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The next day, regardless of fatigue and injuries, Tang Jun withdrew three miles southeast before dawn.

At noon, by the side of a small river, the Tang army had no time to cross the river, but the Yuan army had already caught up, and the two sides formed a formation and faced each other head-on.

This place is called Hetan Mountain. When the battle started, Li Xia used Bao San and Pi Feng as the front army, and his infantry lined up; Song He and Hu Legen as the left wing; Lu Xiaoyou and Desu'amu as the right wing.

Kublai Khan first sent a small group of cavalry to lure the Tang army's infantry, but the Tang army was not fooled, and they always lined up like a mountain.Kublai Khan sent cavalry to attack the rear of the Tang army, but was blocked by Lu Xiaoyou.

Seeing this situation, Kublai Khan understood Li Xia's intention to stick to it again, and decisively ordered Zhang Hongfan to lead his cavalry to detour around the long distance and outflank Li Xia's rear.

In the evening, Zhang Hongfan managed to get around to the rear of the Tang army, and wanted to complete the encirclement, but encountered the Tang army Kong Xian leading his troops to arrive.

The half-day battle was intense. Although the Yuan army had the upper hand, it was like a vicious dog biting the shell of a turtle, unable to bite through it.So far, the Tang army has increased to 6 troops. Although there are still [-] tired divisions, the gap in numbers is getting smaller and smaller than that of the Yuan army.At night, the troops were withdrawn, and all the generals returned to the camp, pleading guilty one after another.

"Khan, I'm incompetent." Eight thorns took the lead: "Those Tang army infantry were standing there wearing heavy armor and holding spears. It would be very difficult for our cavalry to defeat them in a day. But according to the way of fighting the Song army in the past , You only need to detour and cut off their food and grass first, surround them for a few days, and they will be soft. It is a pity that Zhang Hongfan did not succeed in outflanking them today."

Although Tacha'er, Hulahuer, and other kings of the Eastern Dao don't usually like Baci, the kings of the Western Dao, they are all from the Golden Family after all, and now they are starting to form a group again.

"Baci is right. Today we left the Tang Army in Hetan Mountain, but Zhang Hongfan failed to push them back. Tomorrow the Tang Army will be able to retreat to the Dingyuan Camp. This battle will be difficult."

Kublai Khan watched the kings put the blame on Zhang Hongfan one after another, but turned his head to look at Shi Tianze, Yan Zhongji and others, as if he wanted to see if the nobles would dare to form a group.

In fact, if the Han princes were really united, then Kublai would be afraid.

At this time, no one spoke for Zhang Hongfan, Kublai Khan waved his hand generously, and said, "Don't blame this kid, let's talk about how you think this battle should be fought."

Shi Tianze was the first to go out, and responded, "I thought that Li Xia would retreat to Dingyuan camp tomorrow, and defend it according to the small mountain camp. According to my opinion, instead of attacking by force, it is better to seize the third pass, cut off its supplies, and kill him with time." .”

Hu stab Hu'er sneered and said: "When Prime Minister Shi fights, can he only say 'kill him with time'?"

Shi Tianze shook his head, thinking that he is really good at killing people with time, but it's a pity that these Mongolian clans are impatient and can't eat hot tofu, they are all bad people.If it wasn't for the constant urging by Hulahuer, and if it wasn't for Baca's youthful negligence, now Li Xia would have followed in Li Fen's footsteps.

"That's enough, I don't know how to fight, I only mock my colleagues." Kublai Khan reprimanded Hucihuer, and said, "Shi Gong continued."

"Three Passes is the first strategic road in Helan Mountain. The Tang army's support and supplies come from this post road. It is continuous and can be retreated at any time. I thought that I would occupy this place at any cost. This is the first; second, Zhang Wenqian is still in Xingqing His Majesty can summon him and let him persuade Lian Xixian to surrender. Once Lian Xixian surrenders, Gansu will be available.”

Hearing this, Kublai Khan nodded endlessly.

This time he realized more deeply that these princes are indeed much more capable than his relatives.A while ago, the vague doubts in my heart about the Han Dynasty Marquis dissipated a lot at this time.

"Prime Minister Shi will lead the troops to seize the third pass." Kublai Khan said here, thinking that Shi Tianze's troops were not enough, he turned his head and looked at the eight thorns.

Shi Tianze followed Kublai Khan's eyes and fell among the kings, he couldn't help being startled, and quickly said: "I'm in charge, but I'm incompetent, please let Marshal Zhang Jiu help me."

Zhang Hongfan frowned, he didn't want to get too close to Shi Tianze from the bottom of his heart.Without him, I don't want to appear clumsy.

This small expression fell into Kublai Khan's eyes, but Kublai Khan sighed in his heart, secretly thinking that there were still too many infighting in the Great Yuan Dynasty.

"Zhang Jiu, you joined forces with Shi Tianze and took the three passes.

Remember, war is the most important thing. ”

This night, Zhang Hongfan and Shi Tianze seldom walked side by side. "From the perspective of warfare, at least there is no constraint this time." "Shi Gong, you shouldn't hide the fact that Shi Gang was captured by His Majesty."

"What? Even Jiulang doesn't believe me? Others don't know, and you don't know that the death of Shi Shu and Shi Quan is to me." "I believe in Shi Gong's loyalty." Zhang Hongfan said: "I just think that Shi Gong should be more honest with His Majesty. "

"Honestly?" Shi Tianze shook his head and let out a long sigh.

What Zhang Hongfan said was not only about Shi Gang, but also about Shi Tianze's murder of Li Fen when he was in Jinan.

In his opinion, the reason why Kublai Khan allowed Hulahuer to test Shi Tianze was because of Shi Tianze's dishonesty.This is also the reason why Shi Tianze has been constrained recently.

"Does Shigong know my tenth brother?"

Shi Tianze turned his head to look at Zhang Hongfan, and said, "Zhang Hongzheng."

"That's right. During the battle of the Yellow River, Shiro and I were both in Shi Gong's army. Shi Lang made the same mistake as Shi Sanlang." Zhang Hongfan said, "But I have confessed to Your Majesty."

Shi Tianze squinted his eyes and asked, "Who did your tenth brother marry?" "Princess Tacihutuoer."

Shi Tianze chuckled and remembered.After the Battle of the Yellow River, Zhang Hongzheng suddenly got a marriage gift, the daughter of Shang Shuchi's No.11 son, Bocimahamo.

It seems that the Zhang family has received grace, but the problem is that Boci Mahamo was originally a concubine. His daughter married the chief of a tribe in Ge Luolu in her early years. After her husband died, she led her troops to Dayuan. She was almost 50 years old when she remarried. , several children are older than Zhang Hongzheng.

Shi Tianze finally understood who was the secret agent during the battle of the Yellow River, and thought, is this also the same fault?No wonder His Majesty treats the Zhang family like this.

"Kurou is really honest." He sighed, not sure whether he was admiring or mocking.

Zhang Hongfan looked calmly, and said, "I hope this honesty will prevent Li Xia from using this matter to drive Shi Gong and me apart." Shi Tianze sighed deeply, nodded solemnly, and said, "This time, I won't be out of the battlefield. The reason is defeated.”

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"Yuan army is moving!"

Lin Zi galloped back and said, "Your Majesty, the Yuan army is attacking before dawn. Your Majesty ordered me and Hu Legen to investigate whether they dispatched troops to bypass the desert to attack the third pass, but the west was blocked by the Yuan army. Hu Legen Legan's men haven't come back yet, I'm afraid they will go around from the south."

"Talk about the arrangement of the Yuan army."

"Yes! Look at the banners. Tachaer led nearly 4000 people to attack the north; Ba Ci and Hu Lanji led thousands of people to attack the west; Aibuhua, Hong Junqi and others led [-] people to the east. "

"Wait a minute, there are mountains to the east." Li Zengbo said, "Your Majesty, please look, Yingpan Mountain goes east, and the terrain is getting higher and higher until it reaches the top of Helan Mountain." Li Xia looked up, and he could indeed see the top of Helan Mountain from a distance. melted snow.

Lin Zidao: "According to information, that Yuan general Hong Junqi is a Korean, and I'm afraid he has some experience in attacking mountains. If they occupy the high mountains to the east, they can regain a lot of advantages in terms of terrain."

"Hong Junqi? What other information?" Li Zengbo asked again.

"The ancestor of this person was from the Central Plains. During the Tang Dynasty, eight talented scholars were ordered to teach in Korea. The Hong family was one of them. They were nobles in Korea. Hong Junqi's father was named Hong Fuyuan. He surrendered to Mongolia in the early years and served as the governor of Tokyo. Koryo soldiers and civilians. They once helped Koryo’s protégé Wang Yi, and later he was framed by Wang Yi to death. He formed a deep hatred with Hong Junqi. This matter was very big back then, and everyone in the Liaodong area knew it.”

Li Xia nodded and said, "You find a way to send someone to Hong Junqi's army to contact him." "Understood."

"Continue to talk about the arrangement of the Yuan army."

"Yes, Kublai Khan not only sent troops to the north, west, and east, but also ordered Hustahuer and Manggu to lead more than [-] troops to attack from the west to the south. It was their soldiers who separated Hulegen's Tanma farther west."

Li Xia marked it on the map and said, "In this way, there are about [-] people in the four directions."

"Not only that, but there is also a group of Mongolian Kexue darting around the periphery, the number of which is about one
More than ten thousand people. "Lin Zidao, "These cowards are the most powerful part of the Yuan army."

Li Xia and Li Zengbo looked at each other.

"There are more than [-] troops, and Kublai Khan left nearly [-] people to guard the camp?"

"As Your Majesty said, 2 cowards are enough to guard the camp." Li Zengbo said, "It must be that [-] people were sent to take the three passes. Shi Tianze and Zhang Hongfan are the most difficult two."

"Li Qing thinks how to deal with it?"

Li Zengbo wanted to say something, but he looked embarrassed and pondered.

"There are three important places at Sanguankou, one is Dead Man's Mountain, the other is Hongjinggou, and the third is Paotai Liang. I think Song He can guard Dead Man's Mountain, Pi Feng can guard Hongjinggou, and Paotai Liang can let Lian Xixian send People don’t need many troops to defend. After all, apart from Dead Man’s Mountain, the other two places are dangerous places, and soldiers and horses can come to help in the future.”

Lin Zidao: "There is a war at Sanguankou. I'm afraid that the supplies, soldiers and horses who came to help will go to Suyukou?"

Li Xia asked, "Is it enough to send 1 people to guard?"

"There are enough troops, and there will be reinforcements in the future. But the distance between Sanguan Pass and Dingyuan Camp is too far, and Shi Tianze and Zhang Hongfan are both talented, so there must be a commander in command."

Thinking of this, Li Zengbo patted his knees and said, "Let the old minister go?" Li Xia looked at Li Zengbo, thought for a long time, and nodded.

"Three hurdles have been finalized, and next... the old minister thinks that Yang Ben can take charge alone, and it is enough for him to face Tachar." "Yes."

Li Xia looked at the map and murmured, "Let Lu Xiaoyou guard the west, so I can rest assured."

"These boys have all grown up." Li Zengbo lifted a game of war, pushed it on the map, and said, "Bao Sanke leads the infantry to guard the east."

Lin Zi immediately understood and said, "I can help him."

"That's right." Li Zengbo laughed loudly and said, "Veterans are the most reassuring along the way."