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Chapter 1230 Welcome
The night was dark.

Na Muhan and An Tong were sitting in the camp and talking, both of them became more energetic as the night progressed.

An Tong used to be Kublai Khan's cowardly head, and often guarded the palace at night; Namuhan liked to move around at night because he played songs and drank happily every night.

There were two bonfires burning in the tent, as if it were daytime, Na Muhan suddenly grabbed the injured An Tong.

"Don't worry, I will never doubt you, we are brothers."

This is true, their mothers are sisters, and they grew up together, and their relationship is closer than brothers.

At this time, there happened to be a Tanma rushing back. As soon as he entered the big tent, he was about to speak, but he glanced at An Tong first.

Many people could have imagined that there were traitors among the returned captives.In front of some other Zongwangs before, Namuhan didn't let Tanma tell any news, obviously he doubted them.

But of course An Tong trusted him, and Na Muhan still held his shoulders.

"Say."

"Your Majesty, I found out that there is a group of water bandits hidden in the depths of Baiyang Lake. There is also a water village in the depths of the lake with hundreds of ships."

"What?" Na Muhan was very annoyed, and scolded, "Why didn't you say it before?"

"I didn't find out before. Tanma has not come back since he entered the depths of Baiyang Lake."

An Tong who was listening suddenly asked, "Is there a map?"

"Have."

A map was spread out, and a few lines were drawn on it, marking Baozhou, Xiongzhou, Zhuzhou and some small towns, which is almost the same as without a map.

"Where is Baiyangdian?"

"Probably here."

"So big? How far is it from the north to the south of Baiyangdian?"

"Probably closer to fifty miles."

An Tong was a little surprised, and asked Na Muhan about the deployment of troops. After pondering for a while, he said slowly: "My lord, our troops are now searching for the Tang army in the north, but what if the Tang army crosses to the south of the lake overnight?"

"South?" Na Muhan threw away the wine bag in his hand, stood up, and said: "Decree, all soldiers and horses should stop searching north of Baiyangdian, and go to the south to stop them!"

In fact, the Yuan army had only set up camp not long ago, so they had to pull out their camp and go south overnight.

It was not easy to travel in the dark, and I chased after it until it was dawn, only to see a Tanma coming from the south.

"Your Majesty! Tang Jun has been found!"

"Did Zhang Hongdao escape?"

"No, there are traces of a large number of infantry in the south of Baiyangdian."

Na Muhan was taken aback, and asked: "What do you mean?"

It was An Tong who was the first to react. He drove his horse forward and said, "Zhang Hongdao didn't dare to ambush his troops to the north of Baiyangdian, so as not to arouse the king's alert. So he only led 2000 people to exchange prisoners. It was planned at the beginning to transfer Enter Baiyangdian, and at the same time arrange a large number of infantry to meet him from the south."

"E Xiute, the Han people don't want to negotiate peace, it's too despicable."

An Tong said: "At this point, despicable and not despicable, there is only one battle to fight."

Na Muhan smiled instead, and said: "That's right, I came here to let Father Khan know that to deal with the Han people, we should let the Mongolian cavalry kill them instead of defending them, let alone thinking about practicing Han methods."

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At dawn, a team of 2000 people left Baozhou City and headed east.

At noon, the team walked to the east of Baozhou City, more than fifty miles away, and saw a camp in front of them. In the camp, a Tang flag was flying high, and the soldiers were busy building watchtowers and small fortresses for garrison troops.

The general in charge of the garrison here is a burly man with a beard all over his face. He is nearly fifty years old, and his beard and hair are already graying.

This is Zhang Yanxiong, the general of the Zhang family who followed Zhang Hongdao to Li Xia in the early years.

Zhang Yanxiong has fought few battles in Chengdu these years, because he has the experience of rebuilding Baozhou City with Zhang Rou, and he spends more time repairing the city and building houses.

After a few years of stable life, he now seems to have lost a lot of murderous aura, but fortunately, that prestige is still there.

"Be quick, let's set up the meal right away, and set up everything that needs to be set up!"

With Zhang Yanxiong's continuous urging, there was a sound of "boom", and a heavy object was set up on the small fortress.

"Okay! Let's go eat..."

"General, look over there."

Zhang Yanxiong turned around, saw the team and the dragon flag coming from the west, and hurriedly went down the watchtower to meet them.

He left the camp, got off his horse, stood by the official road and waited for a while, waiting for the cavalry who arrived first to line up on both sides, only to see Li Xia and Zhang Wenjing walking side by side and slowly approaching.

"It's really a match."

Zhang Yanxiong couldn't help saying something in his heart, thinking of the situation when he promised Li Xia to be the son-in-law of the Zhang family on the high tower in Luyi.

Fast forward more than ten years, and Li Xia has really become the son-in-law of the Zhang family, but at that time no one expected that he would have such an achievement now.

So when Zhang Yanxiong followed Li Xia to inspect the camp, he couldn't help saying something.

"It would be great if the Marshal was here. He must be very happy to see His Majesty and Concubine like this."

Those who are familiar with the way of officialdom will know that this sentence is a bit taboo, and it seems that they care more about the old master in front of the emperor.

Li Xia patted Zhang Yanxiong on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry."

Dare to say that because he has confidence in Zhang Hongdao's plan this time.

Two thousand cavalry plus those who were arranged among the captives were enough to ensure that Zhang Hongdao safely led Zhang Rou and others into Baiyangdian Lake.

At the same time, Shen Kai led [-] elite infantry into the water, which was enough to wipe out the small water bandits entrenched in Baiyang Lake.

With water villages and ships, Zhang Hongdao could not be defeated by the Yuan army in that situation, at most he would be besieged in Baiyangdian.

Therefore, soldiers and horses are needed to respond.

That's why it is necessary to arrange a station here.

Some cavalry rushed back to the camp from the east.

"coming!"

The guests of the Zhang family who were waiting to greet Zhang Rou on the watchtower became excited. Looking at the cavalrymen who were getting closer and closer, they said one after another: "Are you here? Is the old marshal back?"

Under the attention of everyone, Xinma rushed to Li Xia quickly.

"Report to Your Majesty! The commander-in-chief sent the last general to ask for help, but he was intercepted by the Yuan army at Yangjiaodian in the east..."

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It's almost dusk.

Looking east from the watchtower, you can already see several cavalry chasing scenes on the ground.

The land that had just melted in the winter snow did not raise too much dust and smoke, and it was clear that a troop of more than [-] soldiers including cavalry and infantry was coming from the east to the Laohetou camp.

In the northeast and southeast of it, [-] and [-] Mongolian cavalry are rapidly attacking it.

Li Xia raised the binocular and could see their flags.

"Na Muhan was quite smart, and he led his troops to catch up with Zhang Hongdao from the north overnight. The one in the south was Auruchi's troops, who wanted to go around Baiyangdian and intercept them before the captives were exchanged."

At this time Zhang Hongqing was also standing behind the crowd, seeing such momentum, he couldn't help but think in his heart that the Yuan army obviously paid more attention to the Zhang family and sent [-] cavalry, but Li Xia was too stingy and reluctant to mobilize the same size of troops Ma Lai rescued the Zhang family.

And Jing Xuan, who was standing closer to the front, had gradually gotten used to counseling for Li Xia, stroked his long beard and said, "It seems that the Yuan army is eager to win a battle, even if it is a small one."

"Compared to the exchange of prisoners, this is something deeper. Now Kublai Khan is shrinking his defenses and retreating to Yanjing. There must be some Mongolian conservatives who are dissatisfied and think that we should use the old Mongolian method to beat us."

"Your Majesty wants to set up fields in Hebei, so he must give these Mongolian cavalry a head-on blow. Let them know the tactics of cavalry and blitz, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will not be afraid. Otherwise, if these Mongolian conservatives taste the sweetness, they will always want to harass them." Hebei. In the end, although Your Majesty will be able to win and conquer the world, by then, the Central Plains will probably be even more dilapidated."

Jingxuan's words can be said to have reached Li Xia's heart, this is an experienced old Confucianism.

This exchange of prisoners is just an introduction.Kublai Khan wanted to use this to see if the old tactics of the Mongolian cavalry could still work, but Li Xia planned to take this opportunity to lead these Mongolian cavalry to the preset battlefield and teach them a lesson.

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"Catch up!"

In the formation of the Yuan army, Namuhan has received the letter.

And there are more good news being sent to him.

"My lord, Marshal Oruchi has arrived from the south and is encircling Zhang Hongdao."

"Okay!" Namuhan said: "Most of Zhang Hongdao's army is infantry, the speed can't be fast, let's surround them first today."

An Tong raised his eyes and looked around, but he became worried.

"Your Majesty, Tan Ma said just now that there is a Tang Army camp a few miles ahead, and Tang Army cavalry has come to meet Zhang Hongdao."

"Yes, how do you say I should fight?"

An Tong said: "Retreat."

"What?" Namuhan said, "I finally found a chance to defeat the enemy in a field battle, why did I retreat?"

He drove his horse to An Tong's side, and said: "Father Khan doesn't trust our Mongolian cavalry anymore, I want to show him the victory."

"My lord, if we follow the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry, we should not attack the Tang army now, because they are obviously prepared. We should take a detour and go south to sneak attack where they are not prepared."

"What credit can that have? Father Khan asked me to kill Zhang Rou's family."

Namuhan looked at the battlefield in the distance, his eyes were full of ambition.

This battle, he must fight...

The horn was sounded, and the Mongolian cavalry still rushed towards the Tang army like a tide.

They completely forgot that those Hanchens in Yanjing were working hard to negotiate a peace.

In other words, they saw that the Great Khan made compromises with the Hanchens.If the warriors can defeat the enemy, why should the Khan negotiate peace?

(End of this chapter)