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"Report!"

On the small barren mountain that had just experienced a bloody battle, a fast horse rushed up to Song He.

"General Song! General Hu has received His Majesty! But now there is still Yuan army chasing in the northwest direction, Your Majesty ordered you to organize the army and prepare to end the rear."

Song He had already seen the dust and smoke to the north and west, and had already ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle.After waiting anxiously for a while, finally, he saw the big banner coming from the west.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty is really back." Song He was excited, wishing he could go to see him now, but then he saw a huge dust cloud pressing down like a dark cloud from farther away.

Now is not the time to relax.

He quickly ordered: "Let the army pass!"

Three thousand riders gave way to the flattest col under the barren mountain, and let the team that broke out pass by.

The hooves of the horses were rolling, and every knight on the horse was bloody and disheveled, the horses were thin, and the armor was broken. In this way, 2 people rode past, and it took half an hour.

In the end, there were nearly 2000 people from Hu Legen, but they returned to the rear of Song He's team.To the west, the chasing Yuan army is getting closer.

"Ready to fight!"

Song He was very calm, and did not make a decision hastily because of the great movement of the Yuan army, but observed it calmly for a while, and said: "The generals told the soldiers that the enemy's horses are coming far away, and their physical strength is insufficient, so there is no need to be afraid."

Soon, another scouting horse came from the north, clung to Song He's ear, and said, "General, Kublai Khan's big banner from the north moved, as if it was about to press over."

Song He nodded, as if he didn't hear it, he followed up with the order naturally. "Two rounds of crossbow arrows and one round of grenades. If we buy time, we will retreat."

"Here!"

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A crinoid started circling in the sky again.

From its line of sight, all the soldiers and horses on the wasteland were running towards the same direction, which was the southeast.The dust all over the sky was stirred by them, and the earth trembled because of these people.

It circled enough, and planned to fly to Helan Mountain, but when it heard a whistle sound somewhere, its sharp eyes moved, and it swooped down to a certain place.

It was a large army on the march.

Hai Dongqing passed over the heads of each cavalryman, and finally landed on the shoulder of a Yabaochi, looking proudly at the surroundings. "Great Khan, King Ansi's Xiongkulu has also returned."

Kublai Khan was not in a good mood today, and he just let out a "huh" when he heard the words.

Zhang Yi, who was accompanying him, said: "This is a good omen. Your Majesty has just defeated Li Xia, and now he is taking advantage of the victory to attack. The day of destroying the Tang Kingdom is not far away." Then Kublai Khan smiled.

Zhang Yi looked at the Haidongqing with some envy.

He, the Commander of the Eagle Guard, was actually the commander of Yabao Chiwei in name, and it was in this name that he went in and out of the court and passed information by Kublai Khan's side.

But he didn't take care of the falconry, and those falconers didn't listen to him.

Of course, this is just a trivial matter, and Zhang Yi doesn't care too much, after all, his intelligence agency is much more important than a few birds. "Report! I found Li Xia's trail more than [-] miles ahead. Thousands of cavalry from the Tang Army were cutting Li Xia's rear."

As the letter came, Zhang Yi stepped forward to explain to Kublai Khan the intelligence of Li Xia's generals.

"Your Majesty, the soldier who fought the 'Song' banner should belong to the Tang general Song He. This person is Li Xia's old department in Qingfu County. The eldest son of King Kuoduan and King Mieli Jiai, King of Xiliang. died at his hands."

"Whose 'Hu' flag is it? "

Zhang Yi pondered for a while, and said: "There seems to be no general named Hu among the Tang generals, but there is a Mongolian rebel general named Hu Legen. This is his Mongolian name, not Hu, and it is written on the banner. "

"Report! We have defeated the broken Tang army, and the Tang army is still fleeing south. Li Xia has arrived at Kuletugou." face to face."

Finally, some good news came, and then there was another investigation
The horse rushed back and said, "Report profusely, there are two thousand cavalrymen from the Tang army ambushing our army in Kuletugou, the commander Wanyan Wu Zhentu hit a Tang army grenade by mistake, and died in battle."

"ambush?"

"Thank you Khan, our army scouted the horses and didn't find any dust and smoke west of Kuletugou. General Wanyan wanted to detour to stop Li Xia, but he didn't expect that there was a cavalry waiting nearby."

Kublai Khan said: "Under Li Xia's command, there are many talented generals." He said this with emotion.

Especially these days, after seeing the performance of those in-laws around me, Tachaer, Aibuhua, Tuohu, Shuzhenbo, Hucihuer, all of them seemed to have been hollowed out by wine and sex.

"Ben Khan heard today that even a traitor general named after a mouse under Li Xia's command can risk his life. If the generals under Ben Khan's command are like this, why worry about not being able to rule the world?"

"Khan! I would risk my life for Khan!" An Tong shouted hastily.

Kublai Khan waved his hand and said, "You are Ben Khan's cowardly Chief Xue. Ben Khan hopes that it won't be your turn to go to battle." After feeling overwhelmed, he looked at Zhang Yi and said, "Continue talking."

Zhang Yi asked Tanma carefully about the characteristics of those Tang troops, thought for a while, and said: "There are many Uighurs. The general of this cavalry may be Desu'am, who was originally from the Western Regions. The tribe was originally at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain. Brother captured and surrendered to Li Xia."

"Report!"

It was already dusk, and another scout horse arrived, and said with a look of fear: "Khan, there is another Tang army to meet Li Xia, the number of which is more than [-]."

There is no need to listen to more specifics, Zhang Yiji said: "The only one who can command so many troops in the west of Helan Mountain now is Bao San, the Gansu defense envoy of the Tang Army. This man is a one-eyed dragon with mediocre abilities.

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Compared to Kublai Khan who could calmly ask his courtiers, Li Xia looked very embarrassed.

After running for a whole day, when he was less than ten li away from the Panshan camp, even the war horse he got off suddenly wailed and fell to the ground.

Li Xia fell to the ground, but he didn't fall too hard, but he felt a bit tired when he got up. "Your Majesty will go first on this horse."

Li Xia shook his head and saw a hill beside the road, so he climbed up the hill first.He didn't go far, and he looked north, and he could already see the current situation.

It was getting dark, and the sun was hanging slantingly at the place where the westernmost desert meets the sky. The Tang army retreated far away, and some soldiers and horses who could not run fell two miles away.

The Yuan army has already caught up, and Song He, Hu Legen, Desu'amu and others are leading their troops to cut off the rear, fighting with them and retreating from time to time. "Ten miles. Two miles."

Li Xia muttered, not knowing what she was thinking. "The last general is late to save you, Your Majesty forgive me."

Suddenly, a panting person came up behind him and shouted.

Li Xia looked back, saw Bao San, and couldn't help but reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

The last time the two met was more than three years ago when Li Xia passed by Gansu when he went to the Western Regions, and this was the only time they met after the recovery of Longxi.

"Your Majesty." Bao San's one eye was red, he wanted to say too much, but he said, "Please return to the camp first, Your Majesty?" "What is this mountain called?"

"The locals call it Red Hill Head."

Li Xia just made sure, nodded when he heard the words, and said: "There is still ten miles to go back to the camp, and the Yuan army has already arrived two miles away, can all our soldiers retreat?"

"At the end, the general will first ensure that His Majesty can withdraw."

"Not enough." Li Xia said, "I still want to win, and I don't want to lose troops or generals." Bao San was stunned for a moment.

Of course Li Xia can be sent back to the camp now, but the soldiers and horses that are broken behind are easily defeated by the Yuan army.But his main consideration for today's arrangement was Li Xia.

"How many troops do we have?" Li Xia asked again. ~~
"How many troops does the Tang army have?"

"To report profusely, about 2. After deducting casualties, deserters, and stragglers, Li Xia and Ulu Hunai led less than [-] people to break through the siege, and the Tang Army camp was only more than [-] people. The total strength

There are only about [-] in total. "

"Great Khan, the Tang army only has [-] troops capable of fighting." Kublai nodded and glanced west.

The sun was about to set, and he was considering whether to attack Li Xia directly today, or to attack the Tang army's camp tomorrow.

"Pass down the order, tell the warriors not to keep their horsepower, defeat the Tang army once before the sun sets, and set up camp at the top of the red mountain ahead."

If the order is given again, there are already scouts coming over there.

"Report! Big Khan, the Tang army didn't continue to flee, they stopped to form an array at the top of the Red Mountain." Kublai Khan was slightly surprised, and said to himself: "He didn't run away?"

"Put up the lookout car, Ben Khan wants to see for himself." "Yes."

In the last twilight of the day, Kublai Khan boarded the watchtower and looked southeast.After a long time, he smiled.He understood where Li Xia's courage came from.

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"Your Majesty, there are only more than [-] people in our camp for the time being." Bao San said, "Including the soldiers and horses brought back by Your Majesty, there are a total of more than [-] people."

Li Xia said: "This is the strength of your troops when you left the camp today?" "Yes."

"How many troops have been added to the battalion today?" Li Xia asked again, "If Lianqing understands my intentions, he should have added troops every day, right?" I don't know yet."

"Give the order down, no more retreat, just guard the top of the Red Mountain. Order any soldiers and horses from the camp to come to support immediately." Bao San froze for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "Yes!"

Soon, the army lit up the beacon, and there was a response from the camp ten miles away.When the last afterglow of the day fell, there was a vanguard army rushing here with a flag in the distance.

Bao San strode in the army, boosting morale.

"Soldiers! Don't be afraid of the Yuan army. We are 4 now, 5 at night, 6 tomorrow, and 7 the next day! If Kublai Khan dares to chase, let him come."