Chapter 1075: For freedom

Thirty thousand iron cavalry down the spiritual gate

In the night, the iron cavalry ran like thunder.

Just when the martial arts conference in Chang'an City was lively, Fang Jie and his spirit cavalry had left Chunboting City and headed straight for Lingmen Pass. The light cavalry was moving very fast. After leaving Chunboting City, he drove all the way. It took only ten days to reach Qinhe. Du Dingbei, who had already received the order, had already led his troops to build a floating bridge. The cavalry drove over without delay.

Du Dingbei followed Fang Jie's military order to guard the Qinhe line. Fang Jie had already sent someone to build a floating bridge before he left Chang'an City. Fang Jie didn't stay in Qinhe for long, and then left immediately after explaining some things to Du Dingbei. Du Dingbei sent it out thirty miles before returning, and then ordered the surfing bridge to be strictly guarded. There was no need to demolish these floating bridges. The army of Chang'an City would go south and pass here if it didn't take long.

After leaving Qinhe, the horse was flat.

From Qinhe to Lingmen Pass, go west along the south bank of the river.

Lingmen Pass was built on Zhengming Mountain, which separates Shujing Road from Jiangbei Road. The terrain of Shujing Road is particularly similar to Shandong Road in the northwest, both long in the north and south poles and very short in the east and west. The difference is that one side of Shandong Road is Langru Mountain and the other side is plain. Shujing Road, one side is Yishui and the other side is Zhengming Mountain.

However, Zhengming Mountain cannot enter Jiangbei Road.

If you want to pass Zhengming Mountain, only Lingmen Pass is the only one.

This place is only a dangerous place, which shows how it is.

The strategy of the Black Flag Army is to block the Mongols to the west of Yishui as much as possible. If it cannot be stopped, there is still Lingmen Pass to guard. The distance between Lingmen Pass and Yishui is actually the width of the Jingdao. Before we came here, many soldiers thought that Lingmen Pass was next to Yishui, and outside Lingmen Pass was the battlefield where fierce battles with the Mongols were fought fiercely.

Only after this did the soldiers realize that there was a whole road to guard the capital in the middle.

The west of Yishui is Shanjiang Road. Song Zihui guarded the Shanjiang Road Ping'an County. After passing Ping'an County, it is Yishui, Yishui goes east to the Shijing Road, and the Shijing Road goes east to the Zhenming Mountain. The east of Zhenming Mountain is Jiangbei Road.

Because the Mongols and Yuan people stepped up their offensive, some of the defenders of Lingmen Pass had been transferred to Yishui for support. Yan Zeng, who had originally led his troops to guard Lingmen Pass, had led his army to the east bank of Yishui to set up defenses, but now the veteran Liu Enjing guarding Lingmen Pass is the veteran general.

"See the prince!"

Because he guarded the gate, Liu Enjing did not participate in Fang Jie's ceremony of becoming the king, so he gave a big gift this time and his title became the prince.

"Elder General, please get up."

Fang Jie took two steps forward to help Liu Enjing up: "I haven't seen each other for several months, and it's hard for the veteran general to guard the pass."

Liu Enjing shook his head quickly: "The war is in Yishui, but it is not hard to worry here. I am looking forward to my lord coming, because when the lord comes, it means that the counterattack against the Mongols is about to begin. This battle has been delayed for several months, and it should be let the Mongols know the power of our Black Flag Army. Lord, I want to ask for a fight! Although the responsibility of guarding the pass is heavy, the body of the minister will be rusted without war. The sword must be sharp to see blood, and the body of the bones must be trained 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 my troops through Lingmen Pass, you will leave three thousand elite troops to guard the pass, and then lead the army to come. If nothing unexpected happens, the counterattack will begin when you arrive on the east bank of Yishui."

"Very good!"

Liu Enjing immediately became excited. This veteran did not catch up with the first Western Expedition. He had been looking forward to the Mongols and Yuan people who were really good at fighting. After all, so many of his old friends led troops to the northwest back then, and they thought they could achieve another achievement, but they were defeated and died one by one.

Perhaps, he has more feelings than others.

"Lord, I just heard from the east bank of Yishui yesterday that the attack of the Mongols became stronger and stronger day by day. I have been worried after hearing this. This is probably a sign that Mengge is going to escape."

Fang Jie nodded: "Nine out of ten is this, so I rushed from Chang'an City. How could the Central Plains be the Mongols and Tartars come whenever they want to come, and they can leave whenever they want?"

"Lord, if you can send a good general and lead troops to the Mongol Yuan and seal his way back, you may be able to capture Mengge alive in this battle! The Mongol Yuan has been in the country for more than a thousand years. Except for the beginning of the Great Sui Dynasty, the Mongol Emperor and Emperor Taizu of the Great Sui Dynasty suffered some losses. The Mongol Yuan people have always had an advantage in the war in the Central Plains. It has to be said that the Mongol Yuan people's cavalry is indeed very strong. During the Zheng State of the previous dynasty, the northwest was broken several times by the Mongol Yuan people, and the people were tragically ravaged... If you can capture the Mongol Yuan Khan this time, it would be considered a shame to avenge your previous shame! For thousands of years, the Mongol Khan has not led his troops deep into the Central Plains for such a long distance. Mengge is too arrogant. If you can capture him alive, the Mongol Yuan will definitely not recover."

Fang Jie smiled and said, "I have arranged someone to go, the old general, this time you will try to capture Meng Ge personally, so you can leave your name in history."

Liu Enjing said excitedly: "A general, if you can fight this battle, this life will be enough!"

Fang Jie said as he walked: "Old General, after you lead your troops to the east bank of Yishui, you don't have to wait for our military orders to act. You can lead your troops downstream of Yishui, and I will arrange for a navy warship to respond. After you cross the river, don't care about the war, just guard the important road to the south of Ping'an County."

"ah?"

Liu Enjing was stunned: "If Meng Ge is defeated, he will definitely flee to the northwest. Why should the lord let the minister guard the southeast?"

Fang Jie smiled and said, "Just go, no matter how much credit you have," he said.

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The team then set off again after replenishing supplies at Lingmen Pass. For the Light Cavalry, the width of the Shujing Road is really not far away. Most of the 30,000 elite cavalry that Fang Jie brought this time were veterans when the Black Flag Army was just founded. The combat power of these cavalry was extraordinary.

Zhuge Wuyin and Liu Xuri were both generals who could lead the army only when the Black Flag Army was founded.

These two people were also generals of the first expedition to the West. The shame of the 700,000 army collapsed in an instant, and the two of them have not forgotten it. In fact, Fang Jie really took a big advantage. After that defeat, he escaped from the grassland and built a large camp on Langsulu Mountain. He can be regarded as the elite among the elites. The quality of these people can be imagined.

The power accumulated by Prince Yang Kai on Langsulu Mountain was given to Fang Jie.

This team is the team of the Black Flag Army.

It was precisely because of this team that Fang Jie had a feat of traversing thousands of miles. From training troops on the grassland, fighting back to the northwest, and then heading to the southwest, this team has been tempered for a long time. Now Chen Dingnan, who is resisting Meng Lie in the northwest, is actually the earliest Black Flag Army team. However, Cui Zhongzhen's men were mostly soldiers trained after the establishment of the Zhuque Mountain Camp.

Nothing to say all the way

Fang Jie brought 30,000 troops from Lingmen Pass to the Shujing Road, and then arrived at the east bank of Yishui for another ten days.

This place is called Qilipo.

Opposite Qilipo is Ping'an County.

At this time, the defenses were made on the east bank of Yishui, including Yan Zeng's troops, Xu Xiaogong's troops, and the Navy Duan Zheng's troops, with no less than 100,000 troops. Relying on the danger of Yishui, even if the Mongolian Yuan army on the other side of the river was less than 500,000, the Black Flag Army was still not at a disadvantage. The one who made the greatest contribution in this blocking battle was the Navy.

"Greetings to the prince!"

These generals met with great gifts.

"How is the war?"

Fang Jie asked everyone to get up without any greetings, and asked about the war directly.

"strangeness"

Duan Zheng's answer was somewhat beyond Fang's expectations.

"Strange? What's strange?"

Fang answered the question.

Duan Zheng said: "A few days ago, the Mongols attacked fiercely every day regardless of the cost, but the offensive slowed down from the day before yesterday. There has not been an attack yet. I am worried that the Mongols will withdraw, so I specially sent a scout to the other side to investigate secretly, but found that the number of people in the Mongols camp had not decreased. After observing for half a day, there was no sign of mobilization of troops."

"Don't fight, don't leave?"

Fang Jie was silent for a while and shook his head: "This is indeed a bit strange."

"And that's it."

Duan Zheng pointed to the other side: "There is the camp of the Montenegro Army. The combat power of this Montenegro Army is still above the Mongol Wolf Cavalry. All the soldiers are fearless. However, this afternoon, the Montenegro Army retreated westward for less than ten miles. The one who attacked fiercely before was the Montenegro Army."

"Then there is the camp of the Mongyuan Wolf Cavalry. After the Black Mountain Army retreated ten miles, the Mongyuan Wolf Cavalry also retreated ten miles. The two camps are still in parallel, but they are not connected like before."

Fang Jie pondered for a while, then pointed to a big ship: "At the boat, I want to cross the river to see!"

Without waiting for everyone to dissuade him, Fang Jie had already walked out.

Standing at the bow of the big ship, Fang Jie held his eyes and looked at the opposite shore. On the other shore, you could see the wolf cavalry team patrolling back and forth, but the camp had indeed withdrawn at least ten miles away. This was obviously a bit abnormal. If the Mongols were going to withdraw, there was no need to withdraw only these ten miles. Fang Jie had previously speculated that the Mongols attacked fiercely to hide their strength and retreated, but now, the Mongols stopped after the fierce attack, but did not leave.

"there!"

Duan Zheng suddenly pointed in one direction, which was the space between the Heishan Army Camp and the Wolf Cavalry Camp. When he was on the east bank of the river, he couldn't see the scene here because of the terrain. When the ship was about to reach the west bank of the river, he saw that there were two troops facing each other from afar.

"I'm afraid the Mongols and Yuan people have had an internal strife?"

Xu Xiaogong speculated: "The lord sent people to spread the news of the rebellion of the northwest Menglie. Could it be that Mengge really believed it, and the Black Mountain Army named Gai She also believed it, so what conflict was there between Gai She and Mengge?"

“Too obvious…”

Fang Jie suddenly said these three words.

Too obvious?

Duan Zheng, Xu Xiaogong and others didn't understand what Fang Zhi meant at first. After thinking for a while, Yan Zeng suddenly thought: "What is the lord who means is the Mongol Yuan people doing illusions?"

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Mongyuan Wolf Cavalry Camp

In the tallest tent.

Brother Meng glanced at the three heads on the tray in front of him and couldn't help frowning. These were three heads with the same appearance. They had a similar name called Da Zizai.

At this time, the two people sitting opposite Mengge were one of the generals of the Black Mountain Army, Gai She, and the other was a living freedom.

"Now, Dahan, can you rest assured?"

This living great freedom was the second great freedom that day. It was also him who first began to doubt the god in Dalun Temple.

Mengge nodded: "What is the purpose of doing this?"

Gai She was silent for a while and said in a very solemn way: "I don't want to be an enemy of Da Khan, but I don't want to fight this battle anymore. Da Khan should know that no matter whether the rumors are true or false, we have them here, and Meng Lie must have them. So, in the past ten, Meng Lie has really led his troops back."

"I killed three Da Zizai to tell Da Khan that if you want Da Zizai to kill me, it will be impossible for me to succeed. But if I want to kill Da Khan, it is easy for me to kill Da Khan. I don't act, not because I am afraid of something, but because I don't want to cause chaos in the grassland. As for the future, I will finish the battle in front of me first."

Brother Meng asked: "Do you want to set up a plan to make the Black Flag Army think that I have a conflict with you, so you can lead the Black Flag Army over?"

Da Zizai nodded: "That is, as long as the Black Mountain Army and Da Khan's wolf cavalry pretend to fight, the Black Flag Army will definitely not miss this opportunity and will cross the river to attack. At that time, the Black Mountain Army and the Wolf Cavalry suddenly join forces, and the Black Flag Army will be defeated. In this way, the Khan can return to the grassland without worries."

Brother Meng hesitated for a while and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Dazizai answered seriously: "Walking a path that may take some turns, but... is for freedom."

He pointed at Gai She: "He is..."
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