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Chapter 506 Puzzles
In the evening, the sentry horse returned to the camp and handed a book to Li Xia.

"General, this is the book from General Tartar..."

"Be careful, general, there may be poison in the book."

Kong Xian stepped forward quickly, and took the book through the cloth first. When he saw that it was "Mozi", he couldn't help smiling, and put it aside.

"If the general wants to read the Mohist classics, he can ask the general to record a copy silently. Why should he borrow it from Wang Weizheng?"

Li Xia picked up the book and said, "Don't worry, General Kong, Wang Weizheng will not smear the poison on the book. Counting the time, he gave the book in a short while before it could be smeared... Besides, the Wang family is a family of collectors, so it won't ruin this reputation. "

Kong Xian sighed.

The princes of the north have the legacy of the gentry, and there are many people who protect the books. They have never heard of poisoning the books.

On the contrary, on the Song side, occasionally scholar-bureaucrats used this method to assassinate political opponents.

For example, Shi Song killed Du Fan.

That's why he was so nervous.

"Why does the general want to read "Mozi" at this time?"

"In the past, I didn't know much about the classics of the sages." Li Xia said, "Recently, I read military books, talking about the methods, techniques, and ways of siege. Among them, the "Tao" seems to have something in common with the Mohist theory of "non-attack". Look."

Although Kong Xian knew that Li Xia was determined to fight, he still reminded: "The general should know that 'non-attack' is not 'non-war'."

"Yes, I understand."

"In today's world, the Mongols and Tartars are raging, the people are in dire straits, and it is destiny to kill them. We drive out the captives. This is a righteous war. It is in line with the way of the sage king, and it is in line with the interests of the people of the country. It is indeed in line with the theory of 'non-attack'."

Li Xia opened the book, found the passage Kong Xian said, and asked, "Pursue the benefit of the world, and eliminate the harm of the world?"

Kong Xiandao: "That's exactly the case, follow the people's livelihood and destiny, eliminate violence and bring peace to the people."

Li Xia nodded, and said: "It is better to have no books than to have no books, whether it is military books or Mozi, each takes its essence. How I want to fight in the first battle of Lizhou is very simple, and I have already told Wang Weizheng clearly... Lizhou people's hearts For me, the city must be conquered."

……

For now, this remains a charade.

Because looking at the entire battlefield, Li Xia has clearly lost the opportunity to enter Hanzhong.

Even, he has even run out of time to conquer Lizhou...

~~
Thirty of the twelfth lunar month.

Lu Wende's troops arrived at the city of Bazhou, intending to join forces with Yu Xing, Xiang Shibi and Liu.

He didn't expect that Liu Zheng had set up an ambush before he rode his horse into the camp, and a few hidden arrows shot at him...

Fortunately, Cao Shixiong, the deputy capital under Xiang Shibi's command, actually surrendered to Liu Zheng falsely, and suddenly turned against him at this critical moment.

"Liu has turned his back on him!"

Cao Shixiong rushed out in time and went straight to the rebels who shot in the dark.

He only had 11 people, but he disrupted Liu Zheng's arrangement, so Lu Wende avoided the crucial point.

"Kill Liu Zheng for me! Put down the rebellion!"

Lu Wende was furious, and immediately mobilized troops to besiege and kill Liu Zheng.

At this moment in the camp, Liu Yuanzhen's followers were surprised to see that there had been a change, and wanted to leave to protect Liu Yuanzhen.

"Let go!" Liu Yuanzhen was furious, and kicked his followers away.

"Da Lang, hurry up! Lu Wende has a strong army, Liu Zheng is not one of our people, why die with him?!"

"Brother Wu Zhong sincerely surrenders. Since I have come to surrender, there is no reason to abandon him! You hurry up and order the defenders of Bazhou City to come, if it is too late, I will die!"

After saying that, Liu Yuanzhen went straight to the battlefield alone.

"Don't worry, soldiers, Liu's parents and sons are still here, and the Mongolian army will come later!"

"As long as Lu Wende is killed, the Mongolian Kingdom will give gold and silver talismans to those who have made meritorious deeds, and Liu will use his head as a guarantee!"

The soldiers who belonged to Liu Zheng and Xiang Shibi were all brave and courageous, but they had never been rewarded since they went out with the Lu family army. Seeing the generosity of the Mongols, their morale was greatly boosted.

Liu Zheng originally intended to retreat, but he was grateful for Liu Yuanzhen's loyalty, so he took the lead and rode his horse forward, intending to kill Lu Wende.

Lu Wende was wounded, seeing the vigor of the rebels, and worried that the Mongolian army in Bazhou City would kill him, so he had to retreat.

This withdrawal became a big defeat.

Liu Zheng is a fierce general, and he seems to have escaped from the cage like a tiger after rebelling against the Song Dynasty.Taking advantage of the victory to conceal the killing, he chased the Song army for more than [-] miles and beheaded more than [-] people before returning to Bazhou City.

Liu Yuanzhen is a very generous man, and has prepared wine and meat to reward the rebels and reward them with great honor.

This New Year's Eve, Bazhou City is boiling.

And Lu Wende's defense line has been completely defeated, and he is no longer able to stop the Mongolian army...

~~
"Liu Zheng! Yang Wen'an! Quan is a bastard who forgot about his country's grace! Kill everything! Kill everything!"

"Big brother, big brother, don't touch the wound... For those who are celebrating Chinese New Year, don't you scold me?"

"Shut up! The son of a bitch picked up by their parents who can't lay eggs! I...cough cough cough cough..."

After scolding all night, Lu Wende couldn't turn the tide of the battle after all.

In this way, he ushered in the seventh year of Xingchang.

Entering Shu this time has become a rare defeat in Lu Wende's battlefield career.

If you want to blame anyone, first of all blame Li Xia for insisting on blocking the Jianmen Pass, refusing to let the Mongolian army go, and even tricking him into plotting against Hanzhong.

So on the first day of the new year, Lu Wende turned to scolding Li Xia.

"Little bastard, I must kill him! To save him from rebelling against the Song Dynasty like Liu Zheng..."

And this day, Lu Dayong also rushed back in a hurry.

He should have arrived sooner, but Bazhong was lost, so he had to go around the mountain trail, which was delayed for many days.

"I wish the commander-in-chief a happy new year, and the villain brings Wang Weizheng's head..."

"Lao Tzu Ji your mother!" Lu Wende was no longer in the mood to listen to the nonsense that Li Xia was about to take Hanzhong, "Why didn't you die under the arrows of the Mongolian army?"

……

"What?! Li Xia once detained you at the sword gate for several days?!"

"Yes." Lu Dayong said: "His people even took away many things from the villain's body, but Lizhou is really about to be captured soon..."

Lu Wende was furious, stepped forward and kicked the head off the ground.

"You're still bluffing me?! I'm going to kill this little guy surnamed Li..."

"Big guy!"

"Big guy!"

"Quick! Please doctor..."

As a result, Lu Wende spent the first day of the seventh year of Xingchang in a coma.

~~
At the same time, Brother Mo has led his army to Bazhong, and joined forces with Liu Yuanzhen and Liu.

After Liu Yuanzhen's analysis, the Mongolian kings and generals finally had a better understanding of Li Xia's ambition and ability.

Li Xia's arrogant idea of ​​attacking Hanzhong was also put in front of them.

Brother Mo was furious, and rushed into Micang Road, ready to send people to support Lizhou immediately after arriving in Hanzhong.

At the same time, he sent Wang Zhongchen back to attack Jianmen Pass to contain Li Xia's troops and ease the pressure on Lizhou.

At the beginning of the new year, the Mongolian army finally came out of the dire situation in the Battle of Diaoyu City and regained the initiative on the battlefield...

~~
However, Li Xia and Wang Weizheng agreed to a two-day truce, and did not continue to attack the city until the second day of the first lunar month.

The Song army built a large pontoon bridge on the Jialing River, trying to let the troops reach the city of Lizhou.

But the defenders of Lizhou were able to throw wood and stones into the river at the head of the city, destroying the achievements of the Song army.

A few more days passed, and it was still difficult for Song Jun to touch the city wall of Lizhou.

……

"Uncle Wu, I really can't see through it, is Li Xia a famous general or a mediocre talent?"

Wang Weizheng felt that defending the city was much easier than expected, so he raised his hand and said, "Since Li Xia is reluctant to bear casualties, he dare not attack violently. Is there any possibility of capturing Lizhou?"

Wang Hanchen squinted his eyes, but he couldn't figure out exactly how Li Xia was going to attack the city, so he had better say: "Don't forget the battle of Zhaohua City, this son used soldiers to lie, or to deceive people."

"Covering people's eyes and ears?" Wang Weizheng pondered: "But we have sent sentry horses to investigate, and the Song army has not dug tunnels or built dams to store water."

This is the lesson they learned from the fall of Zhaohua City. They were worried that Li Xiaming was slowing down the attack on the surface, but secretly launching a sneak attack.

Happily not.

Wang Hanchen thought hard to no avail, shook his head, and said, "Be cautious."

Wang Weizheng smiled and began to tease.

"Li Xia's ability to agree to a truce during the New Year's Eve is obviously out of concern for benefiting the people of the state. He is afraid that the people will blame the Song Army for not allowing them to celebrate the New Year. But such a weak offensive, can it really win people's hearts? It's just a fantasy."

"People's hearts? It's just a useless thing." Wang Hanchen murmured: "Besides, who in Lizhou doesn't appreciate the second brother's kindness..."

Far away, there are sentinel horses coming from the north.

"Report! The reinforcements are here! The reinforcements are here!"

……

"We are under the orders of Marshal Gongchang Army, Commander-in-Chief Quan Qidu, and Wang Liangchen, the Hanzhong garrison, to lead 1 Lu troops in Badu, and come to help!"

Wang Weizheng was overjoyed and said, "It's Fourth Uncle's reinforcements who have arrived."

"Don't open the city gate!" Wang Hanchen frowned, raised his hand and shouted, "I see Li Xia's use of troops, and he likes sneak attacks the most, so check it out first."

After a while, the hanging basket pulled the two reinforcement school generals to the top of the wall, but it was Zhao Dingyuan, one of Wang Liangchen's generals.

"The last general has seen the commander-in-chief and the fifth marshal."

Wang Hanchen looked towards Jinniu Road in the north, pondered for a moment, and asked, "How is fourth brother?"

"Two months ago, the four marshals received the news of the death of the first commander-in-chief. They were distraught and sick. When they finally left Hanzhong, they got better."

Speaking of the news of Wang Dechen's death, Wang Weizheng's eyes turned red.

Zhao Dingyuan continued: "The Fourth Marshal recently received a letter from the Liu family, claiming that the commander-in-chief was plotting against General Li Xia of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, he learned that Li Xia was attacking Lizhou, and wanted to personally raise troops to avenge the commander-in-chief, but He's sick..."

"What?!" Wang Weizheng had only heard half of it, and was already furious.

"Li Xia?!"

"Li Xia?"

Wang Hanchen asked in surprise: "How could it be him? He came from Chengdu, Diaoyu City..."

The roads in Sichuan and Sichuan are difficult to travel, and the news is difficult to communicate.But with Liu Heima's return to Shaanxi, he has begun to deliver news to all the princes.

As a result, Li Xia's actions and strategic intentions have begun to be known to more and more generals of the Mongolian army, and it is difficult to conceal it...

(End of this chapter)