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Chapter 340
Nie Zhongyou heard the sound of the horn and knew that Pu Zezhi was going to raise an army to Chengdu, so he hurriedly mobilized more than [-] people under his command and waited for the military order.

Not long after, I saw Li Xia coming on horseback.

Seeing that he was coming from the Central Army, Nie Zhongyou hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "I don't know where Pu Shuai arranged for Wu Xin's army to follow?"

Li Xia didn't dismount, but took out a military order, and said, "According to Pu Shuai's order, Wu Xin's army is temporarily under my command to reinforce Yunding City."

Nie Zhongyou was slightly surprised, but because it was Li Xia who came over, he clasped his fists and accepted the order without asking any further questions.

On Li Xia's side, there were more than 300 cavalry from Yang Ben, who gathered together to make up [-] people, and they went straight to Yunding City in two directions with Pu Zezhi's army.

Walking all the way to the deep mountains in the east, Li Xia first ordered Yang Ben to climb up to visit, and then started talking with Nie Zhongyou.

"I don't understand the current situation." Nie Zhongyou said.

"What is involved is not only the battle situation, but also the political situation. You are inevitably a little confused." Li Xia said, "Let's talk about the battle situation first. Once Jianmen Pass fell, Pu Shuai's army was trapped in western Sichuan. Do you understand that?"

"clear."

"Western Sichuan is difficult to defend. Only the remnant city of Chengdu and Yunding Mountain City can block the Mongolian army's attack based on their terrain."

"I also understand this." Nie Zhongyou said, "What I don't understand is why Pu Shuai passed Yunding and didn't enter?"

"The food and grass in Yunding City are not enough to last for a long time, and there is still some food and grass in Chengdu City. Pu Shuai is unwilling to abandon Chengdu. This is one of them." Li Xia said: "The second is that Yao Shi'an may not want to welcome Pu Shuai into the city."

Nie Zhongyou was a little surprised.

"Yao Shi'an refused Wu Xin's army from outside the city. If he said he was worried that there would be secret work mixed up in it, it was barely reasonable. But how dare he refuse the majestic Shu commander to enter the city?"

Li Xia raised his hand and pressed it falsely, saying: "Keep your voice down, don't say anything about this matter, if it gets out, it will be a major blow to Pu Shuai's prestige."

"This... Why is Yao Shi'an like this?"

"The Mongolian army has occupied Chengdu for nearly three years, and Yunding City has always held firm. Only then can the Song Dynasty hope to recover Chengdu. If [-] troops enter and the food and grass are exhausted, once Yunding City is dragged down, there will be no possibility of recovering western Sichuan in the future. .It’s not as good as guarding each other’s horns with Chengdu.”

Nie Zhongyou said: "It's only if you can defend it! I'd rather sacrifice the army than protect Yunding City? I think it's Yao Shi'an who has selfish intentions! How can he support Pu Shuai if he behaves like this?"

"Five years ago, Yao Shi'an dared to refuse Yu Shuai's entry to the city. What's more, now that Pu Shuai enters the city, Yunding City will become the target of New Lin's strong attack. Yao Shi'an has guarded Shu for a long time, and his qualifications are very deep. The battle is imminent, and Pu Shuai is the overall situation. Think about it, don't dare to touch him."

"But I'm going to Genting City this time..."

Li Xia said: "I told Pu Shuai that with Niu Lin's steady and steady fighting style, I'm afraid it won't be easy to fight a decisive battle with the army. It is very likely to attack Yunding first and cut off the army's way back, so we have to guard against it."

"Exactly." Nie Zhongyou said, "Once Yunding City is broken first, the army will really be finished."

Li Xia lowered his voice, and said, "But in my heart, I think it's better for a strong man to cut off his wrist than to suffer endless disasters."

Nie Zhongyou was taken aback, and asked, "You mean?"

Li Xia didn't answer clearly, but just looked up at the towering mountain, and said something casually.

"I'm different from Pu Shuai, I don't have so many scruples in my actions."

~~
At the foot of the mountain on the east side of Yunding, Niu Lin has garrisoned troops here.

"Marshal Du, why don't you attack the city?" Tuo Lin led the way: "Quickly pull out this broken city, and don't let the Song army escape."

Niu Lin was not in a hurry, and said: "The Song army can't leave. I have sent Qingqi to scout around. If Pu Zezhi dares to flee with his troops, we can stop him at any time."

"Then this mountain city is always going to be attacked, can you still take it down if you just stare at it?"

"How can it be so easy to fight? This is Yunding City, and it has not been defeated for many years." Niu Lin said.

Tuolin took great surprise and asked, "What does Marshal Dou mean?"

Niu Lin took a big sip of wine and said with a smile, "Let's watch."

Not long after, Meng Zuo brought a Han man in.

"Villain Yao Yiming, I met Marshal Du."

This Yao Yiming could not speak Mongolian, so he had his own translator as Niu Lin.

Niu Lin raised his chin and asked Meng Zuo to support Yao Yiming.

"You have seen Han Yong's head. This is what happens when you dare to resist the Mongolian Kingdom."

"Yes, yes, Marshal Du is right. The villain's uncle has been excluded by the Song court for a long time, and he has long wanted to join the Mongolian Kingdom. This time, he is willing to surrender the city."

Niu Lin turned his head to look at Tuo Dailin, with a wider smile on his face.

Only to hear Yao Yiming say again: "But the rest of the Song generals in Yunding City, such as Kong Xian, Xiao Shixian and others, are stubborn and unwilling to surrender. My uncle plans to hold a banquet tomorrow night, kill these two, and welcome the Marshal of the capital into Yunding City... ..."

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Yunding City.

Yunding City is one of the "Eight Pillars in Sichuan".

It faces the Tuojiang River in the east, a piece of cliffs; to the west and south, there are mountains like fish ridges as barriers.Only in the north is the mountain road, which can be described as easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The north city gate was built on the cliff of Qixingyan, and another urn city was built, which was built with huge stones and was unbreakable.

There is a line of small characters engraved on the big stone in the Wengcheng.

"Emperor Song Chunyou Jiyou, mid-autumn auspicious day, Shuai Shou Yao Shi'an rebuilt."

Yao Shi'an was standing here, staring blankly at this line of writing.

This is the glory of his life. He and Yunding Mountain City have made great contributions to Song Dynasty.

Six years ago, the Mongolian general Xu Liewu led [-] cavalry to Yunding, and sent people up the mountain to surrender. Yao Shi'an, Kong Xian, and Xiao Shixian killed his envoys to show a deadly battle.The Mongolian army attacked the city with poisonous arrows and raging fire. The Song army resisted desperately, killing blood like rivers, and finally defeated Xu Liewu's army;
Three years ago, when the Mongolian army attacked Chengdu, Lu Da, one of the generals in Yunding, led 5000 soldiers and [-] volunteers to support Chengdu. [-] people died in battle, and no one surrendered...

In the 14 years since the city was built, there have been countless battles, big and small. Yunding City still stands on the high mountain. Nearly 3 Mongolian troops died in this battle, expressing the emotion of "defending without fighting".

These were all things that Yao Shi'an was proud of.

But now, he just feels too tired. After so many years of guarding, the Mongolian army is still endless.However, Shushuai changed from Yu Jie and Yu Hui to Pu Zezhi, but the situation in Shuchuan was getting worse day by day.

Pu Zezhi's recovery of Chengdu also brought ecstasy to Yao Shi'an, but in an instant, the situation collapsed to this point.It is an indisputable fact that Pu Zezhi must be defeated.

From ecstasy to despair, Yao Shi'an suddenly felt that he had had enough of all this.

So what if we keep going?Like Han Yong, can the head be hung on the flagpole by the Mongolian army?

Take a step back, even if you can hold on for a while, but Uncle Xie Fang has gone, no matter how great the credit, how can he be promoted?
That's all, let's live a peaceful and stable life in the future.

Together with this thought, I can no longer suppress it...

Yao Shi'an stared at the inscription on the stone gate, and bid farewell to the first half of his life in his heart...

"City guard! There are soldiers and horses coming!" On the watchtower, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Look at the flag, it's the Wuxin army coming again."

Yao Shian frowned, a little displeased.

He strode towards the observation deck, only to see a soldier and horse approaching on the knife-like mountain road.

~~
In Yunding City, Kong Xian was staring at the map and thinking about the battle situation.

He is the commander of the imperial front right army, and also the commander of Tongchuanfu Road, Sixiucheng's booster.

This official position is not small, but like Xiao Shixian, he is a general of Lizhou.

After Lizhou fell, they retreated to Sichuan and were transferred to Yunding by Yu Jie.

Of course, Yu Jie was worried about Yao Shi'an.But Yu Jie is dead, and there have been constant wars in the past few years. Kong Xian and Xiao Shixian tried their best not to conflict with Yao Shi'an, but joined forces to defend Yunding City...

"General, Wu Xin's army has arrived outside the city again, and they are confronting Yao Chengshou at the north gate." Some soldiers came to report.

"Confrontation?" Kong Xian was stunned, and said, "Didn't Yao Chengshou let them go to Chengdu to look for food?"

"This time, it is said that under the order of Pu Shuai, he entered the city for reinforcements."

"Yes. But the city guard said that Yunding City had enough troops and asked them to go to Chengdu to reinforce Pu Shuai. The Wuxin army refused to leave, and clashed with the city guard, and even threatened...that they would attack the city."

Kong Xian couldn't help frowning, and said, "I'll go and have a look."

He got up and walked out...

Two days ago, Pu Zezhi led an army to go to Yunding. Yao Shi'an thought that the food in the mountain city was not enough to supply an army of [-], so he proposed to guard Chengdu with each other, and Pu Zezhi agreed.

Kong Xian also believes that this is based on the overall situation.

As for Wu Xinjun's vote, Yao Shi'an refused to accept it, saying that he asked them to go to Chengdu to find food, which is also reasonable.

But today's matter is obviously a bit strange.

All the way to the north gate of the city, Kong Xian saw Yao Shi'an leading the army standing at the head of the city, holding a longbow, as if guarding the city.

"You are indeed the secret work of the Mongolian army!"

Someone in the city shouted: "Yao Shi'an, you don't even obey Pu Shuai's order, what's wrong?!"

"Are An Zhier and others true or false..."

Kong Xian frowned deeper, and strode up to the top of the wall.

Yao Shi'an hurriedly stopped him, saying: "Wan don't trust him, Pu Shuai just left, and Wu Xin's army went and returned. An Zhi was not sent by the Mongolian army."

Before Kong Xian could answer, he suddenly heard another shout from the city.

"But the two generals Kong and Xiao have arrived? I am Li Xia, the magistrate of Qingfu County. I once brought down Uncle Xie Fang. I am afraid that because of this, Yao Chengshou is unwilling to let me enter the city, but the battle is imminent. Please take the overall situation into consideration. Heavy!"

In a word, Yao Shi'an was furious, turned his head and shouted: "You spout blood! I didn't even know that you were Li Xia!"

Kong Xian stood beside the battlements and looked, only to see a tall figure standing at the foot of the city...

(End of this chapter)