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Chapter 1141 Cramps

"Battle! Battle!"

The [-] newly attached soldiers were behind the more than [-] cavalry of the Tang Army, far away from the battlefield, and they belonged to the reserve force, which could be regarded as being pulled out to gain momentum.

Shu Zhenbo and many generals followed Li Xia under the banner between Jiang Bing and Tang Qi.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Li Xia's armor with a golden light, Shu Zhenbo couldn't help but wonder if Li Xia was injured or not, and his back could still be so straight.

This person is also tough enough.

It seems that it is easier to succeed by following such a person.

On the way from Yili River to Helan Mountain, Shuzhenbo was tired of Zongwang Tuo complaining, getting angry, and wandering all of a sudden, letting them bear the bad mood of the commander.

Ahead, Tachar's banner has gradually left the battlefield.

To the east, nearly a thousand cavalrymen joined the army. Farther away, a large group of Yuan army cavalry lingered near the battlefield for a while, and finally retreated.

A letter rushed to Li Xia's side and reported: "The Yuan army sent five thousand cowardly cavalry to surround us. We had already prepared and fled back with Mangge."

"very good."

Li Xia ordered a few more words, rode his horse to the front of the soldiers, pointed to the three commanders and said, "Take your men and horses to clean up the battlefield."

"Here!"

Li Xia did not command through Shu Zhenbo.

In fact, there are not many things that can be cleaned up on the battlefield. It is nothing more than some corpses, wounded soldiers, and horses, and more is to let them feel the victory.

After making the arrangements, Li Xia said to Uncle Shu: "Take your coward and come with me."

There is still more than three miles to go from where the big banner is to Hatu Mountain. Although I can see it with a binocular, it still takes some time to ride the horse.

When Shu Zhenbo and Li Xia rushed down the mountain, even the Yuan army that attacked the mountain had already withdrawn.

Looking at the traces left on the battlefield, this small battle where only a thousand people attacked more than 2 people was much more tragic than the big battle where 1 people attacked [-] people.

On the open battlefield over there, most of the dead and injured soldiers were mistakes or arrows fell off their horses. The wounds on their bodies were one or two arrow wounds or falls below the body, scattered in various places on the battlefield.

On Hatu Mountain's short defense line of several hundred steps, every step is a corpse, one side of the head was smashed by a stone, the whole body was blackened by the fire, and the one fell into the ditch and was tied into a hedgehog...More Most of them were scarred soldiers of the Tang army who clung to the Yuan army and fought melee to death, even the corpses could not be separated.

Even Shu Zhenbo, who has been fighting all his life, was moved.

"Didn't it mean that Han people are weak and easy to bully?" He couldn't help turning his head and muttering to the timid soldiers.

Li Xia in front had reined in his horse, turned around and asked a question.

"When did you start getting that impression?"

Uncle Shu Zhen didn't expect Li Xia to have such good ears, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Fortunately, someone in front shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has personally come to pick us up!"

"His Majesty?"

"Is it really Your Majesty..."

Li Xia got off his horse and rushed to the top of the mountain. It didn't take long before he saw soldiers with cracked armor and scars in front of them, but they were still supporting each other.

Li Zengbo was among them, his helmet had fallen somewhere, his white hair was scattered all over his head, his face was covered with blood, and there was even a piece of shredded meat stuck to his beard. Without the majesty of the old marshal, he was fighting with the wounded like an ordinary soldier. draped shoulders.

Li Xia stopped in her tracks and was a little stunned watching this scene.

This is his soldiers, even if there are only 100 people, 200 people are the cornerstone of the great cause he wants to achieve.

"Your Majesty...the old minister is guilty." Seeing Li Xia, Li Zengbo said the first sentence, "The old minister lost Xingqing Mansion..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xia stepped forward to support him.

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"Marshal, did you bring us here to carry things?"

On the way back, Shu Zhenbo's general Qi Xue asked him this question.

On their horses were the corpses of Tang soldiers who died in battle, supplies in the camp, armor and weapons left on the battlefield, and horse meat.

"Who is that old man? Emperor Tang brought so many people to pick them up." The general muttered again.

Shu Zhenbo looked forward to Li Xia and Li Zengbo who were walking side by side, but he couldn't understand the Chinese they spoke.

Finally, they returned to the army, and then slowly returned to the camp.

The soldiers who stayed behind had already lit a bonfire, and immediately began to roast horse meat, which was a preferential treatment for the victorious side.Of course, Tachar, who retreated in a hurry, could not add food to the army.

Shu Zhenbo followed Li Xia to the big tent to discuss matters.

This time there were more than [-] people more than last time, and all of them were wounded. They were the generals of the Tang army who had been rescued from Mount Hatu.

But the Tang army on Hatu Mountain had only a little over 200 people, including the wounded. Uncle Shu couldn't help thinking, is this Tang army even the ten commanders qualified to enter the big tent for discussion?

You know, among the [-] new soldiers and horses, only [-] thousand commanders and him, the ten thousand commander, have such qualifications.

When everyone arrived, Li Xia spoke a sentence in Chinese, and immediately an interpreter looked at Uncle Shuzhen and the twenty or so people, and said, "There is bad news that Xili Jihan was killed by Kublai Khan."

Shu Zhenbo was taken aback.

When he surrendered to Li Xia, he made it very clear that he surrendered to Sheri Jihan.Although this is an excuse, it is also a name.Even if you are a Mongolian, you can't do things without a name.

After a moment of daze, everyone in the tent had already looked at him.

Except for Wulu Hunai who was sitting next to Li Xia, who was still holding a glass of milk wine and drinking slowly.

Uncle Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Kublai Khan is a traitor to Mongolia. He killed the real Khan on the grassland. He is the enemy of the Mongols."

"You guys said that a few years ago. Unfortunately, brother Ali failed to defeat this traitor." Li Xia said, "What do you think Mongolia should do now?"

Uncle Shuzhen thought for a while, then sneaked a glance at Ulu Hunai, and tentatively said in a low voice: "Perhaps we should... hold another kuliltai assembly and elect a new great khan."

"Then who do you think is suitable to be the Great Khan?"

Shu Zhenbo was silent.

He had to consider whether the proposed candidate was suitable, but also to satisfy Li Xia.

"busy……"

Just now he opened his mouth to say the name of Mang Gela, and it was obvious that Li Xia's brows were wrinkled. Uncle Shu Zhen quickly shut up, thinking whether it would be better to mention the sea, or to be in the hands of Wulu Hunai Several descendants of the Chagatai Khanate.

The big tent fell silent, as if everyone was waiting for Shu Zhenbo's answer.

Gradually, sweat broke out on his forehead.

His eyes fell on Wulu Hunai's face again, only to realize that Wulu Hunai was looking at Li Xia.

Shu Zhenbo's heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, a commander suddenly knelt down to Li Xia...

"Sweat!"

In the blink of an eye, Uncle Shu also quickly knelt down and shouted in unison with the commander-in-chief, "I invite His Majesty the Tang Emperor to be a sweat!"

Li Xia smiled slightly, but did not answer, but glanced at the twenty commanders, as if he understood their thoughts in an instant.

Some people bowed down, some hesitated, some showed surprise, and some even showed anger.

But in the end, Li Xia didn't give a clear answer, but said: "Let's talk about it after defeating Kublai Khan."

Shu Zhenbo couldn't figure out what was going on in his mind, and became more and more frightened.

"I won a game today, and I should reward the generals." Li Xia said again: "In addition to gold, silver, and meritorious service. If anyone wants to disarm and return to the field, he can receive a pasture in Gansu and Ningxia, cattle and sheep..."

At the same time, the interpreter translated these words to the twenty commanders.

Their expressions quickly changed again.

Uncle Shu also finally guessed what Li Xia wanted to do... He couldn't wait to return to Tang Jing, so he couldn't wait to start reorganizing the [-] soldiers.

He was a little annoyed for a while, because he didn't expect to lose part of his power so soon, and he was fighting Kublai Khan now.

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After the military discussion, everyone dispersed, leaving only Li Zengbo in the tent.

He had to remind Li Xia a few words.

"Your Majesty, we are currently fighting with the captive chieftain. At this time, we are reorganizing and surrendering troops. If it is self-defeating and stirs up turmoil, I am afraid that Kublai Khan will seize the opportunity."

"It is precisely because we are facing Kublai Khan that we must gather our troops as soon as possible. Otherwise, Li Qing will look at those people, how many of them dare to fight Kublai Khan?"

Li Zengbo nodded, put his old eyes closer to the desk, looked at the maps on Li Xia's side, and said: "If there are three months, the old minister will try his best to pull these surrendered troops into a capable army."

"Five days."

"The veteran knows a few roads that may bypass the Yuan army. If you can pass the Qingtong Gorge, you will confront Kublai Khan."

"Difficult, Kublai Khan will not give us such an opportunity. Within five days, I am afraid that the [-] soldiers will be sent to fight." Li Xia said, lowering his voice, "The fodder, medicine, and arrows in the army are all Running out."

"Old minister understands." Li Zengbo was thinking, and first asked: "Did Ulu Huna support His Majesty to become a Great Khan?"

"Her husband, who has been dead for many years, belongs to the golden family, but she is not from the golden family."

"In this way, the old minister can feel at ease." Li Zengbo said: "Just now, the old minister looked at the twenty thousand households, and it seems that seven of them are not willing to let your majesty become the sweat of the grassland."

"Those who are weak must be replaced. Their ten thousand and one thousand households are hereditary. In my opinion, Master Shu is not worthy of commanding ten thousand troops."

Li Xia already knew many things in his mind, so he paced and murmured: "I have roughly calculated that among the 800 troops, at least [-] of the [-] people from the [-], [-] and their deputies need to be replaced. As for Ten commanders, at least [-] people should be replaced, some of them can be selected from the surrendered army, and the other part needs to be filled by our soldiers..."

Li Zengbo thumped his knees and sighed deeply.

"The problem is not limited to this." Li Xia said again: "Tomorrow we will break out of the camp and march eastward, and we need to complete this reorganization during the march. When we encounter the Yuan army, if the [-] troops cannot meet the enemy with a combat power beyond the enemy's expectations Once they strike, the big defeat is in sight..."

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The next day, the Tang army began to move eastward from camp.

It seemed that Wuhu Lunai told Kublai Khan that the information was true, and Li Xia planned to rely on Helan Mountain to the east to fight this battle again.

And Kublai Khan's counterattack was earlier than Li Xia expected.

After marching for three days, the Yuan army had blocked the Tang army [-] miles to the east and [-] miles to the south, and launched a full-scale offensive against the Tang army.

Kublai Khan seemed to be very clear that he couldn't give Li Xia any more time to prepare.

(End of this chapter)