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Chapter 347 Initiative

The third day of August.

The fire in the south of Yunding City had already been extinguished. The soldiers first cleaned up the battlefield outside the west wall, and then were transferred to the south of the city to clean up the ruins.A busy scene.

Yiqing went up to the tower, only to see Kong Xian sitting there in a daze, muttering in his mouth.

"Li Xia... Li Feiyu..."

Yiqing clasped his fists and said, "General Kong. I heard that there will be a celebration banquet in the evening. During this great battle, how can I have such leisure time..."

Kong Xian looked back.

Yi Qing was tall and thick, with beards all over his face, and his roots were like iron. Because he didn't wash it much all the year round, it was almost formed with blood and dust.

When Xiao Shixian was alive, one of the seldom uttered witticisms was "Yi Qing, your beard can be used as a face shield", now that Xiao Shixian is gone, Kong Xian also regards Yi Qing as his brother.

"It's good to reward the soldiers." Kong Xiandao, "Li Zhixian is different from a rough man like you. He is careful. It can be seen that the morale of the soldiers is low."

"To kill foreign captives and protect the homeland, which bastard dares not to do his best, and he will be punished with two lashes."

"After all these years, the situation is not getting better, and even the general has defected." Kong Xiandao, "People's hearts are not iron and stone."

Yiqing knew that he didn't care about such things, so he stopped talking, and asked again: "General, what are you doing here? The wind is so strong that it will blow your wound open again."

"Wait for Lizhi County to come over."

"Where did he go? You have to wait, General."

"Go to check whether the wells and pools in the city have been poisoned. The civil servants are too careful, and they can't accept it."

On Yunding Mountain, the Song army dug 32 wells and [-] pools. It is simple to say, but it is difficult to dig wells in high mountains.

The defenders have the tenacity to bear hardships and stand hard work, but Kong Xian is not confident that he can lead them to break the situation, Silai is very ashamed.

What happened to Yao Shi'an was actually a huge blow to him.In the past, he thought it was right to take care of the overall situation, but now he began to doubt himself constantly, and the sense of guilt was always lingering in his heart, and every little thing could touch him.

Yi Qing said: "How did I hear that Lizhi County didn't take the imperial examination, he came back from the north after making meritorious service, he should be our military officer. It has been spread by the Wuxin Army that he is in the north..."

"I know." Kong Xian said: "This kind of wisdom is not something ordinary military officers can have."

He pointed to the warehouse in front of the guide, and said: "Zhang Wei escaped, and did not find the military book or food book in Yao Shi'an. Li Xia guessed that the Mongolians were going to do something to our food. We will move the food away within two days. The defenses to the west have also been strengthened...you and I can't think of this."

Yi Qing said: "But I don't understand, even if it's an empty warehouse, why did you let the Mongolians in and burn it?"

"It will always be useful to let Meng people estimate our food and grass wrongly."

As Kong Xian said, he thought of what Li Xia said at that time.

"Now the Mongolian army has no flaws, just like there is no bone in an egg. But we have to be patient, hatch, and when the egg hatches, we can always find the bone. And every bit of information error may be a small crack……"

At that time, Li Xia said, with a "click", he cracked the last egg in the city, peeled it and ate it.

Kong Xian admired this kind of calmness, and he no longer felt dissatisfied when they first met.

Before he knew it, he was willing to let Li Xia arrange the defense of the mountain city.

After waiting for a while, all the generals in the mountain city came over after finishing their work, and Li Xia also arrived. While looking at the terrain below the mountain, everyone laid out the map and discussed the next arrangement.

Kong Xian was the chief general, and he spoke first, "Let's talk about the movement of the Mongolian army first. Most of Niulin's army has already moved westward. The remaining Mongolian army may be between three and five thousand."

Seemingly speaking to Li Xia on purpose, Kong Xian pointed to the terrain, and said: "When descending from Yunding City, soldiers and horses can only take the mountain road to the north, and the Mongolian army camp is set up near the Dongyue Temple in the north, strangled to death." If you want to climb down the steep slopes and cliffs, there are also small groups of Mongolian cavalry looking around..."

Marching and fighting is different from ordinary rushing. They carry armor, weapons, food and grass, and only a few people can climb down the steep slope and cliff slowly. Once they are discovered by the Mongolian army, they will fall into a passive state.

Yi Qing said: "We have 6000 people, how about killing them down the mountain and eating this Mongolian Tartar?"

Kong Xian shook his head and said, "The Mongolian army will not fight us at the foot of the mountain."

He took out the deduced soldier flag and laid it out on the map.

"The Mongolian cavalry will disperse. What should we do at this time? If we rush to Chengdu, how many people will be divided? How many people will stay in Yunding City? After we go, the Mongolian cavalry will harass and weaken us all the way, until we are exhausted and then attack us.

Now that Mengqi has blocked the road, it is impossible to find out the situation in Chengdu.If you take ten thousand steps back, you will be able to reach Chengdu. How do you know if Niu Lin will start a war with Pu Shuai at that time?
If it weren't for the fierce battle between the two sides, thousands of infantry rushed to the field, they would only be eaten by the cavalry.At that time, our entire army will be wiped out, Yunding City will also fall, and Pu Shuai will have no support. "

When Kong Xian said this, he recalled that three years ago, Lu Da led [-] soldiers and [-] volunteers to support Chengdu.

They rushed out with high spirits, and when their vigor was in full swing, the Mongolian army did not fight decisively with them, but continued to stalk them, shooting arrows with light cavalry, cutting off the food road and blocking the way.

In the end, 5000 people fell to the ground like a battered and exhausted bear, and were cut up by hunters.

After hearing this, Nie Zhongyou was silent for a moment, inevitably a little discouraged.

He knew that Li Xia had persuaded Pu Zezhi to lead his army to enter Yunding City, but Pu Zezhi chose to guard Yunding with each other.Now it seems that this plan of mutual horns is simply difficult to realize.

"Why don't you send someone to break through and ask Pu Shuai to lead the army to Yunding City?"

Li Xia shook his head and said, "It is true that the food and grass in the city cannot supply [-] troops."

"For the present." Kong Xian nodded and said, "How does Lizhi County see it?"

At this point in the discussion, there was another feeling of "always winning battles but the situation keeps deteriorating", but only Li Xia remained calm.

"In short, the difficulty lies in the initiative. Infantry versus cavalry, the initiative is always in the hands of the cavalry. They fight when they want, and when and where they fight. It's up to us Decide."

Following Li Xia's opening, the leader of this military discussion gradually changed from Kong Xian to him.

"Infantry has the advantage of infantry. It may not be slower than cavalry, but it must be combined with terrain, mountains and water..."

The young people in the city tower moved their fingers on the map, and the clouds in the sky were rolling and relaxing, and the pure white clouds slowly became golden again.

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At night, a celebration banquet was held in Yunding City as scheduled.

There was no wine in the mountain city, so the soldiers just sat around and ate something, listened to what Wu Xinjun said about things outside of Yunding City, and talked about the distress of guarding the lonely city alone.

Pi Feng received some reward money, but he had nowhere to spend it, so he kept it in his bosom, feeling that he didn't love money as much as before.

He just sat there and ate the buns. After eating the buns, he picked the dirt under his fingernails, as if he would never be able to clean them.

"The horse department is coming, let the horse department tell the story."

Walking over was Ma Jiu, a general of the Wuxin Army.

Ma Jiu had a round face, small eyes, and a sparse beard. He didn't have the air of a general, and his smile made people feel very close.

"What can I say? I have said everything that needs to be said. The generals know that you are tired of fighting for so many years, but you will not retreat. We can only fight on."

Ma Jiu smiled, swept the broken table, and sat down on it.

The table was sawed by the soldiers and kept shaking.Ma Jiu didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "But General Kong said, after this battle is over, find the theater troupe and put on a show for everyone to see."

Pi Feng raised his head involuntarily, his eyes were a little bright.

On such a day, a small play can become a big expectation for him.

"Can you play "Mu Lian Rescue Mother"? I watched it when I was a child, and it was very good."

Ma Jiu said with a smile: "Why don't you order it with the big guys? If you want to see it, you can't do it."

Pifeng couldn't help asking: "There must be several plays?"

"Well, there are dozens of songs, and they will sing for three to five days." Ma Jiu put his foot on the table, saw the table shaking more and more, and put it down again.

A group of soldiers were laughing and laughing, and another person said: "General Ma, let's talk about the matter of Lizhi County and General Nie in the north?"

"Let's talk about it, the Northland is different from ours." Ma Jiu sighed, "The place under Meng Da's rule is really..."

Pi Feng had long forgotten to pick his fingers, and just stared at Ma Jiu in a daze.

Under the moonlight, Ma Jiu's round head swayed and swayed with the broken table, seeming to make Pi Feng dizzy...

(End of this chapter)