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Chapter 337
"Where is Commander Wang? Commander Wang!"

"The commander died in battle."

"How many generals are there?"

"If you die, if you run away, where can you find it?"

"General Nie, the third commander of the Wuxin Army, is still here, hurry up, follow him..."

On both sides of the Fujiang River, after the Song army wading across the river scattered and collapsed, a small group of troops finally began to gather.

They looked around and saw that Liu Zheng's banner was getting farther and farther away. Only Wu Xinjun was about to plant Nie Zhongyou's banner at the foot of Wolong Mountain in the west of Fujiang River, and rushed there one after another...

In this battle, Niu Lin beheaded more than [-] soldiers, and Song soldiers were swept away by the river, leaving countless dead.

At this point in the defeat, Nie Zhongyou gathered more than [-] routs and quickly led the rout westward to Chengdu.

And Niu Lin occupied Jiantandu, sent troops to cross the river, controlled both sides of the Fujiang River, and quickly led his troops to Chengdu.

The Mongolian cavalry marched quickly, so Nie Zhongyou had to avoid the road and marched through the mountains and forests, first to Yunding Mountain City.

Pu Zezhi was still methodically arranging troops to split up the remnants of Adahu's Mongolian army, but the door to the east was wide open, and Niu Lin drove straight in and quickly joined the Mongolian army in Chengdu.

The battle situation has changed drastically, and the Mongolian army reversed the decline in one fell swoop.

July [-]th.

The Mongolian clan "Abugan" who escaped from Chengdu got off his horse, stepped forward to hug Niu Lin, and patted him on the back hard.

"Good! Good! Thanks to you for saving me."

Niu Lin hurriedly said: "Fortunately, I can make it in time, as long as King Zong is fine, where is Marshal Du?"

Abu Gan let out a long sigh, and said: "The Song army attacked Chengdu, and Adahu died in battle. Fortunately, the Tuolin belt escorted me all the way to escape."

After hearing this, Niu Lin turned his head to look at the deforestation belt behind Abu Gan, with a look of thought in his eyes.

Abu Gan knew what Niu Lin wanted, and once Adahu died, there would naturally be a new Marshal of the capital.Tuolindai took advantage of the chaos to rescue each other. Although the contribution was great, it was far less than Niu Lin's contribution to defeating Liu Zheng.

Then Abu Gan looked at the Tuolin belt and said, "Pu Zezhi is abominable. He keeps forcing us to kill us. It is unstoppable. This place is too far away from Hara and Lin. It is too late for the Great Khan to decide on the commander-in-chief. Why not push Niu?" Lin is the commander in chief, commanding the generals, and only then can the enemy be defeated."

This is another big difference between the Mongolian army and the Song army.

Once the commander of the Song Army dies in battle, he can only wait for the court to appoint a new commander.

The Mongols don’t have many rules, aside from the fact that most of the soldiers who lead the battle are the descendants of Genghis Khan’s family, or the children of the generals who are close to them, and they know each other well.

For example, last year when Wu Liang died in battle in Hetai, the generals immediately promoted Ah Shu as the commander-in-chief.

At this time, as soon as A Bugan opened his mouth, Tuolin belt immediately expressed his willingness to make Niu Lin his commander.

The new Marshal of the capital was definitely selected, and the morale of the Mongolian army in western Sichuan was boosted, and they soon walked out of the shadow of Adahu's death in battle.

Newring is perfectly qualified to be Marshal of Dudu.

His grandfather was called "Polo Dai", a close guard of Genghis Khan, and he followed Wokuotai Khan to destroy gold; his father was called "Tadaer", who followed Meng Ge to conquer Aso, Qincha and other countries for his meritorious service, and worshiped the Marshal of the capital.

In addition to his extraordinary family background, Niu Lin himself has also made great achievements.He is tall, handsome, and far wiser than Adahu, and he is the most convincing person.

In the next few days, Newell did not immediately fight Pusher.

He first sent cavalry to gather the remnants of the Sichuan Mongolian Army.

Liu Zheng's defeat was too fast, and Pu Zezhi had not yet wiped out too many Mongolian troops. Soon, the strength of Niu Lin's troops reached nearly 2.

Pu Zezhi had no choice but to gather his troops and go to Chengdu, preparing for a decisive battle with Niu Lin.

However, Niu Lin did not fight Pu Zezhi decisively, but turned around and attacked Lingquan Mountain again.

This time, Pu Zezhi was completely caught off guard.

Duan Yuanjian, the commander of the Song Army, led 5000 troops to garrison Lingquan Mountain. It was originally to help Liu Zheng guard Jiantandu, but Liu Zheng was defeated in one day. Lingquan Mountain is expected to be the horn of Jianmenguan.

With the strategy of "closing the door and beating the dogs", the two dogs in the house have already joined, and now they can only hope to guard the Jianmen Gate to prevent them from joining the pack of dogs outside.

Duan Yuanjian did not expect that Niu Lin would attack Lingquan Mountain first.

Once Lingquan Mountain is lost, Jianmen Pass will become a lone army and will not be able to defend it.The strategy of "closing the door and beating the dog" became the Mongolian army besieging Pu Zezhi in western Sichuan and beating him...

On July [-]th, Pu Zezhi got the news that Niu Lin's soldiers had forced Lingquan Mountain.

There are only two choices before Pu Zezhi, either to reinforce Lingquan Mountain and Jianmen Pass; or to abandon Chengdu, go down the Minjiang River, and return to Chongqing along the Yangtze River.

Reinforcing Lingquan Mountain must have been Zhong Niulin's plan. The army was exhausted and was attracted to a decisive battle in the wild; however, abandoning Chengdu meant completely abandoning western Sichuan and abandoning tens of thousands of soldiers.

After thinking about it, Pu Zezhi realized that he had to fight decisively. As Shu Shuai, he had no reason to flee before fighting...

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The middle reaches of the Minjiang River, near Pengzu Mountain.

This place belongs to Chengdu Fulu Meizhou.

Meizhou is the hometown of Su Dongpo, with a registered population of more than [-] households and a population of more than [-] before Duanping.

However, Meizhou has been deserted for a long time now, and the land is sparsely populated...

In half a month, Li Xia and Zhu Yusun recruited more than [-] refugees, and led the soldiers to bring these people down the Minjiang River.

Including the Qingfu army, they have a total strength of more than [-] people.Li Xia was worried that this force would not be able to command more than [-] people, but these people who were afraid of the Mongolian army slaughtering the city were really obedient and worked hard along the way.

Although it is not good to say this, they give people a feeling that they can be easily driven away like cattle and sheep.

On July 21, Li Xia was ordered to gather more than [-] people from nearby to return to the valley, but Bao San came forward and said, "Magistrate, we have captured a few Mongolian soldiers looking for horses."

"How did you catch it?"

"They were probing their brains on the mountain on the other side, and it happened that Luhu was also watching from the top of the mountain. They shot their Shifu down with an arrow and captured two people." Bao San said.

"Bring it here for me to interrogate."

These two Meng soldiers were not afraid of death, and refused to speak easily. Apart from using torture, Li Xia interrogated the two separately, and finally came to a judgment on the situation.

After he pondered, he hurried to see Zhu Yusun.

"As Zhu Anfu said, Liu Zheng is probably defeated."

Zhu Husun ​​was shocked.

He said that he couldn't trust Liu Zheng, but he might not want to see Liu Zheng make great achievements in his heart. He didn't expect Liu Zheng to really lose, and he lost so quickly.

"This...Pu Shuai hasn't sent an order yet."

Before the words were finished, the guards around Zhu Yusun rushed up.

"Comfort envoy, Pu Shuai sent an urgent message."

Zhu Yusun quickly took the letter and looked at it, his expression changed again.

He handed the letter to Li Xia, pacing and meditating.

After reading the letter, Li Xia also felt more and more worried, saying: "Just looking at this news, we can know that our army is far less flexible than the Mongolian army. They are all cavalry. After breaking through the defense line of Fujiang River, they went straight to Chengdu and joined forces. , and then headed eastward to Lingquan Mountain again, but they have already arranged scouting horses to observe Pu Shuai's movements."

"what for?"

Li Xia said: "Niu Lin does not want to let Pu Shuai's army return to Chongqing. If Pu Shuai goes down the Minjiang River, Niu Lin will definitely return to western Sichuan immediately and attack Pu Shuai's army in the wild."

But only looking at the contents of Pu Zezhi's letter, Li Xia could vaguely see that Pu Zezhi was unwilling to flee south, rather than seeing through Niu Lin's arrangement.

From this point of view, Newell's keen sense of strategy is superior to that of Pu Zezhi.

Zhu Yusun asked: "Since the Mongolian army has seen us and the people going south with us, will they turn around and fight?"

"Probably not." Li Xia said: "No matter how you look at it, Niu Lin's intention is to force Pu Shuai to fight in the field, or to besiege Chengdu after he breaks through the sword gate. What I'm worried about is... Pu Shuai's way out has been blocked. "

This is the advantage of the Mongolian cavalry, which marched quickly, and it was a hundred times more difficult for Pu Zezhi to deal with New Lin.

Zhu Yusun took another few steps and murmured: "We should send the people to Xuzhou as soon as possible, and then bring boats and reinforcements to meet Pu Shuai. How about this, I will write a letter back to Chengdu."

Today, with Liu Zheng's defeat, Song Jun has lost everything, and Li Xia has no other choice, so he nodded.

But when he stepped out of the cabin, he thought about it, and suddenly turned around and asked: "Pacifier, how about sending me to deliver the letter?"

Zhu Yusun was surprised and asked, "Chengdu is in danger, Feiyu wants to return to Chengdu?"

Li Xia didn't explain too much, just bowed his hands solemnly...

(End of this chapter)