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Chapter 1119
The city of Jiuyuan City was first built by the State of Zhao in the Warring States Period, and it was the gathering place for the army, grain and grass in the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties.

This is the northern stop of Qin Zhidao, and it is also an important frontier town that Qin Shihuang wanted to go to last before his death.The last time it was rebuilt was in the Tang Dynasty, and it was called the "surrendered city".

The city wall is two feet high, three feet wide at the bottom, and one foot wide at the top. It is divided into two cities, the north and the south, in the shape of a double diamond, called "Phoenix Spreading Wings". , the two cities occupy a total of about fifteen hectares.

Such a small city is a transportation hub and an important military town that runs through the east, west, north and south.

After Zhang Jue learned of the battle report of Kublai Khan's personal conquest, not only did he not retreat.Instead, they burned the ships and defeated Wanhu Manggudai of the Yuan army. After that, they took advantage of the victory to pursue and followed the defeated soldiers into Jiuyuan City.

When Hanzhong was recovered, it was also Zhang Jue who took the lead in entering the city to kill the enemy and seize the city.This time, Jiuyuan City was exactly the goal of his going north, and in the end he was allowed to occupy it in this way.

It's a pity that the meaning is completely different. Under the current situation, this move is not to recover, but to sit in an isolated city.

Not long after Manggu was defeated, more Yuan troops surrounded the city again and surrounded the city wall.

If Zhang Jue still had a choice of retreat at Nanhaizi Wharf, by this time he had put himself in a desperate situation.

And Yuan Jun didn't expect him to be like this, so he disrupted the arrangement.

After more than [-] days, the Yuan army continued to attack the city.Knowing that the Tang army had no way to escape, the Yuan army did not attack regardless of casualties, so that the Tang army could barely support it.

In late October, it snowed heavily on the Hetao Grassland, and the sky and the earth were covered with snow.

Only there was no snow on the city walls, only red, dirty ice.

Every evening, the soldiers of the Tang army dragged the corpses of their comrades down for burial, stripped the corpses of the enemy soldiers, placed them on the top of the city, and poured water on them.

By the next day, the water would freeze to ice, making the battlements a little taller.

"vomit!"

A soldier of the Tang army was dragging the corpse, and finally vomited it out, and then fell sluggishly at the base of the wall.

Liu Jinsuo, who was standing not far away, saw him, and quickly stepped forward to help him up, saying: "Don't lie here, you are so cold. I said you are a veteran, and you can still vomit when you see a corpse."

"General...I'm not disgusted...I don't know what's going on."

"It's too tired. I'm away from home, and I'm not acclimatized. I'm anxious, so I can't help but feel uncomfortable." Cheng Cong, the governor of the capital, stepped forward and asked someone to help the soldier down, saying, "Go and rest first, today's Huotou army Get some rice noodles, and dinner will be served in a while."

"Thank you, General."

Liu Jinsuo smiled and said, "Rice noodles? That's great! Eating horse meat every day makes my stomach feel sick."

"General Liu came to help, we did the job." Cheng Cong said.

This general who was born in Diaoyu City has a stout body, like a wooden barrel. Although he is old, he has a straightforward personality. While carrying the corpse with Liu Jinsuo, he said: "General Liu is really happy anytime."

"That's not it." Liu Jinsuo said with a smile, "It's not such a hard time right now. General Cheng knows, right? When I returned to Lin'an from Kaifeng, I thought I would be promoted after I made great achievements, but I got into that place In the dark dungeon, I peeled off a piece of Lao Tzu's tattoo, his mother. Now there is such a big city guarding it, and there are tens of thousands of brothers together, afraid of a donkey ball."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Cheng Cong laughed unceasingly, and also cited a few difficult and dangerous experiences in his life.

"The situation now is like when Brother Meng first arrived in Diaoyu City. But, this Jiuyuan City is not as easy to defend as Diaoyu City."

"That's different." Liu Jinsuo said: "Speaking of Diaoyu City, the Mongolian army attacked our Sichuan and Shu, but now we have attacked Hetao. Brother Cheng, don't think I look stupid, I understand strategy. Let me tell you, Kublai Khan hastened to defend, if we win this battle, the day when His Majesty will rule the world will not be far away."

"General Liu really understands strategy, but what if we don't win?"

"If you don't win, go back and defend for another three to five years. It doesn't matter, just be happy."

"If you ask me, it's a win."

The two put down the body and poured water.Cheng Cong scratched his chilblained hand, and said, "Apart from Your Majesty, Marshal Zhang is the one who knows how to fight the most in my old Cheng's eyes. How can he not win?"

"That's right, I also obey Marshal Zhang." Liu Jinsuo said: "In Song Dynasty, people always said that Lu Wende and Liu Zheng were the most capable fighters in Song Dynasty. The most able to fight, much stronger than those of Meng Yuan."

"Haha, chatting with General Liu is refreshing."

Cheng Cong smiled and thought again of the day when Liu Jinsuo and Wang Li fought to attack Aibuhua, and then Wang Li went, and the whole army was wiped out.

Sadness appeared in his eyes again, he felt sorry for the child from Diaoyu City, and at the same time felt that he was sorry for Wang Li's father.

"Let's go, let's go eat some rice noodles." Liu Jinsuo was unaware of Cheng Cong's state of mind, so he said to himself, "Let me tell you, it's rare for Marshal Zhang to order that rice noodles to be steamed today. I am very smart..."

really.

This night the army not only served horse meat with rice, but each soldier also had a sip of spirits to drink.

Zhang Jue snatched it from the merchants in the city.

At this time, he didn't care about the various disciplines Li Xia demanded.He is the second person in the Datang Army, and he is willing to die for the common ambition with Li Xia in this battle, and he doesn't care about this little detail.

During the military meeting that night, after drinking that sip of wine, Zhang Jue was still unsatisfied. He handed over the jug and put forward his idea.

"When I burned the boat before, the Yuan army didn't think about it. They must have thought, how will this bastard burn the boat back? I have more ways to go back."

All the generals looked refreshed.

They could see the situation clearly and knew that they would die if they were besieged. At this time, they heard Zhang Jue say that they had a way to survive.

Only Liu Jinsuo was very puzzled and asked, "Marshal, aren't we going to attack Kublai Khan? Why are we going back?"

Zhang Jue gave him a blank look, and said, "I thought so at first. But I sent scouts to visit the Urad pasture at the risk of death. There are too many troops near Kublai Khan's camp, and the defenses are tight."

"Does he know that we plan to attack him?"

"Of course not. We are surrounded by groups, and he is not so defensive." Zhang Jue said: "Kublai Khan is afraid that His Majesty will go out of the Yin Mountain to attack him, so he is prepared."

"Then why did His Majesty go out of the Yin Mountain?"

"Don't interrupt. What I said just now is a way to go back."

"Yes, handsome and wise!" Liu Jinsuo shouted.

The generals no longer cared about him, and all looked at Zhang Jue.

But Zhang Jue tapped on the map and said, "The Yellow River is about to freeze. Get ready, let's break through first..."

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"Zhang Shuai is really wonderful. He first burned the boat to give the Yuan army a hard blow, then took down Jiuyuan City, and dragged the captives in Hetao for a month. When Guanzhong was ready, the Yellow River was frozen. Walk back on the face, hahaha!"

Two nights later, Liu Jinsuo figured out the idea in Zhang Jue's strategy, and he applauded again and again.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tang army were removing the blocked wood from the city gate and cracking the ice surface used to seal the city gate.

The horses have been fed with fodder and are ready to break through at any time and cross the Yellow River on ice.

Liu Jinsuo's riding skills are not good, and the soldiers and horses he leads are not like the Yan'an army, so they are arranged in the rear of the team.

They flocked out of the city.

It was a snowy night, and I could vaguely see things.

After running south for a few miles, there was a shout of killing coming from the front, which meant that the soldiers and horses in the front had begun to break through.

Liu Jinsuo ordered the soldiers to maintain their strength and wait for Zhang Jue's order to go up to support at any time.

Fortunately, the breakout went smoothly. The battle report came from the front, and the army had passed through the Yuan army's defense line and began to cross the river on ice.

By the time Liu Jinsuo reached the Yellow River, it was actually the third quarter of the Yin hour, but the daylight was late in winter, and the sun had not been seen for a long time.

"Wrap cotton cloth around the horse's hoof and cross the river!"

Walking on the icy surface of the Yellow River was very cold. After walking for a while, Liu Jinsuo realized that the atmosphere in the army was warmer than usual.

"Finally back."

"What's so good about the return trip? It would be better if you killed the captive chief."

Halfway through the conversation, Liu Jinsuo realized that not everyone was as optimistic as him, and many soldiers were actually too tired.

Even with cotton armor, they couldn't adapt to the severe cold in the north. Their hands were covered with chilblains, and it hurt every time they held the knife. When the day's fighting was over, they had to tear their hands off the handle.

And the Yuan army has several times more troops than them, why would they not want to go home?
In this way, the soldiers comforted Liu Jinsuo in turn, saying: "Don't worry, general, we will fight back when the army is assembled..."

A sharp whistle interrupted their conversation.

Then came the long horn.

Liu Jinsuo hurriedly greeted the dispatcher and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Attacked!"

"Pass Zhang Shuai's order, Liu Jinsuo will immediately support the right wing."

"The last general takes orders!"

At this moment, the sky was finally light, and he glanced around at his soldiers, and saw disappointed faces.

At this moment, what Liu Jinsuo thought was to take all these soldiers back.

They have delayed the Yuan army long enough to give Guanzhong an extra month of preparation time. What they need now is to go back to Guanzhong to meet more soldiers and horses, and then there will be a decisive battle with the Yuan army.

They don't deserve to die here.

"The ice is too slippery, you don't need to ride a horse, charge with me!"

……

The more they ran, the more they panted, and the more they ran, the more they panted, and finally, they saw the fight ahead.

The number of Yuan troops startled them. Looking around, they saw a whole row of bonfires lit up on the ice of the Yellow River.

As the sun shone down, a banner of the Yuan army stood in front of them with the word "Yang" written on it.

That was Yang Wen'an's arrival.

If it wasn't for Kublai Khan's personal conquest, maybe Yang Wen'an would hide somewhere to preserve his strength.

But at this time, he had guessed Zhang Jue's plan, and lay in ambush here early.

It is not yet the twelfth lunar month, and although the ice surface of the Yellow River can leave people behind, it may still break under the sun in the afternoon and the temperature of the bonfire.

Tang Jun had to break out of the siege before noon.

However, there were also killing cries from behind.

Busy Gudai has also led people to arrive...

(End of this chapter)