At present, the defense of the entire Mang Mountain, from Xixuansi Village, to the north of Yanshi, Mengjin, and Mianchi, is under the leadership of Wen Bo. If it is planned to use troops against Zhiguanxing north of Mengjin at the end of next year or the year after, no matter whether it is the early stage
In terms of war preparations and the follow-up command and control of the forward troops and horses, there will naturally be no more suitable candidate for the commander-in-chief besides Wen Bo.
However, if we really want to use troops from Zhiguanxing to the north, we will only use the two brigades of infantry combat elites stationed in Mengjin, Mianchi, and Yanshi, as well as Chen Yuanchen's troops, with only more than 15,000 elite troops to attack all the current troops.
The more than 40,000 elite Mongolian troops stationed at Zhiguanxing, which has many pass and fortresses, are far from enough.
At that time, a large number of cavalry and infantry combat elites will be mobilized from other directions.
It involves the coordinated operations of various ministries. At the same time, the operations along the Zhiguanxing line are likely to have to fight for every inch of the territory. The operations will be extremely fierce and complex. Preparations for the early war must be sufficient. For the Military Intelligence Staff Office, Han Qian also designated Feng Xuan.
Guo is responsible for the central coordination.
Considering the need to divert the enemy's attention and prevent the enemy from noticing their intentions, Han Qian concentrated his resources on further strengthening the fortresses along Zhiguanxing. At the same time, Han Qian ordered the cavalry brigade under Zhao Ci to be transferred to Chengzhou and accept the
Under Li Zhigao's control, he intensified his attack on the Qinzhou area north of Chengzhou, sent a large number of reinforcements to Mianyang and Lueyang, and strengthened the expansion and construction of the post road on the north bank of the Rhinoceros River, making a plan to seize the territory first.
Qinzhou, let’s take Fengxiang’s momentum again.
In the fourth year of Taihe, Han Qian implemented a new round of local restructuring, changing the prefecture and county system into the prefecture and county system.
Xingzhou was changed to Xingyang Prefecture, Shangzhou was changed to Shangluo Prefecture, Huazhou was changed to Huatong Prefecture, Dengzhou was changed to Nanyang Prefecture, Junzhou and the southwest area of Dengzhou were demolished to form Xichuan Prefecture and Yunyang Prefecture, Guangzhou was changed to Xinyang Prefecture, Caizhou
The state was changed to Caizhou Prefecture, Ruzhou was changed to Ruzhou Prefecture, Xuzhou was changed to Xuchang Prefecture, Chenzhou was changed to Chenzhou Prefecture, Haozhou was changed to Huainan Prefecture, Shouzhou was changed to Shouchun Prefecture, Chaozhou was changed to Chaozhou Prefecture, and Huozhou was changed to Huaizhou
Yangfu and Chuzhou were changed to Chuzhou Prefecture, and the five counties of Donghu, Liyang, Wushou, Tangyi and Shiquan were separated from Chuzhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture, and Donghu Prefecture was changed to Xuzhou Prefecture, and Jingzhao Prefecture was changed to Luoyang Prefecture.
, Liangzhou was changed to Hanzhong Prefecture, Jinzhou was changed to Jinzhou Prefecture, Yingzhou was changed to Yingchuan Prefecture, Caizhou Prefecture was added to the Xiacai area in a separate line, and the four counties of Shaanzhou, Lingbao, Mianchi, and Lushi on the west wing of Heluo were merged
It was separated from Luoyang Prefecture and the new Shaanzhou Prefecture was established.
After this round of adjustments, Daliang has jurisdiction over 24 prefectures, 126 counties, and 1,017 townships.
At the beginning of the fourth year of Taihe, there was an urgent need to reorganize the local government. In addition to establishing the new Shaanzhou Prefecture in the name of Shaanxi Prefecture, the next step was to legitimately strengthen the construction of roads and cities and other infrastructure on the other side of the main entrance of Zhiguanxing. At the same time,
It is also a comprehensive reform of the state military and local power structures.
The latter is of extremely great significance, and it can better conceal the true intention of establishing the new Shaanzhou Prefecture to focus on strengthening the infrastructure construction across the Zhiguanxing River.
After the prefectures and counties are transformed into prefectures, the prefectural soldiers will also be abolished, and local garrison matters will be handed over to the reserve brigade directly under the jurisdiction of the Younei Shifu Military Division; local arrests of thieves and bandits, and other public security affairs, will be handled by a separate patrol department.
Matters such as supervision and prisons were separated from the state government and were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Supervisory Office.
As a result, after the state governor, who used to have local military, political and judicial powers, was changed to a prefect, in addition to no longer having the power of local garrison, he was not allowed to interfere with local supervision and prison affairs, and would focus on the development of civil affairs.
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Only in important military towns, where the chief officer is given the title of envoy, can he also take charge of local defense, military affairs, and judicial affairs.
In mid-spring of the fourth year of Taihe, after the floods of the Yu River had passed, and before the water level of the Yu River had receded but had not yet risen, Han Donghu, who served as the envoy of the Xingyang Prefecture, organized more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians to start unilaterally repairing and filling the Yu River from the west.
The river embankment bursts.
After the two cities of Xingyang and Mi County were captured, more than 60,000 households were resettled. In order to escape the war, there were also more than 60,000 households who took refuge in the mountains at the eastern foot of Songshan Mountain. In addition, the people who had previously moved south from Xinzheng returned, and the newly established
Xingyang Prefecture, including Xingyang, Hulaoguan, Mi County, Xinzheng County, and Taihe County, recorded a population of 170,000 households in the early spring of the fourth year.
Xingyang's agricultural production has been nearly destroyed in recent years, and the livelihood of the vast majority of people has been in question. However, such a population base has also provided a relatively sufficient supply for the restoration of Xingyang's agricultural production, as well as the construction and repair of infrastructure projects such as dams, roads and cities.
of labor force.
The prefectural, county and township bureaus come forward to organize refugees and poor households to participate in the construction of infrastructure projects such as reclamation, dams, roads, etc., and provide corresponding money and grain in the process, or directly convert them into corresponding acres of cultivated land and houses as rewards.
Instead of direct relief, this is the work-for-relief model that Han Qian has consistently implemented since his early years in Xuzhou.
However, this relies on the support of abundant financial resources.
The so-called money and food, in addition to the labor funds directly allocated by the central government to Xingyang, the Daliang First Savings Bureau also established a branch in Xingyang before the end of the year, and the First Savings Bureau took the lead in establishing the Xingyang Prefecture Savings Bureau to jointly raise money
, in the form of low-interest loans to support local production resumption.
For every soldier recruited into the army in Xingyang, in addition to being directly allocated 15 acres of flooded and dry land, his family can also borrow up to 20 yuan from the savings bureau at low interest rates to purchase farm tools, seeds, cattle, and rations.
, for repairing houses.
For an extremely poor and landless household, as long as one member of the family can recruit, the family's livelihood can be maintained.
Even if they are not recruited, if they recruit workers to participate in the construction of infrastructure projects in prefectures, counties and townships, in addition to their own food and accommodation, adult men can also receive three kilograms of japonica rice as wages a day, and strong women can earn a day's wages of
Two pounds of japonica rice can basically feed his family for a day.
In addition to the expenses of the garrison in Xingyang, including the central government's allocation and the savings bureau's project loan plan, the budget for water conservancy, roads, cities, and farmland reclamation and construction in the Taihe four-year plan of Xingyang Prefecture is as high as 300,000 yuan.
Before Wuzhi and other places to the east of the Jialu River can be recovered, the breach of the dike on the south bank of the Yu River is destined to be unable to be closed. If we start to pile up soil from the west side alone to enclose the water, we are destined to withstand greater impact of the water flow, and the difficulty of repairing the embankment is also quite high.
harsh.
Before starting to repair and fill the embankment, Han Donghu organized the military and civilians to mine a large amount of stone from the eastern foot of Songshan Mountain to reinforce the outside of the embankment.
Just like this, before the flood season of the Yu River came in May, the soldiers and civilians of Xingyang used two and a half months to repair the collapsed embankment for more than five miles from west to east, and shorten the breach to less than a thousand steps to the east.
On the west side of the breach, a stone dam fifty meters long, four meters high and with a base ten meters thick was built using evergreen stone and stone mud to withstand the impact of the vortex at the breach.
After spending such a price, the effect is naturally extremely obvious.
In mid-May, the new flood season of the Yu River came, and the floods came fiercely. The remaining dike east of the breach was severely and cruelly tested. In early June, the sluice gate connecting the Yu River was built at the mouth of the Jialu River.
Together with the remaining dikes on the left and right, they were destroyed
The water collapsed, causing more than half of the Yu River to leak directly into the Jialu River and Wuzhi County to the east of the Jialu River, turning everything west and south of Bianliang City into a vast ocean.
Eleven camps built by the Dongliang Army on the east bank of the Jialu River were subsequently washed away.
Zhao Wuji organized the army and the people to build the water diversion weir at Yingshui Shoal southwest of Changge. It was completed as early as mid-April. In the river upstream of the water diversion weir, a batch of boats loaded with sand and gravel were scuttled. In addition to protecting
Outside the water diversion weir, the amount of floodwater flowing southward along the Yingshui River is further reduced.
At this time, the Changge water diversion weir played its expected role, forcing a large amount of floodwater to flow to the other side, passing through the low-lying area between Bianliang and Yanling, and immersed in the eddy water.
It is difficult to accurately estimate the impact of this incident on the Wishui coast. However, the floodplain area on the west bank of Yingshui has been greatly reduced in this summer and autumn, and the water level of the Huai River west of Linhuai has also been greatly reduced compared with previous years.
Before the late spring of this year, Lin Haizheng and Yang Qin organized the army and the people to excavate the main flood channel in the flood channel on the south side of Shouchun.
Sixty miles of fertile land ranging from seven to eight miles to ten miles wide has added more than 150,000 acres of high-yield grain fields to Shouchun Prefecture.
Four years of Taihe passed by in the blink of an eye.
In order to maintain a total of 200,000 troops in eastern Henan, Qilu, Xusi and other places, Zhu Rang, Xu Mingzhen and Sima Tan also wanted to build troops to the west and south of Bianjing and on both sides of Guishui, the Huaihe River and the north bank of Hongzepu.
A large number of walled cities and fortifications can only exploit the local area in every possible way.
Disasters occurred one after another in the summer and autumn on both sides of the Wu River and Si River. Floods spread freely across the Hehuai Plain with a radius of hundreds of miles. A total of nearly two million copper-plated iron coins flowed into the area controlled by the Dongliang Army through various channels.
Destroying its fragile commercial economy.
The Dongliang Army was located in Guoshui, and the cities and towns on both sides of Surabaya River were also flooded. After winter, under the command of Zhao Wuji, Lin Haizheng and others, the Xuzhou Army and Caizhou Army divided into units and went to the eastern Henan area in a roundabout way. The Dongliang Army chose
Strong walls and clear fields to resist.
In fact, the blockade of border areas was abandoned. Refugees and disaster victims in eastern Henan took the opportunity to cross the border and flow into Huainan Prefecture, Shouchun Prefecture, Chenzhou Prefecture, and Xuchang Prefecture.
Before the Huaihe River thawed in the early spring of the fifth year of Taihe, there were as many as 300,000 people from eastern Henan who went south and west to seek livelihood.
In the fourth year of Taihe, the people who fled to the Qinling Mountains, Funiu Mountain, Yaoshan Mountain, Songshan Mountain, Tongbai Mountain and other mountainous areas due to the war were further sorted out. In addition, the people who fled from the eastern Henan area were taken away to guide Lishan.
Mountain farmers from Wangwushan moved to Xingyang Prefecture to settle. In the new round of population statistics in the early spring of the fifth year of Taihe, the number of registered households in Daliang exceeded 6 million.
In order to ensure that the development of industry and mining can obtain enough surplus labor, Han Qian has not relaxed the ban on land restrictions, but requires prefectures and counties to continuously reduce the proportion of low-yield sloping mountain fields through relocation and the construction of water conservancy facilities such as canals and dams, and increase the proportion of low-yield sloping mountain fields.
The proportion of high-yielding paddy fields requires prefectures and counties to put more effort into farming techniques such as breeding, seed selection, and intercropping.
In the spring of the fifth year of Taihe, a piece of data representing the development of industry and mining was presented to Han Qian's desk.
With the further development and expansion of blast furnace smelting technology, the total output of pig iron and refined iron in Taihe exceeded one million stones in four years.
In later generations, the steel output of one million stones would be just a small steel factory with a technical level of standard steel and a production capacity of 50,000 tons. However, in the current generation, Han Qian went through more than ten years to make progress step by step.
to achieve this goal.
Of course, the discovery of coal and iron deposits in the northern section of Wujianshan has made the most outstanding contribution to achieving this goal. The annual steel production of Yongyang Iron Mine accounts for nearly half of the steel production in Daliang.
In order to ensure the domestic currency supply and further expand the central government's annual income through coinage, Han Qian also issued an edict to carry out a new reform of the coinage in the fourth year of Taihe, abolishing the previous copper coins with square holes, adopting a more advanced sand foundry method, and replacing them with copper alloy.
Cast copper coins.
In order to protect the value of the copper coins as much as possible and make them more easily accepted by the world, the first batch of newly minted "Taihe Tongbao" copper coins worth ten cents weighed only twenty grams based on the newly implemented weights and measures.
Based on current copper prices or the cost of mining, smelting copper ores and founding coins, 300,000 copper coins were minted in the fourth year of Taihe. Calculated in old money, this alone was equivalent to providing 1.5 million coins to the central treasury.
of annual income.
It is no wonder that the central government in later generations would do everything possible to tightly hold the minting power in its hands.
In order to facilitate the huge payments for large-scale trade, the Guanqian Department began to mint gold and silver coins worth one, ten, and fifty grams respectively.
The Guanqian Department also officially implemented the gold and silver composite standard system to prevent coveting the benefits of coinage and forgetting the harm of excessive coinage to the country; at the same time, it also began to severely crack down on private coinage.
Five years after entering Taihe, Wusu Dashi finally withstood the pressure within the Mongols and granted Wang Yuankui, Wang Xiaoxian the title of Weinan, Fengxiang Jiedu, and Li Yuanshou the Longyou County Prince, thereby curbing the expansion of Liang Jun from the west wing.
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Zhu Rang also rushed to formally proclaim himself emperor in Bianliang in the first month of the fifth year of Taihe, and the country was named Wei; Xu Mingzhen was granted the title of Song Guogong, and Sima Tan was granted the title of Pei Guogong.
In February of the fifth year of Taihe, Huang Lu, Zhang Feng and other generals led the Zuowu Xiang Army and went south along the Ganjiang River. After joining forces with the Youlongque Army led by Zheng Hui, they took advantage of the Qingyuan Army's military envoy to seize the title of King of Nanping.
After Yin died of illness, he captured Xingwangfu (Guangzhou) where the Liu family was based.
Chaofeng and other eastern regions then presented their cities and surrendered. The Lingnan prefectures and more than 280,000 households under the jurisdiction of the Qingyuan Army Jiedu returned to the Chu court.
At this time, Wuwei Junjiedu, who was separatist in Fujian, had died of illness for two years after being granted the title of King of Fujian by the Liang Kingdom fifteen years ago. His son Wang Yanhan succeeded to the throne of Fujian, but he was not on good terms with his brothers and ministers.
As a result, the internal situation in Fujian became tense and its military power retreated.
Shen Yang, Du Chongtao, Yang En, Zhang Chao, Huang Hua and others thought that they could unite Fujian into Da Chu as their territory.
In addition to making Zheng Hui the Duke of Wuxing County and leading his troops to garrison the Prince Xing's Mansion to further consolidate the Chu army's rule in Lingnan, in April of the fifth year of Taihe, Jinling sent an edict to Prince Xing's Mansion and sent Huang Lu, Zhang Feng and Chenzhou Fan generals to wash it.
Shesheng, Xishepeng and others collected grain and fodder on the spot, led troops to send troops from Prince Xing's Mansion to the east to attack Zhangzhou, an important town in southern Fujian. At the same time, Gu Zhilong led Yongjia soldiers and horses to send troops from southern Zhejiang to attack northern Fujian.
After the Chenzhou crisis broke out, as a compromise condition, the brothers Xishesheng and Xishepeng led the Chenzhou camp, left Chenzhou, and embarked on the long journey to follow Zheng Hui's expedition to Lingnan.
In addition to the three thousand warriors who initially embarked on the journey, the Xi clan also recruited more than five thousand Dingzhuang warriors from Chenzhou to fight southward in the past six years. A total of more than five thousand people died on the Lingnan battlefield.
Even though Xi Shepeng and Xi Shesheng were promoted to deputy capital commander, Du Yuhou and other senior generals due to their outstanding military exploits, Xi Ying also had to be granted the title of Xuyang Marquis, but the Chenzhou Xi clan and its affiliated fanzhai were almost the same in strength.
was consumed.
Three years of Taihe
Di Xiying saw that the situation in Heluo was stable and Liang's army was strong. He was worried about the Yi people living on the side of Xuzhou, so he wrote a letter requesting that the last two thousand direct descendants and branch tribesmen, mainly women and children, be moved to Jiangdong to settle down.
To show his naturalization and loyalty to Chu Ting.
At the same time, the Chenzhou Fan Camp in front of Zheng Hui's account no longer maintained an independent establishment and was completely integrated into the Youlongque Army. The other military strategists also moved to Tanzhou and other places and were organized into military households.
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Dazzling is the cold winter of the fifth year of Taihe.
Located between Mianchi and Mengjin, the western foothills of Mangshan Mountain are covered with heavy snow.
The mountain at the western foot of Mang Mountain is steep and steep, like a huge triangle, embedded between Li Mountain and Wangwu Mountain on the north bank. The Yu River also forms a river here that first flows from southwest to northeast, and then turns to flow southeast in the southern part of Yuanqu.
of Great Bay.
The water of the Yu River is sandwiched between the cliffs, winding and flowing rapidly, and it is completely frozen at this time.
Shaofeng is more than 400 feet high, and the terrain near the Yu River in the northwest is relatively flat. In the early years, Liang Jun built a sentry fort here against the peaks of the western foothills of Mang Mountain.
In the second year of Taihe, the Mianchi garrison expanded the outpost into Lingshangzhai, guarding a trail on the west flank of Shaofeng leading to the hinterland of Mianchi County at the southern foot of Mang Mountain, to prevent the enemy troops from the north bank from passing southward. In the second and third years of Taihe, both sides
The generals surrounded Lingshang Stronghold, and several fierce battles took place. Lingshang Stronghold was repaired and expanded several times, and by the fourth year of Taihe it had formed a solid military fortress.
Taking advantage of the newly established Shaanzhou Prefecture to govern Mianchi, in the fourth year of Taihe, the local government widened the more than 40-mile trail from the mausoleum to Mianchi into a standard post road.
The mausoleum is directly opposite Mashou Village in the south of Yuanqu County. To the north of Mashou Village is the entrance to Zhiguanxing. To the north, along the ditch sandwiched between Li Mountain and Wangwu Mountain, fifty miles north, it belongs to Gui Puzhou.
Yuanqu City.
The first battle on the way north took place at Ma Shou Village.
After the reorganization of prefectures and counties, Wen Bo served as the envoy of Shaanzhou Prefecture and led two infantry brigades, Xue Chuan and Su Lie, to move to the western foot of Mang Mountain, Hangu Pass, Lingbao, Mianchi and other places.
After capturing Xingyang City, the Heluo east flank defense line advanced to Xingyang, Mengzhou Shuiying also suffered heavy losses, and Mengjin, Gongxian, and Yanshi became relatively safe.
These three counties were under the jurisdiction of Luoyang Prefecture. At this time, the defense of these three counties was included in the Luoyang Garrison District, and Wenbo's headquarters was moved westward. Everything seemed logical.
In the initial capture of Mashou Village, Wen Bo did not come to the front line in person. Instead, Su Lie sent troops and horses from the command post to cross the river via the mausoleum to launch the attack.
No matter from which angle you look at it, this is just a routine invasion and attack launched by Liang Jun on the north bank of the Yu River after the Yu River froze.
Such offensives also took place in Xingyang, Hulao Pass, and Lingbao and Tongguan on the further west, and even penetrated into Lishan and Wangwushan. Chen Yuanchen's troops also launched an attack on the defenders in the mountainous areas farther north this winter.
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Tian Weiye didn't pay much attention to it. He thought that Ma Shouzhai's city wall was strong, its war equipment was complete, and the surrounding terrain was extremely narrow and conducive to the deployment of Liang's army. There were two thousand elite defenders in the village, which was enough.
In the ditch to the south of Yuanqu, there are several defensive forts built, and there are post roads that have been continuously built and perfected since the Qin and Han Dynasties to connect with Mashou Village. Even if there is any abnormality, reinforcements can get there quickly.
At this time, Tian Weiye was even more worried that Liang Jun's soldiers and horses entering Lishan and Wangwushan would try to disperse their troops in small groups this winter, cross Lishan and Wangwushan, and pass through the mountains they established in the northern mountains of Lishan and Wangwushan.
The blockade was carried out in Anyi, Jiangxian, Yangcheng, Qinshui, Quwo and other places, causing serious damage.
At this time, Tian Weiye still deployed more of his main troops on the northern front.
At that time, the Yu River was covered with three feet of ice, and horses and horses were crossing the river on ice and snow.
Su Lie led his troops across the river and headed north, but leaving Ma Shou Village alone, three thousand elite troops circled directly to the seven or eight miles northeast of Ma Shou Village and stationed themselves in the valley on the southeast side of Yaowu Ridge to form a formation.
Although the Yu River was frozen for three feet at this time, the Mongolian army could completely bypass the Yaowuling slope valley, which was four or five miles wider than the Yu River ice surface from the south, and advance to Ma Shou Village, but this slope valley was a curved area.
The only way for the garrison to reinforce Mashou Village from land.
In other words, after Liang Jun established a foothold in the southeast slope valley of Yaowuling, and after the Yu River thawed, the soldiers, horses, and war equipment on its south bank could still be transported by ship and continuously disembarked in the southeast slope valley of Yaowuling.
When the time came for Liang's army to attack Ma'shou Village to the west, the Yuanqu garrison was isolated from Ma'shou Village and could not reinforce it.
The terrain around Mashou Village is narrow, and it is a must-defend position to defend the south entrance of Zhiguan County. As long as Mashou Village is defended, Liang Jun from the south bank will not be able to send large numbers of troops into Zhiguan County.
Naturally, Tian Weiye did not allow Mashou Village to fall into the crisis of being lost. When he learned of this situation, he immediately rushed to Yuanqu City to take charge and sent troops to attack Yaowuling, hoping to repel Su Lie's troops and open up a link with Mashou Village.
contact.
At this time, the mobilization orders of Luoyang, Chaozhou, Huatong, Xingyang, and Shangluo prefectures were officially issued. Six main infantry brigades, including Han Bao, Li Qi, Lin Sheng, He Liufeng, Wen Yuan, and Huo Li, and guard brigades continued to flow.
Heading towards Mianchi County.
The First Security Brigade led by Huo Li set off from Yanshi, which was the closest, and arrived at the mausoleum two days later.
At this time, Tian Weiye had assembled eight thousand troops and had just arrived at Yaowuling.
Considering that south of Mianchi was the capital of the Liang Kingdom and the elite soldiers and horses gathered very quickly, Tian Weiye did not dare to detach a group of soldiers and horses to walk across the river ice to the west side of Yaowuling for a pincer attack. Instead, he concentrated his troops on the northeast side of Yaowuling to attack Yaowuling.
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There has been no major battle for nearly two years. The many armored ordnance offices under the Military Intelligence Staff Office build war crossbows and shield chariots, which are first equipped for Su Lie and Xue Chuan.
In front of the slope valley of Yaowuling, although there is an open attack channel of more than 300 steps, thirty spring-arm bed crossbows and thirty individual spring-arm crossbows are standing on top of the chariots, lined up in a row, twenty
The spring-arm Scorpion cannon was placed behind it, and the Mongolian army's swarming offensive with their shields was easily disintegrated before they reached the defense line.
Tian Weiye is capable of fighting vicious battles, and his generals are all from bitter cold places such as Zelu. They have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, and have long been accustomed to bloody things. They can be said to be elites in hundreds of battles, but the armor they wear is even
The large shield he held in his hand could not protect against a single soldier's spring-arm crossbow, let alone a bed crossbow. Two to three hundred people were killed or injured, and they huddled in the depression below. No one wanted to go to this death trap again.
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The Mongolian army also used fine iron to build a large number of shield carts. However, under the attack of small groups of infiltrating troops and horses in the mountains on both sides, by the time Tian Weiye transferred these shield carts to Yaowuling, Xue Chuan had already led his troops to complete the attack on the horses.
They surrounded the stronghold and successfully blocked the defenders who wanted to leave the stronghold to counterattack. Seven or eight tornado cannons were set up in the narrow open space on the south side of the stronghold.
At this time, Wen Bo, Jing Hao, Guo Zong and others entered the mausoleum to supervise the battle. Huo Li led 3,000 reinforcements from the 1st Guard Brigade to Yaowuling to join Su Lie...
