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Chapter 1280
There are only two city gates in the north of the capital city of Yuan Dynasty. The one on the west is called "Jiande Gate" and the one on the east is called "Anzhen Gate".

According to Zhang Rou, after the construction of the Anzhenmen section of the city wall, there was a heavy rain, and the rammed earth was not yet dry, so it was easily washed away by the rain and loosened.So they ordered people to harvest reeds and weave them into reed mats to cover the walls, nicknamed "the city covered with coir raincoats".

And at that time, in order to prevent the accumulated water from soaking the city wall, they also dug the moat and dug canals to divert the accumulated water to the north.

At this time, Meng Xi led the people slowly crawling in this dry canal.

He moved very slowly, for fear of shaking the snow on his body to the ground.

Finally, they reached the moat.

The river was frozen over, but there was no shelter over it.

Meng Xi looked up and saw a few guards of the Yuan army gathered around the fire near the top of the city, chatting and laughing, and didn't pay attention to the city.

He greeted Gou Fu not far away, and signaled Gou Fu to bring someone to stay here to meet him.Then he whispered to the soldiers behind him: "Pass it on... rush to the city wall and don't make any noise."

Afterwards, Meng Xi adjusted his hands in the snow, and moved forward nimbly and lightly, and quickly shrank to the base of the wall.

Soon three soldiers followed.

Lifting the reed mat under the city, I found some small holes that hadn't been filled in time.

Meng Xi made a hand gesture, indicating to the soldiers coming from behind to put the explosives here.

They took their explosives and touched the west side of the city wall.

Suddenly, there was a burst of shouting from the top of the city.

"who?!"

There were torches thrown down.

Meng Xi turned his head and saw Gao Cai, a soldier under his command, rushing across the moat.

"quick!"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

A volley of arrows was fired from the top of the city, and Gao Cai was shot down on the ice of the moat in an instant.

"Blow up the city!"

Meng Xi yelled, and immediately rushed forward, uncovered the reed mat, and stuffed the explosives beside the city gate.

"Boom."

A large stone fell from the top of the city, knocking another soldier not far away to the ground.

Meng Xi hurried over, took out the explosives from his arms, didn't have time to find a place to stuff them, and still stuffed them by the city gate, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of other people taking their places, and hurriedly shouted: "It's time!"

At this time, Goufu's team was shooting arrows at the top of the city, temporarily overwhelming the Yuan army so that they did not dare to take the lead.This enabled Meng Xi's remaining few people to successfully ignite the fire.

"go!"

"puff."

Another person was shot down, Meng Xi hurried over to light his explosives, and at the same time shouted again: "Let's go!"

He ran out quickly and helped up a wounded person on the ground at the same time.

"Leave me alone..."

"I tell you to go!"

The next moment, Meng Xi was also shot by an arrow in the crook of his leg and fell on the ice.

He looked up, and he could still hear Gou Fu shouting at himself.

"Come here!"

"Boom!"

"..."

The shouting around instantly quieted down, leaving only the loud bang.

Meng Xi only felt a scorching heat behind him, and it finally got warmer.

A huge thrust slammed on his back, lifted him violently, and hit the snow in front of him, his eyes darkened and he passed out...

"Occupy the city cave!"

Gou Fu stared wide-eyed, and saw that the city gate in front of him had been blown apart in an instant, and even the beams on the gate had collapsed, leaving only a triangular hole in the square gate.

He was the first to rush over again.

At this time, the defenders on the top of the city were also frightened and forgot to shoot arrows.

When Gou Fu pounced forward and rolled into the city cave, the wood fell down heavily.

"Quick! Seal the city gate!" The defenders on the city shouted.

But Gou Fu took out a grenade and lit it, rushed into the city, threw it at the Yuan army who hadn't reacted yet, stuffed the explosives into the pile of stones beside him and ignited it, and pulled over a row of refusal horses. Then retreated into the city cave.

"boom……"

"Defend the city cave!"

~~
Pifeng felt that he was going to be frozen.

Finally, he heard the loud noise coming from ahead, stood up quickly, first took out a firework from his arms, and lit it.

With a sound of "咻", the red cloud bloomed in the sky.

Pifeng shouted: "Rush over!"

"Kill!"

Stiff legs finally moved away, and more than a thousand Tang soldiers rushed to Anzhen Gate.

However, there were also soldiers who lay prone in the snow and did not get up again.

The sky is full of snowflakes.

Some soldiers of the Tang Army pulled back the bloody wounded, and some had already rushed into Anzhen Gate.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes sounded in the city.

Because most of the people on the top of the city were Han troops, and the Mongolian cavalry in the city were already on standby and rushed northward with the explosion.

Pi Feng didn't care about these things, he had already rushed to the top of the city, swung his knife and killed the Yuan army defending the city first.

"Kill! Dogs can also defend the city? I only attack once and break the city!"

"Breaking the city! Breaking the city!"

~~
At the same time, Yuan Dadu is to the east.

Hu Legen raised his head, saw the red cloud in the sky, and immediately ordered: "Go to Anzhen Gate!"

"drive!"

Immediately, [-] Tang cavalry began to turn north.

But more cavalry were still stationed in the southeast of Yuan Dadu under the command of Zhang Hongdao and did not move.

The Yuan army on the east side of the city couldn't tell the difference, only heard the sound of horseshoes passing under the city, and hurriedly reported.

"Quick! Tang Jun has a large group of cavalry going north, please report to the Marshal..."

Not long after, the direction of the Tang army camp in the east of the city became brighter and brighter.

The defenders on the top of the city looked intently and gradually realized that it was Zhang Jue who was also leading the army to move north.

Tang Jun is determined to occupy Anzhenmen.

~~
Tuanhe, the Tang army camp.

A soldier stood on the watchtower, looked up and saw the red cloud in the sky, and immediately reported it to Li Xia in the big tent.

Li Xia then picked up a war chess and placed it on the map at the location of Anzhen Gate.

Zhang Rou stroked her long beard and said, "Sure enough, Yuan people are still not good at defending the city."

"Sooner or later, Kublai Khan will realize that going out of the city and fighting to the death with me is the best way for him."

Li Xia said, then shook his head suddenly, as if he was a little uncertain.

Zhang Rou pondered: "Your Majesty thinks that Kublai Khan might retreat to the grassland?"

"Back to the grassland?" Lu Xiufu was a little surprised, "The Yuan army still has 6 or [-] people, how can they retreat so easily?"

"Perhaps retreating is the most sensible way for Kublai Khan. Don't give His Majesty the opportunity to annihilate him with all his strength, and return to the grassland to recuperate, so that he can turn passive into active. In the future, he will go south every year to hunt grass valleys. The decisive battle in Beijing is more secure."

"But the Yuan army has retreated again and again, and finally didn't even defend Yanjing?"

"Because they are robbers." Li Xia said: "The robbers entered other people's homes, and they relied on being strong and armed. Once they met the same strong master, the master could fight desperately, but could the robber?"

Lu Xiufu said: "Then what if Kublai Khan withdraws..."

"We can't let him withdraw."

Li Xia could predict that if Kublai Khan led his army back to the grassland, he would continue to entangle with him in the next ten or twenty years.

This is a consequence he never wants to accept.

In order to ensure that such a thing would not happen, he had already sent a messenger to Feihuxing to deliver an order to Liu Yuanli.

He wanted to let the Western Front Army storm Juyongguan while the main army was attacking, so that Kublai Khan would be caught off guard and would not even be given a way out.

Up to now, the situation has been very simple.

Kublai Khan had three options.

If you continue to defend the city, the Tang army will enter the city immediately, and the two sides will fight in the streets; or simply go out of the city and fight Li Xia; Juyongguan decisive battle.

After carefully confirming the route on the map again, Li Xia felt a little relieved, and said in his heart: "It's up to you, I won't give you a second chance to escape."

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metropolis.

The atmosphere in the sweat tent was very dignified.

"Khan, the Tang army has broken through the Anzhen Gate..."

Before Kublai Khan could open his mouth, Brother Yixiang shouted loudly: "Then why don't you order people to guard it?!"

"Thousands of households have already rushed over, but the Tang army has been increasing its troops. From more than a thousand people to 5000 people, to 5... [-] people."

Namuhan immediately asked Kublai Khan for orders: "Father Khan, I am willing to lead my troops to the north of the city to defeat Zhang Jue."

"Sweaty."

Brother Yi Xiang quickly interrupted Na Muhan, saying: "Now we can't stop more and more Tang troops from entering the city, and if we send a large army to defend, we will still be fighting Tang troops in the city."

"It's not a street fight." Namuhan said, "The terrain in the city is open, so you can set up a battle."

"No matter how wide it is, it can't be as wide as the grassland." Brother Yi Xiang said: "The city is only fourteen miles wide, and the cavalry can't turn around or go around. The Tang army can startle the horses by throwing thunderbolt cannons. Do you want the warriors to dismount and fight on foot?"

"Then go to the city and fight!"

Namuhan strode to the map, raised his hand, and said, "The troops of Zhang Hongdao and Zhang Jue have moved to the north now. Let's go out of the city and fight Li Xia. Li Xia is stationed in Tuanhe, and the soldiers and horses However, with 5 to [-] people, annihilating him would be a big victory."

"Yes, this is like the battle of Yehuling. Wanyan Chengyu divided his troops into various places, and Genghis Khan gathered his troops to attack his central army..."

Brother Phase Shift frowned, and said, "Have you ever thought about it, in this way, it will become the showdown on November [-] that Li Xia said."

"Then fight to the death!" Namuhan said, "We are the descendants of Genghis Khan, why are we still afraid on the battlefield?!"

Brother Yixiang didn't want to quarrel with Namuhan, but turned to Kublai Khan and said, "Great Khan, the capital of the Mongolian Kingdom is Hara Helin."

Naiyan immediately asked: "What does this mean, brother phase shifter?"

"It means that returning to the grassland is the safest way now."

Kublai Khan who was sitting there heard these words, and finally turned his head to look at the kings in the sweat tent.

Brother Yixiang, Zhuodu, Wugudai and others all got up one after another.

"You all mean that?" Kublai Khan asked.

"Big Khan, even if you go back to Kaiping." Zhuodu said, "When you are on the grassland, you will be more flexible in fighting."

"No wonder." Kublai Khan sneered, and said, "No wonder, the powerful Mongolian cavalry will be defeated all the way here, because that's what you think. The enemy is in front of you, but you are still thinking about retreating to the grassland."

"This is because……"

"Because you are all cowards!"

Kublai stood up abruptly, took out a battle report from his pocket, and threw it on the ground.

"Ben Khan won't hide it from you, you can't go back, because Juyongguan has been lost! If we want to survive, we can only fight to the death with the Tang army. We have no choice but to fight like a warrior and defend the last of the Golden Family. glory."

Everyone looked at the battle report, and they were all stunned there.

Kublai Khan had already drawn his sword, walked into the tent, stared at Brother Yixiang, and said, "You're wrong, this is the capital of Ben Khan, and Ben Khan is the emperor of the Central Plains."

(End of this chapter)