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Tolgoi Mountains.

After entering November, due to the cold weather, more and more soldiers in Li Xia's army fell ill.

The composition of the soldiers of the Ningxia Army is very complicated. Some generals were from the horse army in Qingfu County, and some were Mongolian generals attached to them. Most of the soldiers were recruited from Gansu, Longxi, and Guanzhong. Some soldiers didn't even know who they were, maybe they were descendants of Party members and Fan people.

But even the big men in Gansu are still not used to the severe cold in Mobei.

It was only dawn that day, and Yang Ben walked around the camp, and he couldn't help but sighed, "If it wasn't for His Majesty's personal expedition, the soldiers would not be able to hold on because of His Majesty's encouragement."

Although he was proud and arrogant, he knew that if he was in charge of the army, he would definitely not be able to keep the army from collapsing under such circumstances.

Li Xia shook his head and said, "It's not because of this."

He didn't think that the soldiers gritted their teeth because of him as the emperor. This may be part of the reason, but not all.

He, Li Xia, isn't great either. Most of the time, he only fights for his personal ambitions. After fighting for a long time, he will treat soldiers as numbers.For example, in this battle, he brought more than 7000 people to attack more than [-] enemy troops, and he knew that many people would die.

It can be said that he was ready to sacrifice these people from the very beginning, and he was even ruthless enough to sacrifice himself.

In his opinion, the reason why the soldiers can endure this difficult situation is probably because the past life was really bad.

For more than 300 years, there has not been a decent dynasty, either decadent or brutal.

However, Li Xia doesn't understand politics and governing the country. The only thing worthy of praise is his will and some unsystematic thoughts from later generations.

He didn't think he was very good, he could only say that he was lucky, and his opponents were Song and Yuan.

It is not to say how weak the Yuan Dynasty is. It has inherited the huge heritage of the Great Mongol Kingdom and has strong military strength.But when it comes to the overall system, it is obviously a bit too rough.

"Because they all want to have a decent country."

Li Xia turned to look at his soldiers and said this.

"The salaries that should be paid are not owed, so that they can farm well. The political situation is clear and the production is promoted. This is much more decent than that of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. To put it simply, they want to live a good life. Even if they can't live well Now, let’s have a good time for the family.”

This is repeating the same old tune. When I first met Yang Guo, he talked about this decent country, and Li Xia also felt that it was boring to talk about it all the time.

But he is fortunate that he has not forgotten this after two years of proclaiming himself emperor.

He felt that if one day he walked among the soldiers and could only feel his majesty, but not what their thoughts were, then it might be the time when he was going to be defeated.

A scout horse came back and reported, "The Yuan army is already twenty miles away!"

Li Xia walked up to a high place and picked up the binocular to look, but there was no trace of the Yuan army for the time being.

In a snowy day, you can't even see the rising dust and smoke. It's not a suitable weather for field battles, but Busy Brother came to fight anyway.

"Kublai Khan's son is very courageous." Li Xia said, "I thought about how he would avoid him after he was attacked by me."

"Your Majesty, there is another possibility that Tuohu's soldiers and horses are coming soon." Yang Ben said, "Brother Mang scattered the scouting horses far away, preventing our scouting horses from going around to the west of him."

"Very likely, then we will have less than 1 people against more than [-] people in this vast snow field, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, this weather has an advantage for us. No matter how many soldiers there are, they will all suffer from the same cold. The Mongols are more resistant to the cold, but the Yuan army is not all Mongols. On the contrary, our army has cotton armor and has a bonfire. Waiting for work here. At the end of the battle, it is the army of more than [-] that may collapse first."

There is no trace of the Yuan army in the sight of the binocular.

Another scout came back from the front and confirmed some news. Presumably, it will not be until the afternoon when the Yuan army arrives at the battlefield and the two sides start fighting.Yang Ben then ordered the soldiers to cook on fire, and let the soldiers have a full meal before the decisive battle.

At this juncture, Li Xia turned out the map and looked at it for a while.

"Your Majesty is considering whether Lord Lian can catch up with Tuohu?"

"I'm not worried about his side. With his abilities, he probably won't make it easier for Tuohu."

Li Xia turned his head and took a look, only to see that the generals were chewing the horse meat in their hands, and without looking this way, he said: "What I'm thinking about is that after so many days, there is no Yuan army chasing from the east."

It is said that there is no Yuan army, but in fact some Yuan troops explored their horses to the west and were intercepted by the Tang army's explorers. The content of the letter was to remind Mangge to be careful of being ambushed by Li Xia.

It can be seen that Kublai Khan has already guessed Li Xia's tactics.

"Your Majesty is saying that the Yuan army is not chasing us, but is going to attack us."

"Well, that's what I'm worried about." Li Xia said, "If Kublai Khan sends troops to chase, our seven thousand cavalry can fight against one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand, at least we can detour and consume them in this vast Mobei. On the contrary It was the Yuan army that invaded the territory, our territory is too large, but our population and troops are too small, so it is difficult to defend.”

"Then we can only defeat Mangge as soon as possible." Yang Ben said, "It's not good for us if we continue to stalemate."

Although the Tang army was stationed at the foot of the mountain, with commanding heights of sight, leeward, and firewood to pick up, it would be a disadvantage if they went down even without firewood.

In fact, if Mangge did not attack, Li Xia was also planning to attack his camp again on a snowy night in the next few days.

In the end, the Yuan army attacked first, presumably because they were afraid that the Tang army would escape.

"Thinking about it, the best way for the Yuan army to fight now is to surround us with a large army, and Kublai Khan hastily captured Xingqing Mansion to take advantage of the enemy and go south."

"If you can see this, there are capable people in Mangala's army."

"Of course there are." Li Xia said, "But it doesn't matter if they encircle them, their strength will be thin."

After a while, Tanma reported again that the Yuan army was ten miles away.

Li Xia and Yang Ben had already discussed all possible variables on the battlefield, and began to arrange the formation.

In this battle, Li Xia asked Yang Ben to command, while he himself only brought [-] draft picks to watch the battle on the mountain.

The battlefield is an open plain, and the scouts on both sides are sent far away, and they are very clear about the situation of the enemy and ourselves, so there must be fewer strange moves.

When the Tang army resisted, if they could fight for ten days and ten nights, the Yuan army could kill all the Tang army by relying on their strength.Otherwise, it is nothing more than a few points that can determine the outcome.

Take a look at the perseverance of the soldiers on both sides, and see who can't hold on first.Of course, equipment, casualties, morale, etc. all affect this result;

Second, see whose reinforcements can arrive in time.Now, it is no secret that Mangge is waiting for Tuohu and Li Xia is waiting for Lian Xixian.

Finally, before noon, I raised the binocular again, and I was able to see the Yuan army appearing in the wind and snow.

Li Xia looked around until his sight was blocked by the mountain, and he couldn't see the end of the black line. The Yuan army was outflanking it.

This battle hasn't been fought yet, Mangge is already afraid that he will run away.

He thinks this should not be the case, Mangge Assassin's troops are more than five times larger than his, and the front line is much thinner if they are spread out like this.And he didn't want to run at all.

Unless, Manggela is sure that Tuohu will be able to arrive at the battlefield within a day or two.

But Li Xia didn't have any definite news to know where Lian Xixian had gone.

He suddenly thought, if he loses this battle, as long as he doesn't die, he will still have the courage to continue.

If the northwest is lost, it will guard Guanzhong, if Guanzhong is lost, it will guard Sichuan, Shu, and even Yunnan.Kublai Khan fought deeper and deeper, and there might not be another defeat in Diaoyu City, and Meng Yuan could no longer bear such a defeat again.

Rarely, Li Xia felt that he could afford to lose.

"Moo!"

The sound of blowing the horn came from the wind and snow, and the Yuan army had already seen the banner of the Tang army and began to charge.

~~
Mangola no longer stayed in his king's tent, but stood on the watchtower.

But it was Yuxi Timur who actually dispatched troops and horses.

Yuxi Timur was seriously injured when the Tang army attacked the camp, and now his injuries have not healed, his whole body is wrapped, without armor, only wearing a thick fur robe and sitting next to Manggela.

At the same time, Li Dehui made up for the vacancies.

As long as it doesn't involve a battle with real gold, Mangola is very useful.

He believed that with his own force, under the command of Yuxi Timur and Li Dehui, without making any mistakes, he could safely surround and defeat Li Xia.

What's more, there is Tuohu who is behind him to protect him.

I hope that if Zhenjin is in the Tang army, he can die here; if he is not, he can also die in this heavy snow; it is best to die already, this is the reason for his return east.

"Tang Jun's scouts have discovered us a long time ago, and they are waiting for work."

Yuxi Timur held a binocular in his hand.

Although he looked down on the Han people, he had to admit that many things made by the Han people, such as gunpowder, compasses, and binoculars, were very useful.

But he still believes that both the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River should be turned into pastures for grazing.

He is good at fighting.

"We came from afar. Today we only need to surround the Tang army. After we surround them, we will fight them decisively."

Suddenly, he turned his binoculars, a little surprised.

Because Li Xia seemed to be running away, and he didn't expect Li Xia to run away so soon.