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Chapter 450: Turning Point

The Battle of Pingyang suddenly broke out, and Shi Gandang suddenly launched a riot in the three major mining areas. The three counties under Pingyang fell into chaos in a very short time. In order to rescue the besieged Mongolians, Han Hu mobilized soldiers to maintain the transportation channel to suppress the three places. They just fell into the design of Shi Gandang and Guo Feng. The two thousand soldiers who went to rescue not only did not save the people, but instead took them in, hitting the dog with meat buns, but never returning. After plotting against these two thousand people, Shi Gandang immediately destroyed the mining supervision team used as bait, and then gathered tens of thousands of miners and rushed to Pingyang Prefecture City.

These people had no decent weapons. They held steel kilns, hammers, chisels, and even shoulder poles for mining, and rushed towards Pingyang Mansion in a mighty manner. Among them, only thousands of stones had carefully collected and touched for several years. Only those who had decent weapons were found in their hands. After seizing the horses and armor of the Mongol Prison, they put them in front of them, and they looked majestic.

If it were normal times, Han Hu would have rushed out with the three thousand elite troops from Pingyang Mansion and killed the group of mobs. But now, he could only hide in Pingyang Mansion, because Huo Zhenting led nearly 20,000 Anqing border troops to enter Pingyang Mansion. It is easy to go out of Pingyang Mansion, but it would be difficult to come back. Without the city wall, his little troops were not enough for the Anqing border troops to beat him. Even if there was a city wall, he didn't know how long it would take. He could only grit his teeth and hope that Yanjing could send reinforcements quickly. After all, Pingyang is not elsewhere. If Pingyang is lost, Meng Yuan could not bear this loss.

The Mongol Yuan really couldn't bear this loss. Losing Pingyang, the Mongol Yuan was equivalent to losing the source of weapons supplies. Azis immediately became anxious and suggested to Wuda that no matter what, he should send troops to reinforce Pingyang immediately.

"Where are soldiers? Where can I send troops out?" Han Zhong disagreed. Han Zhong persuaded Sima Ren to defend Yanjing to the death and made great contributions to Wuda. Although this matter could not be put on the table, Wuda knew it well. Since that night Han Zhong entered the Sima Mansion alone. Wuda's trust in Han Zhong has reached a higher level in his heart. Now, Wuda's trust in Han Zhong has even far exceeded that of his Mongolian people.

"Send big tent soldiers out, and we have ten thousand big tent soldiers in Yanjing City!" Azis argued: "King Yi, you don't know the importance of Pingyang to our Mongolian Yuan. Now that Yun Zhao's main force has left, we have a chance."

"Is the Chief Supervisor a big fortune?" Han Zhong asked bluntly: "There is a piece of military strategy called "Encircling and attacking aid. I believe the Chief Supervisor must know that the information sent back is now that Pingyang is surrounded by tens of thousands of mobs and Huo Zhenting and 20,000 Anqing border troops. Han Hu is my adopted son. I want to save him more than anyone else, but the reality is that if we go to save him, we may fall into Yun Zhao's trap again, outside Yanjing City. There are Zhou Guangyi's seventh battalion and Meng Yao's third battalion. What are they doing now? Are they not waiting for us to go out? These 10,000 large tent soldiers are the last support of Yanjing City. If they have any accidents, then we will really be destructive!"

"If you don't go for reinforcements, are you just watching Pingyang fall?" Azisi remembered that Han Hu was Han Zhong's adopted son, and his tone of refutation could not help but feel weak.

"At present, our first priority is to ensure that Yanjing is in danger and that these 10,000 soldiers will suffer losses, Your Majesty!" He turned around and looked at Wuda who was still lying on the bed, "Please tell me frankly, Your Majesty, this is the foundation for ensuring that the Mongolian Yuan will not be in chaos."

Wuda's face changed slightly, and he understood what Han Zhong said. Although Han Zhong did not say it clearly, his implication was very clear. He nodded slightly, "I understand the meaning of King Yi. Pingyang is lost, and we still have a chance to take it back. At present, we can only protect Yanjing from chaos first. Aqisi sent an order to Tuotuo, so that he must break through the Anqing border army's obstruction and send troops to support Pingyang. Even if Pingyang cannot be protected, he will rescue Han Hu."

Han Zhong bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness." Although he knew that the plan to break through to help Pingyang was not working at all, Wuda said this and expressed his special care for himself.

Wuda turned around and looked at Yaldan, "Is there any news over there?"

Yardan's voice was a little hoarse, "Aslan is trapped. Su Can and Congliang's 200,000 troops, and Cheng Qun's troops also crossed the river after defeating Lin Ya. The two troops had nearly 400,000 troops trapped Aslan north of the Cangjiang River. They were slowly compressing Aslan's living space. It is probably difficult to come back. These days, our sergeant has successively received some troops that fled back sporadically, but the main force could not break through anyway."

Wuda shook his body, "Where is Barutu?"

"Balutu was blocked in Luzhou. Yun Zhao went south to Luzhou himself. I'm afraid we can't count on him even if we go against Barutu." Yardan's face was pale.

Hearing such a serious form, everyone in the house looked dismal, and it was only one step away from heaven to hell.

"I harmed the Mongolians, I harmed them!" Wuda said tragically: "If I hadn't been anxious to achieve success, but had to take one step at a time, then I would have fallen into the other party's trap, and it would have been as bad as today!" He slapped in his chest and immediately coughed violently, and the red marks flowing from the corners of his mouth made everyone even more shocked.

"Your Majesty!" Han Zhong said: "The matter is not that serious. It may be difficult for Barutu to come back, but I guess Prince Aslan can definitely lead a member of him to break out."

Han Zhong's words were like a heart-boosting agent, and Wudaho raised his head, "Why did King Yi think so?"

"These days, Weichen has been wondering what Yun Zhao used to glue these two originally irreconcilable troops together, and how long can their union last?"

"Do you think there is something wrong with the alliance between Congliang Su Can and Cheng Qun?" Wuda asked impatiently.

"Yes, there will definitely be problems. Su Can Congliang had to unite with Cheng Qun in order to get rid of Cheng Qun's blockade in Tengchong. Now, their goal has been achieved. In order to completely wipe out Prince Aslan, the entire army crossed the Cangjiang River. Su Can Congliang did not leave at this time, and when would he stay? Therefore, Prince Aslan faced only Cheng Qun. Although the form was extremely unfavorable, breaking out was not impossible. Without the help of Su Can and Congliang, Cheng Qun could not block Prince Aslan's retreat because he did not have such sufficient troops." Han Zhong analyzed.

Wuda was greatly inspired, "If Prince Aslan can bring back some Mongolian athletes, it will be my blessing in the great Yuan."

"So, Your Majesty, we can only calm down and do nothing now, guard Yanjing, and then wait for Prince Tuo to arrive in Yanjing while waiting for Aslan's personal soldiers to lead their troops back. When the two troops return to Yanjing, Yun Zhao will no longer be a threat." Han Zhong smiled.

"But Cheng Qun will inevitably follow Prince Aslan to chase him. In the future, what we have to face is Yun Zhao and Cheng Qun's two difficult opponents!" Sima Yi said discouragedly.

"Cheng Qun can't come!" Han Zhong smiled and said, "He wants to come, but he can't come."

Hundred miles outside Yanjing City, Ding Qiu received the order from Meng Yao and said to his subordinates dejectedly: "Go back, Meng Gouzi has learned the essence and cannot be drawn out no matter how much. It seems that he will not care about Pingyang's life or death. He sent a message to Huo Zhenting. Our dog-beating plan failed, so he doesn't need to be at ease anymore. Take care of Han Hu, the dog-boy!"

As Han Zhong expected, the Anqing border army set up a trap outside the city, Ding Qiu led 10,000 third battalions soldiers to set up an ambush, and Yan Xiaoyi's cavalry battalion was also on standby around. If reinforcements in Yanjing City go to Pingyang, what can be found will be large tent soldiers. It would be even more perfect if another group of large tent soldiers were killed. Unfortunately, this plan did not work, and the Meng people ignored everything about Pingyang.

In mid-July, when Yun Zhao arrived at Shuntian Prefecture, Huo Zhenting successfully captured Pingyang with the cooperation of Shi Gandang and wiped out the defenders of Pingyang Prefecture. Han Zhong's adopted son Han Hu refused to surrender and finally died in Pingyang Prefecture City. Following Yun Zhao's order before leaving, Shi Gandang's troops expanded to 5,000 people, armed by the Anqing border army, established a new combat battalion, temporarily under the control of Huo Zhenting, and jointly stationed in Pingyang.

Tuotuo, who came from Yumen Pass, led more than 50,000 cavalry to fight Hu Zehua for several fierce battles, and finally broke through Hu Zehua's interception. In other words, Hu Zehua took the initiative to retreat, and most of Tuotuo's troops advanced to Yanjing on a large scale. On the outside of Yanjing, Zhou Guangyi's troops and Meng Yao's troops retreated together with Hu Zehua. The third battalion retreated to Jianguan. Hu Zehua retreated to Luning area. Zhou Guangyi leaned towards Pingyang area. The Anqing border army, which seemed to retreat in great strides, still formed an encirclement of Yanjing, but the encirclement seemed to be larger.

But no matter what, the danger of Yanjing was finally alleviated temporarily. Tuotuo's 50,000 troops arrived outside Yanjing City, causing Yanjing's Mongolian Yuan troops to exceed 100,000, which also made the Mongolian Yuan sigh. Everyone's eyes turned to Cangjiang, thousands of miles away, where there were tens of thousands of elite Mongolian Yuan soldiers, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

On the north bank of Cangjiang River, Gaochao City, about a hundred miles away from Cangjiang River, Aslan seemed much older. It turned out that his face was as wrinkles as carved by a knife at this time. The fact that he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops almost completely destroyed his spirit.

Just over a month ago, when he led his main force to Gaochao City, Zhang Yuting, who had been defending Gaochao, led his army to retreat. After occupying Gaochao City, the Mongolian army had not had time to be happy, they found that a large number of Vietnamese troops had surrounded them. The inexplicable shock Aslan then figured out the specific situation. The reality made him almost faint, and the Vietnamese army surrounding him was actually the ones who were supposed to fight to the death.

Aslan, who has experienced vicissitudes of life, certainly understands what happened. (To be continued...)
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