To the north of the canyon, Shi Tianze had already received the news that Shi Shu had been ambushed.
He immediately sent reinforcements and climbed up Jinyun Mountain to support them.
This was Shi Tianze's wisdom. If the reinforcements took the canyon towpath, the road was too narrow and it would be inappropriate. If the navy was sent to take the Jialing River, if Shi Shu retreated, the navy would be in danger. It would be most appropriate to support it by mountain roads.
But in this case, reinforcements will inevitably arrive very slowly.
After waiting until dusk, Shi Tianze finally saw the soldiers who had escaped from the south.
"What did you say?"
"The general was intercepted in the gorge by the Song Dynasty. He ordered me to come as soon as possible to ask for the commander's support..."
There was a flash of anger on Shi Tianze's face, but he suppressed his anger and asked: "What is the banner of the Song Army?"
"Sichuan deputy envoy Lu Wende..."
After understanding the general story of the entire battle, Shi Tianze was silent for a moment, then turned around and picked up the sword in the tent.
Then, he beheaded the escaped captain with one blow.
"puff!"
Blood spattered on the carpet, and the head rolled down at Shi Tianze's feet. He raised his foot and kicked it, and ordered: "Drag him out."
The anger in his heart is still there, but no matter what, Shi Shu will never come back.
Shi Tianze kept his back straight until the soldiers packed up the corpses and retreated, and he was the only one left in the tent. Then he slumped to the ground and shed tears.
"Second brother, I'm sorry for you!"
Shi Tianze and his two brothers have been close friends since they were young. They came to Meng together and made great achievements together.
After his eldest brother Shi Tianni was killed by Wu Xian, he and his second brother Shi Tian'an worked together to kill Wu Xian.
Unfortunately, Shi Tianan also died of illness four years ago, leaving his son in the care of Shi Tianze.
Shi Shu has always been the most outstanding among the children of the Shi family, and Shi Tianze also has high hopes for him...
After a long time, someone opened the curtain and came in, sighing: "Dong Weng? Why is this happening?"
The visitor is Bai Hua, who works in Shi Tianze's shogunate and handles food and grass matters with the army. Although he is not good at fighting, he has been Shi Tianze's friend for decades.
Shi Tianze did not raise his head, but just murmured: "Except for Jin Ming, none of my sons joined the army. Instead, I promoted my nephews to general positions... It was not because I was afraid that my son would die... but because of this handsome position.
I am the eldest brother and second brother..."
"I understand Dong Weng's intention."
"No... Ziming is gone! When I get down there, how can I see my second brother?!"
Bai Hua advised: "Zi Ming may not be dead, but he may have been captured. I have some old friends with many of the generals under Meng Gong's command. I sent a letter..."
Shi Tianze shook his head and said: "If Ke Dun had not personally given Ziming that glass of wine, he might have been captured... I told him long ago that you don't have to fight too hard to fight for the Mongols... But after Ke Dun gave him that glass of wine,
,He...he only sees sweat...Ziming!"
Bai Hua sighed, not knowing how to comfort Shi Tianze.
Speaking of which, Shi Tianze had eight sons, and even if one of them died today, his city would not be so rude. But if one of his nephews dies, one of them will be missing.
a long time.
Shi Tianze murmured: "I was the one who killed Zi Ming. I miscalculated... Lu Wende has already gone to help Sichuan and Sichuan. It was too fast."
Bai Hua knew that if Lu Wende had arrived, he would not be able to divide his troops to capture Chongqing for the time being, and Shi Tianze would have to confront the Song army at Jinyun Mountain.
"Next, the most important thing is not to let Shi Tianze find out the truth about us."
Yi Shiying walked up to the top of the mountain, looked into the distance, and said: "We need to add more stoves and torches, and we also need to move boats to block the river..."
Li Xia stood aside, looking at Shi Shu's head with some distraction.
If asked about his original intention, he hoped to win over more Han princes and persuade them to rebel when the time comes in the future.
Shi Tianze... was the one closest to him.
Unfortunately, after this battle, the relationship between the two parties will inevitably change greatly in the future.
Of course, if Brother Meng doesn't die, all this will be in vain...
"Feiyu." Yi Shiying patted Li Xia and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"What did General Yi say?"
"Tell me how to look more like Deputy Commander Lu's soldiers."
Li Xia couldn't help but smile, looked up at the big flag on the top of the mountain, and suddenly remembered something.
By the way, it was Lu Wende who killed Shi Shu, what does that have to do with him?
This small thought in their minds soon passed. What Li Xia and Yi Shiying faced was how to break through Shi Tianze's defense line and support Diaoyu City.
This is obviously more difficult than defeating Shi Shu.
The two discussed for a while, and they could only settle the matter by laying out suspicions, confronting Shi Tianze, and looking for another opportunity.
Military tents were built one after another in Jinyun Mountain.
Wu Xin's army was placed in the west.
Nie Zhongyou and Lin Zi settled down the soldiers, each holding a pot helmet and sitting on the ground chewing it.
When he looked up, he saw Li Xia coming.
The battle was so urgent that they didn't have time to exchange pleasantries. At this time, they didn't even swallow the food in their mouths and immediately stepped forward.
"I didn't expect to see you here."
"Let's eat first, sit down and talk." Li Xia patted Nie Zhongyou on the shoulder.
Nie Zhongyou nodded, looked at Li Xia a few more times, and smiled.
Although he was saddened by Jiang Jinshi's death, so many of his colleagues had died in the past few days... he was used to it.
Meeting old friends has become a rare surprise in this gloomy military career.
"Let's start with our garrison in Qingju City." Nie Zhongyou held the small half piece of pot helmet in his hand and his tone became even more bleak.
Over there, Ma Jiu, Qiu Shou and other generals and soldiers of Wu Xin's army also gathered around, not daring to get close but muttering.
"It's Li Zhi County."
"I am already Li Zhizhou, and I will definitely be promoted soon."
"No matter what officer you are, only by following General Li can you win the battle."
"Yes. I finally met General Li again."
"Keep your voice down, don't disturb the generals' conversation."
"..."
In such an atmosphere, Nie Zhongyou, who was sitting on the rock, had finished talking about his experiences for more than half a year.
Lin Zi was a talkative person and would chime in a few words from time to time.
"Zhizhou, can I follow you to fight in the future?"
Lin Zi actually felt a little aggrieved, and added: "When I came out of Lin'an, I said I wanted my brother to get some military power. After fighting back and forth, there were only a few people left...so many brothers were gone."
Li Xia patted Lin Zi's shoulder and lamented that Wu Xinjun had lost too many troops.
He is no longer as alienated and alienated as he was at the beginning of his rebirth.
"We are facing the Great Khan of Mongolia. There must be sacrifices and defections. But what is left...is the soul."
"soul?"
"Well, as long as the military spirit is there, we will be able to form an army sooner or later."
Lin Zi didn't understand, but he was greatly encouraged.
This actually has nothing to do with what Li Xia said, but everything Li Xia did in the past.
After talking about Wu Xinjun's experience, Li Xia talked about his own side much more simply.
"I have regained Chengdu. I just need to defeat Meng Ge and we can recover Hanzhong and then we can rest for two years."
A calm tone.
Nie Zhongyou thought he had heard something wrong and asked: "Defeat Brother Meng?"
"Otherwise? What do you think the outcome of this battle will be?"
Nie Zhongyou had never thought about it carefully before. After pondering for a while, he said: "I thought that the imperial court could hold on for a while and try to negotiate with the Mongols to get them to retreat... This has always been the case in the past."
"Then you underestimated Brother Meng's determination." Li Xia said, "This time is different from the past."
Nie Zhongyou had completely convinced Li Xia and said, "I'll just let you arrange it. How will we fight next?"
Li Xia was silent for a while and said: "I'm still making plans. This time it's difficult and it takes time."
So far, what he has done is make up for the directions he has changed.
What happens next? Waiting for Meng Ge to die?
But, will Meng Ge still die?
Li Xia is becoming more and more uncertain...
"More than 100,000 Mongolian troops... it's not 'difficult', it's as difficult as climbing to the sky." Nie Zhongyou said: "Don't be in a hurry, think slowly."
Li Xia thought for a long time and suddenly said: "If it doesn't work, I will assassinate Brother Meng."
"Feiyu, are you serious?"
"This is the last resort." Li Xia shook his head and said with a smile, "He is not a hero with unparalleled skills."
Nie Zhongyou and Lin Zi looked at each other, as if asking, "Is he joking?"
It wasn't very funny, but they still grinned reluctantly and cooperated with Li Xia's helpless teasing.
"But there is an idea now." Li Xia said: "We must get closer to Diaoyu City."
No matter how difficult it was, there was always a hint of determination in his eyes, and he added slowly.
"I need to know everything that is happening in Diaoyu City in order to grasp the next development of the situation."
He used the word "master". If others heard it, they would just think that this young man was arrogant. But Nie Zhongyou, Lin Zi and others did not think so.