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Chapter 215 Riding
It was just a trivial matter to kill eight Mongolian pawns who were left alone and had no pants on, and it had no effect on the battle situation.

To Li Xia, it was very important.

He knew that this would alarm more Mongolian troops, and it would be dangerous to be surrounded.

But this little incident gave him an idea... War and killing should belong to soldiers, it is shameful to let the enemy slaughter unarmed civilians if he is defeated or avoided for a soldier.

He felt this kind of humiliation, and he was willing to let the Mongolian army chase him, even if one or two nearby families could take this opportunity to escape into the mountains and forests, such a risk would be worth it.

Li Xia knew that not only himself, but also the more than twenty scouts under his command could feel this...

But soon, the sound of horseshoes of the pursuers sounded behind him.

Yu Bing turned his head and glanced, surprised: "The Mongolian army has caught up, too fast!"

He has been in the tea horse farm for many years, and he thought that his riding skills were already top in Qingfu County, but he never expected that he could ride a horse faster.

"Calm down, see how many people there are." Li Xia shouted.

"More than thirty people." Yu Bing said.

"Speed ​​up and run!"

More than twenty riders galloped eastward.

Suddenly, Song He shouted: "Front! Front..."

Li Xia turned her head to look, and was also taken aback.

I saw behind the small mountain col in the northeast, several Mongolian soldiers had already rode their horses to outflank it.

Soon, more than ten Mongolian riders appeared, slanting towards Li Xia and others to intercept them.

"Whoosh!"

An arrow landed not too far away from them. This was the Mongolian army's test shooting.

With Li Xia's style of acting, whenever there is a slight possibility of victory, he dares to rush up and kill without hesitation.

But at this moment, he knew that twenty or so cavalry were against fifty or so cavalry, fighting on horseback, there was no hope of victory.

"Go south!"

"go!"

……

In Yanfanggou, Hengzishan, and Youlong Village, Li Xia fought three battles with the Mongolian army.

He felt that in terms of individual combat power, Meng soldiers were stronger than Song soldiers, but not by much.

Compared with the physical strength of Sichuan and Shu men, there is not much difference.If it is close combat, it is not difficult for Sichuan and Shu veterans to defeat Mongolian soldiers.

Moreover, the Mongolian army often does not like to attack for a long time, and will not stick to it for a long time. On the contrary, the Sichuan people are more bloody.

This made Li Xia feel that although Mengzu was strong, he was not as strong as the legendary Jurchens who were "invincible".

Until today, the terrain has only opened up a little bit, and it is not considered a plain, but only a slightly gentle hilly area... Only then did the Mongolian army show its advantages.

Divide into a joint attack, outflank and outflank.

As Yi Shiying said to Li Xia, "gather like hills and mountains, disperse like wind and rain, swift like thunder and lightning, and swift like eagles and falcons".

This is the real strength of the Mongolian army.

The Yanfanggou, Hengzishan, Youlong Village that Li Xia had seen before, even the Mahu River... The Mongolian army was just on their way and being attacked by surprise, as if they were fighting with their feet tied.

And in this kind of field battle, as soon as they confronted each other, their riding and archery skills were used, and they had already secured the victory.

The fifty or so riders encircled them, and it seemed that they were not from the same army as the eight Mongolian soldiers who were alone and did not wear pants.They got on their horses, held their bows, and galloped on the flat ground, with the courage to wear down each other in the face of thousands of people.

Not to mention that Li Xia only has more than twenty people...

"Go! Go up that mountain!"

"Quick! Go up the mountain!"

Behind him, Meng Zu also quickly adjusted his direction and chased after Li Xia and the others.

The sound of horseshoes is urgent, accompanied by the sound of pulling strings.

"Whizzing……"

"Xu Lv Lv!" A Song soldier who fell last had fallen off his horse.

Li Xia led the people to rush up to the high mountain in front of them.

"They're still chasing!"

"climb up!"

"The horse can't run anymore."

"Get off the horse and climb."

Li Xia got off the horse first, took the rein and ran into the difficult mountain forest next to him, climbing up, and from time to time he had to pull hard on the horses that refused to climb the mountain.

Song He also didn't say a word, and led the people to dismount quickly.

Yu Bing hesitated for a moment, and said: "County Captain, in case the Mongolian army still catches up..."

"puff!"

Two scouts under Yu Bing's command, who were still on the lookout, fell off their horses with arrows, and the Mongolian army had rushed close.

"Tiewa! Guangdou!" Yu Bing cried loudly...

"Come on!"

"Get off your horse and climb into the forest..."

~~
"Pfft! I only killed three, and I killed eight brothers!"

"The mountain is so high, if you chase after it again, all the drivers will run away."

Zhana roared: "It's not like we can't climb up! We can't climb every day if we fight Qi!"

"We came out to hunt food."

Zana looked up at the high mountain, still unwilling, spat again, and said, "The Nanmanzi are so annoying to death! On the grassland, I have already dragged them into mud!"

"I didn't see you say that when you robbed the four counties of Dali, let's go, let's go, you will know that the south will be fine if you break Xuzhou."

"I'm so angry!"

Zana hated it endlessly, and shouted in unfamiliar Chinese: "Go to hell!"

"Let's go."

A group of Mongolian soldiers walked down the mountain again. They chased them to the end, and dismounted and climbed for a while.

As he walked, there was the sound of arrows, and someone screamed. He was shot in the leg by an arrow and fell to the ground...

~~
Yu Gang shot a Mongolian pawn with an arrow, and cursed bitterly, "Go to hell."

This time, Li Xia led them down from the mountain to counterattack the Mongolian army. Yu Bing didn't ask any more questions, and directly chased them down and shot arrows.

After chasing for a while, Li Xia ordered to stop.

Everyone looked at it for a while, and saw that the Mongolian army had already mounted their horses and was heading north again.

Yu Gang looked over and saw the corpses of the two scouts under his command with their leather armor peeled off, dragged behind the horses by the meng pawns, and the dust and smoke rose all the way.

His eyes were red, and he knelt on the ground suddenly.

"County lieutenant, I'm not a good boss, you can punish me."

"Back to camp and deal with military law."

"Yes."

Song He looked at it for a while, and said, "County Captain, the Mongolian army is gone."

"No hurry. They may come back on horseback."

Li Xia squinted at the gentle landform at the foot of the mountain, his eyes filled with thought.

Today's horse-hunting encounter may not even be considered a small battle, but he has a glimpse of the Mongolian army's tactics.

From the perspective of the world in the future, they always feel that this battle should be fought in such a way... But only after being in it, Li Xia understood why Yu Jie wanted to build a mountain city defense system.

"Controlling horses by the mountains and controlling the surface with points" sounds simple, but it permeates a generation of generals' understanding of the Mongolian army's tactics and their grasp of the entire Sichuan and Shu terrain.

In the era when the Mongolian cavalry was invincible in the world, the wisdom and blood gathered by the soldiers and civilians of the Southern Song Dynasty in the three major battlefields of Jinghu, Lianghuai, and Shuchuan for more than [-] years can only be seen in the "mountains, horses, and arrows".

"After going back, the defense of Qingfu County needs to be adjusted again..."

~~
Zana returned to the camp and was whipped several times.

"Centurion, I really did nothing wrong. Who would have thought that Song Jun would be encountered in this place."

Centurion Xiri thought for a while and murmured: "Yes, where did the Song army come from? This area is either the Syrian state army or the Changning army, but it's not right."

Zana said: "They are really brave, if they run a little slower, we will kill them."

Xiri said "Yes", and transferred some servants to Zana's command.

"Listen well, I have been ordered to rob the south bank of the Jinsha River first, and then go and rob the surrounding counties..."

~~
At the same time, Li Xia ran back to Qingfu County across the mountains overnight.

The county town is still peaceful and peaceful.

At the back of the county government office, the gatekeeper yawned and saluted, "The county lieutenant is back."

"Where is the magistrate?"

"This... I have already fallen asleep."

……

"That can't be the case! The county magistrate is still..."

With a bang, the door was pushed open.

Jiang Chun woke up, not realizing what happened.

Mou Zhu covered her chest and screamed.

"what!"

In fact, she was dressed quite a lot, and there was nothing to look at.

Jiang Chunshang was still in a daze, and he heard Li Xia say something in his ear.

"Mahujiang was defeated. The Mongolian army is about to attack and slaughter us all."

"what?"

There was a candle flame approaching, Jiang Chun stared at it, and was startled.

In the candlelight, Li Xia's face was covered in blood, and his hands were also covered in blood.

"This... Feiyu, what did you say?"

"Has there been any information from Syria yet?"

"Sy...Syria..."

Jiang Chun was completely startled, blinked, and his mind was completely blank for a moment.

"The county magistrate doesn't believe it?"

Li Xia asked again, lifted a round object from her waist behind her, and placed it in front of Jiang Chun.

Mou Zhu had already calmed down, she was hugging Jiang Chun's arm like a little bird, when she fixed her eyes, she kept screaming again.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

~~
"What's wrong?!"

Fang Yankai was startled suddenly, don't rush to the next door to the official building, only to see bright lights everywhere.

Li Xia was coming out of Jiang Chun's room with a grim expression.

Fang Yankai's gaze fell to Li Xia's waist, again in shock.

It was clearly a blinded head.

"This?!"

"The owner's register." Li Xia held up the head and passed it directly, "The battle of the Mahu River has been defeated. The Mongolian army has captured ships and water troops."

Fang Yankai was also startled, he reached out to take the head unconsciously, and was stunned.

Li Xia said again: "Jiang County Magistrate has ordered me to take over Qingfu's defense. From now on, all government orders related to the war will be assigned by me."

"Chang...Changning Army..."

"I have sent someone to ask for help. I asked the landlord to summon the archers and listen to my command."

Fang Yankai pursed his lips.

Li Xia raised his hand, making Mengzu's dying eyes look at Fang Yankai...

(End of this chapter)