During the First World War in Western Sichuan, because Jianmen Pass was occupied by the Mongolian army, Pu Zezhi finally chose to return to Chongqing.
Fortunately, the casualties of the Song army were not heavy, and they recaptured a lot of population and baggage, and killed the marshal of the capital and one of the Mongolian princes. The results were high and the losses were high, which can be regarded as comparable to Yu Jie's battle to regain Hanzhong.
In the future, the Song army that has retained its combat power may be able to regain Chengdu, provided that it conquers Jianmen.
Pu Zezhi seems to be still planning this matter.
As the county magistrate, Li Xia could not remain in office for too long. On August 23, he set off back to Qingfu County, and Nie Zhongyou went out of the city to see him off.
"The soldiers all wanted to come to see you off, but I stopped them." Nie Zhongyou led the horse and looked at the rushing Min River in front of him, and asked: "Why don't you stay with Pu Shuai's army?"
"Civil officials have more prospects." Li Xia said casually.
But Nie Zhongyou was very serious and said: "I think that if you follow Pu Shuai, sooner or later you will become a general and lead us to continue to kill the enemy."
He is thirty-seven years old, and his eldest son is fourteen years old and is only three years younger than Li Xia. However, since he said that he would sell his life to Li Xia, he has been willing to obey Li Xia's orders and has "lead us to kill the enemy."
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"If you have the chance, sharpen your sword and chop wood without missing a beat."
"I guess you will be promoted after Lin'an's reward comes down, right?"
"There should be rewards. I hope I won't leave Xuzhou."
Li Xia didn't care about promotion, and he didn't even want to be promoted. What he cared about more was his growth in this battle, the connections and prestige he had established in the army.
Even if the various Song armies were not assigned to him in name, they now knew Li Xia's name.
As he said, there will always be opportunities to fight the enemy side by side in the future.
Nie Zhongyou occasionally felt that he could not see through Li Xia, but he was not a talkative person. He just stretched out his hand to adjust Li Xia's saddle, and said: "Take care, send someone to tell you when you get married, and I will go and congratulate you."
"Just these few months. If we don't hurry up, I'm afraid the war will start again next year."
"yes."
Li Xia made a final confession and said: "The rewards for generals in the army must not be too small. Remember to try your best to fight for them. If you encounter difficulties, go to Commander Pu."
As if joking, he added: "When I become the commander of Shu in the future, they will all be my generals. Let's train them as soon as possible."
Nie Zhongyou rarely raised his lips and said: "It has spread throughout the army that Li Feiyu, the magistrate of Qingfu County, determined to conquer Shu at a young age and has high aspirations."
"That's right, I have high aspirations...you don't have to send me away. Goodbye."
Li Xia got on his horse, raised his hand, and rode straight away. More than fifty Qing Fu horsemen followed behind him, raising a cloud of dust.
Nie Zhongyou stood there, staring for a long time, and finally muttered: "It was too easy to leave, and you didn't feel reluctant to leave at all?"
In fact, he was extremely reluctant to part with it.
But on the banks of the Minjiang River, those dozens of riders have gradually disappeared between the mountains, rivers and the sky.
"I can only see the Yangtze River flowing across the sky." Nie Zhongyou murmured.
He didn't know how to memorize more poems. He could only think of this sentence when Han Chengxu read it when he went north to Caishiji last year. Looking back now, the situation at that time seemed like a lifetime ago.
In just one year, Li Xia went from being a death row prisoner to becoming famous in Sichuan and Shu, killing the Mongolian king...
Luzhou.
Jia Sidao has been appointed as the ambassador of Xuanfu and Lianghuai and leads the troops in Luzhou.
Last year, Meng Ge sent Tacha'er and Tieli Gai to attack the Huaihe River to coordinate with the war situation in Sichuan and Shu.
This information was brought back by Li Xia and others from the north. Only Jia Sidao in the court took this matter seriously and sent people to Shandong to contact Li Fen.
Li Fen then accused Tachaer and Tiligai of "plundering people's sheep and hogs" when they passed through various places in Dongping, cutting off the supplies of the army.
When Wu Lianghetai was defeated, the Mongolian army that attacked Lianghuai River stopped going south.
Jia Sidao arranged this matter seemingly easily, but in fact he had an insight into the conflict between Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, and knew that the Mongolian army in the north was unwilling to go deep into the areas with many rivers and lakes in the Huaihe River.
Such a great achievement was achieved, but it was a pity that it was a secret plot by a spy. He could not be put on the stage and his hard work could not be displayed. However, Jia Sidao was not in a hurry. Instead, he invited himself to guard the Lianghuai River.
In his opinion, as long as the officials know that he is capable, it will be fine. In the future, there will be more opportunities to increase political achievements and avoid the limelight of the Ding Dynasty.
After taking office, Jia Sidao not only mobilized troops to fight against the Mongols, but also secretly collected Ding Daquan's confidants and prepared various evidence of the crimes of Yuan Jie, the deputy envoy in Huaixi, just waiting to overthrow Ding Daquan later.
Everything in this world seems to have become a cricket in his cage, which he can fiddle with at will.
He was quite a strange person. He enjoyed fine clothes and fine food in Lin'an, but when he arrived at the barracks, he could eat and sleep with the soldiers. He could even lie down on thatched mats in the smelly barracks.
On this day, Jia Sidao was gambling with others in the camp.
The opponents are all generals under Yuan Jie, including Fang Yuanzhong as commander, Cao Sheng as deputy commander, Yuan Yizhi as commander, Lu Fengtai as deputy commander, etc.:.
They played "Guan Po", which is to shake copper coins in a jar and guess how many heads and how many tails there are.
In this round, it was Jia Sidao's turn to shake the pot. He casually pushed out a pile of silver bars in front of the table and said: "Pure six."
There are a total of six copper coins in the jar. If all six coins are heads, it is called "six pure coins".
Liuhun Pure is extremely rare, and the odds are high.
Now that Jia Sidao had placed his bet, the generals did not dare not to bet.
Cao Sheng's color changed as soon as he saw the silver pieces on the table. By now, he was convinced by Jia Sidao's gambling skills. Knowing that he was going to lose again, he murmured: "Mr. Jia, there will be no general in the end."
So much money.”
"If you lose, just write an IOU."
"Then...pure five." Cao Sheng bet with a grimace.
Yuan Yizhi placed a bunch of jiaozi on his back and said: "Pure three."
Fang Yuanzhong also pushed forward Jiaozi and said: "Chun San."
When Lu Fengtai saw the money on the table, he sighed unnoticeably, clasped his fists and asked, "Mr. Jia, can I stop gambling?"
Before Jia Sidao could speak, Yuan Yizhi had already shouted: "Lu Fengtai, don't spoil the fun."
"That's right." Fang Yuanzhong said: "You retreated when you were afraid at the gambling table. Do you have to abandon your comrades and run for your life on the battlefield?"
Lu Fengtai's face became increasingly bitter, and he said: "Then if I bet on pure five, I will still be in debt if I lose."
"As I said, you don't have to be so reserved when shutting down." Jia Sidao just smiled, with a rather playful smile.
At this time, Guihepu came in, handed a letter to Jia Sidao, and whispered: "Alang, the battle report from Shu."
"Spread it out."
While Jia Sidao was looking at the letter in Guihepu's hand, he shook the jar casually and clicked it on the table.
"open it."
Lu Fengtai glanced over and saw that Jia Sidao was focused on the letter. He then looked at the jar on the table, which had been slowly opened.
"One...two...six? This..."
Lu Fengtai felt that his breath was stuck in his chest, and he felt heartbroken and almost died.
Soon, an IOU was placed in front of him, with "Eight Hundred and Sixty-One" written in black and white, which was shocking.
Lu Fengtai turned to look at Yuan Yizhi. Yuan Yizhi was silent again. He stared at the table with anger in his eyes and his lips parted.
Fang Yuanzhong turned his head sideways, as if he didn't feel his gaze.
Lu Fengtai was helpless and had no choice but to stamp his fingerprint on the IOU, with a look of despair on his face.
"That's all for today." Jia Sidao said without turning his head: "Guihepu, collect the money on the table. As for the IOUs from the two generals... just waive them. I won't ask for them."
The general who killed the enemy collects debts."
Cao Sheng and Lu Fengtai were both stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Fang Yuanzhong and Yuan Yizhi. With one glance, the distance between them seemed to deepen.
"Then...I'll take my leave." Fang Yuanzhong's face was gloomy, and he walked straight out without waiting for Jia Sidao's reply.
Yuan Yizhi also sneered and followed out.
They are backed by Yuan Jie, and Ding Daquan, who is supported by Yuan Jie, is the most popular figure in the world today. He is really not afraid of Jia Sidao...
Lu Fengtai quickly clasped his fists and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Mr. Jia, for sparing this general."
He was angry at both ends, and his heart was filled with embarrassment.
Just as he walked outside the door, he suddenly heard Jia Sidao muttering something in a low voice, and Lu Fengtai couldn't help but stop again.
He quickly glanced at Jia Sidao and saw that he was deep in thought, so he had to lower his head and leave in a hurry.
Just now, he clearly heard Jia Sidao read a person's name.
"Li Xia."
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"Damn, this Jia Cricket only knows how to gamble all day long." Fang Yuanzhong spat as soon as he came out.
Yuan Yizhi said: "If he hadn't cheated, I would have written my name backwards."
"Oh, the current high-ranking officials are... frivolous."
"And you two, don't act like dogs. Do you know that you are being plotted?!"
When Lu Fengtai was scolded, he just lowered his head and remained silent.
"You can gamble and do things, it's fun... let's spread the money and give it to the soldiers who have come to join us in the past few days."
"yes."
"I have practiced my craft for more than ten years. It is ridiculous to say that I am a cheat."
"It's nothing more than wine and rice. Alang plays with them and makes some fun, right?"
Jia Sidao smiled, picked up the copper coins on the table and played with them. His mind turned around and he murmured: "Li Xia went to Chengdu again? Pu Zhi's formation killed Atahu..."
"What did Alang say?"
"How long has it been since there was no news from Qingfu County?"
"The latest news came from the beginning of the year, saying that Li Xia was going to Wuchidao."
Jia Sidao pondered: "So... the person I sent was killed by him? This kid."
Gui Hepu didn't believe it and said: "How can he have such courage? It must be because others are not celebrating, so it is normal that there is no news."
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