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Chapter 221 Consumption

Right in the bamboo forest on the Leech Ridge, Liu Jinsuo looked down and saw the Mongolian army at the foot of the mountain to the west preparing to climb the mountain.

The other four team leaders who came over had already sat down around Li Xia.

Liu Jinsuo hastily squeezed in.

"You stink." Jiang Fan murmured in a low voice.

"I've been running in this mountain for two or three days, of course it stinks." Liu Jinsuo said, "Shut up and listen to the county captain."

Li Xia glanced at them and spoke.

"This mountain range goes all the way to the east, and the Erjia River flows eastward along it into the Fu River. After the Mongolian army crossed the mountain, they first had to cross the river."

As Li Xia said, he slid his fingers across the location of Leech Ridge on the map, and finally clicked on the upper reaches of Erjialiu.

"Jiang Fan, you lead someone to hide the boat at Qinggangzui upstream."

Jiang Fan responded, "Have you hit halfway?"

"No." Li Xia said: "Don't wait for the Mongolian army to start crossing the river. The river is too small to cross on horseback. If you attack halfway across the river, you will be surrounded by the Mongolian army. Take advantage of them just coming down the mountain and before they have time to adjust their formation. Shoot arrows down the river to attract them to pursue."

"But it won't kill too many people?"

"We don't want to kill them, we want to wear them down." Li Xia said: "We have already fortified the wall and cleared the country, so it is good for us to wear down their physical strength and horsepower at the very beginning."

"clear."

"Here in Guoquan Bay, there is a sharp bend in the river, the speed of the boat must slow down, and the Mongolian army may catch up."

Li Xia tapped her finger on Guoquan Bay, and then tapped on a nearby hill, Bandit Ridge.

"Liu Jinsuo, you lead people to ambush before Guoquan Bay, shoot arrows and shout at Bandit Ridge. You don't want to kill, but you want to block the speed of the Mongolian army."

"Yes!"

Li Xia said again: "The Mongolian army was blocked at Bandit Ridge, and they will definitely speed up their horses to pursue Jiang Fan."

He moved his finger forward again, and shouted: "Xiongshan, set up an ambush at Dalong, dig a ditch for horses at this position, and when the Mongolian horse falls, fire a round of arrows and walk away from the mountain."

"Yes!"

"Huhu, you are preparing for the cannon stone again at Jianzi Mountain."

"Yes!"

"Song He, inform Bao San to meet him in Fujiang..."

"Yes!"

Li Xia stood up, put away the map, and said: "Wuliang Hetai is in a hurry to go to Hezhou, and the Mongolian army can't afford it. This ambush, even if they can only reduce more than a dozen cavalry, it will cost them again. One more day and we're one step closer to winning."

"understand!"

Everyone agreed, and their eyes were full of confidence.

……

Li Xia arranged tactics, turned his head and glanced down the mountain, saw that the Mongolian army had sent people up the mountain to investigate, and quickly led them down the mountain.

He got on his horse and prepared to go to Qingfu County to arrange follow-up matters.

As soon as he sat on the horseback, his body swayed, looking very tired.

He didn't come up with all kinds of plans just by patting his head. He needed to follow the horseshoe prints of the Mongolian army all the way, obtain the results of the shelling of Duantou Mountain, Jianzi Mountain and other places, and infer the direction of the Mongolian army over the mountains.

In addition, it is necessary to observe the terrain and the flow speed of the Erjia River...

Nigger rode through the valley on horseback, but he chased him on the mountain with his feet.

On the contrary, Nige often found some empty villages, where he could sleep when he wanted, eat when he wanted, and march freely.But Li Xia couldn't sleep, the clothes that were wet in the mountains were dried by the body, and it was wet again at night.

But in short, the five or six hundred Mongolian troops still went into the pockets he had made.

After more than half a day, Li Xia had already gone up to the tower in Qingfu County, overlooking the Erjia River to the west.

~~
In the afternoon of this day, by the Erjia River, the sound of galloping horseshoes and shouting could not stop.

Sudden……

"Beautiful!"

A Mongolian war horse neighed sadly and fell into the ditch!
Meng Zu on horseback was staring at the small boat going down the Erjia River, but suddenly fell down with the horse.

Before he could react, his body was already in severe pain.

With a "poof", a sharpened bamboo pole pierced directly through his thigh, pierced his internal organs, and protruded directly from his back.

The blood droplets condensed into beads in the bamboo tube, but they could not soak through the white bamboo wall, so they spread drop by drop.

"what!"

The screams were terrifying.

The next moment, another horse that couldn't hold back its charge suddenly fell down, smashing the pawn to death in the horse ditch...

"Shut up!"

The Mongolian soldiers in the rear reined in their horses with great difficulty, and looked up again, only to see that the boat in the distance had drifted farther and farther away, and the Song soldiers who were ambushing nearby had disappeared among the mountains and forests.

……

"Eshute!" Nigg cursed harshly.

He glanced coldly at the horse trap in front of him, his heart burst into anger, and he was pushed down again.

Just over the leech ditch, nearly 20 people died.

He has already discovered that the Song army has cleared the walls and cleared the fields, because the villages encountered in the previous two days were all empty.

What I am most afraid of when I go out to collect food is that I will encounter such a situation. I will lose all the ships, captives, food and grass, and I cannot go back directly.

"Stop chasing, kill and eat these war horses."

~~
Standing on the tower, Li Xia watched Jiang Fan lead the boat down the upper reaches of the Erjia River. After a while, he saw Liu Jinsuo and Xiong Shan's team waving flags on a high mountain in the distance...

But when it was almost dusk, the Mongolian army did not continue to chase.

The generals of the Mongolian army were calmer than expected.

Li Xia frowned, and ordered: "Pass the order, so that Bao San and Hu Hu don't have to ambush again. Retract the troops, and the Mongolian army will attack the city tomorrow."

"The city has been attacked." Fang Yankai murmured, "Can this earth wall, which is less than two feet long, hold the Mongolian army?"

"Didn't the house owner let me guard the city from the beginning?" Li Xia asked back.

Fang Yankai heaved a long sigh.

He was also sincere, and replied: "Feiyu has been able to resist the enemy in the mountains and forests for three or four days, can't he think of another way?"

"It can't work now, the Mongolian army has reached an open area, and the next step is a tough battle."

Li Xia didn't mean to embarrass Fang Yankai, and said bluntly: "If the landlord can trust me, I should be responsible for the defense of the city."

Fang Yankai turned his head to look at him, but didn't answer right away.

The setting sun shone from the west, dragging the shadows of the two people on the top of the city for a long time.

The two of them have worked very hard these past few days, and Li Xia has been traveling a lot, but he is not as haggard as Fang Yankai.

"Okay, my master, to cooperate with you is to..."

~~
And on the night before the Mongolian army attacked the city, the fate of many people seemed to be changing quietly...

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"Oh, Li Feiyu won the battle? Then why did the Mongolian army attack the city again?!" Zhang Yuanming asked in displeasure.

He is now crowded into the house of Yuan Yutang, a wealthy family in Qingfu County. Although the house is already the largest guest house, it is still packed to the brim.

The entire Qingfu county was filled with fleeing people, and there were countless people sleeping on the streets. The Zhang family's situation was considered the best.

But that night when he heard that the Mongolian army was about to attack the city, Zhang Yuanming's temper was finally ignited.

Standing in front of him at this time were the eldest son Zhang Shifei and the second son Zhang Shizhuo, both of whom looked panic-stricken.

Zhang Shifei was the first to respond, "Li's surname is just bragging. My son went to the top of the city to take a look. There are only more than [-] heads in total, and there are more than [-] Mongolian soldiers. How can we claim victory?"

Zhang Shizhuo said: "It's ridiculous that the Mongolian army came from the west of Fujiang, and there is no Mongolian army to the east of Fujiang."

"Not one?" Zhang Yuanming asked in surprise.

"Yes." Zhang Shifei said, "Then Li Feiyu kept saying that in order to protect my Zhang family, he forcibly moved us into the city. Instead, he put us under the attack of the Mongolian army."

"If it wasn't for him, I don't know how safe my family is in Jiuqu Garden now, it's really hateful." Zhang Shizhuo said.

The father and son talked like this for a while, gnashing their teeth.

"If we can survive this catastrophe, we will never let it go with this Zhuzi..."

~~
Except for Zhang Yuanming and his son and a few people who were moved into the city from the east bank of the Fujiang River, most people in Qingfu County were more grateful and praised Li Xia.

In the back office of the county government office, Han Qiaoer heard County magistrate Jiang say to her grandfather many times, "Feiyu is really amazing!"

In addition, now Jiang Chun has taken in many people in the back office, most of them are old scholars.

So Mou Zhu's mother and daughter also moved to the West Wing, occupying Li Xia's house to live with Han Qiaoer; while Han's grandfather moved in with Jiang Chun, leaving the West Wing vacant for a few female relatives who had taken refuge; Lian Jiang There were also two old gentlemen stuffed in the Cangwu.

Han Qiaoer felt that magistrate Jiang was really a good man, no wonder everyone praised him.

She also felt that magistrate Jiang treated their family very well, and said every day, "This county and Mr. Han share the blessings and share the difficulties..."

That night, Jiang Chun brought the two families together again and said the same thing.

Han Chengxu looked a little helpless, and said, "Don't worry, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant will definitely be able to guard the county."

"That's right, the county can rest assured that Feiyu is doing things..."

Han Qiaoer sat aside and couldn't help but sneak a glance at Jiang Di.

She felt that too many people praised her Brother Li these days, which made her afraid that more girls would fall in love with him... I wish I could stop praising her.

Like last night, after she lay down, she heard Li Jian's wife say to Jiang Di, "It's because your father didn't live up to it, otherwise Li Feiyu would have been your husband-in-law."

This made Han Qiaoer extremely nervous.

She was thinking about all these things in her mind, when Han Chengxu coughed twice and said, "Qiaoer, why don't you thank the county magistrate."

"Ah?" Han Qiaoer was taken aback.

"Cough cough." Han Qi'an coughed twice, and said, "The county magistrate is willing to accept you as a righteous daughter, so hurry up and bow down and kowtow."

Han Qiaoer felt even more dizzy.

She turned her head to look at County Magistrate Jiang who was sitting on the top stroking his long beard, and thought, "Brother Li also said that County Magistrate Jiang likes to talk irony, so it's obviously not irony."

Before Han Qiaoer could react, Jiang Cang rolled his eyes and bowed, saying: "My brother has met the second sister, and from now on, the second sister will be a family who share the blessings and share the troubles." people……"

(End of this chapter)