30,000 cavalry go down to Lingmen
In the night, the cavalry galloped like thunder.
Just when the martial arts conference in Chang'an City was in full swing, Fang Jie had left Chunbo Pavilion with Jingqi and headed straight for Lingmen Pass. The speed of the Qingqi was extremely fast. After leaving Chunboting City, it took only ten days to arrive at Qinhe. Du Dingbei, who had already received the general order, had already led his troops to build the pontoon bridge. drove over.
Du Dingbei obeyed Fang Xie's military order to guard the front line of Qinhe River. Before Fang Xie left Chang'an City, he had already sent someone to build a pontoon bridge. Fang Jie didn't stay in Qinhe for long, and left immediately after explaining some things to Du Dingbei. Du Dingbei sent it out for 30 miles before returning, and then ordered to strictly guard the pontoon bridge. There is no need to dismantle these pontoon bridges. It won't be long before the army of Chang'an City will go south and pass through here.
After leaving Qinhe, one map is flat.
From Qinhe River to Lingmen Pass, follow the south bank of the river to the west.
Lingmenguan was built on Zhengming Mountain, and Zhengming Mountain separated Shujing Road and Jiangbei Road. The terrain of the Shujing Road is very similar to that of the Shandong Road in the northwest, with the north and south poles being long and the east and west being very short. The difference is that on one side of Shandong Road is Langru Mountain, and on the other side is a plain. As for Shujing Road, one side is Yishui River, and the other side is Zhengming Mountain.
However, Zhengming Mountain cannot enter Jiangbei Road.
But to cross Zhengming Mountain, the only way is Lingmen Pass.
This place is only dangerous, which can be seen.
The strategy of the Black Banner Army is to keep the Mengyuan people as far west of Yishui as possible. If they can't be stopped, there is still Lingmen Gate to guard. The distance between Lingmen Pass and Yishui River is actually the width of Shujing Road. Before coming here, many soldiers thought that the Lingmen Pass was next to Yishui, and that outside the Lingmen Pass was the battlefield for fierce battles with the Mengyuan people.
After arriving here, the soldiers realized that there was still a whole Shujing Road in the middle.
To the west of Yishui is Shanjiang Road, and Song Zihui was guarding Ping'an County, Ping'an County, Shanjiang Road. After Ping'an County is Yishui, to the east of Yishui is Shujing Road, and further east of Shujing Road is Zhengming Mountain, and to the east of Zhengming Mountain is Jiangbei Road.
Because the Mengyuan people stepped up their offensive, part of the defenders at Lingmen Pass had been transferred to Yishui for support. Yan Zeng, who originally led the troops to guard the Lingmen Pass, has led his army to the east bank of Yishui to deploy defenses. Now the veteran Liu Enjing is guarding the Lingmen Pass.
"See you, my lord!"
Because of guarding the gate, Liu Enjing did not participate in Fang Xie's king ceremony, so he made a big ceremony when they met this time, and the title became prince.
"Old general please get up."
Fang Xie took two steps forward to help Liu Enjing up: "I haven't seen you for a few months, the old general has worked hard at guarding the gate."
Liu Enjing quickly shook her head: "The battle is in Yishui, it's just that it's not hard work here. I'm looking forward to the lord's arrival, because once the lord comes, it means that the counterattack against the Mongolian people is about to start. This battle has dragged on for a few days. Moon, let the people of Meng Yuan know how powerful our Black Banner Army is. My lord, I want to call for a fight! Although the duty of guarding the pass is heavy, but without a battle, the bones of my body will rust, and the knife will only be sharp when it sees blood. It needs to be tempered by fighting on the battlefield."
"Ha ha."
Fang Jie laughed: "Since the old general is eager to fight, I will allow you. After I lead the troops through the Lingmen Pass, you leave three thousand elite soldiers to guard the pass, and then lead the army to come. If there is no accident, I will wait for you." The counterattack on the east bank of Yishui just started."
"Very good!"
Liu Enjing immediately became excited. This veteran did not catch up with the first Western Expedition, and had been looking forward to the real battle of the Mengyuan people. After all, so many of his old friends led troops to the Northwest back then, thinking that they could make great achievements again, but they were defeated and died one by one.
Perhaps, he has more feelings than others.
"My lord, news just came from the east bank of Yishui yesterday that the Mengyuan people's offensive is getting stronger day by day. After hearing this, I have been worried. This is probably a sign that Brother Meng is about to escape."
Fang Jie nodded: "Nine times out of ten, that's the case, that's why I hurried here from Chang'an City. In the Central Plains, is it possible that the Mongol Yuan Tartars can come and leave whenever they want? "
"My lord, if you can send a good general to lead the troops behind Meng Yuan and seal his way back, you may be able to capture Meng Ge alive in this battle! Meng Yuan has been established for more than a thousand years. Emperor Yuan and Emperor Taizu of the Great Sui fought against each other and suffered some losses. In the war in the Central Plains, the Mongolian Yuan people have always had an advantage. I have to say that the cavalry of the Mongolian Yuan people is indeed very strong. , the people were ravaged... If Meng Yuan Khan could be captured alive this time, it would be a shame! For thousands of years, no Meng Yuan Khan led troops to penetrate such a long distance into the Central Plains. Brother Meng is too conceited. If he can If he is captured alive, Meng Yuan will definitely be devastated."
Fang Jie said with a smile: "I have arranged for people to go, old general, this time you try to capture Brother Meng yourself, so that you can leave your name in history."
Liu Enjing excitedly said: "As a general, if you can meet this battle, this life is enough!"
Fang Jie said as he walked, "Old General, after you lead your troops to the east bank of Yishui River, you don't have to wait for my military order to act. You can lead your troops to the lower reaches of Yishui River, and I will arrange for naval ships to meet them. You cross the river." In the future, don’t worry about the war, just guard the main road to the south of Ping’an County.”
"ah?"
Liu Enjing was stunned: "If Brother Meng is defeated, he must flee to the northwest. Why does my lord let my ministers guard the southeast?"
Fang Jie said with a smile: "You just go, there won't be a great achievement waiting for you."
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After replenishing supplies at Lingmen Pass, the team set out again. For Qingqi, the width of Shujing Road is not too far away. Most of the 30,000 fine cavalry that Fang Jie brought with him this time were veterans from when the Black Banner Army was first established. The combat power of these cavalry was extraordinary.
Zhuge Wuyin and Liu Xuri were both generals who were able to lead an army alone when the Black Banner Army was first established.
These two men were both generals when the Great Sui Dynasty conquered the West for the first time. The disastrous defeat, the disgraceful disintegration of the 700,000 army in an instant, neither of them has forgotten until now. In fact, Fang Jie had really picked up a big deal. After the defeat in the army, the team he had built on the Wolf Milk Mountain after escaping from the grassland was the best of the best. The quality of these people can be imagined to survive such a big rout.
All the power accumulated by County King Yang Kai on Langru Mountain was given to Fang Jie.
This team is exactly the team of the Black Banner Army.
Fang Jie also relied on this team to achieve the feat of traveling thousands of miles. From training on the grasslands, fighting back to the northwest, and then going straight to the southwest, this team has been tempered and honed. Chen Dingnan and Chen Qianshan, who are currently resisting Meng Lie in the northwest, are actually the earliest members of the Black Banner Army. On the contrary, most of the troops Cui Zhongzhen led were soldiers trained after the establishment of the Zhuqueshan camp.
no words all the way
Fang Jie led 30,000 horses from Lingmen Pass to Shujing Road, and after another ten days, they reached the east bank of Yishui River.
This place is called Qilipo.
Opposite Qilipo is Ping'an County.
At this time, Yan Zeng's troops, Xu Xiaogong's troops, and Duan Zheng's troops were stationed on the east bank of Yishui, with no less than 100,000 troops. Relying on the danger of the Yishui River, even though the Mongolian Yuan army on the other side of the river was no less than 500,000, the Black Banner Army still did not fall behind. In this blocking battle, the navy has made the greatest contribution.
"Meet the prince!"
These generals all met each other with great gifts.
"How's the battle going?"
After Fang Jie asked everyone to get up, he didn't exchange any greetings, and asked about the war directly.
"strangeness."
Duan Zheng's answer somewhat exceeded Fang Jie's expectations.
"Strange? Where is it strange?"
Fang asked.
Duan Zheng said: "A few days ago, the Meng Yuan people attacked every day regardless of the cost, but since the day before yesterday, the offensive has slowed down, and today there has not been an attack. I am worried that the Meng Yuan people will withdraw, so I specially sent The scouts went to the opposite bank by boat to investigate secretly, but found that the number of men and horses in the Mengyuan camp had not decreased, and after observing for half a day, there was no sign of troop mobilization."
"No fight, no leave?"
Fang Jie was silent for a while, then shook his head: "This is indeed a bit strange."
"And that's it."
Duan Zheng stretched out his finger and pointed to the opposite bank: "There is the camp of the Mengyuan Black Mountain Army. The combat power of this Black Mountain Army is still higher than that of the Mengyuan Wolf Riders. All the soldiers are brave enough to die. But this afternoon, The Black Mountain Army has retreated no less than ten miles to the west, and it was the Black Mountain Army who attacked before."
"Over there is the camp of the Mengyuan Wolf Riders. After the Black Mountain Army retreated ten miles, the Mengyuan Wolf Riders also retreated ten miles. The two camps are still side by side, but they are not connected as before."
Fang Jie pondered for a while, then pointed to a big boat: "Get on the boat, I'm going to cross the river to see!"
Before everyone could dissuade him, Fang Jie had strode out.
Standing on the bow of the big ship, Fang Jie raised his clairvoyance to observe the other side. On the opposite bank, a team of wolf cavalry could be seen patrolling back and forth, but the camp had indeed withdrawn at least ten miles away. This is obviously a bit abnormal. If the Mengyuan people are going to withdraw, there is no need to withdraw only these ten miles. Fang Jie speculated before that the Mengyuan people's onslaught was to cover up their retreat, but now, the Mengyuan people stopped after the onslaught, but did not leave.
"there!"
Duan Zheng suddenly pointed to a direction, which was the empty space between the Black Mountain Army Camp and the Wolf Cavalry Camp. When I was on the east bank of the river, because of the terrain, I couldn't see the scene here clearly. When the big ship was approaching the west bank of the river, I saw that there were two troops facing each other between the camp of the Black Mountain army and the camp of the Mongolian people.
"I'm afraid that the people of Mengyuan have internal strife?"
Xu Xiaogong speculated: "My lord sent people to spread the news of Menglie's rebellion in the northwest. Could it be that Brother Meng really believed it, as did that man named Gai She from the Black Mountain Army, so what conflicts happened between Gai She and Meng Ge?"
"Too obvious..."
Fang Jie suddenly said these three words.
too obvious
Duan Zheng, Xu Xiaogong and the others didn't understand what Fang Jie meant at first, but after thinking for a while, Yan Zeng suddenly thought: "My lord, what you mean is that the people of Mengyuan are making false appearances?"
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Mongolian wolf riding camp
In the tallest tent.
Meng Ge glanced at the three heads on the tray in front of him, and couldn't help frowning. These are three heads with exactly the same appearance, and they have the same name Da Zi Zai.
At this time, the two people sitting opposite Meng Ge, one is General Gai She of the Black Mountain Army, and the other is a living Da Zi Zi.
"Now, Dahan, can you rest assured?"
This great freedom of being alive is the second great freedom of that day. It was also he who first began to doubt the god in the Dalun Temple.
Meng Ge nodded: "What is the purpose of you doing this?"
After being silent for a while, Gai She said solemnly: "I don't want to be an enemy of the Great Khan, but I don't want to continue this battle either. The Great Khan should know that no matter whether the rumors are true or not, our side Yes, Meng Lie must have them too. So, nine times out of ten, Meng Lie has really led his troops back."
"I killed three Dazizai to tell Dahan that if you want Dazizai to kill me, it is impossible to succeed. But I want to kill you, Dazizai. It's easy. I don't do it. It's not because I'm afraid of anything, but because I don't want to kill you." Because of this, the grassland is in chaos. As for the future, let’s talk about the battle before us.”
Meng Ge asked: "Are you trying to set up a situation to make the Black Banner Army think that I have a conflict with you and lure the Black Banner Army over?"
Da Zizai nodded: "Exactly, as long as the Black Mountain Army and Da Khan's wolf cavalry pretend to fight, the Black Banner Army will definitely not miss this opportunity and will attack across the river. At that time, the Black Mountain Army and the wolf cavalry suddenly Close the siege, and the Black Banner Army will be defeated. In this way, the Great Khan can return to the grassland without any worries."
After hesitating for a while, Meng Ge asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"
Da Zizai replied seriously: "Take a road that may have some detours, but... it is for freedom."
He pointed at Gai She: "He is..."
Then he pointed to himself: "Me too."