Deep in Qishan Mountain, in a valley, Guo Xiandao and his thousand cavalry are hidden.
At this time, in the valley, the soldiers of Tongyuan Army were sitting on the ground and resting. There were sentries on the top of the mountain, paying attention to the surrounding movements.
Guo Xiatu was less than forty years old. He was a Han nationality and a famous general in the Kingdom of Jin, as famous as Monk Chen.
If it weren't for Zhao Tai's suggestion, Guo Xia Toad would have stayed at Longshang alone for three years after the fall of the Jin Kingdom, continuing the three-year reign of Zuo for the ruined Jin Kingdom, and finally committed suicide after breaking the city.
Now, because of Zhao Tai's suggestion, this famous general of the Jin Kingdom left Longshang and sneaked into Guanzhong with his elite troops to quickly break the Mongolian army's supply line.
At this time, he was wearing armor, sitting on a stone, looking at the map with several subordinates, and discussing the military situation.
"Isn't there any news from the scout?" Guo Xiabao asked in a deep voice.
The general shook his head, "No news yet! Commander, will they have any accidents?"
Guo Xiatu frowned. After he left Huizhou, he successively attacked the Mongolian army's transport team in Qinzhou, Pingliang and other places, and then moved to Qishan.
At the moment, the Mongolian army is looking for him everywhere. However, the Mongolian occupation of Guanzhong has not yet established a complete administrative and management system. Transportation teams in various states have been attacked. The local garrison usually only searches for traces of Guo Xia Toad in the lower states and counties under its control. He couldn't pursue him across the border, so he gave Guo a chance.
At this time, he was hiding in Qishan, waiting for the scouts to deliver him the news about the Mongolian army's transport team. However, three days passed and the scouts did not come back, which made Guo Xiafu a little wary.
He has now left Longshang and is operating in the area occupied by the Mongolian army. Once discovered by the Mongolian army and encircled by the Mongolian army, he will be in a very dangerous situation.
Therefore, he could not stay in one place for a long time and had to constantly move his position to avoid being targeted by the Mongolian army.
Guo Xia Tou said with a sullen face, "Wait a minute, we have sent out multiple scouts, there is no way everything will go wrong."
Here he was discussing with his subordinates, but the sentry at the top of the mountain saw two cavalrymen galloping towards this direction, so he quickly waved a flag to report, "Commander, the scouting horses are back!"
Not long after, two cavalrymen entered the valley, then dismounted and hurriedly came to Guo Xiabao. "Commander, I and others discovered the Mongolian army's transport team on the official road sixty miles east of Fengxiang Fucheng."
Guo Xiabao was overjoyed and stood up, "How many vehicles are there and are there any guards?"
"Reporting back to the commander-in-chief, there are hundreds of carts and about a thousand civilians and escorting troops, mainly infantry." Sun Liuzi said: "Now our captain is still continuing to monitor, let the humble officer come back and report to the commander-in-chief!"
After hearing the report, Guo Xiabao immediately gave the order, "The whole army must assemble and set off immediately after having a full meal."
At that moment, Qian Tongyuan's army ate some dry food and fed their horses some fodder. Then they got on their horses and followed Guo Toad out of the valley and galloped toward the southeast.
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The war between Mongolia and Jin has lasted for more than 20 years, and the Jin Kingdom has enough experience in dealing with Mongolia's winter offensive.
After the Yellow River froze in winter, although Mongolia had a chance to advance into Henan, it faced the solid walls and clear fields of the Jin Kingdom.
This time the Mongolian army broke through the Guanhe defense line of the Jin Kingdom, but they also faced several problems. First, the solid city guarded by the Jin army. Second, due to the strong walls and clear fields of the Jin army and the destruction of the war, it was difficult for Mongolia to solve the problem within the Jin Kingdom. Food supplies.
Therefore, after the Mongols captured Tongguan, Guanzhong became a food supply place for the Mongolian army.
The Mongolian general who transported grain and grass from Fengxiang to Xi'an was a Han army member named Zhou Haicheng. He turned out to be a member of the Jin army. After the Mongols occupied Xi'an, Guanzhong prefectures and counties surrendered one after another, and he followed his general to surrender to Mongolia.
The news that Guo Xiapou led the cavalry to plunder the Mongolian army transport teams has reached Fengxiang.
General Fengxiang was worried that the grain and grass would be robbed, so he sent him to escort the grain truck to Xi'an.
At this time, Zhou Haicheng was riding on his horse, looking around anxiously.
Just now, the men he sent out discovered someone secretly following the convoy, which made him very worried.
At this time, he was far away from Fengxiang, and he was still sixty or seventy miles away from the next city where he could rest. He was in an embarrassing situation with no way to go or a shop. Once Guo Xia Tou led his troops to attack, he would be dead. .
Guo Xiatuo has a high prestige in the Guanlong area, and all the generals in the army know that he is a ruthless person.
"Speed up!" Zhou Haicheng anxiously urged the convoy to move forward, then called a subordinate and said in a deep voice, "Go to Fufeng County immediately and ask the defenders to come over and respond."
"Yes!" The soldier clasped his fists and then galloped away on horseback.
Watching the cavalry walk away, Zhou Haicheng was still uneasy. He could only pray in his heart that the people following him were not Tongyuan Army scouts, but ordinary bandits.
In the woods beside the official road, several scouts were watching the transport team.
"Boss, the enemy has sent people to ask for reinforcements." A scout saw a horse running out of the transport team and heading towards Fufeng. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Commander, why haven't they come here yet? If the enemy has reinforcements, If we get there, it will be difficult to rob the food."
The leader was also very worried, but he still said in a deep voice: "We left marks along the way. As long as Sun Liuzi notifies the commander, they will definitely catch up. After all, we are cavalry, and the transport team is slow."
Zhou Haicheng was anxious and urged the convoy to move quickly, thinking about what he would do if Guo Toad came to kill him.
Just as his thoughts were racing and his heart was in turmoil, the ground began to tremble, and yellow dust rose up from behind the motorcade.
When Zhou Haicheng heard the noise and looked back, he was immediately heartbroken. The civilians and troops behind the convoy screamed and fell into chaos.
"It's the cavalry!" Zhou Haicheng's face was pale, and the spear in his hand trembled slightly with the trembling of the earth.
After the Mongols occupied Guanzhong, they did not station troops everywhere, leaving only one troop in Xi'an. The other prefectures and counties were garrisoned by surrendered Jin troops.
Zhou Haicheng knew that there was no such large-scale cavalry nearby. When he saw the yellow dust raised, he knew that it must be Guo Toad who was coming to kill him.
"Go forward!" Zhou Haicheng shouted loudly, urging the convoy to move forward.
The Mongolian soldiers who were escorting them roared loudly. The civilians woke up from a dream and hurriedly drove their carts forward.
However, the speed of the convoy could not compare with the cavalry. In the blink of an eye, the cavalry was getting closer and closer.
At this time, the guarding soldiers and the civilian driver looked back and saw that the cavalry was catching up immediately. They were immediately stunned. They made a noise, abandoned the vehicle one after another, and ran away on both sides while crawling on the ground.
When Zhou Haicheng saw nearly a thousand cavalry, he felt that there was no need to die for the Mongols, so he made a quick decision, "Run!"
Nearly a thousand Mongolian troops immediately abandoned their grain carts and fled eastward. After a while, the cavalry came roaring to kill. Dozens of Mongolian troops who could not escape were immediately stabbed by the cavalry's horses and fell to the ground and died miserably.
(There is one more chapter, read it in the morning)
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