded.
"call out!"
The weather is getting gloomier and visibility is lower.
In the sky, there was a sudden sound of breaking through the sky.
I saw arrows all over the sky shooting towards the Lingqiu Pass.
"Enemy attack!"
