"What''s the matter?"
Bai Xiaowen sat cross legged on the bed and looked at Sigrid Lifa who hurried in.
"Master, Shi Miyuan of Lin''an sent an urgent report with notes from thousands of miles. The song army during the northern expedition was in great crisis!"
Bai Xiaowen''s face gradually became solemn as he listened to Sigrid Lifa''s narration.
The Mongols withdrew their troops and crossed the Yellow River because of lack of military food. In the hinterland of the Central Plains occupied by the kingdom of Jin, all cities are basically guarded by the generals of the kingdom of Jin. They only hate Mongolia, have no loyalty, and their troops are weak.
Mongolia has only a few thousand troops left behind in the south of the Yellow River.
In this situation, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty marched forward with the high morale of national enmity and family hatred and recovering its hometown.
Bai Xiaowen also felt that the army of the Southern Song Dynasty would win an early victory. At least there was no problem in recovering the three capitals. The real difficulty was how to prepare for the attack of the Mongolian army after the warm spring next year.
As soon as the song army began to March, it was all conquered. As soon as the generals of the kingdom of Jin saw the banner of the song people, they opened the gate.
In just a few days, quanzicai department, which started from Luzhou, even keshou, Mengcheng, Bozhou, Taikang and other places, recovered Bianjing.
The Mongols responded by attacking the grain road of the song army.
Quan Zi led his troops to Bianjing and found that the former capital of the Northern Song Dynasty was in ruins. There were only a few hundred households in the city and less than a thousand defenders.
Such a city is not enough to supply.
The gap between the Mongolian soldiers and the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty is also reflected. Only a small group of Mongolian troops seriously damaged the grain roads of the song army. Often a small team composed of more than a dozen Mongols dared to attack the grain transportation team of hundreds of people, kill and disperse the song soldiers, burn grain and grass, and then fly away.
Hearing this, Bai Xiaowen also felt some emotion. Who said that the ancients did not know how to use troops? This tactic of the Mongols is simply a replica of guerrilla warfare.
The quanzi talent department in Bianjing doesn''t have enough military food at all. The rear court is still urging Quan Zicai to go west and continue to recover the western capital Luoyang.
Quanzi could only let the soldiers eat five rations in seven days, divide them into two teams, and go west to Luoyang in order to get supplies in Luoyang.
The Mongols sent the first brigade of the song army into Luoyang and concentrated their forces to raid the second brigade. The Mongolian cavalry launched a surprise attack, and the rear team of song soldiers, mainly bowmen and crossbows, had no time to line up to meet the enemy, so they were dispersed by the Mongolian army and fled one after another.
They are doomed to escape the elite and riding Mongols, so there are many deaths and injuries.
Subsequently, the Mongolian army forced the remnant of quanzicai in Luoyang.
Quanzi successfully entered Luoyang, but he was desperate to find that the situation in Luoyang was no better than that in Bianjing. It was also full of bones, and only hundreds of people were still surviving.
After several days of stalemate with the Mongols, the whole son Caibu could only make cakes with wild grass to satisfy his hunger. In desperation, Quan Zi chose to break through and escape south.
All the weapons, baggage and vehicles carried by the song army were abandoned.
Now, the Mongolian army is chasing after him.
The Mongolian army, which is good at riding and shooting and has strong military quality, pursues a pawn who is short of food. The result is obvious.
It can be said that the Song government''s strategy of "standing at the pass and guarding the river" has completely failed, and thousands of Mongolian troops have thwarted the great cause of 60000 song troops marching north.
Bai Xiaowen''s eyes suddenly opened: "who are the Mongolian generals left behind in the Central Plains?"
Sigrid Lifa said, "it''s said to be called tazar."
"This man is quite strategic and not simple." Bai Xiaowen concluded that even if the Mongols are more powerful than the song soldiers, it is definitely a great strategy to defeat 60000 people with thousands of people.
"Master, what should we do now? Zhao fan, the new institutional envoy, issued an order that the whole army give up the plan of marching north and stick to Chuzhou."
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said with a smile, "Zhao fan is frightened by the Mongols. No matter how strong the Mongols are, there are only a few thousand people and horses left in the south of the Yellow River. Can they still fly to the East Road and attack huaidong? Tachar''s ability to defeat 60000 song troops is already a miracle. According to his strategy, he can''t do the stupid thing of greedy work and rashly advance and attack the Southern Song Dynasty with thousands of troops."
Bai Xiaowen got up and said, "I went to see Zhao fan and asked him to issue a transfer order to allow Abaddon''s department to meet Quan Zicai."
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As Shi Miyuan said hello in advance, Zhao fan respected Bai Xiaowen, a "Taoist scholar". And he also knew that it was with the help of this Taoist expert that the previously headless huaidong army could quickly calm Li Quan.
Moreover, Abaddon''s Zhongyong camp itself is an independent army, and the money and food are directly allocated by the imperial court. Zhao fan didn''t care whether Zhongyong camp was in danger or not. He easily wrote a transfer order and agreed to send troops to Abaddon.
Abaddon led 3000 skeleton soldiers north.
With the help of Bai Xiaowen, Abaddon took the nearest road and met with Quan Zicai department two days later. At this time, there were only about 10000 people left in the disabled army of quanzicai, with a loss of 5 / 6, and they were hungry and had a vegetable face.
Fortunately, the skeleton soldiers under Abaddon don''t need to eat and drink. All the dry food and flour cakes they carry can be delivered to the remnant army of quanzicai.
More than 10000 song soldiers under Quan Zicai''s subordinates are grateful for the "gulongdu control", which is definitely a life-saving grace. Without the rescue of "Gu Longdu control", I''m afraid that none of these 10000 people will be able to escape back to the Song Dynasty.
After Bai Xiaowen ordered Sigrid Lifa to investigate the enemy situation, he mastered the trend and route of Mongolian pursuers.
"Tachar, the Mongolian general, must take this opportunity to kill." Bai Xiaowen made a careful deployment.
The front team of Mongolian pursuers was released by Bai Xiaowen. As the 2000 elite cavalry of the Chinese army, they were surrounded by 3000 skeleton soldiers and 10000 song legions in caihezhuang outside caizhou city.
This battle is very fierce. The bottom soldiers of Mongolia are all the strength of ordinary templates. They seem to know a kind of energy called "blood gas". Blood gas has a considerable bonus to physical attacks, including but not limited to melee, shooting, etc.
The small leader of the Mongols is the strength of the elite. At the centurion level, there are almost a few rare elites, and even sporadic leaders.
Further up, the Mongol commander is a real leader level general, and as the commander-in-chief, tachar is a rare leader.
It is absolutely not enough to rely on a few lords in such a ten thousand person war. Although the Lord is strong and can kill 10, 100 and hundreds of people, his spiritual power will always be exhausted. As long as the enemy soldiers are not afraid of death and rush forward one after another, they can kill the Lord.
Of course, if the Lord wants to go, he can go at any time. He can fly out directly. No one can stop him with high priority. This is the powerful place of the Lord. Unless the opponent has a lord who can hold it, that''s another matter.