"Your Majesty, if the Song people dare to attack at night, I promise that they will never come back!"
After hearing General Wu Liang's assurance, Kublai Khan nodded with satisfaction, motioned for the other party to step back and continue patrolling the night.
Wu Lianghetai was originally the first coward of Meng Ge, the Great Khan of the grasslands, and he and Kublai Khan had known each other since childhood.
Kublai Khan was well aware of Wu Liang Hetai's ability.
This time, Meng Ge gave Kublai Khan an army of 500,000 men to retake Dadu. The marshal leading the army was Wu Liang Hetai.
When Wu Lianghetai left, there was no one else in the handsome tent. He was holding a volume of military literature that he was reading silently, and he suddenly raised his head and said:
"Father, this book says that mountains without water sources belong to military strategists. Father, why do you choose to garrison and camp on this mountain?"
"True gold, you have to remember that trusting all the books is worse than no books at all!"
When Kublai Khan saw that his youngest son had questions, he looked at him with relief.
As a master of marching and fighting for many years, how could Kublai Khan not know that the camp he chose was a desperate place.
And there was a compelling reason for him to choose Jedi as a military camp.
Su Mingzhe had used landmines for sneak attacks many times before, causing him heavy losses.
This time, before leading the army to the capital, Su Mingzhe laid thousands of mines on the march, causing the army to march slowly.
Seeing that the army was about to attack the city, Kublai Khan inevitably had to think about a question: how to guard against Su Mingzhe's 'mine array'.
After thinking about it carefully, setting up camp on a mountain where mines are not easy to be laid became a forced and helpless move.
The fact was as Kublai expected, there was indeed no water source on this mountain, but there were no mines either.
Kublai Khan believed that under the protection of half a million troops, he could finally sleep peacefully.
As for the fact that there is no water source here, it doesn't matter to Kublai Khan.
Just wait until tomorrow for the army to select a new and safe camp and move out.
Listening to his father's explanation of the reason for stationing on the mountain, for some reason, Zhenjin had a ridiculous illusion in his heart:
"My father clearly has an army of 500,000, which is five times that of the Song Dynasty. However, he is afraid at this moment... On the contrary, my false father can remain calm in the face of several times the enemy, and even sends himself out of the city to persuade him to surrender.
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Kublai Khan did not know that his son Zhenjin was comparing Su Mingzhe with himself.
Even if he knew it, he couldn't refute it.
After all, Su Mingzhe was able to easily destroy his 300,000-strong army a few years ago, and last year he conquered all his territory in just a few months.
Su Mingzhe's achievements were so outstanding that he could not tolerate Kublai Khan's slightest contempt.
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On the city walls of the capital city.
Liu Bingzhong saw that most of the 100,000 defenders were leaving the city, and he couldn't help but worry:
"Your Majesty, with all the 100,000 troops out, could it be that we are going to have a decisive battle with Kublai Khan?"
"Tonight is not a good time for a decisive battle! However, after today, the outcome will be a foregone conclusion!"
Su Mingzhe glanced at Liu Bingzhong and frowned:
"Bingzhong, how are the arrangements for the other two of the three transfer orders I gave you before?"
Liu Bingzhong quickly replied seriously:
"Your Majesty, a hundred thousand troops have arrived at Guanzhong and the border of Shanxi. Kublai Khan can only retreat to the grassland..."
"He has no shame in going back to the grassland!"
The corners of Su Mingzhe's mouth raised slightly, with indescribable confidence in his eyes:
"After this battle, he can only retreat to Jinzhong or Guanzhong! This time, I want to keep all the 500,000 troops that Kublai Khan brought into Guanzhong!"
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As Guo Jing swept across the White Mountains and Black Waters, Su Mingzhe's territory had expanded to the extreme, becoming the most powerful among many forces.
Unfortunately, once the territory is established, the weakness of population is exposed.
Even if Su Mingzhe counted people of all ethnic groups, the total population would barely pass the 10 million mark.
Without a solid population base, there is a lack of a solid foundation for fighting everywhere.
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Su Mingzhe can't learn from Gou Jian, 'Ten years of gathering, ten years of lessons', right?
At this time, Kublai Khan entered the pass with an army of 500,000.
For Su Mingzhe, this meant he was dozing off and someone gave him a pillow.
If he didn't swallow this 500,000-strong army, Su Mingzhe would regret it for a whole year!
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"Report, there is a sneak attack by enemy troops!"
"Report, the enemy is attacking with fire..."
"Report, most of the food and grass were burned..."
Kublai Khan's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye as he heard the bad news one after another.
Zhenjin looked up at his father and wisely did not speak.
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A night of fighting!
Su Mingzhe's army used artillery shelling and fire attacks to sneak attack Kublai Khan's 500,000-strong army. Instead of entering the camp and charging to kill them, Su Mingzhe quickly built defenses.
As a result, Kublai Khan's army only lost 50% of its food and grass overnight, and there were no major casualties.
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Until dawn.
Su Mingzhe and Liu Bingzhong rushed to the foot of Yanshan Mountain and saw that his 100,000 troops had built a defensive wall and surrounded Yanshan.
As for the hillside, there was thick smoke billowing and the screams of soldiers and horses. It was obvious that the fire had not been extinguished.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the situation has been decided!"
Seeing that Kublai Khan had become a turtle in the urn, Liu Bingzhong quickly congratulated Su Mingzhe.
At the same time, I was also worried about the group of people in the city who were secretly colluding with Kublai Khan.
Who would have thought that Kublai Khan brought an army of 500,000 people and was besieged in Yanshan on the first day after arriving in the capital city.
Of course, because Yanshan is relatively large, the Tatar army of 500,000 is also quite large.
If these 500,000 troops rushed down the mountain desperately, Su Mingzhe wouldn't be able to intercept many of them.
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"Your Majesty, the Nanbarbarians have built an earthen wall at the foot of the mountain to trap us on the mountain! Please make a decision soon, Your Majesty!"
After a night of hard work, Wulianghetai successfully put out the fire and saved half of the food and grass.
After confirming that there were not many casualties, he came to Kublai Khan to report the situation.
"Thank you for your hard work Wu Lianghetai!"
Kublai Khan encouraged him and looked at his counselor.
Dong Wenyong quickly said:
"Your Majesty, I looked around just now and found that the Nanmanzi only had time to build earthen walls on the south and east sides. We can retreat from the west and north!"
"The general will think it's inappropriate!"
After hearing Dong Wenyong's suggestion, Wu Lianghetai quickly stopped him and said:
"Your Majesty, the Southern Barbarians spent half the night building earthen walls on the east and south sides. They will never allow us to evacuate from the north and west sides so easily. There must be a trick here!"
"What Wu Lianghetai said coincides with mine. I also think that Nanmanzi is deceitful!"
Kublai Khan was now really afraid of Su Mingzhe. After careful consideration, he asked Wu Lianghetai to send a team of 20,000 people down the mountain from the north and west to test Su Mingzhe's reaction.
Wu Lianghetai took orders and went out to make arrangements.
Half an hour later.
Everyone in the commander's tent heard bursts of thunder and thunder coming from the north and west.
Kublai Khan, who was in command, recognized the sound of drought and thunder, and felt that the imperial wine in the wine glass not only lost its taste, but also became bitter.
Another half hour passed.
Wu Lianghetai's eyes were as red as blood, and his body was covered with smoke. He came back with a disgraced face and apologized:
"Your Majesty, the Southern Barbarians are too cunning. They laid mine arrays in the north and west. Twenty thousand Batulu descended from the mountain, but only more than two thousand escaped back!"
When everyone heard Wu Liang Hetai's report, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. At the same time, they were thankful that Wu Liang Hetai had just prevented the army from evacuating from these two directions.
Otherwise, it’s hard to say whether everyone is still alive or not.