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Chapter 1160 Open the situation

Cockscomb beam.

This is in the south of Yingpan Mountain, the location looks inconspicuous, but it is actually located at the north end of the Sanguankou post road, and can guard the exit of Suyukou mountain road.

Once the Yuan army seized the third pass, the Suyukou path through the mountain would become the only retreat for the Tang army; conversely, if the Tang army's follow-up troops broke through the blockade of the third pass, they would have to pass through here to support Yingpan Mountain.

Therefore, although Kublai Khan wanted to gather troops to attack Li Xia, he still ordered Hulahuer to lead his troops to seize this position, and at the same time formed an offensive against Yingpan Mountain from the south.

Li Xia was also on guard, and ordered Kong Xian to occupy the superior terrain in advance. The two sides confronted each other and had been fighting here for several days.

The snow on the top of Helan Mountain melted and became a river, flowing westward, forming a river that sometimes fills and sometimes dries up, which is called Taishui by the locals.

Along a river, Kong Xian spread out the defense line for more than ten miles, occupying various roads and passes with small groups of troops, and using the terrain of mountains and water to defend.

This is the method of "keeping the dots but not the line, and connecting the dots to form a line" when Yu Jie was defending Shu. It looks common, but it is actually very difficult to break through.

In other words, this Tang army was reborn from the Song army that guarded Shu in the past. The soldiers were still those soldiers, but the weak and weak court above was replaced.

Because Kublai Khan sent his cowardly main force to the battlefield.

Tens of thousands of troops attacked together, and the sound of war drums became more and more violent. Every time they were struck, one could feel the chest vibrating together.

He still remembered ten years ago, when he first joined the Qingfu Army, he ran like this for daily training. Several times, he and the county lieutenant ran to the designated place the fastest, sometimes hugging the tiger.

"General, General Xu..."

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"General Kong, look quickly, General Xu's troops have arrived!"

He saw the dust billowing from the south.

"Kong Xian really knows how to fight." Mang Gu said: "But the Great Khan sent someone to supervise today, asking us to break the formation as soon as possible."

Kong Xian spread out the letter in his hand, and the first thing that caught his eyes was a map. He looked intently, and there was a small arrow marked on the mountain road at Suyukou.

"Let's go, I'll take a look."

Busy Gudai didn't think about it, and said: "Maybe they saw Shi Tianze coming, and thought that Shi Tianze retreated from the third pass."

Having said that, Hulahu'er rarely humbled himself and waved his hands.

The Tang army who rushed over quickly merged with the Kongxian tribe, converging like a mountain torrent, and then swept over...

The shouting was getting closer and closer to him.

Xu Kui ordered out of breath.

He had no choice but to look at the big flag with the word "Kong" on the opposite side and complain.

"Don't worry." Li Xia said, "I've been waiting for ten years to switch from defense to offense. Can I still wait for this time?"

Hulahu'er finally turned his head, and then he just stood there in a daze.

"Tang Jun is here! There are two sides!"

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This is the time when the battle between the two sides is most intense.

Ulu Hunai became uneasy again.

"Yes."

It was Kong Xian who also saw the dust and smoke and was alerting Li Xia.

"Soldiers, have you rested enough? The battlefield is ahead, kill the prisoners!"

"Quick! What does Mr. Lian say?"

Seeing the Tang army coming to kill him, Hulahu'er was quite puzzled.

"Shi Tianze is back!"

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On the main battlefield of Yingpan Mountain today, the soldiers of the Tang army could already feel the anger of Kublai Khan.

The two turned their heads and saw that there was a smoke rising from the hill where the Tang army was stationed.

"It's here... It's here... Arrange the queue and restore your strength."

"It's not nonsense." Li Xia said, "This clearly tells us that the time to decide the outcome has come."

One day and one night, he led a team to march for more than one hundred li, and finally walked across Helan Mountain from Pingqiang Fort.

Suddenly, Hulahuer's eyes changed.

The soldiers of the Tang army cheered even when they saw the command flag.

Now he wants to drive out the Hulu, relying on this good physical strength.

"That's Tang Jun?!"

Kong Xian already knew about this, but when he really saw those friendly troops arriving on the battlefield to fight side by side, he still felt extremely at ease and full of confidence in his heart.

Kong Xian turned around and asked anxiously, "From Su Yu's mouth?"

"At least Kong Xian must be restrained, and he cannot be allowed to allocate troops to support Li Xia."

Hulahu'er felt that he had tried his best, but he still couldn't capture even a small stronghold with only a thousand people.

Hulahuer finally put down his wine bag, and asked: "We have already fought so hard, how can we fight?"

On the battlefield, occasionally the cry of an elephant could be heard, adding to the momentum of the Yuan army.

"Probably not." Mang Gu said: "Shi Tianze's formation is in order, it doesn't look like he has been defeated..."

"Exiute, what is he doing?"

"My lord, over there..."

Ulu Khurnai was surprised by the calm attitude in his tone, and when he turned his head, he saw that he was still thinking about the map.

Sweat kept streaming down Xu Kui's face, blurring his eyes. He looked forward and finally saw the Jiguanliang at the exit of the valley.

"Say it."

Busy Gudai couldn't help being surprised, thinking that this Kong Xian is such a peerless general.

Amidst the sound of war drums, groups of infantry were fully armed, holding their spears and pushing towards the Yuan army's cavalry formation.

"There is a war ahead."

"I saw it!" Hulahu'er pointed at the sharp smoke in the south and roared angrily, "Do you think I'm blind?!"

"The Battle of Three Passes may be won, or it may be lost."

"Shi Tianze's soldiers and horses are almost here, how dare Tang Jun come over?"

Hulahu'er is used to being arrogant and pampered, but when he heard the words, he asked: "Then what if we can't break the formation?"

He exclaimed, took two steps back quickly, and shouted: "Shi Tianze is indeed defeated! Tang Jun is here. Hurry up! Let Mangu bring it back!"

And this Yuan army is not the Mongolian army that attacked Shu back then.

He understood instantly and asked, "When will I be there?"

Hulahuer and Mangudai looked at each other, got up quickly, ordered the soldiers under his command not to stop, and stormed Kong Xian's defense line.

"Your Majesty, please look over there..."

He first looked to the south, only to see that Shi Tianze's troops did not gather, but formed on the spot by a small river three miles away, as if they were soldiers coming towards the south.

"Kill the prisoner!"

Two days later.

"Yes." Hulahu'er picked up the wine bag and took a swig, nodded deeply, and said, "Otherwise, I will lose face."

Who would have thought that the war story of the eight pillars in the middle of Shu, told by the nobles of the golden family, would become an iron-blooded legend.But if Yao Shi'an's rebellion succeeded in that year, killing Kong Xian and offering the city, no one would know about the iron-blooded legend of Yunding City.

"Also, we have to prevent Li Xia from escaping this way. We can't let him break through our line of defense." Busy Gudai said again.

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"quick!"

The command flag was raised high and waved.

"what does that mean?"

The mountains in this area are not easy to climb. Xu Po took off his armor and climbed up to the top of the mountain like a nimble monkey.

He took two deep breaths, and without saying a word, he pulled the climbing rope and began to climb down the mountain.

"I still can't compare with Kuo Duan and Xu Liewu, even they couldn't defeat Kong Xian, let alone me!"

"Follow me as hard as you can, but I'm afraid it won't be too fast, it's a pawn."

"Li Xia is going to escape?"

"Not sure yet." Li Xia said, "I only know that Kong Xian lit the wolf smoke."

For a moment, Mangudai didn't know whether to be happy or shocked, and asked doubtfully, "Why did he come back?"

At this point, someone in the army shouted.

"Did you see it? The banner of the Mongolian Zongwang is there! Tell Xu Kui... to kill him!"

"Kill the prisoner!"

"Then... is that a pawn? How could it be so fast?"

"Pawns?"

……

Following this shout, a flag of the Tang army was carried out from the valley, and fell into the eyes of the soldiers of the Yuan army.

I saw a steady stream of Tang troops pouring out of the mountain road at Suyukou, and came to kill here.

"Say nothing, it's all nonsense."

"This trash was driven here by Tang Jun, right?" Hulahuer asked worriedly.

At this moment someone rushed into the tent and said: "Shi Tianze sent someone here..."

"Huh...huh..."

"Is it true that Tang Jun has won the third pass?" Hulahu'er was startled and panicked, "I just said that Shi Tianze had a different intention."

This is the most desperate way they can come up with.

On the rugged mountain road at Suyukou, a group of infantry was marching at full speed.

When the entire Tang army camp was completely surrounded, the cowardly Xue army was no longer afraid of Li Xia's surprise attack on Kublai Khan, and could launch a strong attack without distraction.

Breathing heavily, Xu Kui felt someone pat him and raised his head, revealing his dark and thin face.

While sending fast horses to report the battle report to Kublai Khan, at the same time, they climbed up and looked far away more frequently, looking for movements in the southeast direction.

Dust and smoke billowed on the post road at Sanguankou, and a large flag gradually appeared in the sky.

"No, according to the news sent the day before yesterday, Zhang Hongfan has captured Hongjinggou and attacked Li Zengbo from both sides. In this way, it is enough for Zhang Hongfan to guard the three gates, and Shi Tianze should defend back and forth."

After her close escape with Li Xia, her attitude was not as tough as last time, but seeing that the Tang army was about to be defeated, she couldn't help asking: "Where is your army of the whole country? What about your switch from defense to offense?"

On the Yuan army's side, Mangudai had already personally stepped forward to supervise the battle, while Hulahu'er was standing on the top of the mountain, watching the battle.

At that time, on the Immortal Stone by the Fujiang River, the county captain said "good physical strength", which gave him something to be proud of in his disheartened and depressed life.

"Maybe. The Great Khan has already rode an elephant to supervise the battle. Do the kings dare not try their best? It is possible that Li Xia will not be able to defend in these two days. The only way out is to go through Suyukou from our defense line."

Without any inspiring words, Xu Kui's way to boost morale is to run at the forefront.

"General Kong...Here, this is a letter from Lord Lian...Now Yang Wen'an has surrounded Pingqiang Fort, so some soldiers and horses can't pass the third pass, they can only take the Suyukou trail."

On the battlefield of the Tang army, Li Xia had no more troops to mobilize, so he could only watch helplessly as the Yuan army approached step by step.

There was still smoke from the wolf on the top of the mountain, and the sound of horns sounded suddenly. On this day, the Tang army's Kongxian tribe suddenly launched a counterattack against Hulahu'er's troops.

Suddenly, he looked to the south again, and what he saw was that the dust and smoke all over the sky were covering Shi Tianze's army formation three miles away.

"Do you have information? Your reinforcements have arrived?"

"Did you hear what Zhang Yi said? This Kong Xian was originally a general in Sichuan. Kuo Duan and Xu Liewu have penetrated Sichuan. They have occupied Chengdu for so many years, but they have not been able to break through Yunding City."

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On the cockscomb beam, a messenger rushed over and shouted, "General Kong, Mr. Lian has sent someone!"

Kong Xian murmured, frowned in thought, gritted his teeth for the last time, and shouted: "The opportunity is fleeting...go to battle!"

"General Xu! General Kong told you to kill there!"

Xu Kui had already forgotten the exhaustion from running all the way, and stared at Hulahuer's banner with wide eyes...

When he was in Pingqiang Fort, Lian Xixian circled it heavily with his finger, and it was the name on the flag that he circled.

"This is the most useless enemy on the battlefield of all roads. Defeating him will open the situation!"

(End of this chapter)