The Langru Mountains in the northwest stretch for more than 10,000 miles from north to south, like a high wall specially built by the sky to separate the two great empires from the east to the west. These two powerful empires seem to be the two favorite sons of God. God does not want to see siblings fight each other, so he created the Wolf Milk Mountains to prevent the two brothers from meeting.
But for some reason, the sky left a green gorge connecting things. And this Qingxia became the link of the war, and the armies of both sides passed through here successively to reach the territory of the enemy country. First, the 700,000 troops of the Sui Dynasty marched through Qingxia mightily, and the Liting swept the caves to cut off the Mandu Banner from the map of Meng Yuan. This big drama just opened and the plot suddenly turned around. The Sui Youxiaowei General Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mongols and buried 700,000 Sui troops on the grassland two thousand miles away in the Mandu Banner.
Following the rebels and 300,000 wolves through Qingxia, within a few months, the three northwest roads were cut off from the map of the Sui Dynasty. It seems that the Mongols didn't suffer any losses, but Tai Sui suffered injuries.
Li Yuanshan was promoted as Generalissimo by many rebel leaders, and he seemed to be proud of himself, but in fact...he has not been happy every day since the Mongolian cavalry entered the pass.
He has been operating in the Northwest Three Ways for many years, and the three governors are all rebel leaders, so the control of the Northwest of the Sui Dynasty did not encounter too much resistance. The county soldiers are all in the hands of the governor, and the other two guards who were originally stationed in the northwest have disappeared. So Li Yuanshan didn't want the Mengyuan people to enter the customs at first. He helped the Mengyuan people slaughter the 700,000 troops of the Sui Dynasty. Go to your own home.
Three hundred thousand wolves from the Mongolian Yuan with Teqin Kuoketai Menglie as the marshal marched into the northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty. They didn't fight any of them, but they transported a large amount of material resources back to Mengyuan through the Qingxia. Perhaps Mengge Khan knew from the very beginning that his cavalry did not do much in the hinterland of the Central Plains, so he never thought of taking advantage of Li Yuanshan's rebellion to divide part of the country from the Sui Dynasty.
Meng Yuan's army is more like a group of bandits, who rob everything they see.
Gold, silver and jewelry, food and armor, women and young men.
But Li Yuanshan didn't dare to offend the Mongolian cavalry, and watched helplessly that the wealth that belonged to him was sent back to the grassland by the Mongolian people like ants.
Only then did he realize that Meng Ge had been playing him like a monkey from the very beginning.
The Mengyuan people cooperated with him, not because of his extraordinary strength, nor because they coveted the great Sui Dynasty. From the very beginning, the Mengyuan people knew what they wanted to do. It is not a bad thing for the Quoketaimeng family to be wiped out of a disobedient Mandu family, and a piece of pasture can be allocated to more useful people. However, the Mongolian Yuan people were not interested in guarding the high city walls of the Sui Dynasty, and they could not do without horseback.
So what they want is supplies.
With the help of the Mengyuan people, Li Yuanshan successfully turned the Northwest Three Ways into his territory, but now this territory is riddled with holes by the Mengyuan people. Even if these three kingdoms belong to him alone in the future, what will be left
Those Mongolian people looked like mice when they saw grain. Seeing a woman is like a wolf.
Since these days, the Sui army has only deployed defenses across the Yishui River, and at the same time mobilized a huge fleet to patrol back and forth. It is estimated that the imperial court is still planning a counterattack, but after all, it is not a short-term matter to deploy troops. Li Yuanshan is not worried about these, because he is familiar with the court's way of doing things. The army went ahead without food and grass, and it would take a lot of manpower, material resources and time to adequately supply hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops.
What he worried about was the destruction of Meng Yuan, and what he worried about was the secret collusion of other rebel leaders.
Now that the military power is in his hands, the governors naturally respect him. But these few people also hold more than 100,000 county soldiers in their hands, which is not only a help but also a threat to him.
Since he wanted to rebel, Li Yuanshan never thought about sharing the world with anyone.
What also gave him a headache was that the remnants of the Sui army that had been defeated on the grasslands of Mandu Banner seemed to have regrouped a lot of troops in recent days, hiding somewhere in Langru Mountain, and coming out of the mountain from time to time to disturb the rear. Within a month, two granaries and four county towns had been captured and burned by the Sui army. And I don't know where the Sui army got the horses, but they formed a highly mobile cavalry team, coming and going without a trace.
According to information from the army, although the cavalry of the Sui Army only had about 5,000 men, they were elusive and disappeared after a battle. And the purpose of this cavalry going out to make trouble is nothing more than to attract the attention of the Li family army, and then another infantry of the Sui army will attack another place, and leave immediately after similarly robbing the food and supplies.
Although this Sui army did not pose any real threat to the Li family army, it kept flying around like flies, lingering.
Everything is not satisfactory, Li Yuanshan has no smile on his face every day these days.
Yin Poshan, one of the seven generals under his command, walked quickly into the study room, and called out Generalissimo with an ugly face. Li Yuanshan glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Yin Poshan hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "The Sui army in Langrushan attacked Xiangcheng two days ago and took away a lot of armored equipment, food and grass...Fan Zengzhan is gone."
"What?!"
Li Yuanshan raised his head abruptly, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Fan Zeng was one of the seven generals under him, and he used troops cautiously. At the beginning, Li Yuanshan sent him to Xiangcheng, where the granary was located, because he was safe enough, but who would have thought that the general he valued would be lost.
"The Sui army wore the costumes of the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry that they did not know where they got it. They tricked the gate of Xiangcheng and entered. Fan Zeng's troops were defeated before they had time to organize... According to the defeated soldiers, the Sui army headed The general is... Li Xiaozong. Fan Zeng led hundreds of soldiers to fight to the death, and was finally shot to death by cold arrows."
"Li Xiaozong!"
Li Yuanshan shattered the desk in front of him with a slap, and the anger in his eyes overflowed uncontrollably.
"I didn't kill him back then, but he came to mess with me..."
"Generalissimo...our troops are distributed in various counties, and we can't spare too many soldiers and horses to deal with the Sui army in Langru Mountain. It's better...it's better to ask Meng Lie to send troops."
"he?"
Li Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll see him later!"
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Wolf Milk Mountain.
There is a large natural clearing in the dense forest, which is not visible from the outside at all. This is the temporary garrison of the Sui army. At this time, the remnants of the Sui army gathered here have exceeded 40,000 troops. These days, Xu Jun Wang Yang Kai and Zuo Xiaowei General Jin Shixiong have been sending people out to search, and gradually the team has formed a scale.
Two months ago, Yang Kai, King of Xujun, and Mou Liangbi, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, went to the Hundred Thousand Mountains in Beiliao to ask to see the Great Khan of Beiliao, and finally persuaded him to support 5,000 good horses. Wanyan Chongde, the eldest son of the Northern Liao Dynasty, even personally led eight hundred cold cavalry elites to join the Sui army. During these days, he and Li Xiaozong led the cavalry to continuously harass the rear of the rebel army.
Today's Langru Mountain has become the base of the surviving army.
This mountain used to be disgusted by the Sui people, but now it has become their umbrella. There are countless prey in the mountains, water sources, and food and grass looted, so it is no problem for them to set up camp here. The location of this camp is extremely hidden, and there is only one way up and down the mountain, and it has to go around a long way, so it is relatively stable.
It has been more than seven months since they camped here. The Sui army cut down trees to build fences, watchtowers, and wooden houses, which have begun to take shape.
The soldiers of the Sui army who had recovered their morale from the failed blows have become more and more happy these days. They kept going out to fight against the rebels, and the rebels were led by them in a panic.
Xu Jun Wang Yang Kai also recovered some smiles on his face, at least he can still be loyal to Great Sui now.
"The place we are going to fight next time must be a place that Li Yuanshan would never have imagined!"
Mou Liangbi, Minister of the Ministry of War, looks dark and thin, and there is no trace of the literati who used to be white and clean. But now, his body is much stronger.
He unfolded a map, pointed to a marked place on it and said, "I suggest it is here."
"Pingyang?"
Yang Kai was stunned, and couldn't help shaking his head and said: "It's too risky... Pingyang Iron Mine is the foundation of Li Yuanshan, and the armor and equipment of the rebel army are all made in Pingyang Iron Mine over the years. In order to guard this place, Li Yuanshan must mobilize heavy troops .And the Mengyuan people are bound to win the Pingyang Iron Mine, the reason why Li Yuanshan has not let go of the control of the iron mine to the Mengyuan people is probably because he wants to use this to negotiate terms with Mengyuan!"
"That's right."
Li Xiaozong said: "Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mengyuan people to rebel, but the Mengyuan people have become a burden now. Instead of helping Li Yuanshan deal with the scattered resistance in various places, they have become the biggest moth, constantly digging Li Yuanshan's foundation. Li Yuanshan wants Mongolian people have to pay a lot of things to get out of customs, and Pingyang Iron Mine must be among them."
"I think it's a good idea to seek an adult!"
Cui Lueshang, who has been promoted to general, said: "Even we feel that it is impossible to take down this place, and Li Yuanshan naturally thinks so too. And our purpose is not to occupy this place just to rob supplies, we should leave after we fight. Too much difficulty."
Yang Kai shook his head: "We still have to be cautious, the defenders of Pingyang Iron Mine are the most elite troops under Li Yuanshan's command. It is said that his thousand-man fine step battalion has been transferred there, and even if we have losses, we must not be in the minority."
"My lord, what do you think?"
Mou Liangbi looked at the eldest son of Beiliao, Wanyan Chongde, who had been sitting quietly by the side.
Sitting among a group of Han people, Wanyan Chongde is particularly eye-catching, especially his bald forehead and big braid behind him.
"Jinyang Palace."
He got up and walked to the map and pointed to a place: "The materials, equipment, equipment and armor here are no less than those in Pingyang, and they are more important in terms of status. After all, this is the palace of His Majesty the Sui Emperor. Once we recover it, Even if it's just a short day, for the people of the Northwest Three Paths, this is a big event that makes them think deeply!"
"I think… "
Wanyan Chongde paused for a while and said: "It's still the old way. General Li and I led cavalry to attack Pingyang as a feint attack. We tried our best to be realistic. It would be great if Pingyang was successfully attacked by us. The prince and General Cui led troops to attack Jinyang Palace. But Kaiyuan City is a big city, it is not easy to take it down."
Everyone turned their attention to Yang Kai, waiting for him to make up his mind.
"Just do as the son said. Besides, it's time for us to send people to the southwest to meet Luo Yao. If Luo Yao is willing to borrow troops, by the time the imperial army arrives, we may have recovered a large area of the country. This matter It is necessary to send a safe person... Cui Lueshang, you don't want to send troops this time, choose elite soldiers as guards, you go to see Luo Yao!"
"good!"
Cui Lueshang nodded: "Even if Luo Yao is only Chen Bing in Huangyang Road, Li Yuanshan will have to divide his troops! We will be able to do a lot then. But he has been pretending to be stupid, and it will not be easy for him to send troops. Don't worry, my lord. Even if I knelt down, I would ask him to march north!"
Yang Kai nodded, stretched his body and sighed: "The people we sent to Chang'an are probably arriving soon."