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A Yuan army was on its way to besiege Zhang Jue's troops of the Tang army.

Marshal Wanhu was busy chatting with the commander-in-chief under his command.

There used to be a famous general in the Mongolian army called "Jiagu Manggudai", who was a Jurchen with the same name.

At this time, the busy ancient belt was from Khitan, surnamed Yelu.His great-grandfather, Yelu Tuhua, was the Grand Tutor of the Mongolian Kingdom. At that time, even princes like Liu Heima were under the command of Yelu Tuhua.

In short, Mangudai is also a descendant of Mongolian nobles.

In fact, there are no more than two backgrounds in the Yuan army who can become generals and marshals, either they are noble children, or they are cowardly Xue Suwei.

"The west is still besieging Li Xia, right?"

"That's right, Zhang Hongfan and Hu Lanji are chasing from the east and blocking from the west, as long as one of them bites Li Xia. Shi Tianze has already followed."

"Why doesn't Li Xia come to join Zhang Jue?"

"Ha, if he comes again, with our strength and the three marshals, won't he and Zhang Jue be surrounded to death? On the contrary, if we separate like this, we will have to send more troops."

At this point, Busy Gu took up his whip, pointed to the distance, and said, "Are the Tang troops still crossing the Yellow River?"

"Yes, Tang Jun connected all the boats together and built a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, hoping to cross the river faster."

"So what if we crossed the Yellow River?" Mang Gu said, "Yang Wen'an is still waiting to block Zhang Jue in the south?"

"I'm afraid Yang Wen'an, a southerner, has no chance."

……

The fighting started suddenly.

When the Yuan army arrived at Nanhaizi Wharf, they saw that the Tang army was still crossing the river, so they immediately attacked and robbed the Tang army's ships.

Attacking halfway, Tang Jun really had no way to form an effective counterattack and had to withdraw from Nanhaizi Wharf.

The bell sounded.

"withdraw!"

Liu Jinsuo swung his spear and stabbed several Yuan soldiers, turned around and began to retreat to the north, intending to retreat to the Tang army's camp on Yinshan Mountain.

The expression on his face was a bit ferocious, and when he killed the enemy, he even yelled out a babbling roar.

However, when he finally led his troops out of the Yuan army's defense line in the north, wiped the blood on his face, and looked back, the ferocious expression on his face seemed to be finally unbearable. A well-deserved smile came.

"Hey, I'm a fool? Are you stupid?"

Now that the Tang army has withdrawn from the pier, the Yuan army is not in a hurry to chase them. After all, as long as they are blocked on the north bank of the Yellow River, there will be more opportunities to annihilate them.

At this time, Busy Gudai ordered to control the ships first, seize the Tang army's supplies, and chase and kill the Tang army soldiers who crossed the river.

Tang Jun's tents, food, and trophies were all piled up on the pier.

On the opposite bank there were hills of booty, carpets, clothes, gold and silver chains, and even numerous wine jars, which must have been looted from nearby tribes.

A Yuan army kicked open a wine jar, and soon the aroma of wine overflowed, causing the soldiers of the Yuan army to laugh.

"These Tang troops want to take these things with them after retreating."

Mang Gu stood on a high place with his straddle horse, raised his command flag and pointed it at Zhizhi Haizi Wharf, then turned his head to look at Zhang Jue's general flag, and was suddenly taken aback.

Zhang Jue, who was still fleeing, suddenly stopped.

"What?" Manggu said to himself, "You don't want to escape anymore, you want to surrender?"

"boom!"

Suddenly a loud noise came from the south.

Mangudai looked back and opened his mouth.

He saw that with that sound, the entire pier quickly ignited a fire.

When the neatly folded tent cloth encountered the fire, it quickly rolled up and became part of the fire.

The fire was like a greedy snake, devouring the pier, and it also devoured the soldiers of the Yuan army who had just seized the pier.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Jun's sound of Mingjin also stopped and replaced with a horn.

"Kill!"

"kill!"

Liu Jinsuo pulled the reins, got off his horse, and charged at the Yuan army again.

He doesn't have much talent for learning, whether it's riding or swimming, he hasn't mastered it after years of learning.Therefore, when he really wanted to fight, he was still used to dismounting and fighting on foot.

Fortunately, he is still talented in fighting in battle.

His tall stature and the long spear he used also made up for the height gap of riding on foot.

"puff!"

After retreating, Liu Jinsuo was the vanguard when he turned around to kill the enemy. Liu Jinsuo quickly overturned a Yuan army ten commander, and the whole person crashed into the Yuan army formation, opening a gap.

"Haha, Your Majesty said that I am suitable to be a pioneer, kill me!"

The soldiers of the Tang army have practiced many times for today's battle.

The soldiers of the Yuan army thought they had won a big victory, but they were shocked by the sudden explosion and fire.

At this time, there were still people trapped in the sea of ​​fire screaming on the pier, which greatly affected their morale.

"boom!"

There was another loud bang, that is, the ships on the Yellow River also exploded, blasting those Yuan soldiers who were still trying to chase to the other side into the river.

The fire is bigger.

……

Busy Gudai never dreamed that Zhang Jue would fight like this, nor that Tang Jun would destroy the ship.

That's why he ordered to seize the pier at the first time, and the Yuan army also rushed forward to fight for supplies and military exploits, and was finally buried in the sea of ​​​​fire.

Until now, he has not been able to understand why Zhang Jue behaved like this.

The ship was destroyed, and these Tang soldiers could not go back.

Are you dying?
However, this is something to come later. At this moment, the first thing Mangudai has to face is Tang Jun's return carbine.

On the one hand, there was blood, and the soldiers of the Yuan army who were disrupted caused a large number of casualties in an instant; on the other hand, there was fire, and the soldiers who were ignited screamed, rolled, and jumped into the Yellow River.

"withdraw!"

Busy Gudai shouted loudly.

"withdraw!"

The bell sounded again.

The Yuan army followed the direction they came, and began to retreat again.

"Don't let them escape!" Liu Jinsuo yelled to catch up, stabbing wildly with his spear, wishing he could knock down several Yuan soldiers at once before giving up.

Zhang Jue said that this battle should cause as many casualties as possible and destroy the morale of the Yuan army.

After chasing them until evening, the generals of the Tang army stopped.

As the bugle sounded again, they began to treat the wounded, clean up the battlefield, and rest in an orderly manner.

The fire on the pier has not been extinguished, and most of the ships have been burned in this battle.

This gave Zhang Jue's back a layer of tragic and tragic.

Walking among the wounded soldiers, he reached out and patted the shoulders of the soldiers from time to time, saying: "Don't be afraid, since we have crossed the river, we don't plan to cross it back."

"Have you seen the Great Wall? This is our own territory, we will fight here."

"Old Shi, are you injured? Remember when we killed Brother Meng together, this time it was Kublai Khan's turn to die, so I grit my teeth and take you to another camp to rest tonight."

The injured Shi Jin stood up and said, "You just say where to hit, Commander."

"Nine original city."

Zhang Jue said: "We will not stop, we will attack Jiuyuan City tonight, chasing the deserters brought by Busy Gu and rushing into the Tucheng."

The generals were taken aback for a moment, then laughed.

Zhang Jue didn't let them think about another question... Although many enemy soldiers were killed in this battle, they lost their retreat and supplies. What should they do next?
I could only grit my teeth and hold on.

~~
Kublai Khan had already marched to the Urad Ranch.

It has not yet been decided whether to go west or east next.

If Li Xia died, he would go east to conquer Zhang Jue himself, and then go south to take Guanzhong; if Li Xia fled to Xingqing Mansion, he would personally chase after him, first take back the hometown of Xixia, pass through Liupan Mountain, and enter Guanzhong eastward.

From time to time, rushing horseshoes brought news from all parties, disturbing the officials of the Jinlianchuan shogunate who followed the expedition.

On the fifth day of October, several messages arrived at Zhang Yi.

After Zhang Yi and Zhang Wenqian's analysis, their complexions gradually became serious.

They had to beg to see Kublai Khan overnight.

"Your Majesty, looking at the current situation, I found that... Li Xia doesn't seem to want to quit Hetao."

Zhang Wenqian felt that he had said something earth-shattering, but Kublai Khan did not seem surprised.

Tonight Kublai Khan went to bed very early and woke up impromptu.

He didn't wear a felt hat, and his shaved head was exposed. With the two braids around his ears, he looked a little simple and honest amidst his might.

It does look like an elephant.

"This is Li Xia." Kublai Khan said, his tone was calm, with some complacency as I expected, "This is a young man who wants to achieve the impossible, and this is worthy of my personal enlistment."

"I seem to have guessed wrong before." Zhang Wenqian said.

Zhang Yi also said: "I also guessed wrong."

At this time, Kublai Khan seemed very tolerant, and laughed loudly: "You guys are right in analyzing the situation, and you are right. You just didn't count Li Xia's choice."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness."

"Tell me, what do you think Li Xia wants to do."

Zhang Wenqian murmured: "I believe that Li Xia wants to delay, let him and Zhang Jue's cavalry attract our troops to circle the Hetao, and give him time to mobilize troops from all the roads under his rule. Only in this way can we explain why Zhang Jue Instead of crossing the Yellow River, Li Xia ran to Jilusai."

Kublai Khan looked at Zhang Yi again and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhang Yi was originally a literati. After he became the leader of the spies, he has gradually become a bit sinister.

His skin is much darker than Zhang Wenqian's, and he has more killing intent when he speaks.

"I thought that Li Xia was going to take a detour from the north of Yinshan Mountain and come back to attack His Majesty's camp."

Kublai Khan squinted his eyes, stood up, looked at the map, and said, "Continue."

"Shi Tianze, Zhang Hongfan, and Hu Lanji are all attracted to the back. Once Li Xia walks through the canyon and crosses the Yin Mountain, we have a large number of troops, but it is difficult to find him. It is equivalent to 4 people being pinned down; look at Zhang Jue, nearly If the [-] troops refuse to retreat to the south of the Yellow River, at least [-] of our troops will be restrained. Then how many troops are left in His Majesty's camp?"

Zhang Wenqian took a deep breath, from not believing it to thinking it was possible.

Zhang Yi pointed to Wuliang Suhai on the map again, and said, "He bypassed Yinshan Mountain, rested here, and then came over quietly, heading straight for His Majesty's camp..."

"Hahahaha!"

Kublai Khan laughed.

Zhang Yi quickly bowed and said, "I'm guilty."

"Didn't you say that Li Xia is still very young, you can wait for me to grow old and be recalled by Changshengtian?"

"I dare not." Zhang Yidao: "I just think from Li Xia's point of view. I didn't think clearly last time. This time..."

"It's Li Xia's idea this time." Kublai Khan said.

Zhang Yi's heart trembled, and he said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Since you guessed it, get ready, tomorrow morning...no, call the kings and marshals now."

"The minister obeys the order."

The two ministers of the shogunate received the order.

When Zhang Wenqian stood up, he smiled and said, "Li Xia always likes to be opportunistic, and it has become a habit to steal and attack camps. Xiao He is the one who succeeds, and Xiao He is the one who loses..."

~~
A gust of wind blows, and the grassland is vast.

Li Xia lit the candle, put down the letter from Lian Xixian in his hand, looked at the map and murmured: "You must not have guessed..."