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Chapter 1142
Helan Mountain is like a natural barrier, weakening the cold current from the northwest and blocking the eastward invasion of the Tengger Desert. On the other hand, it also blocks the humid monsoon from the southeast.

Its eastern slopes are steep, with overlapping peaks and steep valleys, overlooking the Yellow River Loop.The west slope is very gentle and blends naturally with the Alxa Plain.

Li Xia very much hopes to return to Mount Helan and face Kublai Khan again.

He could almost see the white snow on the main peak of Helan Mountain with his binoculars.

But the long trumpet has already sounded, and the battlefield is still more than seventy miles away from Helan Mountain.

The terrain is not very good.

Li Xia is in the west.Kublai Khan seized the higher east side, condescending, and at the same time, there was an army of 3 yuan in the south, forming an angle to the Tang army.

Of course, Li Xia could also choose to go west or flee north.But he didn't, because it is difficult to speed up the march of the army, the more they flee, the less supplies they have, and the weaker their morale is.

So he chose to camp and garrison, using Li Zengbo's stupid way of guarding Mount Hatu.

The absurd thing is that in the battle against Mangala, he and Yang Ben played like Mongolian cavalry, disrupting the enemy's line by constantly pulling, and then going straight to the enemy's main line. At that time, most of their troops were It was the Han cavalry; on the contrary, there are [-] steppe cavalry now, but they dare not fight like that again.

Because the tactics of fine cavalry roaming require command like arm commands.

The Crow Soldiers Scattering Formation does not just roll around like beans as soon as they scatter, but everyone can disperse and gather at once.Mutual familiarity and trust between generals and cavalry is required.

In short, the more fancy the tactics, the more need to run in.

When the soldiers and horses under his command didn't work together, and he encountered the most powerful enemy... Li Xia didn't even want to mount a horse to fight, and started a positional battle on the plain.

"Quick! Scatter all the caltrops!"

The soldiers ran in the snow with cloth bags in their hands, and quickly spread out the few barbed wires, followed by the freshly cut barbed wires.

Further back is still a trapping ditch and a low earth wall.

The soil under the snow was still hard and hard to shovel.

What is even more disturbing is that there are many soldiers whispering to each other.

"Spend your energy on digging the soil, and Han people who like farming will use such a stupid way to fight."

"Fighting on the grassland, we won't be trapped in one place like this. We should escape immediately while the horses are still fat."

"Are we going to stay here until the fodder is eaten and starve to death?"

"..."

If it is said that Li Xia brought cavalry to Mobei to fight, he had already changed many of his soldiers' habits, but the huge difference in concepts between nomads and farmers only emerged at this time.

The Great Mongol Kingdom can rise because every herdsman in it can be a warrior and can form a powerful army without training.But on the other hand, these herdsmen are loose and free. To command them, it is not enough to rely on their worship of heroes, but also to have enough booty.

Li Xia must motivate them.

He told them that his national army would arrive on the battlefield soon, and when that time came, they would need to turn around and surround Kublai Khan.

Now it is time to save the horse's physical strength and consume the morale of the Yuan army.

It is for this reason that the herdsmen are willing to dig open the snow-frozen land.

They seem to build a city in the wilderness.

Tanma kept running back.

"Report! The Yuan army has arrived twenty miles away."

"Pass down the order, and the whole army will eat."

"Report! The Yuan army has arrived ten miles away."

"Array!"

"Shield up!"

In the messy but not chaotic camp, soldiers of the Tang Army kept running around, teaching the newly attached soldiers how to fight a tough battle for survival.

In the eyes of nomads, hiding behind thistles, ditches, earthen walls, and shields like this is cowardly.But in fact, farmers will not turn around and run away. They are used to sticking to their own land, spilling blood on their own land from generation to generation, and guarding their own civilization.

This is real tenacity.

"If shields are not enough, put up the saddle, and put up the iron frame too! Anything that can protect you from being shot or knocked will do!"

"Spear ready!"

"This battle is very simple. When the Yuan army shoots arrows, we hide and take their arrows. If they are about to charge up, we will stab them!"

"I tell you! Our army is about to arrive, and Kublai Khan panicked. You only need to guard for a few days, and they will naturally be defeated."

"Our Majesty has never been defeated!"

"..."

These people did what they said, since they said that everything that can be used as a shield can be erected, and soon, the captured nobles such as Mangala and Norihan were tied to long poles and hung up.

"Ah!" Norihan's shout spread, adding a strange atmosphere to the battlefield.

"Boom!"

A big drum made of cowhide was hammered.

"Boom!"

In the distance, thunderous horseshoes sounded, and the Yuan army came close.

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On the temporary watchtower, Li Xia held the watch tube and locked Kublai Khan's nine-pronged white banner.

"You're childish." He murmured, "If you make the big banner so big, can you become a real sweat?"

This was the closest he was to Kublai Khan.

It is conceivable that Jia Sidao was never so close to Kublai Khan during the Battle of Ezhou.

In the battle of Ezhou, Kublai Khan attacked the city for two or three months. Now Li Xia's camp is far from being as strong as Ezhou City, but he estimates that he needs to guard for more than [-] days.

Lian Xixian arrived at Qingtongxia in early December, and he had a deep understanding with Li Xia and Li Zengbo.

Then, when he found that Kublai Khan's main force suddenly moved to the northwest, he would definitely notify Guanzhong for reinforcements. After the first lunar month, the first batch of reinforcements would arrive. If he could defeat Kublai Khan's remaining troops within ten days, You can reach Helan Mountain in ten days.

Of course, this is only the best-case scenario.

Today is the first day of Kublai Khan's offensive. It's already afternoon. The Yuan army obviously can't break through the camp. They will launch a tentative offensive first, and they should focus on the east, because that's where Mange's assassin is located.

As soon as the binoculars moved, it was true.

Shi Tianze was in charge of the main attack on the east, and the Yuan army's arrows were deliberately lowered to prevent the arrows from hitting Mangge.

The arrows jingled and landed on Tang Jun's shields. In the first round, Shi Tianze realized that such archery was meaningless. He ordered the soldiers to dismount and fight, pushing the shields forward.

Someone fell to the ground screaming and raised his bloody foot, but a thorn had already been inserted into the sole of the foot.

The Yuan army slowed down their offensive again and began to clear the snow on the ground. The Tang army took the opportunity to shoot arrows... the fight was very boring.

But this is also Shi Tianze's patience. When he encounters a mess that cannot be cut, he will slowly untangle it.

Li Xia moved the binoculars away, and looked at the battlefield in several other directions, taking advantage of this short early stage of attack and defense to make as many analyzes as possible.

During the time he was standing on the watchtower, more and more red blood had been stained outside the camp.

People who died said more and more, and said less and less.

Li Xia looked at it for a while, and then ordered Yang Ben and Shu Zhenbo to lead two thousand cavalry each to mount their horses and prepare for battle.

At this time, Shu Zhenbo was still a little puzzled.

After that, the time passed bit by bit, and the sun gradually moved westward.Maybe it was this boring battle that disappointed Kublai Khan, maybe Kublai Khan had already understood Li Xia's defense, and it was only dusk that day, and Kublai Khan called for gold to withdraw his troops.

The Yuan army began to retreat slowly.

Li Xia immediately ordered Yang Ben and Shu Zhenbo to lead the cavalry out of the camp to pursue and kill Shi Tianze's troops.

Usually military orders are short and concise, but today Li Xia said something extra for no reason.

"Go and chase for a while, so that you can go and return."

Because the troops under Shi Tianze dismounted when attacking the camp, at this time the soldiers were carrying the corpses of their comrades, and the arrows and caltrops that had been collected from the Tang army were retreating.

With the sound of horseshoes, these pawns who were not on horseback panicked, and many of them dropped the corpses and objects in their hands and fled.

Yang Ben was in charge of chasing the Yuan army from the left flank, while Shu Zhenbo was in charge of the right flank.

Uncle Shu Zhen rode his horse into the formation, still puzzled why Li Xia sent himself out of the formation.

The two thousand cavalry under his command are his confidantes, at this time he can abandon the remaining soldiers and horses and return to Dayuan.To be honest, Li Xia didn't think much of him, he could already feel it.

However, as far as he could see, the soldiers of the Yuan army in front dropped dead bodies, which made him hesitate again.

He originally thought that as long as Li Xia met Kublai Khan, he would be defeated in one blow.But at least today, even the [-] defeated troops did not cause much confusion.

More importantly, Shu Zhenbo is closer to Mengge Khan, and has a marriage contract with Mengge Khan's daughter, the princess who lost his neighbor, but it was delayed due to the dispute over the position of Khan a few years ago.But a few days ago I heard from Li Zengbo that Kublai Khan killed his lost neighbor.

This incident made Shu Zhenbo feel uneasy and sad.

His mind became more and more confused, and suddenly a horn sounded in front of him. It was Kublai Khan who sent cavalry to intercept and kill them. The Yuan army had obviously been on guard against Tang Jun's move.

This time he was facing Kublai Khan, which was terrifying.But Li Xia seemed to have thought of this, so he said "chasing for a while".

At the same time, Yang Ben also played a banner, called Jin to withdraw his troops, and reminded Shu Zhenbo to return to the camp.

Shu Zhenbo reined in his horse, looked east, then turned west.Time was running out, and it was time for him to make a choice between Li Xia and Kublai Khan.

Various images popped up in my mind.

In the previous scene, Kublai Khan ascended the throne in Yanjing, and all the Han officials shouted "My Emperor", and in the latter scene, he asked Li Xia to be the great sweat in the big tent that day.

It seemed like he was being asked to choose between the Emperor and the Great Khan, but it was not at all.

Finally, Uncle Shu yanked the reins and shouted, "Warriors! Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)