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Chapter 290 Crisis and Opportunity

The Qingfu army has two cavalry centurions, and the centurions are Yu Bing and Song He.

However, the time to form an army was short, and their riding skills were not exquisite enough. The two hundred cavalry could not fight alone, and they could not take advantage of the cavalry.

This time Li Xia attacked Yunnan City and Pindian Thousand Households, and stayed behind Yutingduan, while scouting the movements of the [-] Dali troops behind him;
When attacking the Qianhusuo in Pindian, more than [-] Mongolian soldiers fled on horseback, seeing that the situation was not good. Li Xia sent Song He to pursue them, and at the same time explored the way in two directions to the north and west.

March 21.

Song He hurried back and reported: "County officer, the villain chased those Mengtars and only beheaded...five of them. The rest have fled into Dali City and Taihe City. The villain failed to catch up. Please ask the county Wei punished."

"I don't blame you." Li Xia said lightly, "With your riding skills, it's normal that you can't catch up with the Mongolian army. Are Dali and Taihe already prepared?"

"Yes." Song He said: "The villain climbed the mountain last night and looked at Dali City. Xiaguan to the south of Dali City is heavily guarded, and there are at least a thousand defenders."

Li Xia nodded, then turned to Gao Mingyue and asked, "There are a thousand defenders in Xiaguan, how many people will there be in Dali City?"

Gao Mingyue carefully drew a map for Li Xia.

"The east of Dali City is Erhai Lake, and the west is Cangshan Mountain. The city is sandwiched between them. There is Longshou Pass in the north and Xiaguan in the south. Each garrison has a thousand troops..."

Li Xia picked up a pen to mark, and said in a low voice: "Then Dali City is almost impossible to capture."

He turned to Song He and asked, "What's the situation in Taihe City to the north of Pindian City?"

Song He recruited a general of the cavalry, this general was called "Cui Yu", he was originally a groom of the county government, he was good at riding, he was the one who went to the north to scout the road last night.

"Reporting County Captain, Taihe City is similar to Pindian, with [-] garrisons, including a Mongolian centurion, plus more than ten Mongolian Tatars who escaped last night."

Li Xia nodded, and marked "Taihe City" eighty miles north of Pindian City on the map with "[-] troops, [-] Mongolian troops."

After a while, Yu Bing also rushed back.

"County lieutenant, the Dali army was found in Mupangling, sixty miles to the southeast. The villain captured one of their scout horses last night. Does the county lieutenant want to interrogate him?"

Li Xia nodded and said, "Bring it here..."

After interrogating the captives, Li Xia marked "Yang Yuan, [-] troops" on the map at "Mupang Ridge", sixty miles southeast of Pindian City;
In the "Tongshi City" 180 miles due east of Pindian City, "Duan Shi, two thousand troops" is marked;
Eighty miles south of the "Zhao Yu Qianhu Office" marked "[-] troops, [-] Mongolian troops".

So far, Li Xia has written down the approximate strength of the enemy army on the four sides and five directions of Pindian City.

Gao Mingyue stood beside him and watched for a while.

She already has a little understanding of Li Xia's fighting style...

In Xiaolongqing Valley, 800 people ambushed Duan Shi and [-] Dali soldiers.Occupying an absolute position, he did not hesitate to use up all the arrows and firearms.As soon as the enemy reinforcements arrived, they immediately retreated to the mountains;
On Dajianshan, more than a thousand men broke through from the south and occupied the terrain. First, they divided the thousand Dali soldiers in the south into two, and then defeated each one.Once the enemy army is defeated, break out immediately without seeking to injure the enemy;
After the surprise attack on Yunnan City, 200 of the [-] defenders in Pindian were attracted before the surprise attack on Pindian.

In short, Li Xia does not fight tough battles, and has been doing his best to avoid casualties.

After understanding his thoughts, Gao Mingyue looked at the map and said in a low voice: "We can go north and approach the Jinsha River. Taihe City has less troops and cannot chase us."

Li Xia shook his head and said, "No, we have too little food and grass to walk along the Lingguan Road; without boats, we can't walk across the Jinsha River. Moreover, Yang Yuan chases us too closely, so he won't give us time to cross the river or build a boat. Hecheng is prepared, and will definitely send people to block the road and ask for reinforcements."

Gao Mingyue gave a "hmm" and suggested, "Then let's go south and attack Zhao Yu's Qianhu Office?"

Li Xia asked, "Xiangdong, how about returning to Tongya City?"

"Ok?"

"The grain and grass in our hands are only enough for us to walk five feet back."

Li Xia clicked on the map and said: "Look, we didn't come directly from Tongshi City. We walked south for nearly a hundred miles before coming from the southeast, from Weichu to Dali official way."

As he said this, he drew a triangle on the map.

"Yang Yuan and the 3000 people chased us all the way, and they also came from the southeast... Next, we only need to go due east, and we can pass directly under the city of Tongshi and walk five feet. But the worry is that good Chanfu also has a Mongolian army."

Gao Mingyue's eyes lit up, and she said, "If I can pass Tongshi City, I have a way to avoid going to Shanchan Mansion."

Li Xia asked: "Isn't Shanchan Mansion a must pass?"

"You can walk from the forest in the north of Shanchan Mansion."

Li Xia looked at the map, and pondered: "That area is full of high mountains, and there are no cities. I'm afraid it's not easy to walk, and there's not enough food and grass."

Gao Mingyue said: "There are three tribes in this area, the Quanbu, the Zhangjiu, and the Luopo. They all belong to the 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan. They have old friends with my Gao family. I'm sure they can guide us across the border and borrow some food."

"That's good." Li Xia said: "We can try to supplement this plan..."

As he said, he turned his head and saw the bright eyes of Gao Mingyue, and said again: "Fortunately, I have you."

"It was you who came to save me, I should have said...fortunately, you were here."

Li Xia smiled, continued to look at the map, and said casually: "We are getting married soon, so don't be so polite."

Gao Mingyue blinked, her expression was shy and happy, and she became more and more beautiful.

~~
The next day, Li Xia quickly marched eastward and entered the Daimao Mountain Valley, fifty miles east of Yunnan City.

This is a road leading to Tongya Castle in the direction of east and west.There is a small river flowing from west to east, and joins Yupao River at the mouth of Chahe River.

After entering the valley and walking for thirty miles, a Qingfu soldier ran down the mountain and reported, "County Captain, there are more than a thousand soldiers and horses ahead. They are marching very fast, and they are only ten miles away from us."

Li Xia frowned, this was an unexpected variable.

"Yu Bing, where did Yang Yuan's 3000-man march go?"

"Two hours ago, I left the Mupangling Valley, and I advanced to Yunnan City an hour ago. I must have chased him by now."

Li Xia pondered: "There are more than a thousand people in front, and 3000 people behind..."

~~
Agudamu led the centurion, and Duan Shi sent his 1000 people westward to Yunnan City.

This road is the official road from Tongya City to Dali, facing east and west.The Lianhe River flows from east to west and joins the Yupao River at the mouth of the Chahe River.

He knew that Yang Yuan led 3000 people to pursue the Song army from the southeast.

At that time, 4000 people will gather, which seems a lot, but this force is also necessary to surround the Song army and prevent them from escaping and causing chaos in Dali.

Aguda set off two days later than Yang Yuan, but marched much faster than Yang Yuan.

It is not only because it is easier to march with 1000 people than 3000 people, but also because there are Mongolian cavalry overlords. Whenever the Dali soldiers dared to walk slowly, their whips were severely whipped.

On March 22, Agudam left the valley of Daimao Mountain.

I saw the dust flying in front of me, it was Yang Yuan's [-] Dali soldiers.

When the two sides met, Agudam asked, "Where is the Song Army?"

Yang Yuan asked, "Did the centurion meet Song Jun in the valley?"

"No."

"Then General Song must have gone north to attack Taihe City..."

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One small river flows eastward, and the other Lianhe flows westward. The two rivers merge into the Yupao River at the "Chahekou", forming a "┴" shape.

The Yupao River is also the junction of Tongshi Mansion and Dali Mansion.

"Huh...huh..."

More than ten li to the north of Chahekou, all the soldiers of the Qingfu army sat on the ground panting.

They ran like crazy and ran non-stop for more than [-] miles before finally turning into the Yupao River Canyon before encountering the enemy.

The wounded, women and children were carried by two hundred horses. The wounds of the wounded were already bleeding, and the women and children were still in shock.

And everyone running over was sweating profusely.

Most of the former members of the Gao clan were mountain people of the Bai and Yi ethnic groups, who usually traveled in the mountains, and they couldn't help but admire the Qingfu soldiers.

This is not easy to do and requires iron will and discipline.

But during training, Li Xia would take them farther every evening.

These Qingfu soldiers may not be good at fighting, but they are best at running like this.

They didn't understand the meaning of this kind of training before, but only today did they understand what Li Xia often said.

"Sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime."

……

Li Xia was also panting, walking among the soldiers, praising them without hesitation.

"Well done, none of you have lost the chain. Although you haven't seen blood today, your will and discipline have won another victory..."

He smiled, took out the sweat-soaked map from his pocket, crossed out the "two" next to "Duanshi, two thousand soldiers" next to Tongshi City on the map, and changed it into a "one" with a pen.

Now, there are only 1000 people left in Tongya City...

(End of this chapter)