The two basic companies of the Pili Army garrison battalion led by Yu Zhu were attacking Zhu Zhu'er's Mongolian army, who were ambushed here yesterday.

Two days ago, Dong Hu received the news that the Mongolian army was trying to head to Liuliba from Heming Mountain. Dong Hu was originally a hunter, so he naturally knew that Jiguan Mountain seemed closed, but there were many hidden paths leading to Heming Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain and even Wei and Maozhou in Fan District.

Although these hidden paths are rarely known and extremely steep, they cannot pass through the army under normal conditions.

But he also knew that if there were guides and made sufficient preparations, he could still pass through a small-scale army as long as he was not afraid of casualties.

In fact, he also acted as a guide and took Ouyang Xuan and others from Liuliba through a secret path to the outside of the mountain, and successfully bought salt from the Huojing.

After the Pili army occupied Wanjiaping, Xiong Ben also tried to attack Wanjiaping from the mountain path towards Yongkang City.

After Linde's rebellion, in order to ensure that Shanzhong is no longer threatened from within and behind, he and Yu Zhu both made a lot of remedies.

Yu Zhu mainly strengthened the equipment training and rapid response capabilities of the three basic companies of the garrison battalion, and set up guard posts and arranged secret posts on important sections of the mountain.

What Dong Hu did was to arrange a large number of eyeliners. All villages and factories and mines in the mountains had intelligence personnel who were enthusiastic about the people to do part-time jobs, and they also conducted regular training, and those who had outstanding results would also be rewarded.

These people are called by Ouyang Xuan

"Chaoyang people" and called Dong Hu's approach

"People's War".

Among the "Chaoyang people", Dong Hu valued the most the two groups: hunters and herb collectors. Unlike ordinary mountain people who only logged wood and collected wild vegetables nearby, herb collectors often went far away to collect precious medicinal materials, while hunters tracked the animal group and hunted areas farther away.

Especially in recent times, a large number of refugees have poured into Jiguan Mountain, greatly squeezing the living space of birds and beasts.

Due to the implementation of a rationing system for food, these refugees asked for food from the mountains and forests and hunted a large number of prey, which greatly reduced the prey in the Jiguan Mountain area.

Hunters had to hunt in Qingcheng Mountain, Heming Mountain and even the nearby foreign areas. Although many refugees were pouring into these mountains, the number of people was much smaller than those who fled to Jiguan Mountain.

The Mongolian army led by Zhu Zhu'er was discovered by these hunters and quickly reported it to the Inner Guard. It was these hunters who told Yu Zhu that the Mongolian army must have passed this stream to replenish drinking water, and only need to set up an ambush here.

In fact, the discovery of these Mongolian troops was also attributed to Zhu Zhu'er. It was his bandits who knocked bones and marrow in Heming Mountain that caused the people to be unintentional to produce, and only a small number of refugees came. This caused the number of prey in Heming Mountain to be quite considerable, attracting hunters in Jiguan Mountain to hunt.

The more than 260 people Zhu Zhu'er brought, except for only a dozen extremely agile people, were killed and captured by the rest. He was also injured in his thighs by a grenade and could not escape at all.

If Zhu Zhu'er was tough, he knew that the Pili Army hated traitors the most, and knew that he would never have a good end when he was captured, so he simply wiped his neck with a knife.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Yu Zhu, in accordance with the principle of not raising wasteful people in the Pili Army, left three days of serious injuries and loss of labor even after healing, and then escorted 140 prisoners on their way back to Liuliba.

This is not because Yu Zhu is hard-hearted. It is difficult for the soldiers of the Pili Army to climb over this steep mountain. They are unwilling to risk rolling down the cliff to carry the enemy's wounded soldiers.

Moreover, the resources of the Perak Army are tight now, so it is difficult to prevent the refugees from hungering. They can't care about these injured Tartars and traitors.

The news of the sneak attack failed in the Mizhehuo was naturally extremely angry. However, Zhu Zhu'er was dead, so he had to turn his anger to the ancient Jiagu Long. The reason for the punishment was that the tunnel was slowly excavated.

In fact, Jiagu Long had already worked very hard in ancient times. In order to speed up the progress, he even introduced the last-place elimination system.

Ten authentic tunnels that start construction at the same time are ranked every day. Those who dig the slowest will be whipped. Those who rank the latter for two consecutive days will double the amount of whipped, and those who rank the latter for three consecutive days will lose their heads.

Four whips have been broken in the ten days since the excavation. However, no matter how they whipped, the tunnel progress was still slow, and the fastest progress was just dug into the middle of the moat in front of the city wall.

The reason is that the main reason is that the tunnel needs to pass through the trench in front of Hengyuan Fort, which is too difficult. According to the plan, it should have been a moat that was twenty meters wide and fifteen meters wide, but because the excavation is too difficult, the depth and width of the excavation do not meet the requirements, and it is impossible to divert water into a river, so the moat has become a trench.

Although the trenches have been almost filled, due to the mix of earth, stone and wood, the Mongolian army's tunnels still need to pass through the underside of the trenches.

It was originally difficult to dig tunnels, and the Mongolian army had to dig out a layer of gravel that even the Pili army could not chew, which was even more difficult to move forward.

You should know that the quality of the iron tools of the Pili Army is not much higher than that of the Mongolian Army. These are not only the things that make the secret fire disturbing.

Liu Heima from Chengdu sent people to say that because the Pili army robbed a lot of food, the food was already tight at the moment, and he had cut the food of the new affiliated army without combat missions in half.

In more than a month, the autumn harvest season will be, and civilians and even the new affiliated army will need to harvest and collect grain. Otherwise, not only will there be no grain transported to the Nülin tribe, but even the troops stationed in western Sichuan will be short of food.

In the eyes of the Mizhehuo, Liu Heima was urging the war and tactfully reminded that the war was slow. Although the Mizhehuo was a pure Mongol, deeply trusted by the Mongke Khan, and was also appointed as the military in western Sichuan, Liu Heima was also the Khan's confidant. This can be seen from the fact that he was a Khitan but was entrusted with political affairs in western Sichuan.

Liu Heima was not allowed to participate in his book, and told Mongke Da Khan that he could not miss the opportunity to command. In addition, due to the hot and humid weather, more and more soldiers were sick in the Mongolian military camp.

The new affiliated army and civilians were better, but the Mongolian cavalry and Mongolian Han army were not accustomed to the local conditions, and one-fifth of the sick people were sick and more than one hundred horses died.

Bad news also came from Chongqing Prefecture City and Sandu River, saying that the Pili Army's boats frequently approached close reconnaissance, which seemed to be an attack.

The floating bridge of the Sandu River is not only a grain road, but also a land passage to Chengdu, while Chongqing Prefecture City is the key to preventing the Pili Navy from reinforcement of Hengyuan Fort.

If the water passages in these two places are opened, it will definitely not be good news for the Mongolian army in Hengyuan Fort.

Three days later, the continuous heavy rain made the secret fire even worse - the tunnels that were about to be dug to the Hengyuan Castle wall were completely destroyed.

In fact, the rain did not fall without warning. Just a few days ago, the sky gradually became gloomy. Although the sun showed up from time to time, it was no longer as vicious as before, but the temperature was even more stuffy.

The new army generals stationed in western Sichuan all year round naturally know that summer is the time for rainfall in western Sichuan.

However, since the attack on Hengyuan Fort, there has been no heavy rain in western Sichuan. It is now the end of July. Judging from previous experiences, this abnormal weather is a precursor to heavy rain.

After hearing the advice from his subordinates in the fire, the orders were to deepen the drainage ditches around the camp, transport the food and supplies to high places, and even build a new shelter for the horses on the edge of the mountain, but refused the request to stop digging the tunnel, and ordered several high soil enclosures at the entrance of the tunnel to prevent rainwater from pouring in.
Chapter completed!