The Mongolian army once again captured the city of Chengdu, which shocked the entire Xichuan. Although the city of Chengdu had suffered three massacres and plunders by the Mongols since 1242 and was in dilapidated condition, the garrison and government had already moved to Yunding City, and the city only had a population of several thousand. Although the city of Chengdu was in ruins,

Again by the Mongols

The occupation did not cause huge losses in property and population to the Southern Song Dynasty court, but Chengdu was located in the center of Xichuan and its strategic location was extremely important. With Chengdu as a base, the Mongolian army could attack and plunder everywhere, and then capture the entire Xichuan and then move down the river.

Attack Jiading Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture and other places.

In fact, this is exactly what the Mongolian army did. After gaining a foothold, Liu Heima immediately sent out cavalry to plunder everywhere. Liu Heima was originally a Khitan, and he had been very brave since he was a child. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was granted the title of Ten Thousand Households by Ogootai Khan.

The leader of the 30,000 Han troops. The Han troops brought by Liu Heima in the raid on Chengdu were all

Although the Hundred Battles cavalry is not as elite as the Mongolian cavalry, its combat power is far superior to that of the Song Army. These highly mobile cavalry plundered and killed in the Xichuan Plain. When they encountered state capitals, they would attack them. If they could not, they would kill the people and property of the countryside.

After all the looting, the officers and soldiers had no way to deal with it. A force of thousands of soldiers

The military cavalry was so frightening that the Song army in the prefecture city closed the city gates all day long and did not dare to leave the city to fight in the field. Facing the small group of Mongolian cavalry, the Song army, which was mainly infantry, had nothing to do and could only watch the opponent Juechen.

Then go. Since Chongqing Fucheng is only more than a hundred miles away from Chengdu, it is also a frequent destination for the Mongolian army.

It was a place full of raids. Although Pan Tongzhi recruited a thousand people from all over the country to join the Xiang army, and adding the original two thousand people, the total force of the city defenders reached 3,000. But he also knew that these soldiers were weak and feared a battle.

So he lost all his capital, adopted a defensive strategy, and allowed war to break out in the territory.

When the cavalry under Liu Heima appeared near Hengyuan Village, the fortress at the T-junction of Wanjiaping was only half-built. The fort used up one-third of the more than ten acres of land at the T-junction. It not only had towers, but also a lookout tower.

, artillery positions, ammunition depots and other defense facilities, as well as living facilities for more than a hundred soldiers

.The cannon placed on the ten-meter-high fortress wall can completely cover the mountain road. Enemies attacking from outside the mountain will be attacked head-on as soon as they enter the T-junction along the narrow mountain road. However, due to the restrictions on the construction site and the huge amount of work,

, although a large amount of newly developed cement has been used, the construction progress has not yet been

Ouyang Xuan's goal was achieved. However, although the fortress has not been completed, the Perak Army has already had countermeasures against the possible invasion of the Mongolian army. Mountain warfare is a shortcoming for the Mongolian army, which is good at riding and shooting. The Perak Army only needs to

In dangerous areas, with a dense formation of huge shields and spears in front, and grenadiers and artillery behind, you can

The invasion of the Mongolian army was easily defeated. In addition, the Perak army also dug holes in several cliffs entering the mountain. If it was absolutely necessary, they could also blow up the road into the mountain. Therefore, although the mountain people were a little worried after hearing the news of the Mongolian invasion,

They were uneasy, but seeing that everyone in the Pili Army was not panicked, they all felt relieved.

Different from the peaceful life of the people and the prosperous development of industry and mining in Jiguan Mountain, the western Sichuan plain at the foot of the mountain has turned into a hell on earth. Cheng Jinyong, the magistrate of Yongkang County, abandoned the land and fled. He led his soldiers to escort the young people in the city and the valuables in the city.

They took all their belongings and went to Yunding City, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Yongkang City, which was under the sky, was attacked by the Xiong Ben bandits.

Occupy. After recruiting bandits everywhere during this period, Xiong Ben had more than 300 people under his command. In the mountainous area northwest of Chongqing Prefecture, in addition to the main ravine Jiguan Mountain, there are also several smaller ravines such as Tianguo Temple.

In the ravines, Yongkang City also guarded one of the small ravines. There were also small groups of bandits in these ravines. After seeing that the bear was gaining momentum, they came to seek refuge one after another.

Xiong Ben did not go to Yunding City, not only because Cheng Jinyong was afraid that his banditry was too strong and would cause trouble, but also because he had been a bandit for too long and did not want anyone to control him. After acquiring Yongkang City, Xiong Ben moved there, leaving only forty or fifty people. Stay in Hengyuan Village. On the one hand, Yongkang City is the county town after all, and its city defense is much better than that of the dilapidated Hengyuan Village. On the other hand, he is really afraid of being beaten by the Perak Army, so the further away from them, the better. At this time, Commander Pan As if the world was not chaotic enough, after learning that Xiong Ben occupied Yongkang City, he sent a messenger to confer Ouyang Xuan as Yongkang County Lieutenant. This was clearly a deliberate attempt to provoke the Pili Army to compete with Xiong Ben for territory. But he did not expect that. Fortunately, Ouyang Xuan accepted the appointment but did not send troops to Yongkang City. There was no fighting between the two sides. This made Pan Tongzhi furious and cursed Ouyang Xuan as a cunning fish who had taken the bait. But he spit out the hook.

Ouyang Xuan was so busy during this period that he had no time to care about what Pan Tongzhi thought. In addition to paying attention to industrial and mining production and military training, he also directed military technology research and development, and visited various refugee resettlement sites from time to time. The burning, killing and looting by the Mongolian army caused the people in the countryside of Chongqing Prefecture to flee in all directions. The prefectural city only accepted young people who could fight or officials and wealthy families, while the fortresses such as Yongkang and Hengyuan were either dilapidated or occupied by bandits, so the people dragged their families away one after another. Leading the way towards the mountains. The busiest person at this time was Li Shuang. In just one month, two to three thousand people suddenly flooded into the mountains. The eating, drinking and eating of these people really gave him a headache. Ouyang Xuan saw that Li Shuang had a heavy workload, so he transferred Yang Xiucai to be in charge of planning, and Dong Hu was in charge of screening personnel. After all the trade team returned to the mountain, he ordered Zhu Tiaozi to come to assist and settle the refugees.
Chapter completed!