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Chapter 1113 Luck
Li Xia raised the binoculars and aimed at Hai Dongqing hovering in the sky.

This is a snow-white one, which looks extremely beautiful against the blue sky.Flying in the sky and overlooking the desert, it really has the prestige of the overlord among the eagles.

"I'm afraid the main force of the Yuan army is within a hundred miles."

"Why does His Majesty think so?"

"This kind of snow-white Haidongqing is extremely precious, and it's not that the Mongolian and Yuan nobles can't afford to tame it." Li Xia said: "It can fly sixty or seventy miles a day, and it won't be three days away from its master, so it is said that the Yuan army is more than a hundred miles away. within."

"But Tan Ma hasn't come back yet."

"As a general, you must learn to find really useful information from all kinds of plausible, true and false battle reports. Now that Haidongqing gives you a piece of information, do you dare to issue a military order decisively?"

"The last general..."

Yang Ben hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Dare. The final general confirmed that the Yuan army is likely to be within a hundred miles. For one thing, we have received news of Mang Ge's return to the east for nearly two months. They are likely to march here. Second, according to the information given by Mr. Lian for the second time, Mangol's marching route is exactly here...and this sea dongqing is added, this matter can basically be confirmed."

"Pass down the order to let the soldiers rest on the spot overnight and prepare to ambush the Yuan army."

"Yes!"

In fact, no matter whether there is the main force of the Yuan army in front or not, the Tang army's food and grass have been exhausted, and there are not many choices to make, so they can only make a decisive decision.

"Shoot it!"

Suddenly a Tang soldier shouted.

But the Haidongqing swooped down in the sky, as if it wanted to take away the prey Tang Jun put on his horse, that is, a bloody wild sheep with Tang Jun's arrows stuck in it.

It is naturally extremely difficult to snatch food from the formation of thousands of troops, but this Haidongqing dives extremely fast, like a white lightning.

The surrounding Tang army really failed to react. When the crossbow was raised, it had already rushed close, and if it was released again, it would easily injure the comrades by mistake.

In the chaos, it was a soldier of the Tang Army who pounced and pushed the wild sheep away, and then there was a scream.

"Ow!"

Hai Dongqing had already rushed to the vicinity, and grabbed the Tang army soldier's back with his iron-sharp claws, leaving bloody patches on his back.

It was very angry, and with an earth-shattering cry, it rushed towards the sky again.

When it is in the sky, it does not look big, but it can be seen clearly when it is flying low on the ground. The length of its wings spread is as high as a person, and its speed is fast, which is quite frightening. The soldiers around were taken aback again.

At this moment, it has flown high.

"Dead beast!"

A general of the Tang army was furious, and he stretched his bow like a full moon, aimed at this Haidongqing and shot.

"Stop shooting!" Yang Ben who rushed over shouted angrily.

It was too late, just heard the sound of "swish", and the arrow had already rushed into the sky.

Yang Ben arrived on his horse, looked up, and waited for Hai Dongqing to land, but he saw it flying higher and higher.

After a while, only two feathers slowly fell down.

"Shot?"

"Where's the arrow?"

"Where are the birds?"

"Your Majesty, an arrow has been lost."

"I saw it."

Li Xia looked up, and at the end of his line of sight, the beautiful eagle had disappeared into the sky, which reminded people of a poem.

Thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and evening snow.

……

That night, Tang Jun discussed matters.

"There is good news and there is bad news."

Li Xia said: "The good news is that it is now completely certain that the Yuan army is not too far to the west of us. Today's sea dongqing is very spiritual and has obviously been domesticated. It can only be busy brother stabbing, suddenly Such a talented person may have such a handsome thing."

"Your Majesty is right. That bird is so beautiful and spiritual. It seems that it knows to go back and report the news."

"The bad news is that we lost an arrow. If it is brought back by it, the enemy general may be alert in advance."

Ma Muhe, the general who released the arrow today, quickly knelt down and said loudly, "The last general is guilty! Please deal with it, Your Majesty."

This is a Mongol. After being recruited by Hu Legen, he stayed in the Guizheng Camp for a while, and then transferred to the Ningxia Army, under the command of Yang Ben.

In the northwest, most of the Han surnames are Ma, Su, Sha, etc. Therefore, there are many generals with the surname Ma in the Ningxia army, and sometimes it is difficult to tell which ethnicity they are without speaking.

"Get up, what are you guilty of?" Li Xia smiled and encouraged: "You are a good archer."

"Hey, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Ben asked: "Your Majesty, is it possible that Xiao Dangxiang shot the beast and it couldn't fly back? Or the arrow just got stuck in its feathers and fell off halfway through the flight."

"Prepare for the worst..."

Generally speaking, a proper strategic planning takes a long time.For example, it took Li Xia half a year to prepare and arrange for the recovery of Longxi.

But facing Kublai Khan's personal conquest this time, he turned around and attacked Manggala on the spur of the moment.After all, even the elder brother assassinated on the spur of the moment to return east, so of course he wouldn't give Li Xia time to prepare.

Therefore, even though Li Xia was in the desert and was about to find Brother Mang to assassinate him, he still hadn't figured out how to fight this battle.

The only thing he knew was that Kublai Khan could not be allowed to take over the 15 army himself, otherwise he might be destroyed.After confirming this point, the rest of him followed his intuition and walked all the way here.

In his previous life, he felt that the reason why he was a champion was not only hard work but also genius.The so-called genius is that sometimes, in a flash of inspiration, the sword in the hand has already been pierced before the brain can make up its mind.

But maybe it's just good luck.

People will not be lucky all the time, but today they met a bird, but it made him feel that his luck is about to run out.

He failed to shoot it.

In the stories of the Mongols, the eagle is the messenger of the divine bird, protecting the golden family.

In the story of the Jurchens, Wanyan Aguda led his troops to attack the Daliao Kingdom. It was with Haidongqing's assistance that he won more with less, and achieved the incredible victory of the ancient city of Dalu and the victory of Dagang.

This time, the comparison between Li Xia and the Yuan army was like the battle of the ancient city of Dalu. Unfortunately, Shenying did not stand on his side.

Shaking his head to drive away these boring thoughts in his mind, he looked at the map and marked it a few times.

"Even if Mang Gela and Tuohu found us in advance, there is still a way to ambush them. You see..."

a long time.

Yang Ben pondered and reminded: "Your Majesty, we may not have such a big place to go around. Zhang Hongfan may be chasing us behind."

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Chicken deer stuffed.

After a burst of yelling, there was a loud bang, and the gravel blocked at the entrance of the canyon was blasted away, and the soldiers of the Yuan army went over to shovel the earth and rock away.

"The road is clear!"

Only then did the canyon road ahead appear, and a group of cavalry had ridden over the dirt and rocks and crossed the Yinshan Pass.

There are corpses buried under those earth and rocks, some from the Yuan army and some from the Tang army, and they are often entangled with each other.From their distorted expressions, it can be imagined that during the fierce battle, the soldiers of the Tang army tightly hugged the soldiers of the Yuan army who wanted to chase through the canyon, and then the rocks above collapsed and buried them together.

The bloodstains have been glued together with the dust and dried, so it doesn't look bloody, but rather desolate and desolate.

A total of more than [-] people rode through the pass, and more soldiers and horses of the Yuan army were still stationed on the side of the canyon.

Zhang Hongfan climbed to the height of Jilusai and looked into the distance.

He could only see the canyon winding towards Mobei, forming a line between the mountains, and to the northwest, he couldn't even see the line, only the Yinshan Mountains towering majestically.

"Zhang Hongfan!"

Shi Gang rode his horse and got off his horse on the chicken and deer plug. Before the man arrived, he shouted and asked, "Where's Li Xia?!"

"I lost it after chasing it." Zhang Hongfan replied without hesitation, and at the same time pointed to the Yinshan Mountain in the distance.

"Have you lost it? Is this your reward to His Majesty after all your efforts?"

"Our opponent is Li Xia." Zhang Hongfan said loudly in the wind, as if he didn't notice the hostility in Shi Bang's words, and said in a serious and sincere tone: "This is a person who rose from a prisoner to the throne in ten years. We don't know why he can do it, but he must be different from ordinary people. To deal with such an enemy, you can't think of success easily. Shi Sanlang, you should be patient."

"Zhang Jiulang, you have too many excuses."

Zhang Hongfan seemed to regard Shi Bang as a friend, and said again: "Recently, I remembered that Zhang Hongdao told me many years ago that he chased and killed Li Xia in Bozhou. Wear down. This is my kind reminder, you have to be calm, resolute, and strong in order to be an enemy of Li Xia."

"Stop talking nonsense." Shi Bang said, "Tell me how you were thrown off by Li Xia."

"He suddenly turned around and attacked Jilusai, crossed the Yin Mountain directly, left another army behind, guarded for eight days, and finally blew up the mountain to block the road."

"Why don't you chase after?!"

"Have you seen this terrain?" Zhang Hongfan raised his hand and asked, "Do you know how Wang Liangchen died? Qishan Road was ambushed by Li Xia. I have considered whether Li Xia was in ambush in the canyon, ready to ambush I."

"You are too timid."

"I don't need to explain to you. I am Marshal Du, and you only have one thousand households. Just tell Marshal Shi, and at the same time let him send troops to go around Yinshan from Gaoque Pass to search for Li Xia's troops."

Shi Bang was extremely displeased when he heard this, and his face darkened immediately, but it was true that his official position was far inferior to Zhang Hongfan, so he said coldly: "No matter how marshal you are, you still can't command my father. He won't go around any dark mountains to chase after Li Xia." Run back, he has led the army back to the camp by His Majesty's order."

Zhang Hongfan was a little surprised in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.

He pretended not to believe it, and said: "Really? Your Majesty ordered Marshal Hu Lanji to attack the Xingqing Mansion first, and ordered me to continue to pursue Li Xia, but he had no intention of withdrawing troops. Could it be that Shi Shuai is afraid of another defeat?"

Shi Gang gave him a disdainful look, unwilling to answer.

Zhang Hongfan had already guessed it, and pondered: "They speculated that Li Xia wanted to sneak attack on His Majesty's camp?"

This was the news that Shi Bang was ordered to come here today to tell Zhang Hongfan. Since he was guessed out, he was spared from opening his mouth and just sneered.

Zhang Hongfan stopped talking, looked down at the map, and marked the positions of several Mongolian troops.

Hu Lanji was attacking the Xingqing Mansion, Shi Tianze was waiting in the camp, and only his troops had been thrown off by Li Xia... In this way, Li Xia can pass through Yinshan without hindrance.

Of course, Tang Jun didn't have any luggage, and he would starve to death in a short time.

And King Anxi's army is about to return from the Western Regions.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hongfan was taken aback for a moment, and an idea came to his mind——

Can Li Xia snatch King Anxi's luggage?No way, unless he's crazy, but...

After a flash of inspiration, a strategic analysis is about to take shape.

Some didn't believe it, some were surprised, and there was some faint admiration. Just when he was about to follow this inspiration to think deeply, a new horse galloped over.

I don't know whose luck this time, the messenger said: "I found the trace of Tang Jun!"

(End of this chapter)