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Chapter 239 The Loss of the Water Battle
Most of the Syrian state troops were concentrated in the center of the river, and they did not dare to approach the river, because there were still Mongolian cavalry on the shore.

Shi Junbi didn't want the ships to enter the range where the Mongolian army's arrows could shoot. In case of defeat and repeated battles, the gains outweigh the losses.This is similar to "encircling three ques and one".

He knew very well that it was possible for the more than [-] Syrian Army to win the Mongolian navy by luck, but it was basically impossible to keep the Mongolian cavalry.

But Shi Jun had his own considerations, and Li Xia also had his own considerations, braved the rain of arrows and continued to rush towards the main ship of Wulianghetai.

"Fire arrows!"

Another round of arrow rain hit, and Ashu's eyes became more and more angry.

He watched Wuliang Hetai rushing downstream with more than ten ships, and then he wanted to lead his troops to pursue, but the ships from Syria had already overwhelmed them.

A Shu looked back, and saw the Yangtze River battlefield to the north, the setting sun like blood to the west, and gradually rising cliffs to the east.

It's not easy for the cliff cavalry to go up.

Taking a closer look, there were only four large ships and more than ten small boats chasing Wulianghetai, far less than the number of boats taken away by Wulianghetai.

"act recklessly."

Ashu snorted coldly, and ran south decisively with the remnant soldiers.

"Go, I, Abu, can escape!"

"Let's go, as long as Marshal Du can land, it is impossible for the Song army's navy to catch up with the Mongolian cavalry."

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Li Xia got up from the deck, pulled the arrow hanging from the leather armor and threw it aside.

He stared at the river in front of him, and saw that there were boats still fleeing along the river, and from time to time, boats bumped into rocks, making loud noises...

This place is known as "the first bay of the Yangtze River in Nanxi". The Yangtze River runs eastward and suddenly turns to the north.

Shi Jun chose this battlefield because he expected that once the Mongolian army fled, it would be difficult to control the ships, and it would be more prone to chaos.

Li Xia dared to chase because he expected that the terrain of this section would make it difficult for Mengqi on the shore to support him.

For the time being, he has separated Wulianghetai from the Mongolian cavalry...

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Along the Yangtze River are cliffs.

After more than ten miles to the north, some tidal flats finally appeared, sandwiched between the river and the cliff.

There is a suitable place for anchorage here, called "Shau Kei Bei".

At night, Wulianghetai disembarked from the boat on the shore, and one by one the Mongolian soldiers disembarked their war horses.

He counted all the men and horses, and there were only more than [-] riders left.

Squinting his eyes and looking towards the river, he saw that the Song army navy divisions had chased down the river again.

"Marshal Du, they only have four big ships, and there don't seem to be many people there."

It was the commander named "Hai Rigu" who spoke, and he spat again, cursing endlessly.

"E Xiuwu, I knew that there were only such people, and we joined Ashu directly."

"It's okay, just get on the horse." Wu Liang joined the stage and said, "Burn those boats first."

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"County Lieutenant, look! There's a fire ahead!"

Li Xia saw that the harbor in front of him was already on fire, so he had to order to dock early.

He gathered his hands on the shore and chased forward for a while.

The boats on the river were still on fire, illuminating the river bank like daytime.

Horseshoe marks remained on the ground, and the people of Wulianghetai had continued to flee north.

"We can't catch up." Fang Yankai shook his head, and said: "The Mongolian army is on horseback, it is impossible for the pawns to catch up with them."

Pointing to the horseshoe prints on the ground, he said again: "It seems that there are at least a thousand people in Wuliang Hetai, and they are no match for us if we catch up... It is right for Zhizhou to order not to pursue. It is futile to take risks."

"No, he's alone."

Li Xia took out the map from his pocket and looked at it by the firelight.

"Li Feiyu, did you hear what I said?! You are too determined to go your own way. Now you should return to the teacher immediately and ask Zhizhou for your sins."

"Shh."

"What else do you want to do? Let me tell you, the Mongolian army's tactics are like this. They are as fast as lightning, gather and disperse freely, and travel thousands of miles in a short time. You can kill the general and capture the flag without your whimsy!"

Li Xia said: "I told you, he's stuck alone."

Fang Yankai shook his head and said, "Don't you understand? The Mongolian army's thousand cavalry are divided into separate positions, and they can separate and combine freely. We can't catch up."

Li Xia asked, "How long can you eat dry food?"

"Two days." Fang Yankai said angrily.

"Where is this place?"

"do not know!"

Li Xia looked at the ground and asked loudly, "Who is familiar with the surrounding terrain?"

"County Lieutenant, the villain's mother is from Anning County." A Xunjiang hurriedly came forward.

"Your name is Mayouer?"

Ma Youer was overjoyed, and said: "The county captain knows the villain?! The villain's mother is from Anning County. The Changning Army and the Anning County Government are in Changning Town in the south. The villain is familiar with this area!"

"Where are we?"

"Shau Kei back."

Li Xia said, "Show me the map."

"Here." Ma Youer scratched her head and pointed.

"Look at the homeowner's book... the Yangtze River forms a word 'ji' here. This section of the river will flow north, then turn east, turn south, and turn east again, heading for Jiang'an County."

"so what?"

Li Xia said: "The word 'ji' means high mountains and cliffs. Wulianghetai can only go around along the Yangtze River. But we can go directly to the south."

He slid his finger across the map, and said: "We will climb over the mountain from here, rush to the front of Wulianghetai, and ambush him."

"Are you crazy?!"

Fang Yankai turned his head, pointed at the cliff to the southeast, and shouted: "Look clearly, look at how high this mountain is!"

"Height is high. There are only ten miles between these two places on the map." Li Xia murmured to himself and asked, "Ma Youer, how long will it take to cross the mountain?"

"If you walk at night, the villain will be able to cross this mountain before dawn."

Xiong Shan squinted his eyes at the high mountain below Yeshan, and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult, but it may be possible before noon."

Fang Yankai shook his head, pointed at the map, and said, "The Mongolian cavalry ran eighty miles along the river, and they can leave tonight."

"No." Li Xia said, "Don't forget, they are not familiar with the terrain."

Ma Youer said: "What the county lieutenant said is that not all the land along the river is flat. The mountains traverse across the river. The Mongolian army wants to find a way, but there is a way to find it."

Fang Yankai said: "There is not enough time, we have few people, and we need to lay down and rest after climbing the mountain, how can we make it in time?"

Li Xia said: "The Mongolian army also needs to rest, so it may not be impossible to get ahead of them."

"Li Feiyu! You've lost your mind..."

"turn."

Li Xia stopped talking and walked straight ahead of everyone.

Ma Youer said loudly: "County Captain, I'll lead the way, I'm familiar with this."

Only Liu Jinsuo muttered in a voice that no one could hear: "Climbing the mountain overnight again, a night owl..."

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Ashu predicted that Shi Jun would not be able to send troops to catch up, so he only ran south for more than [-] li and then stationed his troops to rest.

He summoned four other commanders overnight to discuss.

"Don't worry about me, Abu." He spoke first to reassure the army.

"We know that when a Mongolian man gets on a horse, even a Song man with four legs can't catch up with him!"

Ashu seemed careless, but he was very assertive, and said directly: "Okay, let's sneak attack the Changning army camp tomorrow, defeat this Song army, and wait for me there, Abu."

"Okay, will Marshal Du come?"

"Grab some luggage, Abu understands, we will meet up and retreat south to Dali together."

"Where are you going? Changning River Valley? Wuchi Road?"

"Changning River Valley."

Speaking of this, Ah Shu thought that if he could go out of the five-foot way and mess up the Junlian and Qingfu areas south of Xuzhou, he could drag the Changning army and save himself from worrying about being cut off now...

"That's going to pass through the Yixi tribe. It's another group of old barbarians. They thought Song people were better at fighting."

Ashu smiled and said: "It's okay, if you lose this year, come back next year, and sooner or later you will be able to destroy the Song Dynasty."

"We all understand the truth. It's like hunting. Every time you shoot the prey, you shoot an arrow. But the water battle makes people angry. If half of the people were not on the boat, how could there be such a large number of casualties?"

"That's right." A Shu also spat, and said, "When it comes to water and boats, get angry! Abu shouldn't be fighting in water..."

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"You shouldn't be fighting in water."

In the same night, Wu Liang Hetai sat on the horseback, looking at the distant river, talking to himself in the same way.

He regrets it.

He obviously doesn't know how to fight in water, so he insists on commanding by boat, making the same mistake as Zhang Shi.

But he was not worried that Song Jun would catch up.

The Syrian state army only had that few people, and the captive soldiers were already frightened, and it was too late to gather the captives.

Therefore, Wuliang Hetai is very calm.

He really didn't take this defeat too seriously. In his life, he fought eastward to the Tumen River Basin; westward to Poland and Germany; and then southward, all the way to Dali. Where the horseshoe cannot reach.

The field of battle is so vast, he has won many battles and lost many battles, but as long as he is on the horse, no one can stop him.

Wu Liang rested on the stage overnight, killed some injured horses and roasted them, which relieved his subordinates from the defeat.

The whole night, Mengzu and Meng sat on the horses and slept. Compared with the ships, the horses made them feel more at ease.

(End of this chapter)