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Chapter 218
"South of the Yangtze River in Shu, there is only one Changning Army."

Fang Yankai slid his fingers across the map, and slid eastward along the Yangtze River.

"The closest military base is the city of Luzhou on Shenarm Mountain."

Li Xia narrowed his eyes, leaned over with a candle, and said, "It's also north of the Yangtze River."

"Yes." Fang Yankai sighed: "As long as we talk about the Sichuan-Shu strategy, you can't avoid Marshal Yu. Since he's built a fortress against the mountains to defend Shu", the defenses north of the Shu River are as strong as cast iron. It is difficult to attack. It is a pity that Yu Hui is incompetent, and the strategic layout of southern Shu is at least three years behind the Mongolian army."

"I understand." Li Xia pointed at God's Arm City, then Xuzhou and Jiading, and said, "This is a complete line of defense to the west of Chongqing, and the point-to-point line prevents the Mongolian army from attacking Jiangbei. The possibility of Chongqing."

"Yes, if the Mongolian army comes down from the north, the cities along the Yangtze River will serve as corners of each other, and the Changning army will support them in the south of the Yangtze River, so they can deal with it calmly."

"But Wuliang Hetai attacked from the south, and the strength of the Changning Army was stretched."

Fang Yankai sighed, looking a little tired, and said: "The Changning army can't defend such a big place in southern Sichuan, and they have to send troops to respond to the city of God's Arm. There won't be too many troops to support us."

"Ah."

"Feiyu, withdraw the river patrolmen into the county seat, we must at least defend the county seat."

Li Xia shook his head, and looked at a map of Qingfu County.

Fang Yankai said again: "This matter must be done as soon as possible... It's time to seal the city gate, and the remaining people and supplies have no time to move into the city."

"No, keep moving." Li Xia said.

"The Mongolian army is coming soon."

"I fought against the Mongolian army along the river and held them back."

"You! The river patrolmen are not well trained, how can you fight the Mongolian army?"

"It can only be fought." Li Xia said: "The rammed earth wall in Qingfu County is less than two feet long. It can guard the bandits, but it can't defend the Mongolian army. And the terrain outside the county is not conducive to fighting with the cavalry. It is too passive."

Fang Yankai said: "You are simply fooling around..."

Li Xia interrupted rather forcefully, saying: "Let me deal with the war, I will resist the enemy, the owner of the house, you seize the time to move the people into the city."

"Have you ever thought that if you take the initiative to attack, you will not be able to supply food, grass, and arrows. Once the recruits are blocked by the Mongolian army on the mountains or in the valleys, there will be no reinforcements in the county to support them, and they will collapse immediately. Zhang Dutong has learned from the past..."

"The house owner doesn't need to spend too much time talking, just seize the time."

Li Xia had folded the map and put it in his arms, and walked down the tower.

Fang Yankai looked at his back, shook his head, and sighed, thinking that Li Xia and Zhang Shi did exactly the same thing, and felt deeply worried...

Li Xia walked to the top of the city, saw a flame in the distance, and frowned.

"County captain, don't be surprised." Wu Ang stepped forward with his knife, and said: "It caused conflicts when the people moved. Someone in Tianjing Village set fire to his own house, and the submerged fire soldiers have already rushed over."

Li Xia took a long breath and murmured, "War."

The flames of war spread, not to mention the meritorious deeds of a few people in killing the enemy, but first destroying the peaceful life of the vast majority of people... This is the face of war.

~~
Nige rode his horse along the path west of Fujiang, with the captured trackers in front of the team.

Three ships sailed upstream.

"When we grab the food, load it on the boat and go down the river, we won't need these trackers." The centurion Xi Ri leaned forward and said, "We're almost at Qingfu County, so kill all these trackers first?"

"Crack the city first, then grab it," Nigg said.

The military regulations of the Mongolian army can be summed up in the simplest eight words: "Those who disobey the order will be beheaded, and they will be robbed after attacking the city".

"Shunan is not like Shubei, where the cities are built on the hills. The city walls are short and easy to fight."

Nige's face was very serious, and he said, "Have you noticed? There are two villages along the way that are empty."

Xiri said: "It seems that Qingfu County has already got the news, so fast..."

The Fu River meanders south, and ten miles north of Qingfu County, the river suddenly narrows.

Nige looked up and saw that there were high mountains on the cliffs of the river, which clamped Fujiang and made the water rush.

And the road along the river has become a narrow road.

Seeing such a terrain, Nige frowned endlessly. He recruited a captive tracker and asked, "What are these two mountains?"

"The mountain to the west is called 'Balan Mountain', and the mountain to the east is called 'Zaizhuding'..."

~~
On the top of Balan Mountain, Li Xia was looking at the formation of the Mongolian army.

"Why did they stop?" Xiong Shan asked.

"The Mongolian army attaches great importance to reconnaissance. In this kind of terrain, people must be sent up the mountain to look first." Li Xia said.

He watched for a while, and saw a group of Mongolian soldiers circled to the foot of the mountain in the north and began to climb.

Li Xia had planned very well. He planned to wait for the Mongolian army to reach the small road between Ba Lanshan and Fujiang, and smash down the falling rocks, break their heads and tails, and smash them hard.

Later, I realized that the ambush was not so simple to set up.

In this kind of terrain, anyone who comes here will suspect that there is an ambush and will investigate in advance.

Therefore, if you want to ambush, you need to lure the enemy, and you need to send people to pretend to be defeated and lure the Mongolian army.

But Li Xia's soldiers could not lure the enemy.

There are many reasons. The recruits can’t pretend to be defeated at all. When they are shot by the Mongolian army’s arrows, they may become a real defeat when they retreat. The riding skills are too poor. How to talk about luring the enemy.

Conspiracy is not something you can use whenever you want, you need to have enough strength.

This is also the reason why Fang Yankai objected to Li Xia going out of the city to intercept the Mongolian army.

Just like Zhang Shi fought against the Mahu River...

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Zana is climbing up Balan Mountain step by step.

A few days ago, Zana led people to hunt food, and eight people died, so he only had three Mongolian soldiers and more than ten Dali servants.

Climbing to the mountainside, I looked back and saw that the Mongolian army had stopped in front of Balan Mountain, and it was not easy to enter the narrow road by the river.

After climbing up for a while, when we climbed the mountain, we could already see Qingfu County in the south.

In the small county town between Fujiang and Erjiahe, the city walls are low, the city gates are wide open, and teams of people are rushing into the city.

In the distance, although only black dots can be seen.But Zana seemed to be able to see the women, food, and money in the team...

"The city gate is still open! They are still moving people! Go and tell the general."

"It's so long, we have to climb to the top of the mountain over there to see if there is an ambush."

Zana stood on the top of the mountain, looked up to the east, saw the lush greenery on the top of the mountain, spat, and said, "Let's go, take the bow and arrow."

A group of people continued to climb up, and when they reached the top of the mountain, Zana raised his hand and drove the Dali servants to the front.

He and the three Mongolian pawns were at the end.

Looking through the woods, it seemed to faintly see a wooden frame.

"Wouldn't that be a cannon carriage?"

Suddenly, a voice sounded from the canopy.

"look here."

Zana couldn't understand, but raised his head subconsciously.

"Whoosh!"

A sharp arrow shot straight down, piercing through Zana's eyes!
"what!"

With a scream, Xiong Shan jumped down from the treetop and stabbed Zana's neck with a knife.

"Kill..."

~~
When the fighting sounded, Li Xia turned his head and took a look at the forest under his feet, and ordered decisively: "Stone throwing!"

It is a pity that the Mongolian army did not enter the narrow road by the river.

"Stone throwing!"

On the cannon cart, the stone had already been installed, and more than a hundred river patrolmen yelled in unison, and pulled the tip of the cannon hard, the boulder bounced up suddenly, and fell to the Mongolian army in the north...

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Xiri raised her head and watched the black dot flying from the top of the mountain cut through the sky, getting bigger and bigger.

"Falling rocks... There is an ambush!"

"Quick! Spread out!"

The horse neighed, and the formation of the Mongolian army quickly dispersed.

"Oh!"

"The rhythm..."

The huge boulder fell down, and a Mongolian soldier and his horse were smashed into mud with a bang.

Nige was furious and shouted: "Xi Ri, take your centurion and charge two hundred servants to attack the mountain."

"Kill it!"

The situation was not too bad for the Mongolian army. Although the geographical advantage was not as good as that of the opponent, they did not enter the narrow road and could still spread out to the north of Balan Mountain.

Soon, Xiri led the people to attack Balan Mountain...

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"Smash them!" Li Xia ordered.

More than a hundred river patrolmen began to load small stones, pulled the cannon carts and smashed them down the mountain.

For a moment, flying stones were like locusts, and fell towards the Mongolian army attacking the mountain.

~~
Nigg rode his horse to watch the offensive on the mountain, and then turned his head to observe the terrain.

Balan Mountain is not an isolated mountain, but a section of mountain range in the east-west direction.

He immediately ordered: "Galdi, lead your centurion to turn over from the west and attack this Song army."

"Yes."

"Tumen Baoyin, take your centurion and go over with Gardi and grab the gate of Qingfu."

"Yes……"

~~
Upstairs in Qingfu City, Fang Yankai looked at the mountains to the north, with even more worry in his eyes.

What he was most worried about was that Li Xia was too conceited and tried to ambush the Mongolian army by taking advantage of the terrain, but underestimated the Mongolian army's experience and marching ability.

According to Fang Yankai's strategy, the relocation of the people should have been stopped and the city gates should have been closed as soon as possible.

But at this time, the gate of the city is still full of people with their families. If Li Xia can't stop the Mongolian army, the consequences will be too bad...

(End of this chapter)