Daher was arrogant, more than arrogant, he was downright insolent. Standing on the wall of Tiemenguan, he pointed triumphantly at the Song army below, "Hey! You Song people, worse than pigs and dogs, come on if you can. Only if you can break through Tiemenguan will you be considered soldiers. Otherwise, you're just a bunch of pigs, a bunch of cats with broken teeth."
The main attack was carried out by the combined forces of Wang Zongchu and Kang Huojian. Zhao Huan knew that Tiemenguan was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so he did not dare to take it lightly. Therefore, he sent Wang Zongchu and Kang Huojian to attack together.
Daher was not tired. Every day after dinner, the first thing he did was to stand on the city wall and curse at the Song army below. Fortunately, the Mongolians spoke in a simple way, and the curses were just a few words, such as "you are a pig, you are a dog".
Wang Zongchu was not the type of person who would be bored. He did not let his men stand outside the city walls and curse at each other. If it were Wu Ge, he would have sent his men to set up a battle array and curse the other side to death.
The mountain roads were difficult to navigate, and coupled with the continuous downpour, the red cannon became stuck in the mud during transport. The projectiles were afraid of moisture. The transport team sealed the projectiles in wooden boxes and wrapped them in layers of oil paper. However, the muddy roads made it impossible to move the dozens of cannons past the iron gate.
Kang Huojian and Wang Zongchu launched several assaults on Tiemenguan, but were each thwarted by Daher. As a result, Daher became even more arrogant, and sitting on the city walls and cursing the Song army seemed to have become his daily routine.
This guy was very cunning. He would hide in a corner where no arrows could reach him, cross his legs and curse the Song army under the city. He would curse for a full hour each time.
This fellow seemed addicted to cursing, regardless of weather. Even if it was pouring rain outside, he would order people to set up a tent, and then he would put on a straw raincoat and curse on the top of the city wall for a full hour before giving up.
After days of heavy rain, the sky finally cleared. Under the scorching sun, the faces of the Mongol army were clearly visible on the walls of Tiemenguan Pass. The Song army's patchwork siege chariots and even crossbows were unable to make any impact on this dangerous pass. Tiemenguan Pass was not in vain.
It is said that the then Xixia King Li Yuanhao once sighed after seeing the danger of Tiemen Pass: Even 100,000 enemy soldiers would find it difficult to pass Tiemen Pass.
This means that even with an army of 100,000, it would be difficult to conquer the dangerous Tiemen Pass. Tiemen Pass has always been an important gateway for Western Xia to deal with the Song Dynasty, and it is like one man guarding the pass against ten thousand men.
"Two generals, the red cannon is less than thirty miles away from the camp and will reach the outside of Tiemen Pass tomorrow." Finally, the messenger came to report.
Kang Huojian and Wang Zongchu exchanged a glance. "Finally!" For nearly a month, they'd been holding onto the Iron Gate Pass, completely helpless. On either side of the pass were towering cliffs, and the narrow pass was fortified with massive walls. If the enemy attacked, they would have no chance of breaking through from their commanding position.
When the Mongols first occupied Western Xia, they took a detour from behind and cut off the food supply at Tiemenguan. Tiemenguan surrendered to the Mongols a year after the fall of Western Xia due to lack of ammunition and food. However, as soon as the Western Xia troops surrendered, Kublai Khan ordered them all to be buried alive.
At this time, the Iron Gate Pass was full of Mongolian soldiers, the Rhino Horn Army. At this moment, Hebule was in his old nest, the Mongolian camp, paying close attention to the situation at the Iron Gate Pass. The Mongolian army had suffered repeated defeats in Western Xia. If the Iron Gate Pass could not be defended, then Western Xia would be in real danger.
"Khan! No matter how powerful the Song army is, Tiemen Pass is dangerous. With the addition of Daher's Rhino Horn Army, I believe we can definitely block the Song cavalry." said General Darantai.
This Dalantai fought several rounds with Yue Fei's troops in Heilongjiang without gaining any advantage. Hebule decided to temporarily abandon the situation in the Northeast and focus on dealing with the invasion of the Song Dynasty in Xixia.
Hebule nodded, having the same thought: "But we can't let our guard down either. I don't know what kind of evil tricks the Song court has mastered. The emperor actually led the army in person, resulting in the loss of several of our generals. This Khan will definitely avenge this!"
Dalantai bowed and said, "Great Khan, I am willing to lead 30,000 elite troops to attack Yue's army on the Linheng line. Please give the order, Great Khan!"
Hebule walked up to him and patted Dalandai on the shoulder. "You've been following me since the beginning, so it's best if you lead the expedition. However, Yue Fei's army has secured the border like an iron barrel. Even if I lead the expedition, I'm not sure I can win. Let's not rush to focus on Yue Fei's army. The current situation in Western Xia is the most important. If we hold Tiemen Pass, the Song army will have difficulty advancing. If Tiemen Pass is lost, Western Xia will be in danger."
The next day, as usual, he was on the Iron Gate Wall. Daher hid in the battlements, dodging incoming arrows. His men had already prepared a rocking chair and tea. Daher sat down leisurely, took a sip of tea from his cup.
The Gu Rao's imagination and creativity were truly admirable. They'd even invented a loudspeaker without any instruction. Of course, the so-called loudspeaker was just a straight tube wrapped in brown paper. Daher cleared his throat, "The dog emperor of the Song Dynasty... Listen, your dog emperor is a pig, eating ten bowls of rice and drinking two buckets of slop. There's often barking of dogs in the palace at night, but there aren't any dogs in the palace; it's your dog emperor barking..."
Daher was a scoundrel with vulgar and low-brow curses. He would have been fine with anyone else, but he chose to attack Zhao Huan, calling him a shameless and despicable person.
The Song Dynasty soldiers below finally became angry and rushed to the tents to ask for a fight.
"General! Please give the order to lead the troops to charge the city wall and skin that bastard Daher alive!"
"The bastards are full of shit. A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. Let's fight them!"
“Let’s fight!”
Daher on the wall seemed addicted to cursing, and the more he cursed, the more excited he became: "This general will tell you everything Zhao Huan'er did in his life. The dog emperor Zhao Huan'er was peeping at the palace maids bathing at the age of three, and forced the palace maids to bathe him at the age of four, which was actually taking advantage of them. At the age of five, Zhao Huan'er..."
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