Chapter 224: Tahai's plan to return troops
News of the Song army's sneak attack at Lingjing Supervisor was like spring thunder rolling across the grassland, which reached the Mongolian camp in a very short time.
Marshal Ta Hai was driving his army forward and storming towards Gongzhou Prefecture in the predetermined direction. The vanguard of the Mongolian army had bypassed Hezhou and arrived within the boundary of Gongzhou Prefecture. The prefectures and counties along the way either surrendered or broke the city, and were smooth sailing and unstoppable.
In the vast Sichuan, except for the states where the barbarians lived in the south and the Kuizhou area where Meng Gong was guarding the east, the entire Sichuan was poisoned by the blades of the Mongolian army, and the corpses were hidden on the roadside. There were few ghost sounds in the city. Many of the former prosperous and prosperous giant cities turned into rubble ruins. The country of Tianfu was influenced by the war in recent years and turned into a land of hell.
Under such a one-sided good situation, the news from Lingjing Supervisor was like a flash of lightning, accompanied by thunder sound, accurately struck Ta Hai's heart.
Ta Hai was originally calm and composed. When he was young, he followed General Temujin and crossed the desert with countless military achievements. He was promoted to the Marshal of the Capital. He led the army of the Southern Army alone. He had countless military forces in his life and had the ability to remain unchanged when Mount Tai collapsed before him. However, at this moment, he couldn't help but turn his face pale.
Kublai Khan is missing!
That was the direct line of the Golden Family of Great Khan, the direct grandson of Genghis Khan, and one of the possible crown princes of the Great Mongolian Kingdom in the future, but he actually lost it in his hands!
Ogedei's Killing of his head was a little bit difficult, and it was possible to cut off the entire Tahai tribe's head.
The moment he received the news, he made a quick decision and left a small group of troops to restrain the Song army on the spot and prevent them from advancing west. He led all the troops, turned his head, and marched quickly towards the small lingjing supervisor to the west.
A general on the way made a statement, saying that the Khan's order was to open up the passage from Sichuan to Huguang. At this moment, success was about to happen but suddenly stopped. It was a pity that it would be better to send a general to Lingjing Supervisor to solve this matter. Tahai continued to attack Gongzhou as planned.
Ta Hai reacted quickly. He slapped the introverted general from the tent outside, and rushed out in anger and kicked several times.
"Bastard! Idiot! Why did you, a fool like you, appear on the grassland?" He cursed, his face turned green: "What happened to your highness? Even if you hit Lin'an, I will lose my head! Have you forgotten how many people died of illness in Jiangling a few years ago? Even if you ate a whip with a warm mouth, what can I count as compared to him? It would be strange if the sarcasm did not kill my entire clan!"
The general held his head and was at a loss. The generals in the tent came to persuade him, and grabbed Tahai, who was punching and kicking. Tahai was still angry and said angrily: "The Song army has been crippled by us. Where did the troops from come from dare to attack His Highness Kublai Khan? It means that their combat power is still there in the south. Who can sleep if such troops stay behind us? If you don't solve it with the thunder, your highness will have to come out again. You are still thinking about entering Huguang, idiot! You are not like the Mongols who grew up on the grassland at all!"
The person who was beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face, and he didn't dare to say anything. Ta Hai scolded his mother for a while, became anxious again, and kept urging him to go on the road.
The Mongolian army in Sichuan started to move, from Chengdu, Gongzhou, and from all directions, along various official roads, post roads, plank roads, and even small paths, swarming towards the Yancheng Lingjingjian, which is south. For a time, the small salt-producing land was like the focus of the battle, and was under a huge shadow like dark clouds pressing on the top.
The Song army in the east had no idea what was going on in the west. They just vaguely felt that there seemed to be a lot less Mongolian army nearby. The original situation of gathering troops disappeared in a blink of an eye, and the pressure on the front suddenly came to an end.
Because it was separated from the west, the news on the other side could not be conveyed. Peng Daya in Gongzhou City did not know the specific reason why the Mongols suddenly withdrew their main force, and thought it was a trick of playing hard to get. The Mongols often used such a trick. They deliberately retreated in front of their opponents and lured them to pursue them. The Mongolian army took advantage of their highly mobile cavalry advantage to set up one trap after another on the road, eating the chasing enemies that were following and chasing them bit by bit. When the opponent woke up, it was too late to escape.
Therefore, Peng Daya didn't even dare to leave the city gate, but still seized the time to build the city. He built 36 large and small castles on the mountains near Gongzhou, surrounded by Gongzhou Prefecture. Each castle was built on dangerous peaks and cliffs, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. He also used iron ropes to cross the river and set up five water villages on the Yangtze River. There were artillery crossbows and crossbows and countless bows and arrows, and all the residents nearby were collected in the city, and the walls were cleared and the fields were cleared, so they were strictly guarded and defended.
The result of this is equivalent to placing the Shimen tribe in the west completely under the palm of the Tahai Army's fist without half of the support of feints.
Some people remembered that Wang Kui's army was still outside, and they guessed whether they were making trouble in the west.
This speculation was scolded by Peng Daya, thinking it was nonsense. What could one or two thousand remaining soldiers in Hanzhou make noises in the hearts of the Mongolian army? Did the collective suicide scare the Mongolian soldiers?
In short, it was good news that the Mongolian soldiers stopped advancing eastward. Peng Daya's throbbing heart calmed down slightly. Going eastward, Meng Gong, who was rectifying the Xiangfan defense line in Xiangyang, also greatly relieved the pressure. He could concentrate on managing Jinghu.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Except Changsun Hong.
He stayed in Lingjing Supervisor City for a night and left the next day.
Before leaving, he set a fire and burned out the warehouse.
On the afternoon of the third day, Mongolian cavalry appeared outside the city in anger.
The piles of heads and corpses hanging high on the city walls made the Mongolian soldiers galloping like no one in Sichuan and left wildly.
There have never been only Mongolians who have spread to Jingguan, and there has never been Jingguan where other races have spread to Mongolians.
Insulting the corpse, on the grassland, is the greatest insult to the living.
They wanted to massacre the city, but found that the entire Lingjingjian had become an empty city and no living person was left behind.
This was of course a good thing Changsun Hong did. He expected that the angry Mongolian soldiers could not find the Shimenfan army, and would inevitably vent their anger on the people in the city. When they left, they persuaded the people to escape from the city and scattered among the mountains.
But Ta Hai could still find a way to vent his anger. Ten days later, he appeared at the Lingjing Superintendent. After seeing Jingguan, he ordered the demolition of the city and built a huge tomb for the dead Mongolian warriors.
The fire in the city burned for several days, and even the ground was blackened by flames.
The large number of Red Army detectives sent out did not find any trace of Shimenfan, and many people did not come back. Tahai's way of dealing with it was very simple. If anyone did not come back, he would send more people to any direction.
I will never give up until I find these hateful Song troops!
Chapter completed!