Chapter 327 Borrowing Soldiers

The northwest Wolf Rushan Mountains stretch for more than ten thousand miles north and south, like a high wall specially built by God to separate the two empires from the east and west. These two powerful empires are like God’s favorite two sons. God does not want to see brothers and feet slaughter each other, so he created the Wolf Rushan Mountains and prevents the two brothers from meeting each other.

But for some reason, the sky left a Qingxia to connect east and west. The Qingxia became a link of war. The troops of both sides passed here and reached the territory of the enemy country. First, the 700,000 troops of the Great Sui Dynasty drove through Qingxia in a mighty manner, and the Mandu flag was cut off from the map of the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty. The plot of this drama suddenly turned down. Li Yuanshan, the general of the Right Guard of the Great Sui Dynasty, colluded with the Mongols and Yuan people and buried the 700,000 Sui troops on the grassland of the Mandu flag for two thousand miles.

Immediately followed the rebels and 300,000 wolf cavalry through Qingxia, and within just a few months, the three northwest roads were cut off from the map of the Sui Dynasty. It seemed that the Mongolian Yuan people had no losses, but the Sui Dynasty had damaged their muscles and bones.

Li Yuanshan was recommended as the Grand Marshal by many rebel leaders, and he looked proud, but in fact... he has not been happy for a day since the Mongolian Yuan cavalry entered the pass.

He has been operating in the three northwest roads for many years, and the three governors were all rebel leaders, so he did not encounter too fierce resistance to control the northwest of the Sui Dynasty. The county soldiers were all in the hands of the governor, and the other two guards who were originally stationed in the northwest had disappeared. So Li Yuanshan was unwilling to enter the pass. He assisted the Mongolian Yuan people to slaughter the 700,000 troops of the Sui Dynasty as a generous gift to Mengge Da Khan, but the Mongolian Yuan people obviously did not intend to return to their homes with satisfaction.

The 300,000 Mongolian Wolf Cavalry, with Tejikuk Taimile as the marshal, entered the northwest of the Great Sui Dynasty. They did not fight, but they continuously transported a large amount of material resources back to the Mongolian Yuan through Qingxia. Perhaps from the very beginning, Mongol Khan knew that his cavalry had not done much in the heart of the Central Plains, so he did not think about dividing part of the country from the Great Sui Dynasty with the help of Li Yuanshan's rebellion.

The Mongolian Yuan army was more like a group of bandits, robbing whatever they saw.

Gold, silver, jewelry, grain, armor, women and strong men.

Li Yuanshan did not dare to offend the Mongol cavalry, and watched helplessly as his wealth was sent back to the grassland like a move by the Mongol ants.

It was only then that he realized that Brother Meng had been fooling him from the beginning.

When the Mongols and Yuan people cooperated with him, they valued not his great strength or his covetousness of the Great Sui Dynasty. From the very beginning, the Mongols and Yuan people knew what they were going to do. The destruction of a Mandu family, which was not very obedient, was not a bad thing for the Kuoke Taimeng family. A piece of grassland could be granted to more useful people. The Mongols and Yuan people were not interested in defending the high city and walls of the Great Sui Dynasty, and they could not live without the horseback.

So what they want is supplies.

Li Yuanshan successfully transformed the three northwest roads into his territory with the help of the Mongols, but now this land is full of holes by the Mongols. Even if these three roads belong to him alone in the future, what else can be left?

Those Mongols saw food like mice and women like wolves.

Over the past few days, the army of the Great Sui Dynasty only deployed defenses on the other side of Yishui, and at the same time mobilized a huge fleet to inspect. It was estimated that the court was still planning a counterattack, but after all, it was not a matter of time to mobilize troops. Li Yuanshan was not worried about this because he was familiar with the court's way of doing things. Before the army moved the food and grass, it would be easy to make a lot of manpower and material resources and still have time to do it.

What he was worried about was the destruction of the Mongol Yuan and the secret collusion of other rebel leaders.

Now that the military power is in his hands, the governors naturally regard him as their respect. But these people also hold more than 100,000 county soldiers in their hands, which is not only a helping but also a threat to him.

Since he was going to rebel, Li Yuanshan never thought about who to share the world with.

What also gave him a headache was that the remnants of the Sui army, which were defeated on the Mandu flag grassland, seemed to have reorganized a lot of people and horses in recent days, hiding somewhere in Langru Mountain, and occasionally came out of the mountains to disrupt the rear. Within a month, two granaries and four counties had been broken by the Sui army and burned. Moreover, the war horses that the Sui army brought from were formed, and they formed a cavalry team with strong mobility, without a trace.

According to military information, although the Sui army cavalry had only about 5,000 people, they were elusive and left after a war. The purpose of this cavalry going out to cause trouble was nothing more than to attract the attention of the Li family army. Then another infantry of the Sui army would attack another place, and they would leave immediately after robbing food and supplies.

Although this Sui army did not pose any real threat to the Li family army, it was like a fly that kept flying around and lingering.

It doesn't make people happy everywhere, and Li Yuanshan has no smile on his face every day.

Yin Poshan, one of the seven major war generals under his command, quickly walked into the study, and called out the Grand Marshal with a somewhat ugly face. Li Yuanshan glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yin Poshan hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "The Sui army in Langru Mountain attacked Xiangcheng two days ago and stole a lot of armor, machinery, food and grass... Fan Zengzhan did not fight."

"What?!"

Li Yuanshan raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of incredible.

Fan Zeng was one of his seven major generals, so he was cautious in using his troops. Xiangcheng, where Li Yuanshan sent him to garrison the granary was located, because he was safe enough, but who would have thought that the general he valued was still defeated.

"The Sui army wore the costumes of the Mongol cavalry that they had brought from somewhere, so they tricked them open the Xiangcheng gate and rushed in. Fan Zeng's men and horses were defeated before they could organize... According to the defeated soldiers, the leader of the Sui army was... Li Xiaozong. Fan Zeng fought to the death with hundreds of personal soldiers and was finally shot to death by a cold arrow."

"Li Xiaozong!"

Li Yuanshan shattered the desk in front of him with a slap, and the anger in his eyes could not stop overflowing.

"I didn't kill him, but he came to provoke me..."

"The Grand Marshal... Our troops are distributed in various counties, and we cannot draw too many troops to deal with the Sui army in Langru Mountain. It is better... it is better to ask Meng Lie to send troops."

"he?"

Li Yuanshan was stunned for a moment, then slowly relaxed and said, "I'll go see him later!"

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Wolf Mist Mountain

There is a large area of ​​natural open space in the dense forest, which cannot be seen from the outside. This is the temporary garrison of the Sui army. At this time, the remnants of the Sui army gathered here had exceeded 40,000. Over the past few days, Yang Kai, the prince of Xu County and Jin Shixiong, the general of Zuo Xiaogu, have been sending people out to search, and gradually the team has formed a scale.

Two months ago, Prince Xu, Yang Kai and Minister of War, Mu Liangbi personally rushed to the 100,000 mountains in the Northern Liao area to meet the Khan of the Northern Liao area, and finally convinced him to support 5,000 good horses. The Prince of Northern Liao area Wanyan Chongde even personally led the elite 800 Han cavalry to join the Sui army. Over the past period, he and Li Xiaozong and Li continued to harass the rear of the rebels with their cavalry.

Today, Langru Mountain has become the base for this surviving army.

This mountain once disliked the Sui people, but at this time it became their protective umbrella. There were countless prey, water sources, and the robbed food and grass, so it was no problem for them to set up camp here. The place where this camp is located is extremely secret, and there is only one way to go up and down the mountain, so it has to go around quite far, so it is relatively stable.

It has been more than seven months since the camp was established here. The Sui army cut down trees and built fences and watchtowers, and built wooden houses, which have now begun to take shape.

The Sui soldiers, who had recovered their morale from the failed attack, have been getting more and more prosperous over the past few days. They kept going out to attack the rebels, and the rebels were led by their noses and were in a mess.

The smile on Prince Xu's face also regained a little. At least he can still be loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty.

"The place we are going to fight next time must be a place that Li Yuanshan would never imagine!"

The Minister of War, Mou Liangbi, looked black and thin, and there was no such thing as a literati who used to be a white and clean person. But now his body is much stronger.

He expanded a map, pointed to a marked place above and said, "I suggest it is here."

"Pingyang?"

Yang Kai was stunned and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "It's too risky... Pingyang Iron Mine is the foundation of Li Yuanshan. The rebels' armor and equipment were made by Pingyang Iron Mine over the years. In order to guard this place, Li Yuanshan must mobilize heavy troops. Moreover, the Mongolian Yuan people are determined to win the Pingyang Iron Mine. The reason why Li Yuanshan has not yet given the control of the iron ore to the Mongolian Yuan people is probably because he wants to negotiate conditions with the Mongolian Yuan!"

“Yes”

Li Xiaozong said: "Li Yuanshan colluded with the Mongols and Yuan people to rebel, but the Mongols are now too big to lose their heads. Not only did they not help Li Yuanshan to deal with the scattered resistance from all over the country, they became the biggest borer, constantly digging Li Yuanshan's foundation. If Li Yuanshan wants the Mongols to leave the customs, they must pay a lot of money, and Pingyang Iron Mine must be in it."

"I think Master Mou has a good idea!"

Cui Lueshan, who has been promoted to general, said: "Even we feel it is impossible to fight this place, so Li Yuanshan naturally thinks so. Our goal is not to occupy the place just to grab supplies and leave after being beaten. There should be no great difficulty."

Yang Kai shook his head: "You should be cautious. The defenders of Pingyang Iron Mine are the most elite troops under Li Yuanshan. It is said that his Thousand People Jingbu Battalion has been transferred there, and even if we can suffer losses, there will definitely be no more."

"Criminal, what do you think?"

Mou Liangbi looked at Wanyan Chongde, the prince of Northern Liao who had been sitting quietly on the side.

Sitting among a group of Han people, Wanyan Chongde looked particularly eye-catching, especially his bare forehead and the big braid behind him.

"Jinyang Palace"

He stood up and walked to the map and pointed to a place: "The materials, equipment, armor and armor here are not less than those in Pingyang, and they are more important in terms of status. After all, this is the palace of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. Once we recover it, even if it is only a short day, for the people of the three northwest roads, this is also a major event that makes them think deeply!"

"I think..."

Wanyan Chongde paused for a moment and said, "It's still the old way. General Li and I led the cavalry to attack Pingyang and try our best to do it to be more realistic. If Pingyang is successfully attacked by us, it would be great. The prince and General Cui led their troops to attack Jinyang Palace, but Kaiyuan City is a big city, so it's not easy to defeat it."

Everyone turned their attention to Yang Kai, waiting for him to make an idea.

"Just do as the prince said. In addition, it is time for us to send people to the southwest to meet Luo Yao. If Luo Yao is willing to borrow troops, we may have already recovered a large area of ​​the country when the imperial army arrives. We must send a safe person for this matter... Cui Lue Shang, don't go to send troops this time, select elite soldiers as guards, and you go to see Luo Yao!"

"good!"

Cui Lue Shang nodded: "Even if Luo Yao is just Chen Jian on Huangyang Road, Li Yuanshan will have to divide his troops! We will be able to make a big move at that time. But he has been pretending to be stupid. It is not easy for him to send troops. Don't worry, even if I kneel down, I will ask him to advance north!"
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